UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF 1934
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For the
quarterly period ended October 31, 2007
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OR
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the transition period from
to
Commission
file number: 0-20008
FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
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74-2415696
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(State of other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S. Employer
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incorporation or organization)
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Identification No.)
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108 Wild Basin Road
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Austin, Texas
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78746
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(512) 437-2700
(Registrants Telephone Number, including Area Code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is
a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer or a non-accelerated filer (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer o
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Non-accelerated
filer x
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x
At December 11, 2007, the registrant had outstanding 30,935,207 shares of its Common Stock,
$0.01 par value.
INDEX
TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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FORGENT
NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
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OCTOBER 31,
2007
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JULY 31,
2007
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(UNAUDITED)
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ASSETS
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Current Assets:
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Cash and equivalents
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$
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15,925
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$
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33,524
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Short-term investments
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3,551
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1,538
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for
doubtful accounts of $56 and
$21 at October 31, 2007 and July 31, 2007, respectively
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1,476
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1,040
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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285
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211
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Total Current Assets
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21,237
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36,313
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Property and equipment, net
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1,108
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767
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Goodwill
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6,993
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Intangible assets, net
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5,161
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Other assets
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129
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212
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$
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34,628
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$
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37,292
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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Current Liabilities:
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Accounts payable
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$
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4,058
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$
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10,970
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Accrued compensation and benefits
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586
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557
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Other accrued liabilities
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778
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855
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Deferred revenue
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1,392
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1,076
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Total Current Liabilities
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6,814
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13,458
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Long-Term Liabilities:
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Deferred revenue
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33
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28
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Other long-term obligations
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1,060
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1,186
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Total Long-Term Liabilities
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1,093
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1,214
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Stockholders Equity:
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Preferred stock, $.01 par value; 10,000
shares authorized; none issued or outstanding
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Common stock, $.01 par value; 40,000 shares
authorized; 32,487 and 27,388 shares issued; 30,697 and 25,598 shares
outstanding at October 31, 2007 and July 31, 2007, respectively
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325
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274
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Treasury stock at cost, 1,790 shares at
October 31, 2007 and July 31, 2007
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(4,815
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(4,815
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Additional paid-in capital
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270,590
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265,647
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Accumulated deficit
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(239,424
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(238,506
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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45
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20
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Total Stockholders Equity
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26,721
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22,620
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$
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34,628
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$
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37,292
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
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FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31,
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2007
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2006
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(UNAUDITED)
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REVENUES:
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Software & service
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$
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1,875
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$
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962
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Intellectual property licensing
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8,134
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Total Revenues
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1,875
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9,096
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COST OF SALES:
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Software & service
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330
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310
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Intellectual property licensing
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3,540
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Total Cost of Sales
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330
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3,850
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GROSS MARGIN
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1,545
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5,246
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OPERATING EXPENSES:
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Selling, general and administrative
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2,440
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2,500
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Research and development
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291
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116
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Amortization of intangible assets
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36
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4
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Total Operating Expenses
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2,767
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2,620
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(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS
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(1,222
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2,626
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OTHER INCOME AND (EXPENSES):
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Interest income
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338
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155
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Interest expense and other
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(20
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(32
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Total Other Income and (Expenses)
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318
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123
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(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS, BEFORE
INCOME TAXES
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(904
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2,749
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Provision for income taxes
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(14
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NET (LOSS) INCOME
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$
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(918
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$
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2,749
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BASIC AND DILUTED (LOSS) INCOME PER SHARE:
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Net (loss) income per share - basic and
diluted
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$
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(0.03
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$
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0.11
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES OUTSTANDING:
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Basic
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27,094
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25,381
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Diluted
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27,094
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25,522
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The accompanying notes are an integral part
of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands)
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FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31,
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2007
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2006
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(UNAUDITED)
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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(Loss) income from operations
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$
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(918
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$
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2,749
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Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income
to net cash used in operations:
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Depreciation and amortization
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141
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239
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Amortization of leasehold advance and lease
impairment
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(97
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(106
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Provision for doubtful accounts
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(2
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1
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Share-based compensation
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5
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128
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Foreign currency translation gain
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7
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5
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Changes in operating assets and
liabilities:
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Accounts receivable
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137
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(5,392
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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22
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(87
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Accounts payable
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(8,041
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1,170
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Accrued expenses and other long-term
obligations
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(248
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140
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Deferred revenue
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(70
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94
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Net cash used in operating activities
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(9,064
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(1,059
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Net sales of short-term investments
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(1,483
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Net purchases of property and equipment
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(18
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(32
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Change in other assets
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164
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Acquisition of iSarla, Inc., net of
cash acquired
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(7,213
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Net cash used in by investing activities
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(8,550
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(32
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Net proceeds from issuance of stock
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2
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2
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Payments on notes payable and capital
leases
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(1
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(89
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing
activities
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1
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(87
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Effect of translation exchange rates
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14
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10
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Net decrease in cash and equivalents
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(17,599
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(1,168
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Cash and equivalents at beginning of period
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33,524
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16,206
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Cash and equivalents at end of period
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$
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15,925
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$
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15,038
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW
INFORMATION:
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Issuance of stock for
acquisition of iSarla, Inc.
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$
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4,987
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$
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated
financial statements.
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FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
NOTES TO
THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data
unless otherwise noted)
NOTE 1 - GENERAL AND BASIS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission and accordingly, do not include all
information and footnotes required under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for
complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these interim
financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal, recurring
adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of
Forgent Networks, Inc. (Forgent or the Company) as of October 31,
2007 and July 31, 2007, and the results of operations and cash flows for
the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006. These condensed
consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the
Companys audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2007.
The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of
results for a full fiscal year.
NOTE 2 - ACQUISITION
On October 5, 2007, Forgent acquired all of
the outstanding capital stock of iSarla Inc., a Delaware corporation and
application service provider that offers on-demand workforce management
solutions that help simplify the Human Resource process and improve employee
productivity by managing and communicating human resources, employee benefits
and payroll information. iSarla Inc. conducts its business under the trade name
iEmployee and provides hosted application services, including Time &
Attendance, Timesheets, Human Resource Benefits, Expenses and other
solutions. iEmployee is a profitable
business with a high percentage of recurring revenues and delivers its software
as a service under the SaaS model. The
acquisition expands Forgents current target markets, significantly augments
the Companys product and service offerings to customers, and increases
revenues from its software and services segment considerably. Due to these factors, the Company purchased
the iEmployee business at a premium (i.e. goodwill) over the fair value of the
net assets acquired.
In consideration for the acquisition, Forgent paid approximately
$12,661, including $6,602 in cash,
5,095 shares of its Common Stock, valued at approximately $4,987 and
transaction cost of approximately $1,072.
The shares of Common Stock issued were valued based upon the price of
$0.98 when the number of shares to be issued became fixed. Upon closing, $990 in cash and 764 shares
totaling $748 of the purchase price were held in escrow for representations and
warranties. The purchase agreement did
not include provisions for any other contingent payments, options or commitments. As a result of the acquisition, iEmployees
results of operations since October 5, 2007 have been included in the
Companys Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended October 31,
2007.
The business combination was
accounted for under Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) Statement No. 141, Business Combinations. The application of purchase
accounting under Statement No. 141 requires the total purchase price to be
allocated to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on
their fair values at the acquisition date, with amounts exceeding fair value
being recorded as goodwill. The Company
is currently in the process of assessing and finalizing the fair value of the
assets acquired and the liabilities assumed.
The following table summarizes the preliminary estimated fair values of
the iEmployee assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Assets Acquired
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Cash
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$
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460
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Short-term investments
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526
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Accounts receivable
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577
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Prepaid assets
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96
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Fixed assets
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416
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Goodwill
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6,993
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Intangible assets
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5,209
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Other assets
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22
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Total assets acquired
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14,299
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Liabilities assumed
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Accounts payable
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(1,099
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Accrued compensation and benefits
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(110
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Accrued other liabilities
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(33
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Deferred revenue
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(396
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Total liabilities assumed
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(1,638
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Net assets acquired
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$
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12,661
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Through the acquisition of the iEmployee business, Forgents workforce
grew by 142 employees, 121 of whom are located in Mumbai, India. The co-founders of iEmployee now serve
as Forgents Vice-Presidents of the iEmployee operations.
The
following summary presents unaudited pro forma consolidated financial
information for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006, as if
the iEmployee acquisition had occurred as of August 1, 2006. The pro forma information does not purport to
be indicative of the actual results which would have occurred had the
acquisition been completed as of August 1, 2006, nor is it necessarily
indicative of the results of operations which may occur in the future.
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OCTOBER 31, 2007
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OCTOBER 31, 2006
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AS
REPORTED
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PRO
FORMA
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AS
REPORTED
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PRO
FORMA
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Revenues
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$
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1,875
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$
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2,888
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$
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9,096
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$
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10,455
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Net (loss) income
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(918
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(773
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2,749
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2,946
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Net (loss) income per common share:
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Basic
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$
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(0.03
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$
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(0.03
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$
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0.11
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$
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0.10
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Diluted
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(0.03
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(0.03
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0.11
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0.10
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Weighted average shares outstanding:
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Basic
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27,094
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30,749
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25,381
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30,476
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Diluted
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27,094
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30,749
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25,522
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30,617
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NOTE 3 - COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
In accordance
with the disclosure requirements of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 130,
Reporting Comprehensive Income, the
Companys comprehensive income (loss) is comprised of net income (loss),
foreign currency translation adjustments and unrealized gains and losses on
short-term investments held as available-for-sale securities. Comprehensive
loss for the three months ended October 31, 2007 was $893 and comprehensive income for the three
months ended October 31, 2006 was $2,751.
NOTE 4 - RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
In February 2007,
the FASB issued Statement No. 159, The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. Statement
No. 159 provides companies with an option to report selected financial
assets and liabilities at fair value. The standards objective is to reduce
both complexity in accounting for financial instruments and the volatility in
earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently. The standard requires companies to provide
additional information that will help investors and other users of financial
statements to more easily understand the effect of the companys choice to use
fair value on its earnings. It also requires companies to display the fair
value of those assets and liabilities for which the company has chosen to use
fair value on the face of the balance sheet. This new statement does not
eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards,
including requirements for disclosures about fair value measurements included
in Statement No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements, and Statement No. 107, Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments.
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Statement No. 159 is
effective as of the beginning of fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007. Forgent is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of Statement
No. 159 will have on its financial position and results of operations.
In September 2006,
the FASB issued Statement No. 157, Fair
Value Measurements. Statement No. 157 defines fair
value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. Statement No. 157 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal
years. Forgent is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of
Statement No. 157 will have on its financial position and results of
operations.
NOTE 5 SHARE BASED COMPENSATION
Share based compensation for the Companys
stock option, restricted stock and stock purchase plans for the three months
ended October 31, 2007 and 2006 was $5 and $24,
respectively. The Company issued 4 and 45 shares of common stock
related to exercises of stock options granted from its Stock Option and Stock
Purchase Plans for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
NOTE 6 INCOME TAXES
In
June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxesan interpretation of FASB
Statement No. 109 (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the
accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entitys financial
statements in accordance with Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.
We
adopted FIN 48 as of August 1, 2007. FIN 48 applies to all tax positions
accounted for under SFAS No. 109. FIN 48 refers to tax positions as
positions taken in a previously filed tax return or positions expected to be
taken in a future tax return which are reflected in measuring current or
deferred income tax assets and liabilities reported in the financial
statements. FIN 48 further clarifies a tax position to include, but not be
limited to, the following:
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An allocation
or a shift of income between taxing jurisdictions;
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The
characterization of income or a decision to exclude reporting taxable income
in a tax return;
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A decision to
classify a transaction, entity, or other position in a tax return as tax
exempt.
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FIN
48 provides that a tax benefit may be reflected in the financial statements
only if it is more likely than not that a company will be able to sustain the
tax return position, based on its technical merits. If a tax benefit meets this
criterion, it should be measured and recognized based on the largest amount of
benefit that is cumulatively greater than 50% likely to be realized. This
approach is a change from previous practice under which a tax benefit could be
recognized only if it was probable a tax position could be sustained.
FIN 48 requires
we make qualitative and quantitative disclosures, including a discussion of
reasonably possible changes that might occur in unrecognized tax benefits over
the next twelve months, a description of open tax years by major jurisdictions
and a roll-forward of all unrecognized tax benefits, presented as a
reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the unrecognized tax
benefits on an aggregated basis.
We and certain
of our subsidiaries file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction,
various state jurisdictions, and certain foreign jurisdictions. Generally, we
are no longer subject to examinations for U.S. federal income taxes for years
prior to 2003 and for state income taxes for years prior to 2002. Examinations
for foreign income taxes for previous years remain open, but tax considerations
in those jurisdictions are not material to us.
The adoption of
FIN 48 did not have a material impact on our financial statements or
disclosures. As of August 1, 2007 and October 31, 2007, we did not
recognize any assets or liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits relative to
uncertain tax positions. We anticipate no significant increase or decrease to
gross unrecognized tax benefits will be recorded during the next twelve months.
Any interest or penalties resulting from examinations will be recognized as a
component of the income tax provision. However, since there are no unrecognized
tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken, we have no accrued interest
and penalties.
NOTE 7 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
As a result of the iEmployee acquisition, the
Company leases approximately
9,000 square feet of office space in Mumbai, India for sales, marketing,
development and support efforts. The
property is leased from a foreign company that is controlled by stockholders
and officers of the Company. Under the
lease agreement, the Company pays monthly rent of approximately $13 until the
lease expires in July 2009. During
the three months ended October 31, 2007, the Company incurred $13 in rent
expenses related to this lease.
NOTE
8 - SEGMENT INFORMATION
Currently,
the Company operates in two distinct segments: software and services and
intellectual property licensing. Forgents
software and services business provides customers with scheduling software,
asset management software, workforce management software as well as software
maintenance and support, installation and training services and hardware
devices. Under Forgents intellectual
property licensing segment, the Company settled with the remaining defendants
in the litigations related to its technologies embodied in U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672
and its foreign counterparts, as well as in U.S. Patent No. 6,285,746
during fiscal year 2007. Going forward,
Forgent does not anticipate generating additional licensing revenues related to
these patents. However, the Companys
intellectual property licensing segment continues to explore its patent
portfolio for additional opportunities.
In order to evaluate the software and services segment and the
intellectual property licensing segment as stand-alone businesses, the Company
records all unallocated corporate operating expenses in the Corporate segment.
The Company evaluates the performance as well as the financial results
of its segments. Included in the segment operating income (loss) is an
allocation of certain corporate operating expenses. The Company does not
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identify assets or capital expenditures by
reportable segments, and the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer do not evaluate the segments based on these criteria.
The table below presents segment information about
revenue from unaffiliated customers, gross margins and operating income (loss)
for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
Software &
Services
|
|
Intellectual
Property
Licensing
|
|
Corporate
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Month Period Ending
October 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues from unaffiliated customers
|
|
$
|
1,875
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
1,875
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
1,545
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,545
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(28
|
)
|
(82
|
)
|
(1,112
|
)
|
(1,222
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Month Period Ending
October 31, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues from unaffiliated customers
|
|
$
|
962
|
|
$
|
8,134
|
|
$
|
|
|
$
|
9,096
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
652
|
|
4,594
|
|
|
|
5,246
|
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
(289
|
)
|
3,800
|
|
(885
|
)
|
2,626
|
|
NOTE
9 CONTINGENCIES
Forgent is the defendant or plaintiff in various actions that arose in
the normal course of business. With the exception of the proceedings described below, none of the
pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party are material to the
Company.
Litigation with Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
On July 16, 2007, Jenkens &
Gilchrist, P.C. (Jenkens), Forgents former legal counsel, filed a complaint
against Forgent and Compressions Labs, Inc., in the District Court of
Dallas County, Texas. In its complaint,
Jenkens alleges a breach of contract and is seeking a declaratory
judgment. Forgent disputes Jenkens
claims and is seeking relief through the court system.
After Forgent terminated Jenkens, the Company entered into a Resolution
Agreement with Jenkens in December 2004.
Under the Resolution Agreement, the Company believes Jenkens is entitled
to $1.4 million for all related contingency fees and expenses related to the
settlements from the litigation regarding the Companys U.S. Patent No. 6,285,746
(the 746 patent). Jenkens interprets
the Resolution Agreement on broader terms and now believes it is entitled to
$3.4 million, including attorneys fees related to the litigation and
interest. Management currently cannot
predict how long it may take to resolve the Jenkens lawsuit. However, until the Jenkens litigation is
finalized, the related contingency fees and expenses may be adjusted in a
future period and could have a material impact to the Companys consolidated
financial statements.
Litigation with Wild Basin
On September 6, 2007, Forgent filed a
petition against Wild Basin One & Two, Ltd. (Wild Basin) in the
District Court of Travis County, Texas.
The petition claims Wild Basin is in breach of contract relating to
Forgents lease agreement by unreasonably withholding and delaying its consent
to a pending lease assignment. On October 19,
2007, Forgent amended its petition to include claims of fraud and breach of
fiduciary duty against Wild Basin.
Forgent is seeking to recover all damages as a result of the delay in
closing its pending assignment, among other damages.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND
ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following
review of Forgents financial position as of October 31, 2007 and July 31,
2007 and for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006 should be
read in conjunction with the Companys 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forgents internet website address is
http://www.asuresoftware.com. The Companys annual reports on Form 10-K,
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are available through the
investor relations page of the Companys internet website free of charge
as soon as reasonably practicable after they are electronically filed, or
furnished to, the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forgents internet
website and the information contained therein or connected thereto are not
intended to be incorporated into this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in
this Report represent forward-looking statements. These statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual
results of operations, levels of activity, economic performance, financial
condition or achievements to be materially different from future results of
operations, levels of activity, economic performance, financial condition or
achievements as expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Forgent
has attempted to identify these forward-looking statements with the words believes,
estimates, plans, expects, anticipates, may, could and other
similar expressions. Although these forward-looking statements reflect
managements current plans and expectations, which are believed to be
reasonable as of the filing date of this report, they inherently are subject to
certain risks and uncertainties. Such
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those described under Risk
Factors in this report and other risks indicated in Forgents filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. Additionally, Forgent is under no obligation
to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Form 10-Q
to conform such statements to actual results.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The
following table sets forth for the fiscal periods indicated the percentage of
total revenues represented by certain items in Forgents Consolidated
Statements of Operations:
|
|
FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software and services revenues
|
|
100
|
%
|
11
|
%
|
Intellectual property licensing
revenues
|
|
|
|
89
|
|
Gross margin
|
|
82
|
|
58
|
|
Selling, general and
administrative
|
|
130
|
|
28
|
|
Research and development
|
|
16
|
|
1
|
|
Total operating expenses
|
|
148
|
|
29
|
|
Other income, net
|
|
17
|
|
1
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
(49
|
)%
|
30
|
%
|
THREE MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
Revenues
Revenues for the three months ended October 31,
2007 were $1.9 million, a decrease of $7.2 million, or 79%, from the $9.1 million
reported for the three months ended October 31, 2006. Consolidated revenues represent the combined
revenues of the Company and its subsidiaries, including sales of the Companys scheduling software, asset management software,
workforce management software, software maintenance and support services,
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professional services, installation and training
services and hardware devices, as well as royalties and settlements received
from licensing the Companys intellectual property.
In September 2007, the Company announced a change in the name under
which it does business by adopting the dba Asure Software to reflect the
Companys focus on its software and services segment for its future
growth. Effective September 13,
2007, the Company now trades in the NASDAQ Global Market System under the
symbol ASUR.
Software and Services
Business
Software and services
revenues for the three months ended October 31, 2007 were $1.9 million, an
increase of $0.9 million, or 95%, from the $1.0 million reported for the three
months ended October 31, 2006.
Software and services revenues as a percentage of total revenues were
100% and 11% for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006,
respectively. Revenues from this line of business include sales of Forgents
NetSimplicity scheduling and asset management software, including Meeting Room Manager (MRM) and Visual
Asset Manager (VAM), and sales of the Companys iEmployee workforce
management software. Also included in this segments revenues are
software maintenance and support services, professional services, such as add-on
software customization, installation and training, and hardware devices.
During the first fiscal quarter of 2008, increases in software subscription revenues,
software license revenues and maintenance revenues accounted for approximately
83% of the $0.9 million increase in the software and services segments total
revenues. In October 2007, the
Company acquired the iEmployee workforce management software. The workforce management software, as well as
the Companys MRM On Demand software, are delivered to customers under the SaaS
model, which is software as a service on a subscription basis. The SaaS model allows customers to use
Forgents software without installing or maintaining it on their own
servers. The acquisition of iEmployee
and the continued growth of MRM On Demand led to a $0.3 million increase in
service revenues. Software license
revenues increased $0.3 million due primarily to continued focus on divisions
of enterprises and larger customers, which is driving sales with higher average
sales prices during the three months ended October 3,1 2007, and increased
focus on international sales. The increase in software license sales, as well
as the continued pursuit of maintenance renewals, led to additional sales of
maintenance and support contracts, which increased maintenance revenues by $0.1
million.
Forgent will continue to target North American and
international companies in the education, governmental, healthcare and legal
sectors, which generated approximately 53% of its software and services
revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2007. As the Company continues to fully integrate
the iEmployee operations, develop its sales force to increase sales
performance, and release new software updates and enhancements, management
believes its software and services revenues will continue to increase.
Intellectual Property Licensing Business
The Company did not have
any intellectual property licensing revenues for the three months ended October 31,
2007, which led to a decrease of $8.1 million, or 100%, from the $8.1 million
reported for the three months ended October 31, 2006. Intellectual
property licensing revenues as a percentage of total revenues were 0% and 89%
for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively
In prior fiscal years, the Companys intellectual property licensing
revenues have been derived from licensing U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672
(the 672 patent) and U.S. Patent No 6,285,746 (the 746 patent).
However, the 672 patent has expired and the 746 patent will be expiring
in May 2011. Additionally, the
litigations related to these two patents were concluded in fiscal year 2007.
Therefore, management does not anticipate any additional licensing revenues
from these patents. Although Forgent
continues to explore its patent portfolio for additional opportunities, there
can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to license its
technology to others. Additionally,
management believes any revenues to be generated from the Companys remaining
patent portfolio may be less than those generated historically.
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Gross
Margin
Gross
margins for the three months ended October 31, 2007 were $1.5 million, a
decrease of $3.7 million, or 71%, from the $5.2 million reported for the three
months ended October 31, 2006. Gross margins as a percentage of total
revenues were 82% and 58% for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and
2006, respectively.
For
the three months ended October 31, 2006, the intellectual property
licensing segment generated 88% of the total gross margins. As such, the $3.7 million decrease in gross
margin for the three months ended October 31, 2007, is due primarily to
the $4.6 million decrease in gross margin resulting from licensing revenues
generated during first fiscal quarter of 2007.
Since the litigations related to the 672 patent and the 746
patent were concluded during fiscal year 2007, the decline in intellectual
property licensing revenues has adversely affected the Companys total gross
margin. However, gross margin as a
percentage of total revenues has improved during the three months ended October 31,
2007 due to the accomplishments achieved by the software and services segment
during the first fiscal quarter of 2008.
Software and Services Business
Software
and services gross margins for
the three months ended October 31, 2007 were $1.6 million, an increase of
$0.9 million, or 137%, from the $0.7 million reported for the three months
ended October 31, 2006. Software and services gross margins as a
percentage of total revenues were 82% and 7% for the three months ended October 31,
2007 and 2006, respectively.
The cost of sales
associated with the software and services segment is relatively fixed and
results primarily from the amortization of the Companys purchased software
costs and compensation expenses. During
the three months ended October 31, 2007, cost of sales from the software
and services segment increased slightly.
During the first fiscal quarter of 2007, the Company fully amortized its
purchased software costs related to the acquisition of its NetSimplicity
software products, thereby decreasing the cost of sales by $0.1 million during
the three months ended October 31, 2006.
In October 2007, the Company acquired the iEmployee software
products. This acquisition resulted in a
$0.1 million increase in cost of sales due to the amortization of the newly
purchased software costs, as well as the compensation expenses related to the
iEmployee operations. Despite the
overall increase in cost of sales, the increase in software and services
revenues caused the gross margins as a percentage of revenues for the software
and services segment to increase from 68% for the three months ended October 31,
2006 to 82% for the three months ended October 31, 2007. Since Forgent expects to
generate more business from this segment, management expects gross margins from
the software and services segment to improve during the next fiscal quarter, in
terms of total dollars, and to remain relatively consistent in terms of
percentage of revenues for the segment.
Selling, General and
Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative expenses for the three months ended October 31,
2007 were $2.4 million, a decrease of $0.1 million or 2%, from the $2.5 million
reported for the three months ended October 31, 2006. Selling, general and
administrative (SG&A) expenses as a percentage of revenues were 130% and
28% for the three months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
Although total SG&A
expenses decreased slightly during the three months ended October 31,
2007, the net decrease was due primarily to two driving factors. Due to the conclusion of the litigations
related to the 672 patent and the 746 patent in fiscal year 2007, legal
expenses for the intellectual property licensing segment decreased by $0.2
million during the first fiscal quarter of 2008. This decrease was offset by an increase of
$0.1 million in SG&A expenses incurred by the acquired iEmployee
operations. Additionally, the decrease
in compensation expenses for the intellectual property licensing segment was
offset by an increase in sales and marketing compensation expenses for the
software and services segment during the three months ended October 31,
2007. In order to increase revenues from
its software business, the Company hired additional sales and marketing
personnel during the first fiscal quarter of 2008 and will continue to hire
additional sales personnel. Management
believes the additional personnel have contributed to the increase in software
and services revenues during the three months ended October 31, 2007 and
anticipates further increases in revenues as the Company continues to expand
its sales force. Forgent will also
continue to evaluate and reduce
any unnecessary SG&A expenses that do not directly support the generation
of revenues for the Company.
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Research
and Development
Research
and development expenses for the three months ended October 31, 2007 were
$0.3 million, an increase of $0.2 million, or 150%, from the $0.1 million
reported for the three months ended October 31, 2006. Research and development
(R&D) expenses as a percentage of revenues were 16% and 1% for the three
months ended October 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
During the three months
ended October 31, 2007, Forgent continued developing its MRM product and
released several minor versions, which included stronger compatibility with
Microsoft Outlook©. R&D efforts
related to MRM will remain focused on supporting the Companys larger
enterprise customers with a robust software platform that they can standardize
on and on enhancing the MRM Outlook Scheduling plug-in and Active Directory
support. Also during the first fiscal
quarter of 2008, the Company released VAM 5.7.
This new version of VAM introduced the new VAM importer module, which
enables customers to import data from legacy or external sources into VAM and
provides a technological foundation for further development efforts for
gathering and depositing data into VAM.
The
majority of the increase in R&D expenses during the three months ended October 31,
2007 is due to the acquisition of the iEmployee R&D workforce in October 2007. As the Company integrates the iEmployee
R&D workforce into the existing R&D team, management is exploring
opportunities to create synergies within the group and is investigating all
methods for managing its R&D efforts in the most cost-effective
manner. Although R&D expenses will
increase during the next fiscal quarter due to the acquisition, management will attempt to maintain R&D
expenses at reasonable levels in terms of percentage of revenue.
Net (Loss) Income
Forgent
generated a net loss of $0.9 million, or $0.03 per share, during the three
months ended October 31, 2007, compared to a net income of $2.7 million,
or $0.11 per share, during the three months ended October 31, 2006. Net (loss) income as a percentage of total
revenues were (49%) and 30% for the three months ended October 31, 2007
and 2006, respectively. The $3.6 million decrease in the Companys net income
is primarily attributable to the $3.7 million decrease in gross margin, which
is mainly associated with the reduction in intellectual property licensing
revenues during the first fiscal quarter of 2008.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
|
|
FOR THE THREE
MONTHS ENDED
OCTOBER 31,
|
|
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Working capital
|
|
$
|
14,423
|
|
$
|
14,063
|
|
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
|
|
19,476
|
|
15,038
|
|
Cash used in operating activities
|
|
(9,064
|
)
|
(1,059
|
)
|
Cash used in investing activities
|
|
(8,550
|
)
|
(32
|
)
|
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
1
|
|
(87
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
used in operating activities was $9.1 million for the three months ended October 31,
2007 due primarily to a $8.0 million decrease in accounts payable and $0.9
million in net loss. Cash used in
operating activities was $1.1 million for the three months ended October 31,
2006 due primarily to a $5.4 million increase in accounts receivable, which was
offset by the $2.8 million in net income and a $1.2 million increase in
accounts payable. During the three
months ended October 31, 2007, Forgent paid its legal counsel $7.4 million
in contingency fees related to its 746 patents settlement and license
agreements. The Company will pay the
related contingency fees to Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C. (Jenkens) in a
future period, once the litigation with Jenkens is finalized. Forgents average days sales outstanding
for its software and services segment was 49 days for the first fiscal quarter
of 2008, consistent with the 50 days for the first and fourth fiscal quarters
of 2007.
Cash
used in investing activities was $8.6 million for the three months ended October 31,
2007 due primarily to $7.2 million paid in cash related to the iEmployee
acquisition and $1.5 million purchase of short-term
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investments.
Cash used in investing activities was $32 thousand for the three months ended October 31,
2006 due to purchases of fixed assets.
Forgent manages its investments portfolio in order to fulfill corporate
liquidity requirements and maximize investment returns while preserving the
quality of the portfolio. During the
first fiscal quarter of 2008, Forgent shifted its investment portfolio to
investments with slightly longer maturities in order to maximize its interest
income. As a result of this shift and
the increase in the average cash equivalents and short-term investment balances
during the three months ended October 31, 2007, Forgent achieved a 117%
increase in interest income during the three months ended October 31,
2007, as compared to the three months ended October 31, 2006.
The
acquired iEmployee business has on-going capital requirements. Management is currently reviewing these
requirements to determine how best to manage operations without expending
significant additional resources. Additionally,
as the Company evaluates facilitating its growth within its existing office
space, Forgent will be investing in leasehold improvements in the next fiscal
quarter to accommodate this growth.
Management anticipates spending approximately $0.1 million during the
remainder of fiscal year 2008 to fulfill these requirements.
The Company leases office space and equipment under
non-cancelable operating leases that expire at various dates through 2013.
Certain leases obligate Forgent to pay property taxes, maintenance and
insurance and include escalation clauses. The total amount of base
rentals over the term of the Companys leases is charged to expense on a
straight-line basis, with the amount of the rental expense in excess of the
lease payments recorded as a deferred rent liability. Forgent may periodically
make other commitments and thus become subject to other contractual
obligations. Forgents future minimum
lease payments under all operating and capital leases as of October 31, 2007 are
as follows:
|
|
Payments Due By Period
|
|
|
|
(in thousands)
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Less than
1 year
|
|
1 - 3 years
|
|
3- 5 years
|
|
More than
5 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating lease obligations
|
|
$
|
18,812
|
|
$
|
3,754
|
|
$
|
6,997
|
|
$
|
6,836
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
Capital lease obligations
|
|
1
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
18,813
|
|
$
|
3,755
|
|
$
|
6,997
|
|
$
|
6,836
|
|
$
|
1,225
|
|
Approximately 95% of the Companys operating lease
obligations relates to its corporate office location at Wild Basin in Austin,
Texas. As of October 31, 2007,
Forgent had $4.0 million in future
minimum lease payments receivable under non-cancelable sublease
arrangements. Additionally, Forgent had
a $0.7 million liability related to impairment charges for the economic value
of the lost sublease rental income related to its Austin property.
Cash provided by financing activities was $1 thousand
for the three months ended October 31, 2007. Cash used in financing
activities was $87 thousand for the three months ended October 31, 2006
due primarily to $0.1 million in notes payable payments. As of October 31,
2007, Forgent had $1.0 million available from a credit line from Silicon Valley Bank, although no debt was outstanding at
quarter-end. Advances obtained from the Silicon Valley Bank
credit line will be notes payables that bear interest at prime plus 0.75% and
require monthly installments over a three year term. The Silicon Valley Bank credit line expires
on May 1, 2008. If Forgent renews
this source of financing, the Company may not be able to obtain similar terms
for the future credit line.
Forgents stock repurchase program allows the Company to
purchase up to three million shares of the Companys common stock. No shares
were repurchased during the three months ended October 31, 2007 or
2006. As of October 31, 2007,
Forgent had repurchased 1,790,401 shares for approximately $4.8 million
and had the authority to repurchase approximately 1.2 million additional
shares. Management will periodically assess repurchasing additional shares
during fiscal year 2008, depending on the Companys cash position, market
conditions and other factors.
As of October 31,
2007, Forgents principal sources of liquidity consisted of $19.5 million of
cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. Management currently plans to utilize its
cash balances to further develop its software operations by making additional
prudent investments to grow organically, continue exploring potential
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opportunities in
acquiring a growing and profitable public or privately held technology business
or product line, and may repurchase outstanding shares. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to limit its cash
consumption and preserve its cash balances, and it is possible that the Companys
future business demands may lead to cash utilization at levels greater than
recently experienced due to the iEmployee acquisition, potential other
acquisitions and other factors. Management believes that the Company has
sufficient capital and liquidity to fund and cultivate the growth of its
current and future operations for the next 12 months and thereafter. However, due to uncertainties related to the
timing and costs of these efforts, Forgent may need to raise additional capital
in the future. Yet, there is no
assurance that the Company will be able to raise additional capital if and when
it is needed.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICY
The
Companys condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and include the
accounts of Forgents wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany
transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation.
Preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of the assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
during the reporting period. The more significant estimates made by management
include the valuation allowance for the gross deferred tax asset, contingency
reserves, useful lives of fixed assets, the determination of the fair value of
its long-lived assets and the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities
assumed during the recent acquisition. These estimates could be materially
different under different conditions and assumptions. Additionally, the actual amounts could differ
from the estimates made. Management periodically evaluates estimates used in
the preparation of the financial statements for continued reasonableness.
Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively
based upon such periodic evaluation.
Management believes the
following represents Forgents critical accounting policy:
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists,
delivery has occurred, the fee is fixed or determinable and collectibility is
probable. The Company recognizes
software license revenue in accordance with Statement of Position (SOP) 97-2,
Software Revenue Recognition, as
amended by SOP 98-4, Deferral of the Effective
Date of a Provision of SOP 97-2, and SOP 98-9, Modification of SOP 97-2 With Respect to Certain
Transactions, Securities and Exchange Commission Staff
Accounting Bulletin 104, Revenue
Recognition, and Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 00-21,
Revenue Arrangements with Multiple
Deliverables. The Company recognizes software subscription revenue
in accordance with EITF Issue No. 00-3, Application
of AICPA Statement of Position 97-2 to Arrangements That Include the Right to
Use Software Stored on Another Entitys Hardware and EITF Issue No. 00-21.
Software and service
revenue consists of software license, software subscription and service
fees. Revenue from the software element
is earned through the licensing or right to use the Companys software and from
the sale of specific software products.
Service fee income is earned through the sale of maintenance and
technical support, training and installation. Revenue from the sale of hardware devices is
recognized upon shipment of the hardware.
Forgent sells multiple elements within a single sale. For software license arrangements, the
Company allocates the total fee to the various elements based on the relative
fair values of the elements specific to the Company. For software subscription arrangements, the
Company recognizes the total contract value ratably over the contract term.
The Company determines
the fair value of each element in the arrangement based on vendor-specific
objective evidence (VSOE) of fair value.
VSOE of fair value for the software, maintenance, and training and
installation services are based on the prices charged for the software,
maintenance and services when sold separately.
Revenue allocated to maintenance and technical support is recognized
ratably over the maintenance term (typically one year). Revenue allocated to installation and
training is recognized upon completion of these services. The Companys training and installation
services are not essential to the functionality of its products as such
services can be provided by a third party or the customers themselves.
For
instances in which VSOE cannot be determined for undelivered elements, and
these undelivered elements do not provide significant customization or
modification of its software product, Forgent recognizes the entire contract
amount ratably over the period during which the services are expected to be
performed.
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Intellectual property
licensing revenue is derived from the Companys Patent Licensing Program, which
has generated licensing revenues relating to the Companys technologies
embodied in the 672 patent and the 746
patent. Gross intellectual
property licensing revenue is recognized at the time a license agreement has
been executed and collection has been deemed probable. Related costs are recorded as cost of
sales. The cost of sales in the
intellectual property licensing business relates to contingent
legal fees incurred on successfully achieving signed agreements, as
well as legal fees incurred based upon legal counsels time.
The
Company does not recognize revenue for agreements with rights of return,
refundable fees, cancellation rights or acceptance clauses until such rights of
return, refund or cancellation have expired or acceptance has occurred. The Companys arrangements with resellers do
not allow for any rights of return.
Deferred
revenue includes amounts received from customers in excess of revenue
recognized, and is comprised of deferred maintenance, service and other
revenue. Deferred revenues are
recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations when the
service is completed and over the terms of the arrangements, primarily ranging
from one to three years.
Impairment
of Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Long-Lived Assets
Goodwill
and other intangible assets with indefinite lives are not required
to be amortized under Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB)
Statement No. 142, Goodwill and Other
Intangible Assets, and accordingly, the Company reviews its
goodwill for possible impairment on an annual basis, or whenever specific
events warrant. Events that may create an impairment review include, but are
not limited to: significant and sustained decline in the Companys stock price
or market capitalization, significant underperformance of operating units and
significant changes in market conditions and trends. Forgent uses a two-step
process and a discounted cash flow model to evaluate its
assets for impairment. If the carrying amount of the goodwill or asset
exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount
equal to the excess during that fiscal period.
Intangible assets that are not deemed to have indefinite lives are
amortized over their useful lives and are tested for impairment in accordance
with FASB Statement No. 144, Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.
In
accordance with Statement No. 144, Forgent reviews and evaluates its
long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that their net book value may not be recoverable. When such
factors and circumstances exist, including those noted above, the Company
compares the assets carrying amounts against the estimated undiscounted cash
flows to be generated by those assets over their estimated useful lives.
If the carrying amounts are greater than the undiscounted cash flows, the
fair values of those assets are estimated by discounting the projected cash
flows. Any excess of the carrying amounts
over the fair values are recorded as impairments in that fiscal period.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
The Companys primary market risk exposure relates to
interest rate risk. Forgents interest income is sensitive to changes in U.S.
interest rates. However, due to the
short-term nature of the Companys investments, Forgent does not consider these
risks to be significant. For
additional Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk,
reference is made to Part II, Item 7A, Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures about Market Risk, in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the year ended July 31, 2007.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Companys management is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting
for the Company. The Company maintains
disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in the reports it files under the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Such controls
include those designed to ensure that information for disclosure is
communicated to management, including the Chairman of the Board and the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO), as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure.
The CEO and Chief Financial Officer, with the
participation of management, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Companys
disclosure controls and procedures as of October 31, 2007. Based on their
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evaluation, they have concluded, to the best
of their knowledge and belief, that the disclosure controls and procedures are
effective. No changes were made in the
Companys internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended October 31,
2007, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Companys internal controls over financial reporting. In making this assessment, management used
the criteria set forth in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
Due to the
acquisition of iEmployee in October 2007, Forgent is required to implement
internal controls related to those operations. As of October 31, 2007, the
Company has not tested the operating effectiveness of the internal controls
related to iEmployee or the integration of iEmployee. In compliance with the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Boards and the Securities and Exchange
Commissions regulations and guidance, Forgent will not report on the
effectiveness of iEmployees internal controls over financial reporting under
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 until its Annual Report on Form 10-K for
fiscal 2008.
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Forgent
is the defendant or plaintiff in various actions that arose in the normal
course of business. With the exception of the proceedings described
below, none of the pending legal proceedings to which the Company is a party
are material to the Company.
Litigation with Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C.
On July 16, 2007, Jenkens &
Gilchrist, P.C. (Jenkens), Forgents former legal counsel, filed a complaint
against Forgent and Compressions Labs, Inc., in the District Court of
Dallas County, Texas. In its complaint,
Jenkens alleges a breach of contract and is seeking a declaratory
judgment. Forgent disputes Jenkens
claims and is seeking relief through the court system.
After Forgent terminated Jenkens, the Company
entered into a Resolution Agreement with Jenkens in December 2004. Under the Resolution Agreement, the Company
believes Jenkens is entitled to $1.4 million for all related contingency fees
and expenses related to the settlements from the litigation regarding the
Companys U.S. Patent No. 6,285,746 (the 746 patent). Jenkens interprets the Resolution Agreement
on broader terms and now believes it is entitled to $3.4 million, including
attorneys fees related to the litigation and interest. Management currently cannot predict how long
it may take to resolve the Jenkens lawsuit.
However, until the Jenkens litigation is finalized, the related
contingency fees and expenses may be adjusted in a future period and could have
a material impact to the Companys consolidated financial statements.
Litigation with Wild Basin
On September 6, 2007, Forgent filed a
petition against Wild Basin One & Two, Ltd. (Wild Basin) in the
District Court of Travis County, Texas.
The petition claims Wild Basin is in breach of contract relating to
Forgents lease agreement by unreasonably withholding and delaying its consent
to a pending lease assignment. On October 19,
2007, Forgent amended its petition to include claims of fraud and breach of
fiduciary duty against Wild Basin.
Forgent is seeking to recover all damages as a result of the delay in
closing its pending assignment, among other damages.
Re-examination
of United States Patent No. 6,285,746
On
October 2, 2006, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the USPTO)
ordered an inter partes re-examination of the 746
patent and issued its first office action related to this re-examination on October 30,
2006. This first action, which is not
the final conclusion of the re-examination, rejected the five claims in the 746
patent. Forgent responded to the USPTO,
but the USPTO has not issued any additional office actions related to this
re-examination.
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Re-examination of United States Patent No. 4,698,672
On January 31,
2006, the USPTO granted a petition to re-examine the Companys U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672
(the 672 patent) and subsequently issued its first office action on May 25,
2006. Forgent responded to this first
office action, which confirmed 27 of the 46 claims in the 672 patent. On March 26, 2007, the USPTO issued its
final office action, which affirmed its first office action. Forgent responded to the USPTO on May 11,
2007 and is currently waiting for the USPTOs reply.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Many
factors affect Forgents business, prospects, liquidity and the results of
operations, some of which are beyond the Companys control. The following is a
discussion of important risk factors that may cause the actual results of the
Companys operations in future periods to differ materially from those
currently expected or desired. Additional risks not presently known to
management or risks that are currently believed to be immaterial but which may
become material, may also affect the Companys business, prospects, liquidity
and results of operations.
SOFTWARE
AND SERVICES BUSINESS
The Company may encounter problems related to its acquisition
of iEmployee, which could create business difficulties and adversely affect
operations.
The
Company may have difficulties integrating the services, technologies, personnel
and operations of iEmployee into the Companys existing software business.
These difficulties could disrupt Forgents ongoing business, distract
management and other personnel, increase expenses and adversely affect
operating results. If Forgent is unable
to fully integrate iEmployee with its existing operations, the Company may not
achieve all the intended benefits of the acquisition.
If
Forgent is unable to successfully market and sell its software products and
services, future software and services revenues will decline.
The future success of the Company is dependent
on its ability to generate demand for its NetSimplicity and iEmployee software
products and services. To this end, Forgents marketing and sales operations
must increase market awareness of the Companys products and services to
generate increased revenue. All new hires within the sales and marketing departments
will require training and may take time to achieve full productivity. Forgent
cannot be certain that its new hires will become as productive as
necessary. The Company also cannot be
certain that it will be able to hire enough qualified individuals or retain
existing employees in the future, and therefore, cannot be certain that it will
be successful in its efforts to market and sell its products and services. If Forgent is not successful in building
greater market awareness and generating increased sales, future software and
services revenues will decline.
Lack of new customers or additional sales from current
customers could negatively affect the Companys ability to grow revenues.
Forgents future success and
business model depends significantly on its ability to expand the use of its
software and services. The Company must
execute on its growth objectives by increasing its market share, maintaining
and increasing recurring revenues from new and existing customers, and selling
additional products and services to new and existing customers. If the Company fails to grow its customer
base or generate repeat and expanded business from its current customers,
Forgents software and services revenues could be adversely affected.
Since
NetSimplicitys maintenance and other service fees depend largely on the size
and number of licenses that are sold, any downturn in NetSimplicitys software
license revenue would negatively impact the Companys deployment services
revenue and future maintenance revenue. Additionally, if customers elect not to
renew their maintenance agreements, NetSimplicitys maintenance revenue could
be adversely affected.
Increased competition may have an adverse effect on the Companys
operating results.
The Company may encounter new entrants or
competition from vendors in some or all aspects of its software business. The
Company currently competes on the basis of price, technology, availability,
performance, quality, reliability, service and support. However, there can be
no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain a competitive advantage
with respect to any of these factors. Some of Forgents competitors, both
current and future, may have greater financial, technical and marketing
resources than the Company and, therefore, may be able to respond quicker to
new or emerging technologies and changes in customer requirements. As a result, they
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may compete more effectively on price and other
terms. Additionally, these competitors
may devote greater resources in developing products or in promoting and selling
their products to achieve greater market acceptance. Such competition could adversely affect the
Companys operating results.
Open source software may increase
competition, resulting in decreases in the prices of Forgents software
products.
Many
different formal and informal groups of software developers and individuals
have created a wide variety of software and have made that software available
for use, distribution and modification, often free of charge. Such open source
software has been gaining in popularity among business users, particularly
small to medium sized businesses, which are some of Forgents targeted
customers. Although management is currently unaware of any competing open
source software, if developers make scheduling, asset management or workforce
management software applications available to the open source community, and
that software has competitive features, Forgent may need to change its pricing
and distribution strategy in order to compete.
A systems
failure or any other service interruption could result in substantial expenses
to the Company, loss of customers and claims by customers for damages caused by
any losses they incur.
The
Company offers hosting services through both its NetSimplicity and iEmployee
product lines. These services, which are
supported by hardware, infrastructure, ongoing maintenance and back-up
services, must be operated reliably on a 24 hours per day, seven days per week
basis without interruption or data loss.
If Forgent cannot protect its infrastructure, equipment and customer
data files against damage from human error, power loss or telecommunication
failures, intentional acts of vandalism, or any other catastrophic occurrences,
services to its customers may be interrupted.
If services are interrupted,
· Customers may not be able to retrieve their data;
· The Company could incur significant expenses to
replace existing equipment or purchase services from an alternative data
center;
· Customers may not renew their services or cancel
their contracts;
· Customers may seek reimbursement for losses that
they incur; and/or
· The Companys reputation may be impaired, making it
difficult to attract new customers.
Although disaster recovery
plans and strategies are in place, Forgent may not be successful in mitigating
the effects of any systems failure or other service interruptions. Such
failures or interruptions could significantly impair the Companys operations
and adversely affect the Companys financial results.
If Forgents business, systems and/or IT security is
breached, the Companys businesses may be adversely affected.
A
security breach in the Companys business processes and/or systems has the
potential to impact the Companys customer information. Any issues of data privacy as they relate to
unauthorized access to or loss of customer information could result in the
potential loss of business, damage to the Companys reputation and
litigation. To prevent unauthorized
access to confidential information or attempts to breach the Companys
security, Forgent continues to invest in the security of its IT systems and
improve the controls within its IT systems and business processes. However,
there is no assurance that the Companys business and/or systems will not be
breached. If Forgents security is breached
or confidential information is accessed, the Companys business and operating
results may be adversely affected.
Claims of
intellectual property infringement by third parties may adversely affect
Forgents business.
The Company may
become subjected to claims of intellectual property infringement by third
parties as the number of competitors and available software products continue
to grow and the functionality of such products increasingly overlaps. Any
infringement claims, with or without merit, could be time-consuming, result in
costly litigation, divert managements attention and financial resources, cause
the loss or deferral of sales or require the Company to enter into royalty or
license agreements. In the event of a successful claim of intellectual property
infringement against Forgent, the Companys business, operating results and
financial condition could be materially adversely affected, unless the Company
is able to either license the technology or similar technology or develop an
alternative technology on a timely basis.
Even if Forgent is able to license the technology, such royalty or
license agreements may not be available on terms acceptable to the Company.
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If Forgent cannot prevent piracy
of its software products, revenues may decline.
Although the Company is unable to
determine the extent to which piracy of its software products occurs, software
piracy could be a problem. Since Forgent
has international resellers and customers, piracy may occur in foreign
countries where laws do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as
the laws in the United States. Piracy may cause the Companys revenues to
decline. Forgent seeks to protect its
assets through a combination of patent and trademark laws as well as
confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions. These legal protections
afford only limited protection and enforcement of these rights may be time
consuming and expensive. Furthermore,
competitors may also independently develop similar, but not infringing,
technology or design around the Companys products.
The
Companys software products functionality may be impaired if third-party
hardware devices associated with the software do not operate successfully.
In
addition to its software products, Forgent currently sells hardware devices
from partnered vendors to its customers.
The effective implementation of the Companys software products depends
upon the successful operation of these third-party hardware products. Any undetected
defects in these third-party products could prevent the implementation of or
impair the functionality of the Companys software or blemish Forgents
reputation.
If customers cease using Microsoft Outlook© or if Microsoft
changes its Outlook application significantly, revenues may decline and/or the
Company may incur significant expenses to update its MRM Enterprise software.
The
Companys MRM Enterprise software is designed to operate with Microsoft
Outlook©. Although management believes
that Microsoft Outlook© is currently and widely utilized by businesses in the
Companys target markets, there are no assurances that businesses will continue
to use Microsoft Outlook© as anticipated, will migrate from older versions to
newer versions of Microsoft Outlook©, or will not adopt alternative
technologies that are incompatible with MRM Enterprise. Forgent may not be timely in updating its MRM
Enterprise software to be compatible with Microsoft Outlook©. As a result, software revenues may
decline. Additionally, the Company may
incur significant expenses updating its MRM Enterprise software to be
compatible with changes in Microsoft Outlook©.
If Forgent fails to introduce new versions and releases of
functional and scalable software products in a cost-effective and timely
manner, customers may license competing products and Forgents revenues will
decline.
The technology industry is
characterized by continuing improvements in technology, resulting in the
frequent introduction of new products, short product life cycles, changes in
customer needs and continual improvement in product performance
characteristics. Forgent expects that
its future financial performance will depend, in part, on revenue generated
from future software products and enhancements as well as other software
related products that the Company plans to develop and/or acquire. To be
successful, Forgent must be cost-effective and timely in enhancing its existing
software applications, developing new software technology and solutions that address
the increasingly sophisticated and varied needs of its existing and prospective
clients, and anticipating technological advances and evolving industry
standards and practices.
Forgent
spends a large portion of its research and development resources on product
upgrades and may need to invest further in research and development in order to
keep its software applications and solutions viable in the rapidly changing
marketplace. This research and development effort, which may require
significant resources, could ultimately be unsuccessful if Forgent does not
achieve market acceptance for its new products or enhancements. Additionally, if the Company fails to
anticipate and respond effectively to technological improvements or if Forgents
competitors release new products that are superior to Forgents products in
performance and/or price, demand for the Companys software products may
decline and Forgent may lose sales and fail to achieve anticipated revenues.
Errors or defects in Forgents software could reduce demand
for its software and result in decreased revenues, decreased market acceptance
and injury to the Companys reputation.
Errors or defects in the
Companys software, sometimes called bugs, may be found from time-to-time,
particularly when new versions or enhancements are released. Any significant
software errors or defects may result in loss of sales, decreased revenues,
delay in market acceptance and injury to the Companys reputation. Despite
extensive product testing during development, new versions or enhancements of
Forgents software may still have errors after commercial shipments begin. Forgent corrects the bugs and delivers the
corrections in subsequent maintenance releases, patches and on-going
service. However, errors or defects
could put the Company at a competitive disadvantage and can be costly and
time-consuming to correct.
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If Forgent is unable to develop or maintain strategic
relationships with its resellers and vendor partners who market and sell the
Companys products, revenues may decline.
Forgent supplements its
direct sales force by contracting with resellers and vendor partners to
generate additional sales. Forgents
revenue growth will depend, in part, on adding new resellers and partners to
expand the Companys sales channels, as well as leveraging the Companys
relationships with existing resellers and partners. If Forgent is unable to
enter into successful new strategic relationships in the future or if the Companys
current relationships with its resellers and partners deteriorate or terminate,
Forgent may lose sales and revenues may decline.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY LICENSING BUSINESS
If the Company is unable to obtain new license agreements,
revenues will decline.
In
prior fiscal years, the Companys intellectual property licensing revenues have
been derived primarily from the 672 patent and the 746 patent. However,
the 672 patent has expired and the 746 patent will be expiring in May 2011. Additionally, the Company considers the
litigations related to these two patents to be concluded. Therefore, management
does not anticipate any additional licensing revenues from these patents.
Although
Forgent continues to explore its patent portfolio for additional opportunities,
there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to continue to license
its technology to others. Additionally,
the Companys Patent Licensing Program involves risks inherent in licensing
intellectual property, including risks of protracted delays, legal or
regulatory challenges that would lead to disruption or curtailment of the
program, increasing expenditures associated with the pursuit of the program and
other risks. Management believes any
revenues to be generated from the Companys remaining patent portfolio may be
less than those generated historically.
OTHER
If
Forgents common stock is delisted from NASDAQ, its stockholders ability to
sell their shares and the Companys ability to raise capital may be adversely
affected.
In the past, the Company
has received Nasdaq
staff deficiency letters indicating that, for 30
consecutive business days, the bid price per share of the Companys common
stock closed below the minimum $1.00 per share requirement. Therefore, its common stock was subject to
potential delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market
Exchange pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4450(a)(5). Although the
Company regained bid price compliance after maintaining a share price in excess
of $1.00 for ten consecutive business days and currently
does not face a potential delisting from the Nasdaq Global Market Exchange,
Forgent cannot
give investors in its common stock any assurance that the Company will be able
to maintain compliance with the $1.00 per share minimum price requirement for
continued listing on NASDAQ or that its stock will not be delisted by NASDAQ in
the future.
If
in the future the Companys common stock is delisted from NASDAQ, the market
liquidity of the Companys common stock will be significantly limited, which
would reduce stockholders ability to sell their Company securities in the
secondary market. Additionally, any such
delisting would harm Forgents ability to raise capital through alternative
financing sources on acceptable terms, if at all, and may result in the loss of
confidence in the Companys financial stability by vendors, customers and
employees.
Forgent may face problems in connection with future
acquisitions, which could create business difficulties and adversely affect
operations.
As
part of the Companys business strategy, Forgent may acquire additional
businesses, products and technologies that could complement or expand its
ongoing business. However, the Company
may be unable to identify suitable acquisitions or investment candidates. Even
if Forgent identifies suitable candidates, there are no assurances that the
Company will be able to make the acquisitions or investments on favorable
terms. Negotiations of potential acquisitions could divert management time and
resources and the Company may incorrectly judge the value or worth of an
acquired business, product or technology. Additionally, Forgent may incur
significant debt or be required to issue equity securities to pay for such
future acquisitions or investments.
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Historically, the Company has not
been profitable and Forgent may continue to incur losses, which may result in
decreases in revenues if customers raise viability concerns.
Although
Forgent generated net income for the year ended July 31, 2007, the Company
incurred losses during the prior fiscal years and during the three months ended
October 31, 2007. The net income
during fiscal year 2007 was due to the income generated from the intellectual
property licensing segment and is not expected to continue. Additionally as of October 31, 2007,
Forgent had an accumulated deficit of $239.4 million
and may incur additional losses in the future.
Continued losses may cause existing and new customers to question the
Companys viability and be reluctant to purchase from the Company. If Forgent is unable to increase its sales
due to such concerns, revenues will decline, which would further adversely
affect the Companys operating results. Therefore, there are no assurances that
the Company can achieve or generate sufficient revenues to realize
profitability.
Forgent may not be able to
protect or enforce its intellectual property rights, which could adversely
affect the Companys operations.
The
Company seeks to protect its assets through patent and trademark laws. Forgent currently has several patents and
trademarks, as well as patent applications and trademark registrations. However, the Companys patent applications or
trademark registrations may not be approved. Additionally, even if approved,
the resulting patents or trademarks may not provide the Company with any
competitive advantage or may be challenged by third parties. If challenged, patents and trademarks might
not be upheld or claims could be narrowed. Any challenges or litigation
surrounding the Companys rights could force Forgent to divert important
financial and other resources away from business operations.
If Forgent elects to raise
additional capital, funds may not be available or, if available, may not be on
favorable terms to the Company.
In the future, Forgent may elect to raise
additional capital to fund its operations and/or acquisitions. However, Forgent
cannot be certain that it will be able to obtain financing on favorable
terms. If Forgent takes out loans, the
Company may incur significant interest expense, which could adversely affect
operating results. If Forgent issues
equity securities, its stockholders percentage of ownership would be reduced
and the new equity securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior
to those existing stockholders of the Companys common stock. If Forgent is unable to raise funds on
acceptable terms, Forgent may not be able to acquire additional businesses,
products or technologies, develop or enhance its existing products, respond to
competitive pressures or unanticipated requirements, or take advantage of
future opportunities, all of which could adversely affect the Companys
business, operating results and financial condition.
Forgent may experience fluctuations in its quarterly results
and if the Companys future results are below expectations, the price for the
Companys common stock may decline.
In
the past, the Companys revenues and operating results have varied
significantly from quarter to quarter due to the various events experienced by
the intellectual property licensing segment.
Although management expects that revenues and operating results may
fluctuate less from quarter to quarter due to the conclusion of the
intellectual property licensing segments litigations, any fluctuation may lead
to reduced prices for the Companys common stock. Several factors may cause the quarterly
results to fluctuate, including:
· market
demand for the Companys software products and services;
· timing
of customers budget cycles;
· timing
of customer orders and deployment of the Companys software products and
services;
· mix
of software license and services revenues;
· timing of introducing new
products and services or enhancements to existing products and services;
· new product releases or
pricing policies by Forgents competitors;
· seasonal
fluctuations in capital spending;
· changes
in the rapidly evolving market for web-based applications;
· managements
ability to manage operating costs, a large portion of which are relatively
fixed in advance of any particular quarter;
· timing
and costs related to potential additional acquisitions of businesses,
products or technologies;
· costs
of attracting, retaining and training skilled personnel;
· managements
ability to manage future growth;
· changes in U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles; and
· general
economic climate.
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Some of these factors are within managements
control while others are not.
Accordingly, management believes that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of
the Companys revenues and operating results are not necessarily meaningful and
that market analysts and investors should not rely on the results of any
particular quarter as an indication of future performance.
The
loss of key management and personnel could hinder the development of Forgents
technology and otherwise adversely affect the Companys business.
Forgent relies on the
continued contributions of its senior management, and its sales and marketing,
professional services and finance personnel. Forgents success depends upon its
ability to attract, hire and retain
highly qualified and experienced personnel, especially software
developers and engineers who design and develop software applications in order to keep pace with client demand for
rapidly evolving technologies and varying client needs. The Companys operations are also dependent
on the continued efforts of its executive officers and senior management,
including iEmployees senior management and the senior management of any
business it may acquire in the future.
If any of the Companys key personnel or senior management are unable or
unwilling to continue in his or her present role, or if Forgent is unable to attract,
train, retain and manage its employees effectively,
Forgent could encounter
difficulties in developing new products and product enhancements,
generating revenue through increased sales efforts and providing high quality
customer service.
Although Forgent has executed a shareholders rights plan,
there are no assurances that a change of control will not occur.
In
December 2005, the Companys Board of Directors approved and executed a
shareholder rights plan (Rights Plan) whereby one preferred share purchase
right was distributed for each outstanding share of the Companys common stock
for all stockholders of record on December 31, 2005. The Rights Plan, which was not adopted in response
to any threat to the Company, was designed to guard against any proposed
takeover, partial tender offers, open market accumulations and other tactics
designed to gain control of the Company. Under the Rights Plan, the preferred
share purchase rights become exercisable if a person or group thereafter
acquires 15% or more of the Companys common stock or announces a tender offer
for 15% or more of the Companys common stock. Such events, or if the Company
is acquired in a merger or other business combination transaction after a
person or group acquires 15% or more of its common stock, would entitle the
right holder to purchase, at an exercise price of $13.00 per share, a number of
shares of common stock having a market value at that time equal to twice the
rights exercise price. The Rights Plan may have the effect of discouraging,
delaying or preventing unsolicited acquisition proposals, but there are no
assurances a change of control will not occur.
Due
to the risk factors noted above and elsewhere in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, Forgents past earnings and stock price have
been, and future earnings and stock price potentially may be, subject to
significant volatility, particularly on a quarterly basis. Past financial
performance should not be considered a reliable indicator of future performance
and investors are cautioned in using historical trends to anticipate results or
trends in future periods. Any shortfall in revenue or earnings from the levels
anticipated by market analysts and investors could have an immediate and
significant effect on the trading price of the Companys common stock.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
On October 5,
2007, the Company issued 5,095,000 shares of its Common Stock to the former
stockholders and option holders of iEmployee as part of the
consideration for the iEmployee acquisition. As indicated in Note 2 of
the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Report,
such shares had a total value of approximately $4,987,000. The shares
were not registered with the Securities Exchange Commission at the time of
issuance and were issued in reliance on an exemption from registration
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
Specifically, the shares were sold pursuant to Rule 506 of Regulation D
under the Securities Act to accredited investors only, such sales
being further evidenced by the Companys filing of a Form D with the
Securities Exchange Commission.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None
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ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None
ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibits:
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2.2*
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11, 2007 by and among Forgent
Networks, Inc., Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc. and iSarla Inc.
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3.1
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended October 31, 2004).
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3.2
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Restated
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
October 31, 2004).
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4.1
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Specimen
Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1,
File No. 33-45876, as amended).
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4.2
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Rights
Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2005 between Forgent
Networks, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
which includes the form of Series A Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, the
form of Rights Certificate, and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K
dated December 19, 2005).
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10.42*
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Employment
Agreement with Fenil Shah dated October 5, 2007.
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10.43* |
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Employment Agreement with Snehal Shah dated October 5, 2007. |
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31.1*
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Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2*
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Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.1*
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2*
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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* Filed herewith
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
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FORGENT
NETWORKS, INC.
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December 17,
2007
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By:
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/s/ RICHARD N. SNYDER
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Richard
N. Snyder
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Chief
Executive Officer
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December 17,
2007
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By:
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/s/ JAY C. PETERSON
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Jay C. Peterson
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Chief
Financial Officer
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
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DESCRIPTION
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2.2
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Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11, 2007 by and among Forgent
Networks, Inc., Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc. and iSarla Inc.
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3.1
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Companys quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
October 31, 2004).
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3.2
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Restated
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended
October 31, 2004).
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4.1
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Specimen
Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1,
File No. 33-45876, as amended).
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4.2
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Rights
Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2005 between Forgent
Networks, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
which includes the form of Series A Preferred Stock, $.01 par value, the
form of Rights Certificate, and the Summary of Rights (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K dated December 19, 2005).
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10.42
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Employment
Agreement with Fenil Shah dated October 5, 2007.
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10.43 |
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Employment Agreement with Snehal Shah dated October 5, 2007. |
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31.1
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Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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31.2
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Certification
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.1
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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32.2
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Certification
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Exhibit 2.2
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND AMONG
FORGENT
NETWORKS, INC.,
CHEETAH
ACQUISITION COMPANY, INC.,
iSARLA,
INC.
AND
THE
PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
Dated
as of September 11, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1
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Section 1.1
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Certain
Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2
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Interpretation.
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12
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ARTICLE
II
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THE
MERGER
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13
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Section 2.1
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The
Merger
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13
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Section 2.2
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The
Closing
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13
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Section 2.3
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The
Effective Time
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14
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Section 2.4
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Effect
of the Merger
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14
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Section 2.5
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Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws.
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14
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Section 2.6
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Directors
and Officers.
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14
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Section 2.7
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Effect
on Outstanding Capital Stock and Options.
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15
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Section 2.8
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Escrow
Account.
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17
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Section 2.9
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Exchange
of Closing Consideration at Closing.
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19
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Section 2.10
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Withholding
Rights
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23
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Section 2.11
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Appraisal
Rights.
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23
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Section 2.12
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Further
Assurances
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24
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Section 2.13
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Arrangements
Relating to Closing Date Working Capital Calculation.
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ARTICLE
III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS
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Section 3.1
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Organization,
Standing and Power
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Section 3.2
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Authority
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27
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Section 3.3
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Intentionally
Omitted.
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28
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Section 3.4
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Financial
Statements.
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28
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Section 3.5
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Capital
Structure
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29
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Section 3.6
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Subsidiaries.
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30
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Section 3.7
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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30
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Section 3.8
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Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities
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31
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Section 3.9
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Litigation
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31
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Section 3.10
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Restrictions
on Business Activities
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31
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Section 3.11
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Intellectual
Property.
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Section 3.12
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Interested
Party Transactions
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38
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Section 3.13
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Minute
Books
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38
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Section 3.14
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Complete
Copies of Materials
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38
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Section 3.15
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Material
Contracts
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38
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Section 3.16
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Inventory
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39
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Section 3.17
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Accounts
Receivable
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39
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Section 3.18
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Customers
and Suppliers
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39
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Section 3.19
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Employees
and Consultants
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40
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Section 3.20
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Title
to Property.
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40
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Section 3.21
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Environmental
Matters.
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41
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Section 3.22
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Taxes.
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Section 3.23
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Employee
Benefit Plans.
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45
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Section 3.24
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Employee
Matters
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49
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Section 3.25
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Insurance
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49
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Section 3.26
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Compliance
with Laws.
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50
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Section 3.27
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Absence
of Questionable Payments
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50
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Section 3.28
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Brokers
and Finders Fee
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50
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Section 3.29
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Privacy
Policies and Web Site Terms and Conditions.
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50
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Section 3.30
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International
Trade Matters
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52
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Section 3.31
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Representations
Complete
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52
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Section 3.32
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Commission
Filings
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52
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Section 3.33
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Takeover
Statutes
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53
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ARTICLE
IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
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53
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Section 4.1
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Organization,
Standing and Power
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53
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Section 4.2
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Authority
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53
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Section 4.3
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Issuance
of Shares
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54
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Section 4.4
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Interim
Operations of Merger Sub
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54
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Section 4.5
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Finders
or Advisors Fees
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54
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Section 4.6
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
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54
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Section 4.7
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Absence
of Certain Changes or Events
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55
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ARTICLE
V
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ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
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55
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Section 5.1
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Conduct
of Business of the Company
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55
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Section 5.2
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No
Solicitation of Other Offers
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58
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Section 5.3
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Access
to Information Concerning Properties and Records
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59
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Section 5.4
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Reasonable
Best Efforts
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59
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Section 5.5
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Sale
of Shares Pursuant to Regulation D
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59
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Section 5.6
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Registration
of Parent Common Stock
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60
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Section 5.7
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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60
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Section 5.8
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Public
Announcements
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60
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Section 5.9
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Resignation
of Directors and Officers
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60
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Section 5.10
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Regulatory
Approval; Further Assurances.
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61
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Section 5.11
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Blue
Sky Laws
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61
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Section 5.12
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Employees
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62
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Section 5.13
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Expenses
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62
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Section 5.14
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Special
Indemnity Insurance.
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62
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ARTICLE
VI
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CONDITIONS
TO THE MERGER
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62
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Section 6.1
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Conditions
to Each Partys Obligations to Effect the Merger
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62
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Section 6.2
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Conditions
to Parents and Merger Subs Obligations to Effect the Merger
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63
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Section 6.3
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Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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66
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ARTICLE
VII
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TERMINATION;
FEES AND EXPENSES
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67
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Section 7.1
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Termination
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67
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Section 7.2
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Effect
of Termination
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68
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ARTICLE
VIII
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ESCROW
AND INDEMNIFICATION
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68
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Section 8.1
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Survival
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68
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Section 8.2
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Indemnification
by the Company and the Eligible Company Holders.
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68
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Section 8.3
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Indemnification
by Parent.
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70
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Section 8.4
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Effect
on Merger Consideration; Stockholder Representatives.
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71
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Section 8.5
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Handling
Claims
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73
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Section 8.6
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Limits
on Indemnification.
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74
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Section 8.7
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Release
and Waiver
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75
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Section 8.8
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Treatment
of Indemnification Payments
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75
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Section 8.9
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Insurance
Set-Off
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75
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Section 8.10
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Exclusive
Remedies
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76
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ARTICLE
IX
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MISCELLANEOUS
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76
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Section 9.1
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Representations
and Warranties
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76
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Section 9.2
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Extension;
Waiver
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76
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Section 9.3
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Notices
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76
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Section 9.4
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Entire
Agreement
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77
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Section 9.5
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Binding
Effect; Benefit; Assignment.
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77
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Section 9.6
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Amendment
and Modification
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78
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Section 9.7
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Headings;
Construction
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78
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Section 9.8
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Fees
and Expenses
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78
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Section 9.9
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Counterparts
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78
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Section 9.10
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Applicable
Law
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78
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Section 9.11
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Severability
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78
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Section 9.12
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Remedies
Cumulative
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iii
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as
of September 11, 2007 (this Agreement), is entered into by and
among Forgent Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent),
Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), iSarla Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company), and the Principal Stockholders.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, each
of the respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company has
approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, pursuant to
which, among other things, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will be merged
with and into the Company (the Merger) in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL), the Company will
continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger and as a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Parent and each share of Company Common Stock outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time will be canceled and converted into the
right to receive the consideration set forth herein, all upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
Parent, the Company and the Principal Stockholders desire to make certain
representations, warranties and covenants in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby (the Contemplated Transactions);
and
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as an
inducement to Parents and Merger Subs willingness to enter into this
Agreement, the Principal Stockholders have entered into a Voting Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
(the Voting Agreement), pursuant to which each Principal Stockholder
has, among other things, agreed to (i) vote the shares of Company Common
Stock as to which such Principal Stockholder is the beneficial owner (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) in favor of the approval of
this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, and (ii) tender such
shares of Company Common Stock for exchange in accordance herewith at or before
the Closing.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, as well as other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and
the Company hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Section 1.1 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, except as
otherwise provided or unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the
following words and phrases shall have the meanings given or referenced below:
1
Acquisition Proposal shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2(a).
Additional Escrow Stock shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.8(a)(iii).
Adjusted
Company Value shall mean the Company Value minus the sum of (i) $2,000,000,
being the combined value of the Ceridian Cash Payment and the Ceridian Stock
Payment, and (ii) the product of the Global Accelerator Stock Payment multiplied
by the Average Closing Price.
Adjusted
Fully Diluted Share Amount shall mean the Fully Diluted Share Amount minus
the sum of (i) the Ceridian Company Shares, and (ii) the Global
Accelerator Company Shares.
Adjusted
Net Cash Payment Amount shall mean the Net Cash Payment Amount minus
the sum of (i) the Ceridian Cash Payment, and (ii) the Aggregate
Non-Participating Holder Cash Payments.
Adjusted
Stock Payment Amount shall mean the Total Stock Payment Amount minus
the sum of (i) the Ceridian Stock Payment, and (ii) the Global
Accelerator Stock Payment.
Adjusted
Stock Payment Value shall mean the Initial Stock Payment Value minus
the amount of any Elective Cash Payment made by the Parent pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii).
Affiliate shall mean any Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Owns, is Owned by or is under
common Ownership with, a party, where Own, Owned or Ownership
refers to (i) direct or indirect possession of at least fifty percent (50%)
of the outstanding voting securities of a corporation or equity ownership in
any other type of entity; or (ii) the actual ability of a Person to
control and direct the management of the Person, whether by contract or
otherwise.
Aggregate Non-Participating Holder Cash
Payments shall mean the aggregate amount of the cash payments made to the
Non-Participating Holders pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(iii).
Agreement shall have the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement and Plan of Merger.
Applicable
Law shall mean all applicable provisions of any applicable federal, state,
local, municipal, foreign, international, multinational or other constitution,
statute, law, principle of common law, rule, regulation, code, treaty,
ordinance, requirement, decree, order, decision, guidance document, injunction,
award, judgment, ruling, permit or license, issued, enacted, adopted,
implemented, promulgated or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority
of, any Governmental Body.
Available
Escrow Amount means an amount equal to the Initial Escrow Consideration,
plus any accrued interest on the Cash Escrow, plus any Additional Escrow Stock,
less the amount of any Working Capital Deficit (if applicable), less the
aggregate amount of any Pending Claim Holdbacks (but only for so long as, and
to the extent that, they remain pending), less the aggregate amount distributed
to Parent pursuant to the indemnification provisions benefiting
2
Parent
in Article VIII, less the aggregate amount distributable or
previously distributed from the Escrow Consideration to Eligible Company
Holders as contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement pertaining
to the Escrow Consideration and the Escrow Agreement.
Average
Closing Price shall mean the average of the closing prices for the Parent
Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days preceding the Closing, but
excluding the three (3) highest and three (3) lowest closing prices
during such period.
Basket
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c)(i).
Business
Day shall mean a day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which
banks in the State of Delaware are closed.
Cash
Escrow shall mean cash in the amount of fifteen percent (15%) of the Net
Cash Payment Amount.
CERCLA
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(a)(i).
Ceridian
Cash Payment shall mean $1,000,000.
Ceridian
Company Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(i).
Ceridian
Stock Payment shall mean the number of shares of Parent Company Stock
equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Average Closing Price.
Certificate
shall mean a certificate representing shares of Company Common Stock.
Certificate
of Merger shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Closing
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing
Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).
Closing
Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
Closing
Net Working Capital shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(e).
COBRA
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(e).
Code
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company
shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Company
Balance Sheet shall mean the audited balance sheet of the Company dated as
of the Closing Balance Sheet Date.
Company
Balance Sheet Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
3
Company
Common Stock shall mean shares of the Companys common stock, par value
$.0001 per share.
Company
Disclosure Schedule shall have the meaning set forth in Article III.
Company
Employee Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(a).
Company
Financial Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
Company
Intellectual Property shall mean Intellectual Property that is or has been
used in (including in the development of) the business of, or any product or
service offered or marketed or distributed by, any Company Party, or that is
used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of any Company Party as
currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted.
Company
International Employee Plans shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(a).
Company
Licensed Intellectual Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(e).
Company
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company Parties, taken as a whole.
Company
Party shall mean the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Company Parties shall mean the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries.
Company
Party Current Facilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(b).
Company
Party Facilities shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(b).
Company
Sites shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.29(a)(i).
Company
Software Programs shall mean Software Programs that are or have been used
in (including in the development of) the business of, or any product or service
offered or marketed or distributed by, any Company Party, or that are used in
or necessary for the conduct of the business of any Company Party as currently
conducted or contemplated to be conducted.
Company
Stock Options shall mean options issued pursuant to the Company Stock Plan
and exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock.
Company
Stock Plan shall mean the iSarla Inc. 2000 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
Company
Value shall mean the sum of the Net Cash Payment Amount plus the
Adjusted Stock Payment Value.
Consent
shall mean any approval, consent, ratification, permission, waiver or
authorization (including any license or governmental authorization).
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Contemplated
Transactions shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Contract
shall mean any contract, commitment, agreement, indenture, note, bond
instrument, lease, license, purchase order, subcontract, outstanding bid,
warranty or other document or arrangement, written or oral, expressed or
implied, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its assets
are bound, including all amendments thereto.
Copyrights
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(iv).
Customers,
Suppliers, Resellers and Partners shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18.
Damages
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).
Delaware
Secretary of State shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
DGCL
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Dissenting
Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a).
Effective
Time shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Elective
Cash Payment shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(b)(ii).
Eligible
Company Holders shall mean (a) all registered holders of Company Common Stock as of the Effective Time, and (b) all
registered holders of In-the-Money Options as of the Effective Time.
Eligible
Holder Claim Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(b).
Eligible
Holder Indemnified Parties shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4(a).
Encumbrances
shall mean any and all pledges, mortgages,
security interests, liens, charges, assessments, levies, burdens, obligations,
restrictions, claims and other encumbrances of any kind whatsoever (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), including any chattel mortgages,
conditional sale Contracts, collateral security arrangements, title or interest
retention Contracts, or other Contracts to give any of the foregoing.
Environmental Laws shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.21(a)(i).
ERISA
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(a).
ERISA
Affiliate shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(a).
Escrow Account shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 2.8(a)(i).
Escrow Agent shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(a)(i).
Escrow
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a)(i).
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Escrow
Consideration shall mean the Cash Escrow and the Escrow Stock.
Escrow
Fund shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(a)(i).
Escrow
Stock shall mean the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to
fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Stock Payment Amount, plus any Additional
Escrow Stock.
Exchange
Act shall mean the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including all rules and
regulations related thereto or promulgated thereunder.
Final
Escrow Release Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b)(ii).
First
Escrow Release Date shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b)(i).
Fully
Diluted Share Amount shall mean the sum of (i) total number of shares
of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, plus (ii) the total number of shares of Company Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of all of the In-the-Money Options outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
GAAP
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied in the
U.S.
Global
Accelerator Company Shares shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(a)(ii).
Global
Accelerator Stock Payment shall mean the number of shares of Parent
Company Stock equal to:
where
A = the quotient of 2,899,979 divided
by the Fully Diluted Share Amount;
B = the Net Cash Payment
Amount;
C = the Adjusted Stock Payment
Value; and
D = Average Closing Price.
Governmental
Body shall mean any domestic or foreign entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining
to government, including any governmental authority, agency, department, board,
commission, court, tribunal, judicial body or instrumentality of any union of nations,
federation, nation, state, municipality, county, province, locality or other
political subdivision.
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Gross Cash
Payment Amount shall mean $5,600,000 plus the amount of any
Elective Cash Payment made by the Parent pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii).
Hazardous
Materials shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(a)(ii).
HIPAA
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(e).
In-the-Money
Option shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b)(i).
In-the-Money
Option Consideration shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.7(b)(i).
Individuals
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.29(a)(ii).
Initial
Escrow Consideration shall mean the Cash Escrow and the Escrow Stock.
Initial
Stock Payment Value shall mean $5,100,000.
Intellectual
Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).
International
Trade Law shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.30.
Issued
Patents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(i).
Knowledge
an individual will be deemed to have Knowledge of a particular fact or
other matter if:
(a) such individual is
actually aware of such fact or other matter; or
(b) a prudent individual
would be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other
matter in the ordinary and usual course of such individuals performance of his
or her official duties with respect to the applicable subject matter.
A Person
(other than an individual) will be deemed to have Knowledge of a particular
fact or other matter if any individual who is currently serving as a director,
executive officer or senior manager of a Person (or in any similar capacity)
has Knowledge of such fact or other matter.
A Person will be deemed to have Knowledge of a fact or other matter if
any Subsidiary of such Person has Knowledge of such fact or other matter.
Law
shall mean any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational or other constitution, statute, law, principle of common law,
rule, regulation, code, treaty, ordinance, requirement, decree, order,
decision, guidance document, injunction, award, judgment, ruling, permit or
license, issued, enacted, adopted, implemented, promulgated or otherwise put
into effect by or under the authority of, any Governmental Body
Massachusetts
Health Care Act shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23(h).
Material
Adverse Effect shall mean any event, change, condition or effect which,
when considered either individually or in the aggregate together with other
events, changes, conditions
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or effects, is
materially adverse to (i) the applicable Person or its business or assets,
or (ii) the ability of a Party to consummate the Contemplated
Transactions; provided, that Material Adverse Effect shall not be deemed to
include the impact of (i) changes in general economic conditions or
financial markets; (ii) the announcement of this Agreement and the
Contemplated Transactions; (iii) general changes or developments in the
industries in which the Company Parties or the Parent, as applicable, operates;
(iv) changes in Law or applicable accounting principles; or (v) actions
or omissions of the Company Parties, on the one hand, and Parent, on the other,
taken with the prior written consent of Parent, on the one hand, or the
Company, on the other, in contemplation of the Contemplated Transactions.
Material
Contract shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15.
Merger
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Merger
Consideration shall mean the Closing Consideration and the Escrow
Consideration.
Merger Sub
shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Moral
Rights shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(xiii).
Net Cash
Payment Amount shall mean the Gross Cash Payment Amount minus the
sum of (i) the Required Debt Payments, and (ii) the absolute value of
the Working Capital Purchase Price Reduction.
Net
Closing Cash Payment shall mean the Net Cash Payment Amount, less the Cash
Escrow.
Net
Closing Stock Payment shall mean the Total Stock Payment Amount, less the
Escrow Stock.
Net
Working Capital shall mean the difference between the Companys current
assets and the Companys current liabilities, as calculated using financial
statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Participating
Holder shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(b)(i).
Order
shall mean any award, decision, injunction, judgment, decree, order, ruling,
subpoena or verdict entered, issued, made or rendered by any Governmental Body
or any arbitrator.
Organizational
Documents shall mean (i) the articles or certificate of incorporation
or formation and bylaws of a corporation, (ii) the partnership agreement
and any statement of partnership of a general partnership; (iii) the
limited partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership or
certificate of formation of a limited partnership; (iv) any charter or
similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or
organization of a Person; and (v) any amendment to any of the foregoing.
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Parent
shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Parent
Claim Notice shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(b).
Parent
Common Stock shall mean shares of Parents common stock, par value $.01
per share.
Parent
Disclosure Schedule shall have the meaning set forth in Article IV.
Parent
Indemnified Parties shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).
Parent SEC
Filings shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.6(a).
Participating
Holders shall mean the Eligible Company Holders (other than Ceridian
Corporation and Global Accelerator) who, at the Effective Time, qualify as accredited
investors (as defined in the Securities Act) and thus are entitled to receive
cash and Parent Company Stock pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(iv).
Party
means any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any Principal Stockholder. Parties means Parent, Merger Sub,
the Company and the Principal Stockholders.
Patent
Applications shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(ii).
Patents
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(ii).
Pending
Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d).
Pending
Claim Holdback shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(d).
Per Share
Merger Consideration shall mean the quotient of the Adjusted Company Value
divided by the Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount.
Permit
shall mean any franchise, authorization, license, permit, approval, permission,
grant, consent or certificate from any Person.
Permitted
Encumbrances means: (a) statutory liens for Taxes not yet due; (b) mechanics,
carriers, workers, repairers and other similar liens arising or incurred in
the ordinary course of business relating to obligations as to which there is no
default on the part of the Company Parties; (c) pledges, deposits or other
liens securing the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases or statutory
obligations (including workers compensation, unemployment insurance or other
social security legislation) as to which there is no default on the part of the
Company Parties; (d) zoning, entitlement, conservation restriction and
other land use and environmental regulations by Governmental Bodies of general
application and as to which there is no default on the part of the Company
Parties; and (e) the exceptions, easements, rights-of-way and other
Encumbrances listed on Schedule 1.1.
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Person
means any natural person, corporation, unincorporated organization,
partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, limited liability
company, trust or government, or any other entity or any Governmental Body.
Pre-Closing
Balance Sheet shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).
Pre-Closing
Distribution shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
Pre-Closing
Net Working Capital shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(a).
Principal
Stockholders shall mean Snehal Shah, Fenil Shah, Chimanlal Shah, Sarla
Software LLC and Sarla Infotech.
Privacy
Statements shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.29(a)(ii).
Proceeding
means any lawsuit, arbitration, hearing, audit, inquiry, examination,
investigation, cause of action, complaint, claim, demand letter or inquiry or
any civil, administrative, investigative, appellate or criminal action, suit or
proceeding or governmental investigation.
Proposed
Closing Balance Sheet shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(c).
Proposed
Closing Net Working Capital Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(c).
Public Software
means any software that contains, or is derived in any manner (in whole or in
part) from, any software that is distributed as free software (as defined by
the Free Software Foundation), open source software (e.g., Linux or software
distributed under any license approved by the Open Source Initiative as set
forth www.opensource.org) or similar licensing or distribution models which
requires the distribution of source code to licensees, including software
licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution
models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the following: (i) GNUs
General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL); (ii) the
Artistic License (e.g., PERL); (iii) the Mozilla Public License; (iv) the
Netscape Public License; (v) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL); (vi) the
Sun Industry Standards License (SISL); (vii) the BSD License; or (viii) the
Apache License.
RCRA
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.21(a)(i).
Real
Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(c).
Real
Property Leases shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(e).
Registration
Rights Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.
Related
Documents shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
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Required
Debt Payments shall mean the sum of (a) all debts of the Company
(other than current accounts payable and current accruals, in each case in the
ordinary course of business) immediately prior to the Effective Time, (b) all
payments owing to holders of options, stock appreciation rights or other
similar equity interests, and (c) all severance payments due as of the
Closing or as a result of the Contemplated Transactions.
Representative
shall mean, with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer,
employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other representative of such Person,
including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.
SEC
shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States.
Securities
Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including all rules and
regulations related thereto or promulgated thereunder.
Special
Basket shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(b).
Special
Indemnity Expiration Date shall mean the date that is thirty (30) months
after the Closing Date.
Special
Indemnity Insurance shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Special
Insurance Claim shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(b).
Stipulated
Closing Net Working Capital Statement shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13.
Software
Programs shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(vii).
Stock
Consideration shall mean the portion of the Merger Consideration payable
in Parent Common Stock.
Stockholder
Representative shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.5(b).
Subsidiary
shall mean with respect to a Person, any other Person with respect to which
such first Person directly or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record, at
least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding equity or financial interests of
such other Person.
Surviving
Corporation shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
Taxes
shall mean all tax liabilities of any kind, levies or other like assessments
payable to federal, state, commonwealth, local, foreign and any other taxing
authority in any jurisdiction, including income (personal or corporate), net
income, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, capital
stock, capital taxes, franchise, profits, license, lease, service, add on or
alternative minimum tax, occupancy, withholding, payroll, fringe benefits,
employment, employees income withholding, foreign or domestic withholding,
unemployment, disability, excise, severance, stamp (both on the issuance and on
the transfer of securities), value added, goods and services, occupation,
premium, property (including real property and personal
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property taxes
and any assessments, special or otherwise), environmental, windfall profits,
customs, duties or other taxes, imposts, fees, assessments, levies, tariffs, or
charges of any kind whatever, together with any interest, costs, expenses and
any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts with respect thereto,
including any obligation to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the tax
liability of any other Person, whether by contract, statute or otherwise (and Tax
means any one of the foregoing Taxes).
Tax Return
shall mean any return, declaration, report, form or similar statement required
to be filed with respect to any Tax (including any attached schedules),
including any information return, claim for refund, amended return or
declaration of estimated Tax.
Terms and
Conditions shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.29(a)(iii).
Trade
Secrets shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(viii).
Total
Stock Payment Amount shall mean the number of shares of Parent Company
Stock equal to the Adjusted Stock Payment Value divided by the Average Closing
Price.
Trademarks
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a)(v)
Triggering
Event shall be deemed to have occurred if: (i) the Company, any of
its Affiliates or any Representatives violates any of the requirements or
restrictions in Section 5.2; (ii) the Companys Board of
Directors publicly recommends to the Companys stockholders any Acquisition
Proposal; (iii) the Company enters into any agreement, letter of intent or
similar document contemplating or otherwise relating to any merger,
consolidation, share exchange, business combination, sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, sale of shares of capital stock or similar
transactions involving any Company Party, other than the Contemplated
Transactions; or (iv) the Companys Board of Directors withdraws, or
materially and adversely modifies, its recommendation of the Merger or this
Agreement (it being understood that for all purposes of this Agreement, the
fact that the Company has supplied any Person with any information regarding
the Company or has entered into discussion or negotiation with such Person as
permitted by this Agreement or the public disclosure of such facts, shall not
be deemed a withdrawal or modification of the Companys Board of Directors
recommendation of the Merger or this Agreement).
Voting
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Working
Capital Deficit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(e).
Working
Capital Purchase Price Reduction shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(b).
Working
Capital Surplus shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(e).
Section 1.2 Interpretation.
(a) The terms Article, Section,
Recital, Schedule and Exhibit refer to the specified Article, Section,
Recital, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement.
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(b) Whenever the words include,
includes or including (or any variation thereof) are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without
limitation, and shall not be construed to limit any general statement which
any such word follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately
following such word, unless otherwise expressly stated.
(c) The words hereof, herein
and herewith and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be
construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement.
(d) The plural of any
defined term shall have a meaning correlative to such defined term, and words
denoting any gender shall include all genders. Where a word or phrase is
defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a corresponding
meaning.
(e) A reference to any
party to this Agreement or any other agreement or document shall include such
partys permitted successors, assigns and transferees.
(f) A reference to any
Applicable Law or to any provision of any Applicable Law shall include any
amendment, modification or re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision
substituted therefor and all regulations and statutory instruments issued
thereunder or pursuant thereto.
(g) The Parties have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or 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.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
Section 2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL, on the
Closing Date and at the Effective Time Merger Sub shall be merged with and into
the Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon
cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the
Merger. The Company, as the surviving corporation
of the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.2 The Closing. The consummation of the Merger (the Closing)
shall take place at a closing to occur at the offices of Winstead PC, 5400
Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75270, on a date and at a
time to be agreed upon by Parent and the Company, which date shall be no later
than the second (2nd) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver (to the
extent permitted hereunder) of the last to be satisfied or waived of the
conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions
that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the
satisfaction or waiver (to the extent permitted
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hereunder), of such conditions), or at such
other location, date and time as Parent and the Company shall mutually agree
upon in writing. The date upon which the Closing shall actually occur pursuant
hereto is referred to herein as the Closing Date.
Section 2.3 The Effective Time. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Parent and the Company shall
cause the Merger to be consummated under the DGCL by filing a certificate of
merger in customary form and substance (the Certificate of Merger)
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Delaware
Secretary of State) in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
DGCL. The time of such filing and
acceptance by the Delaware Secretary of State, or such later time as may be
agreed in writing by Parent and the Company and specified in the Certificate of
Merger is referred to herein as the Effective Time.
Section 2.4 Effect of the Merger. The effect of the Merger shall be as provided
in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all of the property,
rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall
vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the
Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the
Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.5 Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
(a) Certificate of
Incorporation. At the Effective
Time, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall be amended and
restated in its entirety to read identically to the Certificate of
Incorporation of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, and such amended and restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become
the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and such
Certificate of Incorporation; provided, however, that at the
Effective Time the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
shall be amended so that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be iEmployee Inc. or such other name as Parent
shall select.
(b) Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the Bylaws of Merger
Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall become the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with
the applicable provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws.
Section 2.6 Directors and
Officers.
(a) Directors. At the Effective Time, the initial directors
of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of Merger Sub immediately
prior to the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until
their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
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(b) Officers. At the Effective Time, the initial officers
of the Surviving Corporation shall be the officers of Merger Sub immediately
prior to the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until
their respective successors are duly appointed.
Section 2.7 Effect on
Outstanding Capital Stock and Options.
(a) Capital Stock of the
Company. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including the conditions of Section 2.7(b)),
at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the
part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, or the holders of any of the following
securities, the following shall occur:
(i) Common Stock Held
by Ceridian. The 5,720,934 shares of
Company Common Stock held by Ceridian Corporation immediately prior to the
Effective Time (the Ceridian Company Shares) shall be converted into
the right to receive the Ceridian Cash Payment and the Ceridian Stock Payment.
(ii) Common Stock Held by
Global Accelerator. The 2,899,979
shares of Company Common Stock held by Global Accelerator immediately prior to
the Effective Time (the Global Accelerator Company Shares) shall be
converted into the right to receive the Global Accelerator Stock Payment.
(iii) Common Stock Held by
Non-Participating Holders. Each
share of Company Common Stock that is held by a Non-Participating Holder and
that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled
and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive cash in
an amount equal to the product of (A) the quotient of one (1) divided
by the Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount, multiplied by (B) the
Adjusted Company Value.
(iv) Common Stock Held by
Participating Holders. Each share of
Company Common Stock that is held by a Participating Holder and is outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished and
automatically converted into the right to receive the following consideration:
(A) Cash in an amount equal
to the product of (I) the quotient of one (1) divided by the Adjusted
Fully Diluted Share Amount, multiplied by (II) the Adjusted Net Cash
Payment Amount; and
(B) The number of shares of
Parent Common Stock equal to the product of (I) the quotient of one (1) divided
by the Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount, multiplied by (II) the
Adjusted Stock Payment Amount.
(b) Capital Stock of
Merger Sub. Each share of capital
stock of Merger Sub that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share
of common stock of the Surviving
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Corporation.
Each certificate evidencing ownership of such shares of capital stock of
Merger Sub shall thereafter evidence ownership of shares of common stock of the
Surviving Corporation.
(c) Company
Options.
(i) In-the-Money
Options. As of the Effective Time,
by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder
thereof, each Company Stock Option with an exercise price per share of
underlying Company Common Stock which is less than the Per Share Merger
Consideration (each, an In-the-Money Option) shall be canceled and
extinguished and automatically converted into the right (subject to Section 2.9(b))
to receive the following consideration (the In-the-Money Option
Consideration) (upon payment of the applicable exercise
price for such In-the-Money Option, which in all instances shall be deducted
from the aggregate amount of the In-the-Money Option Consideration otherwise
payable to such holder, such that the right of each holder of an In-the-Money
Option to receive such holders portion of the In-the-Money Option Consideration
will be cashless to such holder):
(A) Cash in the amount
otherwise payable in respect of all shares of Company Common Stock subject to
such In-the-Money Option (assuming for this purpose, full acceleration of
vesting as of immediately prior to the Effective Time); and
(B) The number of shares of
Parent Common Stock otherwise payable in respect of all shares of Company
Common Stock subject to such In-the-Money Option (assuming for this purpose,
full acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior to the Effective Time).
(ii) Other Options. As of the Effective Time, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, each Company
Stock Option which is not an In-the-Money Option shall be terminated and
canceled, and no payment or distribution shall be made with respect thereto.
(iii) Provisions for
Options. The Company shall
take all actions necessary to ensure that (A) the Company Stock Options
are, as of the Effective Time, modified as provided in the foregoing
subsections (i) and (ii) and the following subsection (iv), (B) except
with respect to the In-the-Money Options, the Company Stock Plan is terminated
as of the Effective Time, (C) the provisions in any other plan, program or
arrangement of the Company providing for the issuance or grant of any other
interest in respect of the capital stock of the Company shall be terminated as
of the Effective Time, (D) following the Effective Time, no participant in
any other plans, programs or arrangements of the Company shall have any right
thereunder to acquire or participate in changes in value of equity securities
of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, Merger Sub or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, and (E) all such other plans, programs or
arrangements of the Company are terminated effective as of the Effective Time.
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(iv) Acceleration of Vesting; Termination of Right of Repurchase. The Parties acknowledge and
agree that, with respect to any and all shares of Company Common Stock
(including shares which may be issued upon the exercise of In-the-Money
Options) and all Company Stock Options, all vesting conditions with respect
thereto shall be deemed to have fully accelerated, and any rights of repurchase
or other similar restrictions or limitations with respect thereto shall be
deemed to have fully lapsed, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(d) Fractional Shares. No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock
will be issued by virtue of the Merger, but in lieu thereof each holder of
record of shares of Company Common Stock (including shares
which may be issued upon the exercise of In-the-Money Options) who would
otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock pursuant
to this Section 2.7 (after aggregating all fractional shares of
Parent Common Stock that otherwise would be received by such holder of record)
shall, upon the surrender of the certificate, if any, representing such share
of Company Common Stock in the manner provided in Section 2.9 (or
in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, upon delivery of an
affidavit (and bond, if required) in the manner provided in Section 2.9),
receive from Parent an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent),
without interest, equal to the product obtained by multiplying such fraction by
the Average Closing Price of Parent Common Stock.
Section 2.8 Escrow Account.
(a) Escrow Fund.
(i) Parent will, prior to the Closing and pursuant to the terms of the
Escrow Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A,
with such changes as may be requested or required by the Escrow Agent (the Escrow
Agreement), deposit the Cash Escrow and the Escrow Stock with
JPMorganChase or such other financial institution reasonably acceptable to the
Company as Parent shall determine (the Escrow Agent). The Cash Escrow will be held in an
interest-bearing escrow account (the Escrow Account). The Escrow Stock shall be registered in the
name of, and be deposited with, the Escrow Agent. The amounts in the Escrow Account and number
of shares of Escrow Stock shall be known collectively as the Escrow Fund.
(ii) In the event Parent
issues any Additional Escrow Stock, such shares will be issued in the name of
the Escrow Agent and delivered to the Escrow Agent in the same manner as the
Escrow Stock delivered at the Closing.
(iii) Except for dividends
paid in stock declared with respect to the Escrow Stock (the Additional
Escrow Stock), which shall be treated as Escrow Stock pursuant to Section 2.8(a),
any cash dividends, dividends payable in securities or other distributions of
any kind made in respect of the Escrow Stock will be delivered to the
applicable Eligible Company Holders (subject to Section 2.9(b)) on
a pro rata basis. Each applicable
Eligible Company Holder
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will have voting rights with
respect to the Escrow Stock deposited into the Escrow Fund with respect to such
Eligible Company Holder so long as such shares are held in escrow, and Parent
will take all reasonable steps necessary to allow the exercise of such rights. While the Escrow Stock remains in the Escrow
Agents possession pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable Eligible Company
Holders will retain and be able to exercise all other incidents of ownership of
said Escrow Stock which is not inconsistent with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement.
(b) Retention and Release. The Escrow Fund shall be held by the Escrow
Agent for the benefit of Parent and all Eligible Company Holders pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. Any consideration to be distributed from the
Escrow Fund to the Eligible Company Holders will be distributable to such
Eligible Company Holders, subject to Section 2.9(b), on a pro
rata basis, based upon their relative entitlement or assumed entitlement to
receive Merger Consideration as contemplated by Sections 2.7 and 2.9. All distributions shall include
a ratio of cash and Parent Common Stock such that the ratio of cash to Parent
Common Stock remaining after the distribution is equivalent to the ratio of
cash to Parent Common Stock before the distribution (with the value of Parent
Common Stock used to calculate such ratio and each distribution (to the
Eligible Company Holders or any indemnified party) being the Average Closing
Price). Subject to the indemnification
rights of Parent described in Article VIII, the Escrow Fund shall
be distributable as follows:
(i) the amount by which the Available Escrow Amount (immediately prior to
such distribution), exceeds seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the Merger
Consideration shall be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders on the date
which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date (the First Escrow
Release Date);
(ii) all remaining
Available Escrow Amount and any other amounts which shall have been delivered
into the Escrow Account shall be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders on
the date which is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date (the Final
Escrow Release Date); and
(iii) any further amounts
which, following the Final Escrow Release Date, shall be delivered into the
Escrow Account or otherwise become available for distribution to the Eligible
Company Holders (including amounts which may previously have been withheld due
to a Pending Claim Holdback where final resolution of the related Pending Claim
yields less than a full payment of the amount at issue to Parent), together
with all interest which has accrued thereon, shall be distributed to the
Eligible Company Holders immediately following the date any such amount shall
be so delivered or otherwise become so available.
(c) Non-assignable Interest. The interests of an Eligible Company Holder in the Escrow Fund will not
be assignable or transferable by such Eligible Company Holder unless and until
released pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement.
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(d) Pending Claim Holdbacks. In the event Parent has made, in accordance
with Section 8.2, a claim for indemnification in a Parent Claim
Notice, and such claim has been objected to as provided in Article VIII
and has not otherwise been finally determined (a Pending Claim), the
Escrow Agent shall withhold from distribution a portion of the Escrow Fund
equal to the Damages at issue (such amount being a Pending Claim Holdback)
until such time as either the Pending Claim has been finally determined or the
objection resolved, as applicable, in which case the appropriate amounts will
be either distributed to Parent or retained in the Escrow Fund (for
distribution to the applicable Eligible Company Holders as provided in Section 2.8(b)),
or both, as the case may be.
(e) Inability to Deliver. If the Escrow Agent is not able to deliver
any portion of the Escrow Fund to the proper recipient within one (1) year
of the date that final distribution of any remaining portion of the Escrow Fund
should otherwise have been made pursuant to Section 2.8(b) (or
immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment in respect thereof
would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Body),
such portion of the Escrow Fund shall be delivered to Parent and the proper recipient shall thereafter
look only to Parent, and only as a general creditor, for payment of such
recipients claim for such portion of the Escrow Fund, subject to applicable
abandoned property, escheat and similar Laws.
Section 2.9 Exchange of
Closing Consideration at Closing.
(a) Subject to Section 2.9(b),
at the Closing, upon the surrender by each Eligible Company Holder of his or
her Certificates and delivery of such other documents as may reasonably be
required by Parent (such as a lost share certificate affidavit, where
applicable), the Certificate(s) so surrendered shall be canceled and the
In-the-Money Option(s) at issue shall be deemed exercised and the holder
of such Certificate(s) or In-the-Money Option(s) shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefor (collectively, the Closing Consideration):
(i) Ceridian
Corporation. Ceridian Corporation
shall receive from Parent the following:
(x) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, in the amount of the Ceridian Cash Payment minus
Ceridians pro rata share of the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash
Escrow multiplied by the quotient of (A) the total amount of
cash Merger Consideration which Ceridian is entitled to receive under Section 2.7,
divided by (B) the total amount of cash Merger Consideration
which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to receive under Section 2.7;
(y) a stock certificate representing the number of shares of Parent
Company Stock equal to the Ceridian Stock Payment, minus Ceridians pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to
the Escrow Stock multiplied by the quotient of (A) the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock which Ceridian is entitled to receive
under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total number of shares
of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to
receive under Section 2.7 (with such number of shares being rounded
to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any fractional shares);
and (z) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
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available funds, representing the amount of
cash payable in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7(d);
(ii) Global Accelerator. Global Accelerator shall receive from Parent
the following: (x) a stock
certificate representing the number of shares of Parent Company Stock equal to
the Global Accelerator Stock Payment, minus Global Accelerators pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an
amount equal to the Escrow Stock multiplied by the quotient of (A) the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock which Global Accelerator is entitled to
receive under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total number of
shares of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled
to receive under Section 2.7 (with such number of shares being
rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any fractional
shares); and (y) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of
immediately available funds, representing the amount of cash payable in lieu of
any fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7(d);
(iii) Non-Participating
Holders. Each Non-Participating
Holder shall receive from Parent a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of
immediately available funds, in an amount equal to the amount of cash Merger
Consideration which he is entitled to receive under Section 2.7(a)(iii) minus
his pro rata share of the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash Escrow
multiplied by the quotient of (A) the total amount of cash
Merger Consideration which such Non-Participating Holder is entitled to receive
under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total
amount of cash Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company Holders are
entitled to receive under Section 2.7;
(iv) Participating Holders. Each Participating Holder
shall receive from Parent the following: (x) a check or, if requested, a
wire transfer of immediately available funds, in an amount equal to the amount
of cash Merger Consideration which he is entitled to receive under Section 2.7(a)(iv) minus
his pro rata share of the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash Escrow
multiplied by the quotient of (A) the total amount of cash
Merger Consideration which such Participating Holder is entitled to receive
under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total amount of cash
Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to receive
under Section 2.7; (y) a stock certificate representing the
number of shares of Parent Common Stock which he is entitled to receive under Section 2.7(a)(iv) minus
his pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to the Escrow
Stock multiplied by the quotient of (A) the number of shares
of Parent Common Stock which such Participating Holder is entitled to receive
under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total number of shares
of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to
receive under Section 2.7, (with such number of shares being
rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any fractional
shares); and (z) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, representing the amount of cash payable in lieu of any
fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7(d); and
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(v) In-the-Money Option
Holders. Each holder of an
In-the-Money Option shall receive the following (upon payment of the
applicable exercise price for such In-the-Money Option, which in all instances
shall be deducted from the aggregate amount of the In-the-Money Option
Consideration otherwise payable to such holder, such that the right of each
holder of an In-the-Money Option to receive such holders portion of the
In-the-Money Option Consideration will be cashless to such holder): (x) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, in an amount equal to the amount of cash Merger Consideration
which he is entitled to receive under Section 2.7(c)(i) minus
his pro rata share of the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash Escrow
multiplied by the quotient of (A) the total amount of cash
Merger Consideration which such In-the-Money Option Holder is entitled to
receive under Section 2.7 (assuming for this purpose, full
acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), divided by (B) the total amount of cash Merger Consideration
which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to receive under Section 2.7;
(y) a stock certificate representing the number of shares of Parent Common
Stock which he is entitled to receive under Section 2.7(c)(i) minus
his pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to the Escrow
Stock multiplied by the quotient of (A) the number of shares
of Parent Common Stock which such In-the-Money Option Holder is entitled to
receive under Section 2.7, divided by (B) the total number of
shares of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled
to receive under Section 2.7 (with such number of shares being
rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any fractional
shares); and (z) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, representing the amount of cash otherwise payable in lieu of
any fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7(d).
(b) Adjustment of Merger
Consideration. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary and in addition to the rights set forth in Section 7.1(e):
(i) With respect to any
Eligible Company Holder (other than Ceridian Corporation and Global
Accelerator) that is not an accredited investor (as defined in the Securities
Act) (each, a Non-Participating Holder), Parent shall have the right
in its sole and absolute discretion to pay such Non-Participating Holder all of
such Non-Participating Holders applicable portion of the Merger Consideration
(with respect to any consideration otherwise payable at Closing and with
respect to any consideration to be placed in escrow) in cash.
(ii) If the Average Closing
Price of the Parent Common Stock as of the Closing Date drops to a price that,
as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, would require the Company to
solicit the approval of its stockholders pursuant to Section 4350(i) of
the NASDAQ Rules, Parent shall have the right in its sole and absolute
discretion to pay some or all of the value of the Stock Consideration in cash
(the Elective Cash Payment). In
the event that Parent elects to pay some or all of the value of the Stock
Consideration in cash, then the definition of Total Stock Payment Amount shall
be modified such that the number $5,100,000 shall be reduced by the amount of
the Elective Cash Payment and the definition of Net
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Cash Payment Amount shall be modified such
that the number $5,600,000 shall be increased by the amount of the Elective
Cash Payment.
(c) Limited Right; Dividends after the Effective Time. Each In-the-Money Option and,
until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.9, each Certificate
shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive the Merger Consideration that the holder thereof has the right
to receive pursuant to the provisions of this Article II. Except with respect to amounts that may be
released from the Escrow Fund to Eligible Company Holders, no interest shall be
paid or will accrue on any cash payable to Eligible Company Holders pursuant to
the provisions of this Article II.
In the event that any dividends accrue or become payable from and
after the Effective Time with respect to any shares of Parent Common Stock to
be issued as part of the Merger Consideration, then any recipient of such
shares as contemplated by this Article II shall be entitled thereto
as though such recipient had been the holder of record of such shares as of the
Effective Time. No dividends or other
distributions declared or made with respect to Parent Common Stock with a
record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any
unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock
that such holder has the right to receive in the Merger until such holder
surrenders such Certificate in accordance with this Section 2.9, at
which time such holder shall be entitled, subject to the effect of applicable
escheat or similar Laws, to receive all such dividends and distributions,
without interest.
(d) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock. The Merger Consideration shall
be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to
the shares of Company Common Stock theretofore represented by such
Certificates, subject, however, to Parents obligation to pay the Merger
Consideration pursuant to the terms of this Article II (and, as
applicable with respect to Company Common Stock, a portion of any Working
Capital Surplus as set forth in Section 2.13), and there shall be
no further registration of transfers on the stock transfer books of the
Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company capital stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates
are presented to the Surviving Corporation or Parent for any reason, they shall
be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II, except as
otherwise provided by Applicable Law.
(e) Termination of Rights as Stockholders. Any Eligible Company Holders who fail to
comply with this Article II at or prior to the Closing shall
thereafter look only to Parent, and only as a general creditor, for payment of
their claim for their portion of the Merger Consideration without interest
(except such interest actually accrued on such delivered amount through the
date delivered to Parent).
(f) No Liability. None of the Parties shall be liable to any
Person in respect of any Merger Consideration (or dividends or distributions
with respect thereto) delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
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(g) Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost,
stolen or destroyed, upon (i) the delivery of a letter of transmittal, in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, stating such fact, (ii) the making of an affidavit, in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Surviving Corporation, of
such fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed, (iii) evidence, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Parent and the Surviving Corporation, that such Person is the beneficial owner
of the Certificate claimed to be lost, stolen or destroyed, and, (iv) if
required by Parent or the Surviving Corporation following the Effective Time,
the making of an indemnity by such Person against any claim, or posting of a
customary bond in such reasonable amount as Parent or the Surviving Corporation
may require as indemnity against any claim, that may be made against the Parent
or the Surviving Corporation with respect to such Certificate, Parent shall,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, issue in exchange for
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate the portion of the Merger
Consideration into which such Certificate has been converted.
(h) Certificate Legends. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to Section 2.7 shall not have been registered and
shall be characterized as restricted securities under the federal securities
Laws, and under such Laws such shares may be resold without registration under
the Securities Act only in certain limited circumstances. Each certificate evidencing shares of Parent
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to Section 2.7 shall bear the
following legend:
THE SHARES
REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. SUCH SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION WITHOUT AN OPINION OF LEGAL
COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH
REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.
and any
legends required by applicable state securities Laws.
Section 2.10 Withholding Rights. Parent shall be entitled
to deduct and withhold from the Merger Consideration otherwise payable pursuant
to this Agreement to any Eligible Company Holder such amounts as the Surviving
Corporation or Parent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the
making of such payment under the Code, or any Applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by
the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such withheld amounts shall be treated for
all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder in respect of
which such deduction and withholding was made.
Section 2.11 Appraisal Rights.
(a) The Company shall
timely notify all eligible stockholders of the Company of their appraisal
rights in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL.
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(b) Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common Stock
that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and which are held
by stockholders who have exercised and perfected appraisal rights for such
shares of Company capital stock in accordance with the DGCL (collectively, the Dissenting
Shares) shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive the
Per Share Merger Consideration attributable to such Dissenting Shares. Such stockholders shall be entitled to
receive payment of the appraised value of such shares of Company Common Stock
held by them in accordance with the DGCL, unless and until such stockholders
fail to perfect or effectively withdraw or otherwise lose their appraisal
rights under the DGCL. All Dissenting
Shares held by stockholders who shall have failed to perfect or who effectively
shall have withdrawn or lost their right to appraisal of such shares of Company
Common Stock under the DGCL shall thereupon be deemed to be converted into and
to have become exchangeable for, as of the Effective Time, the right to receive
the Per Share Merger Consideration attributable to such Dissenting Shares upon
their surrender in the manner provided in Section 2.9.
(c) The Company or the
Surviving Corporation shall give Parent prompt written notice of any demands by
dissenting stockholders received by the Surviving Corporation or the Company,
withdrawals of such demands and any other instruments served on the Company or
the Surviving Corporation and any material correspondence received by the
Surviving Corporation or the Company in connection with such demands, and
Parent shall have the right to direct all negotiations and proceedings with
respect to such demands. Neither the
Company nor the Surviving Corporation shall, except with the prior written
consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal
or offer to settle or settle any such demands.
(d) Notwithstanding any
provision of this Agreement, including Section 2.7 or Article VIII,
to the contrary, in the event that any payment is made to a holder of
Dissenting Shares by the Surviving Corporation or Parent in respect of
appraisal rights as contemplated by this Section 2.11(d), then (i) such
holders former shares of Company Common Stock shall be removed from any
calculation to determine the pro rata right of such holder to participate in
any distribution of the Escrow Fund, and (ii) the portion of the Escrow
Fund which would otherwise have represented the potential distribution to such
holder shall instead be distributed to Parent.
Section 2.12 Further Assurances. At and after the Effective
Time, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation will be
authorized (i) 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
(ii) 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 in the
Surviving Corporation any and all right, title and interest in, to and under
any of the rights, properties or assets acquired or to be acquired by the
Surviving Corporation as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger.
Section 2.13 Arrangements
Relating to Closing Date Working Capital Calculation.
(a) No later than five (5) days
before the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent a calculation of
the Net Working Capital as of a date no more than one
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(1) month prior to the Closing Date (the
Pre-Closing Net Working Capital), together with a balance sheet of the
Company as of such date (the Pre-Closing Balance Sheet), which
Pre-Closing Balance Sheet shall be in the same form as, and shall reflect the
same accounting conventions as, the Company Balance Sheet.
(b) If the Pre-Closing Net
Working Capital is greater than $0, then notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary the Company shall be permitted to distribute to the Companys
stockholders entitled thereto prior to the Closing cash equal to the difference
between the Pre-Closing Net Working Capital and $0 (the Pre-Closing
Distribution). If the Pre-Closing
Net Working Capital is less than $0, the difference between $0 and the
Pre-Closing Net Working Capital shall be the Working Capital Purchase Price
Reduction and the Net Cash Payment Amount shall be reduced by such amount.
(c) Within sixty (60) days
following the Closing Date, the Stockholder Representative will prepare and
deliver to Parent a calculation of the Closing Net Working Capital (the Proposed
Closing Net Working Capital Statement), together with a balance sheet of
the Company as of the Closing Date (the Proposed Closing Balance Sheet),
which Proposed Closing Balance Sheet shall be in the same form as, and shall
reflect the same accounting conventions as, the Company Balance Sheet. The Stockholder Representative will make the
work papers and back-up materials used in preparing the Proposed Closing Net
Working Capital Statement, as well as the personnel with knowledge regarding
any underlying matters, available to Parent and its advisors at reasonable
times and upon reasonable notice. For
purposes hereof, both the Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement and
the Proposed Closing Balance Sheet shall reflect any distributions made by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.13(b) on a post-distribution
basis.
(d) If Parent shall fail to
deliver to the Stockholder Representative a statement describing any objections
to the Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement within ten (10) Business
Days after receipt, then such Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement
shall be deemed to be the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement. However, if Parent shall deliver to the
Stockholder Representative a statement describing any objections to the
Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement within such ten (10) Business
Day period, then the Stockholder Representative and the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to resolve, in good faith, any such objections
with each other. If Parent and the
Stockholder Representative reach a resolution of all such objections, then the
Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement as modified by such resolution
shall be deemed to be the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement. If such a resolution is not reached within
ten (10) Business Days after the Stockholder Representative has received a
statement describing Parents
objections to the Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement, then any
disputes regarding any accounting-related aspects of the calculation or
computation of such Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement will be
submitted promptly to a mutually acceptable independent accounting firm for
resolution. Parent, on the one hand, and
the Stockholder Representative, on the other hand, may provide the accounting
firm, within five (5) Business Days of its selection, with a definitive
statement of their
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respective
positions with respect to each unresolved objection. The accounting firm will be provided with
access to the books and records of the Stockholder Representative and the
Company germane to the Proposed Closing Date Working Capital Statement. The accounting firm will be asked to resolve
any objections on an expedited basis, and shall in any event have no more than
twenty (20) Business Days to carry out a review of the unresolved
objections. The accounting firm will be
asked to prepare a written statement of its determination regarding each
unresolved objection, and the Proposed Closing Date Working Capital Statement
as modified by the accounting firms determination of Parents unresolved
objections shall be deemed to be the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital
Statement. The determination of the
accounting firm will be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error. If objections are submitted to the accounting
firm for resolution as provided in this Section 2.13 and the
Stockholder Representative prevails, by dollar amount, as to a majority of the
objections asserted, then Parent shall pay all of the fees and expenses of the
accounting firm. If the Stockholder
Representative does not prevail, by dollar amount, as to a majority of the
objections asserted, then the fees and expenses of the accounting firm shall,
for purposes of the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement, be
treated as a current liability of the Company accrued and actually payable as
of the Closing Date, and the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement
shall be determined accordingly.
(e) In the event that the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement
reflects a Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date (the Closing Net
Working Capital) that is greater than $0, then an amount equal to (i) the
difference between the Closing Net
Working Capital and $0 (but in no event greater than $250,000), plus (ii) the
amount of any Working Capital Purchase Price Reduction made pursuant to Section 2.13(b),
if any (collectively, the Working Capital Surplus) shall be immediately
distributed by Parent among all former holders of Company Common Stock entitled
thereto as of the record date for the Pre-Closing Distribution, pro-rata based
upon their respective holdings of Company Common Stock on such record date. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution
of the Working Capital Surplus shall occur so as to replicate, in terms of the
distribution among the former holders of Company Common Stock, the result that
would otherwise have occurred had the Working Capital Surplus been included in
the Pre-Closing Distribution. In the event that the Stipulated Closing Net
Working Capital Statement indicates a Closing Net Working Capital that is less
than $0, then an amount equal to (i) the positive difference between $0
and such Closing Net Working Capital (the Working Capital Deficit), minus
(ii) the amount of any Working Capital Purchase Price Reduction pursuant
to Section 2.13(b), shall be immediately paid out of the Escrow
Fund to Parent on a dollar-for-dollar basis, the amount of which payment shall
be deemed to be a further reduction of the Merger Consideration.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY AND PRINCIPAL
STOCKHOLDERS
The Company
and each of the Principal Stockholders represents and warrants to Parent and
Merger Sub that as of the date of this Agreement (or, if made as of a specified
date, as of such date) each of the statements contained in this Article III
are true and correct, except as disclosed in a document of even date herewith
and delivered by the Company to Parent on the date hereof referring to the
representations and warranties in this Agreement (the Company Disclosure
Schedule). The Company Disclosure
Schedule will be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and
lettered paragraphs contained in this Article III, and the
disclosure in any such numbered and lettered section of the Company Disclosure
Schedule shall qualify other sections in the Company Disclosure Schedule and
other Schedules to this Agreement to the extent it is reasonably clear from a
reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
sections or Schedules. Any reference to
or listing, description, disclosure or other inclusion of any item or other
matter in the Company Disclosure Schedule shall not be construed to mean that
such item or other matter is required to be referred to, listed, described,
disclosed or otherwise so included in the Company Disclosure Schedule. The reference to or listing, description,
disclosure or other inclusion of any item or other matter, including any
change, violation, breach, debt, obligation or liability, in the Company
Disclosure Schedule shall not be construed to mean that such item or matter is
material to the Company, has or would have a Material Adverse Effect, and shall
not be construed to be an admission or suggestion that such item or matter
constitutes a violation of or breach or default under, any contract, agreement,
note, lease or otherwise. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Parties acknowledge and agree that
no Party shall waive, or be deemed to have waived, any rights that it may have
with respect to any third party by virtue of any disclosure by such Party that
is contained in the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 3.1 Organization, Standing and Power. The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware.
The Company has the corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its
business as now being conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
character of the property owned or leased by it or the nature of the activities
or business conducted by it makes such qualification necessary. The Company has delivered a true and correct
copy of the Organizational Documents of the Company, each as amended to date,
to Parent. The Company is not in
violation of any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.
Section 3.2 Authority. The Company and each Principal Stockholder
that is an entity has all requisite corporate or company power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement,
the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, and the performance by the
Company and each Principal Stockholder that is an entity of its obligations
hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company
action on the part of the Company and each Principal Stockholder that is an
entity subject (in the case of the Company) only to the approval of the Merger
by the Companys stockholders. The
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
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of the shares
of the Company Common Stock, outstanding on the record date relating to this
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions is the only vote of the holders of
any of the Companys capital stock necessary under Applicable Law to approve
this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions. The Board of Directors of the Company has
unanimously (a) approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other
Contemplated Transactions; (b) determined that in its opinion the
Contemplated Transactions are in the best interests of the stockholders of the
Company and are on terms that are fair to such stockholders; and (c) recommended
that the stockholders of the Company approve this Agreement and the Contemplated
Transactions. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Principal
Stockholders and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company
and each of the Principal Stockholders enforceable against the Company and each
of the Principal Stockholders in accordance with its terms, except that such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors rights generally, and is
subject to general principles of equity.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not,
and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not, conflict with,
or result in any violation of, or default under (with or without notice or lapse
of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any material obligation or loss of any material benefit under (a) any
provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company, as amended; or (b) any
material Contract or material Permit or material Order, or any Law applicable
to any Company Party or any of their respective properties or assets. No Consent or Order of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any Governmental Body is required by or with respect
to any Company Party in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, except for (a) the
filing of the Agreement of Merger, together with the required officers
certificates, and the filing of the Certificate of Merger; (b) any filings
required under Regulation D of the Securities Act; and (c) such Consents,
Orders, registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under
applicable state securities Laws and the securities Laws of any foreign
country.
Section 3.3 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 3.4 Financial
Statements.
(a) The Company has
delivered to Parent its audited financial statements (balance sheet, statement
of operations and statement of cash flows) for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006, its compiled financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2005, its reviewed financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2004, and its unaudited financial statements (balance sheet, statement of
operations and statement of cash flows) on a consolidated basis as at and for
the six (6) month period ended June 30, 2007 (collectively, the Company
Financial Statements). The Company
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that
the unaudited financial statements do not contain footnotes and are subject to
normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, the effect of which will not,
individually or in the aggregate, be materially adverse) applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods presented and consistent with each
other. The Company Financial Statements
fairly present the consolidated financial condition, operating results and cash
flow of the Company as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated therein,
subject to normal year-end
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audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes in the case of unaudited Company Financial Statements, all in
accordance with GAAP.
(b) The Company maintains
and will continue to maintain a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements of the
Company and to maintain accountability for assets; (iii) access to the
Companys assets is permitted only in accordance with managements
authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared
with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken
with respect to any differences. The
Company is not party to or otherwise involved in any off balance sheet
arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K under the Exchange
Act).
(c) No Company Party is a
party to, or has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture,
partnership or any similar Contract (including any Contract relating to any
transaction or relationship between or among any Company Parties, on the one
hand, and any unconsolidated Affiliate, including any structured finance,
special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand), where
the result, purpose or intended effect of such Contract is to avoid disclosure
of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of, any Company
Party in the published financial statements of any Company Party.
Section 3.5 Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, of which there were
issued and outstanding as of the close of business on the date hereof,
41,494,852 shares. All outstanding
shares of Company Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and, to the Knowledge of the Company and the Principal
Stockholders, are free of any Encumbrances, and are not subject to preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal created by Applicable Law, the Organizational
Documents of the Company or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound. As of that same date,
there were 4,240,829 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under
the Company Stock Plan, of which 2,415,404 shares were subject to outstanding
options and 1,825,425 shares were reserved for future option grants. The Company has delivered to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of each form of agreement or stock option plan
evidencing each Company Stock Option.
Except for the rights created pursuant to this Agreement and the rights
disclosed in this Section 3.5, there are no other options,
warrants, calls, rights, commitments or agreements of any character to which
the Company is a party or by which it is bound, obligating the Company to
issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem or cause to be issued, delivered,
sold, repurchased or redeemed, any shares of capital stock of the Company or
obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of, change the
price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant, call,
right, commitment or agreement. All
shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the options described
in this Section 3.5 will be, when issued pursuant to the respective
terms of such options, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. There are no other
Contracts relating to voting, purchase or sale of the capital stock of the
Company (a) between or among the Company and any of its stockholders; and (b) to
the Companys Knowledge, between or among any of the Companys
stockholders. All shares of outstanding
Company Common
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Stock and
rights to acquire capital stock of the Company were issued in compliance with
all applicable federal and state securities Laws. There are no accrued but unpaid dividends on
shares of the Companys capital stock as of the date of this Agreement and,
except as contemplated by Section 2.13(e), there will be no accrued
by unpaid dividends on shares of the Companys capital stock as of the
Effective Time.
Section 3.6 Subsidiaries.
(a) Section 3.6
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the name, jurisdiction of
incorporation, capitalization, and the record holders of the capital stock of
each Subsidiary of the Company. Except
as set forth in Section 3.6 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other equity
securities in any other Person other than publicly traded securities
constituting less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding equity of the
issuing entity.
(b) Each Subsidiary of the
Company is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of its jurisdiction of organization, and has the corporate power to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as proposed
to be conducted. Each Subsidiary of the
Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by it or the
nature of its activities or the business conducted makes such qualification
necessary. The Company has heretofore
delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of the Organizational
Documents of each of its Subsidiaries.
No Subsidiary is in default or in violation of any provision of its
Organizational Documents.
(c) All shares of capital
stock of, or other ownership interests in, Subsidiaries of the Company owned,
directly or indirectly, by the Company are owned free and clear of any
Encumbrance and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any
restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital
stock or other ownership interests), except for limitations or restrictions
under Applicable Laws. There are no outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to acquire from any Company Party, and no
preemptive or similar rights, subscriptions or other rights, convertible or
exchangeable securities or Contracts of any character, relating to any equity
interest in any Subsidiary of the Company, obligating any Company Party to
issue, transfer or sell, any capital stock, voting securities or other
ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
any capital stock, voting securities or ownership interests in, any Subsidiary
of the Company or obligating any Company Party to grant, extend or enter into
any such option, warrant, subscription or other right, convertible or
exchangeable security or Contract. There
are no outstanding obligations of any Company Party to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire from any Person (other than the Company or a wholly-owned
Subsidiary of the Company) any outstanding shares of capital stock of any
Subsidiary of the Company.
Section 3.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Since December 31, 2006 (the Company
Balance Sheet Date), the Company has conducted its business in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and there has not occurred (a) any
change, event or condition (whether or not covered by insurance) that has
resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a
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Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) any
acquisition, sale or transfer of any asset of any Company Party other than in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice; (c) any
change in accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation
or amortization policies or rates) by any Company Party or any revaluation by
any Company Party of any of its assets; (d) any declaration, setting aside,
or payment of a dividend or other distribution with respect to the shares of
capital stock or other ownership interests of any Company Party or any direct
or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition by any Company Party of
any of its shares of capital stock or other ownership interests; (e) the
execution of any Material Contract by any Company Party, or any material
amendment or termination of, or default under, any Material Contract to which
any Company Party is a party or by which it is bound; (f) any amendment or
change to the Organizational Documents of any Company Party; (g) any
increase in or modification of the compensation or benefits payable or to
become payable by any Company Party to any of its directors or employees; (h) any
split, combination or reclassification of any of the Companys capital stock; (i) any
changes or events (including the incurrence of any liabilities of any nature,
whether or not accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable,
asserted, unasserted or otherwise) which, individually or in the aggregate,
would have a Company Material Adverse Effect; or (j) any agreement by any
Company Party to do any of the things described in the preceding clauses (a) through
(i).
Section 3.8 Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no liabilities of any Company Party
of any kind whatsoever, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined,
determinable, asserted, unasserted or otherwise, other than (a) liabilities
disclosed in or provided for in the Company Financial Statements or in the
notes thereto, (b) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
that are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance sheet or to be
disclosed in the footnotes thereof, and (c) any liability in excess of
$25,000 that was incurred in the ordinary course of business since June 30,
2007.
Section 3.9 Litigation. There are no Proceedings (or, to the
Knowledge of any Company Party, any basis therefor), whether at law or equity
or otherwise, by or before any Governmental Body or arbitrator, foreign or
domestic, or, to the Knowledge of any Company Party, threatened against or
involving any Company Party or any of their respective properties or officers
or directors (in their capacities as such).
There is no Order involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or,
to the Knowledge of any Company Party, any of their respective directors or
officers (in their capacities as such), that could prevent, enjoin, or
materially alter, delay or encumber any of the Contemplated Transactions, or
that would have a Material Adverse Effect on any Company Party.
Section 3.10 Restrictions on Business Activities. There is no Contract or Order binding upon
any Company Party that has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect
of prohibiting or materially impairing any current or future business practice
of any Company Party, any acquisition of property by any Company Party or the
conduct of business by any Company Party as currently conducted or as proposed
to be conducted by any Company Party.
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Section 3.11 Intellectual
Property.
(a) For purposes of this
Agreement, Intellectual Property means all rights in:
(i) all issued patents,
reissued or reexamined patents, revivals of patents, utility models,
certificates of invention, registrations of patents and extensions thereof,
regardless of country or formal name (collectively, Issued Patents);
(ii) all published or
unpublished nonprovisional and provisional patent applications, reexamination
proceedings, invention disclosures and records of invention (collectively Patent
Applications and, with the Issued Patents, the Patents);
(iii) all industrial design
registrations or applications (including any continuations, divisionals, continuations-in-part,
renewals, issues and applications for any of the foregoing), and rights to
apply for any of the foregoing;
(iv) all copyrights,
copyrightable works, semiconductor topography and mask work rights, including
all rights of authorship, use, publication, reproduction, distribution,
performance transformation, moral rights and rights of ownership of
copyrightable works, semiconductor topography works and mask works, and all
rights to register and obtain renewals and extensions of registrations,
together with all other interests accruing by reason of international
copyright, semiconductor topography and mask work conventions (collectively, Copyrights);
(v) trademarks, registered
trademarks, applications for registration of trademarks, service marks,
registered service marks, applications for registration of service marks, trade
names, registered trade names and applications for registrations of trade
names, logos, slogans (collectively, Trademarks) and domain name
registrations;
(vi) all ideas, inventions,
designs, manufacturing and operating specifications, and technical data;
(vii) all computer programs,
hardware, software programs or applications (in both source and object code
form and including firmware), including any related technical documentation,
user or operator manuals, software libraries, compilers, configurations,
databases, schematics, diagrams, components, processes and methodologies
related to any of the foregoing (Software Programs);
(viii) technology, trade secrets
and proprietary or other confidential information, know-how, proprietary
processes, formulae, algorithms, models and
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methodologies, whether or not protectable as
a matter of law (collectively, Trade Secrets);
(ix) all other intellectual
or other proprietary rights protectable as a matter of law;
(x) licenses, immunities,
covenants not to sue and the like relating to any of the foregoing;
(xi) any claims or causes of
action arising out of or related to any infringement, misuse or
misappropriation of any of the foregoing;
(xii) all other intangible
assets, goodwill, properties and rights (whether or not appropriate steps have
been taken to protect, under Applicable Law, such other intangible assets, properties
or rights);
(xiii) all moral rights,
including any rights of paternity or integrity, and right of restraint, any
right to claim authorship of any of the foregoing, to object to any distortion,
mutilation or other modification of, or other derogatory action in relation to,
any of the foregoing, whether or not such would be prejudicial to honor or
reputation, and any similar right, existing under judicial or statutory Law of
any country in the world, or under any treaty, regardless whether or not such
right is denominated or generally referred to as a moral right (Moral
Rights); and
(xiv) rights of publicity and
privacy related to the use of the names, likenesses, voices, signatures and
biographical information of real persons.
(b) No product liability
claims have been communicated in writing to or, to the Knowledge of any Company
Party, threatened against, any Company Party.
(c) A true and complete
list of each of the Company Software Programs, together with a brief
description of each important feature, part and/or component thereof, is set
forth in Section 3.11(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule. Section 3.11(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of each
license, sublicense and other Contract as to which any Company Party is a party
and pursuant to which any Company Party owns or is authorized to use any
Company Software Programs, or any feature or part or component thereof, and
includes the identity of all parties thereto, a description of the nature and subject
matter thereof and the term thereof. The
Company Software Programs conform in all material respects with any
specification, documentation, performance standard, representation or statement
provided with respect thereto by or on behalf of any Company Party.
(d) Section 3.11(d) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true, correct and complete list of
all of each Company Partys U.S. and foreign (i) Patents and Patent
Applications, (ii) Trademark registrations and applications therefor and
material unregistered Trademarks; (iii) Copyright registrations and
applications therefor; and
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(iv) other filings and formal actions
made or taken pursuant to federal, state, local and foreign Laws by any Company
Party to protect its or their interests in the Company Intellectual
Property. The Company or the applicable
Subsidiary is listed in the records of the appropriate U.S., state or foreign
registry as the sole current owner of record for each listed application or
registration, and no third party has any ownership interest, or right to claim
any ownership interest in any listed application or registration. With respect to the listed applications and
registrations, each such application or registration has been prosecuted or
maintained, as the case may be, in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable rules, policies and procedures of the appropriate U.S., state or
foreign registry.
(e) The Company
Intellectual Property consists solely of items and rights that are: (i) owned
by a Company Party; (ii) in the public domain; or (iii) rightfully
used by the Company Parties pursuant to a valid license or similar agreement
(the Company Licensed Intellectual Property). The Company Parties have (whether by virtue
of ownership, license or otherwise) all rights in the Company Intellectual
Property necessary to carry out the business of the Company Parties as
currently conducted or contemplated to be conducted, including, to the extent
required to carry out such activities, rights to make, have made, sell, offer
for sale, import, export, use, reproduce, modify, adapt, create derivative
works based on, translate, distribute (directly and indirectly), transmit,
display and perform publicly, escrow, maintain, license, rent, lease, assign
and sell the Company Intellectual Property in all geographic locations where
currently sold or used, and to sublicense any or all of the foregoing rights to
third parties, including the right to grant further sublicenses.
(f) To the Knowledge of
the Company Parties, the conduct of the business of the Company Parties as
conducted in the past did not infringe (when conducted) and as currently
conducted or contemplated to be conducted does not infringe (either directly or
indirectly, such as through contributory infringement) any Intellectual
Property right owned or controlled by any third party. There is no pending or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened, Proceeding (or any basis therefor) before any
Governmental Body in any jurisdiction, whether against any Company Party or any
third party, (i) involving any Company Intellectual Property owned by any
Company Party, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Company Licensed
Intellectual Property; (ii) alleging that the activities or the conduct of
the business of any Company Party, or the use of any Company Intellectual
Property by any customer or other licensee of any Company Party, does or will
infringe upon, violate or constitute the unauthorized use of the Intellectual
Property rights of any third party; or (iii) challenging the ownership,
use, validity, enforceability or registrability of any Company Intellectual
Property, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is there any reasonable basis
for any such Proceeding. Other than
license agreements entered into by the Company Parties in the ordinary course
of business and identified on Section 3.11(f) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, there are no settlements, forbearances to sue, consent
judgments or Orders or similar obligations binding upon any Company Party or,
to the Knowledge of the Company Parties, upon any third party, which (a) restrict
the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries rights to use any Company
Intellectual Property, (b) restrict the Companys or its Subsidiaries
business in order to accommodate a third partys Intellectual Property rights
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or (c) permit a third party to use any
Company Intellectual Property owned by any Company Party. To the Knowledge of the Company (x) all
registered, granted or issued Patents, mask works, Trademarks and Copyrights
registered by or assigned to any Company Party are valid and enforceable and (y) there
is no pending denial, refusal or similar action by any Governmental Body with
respect to any Patent, Copyright or Trademark application filed by or on behalf
of any Company Party. To the Companys
Knowledge, there is no unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation of
any of the Company Intellectual Property owned by any Company Party by any
third party, including any current or former employee or contractor of any
Company Party (or their respective predecessors-in-interest). No Company Party is subject to any Proceeding
or Order restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing of any
Company Intellectual Property by any Company Party, or which may affect the
validity, use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property. No Company Party is subject to any Contract
that restricts in any material respect the use, transfer, delivery or licensing
by any Company Party of the Company Intellectual Property. No Company Party has entered into any
agreement to indemnify any Person against any charge of misappropriation,
violation or infringement of any Company Intellectual Property, other than
indemnification provisions contained in purchase orders or license agreements
of a Company Party arising in the ordinary course of business.
(g) To the Knowledge of the
Company Parties, there are no royalties, fees, honoraria or other payments
payable by any Company Party to any Person by reason of the ownership,
development, use, license, sale or disposition of any Company Intellectual
Property, other than salaries and sales commissions paid to employees and sales
agents in the ordinary course of business.
(h) All current and former
directors, officers, employees and agents of any Company Party or any of their
predecessors-in-interest, and all current and former consultants, contractors
and similar third parties who have performed any activities on behalf of any
Company Party or any of their predecessors-in-interest, or who have
participated in the development or creation of any Company Intellectual
Property; either (i) have been a party to a work-for-hire arrangement or
agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary that has accorded the Company or
such Subsidiary, as the case may be, full, effective, exclusive and original
ownership of all Intellectual Property thereby arising, in accordance with
Applicable Law, or (ii) have executed appropriate instruments of
assignment in favor of the Company or a Subsidiary as assignee that have
conveyed to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, effective and
exclusive ownership of all Intellectual Property thereby arising. The Company Parties have provided to Parent
copies of all Contracts referenced or described in this Section 3.11(h). All current and former directors, officers,
employees, consultants, contractors and agents of each Company Party who have
participated in the development or creation of any Company Intellectual
Property have waived, released or made covenants not to assert against the
Company Parties any Moral Rights or other common law or statutory rights in or
to any Company Intellectual Property. No
current or former director, officer, employee, contractor, consultant or agent
of any Company Party (or their respective predecessors-in-interest), will,
after giving effect to the Contemplated Transactions, own or retain any rights
in or to any of the Company Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the
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Company Parties, no director, officer,
employee, contractor, consultant or agent of any Company Party is in breach of
any agreement with any former employer or other third party concerning
Intellectual Property rights or confidentiality.
(i) No Company Party is,
or as a result of the execution or delivery of this Agreement, or performance
of the Companys obligations hereunder, will be, in violation of any Contract
to which any Company Party is a party or otherwise bound, nor will execution or
delivery of this Agreement, or performance of the Companys obligations
hereunder, cause the diminution, termination, transfer or forfeiture of any of
the rights of any Company Party in any Company Intellectual Property or require
the Consent of any Governmental Body or third party in respect of any such
Company Intellectual Property. To the
Knowledge of the Company, each such Contract constitutes the valid and binding
obligation of all parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there exists no breach by any party
thereto and no event or circumstance which will result in a violation or breach
of, or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a
default by any Company Party thereunder.
(j) To the Knowledge of
the Company, there has been no misuse or misappropriation of any Company
Intellectual Property by any third party.
The Company Parties have taken reasonable measures to protect the
proprietary nature of the Company Intellectual Property that is material to the
business of any Company Party as currently conducted. Without limitation of the foregoing, the
source code and technical documentation (excluding end user documentation)
relating to all Company Software Programs (i) have at all times been
maintained in strict confidence, (ii) have been disclosed by the Company
Parties only to employees who have had a need to know the contents thereof in
connection with the performance of their duties to the applicable Company Party
and who have executed appropriate nondisclosure or similar agreements, and (iii) except
pursuant to an agreement listed in Section 3.11(o) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, have not been licensed or disclosed to or escrowed
for the benefit of or to be made available to any third party. No third party has made any claim or
delivered any notice that any third party is entitled to access or receive the
source code for any Company Software Program pursuant to any source code escrow
agreement identified or required to be identified on Section 3.11(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule. The
Company Parties have possession or control of a true and complete gold master
copy of the source code for each of the Company Software Programs, including
each feature, part and/or component thereof.
(k) Section 3.11(k) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete list of (i) all
software libraries, compilers and other third-party software sold with,
incorporated into or used in the development or operation of the Software
Programs, and (ii) all material third-party software systems and
applications used in the business of the Company Parties. Section 3.11(k) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule is a true and complete list of all license
agreements by which the Company Parties are bound for the use of any Company
Software Program and, if any such software is not licensed, the basis of the
use of any Company Software Program by the Company Parties. The use or incorporation, as applicable, of
each feature, part or component of the Company Software Programs by the Company
Parties has been in material compliance with the respective
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license agreement or other
right of use listed for such item on Section 3.11(k) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
(l) To
the Knowledge of the Company, no portion of any Company Software Program, at
the time of delivery of such Software Program (i) contains any back door,
time bomb, Trojan horse, worm, drop dead device, lock-out, virus or
other software routines or hardware components designed to permit unauthorized
access; to disable or erase software, hardware, or data; or to perform any
other similar unauthorized actions; or (ii) fails to comply with any
applicable warranty or other contractual commitment relating to the use,
functionality or performance of such Company Software Program or any product or
system containing or used in conjunction with such Company Software Program. The
Company has made available to Parent a complete and accurate list of all
material bugs, defects and errors of which any Company Party has Knowledge in
each version and component of each Company Software Program.
(m) To
the Knowledge of the Company Parties, no Company Software Program or component
thereof or any services provided by any Company Party contains any Public
Software. With respect to items set forth on Section 3.11(m) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, if any, the applicable license terms do not (i) require,
or condition the use of distribution of any Company Software Program on the
disclosure, licensing or distribution of any source code for any portion of
such Company Software Program or (ii) otherwise impose any limitation,
restriction or condition on the right or ability of any Company Party to use or
distribute any Company Software Program.
(n) No
funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Body were used, directly
or indirectly, to develop or create, in whole or in part, any Company
Intellectual Property (excluding Company Licensed Intellectual Property). No
Company Party (including their respective predecessors-in-interest) is now or
was ever a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards
body or similar organization that could require or obligate any Company Party
to grant or offer to any third party any license or right to any Company
Intellectual Property.
(o) Section 3.11(o) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of
each license, sublicense and other Contract as to which any Company Party is a
party and pursuant to which any Company Party owns or is authorized to use any
Company Intellectual Property, or feature or part or component thereof,
and includes the identity of all parties thereto, a description of the nature
and subject matter thereof and the term thereof. The Company Parties have made
available to Parent true and correct copies of all Contracts relating to the
Company Intellectual Property, including (A) any standard form agreements
used by the Company Parties to license software and or services, (B) professional
services agreements, (C) third-party non-disclosure agreements, (D) third-party
consultant or independent contractor agreements, and (E) employee offer
letters and terms of employment or equivalent, and (F) all agreements
listed in Sections 3.11(c), (f), (h), (k) and (o) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(p) The
activities of the Company Parties have at all times been conducted in full
compliance with applicable import and export control Laws. Without limitation
of
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the foregoing,
the Company Parties have obtained all required licenses, clearances and classifications
in connection with the sale and distribution by the Company Parties of any
Company Software Program.
Section 3.12 Interested
Party Transactions. No Company Party is indebted to any of its
Representatives (except for amounts due as normal salaries and bonuses and in
reimbursement of ordinary expenses), and no such Person is indebted to any
Company Party. There have been no transactions since January 1, 2006 that
would require disclosure if the Company were subject to disclosure under Item
404 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.
Section 3.13 Minute
Books. The minute books (or similar records) of the Company Parties contain
a materially complete and accurate summary of all meetings of directors and
stockholders (or other applicable governing bodies and equity owners) or
actions by written consent since the time of formation of the Company Parties
through the date of this Agreement, and reflect all transactions referred to in
such minutes accurately in all material respects.
Section 3.14 Complete
Copies of Materials. The Company has delivered or made available true and
complete copies of each document in its possession that has been requested by
Parent or its counsel in connection with their due diligence review of the
Company Parties.
Section 3.15 Material
Contracts. All of the Material Contracts are listed in Section 3.15
of the Company Disclosure Schedule. With respect to each Material
Contract: (a) the Material Contract
is legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and effect with
respect to the applicable Company Party, and, to the Knowledge of the Company
Parties, is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect
with respect to each other party thereto, in either case subject to the effect
of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors rights generally and except as the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by general principles of equity; (b) the
Material Contract will continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable and
in full force and effect immediately following the Effective Time in accordance
with its terms as in effect prior to the Effective Time, subject to the effect
of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors rights generally and except as the availability of
equitable remedies may be limited by general principles of equity; and (c) neither
the applicable Company Party nor, to the Knowledge of the Company Parties, any
other party is in breach or default, and no event has occurred that with notice
or lapse of time would constitute a breach or default by the applicable Company
Party or, to the Knowledge of the Company Parties, by any such other party, or
permit termination, modification or acceleration, under such Material Contract.
Material Contract means all Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company
is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties or
assets may be bound (i) which contain provisions granting the
customer the use of products of the Company other than for the customers
internal business use or without restricting the number of either CPUs or users
or on an enterprise or similar basis; (ii) pursuant to which the
customer will own any Intellectual Property developed or generated by any
Company Party; (iii) pursuant to which source code is either provided to
the customer or placed in escrow; (iv) which permit the customer to
transfer, assign or sublicense Company Intellectual Property rights without the
Companys consent, other than rights transferred by operation of law; (v) which
include provisions containing, or that are otherwise subject to,
non-competition, exclusivity, non-solicitation of the employees of the other
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party thereto, or most favored nation or similar pricing
arrangements, or other similar restrictions on any Company Party; (vi) which
contain provisions for liquidated damages or penalties upon termination in an
amount greater than $10,000 or indemnification provisions that materially
deviate from the Companys and the Subsidiaries standard practice; (vii) with
any Representative or Affiliate of any Company Party; (viii) under which
there remains any obligation or liability of any Company Party for the sale or
lease of any of the assets of any Company Party other than in the ordinary
course of business; (ix) which following the Effective Time will create a
restriction on the business or operations of any Affiliate of the Surviving
Corporation which is not as of the date hereof an Affiliate of the Company; (x) which
provide for the payment by or to any Company Party of an amount greater than
$10,000 per annum; (xi) which commit any Company Party to purchase a minimum
quantity of goods or services other than de minimus amounts under equipment
leases; (xii) which bear on the Companys ownership or right to exploit
the Company Software Programs (other than off-the-shelf, third party Software
Programs and not including standard form agreements with the Companys
employees and consultants), including licenses of components or modules (other
than any such licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business),
service and support agreements (other than such agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of business), and third party source code escrows; or (xiii)
which are material to any Company Partys business or operations.
Section 3.16 Inventory.
The inventories shown on the Company Balance Sheet or thereafter acquired by
the applicable Company Party were acquired and maintained in the ordinary
course of business, are of good and merchantable quality, and consist of items
of a quantity and quality usable or salable in the ordinary course of business.
Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, the Company Parties have continued to
replenish inventories in a normal and customary manner consistent with past
practices. The Company Parties have not received notice that any of them will
experience in the foreseeable future any difficulty in obtaining, in the
desired quantity and quality and at a reasonable price and upon reasonable
terms and conditions, the raw materials, supplies or component products
required for the manufacture, assembly or production of their respective
products or providing of their respective services. The values at which
inventories are carried reflect the inventory valuation policy of the Company
Parties, which is consistent with their respective past practice and in
accordance with GAAP. No Company Party is under any liability or obligation
with respect to the return of any item of inventory in the possession of
wholesalers, retailers or other customers.
Section 3.17 Accounts
Receivable. Subject to any reserves set forth therein, the accounts
receivable shown on the Company Financial Statements are valid and genuine,
have arisen solely out of bona fide sales and deliveries of goods, performance
of services, and other business transactions in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices (and do not include any bill and hold, extended
trial or on approval arrangements or end of quarter channel filling incentive
sales) in each case with Persons other than Affiliates, are not subject to any
prior assignment or Encumbrance, and are not subject to valid defenses,
set-offs or counterclaims. The accounts receivable are collectible in
accordance with their terms at their recorded amounts, subject only to the
reserve for doubtful accounts on the Company Financial Statements.
Section 3.18 Customers
and Suppliers. Section 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth for 2006 and the first six months of 2007 (i) the twenty-five
largest customers of the Company and its Subsidiaries in terms of revenue
recognized during the applicable period,
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(ii) the ten (10) largest suppliers of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in terms of costs recognized for the purchase of products or
services during the applicable period, and (iii) all representatives,
resellers or distributors of the Company (whether pursuant to commission,
royalty or other arrangement), (collectively, the Customers, Suppliers,
Resellers and Partners). The Company does not know of any plan or
intention of any of the Customers, Suppliers, Resellers and Partners, and the
Company has not received any written or oral threat from any of the Customers,
Suppliers, Resellers and Partners, to terminate, cancel, fail to renew or
extend, or otherwise adversely modify its relationship with any Company Party
or to decrease materially or limit its products or services to any Company
Party or its usage, purchase or distribution of the services or products of any
Company Party. To the Knowledge of the Company Parties, no Customer Supplier, Reseller
or Partner is insolvent or has filed or is planning to file for bankruptcy
relief protection or other similar insolvency Laws.
Section 3.19 Employees
and Consultants. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains
a list of the names of all employees (including part-time employees and
temporary employees), leased employees, independent contractors and consultants
of the Company Parties, together with their respective salaries or wages, other
compensation, dates of employment and positions.
Section 3.20 Title
to Property.
(a) The
Company Parties have good and marketable title to all of their properties,
interests in properties and assets, real and personal, reflected in the Company
Balance Sheet or acquired after the Company Balance Sheet Date (except
properties, interests in properties and assets sold or otherwise disposed of
since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business), or
with respect to leased or licensed properties and assets, valid leasehold
interests therein or licenses thereto, free and clear of Encumbrances of any
kind or character, other than Permitted Encumbrances.
(b) The
plants, property and equipment of the Company Parties that are used in the
operations of their respective businesses are in all material respects in good
operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and tear. All properties
used in the operations of the Company Parties are reflected in the Company
Balance Sheet to the extent required by GAAP. All leases and licenses to which
any Company Party is a party are in full force and effect and are valid,
binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium
or other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors rights generally; and
general principles of equity, regardless of whether asserted in a proceeding in
equity or at law. True and correct copies of all such leases and licenses have
been provided to Parent.
(c) Section 3.20(c) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete list and the
location of all real property that is used by any Company Party or that is
reflected as an asset of the Company on the Company Balance Sheet (the Real
Property).
(d) No
Company Party owns any Real Property.
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(e) The
Company has previously provided to Parent true, correct and complete copies of
all leases related to Real Property (collectively, the Real Property Leases).
Each Real Property Lease is valid, binding and enforceable against the
applicable Company Party, and, to the Knowledge of Company Parties, the other
parties thereto in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect,
except, in the case of enforceability against the other parties thereto, as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors rights, and to general equity principles. The
leasehold estate created by each Real Property Lease is free and clear of all
Encumbrances. There are no existing defaults by any Company Party under any of
the Real Property Leases, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company Parties, has an
event occurred that (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or the
happening or occurrence of any other event) would constitute a default under
any Real Property Lease.
(f) There
are no Proceedings, disputes or conditions affecting any Real Property that could
materially curtail or interfere with the use of such property. Neither the
whole nor any portion of the Real Property nor any other assets of any Company
Party is subject to any Order to be sold or is being condemned, expropriated or
otherwise taken by any Governmental Body with or without payment of
compensation therefor, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has any such
condemnation, expropriation or taking been proposed. No Company Party is a
party to any lease, assignment or similar arrangement under which the Company
is a lessor, assignor or otherwise makes available for use by any third party
any portion of the Real Property. There is no equipment located on the premises
of the Company or used in the business of the Company that is on loan from another
party.
(g) No
Company Party has received any notice of, or other writing referring to, any
requirements or recommendations by any insurance company that has issued a
policy covering any part of the Real Property or by any board of fire
underwriters or other body exercising similar functions, requiring or
recommending any repairs or work to be done on any part of the Real
Property, which repair or work has not been completed.
Section 3.21 Environmental
Matters.
(a) The
following terms shall be defined as follows:
(i) Environmental
Laws shall mean any Applicable Laws, policies, Permits, Orders,
directives, or requirements that pertain to the protection of the environment,
protection of public health and safety, or protection of worker health and safety,
or that pertain to the handling, use, manufacturing, processing, storage,
treatment, transportation, discharge, release, emission, disposal, re-use,
recycling, or other contact or involvement with Hazardous Materials (as defined
in Section 3.21(a)(ii)), including the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601,
et seq., as amended (CERCLA), the federal Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq., as amended (RCRA),
and the
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Massachusetts
Oil and Hazardous Material Release Prevention and Response Act, M.G.L. c. 21E.
(ii) Hazardous
Materials shall mean any material, chemical, compound, substance, mixture or
by product that is identified, defined, designated, listed, restricted or
otherwise regulated under Environmental Laws as a hazardous constituent, hazardous
substance, hazardous material, acutely hazardous material, extremely
hazardous material, hazardous waste, hazardous waste constituent, acutely
hazardous waste, extremely hazardous waste, infectious waste, medical
waste, biomedical waste, pollutant, toxic pollutant, contaminant or
any other formulation or terminology intended to classify or identify
substances, constituents, materials or wastes by reason of properties that are
deleterious to the environment, natural resources, worker health and safety, or
public health and safety, including ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity,
carcinogenicity, toxicity and reproductive toxicity. The term Hazardous
Materials shall include any hazardous substances as defined, listed,
designated or regulated under CERCLA, any hazardous wastes or solid wastes
as defined, listed, designated or regulated under RCRA, any asbestos or
asbestos containing materials, any polychlorinated biphenyls, and any petroleum
or hydrocarbonic substance, fraction, distillate or by product.
(b) The
Company Parties are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws
relating to the properties or facilities used, leased or occupied by any of
them at any time (collectively, the Company Party Facilities, such
properties or facilities currently used, leased or occupied by the Company
Parties are defined herein as the Company Party Current Facilities),
and no discharge, emission, release, leak or spill of Hazardous Materials has
occurred at any of the Company Party Facilities that may or will give rise
to liability of any Company Party under Environmental Laws. To the Knowledge of
the Company Parties, there are no Hazardous Materials (including asbestos)
present in the surface waters, structures, groundwaters or soils of or beneath
any of the Company Party Current Facilities. To the Knowledge of the Company
Parties, there neither are nor have been any aboveground or underground storage
tanks for Hazardous Materials at the Company Party Current Facilities. To the
Knowledge of the Company Parties, no employee of any Company Party or any other
Person has claimed that any Company Party is liable for alleged injury or
illness resulting from an alleged exposure to a Hazardous Material. No
Proceeding is pending against any Company Party, or, to the Knowledge of any
Company Party, threatened against any Company Party, with respect to Hazardous
Materials or Environmental Laws; and no Company Party is aware of any facts or
circumstances that could form the basis for assertion of a claim against
any Company Party or that could form the basis for liability of any Company
Party, regarding Hazardous Materials or regarding actual or potential
noncompliance with Environmental Laws.
Section 3.22 Taxes.
(a) The
Company Parties have timely filed (or caused to be filed) all Tax Returns
required to be filed by them, and all such Tax Returns are true, complete and
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correct. All
such Tax Returns have accurately reflected the Tax liability of the Company
Parties for the periods covered thereby. The Company has made available to
Parent copies of all Tax Returns filed by each Company Party for all periods
since the formation of such Company Party, or for all periods commencing on or
after January 1, 2003, whichever is less.
(b) The
Company Parties have withheld and timely paid all Taxes required to have been
withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee,
independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other party.
(c) The
Company Parties have paid and discharged (or caused to be paid and discharged)
all Taxes reflected on the Tax Returns which have become due and payable by
them. The Company Parties have made provision for all Taxes payable by the
Company Parties for which no Tax Return has yet been filed and the charges,
accruals and reserves for Taxes with respect to the Company Parties reflected
on the Pre-Closing Company Balance Sheet are adequate under GAAP to cover the
Tax liabilities accruing through the date thereof.
(d) No
Tax Return of any Company Party is under audit or examination by any taxing
authority, and no notice of such an audit or examination has been received by
any Company Party. There is no deficiency, refund litigation, proposed
adjustment or matter in controversy with respect to any Taxes due and owing by
any Company Party. Any deficiency resulting from any completed audit or
examination relating to Taxes by any taxing authority has been timely paid,
except for such deficiencies being contested in good faith or for which
adequate reserves are reflected on the Pre-Closing Company Balance Sheet. The
Tax Returns of the Company Parties have been either examined and settled with
the relevant taxing authority or closed by virtue of the applicable statute of
limitations and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such Taxes are
pending. There are no pending requests for rulings or determinations with
respect to any Tax matter. The Company Parties have no Knowledge of threatened
actions or proceedings for the assessment or collection of any Tax with respect
to the Company Parties, nor have the Company Parties received any notice or
inquiry from any jurisdiction in which they do not currently file Tax Returns
to the effect that such Party may be subject to Tax by such jurisdiction.
(e) To
the Knowledge of the Company Parties, no Encumbrances for Taxes (other than for
Taxes not yet due and payable) exist with respect to any assets or properties
of any Company Party.
(f) There
are no outstanding waivers or agreements extending the statute of limitation or
the period for assessment, reassessment or collection of any amount of Taxes to
which the Company Parties may be subject or relating to any of their
assets, and no power of attorney that is currently in force has been granted
with respect to any matter relating to Taxes that could affect the Company
Parties or their property or assets.
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(g) The
Company Parties have disclosed on their federal income Tax Returns all
positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of
federal income Tax within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
(h) The
Company Parties have not participated in a listed transaction within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(c)(3)(i)(A).
(i) The
Company Parties are not doing business in or engaged in a trade or business in
any jurisdiction in which they have not filed all required Tax Returns.
(j) No
Company Party is or has been a party to any tax sharing agreement, tax
allocation agreement, tax indemnity obligation or similar written or unwritten
agreement, arrangement or understanding or practice with respect to Taxes
(including any advance pricing agreement, closing agreement or other
arrangement relating to Taxes). No Company Party has entered into a closing
agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any equivalent provision
of any other Applicable Law.
(k) No
Company Party has been a member of any affiliated group within the meaning of Section 1504(a) of
the Code, or any similar affiliated or consolidated group for Tax purposes
under state, local or foreign Law (other than a group the common parent of
which is the Company). No Company Party is liable for any Tax imposed on any
entity under Treasury Regulation §1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state,
local, or foreign tax Law) as a transferee or successor, by Contract, or
otherwise.
(l) No
Company Party is the beneficiary of any arrangement described in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2)(or any similar arrangement) with respect
to any transaction or Tax opinion. No Company Party is a party to any
understanding or arrangement, or has otherwise participated in any transaction,
described in Section 6111(c) of the Code or Section 6112(b) of
the Code (or any similar provision). No Company Party has received any written
Tax opinions from outside law or accounting firms with respect to any
transaction relating to any Company Party other than a transaction in the
ordinary course of business.
(m) No
Company Party has been a distributing corporation or a controlled
corporation in a distribution of stock to any person qualifying for tax-free
treatment under Section 355 of the Code, either in the two (2) years
prior to the date of this Agreement, or in a distribution which could otherwise
constitute part of a plan or series of related transactions
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction
with the Contemplated Transactions.
(n) No
Company Party has participated in or cooperated with an international boycott
within the meaning of Section 999 of the Code or has been requested to do
so in connection with any transaction or proposed transaction.
(o) No
Company Party has agreed to make, nor have they been notified of a requirement
to make, any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any
similar provision of state, local or foreign tax Law) by reason of a change in
accounting method
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or otherwise
for any Tax period for which the applicable federal statute of limitations has
not yet expired.
(p) None
of the property owned by any Company Party is tax-exempt use property within
the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code. No Company Party is party
to a lease other than a lease that has been treated for U.S. federal income tax
purposes as a true lease under which such entities own or use the property
subject to the lease. No Company Party is party to a lease arrangement
involving a defeasance of rent, interest or principal.
(q) No
Company Party or any other Person on behalf of any Company Party has entered
into any agreement or consent pursuant to Section 341(f) of the Code.
(r) No
Company Party has been a United States real property holding corporation within
the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period
specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(s) No
Company Party is a party to any Contract, plan or arrangement, including the
provisions of this Agreement, covering any employee or former employee of such
Company Party that, individually or collectively, could give rise to the
payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Sections 280G,
464 or 162(m) of the Code by the Company or as an expense under Applicable
Law.
Section 3.23 Employee
Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.23(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of
each plan, program, policy, practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for employment, compensation, retirement, deferred compensation,
loans, severance, separation, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, visas,
work permits, termination pay, performance awards, bonus, incentive, stock
option, stock purchase, stock bonus, phantom stock, stock appreciation right,
supplemental retirement, fringe benefits, cafeteria benefits or other benefits,
whether written or unwritten, including each employee benefit plan within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), which is or has been sponsored,
maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to by any Company
Party or by any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is or at
any relevant time was treated as a single employer with any Company Party
within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code, (an ERISA Affiliate) for the benefit of any person who performs
or who has performed services for any Company Party or with respect to which
any Company Party or any ERISA Affiliate has or may have any liability
(including contingent liability) or obligation (collectively, the Company
Employee Plans). Section 3.23(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule separately lists each Company Employee Plan that has
been adopted or maintained by any Company Party, whether formally or informally,
for the benefit of employees outside the United States (collectively, the Company
International Employee Plans).
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(b) Documents.
The Company has made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of
documents embodying each of the Company Employee Plans and related plan
documents, including trust documents, group annuity contracts, plan amendments,
insurance policies or contracts, participant agreements, employee booklets,
administrative service agreements, summary plan descriptions, compliance and
nondiscrimination tests for the last three plan years, standard COBRA forms and
related notices, registration statements and prospectuses and, to the extent
still in the possession of the Company Parties, any material employee
communications relating thereto. With respect to each Company Employee Plan
that is required to file Form 5500, the Company has provided or made
available copies of the Form 5500 reports filed for the last three (3) plan
years. The Company has provided or made available to Parent the most recent
Internal Revenue Service determination or opinion letter issued with respect to
each such Company Employee Plan, and to the Knowledge of the Company Parties
nothing has occurred since the issuance of each such letter that could
reasonably be expected to cause the loss of the tax qualified status of any
Company Employee Plan subject to Code Section 401(a). The Company has also
provided or made available to Parent, with respect to each Company Employee
Plan, (i) a copy of the two most recent annual reports and actuarial
reports, if required under ERISA, and the most recent report prepared with
respect thereto in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87;
and (ii) if the Employee Plan is funded through a trust or any third party
funding vehicle, a copy of the latest financial statements thereof.
(c) Compliance.
(i) Each
Company Employee Plan and each related funding arrangement has been
established, administered and maintained in accordance with its terms and in
compliance with the requirements prescribed by any and all Applicable Law
(including ERISA and the Code), and each Company Party and each ERISA Affiliate
of any Company Party has performed all material obligations required to be
performed by them under, are not in material respect in default under or
violation of and have no Knowledge of any material default or violation by any
other party to, any of the Company Employee Plans.
(ii) Any
Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of
the Code has either obtained from the Internal Revenue Service a favorable
determination letter as to its qualified status under the Code, including all
currently effective amendments to the Code, or has time remaining to apply
under applicable Treasury Regulations or Internal Revenue Service
pronouncements for a determination or opinion letter and to make any amendments
necessary to obtain a favorable determination or opinion letter.
(iii) None
of the Company Employee Plans promises or provides retiree medical or other
retiree welfare benefits to any Person, other than post-employment benefits
provided in accordance with Section 4980B of the Code or comparable state
law.
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(iv) None
of the Company Employee Plans is a self-insured multiple employer welfare
arrangement (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA).
(v) There
has been no prohibited transaction, as such term is defined in Section 406
of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any Company Employee
Plan.
(vi) No
Company Party or any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any material liability or
penalty under Sections 4976 through 4980 of the Code or Title I of ERISA with
respect to any Company Employee Plan.
(vii) All
contributions required to be made by any Company Party or any ERISA Affiliate
of any Company Party to any Company Employee Plan have been paid or accrued.
(viii) With
respect to each Company Employee Plan, no reportable event within the meaning
of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the thirty
(30) day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section 4043
of ERISA) nor any event described in Section 4062, 4063 or 4041 or ERISA
has occurred.
(ix) Each
Company Employee Plan has prepared in good faith and timely filed all requisite
governmental reports, which were true and correct as of the date filed, and has
properly and timely filed and distributed or posted all notices and reports to
employees required to be filed, distributed or posted with respect to each such
Company Employee Plan.
(x) No
suit, administrative proceeding, action or other litigation has been brought,
or to the Knowledge of any Company Party is threatened, against or with respect
to any Company Employee Plan (and to the Knowledge of the Company Parties there
is no basis therefor), including any audit or inquiry by the IRS or United
States Department of Labor.
(xi) There
has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement by any Company
Party or any ERISA Affiliate of any Company Party that would materially
increase the expense of maintaining any Company Employee Plan above the level
of expense incurred with respect to that Company Employee Plan for the most recent
fiscal year included in the Company Financial Statements.
(xii) Each
Company Employee Plan that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated in compliance
with said Section such that no individual would be liable for interest or
additional tax thereunder.
(d) No
Title IV or Multiemployer Plan. No Company Party or any ERISA Affiliate of
any Company Party has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated
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in,
contributed to, or is obligated to contribute to, or otherwise incurred any
obligation or liability (including any contingent liability) under any multiemployer
plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or to any pension plan (as
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code. No Company Party or any ERISA Affiliate has any actual or
potential withdrawal liability (including any contingent liability) for any
complete or partial withdrawal (as defined in Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA)
from any multiemployer plan.
(e) COBRA;
FMLA; HIPAA; Cancer Rights. With respect to each Company Employee Plan,
each Company Party has complied with (i) the applicable health care
continuation and notice provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) and the regulations thereunder, as
well as any applicable state Law governing health care coverage extension or
continuation; (ii) the applicable requirements of the Family and Medical
Leave Act of 1993 and the regulations thereunder; (iii) the applicable
requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA); and (iv) the applicable requirements of the Womens
Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998. No Company Party has any material
unsatisfied obligations to any employees, former employees or qualified
beneficiaries pursuant to COBRA, HIPAA or any state Law governing health care
coverage extension or continuation.
(f) Effect
of Transaction. The consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not (i) entitle
any current or former employee or other service provider of any Company Party
or any ERISA Affiliate to severance benefits or any other payment (including
unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or benefits under any
Company Employee Plan), except as expressly provided in this Agreement; or (ii) accelerate
the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits or increase the amount of
compensation due any such employee or service provider. No benefit payable or
that may become payable by any Company Party to any Company Employee Plan
or as a result of or arising under this Agreement shall constitute an excess
parachute payment (as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code)
subject to the imposition of an excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code
or the deduction for which would be disallowed by reason of Section 280(G) of
the Code. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise
discontinued after the Effective Time in the sole discretion of the Company and
in accordance with its terms, without material liability to Parent or any
Company Party other than ordinary administration expenses typically incurred in
a termination event. Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions shall constitute an event causing
the Company to fund any rabbi or similar trust.
(g) International
Employee Plans. Each of the Company International Employee Plans has been
established, maintained and administered in compliance in all material respects
with its terms and conditions and with the requirements prescribed by any and
all statutory or regulatory Laws applicable to such International Company
Employee Plan. No Company International Employee Plan has unfunded liabilities
that as of the Effective Time will not be offset by insurance or fully accrued.
No condition
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exists that
would prevent any Company Party or Parent from terminating or amending any
International Company Employee Plan at any time for any reason.
(h) Massachusetts
Law. The Company Parties are in compliance in all material respects with
the applicable provisions of Chapter 58 of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Acts
of 2006, An Act Providing Access to Affordable, Quality Accountable Health
Care (the Massachusetts Health Care Act) and the regulations
promulgated thereunder. The Company Parties have properly classified and
accounted for all part time personnel (including seasonal and temporary
personnel) and independent contractors in a manner that complies with the
Massachusetts Health Care Act. The Company Parties make, or make available, a
fair share contribution towards the costs of health care for their employees to
the extent required by the Massachusetts Health Care Act.
Section 3.24 Employee
Matters. Each Company Party is in compliance with all Applicable Laws
respecting terms and conditions of employment, including applicant and employee
background checking, immigration Laws, discrimination Laws, verification of
employment eligibility, employee leave Laws, classification of workers as
employees and independent contractors, wage and hour Laws, and occupational
safety and health Laws. There are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Company Parties, reasonably expected or threatened, between the
applicable Company Party, on the one hand, and any or all of its current or
former employees, on the other hand, including any claims for actual or alleged
harassment or discrimination based on race, national origin, age, sex, sexual
orientation, religion, disability, or similar tortious conduct, breach of
contract, wrongful termination, defamation, intentional or negligent infliction
of emotional distress, interference with contract or interference with actual
or prospective economic advantage. There are no claims pending, or, to the
Knowledge of the Company Parties, reasonably expected or threatened, against
the applicable Company Party under any workers compensation or long term
disability plan or policy. No Company Party has any material unsatisfied
obligations to any employees, former employees, or qualified beneficiaries
pursuant to COBRA, HIPAA, or any state Law governing health care coverage
extension or continuation. No Company Party is a party to any collective
bargaining agreement or other labor union contract, and the Company does not
know of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize the
employees of any Company Party. Each Company Party has provided or shall as of
the Closing Date have provided all employees with all wages, benefits,
relocation benefits, stock options, bonuses and incentives, and all other
compensation that became due and payable through the date of this Agreement and
that shall become due and payable through the Closing Date.
Section 3.25 Insurance.
Section 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of all material policies or binders of fire, liability, product liability,
workmens compensation, vehicular, directors and officers and other insurance
held by or on behalf of the Company Parties. Such policies and binders are in
full force and effect, are reasonably believed by the Company to be adequate
for the businesses engaged in by the Company Parties and are in conformity in
all material respects with the requirements of all Contracts to which each
Company Party is a party and are valid and enforceable in accordance with their
terms. No Company Party is in default with respect to any provision contained
in any such policy or binder nor has any Company Party failed to give any
notice or present any claim under any such policy
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or binder in due and timely fashion. There are no outstanding unpaid
claims under any such policy or binder. No Company Party has received notice of
cancellation or non-renewal of any such policy or binder.
Section 3.26 Compliance
with Laws.
(a) Each
Company Party has complied with, is not in violation of and has not received
any notices of violation with respect to, any Applicable Law with respect to
the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business.
(b) The
Company Parties have conducted their business and operations in compliance in
all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including import and export
compliance Laws and Laws relating to data privacy.
(c) Each
Company Party has obtained and, where applicable renewed, each Permit necessary
to the ownership of its properties or to the conduct of its business, and,
after giving effect to the Contemplated Transactions, all such Permits will
continue to be valid and in full force. The Company Parties are in compliance
with the terms of all Permits applicable to the Company Parties in all material
respects.
(d) Section 3.26
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth each Contract that
materially deviates from the standard procedures or standard provisions of the
Company Parties with respect to import or export compliance or data privacy.
Section 3.27 Absence
of Questionable Payments. No Company Party or any director, officer, agent,
employee or other Person acting on behalf of any Company Party has used any
corporate or other funds for unlawful contributions, payments, gifts or
entertainment, or made any unlawful expenditures relating to political activity
to government officials or others or established or maintained any unlawful or
unrecorded funds that would result in a violation of Section 30A of the
Exchange Act if such provision were applicable to such Company Party. No
Company Party or any current director, officer, agent, employee or other person
acting on behalf of any Company Party, has accepted or received any unlawful
contributions, payments, gifts or expenditures. The Company Parties are in
compliance with the provisions of Section 13(b) of the Exchange Act.
Section 3.28 Brokers
and Finders Fee. No broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to
brokerage or finders fees or agents commissions or investment bankers fees
or any similar charges in connection with the Merger, this Agreement or any of
the Contemplated Transactions.
Section 3.29 Privacy
Policies and Web Site Terms and Conditions.
(a) For
purposes of this Section 3.29:
(i) Company
Sites means all public sites of the Company Parties on the World Wide Web.
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(ii) Privacy
Statements means, collectively, any and all privacy policies of the
Company Parties published on the Company Sites or otherwise made available by
the Company Parties regarding the collection, retention, use and distribution
of the personal information of individuals, including from visitors of any of
the Company Sites (Individuals); and
(iii) Terms
and Conditions means any and all of the visitor terms and conditions
published on the Company Sites governing Individuals use of and access to the
Company Sites.
(b) A
Privacy Statement is posted and is accessible to Individuals at all times on
each Company Site. The Company maintains a hypertext link to a Privacy
Statement from the homepage of each Company Site, and the Company uses its
best efforts to include a hypertext link to a Privacy Statement from every page of
the Company Sites on which personal information is collected from Individuals.
(c) The
Privacy Statements include, at a minimum, notice to Individuals about the
Company Parties collection, retention, use and disclosure policies and
practices with respect to Individuals personal information. The Privacy
Statements are, in all material respects, accurate and consistent with the
Terms and Conditions and the Company Parties actual practices (subject to
reinforcement by the Company upon any identified lapses) with respect to the
collection, retention, use and disclosure of Individuals personal information.
(d) The
Company Parties employ reasonable and prudent measures designed to insure that
the Company Parties (i) comply with the Privacy Statements as applicable
to any given set of personal information collected by the Company Parties from
Individuals; (ii) comply with all applicable privacy Laws regarding the
collection, retention, use and disclosure of personal information; and (iii) take
all appropriate and industry standard measures to protect and maintain the
confidential nature of the personal information provided to the Company Parties
by Individuals. The Company Parties have adequate technological and procedural
measures in place to protect personal information collected from Individuals
against loss, theft and unauthorized access or disclosure. The Company Parties
do not knowingly collect information from or target children under the age of
thirteen. The Company Parties do not sell, rent or otherwise make available to
third parties any personal information submitted by Individuals.
(e) The
collection, retention, use and distribution by the Company Parties of all
personal information collected by the Company Parties from Individuals is
governed by the Privacy Statement pursuant to which the data was collected. Each
Privacy Statement contains rules for the review, modification and deletion
of personal information by the applicable Individual, and the Company Parties
are and have been at all times in compliance with such rules in all
material respects. All versions of the Privacy Statements are attached hereto
in Section 3.29(e) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. Other
than as constrained by the Privacy Statements and by Applicable Laws, the
Company Parties are not restricted in their use and/or distribution of personal
information collected by them.
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(f) The
Company Parties have the full power and authority to transfer all rights the
Company Parties have in all Individuals personal information in the Company
Parties possession and/or control to Parent. The Privacy Statements expressly
permit the transfer of all personal information collected from Individuals by
the Company Parties in accordance with the acquisition or sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company. The Company Parties are not a
party to any Material Contract, or subject to any other obligation that,
following the Effective Time, would prevent Parent and/or its Affiliates from
using the information governed by the Privacy Statements in a manner consistent
with applicable privacy Laws regarding the disclosure and use of information. No
claims or controversies have arisen regarding the Privacy Statements or the
implementation thereof or of any of the foregoing.
(g) The
Terms and Conditions are posted and are accessible to Individuals at all times
on the Company Site. The Terms and Conditions expressly permit the transfer of
personal information collected from Individuals by the Company Parties in
accordance with the acquisition or sale of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Company Parties. No claims or controversies have arisen regarding
the Terms and Conditions or the implementation thereof or of any of the
foregoing.
Section 3.30 International
Trade Matters. The Company Parties are, and at all times have been, in
compliance with and have not been and are not in material violation of any
International Trade Law, including all Laws related to the import and export of
commodities, software, and technology from and into the United States, and the
payment of required duties and tariffs in connection with same. The Company
Parties have no basis to expect, nor has any of them or any other Person for
whose conduct they are or may be held to be responsible received, any
actual or threatened Order, notice, or other communication from any
Governmental Body of any actual or potential violation or failure to comply
with any International Trade Law. International Trade Law shall mean
Laws applicable to international transactions, including the Export Administration
Act, the Export Administration Regulations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act,
the Arms Export Control Act, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act,
the U.S. Customs Laws, the Foreign Asset Control Regulations, and any
regulations or orders issued thereunder.
Section 3.31 Representations
Complete. None of the representations or warranties made by any Company
Party herein or in any Schedule or Exhibit hereto, including the
Company Disclosure Schedule, or certificate furnished by any Company Party
pursuant to this Agreement or any written statement furnished to Parent
pursuant hereto or in connection with the Contemplated Transactions, when all
such documents are read together in their entirety, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact, or omits to state any material fact necessary in
order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which made, not misleading.
Section 3.32 Commission
Filings. No Company Party is required to file any forms, reports,
schedules, statements or other documents with the SEC.
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Section 3.33 Takeover
Statutes. The Board of Directors of the Company has taken the necessary
action to render Section 203 of the DGCL and any other potentially
applicable anti-takeover statute or regulation inapplicable to this Agreement
and the Contemplated Transactions.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND
SUB
Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company that the
statements contained in this Article IV are true and correct,
except as disclosed in a document of even date herewith and delivered by Parent
to the Company on the date hereof referring to the representations and
warranties in this Agreement (the Parent Disclosure Schedule). The
Parent Disclosure Schedule will be arranged in sections corresponding to
the lettered and numbered paragraphs contained in this Article IV,
and the disclosure in any such numbered and lettered section of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule shall qualify only the corresponding section in
this Article V (except to the extent disclosure in any numbered and
lettered section of the Parent Disclosure Schedule is specifically
cross-referenced in another numbered and lettered section of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule).
Section 4.1 Organization,
Standing and Power. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the state of
Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has the corporate power to own its
properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as proposed
to be conducted and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction where the character of the property owned or leased by it or
the nature of the activities or business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary. Parent has delivered a true and correct copy of the
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or other charter documents, as
applicable, of Parent and Merger Sub, each as amended to date, to the Company. Neither
Parent nor Merger Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of its
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
Section 4.2 Authority.
Parent and Merger Sub have all requisite corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated
Transactions have been, or will have been by the Closing, duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub. This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub
enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors rights generally, and
subject to general principles of equity. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement do not, and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will
not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default under (with or
without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or loss of
a material benefit under (a) any provision of the Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (b) any
material Contract, Permit, Order or Law applicable to Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries or their respective properties or assets. No Consent or Order of
or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Body is required
by or with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in
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connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent
and Merger Sub or the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Contemplated
Transactions, except for (a) the filing of the Agreement of Merger,
together with the required officers certificates, and the filing of the
Certificate of Merger; (b) any filings required under Regulation D of the
Securities Act following the Effective Time; (c) the filing of a Form 8-K
with the SEC within fifteen (15) days after the Closing Date; and (d) such
Consents, Orders, registrations, declarations and filings as may be
required under applicable state securities Laws and the securities Laws of any
foreign country.
Section 4.3 Issuance
of Shares. The issuance and delivery of the Parent Common Stock as Merger
Consideration in accordance with this Agreement shall be, at or prior to the
Effective Time, duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Parent, and, when issued at the Effective Time as contemplated hereby, such
shares of Parent Common Stock will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Such Parent Common Stock, when so issued and delivered in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement, shall be free and clear of all liens and
encumbrances and adverse claims, other than restrictions on transfer created by
applicable securities Laws and will not have been issued in violation of their
respective properties or any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal or
similar rights.
Section 4.4 Interim
Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of
engaging in the Contemplated Transactions, has engaged in no other business activities
and has conducted its operations only as contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.5 Finders
or Advisors Fees. Except for Software Equity Group, LLC, there is no
investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary which has been retained
by or is authorized to act on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub who might be
entitled to any fee or commission in connection with the Contemplated
Transactions.
Section 4.6 SEC
Filings; Financial Statements.
(a) Parent has timely filed all registration statements, prospectuses,
forms, reports, definitive proxy statements, schedules and documents required
to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be,
since January 1, 2005 (collectively, the Parent SEC Filings). Each
Parent SEC Filing, (i) as of its date, complied in all material respects
with the requirements of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as the case may be,
and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements (including in each case,
any notes thereto) contained in any Parent SEC Filings was prepared in
accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and,
in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q
under the Exchange Act), and each presented fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations and cash flows of Parent as of the respective
dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the
case of unaudited statements, to normal and recurring year-end
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adjustments
which did not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be
expected to have a material and adverse effect to the business, condition
(financial or other), results of operations, performance or properties of
Parent, taken as a whole).
Section 4.7 Absence
of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in
Parent SEC Filings filed with the SEC prior to the date hereof, since December 31,
2006, Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course and there
has not been: (i) any change in or effect on the assets, liabilities,
financial condition, operating results or business of Parent, except changes or
effects which (x) have not been, in the aggregate, materially adverse, (y) relate,
in general, to the economy or securities markets of the United States or any
other region, or (z) relate to the industry in which Parent operates
generally; (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend
or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to any
of Parents capital stock; (iii) any split, combination or
reclassification of any of Parents capital stock or any issuance (or the
authorization of any issuance) of any other securities in respect of, in lieu
of or in substitution for shares of Parents capital stock; (iv) any
damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, which would
have a material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities, financial condition,
operating results or prospects of Parent; or (v) any change in accounting
methods, principles or practices by Parent materially affecting its assets,
liabilities, financial condition or operating results, except insofar as may have
been required by a change in GAAP.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
Section 5.1 Conduct
of Business of the Company. During the period from the date of this
Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement
or the Effective Time, the Company agrees (except to the extent expressly
contemplated by this Agreement or as consented to in writing by Parent) to (and
to cause each other Company Party to): (a) carry
on its business in the usual regular and ordinary course in substantially the
same manner as heretofore conducted; (b) pay its debts and Taxes when due
subject (i) to good faith disputes over such debts or Taxes; and (ii) to
Parents consent to the filing of material Tax Returns, if applicable; (c) pay
or perform other obligations when due; and (d) use all reasonable
efforts to preserve intact its present business organizations, keep available
the services of its present officers and key employees and preserve its
relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and
others having business dealings with it, to the end that its goodwill and
ongoing businesses shall be unimpaired at the Effective Time. The Company
agrees to promptly notify Parent of (a) any event or occurrence not in the
ordinary course of the business of any Company Party, and of any event which
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on any Company
Party; and (b) any change in its capitalization as set forth in Section 3.5.
Without limiting the foregoing, except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement or the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company shall not do, cause
or permit (or cause or permit any other Company Party to do, cause or permit)
any of the following, without the prior written consent of Parent:
(a) Charter
Documents. Cause or permit any amendments to its Organizational Documents;
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(b) Dividends,
Changes in Capital Stock. Declare or pay any dividends on or make any other
distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its
capital stock (except such dividends as may be permitted pursuant to Section 2.13(b)),
or split, combine or reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize
the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of its capital stock, or repurchase or otherwise
acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock except from
former employees, directors and consultants in accordance with agreements
providing for the repurchase of shares in connection with any termination of
service to it;
(c) Stock
Option Plans, Etc. Accelerate, amend or change the period of exercisability
or vesting of options or other rights granted under its stock plans or
authorize cash payments in exchange for any options or other rights granted
under any of such plans;
(d) Issuance
of Securities. Issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance,
delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of its
capital stock or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights,
warrants or options to acquire, or other agreements or commitments of any
character obligating it to issue any such shares or other convertible
securities other than the issuance of shares of its Common Stock pursuant to
the exercise of stock options, warrants or other rights therefore outstanding
as of the date of this Agreement;
(e) Intellectual
Property. Transfer to any person or entity any rights to its Intellectual
Property other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(f) Exclusive
Rights. Enter into or amend any agreements pursuant to which any other
party is granted exclusive marketing or other exclusive rights of any type or
scope with respect to any of the Company Software Programs or Company
Intellectual Property;
(g) Dispositions.
Sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties
or assets that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business,
taken as a whole;
(h) Pledges,
Etc. Sell or pledge or agree to sell or pledge any stock or other equity
interest owned by it in any other entity;
(i) Indebtedness.
Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money, or guarantee any such indebtedness,
or issue or sell any debt securities or guaranty any debt securities of others,
in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate;
(j) Agreements.
Other than Contracts in the Companys standard form with customers entered
into in the ordinary course of business, enter into, terminate or amend, in a
manner that will adversely affect the business of any Company Party, (i) any
Contract involving the obligation to pay or the right to receive $10,000 or
more, (ii) any
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Contract
relating to the license, transfer or other disposition or acquisition of
Intellectual Property rights or rights to market or sell the Company Software
Programs or (iii) any other Contract material to the business or prospects
of the Company or that is or would be a Material Contract;
(k) Payment
of Obligations. Pay, discharge or satisfy, in an amount in excess of
$10,000 in the aggregate, any claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute,
accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) arising other than in
the ordinary course of business, other than the payment, discharge or
satisfaction of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Company
Financial Statements;
(l) Accounts
Payable. Delay or postpone the payment of accounts payable or other
liabilities, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(m) Capital
Expenditures. Make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital
improvements, in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate;
(n) Insurance.
Materially reduce the amount of any material insurance coverage provided by
existing insurance policies;
(o) Termination
or Waiver. Terminate or waive any right of substantial value, other than in
the ordinary course of business;
(p) Employee
Benefit Plans, New Hires, Pay Increases. Amend any Company Employee Plan or
adopt any plan that would constitute a Company Employee Plan except in order to
comply with applicable Laws, or hire any new officer-level employee, pay any
special bonus, special remuneration or special noncash benefit (except payments
and benefits made pursuant to written agreements outstanding on the date
hereof), or increase the benefits, salaries or wage rates of its employees;
(q) Acceleration
of Payments. Except as required by Article II, accelerate the
payment, right to payment or vesting of any bonus, severance, profit sharing,
retirement, deferred compensation, stock option, insurance or other
compensation or benefits;
(r) Severance
Arrangements. Grant or pay any severance or termination pay or benefits (i) to
any director or officer or (ii) except for payments made pursuant to
written agreements outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed on the Company
Disclosure Schedule, to any other employee;
(s) Lawsuits.
Commence or settle a lawsuit other than (i) for the routine collection of
bills, (ii) in such cases where the Company in good faith determines that
failure to commence suit or settle would result in the material impairment of a
valuable aspect of the Companys business, provided that it consults with
Parent prior to the filing or settling of such a suit or (iii) for a
breach of this Agreement;
(t) Acquisitions.
Acquire or agree to acquire by merging with, or by purchasing a substantial
portion of the stock or assets of, or by any other manner, any
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business or
any Person or division thereof or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any
assets that are material individually or in the aggregate, to its business,
taken as a whole;
(u) Dispositions.
Transfer or agree to transfer by merging into or consolidating with, or by
selling a substantial portion of the stock or assets of, or by any other
manner, any business or any Person or division thereof or otherwise transfer or
agree to transfer any assets that are material individually or in the
aggregate, to the business of any Company Party, taken as a whole;
(v) Anti-takeover
Statutes. Take any action to exempt or make any Person (other than Parent)
not subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL or any other
potentially applicable anti-takeover or similar Law;
(w) Other
Actions. Take any action (including encouraging any other Person to take
such action), engage in any transaction or enter into any Contract which would
reasonably be likely to cause (A) any of the representations or warranties
of the Company or the Principal Stockholders in this Agreement to be untrue at,
or as of any time prior to, the Effective Time; (B) any of the conditions
set forth in Article VI to not be satisfied; (C) a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company or (D) any impairment of the ability of the
Company, Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Merger in accordance with the
terms hereof or materially delay such consummation;
(x) Taxes.
Make or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting
method in respect of Taxes, file any Tax Return or any amendment to a Tax
Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any material claim or
assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the
limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
(y) Revaluation.
Revalue any of its assets, including writing down the value of inventory or
writing off notes or accounts receivable other than in the ordinary course of
business or as required by changes in GAAP, or make any change in its
accounting principles, practices or methods, except as required by Applicable
Law or GAAP; or
(z) Other.
Take or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in
subsections (a) through (y) above, or any action that would cause a
material breach of its representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement or prevent it from materially performing or cause it not to
materially perform its covenants hereunder.
Section 5.2 No
Solicitation of Other Offers. Except as otherwise required by Applicable
Law:
(a) From
and after the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, the Company
shall not, directly or indirectly through any Representative of any Company
Party or otherwise: (i) solicit,
initiate, or encourage any inquiries or proposals that constitute, or could
reasonably be expected to lead to, a proposal or offer for a merger,
consolidation, share exchange, business combination, sale of all or
substantially all of the assets, sale of shares of capital stock or similar
transactions involving any Company Party
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other than the
Contemplated Transactions (any of the foregoing inquiries or proposals an Acquisition
Proposal); (ii) engage or participate in negotiations or discussions
concerning, or provide any nonpublic information to any Person relating to, any
Acquisition Proposal; or (iii) agree to, enter into, accept, approve or
recommend any Acquisition Proposal. The Company represents and warrants that it
has the legal right to terminate any pending discussions or negotiations
relating to an Acquisition Proposal without payment of any fee or other
penalty.
(b) The
Company shall notify Parent immediately (and no later than twenty-four (24)
hours) after receipt by any Company Party (or its Representatives) of any
Acquisition Proposal or any request for nonpublic information in connection
with an Acquisition Proposal or for access to the properties, books or records
of any Company Party by any Person that informs any Company Party that it is
considering making, or has made, an Acquisition Proposal. Such notice shall be
made orally and in writing and shall indicate in reasonable detail the identity
of the offeror and the terms and conditions of such proposal, inquiry or
contact.
Section 5.3 Access
to Information Concerning Properties and Records. During the period
commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) the
Effective Time or (ii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated, the
Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary of the Company to, upon
reasonable notice, afford Parent and Merger Sub, and their respective counsel,
accountants, consultants, financing sources and other authorized
representatives, reasonable access to the officers, directors and employees,
properties, books and records of the Company and each Subsidiary of the Company
and promptly furnish all requested information concerning their business,
properties, Contracts, assets, liabilities, and personnel and facilitate access
to any of their lessors, lessees, suppliers, customers and business partners as
is reasonably requested by Parent; provided, however, that such
investigation shall not affect the representations and warranties made by the
Company or the Principal Stockholders in this Agreement.
Section 5.4 Reasonable
Best Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions provided herein, each of
the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall, and the Company shall cause each of
its Subsidiaries to, cooperate and use their reasonable best efforts to take,
or cause to be taken, all appropriate action, to adopt, or cause to be adopted,
all appropriate resolutions and approvals and to make, or cause to be made, all
filings necessary, proper or advisable under Applicable Laws to consummate and
make effective the Contemplated Transactions, including their reasonable best
efforts to obtain prior to the Closing Date, all Permits, Consents, qualifications
and Orders as are necessary for consummation of the Contemplated Transactions
for the operation of the business of the Company by the Surviving Corporation
as presently conducted by the Company and contemplated to be conducted by the
Surviving Corporation and to fulfill the conditions to the Merger.
Section 5.5 Sale
of Shares Pursuant to Regulation D. The Parties hereto acknowledge and
agree that the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the Company
stockholders pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof shall constitute restricted
securities within the Securities Act. The certificates of Parent Common Stock
shall bear the legends set forth in Section 2.9. The Company will
use its best efforts to cause each Eligible Company Holder who will receive
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Parent Common Stock to execute and deliver to Parent an Accredited
Investor Certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
It is acknowledged and understood that Parent is relying on the written
representations made by each stockholder of the Company in the Accredited
Investor Certificates.
Section 5.6 Registration
of Parent Common Stock. The Parties acknowledge
that the shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, to be issued as part of
the Merger Consideration will not be registered with the SEC or any other
Governmental Body at the time of issuance and are being issued in reliance on
an exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable blue sky
Laws. Simultaneous with the execution hereof, Parent shall enter into a
registration rights agreement (the Registration Rights Agreement) in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C. The
Registration Rights Agreement shall, among other things, identify each Eligible
Company Holder who shall receive shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the
Merger as an intended third party beneficiary of the provisions of such
agreement.
Section 5.7 Notification
of Certain Matters. The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall
promptly after becoming aware thereof advise Parent of (a) any
representation or warranty made by the Company or the Principal Stockholders
contained in this Agreement becoming untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (b) the
failure by the Company or the Principal Stockholders to comply with or satisfy
in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied
with or satisfied by such Parties under this Agreement or (c) any change
or event (i) having, or which could, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect on any Company Party or (ii) which has
resulted, or which, insofar as can reasonably be foreseen, would result, in any
of the conditions set forth in Article VI not being satisfied; provided,
however, that no such notification shall affect the representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements of the Company or the other conditions to
the obligations of Parent or Merger Sub under this Agreement.
Section 5.8 Public
Announcements. The Parties shall consult with each other before issuing any
press release or otherwise making any public statements with respect to the
Contemplated Transactions and shall not issue any such press release or make
any such public statement prior to such consultation and review by the other
Parties of such release or statement or without the prior consent of the other
Parties, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed; provided, however, that a Party may, without the prior
consent of the other Parties, issue such press release or make such public
statement if it is advised by counsel such statement is required by Law or any
listing agreement with a national securities exchange or automated quotation
system which Parent or the Company is a party to, if it has used all reasonable
best efforts to consult with the other Parties and to obtain such Parties
consent but has been unable to do so in a timely manner.
Section 5.9 Resignation
of Directors and Officers. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall
cause each member of its Board of Directors and every member of the Board of
Directors of each Subsidiary of the Company, to execute and deliver a letter
effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Board of Directors of
the applicable Company Party effective immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Prior to the Effective Time the Company shall cause each officer of the Company
and of each Subsidiary of the Company, to execute and deliver a
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letter effectuating his or her resignation as an officer of the
applicable Company Party, as the case may be, effective immediately prior
to the Effective Time.
Section 5.10 Regulatory
Approval; Further Assurances.
(a) Each
Party shall use all reasonable efforts to file, as promptly as practicable
after the date of this Agreement, all notices, reports and other documents
required to be filed by such Party with any Governmental Body with respect to
the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, and to submit promptly any
additional information requested by any such Governmental Body.
(b) Subject
to Section 5.10(c) Parent and the Company shall use all
reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary to
effectuate the Merger and make effective the other Contemplated Transactions.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to Section 5.10(c) each
Party to this Agreement shall: (i) make
any filings and give any notices required to be made and given by such Party in
connection with the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions; (ii) use
all reasonable efforts to obtain any Consent required to be obtained (pursuant
to any Applicable Law or applicable Contract, or otherwise) by such Party in
connection with the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions; and (iii) use
all reasonable efforts to lift any restraint, injunction or other legal bar to
the Merger. Each Party shall promptly deliver to the other a copy of each such
filing made, each such notice given and each such Consent obtained by such
Party during the period prior to the Effective Time. Each Party, at the
reasonable request of the other Party, shall execute and deliver such other
instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be
necessary or desirable for effecting completely the consummation of this
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent shall not have any
obligation under this Agreement to: (i) dispose or transfer or cause any
of its Subsidiaries to dispose of or transfer any assets, or to commit to cause
any Company Party or the Surviving Corporation to dispose of any assets; (ii) discontinue
or cause any of its Subsidiaries to discontinue offering any product or
service, or commit to cause any Company Party or the Surviving Corporation to
discontinue offering any product or service; (iii) license or otherwise
make available, or cause any of its Subsidiaries to license or otherwise make
available, to any Person, any technology, software or other Intellectual
Property, or commit to cause any Company Party or the Surviving Corporation to
license or otherwise make available to any Person any technology, software or
other Intellectual Property; (iv) hold separate or cause any of its
Subsidiaries to hold separate any assets or operations (either before or after
the Closing Date), or commit to cause any Company Party or the Surviving
Corporation to hold separate any assets or operations; or (v) make or
cause any of its Subsidiaries to make any commitment (to any Governmental Body
or otherwise) regarding its future operations or the future operations of any
Company Party or the Surviving Corporation.
Section 5.11 Blue
Sky Laws. Parent shall take such steps as may be necessary to comply
with the securities and blue sky Laws of all jurisdictions applicable to the
issuance of the
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Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger. The Company shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist Parent to comply with the
securities and blue sky Laws of all jurisdictions applicable to the issuance of
Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger.
Section 5.12 Employees.
The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts in consultation with
Parent to retain certain employees of the Company Parties through the Effective
Time and following the Merger.
Section 5.13 Expenses.
Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions shall be paid
by the party incurring such expense.
Section 5.14 Special
Indemnity Insurance. The Parent shall apply for and obtain the Special
Indemnity Insurance, provided that the Company shall pay all fees and expenses
associated therewith, including all premiums and any and all loss mitigation
and due diligence fees. For purposes of this Agreement, Special Indemnity
Insurance shall mean a representations and warranties insurance policy in
substantially the form of Exhibit F attached hereto.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
Section 6.1 Conditions
to Each Partys Obligations to Effect the Merger. The respective
obligations of each Party to consummate the Contemplated Transactions are
subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable Law), at or prior
to the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Stockholder
Approval. This Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated
Transactions shall be approved by the stockholders of the Company by the
requisite vote under Delaware Law and the Companys Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws.
(b) No
Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality. No temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent
jurisdiction or other legal or regulatory restraint or prohibition preventing
the consummation of the Merger shall be and remain in effect, nor shall any
Proceeding brought by an administrative agency or commission or other
Governmental Body seeking any of the foregoing be pending, which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, either
individually or combined with the Surviving Corporation after the Effective
Time, nor shall there be any action taken, or any Law or Order enacted,
entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger, which makes the
consummation of the Merger illegal.
(c) Governmental
Approval. Parent, the Company and Merger Sub shall have timely obtained
from each Governmental Body all Consents necessary for consummation of or in
connection with the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, including
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such Consents
as may be required under the Securities Act and under state blue sky Laws.
Section 6.2 Conditions
to Parents and Merger Subs Obligations to Effect the Merger. The
respective obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Contemplated
Transactions are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to Applicable
Law), at or prior to the Effective Time, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the
Principal Stockholders in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of
the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made at and
as of the Closing Date, except (i) to the extent the failure of such
representations and warranties to be true and correct shall not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect (disregarding, for this purpose, qualifiers as to
materiality contained in any such representations and warranties), and (ii) for
those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a
particular date (which shall be true and correct as of such date).
(b) Compliance
with Obligations. The Company and the Principal Stockholders shall have
performed and complied in all material respects with each obligation, agreement
or covenant of the Company and the Principal Stockholders to be performed or
complied with by them as of the Closing Date under this Agreement.
(c) Certificate
of Officers. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate
executed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the
conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have
been satisfied.
(d) Secretarys
Certificate. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate
executed on behalf of the Company by the Secretary of the Company, dated as of
the Closing Date certifying that the attached copies of the resolutions or
actions of the Companys board of directors and the stockholders approving the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the Companys
and the Principal Stockholders obligations hereunder and the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions are true, correct and complete, were duly adopted
and are in full force and effect.
(e) Good
Standing. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received (i) a certificate
as to the good standing of the Company issued by the Secretary of State for the
State of Delaware, dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing, (ii) a
good standing certificate as to the good standing of each Subsidiary of the
Company issued by the applicable Government Body of the jurisdiction of
organization of each Subsidiary, dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing, (iii) a
certificate from the Massachusetts Secretary of State as to the due
qualification of the Company and, if applicable, each other Company Party, to
do business in Massachusetts, dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing, (iv) a
certificate from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue as to the tax good
standing of the Company and, if applicable, each other Company Party, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing, (v)
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certificates
as to the good standing and qualification to do business as a foreign entity
for each Company Party in each other jurisdiction where such Company Party is
qualified to do business as a foreign entity, dated within thirty (30) days of
the Closing, and (vi) certificates of no Tax due in each jurisdiction
where any Company Party is qualified to do business.
(f) Third
Party Consents. All Consents required to be obtained in connection with the
Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions shall have been obtained and
shall be in full force and effect.
(g) No
Governmental Litigation. There shall not be pending or threatened any
Proceeding in which a Governmental Body is or is threatened to become a party
or is otherwise involved, and neither Parent nor any Company Party shall have
received any communication from any Governmental Body in which such Governmental
Body indicates the probability of commencing any Proceeding or taking any other
action: (i) challenging or seeking
to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger; (ii) relating to
the Merger and seeking to obtain from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any
Company Party, any damages or other relief that would be material to Parent; (iii) seeking
to prohibit or limit in any material respect Parents ability to vote, receive
dividends with respect to or otherwise exercise ownership rights with respect
to the stock (or other ownership interest) of the Company Parties; or (iv) that
would materially and adversely affect the right of Parent, Merger Sub, the
Surviving Corporation or any Company Party to own the assets or operate the
business of the Company Parties.
(h) Opinion
of the Companys Counsel. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a
written opinion from the Companys legal counsel in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
(i) No
Other Litigation. There shall not be pending any other Proceeding: (i) challenging or seeking to restrain
or prohibit the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated
Transactions; (ii) relating to the Merger and seeking to obtain from
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Company Party, any damages or other
relief that would be material to Parent; (iii) seeking to prohibit or
limit in any material respect Parents ability to vote, receive dividends with
respect to or otherwise exercise ownership rights with respect to any capital stock
(or other ownership interest) of any Company Party; or (iv) which would
affect adversely the right of Parent, Merger Sub, the Surviving Corporation or
any Company Party to own the assets or operate the business of any Company
Party.
(j) Employees.
As of the Closing, there shall be sufficient employees of the applicable
Company Parties, in Parents reasonable good faith determination, to permit
Parent to continue to operate the business of the Company Parties in the
ordinary course of business following the Closing.
(k) Escrow
Agreement. Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, Escrow Agent and the
Stockholder Representative shall have entered into an Escrow Agreement
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
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(l) Voting
Agreement. The Principal Stockholders shall have entered into and performed
their respective obligations under the Voting Agreement.
(m) No
Material Adverse Change. There shall not have occurred any change in the
financial condition, properties, assets (including intangible assets),
liabilities, business, operations, results of operations or prospects of the
Company Parties, taken as a whole, that, individually or in the aggregate,
could reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(n) Accredited
Investor Certificate; Number of Shareholders. Each of the Companys
stockholders that will receive Parent Common Stock shall have delivered to
Parent a signed Accredited Investor Certificate in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B and each such Accredited Investor Certificate
shall be in full force and effect.
(o) Employment
Agreements. Each of the key employees of the Company Parties shall have
executed and delivered the Employment Agreements, which shall include
non-competition provisions, in form and substance mutually acceptable to
Parent and the applicable employees.
(p) Transmittal
Letter. Each Eligible Company Holder other than Eligible Company Holders
whose shares constitute Dissenting Shares shall have completed and delivered to
Parent a signed transmittal letter in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit E.
(q) Dissenters
Rights. Not more than five percent (5%) of the capital stock of the Company
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be Dissenting Shares.
(r) Accredited
Investors. At least sixty-five percent (65%) of the capital stock of the
Company outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (assuming the
exercise of all In-the-Money Options), shall be owned by accredited investors
(as defined in the Securities Act of 1933).
(s) Special
Indemnity Insurance. The Special Indemnity Insurance policy shall have been
issued and delivered to the Parent.
(t) Transfer
and Registration of Subsidiary Stock. All actions required under Applicable
Law to effect the transfer of all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of
the Subsidiaries to, or the registration of all of the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Subsidiaries in the name of, the Parent or its designee
shall have been fully performed in accordance with Applicable Law.
(u) Repayment
of Certain Loans. Parent shall have received evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it that all loans from the Company to the employees of the
Company and to the Principal Stockholders outstanding immediately prior to the
Closing shall have been repaid in full.
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Section 6.3 Additional
Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction
at or prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions:
(a) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as
though such representations and warranties were made at and as of the Closing
Date, except (i) to the extent the failure of such representations and
warranties to be true and correct shall not have a Parent Material Adverse
Effect (disregarding, for this purpose, qualifiers as to materiality contained
in any such representations and warranties), and (ii) for those
representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular
date (which shall be true and correct as of such date).
(b) Compliance
with Obligations. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied
in all material respects with each obligation, agreement or covenant of Parent
and Merger Sub to be performed or complied with by them as of the Closing Date
under this Agreement.
(c) Certificate
of Officers. The Company shall have received a certificate executed on
behalf of Parent by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of
Parent, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) have
been satisfied.
(d) Escrow
Consideration. The Escrow Consideration shall have been deposited with the
Escrow Agent as contemplated hereby and by the Escrow Agreement.
(e) Secretarys
Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate executed on
behalf of Parent and Merger Sub by the Secretary of each of Parent and Merger
Sub, dated as of the Closing Date certifying that the attached copies of the
resolutions or actions of the board of directors and the stockholders of each
of Parent and Merger Sub approving the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the performance of the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub hereunder and
the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions are true, correct and
complete, were duly adopted and are in full force and effect.
(f) Good
Standing. The Company shall have received a good standing certificate of
each of Parent and Merger Sub issued by the Secretary of State for the State of
Delaware, dated within thirty (30) days of the Closing.
(g) Registration
Rights Agreement. Parent shall have executed the Registration Rights
Agreement (which agreement shall identify each Eligible Company Holder who
receives shares of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger as an intended
third party beneficiary of the provisions of such agreement), and such
agreement shall be in full force and effect.
(h) Opinion
of Counsel for Parent and Merger Sub.
The Company and the Eligible Company Holders shall have received a written
opinion from legal counsel for
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the Parent and
the Merger Sub in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Company.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION; FEES AND EXPENSES
Section 7.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated and the Contemplated Transactions may be
abandoned, at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after
approval of the Merger by the stockholders of the Company:
(a) by
mutual written consent of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub and the Principal
Stockholders;
(b) by
either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by September 30,
2007; provided, however, that the right to terminate this
Agreement under Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any
Party whose failure to fulfill any obligation under this Agreement has been the
cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such
date;
(c) by
either Parent or the Company if any Law shall have been promulgated which
prohibits the consummation of the Merger or if any Governmental Body shall have
issued an Order or taken any other action permanently restricting, enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Merger and such
Order or other action shall have become final and nonappealable; provided,
that the Party seeking to terminate pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) shall
have complied with its obligations under Section 5.4 to use its
reasonable best efforts to have any such Order or other action vacated or
lifted;
(d) by
either Parent or the Company if this Agreement and the Merger are not approved
by the requisite vote of the holders of Company Common Stock entitled to vote
thereon in accordance with Applicable Law, the Companys Certificate of
Incorporation and the Companys Bylaws, if required by Applicable Law;
(e) by
Parent (i) if a Triggering Event shall have occurred, or (ii) if the
Average Closing Price shall be less than $.80; or (iii) if the Company or
its Representatives participate in discussions or negotiations with, or furnish
or disclose nonpublic information to, any Person in response to an Acquisition
Proposal; or (iv) if the Company or the Principal Stockholders shall have
breached in any material respect any of their respective representations,
warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which
breach cannot be or has not been cured within fifteen (15) days after giving of
written notice by Parent to the Company and the Principal Stockholders; or (v) if
there shall have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect; and
(f) by
the Company if (i) Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached in any
material respect any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants
or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach cannot be or has
not been cured within fifteen (15) days after giving of written notice by the
Company to Parent or
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Merger Sub, as
applicable; (ii) if the Average Closing Price shall be less than $.80; or (iii) if
there shall have occurred a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent.
Section 7.2 Effect
of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 7.1 hereof by Parent or the Company, written notice
thereof shall forthwith be given to the other Parties hereto specifying the
provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, unless such
termination is made pursuant to Section 7.1(a) in which case
no such notice shall be necessary, and this Agreement shall become void and
have no effect, and there shall be no liability hereunder on the part of
the Parties, except (a) that Article IX to the extent
applicable and this Section 7.2 shall survive any termination of
this Agreement and (b) nothing in this Section 7.2 shall
relieve any Party to this Agreement of liability for breach of this Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ESCROW AND INDEMNIFICATION
Section 8.1 Survival.
Other than the representations and warranties contained in Sections 3.1,
3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22, 3.23,
3.32, 4.1 and 4.2, which shall survive perpetually, and
the representations and warranties contained in Section 3.11, which
shall survive for a period of thirty (30) months from the Closing Date, all representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this
Agreement and the other agreements, documents, certificates, schedules or
exhibits contemplated hereby or delivered in connection herewith (collectively,
the Related Documents) shall survive the Effective Time and remain
operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation or
disclosure made by or on behalf of any other Party, through the Final Escrow
Release Date; provided, however, that if notice of any claim for
indemnification is given pursuant to Sections 8.2 or 8.3 prior to
such time, the related representations and warranties, together with such
indemnification claim, shall survive until such time as such claim is finally
resolved. All covenants of the Parties shall survive according to their
respective terms.
Section 8.2 Indemnification
by the Company and the Eligible Company Holders.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, the Company
and each of the Eligible Company Holders shall jointly and severally indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Parent and the Surviving Corporation and their
respective Representatives, stockholders and each Person, if any, who controls
or may control Parent or the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively the Parent Indemnified
Parties), from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, actions,
causes of action, losses, reductions in value, costs, damages (including
consequential damages), liabilities and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys fees, other professionals and experts fees and court or
arbitration costs, amounts paid in settlement and sanctions (hereinafter
collectively referred to as Damages) (whether or not such Damages are
fully identified, quantified, and/or incurred or suffered prior to the issuance
and delivery of the Parent Claim Notice with respect thereto) arising out of or
related to:
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(i) Any misrepresentation or breach of or default or inaccuracy in any of
the representations or warranties of the Company and the Eligible Company
Holders contained in this Agreement and/or any of the Related Documents;
(ii) Any breach or failure by the Company or by the Eligible Company Holders
to comply with any of their respective covenants contained in this Agreement
and/or any of the Related Documents; and/or
(iii) any third party claim, or threatened third party claim, asserted against
any Parent Indemnified Party arising out of the actions or inactions of the
Company or any Eligible Company Holders prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Any claim for indemnification made by any Parent Indemnified Party under
this Section 8.2 must be made in writing delivered to the
Stockholder Representative no later than the Final Escrow Release Date (a Parent
Claim Notice). If
delivered to the Stockholder Representative no later than the Final Escrow
Release Date, a claim for indemnification set forth in a Parent
Claim Notice as provided herein shall survive the Final Escrow Release Date
until final resolution thereof as provided in this Article VIII.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Article VIII (or any other provision of this Agreement),
the Parties agree that:
(i) in no event may any Parent Indemnified Party make a claim for
indemnification under Section 8.2(a)(i) unless the amount of
the Damages incurred by the Parent Indemnified Parties with respect to such
claim exceeds $500;
(ii) the indemnification provided for in Section 8.2(a)(i) shall
not apply unless and until the aggregate Damages for which the Parent
Indemnified Parties seek or have sought indemnification hereunder, as stated in
one or more Parent Claim Notices, exceed a cumulative aggregate of $125,000
(the Basket) (except for any such Parent Claim Notices pertaining to
Damages allegedly suffered or incurred based upon a misrepresentation or breach
of or default or inaccuracy in or in connection with the representations
or warranties in Sections 3.8 and/or 3.11,
which shall be subject to the Special Basket), in which case the right
to recover Damages shall apply to the full amount of the claim; provided, however, that (A) the Basket shall not
apply to any such indemnification claim (x) involving fraud, gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Company or the
Eligible Company Holders, or (y) based upon a misrepresentation or breach
of or default or inaccuracy in or in connection with the representations
or warranties in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.5,
3.6, 3.9, 3.20, 3.21,
3.22, 3.23 and 3.32, and (B) the Special Basket shall
not apply to any such indemnification claim involving fraud, gross negligence
or willful misconduct on the part of the Company or the Eligible Company
Holders; and
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(iii) nothing in this Agreement shall (w) limit
the right of any Parent Indemnified Party to seek specific performance of, or
equitable relief with respect to, the Company or the Eligible Company Holders
with respect to a breach by the Company or by the Eligible Company Holders of
any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, (x) be deemed a
waiver by any Parent Indemnified Party of any right or remedy which such Party may have
at law or in equity based on any claim of fraud, (y) limit the liability
in amount or otherwise of the Company or the Principal Stockholders for any
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant if the Merger does not
close; or (z) limit the liability in amount or otherwise of the Company or
the Eligible Company Holders with respect to their respective fraud, criminal
activity, gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 8.3 Indemnification
by Parent.
(a) Subject to the provisions of this Article VIII, Parent shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Eligible Company Holders and their
respective Representatives, equity owners and each Person, if any, who controls
or may control such Eligible Company Holders within the meaning of the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act (collectively the Eligible Holder
Indemnified Parties), from and against any and all Damages arising out of
or related to:
(i) Any misrepresentation or breach of or default or inaccuracy in any of
the representations or warranties of Parent contained in Article IV;
or
(ii) Any breach or failure to comply with any of the covenants of Parent set
forth in this Agreement; and/or
(iii) any third party
claim, or threatened third party claim, asserted against any Eligible Holder
Indemnified Party arising out of Parents or Merger Subs actions or inactions
prior to the Effective Time.
(b) Any claim for indemnification made by any Eligible Holder Indemnified
Party under this Section 8.3 must be made in writing delivered to
Parent no later than the Final Escrow Release Date (an Eligible Holder
Claim Notice). If
delivered to Parent no later than the Final Escrow Release Date, a claim for indemnification set forth in an Eligible Holder Claim Notice
as provided herein shall survive the Final Escrow Release Date until final
resolution thereof as provided in this Article VIII.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Article VIII (or any other provision of this Agreement),
the Parties agree that:
(i) the indemnification provided for in Section 8.3(a)(i) shall
not apply unless and until the aggregate Damages for which the Eligible Holder
Indemnified Parties seek or have sought indemnification hereunder, as stated in
one or more Eligible Holder Claim Notices, exceed the Basket, in which case the
right to recover Damages shall apply to the full amount of the claim; provided, however, that the Basket shall not apply to
any such indemnification claim
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(x) involving
fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Parent or
Merger Sub or (y) based upon a misrepresentation or breach of or default
or inaccuracy in or in connection with the representations or
warranties in Sections 4.1 or 4.2; and
(ii) nothing in this Agreement shall (w) limit
the right of any Eligible Holder Indemnified Party to seek specific performance
of, or equitable relief with respect to, Parent with respect to a breach of any
covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, (x) be deemed a waiver
by any Eligible Holder Indemnified Party of any right or remedy which such
Party may have at law or in equity based on any claim of fraud, (y) limit
the liability in amount or otherwise of Parent or Merger Sub for any breach of
any representation, warranty or covenant if the Merger does not close; or (z) limit
the liability in amount or otherwise of Parent or Merger Sub with respect to
their respective fraud, criminal activity, gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
Section 8.4 Effect
on Merger Consideration; Stockholder Representatives.
(a) The entitlement of any Eligible Company Holder to receive such Eligible
Company Holders pro rata share of the amount of the Merger Consideration
represented as of any given time by the Escrow Fund is expressly subject to the
applicable provisions of this Article VIII (including the ability
of the Parent Indemnified Parties to seek recourse against the Escrow Fund for
Damages as provided in Section 8.5).
(b) By virtue of their approval of this Agreement and the Merger, each
Eligible Company Holder (other
than any holder of Dissenting Shares) shall be deemed to have approved,
effective as of such vote and without any further action by the Eligible
Company Holders, the appointment of Fenil Shah as the Stockholder
Representative (the Stockholder Representative); provided, however,
that a successor to any Stockholder Representative may be chosen by
Eligible Company Holders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the
then-present percentage interests in the Escrow Fund (assuming, for this
purpose, a distribution of the entire amount of the Escrow Fund on the date of
determination).
(c) The
Stockholder Representative shall be deemed to be appointed and constituted
agent and attorney-in-fact by each Eligible Company Holder, for and on behalf
of such Eligible Company Holder, to do the following: (i) to give and receive notices and
communications; (ii) to authorize recovery by any Parent Indemnified Party
against the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of claims as contemplated by this Article VIII;
(iii) to object to such recovery; (iv) to agree to, negotiate and
enter into settlements and compromises of, and comply with court judgments and
awards of arbitrators with respect to, claims against the Escrow Fund; (v) to
waive or settle any and all rights of Eligible Company Holders with respect to
the delivery of any portion of the Escrow Fund; (vi) to participate in the
resolution of any disputed claim; (vii) to resolve, with full authority to
settle in any manner, any such disputed claim; (viii) to resolve, with
full authority, any matters relating to the Stipulated Closing Net Working
Capital Calculation; (ix) to take all actions necessary or appropriate in
the judgment of the Stockholder Representative for
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the
accomplishment of any of the foregoing; and (x) to receive any portion of
the Escrow Fund otherwise to be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders and
to use an appropriate portion thereof for purposes of paying the costs
associated with any of the foregoing.
(d) The
Stockholder Representative may resign upon thirty (30) days notice to
Parent and each Eligible Company Holder. The Stockholder Representative may be
replaced by the Eligible Company Holders from time to time upon not less than
five (5) Business Days prior written notice to Parent; provided, however,
that the Stockholder Representative may not be replaced unless Eligible
Company Holders holding more than fifty percent (50%) of the then-present
percentage interests in the Escrow Fund (assuming, for this purpose, a distribution
of the entire amount of the Escrow Fund on the date of determination) agree to
such replacement. No bond shall be required of the Stockholder Representative,
and the Stockholder Representative shall receive no compensation for his
services.
(e) The
Stockholder Representative shall: (i) not be liable to Parent, the
Surviving Corporation or any Eligible Company Holders for any act done or
omitted as a Stockholder Representative unless acting in bad faith; (ii) be
entitled to treat as genuine any letter or other document furnished by Parent,
the Surviving Corporation, any Eligible Company Holder or the Escrow Agent and
believed to be genuine and to have been signed and presented by the proper
party or parties; and (iii) be reimbursed from any portion of the Escrow
Fund otherwise to be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders for any loss,
liability or expense incurred without bad faith on the part of the
Stockholder Representative and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the Stockholder Representatives duties
hereunder (including counsel fees and other out-of-pocket expenses), such
reimbursement to be made directly from the Escrow Fund by the Escrow Agent, who
shall be entitled to rely upon the instruction of the Stockholder
Representative in this regard. To the extent that there is
not a sufficient amount of the Escrow Fund otherwise to be distributed
to any Eligible Company Holders available, the Eligible Company Holders shall severally, and not jointly, in proportion to each Eligible Company
Holders pro rata entitlement to a share of the Escrow Fund, indemnify
the Stockholder Representative and hold the Stockholder Representative harmless
against any loss, liability or expense incurred without bad faith on the part of
the Stockholder Representative and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the Stockholder Representatives duties
hereunder.
(f) Parent
and Merger Sub shall have no liability to any Eligible Company Holder or
otherwise arising out of the acts or omissions of the Stockholder
Representative or any disputes among the Eligible Company Holders or with the
Stockholder Representative.
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Section 8.5 Handling
Claims. Subject to the limitations set forth in Article VIII:
(a) With
respect to any Parent Claim Notice:
(i) The
Stockholder Representative may notify the Parent Indemnified Party in
writing prior to the expiration of a period of thirty (30) days following the
delivery of such Parent Claim Notice to the Stockholder Representative that
some or all of the subject claim(s) of the Parent Indemnified Party are
disputed. In the absence of any such notice within such thirty (30) day period,
or upon an earlier notice from the Stockholder Representative to the Parent
Indemnified Party and the Escrow Agent
confirming that the subject claim(s) of the Parent Indemnified Party are
not disputed, then promptly following such thirtieth (30th) day or
such earlier confirming notice, the Damages in the amount specified in such
Parent Claim Notice will be (x) conclusively deemed a claim against the then-current amount in the Escrow Fund
after adjusting for any deductions or distributions which should have been made
therefrom as provided herein and (y) paid by the
Escrow Agent to the Parent Indemnified Party from such current amount in the Escrow Fund after
adjusting for any deductions or distributions which should have been made
therefrom as provided herein (to the extent such funds
are available).
(ii) If the Stockholder Representative notifies the Parent Indemnified
Party in writing prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) day period
following the delivery of such Parent Claim Notice to the Stockholder
Representative that some or all of the subject claim(s) of the Parent
Indemnified Party are disputed, then (except in those instances where the
Parent Indemnified Party has also submitted a claim under the Special Indemnity
Insurance) the Stockholder Representative and the Parent Indemnified Party shall attempt in good faith to agree upon the
rights of the Parent Indemnified Party with respect to each of such claims
within thirty (30) days after such objection. If the Stockholder Representative
and the Parent Indemnified Party should so agree on a claim, then a memorandum
setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and delivered to the Escrow
Agent, with a statement of the portion of the then-current amount in the Escrow Fund (after adjusting for any
deductions or distributions which should have been made therefrom as provided
herein), if any, to be distributed to the Parent Indemnified Party (and,
if applicable, such amount shall be promptly paid by the Escrow
Agent to the Parent Indemnified Party to the extent such
funds are available). If the Stockholder Representative and the Parent
Indemnified Party are unable to resolve any such claim, then, unless the
parties mutually agree to a different course of action for resolving the
matter, either the Parent Indemnified Party or the Stockholder Representative may file
suit to resolve the matter unless the amount of the Damages is at issue in
pending litigation with a third party, in which event no suit shall be
commenced until such amount is ascertained or the Stockholder Representative
and the Parent Indemnified Party consent to the filing of such suit. To the
extent that the Parent Indemnified Party has also submitted a claim under the
Special Indemnity Insurance, the Stockholder Representative shall be under no
obligation to make any attempt to agree upon the rights of the
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Parent
Indemnified Party until 30 days after the Parent Indemnified Party shall have
exhausted its remedies against the Special Indemnity Insurance, during the
pendency of which, a Parent Claim Notice otherwise properly submitted to the
Escrow Agent shall be deemed to be a Pending Claim.
(b) With
respect to the claim of any third party as to which a Parent Claim Notice may be
tendered, Parent shall have the right to conduct and control the defense,
settlement, adjustment or compromise of any such claim; provided, however,
that Parent shall (i) diligently pursue such defense, (ii) provide
notice to, and an opportunity for participation in and comment from, the
Stockholder Representative with respect to such defense, and (iii) not
effect the settlement, adjustment or compromise of any such claim without the
written consent of the Stockholder Representative (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(c) With
respect to any Eligible Holder Claim Notice:
(i) If Parent shall
fail to notify the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) in writing prior
to the expiration of a period of thirty (30) days following delivery to Parent
of an Eligible Holder Claim Notice that some or all of the subject claim(s) of
the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) are disputed, or upon an earlier
notice from Parent to the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) confirming
that the subject claim(s) of the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) are
not disputed, then promptly following such thirtieth (30th) day or
such earlier confirming notice, the Damages in the amount specified in such
Eligible Holder Claim Notice will be (i) conclusively deemed a liability
of Parent and (ii) promptly paid by Parent to the tendering
Eligible Company Holder(s).
(ii) If Parent shall notify the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) in
writing prior to the expiration of such period of thirty (30) days following
delivery of the subject Eligible Holder Claim Notice to Parent that some or all
of the subject claim(s) of the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) are
disputed, then Parent and the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) shall
attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with respect
to each of such claims within thirty (30) days after objection by Parent. To
the extent that the parties are able to so agree, then any claims which are the
subject of such an agreement shall be handled as agreed. To the extent that the
parties are not able to so agree, then either Parent or the tendering Eligible
Company Holder(s) may file suit to resolve the matter unless the
amount of the Damages is at issue in pending litigation with a third party, in
which event no suit shall be commenced until such amount is ascertained or
Parent and the tendering Eligible Company Holder(s) consent to the filing
of such suit.
Section 8.6 Limits
on Indemnification.
(a) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Section 8.6, the Eligible Company Holders shall
have no liability to the Parent Indemnified Parties under the provisions of
this Article
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VIII
except with respect to, and to the extent of, their interests in the Escrow
Fund. The limitation of liability set forth in the preceding sentence shall not
apply to the liability of the Principal Stockholders for indemnification under Section 8.2
for Damages resulting from (i) fraud, gross negligence or willful
misconduct by one or more of the Principal Stockholders, or of any Eligible
Company Holders as to which fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct the
Principal Stockholders had Knowledge prior to the date of this Agreement, as to
which there shall be no limit on indemnification, or (ii) a misrepresentation or breach of or default or inaccuracy in the
representations or warranties in Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3.9, 3.20, 3.21, 3.22
and 3.23, as to which the aggregate liability of the Principal
Stockholders shall be limited to that amount which is equal to the cash portion
of the final Merger Consideration.
(b) With respect to any and all Damages as may be suffered or incurred
by a Parent Indemnified Party at any time arising out of or related to any
misrepresentation or breach of or default or inaccuracy in any of the
representations or warranties of the Company or the Principal Stockholders
contained in Section 3.8 or Section 3.11 of this
Agreement, such Parent Indemnified Party shall submit a claim for
recovery under the Special Indemnity Insurance (a Special Insurance Claim)
and use commercially reasonable efforts to recover fully for such Damages from
the insurer under the Special Indemnity Insurance in accordance with the terms
thereof.. Such Parent Indemnified Party shall also submit a Parent Claim Notice
with respect to such Damages. To the extent, having made such efforts, such
Damages shall not be recovered fully from the insurer, and in the event that
the Damages subject to such Special Insurance Claim and the Parent Claim Notice
exceed the sum of $225,000 (the Special Basket), then all such
unrecovered amounts shall be recoverable against the Escrow Fund, to the extent
thereof, subject to and in accordance with this Article VIII.
Section 8.7 Release
and Waiver. Each Eligible Company Holder hereby waives any and all right
that it might otherwise have to make any claim against the Company or the
Surviving Corporation or any Affiliate of either for contribution or otherwise
if such Eligible Company Holder suffers an indemnity claim under this Agreement.
In addition, each Eligible Company Holder hereby releases and forever
discharges the Company, each Affiliate of the Company and the Surviving
Corporation, contingent upon the Closing, from any and all claims arising out
of or otherwise relating to pre-Closing actions, omissions, facts, events or
circumstances. For the avoidance of doubt, as used in this Section 8.7,
references to Affiliates of the Surviving Corporation shall be deemed not to
include Parent or any Person that was an Affiliate of Parent immediately prior
to the Effective Time.
Section 8.8 Treatment
of Indemnification Payments. Any indemnification payments made pursuant to
this Article VIII shall be treated as an adjustment to the Merger
Consideration for Tax purposes.
Section 8.9 Insurance Set-Off. The Eligible Company Holders shall be
entitled to a credit against any amount otherwise due under this Article VIII
to the extent of any amounts actually recovered by the Parent Indemnified
Parties under any insurance policy maintained by or on behalf of Parent or the Company or any other
contractual indemnification benefiting the Parent or the Company that directly
relate to the Damages suffered by the Parent Indemnified
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Parties,
less the costs associated with obtaining such insurance recovery or contractual
indemnification, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys fees. Parent
shall cause the Company to continue to maintain general liability and product
liability insurance coverage on a basis and with limits consistent with the
past practices of the Company, for so long as the Eligible Company Holders
indemnity obligation remains in effect.
Section 8.10 Exclusive
Remedies. The indemnification provisions of this Article VIII
shall be the exclusive remedy available to the Parties following the Closing
for any claims that are within the subject matter of the indemnities set out in
Sections 8.2, and 8.3. Each of the Parties agrees not to, and to
cause its Affiliates not to, bring any action or proceeding, at law, equity or
otherwise, against any other Party or its Affiliates seeking redress for any
such claim except pursuant to the express provisions of this Article VIII.
The foregoing shall not apply in the case of fraud, gross negligence or
intentional misconduct.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.1 Representations
and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the
Company and the Principal Stockholders, on the one hand, and Parent and Merger
Sub, on the other hand, contained herein or in any certificates or other
documents delivered prior to or at the Closing shall not be deemed waived or
otherwise affected by any investigation made by or on behalf of any Party.
Section 9.2 Extension;
Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, the Parties hereto, may (a) extend
the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the
other Parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations
and warranties contained herein by any other applicable Party or in any
document, certificate or writing delivered pursuant hereto by any other
applicable Party or (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or
conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of any Party to any
such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in
writing signed on behalf of such Party.
Section 9.3 Notices.
Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any
Party to another Party shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when
delivered personally, upon receipt of a transmission confirmation (with a
confirming copy sent by overnight courier) if sent by facsimile or like
transmission, and on the next business day when sent by Federal Express, United
Parcel Service, Express Mail, or other reputable overnight courier, to the
Party at the following addresses (or such other addresses for a Party as shall
be specified by like notice):
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(a) if
to the Company (prior to Closing) or the Principal Stockholders, to them at:
iSarla, Inc.
699 Fall River Avenue
Seekonk, MA 02771
Attention: Fenil Shah, CEO
Facsimile: 508-336-5894
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Nutter,
McClennen & Fish, LLP
World Trade Center West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2604
Attention: Stephen M. Andress, Esq.
Facsimile: 617-310-9293
(b) if
to either Company (after Closing), Parent or Merger Sub, to them at:
Forgent
Networks, Inc.
108 Wild Basin Road South
Austin, TX. 78746
Attention: Jay Peterson, CFO and Vice
President - Finance
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Winstead PC
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Attention: Mark G. Johnson, Esq.
Facsimile: (214) 745-5390
Section 9.4 Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, the Schedules, Exhibits and other documents
referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto, collectively contain the entire
understanding of the Parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject
matter contained herein and therein and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings, oral and written, with respect thereto.
Section 9.5 Binding
Effect; Benefit; Assignment.
(a) This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties hereto
and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on
any Person other than the Parties hereto or their respective successors and
permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by
reason of this Agreement.
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(b) Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the Parties hereto without the prior written consent of
the other Parties.
Section 9.6 Amendment
and Modification. Subject to Applicable Law, this Agreement may be
amended, modified and supplemented in writing by the Parties hereto in any and
all respects before the Effective Time (notwithstanding any stockholder
approval), by action taken by the respective boards of directors of Parent,
Merger Sub and the Company and the Principal Stockholders or by the respective
officers authorized by such Boards of Directors and the Principal Stockholders;
provided, however, that after any such stockholder approval, no
amendment shall be made which by Law requires further approval by such
stockholders without such further approval.
Section 9.7 Headings;
Construction. The descriptive headings of the several Articles and Sections
of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement. The Parties hereto agree that they have been represented by
counsel during the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement
and, therefore, waive the application of any Law, holding or rule of
construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will
be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.
Section 9.8 Fees
and Expenses. Except for damages of one Party to this Agreement resulting
from a breach of the terms of this Agreement by another Party hereto, all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of
the Contemplated Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such costs
and expenses.
Section 9.9 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to
be one and the same instrument.
Section 9.10 Applicable
Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the Parties hereto
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of law that would require
application of any other Law.
Section 9.11 Severability.
Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any
situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability
of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the
Parties agree that the court making the determination of invalidity or
unenforceability shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of
the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace any
invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is
valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the
invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be
enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the time within which the
judgment may be appealed.
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Section 9.12 Remedies
Cumulative. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein (e.g., Section 8.10),
any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed
cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by
law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy
will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have
caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto
duly authorized, all as of the date first above written.
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The Principal Stockholders, by their signatures below, hereby accept
and agree to perform their obligations set forth in Article VIII
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT
This Escrow Agreement (this Escrow Agreement) is made and
entered into as of this day of
October, 2007, by and among iSarla, Inc., a Delaware corporation (iSarla
or the Company), Forgent Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent),
Fenil Shah (the Stockholder Representative) and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, a national banking association, as escrow agent, with
reference to the following:
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Parent, the Company and Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub),
have entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11,
2007 (the Merger Agreement),
pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the Merger);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, a portion of the Merger
Consideration will be placed in escrow;
WHEREAS, Parent and the Company desire that Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association act as the initial escrow agent for the
portion of the Merger Consideration to be placed in escrow;
WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is willing to act as
such initial escrow agent; and
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to set forth the duties and obligations of
the Escrow Agent.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals and of the respective
agreements and covenants contained herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
1.1 Definitions.
For purposes of this Escrow Agreement, capitalized terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning given or referenced in Appendix 1
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Any capitalized
terms for which no definition is given or referenced in this Escrow Agreement
or in Appendix 1 shall have the meaning given such terms in the
Merger Agreement.
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1.2 Interpretation.
(a) Unless otherwise
stated, the terms Article, Section, Exhibit and Appendix refer to the
specified Article, Section, Exhibit or Appendix of this Escrow Agreement.
(b) Whenever the words include,
includes or including (or any variation thereof) are used in this Escrow
Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without
limitation, and shall not be construed to limit any general statement which
any such word follows to the specific or similar items or matters immediately
following such word, unless otherwise expressly stated.
(c) The words hereof, herein
and herewith and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be
construed to refer to this Escrow Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Escrow Agreement.
(d) The plural of any
defined term shall have a meaning correlative to such defined term, and words
denoting any gender shall include all genders. Where a word or phrase is
defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a corresponding
meaning.
(e) A reference to any
party to this Escrow Agreement or any other agreement or document shall include
such partys permitted successors, assigns and transferees.
(f) The Parties have
participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Escrow Agreement. In
the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this
Escrow 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 Escrow Agreement.
ARTICLE II
2.1 Escrow
Fund.
(a) Prior to the Closing,
Parent shall deposit the Cash Escrow and the Escrow Stock (together, the Initial
Escrow Consideration) with Escrow Agent. The Cash Escrow will be held in a
segregated escrow account (the Escrow Account). The Escrow Stock will
be registered in the name of the Escrow Agent, as agent for the Eligible
Company Holders, and shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent. The amounts in
the Escrow Account and the number of shares of Escrow Stock shall be known
collectively as the Escrow Fund.
The Escrow Agents sole obligation with respect to the Escrow Stock
shall be to deliver such Escrow Stock and associated stock powers to the
appropriate party (if the entire amount of such Escrow Stock is being released)
or to deliver such Escrow Stock and associated stock powers to the stock
transfer agent for the Escrow Stock along with appropriate instructions to (a) issue
new certificates in the name of the person or party in the amount of shares
such person or party is entitled to receive and (b) issue new certificates
in the name of the Escrow Agent for the balance
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of such Escrow Stock. The Escrow Agent shall have no liability in the
event of any mistake, delay or failure to act on the part of the stock
transfer agent for the Escrow Stock.
(b) The Escrow Account
shall be maintained by the Escrow Agent as a separate account for the benefit
of Parent and the Eligible Company Holders as provided in this Escrow
Agreement.
2.2 Acceptance
of Appointment as Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent, by signing this Escrow
Agreement, accepts the appointment as Escrow Agent and agrees to hold and
distribute the Escrow Fund in accordance with the terms of this Escrow
Agreement.
2.3 Investment;
Taxes.
(a) Pending disbursement of
the Escrow Fund, the Escrow Agent shall invest the cash portion of the Escrow
Fund in (i) a money market fund invested in short-term marketable securities issued or guaranteed by the federal government of
the United States, a Wells Fargo Bank Money Market Deposit Account (the MMDA)
or (iii) such other forms of investment as shall be jointly directed in
writing by Parent and the Stockholder Representative (Permitted Investments).
All interest and other income earned or otherwise distributed on the Escrow
Fund shall, until disbursed, also constitute a part of the Escrow Fund and
shall, pending disbursement, be invested in Permitted Investments. Unless the
Escrow Agent received other investment directions, moneys on deposit in the
Escrow Fund will be invested in the MMDA. The undersigned parties understand that amounts on deposit in the MMDA are
insured, subject to the applicable rules and regulations of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in the basic FDIC insurance amount of
$100,000 per depositor, per insured bank. This includes principal and accrued
interest up to a total of $100,000. The
undersigned parties understand that deposits in the MMDA are not
secured.
(b) As and when any amount
of the Permitted Investments (if applicable) is needed for a payment under this
Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall cause a sufficient amount of the
Permitted Investments to be converted into cash, if and to the extent there are
Permitted Investments. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for any costs
or fees incurred in selling or converting any Permitted Investments and any
such amounts shall be payable from the cash received upon conversion of such
Permitted Investments.
(c) For tax purposes, the
Escrow Fund shall be property of the Eligible Company Holders and all interest
and other income earned on the Escrow Fund shall be income of the Eligible
Company Holders determined on a basis consistent with the pro rata distribution
described in Section 2.4(b) of this Escrow Agreement and all
Parties hereto (other than Escrow Agent) shall file all tax returns consistent
with such treatment. Prior to Closing,
iSarla, Parent, the Stockholder Representative and the Eligible Company Holders
shall provide the Escrow Agent with certified tax identification numbers by
furnishing appropriate forms W-9 or W-8 and such other forms and documents that
the Escrow Agent may request. The
parties understand that if such tax reporting documentation is not provided and
certified to the Escrow Agent, the
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Escrow Agent may be required by the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Regulations promulgated
thereunder, to withhold a portion of any interest or other income earned on the
investment of monies or other property held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to
this Escrow Agreement.
2.4 Distribution
of Escrow Fund.
(a) In the event Parent has made, prior to the Final Escrow Release Date, a
claim for indemnification in a Parent Claim Notice (in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A) delivered to the Stockholder Representative
and the Escrow Agent, and such claim has not been finally determined or has
otherwise been objected to as provided herein (a Pending Claim), the
Escrow Agent shall withhold from distribution to the Eligible Company Holders a
portion of the Escrow Fund equal to the Damages set forth in such Parent Claim
Notice (such amount being a Pending Claim Holdback) until such time as
either the Pending Claim has been finally determined or the objection resolved,
as applicable, in which case the appropriate amounts will be either distributed
to Parent or returned to the Escrow Fund (for distribution to the Eligible
Company Holders as provided in Section 2.4(c) below), or both,
as the case may be, all as more fully set forth herein. In addition, in
the event Parent and the Stockholder Representative provide written notice to
the Escrow Agent that the Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital Statement
indicates a Working Capital Deficit, then the amount specified in such notice
as the difference between $0 and the Working Capital Deficit shall be as soon
as practical thereafter paid to Parent from the Escrow Fund.
(b) Any amounts to be distributed from the Escrow Fund to the Eligible
Company Holders shall be distributable to such Eligible Company Holders on a pro
rata basis based upon their relative entitlement or assumed entitlement to
receive Merger Consideration as specifically set forth in the spreadsheet
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the Spreadsheet), upon which
the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely.
(c) Subject to any claim for reimbursement by the Stockholder Representative
as contemplated by Section 2.4(d) hereof, the Available Escrow
Amount shall be distributed as follows:
(i) the amount by which the Available Escrow Amount (immediately prior to
such distribution) exceeds seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the Merger
Consideration shall be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders on the date
which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date (the First Escrow
Release Date);
(ii) all remaining Available Escrow Amount and any other amounts which shall
have been delivered into the Escrow Account shall be distributed to the
Eligible Company Holders on the date which is eighteen (18) months after the
Closing Date (the Final Escrow Release Date); and
(iii) any further amounts
which, following the Final Escrow Release Date, shall be delivered into the Escrow
Account or otherwise become available for distribution
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to the
Eligible Company Holders (including amounts which may previously have been
withheld due to a Pending Claim Holdback where final resolution of the related
Pending Claim yields less than a full payment of the amount at issue to
Parent), together with all interest and other income which has accrued thereon,
shall be distributed to the Eligible Company Holders immediately following the
date any such amount shall be so delivered or otherwise become so available.
(d) The Stockholder Representative shall be entitled to be reimbursed from
any portion of the Escrow Fund otherwise to be distributed to the Eligible
Company Holders pursuant to the foregoing Section 2.4(c) for
any loss, liability or expense incurred without bad faith on the part of
the Stockholder Representative and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the Stockholder Representative duties under the
Merger Agreement (including counsel fees and other out-of-pocket expenses),
such reimbursement to be made directly from the Escrow Fund by the Escrow Agent.
The Escrow Agent may rely on the written instruction of the Stockholder
Representative in this regard.
(e) If the Escrow Agent is not able to deliver any portion of the Escrow
Fund to the proper recipient within one (1) year of the date that final
distribution of any remaining amount of the Escrow Fund should otherwise have
been made pursuant to the foregoing Section 2.4(c) (or
immediately prior to such earlier date on which any payment in respect thereof
would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Body),
such portion of the Escrow Fund shall be delivered to Parent and the proper recipient shall thereafter
look only to Parent, and only as a general creditor, for payment of such
recipients claim for such portion of the Escrow Fund, subject to applicable
abandoned property, escheat and similar laws.
(f) Notwithstanding any provision of this Escrow Agreement to the contrary,
in the event that any payment is made to a holder of Dissenting Shares by the
Surviving Corporation or Parent in respect of appraisal rights as contemplated
by the Merger Agreement, then (i) the portion of the Escrow Fund which
would have represented the potential distribution to such holder shall instead
be distributed to Parent and (ii) such holders former shares of Company
Common Stock shall be removed from any calculation to determine the pro rata
right of such holder to participate in any distribution of the Escrow Fund. The
Escrow Agent may rely on the written instruction of the Surviving
Corporation or the Parent in this regard. The Surviving Corporation or the
Parent shall have the obligation to recalculate the pro rata right of holders
to participate in any distribution of the Escrow Fund referred to in clause (ii) of
the second preceding sentence, and in the absence of delivery to the Escrow
Agent of such recalculation the Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely on the
existing calculation.
ARTICLE III
3.1 Rights
and Responsibilities of Escrow Agent.
(a) The duties,
responsibilities and obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be limited to those
set forth herein and no duties, responsibilities or obligations shall be
inferred or implied. The Escrow Agent shall not be subject to, nor be required
to comply with, any other
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agreement between the Company or Parent or to which the Company or
Parent is a party, even though reference thereto may be made herein, or to
comply with any direction or instruction (other than those contained herein or
delivered in accordance with this Escrow Agreement) from the Company, Parent,
the Stockholder Representative or any entity or person acting on the respective
behalf of any of them. The Escrow Agent shall not be required to, and shall
not, expend or risk any of its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder.
(b) If at any time the
Escrow Agent is served with any judicial or administrative order, judgment,
decree, writ or other form of judicial or administrative process which in
any way affects the Escrow Fund (including orders of attachment or garnishment
or other forms of levies or injunctions or stays relating to the transfer of
the Escrow Fund), the Escrow Agent is authorized to comply therewith in any
manner as it deems appropriate; and if the Escrow Agent complies with any such
judicial or administrative order, judgment, decree, writ or other form of
judicial or administrative process, the Escrow Agent shall not be liable to any
of the Parties or any other person or entity even though such order, judgment,
decree, writ or process may be subsequently modified or vacated or
otherwise determined to have been without legal force or effect.
(c) The Escrow Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted or for any loss or injury
resulting from its actions or its performance or lack of performance of its
duties hereunder in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on
its part. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW AGENT BE LIABLE (i) for acting in
accordance with or relying upon any instruction, notice, demand, certificate or
document delivered in accordance with this Escrow Agreement by Parent or the
Stockholder Representative, (ii) DIRECTLY, OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY SPECIAL,
INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW AGENT SHALL BE ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF
ACTION, or (iii) for an amount in excess of the value of the Escrow Fund,
valued as of the applicable date.
(d) The Escrow Agent may consult
with legal counsel of its own selection as to any matter relating to this
Escrow Agreement, and the Escrow Agent shall not incur any liability in acting
in good faith in accordance with any advice from such counsel.
(e) The Escrow Agent
shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any
duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond
the control of the Escrow Agent (including any act or provision of any present
or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war,
or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire
or communication facility).
(f) Unless otherwise
specifically set forth herein, the Escrow Agent shall proceed as soon as
practicable to collect any checks or other collection items at any time
deposited hereunder. All such collections shall be subject to the Escrow Agents
usual collection practices or terms regarding items received by the Escrow
Agent for deposit or collection. The
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Escrow Agent shall not be required, nor have any duty, to notify anyone
of any payment or maturity under the terms of any instrument deposited
hereunder, to take any legal action to enforce payment of any check, note or
security deposited hereunder or to exercise any right or privilege which may be
afforded to the holder of any such security.
(g) The Escrow Agent shall
provide to Parent and the Stockholder Representative monthly statements
identifying transactions, transfers from, deposits into and holdings of the
Escrow Fund.
(h) Notices, instructions
or communications shall be in writing and shall be given to the addresses set
forth in Section 4.1 below (or to such other addresses as may be
substituted therefor by written notification as provided in such Section 4.1).
The Escrow Agent is authorized to comply with and rely upon any notices,
instructions or other communications believed by it to have been sent or given
by Parent or by the Stockholder Representative or by a person or persons
authorized by any of them. Whenever under the terms hereof the time for giving
a notice or performing an act falls upon a Saturday, Sunday or banking holiday,
such time shall be extended to the next day on which the Escrow Agent is open
for business.
(i) iSarla, Parent and
the Eligible Company Holders hereby jointly and severally agree (but, in the
case of the Eligible Company Holders, solely to the extent of their respective
pro-rata amounts at the time held in the Escrow Fund) to reimburse the Escrow
Agent for, and to indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent harmless from and
against, any and all claims, losses, liabilities, costs, damages or expenses
(including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) of the Escrow Agent
(collectively, Losses) arising from or in connection with or related
to this Escrow Agreement or being the Escrow Agent hereunder (including Losses
incurred by the Escrow Agent in connection with its successful defense, in
whole or in part, of any claim of gross negligence or willful misconduct on its
part); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall
require Escrow Agent to be indemnified for Losses finally determined to have
been primarily caused by the Escrow Agents own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. The obligations of iSarla, the Parent and the Stockholder
Representative hereunder shall survive the termination of this Escrow Agreement
and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent.
(j) Parent and the
Stockholder Representative may, acting jointly, remove the Escrow Agent at any
time by giving to the Escrow Agent ten (10) calendar days prior notice in
writing signed by Parent and the Stockholder Representative. The Escrow Agent may resign
at any time by giving Parent and the Stockholder Representative thirty (30)
calendar days prior written notice thereof. Within ten (10) calendar days
after giving the foregoing notice of removal to the Escrow Agent or receiving
the foregoing notice of resignation from the Escrow Agent, Parent and the
Stockholder Representative shall appoint a successor Escrow Agent. If a
successor Escrow Agent has not accepted such appointment by the end of such ten
(10)-day period, the Escrow Agent may, in its sole discretion, apply to a court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Escrow Agent or
for other appropriate relief. Upon receipt of the identity of the successor
Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Escrow Fund then held
hereunder to the successor Escrow Agent. Upon delivery of the Escrow Fund to the
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successor Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties,
responsibilities or obligations hereunder.
(k) In the event of any
ambiguity or uncertainty hereunder or in any notice, instruction of other
communication received by the Escrow Agent hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, in
its sole discretion, refrain from taking any action other than retaining
possession of the Escrow Fund, unless the Escrow Agent receives written
instructions, signed by Parent and the Stockholder Representative, which
eliminates such ambiguity or uncertainty. In the event of any dispute between
or conflicting claims by or among Parent, the Stockholder Representative and/or
any other person or entity with respect to any Escrow Fund, the Escrow Agent
shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to refuse to comply with any and all
claims, demands or instructions with respect to such Escrow Fund so long as
such dispute or conflict shall continue, and the Escrow Agent shall not be nor
become liable in any way to Parent or the Eligible Company Holders for failure
or refusal to comply with such conflicting claims, demands or instructions. The
Escrow Agent shall be entitled to refuse to act until, in its sole discretion,
either (i) such conflicting or adverse claims or demands shall have been
determined by a final order, judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, which order, judgment or decree is not subject to appeal, or
settled by agreement between the conflicting parties as evidenced in a writing
satisfactory to the Escrow Agent, or (ii) the Escrow Agent shall have
received security or an indemnity satisfactory to it sufficient to hold it
harmless from and against any and all Losses which it may incur by reason
of so acting. The Escrow Agent may, in addition, elect, in its sole discretion,
to commence an interpleader action or seek other judicial relief or orders as
it may deem, in its sole discretion, necessary.
3.2 Fees
and Expenses of the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall (a) be paid
fees for its services under this Escrow Agreement as provided in the fee letter
attached hereto as Exhibit C and (b) be entitled to reimbursement for
expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its counsel) actually
incurred by the Escrow Agent in connection with its duties under, or as
otherwise contemplated by, this Escrow Agreement (collectively, the Escrow
Agent Fees and Expenses). All Escrow Agent Fees and Expenses shall be paid
by Parent. The Escrow Agent shall have, and is hereby granted, a prior lien
upon any property, cash, or assets of the Escrow Fund, with respect to its
unpaid fees, non-reimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification rights,
superior to the interests of any other persons or entities. The Escrow Agent
shall be entitled and is hereby granted the right to set off and deduct any
unpaid fees, non-reimbursed expenses and unsatisfied indemnification rights
from amounts on deposit in the Escrow Fund.
ARTICLE IV
4.1 Notices.
All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this
Escrow Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered
personally, telecopied (which is confirmed) or sent by overnight courier
(providing proof of delivery) to the following parties at the following
addresses (or at such other address(es) as shall be specified by like notice):
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(a) If to the Company, to:
iEmployee, Inc.
c/o Forgent Networks, Inc.
108 Wild Basin Road South
Austin, Texas 78746
Attention: Richard M. Snyder, President
Facsimile: (512) 437-2365
with a copy
(which shall not constitute notice) to:
Winstead PC
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Attention: Mark G. Johnson, Esq.
Facsimile: (214) 745-5390
(b) If to Parent or Merger
Sub, to:
Forgent
Networks, Inc.
108 Wild Basin Road South
Austin, Texas 78746
Attention: Richard M. Snyder, President
Facsimile: (512) 437-2365
with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Winstead PC
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Attention: Mark G. Johnson, Esq.
Facsimile: (214) 745-5390
(c) If to the Stockholder
Representative:
Fenil Shah
699 Fall River Avenue
Seekonk, MA 02771
Facsimile: (928) 447-4539
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with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Nutter,
McClennen & Fish, LLP
World Trade Center West
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, Massachusetts 02210-2604
Attention: Stephen M. Andress, Esq.
Facsimile: (617) 310-9293
(d) If to the Escrow
Agent, to:
Well Fargo
Bank, N. A.
MAC T5303-022
1445 Ross Avenue, 2nd Floor
Dallas, TX 75202
Attention: Nancye Patterson
Facsimile: 214-777-4086
The Escrow Agent, Parent, the Company and the
Stockholder Representative may change their address or the person to whom
notices or copies thereof shall be directed by notice to the others as provided
in this Section 4.2.
4.2 Stockholder
Representative. The Stockholder Representative may resign upon thirty
(30) days notice to Parent, each Eligible Company Holder and the Escrow Agent.
The Stockholder Representative may be replaced by the Eligible Company
Holders from time to time upon not less than five (5) days prior written
notice to Parent; provided, however, that the Stockholder Representative may not
be replaced unless Eligible Company Holders holding more than fifty percent
(50%) of the then present percentage interests in the Escrow Fund (assuming,
for this purpose, a distribution of the entire amount of the Escrow Fund on the
date of determination) agree to such replacement. No bond shall be required of
the Stockholder Representative, and the Stockholder Representative shall
receive no compensation for its services.
4.3 Assignment.
This Escrow Agreement and the rights and duties hereunder shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Parties and the successors and assigns of each
of the Parties. Except as expressly provided herein, no rights, obligations or
liabilities hereunder shall be assignable by any Party without the prior
written consent of the other Parties. The interests of an Eligible Company
Holder are not assignable or transferable unless and until released pursuant to
the terms of this Escrow Agreement. The forgoing notwithstanding, no assignment
of the interests of any of the Parties shall be binding on the Escrow Agent
unless and until written notice of such assignment shall be delivered to and
acknowledged by the Escrow Agent.
4.4 Amendment.
This Escrow Agreement may be amended, modified or waived only by an
instrument in writing duly executed by Parent, the Company, the Escrow Agent
and the Stockholder Representative.
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4.5 Governing
Law. This Escrow Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to
principles of conflict of laws thereof.
4.6 Construction.
The headings in this Escrow Agreement are solely for convenience of reference
and shall not be given any effect in the construction or interpretation of this
Escrow Agreement.
4.7 Termination.
This Agreement shall terminate upon the distribution in full of the Escrow
Fund.
4.8 Counterparts.
This Escrow Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute a
single instrument.
4.9 Severability.
The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Escrow
Agreement shall in no way affect the validity, legality or enforceability of
any other provision, and if any provision is held to be enforceable as a matter
of law, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby and shall remain in
full force and effect.
4.10 Merger
Agreement. Nothing in this Escrow Agreement is intended, or shall be
deemed, to modify in any way the agreements between Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company set forth in, and the other provisions of, the Merger Agreement. As
between the parties to, and the intended third party beneficiaries of, the
Merger Agreement, the provisions of the Merger Agreement shall control in the
event of any inconsistency between the provisions of this Escrow Agreement and
the provisions of the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Escrow Agent shall not be construed or deemed, for any purpose, to be a party
to the Merger Agreement, and its rights and obligations shall be governed
solely by this Escrow Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Escrow
Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and
year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
Form of
Parent Claim Notice
[Date]
[Stockholder Representative]
[Address]
[City, State, Zip]
This notice is delivered to you by Forgent Networks, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (Parent) and/or iSarla, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Surviving Corporation) pursuant to Section 8.2
of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11,
2007, by and among Parent, Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and the Surviving Corporation (the Merger Agreement). Capitalized
terms not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
[Specify the claim.]
The Damages set forth above have actually been incurred or suffered by
a Parent Indemnified Party.
This Parent Claim Notice shall serve as Parents formal notice, claim
and demand for indemnification. Nothing in this Parent Claim Notice shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any other claim which an Parent Indemnified Party may be
entitled to assert pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Agreement.
FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
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EXHIBIT B
Spreadsheet
[attached]
EXHIBIT C
Fee Letter
[attached]
APPENDIX 1
Definitions
For purposes of this Escrow Agreement:
Additional Escrow Stock means
dividends paid in stock declared with respect to the Escrow Stock.
Adjusted Company Value shall mean the Company Value minus
the sum of (i) $2,000,000, being the combined value of the Ceridian Cash
Payment and the Ceridian Stock Payment, and (ii) the product of the Global
Accelerator Stock Payment multiplied by the Average Closing
Price.
Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount shall mean the Fully
Diluted Share Amount minus the sum of (i) the Ceridian Company
Shares, and (ii) the Global Accelerator Company Shares.
Adjusted Net Cash Payment Amount shall mean the Net Cash
Payment Amount minus the sum of (i) the Ceridian Cash Payment, and (ii) the
Aggregate Non-Participating Holder Cash Payments.
Adjusted Stock Payment Amount shall mean the Total Stock
Payment Amount minus the sum of (i) the Ceridian Stock Payment, and
(ii) the Global Accelerator Stock Payment.
Adjusted Stock Payment Value means
the Initial Stock Payment Value minus the
amount of any Elective Cash Payment made by Parent pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii) of
the Merger Agreement.
Aggregate
Non-Participating Holder Cash Payments shall mean the aggregate amount of
the cash payments made to the Non-Participating Holders pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(iii) of
the Merger Agreement.
Available Escrow Amount means an
amount equal to the Initial Escrow Consideration, plus any accrued interest on
the Cash Escrow, plus any Additional Escrow Stock, less the amount of any
Working Capital Deficit (if applicable), less the aggregate amount of any
Pending Claim Holdbacks (but only for so long as, and to the extent that, they
remain pending), less the aggregate amount distributed to Parent pursuant to
the indemnification provisions benefiting Parent in Article VIII of the
Merger Agreement, less the aggregate amount distributable or previously
distributed from the Escrow Consideration to Eligible Company Holders as
contemplated pursuant to the provisions of the Merger Agreement pertaining to
the Escrow Consideration and the Escrow Agreement.
Average Closing Price means the average of the closing prices
for the Parent Common Stock for the twenty (20) trading days preceding the
Closing, but excluding the three (3) highest and three (3) lowest
closing prices during such period.
Cash Escrow means cash in the amount of fifteen percent (15%)
of the Net Cash Payment Amount.
Ceridian Cash Payment shall mean $1,000,000.
Ceridian Company Shares means the
5,720,934 shares of Company Common Stock held by Ceridian Corporation
immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Ceridian Stock Payment shall mean the number of shares of
Parent Company Stock equal to $1,000,000 divided by the Average
Closing Price.
Certificate of Merger means a
certificate of merger with respect to the Merger in such form as is
required by and executed in accordance with the relevant provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
Certificates means certificates representing shares of Company
Common Stock.
Closing means the consummation of the Merger.
Closing Consideration means:
(i) With
respect to Ceridian Corporation: (x) a
check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the
amount of the Ceridian Cash Payment minus Ceridians pro rata share of
the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash Escrow multiplied by
the quotient of (I) the Ceridian Cash Payment, divided by (II) the
total amount of cash Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company Holders
are entitled to receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement; (y) a
stock certificate representing the number of shares of Parent Company Stock
equal to the Ceridian Stock Payment, minus Ceridians
pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to the Escrow Stock multiplied
by the quotient of (I) the Ceridian Stock Payment, divided by (II) the
total number of shares of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company
Holders are entitled to receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement
(with such number of shares being rounded to the next lowest whole number so as
to eliminate any fractional shares); and (z) a check or, if
requested, a wire transfer of immediately available funds, representing the
amount of cash payable in lieu of any fractional shares;
(ii) With
respect to Global Accelerator: (x) a
stock certificate representing the number of shares of Parent Company Stock
equal to the Global Accelerator Stock Payment, minus Global Accelerators pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an
amount equal to the Escrow Stock multiplied by the quotient of (I) the
Global Accelerator Stock Payment, divided by (II) the total number of
shares of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled
to receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement (with such number of
shares being rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any
fractional shares); and (y) a check or, if requested, a wire
transfer of
immediately available funds,
representing the amount of cash payable in lieu of any fractional shares;
(iii) With
respect to each Non-Participating Holder:
a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately available
funds, in an amount equal to (x) the product of (I) the quotient of (A) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock held by such Non-Participating Holder
and that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided
by (B) the Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount, multiplied by
(II) the Adjusted Company Value, minus (y) his pro rata share
of the Cash Escrow, being an amount equal to the Cash Escrow multiplied by
the quotient of (I) the total amount of cash Merger Consideration which
such Non-Participating Holder is entitled to receive as described by subsection (x) of
this subsection (iii), divided by (II) the total amount
of cash Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to
receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement;
(iv) With
respect to each Participating Holder: (x) a check or, if requested, a wire
transfer of immediately available funds, in an amount equal to (I) the product of (A) the
quotient of (1) the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by such
Participating Holder and that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, divided by (2) the Adjusted Fully Diluted
Share Amount, multiplied by (B) the Adjusted Net Cash
Payment Amount, minus (II) his pro rata share of the Cash Escrow,
being an amount equal to the product of (A) Cash Escrow multiplied by
(B) the quotient of (1) the total amount of cash Merger Consideration
which such Participating Holder is entitled to receive as described by subsection (x)(I) of
this subsection (iv), divided by (2) the total amount
of cash Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to
receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement; (y) a stock
certificate representing the number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to
the product of (I) the quotient of (A) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock held by such Participating Holder and that are outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (B) the
Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount, multiplied by (II) the
Adjusted Stock Payment Amount minus his pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Escrow Stock multiplied by (B) the
quotient of (1) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock which such
Participating Holder is entitled to receive as described by subsection (y)(I) of
this subsection (iv), divided by (2) the total number
of shares of Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are
entitled to receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement, (with such
number of shares being rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to
eliminate any fractional shares); and (z) a check or, if requested, a wire
transfer of immediately available funds, representing the amount of cash
payable in lieu of any fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7 of the
Merger Agreement;
(v) With
respect to each holder of an In-the-Money Option (upon
payment of the applicable exercise price for such In-the-Money Option, which
in
all instances shall be deducted
from the aggregate amount of the In-the-Money Option Consideration otherwise
payable to such holder, such that the right of each holder of an In-the-Money
Option to receive such holders portion of the In-the-Money Option
Consideration will be cashless to such holder): (x) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, (I) in the amount otherwise payable in respect of all
shares of Company Common Stock subject to such In-the-Money Option (assuming
for this purpose full acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time) minus (II) his pro rata share of the Cash Escrow,
being an amount equal to the product of (A) the Cash Escrow multiplied
by (B) the quotient of (1) the total amount of cash Merger
Consideration which such In-the-Money Option Holder is entitled to receive as
described in subsection (x)(I) of this subsection (v), divided
by (2) the total amount of cash Merger Consideration which all Eligible Company
Holders are entitled to receive under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement;
(y) a stock certificate representing (I) the number of shares of
Parent Common Stock otherwise payable in respect of all shares of Company
Common Stock subject to such In-the-Money Option (assuming for this purpose,
full acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior to the Effective Time), minus
(II) his pro rata share of the Escrow Stock, being an amount equal to the
product of (A) the Escrow Stock multiplied by the (B) quotient
of (1) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock which such In-the-Money
Option Holder is entitled to receive as described in subsection (y)(1) of
this subsection (v), divided by (2) the total number of shares of
Parent Common Stock which all Eligible Company Holders are entitled to receive
under Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement (with such number of shares
being rounded to the next lowest whole number so as to eliminate any fractional
shares); and (z) a check or, if requested, a wire transfer of immediately
available funds, representing the amount of cash otherwise payable in lieu of
any fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Merger Agreement.
Closing Date means the date upon which the Closing shall
actually occur pursuant to the Merger Agreement.
Closing Net Working Capital means the Net Working Capital as
of the Closing Date.
Company Common Stock means shares of the Companys common
stock, par value $.0001 per share.
Company Stock Option means an option issued pursuant to the
Company Stock Plan and exercisable for shares of Company Common Stock.
Company Stock Plan means the iSarla Inc. 2000 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan.
Company Value shall mean the sum of the Net Cash Payment
Amount plus the Adjusted Stock Payment Value.
Contemplated Transactions means the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Damages means any and all claims,
demands, suits, actions, causes of action, losses, reductions in value, costs,
damages (including consequential
damages), liabilities and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, other
professionals and experts fees and court or arbitration costs, amounts paid
in settlement and sanctions.
Dissenting Shares means shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time and which are held by stockholders who have exercised and
perfected appraisal rights for such shares of Company capital stock in
accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Effective Time means the
time of filing and acceptance by the Delaware Secretary of State of the
Certificate of Merger, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by
Parent and the Company and specified in the Certificate of Merger.
Elective Cash Payment means the amount of any portion of the Stock Consideration that Parent
elects to pay in cash pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(ii) of the
Merger Agreement.
Eligible Company Holders means (a) all registered holders
of Company Common Stock as of the Effective Time,
and (b) all registered holders of In-the-Money Options as of the Effective
Time.
Escrow Agent means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or its
successor, serving as escrow agent pursuant to this Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Consideration means the Cash Escrow and the Escrow
Stock.
Escrow Stock means the number of shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Stock Payment Amount, plus any
Additional Escrow Stock.
Final Escrow Release Date means the date which is eighteen (18) months after the Closing Date.
Fully Diluted Share Amount means the sum of (a) total
number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, plus (b) the total number of shares of
Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of all of the In-the-Money Options
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied in the U.S.
Global Accelerator Company Shares means the 2,899,979 shares
of Company Common Stock held by Global Accelerator immediately prior to the
Effective Time.
Global Accelerator Stock Payment shall mean the number of
shares of Parent Company Stock equal to:
where
A = the
quotient of 2,899,979 divided by the Fully Diluted Share Amount;
B = the Net
Cash Payment Amount;
C = the
Adjusted Stock Payment Value; and
D = Average
Closing Price.
Governmental Body means any domestic or foreign entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government, including any governmental authority,
agency, department, board, commission, court, tribunal, judicial body or
instrumentality of any union of nations, federation, nation, state,
municipality, county, province, locality or other political subdivision.
Gross Cash Payment Amount means
$5,600,000 plus the Elective Cash Payment.
In-the-Money Option means each
Company Stock Option with an exercise price per share of underlying Company
Common Stock which is less than the Per Share Merger Consideration.
In-the-Money Option Consideration means (upon payment of the applicable exercise price for such
In-the-Money Option, which in all instances shall be deducted from the
aggregate amount of the In-the-Money Option Consideration otherwise payable to
such holder, such that the right of each holder of an In-the-Money Option to
receive such holders portion of the In-the-Money Option Consideration will be cashless
to such holder):
(i) Cash
in the amount otherwise payable in respect of all shares of Company Common
Stock subject to such In-the-Money Option (assuming for this purpose, full
acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior to the Effective Time);
(ii) The
number of shares of Parent Common Stock (rounded to the next lowest whole
number so as to eliminate any fractional shares) otherwise payable in respect
of all shares of Company Common Stock subject to such In-the-Money Option
(assuming for this purpose, full acceleration of vesting as of immediately prior
to the Effective Time); and, as applicable
(iii) Cash
in lieu of any fractional shares.
Initial Stock Payment Value means $5,100,000.
Merger Consideration means the Closing Consideration and the
Escrow Consideration.
Net Cash Payment Amount means the Gross Cash Payment Amount
minus the sum of (i) the Required Debt Payments, and (ii) the
absolute value of the Working Capital Purchase Price Reduction.
Net Closing Cash Payment means the Net Cash Payment Amount,
less the Cash Escrow.
Net Closing Stock Payment means the Total Stock Payment
Amount, less the Escrow Stock as of the Closing Date.
Net Working Capital means the difference between the Companys
current assets and the Companys current liabilities, as calculated using
financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Non-Participating Holder shall mean any
Eligible Company Holder (other than Ceridian Corporation and Global
Accelerator) that is not an accredited investor (as defined in the Securities
Act).
Parent Claim Notice means a written
claim for indemnification made by any Parent Indemnified Party under Section 8.2
of the Merger Agreement and delivered to
the Stockholder Representative no later than the Final Escrow Release Date.
Parent Common Stock means shares of Parents common stock, par
value $.01 per share.
Parent Indemnified Parties means
Parent and the Surviving Corporation and their respective Representatives,
stockholders and each Person, if any, who controls or may control Parent
or the Surviving Corporation within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act of 1934.
Participating Holders shall mean the Eligible Company Holders
(other than Ceridian Corporation and Global Accelerator) who, at the Effective
Time, qualify as accredited investors (as defined in the Securities Act) and
thus are entitled to receive cash and Parent Company Stock pursuant to Section 2.7(a)(iv) of
the Merger Agreement.
Parties means the Company, Parent and the Stockholder Representative.
Per Share Merger Consideration means the quotient of the
Adjusted Company Value divided by the Adjusted Fully Diluted Share Amount.
Person means any natural person, corporation, unincorporated
organization, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture,
limited liability company, trust or government, or any other entity or any
Governmental Body.
Pre-Closing Net Working Capital means the Net Working Capital
as of a date no more than one (1) month prior to the Closing Date, as
delivered by the Company to Parent no later than five (5) days before the
Closing Date.
Proposed Closing Net Working Capital Statement means the
statement of Closing Net Working Capital prepared by the Stockholder
Representative and delivered to Parent within sixty (60) days following the
Closing Date.
Representative means, with respect to a particular Person, any
director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, advisor or other representative
of such Person, including legal counsel, accountants and financial advisors.
Required Debt Payments means the sum of (a) all debts of
the Company (other than current accounts payable and current accruals, in each
case in the ordinary course of business) immediately prior to the Effective
Time, (b) all payments owing to holders of options, stock appreciation
rights or other similar equity interests, and (c) all severance payments
due as of the Closing or as a result of the Contemplated Transactions.
Stipulated Closing Net Working Capital
Statement means (i) the statement of Closing Net Working Capital
agreed upon by Parent and the Stockholder Representative, (ii) the
statement deemed by the Merger Agreement to be the Stipulated Closing Net
Working Capital Statement, or (iii) the Stipulated Closing Net Working
Capital Statement as determined by an independent accounting firm mutually
acceptable to Parent and the Stockholder Representative.
Stock Consideration means the
portion of the Merger Consideration
payable in Parent Common Stock.
Surviving Corporation means the Company,
as the surviving corporation in the Merger.
Total Stock Payment Amount shall
mean the number of shares of Parent Company Stock equal to the Adjusted Stock
Payment Value divided by the Average Closing Price.
Working Capital Deficit means the positive difference between
$0 and the Closing Net Working Capital, if the Closing Net Working Capital is less than $0.
Working Capital Purchase Price Reduction
means the difference between $0 and the Pre-Closing Net Working
Capital if the Pre-Closing Net Working Capital is less than $0.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ACCREDITED INVESTOR CERTIFICATE
To: Forgent
Networks, Inc.
c/o Winstead PC
5400 Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Attn: Dale A. Lisonbee
Gentlemen:
The undersigned
stockholder (Stockholder) of iSarla, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(iSarla), is submitting this Accredited Investor Certificate (this Certificate)
to Forgent Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Forgent), in
connection with the anticipated merger of Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (Merger Sub), with and into iSarla (the Merger).
In connection with the
Merger, Stockholder understands that certain stockholders of the Company may be
entitled to receive shares of the common stock, par value $.01 per share (the Forgent
Common Stock) as part of their consideration in respect of the Merger.
This Certificate is submitted to Forgent in order to permit Forgent to
determine whether Stockholders receipt of Forgent Common Stock as part of
the Merger and as contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger,
dated as of September 11, 2007, by and among Forgent, Merger Sub, iSarla
and certain of the stockholders of iSarla (the Merger Agreement), will
qualify for an exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act).
STOCKHOLDER ACKNOWLEDGES
AND AGREES THAT THE COMPLETION AND RETURN OF THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, PURCHASE OR SALE OF THE FORGENT COMMON STOCK OR ANY OTHER
SECURITIES OF FORGENT.
Stockholder represents
that the information contained in this Certificate is true and complete, and
Stockholder acknowledges that Forgent and Stockholders counsel will rely on
such information for the purpose of complying with all applicable securities
laws. Stockholder agrees to notify Forgent promptly of any change in the
information provided herein. Stockholder agrees to defend, indemnify and hold
Forgent harmless from any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, including
reasonable attorneys fees and costs of suit, arising out of any
misrepresentation or violation or breach by Stockholder of any representation
or warranty contained herein.
Stockholder acknowledges
and agrees that this Certificate and the representations, warranties and
agreements herein shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of Delaware.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Please complete and
execute the following Certificate. Following execution, please send a copy of
the completed Certificate by facsimile to Dale Lisonbee, outside counsel to
Forgent (fax: 214-745-5390), and return the original to Forgent Networks, Inc.,
c/o Winstead PC, 5400 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75270, Attn:
Dale Lisonbee, no later than
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2007.
Representations as to
Accredited Investor Status
1. Stockholder has read
the definition of an Accredited Investor
in Rule 501 of Regulation D, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A,
and certifies that either (check one):
A. o Stockholder is an Accredited Investor for one or more of the following reasons:
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is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) whose individual net
worth, or joint net worth with his or her spouse, presently exceeds
$1,000,000.
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is an individual (not a partnership, corporation, etc.) who had an income in
excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with
his or her spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years (in each case
including foreign income, tax exempt income and the full amount of capital
gains and losses, but excluding any income of other family members and any
unrealized capital appreciation), and has a reasonable expectation of reaching
the same income level in the current year.
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is a director or executive officer of Forgent.
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is a corporation, partnership, Massachusetts business trust or nonprofit
organization within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, in each case not formed for the specific purpose of
acquiring the Forgent Common Stock, with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000. Describe entity:
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is a trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the Forgent Common Stock, where the receipt of
such shares is directed by a sophisticated person as defined in Regulation
506(b)(2)(ii).
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is an entity in which all of the equity owners are Accredited Investors
within one or more of the above categories. If relying upon this Category
alone, each equity owner must complete a separate copy of this Agreement on
his or her own behalf. Describe entity:
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Investor under any of the foregoing options.
2. Entity Type. Stockholder is:
o An individual
o A corporation
o A partnership
o A trust
o Other
3. Tax I.D. Number. The Social Security Number
or Federal Tax I.D. Number of Stockholder is:
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4. Address. The address of Stockholder
is:
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Stockholders
phone, fax and contact person (if an entity) are as follows:
Phone:
Fax:
Contact:
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5. Individual. If Stockholder is an
individual:
Name of
Employer:
Position:
6. Institution. If Stockholder is an
institution:
Name of
business:
Date of
inception of business:
Additional Representations, Acknowledgments
and Agreements.
1. Stockholder
acknowledges (i) receipt and review of the Merger Agreement (including the
exhibits and schedules thereto), and (ii) that periodic reports filed by
Forgent with the Securities Exchange Commission (the SEC), as well as
other information regarding Forgent, are available at Forgents web site
(www.forgent.com) as well as the SECs web site (www.sec.gov).
2. Stockholder
represents and warrants that Stockholder (i) has adequate means of
providing for Stockholders current needs and possible personal contingencies,
and Stockholder has no need for liquidity of Stockholders investment in the
Forgent Common Stock; (ii) can bear the economic risk of losing Stockholders
entire investment therein; and (iii) has substantial net worth (exclusive
of Stockholders residence, home furnishings and personal automobiles) in
relation to the amount of Stockholders proposed investment in the Forgent
Common Stock.
3. Stockholder
represents and warrants that the address set forth below is Stockholders true
and correct residence address, and Stockholder has no present intention of
becoming a resident of any other state, country, or jurisdiction.
4. Stockholder
confirms that Forgent has advised Stockholder, within a reasonable time prior
to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
that Stockholder has the right (upon Stockholders execution and delivery to
Forgent of an appropriate confidentiality agreement) to inspect, at the
principal offices of Forgent during normal business hours, such other books,
records and documents with respect to Forgent and Stockholders business,
operations and finances as Stockholder has reasonably deemed material to
Stockholders investment in the Forgent Common Stock; and Stockholder confirms
that all such documents, records, and books pertaining to Stockholders
investment in the Forgent Common Stock as Stockholder has so requested have
been made available to Stockholder.
5. Stockholder
acknowledges that certain of the information included within the information
that has been previously provided to Stockholder contains, and documents
included within other materials which Stockholder may have reviewed
pursuant to requests described in the last sentence of the preceding paragraph may also
have contained, projections of future operations or
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financial performance by Forgent. Stockholder recognizes and
acknowledges that any such projections or predictions of future performance by
Forgent or any of Stockholders subsidiaries constitute mere predictions of
future events based on assumptions which may or may not occur (and as
to the occurrence of which Forgent can give no assurance), and such predictions
may not be relied upon to indicate actual results which will be obtained. Stockholder
further acknowledges and agrees that no representative of Forgent, or any other
person, has been authorized to represent or warrant, or give any assurances
with respect to, the likelihood of the achievement of the financial or
operational results set forth in any such projections.
6. Stockholder
represents and warrants that Stockholder has had an opportunity to ask
questions of and receive answers from the executive officers and other
designated representatives of Forgent concerning the terms and conditions of
and the business and operations of Forgent.
7. Stockholder
acknowledges and agrees that the Forgent Common Stock will be issued (i) pursuant
to the applicable exemptions from registration under the securities laws of
certain states and (ii) that the Forgent Common Stock has not been
registered under the Act, in reliance upon certain exemptions from registration
contained therein, including the exemptions from registration provided by Section 4(2) of
the Act and SEC Regulation D under the Act, and in connection therewith,
Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that Stockholder will not offer, sell,
or otherwise transfer the Forgent Common Stock unless and until such securities
are registered pursuant to the Act and the laws of all jurisdictions which in
the opinion of Forgent may be applicable, or unless such securities are
otherwise exempt from registration thereunder. Forgent shall be entitled to
rely upon an opinion of counsel satisfactory to it with respect to compliance
with the above laws.
8. Stockholder
understands that each certificate or other document representing the Forgent
Common Stock will bear a legend substantially as follows:
THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY WERE ISSUED AND SOLD WITHOUT
REGISTRATION UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE FEDERAL ACT) OR
THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE, IN RELIANCE UPON CERTAIN EXEMPTIVE PROVISIONS
OF SAID ACTS. SAID SECURITIES CANNOT BE SOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IF ANY SUCH
SALE OR TRANSFER WOULD BE: (1) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE FEDERAL ACT OR PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION; AND (2) IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS EXEMPT FROM THE APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR IN A TRANSACTION WHICH IS OTHERWISE IN
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SAID SECURITIES LAWS.
9. Stockholder
understands that Stockholder is acquiring the Forgent Common Stock without
being furnished any offering literature or prospectus other than this
Certificate and the Merger Agreement, and the opportunities to inspect books
and records and to ask questions as described above.
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10. Stockholder
represents and warrants that Stockholder is acquiring the Forgent Common Stock
solely for Stockholders own account, for investment purposes only, and not
with a view to or for the resale or distribution, subdivision, or
fractionalization thereof; and Stockholder has no present plans to enter into
any contract, undertaking, agreement, or arrangement for such resale,
distribution, subdivision, or fractionalization. In order to induce Forgent to
issue and sell the Forgent Common Stock to Stockholder, it is agreed that
Forgent will have no obligation to recognize the ownership, beneficial or
otherwise, of such securities by anyone but the undersigned, unless any such
transfer is accomplished in accordance with all applicable securities laws.
11. Stockholder
acknowledges and agrees that:
a. There
are substantial restrictions on the transferability of the Forgent Common
Stock; such securities will not be, and Stockholder will have no rights to
require that such securities be, registered under the Act (except to the extent
provided in the Merger Agreement and the agreements contemplated thereby);
while shares of Forgent Common Stock are currently listed for and trading on
NASDAQ, the shares to be issued to the Stockholder have not been registered and
are subject to restrictions, and there is no assurance that a market for
shares of Forgent Common Stock will exist in the future; and accordingly,
Stockholder may have to hold such securities indefinitely and that it may not
be possible for Stockholder to liquidate Stockholders investment in Forgent.
b. It
has never been represented, guaranteed, or warranted to Stockholder by any
representative of Forgent, or any other person on behalf of Forgent or
otherwise, expressly or by implication, any of the following:
i. The
approximate or exact length of time that Stockholder will be required to remain
as owner of the Forgent Common Stock; or
ii. The
past performance or experience on the part of Forgent or Forgents
subsidiaries, or Forgents executive officers, or of any other person, that
will in any way indicate predictable results of the ownership of stock in
Forgent or of the overall future of Forgent or Forgents subsidiaries.
12. Stockholder
acknowledges and agrees that the representations and warranties in this
Certificate are true and accurate as of the date hereof and shall survive the
issuance to Stockholder of the Forgent Common Stock.
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2007
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EXHIBIT A
Definition
of Accredited Investor
Rule 501
of Regulation D
Promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act)
Accredited
Investor shall mean any person who comes within any of the
following categories, or who the issuer reasonably believes comes within any of
the following categories, at the time of the sale of the securities to that
person:
Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act or any
savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of
the Act whether acting in Stockholders individual or fiduciary capacity; any
broker dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934; any insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Act;
any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a
business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that Act;
any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration
under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act
of 1958; any plan established and maintained by a State, Stockholders
political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a State or
Stockholders political subdivisions, for the benefit of Stockholders
employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee
benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21)
of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance
company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit pan has
total assets in excess of $5,000,000; or, if a self-directed plan, with investment
decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;
Any private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22)
of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;
Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or
partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities
offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
Any director, executive officer or general partner of the issuer of the
securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer or general
partner of a general partner of that issuer;
Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with
that persons spouse, at the time of his purchase exceeds $1,000,000;
Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000
in each of the two most recent years, or joint income with that persons spouse
in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of
reaching the same income level in the current year;
Any trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is
directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii); and
Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
This Registration Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is entered
into as of October 5, 2007,
by and between Forgent Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), and the
stockholders of the Company listed on Schedule A attached hereto (collectively, the Stockholders).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company has agreed to grant certain registration rights to
the Stockholders with respect to the shares of the Companys common stock, par
value $.01 per share (the Common Stock), issued to or for the benefit
of the Stockholders on the date hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other Federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
Reference to a particular section of the Exchange Act shall include a
reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such similar Federal
statute.
Holder means any Stockholder, and, subject to Section 8(f),
any assignee or transferee of a Registrable Security initially held by any
Stockholder, which assignee or transferee expressly is granted rights as a
Holder under this Agreement by any Stockholder at the time of such transfer.
Pro Rata Basis means a pro rata allocation based on the number
of Registrable Securities requested
to be included in a registered offering pursuant to this Agreement.
Registrable Securities means the shares of Common Stock
currently held by the Stockholders, and any and all securities of the Company
issued or issuable with respect to such shares by way of a dividend, reclassification,
stock split, or other distribution or in connection with a combination of
shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or
otherwise. Any Registrable Security will cease to be a Registrable Security
when (i) a registration statement covering such Registrable Security has
been declared effective by the Commission and the Registrable Security has been
disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement, (ii) the
Registrable Security is sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable
conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the
Securities Act
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are met, (iii) the Registrable Security has been otherwise
transferred, the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of
ownership for it not bearing a legend restricting further transfer, and it may be
resold without subsequent registration under the Securities Act, (iv) the
Registrable Security is eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or
any successor provision) under the Securities Act, or (vi) the Registrable
Security is otherwise transferred by any Stockholder to any transferee who is
not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 8(f) hereof.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or any similar Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the time.
References to a particular section of the Securities Act shall include a
reference to the comparable section, if any, of any such similar or successor
Federal statute.
Underwriter means a securities dealer which purchases any
Registrable Securities as principal and not as part of such dealers
market-making activities.
2. Piggy-Back
Registration.
(a) Request for Registration. At any time after the date hereof, if the
Company proposes to file a registration statement under the Securities Act
(other than a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8) (or any successor
form that may be adopted by the Commission) or a registration
statement filed in connection with an exchange offer or offering of securities
or debt solely to the Companys existing security or debt holders) with respect
to an offering of securities of the same class as the Registrable
Securities by the Company for its own account or for the account of any of its-security
holders, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed filing to
each Holder as soon as practicable (but in no event less than twenty (20) days
before the anticipated filing date). Such notice shall offer each Holder the
opportunity to have all or any of the Registrable Securities held by such
Holder included in the registration statement proposed to be filed or, at the
Companys option, in a separate registration statement to be filed concurrently
with such registration statement (the Piggy-Back Registration). Within
ten (10) days after such notice is given (or deemed to have been given),
each Holder may make a written request to the Company that any or all of
the Holders Registrable Securities be included in the Piggy-Back Registration,
which notice shall specify the number of shares to be so included. Subject to Section 2(b) hereof,
the Company shall include in the Piggy-Back Registration (or in a separate
registration statement filed concurrently therewith) all Registrable Securities
with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion
therein within ten (10) days after notice is given (or deemed to have been
given) by the Company. The Company may in its discretion withdraw any
registration statement filed pursuant to this Section 3(a) subsequent
to its filing without liability to the Holders except with respect to expenses.
Any Holder shall be permitted to withdraw all or part of such Holders
Registrable Securities requested to be included in a Piggy-Back Registration at
any time prior to the effective date of such Piggy-Back Registration.
(b) Priority on Piggy-Back Registration. If any Piggy-Back Registration is to be an
underwritten offering the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters to permit the shares of
Registrable Securities requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities (Selling
Piggy-Back Holders) to be included in the
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Piggy-Back Registration (on the same terms and conditions as similar
securities of the Company included therein to the extent appropriate).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of
such offering advise the Company in writing that, in their good faith judgment,
the number of Registrable Securities and any other securities requested to be
included in such offering is sufficiently large to materially and adversely
affect the success of such offering (such effect, a Material Adverse Effect),
then (i) if such Piggy-Back Registration is incident to a primary
registration on behalf of the Company, the amount of securities to be included
in the Piggy-Back Registration for any persons (other than the Company and the
Selling Piggy-Back Holders) shall first be reduced, and thereafter the
Registrable Securities to be offered for the account of the Selling Piggy-Back
Holders shall be reduced or limited, subject to any written agreement among the
Selling Piggy-Back Holders, on a Pro Rata Basis so that the total number of
securities to be included in the offering shall be the number recommended by
such managing Underwriter or Underwriters, and (ii) if such Piggy-Back
Registration is incident to a secondary registration on behalf of holders of
securities of the Company, the Company shall include in such registration
statement (A) first, the number of securities of such person(s) on
whose behalf the registration is being made (allocated among such persons as
they may so determine), (B) second, the number of Registrable
Securities requested to be included in such registration pursuant to this Section 3
in excess of the securities such persons on whose behalf the registration is
being made propose to sell that, in the good faith judgment of such managing
Underwriters, can be sold without causing a Material Adverse Effect on such
offering, allocated among the Selling Piggy-Back Holders, subject to any
written agreement among the Selling Piggy-Back Holders on a Pro Rata Basis as
described in clause (i) above, and (C) third, the number of
securities requested to be included in such registration by the Company or by
other persons pursuant to similar piggy-back registration rights (allocated
among the Company and such persons as they may so determine).
(c) Company Purchase Option. Notwithstanding the terms of this
Agreement, if at the time any Holder requests any Registrable Securities to be
included in a registration statement pursuant to this Agreement securities of
the same class or series as the Registrable Securities are traded on
a national securities exchange or authorized to be quoted on the NASDAQ or any
other recognized quotation system which regularly provides quotes on such
securities (a Trading Forum), the Company shall have the right and
option, in its sole discretion, to, in lieu of including such Registrable
Securities in such registration statement, purchase all or any portion of such
Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration statement
at the closing or last sales price of such security reported by such Trading
Forum on the date the written notice requesting the inclusion of such Registrable
Securities in such registration statement is received by the Company or, if
there is no such reported quote for such date by any Trading Forum, the last
reported closing or sales price, as applicable of such security by a Trading
Forum.
3. Holdback
Agreement. Upon inclusion by the company or any holders of
registrable securities in a registration statement filed pursuant to section 2
hereof, the holders agree not to effect any public sale or distribution of the
securities being registered or a similar security of the company or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for
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such securities, including a sale pursuant to rule 144 or rule 144a
under the securities act, during the thirty (30) days prior to, and during the
180 day period beginning on, the effective date of such registration statement
(except as part of such registration), if and to the extent requested by
the company in the case of a
non-underwritten public offering or if and to the extent requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters in the case of an underwritten public
offering.
4. Registration
Procedures. Subject to the other provisions and limitations
contained in this Agreement, whenever any holder has requested that any
Registrable Securities be registered pursuant to Section 2 hereof,
the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the
registration and the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the
intended method of disposition thereof as quickly as practicable, and in
connection with any such request, the Company will as expeditiously as
possible:
(a) prepare and file with the Commission a
registration statement on any form for which the Company then qualifies or
which counsel for the Company shall deem appropriate and which form shall
be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities to be registered
thereunder in accordance with the intended method of distribution thereof, and
use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such filed registration
statement to become effective under the Securities Act;
(b) prepare and file with the Commission such
amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus
used in connection therewith as may be necessary to keep such registration
statement effective, for such time period as the Company shall determine in its
sole discretion (but not before the expiration of the 90-day period referred to
in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder,
if applicable) and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with
respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration
statement during such period in accordance with the intended methods of
disposition as set forth in such registration statement;
(c) furnish to each Holder of Registrable
Securities covered by such registration statement, prior to filing the
registration statement, if requested, copies of such registration statement as
proposed to be filed, and thereafter furnish to each such Holder such number of
copies of such registration statement, each amendment and supplement thereto
(in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated therein by reference), the prospectus included in
such registration statement (including each preliminary prospectus), and such
other documents as each such Holder may reasonably request in order to
facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by each such
Holder;
(d) use its commercially reasonable efforts to
register or qualify such Registrable Securities under such other securities or
blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement reasonably (in light of each such Holders
intended plan of distribution) requests and do any and all other acts and
things which may be reasonably necessary to enable each such Holder to
consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities
owned by each such Holder and keep each such registration or qualification (or
exemption therefrom) effective during the period such
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registration statement is effective; provided, however,
that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
qualify but for this subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any
such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction;
(e) use its commercially reasonable efforts to
cause such Registrable Securities to be registered with or approved by such
other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary by virtue
of the business and operations of the Company to enable each Holder of
Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement to consummate the
disposition of such Registrable Securities; provided, however,
that the Company will not be required to (i) qualify generally to do
business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to
qualify but for this subsection, (ii) subject itself to taxation in any
such jurisdiction, or (iii) consent to general service of process in any
such jurisdiction;
(f) at any time when a prospectus relating to
Registrable Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, (i) notify
each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the registration statement of
the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or
amendment to such prospectus, (ii) prepare and file such supplement,
amendment or any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to
the purchasers of such Registrable Securities, such prospectus will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and (iii) promptly make available to each such Holder any such
supplement, amendment or other document;
(g) enter into and perform customary
agreements (including an underwriting agreement in customary form with the
managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any), use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain any necessary consents in connection with any proposed registration
and sale of Registrable Securities, and take such other actions as are
reasonably required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities;
(h) make available for inspection during business
hours on reasonable advance notice by each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by the registration statement, any Underwriter participating in any
disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney,
accountant, or other professional retained by any such Holder or such
Underwriter (collectively, the Inspectors), all financial and other
records, pertinent corporate documents, and properties of the Company
(collectively, the Records) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable
them to exercise their due diligence responsibility, and cause the Companys
officers, directors, and employees to supply all information reasonably
requested by any such Inspectors in connection with such registration
statement. Records which the Company determines, in good faith, to be
confidential and which it notifies the Inspectors are confidential shall not be
disclosed by the Inspectors unless (i) in the reasonable judgment of
counsel to the Company the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or
correct a misstatement or omission in such registration statement or (ii) the
release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a
court of competent jurisdiction. Each Holder agrees that information obtained
by him as a
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result of such inspections shall be deemed confidential and shall not
be used by him as the basis for any market transactions in the securities of
the Company unless and until such is made generally available to the public.
Each Holder further agrees that he will, upon learning that disclosure of such
Records is sought in a court of competent jurisdiction, give notice to the
Company and allow the Company, at the Companys expense, to undertake
appropriate action to prevent disclosure of the Records deemed confidential;
(i) if requested by the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters, if any, or any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by the
registration statement in connection with an underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2
hereof, (i) promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or
post-effective amendment such information as the managing Underwriter or
Underwriters, if any, and/or any such Holder reasonably requests to be included
therein, as may be required by applicable laws and (ii) make all
required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment
as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification of the
matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective
amendment; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
required to take any actions pursuant to this Section 4(i) that
are not, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance
with applicable law;
(j) use its commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a
registration statement filed in connection herewith, or the lifting of any
suspension of the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the
Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction;
(k) take such other actions as are reasonably
required in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable
Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4, the
Company shall be entitled to postpone, for a reasonable period of time, the
filing or effectiveness of any registration statement under Section 2
if (A) the Company determines, in the good faith exercise of its
reasonable business judgment, that such registration and offering could
interfere with or adversely affect bona fide financing, acquisition, or other
business plans of the Company (including a proposed primary offering by the
Company of its own securities) at the time the right to delay is exercised (whether or not a final decision has been made to undertake
such action or plan at such time) or would require
disclosure of non-public information, the premature disclosure of which could
adversely affect the business, properties, operations or financial results of
the Company or that otherwise might
not be in the best interest of the Companys stockholders;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to
disclose to the Holders requesting registration any such transaction, plan or
non-public information, or (B) at any time prior to the effectiveness of
any Piggy-Back Registration the Company determines that it is unable to comply
with the provisions of Article 3 or Article 11 of Regulation S-X
under the Securities Act, to the extent then applicable to the Company. If the
Company postpones the filing or effectiveness of a registration statement
pursuant hereto, it shall promptly notify in writing the Holders of Registrable
Securities requesting such registration when the events or circumstances
permitting such postponement have ended and at such time shall proceed with the
filing of the registration
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statement as requested. If the Company shall postpone the filing of a
registration statement pursuant hereto, then the Holders of Registrable
Securities demanding such registration shall have the right to withdraw their
request for registration by giving written notice to the Company at any time
within five (5) days after the date the Company notifies such Holders of
Registrable Securities of its willingness to proceed with the filing of the
registration statement.
The Company may require each Holder to promptly furnish in writing
to the Company such information regarding the distribution of the Registrable
Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request and
such other information as may be legally required in connection with such
registration.
Each Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant
to Section 2 of this Agreement shall cooperate with the Company
and, if applicable, the Underwriter or Underwriters in providing such
information and executing and delivering such documents as the Company or the
Underwriter or Underwriters reasonably shall request in connection with any
such registration, and the Company shall not be obligated to include in any
such registration any Registrable Securities of any Holder who does not comply
with this paragraph.
Each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a registration
statement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the
happening of any event of the kind described in Section 4(f) hereof,
such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities
pursuant to the registration statement covering such Registrable Securities
until such Holders receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended
prospectus contemplated by Section 4(f) hereof, and, if so
directed by the Company, such Holder will deliver to the Company all copies,
other than permanent file copies then in such Holders possession, of the most
recent prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt
of such notice. If the Company shall give such notice, the Company shall extend
the period during which such registration statement shall be maintained
effective (including the period referred to in Section 4(b) hereof)
by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the
giving of notice pursuant to Section 4(f) hereof to the date
when the Company shall make available to such Holder a prospectus supplemented
or amended to conform with the requirements of Section 4(f) hereof.
5. Registration Expenses. In connection with any
registration statement required to be filed hereunder, the Company shall pay
the following registration expenses (the Registration Expenses): (a) all
registration and filing fees; (b) fees and expenses of compliance with
securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable
Securities); (c) printing expenses (including expenses of printing
certificates for Registrable Securities); (d) internal expenses
(including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and
employees performing legal or accounting duties); (e) any fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities
on the national securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the
Common Stock is listed; (f) reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
for the Company and customary fees and expenses for independent certified
public accountants retained by the company; (g) the reasonable fees and
expenses of
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any special experts or other persons retained by the Company in
connection with such registration; and (h) messenger, delivery and
telephone expenses related to any registration contemplated hereunder. The
Company shall not have any obligation to pay any underwriting fees, discounts,
or commissions attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities, or any
out-of-pocket expenses of any Holder (or the agents who manage his accounts),
which amounts shall be the responsibility of the selling Holder or Holders.
6. Indemnification;
Contribution.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless each Holder of Registrable Securities and, if applicable, its
directors and officers and each person who controls such Holder within the
meaning of either Sections 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, covered by a registration statement filed pursuant to this
Agreement from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and
expenses (including reasonable legal and other costs of investigation and
defense) (collectively, Losses) arising out of or based upon an untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such
registration statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities or
in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or
arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein not misleading, except insofar as such Losses arise out of,
or are based upon, any such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof
based upon information furnished to the Company by such Holder or on such
Holders behalf expressly for use therein; provided, however,
that with respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue
statement or omission made in any preliminary or final prospectus, the
indemnity agreement contained in this subsection shall not apply to the
extent that any such Losses result from the fact that a current copy of the
prospectus was not sent or given to the person asserting any such Losses at or
prior to the written confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities
concerned to such person if it is determined that it was the responsibility of
such Holder to provide such person with a current copy of the prospectus and
such current copy of the prospectus would have cured the defect giving rise to such Losses.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Company, its directors and officers, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the
Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (other than the Holder),
covered by a registration statement filed pursuant to this Agreement from and
against any and all Losses arising out of or based upon an untrue statement or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such registration
statement or prospectus relating to the Registrable Securities or in any
amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus, or arising
out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, but only insofar as such Losses arise out of, or are
based upon, any such untrue statement or omission or allegation thereof based
upon information furnished to the Company by such Holder or on such Holders
behalf expressly for use therein; provided, however, that with
respect to any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or
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omission made in any preliminary or final prospectus, the indemnity
agreement contained in this subsection shall not apply to the extent that
any such Losses result from the fact that a current copy of the prospectus was
not sent or given to the person asserting any such Losses at or prior to the
written confirmation of the sale of the Registrable Securities concerned to
such person if it is determined that it was the responsibility of the Company
or any other person or entity (other than the Holder) to provide such person
with a current copy of the prospectus and such current copy of the prospectus
would have cured the defect giving rise to such Losses.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. If any action or proceeding (including any
governmental investigation) shall be brought or asserted against any person
entitled to indemnification under subsections (a) or (b) above (an Indemnified
Party) in respect of which indemnity may be sought from any party who
has agreed to provide such indemnification (an Indemnifying Party),
the Indemnified Party shall promptly notify the Indemnifying Party in writing,
and the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, including the
employment of counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and
shall assume the payment of all expenses. The Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ separate counsel in any such action and to participate in the
defense thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the
expense of such Indemnified Party unless (i) the Indemnifying Party has
agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall
have failed to promptly assume the defense of such action or proceeding and to
employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, (iii) the
named parties to any such action or proceeding (including any impleaded
parties) include both such Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, and
such Indemnified Party shall have been advised by counsel that there is a
conflict of interest on the part of counsel employed by the Indemnifying
Party to represent such Indemnified Party, or (iv) the Indemnified Partys
counsel shall have advised the Indemnified Party that there may be
defenses available to the Indemnified Party that are different from or in
addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party and that the Indemnifying
Party is not able to assert on behalf of or in the name of the Indemnified
Party (and in case of either (iii) or (iv), if such Indemnified Party
notifies the Indemnifying Party in writing that it elects to employ separate
counsel at the expense of the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall
not have the right to assume the defense of such action or proceeding on behalf
of such Indemnified Party); it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying
Party shall not, in connection with any one such action or proceeding or
separate but substantially similar or related actions or proceedings in the
same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances,
be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys
(together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all such Indemnified
Parties, which firm shall be designated in writing by such Indemnified Parties.
The Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any such
action or proceeding effected without its written consent, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, but if settled with its written consent, or if
there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action or proceeding,
the Indemnifying Party shall indemnify and hold harmless such Indemnified
Parties from and against any loss or liability (to the extent stated above) by
reason of such settlement or judgment.
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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this
Section 6 is unavailable to the Indemnified Parties in respect of
any Losses (other than by reason of exceptions provided in Section 6(a) or
6(b)), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such
Indemnified Party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such
Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses (i) in such proportion as is
appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and
Holders (together with any other selling stockholders that may be
obligated thereon pursuant to similar indemnification or contribution
provisions as contained herein), on the other hand, with respect to the
statements or omissions or alleged statements or alleged omissions which
resulted in such Losses, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other
relevant equitable considerations or (ii) if the allocation provided by
clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as
shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company,
on the one hand, and Holders (together with any other selling stockholders that
may be obligated thereon pursuant to similar indemnification or
contribution provisions as contained herein), on the other hand, from the
offering of the securities covered by such registration statement. The relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and of Holders (together with any other
selling stockholders that may be obligated thereon pursuant to similar
indemnification or contribution provisions as contained herein) on the other
shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or
alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission
to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such party, and
such partys relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The relative benefits
received by the Company on the one hand and Holders (together with any other
selling stockholders that may be obligated thereon pursuant to similar
indemnification or contribution provisions as contained herein) on the other
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total proceeds from the
offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses)
received by the Company bears to the total proceeds (net of underwriting
discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the
Holders (together with any other selling stockholders that may be
obligated thereon pursuant to similar indemnification or contribution
provisions as contained herein).
The Company and each Holder agree that it would not be just and
equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 6(d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not
take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately
preceding subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d),
no Holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by
which the total price at which the securities of such Holder were offered to
the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Holder has otherwise
been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation
(within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation.
(e) Survival. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 6
shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any
termination of this Agreement or any underwriting agreement, (ii) any
investigation made by or on behalf of any
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Indemnified Party or by or on behalf of the Company, and (iii) the
consummation of the sale or successive resale of the Registrable Securities.
7. Participation
in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in
any underwritten registration hereunder unless such Holder (a) agrees to
sell his securities on the basis provided in an underwriting arrangements
approved by the persons or entities entitled hereunder to approve such
arrangements and (b) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of
attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements, and other documents reasonably
required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements and this Agreement; provided,
however, that no such Holder shall be required to make any
representations or warranties in connection with any such registration other
than representations and warranties as to (x) such Holders ownership of
his or its Registrable Securities to be sold or transferred free and clear of
all liens, claims, and encumbrances, (y) such Holders power and authority
to effect such transfer, and (z) such matters pertaining to compliance
with securities laws as may be reasonably requested.
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) Remedies. Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be
deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby,
or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one
remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
(b) Term. The term of this Agreement shall terminate on the earlier to occur of
(i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the date hereof or (ii) the
first date on which there are no longer any Registrable Securities.
(c) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company will not on or after the date
of this Agreement enter into any agreement with respect to its securities which
is inconsistent with the rights granted to Holders in this Agreement or
otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not
be amended, modified, or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has
obtained the written consent of the Holders.
(e) Notices. Any notice, request, instruction or other document to be given
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered
personally, upon receipt of a transmission confirmation if sent by facsimile or
like transmission, and on the next business day when sent by Federal Express,
United Parcel Service, Express Mail, or other reputable overnight courier, to
the party at the address identified or described below:
(i) if to the Company, at its most current
address and thereafter at such other address as may be designated from
time to time by notice given in accordance with the provisions of this section,
which address initially is:
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Networks, Inc.
108 Wild Basin
Road South
Austin, Texas
78746
Attention: Richard M. Snyder, President
Facsimile: (512) 437-2365
(ii) if to any Holder, at such address set forth on the signature pages hereto
or on the Addendum to this Agreement executed and delivered by such Holder
pursuant to Section 8(f) hereof or at such other address as may be
designated from time to time by notice given in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 8(e).
(f) Successors and Assigns. Holders may assign their respective
rights and obligations hereunder to persons to whom they transfer or otherwise
assign Registrable Securities. In the event of any such assignment, such
assignees shall be entitled to the rights of the assignor only to the extent
such rights expressly are assigned to such assignor. Any assignment of rights
under this Agreement in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void.
Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of the Company and each Holder; provided,
however, that any assignee or transferee of Registrable Securities that
is deemed a Holder under this Agreement shall be entitled to the rights and
benefits afforded such person by this Agreement only upon such persons
execution and delivery of an addendum to this Agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to the Company, agreeing to be bound by the duties and
obligations of a Holder under this Agreement.
(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in a
number of identical counterparts and it shall not be necessary for the Company
and each Holder to execute each of such counterparts, but when both have
executed and delivered one or more of such counterparts, the several parts,
when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument,
enforceable against each in accordance with its terms. In making proof of this
Agreement, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart executed by the party against whom enforcement of this
Agreement is sought.
(h) Headings; Construction. The headings in this Agreement are for
convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not
affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The parties
hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation,
preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the
application of any law, holding or rule of construction providing that
ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the
party drafting such agreement or document.
(i) Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations
between the parties hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of
conflicts of law that would require application of any other law.
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(j) Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement
that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in
any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is
invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that the court making the
determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have the power to reduce
the scope, duration or area of the term or provision, to delete specific words
or phrases or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a
term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to
expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified after the expiration of the
time within which the judgment may be appealed.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter
contained herein and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral
and written, with respect thereto.
(l) Attorneys Fees. In any proceeding brought to enforce any
provision of this Agreement, the successful party shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorneys fees in addition to its costs and expenses and any other
available remedy.
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of the date first above written.
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FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
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EXHIBIT D
FORM OF VOTING AGREEMENT
This
Voting Agreement (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of September 11, 2007,
by and among Forgent Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent),
iSarla, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Company), and the
stockholders of the Company named on the signature page hereto (each a Stockholder
and collectively, the Stockholders).
RECITALS
A. Concurrently
with the execution and delivery hereof, Parent, Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger
Sub), and the Company are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger of
even date herewith (as it may be amended from time to time pursuant to the
terms thereof, the Merger Agreement), which provides for the merger
(the Merger) of Merger Sub with and into the Company in accordance
with its terms.
B. Each
Stockholder is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of such number of shares of each class of
capital stock of the Company as is indicated on the signature page of this
Agreement signed by such Stockholder.
C. In
consideration of the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement by Parent
and Merger Sub, the Stockholders agree to vote the Shares (as defined herein)
over which they have voting power so as to facilitate the consummation of the
Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to
be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions.
(a) Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Merger Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
Constructive Sale
means, with respect to any security, a short sale with respect to such
security, entering into or acquiring an offsetting derivative contract with
respect to such security, entering into or acquiring a futures or forward
contract to deliver such security or entering into any other hedging or other
derivative transaction that has the effect of materially changing the economic
benefits and risks of ownership.
Shares means (i) all
shares of capital stock of the Company owned, beneficially or of record, by a
Stockholder as of the date hereof, and (ii) all additional shares of
capital stock of the Company acquired by a Stockholder, beneficially or of
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record, during the period commencing with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and expiring on the Expiration Date
(as such term is defined in Section 13 of this Agreement). In case of a
stock dividend or distribution, or any change in the capital stock of the
Company by reason of any stock dividend or distribution, split-up,
recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares or the like, the term Shares
shall be deemed to refer to and include the Shares as well as all such stock
dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or
all of the Shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in
such transaction.
Transfer means,
with respect to the Shares, the direct or indirect assignment, sale, transfer,
tender, pledge, hypothecation, or the grant, creation or sufferage of a lien or
encumbrance in or upon, or the gift, placement in trust, or the Constructive
Sale or other disposition of the Shares (including transfers by testamentary or
intestate succession or otherwise by operation of law) or any right, title or
interest therein (including, but not limited to, any right or power to vote to
which the holder thereof may be entitled, whether such right or power is
granted by proxy or otherwise), or the record or beneficial ownership thereof,
the offer to make such a sale, transfer, Constructive Sale or other
disposition, and each agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not
in writing, to effect any of the foregoing.
2. Transfer and Voting Restrictions.
(a) At all times
during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement
and expiring on the Expiration Date, each Stockholder shall not, except in
connection with the Merger or as the result of the death of the Stockholder,
Transfer any of the Shares, or discuss, negotiate, make an offer or enter into
an agreement, commitment or other arrangement with respect thereto and the
Company shall not recognize any such attempted Transfer on the stock record
books of the Company.
(b) From and after
the date hereof, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement or prohibited
by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, each Stockholder will not commit
any act that could restrict or otherwise affect its legal power, authority and
right to vote all of the Shares then owned of record or beneficially by it. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except for this Agreement and as
otherwise permitted by this Agreement, from and after the date hereof, each
Stockholder will not enter into any voting agreement with any person or entity
with respect to any of the Shares, grant any person or entity any proxy
(revocable or irrevocable) or power of attorney with respect to any of the
Shares, deposit any of the Shares in a voting trust or otherwise enter into any
agreement or arrangement with any person or entity limiting or affecting the
Stockholders legal power, authority or right to vote the Shares in favor of
the approval of the Proposed Transaction (as such term is defined in Section 3(a) of
this Agreement).
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3. Agreement to Vote Shares.
(a) Prior to the
Expiration Date, at every meeting of the stockholders of the Company called,
and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or
approval by written consent of the stockholders of the Company, each
Stockholder (in its capacity as such) shall appear at the meeting or otherwise
cause the Shares to be present thereat for purposes of establishing a quorum
and, to the extent not voted by the persons appointed as proxies pursuant to
this Agreement, vote (i) in favor of approval of the Merger, the Merger
Agreement and the other transactions contemplated thereby (collectively, the Proposed
Transaction); (ii) against any proposal to rescind or amend in any
manner any prior vote or written consent to approve or adopt the Merger or the
Merger Agreement; (iii) against the approval or adoption of any proposal
made in opposition to, or in competition with, the Proposed Transaction; and (iv) against
any of the following (to the extent unrelated to the Proposed
Transaction): (A) any merger,
consolidation or business combination involving the Company or any of its
subsidiaries other than the Proposed Transaction; (B) any sale, lease or
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries; (C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution,
liquidation or winding up of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (D) any
other action that is intended, or could reasonably be expected to, impede,
interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the
consummation of the Proposed Transaction (each of (iii) and (iv), a Competing
Transaction).
(b) If a
Stockholder is the beneficial owner, but not the record holder, of the Shares,
such Stockholder agrees to take all actions necessary to cause the record
holder and any nominees to vote all of the Shares in favor of the approval and
authorization of the Proposed Transaction.
4. Grant of Irrevocable Proxy.
(a) Each
Stockholder hereby irrevocably (to the fullest extent permitted by law) grants
to, and appoints, each of Richard Snyder and Jay Peterson and either of them,
in their capacities as officers of Parent, such Stockholders proxy and
attorney-in-fact (with full power of substitution and re-substitution), for and
in the name, place and stead of such Stockholder, to vote the Shares, to
instruct nominees or record holders to vote the Shares, or grant a consent or
approval in respect of such Shares in favor of approval and authorization of
the Proposed Transaction.
(b) Each
Stockholder represents that any proxies heretofore given in respect of such
Stockholders Shares that may still be in effect are not irrevocable, and
that any such proxies are hereby revoked.
(c) Each
Stockholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section 4
is given in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, and that
such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties of each
Stockholder under this Agreement. Each Stockholder hereby further affirms that
the irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no
circumstances be revoked. Each Stockholder hereby ratifies and
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all that such irrevocable proxy may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. Such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be
irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 212 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law.
(d) The attorneys
and proxies named in Section 4(a) may not exercise this
irrevocable proxy on any other matter except as provided above. A Stockholder may vote
the Shares on all other matters.
5. No Solicitation. No Stockholder, in its capacity as a stockholder, shall
directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, encourage, induce or
facilitate the making, submission or announcement of any Competing Transaction
or take any action that could reasonably be expected to lead to a Competing
Transaction; (ii) furnish any information regarding the Company to any
person in connection with or in response to a Competing Transaction or an
inquiry or indication of interest that could reasonably be expected to lead to
a Competing Transaction; (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with
any person with respect to any Competing Transaction; (iv) approve,
endorse or recommend any Competing Transaction; or (v) enter into any
letter of intent or similar document or any contract contemplating or otherwise
relating to any Competing Transaction.
6. Notification of Certain Acts. While this Agreement is in effect, each
Stockholder shall notify Parent promptly (and in any event within one business
day) in writing of (i) the number of any additional Shares acquired by
such Stockholder, if any, after the date hereof; and (ii) any such
inquiries or proposals that are received by, any such information which is
requested from, or any such negotiations or discussions that are sought to be
initiated or continued with, such Stockholder with respect to any matter
described in Section 5 of this agreement.
7. Action in Stockholder Capacity Only. No Stockholder makes any agreement or
understanding herein as a director or officer of the Company. Each Stockholder
signs solely in his capacity as a record holder and/or beneficial owner of Shares,
and nothing herein shall limit or affect any actions taken in his capacity as
an officer or director of the Company.
8. Representations and Warranties of the Stockholders.
(a) Each
Stockholder hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to
Parent as follows: (i) such
Stockholder is the beneficial or record owner of the shares of capital stock of
the Company indicated on the signature page of this Agreement, free and
clear of any and all pledges, liens, security interests, claims, charges,
restrictions, options or encumbrances; (ii) such Stockholder does not
beneficially own any securities of the Company other than the shares of capital
stock and rights to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company set forth
on the signature page of this Agreement; and (iii) such Stockholder
has full power and authority to make, enter into and carry out the terms of
this Agreement and to grant the irrevocable proxy as set forth in Section 4;
and (iv) this Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered
by such Stockholder and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of such
Stockholder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.
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(b) As of the date
hereof and for so long as this Agreement remains in effect, except for this
Agreement or as otherwise permitted by this Agreement, each Stockholder has
full legal power, authority and right to vote all of the Shares then owned of
record or beneficially by it, in favor of the approval and authorization of the
Proposed Transaction without the consent or approval of, or any other action on
the part of, any other person or entity. No Stockholder has entered into
any voting agreement (other than this Agreement) with any person or entity with
respect to any of the Shares, granted any person or entity any proxy (revocable
or irrevocable) or power of attorney with respect to any of the Shares,
deposited any of the Shares in a voting trust or entered into any arrangement
or agreement with any person or entity limiting or affecting its legal power,
authority or right to vote the Shares on any matter.
9. Conflicting Instruments. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the performance by each Stockholder of its agreements and obligations hereunder
will not result in any breach or violation of or be in conflict with or
constitute a default under any term of any agreement, judgment, injunction,
order, decree, law, regulation or arrangement to which such Stockholder is a
party or by which such Stockholder (or any of its assets) is bound, except for
any such breach, violation, conflict or default which, individually or in the
aggregate, would not impair or adversely affect such Stockholders ability to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or render inaccurate any of
the representations made by it herein.
10. Exchange of Shares; Waiver of Rights of Appraisal. If the Merger is consummated, the Shares shall,
pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, be exchanged for the
consideration provided in the Merger Agreement. Each Stockholder hereby waives
any rights of appraisal with respect to the Merger, or rights to dissent from
the Merger, that such Stockholder may have.
11. Regulatory Approvals. Each of the provisions of this Agreement is subject to
compliance with applicable regulatory conditions and receipt of any required
consent or approval from any governmental entity.
12. Confidentiality. Each Stockholder recognizes that successful
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement may be
dependent upon confidentiality with respect to the matters referred to herein. In
this connection, pending public disclosure thereof, and so that parent may rely
on the safe harbor provisions of Rule 100(b)(2)(ii) of Regulation FD,
each Stockholder hereby agrees not to disclose or discuss such matters with
anyone not a party to this Agreement (other than its counsel and advisors, if
any) without the prior written consent of Parent and the Company, except for
disclosures such Stockholders counsel advises in writing are necessary in
order to fulfill any legal requirement, in which event such Stockholder shall
give notice of such disclosure to Parent and the Company as promptly as
practicable so as to enable Parent and the Company to seek a protective order
from a court of competent jurisdiction with respect thereto.
13. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further
force or effect whatsoever as of the earlier of (i) such date and time as
the Merger Agreement shall have been
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validly terminated pursuant to
the terms of Article VII of the Merger Agreement or (ii) the
Effective Time (the Expiration Date).
14. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Amendments,
Modifications and Waivers. No amendment, modification or waiver in
respect of this Agreement shall be effective against any party unless it shall
be in writing and signed by Parent, Company and each Stockholder.
(b) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement and the
agreements contemplated thereby, collectively, contain the entire understanding
of the parties hereto and thereto with respect to the subject matter contained
herein and therein and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral
and written, with respect thereto.
(c) Governing Law. This
Agreement and the legal relations between the Parties hereto shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without
regard to principles of conflicts of law that would require application of any
other law.
(d) Consent to
Jurisdiction; Venue. Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to
submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any federal court located in the
State of Delaware or any Delaware state court of applicable jurisdiction, in
the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to
deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from
any such court; and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action
relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in any court other than a federal court sitting in the State of
Delaware or a Delaware state court.
(e) Attorneys Fees. In any action
at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement or the rights of any of the
parties hereunder, the prevailing party in such action or suit shall be
entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its attorneys fees and all other
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in such action or suit.
(f) Assignment and
Successors. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and permitted assigns, including, without limitation,
each Stockholders estate upon the death of such Stockholder, provided that
except as otherwise specifically provided herein, neither this Agreement nor
any of the rights, interests or obligations of the parties hereto may be
assigned by any of the parties hereto without prior written consent of the
other parties hereto except that Parent, without obtaining the consent of any
other party hereto, shall be entitled to assign this Agreement or all or any of
its rights or obligations hereunder to any one or more affiliates of Parent. Any
assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be void and of no effect.
(g) No Third Party
Rights. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is
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intended
to confer on any Person other than the arties hereto or their respective
successors and permitted assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
(h) Cooperation. Each
Stockholder agrees to cooperate fully with Parent and to execute and deliver
such further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take
such other actions as may be reasonably requested by Parent to evidence or
reflect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to carry out the
intent and purpose of this Agreement.
(i) Severability. Any term or
provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation
in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the
remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the
offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.
If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any
term or provision hereof is invalid or unenforceable, the parties agree that
the court making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall have
the power to reduce the scope, duration or area of the term or provision, to
delete specific words or phrases or to replace any invalid or unenforceable
term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and
that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable
term or provision, and this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified after
the expiration of the time within which the judgment may be appealed.
(j) Time of Essence. With regard
to all dates and time periods set forth or referred to in this Agreement, time
is of the essence.
(k) Remedies. The parties
hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement required to be performed by the Stockholders were
not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise
breached. It is accordingly agreed that Parent shall be entitled to an
injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States
or any state having jurisdiction without the necessity of posting a bond. Any
and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed
cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by
law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy
will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
(l) Notices. Any notice,
request, instruction or other document to be given hereunder by any party to
another party shall be in writing and shall be deemed given when delivered
personally, upon receipt of a transmission confirmation (with a confirming copy
sent by overnight courier) if sent by facsimile or like transmission, and on
the next business day when sent by Federal Express, United Parcel Service,
Express Mail, or other reputable overnight courier, to the party at the address
of such party as set forth on the signature pages hereto (or such other
addresses for a Party as shall be specified by like notice).
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(m) Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall
be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or
more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the
other parties.
(n) Headings. The headings
contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of
this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement. References to Sections refer to sections of this Agreement
unless otherwise stated.
(o) Construction. The parties
hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation,
preparation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the
application of any law, holding or rule of construction providing that
ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the
party drafting such agreement or document.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
VOTING AGREEMENT
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first
above written.
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SIGNATURE PAGE TO
VOTING AGREEMENT
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Stockholder has signed or caused this Agreement to be
signed by its respective officers or other authorized persons thereunto duly
authorized of the date first written above.
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EXHIBIT E
FORM OF TRANSMITTAL LETTER
iSARLA, INC.
This
Letter of Transmittal is being delivered to each record holder of, and each
holder of an option to purchase, capital stock of iSarla, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the Company) for completion and submission to Forgent
Networks, Inc. (Forgent) in connection with the receipt of the
consideration due to such holder in connection with the merger (the Merger)
consummated pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 11, 2007,
by and among the Company, Forgent and Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc.
(the Merger Agreement).
In
order to exchange your shares of capital stock of the Company or options to
purchase capital stock of the Company for the applicable consideration due to
you in connection with the Merger, you must deliver to Forgent the
following: (i) a properly completed
Letter of Transmittal; and (ii) if shares of capital stock of the Company
are being exchanged, certificates representing your shares of capital stock of
the Company. If this document is not properly submitted, you will not receive
the applicable consideration due to you in connection with the Merger until all
documentation is properly completed and received by Forgent.
Please Complete and Return To Forgent:
FORGENT NETWORKS, INC.
Address:
Forgent
Networks, Inc.
c/o
Winstead PC
5400
Renaissance Tower
1201
Elm Street
Dallas,
Texas 75270
Attn: Dale A. Lisonbee
For
information call:
Telephone:
(214) 745-5814
Facsimile:
(214) 745-5390
Delivery
of this instrument to an address other than as set forth above does not
constitute a valid delivery. No alternative, conditional or contingent
submissions will be accepted.
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IDENTIFICATION OF SECURITIES:
If you are a holder of capital stock of the Company, please complete the
following table:
DESCRIPTION OF STOCK CERTIFICATES
SURRENDERED
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(Attach signed list if space below is
inadequate)
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Print Name and Address of
Registered Owner(s)
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Certificate Number (if
applicable)
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Number of Shares of
Capital Stock
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If you are a holder of an option to purchase capital stock of the
Company, please complete the following table:
DESCRIPTION
OF OPTION(S)
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Registered Owner(s)
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Common
Stock subject to Option
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PLEASE
READ AND FOLLOW THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
IF
YOU ARE A HOLDER OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY, YOU MUST ENCLOSE STOCK
CERTIFICATES WHICH REPRESENT SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY WITH THIS
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE CONSIDERATION DUE TO YOU
THEREFOR.
IF
YOU ARE A HOLDER OF AN OPTION TO PURCHASE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY, YOU
NEED NOT DELIVER YOUR OPTION GRANT NOTICE, OPTION AGREEMENT OR SIMILAR
DOCUMENTS WITH THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE CONSIDERATION
DUE TO YOU THEREFOR, BUT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS LETTER OF
TRANSMITTAL.
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o If any of the certificate(s) representing
shares of capital stock of the Company that you own have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, check this box and see Instruction 4. Complete the remainder of this
Letter of Transmittal and indicate here the number of shares of such stock
represented by the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate(s).
Number of Shares
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consideration to be issued to you in connection with the Merger sent by wire
transfer, please check this box, complete the remainder of this Letter of
Transmittal and provide wire instructions below or include such instructions
herewith.
Wire Instructions:
Bank Name:
Bank Routing Number (ABA
Number):
Account Name:
Account Number:
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A. Surrender of Stock Certificates (For Holders of
Stock)
In connection with
the merger of Cheetah Acquisition Company, Inc. with and into the Company
pursuant to the Merger Agreement (i.e., the Merger), the undersigned
hereby:
(i) surrenders, subject to the
terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, the certificate(s) noted
above representing shares of capital stock of the Company owned by the
undersigned in exchange for, and for the purpose of receiving, the
consideration due to the undersigned in connection with the Merger, less (a) any
amounts to be paid out of escrow subject to the indemnification provisions of Article VIII
of the Merger Agreement, and (b) any amounts in respect of applicable
withholding; and/or
(ii) acknowledges and agrees that
any option to purchase capital stock of the Company noted above has been
converted into a right to receive the consideration due to the undersigned in
connection with the Merger, less (x) any amounts to be paid out of escrow
subject to the indemnification provisions of Article VIII of the Merger
Agreement, (y) any amounts to be deducted which represent the exercise
price of such option, and (z) any amounts in respect of applicable
withholding.
B. Representations
The undersigned
hereby represents and warrants as follows:
The undersigned is
the registered holder, as applicable, of (i) the shares of capital stock
of the Company represented by the certificate(s) noted above (which should
be enclosed) and/or (ii) any option to purchase capital stock of the
Company noted above (collectively, the Securities), with good title to
all such Securities and full power and authority to sell, assign and transfer
such Securities (or the shares represented by such Securities) pursuant to the
Merger, free and clear of any encumbrance, restriction on transfer (other than
any restrictions applicable under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any applicable state securities laws) or other similar right of any third
party, whether voluntarily exercised or arising by operation of law.
The undersigned has
full power and authority (and, if an individual, legal capacity) to execute and
deliver this Letter of Transmittal and to perform his, her or its
obligations hereunder. The undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Letter
of Transmittal, which constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of
the undersigned, enforceable in accordance with its terms. The undersigned is
not required to give any notice to, make any filing or registration with, or
obtain any authorization, waiver, license, consent or approval of, any
governmental authority or third party in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Letter of Transmittal by the undersigned, the performance by
the undersigned of his, her or its obligations hereunder or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Letter of Transmittal.
The undersigned
will, upon request, execute any additional documents necessary or desirable to
complete the surrender and exchange of the Securities as contemplated by the
Merger Agreement. All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this
Letter of Transmittal shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs,
executors, administrators and
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legal representatives
of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death
or incapacity of the undersigned.
Submission of the
certificate(s) noted above (which should be enclosed) is subject to the
terms, conditions and limitations set forth in the Merger Agreement and the
Instructions attached hereto.
NOTE: DO NOT SIGN STOCK CERTIFICATE(S) OR
SUBMIT STOCK POWER(S).
You are instructed
to issue to the undersigned the consideration to which the undersigned is
entitled in connection with the Merger (less any amounts to be paid out of
escrow subject to the indemnification provisions of Article VIII of the
Merger Agreement and, as applicable, any amounts in respect of applicable
withholding) as provided for and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Merger Agreement.
PLEASE SIGN HERE
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Dated:
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Its:
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(Must be
signed by registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on
stock certificate(s) or option(s). If signing is by a trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian, officer of a corporation, attorney-in-fact or other
person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth
full title and enclose proper evidence of authority to so act.) (See
Instruction 2).
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(Area Code
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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION
Under U.S. federal
income tax law, a holder of stock or options who is receiving any consideration
in connection with the Merger is required to provide his, her or its current Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN). If such holder is an individual, the TIN
is his or her social security number. If the holder does not provide the
correct TIN, the holder may be subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the
Internal Revenue Service. In addition, reportable payments that are made to
such holder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax backup withholding. If
withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund from the Internal
Revenue Service may be obtained. To prevent backup withholding on any cash
payment made to a holder of stock or options in connection with the Merger
Agreement, the holder is required to notify Forgent
Networks, Inc. of his or her correct TIN by completing the Substitute Form W-9
below and certifying that the TIN provided on Substitute Form W-9 is
correct. In addition, the holder must complete Part 2 of the Substitute
W-9, and date and sign as indicated. If the holder does not have a TIN, the
holder should write Applied For in the space provided for the TIN. If the
holder does not provide Forgent Networks, Inc. with a certified TIN within
60 days, Forgent Networks, Inc. must backup withhold a portion of all cash
payments made to the holder.
Certain holders (including,
among others, corporations, limited partnerships and certain foreign holders)
are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. In order for a foreign holder to be exempt,
that holder must submit an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (Certificate
of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding),
signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that individuals exempt status.
See, as applicable, the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer
Identification Number, Substitute Form W-9, Form W-8BEN and
Instructions for Form W-8BEN for additional instructions.
United
States Holders. A United States stock or option holder is required to give Forgent
Networks, Inc. the social security number or employer identification
number of the record owner of the shares of stock being surrendered for payment
in connection with the Merger Agreement. If the certificates or options for
capital stock of the Company are in more than one name or are not in the name
of the actual owner, consult the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of
Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 for additional
guidance on which number to report.
Non-United
States Holders. A non-United States stock or option holder is required to represent to
Forgent Networks, Inc. that he, she or it is not a United States Person
(as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) and provide its name and address on a
properly executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (Certificate of
Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding).
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SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9
PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR OTHER TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON THIS SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 AND CERTIFY THEREIN THAT
YOU ARE NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING. FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT
IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY CASH PAYMENT MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO
THE MERGER. For assistance in completing this form, see the Guidelines for
Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute FORM W-9.
Name(s) as
shown above of registered owners of certificate(s) of shares of the
capital stock or option(s) to purchase shares of capital stock of the
Company. (If joint ownership, list first and circle the name of the person or
entity whose taxpayer identification number you enter in Part I below).
Business Name (sole
proprietors, see enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer
Identification Number on Substitute FORM W-9).
Address:
Part IPLEASE
PROVIDE YOUR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY
SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.
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Number or Employer Identification Number:
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Part IIPayees
exempt from backup withholding, please see the enclosed Guidelines for
Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.
Part IIICertification.
Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: (1) The number shown on this form is
my correct Taxpayer Identification Number (or I am waiting for a number to be
issued to me), and (2) I am not subject to backup withholding because (a) I
am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a
result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS
has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding. Certificate Instructions: You must cross out Item (2) above if you
have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup
withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return.
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Form W-8BEN
(Rev. February 2006) Department of the Treasury Internal
Revenue Service
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Certificate
of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner
for United States Tax Withholding
Section references are to the
Internal Revenue Code. See separate
instructions.
Give this form to the
withholding agent or payer. Do not send to the IRS.
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CMB No. 1545-1621
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Do not use this form for:
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A.U.S. citizen or other U.S. person,
including a resident alien individual
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W-9
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A person claiming that income is
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States
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W-8ECI
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A foreign partnership, a foreign simple
trust, or a foreign grantor trust (see instructions for exceptions)
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A foreign government, international
organization, foreign central bank of issue, foreign tax-exempt organization,
foreign private foundation, or government of a U.S. possession that received
effectively connected income or that is claiming the applicability of
section(s) 115(2), 501(c), 892, 895, or 1443(b) (see instructions)
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Note: These entities should
use Form W-8BEN if they are claiming treaty benefits or are providing the
form only to claim they are a foreign person exempt from backup withholding.
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beneficial owner
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o Grantor trust
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no., or rural route). Do not use a P.O. box or
in-care-of address.
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City or town, state or province. Include postal code
where appropriate.
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where appropriate.
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instructions)
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The beneficial owner is a resident of within
the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that
country.
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If required, the U.S. taxpayer identification number
is stated on line 6 (see instruction).
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The beneficial owner is not an individual, derives
the item (or items) of income for which the treaty benefits are claimed, and,
if applicable, meets the requirements of the treaty provision dealing with
limitation on benefits (see instructions).
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The beneficial owner is not an individual, is
claiming treaty benefits for dividends received from a foreign corporation or
interest from a U.S. trade or business of a foreign corporation, and meets
qualified resident status (see instructions).
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The beneficial owner is related to the person
obligated to pay the income within the meaning of section 267(b) or 707(b),
and will file Form 8833 if the amount subject to withholding received during
a calendar year exceeds, in the aggregate, $500,0000.
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Special rates and conditions (if applicablesee instructions): The
beneficial owner is claiming the provisions of Article
of the treaty identified on line 9a above to claim a %
rate of withholding on (specify type of income): Explain
the reasons the beneficial owner meets the terms of the treaty article:
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Notional Principal Contracts
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I have provided or will provide a statement that
identifies those notional principal contracts from which the income is not
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States. I agree to update this statement as required.
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Certification
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Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have
examined the information on this form and to the best of my knowledge and
belief it is true, correct, and complete. I further certify under penalties
of perjury that:
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1 I am the beneficial owner (or an
authorized to sign for the beneficial owner) of all the income to which this
form relates.
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U.S. person.
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relates is (a) not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or
business in the United States, (b) effectively connected but is not subject
to tax under an income tax treaty, or (c) the partners share of a
partnerships effectively connected income, and
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exchanges, the beneficial owner is an exempt foreign person as defined in the
instructions.
Furthermore, I authorize this form to be provided to any withholding agent
that has control, receipt, or custody of the income of which I am the
beneficial owner or any withholding agent that can disburse or make payments
of the income of which I am the beneficial owner.
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Signature of beneficial owner (or individual
authorized to sign for beneficial owner)
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Capacity in which acting
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For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see separate
instructions.
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GENERAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Section 15.1 Letter of Transmittal. This Letter of Transmittal must be properly
completed, duly executed, dated and delivered or mailed to Forgent Networks, Inc.
at the address set forth on the first page of this Letter of Transmittal
together with (a) the stock certificate(s), if any, you are surrendering
in order to exchange shares of capital stock of the Company for cash or other
consideration in connection with the Merger (sometimes referred to herein as
the Payment) and (b) any other required documents.
The method of delivering stock certificate(s) is at the option and
the risk of the holder. Stock certificates may be surrendered in person or
by mail. IF SENT BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL, PROPERTY INSURED, WITH RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, IS RECOMMENDED. Delivery will be deemed made when actually
received by Forgent Networks, Inc.
UNTIL A HOLDER HAS SURRENDERED HIS, HER OR ITS STOCK CERTIFICATE(S), OR
A SATISFACTORY AFFIDAVIT AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO THE LOSS OF STOCK
CERTIFICATE(S), TO Forgent Networks, Inc., HE, SHE OR IT WILL NOT RECEIVE
PAYMENT OF CONSIDERATION IN RESPECT OF THE MERGER AND DUE TO THE HOLDER WITH
RESPECT TO CAPITAL STOCK OF THE COMPANY.
You should complete one Letter of Transmittal listing all Securities
registered in the same name. If any Securities are registered in different ways
on several certificates, you will need to complete, sign and submit as many
separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of
certificates or options. You may not submit fewer than the entire number
of shares of Company capital stock represented by a stock certificate.
Section 15.2 Signatures. The signature (or signatures, in the case of
certificates owned by two or more joint holders) on this Letter of Transmittal
must correspond exactly with the name(s) as written on the face of any
stock certificate(s) surrendered or option(s) converted unless the
Securities described on this Letter of Transmittal have been assigned by the
registered holder or holders thereof, in which event this Letter of Transmittal
should be signed in exactly the same form as the name(s) of the last
transferee(s) indicated on the transfers attached to or endorsed on the
certificate(s).
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a trustee, executor,
administrator, guardian, officer of a corporation, attorney-in-fact or other
person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, the person signing
must give his or her full title in such capacity and enclose appropriate
evidence of his or her authority to so act. If additional documents are
required by Forgent Networks, Inc., you will be advised by letter.
Section 15.3 Endorsement. Stock certificates need NOT be
endorsed or accompanied by separate stock powers and the signature(s) need
NOT be guaranteed.
Section 15.4 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Stock Certificates. In the event that any holder is unable to deliver to Forgent Networks, Inc.
any stock certificate(s) representing his, her or its shares of capital
stock of the Company due to the loss or destruction of such certificate(s),
such fact should be indicated on the face of this Letter of Transmittal. In
such case, the holder should also contact the Stockholder Representative (as
defined in the Merger Agreement) and Forgent Networks, Inc. to report the
lost, stolen or destroyed certificate(s). Forgent Networks, Inc. will
forward additional documentation which such holder must complete
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in order to effectively surrender such lost, stolen
or destroyed certificate(s). Surrenders hereunder regarding such lost
certificate(s) will be processed only after such documentation has been
submitted to and approved by Forgent Networks, Inc.
Section 15.5 Inquiries. All questions regarding appropriate
procedures for surrendering shares of capital stock of the Company should be
directed to Forgent Networks, Inc. at
the mailing address or telephone number set forth on the front page.
Section 15.6 Additional Copies. Additional copies of this Letter of
Transmittal may be obtained from Forgent Networks, Inc. at the
mailing address set forth on the front page.
Section 15.7 Internal Revenue Service
Forms. Under Federal
income tax law, each United States stockholder or optionee receiving Payment is
required to provide Forgent Networks, Inc. with a correct Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9,
and to indicate whether the stockholder or optionee is subject to backup
withholding. Additionally, each non-United States stockholder or optionee is
required to provide Forgent Networks, Inc. a properly executed Internal
Revenue Service Form W-8BEN. Please see IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION above.
Section 15.8 Miscellaneous. Any and all Letters of Transmittal or
facsimiles (including any other required documents) not in proper form are
subject to rejection. The terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference and are deemed to form part of the
terms and conditions of this Letter of Transmittal.
Section 15.9 Waiver of Conditions. To the extent permitted by applicable law,
each of Forgent and the Company reserve the right to waive any and all
conditions set forth herein and accept for exchange any Securities submitted
for exchange.
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GUIDELINES FOR
CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9
Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification
Number to Give the Payer - Social Security Numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e., 000-00-0000. Employer Identification
Numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: i.e., 00-0000000. The table below will help
determine the number to give the payer.
For this type of account:
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SECURITY number of -
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account
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2. Two or more
individuals (joint account)
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of the account or, if combined funds, any one of the individuals(1)
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3. Husband and
wife (joint account)
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The actual owner
of the account or, if joint funds, either person(1)
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4. Custodian
account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)
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5. Adult and minor
(joint account)
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The adult or, if
the minor is the only contributor, the minor(1)
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6. Account in the
name of guardian or committee for a designated ward, minor, or incompetent
person
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or incompetent person(3)
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7. a. The usual
revocable saving trust account (grantor is also trustee)
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grantor-trustee(1)
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b. So-called
trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under State law
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The actual
owner(1)
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For this type of account:
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IDENTIFICATION number of -
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8. Sole
proprietorship account
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The owner(4)
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9. A valid trust,
estate or pension trust
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The legal entity
(Do not furnish the identifying number of the personal representative or
trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account
title)(5)
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10. Corporate
account
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11. Religious,
charitable, or educational organization account
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12. Partnership
account held in the name of the business
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13. Association,
club, or other tax-exempt organization
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The organization
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14. A broker or
registered nominee
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The broker or
nominee
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15. Account with
the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a State
or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural
program payments
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The public entity
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(1)
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List first and
circle the name of the person whose number you furnish.
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(2)
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Circle the minors
name and furnish the minors social security number.
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(3)
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Circle the wards,
minors or incompetent persons name and furnish such persons social
security number.
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(4)
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You must show your
individual name, but you may also enter your business or doing
business name. You may use either your Social Security Number or
Employer Identification Number.
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(5)
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List first and
circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust.
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Note: If no name is circled when there is more
than one name, the number will be considered to be that of the first name
listed.
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Obtaining a Number
If you do not have a taxpayer identification number
or if you do not know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for
Social Security Number Card, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer
Identification Number, at the local office of the Social Security
Administration or the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS) and apply for a
number.
Payees specifically exempted from backup withholding
on ALL payments by brokers include the following:
A
corporation.
A financial
institution.
An
organization exempt from a tax under Section 501(a), or an individual
retirement plan or a custodial account under Section 403(b)(7) if the
account satisfies the requirements of Section 401(F)(2).
The United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
A State, the
District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any subdivision or
instrumentality thereof.
A foreign
government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or any agency or
instrumentality thereof.
An
international organization or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
A registered
dealer in securities or commodities registered in the U.S. or a possession of
the U.S.
A real estate
investment trust.
A common
trust fund operated by a bank under Section 584(a).
An entity
registered at all times under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
A foreign
central bank of issue.
A futures
commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
A person
registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 who regularly acts as a
broker.
Payments of dividends and patronage dividends not
generally subject to backup withholding include the following:
Payments to
nonresident aliens subject to withholding under Section 1441.
Payments to
partnerships not engaged in a trade or business in the U.S. and which have at
least one nonresident partner.
Payments of
patronage dividends where the amount received is not paid in money.
Payments made
by certain foreign organizations.
Payments made
to a nominee.
Payments of interest not generally subject to
backup withholding include the following:
Payments of
interest on obligations issued by individuals. Note: You may be subject to backup withholding
if this interest is $600 or more and is paid in the course of the payers trade
or business and you have not provided your correct taxpayer identification
number to the payer.
Payments of
tax-exempt interest (including exempt-interest dividends under Section 852).
Payments
described in Section 6049(b)(5) to nonresident aliens.
Payments on
tax-free covenant bonds under Section 1451.
Payments made
by certain foreign corporations.
Payments made
to a nominee.
Exempt payees described above should file Form W-9
to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE
PAYER, FURNISH YOUR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, SIGN AND DATE THE FORM AND
RETURN IT TO THE PAYER.
Certain payments other than interest, dividends,
and patronage dividends, which are not subject to information reporting are
also not subject to backup withholding. For details, see the regulations under Section 6041,
6041(A)(a), 6045, and 6050A.
Privacy Act Notice. - Section 6109 requires most recipients
of dividend, interest, or other payments to give taxpayer identification
numbers to payers who must report the payments to IRS. IRS uses the numbers for
identification purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not
recipients are required to file tax returns. Beginning January 1, 1993,
payers must generally withhold a portion of taxable interest, dividend, and
certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a taxpayer
identification number to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply.
Penalties
(1) Penalty for Failure to
Furnish Taxpayer Identification Number. - If you fail to furnish your taxpayer identification
number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure
unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
(2) Failure to Report Certain
Dividend and Interest Payments. - If you fail to include any portion of an includible
payment for interest, dividends, or patronage dividends in gross income, such
failure will be treated as being due to negligence and will be subject to a
penalty of 5% on any portion of an under-payment attributable to that failure
unless there is clear and convincing evidence to the contrary.
(3) Civil Penalty for False
Information With Respect to Withholding. - If you make a false statement with no reasonable
basis which results in no imposition of backup withholding, you are subject to
a penalty of $500.
(4) Criminal Penalty for
Falsifying Information. - Falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject
you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT
YOUR TAX CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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Instructions for Form
W-8BEN
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Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
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(Rev. February 2006)
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Certificate of Foreign Status of
Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding
General Instructions
Section references
are to the Internal Revenue Code Unless otherwise noted.
For definitions of terms
used throughout these instructions, see Definitions on pages 3
and 4.
Purpose of form. Foreign persons are subject to U.S. tax
at a 30% rate on income they receive from U.S. sources that consists of:
Interest (including certain original issue
discount (OID));
Dividends;
Rents;
Royalties;
Premiums;
Annuities;
Compensation for, or in expectation of,
services performed;
Substitute payments in a securities
lending transaction: or
Other fixed or determinable annual or
periodical gains, profits, or income.
This tax is imposed on
the gross amount paid and is generally collected by withholding under section 1441
or 1442 on that amount. A payment is considered to have been made whether it is
made directly to the beneficial owner or to another person, such as an
intermediary, agent, or partnership, for the benefit of the beneficial owner.
In addition, section 1446
requires a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States to
withhold tax on a foreign partners distributive share of the partnerships
effectively connected taxable income. Generally, a foreign person that is a
partner in a partnership that submits a Form W-8 for purposes of section 1441
or 1442 will satisfy the documentation requirements under section 1446 as
well. However, in some cases the documentation requirements of sections 1441
and 1442 do not match the documentation requirements of section 1446. See
Regulations sections 1.1446-1 through 1.1446-6. Further, the owner of a
disregarded entity, rather than the disregarded entity itself, shall submit the
appropriate Form W-8 for purposes of section 1446.
If you
receive certain types of income, you must provide Form W-8BEN to:
Establish that you are not a U.S. person;
Claim that you are the beneficial owner
of the income for which Form W-8BEN is being provided or a partner in a
partnership subject to section 1446; and
If applicable, claim a reduced rate of,
or exemption from, withholding as a resident of a foreign country with which
the United States has an income tax treaty.
You may also
be required to submit Form W-8BEN to claim an exception from domestic
information reporting and backup withholding for certain types of income that
are not subject to foreign-person withholding. Such income includes:
Broker proceeds.
Short-term (183 days or less) original
issue discount (OID).
Bank deposit interest.
Foreign source interest, dividends,
rents, or royalties.
Proceeds from a wager placed by a
nonresident alien individual in the games of blackjack, baccarat, craps,
roulette, or big-6 wheel.
You may also use Form W-8BEN
to certify that income from a notional principal contract is not
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States.
A withholding agent or
payer of the income may rely on a properly completed Form W-8BEN to
treat a payment associated with the Form W-8BEN as a payment to a foreign
person who beneficially owns the amounts paid. If applicable, the withholding
agent may rely on the Form W-8BEN to apply a reduced rate of
withholding at source.
Provide Form W-8BEN
to the withholding agent or payer before income is paid or credited to you.
Failure to provide a Form W-8BEN when requested may lead to
withholding at a 30% rate (foreign-person withholding) or the backup
withholding rate.
Additional Information. For additional information and
instructions for the withholding agent, see the instructions for the Requester
of Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8EXP, and W-8IMY.
Who must file. You must give Form W-8BEN to the
withholding agent or payer if you are a foreign person and you are the
beneficial owner of an amount subject to withholding. Submit Form W-8BEN
when requested by the withholding agent or payer whether or not you are
claiming a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding.
Do not use Form W-8BEN
if:
You are a U.S. citizen (even if you
reside outside the United States) or other U.S. person (including a resident
alien individual). Instead, use Form w-9, Request for Taxpayer
identification Number and Certification.
You are a disregarded entity with a
single owner that is a U.S. person and you are not a hybrid entity claiming
treaty benefits. Instead, provide Form W-9.
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You are a nonresident alien individual
who claims exemption from withholding on compensation for independent or
dependent personal services performed in the United States. Instead, provide Form 8233,
Exemption from Withholding on Compensation for Independent (and Certain
Dependent) Personal Services of a Nonresident Alien Individual, or Form W-4,
Employees Withholding Allowance Certificate.
You are receiving income that is
effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United
States, unless it is allocable to you through a partnership. Instead, provide Form W-8ECI,
Certificate of Foreign Persons Claim That Income is Effectively Connected With
the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States. If any of the income
for which you have provided a Form W-8BEN becomes effectively connected,
this is a change in circumstances and Form W-8BEN is no longer valid. You
must file Form W-8ECI. See Change in circumstances
on this page.
You are a filing for a foreign
government, international organization, foreign central bank of issue, foreign
tax-exempt organization, foreign private foundation, or government of a U.S.
possession claiming the applicability of section 115(2), 501(c), 892, 895,
or 1443(b). Instead, provide Form W-8EXP, Certificate of Foreign
Government or Other Foreign Organization for United States Tax Withholding.
However, you should use Form W-8BEN if you are claiming treaty benefits or
are providing the form only to claim you are a foreign person exempt from
backup withholding. You should use Form W-8ECI if you received effectively
connected income (for example, income from commercial activities).
You are a foreign flow-through entity,
other than a hybrid entity, claiming treaty benefits. Instead, provide Form W-8IMY,
Certificate of Foreign Intermediary. Foreign Flow-Through Entity, or Certain
U.S. Branches for United States Tax Withholding. However, if you are a partner,
beneficiary, or owner of a flow-through entity and you are not yourself a
flow-through entity, you may be required to furnish a Form W-8BEN to
the flow-through entity.
You are a disregarded entity for purposes
of section 1446. Instead, the owner of the entity must submit the form.
You are a reverse hybrid entity
transmitting beneficial owner documentation provided by your interest holders
to claim treaty benefits on their behalf. Instead, provide Form W-8IMY.
You are a withholding foreign partnership
or a withholding foreign trust within the meaning of sections 1441 and 1442 and
the accompanying regulations. A withholding foreign partnership or a
withholding foreign trust is a foreign partnership or trust that has entered
into a withholding agreement with the IRS under which it agrees to assume
primary withholding responsibility for each partners, beneficiarys, or owners
distributive share of income subject to withholding that is paid to the
partnership or trust. Instead, provide Form W-8IMY.
You are acting as an Intermediary (that
is, acting not for your own account, but for the account of others as can
agent, nominee, or custodian). Instead, provide Form W8IMY.
You are a foreign partnership or foreign
grantor trust for purposes of section 1446. Instead, provide Form W-8IMY
and accompanying documentation. See Regulations sections 1.1446-1 through
1.1446-6.
Giving Form W-8BEN to the
withholding agent.
Do not send Form W-8BEN to the IRS. Instead, give it to the person who is
requesting it from you. Generally, this will be the person from whom you
receive the payment, who credits your account, or a partnership that allocates
income to you. Give Form W-8BEN to the person requesting it before the
payment is made to you, credited to your account or allocated. If you do not
provide this form, the withholding agent may have to withhold at the 30%
rate, backup withholding rate, or the rate applicable under section 1446.
If you receive more than one type of income from a single withholding agent for
which you claim different benefits, the withholding agent may, at its option,
require you to submit a Form W-8BEN for each different type of income.
Generally, a separate Form W-8BEN must be given to each withholding agent.
Note. If you own the
income or account jointly with one or more other persons, the income or account
will be treated by the withholding agent as owned by a foreign person if Forms
W-8BEN are provided by all of the owners. If the withholding agent receives a Form W-9
from any of the joint owners, the payment must be treated as made to a U.S.
person.
Change in circumstances. If a change in circumstances makes any
information on the Form W-8BEN you have submitted incorrect, you must
notify the withholding agent or payer within 30 dyas of the change in
circumstances and you must file a new Form W-8BEN or other appropriate
form.
If you use Form W-8BEN
to certify that you are a foreign person, a change of address to an address in
the United States is a change in circumstances. Generally, a change of address
within the same foreign country or to another foreign country is not a change
in circumstances. However, if you use Form W-8BEN to claim treaty
benefits, a move to the United States or outside the country where you have
been claiming treaty benefits is a change in circumstances. In that case, you
must notify the withholding agent or payer within 30 days of the move.
If you become a U.S.
citizen or resident alien after you submit Form W-8BEN, you are no longer
subject to the 30% withholding rate or the withholding tax on a foreign partners
share of effectively connected income. You must notify the withholding agent or
payer within 30 days of becoming a U.S. citizen or resident alien. You may be
required to provide a Form W-9. For more information, see Form W-9
and instructions.
Expiration of Form W-8BEN. Generally, a Form W-8BEN provided
without a U.S taxpayer identification number (TIN) will remain in effect for a
period starting on the date the form is signed and ending on the last day
of the third succeeding calendar year, unless a change in circumstances makes
any information on the form incorrect. For example, a Form W-8BEN
signed on September 30, 2005, remains valid through December 31,
2008. A Form W-8BEN furnished with a U.S. TIN will remain in effect until a
change in circumstances makes any information on the form incorrect,
provided that the withholding agent reports on Form 1042-S at least one
payment annually to the beneficial owner who provided the Form W-8BEN. See
the instructions for line 6
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beginning on page 4
for circumstances under which you must provide a U.S. TIN.
Definitions
Beneficial owner. For payments other than those for which
a reduced rate of withholding is claimed under an income tax treaty, the
beneficial owner of income is generally the person who is required under U.S.
tax principles to include the income in gross income on a tax return. A person
is not a beneficial owner of income, however, to the extent that person is
receiving the income as a nominee, agent, or custodian, or to the extent to the
person is a conduit whose participation in a transaction is disregarded. In the
case of amounts paid that do not constitute income, beneficial ownership is
determined as if the payment were income.
Foreign partnerships,
foreign simple trusts, and foreign grantor trusts are not the beneficial owners
of income paid to the partnership or trust. The beneficial owners of income
paid to a foreign partnership are generally the partners in the partnership,
provided that the partner is not itself a partnership, foreign simple or
grantor trust, nominee or other agent. The beneficial owners of income paid to
a foreign simple trust (that is, a foreign trust that is described in section 651(a))
are generally the beneficiaries of the trust, if the beneficiary is not a
foreign partnership, foreign simple or grantor trust, nominee or other agent.
The beneficial owners of a foreign grantor trust (that is, a foreign trust to
the extent that all or a portion of the income of the trust is treated as owned
by the grantor or another person under sections 671 through 679) are the
persons treated as the owners of the trust. The beneficial owners of income
paid to a foreign complex trust (that is, a foreign trust that is not a foreign
simple trust or foreign grantor trust) is the trust itself.
For purposes of section 1446,
the same beneficial owner rules apply, except that under section 1446
a foreign simple trust rather than the beneficiary provides the form to
the partnership.
The beneficial owner of
income paid to a foreign estate is the estate itself.
Note. A payment to a U.S. partnership, U.S.
trust, or U.S. estate is treated as a payment to a U.S. payee that is not
subject to 30% witholding. A U.S. partnership trust, or estate should provide
the withholding agent with a Form W-9. For purposes of section 1446,
a U.S. grantor trust or disregarded entity shall not provide the withholding
agent a Form W-9 in its own right. Rather, the grantor or other owner
shall provide the withholding agent the appropriate form.
Foreign person. A foreign person includes a nonresident
alien individual, a foreign corporation, a foreign partnership, a foreign
trust, a foreign estate, and any other person that is not a U.S. person. It
also includes a foreign branch or office of a U.S. financial institution or
U.S. clearing organization if the foreign branch is a qualified intermediary.
Generally, a payment to a U.S. branch of a foreign person is a payment to a
foreign person.
Nonresident alien individual. Any individual who is not a citizen or
resident alien of the United States is a nonresident alien individual. An alien
individual meeting either the green card test or the substantial presence
test for the calendar year is a resident alien. Any person not meeting either
test is a nonresident alien individual. Additionally, an alien individual who
is a resident of a foreign country under the residence article of an
income tax treaty, or an alien individual who is a bona fide resident of Puerto
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin
Islands, or American Samoa is a nonresident alien individual. See Pub. 519,
U.S. Tax Guide for Aliens, for more information on resident and nonresident
alien status.
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Even
though a nonresident alien individual married to a U.S. citizen or resident
alien may choose to be treated as a resident alien for certain purposes
(for example, filing a joint income tax return), such individual is still
treated as a nonresident alien for withholding tax purposes on all income
except wages.
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Flow-through entity. A flow-through entity is a foreign
partnership (other than a withholding foreign partnership), a foreign simple or
foreign grantor trust (other than a withholding foreign trust), or, for
payments for which a reduced rate of withholding is claimed under an income tax
treaty, any entity to the extent the entity is considered to be fiscally
transparent (see below) with respect to the payment by an interest holders
jurisdiction.
For purposes of section 1446,
a foreign partnership or foreign grantor trust must submit Form W-8IMY to
establish the partnership or grantor trust as a look through entity. The Form W-8IMY
may be accompanied by this form or another version of Form W-8
or Form W-9 to establish the foreign or domestic status of a partner or
grantor or other owner. See Regulations section 1.1446-1.
Hybrid entity. A hybrid entity is any person (other
than an individual) that is treated as fiscally transparent (see below) in the
United States but is not treated as fiscally transparent by a country with
which the United States has an income tax treaty. Hybrid entity status is
relevant for claiming treaty benefits. See the instructions for line 9c on page 5.
Reverse hybrid entity. A reverse hybrid entity is any person
(other than an individual) that is not fiscally transparent under U. S. tax law
principles but that is fiscally transparent under the laws of a jurisdiction
with which the United States has an income tax treaty. See the instructions for
line 9c on page 5.
Fiscally transparent entity. An entity is treated as fiscally
transparent with respect to an item of income for which treaty benefits are
claimed to the extent that the interest holders in the entity must, on a
current basis, take into account separately their shares of an item of income
paid to the entity, whether or not distributed, and must determine the
character of the items of income as if they were realized directly from the
sources from which realized by the entity. For example, partnerships, common
trust funds, and simple trust or grantor trusts are generally considered to be
fiscally transparent with respect to items of income received by them.
Disregarded entity. A business entity that has a single
owner and is not a corporation under Regulations section 301.7701-2(b) is
disregarded as an entity separate from its owner.
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A disregarded entity
shall not submit this form to a partnership for purposes of section 1446.
Instead, the owner of such entity shall provide appropriate documentation. See
Regulations section 1.1446-1.
Amounts subjects to withholding. Generally, an amount subject to
withholding is an amount from sources with the United States that is fixed or
determinable annual or periodical (FDAP) income. FDAP income is all income
included in gross income, including interest (as well as OID), dividends,
rents, royalties, and compensation. FDAP income does not include most gains
from the sale of property (including market discount and option premiums).
For purposes of section 1446,
the amount subject to withholding is the foreign partners share of the
partnerships effectively connected taxable income.
Withholding agent. Any person, U.S. or foreign, that has
control, receipt, or custody of an amount subject to withholding or who can
disburse or make payments of an amount subject to withholding is a withholding
agent. The withholding agent may be individual, corporation, partnership,
trust, association, or any other entity. Including (but not limited to) any
foreign intermediary, foreign partnership, and U.S. branches of certain foreign
banks and insurance companies. Generally, the person who pays (or causes to be
paid) the amount subject to withholding to the foreign person (or to its agent)
must withhold.
For purposes of section 1446,
the withholding agent is the partnership conducting the trade or business in
the United States. For a publicly traded partnership, the withholding agent may be
the partnership, a nominee holding an interest on behalf of a foreign person,
or both. See Regulations sections 1.1446-1 through 1.1446-6.
Specific Instructions
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A
hybrid entity should give Form W-8BEN to a withholding agent only for
income for which it is claiming a reduced rate of withholding under an income
tax treaty. A reverse hybrid entity should give Form W-8BEN to a
withholding agent only for income for which no treaty benefit is being
claimed.
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Part I
Line 1. Enter your name. If you are a
disregarded entity with a single owner who is a foreign person and you are not
claiming treaty benefits as a hybrid entity, this form should be completed
and signed by your foreign single owner. If the account to which a payment is
made or credited is in the name of the disregarded entity, the foreign single
owner should inform the withholding agent of this fact. This may be
done by including the name and account number of the disregarded entity on line
8 (reference number) of the form. However, if you are a disregarded entity that
is claming treaty benefits as a hybrid entity, this form should be
completed and signed by you.
Line 2. If you are a corporation, enter the
county of incorporation. If you are another type of entity, enter the country
under whose laws you are created, organized, or governed. If you are an
individual, enter N/A (for not applicable).
Line 3. Check the one box that applies. By
checking a box, you are representing that you qualify for this classification.
You must check the box that represents your classification (for example,
corporation, partnership, trust, estate, etc.) under U.S. tax principles. Do not
check the box that describes your status under the law of the treaty country.
If you are a partnership or disregarded entity receiving a payment for which
treaty benefits are being claimed, you must check the Partnership or Disregarded
entity box. If you are a sole proprietor, check the Individual box, not the Disregarded
entity box.
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Only
entities that are tax-exempt under section 501 should check the Tax-exempt
organization box. Such organizations should use Form W-8BEN only if
they are claiming a reduced rate of withholding under an income tax treaty or
some code exception other than section 501. Use From W-8EXP it you are
claiming an exemption from withholding under section 501.
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Line 4. Your permanent residence address is the
address in the country where you claim to be a resident for purposes of that
countrys income tax. If you are giving Form W-8BEN to claim a reduced
rate of withholding under an income tax treaty, you must determine your
residency in the manner required by the treaty. Do not show the address of a
financial institution, a post office box, or an address used solely for mailing
purposes. If you are an individual who does not have a tax residence in any
country, your permanent residence is where you normally reside. If you are not
an individual and you do not have a tax residence in any county, the permanent
residence address is where you maintain your principal office.
Line 5. Enter you mailing address only if it is
different from the address you show on line 4.
Line 6. If you are an individual, you are
generally required to enter your social security number (SSN). To apply for an
SSN, get Form SS-5 from a Social Security Administration (SSA) office or,
if in the United States, you may call the SSA at 1-800-772-1213. Fill in Form SS-5
and return it to the SSA.
If you do not have
an SSN and are not eligible to get one, you must get an individual taxpayer
identification number (ITIN). To apply for an ITIN, file Form W-7 with the
IRS. It usually takes 4-6 weeks to get an ITIN.
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An ITIN
is for tax use only. It does not entitle you to social security benefits or
change your employment or immigration status under U.S. law.
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If you are not an
individual or you are an individual who is an employer or you are engaged in a
U.S. trade or business as a sole proprietor, you must enter an employer
identification number (EIN). If you do not have an EIN, you should apply for
one on Form SS-4. Application for Employer identification Number. If you
are a disregarded entity claiming treaty benefits as a hybrid entity, enter your
EIN.
A partner in a
partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States will likely be
allocated effectively connected taxable income. The partner is
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required
to file a U.S. federal income tax return and must have a U.S. taxpayer
identification number (TIN).
You
must provide a U.S. TIN if you are:
Claiming an
exemption from withholding under section 871(f) for certain annuities
received under qualified plans,
A foreign
grantor trust with 5 or fewer grantors,
Claiming
benefits under an income tax treaty, or
Submitting the form to
a partnership that conducts a trade or business in the United States.
However, a U.S. TIN is not required to be shown in
order to claim treaty benefits on the following items of income:
Dividends and
interest from stocks and debt obligations that are actively traded;
Dividends from
any redeemable security issued by an investment company registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940 (mutual fund);
Dividends,
interest, or royalties from units of beneficial interest in a unit investment
trust that are (or were upon issuance) publicly offered and are registered with
the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933; and
Income related
to loans of any of the above securities.
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You may want to obtain and provide a U.S.
TIN on Form W-8BEN even though it is not required. A Form W-8BEN
containing a U.S. TIN remains valid for as long as your status and the
information relevant to the certifications you make on the form remain
unchanged provided at least one payment is reported to you annually on Form 1042-S.
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Line 7. If your
country of residence for tax purposes has issued you a tax identifying number,
enter it here. For example, if you are a resident of Canada, enter your Social
Insurance Number.
Line 8. This line may be
used by the filer of Form W-8BEN or by the withholding agent to whom it is
provided to include any referencing information that is useful to the withholding
agent in carrying out its obligations. For example, withholding agents who are
required to associate the Form W-8BEN with a particular Form W-8IMY may want
to use line 8 for a referencing number or code that will make the association
clear. A beneficial owner may use line 8 to include the number of the
account for which he or she is providing the form. A foreign single owner of a
disregarded entity may use line 8 to inform the withholding agent
that the account to which a payment is made or credited is in the name of the
disregarded entity (see instructions for line 1 on page 4).
Part II
Line 9a. Enter the
country where you claim to be a resident for income tax treaty purposes. For
treaty purposes, a person is a resident of a treaty country if the person is a
resident of that country under the terms of the treaty.
Line 9b. If you are
claiming benefits under an income tax treaty, you must have a U.S. TIN unless
one of the exceptions listed in the line 6 instructions above applies.
Line 9c. An entity
(but not an individual) that is claiming a reduced rate of withholding under an
income tax treaty must represent that it:
Derives the
item of income for which the treaty benefit is claimed, and
Meets the
limitation on benefits provisions contained in the treaty, if any.
An
item of income may be derived by either the entity receiving the item of
income or by the interest holders in the entity or, in certain circumstances,
both. An item of income paid to an entity is considered to be derived by the
entity only if the entity is not fiscally transparent under the laws of the
entitys jurisdiction with respect to the item of income. An item of income
paid to an entity shall be considered to be derived by the interest holder in
the entity only if:
The interest
holder is not fiscally transparent in its jurisdiction with respect to the item
of income, and
The entity is
considered to be fiscally transparent under the laws of the interest holders
jurisdiction with respect to the item of income. An item of income paid
directly to a type of entity specifically identified in a treaty as a resident
of a treaty jurisdiction is treated as derived by a resident of that treaty
jurisdiction.
If
an entity is claiming treaty benefits on its own behalf, it should complete Form W-8BEN.
If an interest holder in an entity that is considered fiscally transparent in
the interest holders jurisdiction is claiming a treaty benefit, the interest
holder should complete Form W-8BEN on its own behalf and the fiscally
transparent entity should associate the interest holders Form W-8BEN with
a Form W-8IMY completed by the entity.
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An income tax treaty may not apply to reduce
the amount of any tax on an item of income received by an entity that is
treated as a domestic corporation for U.S. tax purposes. Therefore, neither
the domestic corporation nor its shareholders are entitled to the benefits of
a reduction of U.S. income tax on an item of income received from U.S.
sources by the corporation.
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To
determine whether an entity meets the limitation on benefits provisions of a
treaty, you must consult the specific provisions or articles under the
treaties. Income tax treaties are available on the IRS website at www.irs.gov.
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If you
are an entity that derives the income as a resident of a treaty country, you may check
this box if the applicable income tax treaty does not contain a limitation
on benefits provision.
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Line 9d. If you are a
foreign corporation claiming treaty benefits under an income tax treaty that
entered into force before January 1, 1987 (and has not been renegotiated)
on (a) U.S. source dividends paid to you by another foreign corporation or
(b) U.S. source interest paid to you by a U.S. trade or business of
another foreign corporation, you must generally be a qualified resident of a
treaty country. See section 884 for the definition of interest paid by a
U.S. trade or business of a foreign corporation (branch interest) and other
applicable rules.
In
general, a foreign corporation is a qualified resident of a country if any of
the following apply.
It meets a 50%
ownership and base erosion test.
It is primarily
and regularly traded on an established securities market in its country of
residence or the United States.
It carries on
an active trade or business in its country of residence.
It gets a
ruling from the IRS that it is a qualified resident.
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See
regulations section 1.884-5 for the requirements that must be met to
satisfy each of these tests.
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If you are claiming treaty benefits under an
income tax treaty entered into force after December 31, 1986, do not
check box 9d. Instead, check box 9c.
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Line 9e. Check this
box if you are related to the withholding agent within the meaning of section 267(b) or
707(b) and the aggregate amount subject to withholding received during the
calendar year will exceed $500.000. Additionally, you must file Form 8833.
Treaty-Based Return Position Disclosure Under Section 6114 or 7701(b).
Line 10
Line
10 must be used only if you are claiming treaty benefits that require that you
meet conditions not covered by the representations you make in lines 9a through
9e. However, this line should always be completed by foreign students and
researchers claiming treaty benefits. See Scholarship and fellowship
grants below for more information.
The
following are additional examples of persons who should complete this line.
Exempt
organizations claiming treaty benefits under the exempt organization articles
of the treaties with Canada, Mexico, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Foreign
corporations that are claiming a preferential rate applicable to dividends
based on ownership of a specific percentage of stock.
Persons
claiming treaty benefits on royalties if the treaty contains different
withholding rates for different types of royalties.
This
line is generally not applicable to claiming treaty benefits under an interest
or dividends (other than dividends subject to a preferential rate based on
ownership) article of a treaty.
Nonresident
alien who becomes a resident alien.
Generally,
only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to
reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax
treaties contain a provision known as a saving clause. Exceptions specified
in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for
certain types of income even after the recipient has otherwise become a U.S.
resident alien for tax purposes. The individual must use Form W-9 to claim
the tax treaty benefit. See the instructions for Form W-9 for more information.
Also see Nonresident alien student or researcher who becomes
a resident alien later for an example.
Scholarship
and fellowship grants. A nonresident alien student (including a
trainee or business apprentice) or researcher who receives noncompensatory
scholarship or fellowship income may use Form W-8BEN to claim
benefits under a tax treaty that apply to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on such
income. No Form W-8BEN is required unless a treaty benefit is being
claimed. A nonresident alien student or researcher who receives compensatory
scholarship or fellowship income must use Form 8233 to claim any benefits
of a tax treaty that apply to that income. The student or researcher must use Form W-4
for any part of such income for which he or she is not claiming a tax
treaty withholding exemption. Do not use Form W-8BEN for compensatory
scholarship or fellowship income. See Compensation for Dependent
Personal Services in the instructions for Form 8233.
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If you are a nonresident alien individual who
received noncompensatory scholarship or fellowship income and personal
services income (including compensatory scholarship or fellowship income)
from the same withholding agent, you may use Form 8233 to claim a
tax treaty withholding exemption for part or all of both types of
income.
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Completing lines 4 and 9a. Most tax
treaties that contain an article exempting scholarship or fellowship grant
income from taxation require that the recipient be a resident of the other
treaty country at the time of, or immediately prior to, entry into the United
States. Thus, a student or researcher may claim the exemption even if he
or she no longer has a permanent address in the other treaty country after entry
into the United States. If this is the case, you may provide a U.S.
address on line 4 and still be eligible for the exemption if all other
conditions required by the tax treaty are met. You must also identify on line
9a the tax treaty country of which you were a resident at the time of, or
immediately prior to, your entry into the United States.
Completing line 10. You must
complete line 10 if you are a student or researcher claiming an exemption from
taxation on your scholarship or fellowship grant income under a tax treaty.
Nonresident
alien student or researcher who becomes a resident alien. You must use Form W-9
to claim an exemption to a saving clause. See Nonresident
alien who becomes a resident alien on this page for a general
explanation of saving clauses and exceptions to them.
Example. Article 20 of the
U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship
income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States.
Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if
his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However,
paragraph 2 of the first protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30,
1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after
the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese
student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first
protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on
his or her scholarship or fellowship income would complete Form W-9.
Part III
If
you check this box, you must provide the withholding agent with the required
statement for income from a notional principal contract that is to be treated
as income not effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in
the United States. You should update this statement as often as necessary. A
new Form W-8BEN is not required for each update provided the form otherwise
remains valid.
Part IV
Form W-8BEN
must be signed and dated by the beneficial owner of the income, or, if the
beneficial owner is not an individual, by an authorized representative or
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officer
of the beneficial owner. If Form W-8BEN is completed by an agent acting
under a duly authorized power of attorney, the form must be accompanied by
the power of attorney in proper form or a copy thereof specifically
authorizing the agent to represent the principal in making, executing, and
presenting the form. Form 2848, Power of Attorney and Declaration of
Representative, may be used for this purpose. The agent, as well as the
beneficial owner, may incur liability for the penalties provided for an
erroneous, false, or fraudulent form.
Broker
transactions or barter exchanges. Income from transactions
with a broker or a barter exchange is subject to reporting rules and
backup withholding unless Form W-8BEN or a substitute form is filed
to notify the broker or barter exchange that you are an exempt foreign person.
You
are an exempt foreign person for a calendar year in which:
You are a
nonresident alien individual or a foreign corporation, partnership, estate, or
trust;
You are an
individual who has not been, and does not plan to be, present in the United
States for a total of 183 days or more during the calendar year; and
You are neither
engaged, nor plan to be engaged during the year, in a U.S. trade or business
that has effectively connected gains from transactions with a broker or barter
exchange.
Paperwork
Reduction Act Notice. We ask for the information on this form to
carry out the Internal Revenue laws of the United States. You are required to
provide the information. We need it to ensure that you are complying with these
laws and to allow us to figure and collect the right amount of tax.
You
are not required to provide the information requested on a form that is
subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act unless the form displays a valid
OMB control number. Books or records relating to a form or its
instructions must be retained as long as their contents may become
material in the administration of any Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax
returns and return information are confidential, as required by section 6103.
The
time needed to complete and file this form will vary depending on
individual circumstances. The estimated average time is: Recordkeeping,
5 hr., 58 min.; Learning about the law or the form,
3 hr., 46 min.; Preparing and sending the form to IRS,
4 hr., 2 min.
If
you have comments concerning the accuracy of these time estimates or
suggestions for making this form simpler, we would be happy to hear from
you. You can email us at taxforms@irs.gov.
Please put Forms Comment on the subject line. Or you can write to Internal
Revenue Service, Tax Products Coordinating Committee, SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, 1111
Constitution Ave. NW, IR-6406, Washington, DC 20224. Do not send Form W-8BEN
to this office, instead, give it to your withholding agent.
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EXHIBIT F
SPECIAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE POLICY
[Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit 10.42
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement (the Agreement) is between
Forgent Networks, Inc. d/b/a Asure Software (Employer or the Company)
and Fenil Shah (Executive). Employer
and Executive are collectively referred to herein as the Parties. The Effective Date of this Agreement is October 5,
2007.
R E C I T A
L S:
WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ Executive upon the closing
of Employers acquisition of Executives current employer;
WHEREAS, Executive desires to be employed by Employer pursuant
to all of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, in connection with his employment under this
Agreement, Executive will be granted access to Employers Confidential
Information.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Purpose. The purpose of this Agreement is to formalize
the terms and conditions of Executives employment with Employer. The recitals
contained herein represent both Parties intentions with respect to the terms
and conditions covered and cannot be amended during the term of the Agreement
except by written addendum to the Agreement signed by both Parties.
2. Definitions. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following words shall have the following
meanings:
(a) Affiliate means any entity controlled
by Employer either solely or jointly.
(b) Cause shall mean: (1) embezzlement or theft by Executive
of any property of Employer; (2) any breach by Executive of any material
provision of this Agreement; (3) any act by Executive constituting a
felony or otherwise involving theft, fraud, dishonesty, or moral turpitude; (4) gross
negligence or willful misconduct on the part of Executive in the performance of
his duties as an employee, officer, or director of Employer; or (5) Executives
breach of his fiduciary obligations to Employer.
(c) Confidential Information means
information (1) disclosed to or known by Executive as a consequence of or
through his employment with Employer; (2) not generally known outside
Employer; and (3) which relates to any aspect of Employer or any of its
Affiliates, or their business, research, or development. Confidential Information includes, but is
not limited to, Employers or any of its Affiliates trade secrets, proprietary
information, information related to current or developing patents or patent
applications, business plans, marketing plans, financial information,
compensation and benefit information, cost and pricing information, customer
contacts, suppliers,
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vendors,
and information provided to Employer or any of its Affiliates by a third Party
under restrictions against disclosure or use by Employer or others.
(d) Conflict of Interest means any activity
in which a personal interest of Executive could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect Employer or its affiliates, including ownership of a material
interest in any supplier, contractor, distributor, subcontractor, customer, or
other entity with which Employer does business.
(e) Copyright Works are materials for which
copyright protection may be obtained including, but not limited to: literary works (including all written
material), computer programs, artistic and graphic works (including designs,
graphs, drawings, blueprints, and other works), recordings, models,
photographs, slides, motion pictures, and audio-visual works, regardless of the
form or manner in which documented or recorded.
(f) Inventions means inventions (whether patentable
or not), discoveries, improvements, designs, and ideas or related technologies
or methodologies (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to
practice) including, and in addition to any such Confidential Information or
Copyright Works.
3. Duration. This Agreement shall continue for one (1) year
from the Effective Date. If this
Agreement is not terminated as hereinafter provided, at the conclusion of one (1) year,
this Agreement shall continue on a month-to-month basis, subject to all terms
and conditions contained herein.
4. Duties and Responsibilities. Upon execution
of this Agreement, Executive shall diligently render his services to Employer
in accordance with Employers directives, and shall use his best efforts and
good faith in accomplishing such directives.
While Executives primary responsibility and focus will be to fulfill
the duties of his position as Vice President and Co-General Manager, Executive
agrees to perform such additional tasks and perform such duties as are assigned
by Employer to Executive that are consistent with the business objectives of
the Company and Executives skills and abilities. Executive shall report to the Companys
Chairman and CEO, Richard Snyder.
Throughout his employment with the Company, Executive agrees to devote
his full-time efforts, abilities, and attention (defined to mean not less than
forty (40) hours/week) to the business of Employer, not to engage in any
activities which could reasonably be expected to interfere with such efforts,
and not to perform services for any other employer or become
self-employed. Employer acknowledges and
agrees that Executives management and supervision of family investments,
including without limitation his continued management of Sarla InfoTech Limited
(which is the landlord of premises used by Employers subsidiary in India)
substantially as heretofore, or his provision of uncompensated advice and
assistance to family businesses that do not constitute a Conflict of Interest,
and which in the aggregate do not materially interfere with Executives
full-time efforts, shall not be prohibited or a violation hereunder.
5. Compensation and Benefits. In return for
the services to be provided by Executive pursuant to this Agreement, Employer
agrees to pay Executive as follows:
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(a) Base Salary. Executive
shall receive a base monthly salary of $10,416.67 per month, less all legally
required deductions and withholding, payable on the 1st of each
month.
(b) Target Bonus.
Executive shall be eligible to receive a target bonus not to exceed a
maximum of 50% of Executives annual base salary, or such lesser amount as may
be earned and authorized by the Company, based upon Executives satisfaction of
established financial and strategic objectives (MBOs). The Company will review Executives MBOs
with Executive at the beginning of each quarter.
(c) Medical. Disability and other Benefits.
During Executives employment with Employer, Executive shall, in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plan documents and
all applicable laws, be eligible to participate in the various medical,
disability, life insurance and other employee benefit plans made available by
the Company, from time to time, for its executives. In addition, Executive shall be entitled to
undergo an annual comprehensive physical examination at the Cooper Clinic in
Dallas, Texas.
(d) Incentive Programs.
Executive may be eligible to participate in incentive programs
implemented by Employer at Employers sole discretion.
(e) Holiday Pay.
Executive shall be entitled to take off work with pay on all major U.S.
holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the
Friday thereafter, Christmas Day, and New Years Day).
(f) 401(k) Plan.
Executive may participate in the Companys 401(k) savings plan in
accordance with the eligibility requirements set forth in the Plan.
(g) Personal Time Off.
Executive will be provided with paid time off each year in accordance with
Employers Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, to be used for vacation or other
personal reasons, which may be taken with the approval of Mr. Richard
Snyder. During the first year of
employment with Employer, Executive shall receive a total of 18 days of PTO. Accrued vacation that is not taken by
Executive during the calendar year shall not be carried over to the following
year.
(h) Tax Preparation Assistance.
Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement by Company for annual tax
preparation expenses not to exceed $2000.
(i) Expenses. Executive
shall be reimbursed for reasonable business-related expenses when timely
submitted to Employer.
6. Termination.
(a) Employer may terminate Executives
employment upon his death, or if he is unable to perform the essential
functions of his position with reasonable accommodation for three (3) consecutive
months, or for a total of six (6) months during the term of this
Agreement.
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(b) Employer also may terminate Executives
employment immediately for Cause.
(c) Employer may also terminate this
Agreement without Cause upon fourteen (14) days written notice to Executive.
(d) Executive may terminate this Agreement
upon thirty (30) days written notice to Employer. In the event Executive terminates his
employment in this manner, he shall remain in Employers employ subject to all
terms and conditions of this Agreement for the entire thirty (30) day period
unless instructed otherwise by Employer.
In the event Employer elects to release Executive at any time during the
thirty (30) day notice period, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any
compensation after such release date.
7. Severance. Executive
shall be entitled to the following compensation upon termination of his
employment. The Parties agree that no
other contractual damages shall be available.
(a) Death, Disability, Expiration of
Agreement. In the event Executives employment is
terminated as a result of his death, disability, or expiration of this Agreement,
Executive or his estate shall be entitled to one (1) months pay upon
execution of a release of all claims.
(b) Without Cause.
In the event Executives employment with Employer is terminated Without
Cause, Executive shall be entitled to the continuation of his base salary at
the time of termination for the longer of one (1) month or the number of
months remaining on the initial term of this Agreement, upon Executives
execution of a release of all claims.
(c) For Cause or Executive Resignation. In the event Executive is terminated for
Cause, or if Executive resigns, Executive is not entitled to any additional
compensation from Employer.
8. Inventions, Confidential Information, Patents, and
Copyright Works.
(a) Notification of Company.
Upon conception, all Inventions, Confidential Information, and Copyright
Works shall become the property of Employer (or the United States Government
where required by law) whether or not patent or copyright registration
applications are filed for such subject matter.
Executive will communicate to Employer promptly (no later than three (3) business
days) and fully all Inventions, or suggestions (whether or not patentable), all
Confidential Information or Copyright Works made, designed, created, or
conceived by Executive (whether made, designed, created, or conceived solely by
Executive or jointly with others) during his employment with Employer: (a) which relate to the actual or
anticipated business, research, activities, or development of Employer at the
time of the conception; or (b) which result from or are suggested by any
work which Executive has done or may do for or on behalf of Employer; or (c) which
are developed, tested, improved, or investigated either in part or entirely on
time for which Executive was paid by Employer, or using any resources of
Employer.
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(b) Transfer of Rights.
Executive hereby assigns and transfers to Employer Executives entire
right, title, and interest in all Inventions, Confidential Information,
Copyright Works and Patents prepared, made or conceived by or in behalf of
Executive (solely or jointly with others):
(a) which relate in any way to the actual or anticipated business
of Employer, or (b) which relate in any way to the actual or anticipated
research or development of Employer, or (c) which are suggested by or
result, directly or indirectly, from any task assigned to Executive or in which
Executive otherwise engages in behalf of Employer. Executive also agrees to do all things
necessary to secure Employers entire right, title, and interest in and to all
such Inventions, Confidential Information, Copyright Works or Patents, whether
requested by Employer or not, on such forms as Employer may provide, at any
time during or after Executives employment.
Executive will promptly and fully assist Employer during and subsequent
to his employment in every lawful way, without personal expense to Executive,
to obtain, protect, and enforce Employers patent, copyrights, trade secret or
other proprietary rights for Inventions, Confidential Information, Copyright
Works or Patents in any and all countries.
(c) Notice of Rights Under State Statutes.
No provision in this Agreement is intended to require assignment of any
of Executives rights in an Invention for which no equipment, supplies,
facilities, Confidential Information, Copyright Works, Inventions, Patents or
information of Employer was used, and which was (1) developed entirely on
Executives own time; (2) does not relate to the business of Employer or
to the actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of Employer;
and (3) does not result from any work performed by Executive for Employer
or assigned to Executive by Employer.
(d) Rights in Copyrights.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Employer, all Copyright Works
prepared wholly or partially by Executive (alone or jointly with others) within
the scope of his employment with Employer, shall be deemed a work made for
hire under the copyright laws and shall be owned by Employer. Executive understands that any assignment or
release of such works can only be made by Employer. Executive will do everything reasonably
necessary to enable Employer or its nominee to protect its rights in such
works. Executive agrees to execute all
documents and to do all things necessary to vest in Employer Executives right
and title to copyrights in such works.
Executive shall not assist or work with any third Party that is not an
employee of Employer to create or prepare any Copyright Works without the prior
written consent of Employer.
(e) Assistance in Preparation of Applications.
Executive will promptly and fully assist, if requested by Employer, in
the preparation and filing of Patents and Copyright Registrations in any and all
countries selected by Employer and will assign to Employer Executives entire
right, title, and interest in and to such Patents and Copyright Registrations,
as well as all Inventions or Copyright Works to which such Patents and
Copyright Registrations pertain, to enable any such properties to be prosecuted
under the direction of Employer and to ensure that any Patent or Copyright
Registration obtained will validly issue to Employer.
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(f) Execute Documents.
Executive will promptly sign any and all lawful papers, take all lawful
oaths, and do all lawful acts, including testifying, at the request of
Employer, and at no personal expense to Executive, in connection with the
procurement, grant, enforcement, maintenance, exploitation, or defense against
assertion of any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or related rights,
including applications for protection or registration thereof. Such lawful papers include, but are not
limited to, any and all powers, assignments, affidavits, declarations and other
papers deemed by Employer to be necessary or advisable.
(g) Keep Records.
Executive will keep and regularly maintain adequate and current written
records of all Inventions, Confidential Information, and Copyright Works he
participates in creating, conceiving, developing, and manufacturing. Such records shall be kept and maintained in
the form of notes, sketches, drawings, reports, or other documents relating
thereto, bearing at least the date of preparation and the signatures or name of
each employee contributing to the subject matter reflected in the record. Such records shall be and shall remain the
exclusive property of Employer and shall be available to Employer at all times.
(h) Return of Documents, Equipment, Etc.
All writings, records, and other documents and things comprising,
containing, describing, discussing, explaining, or evidencing any Inventions,
Confidential Information, or Copyright Works and all equipment, components,
parts, tools, and the like in Executives custody or possession that have been
obtained or prepared in the course of Executives employment with Employer
shall be the exclusive property of Employer, shall not be copied and/or removed
from the premises of Employer, except in pursuit of the business of Employer,
and shall be delivered to Employer, without Executive retaining any copies,
upon notification of the termination of Executives employment or at any other
time requested by Employer. Employer
shall have the right to retain, access, and inspect all property of Executive
of any kind in the office, work area, and on the premises of Employer upon
termination of Executives employment and at any time during employment by
Employer, to ensure compliance with the terms of this Agreement. However,
Executive may at all times possess or retain copies of all documents and data
pertaining to Executives employment, compensation, or contractual rights.
(i) Other Contracts.
Executive represents and warrants that he is not a Party to any existing
contract relating to the granting or assignment to others of any interest in
Inventions, Confidential Information, Copyright Works or Patents hereafter made
by Executive except insofar as copies of such contracts, if any, are attached
to this Agreement.
(j) Prior Conceptions.
At the end of this Paragraph, Executive has set forth what he represents
and warrants to be a complete list of all Inventions, if any, patented or
unpatented, or Copyright Works, including a brief description thereof (without
revealing any confidential or proprietary information of any other Party) which
Executive participated in the conception, creation, development, or making of
prior to his employment with Employer and for which Executive claims full or
partial ownership or other interest, or which are in the physical possession of
a former employer and which are therefore excluded from the scope of this
Agreement. If there are no such
exclusions
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from this Agreement, Executive has so indicated by
writing None below in his own handwriting.
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Executives
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9. Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, and
Confidentiality. Employer and Executive acknowledge and agree
that while Executive is employed pursuant to this Agreement, he will be
provided with access to Confidential Information, will be provided with
specialized training on how to perform his duties; and will be provided contact
with Employers customers and potential customers. In consideration of all of the foregoing,
Employer and Executive agree as follows:
(a) Non-Competition During Employment.
Executive agrees that for the duration of this Agreement, he will not
compete with Employer, or any of its Affiliates, by engaging in the conception,
design, development, production, marketing, or servicing of any product or
service that is substantially similar to the products or services which
Employer, or any of its Affiliates, provides, and that he will not work for, in
any capacity, assist, or become affiliated with as an owner, partner, etc.,
either directly or indirectly (other than as the owner of less than one percent
(1%) of the shares of any publicly-traded company), any individual or business
which offers or performs services, or offers or provides products substantially
similar to the services and products provided by Employer, or any of its
Affiliates.
(b) Non-Competition After Employment.
Executive agrees that for a period after termination of his employment
with Employer for any reason, including expiration of this Agreement,
continuing for the longer of three (3) years after the Effective Date or
one (1) year after such termination (the Restricted Period), he will not
compete with Employer, or any of its Affiliates, in any geographic market where
Employer, or any of its Affiliates, is selling or providing goods or services,
or has sold or provided goods or services during the preceding twelve (12)
months, by engaging in the conception, design, development, production,
marketing, or servicing of any product or service that is directly competitive
with the products or services which Employer, or any of its Affiliates,
provides, and that he will not work for, in any capacity, assist, or become
affiliated with as an owner, partner, etc., either directly or indirectly
(other than as the owner of less than one percent (1%) of the shares of any
publicly-traded company), any individual or business which offers or performs
services, or offers or provides products directly competitive with the services
and products provided by Employer, or any of its Affiliates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9(b) shall
not preclude Executive from becoming an employee of, or from otherwise
providing services to, a separate division or operating unit of a
multi-divisional business or enterprise (a Division) if: (i) the
Division by which Executive is employed, or to which Executive provides
services, is not competitive with Employers business (within the meaning of
this Section 9(b)), and (ii) Executive does not provide services or
information relating to the business of Employer, directly or indirectly, to
any other division or operating unit of such multi-divisional
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business or enterprise
which is competitive with Employers business (within the meaning of this Section 9(b)).
(c) Conflicts of Interest. Executive
agrees that for the duration of this Agreement, he will not knowingly engage,
either directly or indirectly, in any Conflict of Interest, and that Executive
will promptly inform a corporate officer of Employer as to each offer received
by Executive to engage in any such activity.
Executive further agrees to disclose to Employer any other facts of
which Executive becomes aware which might reasonably be considered to involve
or give rise to a Conflict of Interest or potential Conflict of Interest. Employer acknowledges and agrees that
Executives and Executives familys continued ownership and management of
Sarla InfoTech Limited, which is the landlord of premises used by Employers
subsidiary in India, shall not constitute a prohibited Conflict of Interest or
violation hereunder.
(d) Non-Solicitation of Customers.
Executive further agrees that for the duration of this Agreement, and for
the Restricted Period, he will not solicit or accept any business from any
customer or client or prospective customer or client of Employer, or any of its
Affiliates, with whom Executive personally dealt or solicited in the last
twelve (12) months Executive was employed by Employer.
(e) Non-Solicitation of Employees.
Executive agrees that for the duration of this Agreement, and for the
Restricted Period, he will not either directly or indirectly, on his own behalf
or on behalf of others, solicit, attempt to hire, or hire any person employed
by Employer, or any of its Affiliates,
to work for Executive or for any other entity, firm, corporation, or
individual.
(f) Confidential Information.
Executive further agrees that he will not, except as Employer may
otherwise consent or direct in writing, reveal or disclose, sell, use, lecture
upon, publish, or otherwise disclose to any third Party any Confidential
Information or proprietary information of Employer, or any of its Affiliates,
or authorize anyone else to do these things at any time either during or
subsequent to his employment with Employer.
This section shall continue in full force and effect after termination
of Executives employment and after the termination of this Agreement for any
reason, including expiration of this Agreement.
Executives obligations under this section of this Agreement with
respect to any specific Confidential Information and proprietary information
shall cease when that specific portion of Confidential Information and proprietary
information becomes publicly known, in its entirety and without combining
portions of such information obtained separately. It is understood that such Confidential
Information and proprietary information of Employer, or any of its Affiliates,
include matters that Executive conceives or develops, as well as matters
Executive learns from other employees of Employer, or any of its Affiliates.
(g) Prior Disclosure.
Executive represents and warrants that he has not used or disclosed any
Confidential Information he may have obtained prior to signing this Agreement,
in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(h) Confidential Information of Prior
Employers. Executive will not disclose or use during the
period of his employment with Employer any proprietary or confidential
information or copyright works, subject to a confidentiality agreement,
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which Executive may have
acquired because of employment with an employer other than Employer.
(i) Time Period Tolled.
The time periods referenced in this Paragraph during which Executive is
restrained from competing against Employer, or any of its Affiliates, shall not
include any period of time during which Executive is in breach of those provisions
of this Agreement. Said time periods
referenced in this Paragraph will be tolled, such that Employer will receive
the full benefit of the time period in the event Executive breaches those
provisions of this Agreement.
(j) Breach. Executive
agrees that any breach of Paragraphs 9(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above
cannot be remedied solely by money damages, and that in addition to any other
remedies Employer may have, Employer is entitled to obtain injunctive relief
against Executive. Nothing herein,
however, shall be construed as limiting Employers right to pursue any other
available remedy at law or in equity, including recovery of damages and
termination of this Agreement.
(k) Independent Covenants.
All covenants contained in Paragraph 9 of this Agreement shall be
construed as agreements independent of any other provision of this Agreement,
and the existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against
Employer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not
constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of such covenants.
10. Right to Enter Agreement. Executive
represents and covenants to Employer that he has full power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and that the execution of this Agreement will not breach
or constitute a default of any other agreement or contract to which he is a
Party or by which he is bound.
11. Assignment. This Agreement
may be assigned by Employer, but cannot be assigned by Executive.
12. Binding Agreement. Executive
understands that his obligations under this Agreement are binding upon
Executives heirs, successors, personal representatives, and legal
representatives.
13. Notices. All notices pursuant to this Agreement shall
be in writing and sent certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed as
follows:
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14. Waiver. No waiver by either Party to this Agreement
of any right to enforce any term or condition of this Agreement, or of any
breach hereof, shall be deemed a waiver of such right in the future or of any
other right or remedy available under this Agreement.
15. Severability. If any
provision of this Agreement is determined to be void, invalid, unenforceable,
or against public policy, such provisions shall be deemed severable from the
Agreement, and the remaining provisions of the Agreement will remain unaffected
and in full force and effect.
Furthermore, any breach by Employer of any provision of this Agreement
shall not excuse Executives compliance with the requirements of
Paragraphs 8 or 9, to the extent they are otherwise enforceable.
16. Arbitration. In the event
any dispute arises out of Executives employment with Employer, or separation
therefrom, which cannot be resolved by the Parties to this Agreement, such
dispute shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in
accordance with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). If the Parties cannot agree on an arbitrator,
a list of seven (7) arbitrators will be requested from AAA, and the
arbitrator will be selected using alternate strikes with Executive striking
first. The cost of the arbitration will
be shared equally by Executive and Employer.
Arbitration of such disputes is mandatory and in lieu of any and all
civil causes of action and lawsuits either Party may have against the other
arising out of Executives employment with Employer, or separation therefrom;
provided, however, that any claim Employer has for breach of the covenants
contained in Paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Agreement shall not be subject to mandatory
arbitration, and may be pursued in a court of law or equity.
17. Entire Agreement. The terms and
provisions contained herein shall constitute the entire agreement between the
Parties with respect to Executives employment with Employer during the time
period covered by this Agreement. This
Agreement replaces and supersedes any and all existing agreements entered into
between Executive and Employer relating generally to the same subject matter,
if any, and shall be binding upon Executives heirs, executors, administrators,
or other legal representatives or assigns.
18. Modification of Agreement. This Agreement
may not be changed or modified or released or discharged or abandoned or otherwise
terminated, in whole or in part, except by an
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instrument in writing signed by Executive and an
officer or other authorized executive of Employer.
19. Understand Agreement. Executive
represents and warrants that he has read and understood each and every
provision of this Agreement, and Executive understands that he is free to obtain
advice from legal counsel of choice, if necessary and desired, in order to
interpret any and all provisions of this Agreement, and that Executive has
freely and voluntarily entered into this Agreement.
20. Effective Date. It is
understood by Executive that this Agreement shall become effective on the
Effective Date referenced above, and that the terms of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect both during the continuation of Executives
employment and where applicable thereafter; specifically including, but not
limited to the promises made by Executive in Paragraphs 8, 9, and 16,
above.
21. Governing Law. This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date first written above.
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Exhibit 10.43
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
This Employment Agreement
(the Agreement) is between Forgent Networks, Inc. d/b/a Asure Software (Employer
or the Company) and Snehal Shah (Executive). Employer and Executive are
collectively referred to herein as the Parties. The Effective Date of this Agreement is October 5,
2007.
R E C I T A
L S:
WHEREAS, Employer desires to employ Executive
upon the closing of Employers acquisition of Executives current employer;
WHEREAS, Executive desires to be employed by
Employer pursuant to all of the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and
WHEREAS, in connection with his employment under
this Agreement, Executive will be granted access to Employers Confidential
Information.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants
herein contained, it is AGREED as follows:
1. Purpose. The
purpose of this Agreement is to formalize the terms and conditions of Executives
employment with Employer. The recitals contained herein represent both Parties
intentions with respect to the terms and conditions covered and cannot be
amended during the term of the Agreement except by written addendum to the
Agreement signed by both Parties.
2. Definitions. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following
words shall have the following meanings:
(a) Affiliate means any entity controlled by Employer
either solely or jointly.
(b) Cause shall mean:
(1) embezzlement or theft by Executive of any property of Employer;
(2) any breach by Executive of any material provision of this Agreement; (3) any
act by Executive constituting a felony or otherwise involving theft, fraud,
dishonesty, or moral turpitude; (4) gross negligence or willful misconduct
on the part of Executive in the performance of his duties as an employee, officer,
or director of Employer; or (5) Executives breach of his fiduciary
obligations to Employer.
(c) Confidential Information means information (1) disclosed
to or known by Executive as a consequence of or through his employment with
Employer; (2) not generally known outside Employer; and (3) which
relates to any aspect of Employer or any of its Affiliates, or their business,
research, or development. Confidential Information includes, but is not
limited to, Employers or any of its Affiliates trade secrets, proprietary
information, information related to current or developing patents or patent
applications, business plans, marketing plans, financial information,
compensation and benefit information, cost and pricing information, customer
contacts, suppliers,
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vendors, and information provided to Employer or any
of its Affiliates by a third Party under restrictions against disclosure or use
by Employer or others.
(d) Conflict of Interest means any activity in which a
personal interest of Executive could reasonably be expected to adversely affect
Employer or its affiliates, including ownership of a material interest in any
supplier, contractor, distributor, subcontractor, customer, or other entity
with which Employer does business.
(e) Copyright Works are materials for which copyright
protection may be obtained including, but not limited to: literary works (including all written
material), computer programs, artistic and graphic works (including designs,
graphs, drawings, blueprints, and other works), recordings, models,
photographs, slides, motion pictures, and audio-visual works, regardless of the
form or manner in which documented or recorded.
(f) Inventions means inventions (whether patentable or
not), discoveries, improvements, designs, and ideas or related technologies or
methodologies (whether or not shown or described in writing or reduced to
practice) including, and in addition to any such Confidential Information or
Copyright Works.
3. Duration. This
Agreement shall continue for one (1) year from the Effective Date. If this
Agreement is not terminated as hereinafter provided, at the conclusion of one (1) year,
this Agreement shall continue on a month-to-month basis, subject to all terms
and conditions contained herein.
4. Duties and Responsibilities. Upon execution of this Agreement, Executive shall
diligently render his services to Employer in accordance with Employers
directives, and shall use his best efforts and good faith in accomplishing such
directives. While Executives primary responsibility and focus will be to
fulfill the duties of his position as Vice President and Co-General Manager,
Executive agrees to perform such additional tasks and perform such
duties as are assigned by Employer to Executive that are consistent with the
business objectives of the Company and Executives skills and abilities. Executive
shall report to the Companys Chairman and CEO, Richard Snyder. Throughout his
employment with the Company, Executive agrees to devote his full-time efforts,
abilities, and attention (defined to mean not less than forty (40) hours/week)
to the business of Employer, not to engage in any activities which could
reasonably be expected to interfere with such efforts, and not to perform services
for any other employer or become self-employed. Employer acknowledges and
agrees that Executives management and supervision of family investments,
including without limitation his continued management of Sarla InfoTech Limited
(which is the landlord of premises used by Employers subsidiary in India)
substantially as heretofore, or his provision of uncompensated advice and
assistance to family businesses that do not constitute a Conflict of Interest,
and which in the aggregate do not materially interfere with Executives
full-time efforts, shall not be prohibited or a violation hereunder.
5. Compensation and Benefits. In return for the services to be provided by Executive
pursuant to this Agreement, Employer agrees to pay Executive as follows:
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(a) Base Salary. Executive shall receive a base monthly salary of
$10,416.67 per month, less all legally required deductions and withholding,
payable on the 1st of each month.
(b) Target Bonus. Executive shall be eligible to receive a target
bonus not to exceed a maximum of 50% of Executives annual base salary, or such
lesser amount as may be earned and authorized by the Company, based upon
Executives satisfaction of established financial and strategic objectives (MBOs).
The Company will review Executives MBOs with Executive at the beginning of
each quarter.
(c) Medical. Disability and other Benefits. During Executives employment with
Employer, Executive shall, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
applicable plan documents and all applicable laws, be eligible to participate
in the various medical, disability, life insurance and other employee benefit
plans made available by the Company, from time to time, for its executives. In
addition, Executive shall be entitled to undergo an annual comprehensive
physical examination at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas, Texas.
(d) Incentive Programs. Executive may be eligible to participate in
incentive programs implemented by Employer at Employers sole discretion.
(e) Holiday Pay. Executive shall be entitled to take off work with pay
on all major U.S. holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday thereafter, Christmas Day, and New Years Day).
(f) 401(k) Plan. Executive may participate in the Companys 401(k) savings
plan in accordance with the eligibility requirements set forth in the Plan.
(g) Personal Time Off. Executive will be provided with paid time off each
year in accordance with Employers Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, to be used for
vacation or other personal reasons, which may be taken with the approval
of Mr. Richard Snyder. During the first year of employment with Employer,
Executive shall receive a total of 18 days of PTO. Accrued vacation that is not
taken by Executive during the calendar year shall not be carried over to the
following year.
(h) Tax Preparation Assistance. Executive shall be entitled to
reimbursement by Company for annual tax preparation expenses not to exceed
$2000.
(i) Expenses. Executive shall be reimbursed for reasonable
business-related expenses when timely submitted to Employer.
6. Termination.
(a) Employer may terminate Executives employment
upon his death, or if he is unable to perform the essential functions of his
position with reasonable accommodation for three (3) consecutive months,
or for a total of six (6) months during the term of this Agreement.
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(b) Employer also may terminate Executives
employment immediately for Cause.
(c) Employer may also terminate this Agreement
without Cause upon fourteen (14) days written notice to Executive.
(d) Executive may terminate this Agreement upon
thirty (30) days written notice to Employer. In the event Executive terminates
his employment in this manner, he shall remain in Employers employ subject to
all terms and conditions of this Agreement for the entire thirty (30) day
period unless instructed otherwise by Employer. In the event Employer elects to
release Executive at any time during the thirty (30) day notice period,
Executive shall not be entitled to receive any compensation after such release
date.
7. Severance. Executive shall be entitled to the following
compensation upon termination of his employment. The Parties agree that no
other contractual damages shall be available.
(a) Death, Disability, Expiration of Agreement. In the event Executives employment is
terminated as a result of his death, disability, or expiration of this
Agreement, Executive or his estate shall be entitled to one (1) months
pay upon execution of a release of all claims.
(b) Without Cause. In the event Executives employment with Employer is
terminated Without Cause, Executive shall be entitled to the continuation of
his base salary at the time of termination for the longer of one (1) month
or the number of months remaining on the initial term of this Agreement, upon
Executives execution of a release of all claims.
(c) For Cause or Executive Resignation. In the event Executive is terminated
for Cause, or if Executive resigns, Executive is not entitled to any additional
compensation from Employer.
8. Inventions, Confidential Information, Patents, and
Copyright Works.
(a) Notification of Company. Upon conception, all Inventions, Confidential
Information, and Copyright Works shall become the property of Employer (or the
United States Government where required by law) whether or not patent or
copyright registration applications are filed for such subject matter. Executive
will communicate to Employer promptly (no later than three (3) business
days) and fully all Inventions, or suggestions (whether or not patentable), all
Confidential Information or Copyright Works made, designed, created, or
conceived by Executive (whether made, designed, created, or conceived solely by
Executive or jointly with others) during his employment with Employer: (a) which relate to the actual or
anticipated business, research, activities, or development of Employer at the
time of the conception; or (b) which result from or are suggested by any
work which Executive has done or may do for or on behalf of Employer; or (c) which
are developed, tested, improved, or investigated either in part or
entirely on time for which Executive was paid by Employer, or using any resources
of Employer.
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(b) Transfer of Rights. Executive hereby assigns and transfers to Employer
Executives entire right, title, and interest in all Inventions, Confidential
Information, Copyright Works and Patents prepared, made or conceived by or in
behalf of Executive (solely or jointly with others): (a) which relate in any way to the
actual or anticipated business of Employer, or (b) which relate in any way
to the actual or anticipated research or development of Employer, or (c) which
are suggested by or result, directly or indirectly, from any task assigned to
Executive or in which Executive otherwise engages in behalf of Employer. Executive
also agrees to do all things necessary to secure Employers entire right,
title, and interest in and to all such Inventions, Confidential Information,
Copyright Works or Patents, whether requested by Employer or not, on such forms
as Employer may provide, at any time during or after Executives
employment. Executive will promptly and fully assist Employer during and
subsequent to his employment in every lawful way, without personal expense to
Executive, to obtain, protect, and enforce Employers patent, copyrights, trade
secret or other proprietary rights for Inventions, Confidential Information,
Copyright Works or Patents in any and all countries.
(c) Notice of Rights Under State Statutes. No provision in this Agreement is
intended to require assignment of any of Executives rights in an Invention for
which no equipment, supplies, facilities, Confidential Information, Copyright
Works, Inventions, Patents or information of Employer was used, and which was (1) developed
entirely on Executives own time; (2) does not relate to the business of
Employer or to the actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development
of Employer; and (3) does not result from any work performed by Executive
for Employer or assigned to Executive by Employer.
(d) Rights in Copyrights. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by Employer, all
Copyright Works prepared wholly or partially by Executive (alone or jointly
with others) within the scope of his employment with Employer, shall be deemed
a work made for hire under the copyright laws and shall be owned by Employer.
Executive understands that any assignment or release of such works can only be
made by Employer. Executive will do everything reasonably necessary to enable
Employer or its nominee to protect its rights in such works. Executive agrees
to execute all documents and to do all things necessary to vest in Employer
Executives right and title to copyrights in such works. Executive shall not
assist or work with any third Party that is not an employee of Employer to
create or prepare any Copyright Works without the prior written consent of
Employer.
(e) Assistance in Preparation of Applications. Executive will promptly and fully
assist, if requested by Employer, in the preparation and filing of Patents and
Copyright Registrations in any and all countries selected by Employer and will assign
to Employer Executives entire right, title, and interest in and to such
Patents and Copyright Registrations, as well as all Inventions or Copyright
Works to which such Patents and Copyright Registrations pertain, to enable any
such properties to be prosecuted under the direction of Employer and to ensure
that any Patent or Copyright Registration obtained will validly issue to
Employer.
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(f) Execute Documents. Executive will promptly sign any and all lawful
papers, take all lawful oaths, and do all lawful acts, including testifying, at
the request of Employer, and at no personal expense to Executive, in connection
with the procurement, grant, enforcement, maintenance, exploitation, or defense
against assertion of any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or related
rights, including applications for protection or registration thereof. Such
lawful papers include, but are not limited to, any and all powers, assignments,
affidavits, declarations and other papers deemed by Employer to be necessary or
advisable.
(g) Keep Records. Executive will keep and regularly maintain adequate
and current written records of all Inventions, Confidential Information, and
Copyright Works he participates in creating, conceiving, developing, and
manufacturing. Such records shall be kept and maintained in the form of
notes, sketches, drawings, reports, or other documents relating thereto,
bearing at least the date of preparation and the signatures or name of each
employee contributing to the subject matter reflected in the record. Such
records shall be and shall remain the exclusive property of Employer and shall
be available to Employer at all times.
(h) Return of Documents, Equipment, Etc. All writings, records, and other
documents and things comprising, containing, describing, discussing,
explaining, or evidencing any Inventions, Confidential Information, or
Copyright Works and all equipment, components, parts, tools, and the like in
Executives custody or possession that have been obtained or prepared in the
course of Executives employment with Employer shall be the exclusive property
of Employer, shall not be copied and/or removed from the premises of Employer,
except in pursuit of the business of Employer, and shall be delivered to
Employer, without Executive retaining any copies, upon notification of the
termination of Executives employment or at any other time requested by
Employer. Employer shall have the right to retain, access, and inspect all
property of Executive of any kind in the office, work area, and on the premises
of Employer upon termination of Executives employment and at any time during
employment by Employer, to ensure compliance with the terms of this Agreement. However, Executive may at all times possess or retain copies of all
documents and data pertaining to Executives employment, compensation, or
contractual rights.
(i) Other Contracts. Executive represents and warrants that he is not a
Party to any existing contract relating to the granting or assignment to others
of any interest in Inventions, Confidential Information, Copyright Works or
Patents hereafter made by Executive except insofar as copies of such contracts,
if any, are attached to this Agreement.
(j) Prior Conceptions. At the end of this Paragraph, Executive has set
forth what he represents and warrants to be a complete list of all Inventions,
if any, patented or unpatented, or Copyright Works, including a brief
description thereof (without revealing any confidential or proprietary information
of any other Party) which Executive participated in the conception, creation,
development, or making of prior to his employment with Employer and for which
Executive claims full or partial ownership or other interest, or which are in
the physical possession of a former employer and which are therefore excluded
from the scope of this Agreement. If there are no such exclusions
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writing None below in his own handwriting.
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Confidentiality. Employer
and Executive acknowledge and agree that while Executive is employed pursuant
to this Agreement, he will be provided with access to Confidential Information,
will be provided with specialized training on how to perform his duties;
and will be provided contact with Employers customers and potential customers.
In consideration of all of the foregoing, Employer and Executive agree as
follows:
(a) Non-Competition During Employment. Executive agrees that for the duration
of this Agreement, he will not compete with Employer, or any of its Affiliates,
by engaging in the conception, design, development, production, marketing, or servicing
of any product or service that is substantially similar to the products or
services which Employer, or any of its Affiliates, provides, and that he will
not work for, in any capacity, assist, or become affiliated with as an owner,
partner, etc., either directly or indirectly (other than as the owner of less
than one percent (1%) of the shares of any publicly-traded company), any
individual or business which offers or performs services, or offers or provides
products substantially similar to the services and products provided by
Employer, or any of its Affiliates.
(b) Non-Competition After Employment. Executive agrees that for a period
after termination of his employment with Employer for any reason, including
expiration of this Agreement, continuing for the longer of three (3) years
after the Effective Date or one (1) year after such termination (the Restricted
Period), he will not compete with Employer, or any of its Affiliates, in any
geographic market where Employer, or any of its Affiliates, is selling or
providing goods or services, or has sold or provided goods or services during
the preceding twelve (12) months, by engaging in the conception, design,
development, production, marketing, or servicing of any product or service that
is directly competitive with the products or services which Employer, or any of
its Affiliates, provides, and that he will not work for, in any capacity,
assist, or become affiliated with as an owner, partner, etc., either directly
or indirectly (other than as the owner of less than one percent (1%) of the
shares of any publicly-traded company), any individual or business which offers
or performs services, or offers or provides products directly competitive with
the services and products provided by Employer, or any of its Affiliates. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, this Section 9(b) shall not preclude Executive from
becoming an employee of, or from otherwise providing services to, a separate
division or operating unit of a multi-divisional business or enterprise (a Division)
if: (i) the Division by which Executive is employed, or to which Executive
provides services, is not competitive with Employers business (within the
meaning of this Section 9(b)), and (ii) Executive does not provide
services or information relating to the business of Employer, directly or
indirectly, to any other division or operating unit of such multi-divisional
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business or enterprise which is competitive with
Employers business (within the meaning of this Section 9(b)).
(c) Conflicts of Interest. Executive agrees that for the duration of this
Agreement, he will not knowingly engage, either directly or indirectly, in any
Conflict of Interest, and that Executive will promptly inform a corporate
officer of Employer as to each offer received by Executive to engage in any
such activity. Executive further agrees to disclose to Employer any other facts
of which Executive becomes aware which might reasonably be considered to
involve or give rise to a Conflict of Interest or potential Conflict of
Interest. Employer acknowledges and agrees that Executives and Executives
familys continued ownership and management of Sarla InfoTech Limited, which is
the landlord of premises used by Employers subsidiary in India, shall not
constitute a prohibited Conflict of Interest or violation hereunder.
(d) Non-Solicitation of Customers. Executive further agrees that for the
duration of this Agreement, and for the Restricted Period, he will not solicit
or accept any business from any customer or client or prospective customer or
client of Employer, or any of its Affiliates, with whom Executive personally
dealt or solicited in the last twelve (12) months Executive was employed by
Employer.
(e) Non-Solicitation of Employees. Executive agrees that for the duration
of this Agreement, and for the Restricted Period, he will not either directly
or indirectly, on his own behalf or on behalf of others, solicit, attempt to
hire, or hire any person employed by Employer, or any of its Affiliates, to work for Executive or for any other
entity, firm, corporation, or individual.
(f) Confidential Information. Executive further agrees that he will
not, except as Employer may otherwise consent or direct in writing, reveal
or disclose, sell, use, lecture upon, publish, or otherwise disclose to any
third Party any Confidential Information or proprietary information of
Employer, or any of its Affiliates, or authorize anyone else to do these things
at any time either during or subsequent to his employment with Employer. This section shall
continue in full force and effect after termination of Executives employment
and after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, including
expiration of this Agreement. Executives obligations under this section of
this Agreement with respect to any specific Confidential Information and
proprietary information shall cease when that specific portion of Confidential
Information and proprietary information becomes publicly known, in its entirety
and without combining portions of such information obtained separately. It is
understood that such Confidential Information and proprietary information of
Employer, or any of its Affiliates, include matters that Executive conceives or
develops, as well as matters Executive learns from other employees of Employer,
or any of its Affiliates.
(g) Prior Disclosure. Executive represents and warrants that he has not
used or disclosed any Confidential Information he may have obtained prior
to signing this Agreement, in any way inconsistent with the provisions of this
Agreement.
(h) Confidential Information of Prior Employers. Executive will not disclose or use
during the period of his employment with Employer any proprietary or
confidential information or copyright works, subject to a confidentiality
agreement,
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which Executive may have acquired because of
employment with an employer other than Employer.
(i) Time Period Tolled. The time periods referenced in this Paragraph during
which Executive is restrained from competing against Employer, or any of its
Affiliates, shall not include any period of time during which Executive is in
breach of those provisions of this Agreement. Said time periods referenced in
this Paragraph will be tolled, such that Employer will receive the full benefit
of the time period in the event Executive breaches those provisions of this
Agreement.
(j) Breach. Executive agrees that any breach of
Paragraphs 9(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) above cannot be
remedied solely by money damages, and that in addition to any other remedies
Employer may have, Employer is entitled to obtain injunctive relief
against Executive. Nothing herein, however, shall be construed as limiting
Employers right to pursue any other available remedy at law or in equity,
including recovery of damages and termination of this Agreement.
(k) Independent Covenants. All covenants contained in Paragraph 9 of this
Agreement shall be construed as agreements independent of any other provision
of this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action by
Executive against Employer, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise,
shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by Employer of such
covenants.
10. Right to Enter Agreement. Executive represents and covenants to Employer that he
has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that the
execution of this Agreement will not breach or constitute a default of any
other agreement or contract to which he is a Party or by which he is bound.
11. Assignment. This Agreement may be assigned by Employer, but
cannot be assigned by Executive.
12. Binding Agreement. Executive understands that his obligations under this
Agreement are binding upon Executives heirs, successors, personal
representatives, and legal representatives.
13. Notices. All
notices pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and sent certified mail,
return receipt requested, addressed as follows:
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Snehal Shah
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32 Mallard Cove
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14. Waiver. No
waiver by either Party to this Agreement of any right to enforce any term or
condition of this Agreement, or of any breach hereof, shall be deemed a waiver
of such right in the future or of any other right or remedy available under
this Agreement.
15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be
void, invalid, unenforceable, or against public policy, such provisions shall
be deemed severable from the Agreement, and the remaining provisions of the Agreement
will remain unaffected and in full force and effect. Furthermore, any breach by
Employer of any provision of this Agreement shall not excuse Executives
compliance with the requirements of Paragraphs 8 or 9, to the extent they
are otherwise enforceable.
16. Arbitration. In the event any dispute arises out of Executives
employment with Employer, or separation therefrom, which cannot be resolved by
the Parties to this Agreement, such dispute shall be submitted to final and
binding arbitration. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the
American Arbitration Association (AAA). If the Parties cannot agree on an
arbitrator, a list of seven (7) arbitrators will be requested from AAA,
and the arbitrator will be selected using alternate strikes with Executive
striking first. The cost of the arbitration will be shared equally by Executive
and Employer. Arbitration of such disputes is mandatory and in lieu of any and
all civil causes of action and lawsuits either Party may have against the
other arising out of Executives employment with Employer, or separation
therefrom; provided, however, that any claim Employer has for breach of the
covenants contained in Paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Agreement shall not be subject to mandatory
arbitration, and may be pursued in a court of law or equity.
17. Entire Agreement. The terms and provisions contained herein shall
constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to Executives
employment with Employer during the time period covered by this Agreement. This
Agreement replaces and supersedes any and all existing agreements entered into
between Executive and Employer relating generally to the same subject matter,
if any, and shall be binding upon Executives heirs, executors, administrators,
or other legal representatives or assigns.
18. Modification of Agreement. This Agreement may not be changed or modified or
released or discharged or abandoned or otherwise terminated, in whole or in
part, except by an instrument in writing signed by Executive and an officer or
other authorized executive of Employer.
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19. Understand Agreement. Executive represents and warrants that he has read and
understood each and every provision of this Agreement, and Executive
understands that he is free to obtain advice from legal counsel of choice, if
necessary and desired, in order to interpret any and all provisions of this
Agreement, and that Executive has freely and voluntarily entered into this
Agreement.
20. Effective Date. It is understood by Executive that this Agreement
shall become effective on the Effective Date referenced above, and that the
terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect both during the
continuation of Executives employment and where applicable thereafter;
specifically including, but not limited to the promises made by Executive in
Paragraphs 8, 9, and 16, above.
21. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement
as of the date first written above.
EXECUTIVE
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FORGENT
NETWORKS, INC.
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Asure Software
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Richard Snyder,
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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT
OF 2002
I, the undersigned
Richard N. Snyder, Chief Executive Officer, of Forgent Networks, Inc. (the
Company), certify that:
1. I have reviewed
this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company (the Report);
2. Based on my
knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by the Report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial
statements, and other financial information included in the Report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in the
Report;
4. The Companys
other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and we have:
(a) Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within these entities, particularly during the period in which
the Report is being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the
effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in the Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the Report
based on such evaluation; and
(c) Disclosed in
the Report any change in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Companys most recent fiscal quarter (the
quarter ended October 31, 2007) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The Companys
other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Companys
auditors and to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:
(a) All significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b) Any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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RICHARD N. SNYDER
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Richard N. Snyder
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2007
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EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I,
the undersigned, Jay C. Peterson, Chief Financial Officer, of Forgent Networks, Inc.
(the Company), certify, that:
1. I have reviewed
this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of the Company (the Report);
2. Based on my
knowledge, the Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by the Report;
3. Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in the Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods
presented in the Report;
4. The Companys
other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the Company and we have:
(a) Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information
relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within these entities, particularly during the period in which
the Report is being prepared;
(b) Evaluated the
effectiveness of the Companys disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in the Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by the Report
based on such evaluation; and
(c) Disclosed in
the Report any change in the Companys internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Companys most recent fiscal quarter (the
quarter ended October 31, 2007) that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Companys internal control over
financial reporting; and
5. The Companys
other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Companys
auditors and to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:
(a) All significant
deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
(b) Any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
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JAY C. PETERSON
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Jay
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EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC
REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I,
the undersigned, Richard N. Snyder, Chief Executive Officer of Forgent Networks, Inc.
(the Company), do hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The quarterly
report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended October 31,
2007 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, and
2. The information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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RICHARD N. SNYDER
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Chief
Executive Officer
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December 17, 2007
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A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906
has been provided to Forgent Networks, Inc. and will be retained by
Forgent Networks, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission or its staff upon request.
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a
separate disclosure document.
EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION
OF PERIODIC REPORT
PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
I, the undersigned, Jay C. Peterson, Chief Financial
Officer of Forgent Networks, Inc. (the Company), do hereby certify,
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted by Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
1. The quarterly
report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended October 31,
2007 (the Report) fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended, and
2. The information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
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/s/ JAY C. PETERSON
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Jay C. Peterson
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Chief Financial Officer
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December 17, 2007
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A signed original of this
written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Forgent
Networks, Inc. and will be retained by Forgent Networks, Inc. and
furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. The
foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350
and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure
document.