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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Exchange Procedures
Exhibit B Bylaws of Parent
Exhibit C Board of Directors of Parent
Exhibit D Guy L. Mayer Employment Agreement
SCHEDULES
Company Disclosure Memorandum
Parent Disclosure Memorandum
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this
Agreement
), made and entered into as of November 12, 2007 by and among Regeneration
Technologies, Inc. a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Rockets FL Corp., a Florida corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (
Merger Sub
), and Tutogen Medical, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
Company
). Parent, Merger Sub and the Company are sometimes referred to herein individually as a
Party
and, collectively, as the
Parties
.
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each declared it to be advisable and in the best interests of each
corporation and their respective stockholders that Company combine with Parent in order to advance each of their long-term business interests; and
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each approved this Agreement and the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
Merger
), in accordance with the Florida Business
Corporation Act (the
FBCA
) and the terms and conditions set forth herein, which Merger will result in, among other things, the Company becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent and the stockholders of the Company becoming
stockholders of Parent;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby are in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders and has determined to recommend to its stockholders approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Merger;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Parent has approved, and has determined to recommend to its stockholders approval of the issuance of shares of Parent
Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the
Stock Issuance
) and the amendment of the Parent certificate of incorporation to increase the authorized number of shares of Parent Common Stock from 50,000,000 to 150,000,000 (the
Charter Amendment
); and,
WHEREAS, it is intended that the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within
the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
Code
).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as
follows.
1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions
. Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term.
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Acquisition Agreement
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5.3(f)
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AdvaMed Code
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3.20(i)
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Affiliate
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9.11(a)
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Agreement
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Preamble
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AMEX
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6.2(a)
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Antitrust Laws
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6.5(c)
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Articles of Merger
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2.3
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Assignment
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3.13(a)
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Assumed Stock Option
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2.9(a)
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Biologic
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3.20(a)
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Business Day
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2.2
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Charter Amendment
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Recitals
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Closing
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2.2
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Closing Average
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2.12
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Closing Date
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2.2
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Code
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Recitals
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Company
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Preamble
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Company Assets
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3.16
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Company Board Recommendation
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3.3(c)
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Company Certificate
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2.7(b)
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Company Common Stock
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2.7(a)
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Company Disclosure Memorandum
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Article 3
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Company Employees Plans
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3.11(a)
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Company Intellectual Property
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3.13(a)
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Company Material Contracts
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3.14
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Company Material Adverse Effect
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Article 3
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Company NOL
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3.10(m)
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Company Preferred Stock
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3.2(a)
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Company Required Vote
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3.3(b)
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Company Rights Agreement
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3.25
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Company SEC Reports
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3.6(a)
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Company Securities
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3.2(b)
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Company Stock Options
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2.9(a)
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Company Stock Plans
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3.2(b)
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Company Stockholder Meeting
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3.24(b)(i)
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Company Termination Fee
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8.3(b)
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Company Warrant
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3.2(b)
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Competing Proposal
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5.3(a)
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Confidentiality Agreement
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6.4(b)
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Control
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9.11(b)
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Copyrights
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3.13(a)
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DGCL
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2.17(a)
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Drug
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3.20(a)
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ECMR
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6.5(c)
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Effective Time
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2.3
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Environmental Laws
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3.12(d)(i)
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Environmental Permits
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3.12(d)(ii)
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ERISA
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3.11(a)
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ERISA Affiliate
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3.11(c)
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Exchange Act
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3.4
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Excluded Shares
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2.8
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FBCA
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Recitals
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FDA
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3.20(a)
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FDCA
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3.20(a)
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GAAP
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Article 3
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Governmental Entity
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3.4
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Hazardous Materials
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3.12(d)(iii)
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HSR Act
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3.4
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Human Tissue Intended for Transplantation
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3.20(a)
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Indemnified Party
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6.10(b)
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Intellectual Property
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3.13(a)
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Interim Period
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5.1(a)
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IP Contracts
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3.13(a)
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IRS
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3.10(n)(i)
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Knowledge
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9.11(c)
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Law
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2.6
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Legal Restraint
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7.1(f)
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License
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3.13(a)
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Licensed Property
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3.13(a)
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Liens
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3.1
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Medical Device
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3.20(a)
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Merger
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Recitals
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Merger Consideration
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2.7(b)
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Merger Sub
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Preamble
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Merger Sub Common Stock
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2.10
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New Company Proposal
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5.3(g)
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New Parent Proposal
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5.3(f)
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NGM
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2.12
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Order
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5.3(c)
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Other Filings
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6.1(b)
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Outside Date
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8.1(b)
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Owned Property
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3.13(a)
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Parent
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Preamble
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Parent Assets
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4.16
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Parent Board Recommendation
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4.3(c)
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Parent Common Stock
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2.7(a)
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Parent Disclosure Memorandum
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Article 4
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Parent Employee Plans
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4.11(a)
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Parent Intellectual Property
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4.13(a)
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Parent IP Contracts
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4.13(a)
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Parent Licensed Property
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4.13(a)
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Parent Material Adverse Effect
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Article 4
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Parent Material Contracts
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4.14
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Parent NOL
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4.10(m)
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Parent Owned Property
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4.13(a)
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Parent Required Vote
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4.3(b)
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Parent SEC Reports
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4.6(a)
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Parent Stock Options
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4.2(b)
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Parent Stock Plans
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4.2(b)
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Parent Stockholder Meeting
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3.24(b)(ii)
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Parent Termination Fee
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8.3(c)
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Party
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Preamble
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Patents
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3.13(a)
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Permits
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3.9
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Person
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9.11(d)
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Proxy Statement
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3.24(b)(ii)
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Registration Authority
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3.13(a)
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Registered Intellectual Property
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3.13(a)
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Registration Statement
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3.24(a)
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Regulated Products
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3.20(a)
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Release
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3.12(d)(iv)
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Representative
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5.3(a)
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SEC
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3.4
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Securities Act
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3.6(a)
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Social Security Act
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3.20(f)
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SOX
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3.6(a)
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Stock Exchange Ratio
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2.7(a)
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Stock Issuance
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Recitals
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Subsidiary
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3.1
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Superior Competing Proposal
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5.3(e)
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Surviving Corporation
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2.1
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Taxes
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3.10(n)(i)
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Taxing Authority
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3.10(n)(i)
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Tax Return
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3.10(n)(ii)
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Third Party
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5.3(a)
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Trade Secrets
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3.13(a)
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Trademarks
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3.13(a)
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Transactions
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Article 3
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Transaction Document
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Article 3
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2.
THE MERGER.
2.1
The Merger
. At the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.3), in accordance with the FBCA and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (i) Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company,
(ii) the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease, (iii) the Company, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, shall continue its existence under the laws of the State of Florida as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, and
(iv) the Company shall succeed to and assume all the rights and obligations of Merger Sub. The Company, as the surviving corporation after the Merger, is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
Surviving Corporation
.
2.2
Closing
. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, and subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable law), as the case may be, of the conditions set
forth in Section 7, the closing of the Merger and other Transactions (the
Closing
) shall take place at a time and on a date to be mutually agreed upon by the Parties (the
Closing Date
), which date shall be
no later than the second Business Day (as defined below) after all the conditions set forth in Section 7 (excluding conditions that, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Closing, it being understood that the occurrence of the Closing
shall remain subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) shall have been satisfied, or waived in accordance with Section 8.5, unless another time and/or date is agreed to in writing by the Parties. The Closing shall take place at
the offices of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10103 unless another place is agreed to in writing by the Parties. For purposes of this Agreement,
Business Day
shall mean any day
other than Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which banks are closed in New York, New York.
2.3
Filing of Certificate of Merger
. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, at the Closing, the Parties shall cause the Merger to become effective by causing the Surviving Corporation to execute and file in
accordance with Section 607.1105 of the FBCA articles of merger with the Department of State of the State of Florida (the
Articles of Merger
), together with any required related certificates. The Merger shall become effective
upon such filing, or at such later date and time as is agreed to by Parent and the Company and set forth in the Articles of Merger (the
Effective Time
).
2.4
Effect of the Merger
. Upon the Closing, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in Section 607.1106 of the FBCA.
2.5
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
. At the Effective Time and without further action on the part of the Parties, (i) the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
shall be the Articles of Incorporation of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time until thereafter amended as provided by the FBCA and (ii) the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be the Bylaws of Merger Sub immediately prior
to the Effective Time until thereafter amended as provided by the FBCA.
2.6
Directors and Officers
. Subject to the requirements of federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, regulation, legal requirement or rule, ordinance, code decree, or judgment of any Governmental Entity (as such
term is defined in Section 3.4 of this Agreement), including any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof
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(
Law
), the directors and officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Closing shall be the initial directors and officers of the
Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their
earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with applicable Law and the Surviving Corporations Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.
2.7
Conversion of Company Common Stock.
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or the holders of the following securities:
(a) Subject to Section 2.8, each share of the Companys common stock, par value $0.01 per share (
Company Common Stock
),
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than Excluded Shares as defined below) shall be converted automatically into the right to receive 1.220 (the
Stock Exchange Ratio
) fully paid and non-assessable
shares of common stock of Parent, $0.001 par value per share (
Parent Common Stock
).
(b) At the Effective Time, all
shares of Company Common Stock shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate which previously represented any such share of Company Common Stock (each, a
Company Certificate
and,
collectively, the
Company Certificates
) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto other than the right to receive the shares of Parent Common Stock such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.7
together with cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock, if any, to be issued or paid in consideration therefor upon surrender of such certificate in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof, in each case without interest (such shares
of Parent Common Stock and any cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock being referred to herein as the
Merger Consideration
).
2.8
Cancellation of Shares
. At the Effective Time, each share of Company Common Stock either owned by the Company as treasury stock or owned by Parent or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Company or
Parent (as defined in Sections 3.1 and 4.1 respectively) immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively,
Excluded Shares
), shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor.
2.9
Company Stock Options.
(a) At the Effective Time, each outstanding option to purchase shares of Company
Common Stock (the
Company Stock Option
) shall be assumed by Parent (each an
Assumed Stock Option
) and, subject to the adjustments described below, shall become an option to purchase shares of Parent Common Stock
on substantially the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding Company Stock Option immediately prior to the Effective Time. The number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Assumed Stock Option will be equal to
the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to the corresponding outstanding Company Stock Option multiplied by the Stock Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole share, and the exercise price per share of Parent Common Stock
covered by each Assumed Stock Option will be equal to the exercise price per share of Company Common Stock subject to the corresponding Company Stock Option divided by the Stock Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.
(b) Following the Effective Time, Parent shall deliver to the participants in the Company Stock Plans holding Assumed Stock Options an appropriate notice
setting forth such participants rights pursuant to the Assumed Stock Option, as provided in this Section 2.9.
(c) Parent shall
take all corporate action necessary to reserve for issuance a sufficient number of Parent Common Shares for delivery upon exercise of the Assumed Stock Options. Within twenty (20) Business Days following the Effective Time, Parent shall file a
registration statement on Form S-8 with respect to the Parent Common Shares subject to such Assumed Stock Options and shall use its reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for so long as Assumed Stock
Options covering such shares remain outstanding.
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(d) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board of Directors will adopt such resolutions and take
such other and further actions as are required or reasonably requested by Parent in order to ensure that the assumption of the Company Stock Options, as aforesaid, complies and is otherwise consistent with the Companys stock option
plans, the applicable stock option agreements, the intent and purposes of this Agreement and the provisions of applicable law. The Company and Parent shall each take such corporate action reasonably necessary to cause the
assumption of the Company Stock Options to be exempt transactions under Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act.
2.10
Capital Stock of Merger Sub
. Each share of common stock of Merger Sub, $0.01 par value per share (
Merger Sub Common Stock
), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted automatically into one fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation, $0.01 par value per share. From and after the Effective Time, each stock certificate of Merger Sub which previously represented shares
of Merger Sub Common Stock shall evidence ownership of an equal number of shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
2.11
Adjustments.
The Stock Exchange Ratio shall be appropriately adjusted, at any time and from time to time, to fully reflect the effect of any reclassification, stock split, reverse split, stock dividend (including
any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common Stock or Company Common Stock, as the case may be), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock or, if permitted by the terms of
Section 5.1, Company Common Stock, as the case may be, occurring (or for which a record date occurs) during the Interim Period (as defined in Section 5.1).
2.12
No Fractional Shares
. No certificate or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender of Company Certificates for exchange, and such fractional share interests will
not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of Parent. Each holder of shares of Company Common Stock exchanged pursuant to the Merger who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common
Stock (after taking into account all Company Certificates delivered by such holder) shall receive from Parent, in lieu thereof, cash (without interest) in an amount, less the amount of withholding taxes which may be required thereon as contemplated
by subsection (f) of
Exhibit A
hereto, equal to such fractional part of a share of Parent Common Stock multiplied by the Closing Average. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Closing Average
shall be equal to the volume
weighted average closing price per share of Parent Common Stock (rounded up to the nearest cent) on the Nasdaq Global Market (
NGM
) for the ten (10) consecutive trading days ending on the second-to-last trading day immediately
prior to the Closing Date.
2.13
Exchange of Certificates, Etc
. The procedures for exchanging outstanding shares of Company Common Stock for the Merger Consideration pursuant to the Merger are set forth in
Exhibit A
attached hereto, which is
incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full.
2.14
No Liability
. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, none of the Exchange Agent (as defined in
Exhibit A
), Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to a holder of shares of Company
Common Stock for any shares of Parent Common Stock or any amount of cash properly delivered or paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
2.15
Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action.
If, at any time and from time to time after the Closing, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest in the
Surviving Corporation full right, title and possession of all properties, assets, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be and are fully authorized, in
the name of and on behalf of any of the Company, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, to take, or cause to be taken, all such lawful and necessary action as is not inconsistent with this Agreement.
2.16
Reorganization Treatment.
For federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a
plan of reorganization within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations. Parent, the Company and Merger Sub have taken no actions and will take no actions, nor have they
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failed to take any actions or will they fail to take any actions, either before or after the Closing, which could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger
to fail to qualify as a reorganization. Each of Parent, the Company and Merger Sub shall report the Merger for income tax purposes as a reorganization and will take no position in any Return or Tax proceeding inconsistent with treatment of the
Merger as a reorganization, unless required to by Law.
2.17
Parent Governance.
(a) The Parent certificate of incorporation as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time, as amended pursuant to the Charter Amendment, shall thereafter be the certificate of incorporation of Parent, until amended in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (
DGCL
) and such
certificate of incorporation. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall take all actions necessary to adopt the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Parent in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B
.
(b) On or prior to the Effective Time, the Parent Board of Directors shall cause the number of directors that will constitute the full Parent Board of
Directors at the Effective Time to be twelve. At the Effective Time, the members of the Parent Board of Directors and the class of the Parent Board of Directors in which each such member shall serve shall be as set forth on
Exhibit C
.
(c) Effective as of the Effective Time: (i) Brian K. Hutchison shall continue to serve as the Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Parent, (ii) Guy L. Mayer shall become and serve as the President and a director of Parent, subject to and in accordance with the Parent Bylaws, (iii) Thomas F. Rose shall continue to serve as the Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary of Parent, and (iv) L. Robert Johnston, Jr. shall become and serve as Vice President Finance of Parent. Parent shall enter into an Employment Agreement with Mr. Mayer in the Form of Exhibit D.
3.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth on the disclosure schedule provided by the
Company to Parent on the date hereof (the
Company Disclosure Memorandum
), the Company represents and warrants to Parent that the statements contained in this Section 3 are true, complete and correct. The Company Disclosure
Memorandum shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this Section 3, and the disclosure in any paragraph shall qualify the corresponding paragraph of this Section 3. As used in this
Agreement, a
Company Material Adverse Effect
means any change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the business, properties, assets (including intangible assets), condition (financial or otherwise), capitalization,
liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other
agreements, instruments and documents to be executed by Parent, Merger Sub or the Company pursuant hereto or in connection with such transactions (each, a
Transaction Document
and collectively, the
Transaction
Documents
), including the Merger (collectively, the
Transactions
) excluding any changes, events or effects that result from: (i) any change in the market price or trading volume of the capital stock of the Company
after the date hereof; (ii) any adverse change, event, development or effect arising from or relating to general business or economic conditions (including prevailing interest rate and stock market levels) and the general state of the
industries and market sectors in which the Company operates that does not disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other industry participants; (iii) any adverse change, event, development, or
effect arising from or relating to any change in accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (
GAAP
) that does not disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative
to other industry participants; (iv) any adverse change, event, development or effect arising from or relating to national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by the United States in hostilities or the
escalation thereof, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack anywhere in the world; and (v) any adverse change, event, development or
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effect arising from or relating to Law that does not disproportionately affect the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other industry
participants. In the event of any litigation regarding clauses (i) (v) of the foregoing sentence, the Company shall be required to sustain the burden of demonstrating that any such change, event or effect results from the
circumstances referred to in any such applicable clause.
3.1
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has the
requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or
the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed (individually or in the aggregate) has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. The term
Subsidiary
, with respect to any Person, means any corporation or other legal entity of which such Person Controls (either alone or through or together with any other
Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the capital stock or other ownership interests the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the Board of Directors or other governing body of such corporation or other
legal entity. The Company Disclosure Memorandum lists each Subsidiary of the Company. The Company has delivered to Parent complete and correct copies of its articles of incorporation and by-laws and the articles or certificates of incorporation and
by-laws (or comparable charter documents) of its Subsidiaries, in each case as amended to the date hereof. The Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of the minutes (or, in the case of minutes that have not yet been
finalized, drafts thereof) of all meetings of the stockholders of the Company, the Board of Directors of the Company and the committees of its Board of Directors, in each case held since January 1, 2003 and as of the date hereof. All of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary of the Company have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and owned by the Company, by another Subsidiary of the Company or by the Company and
another such Subsidiary, free and clear of all pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever (collectively,
Liens
), and free of any restriction on the right to vote, sell or
otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests, except for restrictions imposed by applicable securities Laws. There are no outstanding (i) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other ownership interests in any Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) options or other rights to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligation of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock or other ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other ownership interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company. Except for ownership of less than 1%
in any publicly traded company and the capital stock or other ownership interests of its Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or
other entity. No Subsidiary of the Company owns any shares of Company Common Stock.
3.2
Capital Structure
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company as of the date of this Agreement
consists of 30,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (
Company Preferred Stock
) .
(b) As of the close of business on November 12, 2007: (i) 19,201,939 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (ii) no
shares of Company Common Stock were held in the treasury of the Company; (iii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were outstanding (iv) 2,007,700 shares of Company Common Stock were duly reserved for future issuance pursuant to
outstanding Company Stock Options pursuant to the Companys 1996 Stock Option Plan, as amended to date, and 2006 Incentive and Non-Statutory Stock Option Plans (collectively, the
Company Stock Plans
); and (v) 175,000
shares of Company Common Stock were duly reserved for future issuance pursuant to the exercise of a warrant to purchase shares of Company Common Stock (the
Company Warrant
). Except as described above, as of the close of business
on the day
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prior to the date hereof, there were no shares of voting or non-voting capital stock, equity interests or other securities of the Company (
Company
Securities
) authorized, issued, reserved for issuance or otherwise outstanding. The Company Warrant shall be automatically exercised pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Company Warrant at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day prior to the
Closing Date.
(c) All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant to the Company Stock
Plans, the Company Stock Options, and the Company Warrant will be, when issued against payment therefor in accordance with the terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not subject to, or issued in violation
of, any preemptive, subscription or any kind of similar rights. The Company has no outstanding shares of Company Common Stock that are subject to a right of repurchase that will survive the Merger.
(d) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into securities having the right
to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of the Company may vote. Except as described in subsection (b) above, there are no outstanding securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of
any kind (contingent or otherwise) to which the Company is a party or bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other voting securities of the Company or
obligating the Company to issue, grant, extend or enter into any agreement to issue, grant or extend any security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to any obligation or requirement to provide funds for or to make any investment (in the form of a loan or capital contribution) in any Person.
(e) The Company has previously made available to Parent a complete and correct list of the holders of all Company Stock Options and the Company Warrant outstanding as of the date specified therein, including:
(i) the date of grant or issuance; (ii) the exercise price; (iii) the vesting schedule and expiration date; and (iv) any other material terms, including any terms regarding the acceleration of vesting. No Company Stock Option
(i) has a per share exercise price lower than the fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock on the date of grant of such Company Stock Option, (ii) has had its grant date backdated or (iii) has had its grant date delayed in
order to take advantage of the release or other public announcement of material non-public information regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(f) All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and the issued and outstanding Company Warrant and Company Stock Options were issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state
securities Laws and the applicable Company Stock Plan.
(g) There are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock (or options or warrants to acquire any such shares) or other security or equity interests of the Company, other than rights of repurchase of Company Common Stock pursuant to agreements entered
into in connection with the Company Stock Plans between the Company and the holder of such shares of Company Common Stock. Except as described in this Section 3.2, there are no stock-appreciation rights, security-based performance units,
phantom stock or other security rights or other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character (contingent or otherwise) pursuant to which any Person is or may be entitled to receive any payment or other value based on the revenues,
earnings or financial performance, stock price performance or other attribute of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or assets or calculated in accordance therewith (other than ordinary course cash payments or commissions to sales representatives
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries based upon revenues generated by them without augmentation as a result of the Transactions) of the Company or to cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the
Securities Act, or which otherwise relate to the registration of any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(h) There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements, commitments or understandings to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the stockholders of the Company, is a party or by which any of them is bound with respect to the issuance, holding, acquisition, voting or disposition of any shares of
capital stock or other security or equity interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.3
Corporate Authorization; Voting Requirements
. (a) The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and, subject to the
stockholders of the Company adopting this Agreement at the Company Stockholder Meeting, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company, subject to adoption of this Agreement by the Companys stockholders. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and (assuming that this
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub) constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity.
(b) The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock adopting this
Agreement is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the Companys capital stock necessary to adopt this Agreement (the
Company Required Vote
).
(c) The Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting duly called and held has, by unanimous vote of the directors, (i) approved and adopted this
Agreement and the Transactions, which approval and adoption has not been rescinded or modified, (ii) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders,
(iii) resolved to recommend this Agreement and the Transactions to its stockholders for approval and adoption (the
Company Board Recommendation
) and (iv) directed that this Agreement and the Transactions be submitted to
its stockholders for consideration in accordance with this Agreement.
3.4
Governmental Authorization
. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local government or any court, administrative agency, commission or
other governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign (a
Governmental Entity
), is required by or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company or the consummation by the Company of the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of a premerger notification and report form by the Company under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the
HSR
Act
), and expiration or termination of the waiting period thereunder and filings pursuant to similar applicable competition, merger control, antitrust or other Laws, (b) the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) of (i) a proxy statement relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting (as amended or supplemented from time to time), and (ii) such reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including such rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
Exchange Act
), as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, (c) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Department of State of the State of
Florida and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which the Company is qualified to do business and (d) as may be required by any applicable state securities or blue sky Laws or state takeover Laws.
3.5
Non-contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company do not and, subject to obtaining stockholder adoption of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions will not
(a) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company, (b) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision of any Law,
(c) require any consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any
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benefit to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any license, franchise, permit, certificate, approval or other similar authorization affecting, or relating in any way to, the assets or business of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (d) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (d), for such matters as have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
3.6
SEC Reports; Financial Statements
. (a) The Company has filed all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) with the SEC
since January 1, 2004 (such documents, together with any documents filed during such period by the Company with the SEC on a voluntary basis on Current Reports on Form 8-K, the
Company SEC Reports
). As of their respective
filing dates, the Company SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (including such rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the
Securities Act
), the
Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
SOX
) applicable to such Company SEC Reports, and none of the Company SEC Reports contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC Reports filed after January 1, 2004 comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, as indicated in the notes thereto) applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to year-end audit adjustments). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities,
obligations or impaired assets of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for: (i) liabilities identified as such in the liabilities column of the balance sheet contained in the Companys Form
10-Q filed with the SEC on August 14, 2007, and (ii) normal and recurring current liabilities that have been incurred by Company or its Subsidiaries since September 30, 2007 in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practices.
(c) Each of the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company has made all
certifications required by Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of SOX with respect to the Company SEC Reports, and the statements contained in such certifications are true and accurate. For purposes of this
Agreement, principal executive officer and principal financial officer shall have the meanings given to such terms in SOX. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding, or has arranged any outstanding,
extensions of credit to directors or executive officers within the meaning of Section 402 of SOX.
(d) The Company
maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) access to assets is permitted
only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iii) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(e) The Companys disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the
Exchange Act) are reasonably designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and
to make the certifications of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
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(f) The Company has not received any oral or written notification of any (i) significant
deficiency or (ii) material weakness in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting. There is no outstanding significant deficiency or material weakness which the Companys
independent accountants certify has not been appropriately and adequately remedied by the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms significant deficiency and material weakness shall have the meanings assigned to
them in Release 2004-001 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as in effect on the date hereof.
3.7
Absence of Certain Changes or Events
. Except as set forth in the Company SEC Reports, since September 30, 2006, (a) the Company has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, (b) there has
not been any event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any
action contemplated by Section 5.1(a) hereof.
3.8
Litigation
. There is no investigation, suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets
(including, but not limited to, Company Intellectual Property), nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
3.9
Compliance with Laws
. The Company and its Subsidiaries have been, and currently are, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (provided that no representation or warranty is made in this
Section 3.9 with respect to Environmental Laws, which are separately addressed in Section 3.12 hereof, or with respect to authorizations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and the regulations of the FDA
promulgated thereunder, which are separately addressed in Section 3.20 hereof). Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has in effect all federal, state, local and foreign governmental approvals, authorizations, certificates, filings,
franchises, licenses, notices, permits and rights (
Permits
) necessary for it to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, except where the absence of such Permits, individually
or in the aggregate, are not or would not be material. There has been no violation of, default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or event giving to others any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of, with or without
notice or lapse of time or both, any Permits. The Merger, in and of itself, would not reasonably be expected to cause the revocation or cancellation of any Permit.
3.10
Taxes
. (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed, or has caused to be timely filed, with the appropriate Taxing Authority all material Tax Returns in all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns
are required to be filed, and such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. All material Taxes of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) that have become due or payable have been fully and timely paid, or such Taxes are being contested in good faith and proper accruals pursuant to GAAP have been
established on the Companys consolidated financial statements with respect thereto. There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a Lien for current real property or ad valorem Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any disputes, claims,
audits, examinations, assessments or proposed assessments regarding any Taxes, and there are no disputes, claims, audits, examinations, assessments or proposed assessments regarding any Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the assets
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) are pending or (ii) have been threatened in writing (or, to the knowledge of the Company, otherwise threatened). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has waived any statute of
limitations in respect of any Taxes or agreed to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(c) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has duly and
timely withheld, collected, paid and reported to the proper Governmental Entity all Taxes required to have been withheld, collected, paid or reported (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441 through 1464, 3101 through 3510, and 6041
through 6053 of the Code and Treasury regulations thereunder, and comparable provisions under any other Laws).
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(d) Proper accruals pursuant to GAAP have been established (and until the Closing Date will be
maintained) on the Companys consolidated financial statements adequate to pay all Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries not yet due and payable.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated
federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or has any Tax liability to any Person under Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of Law (other than the other members of the
consolidated group of which the Company is parent), or as a transferee or successor, or by contract, agreement or other arrangement.
(f)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction intended to be governed by Section 355 of the Code.
(g) The Company is not now and has never been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of
the Code.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any intercompany transaction within the meaning of Treasury
regulation Section 1.1502-13 for which any income or gain remains unrecognized or deferred and no excess loss account within the meaning of Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-19 exists with respect to the stock of any of the Subsidiaries
of the Company.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to or is required to include in income any adjustment under
either Section 481(a) or Section 482 of the Code (or an analogous provision of state, local, or foreign law) by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise.
(j) No claim has ever been made by any Taxing Authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a jurisdiction where the Company or
such Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(k)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any reportable transaction within the meaning of Treasury regulation Section 1.6011-4.
(l) No power of attorney that is currently in force has been granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any matters relating to Taxes.
(m) Section 3.10(m) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum accurately sets forth as to the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) the amount of
any unused research and development, investment or other Tax credits of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for federal income Tax, alternative minimum Tax or any other Tax purposes (including dates of expiration of such items, and any
limitations on the use of such items), (ii) the amount, as of the date of this Agreement, of the net operating loss deduction (within the meaning of Section 172(a) of the Code and the applicable Treasury regulations thereunder), detailing
separately any amounts defined as specified liability loss amounts under Section 172(f) of the Code, that may be carried forward or backward by the Company or such Subsidiary (the
Company NOL
), (iii) the dates of
expiration of the Company NOL or any portion thereof and the amounts expiring on each such date, (iv) a full description of each limitation on the amount or usage of the Company NOL under (A) Section 381, 382, 383 or 384 of the Code
or any regulation promulgated under any of such Sections (including, but not limited to, each limitation as a result of an ownership change within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code and regulations thereunder and, for each ownership change,
the date and amount of the limitation and the methodology used to calculate the limitation), (B) any regulation promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code, or (C) any election made by or on behalf of the Company or such Subsidiary,
and (v) information comparable to the foregoing as determined for state, local or foreign income tax purposes in each jurisdiction where the Company or a Subsidiary is required to file a franchise or income tax return.
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(n) As used herein,
(i)
Taxes
shall mean any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies, duties, imposts or other similar assessments, including
income, gross receipts, estimated, gains, ad valorem, minimum, excise, real or personal property, sales, withholding, social security, retirement, unemployment, occupation, use, goods and services, service use, license, value added, capital, net
worth, payroll, profits, franchise, business, transfer, recording, stamp, fees and charges, and any other taxes, assessments or similar charges imposed by the United States Internal Revenue Service (
IRS
) or any other federal,
state, cantonal, provincial, county, local or national Governmental Entity (whether domestic or foreign) or any subdivision or taxing agency thereof (including a United States possession) (a
Taxing Authority
), whether computed on
a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or any other basis; and such term shall include any interest, fines, penalties or additional amounts attributable to, or imposed upon, or with respect to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies, duties,
imposts or other assessments, as well as any obligations under any contracts, agreements or arrangements with any Person with respect to the liability for, or sharing of, Taxes (including pursuant to Treasury regulation §1.1502-6 or comparable
provisions of Law) and including any liability for Taxes as a transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise; and
(ii)
Tax Return
shall mean any form, report, return, document, declaration or other information or filing required to be supplied (including any electronic submissions) to any Taxing Authority or jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) with
respect to Taxes, including information returns, amended or corrected returns, any documents required to accompany the required filings, any principal documentation (as described in Treasury regulation §1.6662-6(d)(2)(iii)(B) or similar state
or foreign jurisdiction provisions) that was prepared to support transfer pricing methodologies, any documents with respect to or accompanying payments of estimated Taxes, or with respect to or accompanying requests for the extension of time in
which to file any such form, report, return, document, declaration or other information.
(o) As of the Effective Time, Company will hold
assets representing at least ninety percent (90%) of the fair market value of Companys net assets and at least seventy (70%) of the fair market value of Companys gross assets held by Company immediately prior to the Effective
Time. For purposes of this representation, the following assets will be included as assets of Company held by Company immediately prior but not subsequent to the Effective Time: (i) assets disposed of by Company prior to the Merger and in
contemplation thereof (including without limitation any asset disposed of other than in the ordinary course of business, pursuant to a plan or intent existing during the period ending on the Effective Time and beginning with commencement of
negotiations (whether formal or informal) with Parent regarding the Merger), (ii) assets used to pay expenses or liabilities incurred in connection with the Merger; and (iii) assets used by Company to make distributions, redemptions, or
other payments in respect of Company Common Stock or rights to acquire such stock (including payments treated as such for tax purposes) that are made as part of an overall plan of which the Merger is a part.
(p) Neither Company nor any person related to Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-1(e)(3), (e)(4) and (e)(5) has
purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, or made any distributions with respect to, any Company Common Stock prior to and in contemplation of the Merger, or otherwise as part of a plan of which the Merger is a part.
(q) To the best knowledge of the management of Company, there is no plan or intention on the part of any stockholder of the Company to sell, exchange or
otherwise transfer ownership of any Parent Common Stock received in the Merger to Parent or any person related to Parent (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-1(e)(3), (e)(5)), directly or indirectly, other than through
open-market purchases of Parent Common Stock pursuant to a general stock repurchase program of Parent that has not been created or modified in connection with the Merger.
3.11
Company Employee Plans
. (a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum lists each material employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended (
ERISA
), whether or not subject to ERISA, and each other employment, severance, incentive, retention, consulting, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, deferred compensation,
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or other compensatory plan, policy, agreement or arrangement which is made or maintained with or for the benefit of any current or former employee, director
or other personnel of other employment, severance, change in control, salary continuation, bonus, incentive, insurance, retention, consulting, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, deferred compensation or other compensatory plan, policy, agreement
or arrangement that is maintained with or for the benefit of any current or former employee, consultant, director or other personnel of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any direct or
indirect liability (collectively, the
Company Employee Plans
). The Company has delivered to Parent true and complete copies of each Company Employee Plan document, and, as applicable, true and complete copies of (1) any
related trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding agreements or arrangements, (2) the most recent summary plan description and any summary of material modifications, (3) the most recent determination letter or opinion letter
issued by the IRS and any pending application for a determination letter or opinion letter, (4) the last two Form 5500 filings, (5) applicable nondiscrimination testing for the two (2) most recent Company Employee Plan years, and
(6) the most recent audited financial statement and actuarial valuation.
(b) Each Company Employee Plan which is a funded employee
pension plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and each related trust or other funding vehicle is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code. Each Company
Benefit Plan has been maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the provisions of applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. No compensation paid or required to be paid under any Company Benefit Plan is
or will be subject to additional tax under Section 409A(1)(B) of the Code. All equity compensation awards issued by the Company have been made, accounted for, reported and disclosed in accordance with applicable law, accounting rules and stock
exchange requirements.
(c) With respect to any Company Employee Plan covered by Title I of ERISA, no non-exempt transaction prohibited by
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code has occurred. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has sponsored, participated in or contributed to any multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section 3(40)
of ERISA. None of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company nor any entity that, together with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, would be treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code (an
ERISA
Affiliate
) contributes, nor within the six-year period ending on the date hereof has any of them contributed or been obligated to contribute or otherwise participated under any multiemployer plan (as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA) or employee pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code.
(d) No Company Employee Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits (whether or not insured) for current or former
employees, directors, consultants or other personnel of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than group health plan continuation coverage mandated by applicable
Law.
(e) There are no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened, claims, lawsuits, arbitrations, investigations or audits
asserted or instituted against any Company Employee Plan, any fiduciary (as defined by Section 3(21) of ERISA) thereto, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any employee or administrator thereof in connection with the existence, operation or
administration of an Company Employee Plan, other than routine claims for benefits.
(f) All contributions, premium and benefit payments
required to be made under or in connection with each Company Benefit Plan through the date hereof have been made or properly accrued.
(g)
Except as otherwise specified in Section 3.11(g) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum, the consummation of the Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with any other event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, director
or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any other payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, director or officer, or
(iii) require the Company to place in trust or otherwise set aside
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any amounts in respect of severance pay or any other payment or benefit. There are no agreements between the Company and any director, officer or employee
pursuant to which the Company would be required to make a parachute payment (within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) as a result of the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in combination with a
termination of employment or other event). No payments required to be made after the date hereof, whether as a result of the consummation of the Transactions or otherwise, will be non-deductible by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(h) Each Company Employee Plan, if any, which is maintained outside of the United State has been operated in all material respects in
conformance with the applicable statutes or governments regulations and rulings relating to such plans in the jurisdictions in which such Company Employee Plan is present or operates and, to the extent relevant, the United States.
(i) Except as set forth in Company Disclosure Memorandum, no Company Employee Plan, excluding any short-term disability, non-qualified deferred
compensation or flexible spending account plan or program, is self-funded, self-insured or funded through the general assets of the Company or an ERISA Affiliate. Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Memorandum, no Company Employee Plan
which is an employee welfare benefit plan under Section 3(1) of ERISA is funded by a trust or is subject to Section 419 or 419A of the Code.
(j) With respect to each Company Employee Plan, other than restrictions under the Code and ERISA, there are no restrictions on the ability of the sponsor of each Company Employee Plan to amend or terminate any Company
Employee Plan.
3.12
Environmental Matters
. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect:
(i) no written notice, demand, request for information, citation, summons or order has been received, no penalty has been assessed, no
judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator is outstanding, and no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Company, investigation is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by any
Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding or alleging any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or liability under any Environmental Law of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) there are no conditions, facts or circumstances existing or at any property currently or formerly owned, leased or
operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with compliance with Environmental Laws or give rise to liability under any Environmental Law in the future;
(iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries currently are, and to the knowledge of the Company have been, in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws in effect and have all Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership, lease and operation of their properties and assets and for the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted;
(iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Person has treated, stored or
disposed of any Hazardous Materials at, on or beneath any property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except in compliance with Environmental Laws; and
(v) there has been no Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials at, under, onto or from any property currently owned,
leased or operated, or to the knowledge of the Company, formerly owned, leased or operated, by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other location, including any location at which any Hazardous Materials
used or generated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been stored, treated or disposed.
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(b) The Company has delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Merger Sub true and complete copies of all
environmental reports and studies of which the Company has knowledge or were conducted by, at the expense of or otherwise on behalf of or are in the possession of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) To the knowledge of the Company, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments exist on any property currently or formerly owned by the
Company or its Subsidiaries.
(d) As used herein,
(i)
Environmental Laws
means any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute, ordinance, regulation, rule, order,
judgment or decree or other requirement of any Governmental Entity existing and in effect on the Closing Date relating to the environment, natural resources or the protection of human health, including the manufacture, transportation, storage,
distribution in commerce, use or Release of Hazardous Materials including, but not limited to the following statutes and the regulations promulgated thereunder: the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401
et seq
., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C.
§ 1251
et seq.
, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), 42 U.S.C. § 6901
et seq
., the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11011
et seq.
, the Toxic Substances
Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq.
, the Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251
et seq.
, the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f
et seq.
, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601
et seq.
, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651
et seq.
, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1801
et
seq.
, and any state, county, or local regulations similar thereto;
(ii)
Environmental Permits
means
all Permits required under Environmental Laws;
(iii)
Hazardous Materials
shall mean any hazardous or
toxic material, substance or waste, contaminant, medical waste, special waste, petroleum or petroleum-derived substance, waste or additive, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyl, radioactive material, or other compound, element, material or substances
in any form (including products) regulated under any applicable Environmental Law; and
(iv)
Release
shall mean any release, pumping, pouring, emptying, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, spill, leak, discharge, disposal or emission.
3.13
Intellectual Property
. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, the term (i)
Intellectual Property
shall mean any and all of the following: U.S. and non-U.S. (A) patents, utility models
and applications therefor (including provisional applications, certificates of invention and applications for certificates of invention) and divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, patents of addition, reissues, renewals, extensions,
registrations, confirmations, re-examinations and equivalents thereof throughout the world (collectively,
Patents
), (B) trade secrets, know-how, invention disclosures, proprietary information, inventions, discoveries,
improvements, technology (including, without limitation, allograft, and xenograft technology), technical data, formulas and research and development, whether patentable or not (collectively,
Trade Secrets
), (C) trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trade dress, logos, commercial symbols, internet domain names, registrations and applications for any of the foregoing and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing (collectively,
Trademarks
),
(D) copyrights, mask works, integrated circuit topographies, registrations and applications therefor, and equivalents thereof throughout the world (collectively,
Copyrights
), and (E) other intellectual property,
industrial property and proprietary rights and all applications, registrations and grants related thereto; (ii)
IP Contracts
shall mean all contracts or agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or
beneficiary that assigns, sells, grants, or otherwise conveys (each individually, an
Assignment
) or licenses, waives, options, covenants not to enforce or otherwise obligates (each individually, a
License
) any
rights under, in or to any Intellectual Property; (iii)
Registered Intellectual Property
shall mean any and all Intellectual Property that is the subject matter of an application, election, designation, certificate, filing,
registration, recordation, acknowledgement, document or other communication issued by, filed with, or recorded by any Governmental Entity or other Person primarily responsible for issuing, filing or recording any of the foregoing (such Governmental
Entity or other Person, a
Registration Authority
); (iv)
Owned Property
shall
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mean all Intellectual Property in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest; (v)
Licensed Property
shall
mean all Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Company and its Subsidiaries other than the Owned Property; and (vi)
Company Intellectual Property
shall mean the Owned Property and the Licensed Property.
(b) Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Registered Intellectual Property that is
Company Intellectual Property, and, to the knowledge of the Company, all Trademarks that are not Registered Intellectual Property and that are Owned Property;
provided
,
however
, that such list shall not include any applications for any
Company Intellectual Property. Section 3.13(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum sets forth, as of the date hereof, to the knowledge of the Company, a complete and accurate list of IP Contracts;
provided
,
however
, that such
list need not include immaterial shrink-wrap, click-wrap and similar widely available, off-the-shelf commercial software licenses or employment agreements or Intellectual Property assignments from the Companys officers,
former officers, directors, former directors, employees, former employees, consultants, or former consultants. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all IP Contracts. All Company Intellectual Property
is either (x) owned solely and exclusively by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of all Liens, or (y) licensed to the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of all Liens and royalty, payment or other
consideration obligations (except for royalty, payment or other consideration obligations expressly described in the IP Contracts listed on Section 3.13(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or commercially reasonable payment obligations
with respect to IP Contracts not required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum). To the knowledge of the Company, the Company has obtained from all Persons who are inventors or authors of, or have otherwise
participated in the discovery or creation of, the Owned Property, effective assignments to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries of all rights, title and interest under, in and with respect thereto (other than with respect to copyrightable works
the Company hereby represents to be works made for hire within the meaning of Section 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, or equivalent non-U.S. law), and it is not necessary to use any Intellectual Property of any such
Persons made prior to their engagement or employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the use or exercise of any right under such Owned Property, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, no director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or any Subsidiary is subject to any agreement with any other Person or Governmental Entity which requires such director, officer, consultant
or employee to assign, license or otherwise convey any right or interest in inventions or other Intellectual Property to any Persons other than the Company or its Subsidiaries in violation of such directors, officers, consultants
or employees assignment agreement with the Company. To the knowledge of the Company, all fees, annuities, royalties, honoraria, payments and other forms of consideration which are due from the Company to any party to an IP Contract on or
before the date hereof have been paid, and all such fees, annuities, royalties, honoraria, payments and other forms of consideration which are due from the Company to any party to an IP Contract after the date hereof but before the Closing will have
been paid by Closing. To the knowledge of the Company, other than through an IP Contract listed in Section 3.13(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum (or through an IP Contract not required to be listed in Section 3.13(b)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Memorandum), no Person, including any academic organization or Governmental Entity, possesses any rights, title or interest to or in the Company Intellectual Property which, if exercised, could enable such Person to license,
provide, develop or market products or services competitive to those of the Company or its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company Intellectual Property includes all the Intellectual Property that is used in or is necessary for
the conduct of the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or as conducted in the past.
(c) To the
knowledge of the Company, none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective current operations, products, services or promotional activities or communications related thereto infringes, misappropriates, or violates or otherwise
conflicts with, or has infringed, misappropriated, or violated any valid Intellectual Property of any Person to an extent which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the
execution, performance and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation by the Company of the Merger and
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the other Transactions and compliance by the Company or its Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement will not, (i) conflict with, or result in
any violation, impairment or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a benefit under, or
result in the creation of any Lien in or upon, or result in any claim of abandonment of, any Company Intellectual Property, (ii) grant or require the Company or any Subsidiary to grant to any Person any rights with respect to any Company
Intellectual Property, (iii) subject the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any fees or increase in royalties, payments or other consideration in respect of any Company Intellectual Property, (iv) materially diminish any royalties,
payments or other consideration the Company or its Subsidiaries would otherwise be entitled to in respect of any Company Intellectual Property, (v) result in a violation, waiver or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time,
or both) under, any IP Contract, or (vi) impair in any way the right of Parent or Surviving Corporation to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import or export any products, processes or services covered by any Company Intellectual Property, and
which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the knowledge of the Company, no
proceedings or claims in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleges that any Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Company Intellectual Property are pending, and none have been served by, instituted or asserted
by the Company or any such Subsidiary, nor are any proceedings threatened alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or violation. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no breaches, defaults or waivers of or any disputes or threatened
disputes concerning any of the IP Contracts. To the knowledge of the Company, no proceedings, claims, threats or allegations have been communicated and none have been served by, instituted or asserted by a third party alleging that the License or
Assignment of the Company Intellectual Property is in conflict with the terms of any license or other agreement. Section 3.13(d) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum sets forth, as of the date hereof, to the knowledge of the Company, facts,
circumstances or conditions that could reasonably be expected to form the basis for any claim by a Person to exclude or prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from freely exploiting or exercising its rights under Company Intellectual
Property or continuing to conduct the business of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as currently or in the past conducted that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To the knowledge of the Company, all Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Memorandum has been duly registered and/or filed with or issued by each appropriate Registration Authority, all necessary affidavits of continuing use, renewal, incontestability and the like and requests for extension have been timely filed, and all
necessary maintenance, annuities, and other fees have been timely paid to continue all such rights in effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Company or one of its Subsidiaries is listed in the records of the appropriate Registration Authority
as the sole and exclusive owner of record for each registration, grant and application included in the Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum. To the knowledge of the
Company, patents required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum disclose patentable subject matter under Title 35 of the United States Code or its counterparts under non-U.S. law, as applicable. To the
knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with the required duty of candor and good faith in dealing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and similar non-U.S. Registration Authorities, including the duty
to disclose all information required to be disclosed under all applicable Laws. There are no inventorship or ownership challenges, interferences, oppositions, cancellations, nullity actions, reissues, reexaminations or other proceedings challenging
any of the Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum (or, to the knowledge of the Company, challenging any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights licensed to the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries), including ex parte and post-grant proceedings, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any foreign patent office or similar Registration Authority.
(f) To the knowledge of the Company, none of the Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company
Disclosure Memorandum has expired or been declared invalid, in whole or in part, or unenforceable by any Registration Authority. To the knowledge of the Company, all of the Companys and its Subsidiaries rights in the Company Intellectual
Property are valid and enforceable, and the Owned
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Property (including, without limitation, the Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 3.13(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Memorandum) is valid and enforceable. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no material facts, proceedings, claims or challenges that cause or would cause any Company Intellectual Property to be invalid or unenforceable, and neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice from any Person bringing or threatening to bring such proceedings, claims or challenges. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or any licensee thereof
has taken, or failed to take, any action which has, had or could have the effect of impairing or dedicating to the public, or entitling any Governmental Entity or any other Person to cancel, forfeit, modify or consider abandoned, any Company
Intellectual Property, or give any Person any rights with respect thereto, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
provided
,
however
, the foregoing sentence does not apply to any business
decision to abandon a patent, trademark, or copyright application, refrain from filing a patent, trademark, or copyright application, or to elect trade secret rather than patent protection.
(g) To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has disclosed, divulged, furnished to or made accessible to any
Person any Trade Secret included in the Company Intellectual Property without having obtained an enforceable written agreement requiring each such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets. To the knowledge of the Company, each
director, officer, consultant and employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries who has developed, has been exposed to, develops or is exposed to the Companys or its Subsidiaries Trade Secrets has signed an enforceable written agreement
requiring such director, officer, consultant or employee to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets. In addition to the foregoing, the Company, its Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, consultants, and employees of the Company and
its Subsidiaries have otherwise used commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such Trade Secrets in confidence. To the knowledge of the Company, no director, officer, consultant or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries has
(i) misappropriated any Trade Secrets of any Person in the course of performance as an director, officer, consultant or employee or (ii) is in default of any term of any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-disclosure agreement,
assignment of invention agreement or similar agreement relating in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use, disclosure or transfer of Intellectual Property, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has the right to use all software,
development tools, library functions, compilers and other third party software currently resident on their computers or other data storage media or that are used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
3.14
Certain Contracts
. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any (a) contract, agreement or arrangement the performance of which involves aggregate
consideration in excess of $500,000 or a term in excess of one year, (b) employment agreement, including, without limitation, any retention, severance or similar agreements, (c) contract, agreement or arrangement which relates to
indebtedness owed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the guarantee thereof, (d) broker, dealer, manufacturers representative, franchise, agency, research, clinical trial, development, license, sales promotion, market research,
marketing, co-promotion, consulting or advertising contracts, agreements or arrangements, in each case, involving annual consideration in excess of $125,000, (e) distributor, sales, or supply agreements or arrangements involving annual
consideration in excess of $500,000, (f) contracts, agreements or arrangements with independent contractors or consultants which are not cancelable without penalty or further payment and without more than 90 days notice
(g) contracts, agreements or arrangements with any Governmental Entity, (h) contracts, agreements or arrangements that limit or purport to limit the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any line of business, with
respect to any product or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time, (i) contracts, agreements or arrangements with any senior executive officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
(j) contract, agreement or arrangement containing change of control provisions and (k) contract, agreement or arrangement the termination of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect (collectively,
Company Material Contracts
). The Company has made available to Parent a copy of each
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Company Material Contract, together with any and all amendments or modifications thereto. Each Company Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and
in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party is in breach of or default under any such Company Material Contract and no event has occurred which, with or without
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, under such Company Material Contract. No other party to any such Company Material Contract has, to the knowledge of the
Company, alleged that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or breach of or in default under any such Company Material Contract or has notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an intention to modify any material terms of
or to terminate or not to renew any such Company Material Contract.
3.15
Employment Matters
. (a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any labor or collective bargaining agreement. There are no material controversies, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns,
lockouts, arbitrations or other material labor disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any representatives (including unions and any bargaining unit) of any of their
employees. To the knowledge of the Company, there are no material organizational efforts presently being made involving any of the presently unorganized employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened complaints, charges or claims against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries brought or filed with any Governmental Entity, arbitrator or court based on, arising out of, in connection with or otherwise relating to the
employment or termination of employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of employees or other Persons providing services to or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance
with all Laws applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries and the employees or other Persons providing services to or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, relating to the employment of labor, including all such
Laws relating to wages, hours, employment standards, WARN Act, collective bargaining, discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, and workers compensation.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries have, in all material respects, properly classified the employment or other service status of all employees, independent contractors and other persons providing services to or on
behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of compliance with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) the terms or tax qualification requirements of any Company Employee Plan or other benefit arrangement and (iii) the
collection and payment of withholding and/or social security taxes and any similar Tax.
(c) Each officer or employee of, or consultant to,
the Company and any Subsidiary is a signatory to, and is bound by, an agreement with the Company or such Subsidiary relating to confidentiality, nonsolicitation and noncompetition. No officer or employee of, or consultant to, the Company or any
Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any term of any employment contract, consulting agreement, noncompetition agreement, nonsolicitation agreement or any other contract including, but not limited to, those matters relating to
the relationship of any such individual with the Company or to any other party as a result of the nature of the Companys business as currently conducted. To the Companys knowledge, the continued employment or engagement of the
Companys or any Subsidiarys officers, employees and consultants does not subject the Company or any Subsidiary to any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
(d) Section 3.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum sets forth a list of (i) every employee, officer and director of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, (ii) the current salary or wages of each such employee, officer and director, (iii) the amount and date of payment of the most recent bonus paid to each such employee, officer and director, if applicable, and (iv) the
date and amount of the most recent increase in wages, salary, bonus and other compensation, to the extent applicable, for each such employee, officer and director.
3.16
Title to Properties
. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has valid title to, or valid leasehold or sublease interests or other comparable contract rights in or relating to all of its real properties and other
material tangible assets, including, but not limited to, buildings, plants, structures and equipment used in the conduct of its business as currently conducted (the
Company Assets
). The Company Assets are structurally sound, are
in good
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operating condition and repair and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put in all material respects, and, to the knowledge of the Company, none
of such Company Assets is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost. The Company Assets are sufficient in all material respects for the continued operation of the
Companys businesses after the Closing in substantially the same manner as conducted to the date hereof. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has complied with the terms of all leases or subleases to which it is a party and under which it
is in occupancy, and all leases to which the Company is a party and under which it is in occupancy are in full force and effect, except for such failure to comply or be in full force and effect that individually or in the aggregate are not or would
not be material. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any event or occurrence that has resulted or could result (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) in a default with respect
to any lease or sublease to which it is a party, which defaults individually or in the aggregate would be material.
3.17
Finders Fees
. Except for Cowen and Company, LLC, a copy of whose engagement agreement has been provided to Parent, there is no investment banker, broker or finder that has been retained by or is authorized to
act on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who is entitled to any fee or commission from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.
3.18
Opinion of Financial Advisor
. The Company has received an opinion of Cowen and Company, LLC to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, the Stock Exchange Ratio is fair to the holders of Company Common Stock
from a financial point of view.
3.19
Insurance
. Section 3.19 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum contains a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all material policies of fire, liability, workmens compensation and other forms of
insurance owned or held by or covering the Company or all or any portion of its property and assets. All such policies are in full force and effect and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policy. Such
policies are sufficient for compliance with all requirements of Law and of all agreements to which the Company is a party and, to the knowledge of the Company, are valid, outstanding and enforceable policies and provide, in the reasonable judgment
of management, adequate insurance coverage for the assets and operations of the Company. No insurance has been refused with respect to any operations or property assets of the Company, nor has the coverage of any insurance been limited, by any
insurance carrier which has carried, or received any application for, any such insurance during the last three years.
3.20
Regulatory Compliance
. (a) As to the Company and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents, and as to each product subject to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and the regulations of
the Food and Drug Administration (the
FDA
) promulgated thereunder (the
FDCA
) or similar Law (each such product, a
Medical Device
, a
Biologic
, a
Drug
, or
Human Tissue Intended for Transplantation
, as the case may be, and collectively
Regulated Products
)) that is or has been developed, manufactured, tested, distributed or marketed by the Company and its
Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents are in compliance with, and each such Regulated Product is being developed, manufactured, tested, distributed and/or marketed in compliance with, all applicable requirements under the FDCA and other applicable
Laws, including 21 C.F.R. Parts 1270 and 1271 (regulation of Human Cellular and Tissue Products, or HCTPs), 21 C.F.R. Part 820 (regulation of Medical Devices), the United States National Organ Transplant Act, 42 U.S.C. §274e, the
licensing requirements and other applicable Laws of the several states of the United States, European Union Directive 2004/23/EC (standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, preservation, storage and
distribution of human tissues and cells), applicable Laws of the various member nations of the European Union, American Association of Tissue Banking (AATB) standards, and those Laws relating to the tissue donor recovery process. The Company has not
received any material notice or other material communication from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity (i) contesting the premarket clearance or approval of, the uses of or the labeling and promotion of any products of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or (ii) otherwise alleging any violation applicable to any Regulated Product by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or agents of any Law.
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(b) All material reports, documents, claims and notices required to be filed, maintained, or furnished to
any Governmental Entity by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been so filed, maintained or furnished.
(c) No Regulated Product of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been recalled, withdrawn, suspended or discontinued by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the United States or outside the United States (whether voluntarily or otherwise). No proceedings in the
United States or outside of the United States of which the Company has knowledge (whether completed or pending) seeking the recall, withdrawal, suspension or seizure of any Regulated Product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are pending
against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor have any such proceedings been pending at any prior time.
(d) As to each Regulated
Product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for which a premarket notification submission under Section 510(k) of the FDCA, premarket approval application, biological license application, new drug application, investigational new drug
application or similar state or foreign regulatory application has been cleared or approved, the Company and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents are in compliance with 21 U.S.C. §§ 355, 360 and 360e, and 42 U.S.C. § 262 and 21
C.F.R. Parts 312, 314, 600, and 601, 807, 812, 814 et seq., as applicable, and similar Law and all terms and conditions of such applications, except for any such failure or failures to be in compliance which individually or in the aggregate are not
or would not be material. As to each such Regulated Product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, the Company and the officers, employees or agents of the Company, have included in the application for such Regulated Product of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, where required, the certification described in 21 U.S.C. § 335a(k)(1) or any similar Law and the list described in 21 U.S.C. § 335a(k)(2) or any similar Law, and each such certification and list was true, complete
and correct in all material respects when made. In addition, the Company and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents are in substantial compliance with all applicable registration and listing requirements set forth in 21 U.S.C. § 360, 42 U.S.C.
§ 262 and 21 C.F.R. Part 207, 601 and 807 and all similar Laws.
(e) No article of any Regulated Product manufactured and/or
distributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is (i) adulterated within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 351 (or similar Law), (ii) misbranded within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 352 (or similar Law) or (iii) a product that
is in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 355, 360, 360e and 42 U.S.C. § 262 (or similar Law), except for failures to be in compliance with the foregoing that individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material.
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, employee or agent of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity that primarily regulates Medical Devices, Biologics or Drugs, failed to disclose a material
fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity that primarily regulates Medical Devices, Biologics or Drugs, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made,
would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Entity to invoke its policy respecting Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities, set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191
(September 10, 1991) or any similar policy. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has been convicted
of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(a) or any similar Law or authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(b) or any similar Law. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates nor, to
the knowledge of the Company, any officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which such person or entity could be excluded from participating in
the federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act of 1935, as amended (the
Social Security Act
), or any similar Law.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity has (i) commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to withdraw its approval
or request the recall of any Regulated Product of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to enjoin production of any Regulated Product of the Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries, or (iii) commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to enjoin the production of any Regulated Product of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries produced at any facility where any Regulated Product is manufactured, tested or packaged, except for any such action that individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material.
(h) To the knowledge of the Company, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any
investigation, suit, claim, action or proceeding against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or arising under (i) the FDCA, (ii) the Public Health Service Act of 1944 or (iii) the Social Security Act or
regulations of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(i) The Company and its Subsidiaries
are in full compliance with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1320a-7b(b), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395nn) and the AdvaMed Code of Ethics on Interactions with Health Care Professionals (the
AdvaMed
Code
), and all of the Companys and its Subsidiaries contracts, agreements and arrangements with Health Care Professionals (as defined in the AdvaMed Code) are in full compliance with the AdvaMed Code.
3.21
Products
. No contract, agreement or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in any way restricts the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or, following the consummation of the
Transactions, Parent, Merger Sub, Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates: (i) from directly or indirectly producing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, offering to sell, importing or exporting, or directly or indirectly
assisting others to do any of the foregoing, any allograft or xenograft products anywhere in the world for any application; (ii) from directly or indirectly producing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, offering to sell, importing or
exporting, or directly or indirectly assisting others to do any of the foregoing, any of the Companys products anywhere in the world for any application.
3.22
Restrictions on Business Activities
. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which has the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing
(a) any current or future business practice of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any acquisition of any Person or property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except in each of clauses (a) and (b) for any such
prohibitions or impairments that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.23
Certain Business Practices
. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, in the course of his or her duties on behalf of
the Company, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, has: (a) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful payments relating to political activity; (b) made
any unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (c) consummated any
transaction, made any payment, entered into any agreement or arrangement or taken any other action in violation of Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act; or (d) made any other unlawful payment. Except as would not reasonably be
expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no Person has submitted to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any member of the Board of Directors of either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any written complaint concerning any
material violation of Law, or any notice concerning the violation or potential violation of the federal securities or other Law, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any officer, director, employee or agent of either the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or concerning any violations or potential violations of the Companys or its Subsidiaries corporate code of conduct or code of ethics, in each case whether such notices or complaints are made pursuant
to the provisions of SOX or otherwise.
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3.24
Registration Statement; Proxy Statement/Prospectus.
(a) The information to be supplied by the Company
for inclusion (or incorporation by reference, as the case may be) in the registration statement on Form S-4 (or such successor form as shall then be appropriate) pursuant to which the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger will be
registered by Parent under the Securities Act (including any amendments or supplements thereto, the
Registration Statement
) shall not, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at the time it is amended or supplemented, at
the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The information to be supplied
by the Company for inclusion in the joint proxy statement/prospectus to be sent to the stockholders of the Company and Parent in connection with (i) the special meeting of stockholders of the Company to consider and vote on a proposal to adopt
this Agreement (the
Company Stockholder Meeting
) and (ii) the special meeting of stockholders of Parent to consider and vote on the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the
Parent
Stockholder Meeting
) (such joint proxy statement/prospectus, as the same may be amended or supplemented, the
Proxy Statement
), shall not on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of the Company
and Parent, at the time of the Company Stockholder Meeting or Parent Stockholder Meeting and at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any statement in any earlier written communication constituting a
solicitation of proxies by the Company and Parent for the Company Stockholder Meeting or Parent Stockholder Meeting which has in the interim become false or misleading in any material respect.
3.25
Company Rights Agreement
. The Company has taken all necessary action to ensure that the provisions of the Tutogen Medical, Inc. and Computershare Investor Services, LLC Rights Agreement, dated as of July 16,
2002 (the
Company Rights Agreement
) shall be inapplicable to the Merger and the other Transactions, including, without limitation, amending the Company Rights Agreement to provide that neither the Parent nor the Merger Sub shall
be deemed to be an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement), such that neither a Shares Acquisition Date (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement) nor a Distribution Date (as defined in the Company Rights Agreement) shall be
deemed to occur, and the Rights will not separate from the Company Common Stock, as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents.
4.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule
provided by Parent to the Company on the date hereof (the
Parent Disclosure Memorandum
), Parent represents and warrants to the Company that the statements contained in this Section 4 are true, complete and correct. The Parent
Disclosure Memorandum shall be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the numbered and lettered paragraphs contained in this Section 4, and the disclosure in any paragraph shall qualify the corresponding paragraph of this Section 4. As
used in this Agreement, a
Parent Material Adverse Effect
means any change, event or effect that is materially adverse to the business, properties, assets (including intangible assets), condition (financial or otherwise),
capitalization, liabilities or results of operations of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions, including the Merger, excluding any
changes, events or effects that result from: (i) any change in the market price or trading volume of the capital stock of Parent after the date hereof; (ii) any adverse change, event, development or effect arising from or relating to
general business or economic conditions (including prevailing interest rate and stock market levels) and the general state of the industries and market sectors in which Parent operates that does not disproportionately affect Parent and its
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other industry participants; (iii) any adverse change, event, development, or effect arising from or relating to any change in GAAP that does
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not disproportionately affect Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other industry participants; (iv) any adverse change, event,
development or effect arising from or relating to national or international political or social conditions, including the engagement by the United States in hostilities or the escalation thereof, whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a
national emergency or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack anywhere in the world; and (v) any adverse change, event, development or effect arising from or relating to Law that does not disproportionately affect Parent and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other industry participants. In the event of any litigation regarding clauses (i) (v) of the foregoing sentence, Parent shall be required to sustain the burden of demonstrating that
any such change, event or effect results from the circumstances referred to in any such applicable clause.
4.1
Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries
. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized and has the
requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the
ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed (individually or in the aggregate) has not had and would not reasonably be
expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. The Parent Disclosure Memorandum lists each Subsidiary of Parent. Parent has delivered to the Company complete and correct copies of its certificate of incorporation and by-laws and the articles or
certificates of incorporation and by-laws (or comparable charter documents) of its Subsidiaries, in each case as amended to the date hereof. Parent has made available to the Company complete and accurate copies of the minutes (or, in the case of
minutes that have not yet been finalized, drafts thereof) of all meetings of the stockholders of Parent, the Board of Directors of Parent and the committees of its Board of Directors, in each case held since January 1, 2003 and as of the date
hereof. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each Subsidiary of Parent have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and owned by Parent, by another Subsidiary of Parent or by Parent and
another such Subsidiary, free and clear of Liens, and free of any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests, except for restrictions imposed by applicable securities Laws. There
are no outstanding (i) securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other ownership interests in any Subsidiary of Parent or (ii) options or other rights to acquire from
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligation of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock or other ownership interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other ownership
interests in, any Subsidiary of Parent. Except for ownership of less than 1% in any publicly traded company and the capital stock or other ownership interests of its Subsidiaries, Parent does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or
other ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity. No Subsidiary of Parent owns any shares of Parent Common Stock.
4.2
Capital Structure
(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent as of the date of this Agreement consists
of 50,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock of Parent, par value $0.001 per share.
(b) As of the
close of business on November 9, 2007: (1) 29,879,664 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and outstanding; (2) no shares of Parent Common Stock were held in the treasury of Parent; and, (3) 3,732,991 shares of Parent Common
Stock were duly reserved for future issuance pursuant to outstanding options to purchase Parent Common Stock (
Parent Stock Options
) granted pursuant to the Parent 1998 Stock Option Plan, the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan and the
Parents Omnibus Stock Plan (
Parent Stock Plans
). Except as described above, as of the close of business on the day prior to the date hereof, there were no shares of voting or non-voting capital stock, equity interests or other
securities of Parent authorized, issued, reserved for issuance or otherwise outstanding.
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(c) All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant to
Parent Stock Plans and Parent Stock Options will be, when issued against payment therefor in accordance with the terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and not subject to, or issued in violation of, any
preemptive, subscription or any kind of similar rights. Parent has no outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock that are subject to a right of repurchase that will survive the Merger.
(d) There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Parent having the right to vote (or convertible into securities having the right to
vote) on any matters on which stockholders of Parent may vote. Except as described in subsection (b) above, there are no outstanding securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, arrangements or undertakings of any kind
(contingent or otherwise) to which Parent is a party or bound obligating Parent to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of capital stock or other voting securities of Parent or obligating Parent to
issue, grant, extend or enter into any agreement to issue, grant or extend any security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, arrangement or undertaking. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any obligation or
requirement to provide funds for or to make any investment (in the form of a loan or capital contribution) in any Person.
(e) Parent has
previously made available to the Company a complete and correct list of the holders of all Parent Stock Options outstanding as of the date specified therein, including: (i) the date of grant or issuance; (ii) the exercise price;
(iii) the vesting schedule and expiration date; and (iv) any other material terms, including any terms regarding the acceleration of vesting. The date of grant or issuance of each Parent Stock Option set forth on this list is the date such
option would be considered granted or issued under the DGCL, the Code, and GAAP (that is, no such option has had its exercise or grant date delayed or backdated), and the exercise price of each such Parent Stock Option is equal to or
greater than the closing price of Parent Common Stock on the NGM upon the date its grant or issuance was approved by the Parent Board of Directors.
(f) All of the issued and outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock and all of the issued and outstanding Parent Stock Options were issued in compliance in all material respects with all applicable federal and state securities Laws and the
applicable Parent Stock Plan.
(g) There are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire
any shares of capital stock (or options or warrants to acquire any such shares) or other security or equity interests of Parent, other than rights of repurchase of Parent Common Stock pursuant to agreements entered into in connection with Parent
Stock Plans and between Parent and the holder of such shares of Parent Common Stock. Except as described in this Section 4.2, there are no stock-appreciation rights, security-based performance units, phantom stock or other security rights or
other agreements, arrangements or commitments of any character (contingent or otherwise) pursuant to which any Person is or may be entitled to receive any payment or other value based on the revenues, earnings or financial performance, stock price
performance or other attribute of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or assets or calculated in accordance therewith (other than ordinary course cash payments or commissions to sales representatives of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries based upon
revenues generated by them without augmentation as a result of the Transactions) of Parent or to cause Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, or which otherwise relate to the registration of any
securities of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(h) There are no voting trusts, proxies or other agreements, commitments or
understandings to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Parent, any of the stockholders of Parent, is a party or by which any of them is bound with respect to the issuance, holding, acquisition, voting or disposition of any
shares of capital stock or other security or equity interest of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.3
Corporate Authorization; Voting Requirements
. (a) Parent has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and, subject to the stockholders of
Parent adopting the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance at the Parent Stockholder Meeting, to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and the consummation by
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Parent of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Parent and constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent, enforceable against Parent in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar
Laws affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity.
(b) The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate voting power of the outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock adopting this Agreement is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the Parents capital
stock necessary to approve: (i) the Charter Amendment, and (ii) the Share Issuance (the
Parent Required Vote
) .
(c) The Board of Directors of Parent at a meeting duly called and held has, by unanimous vote of the directors, (i) approved and adopted this Agreement, the Charter Amendment, the Stock Issuance and the Transactions, which approval and
adoption has not been rescinded or modified, (ii) determined that this Agreement, the Charter Amendment, the Stock Issuance and the Transactions are advisable and fair to and in the best interests of Parent and its stockholders,
(iii) resolved to recommend the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance to its stockholders for approval (the
Parent Board Recommendation
) and (iv) directed that the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance be submitted
to its stockholders for consideration in accordance with this Agreement.
4.4
Governmental Authorization
. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or the consummation by Parent of the Transactions, except for (a) the filing of a premerger notification and report form by Parent under the HSR Act and expiration or
termination of the waiting period thereunder and filings pursuant to similar applicable competition, merger control, antitrust or other Laws, (b) the filing with the SEC of (i) a Proxy Statement relating to the Parent Stockholder Meeting,
and (ii) such reports under the Exchange Act, as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, (c) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Department of State of the State of Florida and appropriate
documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which Parent is qualified to do business and (d) as may be required by any applicable state securities or blue sky Laws or state takeover Laws.
4.5
Non-contravention
. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent do not and, subject to obtaining stockholder adoption of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions will not
(a) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws of Parent, (b) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision of any Law,
(c) require any consent or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, or cause or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Parent or any
of its Subsidiaries is entitled under any provision of any agreement or other instrument binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any license, franchise, permit, certificate, approval or other similar authorization affecting, or relating in
any way to, the assets or business of Parent and its Subsidiaries, other than the consent of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc. pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated February 20, 2004, by and among Parent, certain of its
Subsidiaries, and Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services, Inc., or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (d), for such matters as have not had
and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
4.6
SEC Reports; Financial Statements
. (a) Parent has filed all required reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information incorporated therein) with the SEC since
January 1, 2004 (such documents, together with any documents filed during such period by Parent with the SEC on a voluntary basis on Current Reports on Form 8-K, the
Parent SEC Reports
). As of their respective filing dates,
the Parent SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act,
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the Exchange Act and SOX applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and none of the Parent SEC Reports contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The financial statements of Parent included in the Parent SEC Reports filed after January 1, 2004 comply in all material respects with
applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, as indicated in the notes thereto) applied
on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto) and present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof
and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to year-end audit adjustments). Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, obligations or
impaired assets of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for: (i) liabilities identified as such in the liabilities column of the balance sheet contained in the Parents Form 10-Q filed with
the SEC on October 26, 2007, and (ii) normal and recurring current liabilities that have been incurred by Parent or its Subsidiaries since September 30, 2007 in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices.
(c) Each of the principal executive officer of Parent and principal financial officer of Parent has made all certifications required by
Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act and Sections 302 and 906 of SOX with respect to the Parent SEC Reports, and the statements contained in such certifications are true and accurate. For purposes of this Agreement, principal executive
officer and principal financial officer shall have the meanings given to such terms in SOX. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has outstanding, or has arranged any outstanding, extensions of credit to directors
or executive officers within the meaning of Section 402 of SOX.
(d) Parent maintains a system of internal accounting controls
sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or
specific authorization; and (iii) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(e) The Parents disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) are reasonably
designed to ensure that all information (both financial and non-financial) required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such information is accumulated and communicated to the Parents management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications of the
chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Parent required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
(f) Parent has
not received any oral or written notification of any (i) significant deficiency or (ii) material weakness in Parents internal controls over financial reporting. There is no outstanding significant
deficiency or material weakness which Parents independent accountants certify has not been appropriately and adequately remedied by Parent. For the purposes of this Agreement, the terms significant deficiency and
material weakness shall have the meanings assigned to them in Release 2004-001 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as in effect on the date hereof.
4.7
Absence of Certain Changes or Events
. Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports, since December 31, 2006, (a) Parent has conducted its business only in the ordinary course, (b) there has not been
any event, change, effect or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, and (c) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action
contemplated by Section 5.2 hereof.
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4.8
Litigation
. There is no investigation, suit, action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against or affecting Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their assets (including, but not
limited to, Parent Intellectual Property), nor is there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator outstanding against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
4.9
Compliance with Laws
. Parent and its Subsidiaries have been, and currently are, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (provided that no representation or warranty is made in this
Section 4.9 with respect to Environmental Laws, which are separately addressed in Section 4.12 hereof, or with respect to authorizations under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, and the regulations of the FDA
promulgated thereunder, which are separately addressed in Section 4.20 hereof). Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has in effect all Permits necessary for it to own, lease or operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as
now conducted, except where the absence of such Permits, individually or in the aggregate, are not or would not be material. There has been no violation of, default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or event giving to others
any right of termination, amendment or cancellation of, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, any Permits. The Merger, in and of itself, would not reasonably be expected to cause the revocation or cancellation of any Permit.
4.10
Taxes
. (a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has timely filed, or has caused to be timely filed, with the appropriate Taxing Authority all material Tax Returns in all jurisdictions in which Tax Returns are
required to be filed, and such Tax Returns are correct and complete in all material respects. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. All material Taxes of Parent
and each of its Subsidiaries (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) that have become due or payable have been fully and timely paid, or such Taxes are being contested in good faith and proper accruals pursuant to GAAP have been established on the
Parents consolidated financial statements with respect thereto. There are no Liens for any Taxes (other than a Lien for current real property or ad valorem Taxes not yet due and payable) on any of the assets of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any disputes, claims, audits,
examinations, assessments or proposed assessments regarding any Taxes, and there are no disputes, claims, audits, examinations, assessments or proposed assessments regarding any Taxes of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or the assets of Parent or
any of its Subsidiaries that (i) are pending or (ii) have been threatened in writing (or, to the knowledge of Parent, otherwise threatened). Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has waived any statute of limitations in respect of any
Taxes or agreed to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(c) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has duly and timely withheld, collected, paid
and reported to the proper Governmental Entity all Taxes required to have been withheld, collected, paid or reported (including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441 through 1464, 3101 through 3510, and 6041 through 6053 of the Code and
Treasury regulations thereunder, and comparable provisions under any other Laws).
(d) Proper accruals pursuant to GAAP have been
established (and until the Closing Date will be maintained) on Parents consolidated financial statements adequate to pay all Taxes of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries not yet due and payable.
(e) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been
a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was Parent) or has any Tax liability to any Person under Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar
provision of Law (other than the other members of the consolidated group of which Parent is parent), or as a transferee or successor, or by contract, agreement or other arrangement.
(f) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a transaction intended to be governed
by Section 355 of the Code.
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(g) Parent is not now and has never been a United States real property holding corporation within the
meaning of Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code.
(h) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any intercompany
transaction within the meaning of Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-13 for which any income or gain remains unrecognized or deferred and no excess loss account within the meaning of Treasury regulation Section 1.1502-19 exists with
respect to the stock of any of the Subsidiaries of Parent.
(i) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has agreed to or is required to
include in income any adjustment under either Section 481(a) or Section 482 of the Code (or an analogous provision of state, local, or foreign law) by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise.
(j) No claim has ever been made by any Taxing Authority with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in a jurisdiction where Parent or such
Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that Parent or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(k) Neither
Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any reportable transaction within the meaning of Treasury regulation Section 1.6011-4.
(l) No power of attorney that is currently in force has been granted by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any matters relating to Taxes.
(m) Section 4.10(m) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum accurately sets forth as to Parent and each of its Subsidiaries (i) the amount of any
unused research and development, investment or other Tax credits of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for federal income Tax, alternative minimum Tax or any other Tax purposes (including dates of expiration of such items, and any limitations on the
use of such items), (ii) the amount, as of the date of this Agreement, of the net operating loss deduction (within the meaning of Section 172(a) of the Code and the applicable Treasury regulations thereunder), detailing separately any
amounts defined as specified liability loss amounts under Section 172(f) of the Code, that may be carried forward or backward by Parent or such Subsidiary (the
Parent NOL
), (iii) the dates of expiration of the Parent NOL
or any portion thereof and the amounts expiring on each such date, (iv) a full description of each limitation on the amount or usage of the Parent NOL under (A) Section 381, 382, 383 or 384 of the Code or any regulation promulgated
under any of such Sections (including, but not limited to, each limitation as a result of an ownership change within the meaning of Section 382 of the Code and regulations thereunder and, for each ownership change, the date and amount of the
limitation and the methodology used to calculate the limitation), (B) any regulation promulgated under Section 1502 of the Code, or (C) any election made by or on behalf of Parent or such Subsidiary, and (v) information
comparable to the foregoing as determined for state, local or foreign income tax purposes in each jurisdiction where Parent or a Subsidiary is required to file a franchise or income tax return.
4.11
Parent Employee Plans
. (a) Section 4.11(a) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum lists each material employee benefit plan, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA,
and each other employment, severance, incentive, retention, consulting, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, deferred compensation, or other compensatory plan, policy, agreement or arrangement which is made or maintained with or
for the benefit of any current or former employee, director or other personnel of other employment, severance, change in control, salary continuation, incentive, retention, consulting, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, deferred compensation or
other compensatory plan, policy, agreement or arrangement that is maintained with or for the benefit of any current or former employee, consultant, director or other personnel of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or under which Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect liability (collectively, the
Parent Employee Plans
). Parent has delivered to the Company true and complete copies of each Parent Employee Plan document, and, as applicable, true and complete
copies of (1) any related trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding agreements or arrangements, (2) the most recent summary plan description and any summary of material modifications, (3) the most recent determination
letter or opinion
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letter issued by the IRS and any pending application for a determination letter or opinion letter, (4) the last two Form 5500 filings,
(5) applicable nondiscrimination testing for the two (2) most recent Parent Employee Plan years, and (6) the most recent audited financial statement and actuarial valuation.
(b) Each Parent Employee Plan which is a funded employee pension plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA satisfies the requirements of
Section 401(a) of the Code and each related trust or other funding vehicle is exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code. Each Parent Benefit Plan has been maintained and administered in all material respects in accordance with its
terms and the provisions of applicable law, including ERISA and the Code. No compensation paid or required to be paid under any Parent Benefit Plan is or will be subject to additional tax under Section 409A(1)(B) of the Code. All equity
compensation awards issued by Parent have been made, accounted for, reported and disclosed in accordance with applicable law, accounting rules and stock exchange requirements.
(c) With respect to any Parent Employee Plan covered by Title I of ERISA, no non-exempt transaction prohibited by Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Code has occurred. Neither Parent nor any Subsidiary has sponsored, participated in or contributed to any multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA. None of Parent, any
Subsidiary of Parent nor any entity that, together with Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent, would be treated as an ERISA Affiliate, contributes, nor within the six-year period ending on the date hereof has any of them contributed or been obligated
to contribute or otherwise participated under any multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA) or employee pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) which is subject to Title IV of ERISA or
Section 412 or 4971 of the Code.
(d) No Parent Employee Plan provides medical, surgical, hospitalization, death or similar benefits
(whether or not insured) for current or former employees, directors, consultants or other personnel of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for periods extending beyond their retirement or other termination of service, other than group health plan
continuation coverage mandated by applicable Law.
(e) There are no pending or, to Parents knowledge, threatened, claims, lawsuits,
arbitrations, investigations or audits asserted or instituted against any Parent Employee Plan, any fiduciary (as defined by Section 3(21) of ERISA) thereto, Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any employee or administrator thereof in connection
with the existence, operation or administration of an Parent Employee Plan, other than routine claims for benefits.
(f) All contributions,
premium and benefit payments required to be made under or in connection with each Parent Benefit Plan through the date hereof have been made or properly accrued.
(g) The consummation of the Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with any other event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, director or officer of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to
severance pay or any other payment or benefit, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or increase the amount of compensation due any such employee, director or officer, or (iii) require Parent to place in trust or otherwise set
aside any amounts in respect of severance pay or any other payment or benefit. There are no agreements between Parent and any director, officer or employee pursuant to which Parent would be required to make a parachute payment (within
the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code) as a result of the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in combination with a termination of employment or other event). No payments required to be made after the date hereof, whether
as a result of the consummation of the Transactions or otherwise, will be non-deductible by reason of Section 162(m) of the Code.
(h)
Each Parent Employee Plan, if any, which is maintained outside of the United State has been operated in all material respects in conformance with the applicable statutes or governments regulations and rulings relating to such plans in the
jurisdictions in which such Parent Employee Plan is present or operates and, to the extent relevant, the United States.
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(i) Except as set forth in Parent Disclosure Memorandum, no Parent Employee Plan, excluding any
short-term disability, non-qualified deferred compensation or flexible spending account plan or program, is self-funded, self-insured or funded through the general assets of the Parent or an ERISA Affiliate. Except as set forth in the Parent
Disclosure Memorandum, no Parent Employee Plan which is an employee welfare benefit plan under Section 3(1) of ERISA is funded by a trust or is subject to Section 419 or 419A of the Code.
(j) With respect to each Parent Employee Plan, other than restrictions under the Code and ERISA, there are no restrictions on the ability of the sponsor
of each Parent Employee Plan to amend or terminate any Parent Employee Plan.
4.12
Environmental Matters
. (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect:
(i) no written notice, demand, request for information, citation, summons or order has been received, no penalty has been assessed, no
judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or arbitrator is outstanding, and no action, suit, proceeding or, to the knowledge of Parent, investigation is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened by any
Governmental Entity or any other Person regarding or alleging any violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or liability under any Environmental Law of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ii) there are no conditions, facts or circumstances existing or at any property currently or formerly owned, leased or
operated by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to prevent or interfere with compliance with Environmental Laws or give rise to liability under any Environmental Law in the future;
(iii) Parent and its Subsidiaries currently are, and to the knowledge of the Parent have been, in compliance with all applicable
Environmental Laws in effect and have all Environmental Permits necessary for the ownership, lease and operation of their properties and assets and for the conduct of their businesses as currently conducted;
(iv) neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other Person has treated, stored or disposed of any
Hazardous Materials at, on or beneath any property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries except in compliance with Environmental Laws; and
(v) there has been no Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials at, under, onto or from any property currently owned,
leased or operated, or to the knowledge of the Parent, formerly owned, leased or operated, by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Parent, any other location, including any location at which any Hazardous Materials used or
generated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have been stored, treated or disposed;
(b) Parent has delivered, or caused to be delivered,
to Merger Sub true and complete copies of all environmental reports and studies of which Parent has knowledge or were conducted by, at the expense of or otherwise on behalf of or are in the possession of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; and,
(c) To the knowledge of the Parent, no underground storage tanks or surface impoundments exist on any property currently or formerly owned
by the Parent or its Subsidiaries.
4.13
Intellectual Property.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, the term (i)
Parent Owned
Property
shall mean all Intellectual Property in which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest; (ii)
Parent Licensed Property
shall mean all Intellectual Property that is licensed to Parent and
its Subsidiaries other than the Parent Owned Property; (iii)
Parent Intellectual Property
shall mean the Parent Owned Property and the Parent Licensed Property, and (iv)
Parent IP Contracts
shall mean
all contracts or agreements to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or beneficiary that Assigns or Licenses any rights under, in or to any Intellectual Property.
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(b) Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum sets forth, as of the date hereof, a complete
and accurate list of all Registered Intellectual Property that is Parent Intellectual Property, and, to the knowledge of Parent, all Trademarks that are not Registered Intellectual Property and that are Parent Owned Property;
provided
,
however
, that such list shall not include any applications for any Parent Intellectual Property. Section 4.13(b)(ii) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum sets forth, as of the date hereof, to the knowledge of Parent, a complete and accurate
list of Parent IP Contracts;
provided
,
however
, that such list need not include immaterial shrink-wrap, click-wrap and similar widely available, off-the-shelf commercial software licenses or employment
agreements or Intellectual Property assignments from Parents officers, former officers, directors, former directors, employees, former employees, consultants, or former consultants. Parent has delivered or made available to the Company correct
and complete copies of all Parent IP Contracts. All Parent Intellectual Property is either (x) owned solely and exclusively by Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent free and clear of all Liens, or (y) licensed to Parent or a Subsidiary of
Parent free and clear of all Liens and royalty, payment or other consideration obligations (except for royalty, payment or other consideration obligations expressly described in the Parent IP Contracts listed on Section 4.13(b)(ii) of Parent
Disclosure Memorandum or commercially reasonable payment obligations with respect to Parent IP Contracts not required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(ii) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum). To the knowledge of Parent, Parent has obtained from all
Persons who are inventors or authors of, or have otherwise participated in the discovery or creation of, the Parent Owned Property, effective assignments to Parent or one of its Subsidiaries of all rights, title and interest under, in and with
respect thereto (other than with respect to copyrightable works Parent hereby represents to be works made for hire within the meaning of Section 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, or equivalent non-U.S. law), and it is
not necessary to use any Intellectual Property of any such Persons made prior to their engagement or employment by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the use or exercise of any right under such Parent Owned Property, that has had
or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Parent, no director, officer, consultant or employee of Parent or any Subsidiary is subject to any agreement with any other Person or Governmental Entity
which requires such director, officer, consultant or employee to assign, license or otherwise convey any right or interest in inventions or other Intellectual Property to any Persons other than Parent or its Subsidiaries in violation of such
directors, officers, consultants or employees assignment agreement with Parent. To the knowledge of Parent, all fees, annuities, royalties, honoraria, payments and other forms of consideration which are due from Parent to any
party to a Parent IP Contract on or before the date hereof have been paid, and all such fees, annuities, royalties, honoraria, payments and other forms of consideration which are due from Parent to any party to a Parent IP Contract after the date
hereof but before the Closing will have been paid by Closing. To the knowledge of Parent, other than through a Parent IP Contract listed in Section 4.13(b)(ii) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum (or through a Parent IP Contract not required to be
listed in Section 4.13(b)(ii) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum), no Person, including any academic organization or Governmental Entity, possesses any rights, title or interest to or in Parent Intellectual Property which, if exercised, could
enable such Person to license, provide, develop or market products or services competitive to those of Parent or its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of Parent, the Parent Intellectual Property includes all the Intellectual Property that is used in or
is necessary for the conduct of the business of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted or as conducted in the past.
(c) To the knowledge of Parent, none of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective current operations, products, services or promotional activities or communications related thereto infringes, misappropriates, or violates or
otherwise conflicts with, or has infringed, misappropriated, or violated any valid Intellectual Property of any Person to an extent which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of Parent,
the execution, performance and delivery of this Agreement by Parent does not, and the consummation by Parent of the Transactions and compliance by Parent or its Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement will not, (i) conflict with, or
result in any violation, impairment or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to the loss of a benefit
under, or result in the creation of any Lien in or upon, or result in any claim of abandonment of, any Parent Intellectual Property, (ii) grant or require Parent or any Subsidiary to grant to any Person any rights with respect to any Parent
Intellectual Property, (iii) subject Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to any fees or increase in royalties,
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payments or other consideration in respect of any Parent Intellectual Property, (iv) materially diminish any royalties, payments or other consideration
Parent or its Subsidiaries would otherwise be entitled to in respect of any Parent Intellectual Property, (v) result in a violation, waiver or breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, any Parent IP
Contract, or (vi) impair in any way the right of Parent or Surviving Corporation to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import or export any products, processes or services covered by any Parent Intellectual Property, and which has had or would
reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(d) To the knowledge of Parent, no proceedings or claims in which Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries alleges that any Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Parent Intellectual Property are pending, and none have been served by, instituted or asserted by Parent or any such Subsidiary, nor are
any proceedings threatened alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or violation. To the knowledge of Parent, there are no breaches, defaults or waivers of or any disputes or threatened disputes concerning any of the Parent IP Contracts. To
the knowledge of Parent, no proceedings, claims, threats or allegations have been communicated and none have been served by, instituted or asserted by a third party alleging that the License or Assignment of Parent Intellectual Property is in
conflict with the terms of any license or other agreement. Section 4.13(d) of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum sets forth, as of the date hereof, to the knowledge of Parent, facts, circumstances or conditions that could reasonably be expected
to form the basis for any claim by a Person to exclude or prevent Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from freely exploiting or exercising its rights under Parent Intellectual Property or continuing to conduct the business of Parent and each of its
Subsidiaries as currently or in the past conducted that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(e) To the knowledge of Parent, all Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum has been duly registered and/or filed with or issued by each appropriate Registration
Authority, all necessary affidavits of continuing use, renewal, incontestability and the like and requests for extension have been timely filed, and all necessary maintenance, annuities, and other fees have been timely paid to continue all such
rights in effect. To the knowledge of Parent, Parent or one of its Subsidiaries is listed in the records of the appropriate Registration Authority as the sole and exclusive owner of record for each registration, grant and application included in the
Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum. To the knowledge of Parent, patents required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum disclose
patentable subject matter under Title 35 of the United States Code or its counterparts under non-U.S. law, as applicable. To the knowledge of Parent, Parent and its Subsidiaries have complied with the required duty of candor and good faith in
dealing with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and similar non-U.S. Registration Authorities, including the duty to disclose all information required to be disclosed under all applicable Laws. There are no inventorship or ownership
challenges, interferences, oppositions, cancellations, nullity actions, reissues, reexaminations or other proceedings challenging any of the Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent Disclosure
Memorandum (or, to the knowledge of Parent, challenging any Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights licensed to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries), including ex parte and post-grant proceedings, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any
foreign patent office or similar Registration Authority.
(f) To the knowledge of Parent, none of the Registered Intellectual Property
required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent Disclosure Memorandum has expired or been declared invalid, in whole or in part, or unenforceable by any Registration Authority. To the knowledge of Parent, all of Parents and its
Subsidiaries rights in Parent Intellectual Property are valid and enforceable, and the Parent Owned Property (including, without limitation, the Registered Intellectual Property required to be listed on Section 4.13(b)(i) of Parent
Disclosure Memorandum) is valid and enforceable. To the knowledge of Parent, there are no material facts, proceedings, claims or challenges that cause or would cause any Parent Intellectual Property to be invalid or unenforceable, and neither Parent
nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any notice from any Person bringing or threatening to bring such proceedings, claims or challenges. To the knowledge of Parent, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or any licensee thereof has taken,
or failed to take, any action which has, had or could
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have the effect of impairing or dedicating to the public, or entitling any Governmental Entity or any other Person to cancel, forfeit, modify or consider
abandoned, any Parent Intellectual Property, or give any Person any rights with respect thereto, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
provided
,
however
, the foregoing sentence does not
apply to any business decision to abandon a patent, trademark, or copyright application, refrain from filing a patent, trademark, or copyright application, or to elect trade secret rather than patent protection.
(g) To the knowledge of Parent, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has disclosed, divulged, furnished to or made accessible to any Person any
Trade Secret included in Parent Intellectual Property without having obtained an enforceable written agreement requiring each such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets. To the knowledge of Parent, each director, officer,
consultant and employee of Parent or its Subsidiaries who has developed, has been exposed to, develops or is exposed to Parents or its Subsidiaries Trade Secrets has signed an enforceable written agreement requiring such director,
officer, consultant or employee to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets. In addition to the foregoing, Parent, its Subsidiaries and the directors, officers, consultants, and employees of Parent and its Subsidiaries have otherwise used
commercially reasonable efforts to maintain such Trade Secrets in confidence. To the knowledge of Parent, no director, officer, consultant or employee of Parent or its Subsidiaries has (i) misappropriated any Trade Secrets of any Person in the
course of performance as an director, officer, consultant or employee or (ii) is in default of any term of any employment agreement, consulting agreement, non-disclosure agreement, assignment of invention agreement or similar agreement relating
in any way to the protection, ownership, development, use, disclosure or transfer of Intellectual Property, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(h) To the knowledge of Parent, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries has the right to use all software, development tools, library functions, compilers
and other third party software currently resident on their computers or other data storage media or that are used in or necessary for the conduct of the business of Parent and each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted.
4.14
Certain Contracts
. As of the date hereof, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any (a) contract, agreement or arrangement the performance of which involves aggregate
consideration in excess of $1,000,000 or a term in excess of one year and sixty (60) days from the Closing Date, (b) employment agreement, including, without limitation, any retention, severance or similar agreements, (c) contract,
agreement or arrangement which relates to indebtedness owed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or the guarantee thereof, (d) broker, dealer, manufacturers representative, franchise, agency, research, clinical trial, development,
license, sales promotion, market research, marketing, co-promotion, consulting or advertising contracts, agreements or arrangements, in each case, involving annual consideration in excess of $250,000, (e) distributor, sales, or supply
agreements or arrangements involving annual consideration in excess of $500,000, (f) contracts, agreements or arrangements with independent contractors or consultants which are not cancelable without penalty or further payment and without more
than 90 days notice (g) contracts, agreements or arrangements with any Governmental Entity, (h) contracts, agreements or arrangements that limit or purport to limit the ability of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to compete in any
line of business, with respect to any product or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time, (i) contracts, agreements or arrangements with any senior executive officer or director of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, (j) contract, agreement or arrangement containing change of control provisions and (k) contract, agreement or arrangement the termination of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a
Parent Material Adverse Effect (collectively,
Parent Material Contracts
). Parent has made available to Parent a copy of each Parent Material Contract, together with any and all amendments or modifications thereto. Each Parent
Material Contract is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect, and neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party is in breach of or default under any such Parent Material Contract and no
event has occurred which, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach or default, or permit termination, modification or acceleration, under such Parent Material Contract. No other party to any such Parent Material
Contract has, to the knowledge of Parent, alleged that Parent
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or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or breach of or in default under any such Parent Material Contract or has notified Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries of an intention to modify any material terms of or to terminate or not to renew any such Parent Material Contract.
4.15
Employment Matters
. (a) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any labor or collective bargaining agreement. There are no material controversies, strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts,
arbitrations or other material labor disputes pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened between Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and any representatives (including unions and any bargaining unit) of any of their employees. To the knowledge
of Parent, there are no material organizational efforts presently being made involving any of the presently unorganized employees of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened complaints,
charges or claims against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries brought or filed with any Governmental Entity, arbitrator or court based on, arising out of, in connection with or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries of employees or other Persons providing services to or on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries. Parent and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all Laws applicable to Parent, its Subsidiaries and
the employees or other Persons providing services to or on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, relating to the employment of labor, including all such Laws relating to wages, hours, employment standards, WARN Act,
collective bargaining, discrimination, civil rights, safety and health, and workers compensation.
(b) Parent and its Subsidiaries
have, in all material respects, properly classified the employment or other service status of all employees, independent contractors and other persons providing services to or on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of compliance
with (i) all applicable Laws, (ii) the terms or tax qualification requirements of any Parent Employee Plan or other benefit arrangement and (iii) the collection and payment of withholding and/or social security taxes and any similar
Tax.
(c) Each officer or employee of, or consultant to, Parent and any Subsidiary is a signatory to, and is bound by, an agreement with
Parent or such Subsidiary relating to confidentiality, nonsolicitation and noncompetition. No officer or employee of, or consultant to, Parent or any Subsidiary is, or is now expected to be, in violation of any term of any employment contract,
consulting agreement, noncompetition agreement, nonsolicitation agreement or any other contract including, but not limited to, those matters relating to the relationship of any such individual with Parent or to any other party as a result of the
nature of Parents business as currently conducted. To Parents knowledge, the continued employment or engagement of Parents or its Subsidiarys officers, employees and consultants does not subject Parent or its Subsidiaries to
any liability with respect to any of the foregoing matters.
(d) Section 4.15(d) of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum sets forth a list
of (i) every employee, officer and director of Parent and its Subsidiaries, (ii) the current salary or wages of each such employee, officer and director, (iii) the amount and date of payment of the most recent bonus paid to each such
employee, officer and director, if applicable, and (iv) the date and amount of the most recent increase in wages, salary, bonus and other compensation, to the extent applicable, for each such employee, officer and director.
4.16
Title to Properties
. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has valid title to, or valid leasehold or sublease interests or other comparable contract rights in or relating to all of its real properties and other
material tangible assets, including, but not limited to, buildings, plants, structures and equipment used in the conduct of its business as currently conducted (the
Parent Assets
). The Parent Assets are structurally sound, are in
good operating condition and repair and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put in all material respects, and, to the knowledge of Parent, none of such Parent Assets is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine
maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost. The Parent Assets are sufficient in all material respects for the continued operation of the Parents businesses after the Closing in substantially the same manner as conducted to
the date hereof. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries has complied with the terms of all leases or subleases to which it is a party and under which it is in occupancy, and all leases to which Parent is a party and under which it is in occupancy are
in full force and effect, except for such failure to comply or be in
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full force and effect that individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any
written notice of any event or occurrence that has resulted or could result (with or without the giving of notice, the lapse of time or both) in a default with respect to any lease or sublease to which it is a party, which defaults individually or
in the aggregate would be material.
4.17
Finders Fees
. Except for Lehman Brothers Inc., a copy of whose engagement agreement has been provided to the Company, there is no investment banker, broker or finder that has been retained by or is authorized
to act on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries who is entitled to any fee or commission from Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions.
4.18
Opinion of Financial Advisor
. Parent has received an opinion of Lehman Brothers Inc. to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, from a financial point of view, the Stock Exchange Ratio is fair to the
Parent.
4.19
Insurance
. Section 4.19 of Parent Disclosure Memorandum contains a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all material policies of fire, liability, workmens compensation and other forms of insurance
owned or held by or covering Parent or all or any portion of its property and assets. All such policies are in full force and effect and no notice of cancellation or termination has been received with respect to any such policy. Such policies are
sufficient for compliance with all requirements of Law and of all agreements to which Parent is a party and, to the knowledge of Parent, are valid, outstanding and enforceable policies and provide, in the reasonable judgment of management, adequate
insurance coverage for the assets and operations of Parent. No insurance has been refused with respect to any operations or property assets of Parent, nor has the coverage of any insurance been limited, by any insurance carrier which has carried, or
received any application for, any such insurance during the last three years.
4.20
Regulatory Compliance
. (a) As to Parent and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents, and as to each Regulated Product that is or has been developed, manufactured, tested, distributed or marketed by Parent or
its Subsidiaries, Parent and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents are in compliance with, and each such Regulated Product is being developed, manufactured, tested, distributed and/or marketed in compliance with, all applicable requirements under
the FDCA and other applicable Laws, including 21 C.F.R. Parts 1270 and 1271 (regulation of Human Cellular and Tissue Products, or HCTPs), 21 C.F.R. Part 820 (regulation of Medical Devices), the United States National Organ Transplant Act, 42
U.S.C. §274e, the licensing requirements and other applicable Laws of the several states of the United States, European Union Directive 2004/23/EC (standards of quality and safety for the donation, procurement, testing, processing,
preservation, storage and distribution of human tissues and cells), the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, 42 C.F.R. Part 493, applicable Laws of the various member nations of the European Union, American Association of Tissue
Banking (AATB) standards, and those Laws relating to the tissue donor recovery process. Parent has not received any material notice or other material communication from the FDA or any other Governmental Entity (i) contesting the premarket
clearance or approval of, the uses of or the labeling and promotion of any products of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) otherwise alleging any violation applicable to any Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries by Parent
or any of its Subsidiaries, Affiliates or agents of any Law.
(b) All material reports, documents, claims and notices required to be filed,
maintained, or furnished to any Governmental Entity by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries have been so filed, maintained or furnished.
(c)
No Regulated Product has been recalled, withdrawn, suspended or discontinued by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries in the United States or outside the United States (whether voluntarily or otherwise). No proceedings in the United States or outside of
the United States of which Parent has knowledge (whether completed or pending) seeking the recall, withdrawal, suspension or seizure of any Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries are pending against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
nor have any such proceedings been pending at any prior time.
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(d) As to each Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries for which a premarket notification
submission under Section 510(k) of the FDCA, premarket approval application, biological license application, new drug application, investigational new drug application or similar state or foreign regulatory application has been cleared or
approved, Parent and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and agents are in compliance with 21 U.S.C. §§ 355, 360 and 360e, and 42 U.S.C. § 262 and 21 C.F.R. Parts 312, 314, 600, and 601, 807, 812, 814 et seq., as applicable, and similar Law
and all terms and conditions of such applications, except for any such failure or failures to be in compliance which individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material. As to each such Regulated Product of Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, Parent and the officers, employees or agents of Parent, have included in the application for such Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, where required, the certification described in 21 U.S.C. § 335a(k)(1) or any
similar Law and the list described in 21 U.S.C. § 335a(k)(2) or any similar Law, and each such certification and list was true, complete and correct in all material respects when made. In addition, Parent and its Subsidiaries, Affiliates and
agents are in substantial compliance with all applicable registration and listing requirements set forth in 21 U.S.C. § 360, 42 U.S.C. § 262 and 21 C.F.R. Part 207, 601 and 807 and all similar Laws.
(e) No article of any Regulated Product manufactured and/or distributed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is (i) adulterated within the meaning
of 21 U.S.C. § 351 (or similar Law), (ii) misbranded within the meaning of 21 U.S.C. § 352 (or similar Law) or (iii) a product that is in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 355, 360, 360e and 42 U.S.C. § 262 (or similar
Law), except for failures to be in compliance with the foregoing that individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material.
(f) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any officer, employee or agent of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made an untrue statement of a material fact or fraudulent
statement to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity that primarily regulates Medical Devices, Biologics or Drugs, failed to disclose a material fact required to be disclosed to the FDA or any other Governmental Entity that primarily regulates
Medical Devices, Biologics or Drugs, or committed an act, made a statement, or failed to make a statement that, at the time such disclosure was made, would reasonably be expected to provide a basis for the FDA or any other Governmental Entity to
invoke its policy respecting Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities, set forth in 56 Fed. Reg. 46191 (September 10, 1991) or any similar policy. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or, to the knowledge of Parent, any officer, employee or agent of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which debarment is mandated by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(a) or any
similar Law or authorized by 21 U.S.C. § 335a(b) or any similar Law. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any officer, employee or agent of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has
been convicted of any crime or engaged in any conduct for which such person or entity could be excluded from participating in the federal health care programs under Section 1128 of the Social Security Act or any similar Law.
(g) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice that the FDA or any other Governmental Entity has (i) commenced, or
threatened to initiate, any action to withdraw its approval or request the recall of any Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to enjoin production of any Regulated Product
of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) commenced, or threatened to initiate, any action to enjoin the production of any Regulated Product of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries produced at any facility where any Regulated Product is
manufactured, tested or packaged, except for any such action that individually or in the aggregate are not or would not be material.
(h)
To the knowledge of Parent, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to form the basis for any investigation, suit, claim, action or proceeding against or affecting Parent or any of its Subsidiaries relating
to or arising under (i) the FDCA, (ii) the Public Health Service Act of 1944 or (iii) the Social Security Act or regulations of the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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(i) Parent and its Subsidiaries are in full compliance with the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, 42
U.S.C.A. §§ 1320a-7b(b), the Stark Law (42 U.S.C. §§ 1395nn) and the AdvaMed Code, and all of Parents and its Subsidiaries contracts, agreements and arrangements with Health Care Professionals (as defined in the
AdvaMed Code) are in full compliance with the AdvaMed Code.
4.21
Products
. No contract, agreement or arrangement to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in any way restricts Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or, following the consummation of the Transactions,
Parent, Merger Sub, Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates: (i) from directly or indirectly producing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, offering to sell, importing or exporting, or directly or indirectly assisting
others to do any of the foregoing, any allograft or xenograft products anywhere in the world for any application; (ii) from directly or indirectly producing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, offering to sell, importing or exporting, or
directly or indirectly assisting others to do any of the foregoing, any of Parents products anywhere in the world for any application.
4.22
Restrictions on Business Activities
. There is no agreement, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon Parent or any of its Subsidiaries which has the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing
(a) any current or future business practice of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any acquisition of any Person or property by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except in each of clauses (a) and (b) for any such
prohibitions or impairments that would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
4.23
Certain Business Practices
. Neither Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Parent, any director, officer, employee or agent of Parent, in the course of his or her duties on behalf of Parent, except
as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, has: (a) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful payments relating to political activity; (b) made any unlawful payment
to any foreign or domestic government official or employee or to any foreign or domestic political party or campaign or violated any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended; (c) consummated any transaction, made any
payment, entered into any agreement or arrangement or taken any other action in violation of Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act; or (d) made any other unlawful payment. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent
Material Adverse Effect, no Person has submitted to Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any member of the Board of Directors of either Parent or any of its Subsidiaries any written complaint concerning any material violation of Law, or any notice
concerning the violation or potential violation of the federal securities or other Law, with respect to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any officer, director, employee or agent of either Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or concerning any
violations or potential violations of Parents or its Subsidiaries corporate code of conduct or code of ethics, in each case whether such notices or complaints are made pursuant to the provisions of SOX or otherwise.
4.24
Registration Statement; Proxy Statement/Prospectus
(a) The information to be supplied by Parent for
inclusion (or incorporation by reference, as the case may be) in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or such successor form as shall then be appropriate) shall not, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at the time it is amended or
supplemented, at the time the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The information to
be supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement to be sent to the stockholders of Parent and the Company in connection with (i) the Company Stockholder Meeting and (ii) the Parent Stockholder Meeting, shall not on the date the
Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of Parent and the Company, at the time of Company Stockholder Meeting or Parent Stockholder Meeting and at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or omit to state any material fact necessary to correct any
statement in
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any earlier written communication constituting a solicitation of proxies by the Company and Parent for the Company Stockholder Meeting or Parent Stockholder
Meeting which has in the interim become false or misleading in any material respect.
4.25
Interim Operations of Merger Sub
. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions, has engaged in no other business activities and has conducted its operations only as contemplated in
this Agreement.
5.
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER
5.1
Conduct of Business by Company Pending the Merger
.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees that, beginning
on the date hereof and ending at the earlier to occur of the Closing or such earlier time as this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 8 (such period being hereinafter referred to as the
Interim Period
), except
as expressly provided or permitted by this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum or unless Parent shall otherwise consent in writing, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to: (i) conduct
its business only in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law; (ii) not take any action, or fail to take any action, except in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice; and (iii) preserve intact its business organization, properties and assets, keep available the services of its officers and other key employees, maintain in effect all Company Material Contracts, and
preserve its relationships with customers, licensors, licensees, suppliers, distributors and other Persons with which they have business relations with the intention that its goodwill and ongoing business shall be preserved. By way of amplification
and not limitation, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as set forth on Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, during the Interim Period, directly or indirectly,
do any of the following without the prior written consent of Parent:
(i) amend its Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents, or otherwise alter its corporate structure through merger, liquidation, reorganization or otherwise;
(ii) issue, deliver, grant, sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any shares of capital stock of any class, any options,
warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of capital stock, or any phantom stock, phantom stock right, stock appreciation rights or stock based performance units, of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (except for the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise of Company Stock Options or the Company Warrant);
(iii) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any equity interest in or securities of any of its Subsidiaries, other than (i) repurchases of
Company Common Stock pursuant to any right of repurchase pursuant to agreements existing prior to the date hereof between the Company and the holder of such shares of Company Common Stock (ii) in connection with any cashless
exercise of any Company Stock Options in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans or the Company Warrant in accordance with the terms thereof, and (iii) recapture of shares subject to Company Stock Options which expires;
(iv) sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any material properties, facilities, equipment or other assets, except
for (A) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (B) pledges of up to $500,000 in assets, and (C) sales of equipment in the ordinary course of business where, in the case of clause (C) only, any such sales do not
exceed $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate;
(v) declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution
(whether in cash, stock or other securities or property, or any combination thereof) in respect of any of its capital stock or other equity interests (except that any of the Subsidiaries of the Company may declare and pay cash dividends to the
Company);
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(vi) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or other securities or
equity interests, or, except as set forth in Section 5.1(a)(ii) above, issue any other securities in respect of in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock or equity interests;
(vii) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, sell, transfer, lease, license, sublicense,
mortgage, pledge, encumber, grant or otherwise dispose of any Company Intellectual Property, or amend or modify in any material respect any existing material agreements with respect to any Company Intellectual Property;
(viii) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) an interest in any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof;
(ix) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue or sell any debt securities or assume, guarantee (other than guarantees of bank debt of the Companys Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business) or endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become
responsible for the obligations of any Person, or make any loans or advances to, or capital contribution or investments in, or enter into any financial commitments or lease commitments with, any other Person, except in each case as otherwise
permitted under any loan or credit agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement,
provided
,
however
that such amounts as otherwise permitted under such loan or credit agreement
shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
(x) make any capital expenditures (including leases) or enter into any
agreement or agreements providing for payments which, when added together with all other capital expenditures made by the Company since the date of this Agreement, exceed $500,000;
(xi) take or permit to be taken any action to: (A) increase the wages, salaries, bonus or other compensation payable or to become
payable to its officers, employees, directors, consultants, agents, independent contractors or other individual service providers, except for increases in salary or wages required by agreements entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, or in
the ordinary course of business on the anniversary of an employees employment with the Company in accordance with the Companys compensation policy; (B) grant any additional severance or termination pay to, or enter into any
employment or severance agreements with, its officers, employees, directors, consultants, agents, independent contractors or other institutional service providers; (C) establish, adopt, renew, enter into or amend in any material respect any
bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any of its directors,
officers or employees, or any collective bargaining agreement; (D) pay any bonuses in amounts greater than those accrued on the Companys balance sheet through September 30, 2007, except for amounts paid at the end of the calendar
year as contributions to employees 401(k) plan balances pursuant to the Companys 401(K) plan as currently in effect; or (E) hire any employee at a level of Vice President or above or with an annual base salary in excess of $125,000, or
promote any employee to Vice President or above (except in order to fill those positions that are set forth on Section 5.1 (xi) of the Company Disclosure Memorandum).
(xii) make any material changes to the personnel or business policies of the Company;
(xiii) change any accounting policies, procedures or practices (including procedures with respect to reserves, revenue recognition,
payments of accounts payable and collection of accounts receivable), unless required by statutory accounting principles or GAAP;
(xiv) create, incur, suffer to exist or assume any Lien on any of its material properties, facilities or other assets, other than any Lien for Taxes not yet due and any Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect;
(xv) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (A) enter into
any Company Material Contract; (B) modify, amend, extend or transfer in any material respect or terminate (other than in accordance with its terms) any Company Material Contract or waive, release or assign any
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material rights or claims thereto or thereunder; (C) enter into or extend any lease with respect to real property; or (D) initiate or participate
in any new research, clinical trials or clinical trial or development programs;
(xvi) enter into, negotiate or extend
(including through any failure to act to prevent an extension) any contracts, agreements or arrangements relating to the research, clinical trial, development, distribution, sale, supply, license, marketing, co-promotion or manufacturing by third
parties of products (including products under development) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or products (including products under development) licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Company Intellectual Property, in each
case, except in the ordinary course of business;
(xvii) make any Tax election or settle or compromise any material federal,
state, local or foreign Tax liability, or agree to an extension of a statute of limitations with respect thereto;
(xviii)
(A) pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities, obligations or litigation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the most recent financial statements (or, if applicable, the notes thereto) of the Company included in the Company
SEC Reports publicly available prior to the date hereof (for amounts not in excess of such reserves), (B) cancel any indebtedness, (C) waive or assign any claims or rights of substantial value or (D) waive any material benefits of, or
agree to modify in any material respect, or, subject to the terms hereof, fail to enforce in any material respect, or consent to any matter with respect to which consent is required under, any confidentiality or similar contract, agreement or
arrangement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party;
(xix) fail to maintain in full force and effect all
insurance policies currently in effect, or permit any of the coverage thereunder to lapse, in each case without simultaneously securing replacement insurance policies which will be in full force and effect and provide coverage substantially similar
to or greater than under the prior insurance policies;
(xx) take any action that (without regard to any action taken, or
agreed to be taken, by Parent or any of its Affiliates) would be reasonably likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;
(xxi) take any action or fail to take any reasonable action permitted by this Agreement if such action or failure to take action would
reasonably be expected to result in either (A) any of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement becoming untrue in any material respect or (B) any of the conditions to the Closing set
forth in Section 7 of this Agreement not being satisfied as of the Closing Date;
(xxii) sell, assign, transfer,
encumber, enter into any license or covenant not to sue with respect to, grant any right with respect to, or otherwise dispose of, or abandon or fail to maintain, or enter into any settlements or arrangements with respect to, any Company
Intellectual Property or any third party Intellectual Property, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii) take any other action with respect to any Company Intellectual Property other than prosecution of patent and trademark applications in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payment of any fees or other
actions required to maintain such Company Intellectual Property;
(xxiv) fail to allow Parent to participate fully in the
preparation of the reply or response to any written correspondence or other documents or any other communication (written or otherwise) received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from third parties (not including correspondence with the
United States Patent and Trademark Office received in the ordinary course of business) in connection with any Company Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property of any third party by (A) promptly providing such correspondence or other
documents to Parent and informing Parent of the substance of any non-written communication and (B) collaborating with Parent as requested with the preparation of a response to such correspondence or other documents or other communication; or
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(xxv) enter into any agreement or contract to do any of the foregoing.
(b) During the Interim Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to: (i) solicit and accept customer orders in the ordinary course
of business; and (ii) cooperate with Parent in communicating with suppliers, collaborators, customers and licensors to facilitate the post-Closing integration of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the business of Parent and
its Subsidiaries.
5.2
Conduct of Business by Parent Pending the Merger.
(a) Parent covenants and agrees that, during the
Interim Period, except as expressly provided or permitted by this Agreement or set forth in Section 5.2 of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum or unless the Company shall otherwise consent in writing, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to: (i) conduct its business only in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in compliance in all material respects with applicable Law; (ii) not take any action, or fail to take any action, except in the
ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice; and (iii) preserve intact its business organization, properties and assets, keep available the services of its officers and other key employees, maintain in effect all Parent Material
Contracts, and preserve its relationships with customers, licensors, licensees, suppliers, distributors and other Persons with which they have business relations with the intention that is goodwill and ongoing business shall be preserved. By way of
amplification and not limitation, except as expressly permitted by this Agreement or as set forth on Section 5.2 of the Parent Disclosure Memorandum, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, during the Interim Period, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following without the prior written consent of the Company:
(i) amend its Articles or Certificate
of Incorporation, Bylaws or other equivalent organizational documents, or otherwise alter its corporate structure through merger, liquidation, reorganization or otherwise (except as set forth in the Charter Amendment);
(ii) issue, deliver, grant, sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any shares of capital stock of any class, any options,
warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of capital stock, or any phantom stock, phantom stock right, stock appreciation rights or stock based performance units, of Parent or any of
its Subsidiaries (except for the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock upon the exercise of Parent Stock Options, or the granting of Parent Stock Options in the ordinary course of business, such as the Parents annual grants of Parent Stock
Options to its officers, employees, directors, consultants, agents, independent contractors or other individual service providers);
(iii) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock of Parent or any equity interest in or securities of any of its Subsidiaries, other than (i) repurchases of Parent Common Stock pursuant
to any right of repurchase pursuant to agreements existing prior to the date hereof between Parent and the holder of such shares of Parent Common Stock (ii) in connection with any cashless exercise of any Parent Stock Options in
accordance with the terms of the Parent Stock Plans in accordance with the terms thereof and (iii) recapture of shares subject to Parent Stock Options which expires;
(iv) sell, transfer, pledge, dispose of or encumber any material properties, facilities, equipment or other assets, except for
(A) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (B) pledges of up to $500,000 in assets, (C) sales of equipment in the ordinary course of business where any such sales do not exceed $200,000 individually or $500,000 in the
aggregate, and (D) the sublease or sale of leased space of the former cardiovascular facility of Regeneration Technologies, Inc.-Cardiovascular, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, comprising 9,745 square feet located at 201 London Parkway,
Suite 2300, Birmingham, Alabama, and the leasehold improvements made to and the equipment located at such property;
(v)
declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or other securities or property, or any combination thereof) in respect of any of its capital stock or other equity interests (except that any of the Subsidiaries
of Parent may declare and pay cash dividends to Parent);
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(vi) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or other securities or
equity interests, or, except as set forth in Section 5.2(a)(ii) above, issue any other securities in respect of in lieu of or in substitution for shares of its capital stock or equity interests;
(vii) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, sell, transfer, lease, license, sublicense,
mortgage, pledge, encumber, grant or otherwise dispose of any Parent Intellectual Property, or amend or modify in any material respect any existing material agreements with respect to any Parent Intellectual Property;
(viii) acquire (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise) an interest in any corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof;
(ix) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue or sell any debt securities or assume, guarantee (other than guarantees of bank debt of the Parents Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business) or endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become
responsible for the obligations of any Person, or make any loans or advances to, or capital contribution or investments in, or enter into any financial commitments or lease commitments with, any other Person, except in each case as otherwise
permitted under any loan or credit agreement to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as of the date of this Agreement,
provided
,
however
that such amounts as otherwise permitted under such loan or credit agreement shall
not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate;
(x) make any capital expenditures (including leases) or enter into any agreement or
agreements providing for payments which, when added together with all other capital expenditures made by Parent since the date of this Agreement, exceed $5,000,000;
(xi) take or permit to be taken any action to: (A) increase the wages, salaries, bonus or other compensation payable or to become
payable to its officers, employees, directors, consultants, agents, independent contractors or other individual service providers, except for increases in compensation required by agreements entered into prior to the date of this Agreement, or made
in the ordinary course of business, such as Parents annual increase in the compensation of such persons; (B) establish, adopt, renew, enter into or amend in any material respect any bonus, profit sharing, thrift, compensation, stock
option, restricted stock, pension, retirement, deferred compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of any of its directors, officers or employees, or any collective bargaining
agreement; (C) pay any bonuses in amounts greater than $1,500,000; or (D) hire any employee at a level of Vice President or above or with an annual base salary in excess of $150,000.
(xii) make any material changes to the personnel or business policies of Parent;
(xiii) change any accounting policies, procedures or practices (including procedures with respect to reserves, revenue recognition,
payments of accounts payable and collection of accounts receivable), unless required by statutory accounting principles or GAAP;
(xiv) create, incur, suffer to exist or assume any Lien on any of its material properties, facilities or other assets, other than any Lien for Taxes not yet due and any Lien that would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material
Adverse Effect;
(xv) other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, (A) enter into
any Parent Material Contract; (B) modify, amend, extend or transfer in any material respect or terminate (other than in accordance with its terms) any Parent Material Contract or waive, release or assign any material rights or claims thereto or
thereunder; or (C) enter into or extend any lease with respect to real property;
(xvi) enter into, negotiate or extend
(including through any failure to act to prevent an extension) any contracts, agreements or arrangements relating to the research, clinical trial, development, distribution, sale, supply, license, marketing, co-promotion or manufacturing by third
parties of products (including products under development) of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or products (including products under development) licensed by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or the Parent Intellectual Property, in each case,
except in the ordinary course of business;
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(xvii) make any Tax election or settle or compromise any material federal, state, local
or foreign Tax liability, or agree to an extension of a statute of limitations with respect thereto;
(xviii) (A) pay,
discharge, settle or satisfy any claims, liabilities, obligations or litigation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or in accordance with their terms, of liabilities disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the most recent financial statements (or, if applicable, the notes thereto) of Parent included in the Parent SEC Reports
publicly available prior to the date hereof (for amounts not in excess of such reserves), (B) cancel any indebtedness, (C) waive or assign any claims or rights of substantial value or (D) waive any material benefits of, or agree to
modify in any material respect, or, subject to the terms hereof, fail to enforce in any material respect, or consent to any matter with respect to which consent is required under, any confidentiality or similar contract, agreement or arrangement to
which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;
(xix) fail to maintain in full force and effect all insurance policies
currently in effect, or permit any of the coverage thereunder to lapse, in each case without simultaneously securing replacement insurance policies which will be in full force and effect and provide coverage substantially similar to or greater than
under the prior insurance policies;
(xx) take any action that (without regard to any action taken, or agreed to be taken,
by Company or any of its Affiliates) would be reasonably likely to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code;
(xxi) take any action or fail to take any reasonable action permitted by this Agreement if such action or failure to take action would
reasonably be expected to result in either (A) any of the representations and warranties of the Parent set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement becoming untrue in any material respect or (B) any of the conditions to the Closing set
forth in Section 7 of this Agreement not being satisfied as of the Closing Date;
(xxii) sell, assign, transfer,
encumber, enter into any license or covenant not to sue with respect to, grant any right with respect to, or otherwise dispose of, or abandon or fail to maintain, or enter into any settlements or arrangements with respect to, any Parent Intellectual
Property or any third party Intellectual Property, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business;
(xxiii)
take any other action with respect to any Parent Intellectual Property other than prosecution of patent and trademark applications in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and payment of any fees or other actions required to
maintain such Parent Intellectual Property; or
(xxiv) enter into any agreement or contract to do any of the foregoing.
(b) During the Interim Period, Parent shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to: (i) solicit and accept customer orders in the
ordinary course of business; and (ii) cooperate with the Company in communicating with suppliers, collaborators, customers and licensors to facilitate the post-Closing integration of the business of Parent and its Subsidiaries with the business
of the Company.
5.3
No Solicitation of Transactions.
(a) Each of the Company and Parent shall, and shall cause its officers,
directors, auditors, attorneys and financial advisors (each, a
Representative
) and any other agents to, immediately cease any discussions, negotiations or communications with any party or parties that commenced prior to the date
of this Agreement with respect to any Competing Proposal. As used in this Agreement, a
Competing Proposal
means, with respect to the Company or Parent, any proposal or offer (other than this Agreement and the Merger), whether in
writing or otherwise, from any Person or group (as defined in Section 13d-3 of the Exchange Act) other than, in the case of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any Affiliates thereof, and in the case of Parent, the Company or any Affiliates
thereof (a
Third Party
), to acquire (i) assets that constitute or account for five percent (5%) or more of the consolidated net revenues, consolidated net income or consolidated assets of the Company or Parent,
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as the case may be, or (ii) beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of five percent (5%), or with respect to any such
Person or group that has beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of at least five percent (5%) or more of any class of equity securities of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, as of the date hereof, an
additional amount which would increase such ownership by one percent (1%) or more, of any class of equity securities of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, in each case pursuant to a merger, consolidation or other business combination,
sale of shares of stock, sale of assets, tender offer, exchange offer or similar transaction or series of related transactions.
(b) During
the Interim Period, each of the Company and Parent shall not, nor shall either authorize or permit any of its or its Subsidiaries respective Representatives to, (i) solicit, initiate or encourage, or otherwise facilitate, directly or
indirectly, any inquiries relating to, or the submission of, any Competing Proposal, (ii) directly or indirectly solicit, initiate, encourage or otherwise facilitate any discussions or negotiations regarding any Competing Proposal,
(iii) furnish to any Third Party any information or data for the purpose of encouraging or facilitating, or, except as required by applicable Law, provide access to the properties, offices, books, records, officers, directors or employees of,
or take any other action to knowingly, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate, intentionally encourage, participate in or otherwise facilitate the making of any proposal that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing
Proposal, (iv) enter into any agreement with respect to a Competing Proposal, or (v) waive any benefits of, or agree to modify in any respect, or, subject to the terms hereof, fail to enforce, or consent to any matter with respect to which
consent is required under, any standstill or similar contract, agreement or arrangement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is a party with respect to any class of equity
securities. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any violation of any of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.3 by any Representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.3 by the Company or Parent, respectively.
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if, prior to obtaining the Company Required Vote, (i) the Company has complied with this Section 5.3, and (ii) the Company Board of Directors reasonably determines in good faith that a Competing Proposal that did not result
from a breach or deemed breach of this Agreement constitutes a Superior Competing Proposal (as such term is defined below), then, to the extent that a majority of the members of the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith, after
consultation with the Companys outside counsel, that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to constitute a breach by the Company Board of Directors of its fiduciary duties to the holders of Company Common Stock under Law or writ,
judgment, injunction, consent, order, decree, stipulation, award or executive order of or by any Governmental Entity (each, an
Order
), the Company may, subject to the Companys providing prompt (but in any event at least
twenty-four (24) hours) prior written notice to Parent of its decision to take such action and compliance by the Company with Section 5.3(f), furnish information with respect to the Company to, and participate in discussions and
negotiations directly or through its Representatives with, such Third Party, subject to a confidentiality agreement not materially less favorable to the Company than the Confidentiality Agreement (as defined in Section 6.4(b) hereof), provided
that all such information not already provided to Parent is provided to Parent prior to or as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) after it is provided to such Third Party.
(d) Notwithstanding subsections 5.3(a) and (b) above, if (i) Parent has complied with this Section 5.3, and (ii) the Parent Board of
Directors reasonably determines in good faith that a Competing Proposal that did not result from a breach or deemed breach of this Agreement constitutes a Superior Competing Proposal (as such term is defined below), then, to the extent that a
majority of the members of the Parent Board of Directors determines in good faith, after consultation with Parents outside counsel, that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to constitute a breach by the Parent Board of Directors
of its fiduciary duties to the holders of Parent Common Stock under Law or writ, judgment, injunction, consent, order, decree, stipulation, award or executive order of or by any Governmental Entity (each, an
Order
), Parent may,
subject to Parent providing prompt (but in any event at least twenty-four (24) hours) prior written notice to Company of its decision to take such action and compliance by Parent with Section 5.3(g), furnish information with respect to
Parent, and participate in discussions and negotiations directly or through its Representatives with, such Third
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Party, subject to a confidentiality agreement not materially less favorable to Parent than the Confidentiality Agreement, provided that all such information
not already provided to the Company is provided to Company prior to or as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within twenty-four (24) hours) after it is provided to such Third Party.
(e) For purposes of this Agreement,
Superior Competing Proposal
shall mean a bona fide, unsolicited written proposal or offer made by
a Third Party to acquire, directly or indirectly, including pursuant to a tender offer, exchange offer, sale of shares of stock, sale of assets, merger, consolidation, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar
transaction, more than 50% of the capital stock of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, then outstanding (including the capital stock of the Company or Parent, as the case may be, then owned of record or beneficially (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the Exchange Act) by such Third Party) or more than 50% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i) on terms the Companys Board of Directors or
Parents Board of Directors, as the case may be, determines in good faith (after consulting Parents outside legal counsel and financial advisor), taking into account, among other things, all legal, financial, regulatory, timing and other
aspects of the offer and the Third Party making the offer, are more favorable from a financial point of view to the holders of Company Common Stock or Parent Common Stock, as the case may be, than the Transactions, (ii) such Competing Proposal
is reasonably capable of being consummated, and (iii) the financing for such Competing Proposal, if required, has been committed in writing.
(f) Neither the Company Board of Directors nor any committee thereof, shall (i) withdraw or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the approval and recommendation by the Company
Board of Directors of the Merger, this Agreement, the plan of merger (as such term is used in Section 607.1108 of the FBCA) contained herein, and all other Transaction Documents, the Transactions and the actions taken in connection
herewith and therewith, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, any Competing Proposal, (iii) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into, any letter of
intent, agreement in principle, merger agreement, stock purchase agreement, asset purchase agreement, acquisition agreement, option agreement or similar agreement relating to a Competing Proposal (
Acquisition Agreement
),
(iv) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into, any agreement (written or oral) requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger, any Transaction Document or the
Transactions, (v) take any action necessary to render the provisions of any moratorium, control share, fair price, affiliate transaction, business combination, or other anti-takeover
laws and regulations of any state or other jurisdiction, including those included in the FBCA, inapplicable to any Competing Proposal, or (vi) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing constituting or related to, or that is intended to or
would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to obtaining the Company Required Vote, the Board of Directors may, in response to a Superior Competing Proposal that was not solicited, initiated,
intentionally encouraged, participated in or otherwise facilitated by the Company in breach of the Agreement, if it determines in good faith (after consultation with the Companys outside legal counsel) that the failure to do so could
reasonably be expected to result in a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Company Board of Directors to the Company stockholders under Law or any Order, (1) withdraw or modify, or propose or resolve to modify, in a manner adverse to Parent or
Merger Sub, the approvals and recommendations of the Company Board of Directors of the Merger or the other Transactions, (2) approve, recommend and enter into such Superior Competing Proposal, but in each case only (x) if the Company has
been in compliance at all times with the provisions of this Section 5.3, (y) at a time that is after the fifth (5th) Business Day following Parents receipt of written notice advising Parent that the Company Board of Directors is
prepared to take such action (during which period the Company shall negotiate in good faith with Parent concerning any amendment of the terms of the Merger by Parent or Merger Sub or any proposal by Parent or Merger Sub to amend the terms of this
Agreement or the Merger (a
New Parent Proposal
)), specifying therein all of the terms and conditions of such Superior Competing Proposal, and identifying the Person or group making such Superior Competing Proposal (it being
understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial terms or any other material term of such Superior Competing Proposal shall require a new notice and a new five (5) Business Day period), and (z) if, after the end
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of such five (5) Business Day period, the Company Board of Directors determines in good faith (after consultation with the Companys outside legal
counsel and financial advisor) that such proposed transaction continues to be a Superior Competing Proposal, after taking into account any New Parent Proposal. Except as otherwise required by the fiduciary duties of the Company Board of Directors in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 5.3, the Company shall not during the term of this Agreement release any Third Party from, or agree to amend or waive any provision of any confidentiality agreement, and the Company shall use its
best efforts to enforce, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each confidentiality agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 5.3 and any other confidentiality agreement to which the Company is or becomes a party.
(g) Neither the Parent Board of Directors nor any committee thereof, shall (i) withdraw or modify, or propose or resolve to withdraw or modify in a
manner adverse to the Company, the approval and recommendation by the Parent Board of Directors of the Charter Amendment and the Share Issuance, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, any Competing Proposal,
(iii) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, or execute or enter into, any Acquisition Agreement with respect to Parent, (iv) approve or recommend, or propose or resolve to approve or recommend, or execute or
enter into, any agreement (written or oral) requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Merger, any Transaction Document or the Transactions, (v) take any action necessary to render the provisions of any moratorium,
control share, fair price, affiliate transaction, business combination, or other anti-takeover laws and regulations of any state or other jurisdiction, including those included in the FBCA,
inapplicable to any Competing Proposal, or (vi) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing constituting or related to, or that is intended to or would reasonably be expected to lead to, any Competing Proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Board of Directors may, in response to a Superior Competing Proposal that was not solicited, initiated, intentionally encouraged, participated in or otherwise facilitated by Parent in breach of the Agreement, if it determines in good faith
(after consultation with Parents outside legal counsel) that the failure to do so could reasonably be expected to result in a breach of the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board of Directors to the Parent stockholders under Law or any Order,
(1) withdraw or modify, or propose or resolve to modify, in a manner adverse to the Company, the approvals and recommendations of the Parent Board of Directors of the Charter Amendment and Share Issuance, (2) approve, recommend and enter
into such Superior Competing Proposal, but in each case only (x) if Parent has been in compliance at all times with the provisions of this Section 5.3, (y) at a time that is after the fifth (5th) Business Day following the
Companys receipt of written notice advising the Company that the Parent Board of Directors is prepared to take such action (during which period Parent shall negotiate in good faith with the Company concerning any amendment of the terms of the
Merger by the Company or any proposal by the Company to amend the terms of this Agreement or the Merger (a
New Company Proposal
)), specifying therein all of the terms and conditions of such Superior Competing Proposal, and
identifying the Person or group making such Superior Competing Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial terms or any other material term of such Superior Competing Proposal shall require a new notice and a new
five (5) Business Day period), and (z) if, after the end of such five (5) Business Day period, the Parent Board of Directors determines in good faith (after consultation with the Parents outside legal counsel and financial
advisor) that such proposed transaction continues to be a Superior Competing Proposal, after taking into account any New Company Proposal. Except as otherwise required by the fiduciary duties of the Parent Board of Directors in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 5.3, Parent shall not during the term of this Agreement release any Third Party from, or agree to amend or waive any provision of any confidentiality agreement, and the Company shall use its best efforts to enforce,
to the fullest extent permitted by Law, each confidentiality agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 5.3 and any other confidentiality agreement to which Parent is or becomes a party.
(h) In addition to the obligations set forth in this Section 5.3, each of the Company and Parent shall advise the other orally and, if requested, in
writing of (i) any Competing Proposal or any offer, proposal or inquiry with respect to or which could reasonably be expected to lead to any Competing Proposal received by any officer or director of such Party or, to the knowledge of such
Party, any other Representative of such Party, (ii) the terms and conditions of such Competing Proposal (including a copy of any written proposal) and (iii) the identity of the person or group making the offer, proposal or inquiry for any
such Competing Proposal immediately following
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receipt by such Party or any officer or director of such Party or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other Representative of such Party of such Competing
Proposal offer, proposal or inquiry. Each of the Company and Parent shall keep the other advised on a current basis of any developments with respect to any of its substantive discussions or negotiations with, or provision of material information in
connection with any such Competing Proposal in which such Party, any of such Partys Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives participate. Each of the Company and Parent agrees to notify the other promptly (and in
any event within twenty-four (24) hours) if its Board of Directors determines that a Competing Proposal is not a Superior Competing Proposal.
(i) Each of the Company and Parent agrees that immediately following the execution of this Agreement it shall request (to the extent it has not already done so) each Person which has heretofore executed a confidentiality agreement in
connection with such Persons consideration of acquiring such Party to return or destroy all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on its behalf in accordance with the terms of such agreement.
6.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1
Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution
of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall prepare and file with the SEC the Registration Statement, of which the Proxy Statement will constitute a part, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to each of the Parties. Each of the Parties
shall respond as promptly as practicable to any comments of the SEC and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing.
The Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of Company Common Stock as may be reasonably required or requested by Parent in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Registration Statement. The
Company and Parent shall cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to their respective stockholders as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act.
(b) As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement, the Parties shall prepare and file any other filings required under the Exchange Act,
the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities Law relating to the Merger and the other Transactions (collectively, the
Other Filings
).
(c) Each of the Parties shall notify the other promptly of the receipt of any comments from the SEC (or its staff) and of any request by the SEC (or its staff) or any other Governmental Entity for amendments or
supplements to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement or any Other Filing, or for additional information, and shall promptly supply the other with copies of all correspondence between such Party or any of its representatives, on the one
hand, and the SEC, its staff or any other Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement, the Merger or any Other Filings.
(d) Each Party shall cause all documents that it is responsible for filing with the SEC or other regulatory authorities under this Section 6.1 to
comply in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Whenever any event occurs which is required under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or
other Law to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or any Other Filing, each Party, as the case may be, shall promptly inform the other of such occurrence, provide the other Party reasonable
opportunity under the circumstances to review and comment, and cooperate in filing with the SEC, its staff or any other Governmental Entity, and/or mailing to stockholders of the Company, such amendment or supplement.
(e) Subject to Section 5.3(g), the Proxy Statement shall include the Parent Board Recommendation and, subject to Section 5.3(f), the Proxy
Statement shall include the Company Board Recommendation.
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6.2
Meeting of Company Stockholders.
(a) As soon as practicable following the date upon which the
Registration Statement becomes effective with the SEC, the Company shall take all action necessary in accordance with the FBCA and its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the rules of American Stock Exchange (
AMEX
) to duly
call, give notice of and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting.
(b) Subject to Section 6.2(d), once the Company Stockholder Meeting
has been called and noticed, the Company shall not postpone or adjourn the Company Stockholder Meeting (other than for the absence of a quorum) without the prior written consent of Parent.
(c) Subject to Section 5.3(c), the Companys Board of Directors shall recommend that the Merger be approved and this Agreement be approved and
adopted by the stockholders of the Company. The Companys Board of Directors shall submit this Agreement to the stockholders of the Company for their approval and adoption, whether or not the Companys Board of Directors at any time
changes, withdraws or modifies the Company Board Recommendation. As long as the Companys Board of Directors has not so changed, withdrawn or modified the Company Board Recommendation (to the extent permitted under the terms of this Agreement),
the Company shall solicit from stockholders of the Company proxies in favor of the Merger and shall take all other action necessary or advisable to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the FBCA and its Articles of Incorporation to
authorize and approve the Merger. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) the Company agrees that its obligation to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting as required by this Section 6.2
shall not be affected by the withdrawal, amendment or modification of the Company Board Recommendation; and (ii) subject to Section 5.3 hereof, the Company agrees that its obligations under this Section 6.2 shall not be affected by
the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to the Company of any Superior Competing Proposal.
(d)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company, may adjourn or postpone the Company Stockholder Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided
to the Companys stockholders.
6.3
Meeting of Parent Stockholders.
(a) As soon as practicable following the date upon which the
Registration Statement becomes effective with the SEC, Parent shall take all action necessary in accordance with the DGCL, its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and the rules of the NGM to duly call, give notice of and hold the Parent
Stockholder Meeting.
(b) Subject to Section 6.3(d), once the Parent Stockholder Meeting has been called and noticed, Parent shall not
postpone or adjourn the Parent Stockholder Meeting (other than for the absence of a quorum) without the prior written consent of the Company.
(c) Subject to Section 5.3(d), Parents Board of Directors shall recommend that the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance be approved by the stockholders of the Parent. The Parents Board of Directors shall submit the
Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance to the stockholders of Parent for their approval, whether or not the Parents Board of Directors at any time changes, withdraws or modifies the Parent Board Recommendation. As long as the Parents
Board of Directors has not so changed, withdrawn or modified the Parent Board Recommendation, Parent shall solicit from stockholders of Parent proxies in favor of the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance and shall take all other action necessary
or advisable to secure the vote or consent of stockholders required by the DGCL and its Certificate of Incorporation to authorize the Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (i) Parent agrees
that its obligation to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholder Meeting as required by this Section 6.3 shall not be affected by the withdrawal, amendment or modification of the Parent Board Recommendation; and
(ii) subject to Section 5.3 hereof, Parent agrees that its obligations under this Section 6.3 shall not be affected by the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to Parent of any Superior Competing Proposal
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(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent may adjourn or postpone
the Parent Stockholder Meeting to the extent necessary to ensure that any required supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement is provided to Parents stockholders.
6.4
Access to Information; Confidentiality.
(a) Upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours and in
a manner that does not disrupt or interfere with business operations, Parent and Company shall (and shall cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to) afford to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other representatives of the other
Party reasonable access, during the Interim Period, to: (i) the appropriate individuals for discussion of its business (including, but not limited to, its books, contracts, commitments, records, suppliers, customers and other third parties
having material dealings with it), properties, personnel and pending or threatened litigation (to the extent that such Partys receipt of such information does not affect any privilege relating to the producing Party), (ii) such
information relating to any circumstance that arises or event that occurs after the date hereof that is reasonably expected to be material to their business (such as their entering into a material agreement), and (iii) such information relating
to matters for which they are required to provide notice to the other party pursuant to Section 6.7 hereof, in each case, as the other may reasonably request. Anything above to the contrary notwithstanding, no Party shall be required to provide
any other access to information relating to any Intellectual Property of such Party that is currently in development, the subject of negotiation between such Party and a third party, or for which an application for patent or trademark is being
sought, provided said application has not been published. No investigation pursuant to this Section 6.4 shall affect any representations or warranties of Parent or the Company contained herein or the conditions to the obligations of Parent or
the Company hereto.
(b) The Parties shall keep all information obtained pursuant to this Section 6.4 confidential in accordance with
the Confidentiality Agreement dated as of October 19, 2007 (the
Confidentiality Agreement
), between Parent and the Company.
6.5
Commercially Reasonable Efforts Further Assurances.
(a) Parent and the Company shall use their
commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy or cause to be satisfied all of the conditions precedent that are set forth in Section 7, as applicable to each of them. Each Party, at the reasonable request of the other, shall execute and deliver
such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be necessary or advisable and consistent with this Agreement to effect the consummation of the Merger and other Transactions.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Company and Parent agree to use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to
be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to promptly consummate and make effective the Merger and other Transactions, including using their respective commercially reasonable efforts: (i) to
obtain prior to the Closing Date all licenses, certificates, permits, consents, approvals, authorizations, qualifications and orders of Governmental Entities and parties to contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries as are necessary for the
consummation of the Transactions; (ii) to effect all necessary registrations and filings required by any Governmental Entity (in connection with which Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other in connection with the making of all
such registrations and filings, including providing copies of all such documents to the non-filing party and its advisors prior to the time of such filing and, if requested, will consider in good faith reasonable additions, deletions or changes
suggested in connection therewith); (iii) to furnish to each other such information and assistance as reasonably may be requested in connection with the foregoing; and (iv) to lift, rescind or mitigate the effects of any injunction,
restraining order or other ruling by a Governmental Entity adversely affecting the ability of any Party to consummate the Merger or the other Transactions and to prevent, with respect to any threatened or such injunction, restraining order or other
such ruling, the issuance or entry thereof.
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(c) Each of Parent and the Company (1) shall as promptly as practicable and in any event within
twenty one (21) Business Days of the date hereof, make the filings required of such party or any Subsidiary under the HSR Act or European Community Merger Regulation (
ECMR
) with respect to the Transactions; (ii) agrees
to use its commercially reasonable efforts to negotiate with the United States Federal Trade Commission, the United States Department of Justice, European Commission and/or any other Governmental Entity in respect of such filings to prevent the
issuance of any requests for additional information, documents or other materials under the HSR Act or ECMR; provided that, (x) if such a request is about to be issued notwithstanding the parties efforts, the parties shall discuss the
withdrawal and refining of the filings to avoid the issuance of such a request and to enable the parties to continue to attempt to resolve the issues raised by any Governmental Entity in connection with the filings without the need to respond to any
such request, and each of the parties shall have the option of withdrawal and refining, and that, (y) if any such requests are nonetheless issued, to seek modification of same and comply at the earliest practicable date with respect thereto, as
modified; and (iii) shall act in good faith and reasonably cooperate with the other party in connection with any such filing and in connection with resolving any investigation or other inquiry of any such agency or other Governmental Entity
under any antitrust Law (
Antitrust Laws
) with respect to any such filing or any such transaction, including in connection with any proceeding initiated by a private party. To the extent not prohibited by Law, each party to this
Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to each other all information required for any application or other filing to be made pursuant to any Law in connection with the Transactions. Each of the Company and Parent shall give
the other reasonably prompt notice of any communication with, and any proposed understanding, undertaking or agreement with, any Governmental Entity regarding any such filings or any such transaction. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
on the one hand, or Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, shall independently participate in any meeting, or engage in any substantive conversation, with any Governmental Entity in respect of any such filings, investigation or other
inquiry without giving the other prior notice (if practicable) of the meeting and discussing with the other the advisability of it or its representatives participating in such meeting or conversation. Each of Parent and the Company shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to take such action as may be required to cause the expiration of the notice periods under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws with respect to the Transactions as promptly as possible after the execution of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section shall be deemed to require either Parent or the Company (unless, in the case of the Company, Parent requires as such) to take any action, or commit to take any action, or agree to any
condition or restriction, in connection with obtaining the foregoing consents, approvals and authorizations of Governmental Entities and having theretofore used reasonable best efforts hereunder to avoid having to take, or to otherwise mitigate, any
such action, make any such commitment or agree to any such condition or restriction that would reasonably be expected to have either a Company Material Adverse Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or that would result in a material limitation
of the benefits expected to be derived by Parent as a result of the Merger and other Transactions.
6.6
Employee Service Credit
. Each individual who, immediately prior to the Effective Time, is an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be given full credit for prior service with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries for purposes of participation and vesting (but not for purposes of benefit accrual) under any employee benefit plans or arrangements of Parent in which they first become eligible after the Effective Time, as well as for purposes of
determining benefit levels under any service-based severance, vacation or other paid time off plans or policies of Parent in which they may participate. In addition, Parent shall waive, or cause to be waived, any limitations on benefits relating to
pre-existing conditions to the same extent such limitations are waived under any comparable Company Employee Plan and recognize for purposes of annual deductible and out-of-pocket limits under its medical and dental plans, deductible and
out-of-pocket expenses paid by the Company employees in the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs.
6.7
Notification of Certain Matters.
(a) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent, and Parent shall
give prompt notice to the Company, of the occurrence or non-occurrence of (i) any event the occurrence, or non-occurrence of which would reasonably be expected to result in any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement to be untrue
or inaccurate in
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any material respect (or, in the case of any representation or warranty qualified by its terms by materiality, then untrue or inaccurate in any respect) and
(ii) any failure of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub, as the case may be, to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it hereunder;
provided
,
however
that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 6.7(a) shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to the Party receiving such notice.
(b) Each of the Company and Parent shall give prompt notice to the other of (i) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the
consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Merger or other Transactions; (ii) any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Merger or other Transactions; (iii) any
litigation, relating to or involving or otherwise affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parent and its Subsidiaries that relates to the Merger or other Transactions; (iv) the occurrence of a default or event that, with notice or
lapse of time or both, will become a default under either a Company Material Contract or a Parent Material Contract; and (v) any change that would be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse
Effect, as the case may be, or is likely to impede or impair in any material respect the ability of either Parent or the Company to consummate the Transactions or to fulfill their respective obligations herein.
6.8
Public Announcements
. Parent and the Company will consult with each other before issuing, and give each other the opportunity to review and comment upon, and concur with, any press release or making any public
statement with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions and, except as may be required by applicable Law or the rules of AMEX or the NGM, will not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation. The
parties agree that (a) all Company employee communication programs or announcements with respect to the Transactions shall be in the forms mutually agreed to by the parties and (b) the initial press release to be issued with respect to the
Transactions shall be in the form heretofore agreed to by the parties.
6.9
Accountants Letters.
(a) The Company shall cause to be delivered to Parent a comfort
letter of Deliotte & Touche LLP, dated within two Business Days before the date on which the Registration Statement shall become effective and addressed to Parent and the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and
customary in scope and substance for letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration statements similar to the Registration Statement.
(b) Parent shall cause to be delivered to the Company a comfort letter of Deloitte & Touche LLP, dated a date within two Business Days before the date on which the Registration Statement shall
become effective and addressed to the Company and Parent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company and customary in scope and substance for letters delivered by independent public accountants in connection with registration
statements similar to the Registration Statement.
6.10
Directors and Officers Insurance; Indemnification.
(a) The Surviving Corporation shall, until the sixth
(6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, cause to be maintained in effect the policies of directors and officers liability insurance maintained by the Company or its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof (or policies of at least
comparable coverage and amounts containing terms that are no less advantageous to the insured parties) with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred on or prior to the Effective Time, covering those Persons who are covered by the
Companys current directors and officers liability insurance policy. In lieu of the purchase of such insurance by the Surviving Corporation, the Surviving Corporation may purchase a six (6) year tail policy under
the Companys existing directors and officers liability insurance coverage, and maintain such tail policy in full force and effect for its full term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall Parent or the
Surviving Corporation be obligated to expend any amount in excess of 150% per year of the last annual premium paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to
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the date hereof for directors and officers liability insurance in order to maintain or procure insurance coverage pursuant to this paragraph, and in
the event that Parent or the Surviving Corporation would be required to expend an amount in excess of such maximum for such insurance coverage, they shall, instead, maintain the maximum amount of coverage available within the premium limits set
forth herein.
(b) The Surviving Corporation shall, until the sixth (6
th
) anniversary of the Effective Time, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless each person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date
hereof, or who becomes prior to the Effective Time, a director or officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the
Indemnified Parties
), against all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, fines and reasonable fees,
costs and expenses, including attorneys fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to the
fact that the Indemnified Party was an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to and including the Effective Time, including without limitation any such liability arising out of the Parents Form S-4 filed in
connection with the Merger to the extent such liability solely relates to information about Parent, to the fullest extent permitted under the FBCA for officers and directors of Florida corporations. Each Indemnified Party will be entitled to
advancement of expenses incurred in the defense of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation from the Surviving Corporation; provided that any person to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking, to the extent required by
the FBCA, to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification hereunder.
(c) Until the sixth (6
th
) anniversary of the Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall contain, and Parent shall cause the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation to contain, provisions no less favorable with respect to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation of present and former directors and officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries than are presently set forth in the
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company.
(d) Until the sixth
(6
th
) anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the
Company pursuant to any indemnification agreements between the Company and the Indemnified Parties. Parent shall pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, that may be incurred by the persons referred to in this Section 6.10
in connection with their enforcement of their rights provided in this Section 6.10.
(e) The provisions of this
Section 6.10 are intended to be in addition to the rights otherwise available to the current officers and directors of the Company by Law, articles, bylaw or agreement, and shall operate for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of
the Indemnified Parties, their heirs and their representatives.
6.11
Nasdaq Listing
. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued as part of the Merger Consideration (including upon the exercise of Company Options assumed by
Parent pursuant to Section 2.9) to be approved for listing on the NGM or such other exchange or market as may be mutually agreed by the parties, in each case on or prior to the Effective Time.
6.12
Affiliates
. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each person who is an affiliate (for purposes of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) to deliver to Parent, as soon as
reasonably practicable and in any event prior to the Company Stockholders Meeting, a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, relating to required transfer restrictions on the Parent Common Stock received by them
in the Merger pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act.
6.13
Merger Sub
. Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, shall adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger, and Parent shall cause Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
6.14
Resignation of Directors of the Company
. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall cause each member of the Board of Directors of the Company to execute and deliver a letter, which shall not be revoked or
amended prior to the Effective Time, effectuating his or her resignation as a director of the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately prior to the Effective Time.
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6.15
FIRPTA Certificate
. Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall furnish to Parent a certification in accordance with Treasury regulation §1.1445-2(c), and otherwise in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Parent, certifying that an interest in the Company is not a real property interest because the Company is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code)
during the five-year period ending on the date the Closing occurs.
7.
CONDITIONS OF MERGER
7.1
Conditions to Obligation of Each Party to Effect the Merger
. The obligations of each Party to effect the Merger and consummate the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing
of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing by the Party entitled to the benefit thereof, in whole or in part:
(a)
Effectiveness of the Registration Statement
. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the use of the Proxy Statement
shall have been issued by the SEC and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened in writing by the SEC;
(b)
Company Stockholder Approval
. This Agreement shall have been adopted by the Company Required Vote;
(c)
Parent Stockholder
Approval
. The Charter Amendment and the Stock Issuance shall each have been duly approved by the Parent Required Vote;
(d)
NASDAQ
Listing
. The shares of Parent Common Stock issuable to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to this Agreement (including upon the exercise of Company Options assumed Pursuant to Section 2.9) shall have been listed on the NGM or such
other exchange or market as may be mutually agreed by the parties;
(e)
HSR Act
. The waiting period under the HSR Act relating to
the Transactions shall have expired or been terminated, as the case may be, and all material foreign antitrust approvals required to be obtained prior to the Merger in connection with the Transactions (if any) shall have been obtained; and,
(f)
No Injunctions or Restraints; Illegality
. No statute, rule or regulation shall have been enacted, promulgated or deemed
applicable to the Merger by any Governmental Entity which prevents the consummation of the Merger or makes the consummation of the Merger unlawful, and no temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any
court of competent jurisdiction preventing the consummation of the Merger (each, a
Legal Restraint
) shall be in effect;
provided
,
however
, that each of the parties shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to
prevent the entry of any such injunction or other order and to appeal as promptly as possible any injunction or other order that may be entered.
7.2
Additional Conditions to Obligations of Parent
. The obligations of Parent to effect the Merger are also subject to the following conditions, any and all of which may be waived in writing by Parent, in whole or in
part, to the extent permitted by Law:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date as if made on and as of such dates (other than to the extent that any such representation and warranty, by its terms, is expressly
limited to a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such date), without giving effect to any materiality qualifications or limitations therein or any references therein to Material Adverse
Effect, except for such failures to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, that do not constitute and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect;
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(b)
Agreements and Covenants
. The Company shall have performed or complied in all material
respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing;
(c)
Company Officers Certificate
. Parent shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company and in form and substance satisfactory to
Parent certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 7.2(a) and (b);
(d)
No Material Adverse Effect
.
Since September 30, 2006, there shall not have occurred any event and no circumstance shall exist which, alone or together with any one or more other events or circumstances has had, is having or would reasonably be expected to result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect;
(e)
Governmental Proceedings
. There shall not be pending or threatened any suit, action or
proceeding brought by any Governmental Entity, and there shall be no Legal Restraint that has the effect of, (i) challenging the Merger, seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Transactions or seeking to obtain from the Company,
Parent or Merger Sub any damages that are material in relation to the Company, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company or Parent and its Subsidiaries of any material portion of the business or assets of the
Company, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or to compel the Company or Parent and its Subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, as a result of the Transactions, (iii) seeking to prohibit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from effectively controlling or operating in any material respect the business or operations of the Company or (iv) imposing material
limitations on the ability of Parent or any of its Affiliates to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of, any shares of Company Common Stock (or shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation), including the right to vote the
Company Common Stock (or shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation) on all matters properly presented to the stockholders of the Company, except, in each case, where any such suits, actions, proceedings or Legal Restraints would not
reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Parent Material Adverse Effect upon consummation of the Transactions; and
(f)
Third Party Consents
. Parent shall have received evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it, that the Company and Parent shall have obtained or shall have in full force and effect all consents, approvals,
qualifications, licenses, orders and authorizations of third parties required in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, except for such consents, approvals, qualifications, licenses, orders and authorizations of third parties that the
failure of which to obtain or have in full force and effect prior to the Effective Time would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Parent Material Adverse Effect upon the consummation of the Transactions.
7.3
Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company
. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is also subject to the following conditions, any and all of which may be waived in writing by the Company, in
whole or in part, to the extent permitted by Law:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. Each of the representations and warranties of
Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date as if made on and as of such dates (other than to the extent that any such representation and warranty, by its
terms, is expressly limited to a specific date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such date), without giving effect to any materiality qualifications or limitations therein or any references therein to
Material Adverse Effect, except for such failures to be true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, that do not constitute and could not reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect or materially impair the ability of
Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions on the terms and conditions provided for herein;
(b)
Agreements and Covenants
.
Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied, in all material respects, with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing;
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(c)
Parents Officers Certificate
. The Company shall have received a certificate signed
on behalf of Parent by the President or Chief Executive Officer or a Senior Vice President of Parent and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company certifying as to the satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 7.3(a)
and (b);
(d)
No Material Adverse Effect
. From and after the date hereof, there shall not have occurred any event and no
circumstance shall exist which, alone or together with any one or more other events or circumstances has had, is having or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; and,
(e)
Governmental Proceedings
. There shall not be pending or threatened any suit, action or proceeding brought by any Governmental Entity, and
there shall be no Legal Restraint that has the effect of, (i) challenging the Merger, seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Transactions or seeking to obtain from the Company, Parent or Merger Sub any damages that are material
in relation to the Company, (ii) seeking to prohibit or limit the ownership or operation by the Company or Parent and its Subsidiaries of any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, or to compel the Company or Parent and its Subsidiaries to dispose of or hold separate any material portion of the business or assets of the Company, or Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as a result of the Transactions,
(iii) seeking to prohibit Parent or any of its Subsidiaries from effectively controlling or operating in any material respect the business or operations of the Company or (iv) imposing material limitations on the ability of Parent or any
of its Affiliates to acquire or hold, or exercise full rights of ownership of, any shares of Company Common Stock (or shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation), including the right to vote the Company Common Stock (or shares of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation) on all matters properly presented to the stockholders of the Company, except, in each case, where any such suits, actions, proceedings or Legal Restraints would not reasonably be expected to result, individually
or in the aggregate, in a Parent Material Adverse Effect upon consummation of the Transactions.
8.
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
8.1
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated and the Merger and other Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, notwithstanding approval thereof by the stockholders of the Company or
approval of the Charter Amendment or the Stock Issuance by the stockholders of Parent:
(a) by mutual written consent of the Parties duly
authorized by each of the Boards of Directors of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have
been consummated on or before May 15, 2008 (the
Outside Date
);
provided, however
that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b) shall not be available to a Party whose failure to fulfill any
material obligation under this Agreement has been a principal cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Merger to have been consummated on or before such date;
provided
,
further
,
however
, that either Parent or the Company may
extend such date by an additional 90 days if on the Outside Date all of the conditions to the Closing set forth in Article VI shall then be satisfied (other than conditions with respect to actions the respective parties will take at the Closing
itself) except that the waiting period under the HSR Act has not expired or been terminated;
(c) by either Parent or the Company, if any
Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action (which order, decree, ruling or other action the parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to lift) restraining, enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting the Merger and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have become final and nonappealable;
provided
,
however
, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) shall not be available
to any party that has not taken all actions required by Section 6.5 or to any party whose breach of any provision of this Agreement results in the imposition of such order, decree or ruling or other action or the failure of such order, decree
or ruling or other action to be resisted, resolved or lifted, as applicable;
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(d) by either Parent or the Company, if, (i) at the Company Stockholder Meeting at which a vote on
this Agreement is taken, the Company Required Vote shall not have been obtained;
provided
,
however
, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(d) shall not be available to the Company if the Company has
materially breached any of its obligations under Sections 5.3 or 6.2 or (ii) at the Parent Stockholder Meeting at which a vote on the Charter Amendment and Stock Issuance is taken, the Charter Amendment or the Stock Issuance shall not have been
duly approved by the Parent Required Vote; and
provided
,
further
, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(d) shall not be available to Parent if Parent has materially breached any of its obligations under
Sections 5.3 or 6.3;
(e) by Parent if (i) the Board of Directors of the Company shall have withdrawn or modified (in a manner adverse
to Parent or Merger Sub) its approval or recommendation of the Merger or this Agreement, or approved or recommended any Competing Proposal with respect to the Company or publicly proposed to do any of the foregoing, (ii) the Company shall have
materially breached any of its obligations under Section 5.3 or Section 6.2, (iii) a tender or exchange offer relating to any Company Securities has been commenced and the Company fails to send to its security holders pursuant to Rule
14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, within ten Business Days after such tender or exchange offer is first published, sent or given, a statement disclosing that the Company recommends the rejection of such tender or exchange offer, (iv) a
Competing Proposal with respect to the Company is publicly announced, and the Company fails to issue, within ten Business Days after such Competing Proposal is announced, a press release that reaffirms the recommendation of the Board of Directors of
the Company that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the adoption of the Agreement, or (v) the Company fails to include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of the Board of Directors of the Company that its stockholders vote
to approve and adopt this Agreement;
(f) by the Company if (i) the Board of Directors of Parent shall have withdrawn or modified (in
a manner adverse to the Company) its approval or recommendation of the Charter Amendment or the Share Issuance, or approved or recommended any Competing Proposal with respect to Parent or publicly proposed to do any of the foregoing,
(ii) Parent shall have materially breached any of its obligations under Section 5.3 or Section 6.3, (iii) a tender or exchange offer relating to any Parent capital stock has been commenced and Parent fails to send to its security
holders pursuant to Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act, within ten Business Days after such tender or exchange offer is first published, sent or given, a statement disclosing that Parent recommends the rejection of such tender or exchange
offer, (iv) a Competing Proposal with respect to Parent is publicly announced, and Parent fails to issue, within ten Business Days after such Competing Proposal is announced, a press release that reaffirms the recommendation of the Board of
Directors of Parent that the stockholders of Parent vote in favor of the Charter Amendment and Share Issuance, or (v) the Parent fails to include in the Proxy Statement the recommendation of the Board of Directors of Parent that its
stockholders vote to approve the Charter Amendment and the Share Issuance;
(g) by Parent, if the Company shall have breached any
representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, which breach, individually or in the aggregate, does or could reasonably be expected to give rise to a failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) or
(b) and cannot be or has not been cured within 30 days after the giving of written notice to the Company;
(h) by the Company, if
Parent or Merger Sub shall have breached any representation, warranty, covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement, which breach, individually or in the aggregate, does or could reasonably be expected to give rise to a failure of a
condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or (b) and cannot be or has not been cured within 30 days after the giving of written notice to Parent or Merger Sub, as applicable;
(i) by the Company if (i) this Agreement has not been adopted by the Company Required Vote at the Company Stockholder Meeting, (ii) the Board
of Directors of the Company approves or recommends a Superior Competing Proposal with respect to the Company pursuant to Section 5.3(c) hereof, (iii) the Company shall have complied in all material respects with Section 5.3 hereof,
(iv) on the date of such termination, the Company enters into a definitive agreement for, or consummates, the transactions contemplated by such Superior
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Competing Proposal and (v) on or prior to the date of such termination, the Company pays to Parent in immediately available funds any fees required to
be paid pursuant to Section 8.3(b) hereof;
(j) by Parent if (i) either the Charter Amendment or the Stock Issuance have not been
adopted by the Parent Required Vote at the Parent Stockholder Meeting, (ii) the Board of Directors of Parent approves or recommends a Superior Competing Proposal with respect to the Parent, (iii) on the date of such termination, Parent
enters into a definitive agreement for, or consummates, the transactions contemplated by such Superior Competing Proposal and (iv) on or prior to the date of such termination, Parent pays to Company in immediately available funds any fees
required to be paid pursuant to Section 8.3(c) hereof; or
(k) by Parent or the Company, if with respect to antitrust matters, HSR
approval has not been obtained before the expiration of 150 days after the date of the HSR filing;
provided
,
however
, that such 150 day period shall be extended for an additional 150 day period in the event that facts and circumstances
existing at such time indicate that there is a reasonable possibility that HSR approval will be obtained within such additional 150 day period with the cooperation in good faith of both Parent and the Company in pursuing such approval.
8.2
Effect of Termination
. Except as provided in Section 8.3, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, this Agreement (other than this Section 8.2 and Sections 6.4(b),
8.3 and 9, each of which shall survive such termination) will forthwith become void, and there will be no liability on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company or any of their respective officers or directors to the other and all rights and
obligations of any Party will cease, except that nothing herein will relieve any Party from liability for any breach, prior to termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement.
8.3
Fees and Expenses.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees and expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated;
provided
,
however
, that Parent and the Company shall share equally all fees and
expenses, other than accountants and attorneys fees, incurred in relation to the printing, mailing and filing of the Proxy Statement (including any preliminary materials related thereto), the Registration Statement (including financial
statements and exhibits) and any amendments or supplements thereto and all filing fees payable in connection with filings made under the HSR Act and other Laws.
(b) If: (i) (x) this Agreement is terminated by both Parent and the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(a), or by either Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d), in each case, as a result of
the failure to obtain the Company Required Vote, and (y) within twelve (12) months after the date hereof a Competing Proposal with respect to the Company shall have been publicly announced or otherwise communicated to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries; or (ii) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(e) or Section 8.1(i), then the Company shall pay to Parent, upon the date of such announcement or communication in the case of (i) above, and
simultaneously with such termination of this Agreement in the event of (ii) above, a fee in cash equal to Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000) (the
Company Termination Fee
), which Company Termination Fee
shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by Parent.
(c) If:
(i) (x) this Agreement is terminated by both Parent and the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(a), or by either Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d), in each case, as a result of the failure to obtain the Parent Required
Vote, and (y) within twelve (12) months after the date hereof a Competing Proposal with respect to the Parent shall have been publicly announced or otherwise communicated to the Parent; or (ii) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 8.1(f) or Section 8.1(j), and provided that at the time of such termination the Company is not in material breach of this Agreement, then Parent shall pay to the Company, upon the date of such announcement or communication in the
case of (i) above, and simultaneously with such termination of this
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Agreement in the event of (ii) above, a fee in cash equal to Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,500,000) (the
Parent Termination
Fee
), which Parent Termination Fee shall be payable by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account specified in writing by the Company.
(d) Nothing in this Section 8.3 shall be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights or remedies either Party may have hereunder or at law or in equity for any breach of this Agreement.
8.4
Amendment
. This Agreement may be amended by the Parties by action taken by or on behalf of their respective Boards of Directors at any time prior to the Closing;
provided
,
however
, that, after
approval of the Merger by the stockholders of the Company and approval of the Charter Amendment and Stock Issuance by the stockholders of Parent, no amendment may be made which by Law, or any rule or regulation of the AMEX or NGM requires further
approval of Parents or Companys stockholders without the further approval of such stockholders. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by all of the Parties.
8.5
Waiver
. At any time prior to the Closing, Parent and Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, may extend the time for the performance of any of the others obligations or other acts
required hereunder, waive any inaccuracies in the others representations and warranties contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and, subject to the proviso in the first sentence of Section 8.4, waive compliance with
any of the others agreements or conditions contained herein. Any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument signed by the Party to be bound thereby. The failure of any party to this Agreement to assert any of
its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not constitute a waiver of such rights.
9.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1
Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties
. The representations and warranties contained herein and in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto shall not survive the Effective Time or the
termination of this Agreement. This Section 9.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
9.2
Notices
. All notices or other communications which are required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and sufficient if delivered personally or sent by nationally-recognized overnight courier or by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by electronic mail, with a copy thereof to be delivered by mail (as aforesaid) within 24 hours of such electronic mail, or by telecopier, with a copy thereof to be delivered by mail
(as aforesaid) within 24 hours of such telecopy, in each case addressed as follows:
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If to Parent or Merger Sub:
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Regeneration Technologies, Inc.
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11521 Research Circle
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Alachua, FL 32615
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Attention:
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Brian K. Hutchison,
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Chief Executive Officer
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Fax: (386) 418-3608
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
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666 Fifth Avenue
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New York, New York 10103
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Attention:
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Warren J. Nimetz, Esq.
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Joseph F. Daniels, Esq.
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Fax: (212) 318-3400
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If to the Company:
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Tutogen Medical, Inc.
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13709 Progress Blvd., Box 19
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Alachua, FL 32615
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Attention:
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Guy L. Mayer
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Chief Executive Officer
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Fax: (386) 462-1421
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With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
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One Financial Center
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Boston, MA 02112
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Attention:
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Stanford N. Goldman, Jr.
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or to such other address as the party to whom notice is to be given may have furnished to the other party in
writing in accordance herewith. All such notices or communications shall be deemed to be received (a) in the case of personal delivery, on the date of such delivery, (b) in the case of nationally-recognized overnight courier, on the next
Business Day after the date when sent, (c) in the case of facsimile transmission or telecopier or electronic mail, upon confirmed receipt, and (d) in the case of mailing, on the fifth Business Day following the date on which the piece of
mail containing such communication was posted by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested.
9.3
Interpretation
. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections, subsections, schedules or Exhibits, such reference shall be to a Section, subsection, Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. The words include, includes and including when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words without limitation. The words hereof, herein and
hereunder and similar references mean, except where a specific Section or Section reference is expressly indicated, the entire Agreement rather than any specific Section or Section. The table of contents and the headings contained in
this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of
such terms. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including
(in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) any rules, regulations and delegated legislation issued thereunder and by succession of comparable successor statutes and references to all attachments
thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns. Each of the parties has participated in the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement. If an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement must be construed as if it is drafted by all the parties and no presumption or burden of proof will arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
9.4
Severability
. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall
nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the
original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the Transactions are fulfilled to the extent possible.
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9.5
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement (including all exhibits and schedules hereto), and other documents and instruments delivered in connection herewith constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect
to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior and contemporaneous representations, warranties, agreements and understandings (other than the Confidentiality Agreement), both oral and written, between the parties with respect to the
subject matter of this Agreement. No prior drafts of this Agreement or portions thereof shall be admissible into evidence in any action, suit or other proceeding involving this Agreement.
9.6
Assignment
. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of law or otherwise, except that Parent or Merger Sub may transfer or assign, in whole or from time to time in part, to one or more of its Affiliates,
the right to enter into the Transactions, but no such transfer or assignment will relieve Parent or Merger Sub of its obligations hereunder.
Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of
and he enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
9.7
Parties in Interest
. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each Party hereto, and, except that the Indemnified Parties shall be intended beneficiaries of Section 6.10 and that
following the Effective Time the stockholders of the Company shall be intended beneficiaries of Section 2.7, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any
nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
9.8
Failure or Indulgence Not Waiver: Remedies Cumulative
. No failure or delay on the part of any Party in the exercise of any right hereunder will impair such right or be construed to be a waiver of, or acquiescence
in, any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement herein, nor will any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other right. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement are
cumulative to, and not exclusive to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise available.
9.9
Governing Law: Enforcement
. This Agreement and the rights and duties of the Parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the DGCL as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all
other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to principals of conflict of laws. The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and
to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. In addition, each of the Parties: (a) consents to submit itself to the exclusive
personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County in the State of Delaware (or, if such court lacks jurisdiction, any appropriate state or federal court in New Castle County in the State of Delaware), in the event of any
dispute related to or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby; (b) agrees not to commence any action, suit or proceeding related to or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby except in
such courts; (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court; (d) waives any right to trial by jury with respect to any action related to or arising
out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby; and (e) consents to service of process by delivery pursuant to Section 8.2 hereof.
9.10
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different Parties in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received counterparts hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Except as provided in Section 6.10, no
provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. Execution of this Agreement
may be made by facsimile signature which, for all purposes, shall be deemed to be an original signature.
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9.11
Certain Definitions
. As used in this Agreement:
(a) The term
Affiliate
, as applied
to any Person, shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under common Control with, that Person.
(b) The term
Control
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
Controlling,
Controlled by
, and
under common Control with
), as applied to any Person, means
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
(c) The term
knowledge
, and all variations thereof, with respect to any Party, means the actual knowledge of the executive officers
and directors of such Party.
(d) The term
Person
shall include individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, limited
liability companies, associations, unincorporated organizations, joint ventures, other entities, groups (which then shall include a group as such term is defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), labor unions and
Governmental Entities.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to
be executed as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
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Annex B
FORM OF
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
RTI BIOLOGICS, INC.
FIRST: The name of the corporation is RTI Biologics, Inc.
SECOND: The address of the registered office of the corporation in the
State of Delaware is United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Suite C, Dover, Kent County, DE 19901. The name of the corporations registered agent at such address is United Corporate Services.
THIRD: The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation
Law of Delaware as set forth in Title 8 of the Delaware Code 1953, as amended (the GCL).
FOURTH:
Capital Stock
:
This corporation is authorized to issue 155,000,000 shares of capital stock, $0.001 par value, of which 150,000,000 shares shall be Common
Stock, $0.001 par value and 5,000,000 shares shall be Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value.
(A)
Preferred Stock
. The Board of
Directors is expressly authorized to provide for the issue of all or any shares of the Preferred Stock, in one or more series, and to fix for each such series such voting powers, full or limited, and such designations, preferences and relative,
participating, optional or other special rights and such qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof as shall be stated and expressed in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issue of such series
(a Preferred Stock Designation) and as may be permitted by the GCL. The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then outstanding shares of the capital stock of the corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, without a separate vote of the
holders of the Preferred Stock, or any series thereof, unless a vote of any such holders is required pursuant to any Preferred Stock Designation.
(B)
Common Stock
. Except as otherwise required by law or as otherwise provided in any Preferred Stock Designation, the holders of the Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power and each share of Common Stock shall have
one vote.
FIFTH: The corporation is to have perpetual existence.
SIXTH: In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of
directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. Notwithstanding anything in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to the contrary, Bylaw Sections 2.04, 2.07 and paragraphs Ninth and Twelfth
of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation may not be repealed or amended in any respect, and no provision inconsistent therewith may be adopted by the stockholders unless such action is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders
of sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66
2
/
3
%) of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of the corporation directors.
SEVENTH: Classification of Board of Directors. Upon
the consummation of the Corporations initial public offering of its Common Stock, directors shall be divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as may be possible, of one-third
of the total number of directors constituting the entire Board of Directors. Class I directors shall serve until the 2001 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, Class II directors shall serve until the 2002 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Class III
directors shall serve until the 2003 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. At each annual meeting of stockholders beginning in
2001, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term. If the number of directors is
changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any additional director of any class elected to fill a vacancy resulting from an
increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of the class, but in no case will a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. A director shall hold office until
the annual meeting for the year in which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. Any vacancy on the Board of Directors for any reason, and any directorships resulting from any increase in the number of
directors of the Board of Directors, may be filled by a majority of the Board of Directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or a sole remaining director and any directors so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class
for which such directors shall have been chosen and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever the holders of any one or more classes or series of stock issued by the Corporation shall have the
right, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, the election, term of office, filling of vacancies and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of this
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation applicable thereto, such directors so elected shall not be divided into classes pursuant to this paragraph Seventh and the number of such directors shall not be counted in determining the maximum
number of directors permitted under the foregoing provision of this paragraph Seventh in each case unless expressly provided by such terms.
EIGHTH: Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. Upon consummation of the corporations initial public offering of its Common Stock, stockholder action may not be taken
by written consent in lieu of a meeting. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision of the GCL) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the
by-laws of the corporation. Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide.
NINTH: The corporation shall indemnify each person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of this corporation or another enterprise at the request
of the predecessor corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the GCL, as amended. The indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has
ceased to be such a person and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.
Any amendment,
repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph Ninth shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director, officer, agent, or other person existing at the time of, or increase the liability of any director of this
corporation with respect to any acts or omissions of such director, officer or agent occurring prior to, such amendment, repeal or modification.
TENTH: The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or thereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred
on the stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation.
ELEVENTH: Whenever a compromise or arrangement is proposed between
this corporation and its creditors or any class of them and/or between this corporation and its stockholders or any class of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may, on the application in a summary way of this
corporation or of any creditor or stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of the GCL or on the application of trustees in dissolution or of any
receiver or receivers appointed for this corporation under the provisions of Section 279 of the GCL, order a meeting of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation, as the case
may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said court directs. If a majority in
number representing three-fourths in value of the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this corporation,
as the case may be, agree to any compromise or arrangement and to any reorganization of this corporation as consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by the
court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all the stockholders or class of stockholders, of this corporation, as the case may be, and also on this corporation.
TWELFTH: A director of this corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for the breach of any
fiduciary duty as a director, except (i) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the GCL, as the same exists or hereafter may be amended, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. If the GCL is amended after the date of
incorporation of the corporation to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by
the GCL, as so amended.
Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the corporation shall be prospective
only, and shall not adversely affect any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.
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Annex C
LEHMAN
BROTHERS
November 12, 2007
Board of Directors
Regeneration Technologies, Inc.
11621 Research Circle
Alachua, FL 32615
Members of the Board of Directors:
We understand that
Regeneration Technologies, Inc. (RTF or the Company) intends to enter into a transaction (the Proposed Transaction) with Tutogen Medical, Inc. (Tutogen) pursuant to which (i) a wholly owned
subsidiary of RTI (MergerCo) will merge with and into Tutogen with Tutogen surviving the merger and (ii) upon the effectiveness of the merger, each share of common stock of Tutogen (Tutogen Common Stock) then issued and
outstanding (other than shares of Tutogen Common Stock (a) then owned by RTI, MergerCo or Tutogen and (b) to be canceled pursuant to the terms of the Agreement (as defined below)) will be converted into the right to receive 1.220 shares
(the Exchange Ratio) of common stock of RTI (Company Common Stock). The terms and conditions of the Proposed Transaction are set forth in more detail in the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 12, 2007,
among RTI, Tutogen and MergerCo (the Agreement),
We have been requested by the Board of Directors of the Company to render our
opinion with respect to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the Company of the Exchange Ratio to be paid by the Company in the Proposed Transaction. We have not been requested to opine as to, and our opinion does not in any manner
address, the Companys underlying business decision to proceed with or effect the Proposed Transaction.
In arriving at our opinion,
we reviewed and analyzed: (1) the Agreement and the specific terms of the Proposed Transaction, (2) publicly available information concerning the Company that we believe to be relevant to our analysis, including its Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007, June 30, 2007 and September 30, 2007, (3) publicly available information concerning
Tutogen that we believe to be relevant to our analysis, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended December 31,
2006, March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, (4) financial and operating information with respect to the business., operations and prospects of the Company furnished to us by the Company, including financial projections of the Company
prepared by management of the Company, (5) financial and operating information with respect to the business, operations and prospects of Tutogen furnished to us by Tutogen, including financial projections of Tutogen prepared by management of
Tutogen, (6) the trading histories of Company Common Stock and Tutogen Common Stock from November 8, 2006 to November 9, 2007 and a comparison of those trading histories with each other, (7) a comparison of the historical
financial results and present financial condition of the Company and Tutogen with each other and with those of other companies that we deemed relevant, (8) the relative contributions of the Company and Tutogen to the current and future
financial performance of the combined company on a pro forma basis, and (9) the potential pro forma impact of the Proposed Transaction on the future financial performance of the Company, including the amounts of certain cost savings, operating
synergies and revenue enhancements expected by the managements of the Company and Tutogen to result from the Proposed Transaction (the Estimated Synergies). In addition, we have had discussions with the managements of the Company and
Tutogen concerning their respective businesses, operations, assets, liabilities, financial conditions and prospects and have undertaken such other studies, analyses and investigations as we deemed appropriate.
In arriving at our opinion, we have assumed and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the financial and other information used by us without
assuming any responsibility for independent verification of such information and have further relied upon the assurances of management of the Company and Tutogen that they are not aware of any facts or circumstances that would make such information
inaccurate or misleading. With respect to the financial projections of the Company, upon advice of the Company we have assumed that such
projections have been reasonably prepared on a basis reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of the Company as to
the future financial performance of the Company and that the Company will perform substantially in accordance with such projections. With respect to the financial projections of Tutogen, upon advice of the Company we have assumed that such
projections have been reasonably prepared on a basis reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the management of Tutogen as to the future financial performance of Tutogen and that Tutogen will perform substantially in
accordance with such projections. With respect to the Estimated Synergies, we have assumed that the amount and timing of Estimated Synergies are reasonable and, upon the advice of the Company, we also have assumed that the Estimated Synergies will
be realized substantially in accordance with such estimates. In arriving at our opinion, we have not conducted a physical inspection of the properties and facilities of the Company and have not made or obtained any evaluations or appraisals of the
assets or liabilities of the Company. Our opinion necessarily is based upon market, economic and other conditions as they exist on, and can be evaluated as of, the date of this letter.
In addition, we express no opinion as to the prices at which shares of (i) Company Common Stock or Tutogen Common Stock will trade at any time
following the announcement of the Proposed Transaction or (ii) Company Common Stock will trade at any time following the consummation of the Proposed Transaction.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion as of the date hereof that, from a financial point of view, the Exchange Ratio to be paid by the Company in the Proposed Transaction is fair to the
Company.
We have acted as financial advisor to the Company in connection with the Proposed Transaction and will receive fees for our
services a portion of which is payable upon rendering this opinion and a substantial portion of which is contingent upon the consummation of the Proposed Transaction. In addition, the Company has agreed to reimburse our expenses and indemnify us for
certain liabilities that may arise out of our engagement. We also expect to provide various investment banking and financial services for the Company in the future and expect to receive fees for such services. In the ordinary course of our business,
we actively trade in the securities of the Company and Tutogen for our own account and for the accounts of our customers and, accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities. In addition, as you know, an affiliate of
Lehman Brothers beneficially owns an aggregate of approximately 5.5% of the Company Common Stock and Michael Odrich, a Managing Director in Lehman Brothers private equity division, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Company.
This opinion, which has been approved by our fairness opinion committee, is for the use and benefit of the Board of Directors of the
Company and is rendered to the Board of Directors in connection with its consideration of the Proposed Transaction. This opinion is not intended to be and does not constitute a recommendation to any stockholder of the Company as to how such
stockholder should vote with respect to the Proposed Transaction.
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Annex D
November 12, 2007
Board of Directors
Tutogen Medical, Inc.
13709
Progress Blvd.
Box 19
Alachua, FL 32615
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have requested our opinion as to the fairness, from a financial point of view, to the holders of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Tutogen Medical, Inc. (the Company) (the Company
Common Stock) of the Stock Exchange Ratio (as defined below) pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, to be dated as of November 12, 2007 (the Agreement), by and among Regeneration Technologies, Inc.
(Parent), Rockets Merger Sub, Inc. (Merger Sub) and the Company.
As more specifically set forth in the Agreement,
and subject to the terms, conditions and adjustments set forth in the Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (i) Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the Merger), (ii) the separate corporate existence
of Merger Sub shall cease, and (iii) the Company, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, shall continue its existence as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. At the effective time of the merger, by virtue of the Merger each share of
Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time shall be converted automatically into the right to receive 1.220 (the Stock Exchange Ratio) fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of
Parent, $0.001 par value per share (Parent Common Stock).
Cowen and Company, LLC (Cowen), as part of its
investment banking business, is continually engaged in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, negotiated underwritings, secondary distributions of listed and unlisted securities, private
placements and valuations for corporate and other purposes. In the ordinary course of our business, we and our affiliates may actively trade the securities of the Company and Parent for our own account and for the accounts of our customers and,
accordingly, may at any time hold a long or short position in such securities.
We are acting as exclusive financial advisor to the Board
of Directors of the Company in connection with the Merger and will receive a fee from the Company for our services pursuant to the terms of our engagement letter with the Company, dated September 5, 2006, a significant portion of which is
contingent upon the consummation of the Merger. We will also receive a fee for providing this Opinion. Cowen and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business have from time to time provided, and in the future may continue to provide, commercial
and investment banking services to the Company and Parent and have received, and may receive, fees for the rendering of such services.
In
connection with our opinion, we have reviewed and considered such financial and other matters as we have deemed relevant, including, among other things:
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certain publicly available financial and other information for the Company and Parent, respectively, including equity research, and certain other relevant financial
and operating data furnished to Cowen by the managements of the Company and Parent, respectively;
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certain internal financial analyses, financial forecasts, reports and other information concerning the Company (the Company Forecasts) and Parent (the
Parent Forecasts), prepared by the managements of the Company and Parent, respectively, and the amounts and timing of the cost savings and related expenses expected to result from the Merger furnished to us by the managements of the
Company and Parent (the Expected Synergies);
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discussions Cowen has had with certain members of the managements of each of the Company and Parent concerning the historical and current business operations,
financial conditions and prospects of the Company and Parent, respectively, the Expected Synergies and such other matters Cowen deemed relevant;
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certain operating results of the Company and Parent, respectively, as compared to operating results of certain publicly traded companies Cowen deemed relevant;
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the reported price and trading histories of the shares of the common stock of the Company and Parent, respectively, as compared to the reported price and trading
histories of certain publicly traded companies Cowen deemed relevant;
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certain financial terms of the Merger as compared to the financial terms of certain selected business combinations Cowen deemed relevant;
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based on the Company Forecasts and the Parent Forecasts, the cash flows generated by the Company and Parent, respectively, on a stand-alone basis, as well as the
combined pro forma company, to determine the present value of the discounted cash flows;
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In conducting our review and arriving at our opinion, we have, with your consent, assumed and relied, without
independent investigation, upon the accuracy and completeness of all financial and other information provided to us by the Company and Parent, respectively, or which is publicly available. We have not undertaken any responsibility for the accuracy,
completeness or reasonableness of, or independently to verify, such information. We have relied upon, without independent verification, the assessment of Company management as to the existing products and services of the Company and the validity of,
and risks associated with, the future products and services of the Company. In addition, we have not conducted nor have we assumed any obligation to conduct any physical inspection of the properties or facilities of the Company or Parent. We have,
with your consent, assumed that the financial forecasts and description of Expected Synergies which we examined were reasonably prepared by the respective managements of the Company and Parent on bases reflecting the best currently available
estimates and good faith judgments of such managements as to the future performance of the Company and Parent, respectively, and that such projections and synergies, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have not made or obtained any independent evaluations, valuations or appraisals of the assets or liabilities of the Company or Parent, nor have we
been furnished with such materials. With respect to all legal matters relating to the Company and Parent, we have relied on the advice of legal counsel to the Company. Our services to the Company in connection with the Merger have been comprised of
rendering an opinion from a financial point of view with respect to the Stock Exchange Ratio. We express no view as to any other aspect or implication of the Merger or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into in connection with
the Merger or otherwise. Our opinion is necessarily based upon economic and market conditions and other circumstances as they exist and can be evaluated by us on the date hereof. It should be understood that although subsequent developments may
affect our opinion, we do not have any obligation to update, revise or reaffirm our opinion and we expressly disclaim any responsibility to do so. Additionally, we were not engaged to be involved in any determinations of the Board of Directors or
the Companys management to pursue strategic alternatives, and we have not been authorized or requested to, and did not, solicit alternative offers for the Company or its assets, nor have we investigated any other alternative transactions that
may be available to the Company.
For purposes of rendering our opinion we have assumed in all respects material to our analysis, that the
representations and warranties of each party contained in the Agreement are true and correct, that each party will perform all of the covenants and agreements required to be performed by it under the Agreement and that all
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conditions to the consummation of the Merger will be satisfied without waiver thereof. We have assumed that the final form of the Agreement will be
substantially similar to the last draft reviewed by us. We have also assumed that all governmental, regulatory and other consents and approvals contemplated by the Agreement will be obtained and that in the course of obtaining any of those consents
no restrictions will be imposed or waivers made that would have an adverse effect on the contemplated benefits of the Merger. You have informed us, and we have assumed, that the Merger will be treated as a tax-free reorganization.
It is understood that this letter is intended for the benefit and use of the Board of Directors of
the Company in its consideration of the Merger and may not be used for any other purpose or reproduced, disseminated, quoted or referred to at any time, in any manner or for any purpose without our prior written consent. This letter does not
constitute a recommendation to any stockholder as to how such stockholder should vote with respect to the Merger or to take any other action in connection with the Merger or otherwise. We have not been requested to opine as to, and our opinion does
not in any manner address, the Companys underlying business decision to effect the Merger or the relative merits of the Merger as compared to other business strategies or transactions that might be available to the Company. Furthermore, we
express no view as to the price or trading range for shares of Parent common stock at any time.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing,
including the various assumptions and limitations set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Stock Exchange Ratio in the Merger is fair, from a financial point of view, to the stockholders of the Company.
Very truly yours,
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A Proposals The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR the following proposals.
For Against Abstain
1. To adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 12, 2007, by and among Regeneration Technologies, Inc., Rockets FL Corp. and Tutogen Medical, Inc., as the same may be amended from time to time.
For Against Abstain
2. To approve any motion to adjourn or postpone the special meeting to a later date or dates, if necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes at the time of the special meeting to approve the proposal to
adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger.
For Against Abstain
3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the special meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.
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Proxy Tutogen Medical, Inc.
Special Meeting of Shareholders February 27, 2008
THIS PROXY IS
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned holder of Common Shares of Tutogen Medical, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of the state of Florida, does hereby appoint Roy D. Crowninshield and Guy L. Mayer, and each of them, as due and lawful attorneys-in-fact (each of whom shall have full power of substitution), to represent and
vote as designated below all of the Common Shares of Tutogen Medical, Inc. that the undersigned held of record at 5:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on January 22, 2008 at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of Tutogen Medical, Inc. to be held
at Tutogen Medical, Inc.s headquarters located at 13709 Progress Boulevard, Alachua, Florida 32615 on February 27, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., local time, or any adjournment thereof, on the following matters, and on such other business as may
properly come before the meeting.
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE
SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO A PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR SUCH PROPOSAL.
(Please sign, date, and return this proxy card exactly as your name or names appear on the reverse side, whether or not you plan to attend the meeting.)