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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
Form 10-Q
[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
For the quarter ended June 30, 1998
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[ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____________________________
Commission File Number 1-11729
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Liberty Technologies, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its Charter)
Pennsylvania 23-2295708
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(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification
No.)
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Lee Park
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
610-834-0330
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(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number (including area code) of
registrant's principal executive office)
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 of 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was
required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the last 90 days. YES X NO ____
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Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of
common stock, as of the last practicable date.
Class Shares Outstanding at August 14, 1998
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Common Stock 5,013,233
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LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INDEX
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited): Page No.
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Consolidated Statements of Operations -
Three months and six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997... 3
Consolidated Balance Sheets -
June 30, 1998 and December 31, 1997........................ 4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows -
Six months ended June, 1998 and 1997....................... 5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements..................... 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations.................................. 8
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 5. Other information................................................ 12
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K................................. 12
Signatures....................................................... 13
Exhibit Index.................................................... 14
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PART I. Financial Information
Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands, except per share data)
For the three For the six
months ended June 30, months ended June 30,
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(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
1998 1997 1998 1997
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Revenues:
Product......................... $ 1,810 $3,473 $ 5,157 $ 7,563
Service......................... 2,244 1,954 3,274 4,390
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4,054 5,427 8,431 11,953
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Cost of revenues:
Product......................... 1,198 1,294 2,887 2,815
Service......................... 2,018 1,425 2,881 3,184
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3,216 2,719 5,768 5,999
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Gross profit................ 838 2,708 2,663 5,954
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Operating expenses:
Engineering and product
development................... 872 986 1,751 1,959
Selling, general and
administrative................ 2,286 2,407 4,481 4,728
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3,158 3,393 6,232 6,687
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Operating loss.............. (2,320) (685) (3,569) (733)
Interest income (expense), net..... 29 (212) 87 (263)
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Loss before taxes, minority
interest and
discontinued operations... (2,291) (897) (3,482) (996)
Income tax benefit ................ (893) -- (1,359) --
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Loss before minority
interest and discontinued
operations................ (1,398) (897) (2,123) (996)
Minority interest in loss of
joint venture.................... 70 33 121 105
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Loss before discontinued
operations................ (1,328) (864) (2,002) (891)
Income from discontinued
operations, net of tax........... -- 1,057 -- 871
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Net income (loss).................. $(1,328) $ 193 $(2,002) $ (20)
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Basic and diluted income (loss)
per share:
Continuing operations.......... $ (0.26) $(0.17) $ (0.40) (0.18)
Discontinued operations........ -- 0.21 -- 0.18
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$ (0.26) $ 0.04 $ (0.40) $ 0.00
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Shares used in computing net
income (loss) per share.......... 5,010 5,064 5,014 5,000
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
ASSETS June 30, December 31,
1998 1997
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Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents .............................. $ 562 $ 2,444
Accounts receivable, net ............................... 3,404 6,307
Inventories ............................................ 3,606 3,568
Escrow receivable, net ................................. 1,315 1,385
Refundable income taxes ................................ 594 611
Deferred income taxes .................................. 340 340
Prepaid expenses and other ............................. 604 181
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Total current assets ......................... 10,425 14,836
Property and equipment, net ................................ 1,960 2,154
Goodwill, net .............................................. 92 103
Deferred income taxes ...................................... 1,595 246
Other assets ............................................... 935 1,095
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$ 15,007 $ 18,434
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Current maturities of long-term debt ................... $ 23 $ 37
Accounts payable ....................................... 1,852 1,938
Accrued compensation and benefits ...................... 578 638
Other accrued expenses ................................. 429 1,232
Unearned revenue........................................ 313 303
Income taxes payable ................................... 483 872
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Total current liabilities .................... 3,678 5,020
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Long-term debt ............................................. 220 245
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Due to minority shareholder ................................ -- 44
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Shareholders' equity:
Series A Preferred stock, $.001 par value, 10,000 shares
authorized, none issued .................................. -- --
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Common stock, $.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares
authorized, 5,027,987 and 5,027,987 shares issued,
and 5,009,635 and 5,020,239 outstanding ............. 50 50
Additional paid-in capital ............................. 17,186 17,215
Accumulated deficit .................................... (6,077) (4,075)
Treasury stock at cost ................................. (50) (40)
Cumulative translation adjustment ...................... -- (25)
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Total shareholders' equity ................... 11,109 13,125
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$ 15,007 $ 18,434
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
For the six months ended June 30,
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(Unaudited)
1998 1997
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Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss ...................................................... $(2,002) $(20)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating
activities:
Depreciation and amortization ............................. 551 1,056
Deferred income taxes ..................................... (1,349) 58
Minority interest in loss of joint venture ................ (121) (105)
Change in assets and liabilities
(Increase) decrease in:
Accounts receivable ........................... 2,903 (957)
Inventories ................................... (38) (170)
Prepaid expenses and other .................... 17 (332)
Other assets .................................. (301) (130)
Increase (decrease) in:
Accounts payable ............................. (86) 173
Accrued expenses ............................. (391) (109)
Income taxes payable ......................... (391) (154)
Unearned revenue ............................. 11 38
Accrued restructuring expense ................ 178 --
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Net cash used in operating activities .............. (1,019) (652)
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Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property and equipment ........................... (299) (269)
Payments related to sale of NDE Business ...................... (581) --
Other ......................................................... -- (26)
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Net cash used in investing activities .............. (880) (295)
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Cash flows from financing activities:
Payments of long-term debt .................................... (40) (28)
Net borrowings under line of credit ........................... -- 1,420
Decrease in book overdraft .................................... -- (225)
Proceeds from Employee Stock Purchase Plan .................... 16 28
Exercise of options and warrants .............................. -- 7
Investment from minority shareholder in joint venture ......... 70 (42)
Purchase of treasury shares ................................... (54) --
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities (8) 1,160
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Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash .................. 25 (31)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents ............. (1,882) 182
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year ..................... 2,444 324
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period ......................... $ 562 $ 506
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.
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Item 1 -- Financial Statements -- Cont'd.
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 1998 and for the
three and six month periods ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 are unaudited and
reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments)
which are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation
of the financial position and operating results for the interim periods.
The Company has reclassified the presentation of certain prior year
information to conform to the current year presentation format.
The consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, together with
management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of
operations, contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1997. The results of the Company's operations for
any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results of the
Company's operations for any other interim period or for the full year.
2. Inventories
Inventories are summarized as follows:
June 30, 1997 December 31, 1996
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Raw materials $2,999,000 $3,151,000
Finished goods 607,000 417,000
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$3,606,000 $3,568,000
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3. Supplemental Cash Flow
Cash payment of income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 1998 and
1997 were approximately $391,000 and $79,000, respectively, all of which
pertained to payment of prior year taxes. Interest paid for the six months
ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 was $0 and $286,000, respectively.
4. Earnings per Share
In 1997, the Company adopted SFAS No. 128, "Earnings per Share". This
statement requires that the Company report basic and diluted earnings
(loss) per share for all periods reported. Basic net income (loss) per
share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average
number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income
(loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted
average number of common shares outstanding for the period, adjusted for
the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents, consisting of dilutive
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common stock options using the treasury stock method. For all period
presented, common stock options are not included in the computation as
they would be anti-dilutive.
5. Sale of NDE Business
On October 30, 1997, the Company completed the sale of substantially all
of the assets of its nondestructive testing and evaluation services
business (the "NDE Business"), a division of Liberty Technical Services,
Inc., to a subsidiary of General Electric Company ("GE") for $13,500,000
and the assumption of certain associated liabilities totaling
approximately $1,340,000. For the six months ended June 30, 1998, the
Company made payments totaling $581,000 related to the NDE Business,
including a payment to GE of $399,000 related to a final working capital
adjustment. At June, 1998, $1,315,000 of the proceeds from the sale are
held in escrow to secure certain indemnification obligations of the
Company to the buyer. The escrow is due to be received in October 1998.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 1997, the results of
operations of the NDE Business are reported as discontinued operations.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 the NDE Business
generated service revenues of $5,502,000 and $8,732,000, respectively.
6. New Accounting Pronouncement
In June 1997, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting
Comprehensive Income" ("SFAS No. 130"), which requires that all components
of comprehensive income be reported in the financial statements. SFAS No.
130 become effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997,
with initial application as of the beginning of the Company's 1998 fiscal
year. SFAS No. 130 requires reclassification of prior period financial
statements to reflect application of the provisions of the new standard.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997, comprehensive
income was as follows:
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<CAPTION>
For the three months ended For the six months ended
June 30, June30,
1998 1997 1998 1997
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Net income (loss) $(1,328,000) $ 193,000 $(2,002,000) $(20,000)
Foreign currency
translation adjustments (2,000) (29,000) 25,000 (31,000)
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Comprehensive income $(1,330,000) $ 164,000 $(1,977,000) $(51,000)
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As of June 30, 1998, the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income
consisted of the Company's cumulative translation adjustment and totaled
$0.
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LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations Cautionary Statement
When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other written or oral
public statements by the Company and Company officers and management, the words
"estimate," "project," "intend," "believe," "anticipate" and similar expressions
are intended to identify forward-looking statements regarding events and
financial trends which may affect the Company's future operating results and
financial position. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that
could cause the Company's actual results and financial position to differ
materially. Such factors include, among others: (i) the Company's ability to
identify appropriate acquisition candidates, complete acquisitions on
satisfactory terms, or successfully integrate acquired business; (ii) the
Company's ability to obtain financing on satisfactory terms and the degree to
which the Company is leveraged, including the extent to which currently
outstanding options are exercised; (iii) the sensitivity of the Company's
business to general economic conditions; (iv) the timely development, production
and acceptance of new products; (v) continued acceptance in the marketplace,
competition and buying patterns of customers; (vi) the timing of orders from,
and shipments to, major customers; (vii) changes in product/service revenue
mix; (viii) the absence of a significant order backlog; (ix) factors associated
with international sales such as the relative strength of the dollar when
compared to the currencies of the countries into which the Company exports
products; (x) the Company's ability to remain in compliance with the numerous
environmental, health and safety requirements to which it is subject; (xi)
changes in accounting principles, policies or guidelines; and (xii) other
economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors affecting the
Company's operations, markets, products, services and prices. Additional factors
are described in the Company's other public reports filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions
of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the
date they are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Results of Operations
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 1998 Compared to Three and Six Months Ended
June 30, 1997:
Total Revenues. For the three and six month comparative periods ended June 30,
1997 and 1998, total revenues decreased from $5,427,000 to $4,054,000, or 25%,
and from $11,953,000 to $8,431,000, or 29%, respectively.
Product revenues decreased from $3,473,000 to $1,810,000, or 48%, and from
$7,563,000 to $5,157,000, or 32%, for the three and six months ended June 30,
1997 and 1998, respectively, on lower sales of condition monitoring and
RADView(TM) products. Revenues for the first half of 1997 included a large
shipment of valve diagnostic
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equipment to the Company's joint venture partner, Electricite de France. There
was no corresponding sale in the first half of 1998.
Service revenues increased from $1,954,000 to $2,244,000, or 15%, for the three
months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998, respectively, and decreased from $4,390,000
to $3,274,000, or 25%, for the six months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998,
respectively. The change was due primarily to the timing of scheduled
maintenance outages by utilities.
Cost of Revenues. Cost of revenues increased from $2,719,000 to $3,216,000, or
18%, for the three months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998, respectively, and
decreased from $5,999,000 to $5,768,000, or 4%, for the six months ended June
30, 1997 and 1998, respectively, as a result of an increase in lower margin
nuclear service revenue and a decrease in high margin product and software
sales. Overall costs of revenues increased as a percentage of total revenues
from 50% to 79% for the three month comparative period and from 50% to 68% for
the six month comparative period. The Company expects that cost of revenues and
gross profit margin will vary from quarter to quarter depending on the mix and
volume of products and services sold.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses decreased 7%, from $3,393,000 to
$3,158,000 and 7%, from $6,687,000 to $6,232,000, respectively, for the three
and six month periods ended June 30, 1997 and 1998. Excluding the effect of
restructuring charges totaling $199,000, operating expenses decreased 13% and
10% for the three and six month comparative periods, respectively. The decrease
operating expenses was a due to a reduction in internally funded development as
well as decreased selling, general and administrative expenses.
Interest expense, net. Net interest expense decreased from expense of $212,000
and $263,000, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997 to
net interest income of $29,000 and $87,000, respectively, for the three and six
months ended June 30, 1998 as a result of the Company repaying its bank line of
credit.
Income taxes. The Company's effective income tax rate was 39% for the three and
six month periods ended June 30, 1998. Consistent with a valuation allowance
recorded against the Company's deferred tax asset in 1996, no tax benefit was
recorded against the loss for the three and six months periods ended June 30,
1997.
Loss from Continuing Operations. For the three and six month comparative periods
ended June 30, 1997 and 1998, loss from continuing operations increased from
$864,000, or $0.17 per share, to $1,328,000, or $0.26 per share, and from
$891,000, or $0.18 per share, to $2,002,000, or $0.40 per share, respectively,
primarily as a result of the reduction in revenues.
Income (loss) per share. Earnings per share decreased from income per share of
$0.04 and $0.00 for the three and six months ended June 30, 1997, respectively,
to loss per share of $0.26 and $0.40 for the three and six months ended June 30,
1998. The income per share for the comparative periods ended June 30, 1997
includes income of $0.21
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and $0.18, respectively, from the operations of the NDE Business. The loss for
these comparative periods, exclusive of the NDE Business, was $0.17 and $0.18,
respectively.
The number of shares used in calculating loss per share decreased from 5,064,000
to 5,010,000 in the three month comparative period, and increased from 5,000,000
to 5,014,000 in the six month comparative period. The decrease in shares in the
three month period resulted from the elimination of the dilutive effect of
options because of the overall loss for the period. The increase in shares in
the six month period resulted from the exercise of stock options under the
Company's 1988 and 1992 Stock Option Plans and the sale of stock through the
Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan, partially offset by a purchase of
treasury shares in the first quarter of 1998.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
During 1998, the Company has financed its working capital requirements and
capital expenditures primarily through the use of its cash reserves. During
1997, the Company financed its working capital requirements and capital
expenditures primarily through borrowings against its revolving credit facility.
At June 30, 1998, the Company had cash and investments aggregating $562,000
compared to $2,444,000 at December 31, 1997, reflecting the cash used by
operating and investing activities.
Net cash used in operations increased from $652,000 during the first half of
1997 to $1,019,000 during the first half of 1998. The change was principally
attributable to a higher net loss, lower depreciation and amortization, and
increased tax benefit, offset by a decrease in accounts receivable.
Net cash used in investing activities decreased from $295,000 in the first half
of 1997 to $880,000 in the first half of 1998. This increase resulted from
payments totaling $581,000 related to the sale of the NDE Business.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the first half of 1997 was
$1,160,000 compared to cash used of $8,000 for the first half of 1998. The 1997
amount reflects net borrowings of $1,420,000 against the Company's revolving
credit facility, offset by a decrease of $225,000 in the book overdraft. There
is no such corresponding source of funds during 1998.
On May 7, 1998, the Company signed a two-year line of credit of up to $5.0
million with a commercial bank. Borrowing under the line is limited to 80% of
qualified accounts receivable, as defined, and is collateralized by a pledge of
substantially all of the Company's assets. Additionally, the Company is required
to maintain compliance with certain financial and non-financial covenants.
Borrowings under this facility bear interest at the bank's prime rate plus 1.5%.
Availability on the credit facility totaled $1,781,000 at June 30, 1998 and
there was no balance outstanding.
During 1997 the Company had a $7,500,000 line of credit facility with a
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commercial bank. The line was fully repaid with a portion of the proceeds from
the sale of the NDE Business.
The Company believes that its current cash and cash equivalents and borrowing
availability under its line of credit will be sufficient to fund the Company's
operations, debt and lease obligations and expected capital expenditures during
1998.
Inflation
Inflation has not had a significant impact on the Company.
Year 2000 Compliance
The Company has been evaluating its information technology infrastructure for
year 2000 compliance. The Company has been informed by its external vendors that
the majority of its internal information systems are fully compliant and will
function properly beyond the year 1999. The Company has been communicating with
suppliers, financial institutions and others to determine the current level of
compliance and to coordinate conversion to systems which are year 2000 compliant
wherever necessary. To the extent the Company's significant suppliers, financial
institutions and customers do not successfully achieve year 2000 compliance on a
timely basis, the Company's business or operations could be adversely affected.
The total cost of the software and implementation of any changes that may be
required with respect to the Company's information technology infrastructure is
estimated to be immaterial and will be expensed as incurred.
Computer software is an integral part of many of the Company's products. The
Company has evaluated each of its products and has determined that the majority
of them will function properly beyond the year 1999. Several of the Company's
products require modifications to insure their functionality in the year 2000.
Several of the projects to insure compliance have been completed, with final
completion of all projects by the end of the first quarter of 1999. The cost of
completing these projects is estimated to be less than $100,000 and will be
expensed as incurred.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 5. Other information
1. On August 12, 1998, the Company announced that its Board of Directors
approved a definitive merger agreement, which was signed on August 11,
1998, with Crane Co., providing for Crane's acquisition of all of the
outstanding shares of the Company at $3.50 per share. The Company also
announced that, in connection with the merger agreement, the Company
granted Crane an option to purchase up to 997,663 shares of newly
issued shares of stock at $2.75 per share, exercisable for one year
after the termination of the merger agreement upon the occurrence of
certain events, and that the Company's Board of Directors approved
amendments to the Company's shareholder rights plan to render the plan
inapplicable to the Crane acquisition.
2. On May 21, 1998, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted an
amendment to Rule 14a-4, promulgated under the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934. The amendment to Rule 14a-14 governs the Company's use of
its discretionary proxy voting authority with respect to a shareholder
proposal which the shareholder has not sought to include in the
Company's proxy statement. The new amendment provides that if a
proponent of a proposal fails to notify the Company at least 45 days
in prior to the month and day of mailing of the prior year's proxy
statement, then the management proxies will be allowed to use their
discretionary voting authority when the proposal is raised at the
meeting, without any discussion of the matter in the proxy statement.
With respect to the Company's 1999 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, if
the Company is not provided notice of a shareholder proposal, which
the shareholder has not previously sought to include in the Company's
proxy statement, by March 23, 1999, the management proxies will be
allowed to use their discretionary authority as outlined above.
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
(a) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
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2 Agreement and Plan of Merger among Crane Co.,
LTI Merger, Inc. and Liberty Technologies, Inc.
dated August 11, 1998
4.1 Stock Option Agreement between Liberty Technologies, Inc.
and Crane Co. dated August 11, 1998
4.2 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement between Liberty Technologies, Inc. and
StockTrans. Inc. dated August 11, 1998
99 Liberty Technologies, Inc. Press Release dated
August 12, 1998
27 Financial Data Schedule
(b) Reports on Form 8-K
No reports on Form 8-K were filed during the quarter ended June 30, 1998.
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SIGNATURES:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: August 14, 1998
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ R. Nim Evatt
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R. Nim Evatt, President and
Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Daniel G. Clare
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Daniel G. Clare, V.P. Finance and
Chief Financial Officer (principal
financial and accounting officer)
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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2 Agreement and Plan of Merger among Crane Co.,
LTI Merger, Inc. and Liberty Technologies, Inc.
dated August 11, 1998
4.1 Stock Option Agreement between Liberty Technologies, Inc.
and Crane Co. dated August 11, 1998
4.2 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement between Liberty Technologies, Inc. and
StockTrans. Inc. dated August 11, 1998
99 Liberty Technologies, Inc. Press Release dated
August 12, 1998
27 Financial Data Schedule
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Dated as of August 11, 1998
among
CRANE CO.,
LTI MERGER, INC.
and
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I THE OFFER AND THE MERGER..................................2
SECTION 1.01. The Offer.................................................2
SECTION 1.02. Company Actions...........................................3
SECTION 1.03. Directors.................................................4
SECTION 1.04. The Merger................................................5
SECTION 1.05. Closing...................................................5
SECTION 1.06. Effective Time............................................5
SECTION 1.07. Effects of the Merger.....................................5
SECTION 1.08. Articles of Incorporation and By-laws.....................6
SECTION 1.09. Directors of the Surviving Corporation....................6
SECTION 1.10. Officers of the Surviving Corporation.....................6
SECTION 1.11. Shareholders' Meeting.....................................6
ARTICLE II EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK OF
THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS..............................7
SECTION 2.01. Effect on Capital Stock...................................7
SECTION 2.02. Exchange of Certificates..................................8
SECTION 2.03. Treatment of Stock Options................................9
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY............10
SECTION 3.01. Organization, Standing and Corporate Power...............10
SECTION 3.02. Subsidiaries.............................................10
SECTION 3.03. Capital Structure........................................10
SECTION 3.04. Authority; Noncontravention..............................11
SECTION 3.05. SEC Filings; Financial Statements........................12
SECTION 3.06. Indebtedness; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities.........13
SECTION 3.07. Absence of Certain Changes or Events.....................14
SECTION 3.08. Tax Matters..............................................14
SECTION 3.09. Certain Transactions; Certain Payments...................15
SECTION 3.10. Required Authorizations..................................15
SECTION 3.11. Litigation...............................................16
SECTION 3.12. Compliance with Law; Regulatory Compliance...............16
SECTION 3.13. Contracts................................................17
SECTION 3.14. Real Property............................................17
SECTION 3.15. Personal Property........................................18
SECTION 3.16. Intellectual Property Rights.............................18
SECTION 3.17. Environmental Matters....................................19
SECTION 3.18. Products Liability.......................................20
SECTION 3.19. Insurance................................................20
SECTION 3.20. Employment and Change in Control Agreements..............20
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SECTION 3.21. Labor Relations..........................................21
SECTION 3.22. Employee Benefit Plans...................................21
SECTION 3.23. No Existing Discussions..................................23
SECTION 3.24. Information Supplied.....................................23
SECTION 3.25. Voting Requirements......................................23
SECTION 3.26. State Statutes...........................................23
SECTION 3.27. Rights Agreement.........................................24
SECTION 3.28. Brokers..................................................24
SECTION 3.29. Disclosure...............................................24
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CRANE..................24
SECTION 4.01. Organization, Standing and Corporate Power...............24
SECTION 4.02. Authority; Noncontravention..............................25
SECTION 4.03. Information Supplied.....................................26
SECTION 4.04. Share Ownership..........................................26
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS................................................26
SECTION 5.01. Conduct of Business and Other Actions by the Company.....26
SECTION 5.02. No Solicitation..........................................29
SECTION 5.03. Access to Information; Confidentiality...................31
SECTION 5.04. Required Authorizations..................................31
SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements of the Company......................32
SECTION 5.06. Employee Matters.........................................33
SECTION 5.07. Rights Agreement.........................................33
SECTION 5.08. Continuance of Existing Indemnification Rights...........33
SECTION 5.09. Public Announcements.....................................35
SECTION 5.10. Shareholder Litigation...................................35
SECTION 5.11. Financial Disclosure.....................................35
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.....................................35
SECTION 6.01. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation To Effect
the Merger...............................................35
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER........................36
SECTION 7.01. Termination..............................................36
SECTION 7.02. Effect of Termination....................................37
SECTION 7.03. Fees and Expenses........................................37
SECTION 7.04. Amendment................................................37
SECTION 7.05. Extension; Waiver........................................37
SECTION 7.06. Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension
or Waiver................................................38
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS.......................................38
SECTION 8.01. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties............38
SECTION 8.02. Notices..................................................38
SECTION 8.03. Definitions..............................................39
SECTION 8.04. Interpretation...........................................39
SECTION 8.05. Counterparts.............................................39
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SECTION 8.06. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries...........40
SECTION 8.07. Governing Law............................................40
SECTION 8.08. Assignment...............................................40
SECTION 8.09. Severability.............................................40
Exhibit 1 Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
of the Company
Company Disclosure Schedule
The Company Disclosure Schedule is omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of
Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish supplementary a copy of the
Company Disclosure Schedule to the Commission upon request.
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 11, 1998, among CRANE
CO., a Delaware corporation ("Crane" or "Parent"), LTI MERGER, INC., a
Pennsylvania corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Crane (the "Purchaser"
or "Merger Sub"), and LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation
(the "Company").
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Crane, the Purchaser and
the Company have approved the acquisition of the Company by Crane upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of such acquisition, Crane proposes to cause
the Purchaser to make a tender offer (as it may be amended from time to time as
permitted under this Agreement, the "Offer") to purchase all the outstanding
shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Company
Common Stock" or "Shares"), including the associated preferred stock purchase
rights (the "Rights") issued under the Amended and Restated Rights Agreement,
dated October 6, 1997, between the Company and StockTrans, Inc., as rights agent
(the "Rights Agreement"), at a purchase price of $3.50 per share (such amount,
or any greater amount to be paid per share of Company Common Stock in the Offer,
being referred to as the "Per Share Amount"), net to the seller in cash, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in the
Offer, and the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the Offer and is
recommending that the Company's shareholders accept the Offer and tender their
shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer; and
WHEREAS, also in furtherance of such acquisition, the respective Boards
of Directors of Crane, Purchaser and the Company have approved the merger of
Purchaser with and into the Company (the "Merger") upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the provisions
of the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law, as amended (the "PBCL"), whereby
each issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock other than shares
owned by the Company or by Crane, the Purchaser or any wholly owned subsidiary
of the Company, Crane or the Purchaser and other than Dissenting Shares, will be
converted into the right to receive the Per Share Amount; and
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and as a condition and inducement to Crane's willingness to enter into this
Agreement, Crane has entered into (i) a Stock Option Agreement (the "Stock
Option Agreement") with the Company pursuant to which the Company has granted
Crane an option to acquire shares of Company Common Stock and (ii) Shareholder
Agreements (the "Shareholder Agreements") with certain shareholders of the
Company pursuant to which, among other things, such shareholders have agreed to
tender their Shares pursuant to the Offer and have granted to Crane an option to
otherwise purchase such Shares;
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, the parties, intending to
be legally bound, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE OFFER AND THE MERGER
SECTION 1.01. The Offer. (a) Provided that this Agreement shall not
have been terminated in accordance with Article VII hereof and none of the
events set forth in Annex II hereto (the "Tender Offer Conditions") shall have
occurred, as promptly as practicable but in no event later than the fifth
business day from the date of this Agreement, Crane shall cause the Purchaser to
commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
the "Exchange Act")) an offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Company
Common Stock, together with associated Rights (all references herein to shares
of Company Common Stock in the context of the Offer being deemed to include such
Rights) at the Per Share Price, shall, after affording the Company a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment thereon, file all necessary documents with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection with the Offer (the
"Offer Documents") and shall consummate the Offer, subject to the terms and
conditions thereof. The obligation of the Purchaser to accept for payment or pay
for any shares of Company Common Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer will be
subject only to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Annex II hereto.
(b) Without the prior written consent of the Company, the
Purchaser shall not decrease the Offer price or change the form of consideration
payable in the Offer, decrease the number of shares of Company Common Stock
sought to be purchased in the Offer, impose additional conditions to the Offer
or amend any other term of the Offer in any manner adverse to the holders of
shares of Company Common Stock. The Offer shall remain open until the date that
is 20 business days (as such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(c)(6) under the
Exchange Act) after the commencement of the Offer (the "Expiration Date"),
unless the Purchaser shall have extended the period of time for which the Offer
is open pursuant to, and in accordance with, the two succeeding sentences or as
may be required by applicable law, in which event the term "Expiration Date"
shall mean the latest time and date as the Offer, as so extended, may expire. If
at any Expiration Date, any of the Tender Offer Conditions are not satisfied or
waived by the Purchaser, the Purchaser may extend the Offer from time to time.
Subject to the terms of the Offer and this Agreement and the satisfaction of all
the Tender Offer Conditions as of any Expiration Date, the Purchaser will accept
for payment and pay for all shares validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant
to the Offer as soon as practicable after such Expiration Date of the Offer
consistent with applicable law, provided that, if all of the Tender Offer
Conditions are satisfied and more than 65% but less than 80% of the outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock on a fully diluted basis (including shares of
Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options to acquire
shares of Company Common Stock) have been validly tendered and not withdrawn in
the Offer, the Purchaser shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to extend
the Offer from time to time for up to a maximum of 10 additional business days
in the aggregate for all such extensions provided the Purchaser agrees to waive
the conditions set forth in paragraphs (c), (f) and (g) of Annex II.
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(c) Crane and the Purchaser represent that the Offer Documents
will comply in all material respects with the provisions of applicable federal
securities laws and, on the date filed with the SEC and on the date first
published, sent or given to the Company's shareholders, shall not 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 made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
that no representation is made by Crane or the Purchaser with respect to
information derived from the Company SEC Reports or supplied by the Company in
writing expressly for inclusion in the Offer Documents. Each of Crane and the
Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, agrees promptly
to correct any information provided by it for use in the Offer Documents if and
to the extent that it shall have become false or misleading in any material
respect and each of Crane and the Purchaser further agrees to take all steps
necessary to cause the Offer Documents as so corrected to be filed with the SEC
and to be disseminated to shareholders of the Company, in each case, as and to
the extent required by applicable federal securities laws.
SECTION 1.02. Company Actions. (a) The Company shall, after affording
Crane a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon, file with the SEC
and mail to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, as promptly as
practicable on the date of the filing by Crane and the Purchaser of the Offer
Documents, a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (together
with any amendments or supplements thereto, the "Schedule 14D-9") reflecting the
recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that holders of shares
of Company Common Stock tender their shares pursuant to the Offer and shall
disseminate the Schedule 14D-9 as required by Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the
Exchange Act. The Schedule 14D-9 will set forth, and the Company hereby
represents, that the Board of Directors of the Company, at a meeting duly called
and held, has (i) determined by vote of its directors that each of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including each of the Offer and the Merger, is
fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, (ii)
approved the Offer, the Merger, the Stock Option Agreement and the Shareholder
Agreements, (iii) recommended acceptance of the Offer and approval of this
Agreement by the Company's shareholders, and (iv) taken all other action
necessary to render Section 2538 and Subchapter F of Chapter 25 of the PBCL and
the Rights inapplicable to the Offer and the Merger. Such recommendation and
approval may be withdrawn, modified or amended only to the extent permitted by
Section 5.02(b). The Company further represents that, prior to the execution
hereof, Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc. has delivered to the Board of Directors of
the Company its written opinion that, as of August 10, 1998, the consideration
to be received by the holders of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer and the Merger is fair to the Company's shareholders from a financial
point of view. The Company hereby consents to the inclusion in the Offer
Documents of the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company
described in this Section 1.02(a).
(b) The Company represents that the Schedule 14D-9 will comply in
all material respects with the provisions of applicable federal securities laws
and, on the date filed with the SEC and on the date first published, sent or
given to the Company's shareholders, shall not 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 made therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except that no
representation is
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made by the Company with respect to information supplied by Crane or the
Purchaser in writing expressly for inclusion in the Schedule 14D-9. Each of the
Company, on the one hand, and Parent and the Purchaser, on the other hand,
agrees promptly to correct any information provided by either of them for use in
the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the extent that it shall have become false or
misleading in any material respect, and the Company further agrees to take all
steps necessary to cause the Schedule 14D-9 as so corrected to be filed with the
SEC and to be disseminated to the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, in
each case, as and to the extent required by applicable federal securities law.
(c) In connection with the Offer, the Company will promptly
furnish the Purchaser with mailing labels, security position listings, any
available non-objecting beneficial owner lists and any available listing or
computer list containing the names and addresses of the record holders of shares
of Company Common Stock as of the most recent practicable date and shall furnish
the Purchaser with such additional available information (including, but not
limited to, updated lists of holders of shares of Company Common Stock and their
addresses, mailing labels and lists of security positions and non-objecting
beneficial owner lists) and such other assistance as the Purchaser or its agents
may reasonably request in communicating the Offer to the Company's record and
beneficial shareholders. Subject to the requirements of applicable law, and
except for such steps as are necessary to disseminate the Offer Documents and
any other documents necessary to consummate the Merger, Crane, the Purchaser and
their affiliates, associates, agents and advisors, shall keep such information
confidential and use the information contained in any such labels, listings and
files only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and, should the Offer
terminate or if this Agreement shall be terminated, will deliver to the Company
all copies of such information then in their possession.
SECTION 1.03. Directors. (a) Subject to compliance with applicable law,
promptly upon the payment by the Purchaser for shares of Company Common Stock
which represent at least a majority of the Company Common Stock (on a fully
diluted basis) pursuant to the Offer and from time to time thereafter, Crane
shall be entitled to designate such number of directors, rounded up to the next
whole number, on the Board of Directors of the Company as is equal to the
product of the total number of directors on the Board of Directors of the
Company (determined after giving effect to the directors elected pursuant to
this sentence) multiplied by the percentage that the aggregate number of shares
of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by Crane or its affiliates bears to
the total number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding, and the Company
shall, upon request of Crane, promptly take all actions (but specifically
excluding the calling of a shareholders meeting) necessary to cause Crane's
designees to be so elected, including, if necessary, amending the By-laws of the
Company to the extent permitted to be amended by the Board of Directors and
seeking the resignations of one or more existing directors; provided, however,
that prior to the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of the Company shall
always have not less than two members who are directors of the Company on the
date hereof ("Current Directors") and, in Crane's sole discretion, up to five
Current Directors. If the number of Current Directors is reduced prior to the
Effective Time below the number of Current Directors so specified by Crane due
to the death or resignation of one or more of the Current Directors, then the
remaining director or directors who is or are Current Directors shall be
entitled to designate, by majority action of the remaining Current Directors or
action of the sole remaining Current Director, one or more persons, as the case
may
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be, that has not been designated by, and is not an Affiliate of, Crane to fill
such vacancy or vacancies and who shall be deemed to be Current Directors for
all purposes of this Agreement.
(b) The Company's obligations to appoint Crane's designees to the
Board of Directors of the Company shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the
Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 thereunder. The Company shall promptly take all
actions required pursuant to such Section and Rule in order to fulfill its
obligations under this Section 1.03 and shall include in the Schedule 14D-9 such
information with respect to the Company and its officers and directors as is
required under such Section and Rule in order to fulfill its obligations under
this Section 1.03. Crane will supply promptly, and in any event no later than
the date the appointment of such directors is effective, any information with
respect to itself and its officers, directors and affiliates required by such
Section and Rule to the Company.
(c) Following the election or appointment of Crane's designees
pursuant to this Section 1.03 and prior the Effective Time, any amendment or
termination of this Agreement by the Company, any extension by the Company of
the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of Crane or
the Purchaser or waiver of any of the Company's rights hereunder, will require
the concurrence of a majority of the directors of the Company then in office who
are Current Directors (or in the case where there are two or fewer directors who
are Current Directors, the concurrence of one director who is a Current
Director).
SECTION 1.04. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the PBCL, Merger Sub shall
be merged with and into the Company at the Effective Time. Following the
Effective Time, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and
the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving
Corporation") and shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of
Merger Sub in accordance with the PBCL.
SECTION 1.05. Closing. The closing of the Merger (the "Closing") will
take place at 10:00 a.m. on a date to be specified by the parties (the "Closing
Date"), which shall be as soon as practicable after satisfaction or waiver of
the conditions set forth in Section 6.01, at the offices of Pepper Hamilton LLP
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania unless another time, date or place is agreed to in
writing by the parties hereto.
SECTION 1.06. Effective Time. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, the parties shall file articles of merger (the
"Articles of Merger") executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
PBCL and shall make all other filings or recordings required under the PBCL. The
Merger shall become effective at such time as the Articles of Merger are duly
filed with the Pennsylvania Secretary of State, or at such subsequent time as
Crane and the Company shall agree and as is specified in the Articles of Merger
(the time the Merger becomes effective being hereinafter referred to as the
"Effective Time").
SECTION 1.07. Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects
specified in Section 1929 of the PBCL.
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SECTION 1.08. Articles of Incorporation and By-laws. (a) The Second
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company attached hereto as
Exhibit 1 shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable law.
(b) The By-laws of the Company as in effect at the Effective Time
shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or
amended as provided therein or by applicable law.
SECTION 1.09. Directors of the Surviving Corporation. The directors of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the
Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or
until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case
may be. The Company will obtain such resignations as may be necessary to effect
the foregoing.
SECTION 1.10. Officers of the Surviving Corporation. The officers of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation, until the earlier of their resignation or removal or
until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, as the case
may be.
SECTION 1.11. Shareholders' Meeting. (a) If required by applicable law
in order to consummate the Merger, as soon as practicable following the
acceptance for payment of and payment for shares of Company Common Stock by the
Purchaser pursuant to the Offer, the Company, acting through the Board of
Directors of the Company, shall, in accordance with applicable law:
(i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a special
meeting of its shareholders (the "Company Shareholders Meeting")
for the purpose of considering and taking action upon this
Agreement;
(ii) prepare and file with the SEC a preliminary proxy
statement relating to this Agreement, and use its reasonable
efforts (x) to obtain and furnish the information required to be
included by the SEC in the Proxy Statement (as hereinafter
defined) and cause a definitive proxy statement (the "Proxy
Statement") to be mailed to its shareholders and (y) to obtain the
necessary approvals of the Merger and this Agreement by its
shareholders; and
(iii) subject to Section 5.02, include in the Proxy Statement
the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that
shareholders of the Company vote in favor of the approval of the
Merger and this Agreement.
(b) Crane agrees that it will vote, or cause to be voted, all of
the shares of Company Common Stock then owned by it, the Purchaser or any of its
other Subsidiaries in favor of the approval of the Merger and of this Agreement.
Following the consummation of the Offer, if required by applicable law in order
to consummate the Merger, Crane shall use its best efforts to cause the Company
to take the actions set forth in Section 1.11(a).
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ARTICLE II
EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON THE CAPITAL STOCK
OF THE CONSTITUENT CORPORATIONS
SECTION 2.01. Effect on Capital Stock. As of the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any
shares of Company Common Stock:
(a) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each issued and outstanding share
of capital stock of Merger Sub shall be converted into and become one fully paid
and nonassessable share of Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) Cancellation of Treasury Stock and Stock Owned by Crane or the
Purchaser. Each share of Company Common Stock that is owned by the Company or by
Crane or the Purchaser or any wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, Crane or
the Purchaser shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to
exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Common Stock. Each issued and
outstanding share of Company Common Stock (other than shares to be canceled in
accordance with Section 2.01(b) and other than Dissenting Shares) shall be
converted into the right to receive the Per Share Amount in cash, without
interest (the "Merger Consideration").
(d) Shares of Dissenting Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement to the contrary, any issued and outstanding share of Company
Common Stock held by a person (a "Dissenting Shareholder") who shall have
demanded and perfected a right to receive payment of the fair value of his or
her shares pursuant to Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL ("Dissenting
Shares") shall not be converted as described in Section 2.01(c), unless such
holder fails to comply with the provisions of Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the
PBCL or withdraws or otherwise loses his right to receive such fair value
payment. If, after the Effective Time, such Dissenting Shareholder fails to
comply with the provisions of Subchapter D of Chapter 15 of the PBCL or
withdraws or loses his right to receive such fair value payment, such Dissenting
Shareholder's shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be considered
Dissenting Shares for the purposes of this Agreement and shall thereupon be
deemed to have been converted into and to have become exchangeable for, at the
Effective Time, the right to receive for each such share the Merger
Consideration, without interest. The Company shall give Crane (i) prompt notice
of any demands to receive payment of fair value of shares of Company Common
Stock received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to participate in and
direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such demands. The
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Crane, make any payment
with respect to, or settle, offer to settle or otherwise negotiate, any such
demands.
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(e) Cancellation of Company Common Stock. As of the Effective
Time, all shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and
shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a
certificate that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented any such
shares of Company Common Stock (a "Certificate") shall cease to have any rights
with respect thereto, except the right to receive the applicable Merger
Consideration, without interest, or, in the case of Dissenting Shareholders, if
any, the rights, if any, accorded under the PBCL.
SECTION 2.02. Exchange of Certificates. (a) Deposit with the Exchange
Agent. As of the Effective Time, Crane shall deposit with First Chicago Trust
Company of New York or other independent agent mutually acceptable to the
Company and Crane (the "Exchange Agent") for the benefit of the holders of
shares of Company Common Stock, for exchange through the Exchange Agent, the
cash representing the Merger Consideration (the "Exchange Fund") payable
pursuant to Section 2.01(c) in exchange for outstanding shares of Company Common
Stock.
(b) Exchange Procedures. As soon as reasonably practicable after
the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a
Certificate or Certificates, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall specify
that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to such Certificates
shall pass, only upon delivery of such Certificates to the Exchange Agent and
shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Crane and the Company
may reasonably specify) and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender
of such Certificates in exchange for the applicable Merger Consideration. Upon
surrender of such a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent or to
such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Crane, together with such
letter of transmittal, duly executed, and such other documents as may reasonably
be required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificate shall be
entitled to receive cash which such holder has the right to receive pursuant to
this Article II, and the Certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled.
In the event of a transfer of ownership of Company Common Stock that is not
registered in the transfer records of the Company, cash may be paid to a person
other than the person in whose name the Certificate so surrendered is
registered, if such Certificate shall be properly endorsed or otherwise be in
proper form for transfer. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section
2.02(b), each Certificate shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time
to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the Merger
Consideration which the holder thereof has the right to receive in respect of
such Certificate pursuant to the other provisions of this Article II. No
interest will be paid or will accrue on cash payable to holders of Certificates
pursuant to the provisions of this Article II. Crane shall pay the charges and
expenses of the Exchange Agent.
(c) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock. All cash
paid upon the surrender of Certificates in accordance with the terms of this
Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such
Certificates, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the
stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company
Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If,
after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation or the Exchange Agent
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for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article
II, except as otherwise provided by law.
(d) Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund
that remains undistributed to the holders of the Certificates for six months
after the Effective Time shall be delivered to Crane, upon demand, and any
holders of the Certificates who have not theretofore complied with this Article
II shall thereafter look only to Crane for payment of their claim for any cash
comprising the Merger Consideration.
(e) No Liability. None of Crane, the Company or the Exchange Agent
shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash from the Exchange Fund
delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar law.
(f) Investment of Exchange Fund. The Exchange Agent shall invest
any cash included in the Exchange Fund, as directed by Crane, on a daily basis.
Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be paid to
Crane.
(g) Lost Certificates. If 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 required by
the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in such
reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct 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.
(h) Withholding Rights. Crane or the Exchange Agent 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 as Crane or the Exchange Agent 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 and paid
over to the appropriate taxing authority by Crane or the Exchange Agent, 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 Crane or the Exchange Agent.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither Crane nor the Exchange Agent shall
withhold any amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of shares
of Company Common Stock so long as such holder provides to Crane or the Exchange
Agent a form W-9 or W-8, as required by applicable law, certifying such holder's
exemption from back-up withholding.
SECTION 2.03. Treatment of Stock Options. Prior to the Effective Time,
the Company shall take all such actions as may be necessary to cause (i) each
unexpired and unexercised option to acquire Company Common Stock held by current
or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company, whether
or not then exercisable or vested (each, a "Company Option"), that has an
exercise price less than the Per Share Amount to be
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automatically converted at the Effective Time into an amount equal to the
difference between the Per Share Amount and the exercise price of the Company
Option, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock issuable immediately
prior to the Effective Time upon exercise of the Company Option (without regard
to vesting periods or to restrictions on exercisability) and (ii) each unexpired
and unexercised Company Option that has an exercise price equal to or greater
than the Per Share Amount to be canceled so that no Company Option shall have
any force or effect on or after the Effective Time.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth on the disclosure schedule delivered by the Company
to Crane prior to the execution of this Agreement (the "Company Disclosure
Schedule"), the Company represents and warrants to Crane as follows:
SECTION 3.01. Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. The Company
and each of its Subsidiaries is a corporation duly organized, validly subsisting
or existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it
is incorporated and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as now being conducted. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is
duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the
ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing
necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified
or licensed or to be in good standing individually or in the aggregate would not
have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.02. Subsidiaries. Section 3.02 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of the Subsidiaries of the Company.
All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each such Subsidiary have been
validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned directly or
indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, except for liens of
Silicon Valley Bank (the "Silicon Valley Bank Liens") pursuant to the Loan and
Security Agreement dated May 7, 1998 among the Company and Silicon Valley Bank
(the "Silicon Valley Bank Loan"). Except for the capital stock of its
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital
stock or other ownership interest in any corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture or other entity.
SECTION 3.03. Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 20,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 2,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share ("Company Preferred Stock").
As of the date of this Agreement, (i) 5,013,233 shares of Company Common Stock
were issued and outstanding, (ii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were
issued or outstanding, (iii) 14,754 shares of Company Common Stock were held by
the Company in its treasury, (iv) 1,154,000 shares of Company Common Stock were
reserved for issuance pursuant to options outstanding under the Company's 1992
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Stock Option Plan and the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan (together, the "Stock
Plans"), and (v) 10,000 shares of Company Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock were reserved for issuance in connection with the Rights.
Section 3.03 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each holder of each
option outstanding pursuant to the Stock Plans on the date hereof and the date
of grant, number of shares of Company Common Stock subject thereto, expiration
date, vesting schedule and exercise price of each such option held by such
holder. Except as set forth above, as of the date of this Agreement, no shares
of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company were issued or
outstanding or reserved for issuance. As of the date of this Agreement, there
were no outstanding stock appreciation rights or rights (other than outstanding
Company Options issued under the Stock Plans as set forth in subparagraph (iv)
above) to receive shares of Company Common Stock on a deferred basis granted
under the Stock Plans or otherwise, except as set forth in the Rights Agreement.
All outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and all shares which
may be issued pursuant to any options outstanding on the date hereof pursuant to
the Stock Plans and the Stock Option Agreement will be, when issued, duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to
preemptive rights. There are no notes, bonds, debentures or other indebtedness
of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable
for, securities having the right to vote) on any matters on which shareholders
of the Company may vote. Except as set forth above, as of the date of this
Agreement, there are no outstanding securities, options, warrants, calls,
rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was a party or by which any of them
was bound obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, deliver or
sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital
stock or other voting securities of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries or
obligating the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, grant, extend or
enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment,
agreement, arrangement or undertaking. As of the date of this Agreement, there
are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital
stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the date of this
Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to
vote or to dispose of any shares of the capital stock of any of its
Subsidiaries. The Company has delivered to Crane a complete and correct copy of
the Rights Agreement.
SECTION 3.04. Authority; Noncontravention. (a) The Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
Stock Option Agreement and, subject (in the case of this Agreement) to the
Company Shareholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Stock Option
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, subject, in the case of the
approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, to the
Company Shareholder Approval. This Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement have
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their terms except as limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity, regardless of
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whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or at law; provided, however, that
the Company cannot consummate the Merger unless and until it receives the
Company Shareholder Approval.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Stock
Option Agreement by the Company do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not, (i) conflict with, or result in any
violation or breach of any provision of the Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, (ii) except as set forth in Section 3.04
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, result in any violation or breach of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default (or give
rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation
or loss of any material benefit) under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other
agreement, instrument or obligation to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or which any of them or any of their properties or
assets may be bound, or (iii) subject to obtaining the Company Shareholder
Approval and compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 3.04(c)
below, conflict with or violate any permit, concession, franchise, license,
judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of its or their properties or
assets, except in the case of (ii) and (iii) for any such conflicts, violations,
defaults, terminations, cancellations or accelerations which, individually or in
the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(c) No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Authority is required
by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Stock Option Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for
(i) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Pennsylvania Secretary of
State, (ii) the filing of the Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC in accordance with the
Exchange Act, (iii) the filing of the Proxy Statement with the SEC in accordance
with the Exchange Act, (iv) the filing of a premerger notification and report
form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the "HSR Act"), and (v) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and filings as either (x) may be required under
applicable state securities laws and the laws of any foreign country or (y)
which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, or would not reasonably be expected to impair the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
SECTION 3.05. SEC Filings; Financial Statements. (a) The Company has
filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by the Company with
the SEC since January 1, 1994 (collectively, together with any forms, reports
and documents filed by the Company with the SEC after the date hereof until the
Closing, the "Company SEC Reports"). Each such report, when filed, complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the
applicable rules and regulations thereunder and, as of their respective dates,
none of such reports contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted 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.
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(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including, in
each case, any related notes) contained in the Company SEC Reports complied as
to form in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto, was prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements)
and fairly presented the consolidated financial position of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the respective dates and the consolidated results of their
operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that unaudited
interim financial statements contained in any Company Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q (i) were or are subject to normal year-end adjustments which were not or
are not expected to be material in amount, and (ii) do not contain footnote
disclosure. The unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of June 30, 1998 is
referred to herein as the "Company Balance Sheet."
SECTION 3.06. Indebtedness; Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. (a)
Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of each
instrument which evidences Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary, and
the aggregate principal amount thereof outstanding as of the date hereof. The
total aggregate principal amount outstanding as of the date hereof of all such
Indebtedness is $189,945, which includes $0 in face amount of outstanding
letters of credit. Except as set forth in Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all of such instruments are in full force and effect and neither the
Company, nor any Subsidiary (as the case may be) is in default thereunder, nor,
to the knowledge of the Company, is any other party to any such instrument in
default thereunder, nor to the knowledge of the Company, does any condition
exist that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a default thereunder, which default could reasonably be expected to give rise to
a right on the part of some party thereto to terminate such instrument,
accelerate the obligations thereunder or claim damages thereunder, except such
default (i) as to which requisite waivers or consents have been obtained or (ii)
which is curable and is cured within the applicable period for cure permitted
under such instruments. Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure Schedule also
sets forth a list of each other instrument or agreement that contains a
restriction, limitation or encumbrance, of any kind, on the ability of the
Company or any Subsidiary to pay dividends on its respective capital stock.
(b) Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure Schedule also sets
forth all contracts and other agreements and arrangements pursuant to which the
Company or any Subsidiary has agreed to indemnify or exonerate any officer,
director or employee of the Company or of any Subsidiary with respect to any
matter. Except as described in Section 3.06 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Company has not received any written notice of, and, to the best knowledge
of the Company, there are no circumstances which might give rise to, any
obligation or liability on the part of the Company or any Subsidiary so to
indemnify any such officer, director or employee.
(c) Except as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to
the date hereof, the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any liabilities as
of the date hereof, either accrued or contingent, and whether due or to become
due that, under generally accepted accounting principles, are required to be
reflected in the Company's financial statements, other than (i) liabilities
reflected or reserved against in the Company Balance Sheet, (ii) liabilities
specifically
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described in this Agreement, or in the Company Disclosure Schedule, and (iii)
normal or recurring liabilities incurred since June 30, 1998 in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices and which are not,
individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results, operations,
financial condition or prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole.
SECTION 3.07. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Since the date of
the Company Balance Sheet, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their
businesses only in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past
practice and, since such date, there has not been (i) any Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and,
to the best knowledge of the Company, no fact or condition exists or is
threatened which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in the future, or
(ii) any material change by the Company in its accounting methods, principles or
practices except as required by concurrent changes in generally accepted
accounting principles.
SECTION 3.08. Tax Matters. (a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
has prepared and timely filed, and will file on a timely basis, all material
federal, state, local and foreign returns, estimates, information statements and
reports ("Returns") relating to any and all Taxes concerning or attributable to
the Company or its Subsidiaries or their operations and required to be filed on
or prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Each such Return was true, correct and complete on the
respective date on which it was filed and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
event has since occurred requiring any amendment thereto, which amendment has
not been made in a manner such that each such Return remains true, correct and
complete.
(c) The Company as of the Effective Time: (A) will have paid all
Taxes it is required to pay prior to the Effective Time and (B) will have
withheld with respect to its employees all federal and state income taxes, FICA,
FUTA and other Taxes required to be withheld.
(d) The accounts shown on the Company Balance Sheet (excluding
amounts classified thereon as deferred) are sufficient for the discharge of all
Taxes attributable or with respect to all periods, or portions thereof, prior to
the date of the Company Balance Sheet remaining unpaid as of such date, except
as set forth in Section 3.08 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. There is no Tax
deficiency outstanding or assessed, or to the Company's knowledge proposed,
against the Company or its Subsidiaries that is not reflected as a liability on
the Company Balance Sheet nor has the Company executed any waiver of any statute
of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of
any Tax. No tax audit or examination is now pending or currently in progress
with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(e) The Company has not filed a consent under Section 341(f) of
the Code concerning collapsible corporations. The Company has not made any
payment, nor is it obligated to make any payment, nor is it a party to any
agreement that under certain circumstances could obligate it to make any
payment, that will not be deductible under Sections 280G or 162(m) of the Code.
The Company has not been (nor does it have any liability for unpaid Taxes
because it once was) a member of an affiliated group (other than the current
affiliated group of the Company and its
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Subsidiaries) during any part of any consolidated return year within any part of
which consolidated return year any other corporation was also a member of such
group. The Company is not and has not been during the applicable period
specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code a United States real property
holding corporation as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code. Without taking
into account the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Offer and the Merger, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any losses subject to the limitations of Section 382 of the
Code.
SECTION 3.09. Certain Transactions; Certain Payments. (a) Except as set
forth in Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the officers
or directors of the Company or of any of its Subsidiaries nor any Affiliate of
the Company, and, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the employees of the
Company or of any of its Subsidiaries is currently a party to any transaction
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as an
employee, officer or director), including, without limitation, any contract,
agreement or other arrangement (i) providing for the furnishing of services to
or by, (ii) providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or
(iii) otherwise requiring payments to or from, any such officer, director,
Affiliate or employee, any member of the family of any such officer, director or
employee or any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any
such officer, director or employee has a substantial interest or which is an
Affiliate of such officer, director or employee.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.09 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the officers or directors of the Company or of any of its
Subsidiaries nor any Affiliate of the Company, or, to the knowledge of the
Company, any other person or entity associated with or acting for or on behalf
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has directly or indirectly (i) made
any bribe, payoff, influence payment (other than payments made in accordance
with normal commercial practices), kickback or other unlawful gift or payment to
any person or entity, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money,
property or services (w) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business, (x)
to pay for favorable treatment for business secured, (y) to obtain special
concessions or for special concessions already obtained, for or in respect of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (z) in violation of the
United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or any other federal, state,
territorial, local or foreign law, statute, rule or regulation or (ii)
established or maintained any fund or asset that has not been recorded in the
books and records of the Company in connection with any of the matters described
in clause (i) above.
SECTION 3.10. Required Authorizations. Section 3.10 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all Required
Authorizations which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries must give or obtain
for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Stock Option Agreement
by the Company or the consummation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of
any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in order to enable all
the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company to be acquired in the
Offer or to be converted as contemplated by Article II.
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SECTION 3.11. Litigation. Except as set forth in Section 3.11 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule or as indicated in any of the Company SEC Reports
filed prior to the date hereof, there are no suits, litigations, investigations,
actions or proceedings of any kind pending or (to the knowledge of the Company)
threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary, nor (to the knowledge of the
Company) is any such matter pending or threatened against any other person,
which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.12. Compliance with Law; Regulatory Compliance. (a) Except as
set forth in Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except for
instances of non-compliance which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been
in violation of any applicable federal, state, provincial, local or foreign law,
regulation, ordinance or other requirement of any Governmental Authority
relating to it or to its securities, property, operations or business, and, to
the best knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred or condition or state
of facts exists that could give rise to any such violation. Except as set forth
in Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no outstanding
order, writ, judgment, stipulation, injunction, decree, determination, award or
other order of any court or governmental agency or instrumentality, domestic or
foreign, against or affecting the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of the
assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries possess, or have made timely
application for, all Governmental Approvals with and under all federal, state,
provincial, local and foreign laws and Governmental Authorities, required by the
Company and its Subsidiaries to carry on any substantial part of their
respective businesses as presently conducted and to use and operate any of their
respective property and assets, other than Governmental Approvals, the absence
of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries,
taken as a whole. All such Governmental Approvals are in full force and effect
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of any such
Governmental Approval or any other permit, license, approval, authorization or
registration applicable to it or to the operation of its respective business,
other than violations which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, to the best knowledge of the
Company, no event or condition or state of facts exists (or would exist upon the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both) that could result in such a
violation. Except as disclosed in Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company has no reason to believe that any pending application for
any such Governmental Approval will not be timely granted and no proceeding is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened to revoke, suspend or
materially modify any Governmental Approval possessed by the Company or its
Subsidiaries or deny any renewal thereof.
(c) Except as disclosed in Section 3.12 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries have made all Governmental Filings
required to be made with any Governmental Authority with respect to the
operation of their respective businesses and the use and operation of their
respective properties and assets, other than Governmental Filings, the
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absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
SECTION 3.13. Contracts. Set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule is a list of (a) all contracts, agreements, commitments,
undertakings or obligations to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which it or its assets or properties are bound or subject which
involve the payment by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than
$50,000 under any one of such contracts and which have a remaining term of more
than 120 days (taking into account the effect of any renewal options), (b) all
contracts, agreements or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness; (c) all
joint venture or partnership agreements to which the Company or any Subsidiary
is a party; (d) all contracts or agreements restricting the right of any person
or entity to compete with the Company or any Subsidiary, and all contracts or
agreements restricting the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to compete
with any person or entity, to sell to or purchase from any person or entity or
to hire any person; (e) all contracts or agreements, other than contracts or
agreements for the sale of products in the ordinary course of business,
providing for indemnification or exoneration of any other person or entity by
the Company or any Subsidiary; (f) all contracts or agreements with any public
utility pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary provides goods or
services to such public utility; (g) all contracts pursuant to which the Company
provides services and pursuant to which there is no limitation on the liability
of the Company; and (h) all other contracts, agreements, commitments,
undertakings or obligations to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or by which it or its assets or properties are bound or subject (other
than Real Property Leases, Personal Property Leases, Employment Agreements and
Benefit Plans) (x) which if terminated or lost would have a Material Adverse
Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or
(y) was not entered into in the ordinary course of business (collectively, the
"Contracts"). There have been made available to Crane true and complete copies
of all such Contracts that are in writing (including all amendments thereto, if
any). Except as set forth in Section 3.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
all of the Contracts are in full force and effect and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) is in default thereunder, nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, is any other party to any Contract in default
thereunder, nor, to the best of the Company's knowledge, does any condition
exist that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a default thereunder, which default would give rise to a right on the part of
some party thereto to terminate such Contract or claim damages thereunder,
except such default (i) as to which requisite waivers or consents have been
obtained or (ii) which is curable and is cured within the applicable period for
cure permitted under such Contract. Except as set forth in Section 3.10 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no approval or consent of any person is needed in
order for the Contracts to continue in full force and effect under the same
terms and conditions currently in effect following the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.14. Real Property. None of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries owns any real property. Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a list (by lessee) and summary description of all Real
Property Leases. The Company and each Subsidiary (as the case may be) has a
valid leasehold interest in each Real Property
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Lease held by it as of the date of this Agreement, in each case free and clear
of all Liens, except for the Silicon Valley Bank Liens. The Company has made
available to Crane a true and complete copy of each Real Property Lease which is
in writing. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or
holds property subject to any Real Property Lease which is not in writing. The
Real Property Leases are in full force and effect and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has received any written notice of
default thereunder which has not been remedied or waived. Each Real Property
Lease was negotiated on an arm's length basis. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or has any knowledge of any
pending, threatened or contemplated condemnation proceeding or assessment for
public improvements affecting any real property leased pursuant to a Real
Property Lease or any part thereof or of any sale or other disposition thereof
in lieu of condemnation.
SECTION 3.15. Personal Property. The Company or one of its Subsidiaries
(as the case may be) owns all Personal Property owned by it as of the date of
this Agreement, whether or not reflected in the Company Balance Sheet, in each
case free and clear of all Liens, except for the Silicon Valley Bank Liens.
Section 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule also sets forth a list (by
lessee or licensee) and a summary description of all Personal Property Leases.
The Company or one of its Subsidiaries (as the case may be) has a valid
leasehold interest in each Personal Property Lease held by it as of the date of
this Agreement, in each case free and clear of all Liens except for the Silicon
Valley Bank Liens. All of the Personal Property owned or leased by, and
currently used or necessary for or in the operations of, the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, is in good operating condition and repair,
ordinary wear and tear excepted.
SECTION 3.16. Intellectual Property Rights. Except as set forth on
Section 3.16 of the Company Disclosure Schedule:
(a) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the
exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free right to use all Intellectual Property Rights
that are used in connection with the operation of its business (collectively,
the "Requisite Rights"), free and clear of all Liens other than the Silicon
Valley Bank Liens;
(b) to the knowledge of the Company, no product or service
licensed, marketed or sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries violates
any license or infringes any Intellectual Property Rights of others and no
person is infringing upon or has misappropriated any Requisite Rights.
(c) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened claim or litigation against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
contesting the validity of or right to use the Requisite Rights, nor has the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries received any written notice that any of the
Requisite Rights or the operation of their respective businesses conflicts with
the asserted rights of others, in any case, which, individually or in the
aggregate, if adversely determined against the Company or the applicable
Subsidiary would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
As used herein, the term "Intellectual Property Rights" means all intellectual
property rights, including, without limitation, Proprietary Technology, patents,
patent applications, patent rights,
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trademarks, trademark applications, trade names, service marks, service mark
applications and registrations, copyrights, copyright applications and
registrations, know-how, licenses, trade secrets, proprietary processes and
formulae. As used herein, "Proprietary Technology" means all source and object
code, processes, inventions, trade secrets, know-how and other proprietary
rights owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pertaining to any product
or service licensed, marketed or sold by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or used, employed or exploited in the development, license, sale, marketing,
distribution or maintenance thereof, and all documentation describing or
relating to the foregoing, including, without limitation, manuals, memoranda,
know-how, notebooks, patents and patent applications, trademarks and trademark
applications and registrations, copyrights and copyright applications and
registrations, records and disclosures.
SECTION 3.17. Environmental Matters. (a) The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has applied for and has in effect all federal, state and local and
foreign governmental approvals, authorizations, certificates, filings,
franchises, licenses, notices, permits and rights ("Environmental Permits")
under applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules, orders and regulations which
are administered, interpreted or enforced by a Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction over pollution or protection of the environment (collectively,
"Environmental Laws") necessary for it to carry on its business as now
conducted, and there has occurred no default under any such Environmental
Permit, except for the lack of Environmental Permits and for defaults under
Environmental Permits that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in
compliance with applicable Environmental Laws except for instances of possible
noncompliance which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(c) There is no suit, action, proceeding or inquiry pending or, to
the Company's knowledge, threatened before any Governmental Authority in which
the Company or any or its Subsidiaries has been or, to the best knowledge of the
Company with respect to threatened suits, actions and proceedings, may be named
as a defendant (i) for alleged noncompliance (including by any predecessor) with
any Environmental Law or (ii) relating to the release into the environment of
any Hazardous Material (as hereinafter defined), asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls or oil, whether or not occurring at, on, under or involving a site
owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iii)
for any site or location for which it or its Subsidiaries has been designated as
a potentially responsible party under any federal, state, local or foreign
superfund law, or (iv) for any claim for damages to natural resources, except in
the cases of clauses (i) through (iv) above for any such suits, actions,,
proceedings and inquiries that, individually or in the aggregate, would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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(d) During the period of ownership or operation by the Company and
its current or former Subsidiaries of any of their respective current or
formerly owned properties, there have been no underground storage tanks (whether
currently active or not) and no polychlorinated biphenyls in transformers or
other electrical equipment and there have been no releases of Hazardous Material
or of asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls or oil in, on, under or affecting such
properties or, to the Company's knowledge, any surrounding site, except for
those that, individually or in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole. Prior to the period of ownership or operation by the Company
or its current or former Subsidiaries of any of their respective current or
formerly owned properties, to the Company's knowledge, there were no releases of
Hazardous Material or asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls or oil or other
petroleum products in, on, under or affecting any such property or any
surrounding site, except for those that, individually or in the aggregate, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. "Hazardous Material" means any
pollutant, contaminant, or hazardous substance within the meaning of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or other
applicable Environmental Laws.
(e) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have all
Environmental Permits required in connection with the use, storage, handling and
disposal of radioactive materials, and have complied and are in current
compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws in
connection with the disposal of radioactive materials.
SECTION 3.18. Products Liability. Other than ordinary course warranty
claims, during the past five years there have been no claims made against the
Company, its Subsidiaries or any Predecessor for personal injury, property
damage or other loss as a result of product defects that exceed, with respect to
any one type or class of defect, $25,000 in the aggregate.
SECTION 3.19. Insurance. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has
in effect valid and effective policies of insurance (true and complete copies of
which have been provided to Crane), issued by companies believed by the Company
to be sound and reputable, insuring the Company or such Subsidiary (as the case
may be) for losses customarily insured against by others engaged in similar
lines of business. To the best knowledge of the Company, such policies are
reasonable, in both scope and amount, in light of the risks attendant to the
businesses conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any liability after the Effective Time for
retrospective or retroactive premium adjustments. The Company has delivered to
Crane true and complete copies of lists furnished by the Company's insurance
brokers identifying the names of any third party named as an additional insured
under any insurance policy maintained by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
since 1994. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule also discloses the
manner in which the Company and its Subsidiaries provide coverage for workers'
compensation claims and a list of all workers' compensation claims filed against
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries during the past five years.
SECTION 3.20. Employment and Change in Control Agreements. (a) Section
3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of
all written, and to the
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best knowledge of the Company, oral agreements with any officer, director or
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party, providing for the terms of his or her employment
with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and/or the terms of his or her
severance or other payments upon termination of such employment (the "Employment
Agreements"). The Company has previously furnished to Crane true and complete
copies of all Employment Agreements, together with all amendments thereto (if
any). Since the date of the Company Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has (i) except as set forth in Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, effected any increase in salary, wage or other compensation of any
kind, whether current or deferred, to any officer, director, employee, agent,
broker or consultant in excess of five percent of the compensation payable to
any such person or (ii) made any contribution to any trust or plan for the
benefit of employees except for contributions made in the normal and ordinary
course of business in a manner consistent with past practices or as required by
the terms thereof as now in effect.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule or as disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of
this Agreement, and except as provided for in this Agreement, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any oral or written (i)
agreement with any officer or other key employee of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or the terms of which are
materially altered, upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company
of the nature contemplated by this Agreement or (B) providing for compensation
payments that would not be deductible by the Company for federal income tax
purposes, (ii) agreement with any officer or other key employee of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries providing any compensation guarantee in excess of
$50,000 per annum, or (iii) agreement or Benefit Plan, any of the benefits of
which will be increased, or the vesting of the benefits of which will be
accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the
basis of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 3.21. Labor Relations. To the best knowledge of the Company,
relations of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries with their employees are
good. Except as disclosed on Section 3.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by any union
or other labor organization. No representation election, arbitration proceeding,
grievance, labor strike, dispute, slowdown, stoppage or other labor trouble is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries. No complaint against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened before
the National Labor Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
or any similar state or local agency, by or on behalf of any employee of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
SECTION 3.22. Employee Benefit Plans. (a) The Company has set forth on
Section 3.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedule a list of all employee benefit
plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) and all bonus, stock option, stock
purchase, fringe benefits, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental
retirement, post-retirement health or welfare plan, severance and other employee
benefit plans and arrangements, written or otherwise, maintained by the Company
or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member or
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which is under common control with the Company (an "ERISA Affiliate") within the
meaning of Section 414 of the Code, or any Subsidiary of the Company for the
benefit of, or relating to, any current or former employee of the Company or an
ERISA Affiliate (together, the "Company Group") or with respect to which the
Company or an ERISA Affiliate may have liability (together, the "Benefit
Plans").
(b) With respect to each Benefit Plan, the Company has made
available to Crane a true and correct copy of (i) the most recent annual report
(Form 5500) filed with the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), (ii) such Benefit
Plan (or in the case of an unwritten Benefit Plan, a written summary thereof),
(iii) each trust agreement and group annuity contract, if any, relating to such
Benefit Plan and (iv) the most recent actuarial report or valuation relating to
a Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.
(c) Each of the Benefit Plans and all related trusts, insurance
contracts and funds have been created, maintained, funded and administered in
all respects in compliance with all applicable laws and in compliance with the
plan document, trust agreement, insurance policy or other writing creating the
same or applicable thereto. No Benefit Plan is or, to the best knowledge of the
Company, is proposed to be under audit or investigation, and no completed audit
of any Benefit Plan has resulted in the imposition of any tax, fine or penalty.
(d) No prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 406
of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code) with respect to any Benefit Plan exists
or has occurred that could subject any member of the Company Group to any
liability or tax under Part 5 of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.
No member of the Company Group, nor any administrator or fiduciary of any
Benefit Plan, nor any agent of any of the foregoing, has engaged in any
transaction or acted or failed to act in a manner that will subject any member
of the Company Group to any liability for a breach of fiduciary or other duty
under ERISA or any other applicable law. With the exception of the requirements
of Section 4980B of the Code, no post-retirement benefits are provided under any
Benefit Plan that is a welfare benefit plan as described in ERISA Section 3(1).
(e) Section 3.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedule discloses each
Benefit Plan that purports to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the
Code and exempt from United States federal income tax under Section 501(a) of
the Code (a "Qualified Plan"). With respect to each Qualified Plan, a
determination letter (or opinion or notification letter, if applicable) has been
received from the IRS that such plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the
Code and exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Code. No
Qualified Plan has been amended since the date of the most recent such letter
applicable to such Qualified Plan. No member of the Company Group, nor any
fiduciary of any Qualified Plan, nor any agent of any of the foregoing, has
taken any action that would adversely affect the qualified status of a Qualified
Plan or the qualified status of any related trust.
(f) No Benefit Plan is a defined benefit plan within the meaning
of Section 3(35) of ERISA (a "Defined Benefit Plan"). No Defined Benefit Plan
sponsored or maintained by any member of the Company Group has been terminated
or partially terminated except as set forth on Section 3.22 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. Each Defined Benefit Plan identified as
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terminated on Section 3.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedule has met the
requirement for standard termination of single-employer plans contained in
Section 4041(b) of ERISA. During the five-year period ending at the Effective
Time, no member of the Company Group has transferred a Defined Benefit Plan to a
corporation that was not, at the time of transfer, related to the transferor as
described in Section 414 of the Code.
(g) No Benefit Plan is a multiemployer plan within the meaning of
Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (a "Multiemployer Plan"). No member
of the Company Group has withdrawn from any Multiemployer Plan or incurred any
withdrawal liability to or under any Multiemployer Plan. No Benefit Plan covers
any employees of any member of the Company Group in any foreign country or
territory.
(h) With respect to the Benefit Plans, individually and in the
aggregate, there are no funded benefit obligations for which contributions have
not been made or properly accrued and there are no unfunded benefit obligations
which have not been accounted for by reserves, or otherwise properly footnoted
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, on the financial
statements of the Company.
SECTION 3.23. No Existing Discussions. As of the date hereof, the
Company is not engaged, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or
negotiations with any other party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal.
SECTION 3.24. Information Supplied. None of the written information
supplied or to be supplied by the Company specifically for inclusion or
incorporation by reference in the Offer Documents or the Proxy Statement will,
at the respective times filed with the SEC and, in the case of the Proxy
Statement, the date it is first mailed to the Company's shareholders or at the
time of the Company Shareholders 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. The Proxy Statement
will comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, except that no
representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements
made or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by Crane
specifically for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement.
SECTION 3.25. Voting Requirements. The affirmative vote of the holders
of at least a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Company Common Stock
entitled to vote thereon (the "Company Shareholder Approval") is the only vote
of the holders of any class or series of the Company's capital stock necessary
to adopt this Agreement and to approve the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
SECTION 3.26. State Statutes. The Board of Directors of the Company has
approved the terms of this Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement and the
Shareholders Agreements, the making of the Offer and the consummation of the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement and the Shareholder
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Agreements and such approval renders the provisions of Section 2538 and
Subchapter F of Chapter 25 of the PBCL inapplicable to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement and the Shareholders
Agreements. To the best of the Company's knowledge, no other state takeover
statute or similar statute or regulation applies or purports to apply to this
Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement or the Shareholder Agreements or any of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
SECTION 3.27. Rights Agreement. The Rights Agreement has been amended
as of the date hereof (i) to render the Rights Agreement inapplicable to this
Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement, the Shareholder Agreements, the Offer,
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement or the Shareholder Agreements and (ii) to ensure that (x)
neither Crane nor any of its wholly owned subsidiaries is an Acquiring Person
(as defined in the Rights Agreement) pursuant to the Rights Agreement, (y) Crane
and its wholly owned subsidiaries are Exempt Persons (as defined in the Rights
Agreement) pursuant to the Rights Agreement, and (z) a Stock Acquisition Date,
Distribution Date or Triggering Event (in each case as defined in the Rights
Agreement) does not occur solely by reason of the execution of this Agreement,
the or the Shareholder Agreements, or the consummation of the Offer, the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Stock Option
Agreement or the Shareholder Agreements.
SECTION 3.28. Brokers. No broker, investment banker, financial advisor
or other person, other than Legg Mason Wood Walker, Inc., is entitled to any
broker's, finder's, financial advisor's or other similar fee or commission in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon
arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company. The Company has provided Crane
with a true and correct copy of its engagement letter with Legg Mason Wood
Walker, Inc..
SECTION 3.29. Disclosure. No representation or warranty of the Company
in this Agreement or any certificate, schedule, statement, document or
instrument furnished or to be furnished to Crane pursuant hereto or in
connection herewith, contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated herein
or therein or necessary to make any statement herein or therein not misleading.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CRANE
Except as set forth on the disclosure schedule delivered by Crane to
the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement (the "Crane Disclosure
Schedule"), Crane and the Purchaser represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
SECTION 4.01. Organization, Standing and Corporate Power. Each of Crane
and the Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing or
subsisting and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it
is incorporated and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as now being conducted. Crane is duly qualified or
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licensed to do business and is in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions
which recognize such concept) in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification
or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be
so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing individually or in the
aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Crane and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole.
SECTION 4.02. Authority; Noncontravention. Each of Crane and the
Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Crane and the Purchaser and the
consummation by them of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Crane and
the Purchaser. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Crane and
the Purchaser and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each of Crane
and the Purchaser, enforceable against Crane and the Purchaser in accordance
with its terms except as limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of
equity, regardless of whether asserted in a proceeding in equity or at law. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement by Crane and the Purchaser will not, conflict with, or result
in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or
both) under, or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any obligation or to loss of a material benefit under, or result
in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Crane or the
Purchaser under, (i) the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation or By-laws of
Crane or the Purchaser, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, note, bond, mortgage,
indenture, lease or other agreement, instrument, permit, concession, franchise
or license applicable to Crane or the Purchaser or their respective properties
or assets or (iii) subject to the governmental filings and other matters
referred to in the following sentence, any judgment, order, decree, statute,
law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to Crane or the Purchaser or their
respective properties or assets, other than, in the case of clauses (ii) and
(iii), any such conflicts, violations, defaults, rights, losses or Liens that
individually or in the aggregate would not (x) have a Material Adverse Effect on
Crane and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (y) impair the ability of Crane to
perform its obligations under this Agreement in any material respect or (z)
prevent or materially delay the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. No consent, approval, order or authorization of,
or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is
required by or with respect to Crane or the Purchaser in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Crane or the Purchaser or the
consummation by Crane or the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except for (1) the filing of a premerger notification and report form
under the HSR Act; (2) the filing with the SEC of the Offer Documents and such
reports under Section 13(a), 13(d), 15(d) or 16(a) of the Exchange Act as may be
required in connection with this Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement or the
Shareholder Agreements; (3) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the
Pennsylvania Secretary of State and appropriate documents with the relevant
authorities of other states; (4) such filings and consents as may be required
under any environmental, health or safety law or regulation pertaining to any
notification, disclosure or required approval
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necessitated by the Offer or the Merger or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; and (5) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and filings the failure to make or obtain which
would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Crane and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, or impair the ability of Crane or the Purchaser to perform its
obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.
SECTION 4.03. Information Supplied. None of the written information
supplied or to be supplied by Crane or the Purchaser specifically for inclusion
or incorporation by reference in the Schedule 14D-9 or in the Proxy Statement
will, at the respective times filed with the SEC and, in the case of the Proxy
Statement, at the date it or any amendment or supplement thereto is mailed to
Company shareholders and at the date of the Company Shareholders Meeting,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except
that no representation or warranty is made by Crane or the Purchaser with
respect to statements made or incorporated by reference therein based on
information supplied by the Company specifically for inclusion or incorporation
by reference therein.
SECTION 4.04. Share Ownership. Without giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement and the
Shareholder Agreements, neither Crane nor the Purchaser is an "interested
shareholder" for purposes of Section 2538 or Subchapter F of Chapter 25 of the
PBCL.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
SECTION 5.01. Conduct of Business and Other Actions by the Company. (a)
Except with the consent of Crane, during the period from the date of this
Agreement to the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to, carry on their respective businesses in the usual, regular
and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and
in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations
and, to the extent consistent therewith, use all reasonable efforts to preserve
intact their current business organizations, keep available the services of
their current officers and employees and preserve their relationships with those
persons having business dealings with them to the end that their goodwill and
ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired at the time of consummation of the Offer.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the period from the
date of this Agreement to the consummation of the Offer, the Company shall, and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to:
(i) preserve and maintain its corporate existence and all of its
rights, privileges and franchises reasonably necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of its business, except to the extent contemplated by any
transactions specifically permitted by this Agreement;
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(ii) not acquire any stock or other interest in, nor (except in
the ordinary course of business) purchase any assets of, any corporation,
partnership, association or other business organization or entity or any
division thereof (except any stock or assets distributed to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries as part of any bankruptcy or other creditor settlement or
pursuant to a plan of reorganization), nor agree to do any of the foregoing;
(iii) not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any of its assets (including, without limitation, patents, trade secrets or
licenses), nor suffer to exist or create any Lien on any of its assets, except
as permitted by this Agreement or in the ordinary course of business and except
that the Company and each of its Subsidiaries may sell or otherwise dispose of
any assets which are obsolete;
(iv) not incur any Indebtedness, other than as a result of
borrowings or drawdowns, the issuance of letters of credit for the account of
the Company and the incurrence of interest, letter of credit reimbursement
obligations and other obligations under the terms of the Silicon Valley Bank
Loan, which Indebtedness shall be incurred only for working capital purposes;
(v) not (x) alter, amend or repeal any provision of its Articles
of Incorporation or Bylaws or its certificate of incorporation or by-laws (as
the case may be), (y) change the number of its directors (other than as a result
of the death, retirement or resignation of a director), (z) form or acquire any
Subsidiaries not existing as of the date of this Agreement, (xx) enter into,
modify or terminate any Contracts, Real Property Leases or Personal Property
Leases or agree to do so, (yy) enter into, modify or terminate any Employment
Agreement or hire any personnel other than temporary personnel not eligible to
participate in any benefit plans or programs of the Company, or (zz) declare,
pay, commit to or incur any obligation of any kind for the payment of any bonus,
additional salary or compensation or retirement, termination, welfare or
severance benefits or change in control benefits payable or to become payable to
any of its employees or such other persons, except for such matters as are
required pursuant to the terms of any existing Employment Agreement or Benefit
Plan;
(vi) maintain its books, accounts and records in the usual,
ordinary and regular manner and in material compliance with all applicable laws;
(vii) pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its
income or profits, or upon any property belonging to it, prior to the date on
which penalties attach thereto, except to the extent that the Company is
currently contesting, in good faith and by proper proceedings, the payment of
such Taxes and the Company maintains appropriate reserves with respect thereto;
(viii) not settle any tax claim against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any litigation (net of applicable insurance proceeds) in excess
of $10,000;
(ix) meet in all material respects its obligations under all
Contracts, Real Property Leases and Personal Property Leases and not become in
default thereunder;
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(x) maintain in all material respects its business and assets in
good repair, order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and
maintain insurance upon such business and assets at least comparable in amount
and kind to that in effect on the date hereof;
(xi) maintain in all material respects its present relationships
and goodwill with suppliers, brokers, manufacturers, representatives,
distributors, customers and others having business relations with it (provided
that it may pursue overdue accounts and otherwise exercise lawful remedies in
its customary fashion);
(xii) not declare, set aside, make or pay any dividends or other
distributions with respect to its capital stock, including, without limitation,
in the case of the Company, the Company Common Stock, or purchase or redeem any
shares of its capital stock, including, without limitation, in the case of the
Company , the Company Common Stock, or agree to take any such action;
(xiii) not authorize or make any single capital expenditure in
excess of $5,000, or make any capital expenditure if the aggregate of the amount
of such capital expenditure together with the amounts of all other capital
expenditures since the date of this Agreement shall exceed $25,000;
(xiv) not violate any law or regulation applicable to it nor
violate any order, injunction or decree applicable to the conduct of its
business; and
(xv) not increase the number of shares authorized or issued and
outstanding of its capital stock, including, without limitation, in the case of
the Company, the Company Common Stock, nor grant or make any pledge, option,
warrant, call, commitment, right or agreement of any character relating to its
capital stock, including, without limitation, in the case the Company, the
Company Common Stock, nor issue or sell any shares of its capital stock,
including, without limitation, in the case of the Company, the Company Common
Stock, or securities convertible into such capital stock, or any bonds,
promissory notes, debentures or other corporate securities or become obligated
so to sell or issue any such securities or obligations, except, in any case,
issuance of shares of the Company Common Stock (i) pursuant to the exercise of
options, warrants or other rights outstanding as of the date hereof and referred
to in Section 3.03 or (ii) pursuant to the Stock Option Agreement;
(xvi) not make any change to its accounting methods, principles or
practices, except as may be required by generally accepted accounting
principles;
(xvii) not expend any money pursuant to, or incur expenses related
to performance under, the Development Contract with Norwegian Oil Companies,
Saga Petroleum ASA, Phillips Petroleum Co., Statoil and Norsk Hydro Produksjon
(Contract #ANS 0029555 ESD) in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate;
(xviii) not waive any right of substantial value or cancel any
debt owed to the Company or any Subsidiary or claim against any person or
entity; and
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(xix) not authorize, or commit or agree to take, any of the
foregoing actions;
provided, however, that if the Company requests in writing that Crane consent to
the taking of any affirmative action on the part of the Company the taking of
which would require such consent pursuant to this Section 5.01(a) and the
failure to grant such consent within four business days of receipt by Crane of
such request is the sole cause of the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect,
then such Material Adverse Effect shall not be an Event for purposes of Annex II
nor shall Crane be permitted to terminate this Agreement solely due to the
occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Other Actions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
of its Subsidiaries to, take any action that would, or that could reasonably be
expected to, result in (i) any of its representations and warranties set forth
in this Agreement that are qualified as to materiality becoming untrue, (ii) any
of its representations and warranties that are not so qualified becoming untrue
in any material respect or (iii) subject to the Company's rights under Section
5.02 and Article VII hereof, any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article VI that are within the Company's control not being satisfied.
(c) Advice of Changes. The Company shall promptly advise Crane
orally and in writing of (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained
in this Agreement that is qualified as to materiality becoming untrue or
inaccurate in any respect or any such representation or warranty that is not so
qualified becoming untrue or inaccurate in any material respect, (ii) the
failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant,
condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this
Agreement or (iii) any change or event having, or which could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or on the truth of its representations and warranties or the
ability of the conditions set forth in Article VI to be satisfied. Upon such
notification, Crane and the Purchaser shall have the option to either terminate
this Agreement or to waive any right to consider any of the foregoing in
connection with a determination as to whether any of the Events specified in
subparagraphs (c), (f) or (g) of Annex II has occurred.
SECTION 5.02. No Solicitation. (a) The Company shall not, nor shall it
permit any of its Subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or permit any of its
directors, officers or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor,
attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its
Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly through another person, (i) solicit or
initiate (including by way of furnishing information), or take any other action
to facilitate, any inquiries or the making of any proposal that constitutes an
Acquisition Proposal (as defined below) or (ii) participate in any discussions
or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal; provided, however, that if,
at any time prior to the acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common
Stock pursuant to the Offer, the Board of Directors of the Company determines in
good faith, based upon the advice of outside counsel (including, for all
purposes of this Agreement, Pepper Hamilton LLP), that it is required to do so
in order to comply with its fiduciary duties to the Company's shareholders under
applicable law, the Company may, in
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response to an Acquisition Proposal that was not solicited by it, and subject to
compliance with Section 5.02(c), (x) furnish information with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries to any person pursuant to a customary
confidentiality agreement (as determined by the Company after consultation with
its outside counsel) and (y) participate in negotiations regarding such
Acquisition Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Acquisition Proposal"
means any inquiry, proposal or offer from any person or entity relating to any
direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of 20% or more of the assets of the
Company and its Subsidiaries or 20% or more of any class of equity securities of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any tender offer or exchange offer that
if consummated would result in any person beneficially owning 20% or more of any
class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
merger, consolidation, business combination, share exchange, recapitalization,
liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) Except as expressly permitted by this Section 5.02, neither
the Board of Directors of the Company nor any committee thereof shall (i)
(unless, prior to the acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to the Offer, it determines in good faith, based upon the advice of
outside counsel, that it is required to do so in order to comply with its
fiduciary duties to the Company's shareholders under applicable law) withdraw or
modify, or propose publicly to withdraw or modify, in a manner adverse to Crane,
the approval or recommendation by such Board of Directors or such committee of
the Offer (including by amendment of the Schedule 14D-9), the Merger or this
Agreement, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or
recommend, any Acquisition Proposal or (iii) cause the Company to enter into any
letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other similar
agreement (each, an "Acquisition Agreement") related to any Acquisition
Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that prior to the
acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer
the Company receives a Superior Proposal (as defined below), the Board of
Directors of the Company may (if it determines in good faith, based upon the
advice of outside counsel, that it is required to do so in order to comply with
its fiduciary duties to the Company's shareholders under applicable law) (x)
withdraw or modify its approval or recommendation of the Offer, the Merger or
this Agreement or (y) approve or recommend such Superior Proposal and terminate
this Agreement (and concurrently with or after such termination, if it so
chooses, cause the Company to enter into an Acquisition Agreement with respect
to any Superior Proposal) but only at a time that is after the third business
day following Crane's receipt of written notice from the Company advising Crane
that the Board of Directors of the Company has received a Superior Proposal,
specifying the terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal and identifying
the person making such Superior Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Superior Proposal" means any proposal or offer made by a third party to
acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration consisting of cash and/or
securities, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the shares of Company
Common Stock then outstanding or a substantial portion of the assets of the
Company and its subsidiaries and otherwise on terms which the Board of Directors
of the Company determines in its good faith judgment, based upon the advice of
its financial advisors, to be more favorable to the Company's shareholders than
the Offer and the Merger and for which financing is either not a contingency,
or, if a contingency, is then committed and available.
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(c) In addition to the obligations of the Company set forth in
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.02, the Company shall as promptly as
practicable advise Crane of any Acquisition Proposal, the material terms and
conditions of such Acquisition Proposal and the identity of the person making
such request or Acquisition Proposal. The Company will keep Crane reasonably
informed of the status and details (including amendments) of any such
Acquisition Proposal.
(d) Nothing contained in this Section 5.02 shall prohibit the
Company from taking and disclosing to its shareholders a position contemplated
by Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act or from making any
disclosure to the Company's shareholders if, in the good faith judgment of the
Board of Directors of the Company, after consultation with outside counsel,
failure so to disclose would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties to the
Company's shareholders under applicable law; provided, however, that neither the
Company nor its Board of Directors nor any committee thereof shall, except as
permitted by Section 5.02(b), withdraw or modify, or propose publicly to
withdraw or modify, its position with respect to this Agreement or the Offer or
the Merger or approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend,
an Acquisition Proposal.
SECTION 5.03. Access to Information; Confidentiality. During normal
business hours during the period prior to the earlier of the termination of this
Agreement and the Effective Time, upon reasonable notice, the Company shall (and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to) (i) afford to the officers, employees,
accountants, counsel and other representatives of Crane, access, to all its
properties, books, contracts, commitments, records, officers, employees,
accountants, accountants' work papers, correspondence and affairs, and (ii)
cause its and their officers and employees to furnish, to Crane, and its
authorized representatives, any and all financial, technical and operating data
and other information pertaining to the businesses of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as Crane shall from time to time reasonably request. In addition,
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company will, and will
cause each of its Subsidiaries to make available to Crane for examination true
and complete copies of all Returns filed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, together with all available revenue agents' reports, all other
reports, notices and correspondence concerning tax audits or examinations and
analyses of all provisions for reserves or accruals of taxes, including deferred
taxes.
SECTION 5.04. Required Authorizations. (a) Crane, Merger Sub and,
subject to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, the Company, shall each, and, subject
to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, the Company shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, as promptly as practicable, take all reasonable actions
necessary to obtain all Required Authorizations (if any) required to be given or
obtained by it, respectively, to permit Crane and Merger Sub, on the one hand,
and the Company, on the other, to consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Stock Option Agreement and to realize the respective
benefits to each party contemplated hereby and thereby; provided that Crane
shall not be required to take any action to comply with any legal requirement or
agree to the imposition of any order of any Governmental Authority that would
(i) prohibit or restrict the ownership or operation by Crane of any portion of
the business or assets of Crane or the Company (or any of
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their respective Subsidiaries), (ii) compel Crane or the Company (or any of
their respective Subsidiaries) to dispose of or hold separate any portion of its
or the Company's business or assets, or (iii) impose any limitation on the
ability of Crane or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
affiliates or Subsidiaries to own or operate the business and operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, and provided further that the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall not incur fees and expenses in excess of $25,000 in the
aggregate in order to obtain any such Required Authorizations described in
clause (ii) of the definition thereof without the prior written consent of
Crane.
(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Crane,
Merger Sub and, subject to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, the Company shall
each cooperate with the others in filing in a timely manner any applications,
requests, reports, registrations or other documents, including, without
limitation, all reports and documents required to be filed by or under the
Exchange Act (including, without limitation, the Offer Documents, the Schedule
14D-9 and the Proxy Statement), with any Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and in
consulting with and seeking favorable action from any Governmental Authority.
(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, take all reasonable action necessary to obtain all
approvals or consents of any person needed in order that the Contracts continue
in full force and effect under the same terms and conditions currently in effect
following consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement;
provided, however, that the receipt of any approval or consent under any
Contracts pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) shall not be a condition precedent to
the obligations of Parent or Purchaser under this Agreement.
(d) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject
to Section 5.02 of this Agreement, the Company and its Board of Directors shall
(i) take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that no state takeover
statute or similar statute or regulation in effect on the date of this Agreement
is or becomes applicable to the Offer, the Merger, this Agreement, the Stock
Option Agreement, the Shareholder Agreements or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) if any such state takeover statute or
similar statute or regulation becomes applicable to the Offer, the Merger, this
Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement, the Shareholder Agreements or any other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement, take all reasonable action necessary
to ensure that the Offer, the Merger, the Stock Option Agreement, the
Shareholder Agreements and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this
Agreement and otherwise to minimize the effect of such statute or regulation on
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.05. Financial Statements of the Company. As soon as
practicable but in any event within 30 days after the end of each calendar month
commencing with July, 1998, through the consummation of the Offer or earlier
termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, the Company will
deliver to Crane unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such calendar month and as at the end of the
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comparative month of the preceding year, together with unaudited summaries of
consolidated earnings of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such calendar
month and the comparative calendar month of the preceding year. As soon as
practicable but in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter
of the Company, commencing with June 30, 1998, and within 60 days after the end
of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998, as the case may be, through the
consummation of the Offer or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance
with Article VII, the Company will deliver to Crane unaudited consolidated and
consolidating balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end
of such fiscal quarter and as at the end of the comparative fiscal quarter of
the preceding year, together with the related unaudited statements of
consolidated income and cash flows for the fiscal quarters then ended. All such
financial statements of the Company shall present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, as at or for the periods indicated (and, in the
case of all such financial statements which are interim financial statements,
shall contain all adjustments necessary so to present fairly) and shall be
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (other than
to omit certain footnotes which might be required thereby and subject, in the
case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments) consistent
with past practice, except as otherwise indicated in such statements. All such
financial statements of the Company shall be certified, on behalf of the
Company, by the President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
SECTION 5.06. Employee Matters. Crane agrees (a) that on and after the
consummation of the Offer and until the date that is 18 months after the
Effective Time, Crane shall cause the Company and, on and after the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation, to honor the severance policy of the Company
and the employment agreements that are identified in Section 5.06 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, (b) to give the employees of the Company full credit for
purposes of eligibility and vesting under any employee benefit plans or
arrangements maintained by Crane, the Surviving Corporation or any Subsidiary of
Crane for such employees' service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
the same extent recognized by the Company immediately prior to the consummation
of the Offer, (c) to waive all limitations as to pre-existing conditions,
exclusions or waiting periods with respect to participation and coverage
requirements applicable to the Company employees under any welfare benefit plans
that such employees may be eligible to participate in after the consummation of
the Offer and (d) to provide employees of the Company and, from and after the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation, with employee benefits comparable to
those provided by Crane (or any of its Subsidiaries) to similarly situated
employees of Crane (or any of its Subsidiaries).
SECTION 5.07. Rights Agreement. The Board of Directors of the Company
shall take all further action (in addition to that referred to in Section 3.27)
reasonably requested in writing by Crane (including redeeming the Rights
immediately prior to the Effective Time or amending the Rights Agreement) in
order to render the Rights inapplicable to the Offer, the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
SECTION 5.08. Continuance of Existing Indemnification Rights. (a) For
six years after the Effective Time, Crane shall, or shall cause the Company
(or, if after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation) to, indemnify,
defend and hold harmless any person who is now, or
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has been at any time prior to the date hereof, or who becomes prior to the
Effective Time, a director or an officer (an "Indemnified Person") of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries against all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses),
judgments, fines, losses and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any
actual or threatened action, suit, claim, proceeding or investigation (each a
"Claim") to the extent that any such Claim is based on, or arises out of: (i)
the fact that such Indemnified Person is or was a director or an officer of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or is or was serving at the request of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a director or an officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise; or (ii) this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case to the
extent that any such Claim pertains to any matter or fact arising, existing or
occurring prior to or at the Effective Time, regardless of whether such Claim is
asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the full extent
permitted under the PBCL and the Company's Articles of Incorporation or By-laws
in effect at the date hereof, including provisions relating to advancement of
expenses incurred in the defense of any such Claim; provided, however, that
neither Crane nor the Surviving Corporation shall be required to indemnify any
Indemnified Person in connection with any proceeding (or portion thereof)
involving any Claim initiated by such Indemnified Person unless the initiation
of such proceeding (or portion thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors
of Crane or unless such proceeding is brought by an Indemnified Person to
enforce rights under this Section 5.08. Without limiting the generality of the
preceding sentence, in the event any Indemnified Person becomes involved in any
Claim, after the consummation of the Offer, Crane shall, or shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to, periodically advance to such Indemnified Person its
legal and other expenses (including the cost of any investigation and
preparation incurred in connection therewith), subject to the providing by such
Indemnified Person of an undertaking to reimburse all amounts so advanced in the
case of a final nonappealable determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
that such Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified therefor.
(b) Crane or the Surviving Corporation shall maintain the
Company's existing directors' and officers' liability insurance policy ("D&O
Insurance") for a period of not less than six years after the Effective Time;
provided, however, that Crane may substitute therefor policies of substantially
similar coverage (including pursuant to Crane's own policy) and amounts
containing terms no less advantageous to such former directors or officers;
provided further that, subject to the preceding proviso, if the existing D&O
Insurance expires or is canceled during such period, Crane or the Surviving
Corporation shall use their best efforts to obtain substantially similar D&O
Insurance; and provided further that neither Crane nor the Surviving Corporation
shall be required to pay an annual premium for D&O Insurance in excess of 200%
of the last annual premium paid prior to the date hereof, but in such case shall
purchase as much coverage as possible for such amount.
(c) In the event Crane or Purchaser or any of their successors or
assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other person and shall not be
the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or
merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties
and assets to any person, then, in each such case, to the extent necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this Section 5.08, proper provision shall be made so
that the successors and assigns of Crane and Purchaser assume the obligations
set forth in this Section
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5.08 and none of the actions described in clauses (i) or (ii) shall be taken
until such provision is made.
SECTION 5.09. Public Announcements. Crane and the Company will consult
with each other before issuing, and provide each other the opportunity to
review, comment upon and concur with, any press release or other public
statements with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including the Offer and the Merger, and shall not issue any such press release
or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, except as may be
required by applicable law, court process or by obligations pursuant to any
listing agreement with any national securities exchange. The parties agree that
the initial press releases to be issued with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall be in the forms heretofore agreed to by the
parties.
SECTION 5.10. Shareholder Litigation. The Company shall give Crane the
opportunity to participate, at no expense to the Company, in the defense or
settlement of any shareholder litigation against the Company and its directors
relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. No such settlement
shall be agreed to without Crane's consent; provided, however, that if a failure
to so consent is the sole cause of the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect,
then such Material Adverse Effect shall not be an Event for purposes of Annex II
nor shall Crane be permitted to terminate this Agreement solely due to the
occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 5.11. Financial Disclosure. The Company shall give Crane the
opportunity to review and comment upon the Company's Quarterly Report of Form
10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 1998.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
SECTION 6.01. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation To Effect the
Merger. The respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject
to the satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Shareholder Approval. The Company Shareholder Approval shall
have been obtained, if required by applicable law.
(b) HSR Act. The waiting period (and any extension thereof)
applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall
have expired.
(c) No Injunctions or Restraints. No judgment, decree, statute,
law, ordinance, rule, regulation, temporary restraining order, preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or
issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority or
other legal restraint or prohibition (collectively, "Restraints") preventing the
consummation of the Merger shall be in effect; provided, however, that each of
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the parties shall have used all reasonable efforts to prevent the entry of any
such Restraints and to appeal as promptly as possible any such Restraints that
may be entered.
(d) Purchase of Company Common Stock. The Purchaser shall have
accepted for payment and paid for shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that this
condition shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to the obligation of
Crane and the Purchaser to effect the Merger if the Purchaser fails to accept
for payment or pay for shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Offer.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 7.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any
time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the Company
Shareholder Approval:
(a) by mutual written consent of Crane and the Company;
(b) by either Crane or the Company:
(i) if the Offer is terminated or withdrawn pursuant to its
terms without any shares of Company Common Stock being purchased thereunder;
provided, however, that neither Crane nor the Company may terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.01(b)(i) if such party shall have
materially breached this Agreement;
(ii) if the Offer has not been consummated on or before
October 31, 1998; or
(iii) if any Governmental Authority shall have issued an
order, decree, ruling or injunction or taken any other action permanently
enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting acceptance for payment of shares
of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer or the consummation of the Merger
and such order, decree, ruling, injunction or other action shall have become
final and nonappealable;
(c) by the Company if (i) Crane or the Purchaser fails to commence
the Offer as provided in Section 1.01 hereof, or (ii) Crane or the Purchaser
shall not have accepted for payment and paid for shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to the Offer in violation of the terms hereof and thereof; provided,
however, that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.01(c) if the Company shall have materially breached this Agreement;
(d) by the Company in accordance with Section 5.02(b) prior to the
acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer;
provided that the Company has complied with all provisions thereof;
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(e) by Crane prior to the purchase of shares of Company Common
Stock pursuant to the Offer if (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or any
committee thereof shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Crane
its approval or recommendation of the Offer (including by amendment of the
Schedule 14D-9), the Merger or this Agreement, or approved or recommended any
Superior Proposal or (ii) the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
thereof shall have resolved to take any of the foregoing actions; or
(f) by Crane or the Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.01(c) of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.02. Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of
this Agreement by either the Company or Crane as provided in Section 7.01, this
Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability
or obligation on the part of Crane, Merger Sub or the Company, except to the
extent that such termination results from the willful and material breach by a
party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set
forth in this Agreement; provided that the provisions of this Section 7.02,
Section 7.03 and Article VIII shall remain in full force and effect and survive
any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.03. Fees and Expenses. (a) Except as set forth in this
Section 7.03, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring
such expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.
(b) The Company shall reimburse Crane for out-of-pocket expenses
incurred by Crane relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
prior to termination (including, but not limited to, fees and expenses of
Crane's counsel, accountants and financial advisors) if (i) this Agreement shall
have been terminated pursuant to Sections 7.01(d) or (e), (ii) the Company
enters into an Acquisition Agreement with a party other than Crane or any of its
Affiliates within one year of the date of such termination and (iii) the
transaction contemplated by such Acquisition Agreement is consummated within 18
months of the date of such termination. Such reimbursement shall be paid in
same-day funds within one business day after the consummation of the transaction
contemplated by any such Acquisition Agreement.
SECTION 7.04. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
at any time before or after the Company Shareholder Approval; provided, however,
that after any such approval, there shall not be made any amendment that by law
requires further approval by the shareholders of the Company without the further
approval of such shareholders. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties.
SECTION 7.05. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective
Time, a party may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties, (b) waive any inaccuracies in
the representations and warranties of the other parties contained in this
Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (c) subject
to the proviso of Section 7.04, waive compliance by the other parties with any
of the
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agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part
of a party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in
an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. The failure of any
party to this Agreement to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or
otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.
SECTION 7.06. Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or
Waiver. A termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01, an amendment
of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.04 or an extension or waiver pursuant to
Section 7.05 shall, in order to be effective, require action by its Board of
Directors or, with respect to any amendment to this Agreement, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, a duly authorized committee of its Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 8.01. Nonsurvival of Representations and Warranties. None of
the representations and warranties in this Agreement or in any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time. This
Section 8.01 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by
its terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
SECTION 8.02. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other
communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed
given if delivered personally, telecopied (which is confirmed) or sent by
overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following
addresses (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(a) if to Crane or Merger Sub, to
Crane Co.
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
Attn: Corporate Secretary
with a copy to:
Janice C. Hartman
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP
1500 Oliver Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Fax: (412) 355-6501
(b) if to the Company, to
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Liberty Technologies, Inc.
Lee Park, Suite 6000
555 North Lane
Conshohocken, PA 19428
Attn: President
with a copy to:
James D. Rosener
Pepper Hamilton LLP
1235 Westlakes Drive
Suite 400
Berwyn, PA 19312
Fax: (610) 889-1839
SECTION 8.03. Definitions. Capitalized and other terms utilized in this
Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Annex I to this
Agreement.
SECTION 8.04. Interpretation. When a reference is made in this
Agreement to an Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be
to an Article or Section of, or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless
otherwise indicated. The table of contents and 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". The words "hereof", "herein" and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto
unless otherwise defined herein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are
applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the
masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any
agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any
agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement,
instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented,
including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and
(in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
References to a person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 8.05. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement
and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by
each of the parties and delivered to the other parties.
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SECTION 8.06. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement (including the documents and instruments referred to herein) and the
Confidentiality Agreement (a) constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties
with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and (b) except for the
provisions of Article II, are not intended to confer upon any person other than
the parties any rights or remedies.
SECTION 8.07. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles
of conflicts of laws thereof.
SECTION 8.08. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in
part, by operation of law or otherwise by either party without the prior written
consent of the other party. Any assignment in violation of the preceding
sentence shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will
be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties and
their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 8.09. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the
application thereof to any person or circumstance is determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions hereof, or the application of such provision to persons or
circumstances other than those as to which it has been held invalid or
unenforceable, shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be
affected, impaired or invalidated thereby. Upon any such determination, the
parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree upon a suitable and
equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent of the parties.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Crane, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this
Agreement to be signed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized,
all as of the date first written above.
CRANE CO.
By:
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David S. Smith
Vice President - Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
LTI MERGER, INC.
By:
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David S. Smith
Chief Executive Officer
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
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R. Nim Evatt
President
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ANNEX I
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement (to which this Annex 1 is attached and
of which this Annex I forms a part), the following terms shall have the meanings
set forth below:
"Acquisition Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5.02(b) of this Agreement.
"Acquisition Proposal" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5.02(a) of this Agreement.
"Affiliate" of any person shall mean any "affiliate" of such person as
defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, shall include any person that beneficially owns
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) 5% or more of the
outstanding equity interests in such person; provided, however, that for
purposes of this Agreement, neither Crane nor Merger Sub shall be deemed to be
an Affiliate of the Company.
"Affiliated Group" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.08(f) of this Agreement.
"Agreement" shall mean this Agreement and Plan of Merger.
"Articles of Merger" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.06 of this Agreement.
"Benefit Plans" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.22(a) of this Agreement.
"Certificate" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.01(e) of this Agreement.
"Claim" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.08(a) of
this Agreement.
"Closing" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.05 of
this Agreement.
"Closing Date" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.05
of this Agreement.
"Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any
successor statute thereto.
"Company" shall mean Freedom Company, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
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"Company Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement.
"Company Common Stock" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Company Disclosure Schedule" shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in the introduction to Article III of this Agreement.
"Company Group" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.22(a) of this Agreement.
"Company Options" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.03 of this Agreement.
"Company Preferred Stock" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.03 of this Agreement.
"Company SEC Reports" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement.
"Company Shareholder Approval" shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 3.25 of this Agreement.
"Company Shareholder Meeting" shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 1.11 of this Agreement.
"Confidentiality Agreement" shall mean the confidentiality agreement
dated March 18, 1998 between Crane and the Company.
"Contracts" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.13 of
this Agreement.
"Crane" shall mean Crane Co., a Delaware corporation.
"Crane Disclosure Schedule" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
the introduction to Article IV of this Agreement.
"Current Directors" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.03(a) of this Agreement.
"Defined Benefit Plan" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.22(f) of this Agreement.
"Dissenting Shareholder" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.01(d) of this Agreement.
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"Dissenting Shares" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.01(d) of this Agreement.
"D&O Insurance" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
5.08(b) of this Agreement.
"Effective Time" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.06 of this Agreement.
"Employment Agreements" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.20(a) of this Agreement.
"Environmental Laws" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.17(a) of this Agreement.
"Environmental Permits" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.17(a) of this Agreement.
"ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
"ERISA Affiliate" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.22(a) of this Agreement.
"Event" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Annex II to this
Agreement.
"Exchange Act" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.01(a) of this Agreement.
"Exchange Agent" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.02(a) of this Agreement.
"Exchange Fund" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
2.02(a) of this Agreement.
"Expiration Date" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.01(b) of this Agreement.
"Governmental Approval" means any permit, license, authorization,
consent, approval, waiver, exception, variance, order, or exemption issued by
any Governmental Authority.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state,
province or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of a
government with jurisdiction over the matter in question.
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"Governmental Filings" means any plans, filings, reports,
notifications, or other submissions required to be made to any Governmental
Authority.
"Hazardous Material" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.17(d) of this Agreement.
"HSR Act" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.04(c) of
this Agreement.
"Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to the Company, at any date,
and regardless of whether the indebtedness or obligation was created before, on
or after the date hereof (without duplication): (i) all indebtedness for
borrowed money, or other obligations or liabilities for borrowed money
(including, without limitation, letters of credit) of the Company or any
Subsidiary, whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or
contingent, joint or several, and whether now existing or hereafter created;
(ii) all indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any mortgage, lien, pledge,
charge or encumbrance upon any property or asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary; (iii) all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of others of the
type described in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) which the Company or any
Subsidiary has guaranteed, assumed or is in any other way liable for; and (iv)
all amendments, renewals, extensions or refundings of any such indebtedness,
obligation or liability.
"Indemnified Person" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
5.08(a) of this Agreement.
"Intellectual Property Rights" shall have the meaning assigned thereto
in Section 3.16 of this Agreement.
"IRS" shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.
"Liens" shall mean all mortgages, deeds of trust, pledges, liens,
leases, security interests, security agreements, conditional sales agreements,
notes, easements, restrictions, encroachments and other charges or encumbrances
of any kind whatsoever.
"Material Adverse Effect" shall mean a material adverse effect on the
business, assets (including intangible assets), condition (financial or
otherwise), or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken
as a whole; provided, however, that, for purposes of this Agreement, (a) a
decline in the market price of the Company Common Stock shall not, in and of
itself, constitute a Material Adverse Effect and (b) operating losses shall not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect unless such operating losses exceed
$1,000,000 in any consecutive four week period from and after June 30, 1998 and,
provided further, that such operating losses shall be determined on the basis of
accounting and financial management practices consistent with the Company's past
practices.
"Merger" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to
this Agreement.
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"Merger Consideration" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement.
"Merger Sub" shall mean FTI Merger Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
"Minimum Condition" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Annex II
to this Agreement.
"Multiemployer Plan" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.22(g) of this Agreement.
"Offer" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Offer Documents" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.01(a) of this Agreement.
"PBCL" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to this
Agreement.
"Per Share Amount" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Personal Property" shall mean all assets owned by the Company or any
Subsidiary which are personal property, other than the Intellectual Property.
"Personal Property Leases" shall mean all leases, subleases, licenses
or other agreements under which the Company or any Subsidiary is lessee,
sublessee or licensee of any Personal Property and under which the remaining
rental obligations are at least $10,000.
"Predecessor" shall mean (i) a predecessor entity which has been merged
with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) the predecessor owner
or operator of any of the property or assets owned or operated by the Company or
any Subsidiary of the Company, where the Company or its Subsidiary is liable
(whether by reason of the contractual assumption of liabilities, indemnification
obligations or by other operation of law) for the actions or inactions of such
predecessor.
"Proprietary Technology" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.16 of this Agreement.
"Proxy Statement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.11 of this Agreement.
"Purchaser" shall mean FTI Merger Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation.
"Qualified Plan" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.22(e) of this Agreement.
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"Real Property Leases" shall mean all leases or subleases under which
the Company or any Subsidiary is lessee or sublessee of any real property, and
under which the remaining rental obligations are at least $50,000.
"Required Authorizations" shall mean, with respect to any person, (i)
all consents, authorizations, approvals or other orders or actions of, or
filings or registrations with, any federal, state, local or foreign governmental
authority or agency and (ii) all notices, permits, approvals, consents,
qualifications, waivers or other actions of third parties under any lease, note,
mortgage, indenture, agreement or other instrument (or, in the case of the
Company, under any Contract, Employment Agreement or any Governmental Approval)
or under any other third-party franchise, license or permit, other than any such
consents, authorizations, approvals, permits, qualifications, waivers, orders,
registrations, filings, applications or other actions, the absence of which
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect
to such person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
"Requisite Rights" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
3.16(a) of this Agreement.
"Restraints" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 6.01(c)
of this Agreement.
"Returns" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.08(a) of
this Agreement.
"Rights" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Rights Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Schedule 14D-9" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
1.02(a) of this Agreement.
"SEC" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 1.01(a) of
this Agreement.
"Shareholder Agreements" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Shares" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the preamble to
this Agreement.
"Silicon Valley Bank Liens" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.02 of this Agreement.
"Silicon Valley Bank Loan" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.02 of this Agreement.
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"Stock Option Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the
preamble to this Agreement.
"Stock Plans" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.03
of this Agreement.
"Subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any party, any corporation,
other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (i) such
party or any other Subsidiary of such party is a general partner (excluding
partnerships, the general partnership interests of which held by such party or
any Subsidiary of such party do not have a majority of the voting interest in
such partnership) or (ii) at least a majority of the securities or other
interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
Board of Directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such
corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled
by such party or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such party and
one or more of its Subsidiaries.
"Superior Proposal" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section
5.02(b) of this Agreement.
"Surviving Corporation" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 1.04 of this Agreement.
"Tax" or, collectively, "Taxes," shall mean any and all federal, state,
local and foreign taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties,
impositions and liabilities including taxes based upon or measured by gross
receipts, income profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad
valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment,
excise and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts and any obligations under any agreements or
arrangements with any other person with respect to such amounts and including
any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity.
"Tender Offer Conditions" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 1.01(a) of this Agreement.
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ANNEX II
Conditions to the Offer. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the
Offer, the Purchaser shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to
any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-1(c)
promulgated under the Exchange Act, pay for any tendered Shares and may
terminate or, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, amend the Offer, if
(i) there shall not be validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the
Expiration Date for the Offer that number of Shares which represents at least a
majority of the total number of outstanding Shares on a fully diluted basis
(including Shares issuable upon exercise of options) on the date of purchase
(not taking into account the Rights) (the "Minimum Condition"), (ii) any
applicable waiting period (and any extensions thereof) under the HSR Act shall
not have expired or been terminated prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) at
any time prior to the time of acceptance for payment or payment for any Shares,
any of the following events (each, an "Event") shall occur:
(a) there shall be any action taken, or any statute, rule, regulation,
legislation, interpretation, judgment, order or injunction enacted,
enforced, promulgated, amended, issued or deemed applicable to the Offer, by
any Governmental Authority, directly or indirectly, (i) challenging the
acquisition by Parent or the Purchaser of any shares of capital stock of the
Company or the Surviving Corporation, seeking to restrain or prohibit the
consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement or seeking to obtain from the Company
or Parent any damages that are material in relation to the Company and its
subsidiaries taken as a whole or Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a
whole, as applicable, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or
operation by the Company, Parent or any of their respective subsidiaries of
all or any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, Parent
or any of their respective subsidiaries, or to compel the Company, Parent or
any of their respective subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate all or
any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, Parent or any
of their respective subsidiaries, as a result of the Offer, the Merger or
any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, (iii)
seeking to impose limitations on the ability of Parent to acquire or hold,
or exercise full rights of ownership of, any shares of capital stock of the
Company or the Surviving Corporation, (iv) seeking to prohibit Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries from effectively controlling in any material respect the
business or operations of the Company or its subsidiaries or (v) which
otherwise would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company or Parent; or
(b) there shall be pending or threatened any action or proceeding by
any Governmental Authority seeking, or that is reasonably likely to result,
directly or indirectly, in, any of the consequences referred to in clauses
(i) through (v) of paragraph (a) above or by any third party for which there
is a substantial likelihood of resulting in any of the consequences referred
to in clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (a) above; or
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(c) there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Effect with respect
to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(d) (i) the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee thereof
shall have withdrawn or modified (including by amendment to the Schedule
14D-9) in a manner adverse to Parent or the Purchaser its approval or
recommendation of the Offer or the Merger Agreement, or approved or
recommended any Superior Proposal, (ii) the Company shall have entered into
an Acquisition Agreement with a party other than Crane or any of its
Affiliates, or (iii) the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee
thereof shall have resolved to do any of the foregoing; or
(e) the Company and the Purchaser and Parent shall have reached an
agreement that the Offer or the Merger Agreement be terminated, or the
Merger Agreement shall have been terminated in accordance with its terms; or
(f) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the
Merger Agreement shall not be true and correct (without regard to any
materiality qualifications or references to Material Adverse Effect
contained in any specific representation or warranty), as if such
representations and warranties were made at the time of such determination
except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to
an earlier date (in which case as of such date); provided that this
paragraph (f) shall be deemed satisfied so long as the failure of all such
representations and warranties to be true and correct would not (i) have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (ii) prevent or materially delay the
consummation of the Offer, (iii) materially increase the cost of the Offer
to the Purchaser or (iv) have a material adverse effect on the benefits to
Parent of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; or
(g) the Company shall have failed to perform in all material respects
all obligations required to be performed by it under the Merger Agreement;
or
(h) there shall have occurred, and continued to exist, (i) any general
suspension of, or limitation on prices for, trading in securities on the New
York Stock Exchange or on the Nasdaq National Market, (ii) a declaration of
a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in
the United States, (iii) a commencement of a war, armed hostilities or other
national or international crises involving the United States or a material
limitation (whether or not mandatory) by any governmental Entity on the
extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions, or (iv) with
respect to any of the foregoing in effect on the date of the Merger
Agreement, a material worsening or acceleration thereof.
The foregoing conditions (including those set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii) of the initial paragraph) are for the benefit of Parent and the Purchaser
and may be asserted by Parent or the Purchaser regardless of the circumstances
giving rise to any such conditions and may be waived by Parent or the Purchaser
in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in their reasonable
discretion, in each case, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement. The
failure by Parent or the Purchaser at any time to exercise any of the foregoing
rights shall not be deemed a
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waiver of any such right and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right
which may be asserted at any time and from time to time.
The terms used in this Annex II shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Agreement to which it is annexed, except that the term "Merger
Agreement" shall be deemed to refer to the Agreement to which this Annex II is
appended.
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EXHIBIT 1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1. Name. The name of the Corporation is: Liberty Technologies, Inc.
2. Address. The location and post office address of the registered office of the
Corporation in this Commonwealth is Lee Park, 555 North lane, Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania 19428.
3. Purposes. The Corporation is incorporated under the Business Corporation Law
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the following purpose or purposes: to
have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any and
all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the
Business Corporation Law.
4. Perpetual Existence. The term for which the Corporation is to exist is
perpetual.
5. Authorized Capital. The total number of shares of capital stock which the
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100 shares of Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per share.
6. No Preemptive Rights. No shareholder of the Corporation shall have any
preemptive rights with respect to the capital stock of the Corporation, and any
preemptive rights which previously may have attached to the capital stock of the
Corporation are hereby extinguished.
7. No Cumulative Voting. There shall not be cumulative voting with respect to
the shares of capital stock of the Corporation.
8. Directors' Personal Liability. A director of the Corporation shall not be
personally liable, as such, for monetary damages for any action taken, or any
failure to take any action; provided, however, that this provision shall not
eliminate or limit the liability of a director to the extent that such
elimination or limitation of liability is expressly prohibited by Section 1713
of the Business Corporation law of 1988 or any successor statute as in effect at
the time of the alleged action or failure to take action by such director.
9. Effective Time. This Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
shall become effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of August 11, 1998
("Agreement"), between Liberty Technologies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(the "Company"), and Crane Co., a Delaware corporation ("Crane");
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, Crane and LTI Merger, Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Crane ("Merger Sub"), propose to
enter into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, of even date herewith (the "Merger
Agreement"), which provides that, among other things, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions thereof, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the
Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to the willingness of Crane to enter into the
Merger Agreement, Crane has required that the Company agree, and in order to
induce Crane to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Company has agreed, to
grant Crane an option to purchase certain shares of the common stock of the
Company together with the Rights associated therewith, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Merger Agreement, and
intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE STOCK OPTION
Section 1.1 Grant of Stock Option. The Company hereby grants to Crane
an irrevocable option (the "Stock Option") to purchase up to 997,633 newly
issued shares (the "Option Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share,
together with the Rights associated therewith, of the Company ("Company Common
Stock") in the manner set forth below at a price (the "Purchase Price") of
$2.75 per Option Share. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein
shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Section 1.2 Exercise of Stock Option. (a) Subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Section 1.3 hereof, the Stock Option may be
exercised by Crane, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time after
the occurrence of an Exercise Event (as defined below) and prior to the
Termination Date (as defined below).
(b) An "Exercise Event" shall occur for purposes of this
Agreement upon the termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Section
7.01(d) or (e) thereof.
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(c) The "Termination Date" shall occur for purposes of this
Agreement upon the first to occur of any of the following:
(i) the consummation of the Offer;
(ii) the date on which the Merger Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, if an Exercise Event shall not have
occurred; or
(iii) the date which is 365 days after the date on which the
Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7.01 thereof, if an
Exercise Event shall have occurred;
provided that, with respect to clause (iii) above, if the Stock Option cannot
be exercised as of such date by reason of any applicable judgment, decree, law,
regulation or order, then the Termination Date shall be extended until fifteen
days after such impediment has been removed.
(d) In the event Crane wishes to exercise the Stock Option, Crane
shall send a written notice (an "Exercise Notice") to the Company specifying
the total number of Option Shares, if any, Crane wishes to purchase, the number
of Option Shares, if any, with respect to which Crane wishes to exercise its
Cash-Out Right (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 1.4 hereof, the
denominations of the certificate or certificates evidencing such Option Shares
which Crane wishes to receive, a date (a "Closing Date"), which shall be a
business day which is at least three business days after delivery of such
notice, and place for the closing of such purchase (a "Closing").
(e) Upon receipt of an Exercise Notice, the Company shall be
obligated to deliver to Crane the number of Option Shares specified therein, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, on the later of (i) the Closing
Date and (ii) the first business day on which there shall be no preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order by any court of competent jurisdiction
preventing or prohibiting such exercise of the Stock Option or the delivery of
the Option Shares in respect of such exercise.
Section 1.3 Closings. At each Closing, the Company will deliver to
Crane a certificate or certificates evidencing the number of Option Shares
specified in Crane's Exercise Notice, registered in the name of Crane or its
nominee, and Crane will deliver to the Company the aggregate Purchase Price for
such Option Shares. All payments made by Crane to the Company pursuant to this
Section 1.3 shall be made, at the option of Crane, by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, or by delivery to the Company of a certified or
bank check or checks payable to or on the order of the Company.
Section 1.4 Cash-Out Right. If, at any time during the period
commencing on the occurrence of an Exercise Event and terminating on the
Termination Date, Crane sends to the Company an Exercise Notice indicating
Crane's election to exercise its rights (the "Cash-Out Right") pursuant to this
Section 1.4, then the Company shall pay to Crane, on the Closing Date, in
exchange for the cancellation of the Stock Option with respect to such number
of Option Shares as Crane specifies in the Exercise Notice, an amount in cash
equal to such number of Option Shares multiplied by the difference between (i)
the average closing price for the 10 trading days commencing on the 12th
trading day immediately preceding the date of the Exercise
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Notice per share of Company Common Stock (the "Average Price") and (ii) the
Purchase Price. If Crane has sent an Exercise Notice to the Company prior to
the Termination Date, Crane shall be entitled to all of its rights under this
Section 1.4 to the extent exercised pursuant to the Exercise Notice
notwithstanding the failure of the Company to perform all of its obligations
under this Section 1.4 prior to the Termination Date.
Section 1.5 Adjustments Upon Share Issuances, Changes in
Capitalization, etc.
(a) In the event of any change in Company Common Stock or in the
number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock by reason of a stock
dividend, split-up, recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares or similar
transaction or any other change in the corporate or capital structure of the
Company (including, without limitation, the declaration or payment of an
extraordinary dividend of cash, securities or other property), the type and
number of shares or securities to be issued by the Company upon exercise of the
Stock Option shall be adjusted appropriately, and proper provision shall be made
in the agreements governing such transaction, so that Crane shall receive upon
exercise of the Stock Option the number and class of shares or other securities
or property that Crane would have received in respect of Company Common Stock if
the Stock Option had been exercised immediately prior to such event, or the
record date therefor, as applicable, and such Company Common Stock had elected
to the fullest extent it would have been permitted to elect, to receive such
securities, cash or other property.
(b) No adjustment made in accordance with this Section 1.5 shall
constitute or be deemed a waiver of any breach of any of the Company's
representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or obligations contained in
the Merger Agreement.
(c) The provisions of this Agreement, including, without
limitation, Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 3.2, shall apply with appropriate
adjustments to any securities for which the Stock Option becomes exercisable
pursuant to this Section 1.5.
Section 1.6 Covenants of Crane. Crane agrees not to transfer or
otherwise dispose of the Option or the Option Shares, or any interest therein,
except in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act") and any applicable state securities laws. Crane further
agrees to the placement of the following legend on the certificate(s)
representing the Option Shares (in addition to any legend required under
applicable state securities laws):
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER EITHER (i) THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT") OR
(ii) ANY APPLICABLE STATE LAW GOVERNING THE OFFER AND SALE OF
SECURITIES, NO TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THESE SHARES, OR OF
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, MAY BE MADE EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND SUCH OTHER STATE LAWS OR
PURSUANT TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT, SUCH OTHER
STATE LAWS, AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER."
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company
represents and warrants to Crane that (a) the Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (b) the execution and delivery by the Company
of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Company, (c) this Agreement has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, (d) the Company has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize and reserve and permit it to issue, and at all times from the date
hereof through the Termination Date shall have reserved, all the Option Shares
issuable pursuant to this Agreement, and the Company will take all necessary
corporate action to authorize and reserve and permit it to issue all additional
shares of Company Common Stock or other securities which may be issued pursuant
to Section 1.5 hereof, all of which, upon their issuance and delivery in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, shall be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, shall be delivered free and clear of all
security interests, liens, claims, pledges, options, rights of first refusal,
agreements, limitations on Crane's voting rights, charges and other
encumbrances of any nature whatsoever (other than this Agreement) and shall not
be subject to any preemptive rights, and (e) the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, conflict with, or result
in a violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of
any obligation or loss of any benefit under (i) any provision of the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or (ii) any
mortgage, indenture, permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order,
decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Company
or its properties or assets, except in the case of the preceding clause (ii)
for any such conflicts, violations, default, terminations, cancellations or
accelerations which would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of Crane. Crane represents
and warrants to the Company that (a) Crane is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware,
and has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(b) the execution and delivery by Crane of this Agreement and the consummation
by Crane of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Crane, and (c) the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Crane does not, and the
consummation by Crane of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will
not conflict with, or result in a violation of, or default under (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both), or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any
benefit under (i) any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws
of Crane or (ii) any mortgage, indenture, permit, concession, franchise,
license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to Crane or its properties or assets, except in the case of the
preceding clause (ii) for any such conflicts, violations, defaults,
terminations, cancellations or accelerations which would not have a Material
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Adverse Effect on Crane.
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 3.1 Listing; Other Action. (a) The Company shall, at its
expense, use its best efforts to cause the Option Shares to be approved for
trading on the Nasdaq National Market ("Nasdaq"), subject to notice of
issuance, as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, and
will provide prompt notice to Nasdaq of the issuance of each Option Share.
(b) The Company shall use its best efforts to take, or cause to
be taken, all appropriate action, and to do, or cause to be done, all things
necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated hereunder,
including, without limitation, obtaining all licenses, permits, consents,
approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental
Authorities.
Section 3.2 Registration. (a) As used in this Agreement, "Registrable
Securities" means each of the Option Shares issued to Crane hereunder and any
other securities issued in exchange for, or issued as dividends or otherwise on
or in respect of, any of such Option Shares.
(b) At any time or from time to time following the first Closing,
Crane may make a written request to the Company for registration under and in
accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to all or
part of the Registrable Securities (a "Demand Registration"). A Demand
Registration may be, at the option of Crane, a shelf registration or a
registration involving an underwritten offering. As soon as reasonably
practicable after Crane's request for a Demand Registration, the Company shall
file one or more registration statements on any appropriate form with respect
to all of the Registrable Securities requested to be so registered; provided
that the Company will not be required to file any such registration statement
during any period of time (not to exceed 30 days after such request) when (A)
the Company is in possession of material non-public information which it
reasonably believes, upon the advice of its outside counsel, would have to be
disclosed if a registration statement were filed at that time, and that any
such disclosure at that time would be materially detrimental to the Company, or
(B) the Company is required under the Securities Act to include audited
financial statements for any period in such registration statement that are not
yet available for inclusion therein. The Company shall use its best efforts to
have the Demand Registration declared effective as soon as reasonably
practicable after such filing and to keep the Demand Registration continuously
effective; provided that the effectiveness of any Demand Registration may be
terminated if and when all of the Registrable Securities covered thereby shall
have been sold. If any Demand Registration involves an underwritten offering,
(i) the Company shall have the right to select the managing underwriter, which
shall be reasonably acceptable to Crane, and (ii) the Company shall enter into
an underwriting agreement in customary form. The Company shall not include in
any Demand Registration any securities other than the Registrable Securities
requested to be registered therein by Crane.
(c) Up to two registrations effected under this Section 3.2 shall
be effected at the Company's expense except for underwriting commissions
allocable to the Registrable
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Securities. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless Crane, its affiliates
and controlling persons and their respective officers, directors, agents and
representatives from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all out-of-pocket
expenses, investigation expenses, expenses incurred with respect to any
judgment and fees and disbursements of counsel and accountants) arising out of
or based upon any statements contained in, or omissions or alleged omissions
from, each registration statement (and related prospectus) filed pursuant to
this Section 3.2; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable in
any such case to Crane or any affiliate or controlling person of Crane or any
of their respective officers, directors, agents or representatives to the
extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability (or action or proceeding in
respect thereof) or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement or
prospectus in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written information
furnished to the Company specifically for use in the preparation thereof by
Crane, such affiliate, controlling person, officer, director, agent or
representative, as the case may be.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANT OF CRANE
Section 4.1 Distribution. Crane hereby covenants and agrees that Crane
is acquiring the Stock Option and will acquire the Option Shares for investment
purposes only and not with a view to any distribution thereof in violation of
the Securities Act, and shall not sell any Option Shares purchased pursuant to
this Agreement except in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable law.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the
Merger Agreement, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party
incurring such expenses.
Section 5.2 Further Assurances. The Company and Crane will execute and
deliver all such further documents and instruments and take all such further
action as may be necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Section 5.3 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event any provision of this Agreement was
not performed in accordance with the terms hereof and that the parties shall be
entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other
remedy at law or in equity.
Section 5.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement
(together with the annexes and the other documents delivered pursuant thereto)
constitute the entire agreement between the parties and supersede all prior
agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties or
any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
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Section 5.5 Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by either
party without the prior written consent of the other party.
Section 5.6 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and its successors and
permitted assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended
to or shall confer upon any other person any right, benefit or remedy of any
nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 5.7 Amendment; Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended
except by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto. Either party
hereto may with respect to the other party (i) extend the time for the
performance of any obligation or other act, (ii) waive any inaccuracy in the
representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered
pursuant hereto or (iii) waive compliance with any agreement or condition
contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth
in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby.
Section 5.8 Severability. If any term or other provision of this
Agreement is held by a court or other competent authority to be invalid,
illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, all other conditions
and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and
effect.
Section 5.9 Notice. All notices and other communications given or made
pursuant hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
or made as of the date delivered, sent or transmitted, if delivered personally,
sent by reputable overnight courier to the respective parties at their
addresses as specified in the Merger Agreement or sent by electronic
transmission to the respective parties at their telecopier numbers as specified
in the Merger Agreement.
Section 5.10 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law thereof.
Section 5.11 Headings. 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.
Section 5.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and Crane have caused this Agreement
to be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized.
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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R. Nim Evatt
President
CRANE CO.
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David S. Smith
Vice President - Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
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FIRST AMENDMENT TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This First Amendment (this "Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Rights
Agreement dated October 6, 1997 (the "Rights Agreement") among Liberty
Technologies, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the "Company") and StockTrans,
Inc. (the "Rights Agent") is entered into this 11th day of August, 1998 between
the Company and the Rights Agent.
WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Rights
Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company has authorized the issuance of
Rights; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that it
is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to amend the Rights
Agreement as set forth herein immediately prior to and in connection with the
execution and delivery of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger
Agreement") dated as of August 11, 1998 among the Company, Crane Co., a Delaware
corporation ("Crane"), and LTI Merger, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Crane ("Merger Sub"); and
WHEREAS, there has been delivered to the Rights Agent a certificate from a
duly authorized officer of the Company stating that this Amendment is in
compliance with the terms of Section 26 of the Rights Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
agree as follows:
1. Section 7(a) of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:
"(a) Prior to the earlier of (i) the Close of Business on the tenth
anniversary hereof (the "Final Expiration Date"), and (ii) the Effective
Time (as defined in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August
11, 1998, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Merger
Agreement"), among the Company, Crane Co, a Delaware corporation ("Crane"),
and LTI Merger, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Crane ("Merger Sub"))(the earlier of (i) and (ii) being the
"Expiration Date"), the registered holder of any Rights Certificate may,
subject to the provisions of Sections 7(e) and 9(c), exercise the Rights
evidenced thereby in whole or in part at any time after the Distribution
Date upon surrender of the Rights Certificate, with the form of election to
purchase and the certificate on the reverse side thereof duly executed, to
the Rights Agent at the office of the Rights Agent designated for such
purpose, together with payment of the aggregate Purchase Price (as defined
herein) for the number of Units of Preferred Stock (or, following a
Triggering Event, other securities, cash or other assets, as the case may
be) for which such surrendered Rights are then exercisable."
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2. Section 26 of the Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding at the
end thereof the following sentence:
"Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this
Agreement shall not be amended or supplemented in any manner until the
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms without
the prior written consent of Crane."
3. The Rights Agreement is hereby amended by adding Section 35 as follows:
"Section 35. Crane transactions. Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Rights Agreement to the contrary, (x) until the termination of the Merger
Agreement in accordance with its terms, Crane (including each Affiliate and
Associate of Crane) shall be an "Exempt Person", and (y) no Distribution
Date, Stock Acquisition Date or Triggering Event shall be deemed to have
occurred, neither Crane nor any Affiliate or Associate of Crane shall be
deemed to have become an Acquiring Person and no holder of Rights shall be
entitled to exercise such Rights under or be entitled to any rights
pursuant to Section 7, 11 or 13 of this Agreement by reason of (i) the
approval, execution, delivery or effectiveness of the Merger Agreement, the
Stock Option Agreement (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or the
Shareholder Agreements (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or (ii) the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement, the Stock Option Agreement or Shareholder Agreements in
accordance with the terms thereof or the taking of any action by any party
thereto or any Affiliate or Associate thereof to facilitate the
consummation of any such transactions."
4. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Rights Agreement.
5. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as of August 11, 1998, as if
executed by both parties on such date. Except as amended hereby, the Rights
Agreement shall remain unchanged and shall remain in full force and effect.
6. This Amendment may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall
be an original, but both of which together shall constitute one instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be
executed by their respective duly authorized representatives as of the date
first above written.
ATTEST: LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By: By:
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Title: Title:
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StockTrans, Inc.
By: By:
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Name: Name:
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Contact: Nim Evatt
(610) 834-0330
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER RESULTS AND APPROVAL OF DEFINITIVE
AGREEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED BY CRANE CO.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA (August 12, 1998)...Liberty Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:LIBT) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a
definitive merger agreement, signed yesterday with Crane Co. (NYSE:CR),
providing for Crane's acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Liberty
Technologies at $3.50 per share. There are 5,013,233 shares outstanding.
The merger agreement provides for a cash tender offer by LTI Merger Inc.,
a Crane subsidiary, for all of the outstanding Liberty Technologies' shares at
$3.50 per share. The consummation of the tender offer will be conditioned upon,
among other things, there being duly tendered and not withdrawn at least a
majority of the then outstanding shares. It is contemplated that the tender
offer will commence on Monday, August 17, 1998. Any shares not tendered and
purchased pursuant to the tender offer will be acquired in a subsequent merger
transaction at the same $3.50 cash price.
In connection with the merger agreement, Liberty Technologies granted
Crane Co. an option to purchase up to 997,663 shares of newly issued shares of
stock at $2.75 per share, exercisable for one year after the termination of the
merger agreement upon the occurrence of certain events. Liberty Technologies'
Board of Directors also approved amendments to Liberty's shareholder rights plan
to render the plan inapplicable to the Crane acquisition. In addition, Liberty
Technologies' shareholders representing approximately 19.6% of the outstanding
shares of Liberty Technologies' stock signed agreements with Crane Co. whereby
such shareholders agreed, among other things, to tender their shares to Crane
Co. pursuant to the tender offer.
Liberty Technologies, which is headquartered in Conshohocken,
Pennsylvania, develops, manufactures, markets and sells valve, motor, engine and
compressor condition monitoring products and related services to customers in
the nuclear power generation and industrial process markets
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555 North Lane, Conshohocken, PA 19428-2208 USA Phone: (610) 834-0300
Fax: (610) 834-0346 http://www.libertytech.com
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2) Liberty Technologies, Inc. Contact: Nim Evatt
1998 Second Quarter Financial Results (610) 834-0330
and Approval of Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Crane Co.
worldwide. Liberty's technology and markets are very complementary with Crane's
Nuclear Valve business, which provides valves, valve diagnostic equipment, and
related services to the nuclear power industry, and with Crane's Dynalco
Controls business which provides sensors, instrumentation, control products and
automation systems for use in industrial engine applications.
In addition, Liberty Technologies, Inc. today reported financial results
for the second quarter ended June 30, 1998.
Total revenues were $4,054,000 in the second quarter compared with
$5,427,000 in the same quarter a year ago. The change was attributed primarily
to lower sales of condition monitoring and RADView(R) products. Loss from
continuing operations and net loss for the second quarter of 1998 was
$1,328,000, or $0.26 per share, compared with loss from continuing operations of
$864,000, or $0.17 per share, and net income of $193,000, or $0.04 per share, in
the same quarter a year ago. The loss for 1998 included $199,000 in severance
costs.
For the first half of the year, revenues were $8,431,000 compared to
$11,953,000 in the first half of 1997. The first half of 1997 included a large
shipment of valve diagnostic equipment to the Company's joint venture partner,
Electricite de France. There was no such corresponding sale in the first half of
1998. Year-to-date loss from continuing operations and net loss for the first
half of 1998 was $2,002,000, $0.40 per share, compared to a loss from continuing
operations of $891,000, or $0.18 per share, and a net loss of $20,000, $0.00 per
share, in 1997. Decreased gross profits as a result of the lower sales were
offset partially by lower operating expenses, the elimination of interest costs
resulting from the elimination of borrowings against the Company's line of
credit and the recording of an income tax benefit in 1998.
At June 30, 1998, Liberty's working capital was $6,747,000 with
essentially no debt.
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3) Liberty Technologies, Inc. Contact: Nim Evatt
1998 Second Quarter Financial Results (610) 834-0330
and Approval of Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Crane Co.
LIBERTY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(000's, except per share amount)
Condensed Consolidated Results of Operations
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ended June 30 ended June 30
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Revenue $ 4,054 $ 5,427 $ 8,431 $ 11,953
Gross Profit 838 2,708 2,663 5,954
Operating loss (2,320) (685) (3,569) (733)
Loss from continuing operations before taxes, minority
interest & discontinued operations (2,291) (897) (3,482) (996)
Income tax benefit (893) -- (1,359) --
Minority interest in loss of joint venture 70 33 121 105
Loss from continuing operations, net of tax (1,328) (864) (2,002) (891)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax -- 1,057 -- 871
Net income (loss) $ (1,328) $ 193 $ (2,002) $ (20)
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Basic and diluted income (loss) per share
Continuing operations $ (0.26) $ (0.17) $ (0.40) $ (0.18)
Discontinued operations -- 0.21 -- 0.18
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$ (0.26) $ 0.04 $ (0.40) $ 0.00
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Weighted average shares outstanding 5,010 5,064 5,014 5,000
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
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June 30, 1998 December 31, 1997
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Total assets 15,007 18,434
Long-term debt 220 245
Shareholders' equity 11,109 13,125
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4) Liberty Technologies, Inc. Contact: Nim Evatt
1998 Second Quarter Financial Results (610) 834-0330
and Approval of Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by Crane Co.
This press release may contain certain statements of a forward-looking
nature relating to future events or future financial performance of the Company.
Prospective and current investors are cautioned that such statements are only
predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. In
evaluating such statements, prospective and current investors should
specifically consider the various factors which could cause actual results to
differ from those indicated by such forward-looking statements including,
without limitation, the timely development, production and acceptance of new
products; changes in product/service revenue mix; continued acceptance in the
marketplace, competition and buying patterns of customers; and the absence of a
significant order backlog. Further information on the factors that could effect
the Company's financial results are included in the Company's SEC filings.
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Balance Sheets at June 30, 1998 and the
Consolidated Statement of Operations for
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is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
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