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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 9, 1999
(Date of earliest event reported)
OnHealth Network Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission file number: 0-22212
Washington 41-1686038
(State of incorporation or organization) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
808 Howell Street, Suite 400 Seattle, Washington 98101
(Address of principal executive offices)
(206) 583-0100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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ITEM 2. ACQUISITION OR DISPOSITION OF ASSETS
On September 9, 1999, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated
as of September 9, 1999 (the "Reorganization Agreement"), OnHealth Network
Company, a Washington corporation (the "Company"), acquired by merger, through
its wholly owned subsidiary BB Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation
("Sub"), BabyData.com Inc., a Delaware corporation ("BabyData"). The acquisition
was effectuated by a merger of Sub with and into BabyData. Pursuant to the
Merger Agreement, at the Closing, all of the outstanding shares of BabyData were
converted into 681,534 shares of Company common stock having a value of
approximately $5.0 million. The acquisition of BabyData will be accounted for
using the purchase method of accounting.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial statements of businesses acquired
The financial statements of BabyData (together with the related
independent auditors' report) will be filed on or prior to the 60th day
after the date that this initial report on Form 8-K was required to be
filed, approximately November 8, 1999.
(b) Pro forma financial information
The unaudited pro forma condensed financial statements of the Company
and related notes to pro forma condensed financial statements will be
filed on or prior to the 60th day after the date that this initial
report on Form 8-K was required to be filed, approximately November 8,
1999.
(c) Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
2.1 Agreement and Plan of Reorganization among OnHealth Network
Company, BabyData.com Inc., BB Acquisition, Inc. and the
stockholders of BabyData.com Inc. dated as of September 9,
1999.
99.1 Press release of the Registrant.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
OnHealth Network Company
Date: September 13, 1999 By: MICHAEL D. CONWAY
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Michael D. Conway, Vice President Finance
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EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION, DATED AS OF September 9, 1999
(this "AGREEMENT"), by and among OnHealth Network Company, a Washington
corporation ("PARENT"), BB Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned Delaware subsidiary
of Parent ("SUB"), BabyData.com Inc., a Delaware corporation ("COMPANY"), and
the undersigned stockholders of Company (the "STOCKHOLDERS").
RECITALS
INTENDING TO BE LEGALLY BOUND, and in consideration of the premises and
the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained
herein, Parent, Sub, Company, and the Stockholders hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 EFFECTIVE TIME OF THE MERGER. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, Sub will be merged into Company (the "MERGER"). A Certificate of
Merger and any other required documents (collectively the "MERGER DOCUMENTS"),
substantially in the forms attached as Exhibits 1.1 shall be duly prepared,
executed and acknowledged by Company, Parent, Sub and the Stockholders, and
thereafter delivered to the Secretary of State of Delaware for filing, as
provided in the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") as soon as
practicable on or after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
in Article IV. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Merger
Documents have been filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware (the
"EFFECTIVE Time"). Solely for purposes of clarification, Company and the
Stockholders acknowledge and agree that the obligation of Parent to issue shares
under this Agreement shall not be effective until the Merger has been confirmed
in writing by the Secretary of State of Delaware.
1.2 CLOSING. The closing of the Merger (the "CLOSING") will take place
on the date of the execution of this Agreement subject to the satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IV (the "CLOSING DATE"), at the
offices of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, Seattle, Washington, unless another time,
date or place is agreed to by the parties hereto.
1.3 EFFECTS OF THE MERGER. At the Effective Time: (i) Sub shall be
merged with and into Company (Company after the Merger is sometimes referred to
herein as the "SURVIVING CORPORATION"), (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation of
Sub shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation,
(iii) the Bylaws of Sub shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, (iv)
the directors of Sub shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation, (v)
the officers of Sub shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, (vi) the
issued and outstanding capital stock of Company shall be converted as set forth
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in Section 1.4 below, and (vii) the Merger shall, from and after the Effective
Time, have all the effects provided by the DGCL.
1.4 CONVERSION OF COMPANY SECURITIES.
1.4.1 COMPANY SHARES. The issued and outstanding Company
Common Shares (each of which is defined in Section 2.1.2 and collectively
referred to as "COMPANY SHARES") shall, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger, be converted, without any action on the part of the holders thereof,
into, and Parent shall thereupon issue to the holders of the Company Common
Shares in the proportions set forth in Schedule 1.4.1, that number of shares of
Parent's common stock, par value $.01 per share,("PARENT COMMON SHARES") as
hereinafter described. The number of Parent Common Shares to be issued shall be
calculated by: dividing the Final Valuation (as defined in Section 1.5) by the
average of the closing prices of the Parent Common Shares on the Nasdaq National
Market over the twenty (20) trading days ending two (2) trading days prior to
the Closing date (the "PARENT AVERAGE CLOSING PRICE"). (The following example is
inserted solely for purposes of clarification of the preceding sentence: assume
the Closing Date is Wednesday, September 8, 1999, then the specified twenty (20)
trading day period will end on and include Friday, September 3, 1999.) Schedule
1.4 sets forth as of the date hereof: (i) the Company Shares and all other
rights to purchase any securities convertible into Company Shares, and (ii) a
pro forma computation of the number of Parent Common Shares to be issued as of
the Closing, using an assumed Average Closing Price as of such date and an
assumed Final Valuation of $5,000,000. In the Merger, each share of Sub common
stock shall be exchanged for one share of Company Common Stock.
1.4.2 DISSENTERS' RIGHTS. Any holder of Company Shares that
are outstanding on the record date for the determination of the shareholders
entitled to vote for or against the Merger who do not vote such shares in favor
of the Merger, or do not sign and deliver a written consent thereto with respect
to such shares (the Company Shares then outstanding that are not thus voted or
as to which such consents are not signed and delivered are referred to as
"ELIGIBLE DISSENTING SHARES"), will be entitled to exercise dissenters' rights
pursuant to Sections 262 ET. SEQ. of the DGCL ("SECTION 262") with respect to
such Eligible Dissenting Shares, provided that such shareholder meets all the
requirements of Section 262 with respect to such shares.
1.4.3 FRACTIONAL SECURITIES. No fraction of a Parent Common
Share will be issued in the Merger. In lieu of such issuance, all Parent Common
Shares issued to the Company shareholders shall be rounded to the closest whole
Parent Common Share.
1.4.4 ESCROW SECURITIES. To secure claims by Parent for
indemnification pursuant to Article V, ten percent (10%) of the Parent Common
Shares issuable to the Stockholders shall be held in escrow ("ESCROW SHARES")
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.4.4 ("ESCROW AGREEMENT").
1.5 FINAL VALUATION. The term "FINAL VALUATION" of Company shall be
$5,000,000 minus that amount by which assets on the Company's Final Pro Forma
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Balance Sheet (as such term is defined in Section 2.1.6 below) as of the Closing
are less than the sum of its total liabilities.
1.6 DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES. After the Effective Time, each holder of
a certificate or other documentation representing Company Shares, other than
Eligible Dissenting Shares, shall surrender such certificates or other
documentation to Parent or exchange agent designated by Parent, together with
duly executed counterparts of the Investment Agreement (as defined in Section
5.1) and Escrow Agreement and such other duly executed documentation as may be
reasonably required by Parent or the exchange agent to comply with applicable
laws to effect a transfer of such shares or options and upon such surrender each
Stockholder shall be entitled to receive a certificate or other documentation
for the applicable number of Parent Common Shares calculated pursuant to Section
1.4, except as provided in Section 1.4.5.
1.7 TAX-FREE REORGANIZATION. The Merger is intended to be a
"REORGANIZATION" within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the "CODE"), and this Agreement is intended to constitute a
"PLAN OF REORGANIZATION" within the meaning of the regulations promulgated under
Section 368 of the Code.
1.8 NO FURTHER OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN COMPANY SHARES. All Parent Common
Shares issued on or after the Effective Time upon cancellation of the Company
Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall respectively be deemed to have
been delivered in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such Company
Shares. After the Effective Time there shall be no transfers on the stock
transfer books of Company of such Company Shares.
1.9 REGULATION D AND FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT.
1.9.1 REGULATION D OFFERING. Each holder of Company Shares
shall execute a counterpart to the Investment Agreement and such other documents
as may be reasonably required by Parent to determine such holder's qualification
as an "ACCREDITED INVESTOR," as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 ACT") or as a person with the
financial sophistication required to be a purchaser pursuant to Rule
506(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation D.
1.9.2 S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT. Not later than three
business days after the date of this Agreement, Parent shall request in writing
from the Stockholders information about the Stockholders that Parent requires to
prepare the S-3 (as defined below). Not later than thirty (30) days after the
Stockholders provide Parent with necessary information to prepare the S-3, but
in no event prior to the Closing, Parent shall prepare, and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (such
registration statement and the prospectus included therein being referred to as
the "S-3") for resale of Parent Common Shares issued in the Merger to the
Stockholders (collectively, the "NEW PARENT HOLDERS") provided that such New
Parent Holders have executed the Investment and Escrow Agreements and provided
Parent with all reasonably requested information required to be included by
selling shareholders under the 1933 Act. Parent shall use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to have the S-3 declared effective under the 1933 Act as
promptly as practicable after such filing. Parent shall use its commercially
reasonable best efforts to cause the S-3 to continue to be effective the
registration statement and the prospectus contained therein to be updated as
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reasonably deemed necessary by Parent to enable the New Parent Holders to resell
the Parent Common Shares that were issued in the Merger, provided that such
resales shall take place in regular brokers' transactions, at customary brokers'
commissions, over the Nasdaq Stock Market or such other national market as
Parent Common Shares may be traded. Parent shall also take any action required
to be taken under any applicable state securities laws in connection with the
issuance of Parent Common Shares in the Merger and the resale of those shares
pursuant to the S-3. Any New Parent Holder selling stock registered under the
S-3 shall indemnify Parent, its officers and directors, each underwriter and
selling broker, if any, and each person, if any, who controls Parent, against
liability (including liability under the 1933 Act and the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 ("1934 ACT")) arising by reason of any statement contained
in the S-3, that such New Parent Holder provided to Parent in writing explicitly
for use in the S-3, being false or misleading or omitting to state a material
fact necessary to be stated in order that the statements made in the S-3, in the
circumstances in which they are made, not be misleading. Parent shall indemnify
each New Parent Holder selling stock registered under the S-3, and each
underwriter and selling broker, if any, against liability (including liability
under the 1933 and 1934 Acts) arising by reason of any statement (other than a
statement provided by any New Parent Holder as described above) in or
incorporated by reference in the S-3 being false or misleading or omitting to
state a material fact necessary to be stated in order that the statements made
in or incorporated by reference in the S-3, in the circumstances in which they
are made, not be misleading. Parent may suspend sales of Parent Common Shares
pursuant to the S-3 if it determines in good faith that such statements are
materially misleading or contain material omissions, provided that Parent shall
make a corrective filing as soon as practicable. The obligations of Parent
pursuant to this Section 1.9.2 shall expire on the earlier of (i) the sale or
other disposition of all of the Parent Shares issued in the Merger (including
Parent Common Shares released pursuant to the Escrow Agreement or (ii) the
ability of all New Parent Holders to dispose of all such shares within a single
three (3) month period pursuant to Rule 144 of the 1933 Act.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
2.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY AND STOCKHOLDERSExcept as
disclosed in a document referring specifically to the representations and
warranties in this Agreement which identifies by section number the section and
subsection to which such disclosure relates and is delivered by Company to
Parent prior to the execution of this Agreement (the "COMPANY DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE"), Company and Stockholders represent and warrant as follows:
2.1.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND POWER. Company is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the state of
Delaware, has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as now being
conducted, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each
jurisdiction in which a failure to so qualify would have a material adverse
effect on the Business Condition (as hereinafter defined) of Company. As used in
this Agreement, "BUSINESS CONDITION" with respect to any entity shall mean the
business, financial condition, results of operations, assets or prospects (as
defined below) (without giving effect to the consequences of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) of such entity or entities including
Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Company has no Subsidiaries. In this Agreement, a
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"SUBSIDIARY" of any corporation or other entity means a corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which such corporation
or entity directly or indirectly owns or controls voting securities or other
interests which are sufficient to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or
other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or
other entity and "PROSPECTS" shall mean events, conditions, facts or
developments which are known to Company and which in the reasonable course of
events are expected to have a material effect on future operations of the
business as presently conducted by Company. References to Company shall include
all Subsidiaries of Company unless the context specifically indicates otherwise.
Company has delivered to Parent complete and correct copies of the articles,
bylaws, and/or other primary charter and organizational documents ("CHARTER
DOCUMENTS") of Company, in each case, as amended to the date hereof. The minute
books and stock records of Company contain correct and complete records of all
material proceedings and actions taken at all meetings of, or effected by
written consent of, the shareholders of Company and its Board of Directors, and
all original issuances and subsequent transfers, repurchases, and cancellations
of Company's capital stock. The Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and correct list of the officers and directors of Company.
2.1.2 CAPITAL STRUCTURE.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Company consists
of 10,000 shares of Company Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, ("COMPANY
COMMON SHARES") of which 100 shares are issued and outstanding. As of the date
hereof, no Company Common Shares are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
outstanding Company warrants or options. All Company Common Shares and other
securities outstanding as of September 7, 1999, are set forth on Schedule 1.4,
and no Company Common Shares are held by Company in its treasury.
(b) All outstanding Company Shares are validly
issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, or
to any agreement to which Company is a party or by which Company may be bound.
Except as set forth in this Agreement, there are not any options, warrants,
calls, conversion rights, commitments, agreements, contracts, understandings,
restrictions, arrangements or rights of any character to which Company is a
party or by which Company may be bound obligating Company to issue, deliver or
sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of the capital
stock of Company, or obligating Company to grant, extend or enter into any such
option, warrant, call, conversion right, conversion payment, commitment,
agreement, contract, understanding, restriction, arrangement or right. Company
does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness the
holders of which (i) have the right to vote (or convertible or exercisable into
securities having the right to vote) with holders of Company Shares on any
matter ("COMPANY VOTING DEBT") or (ii) are or will become entitled to receive
any payment as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the completion of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.1.3 AUTHORITY. The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement by Company has been duly authorized by all necessary action of
the Board of Directors of Company. Certified copies of the resolutions adopted
by the Board of Directors of Company approving this Agreement and the Merger
have been, or at the Closing will be, provided to Parent. Each of Company and
the Stockholders has duly and validly executed and delivered this Agreement, and
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this Agreement constitutes a valid, binding, and enforceable obligation of each
of the Stockholders and Company in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except that the availability of the equitable remedy of specific
performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court
before which any proceeding may be brought.
2.1.4 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Company
holds, and at all times has held, all licenses, permits, and authorizations from
all Governmental Entities, (as defined below) necessary for the lawful conduct
of its business pursuant to all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules,
and regulations of all such authorities having jurisdiction over it or any part
of its operations, excepting, however, when such failure to hold would not have
a material adverse effect on Company's Business Condition. There are no
violations or claimed violations known by Company or the Stockholders of any
such license, permit, or authorization or any such statute, law, ordinance, rule
or regulation. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Company
and the Stockholders nor the performance by Company and the Stockholders of
their obligations under this Agreement will, in any material respect, violate
any provision of laws or will conflict with, result in the material breach of
any of the terms or conditions of, constitute a material breach of any of the
terms or conditions of, constitute a material default under, permit any party to
accelerate any right under, renegotiate, or terminate, require consent,
approval, or waiver by any party under, or result in the creation of any lien,
charge, encumbrance, or restriction upon any of the properties, assets, or
Company Shares pursuant to, any of the Charter Documents or any agreement
(including government contracts), indenture, mortgage, franchise, license,
permit, lease or other instrument of any kind to which Company is a party or by
which Company or any of its assets is bound or affected. No consent, approval,
order or authorization of or registration, declaration or filing with or
exemption (collectively "CONSENTS") by, any court, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, whether domestic
or foreign (each a "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY") is required by or with respect to
Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
Company or the consummation by Company of the transactions contemplated hereby,
except for the filing of the appropriate Merger Documents with the Secretary of
State of Delaware and except for such other Consents, which if not obtained or
made would not have a material adverse effect on Company's Business Condition.
2.1.5 TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.
(a) The "Company Intellectual Property" consists of the
following:
(i) all patents, trademarks, trade names,
service marks, mask works, domain names, copyrights and any renewal rights,
applications and registrations for any of the foregoing, and all trade dress,
net lists, schematics, technology, manufacturing processes, supplier lists,
trade secrets, know-how, moral rights, computer software programs or
applications (in both source and object code form) owned by Company;
(ii) all goodwill associated with
trademarks, trade names service marks and trade dress owned by Company;
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(iii) all software and firmware listings,
and updated software source code, and complete system build software and
instructions related to all software described herein owned by Company;
(iv) all documents, records and files
relating to design, end user documentation, manufacturing, quality control,
sales, marketing or customer support for all intellectual property described
herein owned by Company;
(v) all other tangible or intangible
proprietary information and materials owned by Company; and
(vi) all license and other rights in any
third party product, intellectual property, proprietary or personal rights,
documentation, or tangible or intangible property, including without limitation
the types of intellectual property and tangible and intangible proprietary
information described in (i) through (v) above;
that are being, and/or have been, used, or are currently under development for
use, in the business of Company as it has been, is currently or is currently
anticipated to be (up to the Closing), conducted. Company Intellectual Property
described in clauses (i) to (v) above is referred to herein as "COMPANY OWNED
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY" and Company Intellectual Property described in clause
(vi) above is referred to herein as "COMPANY LICENSED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY".
Unless otherwise noted, all references to "Company Intellectual Property" shall
refer to both Company Owned Intellectual Property and Company Licensed
Intellectual Property.
(b) The Company Disclosure Schedule lists: (i) all
patents, registered copyrights, mask works, trademarks, service marks, trade
dress, any renewal rights for any of the foregoing, and any applications and
registrations for any of the foregoing, that are included in the Company Owned
Intellectual Property; (ii) all hardware products and tools, software products
and tools, and services that are currently published, offered, or under
development by Company; (iii) all licenses, sublicenses and other agreements to
which Company is a party and pursuant to which any other person is authorized to
have access to or use the Company Owned Intellectual Property or exercise any
other right with regard thereto; (iv) all Company Licensed Intellectual Property
(other than license agreements for standard "shrink wrapped, off the shelf,"
commercially available, third party products used by the Company); and (v) any
obligations of exclusivity, noncompetition, nonsolicitation, or first
negotiation to which Company is subject under any agreement that does not fall
within the ambit of (iii) or (iv) above.
(c) The Company Intellectual Property consists solely
of items and rights that are either: (i) owned by Company, (ii) in the public
domain, or (iii) rightfully used and authorized for use by Company and its
successors pursuant to a valid license or other agreement. Company has all
rights in the Company Intellectual Property reasonably necessary to carry out
Company's current, and anticipated future (up to the Closing) activities and has
or had all rights in the Company Intellectual Property reasonably necessary to
carry out Company's former activities, including without limitation, if
necessary to carry out such activities, rights to make, use, exclude others from
using, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative works based on, translate,
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distribute (directly and indirectly), transmit, display and perform publicly,
license, rent, lease, assign, and sell the Company Intellectual Property in all
geographic locations and fields of use, and to sublicense any or all such rights
to third parties, including the right to grant further sublicenses.
(d) Company is not, nor as a result of the execution
or delivery of this Agreement, or performance of Company's obligations
hereunder, will Company be, in violation of any license, sublicense or other
agreement relating to the Company Intellectual Property to which Company is a
party or otherwise bound. Except pursuant to the terms of the agreements listed
in the Company Disclosure Schedule, Company is not obligated to provide any
consideration (whether financial or otherwise) to any third party, nor is any
third party otherwise entitled to any consideration, with respect to any
exercise of rights by Company or its successors in the Company Intellectual
Property.
(e) The use, reproduction, modification,
distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or any other exercise of rights in
any Company Owned Intellectual Property or any other authorized exercise of
rights in or to the Company Owned Intellectual Property by Company or its
licensees does not and will not, to the knowledge of Company and the
Stockholders, infringe any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service
mark, trade name, firm name, logo, trade dress, mask work, moral right, other
intellectual property right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in
personal or other data of any person. Further, to the knowledge of Company, the
use, reproduction, modification, distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale, or
any other exercise of rights in any Company Licensed Intellectual Property or
any other authorized exercise of rights in or to the Company Licensed
Intellectual Property by Company or its licensees does not and will not infringe
any copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, service mark, trade name, firm
name, logo, trade dress, mask work, moral right, other intellectual property
right, right of privacy, right of publicity or right in personal or other data
of any person. No claims (i) challenging the validity, effectiveness, or
ownership by Company of any of the Company Owned Intellectual Property, or (ii)
to the effect that the use, reproduction, modification, manufacturing,
distribution, licensing, sublicensing, sale or any other exercise of rights in
any Company Owned Intellectual Property by Company or its licensees infringes,
or will infringe on, any intellectual property or other proprietary or personal
right of any person, have been asserted or, to the knowledge of Company, are
threatened by any person nor, to the knowledge of Company, are there any valid
grounds for any bona fide claim of any such kind. To the knowledge of Company,
there is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of any of the
Company Owned Intellectual Property by any third party, employee or former
employee.
(f) No parties other than Company possess any current
or contingent rights to any source code that is part of the Company Owned
Intellectual Property (including, without limitation, through any escrow
account).
(g) The Company Disclosure Schedule lists all parties
who have created any material portion of, or otherwise have any rights in or to,
the Company Owned Intellectual Property other than employees of Company whose
work product was created by them entirely within the scope of their employment
by Company and constitutes works made for hire owned by Company. Company has
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secured from all parties who have created any material portion of, or otherwise
have any rights in or to, the Company Owned Intellectual Property valid and
enforceable written assignments or licenses of any such work or other rights to
Company and has provided true and complete copies of such assignments or
licenses to Parent.
(h) The Company Disclosure Schedule includes a true
and complete list of support and maintenance agreements relating to Company
Owned Intellectual Property or to which Company is a party as to Company
Licensed Intellectual Property including the identity of the parties and the
respective dates of such agreements and remedies for their breach.
(i) The Company Owned Intellectual Property is, and
any products manufactured and commercially released by Company or currently
under development, are, to the knowledge of Company and the Stockholders, Year
2000 Compliant in all material respects and will not cease to be fully Year 2000
Compliant in any material respect at any time prior to, during or after the
calendar year 2000. To the best of Company's knowledge, the Company Licensed
Intellectual Property is Year 2000 Compliant in all material respects and will
not cease to be Year 2000 Compliant in any material respect at any time prior
to, during or after the calendar year 2000. For the purposes of this Agreement,
"YEAR 2000 COMPLIANT" means that neither the performance nor the functionality
of the applicable Company Intellectual Property or applicable product is or will
be materially affected by dates prior to, during or after the calendar year 2000
AD and in particular (but without limitation):
(i) such Company Intellectual Property or
product accurately receives, provides and processes, and will accurately
receive, provide and process, date/time data (including calculating, comparing
and sequencing) from, into and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
including calendar years 1999 and 2000;
(ii) such Company Intellectual Property or
product will not malfunction, cease to function, provide invalid or incorrect
results or cause any interruption in the operation of the business of Company as
a result of any date/time data;
(iii) date-based functionality of such
Company Intellectual Property or product behaves and will continue to behave
consistently for dates prior to, during and after the year 2000;
(iv) in all interfaces and data storage of
such Company Intellectual Property or product, the century in any date is and
will be specified either explicitly or by unambiguous algorithms or inferencing
rules; and
(v) the year 2000 is and will be recognized
as a leap year of such Company Intellectual Property or product.
2.1.6 FINANCIAL STATEMENT. Company has delivered to Parent an
unaudited balance sheet as of August 27, 1999 (such balance sheet is referred to
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as the "FINANCIAL STATEMENT"). Such Financial Statement: (i) is in accordance
with the books and records of Company, (ii) presents fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Company as of the date indicated and the
results of its operations for each of the periods indicated, and (iii) has been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied. There are no material off-balance sheet liabilities,
claims or obligations of any nature, whether accrued, absolute, contingent,
anticipated, or otherwise, whether due or to become due, that are not shown or
provided for either in the Financial Statement or the Company Disclosure
Schedule. The liabilities of Company were incurred in the ordinary course of
Company's business except as otherwise indicated in the Company Disclosure
Schedule. A "FINAL PRO FORMA CLOSING BALANCE SHEET" will be prepared, and any
updates or revisions of such statement will be prepared, on a basis consistent
with the Financial Statement (with the proviso that the Pro Forma Closing
Balance Sheets shall not be reviewed in accordance with applicable standards of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) and Schedule 2.1.6.
2.1.7 TAXES. As of the date hereof, neither Company nor any of
its predecessors in interest, has been required to file any federal, state,
local and foreign tax returns, reports and information statements required to be
filed by it through the date of the Closing. Company has fully accrued on the
Financial Statement all of its unpaid taxes in respect of all periods through
the Closing Date. The books and records of the Company have been kept in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. No deficiencies or
adjustments for any tax have been claimed, proposed or assessed, or to the best
of Company's knowledge, threatened. The Company has not filed federal and state
income tax returns. Except as disclosed, Company is not subject to any pending
or, to the best of Company's knowledge, threatened, tax audit or examination and
Company has not waived any statute of limitation with respect to the assessment
of any tax which waiver remains in effect. For the purposes of this Agreement,
the terms "TAX" and "TAXES" shall include all federal, state, local and foreign
taxes, assessments, duties, tariffs, registration fees, and other similar
governmental charges including without limitation all income, franchise,
property, production, sales, use, payroll, license, windfall profits, severance,
withholding, excise, gross receipts and other taxes, as well as any interest,
additions or penalties relating thereto and any interest in respect of such
additions or penalties. Company has provided Parent true and correct copies of
allinformation, statements, reports, work papers and other tax data reasonably
requested by Parent. No consent or agreement has been made under Section 341 of
the Code by or on behalf of Company or any predecessor thereof.
There are no liens for taxes upon the assets of Company except for
taxes that are not yet payable. Company has withheld all taxes required to be
withheld in respect of wages, salaries and other payments to all employees,
officers and directors and timely paid all such amounts withheld to the proper
taxing authority.
Company has not participated in, or cooperated with, an international
boycott within the meaning of Section 999 of the Code. Company is not required
to include in income any adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the Code (or
similar provisions of other law or regulations) in its current or in any future
taxable period, by reason of a change in accounting method; nor does Company
have any knowledge that the IRS (or other taxing authority) has proposed; or is
considering, any such change in accounting method. Company is not a party to any
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agreement, contract, or arrangement that would result in the payment of any
"excess parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (or,
in the case of any such agreement or arrangement to which it may be a party,
shareholder approval of any such payments shall be obtained in accordance with
Section 280G). None of the assets of Company is property that is required to be
treated as owned by any other person pursuant to the "safe harbor lease"
provisions of former Section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as
amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax Reform Act
of 1986 and none of the assets of Company is "tax exempt use property" within
the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code. None of the assets of Company secures
any debt the interest on which is tax exempt under Section 103 of the Code.
2.1.8 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES AND EVENTS. Since June 30,
1999, there has not been:
(a) Any transaction involving more than $15,000
entered into by Company other than in the ordinary course of business; any
change (or any development or combination of developments of which Company or
the Stockholders has knowledge which is reasonably likely to result in such a
change) in Company's Business Condition, other than changes in the ordinary
course of business which in the aggregate have not been materially adverse to
Company's Business Condition; or, without limiting the foregoing, any loss of or
damage to any of the properties of Company due to fire or other casualty, or any
other loss, whether or not insured, amounting to more than $15,000 in the
aggregate;
(b) Any declaration, payment, or setting aside of any
dividend or other distribution to or for the holders of any Company Shares;
(c) Any termination, modification, or rescission of,
or waiver by Company of rights under, any existing contract having or likely to
have a material adverse effect on Company's Business Condition;
(d) Any discharge or satisfaction by Company of any
lien or encumbrance, or any payment of any obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent) other than current liabilities shown on the balance sheet included
in the Financial Statement as of June 30, 1999, in the ordinary course of
business; or
(e) Any mortgage, pledge, imposition of any security
interest, claim, encumbrance, or other restriction on any of the assets,
tangible or intangible, of Company.
2.1.9 LEASES IN EFFECT. Neither Company nor any predecessor in
interest of Company has ever been party to any real property leases or
subleases.
2.1.10 PERSONAL PROPERTY. Company has good and marketable
title, free and clear of all title defects, security interests, pledges,
options, claims, liens, encumbrances, and restrictions of any nature whatsoever
(including, without limitation, leases, chattel mortgages, conditional sale
contracts, purchase money security interests, collateral security arrangements,
and other title or interest-retaining agreements) to all inventory, receivables,
furniture, machinery, equipment, and other personal property, tangible or
otherwise, reflected on the balance sheet included in the Financial Statement or
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used in Company's business as of the date of such balance sheet even if not
reflected thereon, except for acquisitions and dispositions since August 28,
1999 in the ordinary course of business. Company owns no computer equipment or
other personal property having a book value of $5,000 or more, which are used by
Company in the conduct of its business. All such equipment and property are in
good operating condition and repair, reasonable wear and tear excepted.
2.1.11 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS. None of the directors, officers,
or Stockholders of Company, or any member of any of their families, is presently
a party to, or was a party to during the year preceding the date of this
Agreement, any transaction with Company, 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 person or any
corporation, partnership, trust, or other entity in which any such person has or
had a 5%-or-more interest (as a shareholder, partner, beneficiary, or otherwise)
or is or was a director, officer, employee, or trustee. None of Company's
officers or directors has any material interest in any property, real or
personal, tangible or intangible, including inventions, copyrights, trademarks
or trade names, used in or pertaining to the business of Company, or any
supplier, distributor or customer of Company, except for the normal rights of a
shareholder, and except for rights under existing employee benefit plans.
2.1.12 LITIGATION AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS. Neither Company nor
any of its officers, directors, or, to the knowledge of Company and the
Stockholders, employees is a party to any pending or, to the best knowledge of
Company, threatened action, suit, labor dispute (including any union
representation proceeding), proceeding, investigation, or discrimination claim
in or by any court or governmental board, commission, agency, department, or
officer, or any arbitrator, arising from the actions or omissions of Company or,
in the case of an individual, from acts in his or her capacity as an officer,
director, or employee of Company which individually or in the aggregate would be
materially adverse to Company. Company is not subject to any order, writ,
judgment, decree, or injunction that has a material adverse effect on Company's
Business Condition.
2.1.13 NO DEFAULTS. Company is not, nor has Company received
notice that it would be with the passage of time, in default or violation of any
term, condition or provision of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws
of Company or any comparable governing instrument of Company; (ii) any judgment,
decree or order applicable to Company; or (iii) any loan or credit agreement,
note, bond, mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement, lease, license or other
instrument to which Company is now a party or by which it or any of its
properties or assets may be bound, except for defaults and violations which,
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a material adverse effect on
the Business Condition of Company.
2.1.14 MAJOR CONTRACTS. Company is not a party to or subject
to:
(a) Any union contract, or any employment contract or
arrangement providing for future compensation, written or oral, with any
officer, consultant, director or employee;
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(b) Any plan or contract or arrangement, written or
oral, providing for bonuses, pensions, deferred compensation, retirement
payments, profit-sharing, or the like;
(c) Any joint venture contract or arrangement or any
other agreement which has involved or is expected to involve a sharing of
profits;
(d) Any OEM agreement, distribution agreement, volume
purchase agreement, corporate end user sales or service agreement or
manufacturing agreement in which the amount involved exceeds annually, or is
expected to exceed in the aggregate over the life of the contract $25,000 or
pursuant to which Company has granted or received manufacturing rights, most
favored nation pricing provisions or exclusive marketing, reproduction,
publishing or distribution rights related to any product, group of products or
territory;
(e) Any lease for real or personal property in which
the amount of payments which Company is required to make on an annual basis
exceeds $10,000;
(f) Any material agreement, license, franchise,
permit, indenture or authorization which has not been terminated or performed in
its entirety and not renewed which may be, by its terms, terminated, impaired or
adversely affected by reason of the execution of this Agreement, the Closing of
the Merger, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby;
(g) Except for trade indebtedness incurred in the
ordinary course of business, any instrument evidencing or related in any way to
indebtedness incurred in the acquisition of companies or other entities or
indebtedness for borrowed money by way of direct loan, sale of debt securities,
purchase money obligation, conditional sale, guarantee, or otherwise which
individually is in the amount of $15,000 or more;
(h) Any material license agreement, either as
licensor or licensee (excluding nonexclusive hardware and software licenses
granted to distributors or end-users in the ordinary course of business
consistent with prior practice); or
(i) Any contract containing covenants purporting to
limit Company's freedom to compete in any line of business in any geographic
area.
All contracts, arrangements, plans, agreements, leases, licenses,
franchises, permits, indentures, authorizations, instruments and other
commitments which are listed in the Company Disclosure Schedule pursuant to this
Section 2.1.14 are valid and in full force and effect and Company has not, nor,
to the best knowledge of Company, has any other party thereto, breached any
material provisions of, or is in default in any material respect under the terms
thereof.
2.1.15 MATERIAL RELATIONS. To Company's knowledge, as of the
date of this Agreement, none of the parties to any of the major contracts
identified in the Company Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 2.1.15 have
terminated, or expressed to the Company an intent to materially reduce or
terminate the amount of its business with Company in the future.
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2.1.16 INSURANCE AND BANKING FACILITIES. Company is not a
party to any contracts of insurance or indemnity nor does it have any bank
accounts or safe deposit boxes
2.1.17 EMPLOYEES. Company does not have any employees. Company
is not a party to any pending, or to Company's knowledge, threatened, labor
dispute. Company has complied in all material respects with all applicable
federal, state, and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations and
requirements relating to the employment of labor, including but not limited to
the provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, collective bargaining, payment
of Social Security, unemployment and withholding taxes, and ensuring equality of
opportunity for employment and advancement of minorities and women. There are no
claims pending, or to the Company's knowledge threatened to be brought, in any
court or administrative agency by any former or current Company employees for
compensation, pending severance benefits, vacation time, vacation pay or pension
benefits, or any other claim pending from any current or former employee or any
other person arising out of Company's status as employer, whether in the form of
claims for employment discrimination, harassment, unfair labor practices,
grievances, wrongful discharge or otherwise.
2.1.18 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS. Company is not a party to any
bonus, deferred compensation, pension, profit sharing, retirement, severance,
unemployment, training, vacation, tuition, dependent care, prepaid legal,
cafeteria, stock option, stock purchase, group insurance, health, disability,
accident, death benefit, welfare and other employee benefit plan, fund, program,
arrangement or policy, if any, whether formal or informal covering active,
former or retired employees of Company ("PLAN"). The Company does not have any
commitment to create, adopt or contribute to, any additional plan covering any
active, former or retired employee of the Company.
2.1.19 CERTAIN AGREEMENTS. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will: (i) result in any
payment by Company (including, without limitation, severance, unemployment
compensation, parachute payment, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any
director, employee or independent contractor of Company under any Plan,
agreement or otherwise, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable
under any Plan or agreement, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of
payment or vesting of any such benefits.
2.1.20 GUARANTEES AND SURETYSHIPS. Company has no powers of
attorney outstanding (other than those issued in the ordinary course of business
with respect to tax matters), Company has no obligations or liabilities
(absolute or contingent) as guarantor, surety, cosigner, endorser, co-maker,
indemnitor, or otherwise respecting the obligations or liabilities of any
person, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, organization, or
other entity.
2.1.21 BROKERS AND FINDERS. Neither Company nor the
Stockholders have retained any broker, finder, or investment banker in
connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, nor does or will Company owe any fee or other amount to any broker,
finder, or investment banker in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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2.1.22 CERTAIN PAYMENTS. Neither Company nor the Stockholders
acting on behalf of Company, nor to the best knowledge of Company, any person or
other entity acting on behalf of Company has, directly or indirectly, on behalf
of or with respect to Company: (i) made an unreported political contribution,
(ii) made or received any payment which was not legal to make or receive, (iii)
engaged in any transaction or made or received any payment which was not
properly recorded on the books of Company, (iv) created or used any "off-book"
bank or cash account or "slush fund", or (v) engaged in any conduct constituting
a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.
2.1.23 DISCLOSURE. Neither the representations or warranties
made by Company or the Stockholders in this Agreement, nor the Company
Disclosure Schedule or any other certificate executed and delivered by Company
or the Stockholders pursuant to this Agreement, when taken together, contains
any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements or facts contained herein or therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were furnished.
2.1.24 RELIANCE. The foregoing representations and warranties
are made by Company and the Stockholders with the knowledge and expectation that
Parent and Sub are placing reliance thereon.
2.2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB. Except as
disclosed in a document referring specifically to the representations and
warranties in this Agreement which identifies by section number the section and
subsection to which such disclosure relates and is delivered by Parent to
Company prior to the execution of this Agreement (the "PARENT DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULE"), Parent and Sub represent and warrant to Company as follows:
2.2.1 ORGANIZATION, STANDING AND POWER. Parent is a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of Washington and
Sub is a corporation duly organized validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Delaware, each has all requisite power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its businesses as now being
conducted, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business in each
jurisdiction in which a failure to so qualify would have a material adverse
effect on the Business Condition of Parent.
2.2.2 AUTHORITY. The execution, delivery, and performance of
this Agreement by Parent and Sub has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action of Parent and Sub. Each of Parent and Sub has duly and validly
executed and delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement constitutes a valid,
binding, and enforceable obligation of each of Parent and Sub in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
the equitable remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to
the discretion of the court before which any proceeding may be brought.
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2.2.3 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. Neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Sub nor the performance by
Parent or Sub of its obligations under this Agreement will violate any provision
of law or will conflict with, result in the breach of any of the terms and
conditions of, constitute a default under, permit any party to accelerate any
right under, renegotiate or terminate, require consent, approval, or waiver by
any party under, or result in the creation of any lien, charge, or encumbrance
or restriction upon any of the properties, assets, or shares of capital stock of
Parent pursuant to any charter document of Parent or Sub or any agreement
(including government contracts), indenture, mortgage, franchise, license,
permit, lease, or other instrument of any kind to which Parent or Sub is a party
or by which Parent or any of their assets are bound or affected. No Consent of
any Governmental Entity or third party is required by or with respect to Parent
or Sub in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
or Sub or the consummation by Parent or Sub of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, except for the filing of the Merger Documents with the
Secretary of State of Delaware, and such other consents, authorizations,
filings, approvals and registrations which if not obtained or made would not
have a material adverse effect on Parent's Business Condition.
2.2.4 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SEC DOCUMENTS. The Parent
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 and all
documents filed with the SEC by Parent since June 30, 1998 (collectively the
"SEC DOCUMENTS") and the description of the Parent Common Shares included
therein are, as of the time made, accurate and complete and contain no material
misstatement or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading. Since June 30, 1998, Parent has timely filed all documents
currently required to be filed with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act and
otherwise satisfies all applicable requirements for the use of the Form S-3
Registration Statement. There are no "legal proceedings," as defined in Item 103
of Regulation S-K, to which Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party which
are required to be disclosed in the SEC Documents and have not been so
disclosed.
2.2.5 CAPITAL SHARES. The Parent Common Shares issuable upon
the Merger are duly authorized and reserved for issuance and, when issued in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Merger Documents will be
validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive
rights. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital shares of Parent are as
set forth in the SEC Documents as of the dates of the financial statements or
other information included in the SEC Documents.
2.2.6 CAPITAL STRUCTURE. The authorized capital stock of
Parent consists of 100,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, no par value,
("PARENT COMMON SHARES") All Parent Common Shares and other securities
outstanding as of August 31, 1999 are set forth in the prospectus and prospectus
supplement of Parent, dated August 31, 1999 (collectively, the "Prospectus").
The authorized capital stock of the Parent, including the Shares, conforms in
all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus.
2.2.7 DISCLOSURE. Neither the representations or warranties
made by Parent or Sub in this Agreement, nor the final Parent Disclosure
Schedule or any other certificate executed and delivered by Parent pursuant to
this Agreement, nor the SEC documents when taken together, contains any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact necessary to
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make the statements or facts contained herein or therein not misleading in light
of the circumstances under which they were furnished.
2.2.8 RELIANCE. The foregoing representations and warranties
are made by Parent and Sub with the knowledge and expectation that Company is
and the Stockholders are placing reliance thereon.
2.2.9 BROKERS AND FINDERS. Parent has not retained any broker,
finder, or investment banker in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, nor does or will Parent owe any fee
or other amount to any other broker, finder, or investment banker in connection
with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
In addition to the foregoing, Parent, Sub, Company and the Stockholders
each agree to take the following actions after the Closing.
3.1 INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS. All resale of Parent Common Shares by the
New Parent Shareholders shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by the
investment agreements in the form attached as Exhibit 3.1 which shall be entered
into by Holders of Company Shares and Parent (the "INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS").
3.2 FORM 8-K. The Stockholders will assist Parent, its auditors and
counsel, after the Closing, in the preparation of a Form 8-K disclosing the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3 EXPENSES. Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby shall be paid by the party incurring such
expense.
3.4 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS. In case at any time after the Effective Time
any further action is reasonably necessary or desirable to carry out the
purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full title
to all properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and franchises of
Company, the proper officers and directors of each corporation which is a party
to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action.
3.5 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS. Neither Parent, Company nor the Stockholders
shall disseminate any press release or other announcement concerning this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein to any third party (except to
the directors, officers and employees of the parties to this Agreement whose
direct involvement is necessary for the consummation of the transactions
contemplated under this Agreement, to the attorneys and accountants of the
parties hereto, or except as Parent determines in good faith to be required by
the federal securities laws after consultation with Company) without the prior
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written consent of each of the other parties hereto, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. It is anticipated that a mutually acceptable joint press
release shall be issued only after the Closing.
3.6 TAX-FREE REORGANIZATION. Neither Parent, the Stockholders nor
Company shall take any action, either prior to or following the Closing, that
would cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a "reorganization" within the
meaning of Section 368 of the Code. Parent agrees that it will not merge the
Surviving Corporation into Parent until after the six month anniversary of the
Effective Time. Parent agrees that it will treat the Parent Common Shares
delivered in the Merger solely as consideration for the Company Shares and that
the value ascribed by Parent to the Company Shares includes the Company
workforce in place as of the date hereof. Any change in the Company workforce
after the date hereof and prior to the Closing will result in an adjustment in
that portion of the Final Valuation relating to the Grunebaum Shares. Parent
shall defend, indemnify, and hold Stockholders harmless from and against and
reimburse Stockholders with respect to any and all Indemnifiable Amounts (as
defined in Article V) including, without limitation, federal or state tax
liability incurred by Stockholders by reason of or arising in connection with
any failure of Parent to perform its obligations set forth in Section 3.6.
3.7 CERTAIN RECORDS. From and after the Effective Time, the assets of
the Company shall exclude all (and neither Parent, Sub or Company shall have
access to any) of the books, files, documents and records of Company or the
Stockholders, or of Company's attorneys (including, without limitation any
communications or other information falling within the attorney-client
privilege) relating to their respective representation of the Company in
connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1 CONDITIONS TO EACH PARTY'S OBLIGATION TO EFFECT THE MERGER. The
respective obligation of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
4.1.1 GOVERNMENTAL APPROVALS. Other than the filing of the
Merger Documents with the Secretary of State of Delaware, all Consents of
Governmental Entities legally required for the consummation of the Merger and
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been filed, occurred,
or been obtained, other than such Consents, for which the failure to obtain
would have no material adverse effect on the consummation of the Merger or the
other transactions contemplated hereby or on the Business Condition of Parent or
Company.
4.1.2 NO RESTRAINTS. No statute, rule, regulation, executive
order, decree or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or
enforced by any United States court or Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction which enjoins or prohibits the consummation of the Merger.
4.2 CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT. The obligation of Parent to
effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions
unless waived by Parent:
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4.2.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS. The representations and warranties of Company and the Stockholders
set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects
as of the date of this Agreement, except as otherwise contemplated by this
Agreement.
4.2.2 PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS OF COMPANY AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS. Company and the Stockholders shall have performed in all material
respects all agreements and covenants required to be performed by them under
this Agreement prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received a
certificate signed by each of the Stockholders, individually as officers of
Company to such effect on the Closing Date.
4.2.3 INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS. Parent shall have received duly
executed Investment Agreements substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 5.1
from each Company shareholder voting for approval of this Agreement and the
Merger which shall include representations, warranties and agreements regarding
the issuance and Sales (as defined in the Investment Agreements) of Parent
Common Shares in forms satisfactory to Parent.
4.2.4 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS. Grunebaum shall have executed
an employment agreement set forth as Exhibit 4.2.4..
4.2.5 NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENT. Alterity Partners, LLP shall
have executed Noncompetition Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit 4.2.5
with Parent for a period of three (3) years in a form satisfactory to Parent,
and not taken any action or expressed any intent to terminate or modify such
agreement.
4.2.6 LEGAL ACTION. There shall not be overtly threatened or
pending any action, proceeding or other application before any court or
Governmental Entity brought by any person or Governmental Entity: (i)
challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking to obtain any damages
caused by such transactions which if successful would have a material adverse
effect on the viability of such transactions; or (ii) seeking to prohibit or
impose any limitations on Parent's ownership or operation of all or any portion
of Company's business or assets, or to compel Parent to dispose of or hold
separate all or any portion of its or Company's business or assets as a result
of the transactions contemplated by the Agreement which if successful would have
a material adverse effect on the viability of such transactions.
4.2.7 OPINION OF COUNSEL. Parent shall have received an
opinion dated as of the Closing Date of Goldstein & Kaplan LLP, counsel to
Company, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit 4.2.7.
4.2.8 CONTINGENT SHARES LETTER. Amos Grunebaum shall have
delivered to Parent an executed Contingent Shares Letter, dated as of the
Closing, in the form of Exhibit 4.2.8 attached hereto.
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4.2.9 CONSENTS. Parent shall have received duly executed
copies of all third-party consents, approvals, assignments, waivers,
authorizations or other certificates contemplated by this Agreement or the
Company Disclosure Schedule or reasonably deemed necessary by Parent's legal
counsel to provide for the continuation in full force and effect of any and all
material contracts and leases of Company and for Parent to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Parent, except for such thereof as Parent and Company shall have agreed in
writing shall not be obtained.
4.2.10 TERMINATION OF RIGHTS AND CERTAIN SECURITIES. Any
registration rights, rights of refusal, rights to any liquidation preference, or
redemption rights relating to any security of Company shall have been terminated
or waived as of the Closing. Except as set forth in Schedule 1.4, no warrants,
options, convertible securities or other rights to purchase or acquire any
securities of Company shall be outstanding.
4.2.11 COMPANY FINAL PRO FORMA CLOSING BALANCE SHEET. Company
shall have provided Parent with the Final Pro Forma Closing Balance Sheet (as
defined in Section 2.1.6) which shall have been prepared in good faith, in a
form reasonably satisfactory to Parent and shall not reflect a material adverse
change in Company from the Financial Statement attached as Schedule 2.1.6.
4.3 CONDITIONS OF OBLIGATION OF COMPANY AND STOCKHOLDERS. The
obligation of Company and the Stockholders to effect the Merger is subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions unless waived by Company and the
Stockholders:
4.3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB. The
representations and warranties of Parent and Sub set forth in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement, except as otherwise contemplated by this AgreementFor purposes of
affirming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Parent made as
of the Closing, the term "SEC Documents" shall be deemed to include all
registration statements, reports and proxy statements, including all amendments
thereto, filed by Parent with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the
date of this Agreement and prior to Closing.
4.3.2 PERFORMANCE OF OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND SUB. Parent
shall have performed in all material respects all agreements and covenants
required to be performed by them under this Agreement prior to the Closing Date,
and Company shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Parent by an
officer of Parent to such effect on the Closing Date.
4.3.3 OPINION OF PARENT'S COUNSEL. Company and the
Stockholders shall have received an opinion dated the Closing Date of Preston
Gates & Ellis LLP, counsel to Parent, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit 4.3.3.
4.3.4 LEGAL ACTION. There shall not be overtly threatened or
pending any action, proceeding or other application before any court or
Government Entity brought by any person, entity or Governmental Entity: (i)
challenging or seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking to obtain any material
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damages from the Company or the Stockholders as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) seeking to prohibit or impose any
limitations on Company's ownership or operation of all or any portion of its
business or assets, or to compel Company to dispose of or hold separate all or
any portion of its business or assets as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement which if successful would have a material adverse
effect on the viability of such business or assets; provided that Company and
the Stockholders shall automatically be deemed to waive this condition if Parent
agrees to indemnify, defend and hold any such named party harmless against any
such action.
4.3.5 CONSENTS. The Company shall have received duly executed
copies of all third-party consents, approvals, assignments, waivers,
authorizations or other certificates contemplated by this Agreement or the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
4.3.6 EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. As of the Closing Parent shall
have signed an agreement substantially as set forth as Exhibit 4.2.7, and not
taken any action or expressed any intent to terminate or modify such agreement
providing for Amos Grunebaum to be employed by Parent.
ARTICLE V
INDEMNIFICATION
5.1 INDEMNIFICATION RELATING TO AGREEMENT. Subject to the limitations
in Section 5.4, the Stockholders shall, severally and not jointly, defend,
indemnify, and hold Parent harmless from and against, and reimburse Parent with
respect to, any and all losses, damages, liabilities, claims, judgments,
settlements, fines, costs, and expenses (including attorneys' fees)
("INDEMNIFIABLE AMOUNTS") of every nature whatsoever incurred by Parent by
reason of or arising out of or in connection with (i) any breach, or any claim
(including claims by parties other than Parent) that if true, would constitute a
breach, by Company or the Stockholders of any representation or warranty of
Company or the Stockholders contained in this Agreement, (ii) the failure,
partial or total, of Company or the Stockholders to perform any agreement or
covenant required by this Agreement to be performed by it or them, and (iii) any
federal or state tax liability, or asserted liability of Company relating to
operations prior to the Closing, whether or not arising out of the merger of Sub
into Company. No Stockholder shall be entitled to any indemnification from
Company or the Surviving Corporation for amounts paid hereunder. There shall be
no right of contribution from Company or any successor to Company.
5.2 THIRD PARTY CLAIMS. With respect to any claims or demands by third
parties, whenever Parent shall have received a written notice that such a claim
or demand has been asserted or threatened, Parent shall notify each Stockholder
of such claim or demand and of the facts within Parent's knowledge that relate
thereto within a reasonable time after receiving such written notice, but in no
event later than fifteen (15) business days following receipt thereof. The
Stockholders shall then have the right to contest, negotiate or settle any such
claim or demand through counsel of their own selection, reasonably satisfactory
to Parent and solely at their own cost, risk, and expense, which costs and
expenses shall be payable out of the Total Escrow (as defined in the Escrow
Agreement). Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Stockholders shall not
settle, compromise, or offer to settle or compromise any such claim or demand
without the prior written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be
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unreasonably withheld. By way of illustration and not limitation it is
understood that Parent may object to a settlement or compromise which includes
any provision which in its reasonable judgment may have an adverse impact on or
establish an adverse precedent for the Business Condition of Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries. Parent shall not have the right to object to a settlement
which consists solely of the payment of a monetary damage amount and which is
subject to full indemnification under this Agreement. If the Stockholders fail
to give written notice to Parent of their intention to contest or settle any
such claim or demand within twenty (20) calendar days after Parent has notified
the Stockholders that any such claim or demand has been made in writing and
received by Parent, or if any such notice is given but any such claim or demand
is not promptly contested by the Stockholders Parent shall have the right to
satisfy and discharge the same by payment, compromise, or otherwise, in
accordance with the procedures set forth in the Escrow Agreement. Parent may
also, if it so elects and entirely within its own discretion, defend any such
claim or demand if the Stockholders fail to give notice of Stockholders'
intention to contest or settle any such claim or demand, in which event Parent
and its affiliates shall be entitled to indemnification to the full extent
permitted by this Article V for any and all costs, losses, liabilities, and
expenses whatsoever, including without limitation reasonable attorneys' and
other professional fees, that Parent may sustain, suffer, incur, or become
subject to as a result of Parent's decision to defend any such claim or demand.
Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, Parent shall have the sole right to
conduct any tax audit or other tax contest relating to the Parent tax return. In
the event any Indemnifiable Amounts arise out of such audits, Parent will notify
the Stockholders and allow each to comment on any written submissions relating
to any Indemnifiable Amounts, Parent will consult in good faith with the
Stockholders regarding the conduct of any audit.
5.3 BINDING EFFECT. The indemnification obligations of Company and the
Stockholders contained in this Article V are an integral part of this Agreement
and Merger in the absence of which Parent would not have entered into this
Agreement.
5.4 LIMITATIONS. The liability of the Stockholders and sole remedy of
Parent for any breach of representation, warranty or covenant or any claim,
cause of action or right of any nature in connection with this Agreement shall
be determined solely under this Article V and shall be subject to the following
limitations:
5.4.1 THRESHOLD. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Article V, Parent shall be entitled to indemnification only if the aggregate
Indemnifiable Amounts exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) (the
"THRESHOLD AMOUNT"), provided that any amounts relating to legal expenses
payable by Company shall not be subject to the Threshold Amount; and provided
further that at such time as the amount to which Parent is entitled to be
indemnified exceeds the Threshold Amount, Parent shall be entitled to be
indemnified up to the full Indemnifiable Amounts including the Threshold Amount.
5.4.2 TIME LIMIT. The provisions of this Article V shall apply
only to Indemnifiable Amounts which are incurred or relate to claims which are
asserted or overtly threatened within one (1) year from the Closing Date;
provided that the Stockholders shall have received notice of such claims within
thirty (30) days of the first anniversary of the Closing; provided further (i)
that the obligation of the Stockholders to indemnify Parent for breaches of the
representations, warranties and covenants in Sections 2.1.7 relating to taxes
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(as defined in Section 2.1.7) shall continue until thirty (30) days after the
expiration of all statutes of limitations applicable to such taxes and (ii) that
obligations of Company and the Stockholders for Indemnifiable Amounts arising
out of fraud or willful misstatements or willful omissions of Company or the
Stockholders will have no time limit.
5.4.3 ESCROW. The sum of all Indemnifiable Amounts to be paid
by the Stockholders and Company shall not exceed and shall be satisfied solely
by consideration held by the Custodian pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and
shall not be a personal liability of the Stockholders, provided that the
obligations of Company and the Stockholders for Indemnifiable Amounts arising
out of breaches of the representations, warranties in Section 2.1.7 relating to
taxes (as defined in Section 2.1.7), and fraud or willful misstatements or
willful omissions by the Stockholders or Company shall not be subject to the
foregoing limitation.
5.5 TAX CONSEQUENCES. As stated in Sections 1.7 and 3.6 it is the
intent of the parties that the Merger is intended to be a "reorganization"
within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code, and no party shall take any
position inconsistent with this interpretation. However no party or its counsel
shall have any obligation, of indemnification or otherwise, in the event it is
determined that the tax consequences differ from those intended other than as a
result of a beach by Parent of the covenants set forth in Section 3.6. This
Section shall not be deemed to override the provisions contained in Section 3.6.
5.6 DUTY TO MITIGATE. Parent shall act in good faith and in a manner
commercially reasonable to mitigate any Indemnifiable Amounts it may suffer.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement, including the exhibits and
schedules delivered pursuant to this Agreement, and the Confidentiality
Agreement between the parties, contain all of the terms and conditions agreed
upon by the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and
supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, undertakings, and
communications of the parties, whether oral or written, respecting that subject
matter.
6.2 GOVERNING LAW. The Merger shall be governed by the laws of the
State of Delaware, as applicable. All other aspects of this Agreement shall be
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of
Washington. Company and Stockholders consent to jurisdiction and venue in the
state and federal courts in King County, Washington.
6.3 NOTICES. All notices, requests, demands or other communications
which are required or may be given pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall
be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given: (i) on the date of
delivery if personally delivered by hand, (ii) upon the third day after such
notice is (a) deposited in the United States mail, if mailed by registered or
certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (b) sent by a
nationally recognized overnight express courier, or (iii) by facsimile upon
written confirmation (other than the automatic confirmation that is received
from the recipient's facsimile machine) of receipt by the recipient of such
notice:
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IF TO PARENT OR SUB OnHealth Network Company
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808 Howell Street, Suite 400
Seattle, Washington 98101
Attention: Robert N. Goodman
Telephone No.: (206) 583-0100
Facsimile No.: (206) 652-9075
WITH A COPY TO: Preston Gates & Ellis LLP
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5000 Columbia Center
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-7078
Attention: Christopher H. Cunningham
Telephone No.: (206) 623-7580
Facsimile No.: (206) 623-7022
IF TO COMPANY: BabyData.com Inc.
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c/o Alterity Partners, LLC
666 West End Avenue, Suite 18G
New York, New York 10025
Telephone No.: (212) 501-7922
Facsimile No.: (212) 501-8123
With a copy to: Goldstein & Kaplan LLP
Carnegie Hall Tower
152 West 57th Street, 24th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Daniel A. J. Rayner
Telephone No.: (212) 262-1100
Facsimile No.: (212) 262-5700
Such addresses may be changed, from time to time, by means of a notice
given in the manner provided in this Section 6.3.
6.4 SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
unenforceable for any reason, it shall be modified rather than voided, if
possible, in order to achieve the intent of the parties to this Agreement to the
extent possible. In any event, all other provisions of this Agreement shall be
deemed valid and enforceable to the full extent.
6.5 SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. All representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement, including the exhibits and schedules
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the Effective Time; provided
that except as otherwise set forth in Section 5.4.2, such survival shall
terminate one (1) year from the Effective Time.
6.6 ASSIGNMENT. No party to this Agreement may assign, by operation of
law or otherwise, all or any portion of its rights, obligations, or liabilities
under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other party to
this Agreement, which consent may be withheld in the absolute discretion of the
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party asked to grant such consent. Any attempted assignment in violation of this
Section 6.6 shall be voidable and shall entitle the other party to this
Agreement to terminate this Agreement at its option.
6.7 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or more
partially or fully executed counterparts each of which shall be deemed an
original and shall bind the signatory, but all of which together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. The execution and delivery of a
Signature Page - Agreement and Plan of Reorganization in the form annexed to
this Agreement by any party hereto who shall have been furnished the final form
of this Agreement shall constitute the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by such party.
6.8 AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
6.9 EXTENSION, WAIVER. At any time prior to the Effective Time, any
party hereto may, to the extent legally allowed: (i) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party hereto,
(ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such
party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (iii)
waive compliance with any of the agreements, covenants or conditions for the
benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party
hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party.
6.10 INTERPRETATION. When a reference is made in this Agreement to
Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such reference shall be to a Section, Exhibit
or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The words "include,"
"includes," and "including" when used therein shall be deemed in each case to be
followed by the words "without limitation." The "knowledge of," "the best of
knowledge of," or other derivations of "know" with respect to Company will mean
the knowledge of the Stockholders in each case assuming the exercise of
reasonable inquiry either directly or by representatives on his or their behalf.
The table of contents, index to defined terms, 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.
6.11 CONFIDENTIALITY. Company and the Stockholders agree to use their
commercially reasonable efforts to keep confidential and not to disclose to
third parties (except to shareholders, employees, and Company advisors for the
purposes of evaluating and consummating the Merger) the terms and conditions of
this Agreement specifically including without limitation the Final Valuation and
number of Parent Common Shares to be issued and to advise all Company officers,
directors and employees of this obligation and to indemnify and hold Parent
harmless from any breach of this agreement in accordance with the provisions of
Article V. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after having given prior notice to
Parent, the Stockholders may disclose such terms and conditions as is reasonably
necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or government rules, or
orders of any court or governmental entity.
6.12 ARBITRATION. The parties shall endeavor to resolve all disputes by
agreement and to that end shall each provide the other with sufficient
descriptions and information regarding its position to permit informed
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assessments and decisions. Any disagreement, claim, demand, controversy, or
dispute which arises after the Closing in any way relating to this Agreement and
the performance or alleged breach by the parties, whether involving questions of
law or fact or both and regardless of the nature thereof or the remedy therefor,
which is not settled by agreement of the parties shall be resolved pursuant to
the arbitration provisions in Section 2.3.3 of the Escrow Agreement.
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SIGNATURE PAGE - AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Sub, Company and the Stockholders have
executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
ONHEALTH NETWORK COMPANY BABYDATA.COM INC.
By \s\ Michael D. Conway By \s\ Geoffrey W. Smith
BB ACQUSITION, INC.
By \s\ Michael D. Conway
STOCKHOLDERS:
ALTERITY PARTNERS, LLC AMOS GRUNEBAUM
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\S\ GEOFFREY W. SMITH \S\ AMOS GRUNEBAUM
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EXHIBIT 99.1
Monday September 13, 7:01 am Eastern Time
ONHEALTH NETWORK ACQUIRES LEADING NICHE HEALTHCARE
INFORMATION PROVIDER BABYDATA.COM
SEATTLE, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- OnHealth Network Company (Nasdaq: ONHN - NEWS;
http://www.onhealth.com), a leading online health and wellness destination,
today announced it has completed the acquisition of BabyData.com Inc., the
premier website for pregnant couples and those trying to conceive. The purchase
price for BabyData.com was 681,534 shares of OnHealth Network Company's common
stock. The transaction will be accounted for as a purchase.
BabyData.com has served as a valuable resource to hundreds of thousands of
consumers since its launch in July 1998. Dr. Amos Grunebaum, the creator and
founder of BabyData, is a practicing Obstetrician and Gynecologist in New York
and will join OnHealth as Vice President of Obstetrics. Dr. Grunebaum is a
specialist in Maternal-Fetal Medicine (high-risk pregnancies), a Fellow of the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and Board certified in both
Obs&Gyn and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Dr. Grunebaum also co-authored the book
"Dr. Ruth's Pregnancy Guide for Couples: Love, Sex, and Medical Facts" with Dr.
Ruth Westheimer. Web usage for people having babies is booming. OnHealth
consumer research conducted earlier this year has shown key life events such as
the birth of a child frequently trigger heightened interest and initiative in
searching for health-related information online.
"OnHealth has built its reputation on delivering the information and resources
consumers need relating to health and wellness. The addition of BabyData.com and
its premier pregnancy-related content further delivers on our commitment by
broadening our offerings to one of the fastest-growing consumer health
segments," said Robert Goodman, president and CEO of OnHealth. "Importantly,
this acquisition helps fuel our continued growth, delivers an attractive niche
audience to our partners and advertisers and brings additional expertise to our
management team."
Commenting on the acquisition, Dr. Amos Grunebaum of BabyData.com added:
"Joining forces with the leading provider of quality online health information
will offer our users access to broad health and wellness topics that complement
and extend beyond their immediate pregnancy-related needs. I am excited to
contribute my medical expertise to the dedicated OnHealth team which subscribes
to the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct. I share with them the
common goal of providing consumers with the most comprehensive choices in
managing their health."
BabyData.com content and resources will be incorporated into the OnHealth
Network offering. Currently BabyData.com features areas including "Trying to
Conceive", "Already Pregnant", "Labor and Delivery", "Postpartum", "Exposure &
Environment Concerns" and "Preventing Pregnancy," as well as information on
doctors, hospitals and midwifes and alternative medicines. Without any
advertising or marketing efforts, BabyData.com has grown its total visits per
month to 288,306 in July, 1999 from 233,344 in June, 1999 and 152,854 in March,
1999, an increase of 89%, according to Internet Profiles Corporation (I/PRO), an
independent third-party auditor of BabyData.com's server logs. Total page views
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have increased to 1,223,984 in July, 1999 from 993,190 in June, 1999 and 667,213
in March, 1999. The audiences of the two sites complement each other with
BabyData.com catering primarily to women between the ages of 18 and 38 with an
average age of 28 and onhealth.com reaching a primary user base of women ages 25
to 54.
About OnHealth Network Company
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, OnHealth Network Company is a leading
Internet information and services resource for consumers that provides multiple
perspectives and an independent viewpoint on health, wellness and well-being.
Onhealth.com consistently ranks among the most highly trafficked independent
health content sites on the Web. According to the most recent Media Metrix
report, OnHealth attracted nearly 1.2 million unique visitors in July, a 29
percent increase from June 1999. OnHealth Network's advertisers include Glaxo
Wellcome, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble and SmithKline Beecham.
The consumer-driven Web site has also attracted non-endemic advertisers such as
Deja News, Dr. Scholl's, Ford, Jamieson Vitamins, Kellogg's, MSN Portal Phase
and Women.com. More than 950 Web sites drive traffic to onhealth.com through its
numerous distribution and content sharing relationships including: AOL's Digital
City, Inc., Better Homes and Gardens, Snap.com, Weather.com, WebTV and Yahoo!.
OnHealth complies with the Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct
(HONcode), an international initiative established to help unify and standardize
the reliability of medical and health information available on the World Wide
Web.
Certain statements in this release, such as the Company's ability to
successfully integrate BabyData into OnHealth, continue to increase traffic
levels, identify additional acquisition opportunities and other statements
containing "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "hopes" or "believes" or
variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Potential risks
and uncertainties include such factors as acceptance of the Company's products
and services, including the re-launch of the Company's Web site, the Company's
ability to raise sufficient capital to fully implement the planned advertising
campaign, competition and other risks described in the Company's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1998.
CONTACT: Bobbi K. Hoff, CFA of OnHealth Network Company, 206-652-0308, or
[email protected]; or media, Estelle Fong of Fleishman Hillard, 212-453-2307,
or [email protected]; or Joseph Jaffoni of Jaffoni & Collins Incorporated,
212-835-8500, or [email protected], for OnHealth Network Company.
