Exhibit 2.1
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I THE
MERGER
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2
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Section 1.01 The
Merger.
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2
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Section 1.02
Closing.
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2
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Section 1.03
Effective Time.
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2
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Section 1.04
Effects of the Merger.
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2
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Section 1.05
Certificate of Incorporation; By-Laws.
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2
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Section 1.06
Directors and Officers.
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3
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ARTICLE II EFFECT
OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK
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3
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Section 2.01 Effect
of the Merger on Capital Stock.
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3
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Section 2.02
Exchange Procedures.
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5
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Section 2.03
Dissenting Shares.
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7
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Section 2.04
Adjustments.
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7
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Section 2.05
Withholding Rights.
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7
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Section 2.06 Lost
Certificates.
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7
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Section 2.07
Treatment of Stock Options and Other Stock-Based
Compensation.
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8
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Section 2.08Tax
Treatment.
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9
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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9
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Section 3.01
Organization and Qualification of Company.
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9
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Section 3.02
Authority and Board Approval.
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10
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Section 3.03 No
Conflicts; Consents; Anti-Takeover Statutes.
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11
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Section 3.04
Capital Structure.
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11
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Section 3.05
Financial Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities
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14
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Section 3.06
Absence of Certain Changes, Events and Conditions.
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14
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Section 3.07
Taxes.
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16
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Section 3.08
Intellectual Property.
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18
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Section 3.09
Compliance; Permits.
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21
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Section
3.10 Litigation.
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21
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Section
3.11 Employee Matters.
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21
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Section
3.12 Employment Law Matters; Labor.
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25
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Section
3.13 Real Property and Personal Property Matters.
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26
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Section
3.14 Environmental Matters.
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27
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Section
3.15 Material Contracts.
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27
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Section
3.16 Accounts Receivable.
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29
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Section
3.17 Customers and Suppliers.
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29
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Section
3.18 Insurance.
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30
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Section
3.19 Information Supplied.
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30
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Section
3.20 Anti-Corruption Matters.
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30
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Section
3.21 Books and Records.
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31
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Section
3.22 Related-Party Transactions.
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31
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Section
3.23 Brokers.
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31
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Section
3.24 Full Disclosure.
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER
SUB
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31
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Section
4.01 Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents;
Subsidiaries.
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31
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Section
4.02 Capital Structure.
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32
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Section
4.03 Authority; Non-Contravention; Governmental Consents; Board
Approval.
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33
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Section
4.04 SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Undisclosed
Liabilities.
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34
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Section
4.05 Litigation.
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35
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Section
4.06 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
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35
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Section
4.07 Intellectual Property.
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35
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Section
4.08 Employee Matters.
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36
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Section
4.09 Employment Law Matters; Labor.
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38
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Section
4.10 Environmental Matters.
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38
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Section
4.11 Material Contracts.
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39
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Section
4.12 Insurance.
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39
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Section
4.13 Brokers.
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Section
4.14 Information Supplied.
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40
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Section
4.15 Ownership of Company Stock.
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40
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Section
4.16 Intended Tax Treatment.
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
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Section 5.01
Conduct of Business of the Company.
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Section 5.02
Conduct of the Business of Parent.
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Section 5.03 Access
to Information; Confidentiality.
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Section 5.04 No
Solicitation.
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Section 5.05 Parent
Board Composition.
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45
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Section 5.06 Proxy
Statement.
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45
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Section 5.07
Company Stockholders Meeting.
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46
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Section 5.08 Parent
Stockholders Meeting; Approval by Sole Stockholder of Merger
Sub.
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46
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Section 5.09
Notices of Certain Events.
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47
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Section 5.10
Notices of Certain Events; Stockholder Litigation; No Effect on
Disclosure Letter.
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Section 5.11
Employees; Benefit Plans.
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49
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Section 5.12
Directors' and Officers' Indemnification and
Insurance.
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51
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Section 5.13
Reasonable Best Efforts.
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53
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Section 5.14 Public
Announcements.
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53
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Section 5.15
Anti-Takeover Statutes.
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53
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Section 5.16
Section 16 Matters.
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53
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Section 5.17 Stock
Exchange Matters.
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Section 5.18
Certain Tax Matters.
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Section 5.19 Further Assurances.
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS
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Section 6.01
Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Merger.
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Section 6.02
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub.
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Section 6.03
Conditions to Obligation of the Company.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT, AND WAIVER
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Section 7.01
Termination By Mutual Consent.
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Section 7.02
Termination By Either Parent or the Company.
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Section 7.03
Termination by Parent.
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Section 7.04
Termination by the Company.
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Section 7.05 Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination.
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Section 7.06 Fees
and Expenses Following Termination.
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Section 7.07
Amendment.
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Section 7.08
Extension; Waiver.
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ARTICLE
VIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
8.01 Definitions.
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Section
8.02 Interpretation; Construction.
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72
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Section
8.03 Survival.
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72
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Section
8.04 Governing Law.
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73
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Section
8.05 Submission to Jurisdiction.
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Section
8.06 Waiver of Jury Trial.
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Section
8.07 Notices.
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Section
8.08 Entire Agreement.
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Section
8.09 No Third Party Beneficiaries.
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75
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Section
8.10 Severability.
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75
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Section
8.11 Assignment.
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75
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Section
8.12 Remedies.
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75
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Section
8.13 Specific Performance.
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Section
8.14 Counterparts; Effectiveness.
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EXHIBITS
[Exhibits Intentionally Omitted]
SCHEDULES
[Schedules Intentionally Omitted]
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
among
SUPER LEAGUE GAMING, INC.
and
MOBCRUSH STREAMING, INC.
and
SLG MERGER SUB II, INC
dated
as of
March 9, 2021
EXECUTION DRAFT
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this
"Agreement"), is entered into as of March
9, 2021, by and among Mobcrush
Streaming, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Super League Gaming, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Parent"), and SLG Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent
("Merger
Sub"). Capitalized terms used
herein (including in the immediately preceding sentence) and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth
in Section
8.01 hereof.
WHEREAS, the parties intend that Merger Sub be merged
with and into the Company, with the Company surviving that merger
on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the
"Company
Board") has unanimously: (a)
determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and the
holders of shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.0001
per share (the "Company Common
Stock"), and preferred stock,
par value $0.0001 (the "Company Preferred
Stock", and collectively with
the Company Common Stock, the "Company
Stock") and declared it
advisable, to enter into this Agreement with Parent and Merger Sub;
(b) approved the execution, delivery, and performance of this
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger; and (c) resolved, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to recommend
adoption of this Agreement by the stockholders of the Company; in
each case, in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law
(the "DGCL");
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent
(the "Parent
Board") and Merger Sub (the
"Merger Sub
Board") have each unanimously:
(a) determined that it is in the best interests of Parent or Merger
Sub, as applicable, and their respective stockholders, and declared
it advisable, to enter into this Agreement; and (b) approved the
execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger; in each case, in accordance with the
DGCL;
WHEREAS, the Parent Board has resolved to recommend that
the holders of shares of Parent's common stock, par value $0.001
per share (the "Parent Common
Stock") approve the issuance of
shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(the "Parent
Stock Issuance");
WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the
parties intend that the Merger qualify as a "reorganization" within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), and that this Agreement be, and is hereby,
adopted as a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Section
368(a) of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the parties desire to make certain
representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements in
connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and also to prescribe certain terms and
conditions to the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the
representations, warranties, covenants, and agreements contained in
this Agreement, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE
MERGER
Section
1.01 The Merger. On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the DGCL, at the
Effective Time: (a) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company
(the "Merger"); (b) the separate corporate existence of Merger
Sub will cease; and (c) the Company will continue its corporate
existence under the DGCL as the surviving corporation in the Merger
and a Subsidiary of Parent (sometimes referred to herein as the
"Surviving
Corporation").
Section
1.02 Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein, the closing of the Merger (the "Closing") will take place at 12:00 P.M., Pacific Time, as
soon as practicable (and, in any event, within three (3) Business
Days) after the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder,
waiver of all conditions to the Merger set forth in ARTICLE VI
(other than those conditions that by
their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the
satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all
such conditions), unless this Agreement has been terminated
pursuant to its terms or unless another time or date is agreed to
in writing by the parties hereto. The Closing shall take place via
the electronic exchange of documents and executed signature pages,
unless another place or means is agreed to in writing by the
parties hereto, and the actual date of the Closing is hereinafter
referred to as the "Closing Date."
Section
1.03 Effective
Time. Subject to the provisions
of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company, Parent, and Merger
Sub will cause a certificate of merger (the "Certificate of
Merger") to be executed,
acknowledged, and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of the DGCL and
shall make all other filings or recordings required under the DGCL.
The Merger will become effective at such time as the Certificate of
Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware or at such later date or time as may be agreed by the
Company and Parent in writing and specified in the Certificate of
Merger in accordance with the DGCL (the effective time of the
Merger being hereinafter referred to as the "Effective
Time").
Section
1.04 Effects
of the Merger. The Merger shall
have the effects set in this Agreement and in the applicable
provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Effective Time,
all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises,
licenses, and authority of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in
the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations,
restrictions, and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub
shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, and
duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section
1.05 Certificate
of Incorporation; By-Laws. At
the Effective Time: (a) the certificate of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated so as to read
in its entirety as set forth in Exhibit
A, and, as so amended and
restated, shall be the certificate of incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
the terms thereof or as provided by applicable Law; and (b) the
by-laws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation,
except that references to Merger Sub's name shall be replaced with
references to the Surviving Corporation's name, until thereafter
amended in accordance with the terms thereof, the certificate of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, or as provided by
applicable Law.
Section 1.06
Directors and
Officers.
(a) Directors
and Officers of Surviving Corporation. The directors and officers of Merger Sub, in
each case, immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, from and
after the Effective Time, be the directors and officers,
respectively, of the Surviving Corporation until their successors
have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their
earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the
certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the Surviving
Corporation.
(b) Directors
of Parent. After the Closing,
the composition of the Board of Directors of Parent shall be as set
forth in Section
5.05,
hereinbelow.
EFFECT
OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK
Section
2.01 Effect of the Merger on Capital
Stock. At the Effective Time,
as a result of the Merger and without any action on the part of
Parent, Merger Sub, or the Company or the holder of any capital
stock of Parent, Merger Sub, or the Company:
(a) Cancellation
of Certain Company Stock. Each
share of Company Stock that is owned by the Company (as treasury
stock or otherwise) or any of their respective direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time (the "Cancelled
Shares") will automatically be
cancelled and retired and will cease to exist, and no consideration
will be delivered in exchange therefor.
(b) Conversion
of Company Stock. Subject to
any applicable adjustments to be made relating to (i) the Bridge
Financing Note converting into Parent Common Stock at Closing, and
(ii) the vesting of certain restricted stock units and stock
options granted to Parent's directors, officers, employees, and
other parties under Parent's current equity incentive
plan
, each share of
Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
shares to be cancelled and retired in accordance with
Section
2.01(a), and Dissenting
Shares, as defined below) will be automatically converted into the
right to receive:
(i) a
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock equal to 52.8% (the
“Exchange
Ratio”), for an aggregate
number of 12,582,204 shares of Parent Common Stock (the
"Parent
Stock Consideration");
(ii) any
cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock payable
pursuant to Section
2.01(e);
and
(iii) any
dividends or other distributions to which the holder thereof
becomes entitled to upon the surrender of such shares of Company
Stock in accordance with
Section 2.02(g) (clauses
(i), (ii), and (iii) of this Section
2.01(b), the
"Merger
Consideration").
(iv) Schedule
2.01(b), attached hereto, sets
forth the assumptions, calculations, and formula used to determine
the Exchange Ratio, as agreed upon by Parent, Merger Sub, and
Company.
(v) For
the avoidance of doubt, and as stated in 2.01(b) and Schedule
2.01(b), the conversion of the loan amounts pursuant to the Bridge
Financing Note into Parent Common Stock, the assignment and
conversion of vested, but unexercised, Company Stock Options and/or
Company Restricted Shares into Parent Stock Options or Parent
Restricted Shares, pursuant to Section 2.07(a) or Section 2.07(b),
as applicable, are, and shall be, included in the 12,582,204 shares
of Parent Common Stock issued pursuant to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, it being expressly agreed to and
acknowledged by the parties that the shares of Parent Stock
Consideration attributable to the assignment and conversion of
vested Company Stock Options and/or Company Restricted Shares shall
be maintained in reserve by Parent pursuant to its Parent Stock
Plan until exercise of such vested Company Stock Options and/or
Company Restricted Shares, into Parent Stock Options and/or Parent
Restricted Shares.
(c) Cancellation
of Shares. At the Effective
Time, all shares of Company Stock will no longer be outstanding and
all shares of Company Stock will be cancelled and retired and will
cease to exist, and each holder of: (i) a certificate formerly
representing any shares of Company Stock (each, a
"Certificate"); or (ii) any book-entry shares which
immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of
Company Stock (each, a "Book-Entry
Share") will, subject to
applicable Law in the case of Dissenting Shares, cease to have any
rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive (A) the
Merger Consideration in accordance with Section
2.02 hereof, (B) any cash
in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock payable
pursuant to Section
2.01(e), and (C) any
dividends or other distributions to which the holder thereof
becomes entitled to upon the surrender of such shares of Company
Common Stock in accordance with Section
2.02(g).
(d) Conversion
of Merger Sub Capital Stock.
Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger
Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted into and become one newly issued, fully paid,
and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.001 per
share, of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights, powers,
and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the
only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving
Corporation. From and after the Effective Time, all certificates
representing shares of Merger Sub Common Stock shall be deemed for
all purposes to represent the number of shares of common stock of
the Surviving Corporation into which they were converted in
accordance with the immediately preceding
sentence.
(e) Fractional
Shares. No certificates or
scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall
be issued upon the conversion of Company Stock pursuant to
Section
2.01(b) and such fractional
share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to
any other rights of a holder of shares of Parent Common Stock.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder
of shares of Company Stock converted pursuant to the Merger who
would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share
of Parent Common Stock (after taking into account all shares of
Company Stock exchanged by such holder) shall in lieu thereof, upon
surrender of such holder's Certificates and Book-Entry Shares,
receive in cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without
interest, an amount equal to such fractional amount multiplied by
the last reported sale price of Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ Stock
Market ("Nasdaq") on the last complete trading day prior to the
date of the Effective Time.
Section
2.02 Exchange
Procedures.
(a) Exchange
Agent; Exchange Fund. Prior to
the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint an exchange agent (the
"Exchange
Agent") to act as the agent for
the purpose of paying the Merger Consideration for: (i) the
Certificates; and (ii) the Book-Entry Shares. At or promptly
following the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause the
Surviving Corporation to deposit, with the Exchange Agent: (i)
certificates representing the shares of Parent Common Stock to be
issued as Merger Consideration (or make appropriate alternative
arrangements if uncertificated shares of Parent Common Stock
represented by book-entry shares will be issued); and (ii) cash
sufficient to make payments in lieu of fractional shares pursuant
to Section
2.01(e). In addition,
Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Exchange
Agent, as necessary from time to time after the Effective Time, any
dividends or other distributions, if any, to which the holders of
Company Stock may be entitled pursuant to Section
2.02(g) for distributions
or dividends, on the Parent Common Stock to which they are entitled
to pursuant to Section
2.01(b), with both a record
and payment date after the Effective Time and prior to the
surrender of the shares of Company Stock in exchange for such
Parent Common Stock. Such shares of Parent Common Stock, cash in
lieu of any fractional shares payable pursuant to Section
2.01(e), and the amount of
any dividends or other distributions deposited with the Exchange
Agent pursuant to this Section
2.02(a), are referred to
collectively in this Agreement as the "Exchange
Fund."
(b) Procedures
for Surrender; No Interest.
Promptly after the Effective Time, Parent shall send, or shall
cause the Exchange Agent to send, to each record holder of shares
of Company Stock at the Effective Time, a letter of transmittal and
instructions (which shall specify that the delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title shall pass, only upon proper
delivery of the Certificates or transfer of the Book-Entry Shares
to the Exchange Agent, and which letter of transmittal will be in
customary form and have such other provisions as Parent and the
Surviving Corporation may reasonably specify) for use in such
exchange. Each holder of shares of Company Stock that have been
converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration shall
be entitled to receive the Merger Consideration into which such
shares of Company Stock have been converted pursuant to
Section
2.01(b) in respect of the
Company Stock represented by a Certificate or Book-Entry Share, any
cash in lieu of fractional shares which the holder has the right to
receive pursuant to Section
2.01(e), and any dividends
or other distributions pursuant to Section
2.02(g) upon: (i) surrender
to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate; or (ii) receipt of an
"agent's message" by the Exchange Agent (or such other evidence, if
any, of transfer as the Exchange Agent may reasonably request) in
the case of Book-Entry Shares; in each case, together with a duly
completed and validly executed letter of transmittal and such other
documents as may reasonably be requested by the Exchange Agent. No
interest shall be paid or accrued upon the surrender or transfer of
any Certificate or Book-Entry Share. Upon payment of the Merger
Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE
II, each Certificate or
Certificates or Book-Entry Share or Book-Entry Shares so
surrendered or transferred, as the case may be, shall immediately
be cancelled.
(c) Investment
of Exchange Fund. Until
disbursed in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the cash in the Exchange Fund will be invested by the
Exchange Agent, as directed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation.
No losses with respect to any investments of the Exchange Fund will
affect the amounts payable to the holders of Certificates or
Book-Entry Shares. Any income from investment of the Exchange Fund
will be payable to Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as Parent
directs.
(d) Payments
to Non-Registered Holders. If
any portion of the Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person
other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate or
the transferred Book-Entry Share, as applicable, is registered, it
shall be a condition to such payment that: (i) such Certificate
shall be properly endorsed or shall otherwise be in proper form for
transfer or such Book-Entry Share shall be properly transferred;
and (ii) the Person requesting such payment shall pay to the
Exchange Agent any transfer or other Tax required as a result of
such payment to a Person other than the registered holder of such
Certificate or Book-Entry Share, as applicable, or establish to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Exchange Agent that such Tax has
been paid or is not payable.
(e) Full
Satisfaction. All Merger
Consideration paid upon the surrender of Certificates or transfer
of Book-Entry Shares in accordance with the terms hereof shall be
deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to the shares of Company Stock formerly represented by
such Certificate or Book-Entry Shares, and from and after the
Effective Time, there shall be no further registration of transfers
of shares of Company Stock on the stock transfer books of the
Surviving Corporation. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates
or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation,
they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this
ARTICLE
II.
(f) Termination
of Exchange Fund. Any portion
of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the holders of
shares of Company Stock six (6) months after the Effective Time
shall be returned to Parent, upon demand, and any such holder who
has not exchanged shares of Company Stock for the Merger
Consideration in accordance with this Section
2.02 prior to that time
shall thereafter look only to Parent (subject to abandoned
property, escheat, or other similar Laws), as general creditors
thereof, for payment of the Merger Consideration without any
interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall not be liable
to any holder of shares of Company Stock for any amounts paid to a
public official pursuant to applicable abandoned property, escheat,
or similar Laws. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by holders of
shares of Company Stock two (2) years after the Effective Time (or
such earlier date, immediately prior to such time when the amounts
would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental
Entity) shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law,
the property of Parent free and clear of any claims or interest of
any Person previously entitled thereto.
(g) Distributions
with Respect to Unsurrendered Shares of Company
Stock. All shares of Parent
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger shall be deemed
issued and outstanding as of the Effective Time and whenever a
dividend or other distribution is declared by Parent in respect of
the Parent Common Stock, the record date for which is after the
Effective Time, that declaration shall include dividends or other
distributions in respect of all shares issuable pursuant to this
Agreement. No dividends or other distributions in respect of the
Parent Common Stock shall be paid to any holder of any
unsurrendered share of Company Stock until the Certificate (or
affidavit of loss in lieu of the Certificate as provided in
Section 2.06) or Book-Entry
Share is surrendered for exchange in accordance with this
Section 2.02. Subject to
the effect of applicable Laws, following such surrender, there
shall be issued or paid to the holder of record of the whole shares
of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange for shares of the Company
Stock in accordance with this
Section 2.02, without
interest: (i) at the time of such surrender, the dividends or other
distributions with a record date after the Effective Time
theretofore payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent
Common Stock and not paid; and (ii) at the appropriate payment
date, the dividends or other distributions payable with respect to
such whole shares of Parent Common Stock with a record date after
the Effective Time but with a payment date subsequent to
surrender.
Section
2.03 Dissenting
Shares. Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, including
Section
2.01, shares of Company
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time (other than Cancelled Shares) and held by a holder who has not
voted in favor of adoption of this Agreement or consented thereto
in writing and who is entitled to demand and has properly exercised
appraisal rights of such shares in accordance with Section 262 of
the DGCL (such shares of Company Stock being referred to
collectively as the "Dissenting
Shares" until such time as such
holder fails to perfect or otherwise waives, withdraws, or loses
such holder's appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to such
shares) shall not be converted into a right to receive the Merger
Consideration, but instead shall be entitled to only such rights as
are granted by Section 262 of the DGCL; provided,
however, that if, after the
Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect, waives, withdraws, or
loses such holder's right to appraisal pursuant to Section 262 of
the DGCL or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine
that such holder is not entitled to the relief provided by Section
262 of the DGCL, such shares of Company Stock shall be treated as
if they had been converted as of the Effective Time into the right
to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with
Section
2.01(b), without interest
thereon, upon surrender of such Certificate formerly representing
such share or transfer of such Book-Entry Share, as the case may
be. The Company shall provide Parent prompt written notice of any
demands received by the Company for appraisal of shares of Company
Stock, any waiver or withdrawal of any such demand, and any other
demand, notice, or instrument delivered to the Company prior to the
Effective Time that relates to such demand, and Parent shall have
the opportunity and right to direct all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to such demands. Except with the prior
written consent of Parent, the Company shall not make any payment
with respect to, or settle, or offer to settle, any such
demands.
Section
2.04 Adjustments.
Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, if at any
time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the
Effective Time, any change in the outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company or the Parent Common Stock shall occur (other
than the issuance of additional shares of capital stock of the
Company or Parent as permitted by this Agreement), including by
reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock split
(including a reverse stock split), or combination, exchange,
readjustment of shares, or similar transaction, or any stock
dividend or distribution paid in stock, the Exchange Ratio and any
other amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be
appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.
Section
2.05 Withholding
Rights. Each of the Exchange
Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, and the Surviving Corporation shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise
payable to any Person pursuant to this ARTICLE II
such amounts as may be required to be
deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment
under any Treasury Regulations or other applicable Laws regarding
Taxes. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld by
the Exchange Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, or the Surviving
Corporation, as the case may be, such amounts shall be treated for
all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in
respect of which the Exchange Agent, Parent, Merger Sub, or the
Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, made such deduction and
withholding.
Section
2.06 Lost
Certificates. If any
Certificate shall have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such
Certificate to be lost, stolen, or destroyed and, if required by
Parent, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable
amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that
may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the
Exchange Agent will issue, in exchange for such lost, stolen, or
destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration to be paid in
respect of the shares of Company Stock formerly represented by such
Certificate as contemplated under this ARTICLE
II.
Section
2.07
Treatment of Stock Options and
Other Stock-Based Compensation.
(a) Company
Stock Options.
(i)
At the Effective Time, each equity
award granting such recipient a right to acquire shares of Company
Common Stock (each, a "Company Stock
Option") that is outstanding,
unvested and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time
(each, an “Unvested Stock
Option”), whether or not
then exercisable, shall be, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Option
holder or any other Person, assumed by Parent and shall be
automantically converted into a Parent Stock Option in accordance
with this Section
2.07. Each such Parent Stock
Option so assumed and converted shall: (A) prior to the Effective
Time, continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and
conditions as applied to the Company Stock Option, subject to
modification and approval in accordance with the terms of the
Company Stock Plan prior to the Closing, inclusive of the exercise
price per share of the Parent Common Stock and vesting conditions
that shall be negotiated in good faith by the principals of the
Company and Parent and finalized at least five (5) days prior to
the Closing Date; and (B) after the Closing, be subject in all
respects to the terms and conditions of the Parent Stock
Plan.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if, no later than five (5) Business Days immediately
prior the Closing Date, (A) the Company Stock Plan can be
terminated in accordance with its terms and applicable Law; (B) the
Company Stock Options can be cancelled in accordance with their
terms and applicable Law; (C) the Purchaser Awards can be granted
to the Unvested Equityholders, and (D) in each case of (A) –
(C), on the advice of legal counsel, the applicable Company
Continuing Employees will not be affected for U.S. federal income
tax purposes, then
(w) the Company shall terminate the
Company Stock Plan and cancel the Company Stock Options no later
than one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, (x) the Company
shall deliver written evidence thereof satisfactory to Parent prior
to the Closing, (y) each Company Stock Option holder shall cease to
have any rights with respect to such cancelled Company Stock
Options, and (z) promptly following the Closing, Parent shall grant
one or more Purchaser Awards pursuant to the Parent Stock Plan to
each employee holder of unvested Company Stock Options so cancelled
(“Unvested
Equityholder”) in
accordance with Section
5.10.
(iii) For
the avoidance of doubt, any vested but unexercised Company Stock
Options shall be assumed by Parent and shall be automatically
converted into Parent Stock Options in accordance with this
Section
2.07. Each such Parent Stock
Option so assumed and converted shall: (A) prior to the Effective
Time, continue to have, and shall be subject to, the same terms and
conditions as applied to the Company Stock Option, subject to
modification and approval in accordance with the terms of the
Company Stock Plan prior to the Closing; and (B) after the Closing,
be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the
Parent Stock Plan.
(iv) As
of the Effective Time, each Company Stock Option assumed and
converted pursuant to Section
2.07(a)(iii) shall be an option
to acquire that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock
(rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the
product
of: (A) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option, and (B)
the Exchange Ratio, at an exercise price per share of Parent Common
Stock (rounded up to the nearest whole cent) equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing (x) the exercise price per share of Company
Common Stock of such Company Stock Option by (y) the Exchange
Ratio; provided,
that
the exercise price and the number of
shares of Parent Common Stock subject to the Parent Stock Option
shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of
Section 409A of the Code, and, in the case of Company Stock Options
that are intended to qualify as incentive stock options within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code, consistent with the
requirements of Section 424(a) of the Code.
(b) Company
Restricted Shares. The Company
shall take all requisite action so that, at the Effective Time,
each share of Company Common Stock subject to vesting, repurchase,
or other lapse of restrictions (a "Company Restricted
Share") that is outstanding
under any Company Stock Plan as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of the holder thereof, be assumed by Parent and
shall be converted into a Parent Restricted Share in accordance
with this Section
2.07. Each Parent
Restricted Share shall continue to have and be subject to
substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable to
such Company Restricted Share immediately before the Effective Time
(including vesting, repurchase, or other lapse restrictions). As of
the Effective Time, each such holder of Company Restricted Shares
so assumed and converted will receive that number of whole Parent
Restricted Shares equal to the product (rounded down to the nearest
whole number) of: (i) the number of shares of Company Restricted
Shares held by that holder as of immediately prior to the Effective
Time; and (ii) the Exchange Ratio.
(c) Resolutions
and Other Company Actions. At
or prior to the Effective Time, the Company, the Company Board and
the compensation committee of the Company Board, as applicable,
shall adopt any resolutions and take any actions necessary
(including obtaining any employee consents) to (i) effectuate the
provisions 2.07(a) and Section 2.07(b) and (ii) cause the Company
Stock Plan to terminate at or prior to the Effective Time. In the
event any holder of Company Stock Options has exercised any
unvested Company Stock Option pursuant to the Company Stock Plan,
the Company shall cause each such Company Stock Option holder's
then-current account balance for such exercised but unvested
Company Stock Options to be distributed in cash to such employee at
the time of plan termination.
Section
2.08 Tax
Treatment. For U.S. federal income Tax purposes, it is
intended that the Merger qualify as a "reorganization" within the
meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and the regulations
promulgated thereunder, that this Agreement will constitute a "plan
of reorganization" for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the
Code.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except
as set forth in the correspondingly numbered Section of the Company
Disclosure Letter that relates to such Section or in another
Section of the Company Disclosure Letter to the extent that it is
reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such
disclosure is applicable to such Section, the Company hereby
represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as of the date of
this Agreement as follows:
Section
3.01 Organization
and Qualification of the Company. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state
of Delaware and has full corporate power and authority to own,
operate or lease the properties and assets now owned, operated or
leased by it and to carry on its business as it has been and is
currently conducted. Section 3.01(i)
of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth each jurisdiction in which the Company is licensed or
qualified to do business, and the Company is duly licensed or
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction in which the properties owned or leased by it or the
operation of its business as currently conducted makes such
licensing or qualification necessary. Section
3.01(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth, for each Subsidiary that is not,
directly or indirectly, wholly-owned by the Company: (i) the number
and type of any capital stock of, or other equity or voting
interests in, such Subsidiary that is outstanding as of the date
hereof; and (ii) the number and type of shares of capital stock of,
or other equity or voting interests in, such Subsidiary that, as of
the date hereof, are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity
or voting interests in, each Subsidiary of the Company that is
owned directly or indirectly by the Company have been validly
issued, were issued free of pre-emptive rights, are fully paid and
non-assessable, and are free and clear of all Liens, including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell, or otherwise dispose of
such capital stock or other equity or voting interests, except for
any Liens: (A) imposed by applicable securities Laws; or (B)
arising pursuant to the Charter Documents of any non-wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company. Except for the capital stock of, or
other equity or voting interests in, its Subsidiaries, the Company
does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock of, or
other equity or voting interests in, any
Person.
Section
3.02 Authority
and Board Approval.
(a) Authority.
The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into
and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and, subject to, in
the case of the consummation of the Merger, adoption of this
Agreement by the affirmative vote or consent of Stockholders
representing a majority of the outstanding Shares
("Requisite
Company Vote"), to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and any
other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate
action on the part of the Company and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or to
consummate the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, subject only, in the case of consummation of
the Merger, to the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote. The
Requisite Company Vote is the only vote or consent of the holders
of any class or series of the Company's capital stock required to
approve and adopt this Agreement and the Transaction Documents,
approve the Merger and consummate the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company, and (assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto)
this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its
terms. When each Transaction Document to which the Company is or
will be a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Company
(assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other
party thereto), such Transaction Document will constitute a legal
and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Company will not be considered to have received the Requisite
Company Vote in the event that Dissenting Shares constitute more
than two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding voting
securities of the Company, on an as-converted
basis.
(b) Board
Approval. The Company Board, by
resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote at a meeting of all
directors of the Company duly called and held and, not subsequently
rescinded or modified in any way, has: (i) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the
Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and
the Company's stockholders; (ii) approved and declared advisable
this Agreement, including the execution, delivery, and performance
thereof, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein; (iii) directed that this Agreement
be submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders for adoption
at the Company Stockholders Meeting; and (iv) resolved to recommend
that Company stockholders vote in favor of adoption of this
Agreement in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the
"Company
Board Recommendation").
Section
3.03 No
Conflicts; Consents; Anti-Takeover Statutes.
(a) No
Conflicts; Consents. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, including the Merger, do not and will not: (i) conflict
with or result in a violation or breach of, or default under, any
provision of the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company
("Company
Charter Documents"); (ii)
subject to, in the case of the Merger, obtaining the Requisite
Company Vote, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of
any provision of any Law or governmental Order applicable to the
Company; (iii) require the consent, notice or other action by any
Person under, conflict with, result in a violation or breach of,
constitute a default or an event that, with or without notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under, result in
the acceleration of or create in any party the right to accelerate,
terminate, modify or cancel any Company Material Contract; or (iv)
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any properties
or assets of the Company. No consent, approval, Permit, Order,
declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity
is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, except for the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
Delaware.
(b) Anti-Takeover
Statutes. No "fair price,"
"moratorium," "control share acquisition," "supermajority,"
"affiliate transactions," "business combination," or other similar
anti-takeover statute or regulation enacted under any federal,
state, local, or foreign laws applicable to the Company is
applicable to this Agreement, the Merger, or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company Board has
taken all actions so that the restrictions contained in Section 203
of the DGCL applicable to a "business combination" (as defined in
such Section 203) will not apply to the execution, delivery, or
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement
Section
3.04 Capital
Structure.
(a) Capital
Stock.
(i) The
authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (A) 27,237,530
shares of Company Common Stock; and (B) 20,518,956 shares of
Company Preferred Stock which consists of 15,979,351 shares are
designated as Series A Preferred Stock", and 4,539,351 shares are
designated as "Series A-1 Preferred Stock".
(ii) As
of the date of this Agreement: (A) 1,000 shares of Company Common
Stock were issued and outstanding (not including shares held in
treasury); (B) 27,236,530 shares of Company Common Stock were
issued and held by the Company in its treasury; (C) 15,979,351
shares of the Company's Series A Preferred Stock were issued and
outstanding or held by the Company in its treasury; (D) 4,539,351
shares of the Company’s Series A-1 Preferred Stock were
issued and outstanding or held by the Company in its treasury; (E)
no other shares of the Company's Preferred Stock are outstanding or
held by the Company in its treasury; and (F) and since the date of
this Agreement and through the date hereof, no additional shares of
Company Common Stock or shares of Company Preferred Stock have been
issued other than the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock
upon the exercise or settlement of Company Equity
Awards.
(iii) All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and
all shares of capital stock of the Company which may be issued as
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement will be, when issued,
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and non-assessable,
and not subject to any pre-emptive rights. No Subsidiary of the
Company owns any shares of Company Common
Stock.
(b) Stock
Awards. Except as set forth
on Section
3.04(b) of the Company Disclosure
Letter:
(i) As
of the date of this Agreement, an aggregate of 677,618 shares of
Company Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to Company
Equity Awards not yet granted under the Company Stock Plan. As of
the date of this Agreement, 3,316,220 shares of Company Common
Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding Company
Stock Options and no shares of Company Restricted Shares were
issued and outstanding.
(ii) Since
January 1, 2021 and through the date hereof, no Company Equity
Awards have been granted and no additional shares of Company Common
Stock have become subject to issuance under the Company Stock Plan.
Section 3.04(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth as
of the date of this Agreement a list of each outstanding Company
Equity Award granted under the Company Stock Plan and: (A) the name
of the holder of such Company Equity Award; (B) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock subject to such outstanding Company
Equity Award; (C) if applicable, the exercise price, purchase
price, or similar pricing of such Company Equity Award; (D) the
date on which such Company Equity Award was granted or issued; (E)
the applicable vesting, repurchase, or other lapse of restrictions
schedule, and the extent to which such Company Equity Award is
vested and exercisable as of the date hereof; and (F) with respect
to Company Stock Options, the date on which such Company Stock
Option expires. All shares of Company Common Stock subject to
issuance under the Company Stock Plan, upon issuance in accordance
with the terms and conditions specified in the instruments pursuant
to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
(iii) Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.04(b)(iii),
there are no Contracts to which the Company is a party obligating
the Company to accelerate the vesting of any Company Equity Award
as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
(whether alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or
subsequent events).1 Other than
the Company Equity Awards, as of the date hereof, there are no
outstanding: (A) securities of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for Voting Debt or
shares of capital stock of the Company; (B) options, warrants, or
other agreements or commitments to acquire from the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, or obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to issue, any Voting Debt or shares of capital stock
of (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of
capital stock of) the Company; or (C) restricted shares, restricted
stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, profit
participation rights, contingent value rights, "phantom" stock, or
similar securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide
economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or
price of, any shares of capital stock of the Company, in each case
that have been issued by the Company or its Subsidiaries (the items
in clauses (A), (B), and (C), together with the capital stock of
the Company, being referred to collectively as "Company
Securities"). All outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock, all outstanding Company Equity
Awards, and all outstanding shares of capital stock, voting
securities, or other ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the
Company, have been issued or granted, as applicable, in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable securities
Laws.
(iv) There
are no outstanding Contracts requiring the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire any
Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any voting
agreement with respect to any Company Securities or Company
Subsidiary Securities.
(c) Voting
Debt. No bonds, debentures,
notes, or other indebtedness issued by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries: (i) having the right to vote on any matters on which
stockholders or equityholders of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries may vote (or which is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, securities having such right); or (ii) the value
of which is directly based upon or derived from the capital stock,
voting securities, or other ownership interests of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, are issued or outstanding (collectively,
"Voting
Debt").
(d) Company
Subsidiary Securities. As of
the date hereof, there are no outstanding: (i) securities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable
for Voting Debt, capital stock, voting securities, or other
ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) options,
warrants, or other agreements or commitments to acquire from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligations of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any Voting Debt, capital
stock, voting securities, or other ownership interests in (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock,
voting securities, or other ownership interests in) any Subsidiary
of the Company; or (iii) restricted shares, restricted stock units,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, profit participation
rights, contingent value rights, "phantom" stock, or similar
securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic
benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of,
any capital stock or voting securities of, or other ownership
interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company, in each case that have
been issued by a Subsidiary of the Company (the items in clauses
(i), (ii), and (iii), together with the capital stock, voting
securities, or other ownership interests of such Subsidiaries,
being referred to collectively as "Company Subsidiary
Securities").
1 NTD: Half of
Mike’s awards will vest in connection with the
transaction.
Section
3.05 Financial
Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities.
(a) Financial
Statements.
(i) Section
3.05(a)(i) of the
Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the unaudited financial
statements consisting of the balance sheet of the Company as at
January 31, 20212 and the
related statements of income and retained earnings, stockholders'
equity and cash flow for the thirty-one (31) day period then ended
(the "Interim Financial
Statements" or the
“Financial
Statements”).
(ii)
The Interim Financial Statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the period involved, subject to normal and recurring
year-end reclassifications and adjustments (the effect of which
will not be materially adverse) and the absence of notes. The
Interim Financial Statements are based on the books and records of
the Company, and fairly present the financial condition of the
Company as of the date they were prepared and the results of the
operations of the Company for the periods indicated. The balance
sheet of the Company as of January 31, 2021 is referred to herein
as the "Interim Balance
Sheet" and the date thereof as
the "Interim
Balance Sheet Date". The
Company maintains a standard system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with GAAP.
(b) Undisclosed
Liabilities. Except as set
forth on Section 3.05(b)
of the Disclosure Letter, the Company
does not have any Liabilities which are of a nature required by
GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet or the notes thereto, other
than (i) those which are adequately reflected or reserved against
in the Balance Sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date, (ii) those which
have been incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since the
Balance Sheet Date or in contemplation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (except as would need to be
disclosed pursuant to subsection (ii) of this Section
3.05(b), or (c) that would not
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be
material to the Company, taken as a whole.
Section
3.06 Absence
of Certain Changes, Events and Conditions. Except as set forth in Section 3.06
of the Company Disclosure Letter,
since the Balance Sheet Date, other than (i) the Bridge Loan, and
(ii) in the Ordinary Course of Business, there has not been, with
respect to the Company, any:
(a) event,
occurrence or development that has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect;
(b) amendment
of the Company Charter Documents;
(c) split,
combination or reclassification of any shares of its capital
stock;
(d) issuance,
sale or other disposition of any of its capital stock, or grant of
any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or obtain
(including upon conversion, exchange or exercise) any of its
capital stock;
2 NTD:
Mid-month financials are unavailable, and February’s
end-of-month financials would not be available for a Signing this
week. The Company will make representations to the financals that
are available at Signing, and would propose updating/amending this
rep during the executory period once audited and February
financials are available.
(e) declaration
or payment of any dividends or distributions on or in respect of
any of its capital stock or redemption, purchase or acquisition of
its capital stock;
(f) material
change in any method of accounting or accounting practice of the
Company, except as required by Law or GAAP or as disclosed in the
notes to the Financial Statements;
(g) change
in the Company's cash management practices and its policies,
practices and procedures with respect to collection of accounts
receivable, establishment of reserves for uncollectible accounts,
accrual of accounts receivable, inventory control, prepayment of
expenses, payment of trade accounts payable, accrual of other
expenses, deferral of revenue and acceptance of customer
deposits;
(h) except
for the Bridge Loan Note, entry into any Contract that would
constitute a Company Material Contract;
(i) incurrence,
assumption or guarantee of any indebtedness for borrowed money
except unsecured current obligations and Liabilities incurred in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(j) transfer,
assignment, sale or other disposition of any of the assets shown or
reflected in the Balance Sheet or cancellation of any debts or
entitlements;
(k) transfer,
assignment or grant of any license or sublicense of any material
rights under or with respect to any Company Intellectual Property
or Company IP Agreements;
(l) material
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance)
to its property;
(m) any
capital investment in, or any loan to, any other
Person;
(n) acceleration,
termination, material modification to or cancellation of any
Company Material Contract;
(o) any
material capital expenditures outside the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(p) imposition
of any Lien upon any of the Company properties, capital stock or
assets, tangible or intangible;
(q) (i)
grant of any bonuses, whether monetary or otherwise, or increase in
any wages, salary, severance, pension or other compensation or
benefits in respect of its current or former employees, officers,
directors, independent contractors or consultants, other than as
provided for in any written agreements or required by applicable
Law, (ii) change in the terms of employment for any employee or any
termination of any employees, except as was previously contemplated
prior to the execution of this Agreement and as set forth on
Section
3.06(q) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, or (iii) action to accelerate the vesting or
payment of any compensation or benefit for any current or former
employee, officer, director, independent contractor or
consultant;
(r) hiring
or promoting any person as or to (as the case may be) an officer or
hiring or promoting any employee below officer, except to fill a
vacancy in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(s) adoption,
modification or termination of any: (i) employment, severance,
retention or other agreement with any current or former employee,
officer, director, independent contractor or consultant, (ii)
Benefit Plan or (iii) collective bargaining or other agreement with
a union, in each case whether written or oral;
(t) any
loan to (or forgiveness of any loan to), or entry into any other
transaction with, any of its stockholders or current or former
directors, officers and employees (other than the Bridge
Loan);
(u) entry
into a new line of business or abandonment or discontinuance of
existing lines of business;
(v) except
for the Merger, adoption of any plan of merger, consolidation,
reorganization, liquidation or dissolution or filing of a petition
in bankruptcy under any provisions of federal or state bankruptcy
Law or consent to the filing of any bankruptcy petition against it
under any similar Law;
(w) purchase,
lease or other acquisition of the right to own, use or lease any
property or assets for an amount in excess of $25,000, individually
(in the case of a lease, per annum), except for purchases of
inventory or supplies in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(x) acquisition
by merger or consolidation with, or by purchase of a substantial
portion of the assets or stock of, or by any other manner, any
business or any Person or any division thereof;
(y) action
by the Company to make, change or rescind any Tax election, amend
any Tax Return or take any position on any Tax Return, take any
action, omit to take any action or enter into any other transaction
that would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability or
reducing any Tax asset of Parent in respect of any Post-Closing Tax
Period; or
(z) any
Contract to do any of the foregoing, or any action or omission that
would result in any of the foregoing.
Section
3.07
Taxes.
(a) Tax
Returns and Payment of Taxes.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have duly and timely filed
or caused to be filed (taking into account any valid extensions)
all material Tax Returns required to be filed by them. Such Tax
Returns are true, complete, and correct in all material respects.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is currently the
beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax
Return other than extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained
in the Ordinary Course of Business. All material Taxes due and
owing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether or not
shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid or, where payment is
not yet due, the Company has made an adequate provision for such
Taxes in the Company's Financial Statements in accordance with
GAAP. The Company's most recent Financial Statements reflect an
adequate reserve (in accordance with GAAP) for all material Taxes
payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries through the date of
such Financial Statements. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has incurred any material Liability for Taxes since
the date of the Company's most recent Financial Statements outside
of the Ordinary Course of Business.
(b) Withholding.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have withheld and timely
paid each material Tax required to have been withheld and paid in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any Company Employee,
creditor, customer, shareholder, or other party (including, without
limitation, withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441 and 1442
of the Code or similar provisions under any state, local, and
foreign Laws), and materially complied with all information
reporting and backup withholding provisions of applicable
Law.
(c) Liens.
There are no Liens for material Taxes upon the assets of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than for current Taxes not
yet due and payable or for Taxes that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP has been made in the Company's most recent
Financial Statements.
(d) Tax
Deficiencies and Audits. No
deficiency for any material amount of Taxes which has been
proposed, asserted, or assessed in writing by any taxing authority
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries remains unpaid.
There are no waivers or extensions of any statute of limitations
currently in effect with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries. There are no audits, suits, proceedings,
investigations, claims, examinations, or other administrative or
judicial proceedings ongoing or pending with respect to any
material Taxes of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(e) Tax
Jurisdictions. No claim has
ever been made in writing by any taxing authority in a jurisdiction
where the Company and its Subsidiaries do not file Tax Returns that
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may be subject to Tax
in that jurisdiction.
(f) Tax
Rulings. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has requested or is the subject of or
bound by any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum, or
similar ruling or memorandum with any taxing authority with respect
to any material Taxes, nor is any such request
outstanding.
(g) Consolidated
Groups, Transferee Liability, and Tax Agreements. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries: (i)
has been a member of a group filing Tax Returns on a consolidated,
combined, unitary, or similar basis; (ii) has any material
liability for Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any comparable provision of local, state, or foreign Law), as a
transferee or successor, by Contract, or otherwise; or (iii) is a
party to, bound by or has any material liability under any Tax
sharing, allocation, or indemnification agreement or
arrangement.
(h) Change
in Accounting Method. Neither
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to make, nor is it
required to make, any material adjustment under Section 481(a) of
the Code or any comparable provision of state, local, or foreign
Laws relating to Taxes by reason of a change in accounting method
or otherwise.
(i) Post-Closing
Tax Items. The Company and its
Subsidiaries will not be required to include any material item of
income in, or exclude any material item of deduction from, taxable
income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the
Closing Date as a result of any: (i) "closing agreement" as
described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or
similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed on or
prior to the Closing Date; (ii) installment sale or open
transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii)
prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; or (iv)
election under Section 108(i) of the Code.
(j) Ownership
Changes. Without regard to this
Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
undergone an "ownership change" within the meaning of Section 382
of the Code.
(k) Section
355. Neither Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has been a "distributing corporation" or a
"controlled corporation" in connection with a distribution
described in Section 355 of the Code.
(l) Reportable
Transactions. Neither Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to, or a material
advisor with respect to, a "reportable transaction" within the
meaning of Section 6707A(c)(1) of the Code and Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4(b).
(m) Intended
Tax Treatment. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any
action, and to the Knowledge of the Company there exists no fact or
circumstance, that is reasonably likely to prevent or impede the
Merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code.
Section
3.08 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Scheduled
Company-Owned IP.
Section
3.08(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter contains a correct, current and complete list, as
of the date hereof, of:
(i) all
Intellectual Property Registrations, specifying as to each, as
applicable: the title, mark, or design; the jurisdiction by or in
which it has been issued, registered or filed; the patent,
registration or application serial number; the issue, registration
or filing date; and the current status;
(ii) all
unregistered Trademarks included in the Company-Owned
IP;
(iii) all
proprietary Software included in the Company-Owned IP;
and
(iv) all
other Company IP that is used or held for use by the Company in its
business or operations.
All
required filings and fees related to the Intellectual Property
Registrations have been timely filed with and paid to the relevant
Governmental Entities and authorized registrars, and all
Intellectual Property Registrations are otherwise in good standing.
The Company has provided Parent with true and correct copies of
file histories, documents, certificates, office actions,
correspondence, and other materials related to all Intellectual
Property Registrations.
(b) Scheduled
Company IP Agreements. Section
3.08(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter
contains a correct,
current and complete list of all Company IP Agreements, specifying
for each the date, title, and parties thereto, and separately
identifying the Company IP Agreements: (i) under which the Company
is a licensor or otherwise grants to any Person any right or
interest relating to any Company-Owned IP; (ii) under which the
Company is a licensee or otherwise granted any right or interest
relating to the Intellectual Property of any Person; and (iii)
which otherwise relate to the Company's ownership or use of any
Intellectual Property, in each case identifying the Intellectual
Property covered by such Intellectual Property Agreement. The
Company has provided Parent and Merger Sub with true and complete
copies (or in the case of any oral agreements, a complete and
correct written description) of all such Company IP Agreements,
including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto and
waivers thereunder. Each Intellectual Property Agreement is valid
and binding on the Company in accordance with its terms and is in
full force and effect. Neither the Company nor any other party
thereto is, or is alleged to be, in breach of or default under, or
has provided or received any notice of breach of, default under, or
intention to terminate (including by non-renewal), any Intellectual
Property Agreement.
(c) Scheduled
Platform Agreements.
Section
3.08(c) of the Company
Disclosure Letter
contains a correct,
current, and complete list of all social media accounts used by the
Company in its business or operations. The Company has complied
with all terms of use, terms of service, and other Contracts and
all associated policies and guidelines relating to its use of any
social media platforms, sites, or services used by the Company in
its business or operations (collectively,
“Platform
Agreements”). There are
no Actions settled, pending, or threatened alleging (A) any breach
or other violation of any Platform Agreement by the Company; or (B)
defamation, any violation of publicity rights of any Person, or any
other violation by the Company in connection with its use of social
media in the conduct of its business or
operations.
(d) Right
to Use; Title. The Company or
one of its Subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive legal and
beneficial, and with respect to the Intellectual Property
Registrations, record, owner of all right, title and interest in
and to the Company-Owned IP, and has the valid and enforceable
right to use all other Intellectual Property used or held for use
in or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as currently conducted and as proposed to be
conducted ("Company IP", and collectively with the Company-Owned IP, the
"Intellectual Property
Assets"), in each case, free
and clear of Liens. The Intellectual Property Assets are all of the
Intellectual Property necessary to operate the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as presently conducted and proposed to
be conducted. The Company has entered into binding, valid and
enforceable written Contracts with each current and former employee
and independent contractor who is or was involved in or has
contributed to the invention, creation, or development of any
material Intellectual Property during the course of employment or
engagement with the Company or its Subsidiaries whereby such
employee or independent contractor (i) acknowledges the Company's
exclusive ownership of all Intellectual Property invented, created
or developed by such employee or independent contractor within the
scope of his or her employment or engagement with the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) grants to the Company a present,
irrevocable assignment of any ownership interest such employee or
independent contractor may have in or to such Intellectual
Property, to the extent such Intellectual Property does not
constitute a “work made for hire” under applicable Law;
and (iii) irrevocably waives any right or interest, including any
moral rights, regarding such Intellectual Property, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law. All assignments and other instruments
necessary to establish, record, and perfect the Company's ownership
interest in the Intellectual Property Registrations have been
validly executed, delivered, and filed with the relevant
Governmental Entities an authorized registrars.
(e) Validity
and Enforceability. The Company
and its Subsidiaries' rights in the Company-Owned IP are valid,
subsisting, and enforceable. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries have taken reasonable steps to maintain the Company IP
and to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all trade
secrets included in the Company IP. All of the Intellectual
Property Assets are valid and enforceable, and all Intellectual
Property Registrations are subsisting and in full force and effect.
The Company has taken all reasonable and necessary steps to
maintain and enforce the Intellectual Property Assets and to
preserve the confidentiality of all Trade Secrets included in the
Intellectual Property Assets, including by requiring all Persons
having access thereto to execute binding, written non-disclosure
agreements. Neither the execution, delivery, or performance of this
Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereunder, will result in the loss or impairment of or payment of
any additional amounts with respect to, or require the consent of
any other Person in respect of, the Company's right to own or use
any Intellectual Property Assets in the conduct of its business as
currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. Immediately
following the Closing, all Intellectual Property Assets will be
owned or available for use by the Surviving Corporation on
substantially the same terms as they were owned or available for
use by the Company immediately prior to the
Closing.
(f) Non-Infringement.
The conduct of the business of the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries, as currently and formerly conducted and as proposed
to be conducted, including the use of the Intellectual Property
Assets in connection therewith, and the content, products,
processes, and services of the Company in the operation of its
business, have not infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise
violated and will not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise
violate the Intellectual Property or other rights of any Person. No
Person has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, nor
is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating, any
Intellectual Property Assets or Company IP
Agreements.
(g) IP
Legal Actions and Orders. There
are no Legal Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened: (i) alleging any infringement, misappropriation, or
violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person by the Company
or anCompany, or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other Person
alleging any infringement, misappropriation, or other violation by
any Person of any Intellectual Property Assets. The Company is not
aware of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be
expected to give rise to any such Action. The Company is not
subject to any outstanding or prospective governmental Order
(including any motion or petition therefor) that does or could
reasonably be expected to restrict or impair the use of any
Company-Owned IP or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries' rights
with respect to any Company IP, in each case.
(h) Condition
of IT Systems. All IT Systems
are in good working condition and are sufficient for the operation
of the Company's business as currently conducted and as proposed to
be conducted. Since May 1, 2020, there has been no malfunction,
failure, continued substandard performance, denial-of-service, or
other cyber incident, including any cyberattack, or other
impairment of the IT Systems that has resulted or is reasonably
likely to result in disruption or damage to the Company's business
or operations. The Company has taken all commercially reasonable
steps to safeguard the confidentiality, availability, security, and
integrity of its IT Systems, including implementing and maintaining
appropriate backup, disaster recovery, and Software and hardware
support arrangements.
(i) Data
Privacy Laws. The Company and
its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all
applicable Laws and all internal or publicly posted policies,
notices, and statements concerning the collection, use, processing,
storage, transfer, and security of personal information in the
conduct of the Company's business and operations. Since May 1,
2020, the Company has not (i) experienced any actual, alleged, or
suspected data breach or other security incident involving personal
information in its possession or control or (ii) been subject to or
received any notice of any audit, investigation, complaint, or
other Action by any Governmental Entity or other Person concerning
the Company's collection, use, processing, storage, transfer, or
protection of personal information or actual, alleged, or suspected
violation of any applicable Law concerning privacy, data security,
or data breach notification, in each case in connection with the
Company's operation of its business, and there are no facts or
circumstances that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any
such Action.
Section
3.09 Compliance;
Permits.
(a) Compliance.
The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been since May
1, 2020, in compliance with, all Laws or Orders applicable to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or
properties is bound. No Governmental Entity has issued any written
notice or notification stating that the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is not in compliance with any Law.
(b) Permits.
The Company and its Subsidiaries hold, to the extent necessary to
operate their respective businesses as such businesses are being
operated as of the date hereof, all permits, licenses,
registrations, variances, clearances, consents, commissions,
franchises, exemptions, orders, authorizations, and approvals from
Governmental Entities (collectively, "Permits"). No suspension, cancellation, non-renewal, or
adverse modifications of any Permits of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has
been since May 1, 2020, in compliance with the terms of all
Permits, except where the failure to be in such compliance would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.10 Litigation. There is no Legal Action pending, or to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any officer or director of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries in their capacities as such
other than any such Legal Action that: (a) does not involve an
amount in controversy in excess of $25,000; and (b) does not seek
material injunctive or other material non-monetary relief. None of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
properties or assets is subject to any order, writ, assessment,
decision, injunction, decree, ruling, or judgment
("Order") of a Governmental Entity or arbitrator, whether
temporary, preliminary, or permanent, which would reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no SEC
inquiries or investigations, other governmental inquiries or
investigations, or internal investigations pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, in each case regarding any
accounting practices of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any malfeasance by any officer or director of the
Company.
Section
3.11 Employee
Matters.
(a) Section
3.11(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list, as of the date
hereof, of each benefit plan, program, policy, agreement,
collective bargaining agreement, or other arrangement providing for
compensation, severance, deferred compensation, performance awards,
stock or stock-based awards, fringe, retirement, death, disability,
or medical benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration of
any kind, including each employment, termination, severance,
retention, change in control, or consulting or independent
contractor plan, program, arrangement, or agreement, in each case
whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded,
including each "employee benefit plan," within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, which is or
has been sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or required to be
contributed to, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for the
benefit of any current or former employee, independent contractor,
consultant, or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(each, a "Company
Employee"), or with respect to
which the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate has or may have
any Liability (collectively, the "Company Employee
Plans").
(b) Documents.
The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete
copies (or, if a plan is not written, a written description) of all
Company Employee Plans and amendments thereto, and, to the extent
applicable: (i) all related trust agreements, funding arrangements,
and insurance contracts now in effect or required in the future as
a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
otherwise; (ii) the most recent determination letter received
regarding the tax-qualified status of each Company Employee Plan;
(iii) the most recent financial statements for each Company
Employee Plan; (iv) the Form 5500 Annual Returns/Reports and
Schedules for the most recent plan year for each Company Employee
Plan; (v) the current summary plan description for each Company
Employee Plan; and (vi) all actuarial valuation reports related to
any Company Employee Plans.
(c) Employee
Plan Compliance.
(i) Each
Company Employee Plan (including any multiemployer plans within the
meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA (each a "Multiemployer
Plan")) has been established,
administered, and maintained in all material respects in accordance
with its terms and in material compliance with applicable Laws,
including but not limited to ERISA and the
Code;
(ii) all
the Company Employee Plans that are intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code are so qualified and have received
timely determination letters from the IRS and no such determination
letter has been revoked nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has
any such revocation been threatened, or with respect to a prototype
plan, can rely on an opinion letter from the IRS to the prototype
plan sponsor, to the effect that such qualified retirement plan and
the related trust are exempt from federal income taxes under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, and to the
Knowledge of the Company no circumstance exists that is likely to
result in the loss of such qualified status under Section 401(a) of
the Code;
(iii) the
Company and its Subsidiaries, where applicable, have timely made
all contributions, benefits, premiums, and other payments required
by and due under the terms of each Company Employee Plan and
applicable Law and accounting principles, and all benefits accrued
under any unfunded Company Employee Plan have been paid, accrued,
or otherwise adequately reserved to the extent required by, and in
accordance with GAAP;
(iv) except
to the extent limited by applicable Law, each Company Employee Plan
can be amended, terminated, or otherwise discontinued after the
Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without material
liability to Parent, the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than ordinary administration expenses and in respect of accrued
benefits thereunder);
(v) there
are no investigations, audits, inquiries, or Legal Actions pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by the IRS, U.S.
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, or any similar Governmental Entity with
respect to any Company Employee Plan;
(vi) there
are no material Legal Actions pending, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened with respect to any Company Employee Plan (in
each case, other than routine claims for benefits);
and
(vii) to
the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its
Company ERISA Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that could
subject the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate to a tax or
penalty imposed by either Section 4975 of the Code or Section
502(i) of ERISA.
(d) Plan
Liabilities. Neither the
Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate has:
(i) incurred
or reasonably expects to incur, either directly or indirectly, any
liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, or related provisions
of the Code or foreign Law relating to any Company Employee Plan
and nothing has occurred that could constitute grounds under Title
IV of ERISA to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, any
Company Employee Plan;
(ii) except
for payments of premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation ("PBGC") which have been timely paid in full, not
incurred any liability to the PBGC in connection with any Company
Employee Plan covering any active, retired, or former employees or
directors of the Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate, including,
without limitation, any liability under Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of
ERISA or any penalty imposed under Section 4071 of ERISA, or ceased
operations at any facility, or withdrawn from any such Company
Employee Plan in a manner that could subject it to liability under
Sections 4062, 4063 or 4064 of ERISA;
(iii) failed
to comply with Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code;
or
(iv) incurred
any withdrawal liability (including any contingent or secondary
withdrawal liability) within the meaning of Sections 4201 or 4204
of ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan and nothing has occurred that
presents a risk of the occurrence of any withdrawal from or the
partition, termination, reorganization, or insolvency of any such
Multiemployer Plan which could result in any liability of the
Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate to any such Multiemployer
Plan. No complete or partial termination of any Company Employee
Plan has occurred or is expected to occur.
(e) Certain
Company Employee Plans. With
respect to each Company Employee Plan:
(i)
no such plan is a "multiemployer plan"
within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or a "multiple
employer plan" within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code and
neither the Company nor any of its Company ERISA Affiliates has now
or at any time contributed to, sponsored, maintained, or had any
liability or obligation in respect of any such Multiemployer Plan
or multiple employer plan;
(ii) no
Legal Action has been initiated by the PBGC to terminate any such
Company Employee Plan or to appoint a trustee for any such Company
Employee Plan;
(iii) no
Company Employee Plan is subject to the minimum funding standards
of Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412, 418(b), or 430 of the
Code, and none of the assets of the Company or any Company ERISA
Affiliate is, or may reasonably be expected to become, the subject
of any lien arising under Section 303 of ERISA or Sections 430 or
436 of the Code; and
(iv) no
"reportable event," as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, has
occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur, with respect to any
such Company Employee Plan.
(f) No
Post-Employment Obligations. No
Company Employee Plan provides post-termination or retiree health
benefits to any person for any reason, except as may be required by
COBRA or other applicable Law, and neither the Company nor any
Company ERISA Affiliate has any Liability to provide
post-termination or retiree health benefits to any person or ever
represented, promised, or contracted to any Company Employee
(either individually or to Company Employees as a group) or any
other person that such Company Employee(s) or other person would be
provided with post-termination or retiree health benefits, except
to the extent required by COBRA or other applicable
Law.
(g) Potential
Governmental or Lawsuit Liability. Other than routine claims for benefits: (i)
there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened claims by or on behalf of any participant in any Company
Employee Plan, or otherwise involving any Company Employee Plan or
the assets of any Company Employee Plan; and (ii) no Company
Employee Plan is presently or has since May 1, 2020, been the
subject of an examination or audit by a Governmental Entity or is
the subject of an application or filing under, or is a participant
in, an amnesty, voluntary compliance, self-correction, or similar
program sponsored by any Governmental Entity.
(h) Section
409A Compliance. Each Company
Employee Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been
operated in compliance with such section and all applicable
regulatory guidance (including, without limitation, proposed
regulations, notices, rulings, and final
regulations).
(i) Health
Plan Compliance. Each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries complies in all material respects with
the applicable requirements of COBRA or any similar state statute
with respect to each Company Employee Plan that is a group health
plan within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code or such
state statute.
(j) Effect
of Transaction. Except as set
forth on Section
3.11(j) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, neither the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, the consummation of the Merger, nor any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone or
in combination with any other event): (i) entitle any current or
former director, employee, contractor, or consultant of the Company
to severance pay or any other payment; (ii) accelerate the timing
of payment, funding, or vesting, or increase the amount of
compensation due to any such individual; (iii) limit or restrict
the right of the Company to merge, amend, or terminate any Company
Employee Plan; or (iv) increase the amount payable or result in any
other material obligation pursuant to any Company Employee Plan. No
amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the
vesting of any property) as a result of the consummation of the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement by any employee,
director, or other service provider of the Company under any
Company Employee Plan or otherwise would not be deductible by
reason of Section 280G of the Code nor would be subject to an
excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
Section
3.12 Employment
Law Matters; Labor.
(a) Section
3.12(a) of the
Company Disclosure Letter contains a list of all persons who are
employees, independent contractors or consultants of the Company as
of the date hereof, including any employee who is on a leave of
absence of any nature, paid or unpaid, authorized or unauthorized,
and sets forth for each such individual the following: (i) name;
(ii) title or position (including whether full or part time); (iii)
hire date; (iv) current annual base compensation rate; (v)
commission, bonus or other incentive-based compensation; and (vi) a
description of the fringe benefits provided to each such individual
as of the date hereof. As of the date hereof, all compensation,
including wages, commissions and bonuses, payable to all employees,
independent contractors or consultants of the Company for services
performed on or prior to the date hereof have been paid in full and
there are no outstanding agreements, understandings or commitments
of the Company with respect to any compensation, commissions or
bonuses.
(b) The
Company and each of its Subsidiaries: (i) is in compliance with all
applicable Laws and agreements regarding hiring, employment,
termination of employment, plant closing and mass layoff,
employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and reasonable
accommodation, leaves of absence, terms and conditions of
employment, wages and hours of work, employee classification,
employee health and safety, leasing and supply of temporary and
contingent staff, engagement of independent contractors, including
proper classification of same, payroll taxes, and immigration with
respect to Company Employees, and contingent workers; and (ii) is
in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to the relations
between it and any labor organization, trade union, work council,
or other body representing Company Employees.
(c) Labor.
Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to, or subject
to, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with any
labor organization, work council, or trade union with respect to
any of its or their operations. No material work stoppage,
slowdown, or labor strike against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to employees who are employed within the
United States is pending, threatened, or has occurred since May 1,
2020, and no material work stoppage, slowdown, or labor strike
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
employees who are employed outside the United States is pending,
threatened, or has occurred since May 1, 2020. None of the Company
Employees is represented by a labor organization, work council, or
trade union, and there is no organizing activity, Legal Action,
election petition, union card signing or other union activity, or
union corporate campaigns of or by any labor organization, trade
union, or work council directed at the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any Company Employees. There are no Legal Actions,
government investigations, or labor grievances pending, or
threatened relating to any employment related matter involving any
Company Employee or applicant, including, but not limited to,
charges of unlawful discrimination, retaliation or harassment,
failure to provide reasonable accommodation, denial of a leave of
absence, failure to provide compensation or benefits, unfair labor
practices, or other alleged violations of Law, except for any of
the foregoing which would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
3.13 Real
Property and Personal Property Matters.
(a) Leased
Real Estate. Section
3.13(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of all Leases
(including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and
other agreements with respect thereto) as of the date hereof for
each such Leased Real Estate (including the date and name of the
parties to such Lease document). The Company has delivered to
Parent a true and complete copy of each such Lease. Except as set
forth in Section
3.13(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, with respect to each of the Leases: (i) such
Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and
effect; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor,
to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party to the Lease, is
in breach or default under such Lease, and no event has occurred or
circumstance exists which, with or without notice, lapse of time,
or both, would constitute a breach or default under such Lease;
(iii) the Company's or its Subsidiary's possession and quiet
enjoyment of the Leased Real Estate under such Lease has not been
disturbed, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
disputes with respect to such Lease; and (iv) there are no Liens on
the estate created by such Lease. Neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has assigned, pledged, mortgaged, hypothecated, or
otherwise transferred any Lease or any interest therein nor has the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries subleased, licensed, or
otherwise granted any Person (other than another wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company) a right to use or occupy such Leased
Real Estate or any portion thereof.
(b) Real
Estate Used in the Business.
The Leased Real Estate identified in Section
3.13(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter comprise all of the real property used or
intended to be used in, or otherwise related to, the business of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Personal
Property. The Company and each
of its Subsidiaries are in possession of and have good and
marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in or valid
rights under contract to use, the machinery, equipment, furniture,
fixtures, and other tangible personal property and assets owned,
leased, or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, free and
clear of all Liens.
(d) Condition
and Sufficiency of Assets. The
buildings, plants, structures, furniture, fixtures, machinery,
equipment, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property
of the Company are structurally sound, are in good operating
condition and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they
are being put, and none of such buildings, plants, structures,
furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, vehicles and other items
of tangible personal property is in need of maintenance or repairs
except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not
material in nature or cost. The buildings, plants, structures,
furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, vehicles and other items
of tangible personal property currently owned or leased by the
Company, together with all other properties and assets of the
Company, are sufficient for the continued conduct of the Company's
business after the Closing in substantially the same manner as
conducted prior to the Closing and constitute all of the rights,
property and assets necessary to conduct the business of the
Company as currently conducted.
Section
3.14 Environmental
Matters. Except for such
matters as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The
Company and its Subsidiaries are, and have been, in compliance with
all Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession,
maintenance of, compliance with, or application for, all Permits
required under applicable Environmental Laws for the operation of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted.
(b) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has disposed of, released,
or discharged any Hazardous Substances on, at, under, in, or from
any real property currently or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
formerly owned, leased, or operated by it or any of its
Subsidiaries or at any other location that is: (i) currently
subject to any investigation, remediation, or monitoring; or (ii)
reasonably likely to result in liability to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, in either case of (i) or (ii) under any
applicable Environmental Laws.
(c) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has: (i) produced,
processed, manufactured, generated, transported, treated, handled,
used, or stored any Hazardous Substances, except in compliance with
Environmental Laws, at any Real Estate; or (ii) exposed any
employee or any third party to any Hazardous Substances under
circumstances reasonably expected to give rise to any material
Liability or obligation under any Environmental
Law.
(d) Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice
of and there is no Legal Action pending, or to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
alleging any Liability or responsibility under or non-compliance
with any Environmental Law or seeking to impose any financial
responsibility for any investigation, cleanup, removal,
containment, or any other remediation or compliance under any
Environmental Law. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is subject to any Order, settlement agreement, or other written
agreement by or with any Governmental Entity or third party
imposing any material Liability or obligation with respect to any
of the foregoing.
(e)
Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or retained any Liabilities
under any applicable Environmental Laws of any other Person,
including in any acquisition or divestiture of any property or
business.
Section
3.15 Material
Contracts.
(a) Material
Contracts. For purposes of this
Agreement, "Company Material
Contract" shall mean the
following to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party or any of the respective assets are bound (excluding any
Leases):
(i) any
"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K of the Securities Act);
(ii) any
employment or consulting Contract (in each case with respect to
which the Company has continuing obligations as of the date hereof)
with any current or former (A) officer of the Company, (B) member
of the Company Board, or (C) Company Employee providing for an
annual base salary or payment in excess of
$100,000.00;
(iii) any
Contract providing for indemnification or any guaranty by the
Company or any Subsidiary thereof, in each case that is material to
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than (A)
any guaranty by the Company or a Subsidiary thereof of any of the
obligations of (1) the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary
thereof or (2) any Subsidiary (other than a wholly-owned
Subsidiary) of the Company that was entered into in the Ordinary
course of Business pursuant to or in connection with a customer
Contract, or (B) any Contract providing for indemnification of
customers or other Persons pursuant to Contracts entered into in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iv) any
Contract that purports to limit in any material respect the right
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or, at any time after
the consummation of the Merger, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries)
(A) to engage in any line of business, (B) compete with any Person
or solicit any client or customer, or (C) operate in any
geographical location;
(v) any
Contract relating to the disposition or acquisition, directly or
indirectly (by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets, or
otherwise), by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the
date of this Agreement of assets or capital stock or other equity
interests of any Person, in each case with a fair market value in
excess of $25,000;
(vi) any
Contract that grants any right of first refusal, right of first
offer, or similar right with respect to any material assets,
rights, or properties of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(vii) any
Contract that contains any provision that requires the purchase of
all or a material portion of the Company's or any of its
Subsidiaries' requirements for a given product or service from a
given third party, which product or service is material to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(viii) any
Contract that obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that
contains a "most favored nation" or similar covenant with any third
party or upon consummation of the Merger will obligate Parent, the
Surviving Corporation, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to
conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that
contains a "most favored nation" or similar covenant with any third
party;
(ix) any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company agreement, or
similar Contract relating to the formation, creation, operation,
management, or control of any material joint venture, partnership,
or limited liability company, other than any such Contact solely
between the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or among the
Company's wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(x) any
mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans, or credit agreements,
security agreements, or other Contracts, in each case relating to
indebtedness for borrowed money, whether as borrower or lender, in
each case in excess of $25,000, other than (A) accounts receivables
and payables, and (B) loans to direct or indirect wholly-owned
Subsidiaries of the Company;
(xi) any
employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any
labor union;
(xii) any
Company IP Agreement;
(xiii) any
other Contract under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
is obligated to make payment or incur costs in excess of $25,000 in
any year and which is not otherwise described in clauses
(i)–(xii) above; or
(xiv) any
Contract which is not otherwise describeed in clauses
(i)–(xiii) above that is material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(b) Schedule
of Material Contracts; Documents. Section 3.15(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true
and complete list as of the date hereof of all Company Material
Contracts. The Company has made available to Parent correct and
complete copies of all Company Material Contracts, including any
amendments thereto.
(c) No
Breach. (i) All the Company
Material Contracts are legal, valid, and binding on the Company or
its applicable Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, and is in full force and effect; (ii) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any third party has violated any provision of, or failed
to perform any obligation required under the provisions of, any
Company Material Contract; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any third
party is in breach, or has received written notice of breach, of
any Company Material Contract.
Section
3.16 Accounts
Receivable. The accounts
receivable reflected on the Interim Balance Sheet and the accounts
receivable arising after the date thereof (a) have arisen from bona
fide transactions entered into by the Company involving the sale of
goods or the rendering of services in the Ordinary Course of
Business; (b) constitute only valid, undisputed claims of the
Company not subject to claims of set-off or other defenses or
counterclaims other than normal cash discounts accrued in the
Ordinary Course of Business; and (c) subject to a reserve for bad
debts shown on the Interim Balance Sheet or, with respect to
accounts receivable arising after the Interim Balance Sheet Date,
on the accounting records of the Company, are collectible in full
within sixty (60) days after billing. The reserve for bad debts
shown on the Interim Balance Sheet or, with respect to accounts
receivable arising after the Interim Balance Sheet Date, on the
accounting records of the Company have been determined in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, subject to normal
year-end adjustments and the absence of disclosures normally made
in footnotes.
Section
3.17 Customers
and Suppliers.
(a) Material
Customers. Section
3.17(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth each customer who has paid aggregate
consideration to the Company for goods or services rendered in an
amount greater than or equal to $50,000 annually since May 1, 2020
(collectively, the "Company Material
Customers"). The Company has
not received any notice, and has no reason to believe, that any of
the Company Material Customers has ceased, or intends to cease
after the Closing, to use its goods or services or to otherwise
terminate or materially reduce its relationship with the
Company.
(b) Material
Suppliers. Section
3.17(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter sets forth (i) each supplier to whom the Company
has paid consideration for goods or services rendered in an amount
greater than or equal to $50,000 annually since May 1, 2020
(collectively, the "Company Material
Suppliers"). The Company has
not received any notice, and has no reason to believe, that any of
the Company Material Suppliers has ceased, or intends to cease, to
supply goods or services to the Company or to otherwise terminate
or materially reduce its relationship with the
Company.
Section
3.18 Insurance.
All insurance policies of the Company and its Subsidiaries are in
full force and effect and provide insurance in such amounts and
against such risks as the Company reasonably has determined to be
prudent, taking into account the industries in which the Company
and its Subsidiaries operate, and as is sufficient to comply with
applicable Law. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
breach or default, and neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action
which, with notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a
breach or default, or permit termination or modification of, any of
such insurance policies. Except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect and to the Knowledge of the Company: (i) no insurer of any
such policy has been declared insolvent or placed in receivership,
conservatorship, or liquidation; and (ii) no notice of cancellation
or termination, other than pursuant to the expiration of a term in
accordance with the terms thereof, has been received with respect
to any such policy.
Section
3.19 Information
Supplied. None of the
information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the
Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the proxy
statement to be filed with the SEC and sent to the Parent's
stockholders in connection with the Parent Stock Issuance and the
Merger (including any amendments or supplements thereto, the
"Proxy
Statement") will, at the date
it is first mailed to the Parent's stockholders or at the time of
the Parent Stockholders Meeting or at the time of any amendment or
supplement thereof, contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply as
to form in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no representation or
warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements made or
incorporated by reference therein based on information that was not
supplied by or on behalf of the Company.
Section
3.20 Anti-Corruption
Matters. None of the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any director, officer or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, employee or agent of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries has: (i) used any funds for unlawful
contributions, gifts, entertainment, or other unlawful payments
relating to an act by any Governmental Entity; (ii) made any
unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or
employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign
or violated any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
of 1977, as amended; or (iii) made any other unlawful payment under
any applicable Law relating to anti-corruption, bribery, or similar
matters. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
disclosed to any Governmental Entity that it violated or may have
violated any Law relating to anti-corruption, bribery, or similar
matters. To the Knowledge of the Company, no Governmental Entity is
investigating, examining, or reviewing the Company's compliance
with any applicable provisions of any Law relating to
anti-corruption, bribery, or similar matters.
Section
3.21 Books
and Records. The minute books
and stock record books of the Company, all of which have been made
available to Parent, are complete and correct in all material
respects and have been maintained in accordance with sound business
practices. The minute books of the Company contain materially
accurate and complete records of all meetings, and actions taken by
written consent of, the Stockholders, the Company Board and any
committees of the Company Board, and no meeting, or action taken by
written consent, of any such Stockholders, Company Board or
committee has been held for which minutes have not been prepared
and are not contained in such minute books. At the Closing, all of
those books and records will be in the possession of
Parent.
Section
3.22 Related-Party
Transactions. Other than the
Bridge Loan Note, no executive officer or director of the Company
or any person owning 5% or of the Shares (or any of such person's
immediate family members or Affiliates or associates) is a party to
any Contract with or binding upon the Company or any of its assets,
rights or properties or has any interest in any property owned by
the Company or has engaged in any transaction with any of the
foregoing since May 1, 2020.
Section
3.23 Brokers.
No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction
Document based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
Company.
Section
3.24 Full
Disclosure. No representation
or warranty by the Company in this Agreement and no statement
contained in the Company Disclosure Letter or any certificate or
other document furnished or to be furnished to Parent or any of its
Representatives pursuant to this Agreement contains any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they are made, not
misleading.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Except: (a) as disclosed in the Parent SEC
Documents at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date hereof;
or (b) as set forth in the correspondingly numbered Section of the
Parent Disclosure Letter that relates to such Section or in another
Section of the Parent Disclosure Letter; Parent and Merger Sub
hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company
as follows:
Section
4.01 Organization;
Standing and Power; Charter Documents;
Subsidiaries.
(a) Organization;
Standing and Power. Each of
Parent and its Subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability
company, or other legal entity duly organized, validly existing,
and in good standing (to the extent that the concept of "good
standing" is applicable in the case of any jurisdiction outside the
United States) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization,
and has the requisite corporate, limited liability company, or
other organizational, as applicable, power and authority to own,
lease, and operate its assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or
licensed to do business as a foreign corporation, limited liability
company, or other legal entity and is in good standing (to the
extent that the concept of "good standing" is applicable in the
case of any jurisdiction outside the United States) in each
jurisdiction where the character of the assets and properties
owned, leased, or operated by it or the nature of its business
makes such qualification or license necessary, except where the
failure to be so qualified or licensed or to be in good standing,
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Charter
Documents. The copies of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of
Parent as most recently filed with the Parent SEC Documents are
true, correct, and complete copies of such documents as in effect
as of the date of this Agreement. Parent has delivered or made
available to the Company a true and correct copy of the Charter
Documents of Merger Sub. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in
violation of any of the provisions of its Charter
Documents.
(c) Subsidiaries.
All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity
or voting interests in, each Subsidiary of Parent have been validly
issued and are owned by Parent, directly or indirectly, free of
pre-emptive rights, are fully paid and non-assessable, and are free
and clear of all Liens, including any restriction on the right to
vote, sell, or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other
equity or voting interests, except for any Liens: (i) imposed by
applicable securities Laws; or (ii) arising pursuant to the Charter
Documents of any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent. Except for
the capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, its
Subsidiaries, Parent does not own, directly or indirectly, any
capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, any
Person.
Section
4.02 Capital
Structure.
(a) Capital
Stock. The authorized capital
stock of Parent consists of: (i) 100,000,000 shares of Parent
Common Stock; and (ii) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of Parent (the "Parent Preferred
Stock"). As of the date of this
Agreement: (A) 21,608,144 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued
and outstanding (not including shares held in treasury); (B)
78,391,856 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and held by
Parent in its treasury; and (C) no shares of Parent Preferred Stock
were issued and outstanding or held by Parent in its treasury. All
of the outstanding shares of capital stock of Parent are, and all
shares of capital stock of Parent which may be issued as
contemplated or permitted by this Agreement, including the shares
of Parent Common Stock constituting the Merger Consideration, will
be, when issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and
non-assessable, and not subject to any pre-emptive rights. No
Subsidiary of Parent owns any shares of Parent Common
Stock.
(b) Stock
Awards. As of December 31,
2020, an aggregate of 588,423 shares of Parent Common Stock were
reserved for issuance pursuant to Parent Equity Awards not yet
granted under the Parent Stock Plans. As of December 31, 2020,
2,020,073 shares of Parent Common Stock were reserved for issuance
pursuant to outstanding Parent Equity Awards, and no shares of
Parent Restricted Shares were issued and outstanding. All shares of
Parent Common Stock subject to issuance under the Parent Stock
Plans, including the Parent Equity Awards constituting Merger
Consideration to be issued pursuant to Section
2.07, upon issuance in
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the
instruments pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and
non-assessable.
Section
4.03 Authority;
Non-Contravention; Governmental Consents; Board
Approval.
(a) Authority.
Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and, subject to, in the case of the consummation of the
Merger: (i) the adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub; and (ii) the need to obtain the
affirmative vote or consent of a majority of the outstanding shares
of the Parent Common Stock to the Parent Stock Issuance (the
"Requisite
Parent Vote"), to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the
consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub and
no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub
are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or to consummate the Merger, the Parent Stock Issuance,
and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, subject
only, in the case of consummation of the Merger, to: (i) the
adoption of this Agreement by Parent as the sole stockholder of
Merger Sub; and (ii) the need to obtain the Requisite Parent Vote.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and
Merger Sub and, assuming due execution and delivery by the Company,
constitutes the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Parent and
Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance
with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, and other similar Laws
affecting creditors' rights generally and by general principles of
equity.
(b) Non-Contravention.
The execution, delivery, and performance of this Agreement by
Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, do not and will
not: (i) subject to obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote, contravene
or conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, the
Charter Documents of Parent or Merger Sub; (ii) assuming that all
of the Consents contemplated by clauses (i) through (v) of
Section
4.03(c) have been obtained
or made, and in the case of the consummation of the Merger,
obtaining the Requisite Parent Vote, conflict with or violate any
Law applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective
properties or assets; (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a
default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both
would become a default) under, result in Parent's or any of its
Subsidiaries' loss of any benefit or the imposition of any
additional payment or other liability under, or alter the rights or
obligations of any third party under, or give to any third party
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration, or
cancellation, or require any Consent under, any Contract to which
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise bound as
of the date hereof; or (iv) result in the creation of a Lien on any
of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
except, in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), for
any conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, loss of benefits,
additional payments or other liabilities, alterations,
terminations, amendments, accelerations, cancellations, or Liens
that, or where the failure to obtain any Consents, in each case,
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Governmental
Consents. No Consent of any
Governmental Entity is required to be obtained or made by Parent or
Merger Sub in connection with the execution, delivery, and
performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement or the
consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger, the Parent
Stock Issuance, and the other transactions contemplated hereby,
except for: (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; (ii) the filing with
the SEC of (A) the Proxy Statement in definitive form in accordance
with the Exchange Act, and (B) the filing of such reports under the
Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement,
the Merger, the Parent Stock Issuance, and the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) such Consents as may be
required under Antitrust Laws, in any case that are applicable to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iv) such Consents
as may be required under applicable state securities or "blue sky"
Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign country or the rules
and regulations of Nasdaq; and (vi) such other Consents which if
not obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Board
Approval.
(i) The
Parent Board by resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote at a
meeting of all directors of Parent duly called and held and, not
subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has (A) determined
that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby,
including the Merger, and the Parent Stock Issuance, upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are fair to, and in
the best interests of, Parent and Parent's stockholders, (B)
approved and declared advisable this Agreement, including the
execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
Merger and the Parent Stock Issuance, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth herein, (C) directed that the Parent Stock
Issuance be submitted to a vote of the Parent's stockholders for
adoption at the Parent Stockholders Meeting, and (D) resolved to
recommend that Parent's stockholders vote in favor of approval of
the Parent Stock Issuance (collectively, the "Parent Board
Recommendation").
(ii) The
Merger Sub Board by resolutions duly adopted by a unanimous vote at
a meeting of all directors of Merger Sub duly called and held and,
not subsequently rescinded or modified in any way, has (A)
determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, are fair to, and in the best interests
of, Merger Sub and Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub,
(B) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, including the
execution, delivery, and performance thereof, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, (C) directed that this Agreement be submitted to a vote by
Parent, and (D) resolved to recommend that Parent vote in favor of
adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the
DGCL.
Section
4.04 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements; Undisclosed
Liabilities.
(a) SEC
Filings. Parent has timely
filed with or furnished to, as applicable, the SEC all registration
statements, prospectuses, reports, schedules, forms, statements,
and other documents (including exhibits and all other information
incorporated by reference) required to be filed or furnished by it
with the SEC since February 15, 2021 (the "Parent SEC
Documents"); provided, however,
it is expressly understood that the Parent’s annual report on
Form 10-K will not be filed prior to the execution hereof, but will
be filed prior to March 31, 2021, the date by which it must be
filed with the SEC. True, correct, and complete copies of all the
Parent SEC Documents are publicly available on EDGAR. To the
Knowledge of Parent, as of their respective filing dates or, if
amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date
hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding
filing (and, in the case of registration statements and proxy
statements, on the dates of effectiveness and the dates of the
relevant meetings, respectively), each of the Parent SEC Documents
complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Documents. To the
Knowledge of Parent, none of the Parent SEC Documents, including
any financial statements, schedules, or exhibits included or
incorporated by reference therein at the time they were filed (or,
if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date
hereof, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding
filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. To the
Knowledge of Parent, none of the Parent SEC Documents is the
subject of ongoing SEC review or outstanding SEC investigation and
there are no outstanding or unresolved comments received from the
SEC with respect to any of the Parent SEC Documents. None of
Parent's Subsidiaries is required to file or furnish any forms,
reports, or other documents with the SEC.
(b) Financial
Statements. Each of the
consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any
notes and schedules thereto) contained in or incorporated by
reference into the Parent SEC Documents: (i) complied as to form in
all material respects with the published rules and regulations of
the SEC with respect thereto as of their respective dates; (ii) was
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto and, in the case of unaudited interim financial
statements, as may be permitted by the SEC for Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q); and (iii) fairly presented in all material respects the
consolidated financial position and the results of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity, and cash flows of Parent and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates of and for the
periods referred to in such financial statements, subject, in the
case of unaudited interim financial statements, to normal and
year-end audit adjustments as permitted by GAAP and the applicable
rules and regulations of the SEC (but only if the effect of such
adjustments would not, individually or in the aggregate, be
material).
(c) Undisclosed
Liabilities. The audited
balance sheet of Parent dated as of December 31, 2019, and the
unaudited balance sheet dated September 30, 2020, contained in the
Parent SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof is hereinafter
referred to as the "Parent Balance
Sheet." Neither Parent nor any
of its Subsidiaries has any Liabilities other than Liabilities
that: (i) are reflected or reserved against in the Parent Balance
Sheet (including in the notes thereto); (ii) were incurred since
the date of the Parent Balance Sheet in the Ordinary Course of
Business; (iii) are incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; or (iv) would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(d) Nasdaq
Compliance. Parent is in
compliance with all of the applicable listing and corporate
governance rules of Nasdaq, except for any non-compliance that
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.05 Litigation;
Compliance.
(a) There
is no Legal Action pending, or to the Knowledge of Parent,
threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties or assets or, to the Knowledge of
Parent, any officer or director of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries in their capacities as such other than any such Legal
Action that: (a) does not involve an amount that would reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, Material
Adverse Effect; and (b) does not seek material injunctive or other
material non-monetary relief. None of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets is
subject to any Order of a Governmental Entity or arbitrator,
whether temporary, preliminary, or permanent, which would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. To the Knowledge of Parent, there are no
SEC inquiries or investigations, other governmental inquiries or
investigations, or internal investigations pending or, to the
Knowledge of Parent, threatened, in each case regarding any
accounting practices of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any
malfeasance by any officer or director of
Parent.
(b) Parent
and each of its Subsidiaries is, and has been since January 1,
2020, in compliance with, all Laws or Orders applicable to Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries or by which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses or properties is
bound. No Governmental Entity has issued any written notice or
notification stating that Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is not
in compliance with any Law.
Section
4.06 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events.
Since the date of the Parent Balance Sheet, except in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the business
of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has been conducted in the
Ordinary Course of Business and there has not been or occurred any
Parent Material Adverse Effect or any event, condition, change, or
effect that could reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect
Section
4.07 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Right
to Use; Title. The Parent or
one of its subsidiaries is the sole and exclusive owner of all
right, title, and interest in and to the Parent-Owned IP, and has
the valid and enforceable right to use all other Intellectual
Property used or held for use in or necessary for the conduct of
the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted ("Parent IP"), in each case, free and clear of all Liens,
except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Validity
and Enforceability. Parent or
one of its Subsidiaries' rights in the Parent-Owned IP are valid,
subsisting, and enforceable, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have taken
reasonable steps to maintain the Parent IP and to protect and
preserve the confidentiality of all trade secrets included in the
Parent IP, except where the failure to take such actions would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Non-Infringement.
To the knowledge of Parent, and except as would not be reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) the conduct of the businesses of Parent and any
of its subsidiaries has not infringed, misappropriated, or
otherwise violated, and is not infringing, misappropriating, or
otherwise violating, any Intellectual Property of any other Person;
and (ii) to the Knowledge of Parent, no third party is infringing
upon, violating, or misappropriating any Parent
IP.
(d) IP
Legal Actions and Orders. There
are no Legal Actions pending or, to the Knowledge of the Parent,
threatened: (i) alleging any infringement, misappropriation, or
violation of the Intellectual Property of any Person by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries; or (ii) challenging the validity,
enforceability, or ownership of any Parent-Owned IP or Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries' rights with respect to any Parent IP, in
each case except for such Legal Actions that would not reasonably
be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. Parent and its Subsidiaries are not subject to any
outstanding Order that restricts or impairs the use of any
Parent-Owned IP, except where compliance with such Order would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.08 Employee
Matters.
(a) Employee
Plan Compliance.
(i) Each
Parent Employee Plan (including any Multiemployer Plans) has been
established, administered, and maintained in all material respects
in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with
applicable Laws, including but not limited to ERISA and the
Code;
(ii) all
Parent Employee Plans that are intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code are so qualified and have received
timely determination letters from the IRS and no such determination
letter has been revoked nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, has any
such revocation been threatened, or with respect to a prototype
plan, can rely on an opinion letter from the IRS to the prototype
plan sponsor, to the effect that such qualified retirement plan and
the related trust are exempt from federal income taxes under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, and to the
Knowledge of Parent no circumstance exists that is likely to result
in the loss of such qualified status under Section 401(a) of the
Code;
(iii) Parent
and its Subsidiaries, where applicable, have timely made all
contributions, benefits, premiums, and other payments required by
and due under the terms of each Parent Employee Plan and applicable
Law and accounting principles, and all benefits accrued under any
unfunded Parent Employee Plan have been paid, accrued, or otherwise
adequately reserved to the extent required by, and in accordance
with GAAP;
(iv) there
are no investigations, audits, inquiries, or Legal Actions pending
or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened by the IRS, U.S.
Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, or any similar Governmental Entity with
respect to any Parent Employee Plan;
(v) there
are no material Legal Actions pending, or, to the Knowledge of
Parent, threatened with respect to any Parent Employee Plan (in
each case, other than routine claims for benefits);
and
(vi) to
the Knowledge of Parent, neither Parent nor any of its Parent ERISA
Affiliates has engaged in a transaction that could subject Parent
or any Parent ERISA Affiliate to a tax or penalty imposed by either
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of
ERISA.
(b) Plan
Liabilities. Neither Parent nor
any Parent ERISA Affiliate has:
(i) incurred
or reasonably expects to incur, either directly or indirectly, any
liability under Title I or Title IV of ERISA, or related provisions
of the Code or foreign Law relating to any Parent Employee Plan and
nothing has occurred that could constitute grounds under Title IV
of ERISA to terminate, or appoint a trustee to administer, any
Parent Employee Plan;
(ii) except
for payments of premiums to the PBGC which have been timely paid in
full, not incurred any liability to the PBGC in connection with any
Parent Employee Plan covering any active, retired, or former
employees or directors of Parent or any Parent ERISA Affiliate,
including, without limitation, any liability under Sections 4069 or
4212(c) of ERISA or any penalty imposed under Section 4071 of
ERISA, or ceased operations at any facility, or withdrawn from any
such Parent Employee Plan in a manner that could subject it to
liability under Sections 4062, 4063 or 4064 of
ERISA;
(iii) Failed
to comply with Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code;
or
(iv) incurred
any withdrawal liability (including any contingent or secondary
withdrawal liability) within the meaning of Sections 4201 or 4204
of ERISA to any Multiemployer Plan and nothing has occurred that
presents a risk of the occurrence of any withdrawal from or the
partition, termination, reorganization, or insolvency of any such
Multiemployer Plan which could result in any liability of Parent or
any Parent ERISA Affiliate to any such Multiemployer Plan. No
complete or partial termination of any Parent Employee Plan has
occurred or is expected to occur.
(c) Certain
Parent Employee Plans. With
respect to each Parent Employee Plan:
(i)
no such plan is a "multiemployer plan"
within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA or a "multiple
employer plan" within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code and
neither Parent nor any of its Parent ERISA Affiliates has now or at
any time contributed to, sponsored, maintained, or had any
liability or obligation in respect of any such Multiemployer Plan
or multiple employer plan;
(ii) no
Legal Action has been initiated by the PBGC to terminate any such
Parent Employee Plan or to appoint a trustee for any such Parent
Employee Plan;
(iii) no
Parent Employee Plan is subject to the minimum funding standards of
Section 302 of ERISA or Sections 412, 418(b), or 430 of the Code,
and none of the assets of Parent or any Parent ERISA Affiliate is,
or may reasonably be expected to become, the subject of any lien
arising under Section 303 of ERISA or Sections 430 or 436 of the
Code; and
(iv) no
"reportable event," as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, has
occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur, with respect to any
such Parent Employee Plan.
(d) Potential
Governmental or Lawsuit Liability. Other than routine claims for benefits: (i)
there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened
claims by or on behalf of any participant in any Parent Employee
Plan, or otherwise involving any Parent Employee Plan or the assets
of any Parent Employee Plan; and (ii) no Parent Employee Plan is
presently or has since January 1, 2020, been the subject of an
examination or audit by a Governmental Entity or is the subject of
an application or filing under, or is a participant in, an amnesty,
voluntary compliance, self-correction, or similar program sponsored
by any Governmental Entity.
(e) Section
409A Compliance. Each Parent
Employee Plan that is subject to Section 409A of the Code has been
operated in compliance with such section and all applicable
regulatory guidance (including, without limitation, proposed
regulations, notices, rulings, and final
regulations).
(f) Health
Plan Compliance. Each of Parent
and its Subsidiaries complies in all material respects with the
applicable requirements of COBRA or any similar state statute with
respect to each Parent Employee Plan that is a group health plan
within the meaning of Section 5000(b)(1) of the Code or such state
statute.
Section
4.09 Employment
Law Matters; Labor.
(a) Employee
Law Matters. Parent and each of
its Subsidiaries: (i) is in material compliance with all applicable
Laws and agreements regarding hiring, employment, termination of
employment, plant closing and mass layoff, employment
discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and reasonable
accommodation, leaves of absence, terms and conditions of
employment, wages and hours of work, employee classification,
employee health and safety, leasing and supply of temporary and
contingent staff, engagement of independent contractors, including
proper classification of same, payroll taxes, and immigration with
respect to Parent Employees, and contingent workers; and (ii) is in
material compliance with all applicable Laws relating to the
relations between it and any labor organization, trade union, work
council, or other body representing Parent
Employees.
(b) Labor.
Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to, or subject
to, any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with any
labor organization, work council, or trade union with respect to
any of its or their operations. No material work stoppage,
slowdown, or labor strike against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
with respect to employees who are employed within the United States
is pending, threatened, or has occurred since January 1, 2020, and
no material work stoppage, slowdown, or labor strike against Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees who are
employed outside the United States is pending, threatened, or has
occurred since January 1, 2020. None of the Parent Employees is
represented by a labor organization, work council, or trade union,
and there is no organizing activity, Legal Action, election
petition, union card signing or other union activity, or union
corporate campaigns of or by any labor organization, trade union,
or work council directed at Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or
any Parent Employees. There are no Legal Actions, government
investigations, or labor grievances pending, or threatened relating
to any employment related matter involving any Parent Employee or
applicant, including, but not limited to, charges of unlawful
discrimination, retaliation or harassment, failure to provide
reasonable accommodation, denial of a leave of absence, failure to
provide compensation or benefits, unfair labor practices, or other
alleged violations of Law, except for any of the foregoing which
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.10 Environmental
Matters. Except for such
matters as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) Parent
and its Subsidiaries are, and have been, in compliance with all
Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession,
maintenance of, compliance with, or application for, all Permits
required under applicable Environmental Laws for the operation of
the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted.
(b) Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has disposed of, released, or
discharged any Hazardous Substances on, at, under, in, or from any
real property currently or, to the Knowledge of Parent, formerly
owned, leased, or operated by it or any of its Subsidiaries or at
any other location that is: (i) currently subject to any
investigation, remediation, or monitoring; or (ii) reasonably
likely to result in liability to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
in either case of (i) or (ii) under any applicable Environmental
Laws.
(c) Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has: (i) produced, processed,
manufactured, generated, transported, treated, handled, used, or
stored any Hazardous Substances, except in compliance with
Environmental Laws, at any Real Estate; or (ii) exposed any
employee or any third party to any Hazardous Substances under
circumstances reasonably expected to give rise to any material
Liability or obligation under any Environmental
Law.
(d) Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of
and there is no Legal Action pending, or to the Knowledge of
Parent, threatened against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries,
alleging any Liability or responsibility under or non-compliance
with any Environmental Law or seeking to impose any financial
responsibility for any investigation, cleanup, removal,
containment, or any other remediation or compliance under any
Environmental Law. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to any Order, settlement agreement, or other written
agreement by or with any Governmental Entity or third party
imposing any material Liability or obligation with respect to any
of the foregoing.
(e)
Neither Parent nor any of its
Subsidiaries has expressly assumed or retained any Liabilities
under any applicable Environmental Laws of any other Person,
including in any acquisition or divestiture of any property or
business.
Section
4.11 Parent
Material Contracts. All Parent
Material Contracts are legal, valid, and binding on Parent or its
applicable Subsidiary, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, and is in full force and effect; (ii) neither Parent nor
any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of Parent, any third
party has violated any provision of, or failed to perform any
obligation required under the provisions of, any Parent Material
Contract; and (iii) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries nor,
to the Knowledge of Parent, any third party is in breach, or has
received written notice of breach, of any Parent Material
Contract.
Section
4.12 Insurance.
All insurance policies of Parent and
its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and provide insurance
in such amounts and against such risks as Parent reasonably has
determined to be prudent, taking into account the industries in
which Parent and its Subsidiaries operate, and as is sufficient to
comply with applicable Law. Except as would not, individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or
default, and neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken
any action or failed to take any action which, with notice or the
lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default, or permit
termination or modification of, any of such insurance policies.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and to the Knowledge
of Parent: (i) no insurer of any such policy has been declared
insolvent or placed in receivership, conservatorship, or
liquidation; and (ii) no notice of cancellation or termination,
other than pursuant to the expiration of a term in accordance with
the terms thereof, has been received with respect to any such
policy.
Section
4.13 Brokers.
Neither Parent, Merger Sub, nor any of their respective Affiliates
has incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any
liability for investment banker, brokerage, or finders' fees or
agents' commissions or any similar charges in connection with this
Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby for which the
Company would be liable in connection the
Merger.
Section
4.14 Information
Supplied. None of the
information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or
Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to Parent's
stockholders or at the time of Parent Stockholders Meeting or at
the time of any amendment or supplement thereof, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material respects
with the requirements of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no representation or warranty is made by Parent or
Merger Sub with respect to statements made or incorporated by
reference therein based on information based on information that
were not supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger
Sub.
Section
4.15 Ownership
of Company Stock. Neither
Parent nor any of its Affiliates or Associates "owns" (as defined
in Section 203(c)(9) of the DGCL) any shares of Company
Stock.
Section
4.16 Intended
Tax Treatment. Neither Parent
nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken or agreed to take any action,
and to the Knowledge of Parent there exists no fact or
circumstance, that is reasonably likely to prevent or impede the
Merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
Section
5.01 Conduct of Business of the
Company. Except as contemplated
by this Agreement, any Transaction Document, in order to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as required by
applicable Law or any COVID-19 Reasonable Action or COVIID-19
Measure or with the prior written consent of Parent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, condition or delayed and which
will be deemed granted if Parent does not respond to a request for
consent within five (5) Business Days), the Company shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, during the period from the
date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, conduct its
business in the Ordinary Course of Business, and, to the extent
consistent therewith, the Company shall, and shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to preserve
substantially intact its and its Subsidiaries' business
organization, to keep available the services of its and its
Subsidiaries' current officers and employees, to preserve its and
its Subsidiaries' present relationships with customers, suppliers,
distributors, licensors, licensees, and other Persons having
business relationships with it. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective
Time, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement,
as set forth in Section
5.01 of the Company
Disclosure Letter, as required by applicable Law, the Company shall
not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the
prior written consent of Parent (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed):
(a) amend
or propose to amend its Charter Documents (other than in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement);
(b) (i)
split, combine, or reclassify any Company Securities or Company
Subsidiary Securities, (ii) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise
acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, any
Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities, or (iii)
declare, set aside, or pay any dividend or distribution (whether in
cash, stock, property, or otherwise) in respect of, or enter into
any Contract with respect to the voting of, any shares of its
capital stock (other than dividends from its direct or indirect
wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
(c) issue,
sell, pledge, dispose of, or encumber any Company Securities or
Company Subsidiary Securities, other than the issuance of shares of
Company Common Stock upon the exercise of any Company Equity Award
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms;
(d) except
as required by applicable Law or by any Company Employee Plan or
Contract in effect as of the date of this Agreement (i) increase
the compensation payable or that could become payable by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to directors, officers, or
employees, other than increases in compensation made to non-officer
employees in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (ii) adopt, enter
into, amend, terminate, or take any action to accelerate rights
under any Company Employee Plans or any plan, agreement, program,
policy, trust, fund, or other arrangement that would be a Company
Employee Plan if it were in existence as of the date of this
Agreement, or make any contribution to any Company Employee Plan,
other than contributions required by Law, the terms of such Company
Employee Plans as in effect on the date hereof, or that are made in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(e) acquire,
by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets, or
otherwise, any business or Person or division thereof or make any
loans, advances, or capital contributions to or investments in any
Person in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate;
(f) (i)
transfer, license, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of (whether by
way of merger, consolidation, sale of stock or assets, or
otherwise) or pledge, encumber, or otherwise subject to any Lien
(other than a Permitted Lien), any assets, including the capital
stock or other equity interests in any Subsidiary of the
Company; provided, that
the foregoing shall not prohibit the
Company and its Subsidiaries from transferring, selling, leasing,
or disposing of obsolete equipment or assets being replaced, or
granting of non-exclusive licenses under the Company IP, in each
case in the Ordinary Course of Business, or (ii) adopt or effect a
plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
restructuring, recapitalization, or other
reorganization;
(g) except
for the Bridge Financing and the Bridge Loan Note, repurchase,
prepay, or incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee
any such indebtedness of another Person, issue or sell any debt
securities or options, warrants, calls, or other rights to acquire
any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
guarantee any debt securities of another Person, enter into any
"keep well" or other Contract to maintain any financial statement
condition of any other Person (other than any wholly-owned
Subsidiary of it) or enter into any arrangement having the economic
effect of any of the foregoing, other than in connection with the
financing of ordinary course trade payables consistent with past
practice;
(h) enter
into or amend or modify in any material respect, or consent to the
termination of (other than at its stated expiry date), any Company
Material Contract or any Lease with respect to material Real Estate
or any other Contract or Lease that, if in effect as of the date
hereof would constitute a Company Material Contract or Lease with
respect to material Real Estate hereunder, except in each case in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) institute,
settle, or compromise any Legal Action involving the payment of
monetary damages by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
amount exceeding $25,000 in the aggregate, other than (i) any Legal
Action brought against Parent or Merger Sub arising out of a breach
or alleged breach of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, and
(ii) the settlement of claims, liabilities, or obligations reserved
against on the Company Balance Sheet; provided, that
neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall settle or agree to settle any Legal Action which
settlement involves a conduct remedy or injunctive or similar
relief or has a restrictive impact on the Company's business
without prior written consent of Parent (which consent will not
unreasonably be withheld or delayed);
(j) make
any material change in any method of financial accounting
principles or practices, in each case except for any such change
required by a change in GAAP or applicable Law;
(k) except
as required by Applicable Law, (i) settle or compromise any
material Tax claim, audit, or assessment for an amount materially
in excess of the amount reserved or accrued on the Company Balance
Sheet (or most recent consolidated balance sheet included in the
Company's Balance Sheet), (ii) make or change (outside of the
Ordinary Course of Business any material Tax election, change any
annual Tax accounting period, or adopt or change any method of Tax
accounting, (iii) amend any material Tax Returns or file claims for
material Tax refunds (other than in connection with obtaining any
refund of Taxes), or (iv) enter into any material closing
agreement, surrender in writing any right to claim a material Tax
refund, offset or other reduction in Tax liability or consent to
any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any
material Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or its
Subsidiaries;
(l) enter
into any material agreement, agreement in principle, letter of
intent, memorandum of understanding, or similar Contract with
respect to any joint venture, strategic partnership, or
alliance;
(m) take
any action to exempt any Person from, or make any acquisition of
securities of the Company by any Person not subject to, any state
takeover statute or similar statute or regulation that applies to
Company with respect to a Takeover Proposal or otherwise, including
the restrictions on "business combinations" set forth in Section
203 of the DGCL, except for Parent, Merger Sub, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement;
(n) abandon,
allow to lapse, sell, assign, transfer, grant any security interest
in otherwise encumber or dispose of any Company IP, or grant any
right or license to any Company IP other than pursuant to
non-exclusive licenses entered into in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(o) terminate
or modify in any material respect, or fail to exercise renewal
rights with respect to, any material insurance
policy;
(p) except
to the extent expressly permitted by
Section 5.04 or
ARTICLE
VII, take any action that
is intended or that would reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay, or materially
impede the consummation of the Merger, or the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; or
(q) agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Section
5.02 Conduct of the Business of
Parent. Except as contemplated
by this Agreement, any Transaction Document, in order to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, as required by
applicable Law or any COVID-19 Reasonable Action or COVIID-19
Measure or with the prior written consent of the Company (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, condition or delayed
and which will be deemed granted if the Company does not respond to
a request for consent within five (5) Business Days), Parent shall,
and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, during the period from
the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, conduct its
business in the Ordinary Course of Business. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, between the date of this Agreement and
the Effective Time, except as otherwise expressly contemplated by
this Agreement or as set forth in Section
5.02 of the Parent
Disclosure Letter or as required by applicable Law, Parent shall
not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the
prior written consent of the Company (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed):
(a) amend
its Charter Documents in a manner that would adversely affect the
Company or the holders of Company Common Stock relative to the
other holders of Parent Common Stock;
(b) (i)
split, combine, or reclassify any Parent Securities in a manner
that would adversely affect the Company or the holders of Company
Common Stock relative to the other holders of Parent Common Stock,
(ii) repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, or offer to
repurchase, redeem, or otherwise acquire, any Parent Securities, or
(iii) declare, set aside, or pay any dividend or distribution
(whether in cash, stock, property, or otherwise) in respect of, or
enter into any Contract with respect to the voting of, any shares
of its capital stock (other than dividends from its direct or
indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries);
(c) acquire,
by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets, or
otherwise, any business or Person or division thereof or make any
loans, advances, or capital contributions to or investments in any
Person, in each case that would reasonably be expected to prevent,
impede, or materially delay the consummation of the Merger or other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(d) adopt
or effect a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution,
restructuring, recapitalization, or other
reorganization;
(e) except
to the extent expressly permitted by
Section 5.04 or
ARTICLE
VII, take any action that is intended or that would
reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate,
prevent, impede, or materially delay the consummation of the
Merger, or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
or
(f) agree
or commit to do any of the foregoing.
Section
5.03 Access
to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) From
the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the
Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance
with the terms set forth in ARTICLE
VII, the Company shall, and
shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to Parent and Parent's
Representatives reasonable access, at reasonable times and in a
manner as shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or
operations of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, to the
officers, employees, accountants, agents, properties, offices, and
other facilities and to all books, records, contracts, and other
assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company shall,
and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to Parent
such other information concerning the business and properties of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent may reasonably request
from time to time. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall be required to provide access to or disclose information
where such access or disclosure would jeopardize the protection of
attorney-client privilege or contravene any Law (it being agreed
that the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause
such information to be provided in a manner that would not result
in such jeopardy or contravention). No investigation shall affect
the Company's representations, warranties, covenants, or agreements
contained herein, or limit or otherwise affect the remedies
available to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this
Agreement.
(b) Parent
and the Company shall comply with, and shall cause their respective
Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations
under the Confidentiality Agreement, dated September 9, 2020,
between Parent and the Company (the "Confidentiality
Agreement"), which shall
survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the
terms set forth therein. This Agreement and the terms contained
herein are "confidential information" subject to the terms of the
Confidentiality Agreement.
Section
5.04 No
Solicitation.
(a) Neither
the Company, on the one hand, nor Parent, on the other hand, shall,
and each shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to, and
shall not authorize or permit its or its respective Subsidiaries'
directors, officers, employees, advisors, and investment bankers
(with respect to any Person, the foregoing Persons are referred to
herein as such Person's "Representatives")
to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, or knowingly take
any action to facilitate or encourage the submission of any
Takeover Proposal or the making of any proposal that could
reasonably be expected to lead to any Takeover Proposal, or: (i)
conduct or engage in any discussions or negotiations with, disclose
any non-public information relating to the Company or Parent or any
of their respective Subsidiaries to, afford access to the business,
properties, assets, books, or records of the Company or Parent or
any of their respective Subsidiaries to, or knowingly assist,
participate in, facilitate, or encourage any effort by, any third
party that is seeking to make, or has made, any Takeover Proposal;
(ii) (A) except where the Company Board or the Parent Board, as
applicable, makes a good faith determination, after consultation
with outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so would be
inconsistent with its fiduciary duties, amend or grant any waiver
or release under any standstill or similar agreement with respect
to any class of equity securities of the Company or Parent, as
applicable, or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (B) approve
any transaction under, or any third party becoming an "interested
stockholder" under, Section 203 of the DGCL; or (iii) enter into
any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet,
acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement, joint
venture agreement, partnership agreement, or other Contract
relating to any Takeover Proposal (each, an "Acquisition
Agreement"). Neither the
Company Board shall effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change,
nor shall the Parent Board effect a Parent Adverse Recommendation
Change. The Company on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand,
shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to cease
immediately and cause to be terminated, and shall not authorize or
knowingly permit any of its or their Representatives to continue,
any and all existing activities, discussions, or negotiations, if
any, with any third party conducted prior to the date hereof with
respect to any Takeover Proposal and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause any such third party (or its agents or advisors)
in possession of non-public information in respect of the Company
or Parent, as applicable, and any of their respective Subsidiaries
that was furnished by or on behalf such party or its respective
Subsidiaries to return or destroy (and confirm destruction of) all
such information.
(b) In
addition, the Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other
hand, shall not and shall cause their respective subsidiaries not
to: (i) participate in negotiations or discussions with any third
party that has made a Takeover Proposal or (ii) furnish to any
third party non-public information relating to such party or any of
its respective Subsidiaries. Nothing contained herein shall prevent
the Parent Board from disclosing to its stockholders a position
contemplated by Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the
Exchange Act with regard to a Takeover Proposal, if the Parent
Board determines, after consultation with outside legal counsel,
that failure to disclose such position would constitute a violation
of applicable Law.
(c) The
Company, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, shall
notify the other party promptly (but in no event later than 24
hours) after it obtains Knowledge of the receipt by the such party
(or any of its Representatives) of any Takeover Proposal, any
inquiry that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover
Proposal, any request for non-public information relating to such
party or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business,
properties, assets, books, or records of such party or any of its
Subsidiaries by any third party. In such notice, such party shall
identify the third party making, and details of the material terms
and conditions of, any such Takeover Proposal, indication or
request. Such party shall keep the other party fully informed, on a
current basis, of the status and material terms of any such
Takeover Proposal, indication or request, including any material
amendments or proposed amendments as to price and other material
terms thereof.
(d) Except
as expressly permitted by this Section
5.04, neither the Company
Board shall effect a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, nor
shall the Parent Board effect a Parent Adverse Recommendation
Change; or, in either case, enter into (or permit any of its
respective Subsidiaries to enter into) an Acquisition
Agreement.
Section
5.05 Parent
Board Composition. As soon as
reasonably practicable after the Closing, Parent Board shall cause
Parent to increase the number of directors serving on the Parent
Board from six (6), to eight (8). After such increase in the number
of directors serving on the Parent Board is effected, the current
directors serving on the Parent Board will cause the two (2) vacant
seats on the Parent Board to be filled by appointment as follows,
(i) one (1) member whom shall be Mike Wann; and (ii) the remaining
one (1) member to be mutually agreed upon by Mike Wann and the
other members of Parent's Board of Directors, for which such
director must meet the requirements of an "independent director"
pursuant to the rules and regulations of
Nasdaq;
Section
5.06 Proxy
Statement.
(a) Preparation.
In connection with the Parent Stockholders Meeting, as soon as
reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, Parent
shall prepare and file with the SEC the Proxy Statement. Parent
shall notify the Company within a commercially reasonable time
after the issuance of any stop order or suspension of the
qualification of the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in
connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction. Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to: (A)
cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to Parent's stockholders as
soon as commercially reasonable following Parent's preparation of
the Proxy Statement, and (B) ensure that the Proxy Statement
complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of
the Securities Act and Exchange Act. Parent shall also take any
other action (other than qualifying to do business in any
jurisdiction in which it is not now so qualified) required to be
taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable
foreign or state securities or "blue sky" Laws, and the rules and
regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of Parent
Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish to Parent all
information concerning the Company as may be reasonably requested
in connection with any such actions.
(b) Disclosure.
Parent and the Company shall furnish to the other party all
information concerning such Person and its Affiliates required by
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act to be set forth in the Proxy
Statement. Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly correct
any information provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement if
and to the extent that such information shall have become false or
misleading in any material respect. Each of Parent and the Company
shall take all steps necessary to amend or supplement the Proxy
Statement, as applicable, and to cause the Proxy Statement, as so
amended or supplemented, to be filed with the SEC and disseminated
to the holders of Company Stock and/or Parent Common Stock, in each
case as and to the extent required by applicable
Law.
Section
5.07 Company
Stockholder Meeting; Notification of Appraisal
Rights
(a) Company
Stockholder Meeting. The Company shall take all action necessary to
duly call, give notice of, convene, and hold the Company
Stockholders Meeting as soon as reasonably practicable after the
date of this Agreement. Subject to Section
5.04 hereof, the Company
shall use reasonable best efforts to (a) solicit from the holders
of Company Stock proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement
and approval of the Merger; and (b) take all other actions
necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders
of Company Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such
approval. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
cooperate with Parent to hold the Company Stockholders Meeting on
the same day and at the same time as the Parent Stockholders
Meeting as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this
Agreement, and to set the same record date for each such meeting.
If the Company Board makes a Company Adverse Recommendation Change,
it will not alter the obligation of the Company to submit the
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger to the
holders of Company Stock at the Company Stockholders Meeting to
consider and vote upon, unless this Agreement shall have been
terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the Company
Stockholders Meeting.
(b) Notification
of Appraisal Rights. Notice of
the Company Stockholder Meeting shall notify the holders of Company
Stock of their dissent and appraisal rights pursuant to Section 262
of the DGCL. The Stockholder Notice shall include therewith a copy
of Section 262 of Delaware Law and all such other information as
Parent shall reasonably request, and shall be sufficient in form
and substance to start the twenty (20) day period during which a
Stockholder must demand appraisal of such Stockholder's Common
Stock as contemplated by Section 262(d)(2) of the DGCL. All
materials submitted to holders of Company Stock in accordance with
this Section
5.07(b) shall be subject to
Parent's advance review and reasonable
approval.
Section
5.08 Parent
Stockholders Meeting; Approval by Sole Stockholder of Merger
Sub.
(a) Parent
shall take all action necessary to duly call, give notice of,
convene, and hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting as soon as
reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and, in
connection therewith, Parent shall mail the Proxy Statement to the
holders of Parent Common Stock in advance of the Parent
Stockholders Meeting. The Proxy Statement shall include the Parent
Board Recommendation. Subject to Section
5.04 hereof, Parent shall
use reasonable best efforts to: (i) solicit from the holders of
Parent Common Stock proxies in favor of the approval of the Parent
Stock Issuance; and (ii) take all other actions necessary or
advisable to secure the vote or consent of the holders of Parent
Common Stock required by applicable Law to obtain such approval.
Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cooperate with
Company to hold the Parent Stockholders Meeting on the same day and
at the same time as the Company Stockholders Meeting as soon as
reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and to set
the same record date for each such meeting.
(b) Immediately
following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent, as
sole stockholder of Merger Sub, shall adopt this Agreement and
approve the Merger, in accordance with the
DGCL.
Section
5.09 Notices of Certain Events; Stockholder Litigation;
No Effect on Disclosure Letter.
(a) The
Company shall notify Parent and the Merger Sub, and Parent and the
Merger Sub shall notify the Company, promptly of: (i) any notice or
other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of
such Person is or may be required in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) any notice or
other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (iii) any
event, change, or effect between the date of this Agreement and the
Effective Time which causes or is reasonably likely to cause the
failure of the conditions set forth in Section
6.02(a),
Section
6.02(b),
or Section
6.02(c)
of this Agreement (in the case of the
Company and its Subsidiaries) or Section
6.03(a),
Section
6.03(b),
or Section
6.03(c)
of this Agreement (in the case of
Parent and Merger Subs), to be satisfied.
(b) The
Company shall promptly advise Parent in writing after becoming
aware of any Legal Action commenced, or to the Company's Knowledge
threatened, after the date hereof against the Company or any of its
directors by any stockholder of the Company (on their own behalf or
on behalf of the Company) relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Mergers) and shall
keep Parent reasonably informed regarding any such Legal
Proceeding. The Company shall give Parent the opportunity to
consult with the Company regarding the defense or settlement of any
such stockholder litigation and shall consider Parent's views with
respect to such stockholder litigation and shall not settle any
such stockholder litigation without the prior written consent of
Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed,
or conditioned).
(c) Parent
shall promptly advise the Company in writing after becoming aware
of any Legal Action commenced, or to Parent’s Knowledge
threatened, after the date hereof against Parent or any of its
directors by any stockholder of Parent (on their own behalf or on
behalf of Parent) relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby (including the Mergers) and shall keep the
Company reasonably informed regarding any such Legal
Proceeding.
(d) In
no event shall: (i) the delivery of any notice by a party pursuant
to this Section
5.09 limit or otherwise
affect the respective rights, obligations, representations,
warranties, covenants, or agreements of the parties or the
conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement;
(ii) disclosure by the Company be deemed to amend or supplement the
Company Disclosure Letter or constitute an exception to the
Company's representations or warranties; or (iii) disclosure by
Parent be deemed to amend or supplement the Parent Disclosure
Letter or constitute an exception to Parent's or Merger Subs'
representations or warranties. This Section
5.09 shall not constitute a
covenant or agreement for purposes of Section
6.02(b)
or Section
6.03(b).
Section
5.10 Employees; Benefit
Plans.
(a) Parent
shall prepare and deliver to the Company no later than ten (10)
Business Days prior to the Closing, the Offer Letters for each
employee anticipated to be employed by the Company as of
immediately prior the Closing Date (the “Company Continuing
Employees”). The Company
shall use reasonable best efforts to distribute the Offer Letters
to each Company Continuing Employee and to collect duly executed
copies of the Offer Letters from each Company Continuing Employee
as soon as reasonably practicable after delivery
thereof.
(b) If
the conditions set forth in Section
2.07(a)(ii) are satisfied as of
the date immediately prior to the Closing Date, then promptly
following the Closing, Parent shall grant equity awards under the
Parent Stock Plan (the “Purchaser
Awards”) to each
Company Continuing Employee who is an Unvested Equityholder. The
determination of the value of any such Purchaser Awards shall be
negotiated in good faith by the principals of the Company and
Parent and finalized at least five (5) days prior to the Closing
Date. For purposes of this Agreement, a determination of "value" of
a Purchaser Award shall include all aspects of the Purchaser Award,
including but not limited to, the exercise price per share of
Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Purchaser Awards, the vesting
period of the Purchaser Awards, and the inherent value of the
liquidity of the Parent Common Stock.
(c) With
respect to any "employee benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, excluding
any retiree healthcare plans or programs maintained by Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries, any defined benefit retirement plans or
programs maintained by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, and any
equity compensation arrangements maintained by Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (collectively, "Parent Benefit
Plans") in which any Company
Continuing Employees will participate effective as of the Effective
Time, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to,
credit all service of the Company Continuing Employees with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be as if such
service were with Parent, for purposes of eligibility to
participate (but not for purposes of vesting or benefit accrual,
except for vacation, if applicable) for full or partial years of
service in any Parent Benefit Plan in which such Company Continuing
Employees may be eligible to participate after the Effective
Time; provided, that
such service shall not be credited to
the extent that: (i) such crediting would result in a duplication
of benefits; (ii) such service was not credited under the
corresponding Company Employee Plan; or (iii) for the purpose of
equity compensation arrangements, as otherwise negotiated in good
faith by the principals of the Company and Parent as set forth
in Section
5.10(b).
(d) Effective
no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, the
Company shall terminate all Company Employee Plans maintained by
the Company or its Subsidiaries; provided, that
such Company Employee Plans can be
terminated in accordance with their terms and applicable Law
without any adverse consequences with respect to any Company ERISA
Affiliate. No later than the day immediately preceding the Closing
Date, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such
Company Employee Plans have been terminated.
(e) This
Section
5.10 shall be binding upon
and inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this
Agreement, and nothing in this Section
5.10, express or implied,
shall confer upon any Company Employee, any beneficiary, or any
other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under
or by reason of this Section
5.10. Nothing contained
herein, express or implied: (i) shall be construed to establish,
amend, or modify any benefit plan, program, agreement, or
arrangement; (ii) shall alter or limit the ability of the Surviving
Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates to amend,
modify, or terminate any benefit plan, program, agreement, or
arrangement at any time assumed, established, sponsored, or
maintained by any of them; or (iii) shall prevent the Surviving
Corporation, Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates from
terminating the employment of any Company Continuing Employee
following the Effective Time. The parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that the terms set forth in this Section
5.10 shall not create any
right in any Company Employee or any other Person to any continued
employment with the Surviving Corporation, Parent, or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or compensation or benefits of any nature
or kind whatsoever, or otherwise alters any existing at-will
employment relationship between any Company Employee and the
Surviving Corporation.
(f) With
respect to matters described in this Section
5.10, the Company will not
send any written notices or other written communication materials
to Company Employees without the prior written consent of
Parent.
(g) To
the extent necessary to effect the treatment of Company Stock
Options under the Company Stock Plan pursuant to
Section 2.07, the Company will use its reasonable best-efforts
to deliver to Parent the consents of all holders of Unvested
Options required for the substitution and conversion of such
Company Stock Options into Parent Stock Options, such consents to
be in form and substance as reasonably acceptable to both
parties.
Section
5.11 Directors' and Officers'
Indemnification and Insurance.
(a) Parent
and Merger Sub agree that all rights to indemnification,
advancement of expenses, and exculpation by the Company now
existing in favor of each Person who is now, or has been at any
time prior to the date hereof or who becomes prior to the Effective
Time an officer or director of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries (each an "Indemnified
Party") as provided in the
Charter Documents of the Company, in each case as in effect on the
date of this Agreement, or pursuant to any other Contracts in
effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 5.11 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, shall be assumed by the Surviving
Corporation in the Merger, without further action, at the Effective
Time and shall survive the Merger and shall remain in full force
and effect in accordance with their terms, and, in the event that
any proceeding is pending or asserted or any claim made during such
period, until the final disposition of such proceeding or
claim.
(b) For
six years after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted
under applicable Law, Parent and the Surviving Corporation (the
"Indemnifying
Parties") shall indemnify,
defend, and hold harmless each Indemnified Party against all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, expenses, judgments,
and fines arising in whole or in part out of actions or omissions
in their capacity as such occurring at or prior to the Effective
Time (including in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement), and shall reimburse each Indemnified Party for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified
Party in connection with investigating or defending any such
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, expenses, judgments,
and fines as such expenses are incurred, subject to the Surviving
Corporation's receipt of an undertaking by such Indemnified Party
to repay such legal and other fees and expenses paid in advance if
it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is
not entitled to be indemnified under applicable Law;
provided,
however, that the Surviving
Corporation will not be liable for any settlement effected without
the Surviving Corporation's prior written consent (which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed).
(c) The
Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporation to: (i) maintain in effect for a period of six years
after the Effective Time, if available, the current policies of
directors' and officers' liability insurance maintained by the
Company immediately prior to the Effective Time
(provided,
that the Surviving Corporation
may substitute therefor policies, of at least the same coverage and
amounts and containing terms and conditions that are not less
advantageous to the directors and officers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries when compared to the insurance maintained by the
Company as of the date hereof); or (ii) obtain as of the Effective
Time "tail" insurance policies with a claims period of six years
from the Effective Time with at least the same coverage and amounts
and containing terms and conditions that are not less advantageous
to the directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries,
in each case with respect to claims arising out of or relating to
events which occurred before or at the Effective Time (including in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement); provided, however,
that in no event will the Surviving
Corporation be required to expend an annual premium for such
coverage in excess of 150% percent of the last annual premium paid
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for such insurance prior
to the date of this Agreement, which amount is set forth in Section
5.11(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the "Maximum
Premium"). If such insurance
coverage cannot be obtained at an annual premium equal to or less
than the Maximum Premium, the Surviving Corporation will obtain,
and Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to obtain, that
amount of directors' and officers' insurance (or "tail" coverage)
obtainable for an annual premium equal to the Maximum
Premium.
(d) The
obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under
this Section
5.11 shall survive the
consummation of the Merger and shall not be terminated or modified
in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party to
whom this Section
5.11 applies without the
consent of such affected Indemnified Party (it being expressly
agreed that the Indemnified Parties to whom this Section
5.11 applies shall be third
party beneficiaries of this Section
5.11, each of whom may
enforce the provisions of this Section
5.11).
(e) In
the event Parent, the Surviving Corporation, or any of their
respective successors or assigns: (i) consolidates with or merges
into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving
corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger; or (ii)
transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to
any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provision shall
be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the
Surviving Corporation, as the case may be, shall assume all of the
obligations set forth in this
Section 5.11. The
agreements and covenants contained herein shall not be deemed to be
exclusive of any other rights to which any Indemnified Party is
entitled, whether pursuant to Law, Contract, or otherwise. Nothing
in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall
release, waive, or impair any rights to directors' and officers'
insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence
with respect to the Company or its officers, directors, and
employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification
provided for in this Section
5.11 is not prior to, or in
substitution for, any such claims under any such
policies.
Section
5.12 Reasonable Best
Efforts.
(a) Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(including those contained in this Section
5.12), each of the parties
hereto shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, use its
reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions,
and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with
the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper, or
advisable to consummate and make effective, and to satisfy all
conditions to, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including: (i) the
obtaining of all necessary Permits, waivers, and actions or
nonactions from Governmental Entities and the making of all
necessary registrations and filings (including filings with
Governmental Entities) and the taking of all steps as may be
necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an
action or proceeding by, any Governmental Entities; (ii) the
obtaining of all necessary consents or waivers from third parties;
and (iii) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments
necessary to consummate the Merger and to fully carry out the
purposes of this Agreement. Parent will take all action necessary
to cause Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement
and to consummate the Merger on the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement. The Company and Parent shall, subject to
applicable Law, promptly: (A) cooperate and coordinate with the
other in the taking of the actions contemplated by clauses (i),
(ii), and (iii) immediately above; and (B) supply the other with
any information that may be reasonably required in order to
effectuate the taking of such actions. Each party hereto shall
promptly inform the other party or parties hereto, as the case may
be, of any communication from any Governmental Entity regarding any
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If the Company
or Parent receives a request for additional information or
documentary material from any Governmental Entity with respect to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, then it shall use
reasonable best efforts to make, or cause to be made, as soon as
reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other party,
an appropriate response in compliance with such request, and, if
permitted by applicable Law and by any applicable Governmental
Entity, provide the other party's counsel with advance notice and
the opportunity to attend and participate in any meeting with any
Governmental Entity in respect of any filing made thereto in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Neither Parent nor the Company shall commit to or agree (or permit
any of their respective Subsidiaries to commit to or agree) with
any Governmental Entity to stay, toll, or extend any applicable
waiting period under any applicable Antitrust Laws, without the
prior written consent of the other (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed).
(b) Without
limiting the generality of the undertakings pursuant to
Section Section
5.12(a) hereof, the parties hereto shall: (i) provide or
cause to be provided as promptly as reasonably practicable to
Governmental Entities with jurisdiction over any Antitrust Laws
(each such Governmental Entity, a "Governmental Antitrust
Authority") information and
documents requested by any Governmental Antitrust Authority as
necessary, proper, or advisable to permit consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including preparing
and filing any notification, report form, and related material and
any additional consents and filings under any other Antitrust Laws
as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement,
and thereafter to respond as promptly as practicable to any request
for additional information or documentary material that may be made
any applicable Antitrust Laws; and (ii) subject to the terms set
forth in Section
5.12(c) hereof, use their
reasonable best efforts to take such actions as are necessary or
advisable to obtain prompt approval of the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement by any Governmental
Entity or expiration of applicable waiting
periods.
(c) In
the event that any administrative or judicial action or proceeding
is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by a Governmental
Entity or private party challenging the Merger or any other
transaction contemplated by this Agreement, or any other agreement
contemplated hereby, the Company shall cooperate in all respects
with Parent and Merger Sub and shall use its reasonable best
efforts to contest and resist any such action or proceeding and to
have vacated, lifted, reversed, or overturned any Order, whether
temporary, preliminary, or permanent, that is in effect and that
prohibits, prevents, or restricts consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, none of Parent, Merger Sub, or any of
their Affiliates shall be required to defend, contest, or resist
any action or proceeding, whether judicial or administrative, or to
take any action to have vacated, lifted, reversed, or overturned
any Order, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of
Parent, Merger Sub, or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
be required to, and the Company may not, without the prior written
consent of Parent, become subject to, consent to, or offer or agree
to, or otherwise take any action with respect to, any requirement,
condition, limitation, understanding, agreement, or order to: (i)
sell, license, assign, transfer, divest, hold separate, or
otherwise dispose of any assets, business, or portion of business
of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, Parent, Merger Sub, or
any of their respective Subsidiaries; (ii) conduct, restrict,
operate, invest, or otherwise change the assets, business, or
portion of business of the Company, the Surviving Corporation,
Parent, Merger Sub, or any of their respective Subsidiaries in any
manner; or (iii) impose any restriction, requirement, or limitation
on the operation of the business or portion of the business of the
Company, the Surviving Corporation, Parent, Merger Sub, or any of
their respective Subsidiaries; provided, that
if requested by Parent, the Company
will become subject to, consent to, or offer or agree to, or
otherwise take any action with respect to, any such requirement,
condition, limitation, understanding, agreement, or order so long
as such requirement, condition, limitation, understanding,
agreement, or order is only binding on the Company in the event the
Closing occurs.
Section
5.13 Public
Announcements. The initial
press release with respect to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be a release mutually agreed to by the
Company and Parent. Thereafter, each of the Company, Parent, and
Merger Sub agrees that no public release or announcement concerning
the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by any party
without the prior written consent of the Company and Parent (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or
delayed), except as may be required by applicable Law or the rules
or regulations of any applicable United States securities exchange
or other Governmental Entity to which the relevant party is subject
or submits, in which case the party required to make the release or
announcement shall use its reasonable best efforts to allow the
other party reasonable time to comment on such release or
announcement in advance of such issuance.
Section
5.14 Anti-Takeover
Statutes. If any "control share
acquisition," "fair price," "moratorium," or other anti-takeover
Law becomes or is deemed to be applicable to Parent, the Merger
Sub, the Company, the Merger, or any other transaction contemplated
by this Agreement, then each of the Company and the Company Board
on the one hand, and Parent and the Parent Board on the other hand,
shall grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary
so that the transactions contemplated hereby may be consummated as
promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated hereby and
otherwise act to render such anti-takeover Law inapplicable to the
foregoing.
Section
5.15 Section
16 Matters. Prior to the
Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub, shall each take all such
steps as may be required to cause to be exempt under Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act any acquisitions of Parent Common Stock (including
derivative securities with respect to such shares) that are treated
as acquisitions under such rule and result from the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement by each individual who may become or
is reasonably expected to become subject to the reporting
requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to
Parent immediately after the Effective Time.
Section
5.16 Stock
Exchange Matters.
Parent shall use its reasonable best
efforts to cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in
connection with the Merger (including shares of Parent Common Stock
to be reserved for issuance upon exercise of Parent Stock Options
and Parent Restricted Shares; in each case, to be issued pursuant
to
Section 2.07) to be listed
on Nasdaq (or such other stock exchange as may be mutually agreed
upon by the Company and Parent), subject to official notice of
issuance, prior to the Effective Time.
Section
5.17 Certain
Tax Matters. Each of the
Company and Parent shall, and shall cause each of its respective
Subsidiaries to, use reasonable best efforts to obtain the tax
opinions referenced in Section
6.02(e)
and Section
6.03(e).
None of the Company or Parent shall (and the Company and Parent
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries not to) take or fail to
take any action which action (or failure to act) would reasonably
be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a
"reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code.
Section
5.18 Further
Assurances. At and after the
Effective Time, the officers and directors of the Surviving
Corporation shall be authorized to execute and deliver, in the name
and on behalf of the Company or Merger Sub, any deeds, bills of
sale, assignments, or assurances and to take and do, in the name
and on behalf of the Company or Merger Sub, any other actions and
things to vest, perfect, or confirm of record or otherwise in the
Surviving Corporation any and all right, title, and interest in, to
and under any of the rights, properties, or assets of the Company
acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Corporation as a result
of, or in connection with, the Merger.
CONDITIONS;
CLOSING DELIVERABLES
Section
6.01 Conditions
to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of each party to this
Agreement to effect the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or
waiver (where permissible pursuant to applicable Law) on or prior
to the Closing Date of each of the following
conditions:
(a) Company
Stockholder Approval. This
Agreement will have been duly adopted by the Requisite Company
Vote.
(b) Parent
Stockholder Approval. The
Parent Stock Issuance will have been approved by the Requisite
Parent Vote.
(c) Regulatory
Approvals. All required filings
have been made and all required approvals obtained (or waiting
periods expired or terminated) under applicable
Laws.
(d) No
Injunctions, Restraints, or Illegality. No Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over
any party hereto shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced,
or entered any Laws or Orders, whether temporary, preliminary, or
permanent, that make illegal, enjoin, or otherwise prohibit
consummation of the Merger, the Parent Stock Issuance, or the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Governmental
Consents. All consents,
approvals and other authorizations of any Governmental Entity set
forth in Section
3.03 of the Company
Disclosure Letter and Section
4.03(c) of the Parent
Disclosure Letter and required to consummate the Merger, the
Transaction Documents, the Parent Stock Issuance, and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (other than the filing
of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware) shall have been obtained, free of any condition
that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f) Agreement
Regarding Equity Plans. The
principals of Parent and the Company shall have agreed as to the
method and mechanics relating to the treatment of Company Stock
Options and the Company Stock Plan as of the Effective Time
pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof.
Section
6.02 Conditions
to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to
effect the Merger are also subject to the satisfaction or waiver
(where permissible pursuant to applicable Law) by Parent and Merger
Sub on or prior to the Closing Date of the following
conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
(i) The
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in
ARTICLE III
of this Agreement (other than the
Company Fundamental Representations) shall be true and correct in
all respects (without giving effect to any limitation indicated by
the words "Material Adverse Effect," "in all material respects,"
"in any material respect," "material," or "materially") as of the
date hereof and as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, as
if made at and as of such time (except those representations and
warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which
shall be true and correct in all respects as of that date), except
where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so
true and correct as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) the
Company Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in
all respects as of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to
the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those
representations and warranties that address matters only as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as
of that date), in each case, except for de minimis failures to be true and
correct.
(b) Performance
of Covenants. The Company shall
have performed in all material respects all obligations, and
complied in all material respects with the agreements and
covenants, in this Agreement required to be performed by or
complied with by it at or prior to the Closing.
(c) Company
Material Adverse Effect. Since
the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any
Material Adverse Effect in respect of the Company, or any event,
change, or effect that would, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in respect
of the Company.
(d) Officers
Certificate. Parent will have
received a certificate, signed by the chief executive officer or
chief financial officer of the Company, certifying as to the
matters set forth in Section
6.02(a),
Section
6.02(b),
and Section
6.02(c)
hereof.
(e) Tax
Opinion. Parent shall have
received a written legal opinion, dated as of the Closing Date to
the effect that, on the basis of certain facts, representations,
and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the
Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering the opinion described in
this Section
6.02(e),
such counsel shall be entitled to receive and rely upon customary
representation letters from Parent and the
Company.3
(f) Audit.
Company shall have retained Baker Tilly US, LLP
("Auditor") to conduct a full audit of Company's financial
statements for fiscal year 2020, and such audit shall have been
completed to Parent's satisfaction, in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(g) Registration
Rights Agreement. Parent and
each holder of Company Stock shall have executed such party’s
Signature Page to the Registration Rights Agreement, and delivered
executed copies of the same to the other parties hereto. The
Registration Rights Agreement shall be effective upon
Closing.
(h) Bridge
Loan and Bridge Loan Note. The
Company and one of its stockholders, Evolution Media MC Holdings,
LLC, shall have entered into that certain Convertible Promissory
Note, an executed copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit
B (the
“Bridge Loan
Note”), which provides
for a bridge loan to the Company for general corporate and working
capital purposes, and on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Bridge Loan Note (the “Bridge Loan”). The amount of the Bridge Loan shall be
referred to as the “Bridge Loan
Amount.”
(i) Voting
Agreement. The officers,
directors, and holders of 10% of the issued and outstanding Company
Stock (the "Significant
Stockholders") shall have
executed each respective party's signature page to the Voting
Agreement, and delivered executed copies of the same to Parent and
Merger Sub. The Voting Agreement shall be effective upon
Closing.
(j) D&O
Resignations. Parent and Merger
Sub shall have received letters of resignation addressed to
Company, effective as of a date no later than the Closing Date and
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
(the “Resignations”), from each of the officers and directors
of Company.
(k) Lock
Up Agreements. The officers,
directors, and Significant Stockholders of Company shall have
executed such party's signature page to the applicable Lock Up
Agreement, and delivered executed copies of the same to Parent and
Merger Sub.
(l) Consent
to Assignment Channel Agreement. The Company shall have received written notice
from Microsoft Corporation consenting to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and waiving its right to terminate,
that certain Minecraft Online Channel Agreement, dated April 24,
2017 (the "Channel
Agreement"). Such notice to
further provide confirmation that the Channel Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect after the Effective Time, and shall
have delivered such notice to Parent prior to the Closing
Date.
(m) Acceptance
of Offer Letter by Company Employees. The Company employees shall have executed the
applicable Offer Letters, and the Company shall have delivered the
same to Parent.
Section
6.03 Conditions
to Obligation of the Company.
The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is also subject
to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company on or prior to the
Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties.
(i) The
representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub (other than
the Parent Fundamental Representations) set forth in
ARTICLE
IV of this Agreement shall
be true and correct in all respects (without giving effect to any
limitation indicated by the words " Material Adverse Effect," "in
all material respects," "in any material respect," "material," or
"materially") as of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to
the Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those
representations and warranties that address matters only as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as
of that date), except where the failure of such representations and
warranties to be so true and correct would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect; and
(ii) the
Parent Fundamental Representations shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the date hereof and as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time, as if made at and as of such time (except those
representations and warranties that address matters only as of a
particular date, which shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of that date), in each case, except for
de minimis
failures to be true and
correct.
(b) Performance
of Covenants. Parent and Merger
Sub shall have performed in all material respects all obligations,
and complied in all material respects with the agreements and
covenants, of this Agreement required to be performed by or
complied with by them at or prior to the
Closing.
(c) Parent
Material Adverse Effect. Since
the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred any
Material Adverse Effect in respect of Parent, or any event, change,
or effect that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect in respect of
Parent.
(d) Officers
Certificate. The Company will
have received a certificate, signed by an officer of Parent,
certifying as to the matters set forth in Section
6.03(a),
Section
6.03(b),
and Section
6.03(c).
(e) Employee
Offer Letters. Parent shall
have executed the Offer Letters and delivered such executed copies
of the same to the Company.
(f) Tax
Opinion. The Company shall have
received a written legal opinion , dated as of the Closing Date to
the effect that, on the basis of certain facts, representations,
and assumptions set forth or referred to in such opinion, the
Merger will qualify as a "reorganization" within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering the opinion described in
this Section
6.03(e),
such counsel shall be entitled to receive and rely upon customary
representation letters from Parent and the
Company.4
(g) Registration
Rights Agreement. Parent shall
have executed such party’s Signature Page to the Registration
Rights Agreement, and delivered executed copies of the same to the
other parties thereto.
(h) Lock
Up Agreements. The officers and
directors of Parent and Merger Sub shall have executed such party's
signature page to the applicable Lock Up Agreement, and delivered
executed copies of the same to Parent and Merger
Sub.
TERMINATION,
AMENDMENT, AND WAIVER
Section
7.01 Termination By Mutual
Consent. This Agreement may be
terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time (whether before
or after the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote or the Requisite
Parent Vote) by the mutual written consent of Parent and the
Company.
Section
7.02 Termination
By Either Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by either
Parent or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time
(whether before or after the receipt of the Requisite Company Vote
or the Requisite Parent Vote):
(a) if
the Merger has not been consummated on or before 11:59 P.M.,
Pacific Time, on April 30, 2021 (the "End Date"); provided, however,
that the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section
7.02(a)
shall not be available to any party
whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or
agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or
resulted in, the failure of the Merger to be consummated on or
before the End Date;
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the same opinion delivered to satisfy Parent’s closing
condition.
(b) if
any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced, or entered any Law or Order
making illegal, permanently enjoining, or otherwise permanently
prohibiting the consummation of the Merger, the Parent Stock
Issuance, or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
and such Law or Order shall have become final and
nonappealable; provided, however,
that the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section
7.02(b)
shall not be available to any party
whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or
agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or
resulted in, the issuance, promulgation, enforcement, or entry of
any such Law or Order;
(c) if
this Agreement has been submitted to the stockholders of the
Company for adoption at a duly convened Company Stockholders
Meeting and the Requisite Company Vote shall not have been obtained
at such meeting (unless such Company Stockholders Meeting has been
adjourned or postponed, in which case at the final adjournment or
postponement thereof); or
(d) if
the Parent Stock Issuance has been submitted to the stockholders of
Parent for approval at a duly convened Parent Stockholders Meeting
and the Requisite Parent Vote shall not have been obtained at such
meeting (unless such Parent Stockholders Meeting has been adjourned
or postponed, in which case at the final adjournment or
postponement thereof).
Section
7.03 Termination
by Parent. This Agreement may
be terminated by Parent at any time prior to the Effective
Time:
(a) if:
(i) a Company Adverse Recommendation Change shall have occurred; or
(ii) the Company shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its covenants and agreements set forth
in Section
5.04 or Section
5.07;
or
(b) if
there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant, or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this
Agreement such that the conditions to the Closing of the Merger set
forth in Section 6.02(a) or
Section 6.02(b), as
applicable, would not be satisfied and, in either such case, such
breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date;
provided,
that Parent shall have given
the Company at least thirty (30) days written notice prior to such
termination stating Parent's intention to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section
7.03(b);
provided
further, that Parent shall not
have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section
7.03(b)
if Parent or Merger Sub is then in
material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or
obligation hereunder, which breach has not been
cured.
Section
7.04 Termination
by the Company. This Agreement
may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to the Effective
Time:
(a) if:
(i) a Parent Adverse Recommendation Change shall have occurred; or
(ii) Parent shall have breached or failed to perform in any
material respect any of its covenants and agreements set forth
in Section
5.04 or Section
5.07(a);
or
(b) if
there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant, or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set
forth in this Agreement such that the conditions to the Closing of
the Merger set forth in Section
6.03(a)
or Section
6.03(b),
as applicable, would not be satisfied and, in either such case,
such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date;
provided,
that the Company shall have
given Parent at least thirty (30) days written notice prior to such
termination stating the Company's intention to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to this Section
7.04(b);
provided
further, that the Company shall
not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to
this Section
7.04(b)
if the Company is then in material
breach of any representation, warranty, covenant, or obligation
hereunder, which breach has not been cured.
Section
7.05 Notice of Termination; Effect
of Termination. The party
desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
ARTICLE VII
(other than pursuant to
Section
7.01) shall deliver written
notice of such termination to each other party hereto specifying
with particularity the reason for such termination, and any such
termination in accordance with this Section
7.05 shall be effective
immediately upon delivery of such written notice to the other
party. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this
ARTICLE
VII, it will become void
and of no further force and effect, with no liability on the part
of any party to this Agreement (or any stockholder, director,
officer, employee, agent, or Representative of such party) to any
other party hereto, except: (a) with respect to Section
5.03(b),
this Section
7.05, Section
7.06, and ARTICLE
VIII (and any related
definitions contained in any such Sections or Article), which shall
remain in full force and effect; and (b) with respect to any
liabilities or damages incurred or suffered by a party, to the
extent such liabilities or damages were the result of fraud or the
breach by another party of any of its representations, warranties,
covenants, or other agreements set forth in this
Agreement.
Section
7.06 Fees and Expenses Following
Termination.
(a) If
this Agreement is terminated by:
(i) Parent
pursuant to Section
7.03, then, except for a breach
for a failure by the Company to receive the Requisite Company Vote,
the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately
available funds), within two (2) Business Days after such
termination, Parent's Expenses actually incurred by Parent on or
prior to the termination of this Agreement; and
(ii) the
Company pursuant to Section
7.04, then, except for a breach
for a failure by Parent to receive the Requisite Parent Vote,
Parent shall pay to the Company (by wire transfer of immediately
available funds), within two (2) Business Days after such
termination, the Company's Expenses actually incurred by the
Company on or prior to the termination of this Agreement;
and
(b) The
parties acknowledge and hereby agree that the provisions of
this Section
7.06 are an integral part
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the
Merger), and that, without such provisions, the parties would not
have entered into this Agreement. If the Company, on the one hand,
or Parent and Merger Sub, on the other hand, shall fail to pay in a
timely manner the amounts due pursuant to this Section
7.06, and, in order to
obtain such payment, the other party makes a claim against the
non-paying party that results in a judgment, the non-paying party
shall pay to the other party the reasonable costs and expenses
(including its reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred or
accrued in connection with such suit, together with interest on the
amounts set forth in this Section
7.06 at the prime lending
rate prevailing during such period as published in
The Wall Street
Journal. Any interest payable
hereunder shall be calculated on a daily basis from the date such
amounts were required to be paid until (but excluding) the date of
actual payment, and on the basis of a 360-day year. The parties
acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company be
obligated to pay the expenses of Parent, or Parent the expenses of
Company, on more than one occasion.
(c) Except
as expressly set forth in this Section
7.06, all Expenses incurred
in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby will be paid by the party incurring such
Expenses.
Section
7.07 Amendment.
At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be
amended or supplemented in any and all respects, whether before or
after receipt of the Requisite Company Vote or the Requisite Parent
Vote, by written agreement signed by each of the parties
hereto; provided, however,
that: (a) following the receipt of the
Requisite Company Vote, there shall be no amendment or supplement
to the provisions of this Agreement which by Law or in accordance
with the rules of any relevant self-regulatory organization would
require further approval by the holders of Company Stock without
such approval; and (b) following the receipt of the Requisite
Parent Vote, there shall be no amendment or supplement to the
provisions of this Agreement which by Law or in accordance with the
rules of any relevant self-regulatory organization would require
further approval by the holders of Parent Common Stock without such
approval.
Section
7.08 Extension;
Waiver. At any time prior to
the Effective Time, Parent or Merger Sub, on the one hand, or the
Company, on the other hand, may: (a) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations of the other party(ies); (b)
waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the
other party(ies) contained in this Agreement or in any document
delivered under this Agreement; or (c) unless prohibited by
applicable Law, waive compliance with any of the covenants,
agreements, or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any
agreement on the part of a party to any extension or waiver will be
valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such
party. The failure of any party to assert any of its rights under
this Agreement or otherwise will not constitute a waiver of such
rights.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
8.01 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms will have the following meanings when used herein with
initial capital letters:
"Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreement" means a
confidentiality and standstill agreement that contains
confidentiality and standstill provisions that are no less
favorable to a party hereof than those contained in the
Confidentiality Agreement.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other
Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or
is under common control with, such first Person. For the purposes
of this definition, "control" (including, the terms "controlling,"
"controlled by," and "under common control with"), as applied to
any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by Contract, or otherwise.
"Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
"Antitrust
Laws" means (A) the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the "HSR
Act") or (B) any other Laws
that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict, or regulate
actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint
of trade or significant impediments or lessening of competition or
creation or strengthening of a dominant position through merger or
acquisition ("Foreign Antitrust
Laws" and, together with the
HSR Act, the "Antitrust
Laws").
"Associate" has the meaning set forth in Section 203(c)(2)
of the DGCL.
"Bridge Loan" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.02(h).
"Bridge Loan
Amount" has the meaning set
forth in Section
6.02(h).
"Bridge Loan
Note" has the meaning set forth
in Section
6.02(h).
"Business Day" means any day, other than Saturday, Sunday, or
any day on which banking institutions located in Los Angeles are
authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to
close.
"Certificate of
Merger" has the meaning set
forth in Section 1.03.
"Charter
Documents" means the
certificate of incorporation (including certificate of
designations), by-laws, or like organizational documents, each as
amended, of any Person.
"COBRA" means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Section
4980B of the Code and Section 601 et. seq. of ERISA.
"Code" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
"Company" has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
"Company Adverse Recommendation
Change" shall mean the Company
Board: (a) failing to make, withdraw, amend, modify, or materially
qualify, in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board
Recommendation; (b) recommending a Takeover Proposal; (c) failing
to recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange
offer for the shares of Company Common Stock within ten Business
Days after the commencement of such offer; (d) failing to reaffirm
(publicly, if so requested by Parent) the Company Board
Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days after the date any
Takeover Proposal (or material modification thereto) is first
publicly disclosed by the Company or the Person making such
Takeover Proposal; (e) making any public statement inconsistent
with the Company Board Recommendation; or (f) resolving or agreeing
to take any of the foregoing actions.
"Company
Board" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Company Board
Recommendation" has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.02(b).
"Company Common
Stock" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Company Continuing
Employees" has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.10(a).
"Company Disclosure
Letter" means the disclosure
letter, dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by the
Company to Parent concurrently with the execution of this
Agreement.
"Company Equity
Award" means a Company Stock
Option or a Company Restricted Share granted under one of the
Company Stock Plan, as the case may be.
"Company ERISA
Affiliate" means all employers,
trades, or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that would be
treated together with the Company or any of its Affiliates as a
"single employer" within the meaning of Section 414 of the
Code.
“Company Fundamental
Representations” means
each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
3.01 (Organization and Qualification of the Company), 3.02
(Authority and Board Approval), 3.04 (Capital Structure) and 3.23
(Brokers).
"Common Stock Merger
Consideration" has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.01(b).
"Company IP
Agreements" means all licenses,
sublicenses, consent to use agreements, settlements, coexistence
agreements, covenants not to sue, waivers, releases, permissions,
and other Contracts, whether written or oral, relating to
Intellectual Property and to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party, beneficiary, or otherwise
bound.
"Company-Owned
IP" means all Intellectual
Property that is owned by the Company, or one of its Subsidiaries,
together with all (i) royalties, fees, income, payments, and other
proceeds now or hereafter due or payable to the Company with
respect to such Intellectual Property; and (ii) claims and causes
of action with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all
rights to and claims for damages, restitution, and injunctive and
other legal or equitable relief for infringement, misappropriation,
or other violation thereof.
"Company Preferred
Stock" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Company
Stock" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Company Stock
Plan" means the 2020 Equity
Incentive Plan of the Company, as may be amended from time to
time.
"Company Stockholders
Meeting" means the special
meeting of the stockholders of the Company to be held to consider
the adoption of this Agreement.
"Company Subsidiary
Securities" has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.04(d).
"Consent" means the consent, approval, order, or
authorization of, or registration, declaration, or filing with, or
notice of any Governmental Entity.
"Contracts" means any contracts, agreements, licenses,
notes, bonds, mortgages, indentures, leases, or other binding
instruments or binding commitments, whether written or
oral.
“COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or
COVID-19, and any evolutions or mutations thereof or related or
associated epidemics, pandemic or disease outbreaks.
“COVID-19
Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in
place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction,
social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other
similar Law, Order, directive, guidelines or recommendations
promulgated by any Governmental Entity, including the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization,
in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including but not
limited to, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, Economic Security Act
(CARES) and Families First Act.
“COVID-19 Reasonable
Actions” means (x) any
commercially reasonable action taken, or omitted to be taken, by an
Acquired Company pursuant to any Law, directive, pronouncement or
guideline issued by any Governmental Entity or industry group
providing for business closures, “sheltering-in-place” or other restrictions
that relates to, or arises out of, any pandemic, epidemic or
disease outbreak and (y) any commercially reasonable action taken,
or omitted to be taken, by an Acquired Company to protect the
business of such Acquired Company that is responsive to any
pandemic, epidemic or disease outbreak; provided, however,
that the Company shall provide five
(5) Business Days' prior written notice to Parent before taking
such actions.
"DGCL" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
"EDGAR" means the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis,
and Retrieval database of the SEC.
"Environmental
Laws" means any applicable Law,
and any Order or binding agreement with any Governmental Entity:
(a) relating to pollution (or the cleanup thereof) or the
protection of natural resources, endangered or threatened species,
human health or safety, or the environment (including ambient air,
soil, surface water or groundwater, or subsurface strata); or (b)
concerning the presence of, exposure to, or the management,
manufacture, use, containment, storage, recycling, reclamation,
reuse, treatment, generation, discharge, transportation,
processing, production, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous
Materials. The term "Environmental Law" includes, without
limitation, the following (including their implementing regulations
and any state analogs): the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended by the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 9601 et seq.; the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended by the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972,
as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C. §§
1251 et
seq.; the Toxic Substances
Control Act of 1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601
et
seq.; the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§
11001 et
seq.; the Clean Air Act of
1966, as amended by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 7401 et seq.; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of
1970, as amended, 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
"Exchange
Ratio" has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.01(b).
"Expenses" means, with respect to any Person, all
reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses
(including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, financial
advisors, and investment bankers of such Person and its
Affiliates), incurred by such Person or on its behalf in connection
with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation,
execution, and performance of this Agreement and any transactions
related thereto, any litigation with respect thereto, the
preparation, printing, filing, and mailing of the Proxy Statement,
the filing of any required notices under any Antitrust Laws, or in
connection with other regulatory approvals, and all other matters
related to the Merger, the Parent Stock Issuance, and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted
accounting principles.
"Governmental Antitrust
Authority" has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.12(b).
"Governmental
Entity" means any
supranational, national, state, municipal, local, or foreign
government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative
agency or commission, or other governmental authority, or any
quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory or
other governmental or quasi-governmental
authority.
"Hazardous
Substance" shall mean: (a) any
material, substance, chemical, waste, product, derivative,
compound, mixture, solid, liquid, mineral, or gas, in each case,
whether naturally occurring or man-made, that is hazardous, acutely
hazardous, toxic, or words of similar import or regulatory effect
under Environmental Laws; and (b) any petroleum or
petroleum-derived products, radon, radioactive materials or wastes,
asbestos in any form, lead or lead-containing materials, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, and polychlorinated
biphenyls.
"Intellectual Property
Assets" has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.08(d).
"Intellectual
Property" means any and all
rights in, arising out of, or associated with any of the following
in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) issued patents and
patent applications (whether provisional or non-provisional),
including divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part,
substitutions, reissues, reexaminations, extensions, or
restorations of any of the foregoing, and other Governmental
Entity-issued indicia of invention ownership (including
certificates of invention, petty patents, and patent utility
models) (“Patents”); (b) trademarks, service marks, brands,
certification marks, logos, trade dress, trade names, and other
similar indicia of source or origin, together with the goodwill
connected with the use of and symbolized by, and all registrations,
applications for registration, and renewals of, any of the
foregoing (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights and works of authorship,
whether or not copyrightable, and all registrations, applications
for registration, and renewals of any of the foregoing
(“Copyrights”); (d) internet domain names and social
media account or user names (including “handles”),
whether or not Trademarks, all associated web addresses, URLs,
websites and web pages, social media sites and pages, and all
content and data thereon or relating thereto, whether or not
Copyrights; (e) mask works, and all registrations, applications for
registration, and renewals thereof; (f) trade secrets, know-how,
inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements,
technology, business and technical information, databases, data
compilations and collections, tools, methods, processes,
techniques, and other confidential and proprietary information and
all rights therein (“Trade
Secrets”); (g) computer
programs, operating systems, applications, firmware and other code,
including all source code, object code, application programming
interfaces, data files, databases, protocols, specifications, and
other documentation thereof (“Software”); and (h) rights of publicity; and (i) all
other intellectual or industrial property and proprietary
rights.
"Intellectual Property
Registrations" means all
Company-Owned IP that is subject to any issuance, registration, or
application by or with any Governmental Entity or authorized
private registrar in any jurisdiction, including issued Patents,
registered Trademarks, domain names and Copyrights, and pending
applications for any of the foregoing
"IRS" means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
"IT Systems" means all computer hardware (including network
and telecommunications equipment) and Software (including
associated preparatory materials, user manuals and other related
documentation) owned, used, leased or licensed by or to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
"Proxy
Statement" has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.19.
"Knowledge" means: (a) with respect to the Company and its
Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge of Michael Wann; and (b) with
respect to Parent and its Subsidiaries, the actual knowledge of Ann
Hand.
"Laws" means any federal, state, local, municipal,
foreign, multi-national or other laws, common law, statutes,
constitutions, ordinances, rules, regulations, codes, Orders, or
legally enforceable requirements enacted, issued, adopted,
promulgated, enforced, ordered, or applied by any Governmental
Entity.
"Lease" shall mean all leases, subleases, licenses,
concessions, and other agreements (written or oral) under which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries holds any Leased Real Estate,
including the right to all security deposits and other amounts and
instruments deposited by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries thereunder.
"Leased Real
Estate" shall mean all
leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights to use or occupy
any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, or other
interest in real property held by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
"Legal Action" means any suit, action, proceeding, arbitration,
mediation, audit, hearing, inquiry or, to the Knowledge of the
Person in question, investigation (in each case, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative, formal, or informal)
commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise
involving, any Governmental Entity.
"Liability" shall mean any liability, indebtedness, or
obligation of any kind (whether accrued, absolute, contingent,
matured, unmatured, determined, determinable, or otherwise, and
whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance
sheet under GAAP).
"Liens" means, with respect to any property or asset,
all pledges, liens, mortgages, charges, encumbrances,
hypothecations, options, rights of first refusal, rights of first
offer, and security interests of any kind or nature
whatsoever.
"Lock Up
Agreement" means that certain
Lock Up Agreement, to be entered into by each officer and director
of Parent, Merger Sub, and Company, and each significant holder of
Company Stock, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
D, whereby the parties to the
Lock Up Agreement agree to certain restrictions on each party's
ability to dispose of shares of Parent Common Stock, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth therein.
"Material Adverse
Effect" means, with respect to
any Person, any event, occurrence, fact, condition, or change that
is, or would reasonably be expected to become, individually or in
the aggregate, materially adverse to: (a) the business, results of
operations, condition, or assets of such Person and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (b) the ability of such Person
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely
basis; provided, that the effect of the following events,
occurrences, facts, conditions and changes shall not be taken into
account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to such Person has occurred or is reasonably expected to
occur:
(i) any
change or development in United States or non-U.S. banking,
financial or securities markets, or general economic or business
conditions (including any disruption thereof and any decline in the
price of any security or any market index);
(ii) any
act of war, hostilities or terrorism, or any escalation or material
worsening of any such hostilities;
(iii) any
earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, flood, tsunami, natural
disaster, act of God or other comparable event;
(iv)
any epidemic, pandemic, or disease outbreak (including COVID-19),
escalation or general worsening thereof, or compliance with
COVID-19 Measures or laws, regulations, statutes, directives,
pronouncements or guidelines issued by a Governmental Entity, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health
Organization or industry group providing for business closures,
“sheltering-in-place,” curfews or other restrictions
that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease
outbreak (including COVID-19) or any change in such laws,
regulations, statutes, directives, pronouncements or guidelines or
interpretations thereof following the date of this Agreement or any
material worsening of such conditions threatened or existing as of
the date of this Agreement;
(v) any
changes or prospective changes in any Law (or the interpretation or
enforcement thereof) or actions taken to comply with such
changes;
(vi) changes
or prospective changes in GAAP (or the interpretation
thereof);
(vii) the
announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the performance of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or the
Transaction Documents;
(viii) the
taking of any action contemplated by this Agreement and/or the
Transaction Documents, including the completion of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and any action taken at the
written request or with the written consent of the Company or
Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, and any failure to
take any action, if such action is prohibited by this Agreement
and/or the Transaction Documents;
(ix) any
failure of the Company, Parent, or their respective Subsidiaries,
to meet, with respect to any period or periods, any internal or
published projections, forecasts, predictions or estimates of
earnings, revenues or other financial or operating metrics for any
period ending before, on or after the date hereof (although any
facts and circumstances that may have given rise or contributed to
any such failure that are not otherwise excluded from the
definition of Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in
determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect under
this clause (ix);
provided,
however,
that any change, event, circumstance, development, effect,
condition, matter, occurrence or state of fact set forth in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii),
(iii), (v) and (vi) may be taken into account in determining
whether there has been, is or
would reasonably expected to be a Material Adverse Effect if such
change, event, circumstance, development, effect, condition,
matter, occurrence or state of fact has a disproportionate adverse effect on the
applicable Person (taken as a whole) relative to other similarly
situated Persons operating in the same
industry.
"Merger Sub" has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
"Merger Sub
Board" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Offer Letter" means the offers of employment submitted by
Parent to the Company's employees regarding such employee's
employment by Parent after the Closing Date, such Offer Letter to
include the general terms of any Parent Equity Awards to be granted
under the Parent Stock Plan.
“Ordinary Course of
Business” means an action
taken, or omitted to be taken, by any Person in the ordinary course
of such Person’s business consistent with past practice
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, recent past custom and
practice in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures);
provided, however, that any commercially reasonable action taken,
or omitted to be taken, that relates to, or arises out of, any
pandemic, epidemic or disease outbreak shall be deemed to be in the
Ordinary Course of Business.
"Parent" has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
"Parent Adverse Recommendation
Change" shall mean the Parent
Board: (a) failing to make, withdraw, amend, modify, or materially
qualify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the Parent Board
Recommendation; (b) failing to include the Parent Board
Recommendation in the Proxy Statement that is mailed to Parent's
stockholders; (c) recommending a Takeover Proposal; (d) failing to
recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer
for the shares of Parent Common Stock within ten Business Days
after the commencement of such offer; (e) failing to reaffirm
(publicly, if so requested by the Company) the Parent Board
Recommendation within ten (10) Business Days after the date any
Takeover Proposal (or material modification thereto) is first
publicly disclosed by Parent or the Person making such Takeover
Proposal; (f) making any public statement inconsistent with the
Parent Board Recommendation; or (g) resolving or agreeing to take
any of the foregoing actions.
"Parent Board" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
"Parent Common
Stock" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Parent Disclosure
Letter" means the disclosure
letter, dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by
Parent and Merger Sub to the Company concurrently with the
execution of this Agreement.
"Parent Equity
Award" means a Parent Stock
Option or a Parent Restricted Share, as the case may
be.
"Parent ERISA
Affiliate" means all employers,
trades, or businesses (whether or not incorporated) that would be
treated together with Parent or any of its Affiliates as a "single
employer" within the meaning of Section 414 of the
Code.
“Parent Fundamental
Representations” means
each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections
4.01(a) (Organization; Standing and Power), 4.01(b)(Subsidiaries),
4.02 (Capital Structure), 4.03(a) (Authority), 4.03(d) (Board
Approval), and 4.22 (Brokers).
"Parent Material
Contract" means the following
to which the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or any of
the respective assets are bound (excluding any
Leases):
(a) any
"material contract" (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of
Regulation S-K of the Securities Act);
(b) any
Contract that purports to limit in any material respect the right
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (or, at any time after the
consummation of the Merger, Parent or any of its Subsidiaries) (A)
to engage in any line of business, (B) compete with any Person or
solicit any client or customer, or (C) operate in any geographical
location;
(c) any
Contract that grants any right of first refusal, right of first
offer, or similar right with respect to any material assets,
rights, or properties of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(d) any
Contract that contains any provision that requires the purchase of
all or a material portion of Parent's or any of its Subsidiaries'
requirements for a given product or service from a given third
party, which product or service is material to Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(e) any
material Contract that obligates Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
to conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that
contains a "most favored nation" or similar covenant with any third
party or upon consummation of the Merger will obligate Parent, the
Surviving Corporation, or any of their respective Subsidiaries to
conduct business on an exclusive or preferential basis or that
contains a "most favored nation" or similar covenant with any third
party;
(f) any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company agreement, or
similar Contract relating to the formation, creation, operation,
management, or control of any material joint venture, partnership,
or limited liability company, other than any such Contact solely
between Parent and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries or among Parent's
wholly-owned Subsidiaries;
(g) any
employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any
labor union; or
(h) any
Parent IP Agreement material to the conduct of Parent's
business.
"Parent-Owned
IP" means all Intellectual
Property that is owned by Parent, or one of its Subsidiaries,
together with all (i) royalties, fees, income, payments, and other
proceeds now or hereafter due or payable to the Parent with respect
to such Intellectual Property; and (ii) claims and causes of action
with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to
and claims for damages, restitution, and injunctive and other legal
or equitable relief for infringement, misappropriation, or other
violation thereof.
"Parent Preferred
Stock" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Parent Restricted
Share" means any Parent Common
Stock subject to vesting, repurchase, or other lapse of
restrictions granted under any Parent Stock
Plan.
"Parent
Securities" means,
collectively, (A) securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
convertible into or exchangeable for Parent Voting Debt or shares
of capital stock of Parent, (B) options, warrants, or other
agreements or commitments to acquire from Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, or obligations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
to issue, any Parent Voting Debt or shares of capital stock of (or
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital
stock of) Parent, or (C) restricted shares, restricted stock units,
stock appreciation rights, performance shares, profit participation
rights, contingent value rights, "phantom" stock, or similar
securities or rights that are derivative of, or provide economic
benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of,
any shares of capital stock of Parent, in each case that have been
issued by Parent or its Subsidiaries.
"Parent Stockholders
Meeting" means the special
meeting of the stockholders of Parent to be held to consider the
approval of the Parent Stock Issuance.
"Parent Stock
Issuance" has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
"Parent Stock
Option" means any option to
purchase Parent Common Stock granted under any Parent Stock
Plan.
"Parent Stock
Plans" means the following
plans, in each case as amended: Super League Gaming, Inc. 2014
Stock Option and Incentive Plan.
"Parent Voting
Debt" means securities of
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that are convertible into or
exchangeable for bonds, debentures, notes, or other indebtedness
issued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that: (i) have the
right to vote on any matters on which stockholders or equityholders
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries may vote (or which is
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having such
right); or (ii) the value of which is directly based upon or
derived from the capital stock, voting securities, or other
ownership interests of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, limited or
general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, trust, association, joint venture, Governmental
Entity, or other entity or group (which term will include a "group"
as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act).
"Real Estate" means the Leased Real
Estate.
"Registration Rights
Agreement" means that certain
Registration Rights Agreement to be entered into between Parent and
the holders of Company Stock regarding the registration of the
shares constituting the Merger Consideration, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit
E.
"Requisite Parent
Vote" has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.03(a).
"Sarbanes-Oxley
Act" means the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002, including the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
"Securities
Act" means the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended.
"Subsidiary" of a Person means a corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, or other business entity of which a
majority of the shares of voting securities is at the time
beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
"Surviving
Corporation" has the meaning
set forth in Section 1.01.
"Takeover
Proposal" means with respect to
the Company or Parent, as the case may be, an inquiry, proposal, or
offer from, or indication of interest in making a proposal or offer
by, any Person or group relating to any transaction or series of
related transactions (other than the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement), involving any: (a) direct or indirect acquisition
of assets of a party hereto or its Subsidiaries (including any
voting equity interests of Subsidiaries, but excluding sales of
assets in the Ordinary Course of Business) equal to 15% or more of
the fair market value of such party's consolidated assets or to
which 15% or more of such party's net revenues or net income on a
consolidated basis are attributable; (b) direct or indirect
acquisition of 15% or more of the voting equity interests of a
party hereto; (c) tender offer or exchange offer that if
consummated would result in any Person or group (as defined in
Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning (within the
meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) 15% or more of the
voting power of the a party hereto; (d) merger, consolidation,
other business combination, or similar transaction involving a
party hereto or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which such
Person or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act)
would own 15% or more of the consolidated assets, net revenues, or
net income of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(e) liquidation, dissolution (or the adoption of a plan of
liquidation or dissolution), or recapitalization or other
significant corporate reorganization of a party hereto or one or
more of its Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate,
generate or constitute 15% or more of the consolidated assets, net
revenues, or net income of such party and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole; or (f) any combination of the
foregoing.
"Taxes" means all federal, state, local, foreign and
other income, gross receipts, sales, use, production, ad valorem,
transfer, franchise, registration, profits, license, lease,
service, service use, withholding, payroll, employment,
unemployment, estimated, excise, severance, environmental, stamp,
occupation, premium, property (real or personal), real property
gains, windfall profits, customs, duties or other taxes, fees,
assessments, or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest, additions or penalties with respect thereto and any
interest in respect of such additions or
penalties.
"Tax Returns" means any return, declaration, report, claim for
refund, information return or statement, or other document relating
to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto, and
including any amendment thereof.
"Transaction
Documents" means this
Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter, the Parent Disclosure
Letter, the Voting Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement,
the Bridge Loan Note,
"Treasury
Regulations" means the Treasury
regulations promulgated under the Code.
"Voting
Agreement" means that certain
Voting Agreement to be entered into between Parent, Merger Sub, and
the Significant Stockholders, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
F.
Section
8.02 Interpretation;
Construction.
(a) The
table of contents and headings herein are for convenience of
reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall
not be deemed to limit or otherwise affect any of the provisions
hereof. Where a reference in this Agreement is made to a Section,
Exhibit, Article, or Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section
of, Exhibit to, Article of, or Schedule of this Agreement unless
otherwise indicated. Unless the context otherwise requires,
references herein: (i) to an agreement, instrument, or other
document means such agreement, instrument, or other document as
amended, supplemented, and modified from time to time to the extent
permitted by the provisions thereof; and (ii) to a statute means
such statute as amended from time to time and includes any
successor legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated
thereunder. Whenever the words "include," "includes," or
"including" are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be
followed by the words "without limitation," and the word "or" is
not exclusive. The word "extent" in the phrase "to the extent"
means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and
does not simply mean "if." A reference in this Agreement to $ or
dollars is to U.S. dollars. The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. The words "hereof," "herein," "hereby," "hereto," and
"hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement. References to "this Agreement" shall
include the Company Disclosure Letter and Parent Disclosure
Letter.
(b) The
parties have participated jointly in negotiating and drafting this
Agreement. In the event that an ambiguity or a question of intent
or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if
drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of
proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of
the authorship of any provision of this
Agreement.
Section
8.03 Survival. None of the representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered under
this Agreement will survive the Effective Time. This
Section
8.03 does not limit any
covenant or agreement of the parties contained in this Agreement
which, by its terms, contemplates performance after the Effective
Time. The Confidentiality Agreement will survive termination of
this Agreement in accordance with its terms.
Section 8.04
Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of
the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware
or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of Laws
of any jurisdiction other than those of the State of
Delaware.
Section 8.05
Submission to
Jurisdiction. Each of the
parties hereto irrevocably agrees that any Legal Action or
proceeding with respect to this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents, and the rights and obligations arising hereunder or
thereunder, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in
respect of this Agreement and the rights and obligations arising
hereunder brought by any other party hereto or its successors or
assigns shall be brought and determined exclusively in the State
Court of California, or in the event (but only in the event) that
such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such
action or proceeding, in the federal district courts within the
State of California . Each of the parties hereto agrees that
mailing of process or other papers in connection with any such
action or proceeding in the manner provided in Section
8.07 or
in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Laws, will
be valid and sufficient service thereof. Each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably submits with regard to any such action or
proceeding for itself and in respect of its property, generally and
unconditionally, to the personal jurisdiction of the aforesaid
courts and agrees that it will not bring any action relating to
this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in any court or tribunal other than the aforesaid courts.
Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees
not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim, or
otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder, or for
recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect of this
Agreement and the rights and obligations arising hereunder: (a) any
claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the
above named courts for any reason other than the failure to serve
process in accordance with this Section
8.05; (b) any claim that it
or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of any such
court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether
through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment
in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or
otherwise); and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by the
applicable Law, any claim that (i) the suit, action or proceeding
in such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (ii) the venue
of such suit, action or proceeding is improper, or (iii) this
Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or
by such courts.
Section 8.06
Waiver of Jury
Trial. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES
AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY
LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY TO THIS
AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT: (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF
ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH
OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE
EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION; (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE
IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER; (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER
VOLUNTARILY; AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND
CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS Section
8.06.
Section 8.07
Notices. All notices, requests, consents, claims,
demands, waivers, and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be deemed to have been given: (a) when delivered
by hand (with written confirmation of receipt); (b) when received
by the addressee if sent by a nationally recognized overnight
courier (receipt requested); (c) on the date sent by facsimile or
email of an electronic document (with confirmation of transmission)
if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, and on the
next Business Day if sent after normal business hours of the
recipient; or (d) on the third day after the date mailed, by
certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage
prepaid. Such communications must be sent to the respective parties
at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as
shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this
Section
8.07):
If to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
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Super League Gaming, Inc.
2912 Colorado Ave., Suite 203
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Attention: Ann Hand, President & CEO
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice to Parent or Merger
Sub) to:
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Disclosure Law Group, a Professional Corporation
655 West Broadway, Suite 870
San Diego, CA 92101
Attention: Jessica R. Sudweeks
Email: jsudweeks@disclosurelawgroup.com
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If to the Company, to:
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Mobcrush Streaming, Inc.
Email: mike@mobcrush.com
Attention: Michael Wann, Chief Executive Officer
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with a copy (which will not constitute notice to the Company)
to:
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Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-8704
Attention: Carl Marcellino
Email: carl.marcellino@ropesgray.com
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or to such other Persons, addresses, email addresses or facsimile
numbers as may be designated in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such communication as provided above.
Section 8.08
Entire
Agreement. This Agreement
(including the Exhibits to this Agreement), the Company Disclosure
Letter, the Parent Disclosure Letter, and the Transaction Documents
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to
the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all other prior
agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the
parties to this Agreement with respect to the subject matter of
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents. In the event of any
inconsistency between the statements in the body of this Agreement,
the Transaction Documents, the Parent Disclosure Letter, and the
Company Disclosure Letter (other than an exception expressly set
forth as such in the Parent Disclosure Letter or Company Disclosure
Letter), the statements in the body of this Agreement will
control.
Section 8.9
No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as
provided in Section
5.11 hereof (which shall be
to the benefit of the parties referred to in such section), this
Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their
permitted assigns and respective successors and nothing herein,
express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other
Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit, or remedy
of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this
Agreement.
Section 8.10
Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such
invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any
other term or provision of this Agreement or invalidate or render
unenforceable such term or provision in any other jurisdiction.
Upon such determination that any term or other provision is
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall
negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect
the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a
mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions
contemplated hereby be consummated as originally contemplated to
the greatest extent possible.
Section 8.11
Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns. Neither party may assign its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent
of the other party, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned, or delayed; provided, however,
that prior to the Effective Time,
Merger Sub may, without the prior written consent of the Company,
assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to
Parent or to one or more of Parent's direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiaries. No assignment shall relieve the
assigning party of any of its obligations
hereunder.
Section 8.12
Remedies. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
any and all remedies expressly conferred upon a party to this
Agreement will be cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other
remedy contained in this Agreement, at Law, or in equity. The
exercise by a party to this Agreement of any one remedy will not
preclude the exercise by it of any other
remedy.
Section 8.13
Specific
Performance. The parties hereto
agree that irreparable damage would occur if any provision of this
Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof
and that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this
Agreement or to enforce specifically the performance of the terms
and provisions hereof in any federal court located in the State of
California or any California state court, in addition to any other
remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in
equity.
Section 8.14
Counterparts;
Effectiveness. This Agreement
may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which will be
one and the same agreement. This Agreement will become effective
when each party to this Agreement will have received counterparts
signed by all of the other parties.
[SIGNATURE
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be executed as of the date first written above by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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COMPANY
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By: /s/ Mike
Wann
Name: Michael Wann
Title: President & CEO
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PARENT
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By: /s/ Ann
Hand
Name: Ann Hand
Title: President & CEO
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MERGER SUB
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By/s/ Ann
Hand
Name: Ann Hand
Title: President & CEO
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