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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
(CUSIP Number)
David Voltz
L.B. Foster Company
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220
(412)-928-3417
Copies to:
Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Esq.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 562-8800
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
to
Receive Notices and Communications)
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of
Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. o
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the Notes).
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NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS AND I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
L.B. Foster Company (IRS No. 25-1324733) |
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Pennsylvania
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SOLE VOTING POWER |
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AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON |
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PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) |
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32.4%** |
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* Represents the aggregate number of shares of common stock of Portec Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (the "Company"), held by certain shareholders of the Company who have entered into a Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2010, with L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation ("Parent") and Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"), described herein. Such number does not include any Company Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options to purchase 34,250 Company Common Shares held by shareholders of the Company, which shares would become subject to the Tender and Voting Agreement if the options were exercised. Parent and Purchaser expressly disclaim beneficial ownership as determined under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of any of the Company Common Shares (as defined in Item 1 herein) subject to the Tender and Votin
g Agreement.
** Based on 9,602,029 Company Common Shares outstanding, as represented by the Company in the Merger Agreement (as defined in Item 4 herein).
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* Represents the aggregate number of shares of common stock of the Company held by certain shareholders of the Company who have entered into a Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2010, with Parent and Purchaser. Such number does not include any Company Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options to purchase 34,250 Company Common Shares held by shareholders of the Company, which shares would become subject to the Tender and Voting Agreement if the options were exercised. Parent and Purchaser expressly disclaim beneficial ownership as determined under Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of any of the Company Common Shares (as defined in Item 1 herein) subject to the Tender and Voting Agreement.
** Based on 9,602,029 Company Common Shares outstanding, as represented by the Company in the Merger Agreement (as defined in Item 4 herein).
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
This statement on Schedule 13D (this Schedule) relates to shares of common stock of Portec
Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (the Company), $1.00 par value per share (the
Company Common Shares). The address and principal office of the Company is 900 Old Freeport
Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by L.B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation
(Parent), for and on behalf of itself and Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation and
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Purchaser).
(b) The principal executive offices of each of the Parent and the Purchaser are located at 415
Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220.
(c), (f) Parent is a manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of products and services for the
rail, construction, energy, utility and recreation markets. Purchaser is a newly formed West
Virginia corporation organized in connection with the Offer (as defined in Item 4 herein) and the
Merger (as defined in Item 4 herein) and has not conducted any activities other than in connection
with the Offer and the Merger. Until immediately prior to the time that Purchaser will purchase
Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer, it is not anticipated that Purchaser will have any
significant assets or liabilities or engage in activities other than those incident to its
formation and capitalization and the transactions contemplated by the Offer and the Merger. All
outstanding shares of capital stock of Purchaser are owned by Parent.
The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment (including the name,
principal business and address of the corporation or other organization in which such employment is
conducted) and citizenship of each director and executive officer of Parent and the Purchaser are
set forth on Annex A hereto and are incorporated by reference herein.
(d), (e) During the past five years, neither Parent, Purchaser nor, to the best of their
knowledge, any person listed on Annex A attached hereto, has (i) been convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), or (ii) been a party to a civil
proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such
proceeding was, or is, subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of,
or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws, or finding any
violation with respect to such laws.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
Neither Parent nor Purchaser has paid any consideration in connection with the execution of
the Merger Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement (as defined in Item 4 herein) to the
shareholders that are party to the Tender and Voting Agreement. Neither Parent nor Purchaser
expect to acquire any Company Common Shares pursuant to the Tender and Voting Agreement. Parent
and Purchaser expect to acquire all outstanding Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer and the
Merger.
Purchaser
estimates that it will need approximately $124.5
million to purchase all of the Company
Common Shares pursuant to the Offer and the Merger, assume or pay off existing Company debt and pay
all related fees and expenses. Parent will provide the Purchaser with sufficient funds to purchase
all Company Common Shares properly tendered in the Offer and provide funding for Merger. The Offer
is not conditioned upon Parents or the Purchasers ability to finance the purchase of the Company
Common Shares pursuant to the Offer. Parent expects to obtain the necessary funds from cash on
hand. Parent does not anticipate a need for any alternative sources of financing for the Offer and
the Merger.
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Item 4. Purpose of the Transaction
On February 16, 2010, the Company, Parent and Purchaser entered into an Agreement and Plan of
Merger (the Merger Agreement). The Merger Agreement provides that Purchaser will offer to
purchase all of the issued and outstanding Company Common Shares (the Offer) at a purchase price
of $11.71 per share, net to the seller, without interest (the Offer Price). Following the
completion of the Offer and the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Merger set forth in
the Merger Agreement, (i) Purchaser will be merged into the Company, under West Virginia law (the
Merger), with the Company being the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent, (ii) each Company Common Share that is not tendered and accepted pursuant to the Offer
(other than Company Common Shares owned by Parent, Purchaser or the Company or any of their
respective wholly-owned subsidiaries) will be converted into the right to receive in cash an amount
per share equal to the Offer Price, and (iii) each issued and outstanding Company Common Share
owned by Parent, Purchaser or the Company immediately prior to the Merger shall automatically be
cancelled and cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable therefore.
The Offer, the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are subject
to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals,
as set forth in the Merger Agreement. Furthermore, the consummation of the Offer, the Merger and
the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are subject to the termination
provisions of the Merger Agreement, which may be terminated by either party in accordance with its
terms. A more complete description of the Merger Agreement is contained in Exhibit 1 to this
Schedule, which description is incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the Merger Agreement is
filed as Exhibit 2 to this Schedule and is incorporated by reference herein.
Concurrently with the execution of and in order to induce Parent and Purchaser to enter into
the Merger Agreement, certain shareholders of the Company (the Supporting Shareholders) entered
into the Tender and Voting Agreement with Parent and the Purchaser. Pursuant to the Tender and
Voting Agreement, each Supporting Stockholder has (i) agreed to validly tender and not to withdraw,
pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, all shares of the Company which are
beneficially owned by such Supporting Stockholder, (ii) agreed to, at any meeting of the
stockholders of the Company, to vote (or cause to be voted) all such shares, (a) in favor of
adopting the Merger Agreement and any transactions contemplated thereby, (b) against any proposal
relating to any Alternative Transaction Proposal and (c) against any proposal, action or agreement
that would delay, prevent or frustrate the Offer and the related transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement and (iii) irrevocably granted Purchaser and any of its designees the Supporting
Stockholders irrevocable proxy to vote all of the Supporting Stockholders shares of the Company
to secure the performance of the duties of such Supporting Stockholder. Additionally, each
Supporting Stockholder has undertaken that such Supporting Stockholder will not offer to transfer,
transfer or consent to any transfer of, any or all of its shares of the Company or other shares
over which he has voting and dispositive power, or any interest therein without the prior written
consent of Purchaser or grant any proxy or power-of-attorney with respect to those shares.
Alternative Transaction Proposal means (i) any tender or exchange offer for the Companys
Common Shares, (ii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest (whether binding or
non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers relating to any proposed tender
or exchange offer, proposal for a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or (iii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest
(whether binding or non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers to acquire
in any manner beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder) of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities
of the Company or ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate fair market value of the consolidated
assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement.
The Tender and Voting Agreement terminates when and if the Merger Agreement is terminated
without the consummation of the Merger.
A more complete description of the Tender and Voting Agreement is contained in Exhibit 1
attached to this Schedule, which description is incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the
Tender and Voting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 3 to this Schedule and is incorporated by reference
herein.
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The purpose of the transactions described above is for Parent to acquire control of the
Company through the acquisition of all outstanding Company Common Shares. Upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and Tender and Voting Agreement, the Company will
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, the Company Common Shares will cease to be freely
traded or listed on Nasdaq or any national securities market, all Company Common Shares will be
de-registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Parent will replace the
existing directors and management with persons selected by Parent, and will make such other changes
in the charter, bylaws, capitalization, management and business of the Company as set forth in the
Merger Agreement and as otherwise deemed necessary or appropriate by Parent. Currently, the
Company pays a dividend to its shareholders. Following the Offer and Merger, the Company does not
expect to continue to pay these dividends in the near future. Except as otherwise set forth in
this Schedule or the Merger Agreement, it is expected that initially, following the Merger, the
business and operations of the Company will be continued by the Company substantially in the same
form as they are currently being conducted. However, in connection with the Offer, Parent and
Purchaser have reviewed and will continue to review various possible business strategies that they
might consider in the event that Purchaser acquires control of the Company, whether pursuant to the
Offer, the Merger or otherwise.
Except as described in this Section 4 or otherwise set forth or incorporated by reference
herein relating to the Offer, the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
and the Tender and Voting Agreement, Parent does not have any current plans or proposals that
relate to or would result in (i) the acquisition by any person of additional Company Common Shares
or the disposition of Company Common Shares, (ii) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a
merger, reorganization or liquidation involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) a
sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iv) any
change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or
proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any vacancies on the board, (v) any
material change in the capitalization or dividend policy of the Company, (vi) any other material
change in the Companys corporate structure or business, (vii) any change to the Companys charter,
bylaws, or instruments corresponding thereto, or other actions that may impede the acquisition of
control of the Company, (viii) causing a class of securities of the Company to be delisted from a
national securities exchange or cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation
system of a registered national securities association, (ix) a class of Company equity securities
becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section (g)(4) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (x) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
The preceding summary of certain provisions of the Merger Agreement and the Tender and Voting
Agreement, copies of which are filed as exhibits hereto, is not intended to be complete and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such agreements.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
(a) - (b) Parent owns and has sole voting and sole dispositive power over 182,850 Company
Common Shares which were acquired more than 60 days prior to the date of the event reported on this
Schedule. As a result of the Merger Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, Parent and
Purchaser, as a group, may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of and to have the shared voting
and shared dispositive power with respect to 2,926,186 Company Common Shares. This aggregate
number represents approximately 32.4% of the Company Common Shares issued and outstanding as of
February 16, 2010 (as represented by the Company in the Merger Agreement). Parent and Purchaser
expressly disclaim beneficial ownership of any and all Company Common Shares which are subject to
the Tender and Voting Agreement, and nothing herein shall be deemed an admission by Parent or
Purchaser as to the beneficial ownership of such shares. A copy of each of the Merger Agreement
and the Tender and Voting Agreement, filed as Exhibits 2 and 3, respectively, to this Schedule are
incorporated by reference herein. The preceding summary of certain provisions of the Merger
Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, copies of which are filed as exhibits hereto, is not
intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such
agreements.
(c) - (d) Except as described herein, neither Parent and Purchaser nor, to the best of their
knowledge, any other person referred to in Annex A attached hereto, has acquired or disposed of any
Company Common Shares during the past 60 days. Furthermore, Parent and Purchaser know of no other
person to have the right to receive or
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the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the
securities covered by this Schedule.
(e) N/A
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
The information set forth, or incorporated by reference, in Items 3, 4 and 5 is incorporated
by reference to this Item 6. Except as otherwise described in this Schedule, Parent and Purchaser
and none of the persons named on Annex A has any contracts, arrangements, understandings or
relationships (legal or otherwise) with any persons with respect to any securities of the Company,
including but not limited to the transfer or voting of any securities, finders fees, joint
ventures, loan or option agreements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or
losses, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
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Exhibit 1:
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Summary description of Agreement and Plan of Merger and Form of
Tender and Voting Agreement |
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Exhibit 2:
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2010,
among L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company and Portec
Rail Products, Inc. |
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Exhibit 3:
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Form of Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of February 16,
2010, among L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company and
certain shareholders of Portec Rail Products, Inc. |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the
information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated:
February 26, 2010
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L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
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Stan L. Hasselbusch |
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Stan L. Hasselbusch |
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FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
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Stan L. Hasselbusch |
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President & CEO |
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Annex A
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The following table sets forth the name and present principal occupation or employment of each
director and executive officer of Parent and Purchaser, as well as the name, principal business and
address of such employer, as of February 26, 2010. The principal business address of each person
listed below is c/o L.B. Foster Company, 415 Holiday Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220. Each person
listed below is a citizen of the United States.
DIRECTORS OF L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
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Lee B. Foster II
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Mr. Foster is currently the Chairman of L.B. Foster Company. |
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Stan L. Hasselbusch
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Mr. Hasselbusch is Chief Executive Officer and President of
L.B. Foster Company. |
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Peter McIlroy II
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Mr. McIlroy is Chief Executive Officer of Robroy Industries. |
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G. Thomas McKane
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Mr. McKane is retired from his roles as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of A.M. Castle & Co. |
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Diane B. Owen
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Ms. Owen is Vice President Corporate Audit of H.J. Heinz
Company. |
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William H. Rackoff
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Mr. Rackoff is President and Chief Executive Officer of
ASKO, Inc. |
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Suzanne B. Rowland
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Mrs. Rowland is Vice President Business Excellence for
Tyco International, Ltd. |
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF L.B. FOSTER COMPANY
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Stan L. Hasselbusch
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Merry L. Brumbaugh
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Vice President Tubular Products |
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Samuel K. Fisher
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Senior Vice President Rail |
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Donald L. Foster
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Senior Vice President Construction Products |
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Kevin R. Haugh
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Vice President CXT Concrete Products |
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John F. Kasel
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Senior Vice President Operations and Manufacturing |
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Brian H. Kelly
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Vice President Human Resources |
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Gregory W. Lippard
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Vice President Rail Product Sales |
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Linda K. Patterson
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Controller |
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David J. Russo
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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David R. Sauder
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Vice President Global Business Development |
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David L. Voltz
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Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
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Stan L. Hasselbusch
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President and Chief Executive Officer of L.B. Foster
Company; Director and President & CEO of Foster Thomas
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David J. Russo
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Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of L.B. Foster Company; Director and Senior
Vice President, CFO & Treasurer of Foster Thomas
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David L. Voltz
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Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of L.B.
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David Sauder
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Vice President Global Business Development of L.B.
Foster Company; Vice President of Foster Thomas
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit 1:
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Summary description of Agreement and Plan of Merger and Form of
Tender and Voting Agreement |
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Exhibit 2:
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 16, 2010,
among L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company and Portec
Rail Products, Inc. |
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Exhibit 3:
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Form of Tender and Voting Agreement, dated as of February 16,
2010, among L.B. Foster Company, Foster Thomas Company and
certain shareholders of Portec Rail Products, Inc. |
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Exhibit 1
Summary Description of Merger Agreement and Form of Tender and Voting Agreement
The Merger Agreement.
The following summary description of the Agreement and Plan of Merger between L.B. Foster
Company (Parent), Foster Thomas Company (Purchaser) and Portec Rail Products, Inc. (the
Company), dated February 16, 2010 (the Merger Agreement) is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the Merger Agreement itself, which is filed as Exhibit 2 to the Schedule 13D filed
with the United State Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission). Unless otherwise
set forth below, all capitalized terms have the meaning ascribed to those terms as set forth in the
Schedule 13D.
The Offer. The Merger Agreement provides that Purchaser will commence the Offer within ten
business days of the date of the Merger Agreement, and that, upon the terms and subject to prior
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the Offer, as set forth below, Purchaser will purchase
all common stock of the Company (the Company Common Shares or the Shares) validly tendered and
not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer. The Merger Agreement provides that, without the prior written
consent of the Company, Purchaser will not (i) decrease the Offer Price, (ii) decrease the
aggregate number of Company Common Shares sought, (iii) change the form of consideration to be paid
pursuant to the Offer, (iv) amend the Minimum Condition (as defined below), (v) impose conditions
to the Offer in addition to those included in the Merger Agreement, (vi) except as provided in the
proviso set forth below in this paragraph, extend the Offer, (vii) amend or waive the conditions
set forth in clauses (ii)(a) and (b) of the conditions set forth in the Conditions of the Offer
set forth below or (viii) amend any other term or condition of the Offer in any manner which is
adverse to the holders of Company Common Shares, it being agreed that a waiver by Purchaser of any
condition in its discretion shall not be deemed to be adverse to the holders of Company Common
Shares; provided that, if on any scheduled expiration date of the Offer (as it may be
extended in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement), all conditions to the Offer shall
not have been satisfied or waived, Purchaser may, without the consent of the Company, (x) from time
to time, extend the Offer in increments as determined by Purchaser to be reasonably necessary to
cause such conditions to be satisfied and (y) extend the Offer for any period required by any
regulation, interpretation or position of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the staff
thereof applicable to the Offer; provided, further, that, if on any scheduled
expiration date of the Offer (as it may be extended in accordance with the terms of the Merger
Agreement), all conditions to the Offer shall not have been satisfied or waived, the Company may
cause Purchaser to extend the expiration date by ten business days; provided,
however, that the expiration date may not be extended more than once pursuant to such
clause. Purchaser may also extend the Offer by no more than 20 business days if the Minimum
Condition has been satisfied but less than 90% of the Company Common Shares have been tendered.
Purchaser may also provide for a subsequent offering period in accordance with Rule 14d-11 of the
Exchange Act.
The Minimum Condition is an amount equal to a number of Company Common Shares that (including
the shares tendered under the Tender and Voting Agreement (as defined below)) immediately prior to
the acceptance for payment of Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer represents at least
sixty-five percent of the sum of (i) the aggregate number of Company Common Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the acceptance of Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer, plus (ii) the
aggregate number of Company Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of any option, warrant, other
right to acquire capital stock of the Company or other security exercisable or convertible for
Company Common Shares or other capital stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the
acceptance of Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer.
Recommendation. The Company has represented to Parent in the Merger Agreement that the Company
Board, unanimously (i) determined that the Merger Agreement and the Offer and the Merger are fair
to and in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, (ii) approved and adopted the
Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Offer and
the Merger, in accordance with the West Virginia Business Corporation Act, (iii) approved the
Tender and Voting Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (iv) resolved to recommend
that the shareholders of the Company accept the Offer and tender their Shares and approve of the
Merger Agreement and the Merger, (v) irrevocably resolved to elect, to the extent of the Companys
board of directors power and authority and to the extent permitted by law, not to be subject to
any other moratorium, control share acquisition, business combination, fair price or other
form of anti-takeover laws and regulations of any jurisdiction that may be applicable to the Merger
Agreement, Tender and Voting Agreement or the transactions contemplated by those agreements.
The Company further represented that the Companys Financial AdvisorsChaffe & Associates,
Inc.has delivered to the Company a written opinion to the effect that, as of the date of that
opinion, the consideration to be received by the Companys shareholders pursuant to the Offer and
the Merger is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Companys shareholders.
Directors. The Merger Agreement provides that Purchaser, promptly upon the purchase of and
payment for Company Common Shares by Parent and prior to the effectiveness of the Merger (the
Effective Time), (i) Parent shall be entitled to designate the number of directors, rounded up to
the next whole number, on the Companys board of directors that equals the product of (x) the total
number of directors on the Companys board of directors (giving effect to the election of any
additional directors by Parent) and (ii) a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate number of
Company Common Shares then beneficially owned by Parent and Purchaser (including Company Common
Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer), and whose denominator is the total number of
Company Common Shares then outstanding (provided that, in no event shall Parents director
designees constitute less than a majority of the entire board of directors of the Company), and the
Company shall take all commercially reasonable actions necessary to cause Parents designees to be
elected or appointed to the Companys board of directors, including increasing the number of
directors, and seeking and accepting resignations of incumbent directors. At such time, to the
extent requested by Parent, and subject to the applicable requirements of Nasdaq (including Stock
Market Rule 5605(c)), the Company will also use its reasonable best efforts (i) to cause
individuals designated by Parent to constitute the number of members, rounded up to the next whole
number, on each committee of the Companys board of directors, that represents the same percentage
as the individuals designated by Parent represent on the board of directors of the Company and (ii)
to cause individuals designated by Parent to constitute the same percentage of the members of the
board of directors of each subsidiary and each committee thereof. The Companys obligations
relating to the board and its composition shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and
Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder. The Company shall promptly take all actions required pursuant
to such Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 in order to fulfill its obligations relating to the board and
its composition (subject to Parent timely notification to the Company of such information as is
necessary to fulfill such obligations), including mailing to shareholders (together with the
Schedule 14D-9 if Parent has then provided the necessary information) the information required by
such Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1 as is necessary to enable the Parent designees to be elected or
appointed to the Companys board of directors. Parent or Purchaser will supply the Company in
writing and be solely responsible for any information with respect to either of them and their
nominees, officers, directors and affiliates required by such Section 14(f) and Rule 14f-1.
Following the election or appointment of Parents designees and until the Effective Time, the
approval of a majority of the individuals who were directors of the Company on the date the Merger
Agreement was signed (Continuing Directors), or a single Continuing Director if there be only one
such Continuing Director, shall be required to authorize (and such authorization shall constitute
the authorization of the Companys board of directors and no other action on the part of the
Company, including any action by any other director of the Company, shall be required to authorize)
(i) any termination of the Merger Agreement by the Company, (ii) any amendment of the Merger
Agreement requiring action by the Companys board of directors, (iii) any extension of time for
performance of any obligation or action hereunder by Parent or Purchaser requiring the consent of
the Company, (iv) any waiver of compliance by the Company of any of the agreements or conditions
contained herein for the benefit of the Company or its shareholders, (v) any required or permitted
consent or action by the board of directors of the Company hereunder and any other action of the
Company hereunder, which in the case of any of the foregoing adversely affects in any material
respect the holders of Shares of Company Common Stock (other than Parent or Purchaser).
Top-Up Option. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company has irrevocably granted to Parent
and the Purchaser the option (the Top-Up Option) to purchase from the Company, at a price per
Share equal to the Offer Price, up to that number of newly issued Company Common Shares (the
Top-Up Option Shares) that, when added to the number of Company Common Shares owned by Parent and
its subsidiaries at the time of such exercise, constitutes one share more than 90% of the sum of
(x) the total number of Company Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to acceptance of the
Company Common Shares pursuant to the Offer plus (y) the total number of Company Common
Shares that are issuable upon the vesting, conversion or exercise of all outstanding options,
warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities and similar rights, regardless of the conversion
or exercise price or other terms and conditions thereof plus (z) the number of Shares
issued pursuant to the Top-Up Option. The purchase price for the Top-Up Option Shares shall be paid
either entirely in cash or, at the election of the Purchaser
or Parent, in a combination of cash in an amount equal to not less than the aggregate par value of
the Top-Up Option Shares and by Parent and the Purchaser executing and delivering to the Company an
unsecured promissory note having a principal amount equal to the balance of the aggregate purchase
price for the Top-Up Option Shares, a maturity date on the first anniversary of the date of the
execution and delivery of the promissory note, bearing interest at a market rate and prepayable in
whole or in part without premium or penalty.
Unless the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the Top-Up
Option may be exercised at any time on or after any expiration date and on or prior to the fifth
business day after the later to occur of the expiration date of the Offer or the expiration date of
any subsequent offering period. The exercise of the Top-Up Option is subject to the conditions that
(i) no provision of any applicable law (other than pursuant to the rules and regulations of the
Nasdaq Stock Market) and no judgment, injunction, order or decree prohibits the exercise of the
Top-Up Option or the delivery of the Top-Up Option Shares in respect of such exercise, (ii) the
issuance of the Top-Up Option Shares would not require approval by the Company stockholders under
West Virginia law, (iii) immediately after the exercise of the Top-Up Option and issuance of the
Top-Up Option Shares, the number of Company Common Shares owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent
or the Purchaser constitutes one share more than 90% of the total fully-diluted outstanding Company
Common Shares, (iv) the number of Top-Up Option Shares issued pursuant to the Top-Up Option shall
not exceed the number of authorized and unissued shares of the Company and (v) the Purchaser has
accepted for payment and deposited or caused to be deposited with the depository for the Offer cash
sufficient to pay the aggregate Offer Price for all accepted Company Common Shares. The purpose of
the Top-Up Option is to facilitate a short-form merger, in accordance with West Virginia law,
following completion of the Offer.
The Merger. The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to its terms and conditions, the
Company and Purchaser shall be, at the Effective Time, merged in accordance with the West Virginia
Business Corporation Act into a single corporation existing under the laws of the State of West
Virginia, whereby the Company shall be the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Parent (the Company, in its capacity as the surviving corporation, is sometimes referred to herein
as the Surviving Corporation).
Charter, By-Laws, Directors and Officers. Without any further action by the Company and
Purchaser, the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Purchaser, as in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time, shall from and after the Effective Time be and continue to be the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until amended as provided therein. The
directors of Purchaser and the officers of Purchaser at the Effective Time shall, from and after
the effectiveness of the Merger, be the initial directors and officers, respectively, of the
Surviving Corporation until in each case their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed
and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving
Corporations articles of incorporation and bylaws.
The Company Stockholder Meeting. Unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section
31D-11-1105 of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act (where Purchaser has acquired at least
90% of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock of the Company), as contemplated, the
Company, acting through its board of directors, shall duly call a special meeting of its
shareholders to be held in accordance with the West Virginia Business Corporation Act at the
earliest practicable date, upon due notice thereof to its shareholders, to consider and vote upon,
among other matters, the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement and the Merger. The
Companys board of directors will recommend the approval of the Merger and will use its best
efforts, consistent with its fiduciary duties, to solicit the requisite vote of the Company
shareholders to approve the Merger Agreement and the Merger pursuant to proxy solicitation
materials. Each of Parent and Purchaser agrees that it will execute a written consent or vote, or
cause to be voted, all of the Company Common Shares acquired by it pursuant to the Offer and Top-Up
Option and otherwise then owned by it and its subsidiaries in favor of the approval of the Merger
and the adoption of the Merger Agreement.
Additionally, under the Merger Agreement, unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with
Section 31D-11-1105 of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act, the Company is required to
prepare and file with the SEC as soon as practicable after the consummation of the Offer, a proxy
statement relating to the Merger as required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act), and the rules and regulations thereunder. The Company shall use its
reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments made by the SEC or its staff with
respect to the proxy statement, and shall cause the proxy statement to be mailed to the
Companys shareholders as promptly as practicable.
If Purchaser shall own at least 90% of the outstanding shares of each class of capital stock
of the Company pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, each of Parent, Purchaser and the Company shall
take all necessary and appropriate action to cause the Merger to become effective, as soon as
practicable after the consummation of the Offer, without a meeting of shareholders of the Company,
in accordance with Section 31D-13-1301 of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act.
Additional Actions after the Merger. The Merger Agreement further provides that, at any time
after the Effective Time, if any additional actions are necessary or desirable to vest in the
Surviving Corporation its title to any of the rights of the Company or otherwise to carry out the
provisions of the Merger Agreement, the Company and its officers and directors will be deemed to
have granted an irrevocable power of attorney to the Surviving Corporation.
Conversion of Securities. At the Effective Time, each Company Common Share issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, other than the Company Common Shares (if any)
owned by the Company, Parent or Purchaser, will by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
part of the holders, automatically be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the price
per share actually paid in the Offer in cash (the Merger Consideration). At the Effective Time,
each share of common stock of Purchaser issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time will, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company shareholder,
be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Surviving Corporation.
The Merger Agreement also provides that each outstanding Company Common Share that is held of
record by a holder who has properly exercised dissenters rights with respect thereto under Section
13D-13-13-1 et seq. of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act shall not be converted into or
represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration, but the holder thereof shall be entitled
to receive such payment of the fair value of such Company Common Share from the Surviving
Corporation as shall be determined pursuant to Section 13D-13-13-1 et seq. of the West Virginia
Business Corporation Act; provided, however, that if any such holder shall have
failed to perfect or shall withdraw or lose such holders rights under Section 13D-13-13-1 et seq.
of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act, each such holders Company Common Shares shall
thereupon be deemed to have been converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the
Merger Consideration, without any interest thereon.
Under the Merger Agreement, the Company shall give Parent (x) prompt notice of any written
demands for payment of the fair value of Shares, withdrawals of such demands and any other
instruments delivered pursuant to Section 13D-13-13-1 et seq. of the West Virginia Business
Corporation Act and (y) the opportunity jointly to participate with the Company in all negotiations
and proceedings with respect to demands for payment under Section 13D-13-13-1 et seq. of the West
Virginia Business Corporation Act. The Company will not voluntarily make any payment with respect
to any demands delivered to the Company pursuant to Section 13D-13-13-1 et seq. of the West
Virginia Business Corporation Act and will not, except with the prior written consent of Parent,
settle or offer to settle any such demands or waive any failure to comply with Section 13D-13-13-1
et seq. of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act by any holder of Company Common Shares.
Treatment of Stock Options. Under the Merger Agreement, each option granted under the Company
2006 Stock Option Plan or under any other plan or agreement of the Company that is outstanding and
unexpired immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether or not then vested or exercisable, with
respect to which the Merger Consideration exceeds the exercise price per share will, effective as
of immediately prior to the Effective Time, be cancelled in exchange for a single lump sum cash
payment equal to the product of (1) the number of Company Common Shares subject to such option and
(2) the excess of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price of such option (less any
applicable withholding taxes). Each option granted under the Company 2006 Stock Option Plan or
under any other plan or agreement of the Company that is outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time, whether or not then vested or exerciseable, with respect to which the Merger
Consideration does not exceed the exercise price per share shall, effective as of immediately prior
to the Effective Time, be cancelled and no payments shall be made with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) payment of any such lump sum cash amount is subject to written
acknowledgement, in a form acceptable to the Surviving Corporation, that no
further payment is due to such holder on account of any Company option and all of such
holders rights under such Company options have terminated and (ii) with respect to any option
holder subject to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, any amount to be paid to such person shall be
paid as soon as practicable after the payment can be made without liability on such persons part
under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
Under the Merger Agreement, the Companys board of directors (or, if appropriate, any
committee administering Company stock plans) has represented that it has adopted such resolutions
or taken such other actions as are required to give effect to the treatment of options and other
rights described herein that were granted under the Company 2006 Stock Option Plan, as amended.
All amounts payable in connection with these options or rights shall be subject to any required
withholding of taxes or proof of eligibility of exemption therefrom and shall be paid without
interest by the Surviving Corporation as soon as practicable following the Effective Time.
Representations and Warranties. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Parent and Purchaser have
made customary representations and warranties to the Company with respect to, among other matters,
Parent and Purchasers organization and standing, Parents and Purchasers corporate power and
authority, conflicts, consents and approvals, information supplied and to be supplied for inclusion
in the proxy statement and the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and the Schedule 14D-9, and
required funds. The Company has made customary representations and warranties to Parent and
Purchaser with respect to, among other matters, its organization and standing, capitalization, its
subsidiaries, corporate power and authority, conflicts, consents and approvals, compliance with
law, filings with the Commission and securities law matters, undisclosed liabilities, permits and
compliance, litigation, intellectual property, contracts, employee benefit plans, operation of
business and relationships, taxes, insurance, brokerage and finders fees, information supplied and
to be supplied for inclusion in the proxy statement and the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO
and the Schedule 14D-9, real estate matters, environmental matters and labor matters.
The representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement may be subject to
limitations agreed upon by Parent, the Purchaser and the Company in the Merger Agreement, may be
subject to a standard of materiality provided for in the Merger Agreement, and are qualified by
information in confidential disclosure schedules provided by the Company in connection with the
signing of the Merger Agreement. These confidential disclosure schedules contain information that
modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the
Merger Agreement. Moreover, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement have been
negotiated with the principal purpose of allocating risk among Parent, the Purchaser and the
Company, and establishing the circumstances under which Parent and the Purchaser may have the right
not to consummate the Offer or a party may have the right to terminate the Merger Agreement, rather
than establishing matters of fact.
HSR Act Filings; Reasonable Efforts; Notification. The Merger Agreement obligates, the
Company, Parent and Purchaser to each use their reasonable best efforts to (A) take, or cause to be
taken, all appropriate action, and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary and proper under
applicable law to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement as promptly as practicable, (B) obtain from any governmental entity or any other third
party any consents, licenses, permits, waivers, approvals, authorizations, or orders required to be
obtained or made by the Company or Parent or any of their subsidiaries in connection with the
authorization, execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby including the Offer and the Merger, and (C) as promptly as
practicable, make all necessary filings, and thereafter make any other required submissions, with
respect to the Merger Agreement, the Offer and the Merger required under (1) the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the Securities Act) and the Exchange Act, and any other applicable federal or
state securities laws, (2) the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended (the
HSR Act), and any related governmental request thereunder and (3) any other applicable
law. The Company and Parent shall respond as promptly as practicable to any inquiries or requests
received from any antitrust authority or other governmental entity in connection with antitrust or
related matters. Each of the Company and Parent shall (a) give the other party prompt notice of
the commencement or threat of commencement of any proceeding by or before any governmental entity
with respect to the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement, (b) keep the other party informed as to the status of any such proceeding or threat, and
(c) promptly inform the other party of any communication to or from any governmental entity
regarding the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement. Except as may be prohibited by law, (x) each party
will consult and cooperate
with the other, and will consider in good faith the views of the other, in connection with any
analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, proceeding under or relating to any foreign,
federal or state antitrust or fair trade law, and (y) in connection with any such proceeding, each
party will permit authorized representatives of the other to be present at each meeting or
conference relating to any such proceeding and to have access to and be consulted in connection
with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any governmental entity in connection
with any such proceeding. At the request of Parent, the Company shall agree to divest, sell,
dispose of, hold separate or otherwise take or commit to take any action that limits its freedom of
action with respect to its or the Subsidiaries ability to operate or retain any of the businesses,
product lines or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided, however, that any such action
is conditioned upon the consummation of the Offer and satisfaction of all conditions to the
consummation of the Offer.
Each of the Company and Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to lift any restraint,
injunction or other legal bar to the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement. However, neither Parent
nor Purchaser shall be required to agree to hold separate or to dispose of any assets or businesses
of Parent and its subsidiaries or of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Public Announcements. Parent and the Company have agreed to consult with each other before
issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement with respect to the Offer, the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Tender and
Voting Agreement. Additionally, the Company and its subsidiaries and representatives will not make
any disclosure to their employees, to the public or otherwise regarding the Offer, the Merger or
any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Tender and Voting
Agreement, unless (a) Parent shall have been given the opportunity to review and comment upon such
disclosure and shall have approved such disclosure or (b) such disclosure is required by applicable
law.
Indemnification; Directors and Officers Insurance. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, for a period
of six years after the Effective Time, Parent has agreed that (a) it will cause the Surviving
Corporation to retain the indemnification provisions under the Companys Bylaws as in effect on the
date of the Merger Agreement and (b) such provisions will apply to each person who was an officer,
director or employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries prior to the date of the Merger
Agreement or who becomes an officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Company prior to the
Effective Time (the Indemnified Persons). In addition, Parent has absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably guaranteed and become surety for the full performance by the Surviving Corporation of
its obligation to indemnify the Indemnified Persons. Parent has also agreed that in the event that
it consolidates or merges with any other person and is not the surviving entity or transfers all or
substantially all of its assets to any other person, provisions will be made such that the
successors and assigns of Parent shall assume Parents obligations under the Merger Agreement to
provide indemnification clauses in the Companys bylaws, to guarantee the Surviving Corporations
indemnification obligations and to provide directors and officers liability insurance.
For a period of three years after the Effective Time, Parent is required to cause the
Surviving Corporation to maintain in effect the directors and officers liability insurance
covering those persons who are currently covered by the Companys directors and officers
liability insurance policy on terms no less favorable to those currently applicable to the
directors and officers of the Company.
Employee Benefit Arrangements. Parent agrees that to the extent it terminates or freezes a
Company benefit plan, (i) that the employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who continue
employment with Parent or its subsidiaries shall be enrolled in comparable plans of Parent to the
extent that Parent then offers comparable plans to its employees who are employed at similar
geographic locations, and (ii) that for purposes of determining eligibility, vesting and benefits
under any such plans, Parent will recognize service with the Company and its subsidiaries.
However, the participation of any employees of the Company or its subsidiaries in any equity based
compensation plans of Parent will be expressly determined by Parent in its sole discretion. Parent
reserves the right, at any time after the consummation of the Merger, to terminate such employment
and to amend, modify or terminate any term and condition of employment including, without
limitation, any employee benefit plan, program, policy, practice or arrangement or the compensation
or working conditions of the Company or its subsidiaries.
Prior to the time at which Purchaser accepts for payment any Shares tendered and not properly
withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, the Company, in accordance with the Merger Agreement, will take
all such steps required to cause each agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by the
Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to (i) the payment related to the cancellation of
Company Options as described in Section 2.5(b) of the Merger Agreement and (ii) payments being made
to certain directors, executive officers and employees of the Company prior to the closing of the
Offer in the amount of approximately $1,050,000, in each case to be approved as an employment
compensation, severance or other employee benefit arrangement within the meaning of Rule
14d-10(d)(1) under the Exchange Act and to satisfy the requirements of the non-exclusive safe
harbor set forth in Rule 14d-10(d) under the Exchange Act.
Nothing in the Merger Agreement should be construed as giving any employee of the Company any
right to continued employment after the consummation of the Merger.
Conduct of The Companys Operations. The Merger Agreement obligates the Company to, during
the period from the date of the Merger Agreement to the Effective Time (unless Parent shall
otherwise agree in writing), and to cause each of its subsidiaries to, conduct its operations
according to its ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and use its reasonable
best efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the service of
its current officers and employees and maintain satisfactory relationship with all persons with
whom it does business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except as otherwise
permitted in the Merger Agreement or as disclosed to Parent by the Company in the Company
Disclosure Letter delivered with the Merger Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, neither the
Company nor any of its subsidiaries will, without the prior written consent of Parent:
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authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue,
grant, sell, pledge or dispose of any shares of, or any options, warrants, commitments,
subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any shares of, the capital stock
or other securities of the Company or any subsidiary, including but not limited to any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of stock of any class of the
Company or any such subsidiaries, except for the issuance of Company Common Stock
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amend or waive any of its rights under any provision of any of the Company stock
option plans (provided that, notwithstanding anything in the Merger Agreement to the
contrary, the Company may accelerate vesting under any or all of the Company options),
any provision of any agreement evidencing any outstanding stock option or any
restricted stock purchase agreement, or otherwise modify any of the terms of any
outstanding option, warrant or other security or any related contract, in each case
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split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or declare, pay or set
aside any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any
combination thereof) in respect of its capital stock, other than (i) dividends or
distributions to the Company or a subsidiary and (ii) the declaration and payment by
the Company of quarterly cash dividends in the amount of $0.06 per share in accordance
with past practice, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or
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adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other material reorganization or any
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permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payable
payee to be cancelled or terminated without notice to Parent; |
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enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment that restrains, limits or
impedes, in any material respect, the ability of the Company or any subsidiary to
compete with or conduct any business or line of business; |
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take any action that could be reasonably expected to result in any of the conditions
to the Offer not being satisfied; and |
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take any action that could reasonably be expected to require the Company to become
obligated to pay any severance due to a change-in-control or similar provision in any
contract other than as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement. |
The Merger Agreement further obligates the Company to, during the period from the date of the
Merger Agreement to the Effective Time (unless Parent shall otherwise agree in writing, such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld), and to cause each of its subsidiaries to, conduct its
operations according to its ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and use its
reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the
service of its current officers and employees and maintain satisfactory relationship with all
persons with whom it does business. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and except
as otherwise permitted in the Merger Agreement or as disclosed to Parent by the Company in the
Company Disclosure Letter delivered with the Merger Agreement, prior to the Effective Time, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries will, without the prior written consent of Parent (which
consent will not be unreasonably withheld):
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make or rescind any material tax election or settle or compromise any material tax
liability of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries. |
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plan, announce, implement or effect any reduction in force, lay-off, early
retirement program, severance program or other program or effort concerning the
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(1) create, incur or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money except for (i)
borrowings in the ordinary course of business under existing revolving credit
facilities and lines of credit and (ii) refinancing of existing obligations on terms
that are no less favorable to the Company or the subsidiaries than the existing terms
(other than interest rates may vary); (2) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise
become liable or responsible (whether directly, indirectly, contingently or otherwise)
for the obligations of any person (other than a subsidiary); (3) make any capital
expenditures (other than as necessary to conduct the business of the Company and
subsidiaries consistent with past practice) or make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other person (other than to a subsidiary and
customary travel, relocation or business advances to employees); (4) acquire the stock
or assets of, or merge or consolidate with, any other person; (5) voluntarily incur any
material liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise); or (6)
sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or encumber, or agree to
sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber, any assets or
properties, real, personal or mixed material to the Company and the subsidiaries taken
as a whole other than to secure debt permitted under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection
(1) of this paragraph and other than the sale of assets in the ordinary course of
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increase in any manner the compensation of any of its officers or employees or enter
into, establish, amend or terminate any employment, consulting, retention,
change-in-control, collective-bargaining, bonus or other incentive compensation,
profit-sharing, health or other welfare, stock-option or other equity, pension,
retirement, vacation, severance, deferred compensation or other compensation or benefit
plan, policy, agreement, trust, fund or arrangement with, for or in respect of, any
shareholder, officer, director, other employee, agent, consultant or affiliate other
than (i) as required pursuant to the terms of agreements or plans in effect on the date
of the Merger Agreement, or (ii) increases in the salaries or wages of present
employees (other than executives, officers and directors) in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice (for the avoidance of doubt, bonuses may be
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for calendar year 2009 performance consistent with past practice), except that the
Company may make the payments set forth in the Employee Benefits Arrangements set
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commence or settle any material proceeding, or (2) pay, discharge or satisfy any
material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted,
contingent or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of claims,
liabilities or obligations either (A) to the extent reflected or reserved against in
the Companys balance sheet included in its quarterly report on Form 10-Q with respect
to the period ended September 30, 2009; or (B) incurred in the ordinary course of
business since the date of such balance sheet. |
No Solicitation and Fiduciary Right of Termination. During the term of the Merger Agreement,
the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its subsidiaries to, nor shall it authorize or
permit any of its officers, directors or employees or any investment banker, financial advisor,
attorney, accountant or other representative retained by it or any of its subsidiaries, directly or
indirectly to (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information), or
take any other action to, or which is designed or reasonably likely to, facilitate, induce or
encourage any inquiries with respect to, or the making of any proposal which constitutes, or may
reasonably be expected to lead to, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; (ii) participate in any
discussion or negotiations regarding or facilitate any effort or attempt to make any Alternative
Transaction Proposal (except to the extent necessary to disclose the Companys obligations under
the Merger Agreement with respect to Alternative Transaction Proposals); (iii) approve, endorse or
recommend any Alternative Transaction Proposal, except to the extent permitted pursuant to the
third paragraph in this Section No Solicitation and Fiduciary Right of Termination; or (iv)
enter into any letter of intent or similar document or any contract, agreement or commitment
(whether binding or not) contemplating or otherwise relating to any possible or proposed
Alternative Transaction Proposal.
As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within 24 hours) after receipt of any
Alternative Transaction Proposal or any request for nonpublic information or any inquiry relating
in any way to any Alternative Transaction Proposal, the Company will provide Parent with oral and
written notice of the material terms and conditions of any Alternative Transaction Proposal,
request or inquiry, a copy of any term sheet or proposed definitive agreement regarding such
Alternative Transaction Proposal and any revisions thereto, and the identity of the person or group
of persons making any such Alternative Transaction Proposal, request or inquiry. In addition, the
Company shall keep Parent informed, as promptly as reasonably practicable, in all material respects
of the status and details (including amendments or proposed amendments) of any such Alternative
Transaction Proposal, request or inquiry.
However, if the Company is not in breach of its covenants contained in the first paragraph of
this subsection, prior to the closing of the Offer, in response to an unsolicited bona fide
Alternative Transaction Proposal that the Companys board of directors determines in good faith
(after receipt of advice from its outside legal counsel and in consultation with its financial
advisor) constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a Company Superior Proposal (as
defined below), the Companys board of directors may, to the extent that it determines in good
faith (after receipt of advice from its outside legal counsel) that such action is required in
order to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law, take the following actions to the
extent reasonably necessary to satisfy such fiduciary duties (but only after giving Parent not less
than 24 hours written notice of the intention to take such action and the identity of the person or
group of persons making such Alternative Transaction Proposal): (i) furnish information with
respect to the Company to any person pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (as
determined by the Company after consultation with its outside legal counsel) but in no event less
restrictive than the confidentiality provisions contained in the confidentiality agreement signed
by Parent and the Company and provided that any information provided to such person is
contemporaneously provided to Parent; and/or (ii) participate in negotiations regarding such
Alternative Transaction Proposal.
A Company Superior Proposal means any bona fide unsolicited written Alternative
Transaction Proposal made by a third party to acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration
consisting of cash and/or securities (with any financing necessary to consummate such Alternative
Transaction Proposal to have been committed by a financial institution), all of the Companys
capital stock then outstanding or all of the assets of the Company, on terms which the Companys
board of directors determines in its good faith judgment (based on the advice of its advisors) to
be more favorable from a financial point of view to the Companys shareholders than the Offer and
the
Merger, as the same may be proposed to be amended (taking into account all factors relating to
such proposed transaction deemed relevant by the Companys board of directors, including without
limitation the amount and form of consideration, the timing of payment, the risk of consummation of
the transaction, the financing thereof and all other conditions thereto).
Alternative Transaction Proposal means (i) any tender or exchange offer for the
Companys Common Shares, (ii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest (whether binding or
non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers relating to any proposed tender
or exchange offer, proposal for a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or (iii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest
(whether binding or non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers to acquire
in any manner beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder) of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities
of the Company or ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate fair market value of the consolidated
assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement.
Neither the Companys board of directors nor any committee thereof shall (i) withhold,
withdraw, amend or modify, or propose to withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, the approval and the
board of directors recommendation of the Offer and Merger, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose
to approve or recommend, any Alternative Transaction or (iii) cause the Company or any subsidiary
to enter into any letter of intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other
agreement with respect to an Alternative Transaction unless the Companys board of directors shall
have previously terminated the Merger Agreement pursuant to the third, fifth, seventh or eighth
bullet points in Section Termination below
Nothing in the Merger Agreement shall prohibit the Company from taking and disclosing to its
shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act or
from making any disclosure to the Company shareholders if the board of directors determines in good
faith, after receipt of the advice of its outside legal counsel, that there is a reasonable basis
for its determination that such action would create a reasonable possibility of a breach of its
fiduciary duties under applicable law; provided, however, neither the Company nor its board of
directors nor any committee thereof shall, except as permitted above, withdraw or modify, or
propose publicly to withdraw or modify, the board of directors recommendation of the Offer and
Merger or approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, an Alternative
Transaction Proposal.
Access to Information. The Merger Agreement provides that until the Effective Time, the
Company will and will cause its representatives to: (a) provide Parent and its representatives
with reasonable access to the Companys and its subsidiaries representatives, personnel and assets
and to all existing books, records, tax returns, work papers and other documents and information
relating to the Company and its subsidiaries; (b) provide Parent and its representatives with
copies of such records, and with such additional financial, operating and other data and
information regarding the Company and its subsidiaries and their financial condition, as Parent may
reasonably request; and (c) fully cooperate with Parent in its reasonable investigation of the
business. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company will furnish promptly to Parent (i) a copy of
each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by the Company with the SEC,
and (ii) all other information concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may
reasonably request. In addition, prior to the Effective Time, the will give prompt written notice
to Parent, and the Parent will give prompt written notice to the Company, if either becomes aware
of (A) any representation or warranty made by it contained in the Merger Agreement becoming untrue
or inaccurate in any material respect, (B) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any
material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under
the Merger Agreement, (C) the occurrence of an event or circumstance that could be reasonably
expected to make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement
impossible or unlikely or that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company material
adverse effect, and (D) the commencement of any litigation or proceeding against the Company,
Parent or Purchaser.
Conditions to Consummation of the Merger. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the respective
obligations of Parent, Purchaser and the Company to consummate the Merger are subject to the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:
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No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
preventing the consummation of the Merger shall have been issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction and remain in effect, and there shall not be any law enacted or
deemed applicable to the Merger that makes consummation of the Merger illegal;
provided, however, that in the case of a restraining order, injunction or other order,
each of the parties shall have used their reasonable best efforts to prevent the entry
of any such restraining order, injunction or other order and to appeal as promptly as
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Unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section 31D-11-1105 of the West
Virginia Business Corporation Act, the Merger Agreement shall have been approved by the
affirmative vote of the shareholders of the Company required by and in accordance with
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Purchaser will have accepted for payment and paid for the Shares pursuant to the
Offer and delivered funds to the depositary to pay for such Shares. |
Termination. The Merger Agreement may be terminated and the Offer and the Merger may be
abandoned (notwithstanding any approval of the Merger Agreement by the Company shareholders):
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prior to the Effective Time, by either Parent or the Company if a court of competent
jurisdiction or other governmental entity shall have issued a final and non-appealable
order, decree or ruling, or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the acceptance of Shares
pursuant to the Offer or the Merger or making consummation of the Offer or the Merger
illegal; provided, however, that in the case of a restraining order, injunction or
other order, each of the parties shall have used its reasonable best efforts to prevent
the entry of any such restraining order, injunction or other order and to appeal as
promptly as possible any restraining order, injunction or other order that may be
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prior to the time when Purchaser first accepts for payment and paid for Shares
tendered in the Offer (Offer Closing Date), by either Parent or the Company if the
acceptance for payment of Shares equal to or in excess of the Minimum Condition
pursuant to the Offer shall not have occurred by the earlier of (i) the expiration of
the Offer in accordance with its terms as a result of a failure of any of the
conditions of the Offer, or (ii) the close of business on June 15, 2010 (the Drop
Dead Date); provided, however, that a party shall not be permitted to terminate
the Merger Agreement pursuant to this subclause if the failure of the acceptance for
payment of Shares pursuant to the Offer by the close of business on the Drop Dead Date
was caused by the intentional failure on the part of such party to perform its
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prior to the Offer Closing Date, by Parent if (i) the Company shall not have
performed and complied, in all material respects, with each covenant or agreement
contained in the Merger Agreement and required to be performed or complied with by it,
or (ii) if any of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the
Merger Agreement (which for this purpose will be read as though none of them contained
any qualifiers such as Material Adverse Effect, in all material respects or other
materiality qualifiers) will not have been true and correct as of the date of the
Merger Agreement and as of the then scheduled expiration date of the Offer (as it may
be extended in accordance with the terms hereof) with the same force and effect as
though made as of such date of termination pursuant to this clause (or as of the date
when made in the case of any representation and warranty which specifically relates to
an earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties to be
true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, would not be a Company Material
Adverse Effect (as defined below); provided, however, if such failure
to perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and warranties is curable by the
Company, then Parent may not terminate the Merger Agreement with respect to a
particular failure to perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and warranties
prior to or during the ten business-day period commencing upon delivery by Parent of
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and warranties, so long as the Company continues to exercise its reasonable best efforts
to cure such failure to perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and
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prior to the Offer Closing Date, by the Company if: (i) any of Parents
representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement shall fail to be true
and correct as of the date of the Merger Agreement, or as of a date subsequent to the
date of the Merger Agreement (as if made on such subsequent date) (except to the extent
such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case
such representations and warranties shall not be true and correct as of such earlier
date), except where such failure does not have a material adverse effect on the ability
of Parent or Purchaser to consummate the Offer or the Merger; or (ii) Parent shall not
have complied with, in all material respects, Parents covenants contained in the
Merger Agreement, except where such noncompliance does not have a material adverse
effect on the ability of Parent or Purchaser to consummate the Offer or the Merger;
provided, however, if such inaccuracy or breach is curable by Parent, then the Company
may not terminate the Merger Agreement with respect to a particular inaccuracy or
breach prior to or during the ten business-day period commencing upon delivery by the
Company of written notice to Parent of such inaccuracy or breach, so long as Parent
continues to exercise its reasonable best efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach
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prior to the Offer Closing Date, by Parent if the Companys board of directors has
authorized the Company to enter into a binding written agreement regarding an
Alternative Transaction Proposal or if the Companys board of directors withdraws or
modifies in a manner adverse to Parent the board of directors recommendation with
respect to the Offer and Merger or fails to reconfirm its recommendation within 15
business days after a written request to do so, or approves or recommends any
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prior to the Offer Closing Date, by the Company if (i) the Companys board of
directors determines that an Alternative Transaction Proposal constitutes a Company
Superior Proposal, (ii) the Companys board of directors authorizes the Company to
enter into a binding written agreement regarding such Alternative Transaction Proposal
in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, (iii) the Company provides
information to Parent regarding such Alternative Transaction Proposal as reasonably
requested by Parent, (iv) the Company notifies Parent in writing that the Companys
board of directors has determined that such Alternative Transaction Proposal
constitutes a Company Superior Proposal and intends to authorize the Company to enter
into a binding written agreement with respect thereto, (v) within five business days of
receipt of such written notification by Parent, Parent does not make an offer that the
Companys board of directors determines, in good faith after consultation with its
outside legal counsel and independent financial adviser, to be at least as favorable to
the Companys shareholders as the Company Superior Proposal), and (vi) the Company pays
the Termination Fee (as defined below) at or prior to the termination of the Merger
Agreement; provided, however, that in the event that the determination by the Companys
board of directors that such Alternative Transaction Proposal constitutes a Company
Superior Proposal is made less than five business days prior to the scheduled
expiration date of the Offer, Parent shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to
either (A) reduce the five-day period described above or (B) extend the Offer, in
either case so that such five-day period will end one day prior to the expiration date
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by the Company if Parent or Purchaser has (i) failed to commence the Offer within
ten business days of the date hereof (assuming that the Company has timely complied
with its obligations to cooperate with Parent and Purchaser in connection with the
Offer), or (ii) failed to pay pursuant to the Offer in accordance with the Merger
Agreement for Shares tendered and accepted for payment in the Offer by Purchaser. |
Effect of Termination. If the Merger is abandoned and the Merger Agreement is terminated as
provided therein, the Merger Agreement will become void and of no effect, and neither Parent, the
Company or Purchaser shall have any liability to any other party under the Merger Agreement other
than for (i) the payment of all amounts
due pursuant to the Termination Fee, the sections dealing with expenses, and the sections
dealing with indemnification (ii) all damages and other amounts due in connection with fraud or the
intentional or willful breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements
contained in the Merger Agreement. The obligations under the exclusivity agreement signed by Parent
and the Company shall also survive a termination of the Merger Agreement.
If the Merger Agreement is terminated (i) by Parent or Purchaser pursuant to the sixth bullet
point under the subsection Termination, or (ii) by the Company pursuant to the seventh bullet
point under the subsection Termination; then the Company will pay to Parent substantially
concurrently with such termination, in the case of a termination by the Company, or within 2
business days thereafter in the case of a termination by Parent, an amount equal to $3,373,000 (the
Termination Fee).
In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to the fourth bullet point under
the subsection Termination, the Company shall promptly reimburse Parent for its and Purchasers
reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement
and the transactions contemplated thereby. If prior to such termination an Alternative Transaction
Proposal shall have been publicly disclosed or otherwise communicated to the Company its board of
directors and not withdrawn and within six months after such termination, the Company consummates a
transaction contemplated by any Alternative Transaction Proposal, then the Company will pay to
Parent the Termination Fee (less any amount previously paid) on the date no later than 2 business
days after the consummation of a transaction that constitutes an Alternative Transaction Proposal.
The Company will not be obligated to make such payment if such transaction (x) results in the
Companys shareholders constituting at least sixty percent (60%) of the equity holders of the
surviving entity and (y) was not the Alternative Transaction Proposal publicly disclosed or
otherwise communicated to the board of directors prior to the termination of the Merger Agreement.
For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the term Alternative Transaction
Proposal shall have the meaning assigned to such term as defined above, except that the
references to ten percent (10%) therein shall be deemed to be references to a majority.
In the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to the fifth bullet point under
the subsection Termination, Parent will promptly reimburse Company for Companys reasonable
out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Agreement and the
transactions contemplated thereby.
In the event the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to the clause (ii) of the eighth
bullet point under the subsection Termination, a fee in the amount of $3,373,000 will be paid by
the Parent to the Company within two business days of termination.
Amendment and Waiver. Prior to the Effective Time, the Merger Agreement may be amended,
modified and supplemented in writing by the parties hereto and any failure of any of the parties
hereto to comply with any of its obligations, agreements or conditions as set forth herein may be
expressly waived in writing by the other parties hereto.
Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in the Merger Agreement, whether or not the Merger is
consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expense; provided, that,
the Company and Parent shall share equally all fees for filing any notice or other document under
applicable antitrust law, including pursuant to the HSR Act.
Conditions to the Offer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, Purchaser shall not
be required to accept for payment or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC,
including Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act (relating to Purchasers obligation to pay for or
return tendered Company Common Shares promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay
for, and may delay the acceptance for payment of or, subject to any applicable rules and
regulations of the SEC, the payment for, any tendered Company Common Shares, and may amend the
Offer consistent with the terms of the Merger Agreement or terminate the Offer and not accept for
payment any tendered Company Common Shares, if:
(i) the Minimum Condition shall not have been satisfied at the time of expiration of the
Offer, as it may be extended; or
(ii) on any scheduled expiration date of the Offer, as the same may be extended, any of the
following events or circumstances shall occur or exist or shall be reasonably determined by Parent
or Purchaser to have occurred or exist:
(a) any waiting period (and any extension thereof) applicable to the consummation of the Offer
and the Merger under the HSR Act shall not have expired or been terminated;
(b) any waiting period applicable to the Offer or the Merger under any applicable foreign
antitrust or competition-related legal requirements shall not have expired or been terminated, and
any consent required under any applicable foreign antitrust or competition-related legal
requirement in connection with the Offer or the Merger shall not have been obtained or not be in
full force and effect;
(c) with certain exceptions, any change, effect, result, event occurrence or state of facts
that is or would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the business, financial
condition, assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, or which is or would be reasonably expected to be materially adverse to the ability of
the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement (Company Material
Adverse Effect);
(d) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the New
York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Global Select Market, (ii) a declaration of a banking moratorium or
any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or any limitation by federal or
state authorities on the extension of credit by lending institutions, or a disruption of or
material adverse change in either the syndication market for credit facilities or the financial,
banking or capital markets that have a disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole relative to other industry participants, or (iii) a commencement of
war or armed hostilities (other than a continuation of such wars, conflicts or actions in which the
United States armed forces were engaged as of the date of the Agreement) directly involving the
United States or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any of the Companys Subsidiaries
has material assets or operations, provided that such action results in a Company Material Adverse
Effect or materially or adversely affects or delays the consummation of the Offer;
(e) any of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Merger Agreement
(without giving effect to any materiality or similar qualification contained therein) shall not be
true and correct, as of the date of the Merger Agreement or as of a date subsequent to the date of
the Merger Agreement as if made on such subsequent date, except to the extent the failure of any
such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any
materiality or similar qualification contained therein), taken together in their entirety, would
not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that any
such breach capable of being cured has not in fact been cured prior to the initial expiration date
of the Offer (or such later date upon which the Offer shall expire in accordance with the Merger
Agreement);
(f) the Company shall not have performed and complied, in all material respects, with each
covenant or agreement contained in the Agreement and required to be performed or complied with by
it and such failure would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and such
failure is incapable of being cured or has not been cured during the grace period described in the
proviso below; provided, however, if such breach is curable by the Company, then Parent may not
terminate the Merger Agreement with respect to a particular breach prior to or during the ten
business-day period commencing upon delivery by Parent of written notice to the Company of such
breach, so long as the Company continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such
breach during such ten business-day period;
(g) any temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
preventing the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement shall be pending or shall have been issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction and remain in effect, or there shall be any law enacted or deemed applicable
by a governmental entity to the Offer or the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement that makes consummation of the Offer, the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement illegal;
(h) any antitrust regulator or body having decided to take, institute, implement or threaten
any action proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference, or having required any action to
be taken or otherwise having done anything or having enacted, made or proposed any statute,
regulation, decision, order or change to published practice or there would be outstanding any
statute, regulation, decision or order which would or might:
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impose any limitation on, or result in a delay in, the ability of
Parent or Purchaser directly or indirectly to acquire or hold or to
exercise effectively all or any rights of ownership in respect of
shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in the Company or its
subsidiaries or on the ability of Parent directly or indirectly to hold
or exercise effectively any rights of ownership in respect of shares or
other securities (or the equivalent) in, or to exercise management
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require Parent, Company or Purchaser to divest any of their
respective assets or businesses in connection with the Offer and the
Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; |
(i) the failure of the Company to obtain any necessary consent to the transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement required by the contracts with the Companys vendors
identified in writing by Parent to the Company on or prior to the date of the Merger Agreement; or
(j) the Merger Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms.
The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent and Purchaser. Except for the Minimum
Condition, the foregoing conditions may be waived by Parent and Purchaser, in whole or in part at
any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of Parent and Purchaser. The failure by
Parent or Purchaser at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a
waiver of any such right and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted
at any time and from time to time.
The Tender and Voting Agreement.
Concurrently with the execution of and in order to induce Parent and Purchaser to enter into
the Merger Agreement, certain shareholders of the Company (the
Supporting Stockholders) entered
into the Tender and Voting Agreement with Parent and the Purchaser. The following summary
description of the Tender and Voting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Tender and Voting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 3 to the Schedule 13D filed with the
Commission.
Tender of Shares. Each Supporting Stockholder has agreed to validly tender (or cause the
record owner of such Shares to validly tender) and not to withdraw, pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Offer, not later than the 20th business day after commencement of the Offer,
all Shares which are beneficially owned by such Supporting Stockholder as of the date of tender,
including any Shares which such Supporting Stockholder acquires beneficial ownership of after the
date of the Tender and Voting Agreement and prior to the termination of the Tender and Voting
Agreement (collectively, the Covered Shares).
Voting Agreement. Each Supporting Stockholder has agreed, at any meeting of the
stockholders of the Company, however called, or in connection with any written consent of the
stockholders of the Company, to vote (or cause to be voted) all Covered Shares, (a) in favor of
adopting the Merger Agreement and any transactions
contemplated thereby, (b) against any proposal relating to any Alternative Transaction Proposal and
(c) against any proposal, action or agreement that would delay, prevent or frustrate the Offer and
the related transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Irrevocable Proxy. Each Supporting Stockholder has irrevocably granted Purchaser and any of
its designees the Supporting Stockholders irrevocable proxy to vote all of the Supporting
Stockholders Covered
Shares or grant a consent or approval in respect of the Covered Shares to secure the performance of
the duties of such Supporting Stockholder.
Restriction on Transfer of Covered Shares, Proxies and Noninterference. Each Supporting
Stockholder has undertaken that such Supporting Stockholder will not offer to transfer, transfer or
consent to any transfer of, any or all of the Covered Shares or other shares over which he has
voting and dispositive power, or any interest therein without the prior written consent of
Purchaser or grant any proxy or power-of-attorney with respect to the Covered Shares.
Termination. The Tender and Voting Agreement will terminate upon the date of the
termination of the Merger Agreement without the Merger having been consummated.
As
of February 16, 2010, the Supporting Stockholders beneficially owned an aggregate of
2,926,186 Shares.
exv2
Execution Copy
Exhibit 2
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
Dated as of February 16, 2010
BY AND AMONG
L. B. FOSTER COMPANY,
FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
AND
PORTEC RAIL PRODUCTS, INC.
Execution Copy
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 THE OFFER |
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Conduct of the Offer |
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Company Actions |
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Directors |
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Top-Up Option |
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ARTICLE 2 MERGER TRANSACTION |
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Merger of Acquisition Co. into the Company |
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Effect of Merger |
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Closing; Effective Time |
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Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers |
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Conversion of Shares |
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Surrender of Certificates; Stock Transfer Books |
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The Companys Shareholders Meeting |
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Dissenters Rights |
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Further Action |
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ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY |
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Organization |
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Capitalization |
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Subsidiaries |
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Authorization; Binding Agreement |
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Governmental Approvals |
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Non-Contravention |
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Compliance with Law |
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SEC Filings; Adequate Controls |
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Assets |
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events; No Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Permits |
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3.12 |
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Intellectual Property |
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Contracts |
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Employee-Benefit Plans |
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Customers and Suppliers |
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Taxes |
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Insurance |
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Questionable Payments |
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Related Party and Affiliate Transactions |
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Vote Required |
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Fairness Opinion |
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Financial Advisory Fees |
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Disclosure Documents |
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Real Property |
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Environmental Matters |
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Labor Matters |
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Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION CO |
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Due Organization |
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Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement |
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Non-Contravention; Consents |
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Disclosure Documents |
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Sufficient Funds |
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ARTICLE 5 CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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Access and Investigation |
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Operation of the Business |
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No Solicitation |
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ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES |
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Shareholder Approval; Proxy Statement |
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Regulatory Approvals |
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Employee Benefits |
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Indemnification of Officers and Directors |
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Additional Agreements |
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Press Releases |
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Resignation of Officers and Directors |
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General Cooperation |
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ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE MERGER |
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Shareholder Approval |
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No Restraints |
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Consummation of Offer |
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ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION |
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Termination |
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Effect of Termination |
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Expenses; Termination Fees |
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ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Amendment |
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Waiver and Consents |
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Knowledge Convention |
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No Survival of Representations and Warranties |
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Entire Agreement |
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Counterparts and Delivery |
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Third-Party Beneficiaries |
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue |
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Specific Performance |
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Assignability |
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Notices |
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Cooperation |
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Severability |
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Construction |
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ATTACHMENTS |
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Annex I Conditions of the Offer |
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Defined Term |
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Location in Agreement |
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Acceptance Time
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Section 6.3 |
Acquired Companies
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Section 3.1(b) |
Acquisition Co.
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Preamble |
Agreement
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Preamble |
Alternative Transaction Proposal
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Section 5.3(a) |
Benefit Plan
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Section 3.15 |
Business Day
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Section 1.4(a) |
Cash Amount
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Section 2.5(b) |
Certificates
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Section 2.6(b) |
Closing
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Section 2.3 |
Closing Date
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Section 2.3 |
Code
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Section 3.2(b) |
Company
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Preamble |
Company Benefit Plan
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Section 3.15 |
Company Board Recommendation
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Section 1.2(a) |
Company Common Stock
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Introduction |
Company Disclosure Letter
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Article 3 (preamble) |
Company Intellectual Property
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Section 3.13(a) |
Company Material Adverse Effect
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Section 3.1(a) |
Company Material Contract
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Section 3.14 |
Company Options
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Section 3.2(b) |
Company Permits
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Section 3.11 |
Company SEC Documents
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Section 3.8(a) |
Company Shareholder Meeting
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Section 6.1(a) |
Company Superior Proposal
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Section 5.3(d) |
Companys Form 10-K
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Section 3.10 |
Companys Stock Option Plan
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Section 3.2(b) |
Confidentiality, Non-disclosure and Exclusive
Negotiation Agreement
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Section 8.2 |
Consent
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Section 3.5 |
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Defined Term |
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Location in Agreement |
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Continuing Directors
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Section 1.3(c) |
Contracts
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Section 3.14 |
Dissenting Shares
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Section 2.8 |
Drop Dead Date
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Section 8.1(c) |
Effective Time
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Section 2.3 |
Enforceability Exceptions
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Section 3.4 |
Entity
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Section 1.1(c)(iii) |
Environmental Laws
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Section 3.27(c) |
Environmental Liabilities
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Section 3.27(c) |
ERISA
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Section 3.15 |
Exchange Act
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Section 1.1(a) |
Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares
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Section 1.1(d) |
Governmental Body
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Section 1.1(c)(ii) |
Hazardous Materials
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Section 3.27(c) |
HSR Act
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Section 3.5 |
Indemnified Persons
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Section 6.4(a) |
Lastest Balance Sheet
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Section 3.8(b) |
Law
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Section 1.1(c)(i) |
Leased Real Property
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Section 3.26(b) |
Leases
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Section 3.26(b) |
Licensed Intellectual Property
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Section 3.13(d) |
Merger
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Introduction |
Merger Consideration
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Section 2.5(a)(iii) |
Minimum Condition
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Section 1.1(b)(i) |
Nasdaq
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Section 3.5 |
Offer
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Introduction |
Offer Closing Date
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Section 7.3 |
Offer Documents
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Section 1.1(e) |
Owned Real Property
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Section 3.26(a) |
Parent
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Preamble |
Paying Agent
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Introduction |
Person
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Pre-Closing Period
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Section 5.1 |
Proceedings
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Section 3.12(a) |
Promissory Note
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Section 1.4(d) |
Proxy Statement
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Section 3.25 |
Registered Intellectual Property
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Section 3.13(c) |
Representatives
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Section 5.3(b) |
Required Company Shareholder Vote
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Section 3.22 |
Schedule 14D-9
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Section 1.2(b) |
SEC
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Section 1.1(d) |
Securities Act
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Section 3.8(a) |
Short Form Merger
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Section 6.1(c) |
SOX
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Section 3.7 |
Special Shareholders Meeting
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Section 2.7 |
Subsidiary
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Section 3.1(b) |
Surviving Corporation
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Introduction |
Takeover Laws
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Section 1.2(a) |
Tax
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Section 3.17(a) |
Tax Return
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Section 3.17(a) |
Tender and Voting Agreement
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Introduction |
Termination Fee
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Section 8.3(e) |
Top-Up Option
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Section 1.4(a) |
Top-Up Shares
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US GAAP
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WVBCA
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Section 1.2(a) |
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Agreement) is made and entered into on
this 16th day of February, 2010, by and among Portec Rail Products, Inc., a West
Virginia corporation (the Company), L. B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation (Parent), and Foster Thomas Company, a West Virginia corporation
and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Acquisition Co.).
INTRODUCTION
A. The respective boards of directors of Parent, Acquisition Co. and the Company
have each determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of their
respective shareholders for Parent to acquire the Company; and for such purpose
have each approved a merger (the Merger) of Acquisition Co. with and into the
Company, with the Company as the surviving corporation (the Surviving
Corporation), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
B. In furtherance of the Merger, it has been agreed that Acquisition Co. will
make a cash tender offer (the Offer) to acquire all of the Companys
outstanding shares of common stock, $1.00 par value per share (the Company
Common Stock) for $11.71 per share (such amount or any greater amount per share
paid pursuant to the Offer, subject to Section 1.1(f), is hereinafter referred
to as the Per-Share Amount), without interest, upon the terms and conditions
set forth herein.
C. By resolutions duly adopted, the Companys board of directors has, in light
of and subject to the terms and conditions hereof: (i) determined that this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, specifically including the
Offer and the Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and
its shareholders; and (ii) resolved to recommend that the Companys shareholders
accept the Offer and tender their shares pursuant thereto, and adopt this
Agreement.
D. By resolution duly adopted, Parent has approved this Agreement and in its
capacity as the sole stockholder of Acquisition Co., adopted this Agreement.
E. Immediately prior to the execution of this Agreement and as a condition and
inducement to the Parents and Acquisition Cos willingness to enter into this
Agreement, Parent is simultaneously entering into a shareholder tender agreement
substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A (the Tender and Voting
Agreement) with certain of the Companys directors and executive officers (and
certain related persons and entities) owning shares of Company Common Stock
and/or rights to acquire Company Common Stock, pursuant to which (i) such
shareholders are, among other things, agreeing to tender, and not withdraw, all
of such shareholders shares of Company Common Stock in the Offer upon the terms
and conditions specified therein, and (ii) certain of such shareholders are
agreeing to certain restrictive covenants.
AGREEMENT
Now, Therefore, in consideration of the foregoing premises hereby made a part of
this Agreement, the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE OFFER
1.1 Conduct of the Offer.
(a) Provided that none of the events or circumstances set forth in Annex I
attached hereto shall have occurred or exist, as promptly as practicable (and in
any event not later than ten business days after the date hereof, provided that
the Company has within a reasonable time prior thereto furnished Parent with the
information about the Company required to be included in the Offer Documents, as
defined in paragraph (e) below), Acquisition Co. shall commence, within the
meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the Exchange Act), the Offer.
(b) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer and this Agreement,
Acquisition Co. shall accept for payment all shares of Company Common Stock
validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer as soon as it is
permitted to do so under applicable Law (as defined in paragraph (c) below) and
shall pay for such shares in cash promptly thereafter (and in any event in
compliance with Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act). Acquisition Co.s
obligation to accept for payment and to pay for any shares of Company Common
Stock tendered pursuant to the Offer shall be subject to:
(i) the condition that there shall be a number of shares of Company Common Stock
validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not withdrawn, together with shares
of Company Common Stock owned by Parent and its subsidiaries (excluding any
Top-Up Shares, as defined in Section 1.4 below), that, immediately prior to the
acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer,
represents at least sixty five percent (65%) of the Fully Diluted Number of
Company Shares (as defined in paragraph (d) below) (the Minimum Condition);
and
(ii) the other conditions set forth in Annex I.
Acquisition Co. expressly reserves the right in its sole discretion to increase
the initial Per-Share Amount (in compliance with Rule 14d-10), to waive (in
whole or in part) any of the conditions of the Offer set forth in Annex I, or to
make any other changes in the terms and conditions of the Offer; provided,
however, that without the Companys prior written consent: (1) the Minimum
Condition may not be amended or waived; (2) no change may be made that alters
the form of consideration to be paid, reduces the Per-Share Amount, changes the
number of shares of Company Common Stock sought in the Offer, or imposes
conditions to the Offer in addition to the Minimum Condition and the conditions
set forth in Annex I; (3) except as provided in Section 1.1(d), no change may be
made that extends the expiration date of the Offer beyond its initial expiration
date, (4) except as provided in this Agreement, no change may be made that
amends any other terms of the Offer in a manner adverse to the holders of
Company Common Stock and (5) Acquisition Co. shall not accept tendered Company
Shares unless the conditions set forth in (a) and (b) in Annex I shall have been
satisfied.
(c) For all purposes of this Agreement, the capitalized terms set forth below
shall have the following meanings:
(i) Law shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign law, statute,
ordinance, regulation, guidelines, ruling or requirement issued, enacted,
adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the
authority of any Governmental Body (or under the authority of the Nasdaq Stock
Market).
(ii) Governmental Body shall mean any (a) nation, state, commonwealth,
province, territory, county, municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any
nature, (b) federal, state, local or foreign government, or (c) governmental
authority.
(iii) Entity shall mean any corporation, general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust,
company (including any company limited by shares, limited liability company or
joint stock company), firm, society or other enterprise, association,
organization or entity.
(iv) Person shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including
a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
(d) The Offer shall initially expire 20 business days following the date of the
commencement thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein
but subject to the parties respective termination rights under Section 8.1:
(i) if, at any then-scheduled expiration date of the Offer, any of the
conditions to the Offer have not been satisfied or waived, Acquisition Co.,
without the consent of the Company or any other Person, shall be entitled to
extend the Offer for such amount of time as is reasonably necessary to cause
such conditions to the Offer to be satisfied; (ii) Acquisition Co. may, without
the consent of the Company or any other Person (A) extend the Offer (one or more
times) for any period required or permitted by any rule, regulation,
interpretation or position of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the SEC) applicable to the Offer and (B) if the sum of (1) the
number of shares of Company Common Stock that shall have been validly tendered
and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer (other than shares tendered by
guaranteed delivery where actual delivery has not occurred) as of the
then-scheduled expiration date of the Offer plus (2) the number of shares of
Company Common Stock owned by the Parent and it subsidiaries as of such date
(excluding any Top-Up Shares), is at least 65% of the Fully Diluted Number of
Company Shares but equals less than 90% of the number of shares of Company
Common Stock outstanding as of such date, extend the Offer (one or more times)
for an aggregate additional period of not more than 20 Business Days; (iii)
Acquisition Co. may, without the consent of the Company or any other Person,
elect to provide for a subsequent offering period (and one or more extensions
thereof) pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of Regulation 14D under
the Exchange Act; and (iv) if, at any then-scheduled expiration date of the
Offer, any of the conditions to the Offer have not been satisfied or waived,
Acquisition Co. shall, if the Company so requests in writing, extend the Offer
for ten business days; provided, however, that Acquisition Co. shall not be
required to extend the expiration date more than one time pursuant to this
clause (iv).
For purposes of this Agreement, Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares shall
mean the sum of the (x) aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the acceptance of shares of Company Common
Stock pursuant to the Offer, plus (y) the aggregate number of shares of Company
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any option, warrant, other right to
acquire capital stock of the Company or other security exercisable for or
convertible into shares of Company Common Stock or other capital stock of the
Company, any of which is outstanding immediately prior to the acceptance of
shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer (but excluding any Top-Up
Shares).
(e) On the date of commencement of the Offer, Parent and Acquisition Co. shall
(i) file with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with respect to
the Offer which will contain or incorporate by reference the offer to purchase
shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and form of the related
letter of transmittal and (ii) cause the offer to purchase and related documents
to be disseminated to holders of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance
with applicable federal securities laws. Parent and Acquisition Co. agree that
they shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Schedule TO and all
exhibits, amendments or supplements thereto (collectively, the Offer
Documents) to comply in all material respects with the Exchange Act, the rules
and regulations thereunder and other applicable Law. Each of Parent and
Acquisition Co. agrees (and the Company agrees to cooperate with Parent and
Acquisition Co.) to use its reasonable best efforts to respond promptly to any
comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer Documents or the
Offer, to correct promptly any information provided by it for use in the Offer
Documents if and to the extent that such information shall have become false or
misleading in any material respect, and to take all steps necessary to cause the
Offer Documents as supplemented or amended to correct such information to be
filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to holders of shares of Company Common
Stock, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal
securities laws. The Company shall promptly furnish to Parent and Acquisition
Co. all information concerning the Company and the Companys shareholders that
may be required or reasonably requested in connection with any action
contemplated by this Section 1.1(e). The Company and its counsel shall be given
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Offer Documents (including
any amendment thereto) prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. Parent and
Acquisition Co. agree to provide the Company and its counsel with any comments
Parent, Acquisition Co. or their counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff
with respect to the Offer Documents promptly after receipt of such comments.
(f) If, between the date of this Agreement and the date on which any particular
share of Company Common Stock is accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer, the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are changed into a different number
or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division, subdivision or
combination of shares, stock dividend, consolidation of shares,
reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the
Per-Share Amount shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change or
transaction. For avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the Company shall
not have the right to take any such action with respect to the Company Common
Stock without the prior written consent of Parent. The provisions of this
Section 1.1(f) do not apply to the exercise of options granted prior to the date
hereof.
1.2 Company Actions.
(a) The Company hereby approves and consents to the Offer and represents that
its board of directors, at a meeting duly called and held or pursuant to
unanimous written action, has: (i) determined that this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, specifically including the Offer and the
Merger, are fair to and in the best interests of the Company and its
shareholders; (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Offer and the Merger, in accordance with the
requirements of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act (WVBCA), (iii)
approved the Tender and Voting Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby (iv) resolved to recommend that shareholders of the Company accept the
Offer and tender their shares of Company Common Stock and the Rights pursuant to
the Offer and adopt and approve this Agreement and the Merger (the Company
Board Recommendation) and (v) irrevocably resolved to elect, to the extent of
the Companys board of directors power and authority and to the extent
permitted by law, not to be subject to any other moratorium, control share
acquisition, business combination, fair price or other form of
anti-takeover laws and regulations (collectively, Takeover Laws) of any
jurisdiction that may purport to be applicable to this Agreement or the Tender
and Voting Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
Finally, the Company represents that its board of directors and/or compensation
committee thereof has adopted any necessary resolutions to provide for the
treatment of Company Options (as defined in Section 3.2(b) below) as set forth
in Section 2.5(b) of this Agreement. Subject to Section 5.3, the Company hereby
consents to the inclusion of the Company Board Recommendation in the Offer
Documents.
(b) As promptly as practicable on the day that the Offer is commenced, the
Company shall file with the SEC and (following or contemporaneously with the
dissemination of the Offer Documents and related documents) disseminate to
holders of shares of Company Common Stock, in each case as and to the extent
required by applicable federal securities laws, a Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with respect to the Offer (together with any
amendments or supplements thereto, the Schedule 14D-9) that shall reflect,
subject to Section 5.3, the Company Board Recommendation. The Company agrees
that it shall cause the Schedule 14D-9 to comply in all material respects with
the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and other applicable
Law. Each of Parent, Acquisition Co. and the Company agrees to promptly correct
any information provided by it for use in the Schedule 14D-9 if and to the
extent that such information shall have become false or misleading in any
material respect, and the Company further agrees to take all steps necessary to
cause the Schedule 14D-9 as supplemented or amended to correct such information
to be filed with the SEC and to be disseminated to holders of shares of Company
Common Stock, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable federal
securities laws. Parent and its counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity
to review and comment on the Schedule 14D-9 (including any amendment thereto)
prior to the filing thereof with the SEC. The Company agrees to provide Parent
and its counsel with any comments the Company or its counsel may receive from
the SEC or its staff with respect to the Schedule 14D-9 promptly after receipt
of such comments.
(c) The Company will, or will cause its transfer agent to, promptly furnish
Parent and Acquisition Co. with a list of its shareholders, mailing labels and
any available listing or computer file containing the names and addresses of all
record holders of shares of Company Common Stock and lists of securities
positions of shares of Company Common Stock held in stock depositories, in each
case as of the most recent practicable date, and will provide to Parent such
additional information (including updated lists of shareholders, mailing labels
and lists of securities positions) and such other assistance as Parent or
Acquisition Co. may reasonably request in connection with the Offer and the
Merger. Parent and Acquisition Co. and their agents shall hold in confidence
the information contained in any such labels, listings and files, will use such
information only in connection with the Offer and the Merger and, if this
Agreement shall be terminated, will, upon request, deliver to the Company or
destroy (as requested), and will use their reasonable best efforts to cause
their agents to deliver to the Company or destroy (as requested), all copies and
any extracts or summaries from such information then in their possession or
control.
1.3 Directors.
(a) Effective upon the fulfillment of the Minimum Condition and upon the
acceptance for payment of the shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer and the delivery of funds to the depositary for the Offer to pay for such
shares, Parent shall be entitled to designate the number of directors, rounded
up to the next whole number, on the Companys board of directors that equals the
product of (i) the total number of directors on the Companys board of directors
(giving effect to the election of any additional directors pursuant to this
Section) and (ii) a fraction whose numerator is the aggregate number of shares
of Company Common Stock then beneficially owned by Parent and Acquisition Co.
(including shares of Company Common Stock accepted for payment pursuant to the
Offer), and whose denominator is the total number of shares of Company Common
Stock then outstanding (provided that, in no event shall Parents director
designees constitute less than a majority of the entire board of directors of
the Company), and the Company shall take all commercially reasonable actions
necessary to cause Parents designees to be elected or appointed to the
Companys board of directors, including increasing the number of directors, and
seeking and accepting resignations of incumbent directors. At such time, to the
extent requested by Parent, and subject to the applicable requirements of Nasdaq
(including Stock Market Rule 5605(c)), the Company will also use its reasonable
best efforts (i) to cause individuals designated by Parent to constitute the
number of members, rounded up to the next whole number, on each committee of the
Companys board of directors, that represents the same percentage as the
individuals designated by Parent represent on the board of directors of the
Company and (ii) to cause individuals designated by Parent to constitute the
same percentage of the members of the board of directors of each Subsidiary (as
defined in Section 3.1 below) and each committee thereof.
(b) The Companys obligations to appoint Parents designees to the Companys
board of directors shall be subject to Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and
Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder. The Company shall promptly take all actions,
and shall include in the Schedule 14D-9 such information with respect to the
Company and persons designated by Parent pursuant to Section 1.3(a), as Section
14(f) and Rule 14f-1 of the Exchange Act require in order to fulfill its
obligations under this Section, so long as Parent shall have furnished to the
Company on a timely basis the information with respect to Parent and its
nominees, officers, directors and affiliates required by Section 14(f) and Rule
14f-1 of the Exchange Act. The provisions of this Section 1.3 are in addition
to and shall not limit any rights which Acquisition Co., Parent or any of their
affiliates may have as a holder or beneficial owner of shares of Company Common
Stock as a matter of applicable Law with respect to the election of directors or
otherwise.
(c) Following the election or
appointment of Parents designees pursuant to
Section 1.3(a) and until the Effective Time, the approval of a majority of the
Individuals who were directors of the Company on the date hereof (Continuing
Directors), or a single Continuing Director if there be only one such
Continuing Director, shall be required to authorize (and such authorization
shall constitute the authorization of the Companys board of directors and no
other action on the part of the Company, including any action by any other
director of the Company, shall be required to authorize) any termination of this
Agreement by the Company, any amendment of this Agreement requiring action by
the Companys board of directors, any extension of time for performance of any
obligation or action hereunder by Parent or Acquisition Co. requiring the
consent of the Company, any waiver of compliance by the Company of any of the
agreements or conditions contained herein for the benefit of the Company or its
shareholders, any required or permitted consent or action by the board of
directors of the Company hereunder and any other action of the Company
hereunder, which in the case of any of the foregoing adversely affects in any
material respect the holders of shares of Company Common Stock (other than
Parent or Acquisition Co.).
1.4 Top-Up Option.
(a) The Company hereby grants to Parent and Acquisition Co. an irrevocable
option which may be assigned by Parent to another wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (the Top-Up Option), exercisable once upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, to purchase at the Per-Share Amount an aggregate
number of shares of Company Common Stock (the Top-Up Shares) equal to the
lowest number of shares of Company Common Stock that, when added to the number
of shares Company Common Stock owned by Parent and its subsidiaries at the time
of such exercise, shall constitute one (1) share more than ninety percent (90%)
of the Fully Diluted Number of Company Shares (after giving effect to the
issuance of the Top-Up Shares); provided, however, that in no event shall the
Top-Up Option be exercisable for a number of Shares in excess of the number of
the authorized but unissued shares of Company Common Stock as of immediately
prior to the issuance of the Top-Up Shares; provided, further, that the Parent
and Acquisition Co. shall not exercise the Top-UP Option for a number of shares
which exceeds the maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to WVBCA
§ 31D-6-621 without shareholder approval; provided, further, that the Top-Up
Option shall terminate upon the earlier of: (x) the fifth (5th) Business Day (as
such term is defined in Rule 14d-1(g)(3) of the Exchange Act, Business Day)
after the later of (1) the expiration date of the Offer and (2) the expiration
of any subsequent offering period; and (y) the termination of this Agreement
in accordance with its terms.
(b) The obligation of the Company to deliver Top-Up Shares upon the exercise of
the Top-Up Option is subject to the conditions that (i) no provision of any
applicable Law (other than the applicable listing and corporate governance rules
and regulations of the Nasdaq Stock Market), and no judgment, injunction, order
or decree shall prohibit the exercise of the Top-Up Option or the delivery of
the Top-Up Shares in respect of such exercise and (ii) Acquisition Co. has
accepted for payment all shares of Company Common Stock validly tendered in the
Offer and not properly withdrawn and delivered the funds for payment for such
shares to the depositary for the Offer.
(c) In the event Parent or Acquisition Co. wishes to exercise the Top-Up Option,
Parent or Acquisition Co. shall deliver to the Company a notice setting forth:
(i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock that Parent or Acquisition Co.
intends to purchase pursuant to the Top-Up Option; (ii) the manner in which
Parent or Acquisition Co. intends to pay the applicable exercise price; and
(iii) the place and time at which the closing of the purchase of such shares of
Company Common Stock by Parent or Acquisition Co. is to take place. The Company
shall, as soon as practicable following receipt of such notice, notify
Acquisition Co. of the number of shares of Company Common Stock then
outstanding, the number of shares of Company Common Stock then outstanding on a
fully-diluted basis and the number of Top-Up Shares. At the closing of the
purchase of such shares of Company Common Stock, Parent or Acquisition Co. shall
cause to be delivered to the Company the consideration required to be delivered
in exchange for such shares, and the Company shall cause to be issued to Parent
or Acquisition Co. (as the case may be) a certificate representing such shares
or, at Parents or Acquisition Co.s request or otherwise if the Company does
not then have certificated shares, the applicable number of book-entry shares.
The parties shall cooperate to issue the Top-Up Shares pursuant to an exemption
from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Parent and Acquisition Co.
represent and warrant that the Top-Up Option, and the Top-Up Shares to be
acquired upon exercise of the Top-Up Option, if any, are being and shall be
acquired by Parent or Acquisition Co. for the purpose of investment and not with
a view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof (within
the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933).
(d) Parent or Acquisition Co. may pay the Company the aggregate price required
to be paid for the Top-Up Shares either (i) entirely in cash or cash equivalents
or (ii) at Parents or Acquisition Co.s election, by (x) paying in cash an
amount equal to not less than the aggregate par value of the Top-Up Shares and
(y) executing and delivering to the Company a promissory note having a principal
amount equal to the aggregate price required to be paid for the purchase of the
Top-Up Shares but less the amount to be paid in cash pursuant to the preceding
clause (x) (a Promissory Note). Any such Promissory Note shall be full
recourse against Parent and Acquisition Co. and (i) shall bear interest at a
market rate of interest per annum, payable in arrears at the end of one (1)
year, (ii) shall mature on the first (1st) anniversary of the date of execution
and delivery of such Promissory Note and (iii) may be prepaid, in whole or in
part, without premium or penalty.
ARTICLE 2
MERGER TRANSACTION
2.1 Merger of Acquisition Co. into the Company.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in
accordance with the WVBCA, at the Effective Time, Acquisition Co. shall be
merged with and into the Company, the separate existence of Acquisition Co.
shall cease and the Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the
Merger.
2.2 Effect of Merger.
The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the
applicable provisions of the WVBCA. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all property of the
Company and Acquisition Co. shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all
debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Company and Acquisition Co.
shall become debts, liabilities, obligations and duties of the Surviving
Corporation.
2.3 Closing; Effective Time.
Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have been abandoned pursuant to ARTICLE 8, the
consummation of the Merger (the Closing) shall take place by mutual release of
Closing documents followed by overnight delivery of originals, on a date to be
designated by Parent (the Closing Date), which shall be no later than the
fifth Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the last to be satisfied
or waived of the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 7 (other than delivery of items
to be delivered at the Closing and other than those conditions that by their
nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, it being understood that the
occurrence of the Closing shall remain subject to the delivery of such items and
the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), unless another
date, time or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. Subject to
the provisions of this Agreement, articles of merger satisfying the applicable
requirements of the WVBCA shall be duly executed by the Company and Acquisition
Co. and, concurrently with or as soon as practicable following the Closing,
filed with the office of the West Virginia Secretary of State. The Merger shall
become effective upon the date and time of the filing of such articles of merger
with the West Virginia Secretary of State, or at such later time as is specified
therein (the Effective Time).
2.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers.
Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time:
(a) the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended
and restated as of the Effective Time to conform to the articles of
incorporation of Acquisition Co. as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time until thereafter changed or amended in accordance with the provisions
thereof and applicable Law;
(b) the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated as of
the Effective Time to conform to the bylaws of Acquisition Co. as in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time until thereafter changed or amended in
accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable Law;
(c) the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective
Time shall be the respective individuals who are directors of Acquisition Co.
immediately prior to the Effective Time until the earlier of their resignation
or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as the case may be; and
(d) the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective
Time shall be the respective individuals who are officers of Acquisition Co.
immediately prior to the Effective Time until the earliest of their resignation
or removal or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified,
as the case may be.
2.5 Conversion of Shares.
(a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further
action on the part of Parent, Acquisition Co., the Company or any shareholder of
the Company:
(i) all shares of Company Common Stock then held by the Company or any wholly
owned Subsidiary shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no
consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor;
(ii) all shares of Company Common Stock, if any, then held by Parent,
Acquisition Co. or any other wholly owned subsidiary of Parent shall be canceled
and retired and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in
exchange therefor;
(iii) except as provided in clauses (i) and (ii) above and subject to Sections
2.5(c) and 2.8, each share of Company Common Stock then outstanding shall be
converted into the right to receive the Per Share Amount (the Merger
Consideration), without interest; and
(iv) all of the shares of the common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of
Acquisition Co. then outstanding shall be converted into one share of Surviving
Corporation Common Stock.
(b) All Company Options (as defined in Section 3.2(b) below) shall terminate as
of the Effective Time, whether or not vested or exercisable and without regard
to any agreements qualifying the right to retain or exercise any such Company
Options. At the Effective Time, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
below in this Section 2.5(b), each holder of a Company Option whether or not
vested or exercisable will be entitled to receive from the Company, and shall
receive, in settlement of each Company Option a Cash Amount. The Cash
Amount shall be equal to the net amount of (A) the product of the excess, if
any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of such
Company Option at the Effective Time, multiplied by (ii) the number of shares
subject to such Company Option, less (B) any applicable withholdings for Tax (as
defined in Section 3.17 below). If the exercise price per share of any Company
Option equals or exceeds the Merger Consideration, the Cash Amount therefor
shall be zero. Except as may be otherwise agreed to by Parent and the Company,
the Companys Stock Option Plan (as defined in Section 3.2 below) shall
terminate as of the Effective Time and the provisions in any other plan, program
or arrangement providing for the issuance or grant of any other interest in
respect of the capital stock of Company or any Subsidiary shall be deleted,
terminated and of no further force or effect as of the Effective Time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) payment of the Cash Amount is subject to
written acknowledgement, in a form acceptable to the Surviving Corporation, that
no further payment is due to such holder on account of any Company Option and
all of such holders rights under such Company Options have terminated and (ii)
with respect to any Person subject to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, any
Cash Amount to be paid to such Person in accordance with this Section 2.5(b)
shall be paid as soon as practicable after the payment can be made without
liability on such Persons part under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.
(c) If, between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are changed into a different number
or class of shares by reason of any stock split, division or subdivision of
shares, stock dividend, reverse stock split, consolidation of shares,
reclassification, recapitalization or other similar transaction, then the Merger
Consideration shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change or
transaction. For avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the Company shall
not have the right to take any such action with respect to the Company Common
Stock without the prior written consent of Parent. The provisions of this
Section 2.5(c) do not apply to the exercise of options granted prior to the date
hereof.
2.6 Surrender of Certificates; Stock Transfer Books.
(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company
reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as agent (the Paying Agent) for
the holders of shares of Company Common Stock to receive the funds to which
holders of such shares shall become entitled pursuant to Section 2.5. Such
funds shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by the Parent or the
Surviving Corporation. Earnings from such investments shall be the sole and
exclusive property of Parent and the Surviving Corporation, and no part of such
earnings shall accrue to the benefit of holders of shares of Company Common
Stock.
(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving
Corporation shall cause to be mailed to each Person who was, at the Effective
Time, a holder of record of shares of Company Common Stock entitled to receive
the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.5, a letter of transmittal (which
shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
certificates evidencing such shares (the Certificates) shall pass, only upon
proper delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent) and instructions for
use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates pursuant thereto. Upon
surrender to the Paying Agent of a Certificate, together with such letter of
transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the
instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to
such instructions, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive
in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common
Stock formerly evidenced by such Certificate, and such Certificate shall
thereupon be canceled. No interest shall accrue or be paid on the Merger
Consideration payable upon the surrender of any Certificate for the benefit of
the holder of such Certificate. If the payment of the Merger Consideration is
to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered
Certificate formerly evidencing shares of Company Common Stock is registered on
the Companys stock transfer books, it shall be a condition of payment that the
Certificate so surrendered be endorsed properly or otherwise be in proper form
for transfer and that the Person requesting such payment shall have paid all
transfer and other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger
Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate
surrendered, or shall have established to the satisfaction of Acquisition Co.
that such Taxes are not applicable. Except as set forth in Section 2.8, until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.6(b), each Certificate shall be
deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to
receive the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock formerly
evidenced by such Certificate. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
payment of the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock
formerly evidenced by such Certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen
or destroyed Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and to deliver a
bond (in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any
claim that may be made against the Paying Agent, Parent or the Surviving
Corporation with respect to such Certificate.
(c) At any time following the six-month anniversary of the Effective Time, the
Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver
to it any funds not then disbursed to holders of shares of Company Common Stock
(including without limitation all interest and other income received by the
Paying Agent in respect of all such funds), and, thereafter, such holders shall
be entitled to look to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property,
escheat and other similar laws) only as general creditors thereof with respect
to any Merger Consideration that may be payable upon due surrender of the
Certificates held by them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving
Corporation, Parent or the Paying Agent nor any other party to this Agreement
shall be liable to any holder of a share of Company Common Stock for any Merger
Consideration delivered in respect of such share to a public official pursuant
to any abandoned property, escheat or other similar law. If any Certificates
shall not have been surrendered prior to five years after the Effective Time (or
immediately prior to such earlier date on which any Merger Consideration in
respect of such Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of
any Governmental Body), any amounts payable in respect of such Certificate
shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the
Surviving Corporation, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person
previously entitled thereto.
(d) At the close of business on the day of the Effective Time, the Companys
stock transfer books shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further
registration of transfers of shares of the Companys capital stock. From and
after the Effective Time, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any
rights with respect to such shares except as otherwise provided herein or by
applicable Law.
(e) Each of the Surviving Corporation, Parent and Acquisition Co. shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause the Paying Agent to deduct and
withhold) from the consideration otherwise payable in the Merger to any holder
of shares of Company Common Stock such amounts as it is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to Taxes. To the extent that amounts are so withheld,
such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as
having been paid to the holder of the shares of Company Common Stock in respect
of which such deduction and withholding was made.
2.7 The Companys Shareholders Meeting.
Unless the Merger is consummated in accordance with Section 31D-11-1105 of the
WVBCA as contemplated by Section 6.1(c) below, the Company, acting through its
board of directors, shall duly call a special meeting of its shareholders (the
"Special Shareholders Meeting) to be held in accordance with the WVBCA at the
earliest practicable date, upon due notice thereof to its shareholders, to
consider and vote upon, among other matters, the adoption and approval of this
Agreement and the Merger. The Companys board of directors will recommend the
approval of the Merger and will use its best efforts, consistent with its
fiduciary duties, to solicit the requisite vote of the Companys shareholders to
approve this Agreement and the Merger pursuant to proxy solicitation materials.
2.8 Dissenters Rights.
Holders of Company Common Stock may dissent from the Merger and exercise their
appraisal rights pursuant to and subject to the provisions of Sections
31D-13-1301 et seq. of the WVBCA. Each outstanding share of Company Common
Stock, the holder of which has demanded and perfected such holders right to
dissent from the Merger and to be paid the fair value of such shares in
accordance with Sections 31D-13-1301 et seq. of the WVBCA and, as of the
Effective Time, has not effectively withdrawn or lost such dissenters rights
(Dissenting Shares), shall not be converted into or represent a right to
receive the Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.5, but the holder thereof
shall be entitled only to such rights as are granted by the WVBCA; provided,
however, that if any holder of Company Common Stock demands dissenters rights
with respect to such shares under the WVBCA and subsequently effectively
withdraws or loses (through failure to perfect or otherwise) its dissenters
rights, then as of the Effective Time or the occurrence of such event, whichever
later occurs, such holders Company Common Stock will automatically be converted
into and represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration as
provided in Section 2.5, without interest thereon, upon surrender of the
certificate(s) formerly representing such shares. After the Effective Time,
Parent shall cause the Company to make all payments to holders of Dissenting
Shares with respect to such demands in accordance with the WVBCA. The Company
shall give Parent: (i) prompt written notice of any notice of intent to demand
fair value for any shares of Company Common Stock, withdrawals of such notices,
and any other instruments served pursuant to the WVBCA and received by the
Company; and (ii) the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings
with respect to demands for fair value for shares of Company Common Stock under
the WVBCA. The Company shall not, except with prior written consent of Parent,
voluntarily make any payment with respect to any demands for fair value for
shares of Company Common Stock or offer to settle or settle any such demands.
2.9 Further Action.
If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is determined by
Parent to be reasonably necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and
possession of and to all rights and property of Acquisition Co. and the Company,
the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be
fully authorized (in the name of Acquisition Co., in the name of the Company and
otherwise) to take such action.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedules attached hereto, hereinafter
referred to as the Company Disclosure Letter (it being acknowledged that
disclosure in the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to any particular
Section of the Agreement shall be deemed disclosure with respect to another
Section of the Agreement to the extent that it is reasonably clear on the face
of such Schedule that such item applies to such other schedule or incorporated
by reference to a specific section of the Company SEC Documents (as defined in
Section 3.8 below) filed on or after January 1, 2009 but prior to the date of
this Agreement), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Acquisition
Co. that all of the statements contained in this ARTICLE 3 are true and complete
as of the date of this Agreement, and will be true and complete as of the
expiration date of the Offer as though made at such time and as of the Effective
Time as though made at the Effective Time (except as to any representation or
warranty that speaks as of a specific date, which shall be true as of such
date).
3.1 Organization.
(a) The Company and each Subsidiary is a corporation duly incorporated, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease
and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
The Company and each Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed and in good
standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
property owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted
by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the failure
to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing would not be reasonably
likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this
Agreement, a Company Material Adverse Effect shall mean any change, result,
effect, event, occurrence or state of facts (or any development that has had or
is reasonably likely to have any change or effect) that is or would reasonably
be expected to be materially adverse to the business, financial condition,
assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which is or would reasonably be expected to
be materially adverse to the ability of such Persons to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby; provided, however, that none of the following
shall be deemed in itself, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and
none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there
has been, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) any effect resulting from or
arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby or the execution or announcement hereof, (ii) changes in general economic
conditions (including general financial, credit or capital market conditions
including changes in interest rates) in the United States, United Kingdom or
Canada, (iii) changes in generally accepted accounting principles, (iv) any
change in the price at which the shares of Company Common Stock are publicly
traded, (v) any matter relating to the Companys former properties in Troy, New
York (including any litigation or government action related to the Companys
former properties in Troy, New York), (vi) changes that are the result of
factors generally affecting the industries or markets in which the Company or
the Subsidiaries operate (other than those changes that have had a
disproportionate adverse effect relative to other industry participants on the
Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole), (vii) acts of war (whether or
not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of
armed hostility, sabotage or terrorism or other international or national
calamity or any material worsening of conditions threatened or existing as of
the date of this Agreement (other than those that have had a disproportionate
adverse effect relative to other industry participants on the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole), (viii) any material disaster, or other force
majeure event (other than those that have had a disproportionate adverse effect
relative to other industry participants on the Company and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole) or (ix) any divestiture by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2
of this Agreement.
(b) The Company has heretofore made available to Parent accurate and complete
copies of the articles of incorporation and bylaws, as currently in effect, of
the Company and the Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiary
shall mean a Subsidiary of the Company and an Entity shall be considered a
Subsidiary of the Company if the Company directly or indirectly owns,
beneficially or of record, an amount of voting securities of other interests in
such Entity that is sufficient to enable the Company to elect at least a
majority of the members of such Entitys board of directors or other governing
body, or at least 50% of the outstanding equity or financial interests of such
Entity. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Acquired Companies) owns an equity interest in any Entity other than a
Subsidiary and none of the Acquired Companies have agreed or is obligated to
make, or is bound by any contract or other obligation under which it may become
obligated to make, any future equity or similar investment in or capital
contribution to any other Person.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) As of the date hereof, the Companys authorized capital stock consists of
50,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock. As of the date hereof, 9,602,029
shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding. No other capital
stock of the Company is authorized or issued. All issued and outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. None of the Acquired Companies is under any obligation, or is
bound by any contract or other obligation pursuant to which it may become
obligated, to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock.
(b) As of the date hereof 139,000 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to
issuance pursuant to the exercise of outstanding options, whether vested or
unvested (Company Options) under the Companys 2006 Stock Option Plan (the
"Companys Stock Option Plan). All such Company Options are exercisable only
for Company Common Stock. Schedule 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth the following information with respect to each of the Company Options
outstanding as of the date of this Agreement: (1) the particular plan pursuant
to which such Company Option was granted and whether such Company Option is an
incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the Code); (2) the name of the optionee; (3) the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option; (4) the exercise price
of such Company Option; (5) the date on which such Company Option was granted;
(6) the applicable vesting schedules, and the extent to which such Company
Option is vested and exercisable as of the date set forth in the Company
Disclosure Letter; and (7) the date on which such Company Option expires. The
Company has no plans or arrangements pursuant to which stock options or other
stock-based equity may be issued other than the Companys Stock Option Plan.
The Company has delivered to Parent and Acquisition Co. accurate and complete
copies of all stock plans pursuant to which Company has granted currently
outstanding stock options or other stock-based compensation or, could have
granted stock options or other stock-based compensation since December 31, 2008,
or currently can grant stock options or other stock-based compensation, and the
forms of all stock option agreements evidencing such options or other
stock-based compensation. Assuming that the Company complies with its
obligations under Section 2.5(b), the Company will not incur any liability as a
result of the cancellation of the Company Options as described in Section 2.5
and all rights of the holders of such Company Options will terminate as of the
Effective Time.
(c) Except for the Company Options and the Top-Up Option, there is no: (i)
outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or right (whether or not
currently exercisable) to acquire any shares of the capital stock or other
securities of Company (or any Subsidiary); (ii) outstanding security, instrument
or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any
shares of the capital stock or other securities of Company (or any Subsidiary);
or (iii) stockholder rights plan (or similar plan commonly referred to as a
poison pill) or contract under which Company (or any Subsidiary) is or may
become obligated to sell or otherwise issue any shares of its capital stock or
any other securities.
(d) Since December 31, 2008, the Company has not repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired any shares of Company Common Stock.
3.3 Subsidiaries.
Each Subsidiary is listed in Schedule 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter.
Each Subsidiary is wholly owned by the Company except as otherwise indicated in
Schedule 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter. All of the capital stock and
other interests of the Subsidiaries so held are owned by the Company free and
clear of any claim, lien, encumbrance, security interest or agreement with
respect thereto. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock in each of the
Subsidiaries held by the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable and were issued free of preemptive rights and in compliance
with applicable Laws. No equity securities or other interests of any of the
Subsidiaries are or may become required to be issued or purchased by reason of
any options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, puts, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or
exchangeable for, shares of any capital stock of any Subsidiary, and there are
no contracts, commitments, understandings or arrangements by which any
Subsidiary is bound to issue additional shares of its capital stock, or options,
warrants or rights to purchase or acquire any additional shares of its capital
stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for such shares.
3.4 Authorization; Binding Agreement.
The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including but not limited to the Offer and the
Merger, have been duly and validly authorized by the Companys board of
directors and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company or any
Subsidiary are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other than the
adoption of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company in accordance with
the WVBCA as set forth in Section 3.21 hereof). This Agreement has been duly
and validly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that enforceability thereof may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by principles
of equity regarding the availability of remedies (the Enforceability
Exceptions).
3.5 Governmental Approvals.
No consent, approval, waiver or authorization of, notice to or declaration or
filing with (Consent), any Governmental Body on the part of the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries is required in connection with the execution or delivery by
the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby other than: (a) the filing of the articles of
merger with the West Virginia Secretary of State in accordance with the WVBCA;
(b) filings with the SEC, state securities laws administrators and the Nasdaq
Stock Market (Nasdaq); (c) filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder (the HSR Act), (d) such filings as may be required in any
jurisdiction where the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is qualified or
authorized to do business in order to continue to do business therein, and (e)
those Consents that, if they were not obtained or made, would not be a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
3.6 Non-Contravention.
Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.6 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement,
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and
compliance by the Company with any of the provisions hereof and thereof in
accordance with their terms will not: (a) conflict with or result in any breach
of any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws or other governing
instruments of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (b) require any Consent
under or result in a violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without due
notice or lapse of time or both) a default (or give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration) under any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any Company Material Contract (as defined in Section 3.14 below);
(c) result in the creation or imposition of any lien or encumbrance of any kind
upon any of the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary; or (d) subject to
obtaining the Consents from Governmental Bodies referred to in Section 3.5,
contravene any applicable provision of any Law to which the Company or any
Subsidiary or its or any of their respective assets or properties are subject,
except, in the case of clauses (b), (c) and (d) above, for any deviations from
the foregoing which would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
3.7 Compliance with Law.
The operations of each of the Acquired Companies, the conduct of the business of
each of the Acquired Companies, as and where such business has been or presently
is conducted, and the ownership, possession and use of the assets of each of the
Acquired Companies have complied and currently do comply with all applicable
Laws, including without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX),
except where failure to so comply would not be reasonably likely to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect. From December 31, 2006 through the date of
this Agreement, none of the Acquired Companies have received any written notice,
nor to the knowledge of the Company, any oral notice from any Governmental Body
regarding any actual or possible material violation of, or failure to comply in
any material respect with, any Law.
3.8 SEC Filings; Adequate Controls.
(a) The Company has made available to Parent and Acquisition Co. accurate and
complete copies of all registration statements, definitive proxy statements and
other statements, reports, schedules, forms and other documents (and all
amendments or supplements thereto) filed by Company with the SEC since January
1, 2007 (the Company SEC Documents). All statements, reports, schedules,
forms and other documents required to have been filed by Company with the SEC
since January 1, 2007 have been so filed and in a timely manner. Other than as
disclosed on Section 3.8 of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the time it was
filed with the SEC (or, if amended, supplemented or superseded by a filing prior
to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing): (i) each of
the Company SEC Documents complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act),
the Exchange Act, and SOX (as the case may be); and (ii) none of the Company SEC
Documents 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 the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.
(b) The consolidated financial statements (including any related notes)
contained in the Company SEC Documents: (i) when filed, complied as to form in
all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC
applicable thereto; (ii) when filed, were prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States (US GAAP), except, in the
case of unaudited statements, as permitted by SEC regulations applicable to Form
10-Q, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain
footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments; and
(iii) when filed fairly presented in all material respects the consolidated
financial position of the Company as of the respective dates thereof and the
consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods
covered thereby. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2009 included in the Companys Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 is sometimes
referred to as the Latest Balance Sheet.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has any
commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, off-balance sheet
partnership or any similar contract or arrangement including any contract or
arrangement relating to any transaction or relationship between or among the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any unconsolidated
affiliate (including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose
entity or Person), on the other hand or any off-balance sheet arrangements (as
defined in Item 303(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC), where the
result, purpose or intended effect of such contract or arrangement is to avoid
disclosure of any material transaction involving, or material liabilities of,
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Companys or such Subsidiarys
published financial statements or other Company SEC Documents.
(d) Prior to the Offer Closing Date (as defined in Section 7.3 below), the
Company has and will have in place the disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act) required in order
for the Companys Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer to engage
in the review and evaluation process mandated by the Exchange Act, and has
delivered copies of any such written procedures to Parent. The Companys
disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all
information 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.
(e) The Company maintains a system of accounting controls (including internal control over
financial reporting as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) sufficient to
provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements
general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP and to maintain accountability for
assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or
specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing
assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
Since December 31, 2008, the Company has not received any written or oral notice from its
registered independent public accounting firm of a reportable condition, significant deficiency
or material weakness in the Companys system of accounting controls as those terms are defined
under generally accepted auditing standards in the United States.
3.9 Assets.
Other than as set forth in Section 3.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, except for Company
Intellectual Property (title for which is described in Section 3.13), the Acquired Companies have
good and marketable title to all of their respective assets reflected on the Latest Balance Sheet
(other than assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Latest
Balance Sheet) and have the right to transfer all rights, title and interest in such assets, free
and clear of any liens or encumbrances other than (i) encumbrances set forth in the Latest Balance
Sheet or (ii) Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below). Except for Company Intellectual Property,
each of the Acquired Companies has all material assets necessary to operate, or which are material
to the operation of, its respective business as currently conducted. For purposes of this
Agreement, Permitted Encumbrances shall mean encumbrances (i) for Taxes, governmental charges,
assessments or levies, provided that such Taxes, governmental charges, assessments or levies are
not yet due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and in any case, for
which the Company has made an appropriate reserve on the Latest Balance Sheet; (ii) deposits,
encumbrances or pledges to secure payments of workmens compensation, public liability,
unemployment and other similar insurance; (iii) mechanics, workmens, materialmens, repairmens,
warehousemens, vendors, landlords or carriers encumbrances, or other similar encumbrances
arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices and securing sums which
are not past due or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and in any case,
for which the Company has made an appropriate reserve on the Latest Balance Sheet; and (iv)
encumbrances that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.10 Absence of Certain Changes or Events; No Undisclosed Liabilities.
Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, from December 31, 2008
and on or prior to the date of this Agreement, there has not been any: (a) event that has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (b) declaration, payment or
setting aside for payment of any dividend (other than quarterly cash dividends at the rate of $0.06
per share) or other distribution or any redemption or other acquisition of any shares of capital
stock or securities of the Company by the Company or any split, combination or reclassification of
any of the capital stock of the Company; (c) damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) or loss to
any material
asset or property of the Company, whether or not covered by insurance which is reasonably likely to
result in a Company Material Adverse Effect; (d) change by the Company in accounting principles or
practices other than changes made as a result of changes in the requirements of GAAP or the rules
and regulations of the SEC; (e) other than pursuant to the grant of Company Options or the exercise
of Company Options and the grant of the Top-Up Option, sale, issuance or grant of any capital stock
or other equity security of the Company or any Subsidiary, or sale, issuance or grant of any
instrument convertible into or exchangeable for any such capital stock or other security; (f)
Subsidiary formed or acquired or investment made in or guarantee granted in favor of any Entity not
a Subsidiary; (g) amendment to the articles of incorporation or organization, bylaws or other
organizational documents of the Company or any Subsidiary; (h) other than to the extent described
in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the
Companys Form 10-K) or in any Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Company after the filing
of the Companys Form 10-K and prior to the date hereof (x) increase in compensation payable to any
executive officer, director or consultant or (y) granting to any executive officer, director or
consultant any employment, severance or termination agreement or any increase in severance or
termination pay or benefits; or (i) any delivery of a notice of default under or non-renewal of any
Company Material Contract (as defined in Section 3.14 below), except for (x) such defaults that
were subsequently cured, (y) such defaults which are not reasonably expected to result in a Company
Material Adverse Effect and (z) any non-renewal of any Company Material Contract which was
subsequently replaced or the loss of which would not result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Except for those liabilities that are fully reflected or reserved against on the balance sheet of
the Company included in the Companys Form 10-K and for liabilities incurred in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice, since December 31, 2008, neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has incurred any liability of any nature whatsoever (whether absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due) that, either individually or in the
aggregate, has had or would be reasonably likely to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.11 Permits.
Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and
Subsidiaries have all permits, certificates, licenses, approvals and other authorizations required
in connection with the operation of their respective businesses (collectively, the Company
Permits) except those Company Permits the absence of which would not be reasonably likely to have
a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of
the Subsidiaries is in material violation of any Company Permit. No proceedings are pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened, to
revoke or limit any Company Permit, except, in each case, those the absence or violation of which
would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.12 Legal Proceedings.
(a) Schedule 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all Proceedings (as defined herein).
Other than the proceedings set forth in Schedule 3.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no
suit, action or proceeding (collectively, Proceedings) pending or, to the knowledge of the
Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which, individually or in the
aggregate, would be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; nor is there any
judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Body outstanding against the
Company or any Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(b) In connection with the manufacture, sale, refurbishment, resale, marketing or distribution of
the products and/or marketing, sale and provision of the services of the Company and the
Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has (i) received any written claim or request,
or to the knowledge of the Company any oral claim or request, for compensation for alleged personal
injuries, (ii) paid any settlement or other monies to a claimant to have a Proceeding or claim
resolved, and/or (iii) been notified that a user of any products intends to make a claim or
commence litigation, except for any of the foregoing which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.13 Intellectual Property.
(a) The Company or the Subsidiaries own, and/or are licensed or otherwise possess rights to use
all: (i) trademarks and service marks (registered or unregistered), trade dress, trade names and
other names and slogans embodying business goodwill or indications of origin, all applications or
registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated
therewith; (ii) inventions, technology, computer programs and software (including password
unprotected interpretive code or source code, object code, development documentation, programming
tools, drawings, specifications and data), and all applications and patents disclosed on Schedule
3.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter pertaining to the foregoing, including re-issues,
continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals or extensions; (iii) trade secrets,
including confidential and other non-public information (iv) writings, designs, software programs,
mask works or other works, applications or registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and
all moral rights related thereto; (v) databases and all database rights; (vi) internet websites,
domain names and applications and registrations pertaining thereto; and (vii) other intellectual
property rights (Company Intellectual Property) that are used in the respective
businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries as currently conducted, except for any such failures
to own, be licensed or possess that would not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) To the knowledge of the Company, and other than as disclosed on Schedule 3.13(b) of the Company
Disclosure Letter, there are no infringements of any Company Intellectual Property by any third
party that are reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and the conduct of the
businesses as currently conducted or as currently planned to be conducted does not infringe any
proprietary right of a third party.
(c) Schedule 3.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list of all patents,
trademarks, registrations and pending registration applications pertaining to the Company
Intellectual Property owned by the Company and the Subsidiaries (collectively, the Registered
Intellectual Property). All such Registered Intellectual Property is owned by the Company and/or
the Subsidiaries, free and clear of liens or encumbrances of any nature.
(d) Schedule 3.13(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list of all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries have granted
rights to any Person to make, use, sell, distribute or service any products or services which
utilize or incorporate the Company Intellectual Property and a separate list of all material
licenses, sublicenses and other agreements in which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has
received rights from any person to use the Company Intellectual Property (the Licensed
Intellectual Property). The Company will not, as a result of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement, or the performance of its obligations under this
Agreement or the Tender and Voting Agreement, be in breach of any license, sublicense or other
agreement relating to the Licensed Intellectual Property.
(e) The Company and the Subsidiaries own or have the right to use all computer software currently
used in and material to the businesses, except for any failures to own or rights of use that would
not be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.14 Contracts.
Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any counterparty to any Company Material
Contract, is in violation or breach of or default under any such Company Material Contract where
such violation or breach would be reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Company Material Contract shall mean any and all of the following bonds, mortgages, indentures,
contracts, subcontracts, leases, subleases, licenses, instruments, insurance policies, agreements
or binding understandings (Contracts): (i) any consulting or other Contract (excluding
employment or severance contracts) with a current or former employee, officer or director of the
Company or any Subsidiary, as applicable, which requires payment of amounts by the Company or any
Subsidiary, as applicable, after the date hereof in excess of $50,000; (ii) any collective
bargaining Contract with any labor union; (iii) any Contract for capital expenditures or the
acquisition or construction of fixed assets which requires aggregate future payments in excess of
$200,000; (iv) any Contract containing covenants of the Company or any Subsidiary (A) to indemnify
or hold harmless another Person, unless such indemnification or hold harmless obligation to such
Person, or group of Persons, as the case may be, is less than $200,000 or (B) not to (or otherwise
restricting or limiting the ability of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries to) solicit or hire
any individual or compete in any line of business or geographic area, and each of such Contracts
described in this Section 3.14(iv)(B) are listed in Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(v) any Contract requiring aggregate future payments or expenditures in excess of $50,000 and
relating to cleanup, abatement, remediation or similar actions in connection with environmental
liabilities; (vi) any license, royalty Contract or other Contract with respect to Company
Intellectual Property that
grants to a third party any rights to such intellectual property; (vii) any Contract pursuant to
which the Company or any Subsidiary has entered into a partnership or joint venture with any other
Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary); (viii) any indenture, mortgage, loan or credit
Contract under which the Company or any Subsidiary has outstanding indebtedness or any outstanding
note, bond, indenture or other evidence of indebtedness for borrowed money or otherwise, or
guaranteed indebtedness for money borrowed by others in excess of $50,000; (ix) any Contract under
which the Company or any Subsidiary is (A) a lessee or sublessee of real property, (B) a lessee of,
or holds or uses, any machinery, equipment, vehicle or other tangible personal property owned by a
third person or entity, (C) a lessor or sublessor of real property, or (D) a lessor of any tangible
personal property owned by the Company or any Subsidiary, in any case referred to in clauses (B) or
(D) only those Contracts which require annual payments in excess of $200,000; (x) any Contract
under which the Company or any Subsidiary is a purchaser or supplier of goods and services which,
pursuant to the terms thereof, requires payments by the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of
$200,000 per annum; (xi) any material Contract between the Company and any Subsidiary; (xii) any
Contract which requires payments by or to the Company or any Subsidiary in excess of $200,000 per
annum containing change of control or similar provisions; and (xiii) any Contract relating to the
acquisition or disposition of any business or any assets (whether by merger, sale of stock or
assets or otherwise other than in the ordinary course of business), and (xiv) any other Contract
the termination or breach of which, or the failure to obtain consent in respect of, is reasonably
likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.15 Employee-Benefit Plans.
Schedule 3.15 of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate list of all Benefit
Plans (as defined below) maintained or contributed to by the Company or any Subsidiary (each a
Company Benefit Plan). A Benefit Plan shall include: (i) an employee-benefit plan as defined
in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, together with
all regulations thereunder (ERISA); and (ii) whether or not described in the preceding clause,
any pension, profit-sharing, stock-bonus, deferred or supplemental compensation, retirement,
stock-purchase or stock-option plan, cafeteria plan (as defined in Code Section 125),
change-in-control agreement, severance-pay plan and any other compensation, welfare, fringe-benefit
or retirement plan, program, policy or arrangement providing for benefits for or the welfare of any
or all of the current or former employees, directors or agents of the Company, the Subsidiaries or
any of their respective beneficiaries or dependents; provided, however, that Benefit Plans shall
not include any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, nor any periodic wage or
salary, bonus or other incentive compensation arrangement providing non-deferred compensation for
the current services of employees. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.15 of the Company Disclosure
Letter, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary contributes to, or has any outstanding liability
with respect to, any multiemployer plan. Except as otherwise provided on Schedule 3.15 of the
Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries maintains or contributes
to any defined benefit pension plan subject to ERISA Title IV, or has any outstanding liability
with respect to any such plan. Each Company Benefit Plan has been maintained in compliance with
its terms and all
applicable Law, except where the failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect. There is no pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened
Proceeding or claim against, or with respect to, any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine
claims for benefits) that would be reasonably likely to result in a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
3.16 Customers and Suppliers.
Since December 31, 2008, there has been no termination, cancellation or material curtailment of the
business relationship of the Company or any Subsidiary with any customer or supplier or group of
affiliated customers or suppliers which, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a
Company Material Adverse Effect nor has the Company received any written notice of intent to so
terminate, cancel or materially curtail which would have such a Company Material Adverse Effect.
3.17 Taxes.
Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter:
(a) The Company and each Subsidiary has filed, or caused to be filed all Tax Returns (as defined
below) required to be filed by it, and to the knowledge of the Company such Tax Returns are true,
correct and complete in all material respects. The Company and each Subsidiary has paid, collected
or withheld, or caused to be paid, collected or withheld, all amounts of Taxes (as defined below)
required to be paid, collected or withheld, other than any such Taxes that are being contested in
good faith or for which adequate reserves have been established in the financial statements
contained in the Company SEC Documents. There are no claims or assessments pending against the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries for any alleged deficiency in any Tax, and the Company has not
been notified in writing of any proposed Tax claims or assessments against the Company or any
Subsidiary (other than claims or assessments that, in each case, are being contested in good faith,
are immaterial in amount or for which adequate reserves have been established in the Company
Financial Statements). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has waived or extended any
applicable statute of limitations to assess any Taxes. There are no outstanding requests by the
Company or any Subsidiary for any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return or within
which to pay any Taxes shown to be due on any return, except that consistent with past practice the
Company intends to request an extension with respect to the filing of federal, provincial and state
income tax returns for the current year. To the Companys knowledge, there are no liens for Taxes
on the assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, except for any statutory liens for current Taxes
not yet due and payable. For purposes of this Agreement, the term Tax shall mean any federal,
state, local, foreign or provincial income, gross receipts, property, sales, use, license, excise,
franchise, employment, payroll, withholding, alternative or added minimum, ad valorem, transfer or
excise tax, or any other tax, custom, duty, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or penalty imposed by any Governmental Body. The
term Tax Return shall mean a report, return or other information (including any attached
schedules or any amendments to such report, return or other information) required to be supplied to
or filed with a Governmental Body with respect to any
Tax, including an information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration or estimated
Tax.
(b) The Company has properly accrued and reflected on the Latest Balance Sheet, and has thereafter
properly accrued all liabilities for Taxes, all such accruals being in the aggregate sufficient for
payment of all such Taxes.
(c) The Company will timely and properly file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns which it is or
will be required to file on or before the Closing Date, all such Tax Returns to be true, correct
and complete in all material respects, and will pay or cause to be paid in full when due all Taxes,
if any, which become due and payable pursuant to such Tax Returns or assessments received by it on
or before the Closing Date, except for any such assessments that, in each case, are being contested
in good faith, are immaterial in amount or for which adequate reserves will have been properly
accrued as provided in paragraph (b) above.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has ever been a member of an affiliated group
of corporations (within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code) other than an affiliated group of
which the Company is the common parent. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) is a party to,
is bound by or has any Obligation under any Tax-sharing agreement or similar agreement or
arrangement other than one that is solely between the Company and one or more Subsidiaries or (ii)
has any liability for Taxes of any party (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law, as a
transferee or successor, by contract or otherwise.
(e) No audits or other administrative Proceedings or court Proceedings are pending or, to the
Companys knowledge, threatened with regard to any Taxes or Tax Return of the Company, any
Subsidiary or any affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of Entities of which the
Company or any Subsidiary is a member and, to the knowledge of the Company, no material issues have
been raised by any Tax authority in connection with any Tax or Tax Return that have not been
conclusively resolved.
(f) The Company and each Subsidiary has disclosed on its respective income Tax Returns all
positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax
within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
(g) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has made nor is obligated to make a payment that would
not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code.
(h) To the Companys knowledge, no claim has ever been made by a taxing authority in a
jurisdiction, where either the Company or any Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns, that it is or
may be subject to taxation in that jurisdiction, except for any such claim that has been
conclusively resolved.
3.18 Insurance.
Schedule 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of all insurance
policies carried by, or covering the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to their
businesses, assets and properties and with respect to which records are maintained at the Companys
principal executive offices, together with, in respect of each such policy, the amount of coverage
and the deductible. The Company and the Subsidiaries maintain insurance policies against all
material risk, including without limitation business-interruption insurance, and in such amounts as
are usually insured against by similarly situated companies in the same or similar businesses.
Each insurance policy set forth on Schedule 3.18 of the Company Disclosure Letter is in full force
and effect and all premiums due thereon have been paid in full.
3.19 Questionable Payments.
To the Companys knowledge, no current or former director, officer or employee of the Company or
any Subsidiary or representative or agent authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any
Subsidiary (when any such person is acting in such capacity or otherwise on behalf of any of the
Company or any Subsidiary or any of their predecessors), (a) has used or is using any corporate
funds for any illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to
political activity; (b) has used or is using any corporate funds for any direct or indirect
unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic government officials or employees; (c) has violated or
is violating any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; (d) has established or
maintained, or is maintaining, any unlawful or unrecorded fund of corporate monies or other properties; (e) has made
at any time, any false or fictitious entries on the books and records of the Company or any
Subsidiary; or (f) has made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other
unlawful payment of any nature using corporate funds or otherwise on behalf of any of the Acquired
Companies; or (g) during the past three years has made any material favor or gift that is not
deductible for federal income-tax purposes using corporate funds or otherwise on behalf of the
Company or any Subsidiary.
3.20 Related Party and Affiliate Transactions.
Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there does not exist any
transaction of the type described in item 404(a) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC other
than transactions described in the Companys Proxy Statement dated April 29, 2009.
3.21 Vote Required.
Unless the Merger is consummated pursuant to Section 31D-11-1105 of the WVBCA as contemplated by
Section 6.1(c) below, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Company
Common Stock outstanding on the record date for the Company Shareholder Meeting (as defined in
Section 6.1 below), and entitled to vote (the Required Company Shareholder Vote), is the only
vote of the holders of any class or series of the Companys capital stock necessary to adopt this
Agreement, approve the Merger or consummate any of the other transactions contemplated hereby.
There are no bonds, debenture notes or other indebtedness of the Company or its subsidiaries the
holders of which have the
right to vote on any matters on which the holders of the Companys capital stock may vote.
3.22 Fairness Opinion.
The Company has received the opinion of Chaffe & Associates, Inc., dated the date of this
Agreement, to the effect that, as of such date, the Per-Share Amount is fair, from a financial
point of view, to the Companys shareholders, a signed copy of which opinion will be made available
to Parent promptly after the date hereof. The Company has been authorized by Chaffe & Associates,
Inc. to include such opinion in the Schedule TO, Schedule 14D-9 and the Proxy Statement (as defined
in Section 3.24 below).
3.23 Financial Advisory Fees.
Other than as set forth in Section 3.23 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder or
investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finders or other fee or commission in connection
with the Offer, the Merger, or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Tender and Voting Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company.
3.24 Disclosure Documents.
Subject to Parents and Acquisition Co.s fulfillment of their respective obligations with respect
thereto, the Schedule 14D-9 and any proxy statement to be sent to the Companys shareholders in
connection with the Company Shareholder Meeting (the Proxy Statement) will contain (or will be
amended in a timely manner so as to contain) all information which is required to be included
therein in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and any other
applicable Law and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and any other applicable Law, and neither the Schedule 14D-9 nor the Proxy Statement will, at the
respective times they are filed with the SEC or published, sent or given to Companys shareholders,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that no representation or warranty is
hereby made by the Company with respect to any information supplied by Parent or Acquisition Co. in
writing for inclusion in, or with respect to Parent or Acquisition Co. information derived from
Parents public SEC filings which is included or incorporated by reference in, the Schedule 14D-9
or the Proxy Statement. None of the information supplied or to be supplied in writing by Company
for inclusion or incorporation by reference in, or which may be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in, any of the Offer Documents will, at the respective times the Offer Documents are
filed with the SEC or published, sent or given to Companys shareholders, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading.
3.25 Real Property.
(a) Other than as set forth in Section 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Letter, with respect to each
parcel of real property owned by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries which is material to the
operations of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the Owned Real Property):
(i) the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has good and marketable
indefeasible fee simple title, free and clear of all liens, charges, mortgages, security interests
and encumbrances, except (A) Permitted Encumbrances; (B) easements for the erection and maintenance
of public utilities exclusively serving the properties; or (C) other easements and encumbrances
affecting the properties so long as same do not render title to the Owned Real Property
unmarketable or uninsurable; (ii) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, has leased or otherwise granted to any Person the right to use or occupy such Owned Real
Property or any portion thereof; (iii) there are no outstanding options, rights of first offer,
rights of reverter or rights of first refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or any portion
thereof or interest therein; and (iv) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to
any
agreement or option to purchase any real property or interest therein.
(b) With respect to each premise leased by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries (collectively,
the Leased Real Property), the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has
delivered or made available to Parent and Acquisition Co. a true and complete copy of all leases,
subleases, licenses or other agreement including all amendments, extensions, renewals or guaranties
thereof (Leases) for such Leased Real Property. With respect to each of the aforementioned
Leases: (i) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company,
with respect to the other party thereto, such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in
full force and effect; (ii) the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Tender and
Voting Agreement do not require the consent of any other party to such Lease, will not result in a
breach of or default under such Lease, or otherwise cause such Lease to cease to be legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect on identical terms following the Closing; (iii)
there are no material disputes with respect to such Lease; (iv) neither the Company nor any of the
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, any other party to the Lease is in breach or default under such Lease, and to
the knowledge of the Company no event has occurred or failed to occur or circumstance exists which,
with the delivery of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute such a breach or
default, or permit the termination, modification or acceleration of rent under such Lease; (v) to
the knowledge of the Company no security deposit or portion thereof deposited with respect to such
Lease has been applied in respect of a breach or default under such Lease which has not been
redeposited in full; (vi) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
owes, nor will it owe in the future, any brokerage commissions or finders fees with respect to
such Lease; (vii) the other party to such Lease is not an affiliate of, and otherwise does not have
any economic interest in, the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (viii) neither the Company nor
any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has subleased, licensed or otherwise granted any
Person the right to use or occupy such Leased Real Property or any portion thereof; (ix) neither
the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has collaterally assigned or granted
any other security interest in such Lease or any interest
therein; and (x) there are no Liens on the estate or interest created by such Lease, other than, in
the case of (i) through (x) above, for any such case where there is no current or reasonably likely
material interference with the operations conducted at the Leased Real Property as presently
conducted (or as would be conducted at full capacity).
(c) The Companys and each Subsidiarys current use of the Leased Real Property is in material
compliance with applicable Law and any applicable restrictions of record, and neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has received any notice of a material violation of any such Law or restriction
with respect to the Leased Real Property that has not been cured.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has received any written
notice, or the knowledge of the Company oral notice, from any insurance company of any material
defects or inadequacies in the Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property or any part thereof,
which would materially and adversely affect the insurability of the same or of any termination or
threatened (in writing) termination of any policy of insurance.
3.26 Environmental Matters.
(a) (i) Other than as
set forth in Section 3.26 of the Company Disclosure Letter, and to the
knowledge of the Company and the Subsidiaries, the operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries
are and have been, in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including
possession and compliance with the terms of all Permits required by Environmental Laws, (ii) to the
knowledge of the Company and the Subsidiaries, there are no facts or circumstances that would
materially increase the cost of maintaining such compliance in the future, (iii) there are no
pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened suits, actions, investigations or
Proceedings under or pursuant to Environmental Laws by the Environmental Protection Agency or any
other Governmental Body or any other Person against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
involving any real property currently or, to the knowledge of the Company, formerly owned, operated
or leased or other sites at which Hazardous Materials were disposed of by the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries, (iv) to the knowledge of the Company all real property owned or operated by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is free of contamination from Hazardous Materials that is
reasonably likely to create material liability for clean-up or remediation under Environmental Laws
and (v) and, to the Companys knowledge no facts, circumstances or conditions relating to,
associated with or attributable to any real property currently or, formerly owned, operated or
leased by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or the Companys or any Subsidiarys operations
thereon has resulted in or is reasonably likely to result in material Environmental Liabilities;
provided, however, that the Company and the Subsidiaries do not make any of the foregoing
representations and warranties with respect to the Companys former properties in Troy, New York
(including any litigation or government action related to the former properties in Troy, New York).
(b) The Company and the Subsidiaries have provided to Parent any written allegations of any
Environmental Liabilities and all material environmental reports, assessments and data produced in
the last five years and in the possession or control of the Company or the Subsidiaries including
without
limitation on the foregoing with respect to the Companys former properties in Troy, New York
(including any litigation or other government action related to the former properties in Troy, New
York).
(c) Environmental Laws shall mean any and all applicable federal, state, foreign,
interstate, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes,
injunctions, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Body, any and all common law requirements,
rules and bases of liability regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct
concerning (i) pollution, (ii) any materials or wastes defined, listed, classified or regulated as
hazardous or toxic, or as a pollutant or contaminant including petroleum, petroleum products,
friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde, radioactive materials and polychlorinated biphenyls including
but not limited to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42
U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801 et
seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq., the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S.C. Section 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 7401 et seq., the Toxic
Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C., Section 136 et seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C. Section
2701 et seq., and the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. Section 1531 et seq.) as such laws have
been amended or supplemented and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and all analogous
state or local statutes. Environmental Liabilities with respect to any Person shall mean any and
all liabilities of such Person or any of its subsidiaries (including any entity which is, in whole
or in part, a predecessor of such Person or any of such subsidiaries), which (i) arise under or are
based upon Environmental Laws and (ii) relate to actions occurring on or prior to the Closing Date
or conditions existing on the Closing Date. Hazardous Materials shall mean any materials or
wastes, defined, listed, classified or regulated as hazardous, toxic, a pollutant, or a contaminant
regulated under any Environmental Laws including, but not limited to, petroleum, petroleum
products, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde, radioactive materials and polychlorinated biphenyls.
3.27 Labor Matters.
(a) As of the date hereof, (i) no work stoppage, slowdown, lockout, labor strike, arbitration or
other labor dispute against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is pending or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened, (ii) no unfair labor practice charges, material grievances or
complaints are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any
of the Subsidiaries, (iii) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is delinquent in any
material respect in payments to any of its employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses
or other direct compensation for any services performed for it or amounts required to be reimbursed
to such employees, (iv) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is liable for any payment
to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Body with respect to unemployment compensation
benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine
payments to be made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (v) no
employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries, at the executive officer level or above, has
given notice to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that any such
employee intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company or any of the Subsidiaries,
(vi) to the knowledge of the Company, no employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is in
any respect in violation of any term of any (A) employment contract where such failure would be
reasonably likely to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (B) nondisclosure agreement, (C)
common law nondisclosure obligations, (D) non-competition agreement, or (E) any restrictive
covenant to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business conducted or presently
proposed to be conducted by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to the use of trade secrets
or proprietary information of others, (vii) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a
party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with any Governmental Body relating to
employees or employment practices; (viii) the Company and each of the Subsidiaries are in material
compliance with all applicable Law respecting labor and employment, including terms and conditions
of employment, workers compensation, occupational safety and health requirements, immigration,
plant closings and layoffs, wages and hours, employment discrimination, disability rights or
benefits, equal opportunity, affirmative action, employee benefits, severance payments, labor
relations, employee leave issues and unemployment insurance and related matters; and (ix) there are
no complaints, charges or claims against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pending with or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened by any Governmental Entity or arbitrator based on, arising
out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment of any employees by the Company
and or any of the Subsidiaries.
(b) The execution of this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in a material breach or other
violation of any collective bargaining agreement or any other employment contract to which the
Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party.
(c) Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.27 of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the date hereof,
(i) neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any
collective bargaining agreement or any other agreement with a labor union, labor organization or
works council, nor are any such agreements presently being negotiated; (ii) none of the employees
of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is represented by any labor union, labor organization or
works council in their capacities as employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries; (iii) no
labor union, labor organization or works council or group of employees of the Company or any of the
Subsidiaries has made a pending demand for recognition or certification to the Company or any of
the Subsidiaries, and there are no representation or certification proceedings or petitions seeking
a representation proceeding presently pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in
writing to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations
tribunal or authority; or (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, no labor union, labor organization
or works council is seeking to organize any employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
3.28 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties.
The Company does not make, and has not made, any representations or warranties in connection
with the Offer or the Merger other than those expressly set forth herein. It is understood that any
data, any financial information or any memoranda, offering materials or presentations previously
submitted to Parent are not and shall not be deemed to be or to include representations or
warranties of the Company. Except as expressly set forth herein, no Person has been authorized by
the Company to make any representation or warranty relating to the Company or any Subsidiary
thereof or their respective businesses, or otherwise in connection with the Offer or the Merger
and, if made, such representation or warranty may not be relied upon as having been authorized by
the Company.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION CO.
Parent and Acquisition Co. jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as follows:
4.1 Due Organization.
Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Acquisition Co. is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of West Virginia.
4.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement.
Parent and Acquisition Co. have the corporate right, power and authority to perform their
obligations under this Agreement; and the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and
Acquisition Co. of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of
Parent and Acquisition Co. and their respective boards of directors. This Agreement constitutes
the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent and Acquisition Co., enforceable against them in
accordance with its terms. No vote of the holders of Parents securities is required to adopt this
Agreement, approve the Merger or permit the consummation of any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement.
4.3 Non-Contravention; Consents.
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, by Parent and Acquisition Co. nor the
consummation by Parent and Acquisition Co. of the Offer or the Merger will (a) conflict with or
result in any breach of any provision of the certificate or articles of incorporation or bylaws of
Parent or Acquisition Co., (b) result in a default by Parent or Acquisition Co. under any contract
to which Parent or Acquisition Co. is a party, except for any default that will not prevent or
delay the ability of Parent and Acquisition Co. to consummate the Offer or the Merger, or (c)
result in a violation by Parent or Acquisition Co. of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree to which Parent or Acquisition Co. is subject as of this date, except for any violation that
will
not prevent or delay the ability of Parent and Acquisition Co. to consummate the Offer or the
Merger. Except as may be required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, state securities or
blue sky laws, the WVBCA, any antitrust law or regulation (including the HSR Act) and the rules
of Nasdaq, Parent and Acquisition Co. are not and will not be required to make any filing with or
give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Offer or the Merger.
4.4 Disclosure Documents.
The Offer Documents will contain at the time they are mailed to the shareholders of the Company (or
will be amended in a timely manner so as to contain) all information which is required to be
included therein in accordance with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and
any other applicable Law and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and any other applicable Law. At the time the Offer Documents are mailed to the
shareholders of the Company or at any time between the time the Offer Documents are mailed to the
shareholders of the Company and the acceptance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer, the Offer Documents will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided,
however, that no representation or warranty is hereby made by the Parent or Acquisition Co. with
respect to any information supplied by the Company in writing for inclusion in, or with respect to
the Company or information derived from the Companys public SEC filings which is included or
incorporated by reference in, the Offer Documents. None of the information supplied or to be
supplied in writing by or on behalf of Parent for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will, at the
time the Proxy Statement is mailed to the shareholders of the Company or at the time of the Company
Shareholder Meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof), if required, contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they are made, not misleading.
4.5 Sufficient Funds.
Acquisition Co. has or Parent shall cause Acquisition Co. to have sufficient liquid cash funds
available to permit Acquisition Co. to satisfy the obligation to pay for shares of Company Common
Stock in the Offer, to pay the Merger Consideration in the Merger and to pay the exercise price of
any portion of the Top-up Option to be paid in cash. Excluding any award pursuant to the exercise
of dissenters rights, the Per Share Amount payable upon closing of the Offer and the Merger shall
be the same amount .
ARTICLE 5
CERTAIN COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
5.1 Access and Investigation.
During the period from the date hereof through the Closing of the Merger (the Pre-Closing
Period), the Company shall, and shall cause the respective Representatives of the Company and
Subsidiaries to: (a) provide Parent and Parents Representatives with reasonable access to the
Acquired Companies Representatives, personnel and assets and to all existing books, records, Tax
Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies; (b)
provide Parent and Parents Representatives with such copies of the existing books, records, Tax
Returns, work papers and other documents and information relating to the Acquired Companies, and
with such additional financial, operating and other data and information regarding the Acquired
Companies and their financial condition, as Parent may reasonably request; and (c) fully cooperate
with Parent in its reasonable investigation of the businesses of the Acquired Companies. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall furnish
promptly to Parent (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document
filed by the Company during the Pre-Closing Period with the SEC, and (ii) all other information
concerning its business, properties and personnel as Parent may reasonably request. In addition,
the Company shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to Parent, and the
Parent shall during the Pre-Closing Period give prompt written notice to the Company, if it becomes
aware of (A) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becoming untrue
or inaccurate in any material respect, (B) the failure by it to comply with or satisfy in any
material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under
this Agreement, (C) the occurrence of an event or circumstance that could be reasonably expected to
make the timely satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Annex I impossible or unlikely
or that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, and (D)
the commencement of any litigation or Proceeding against the Company, Parent or Acquisition Co.
Nothing in this Section 5.1 shall require the Company to provide Parent or Acquisition Co. with any
information relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal.
5.2 Operation of the Business.
5.2.1. Unless Parent shall otherwise consent in writing and except as expressly contemplated by
this Agreement or in the schedules to the Company Disclosure Letter (the inclusion of any such item
constituting a consent to such matter by Parent and Acquisition Co.), during the Pre-Closing Period
the Company shall conduct, and it shall cause the Subsidiaries to conduct, its or their businesses
in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice, and the Company shall, and it shall cause
each of the Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business
organization, to keep available the services of its officers and employees and to maintain
satisfactory relationships with all Persons with whom it does business. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries will:
(a) amend or propose to amend its articles of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable governing
instruments);
(b) authorize for issuance, issue, grant, sell, pledge, dispose of or propose to issue, grant,
sell, pledge or dispose of any shares of, or any options,
warrants, commitments, subscriptions or rights of any kind to acquire or sell any shares of, the
capital stock or other securities of the Company or any Subsidiary, including but not limited to
any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of stock of any class of the Company or
any such Subsidiaries, except for the issuance of Company Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of
stock options outstanding on the date of this Agreement in accordance with their present terms;
(c) amend or waive any of its rights under any provision of any of the Company Stock Option Plans
(provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company may
accelerate vesting under any or all of the Company Options), any provision of any agreement
evidencing any outstanding stock option or any restricted stock purchase agreement, or otherwise
modify any of the terms of any outstanding option, warrant or other security or any related
contract, in each case with respect to the capital stock of the Company and Subsidiaries;
(d) split, combine or reclassify any shares of its capital stock or declare, pay or set aside any
dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) in
respect of its capital stock, other than (i) dividends or distributions to the Company or a
Subsidiary and (ii) the declaration and payment by the Company of quarterly cash dividends in the
amount of $0.06 per share in accordance with past practice, or directly or indirectly redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire or offer to acquire any shares of its capital stock or other
securities;
(e) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger,
consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other material reorganization or any agreement
relating to an Alternative Transaction Proposal;
(f) permit any material insurance policy naming it as a beneficiary or a loss payable payee to be
cancelled or terminated without notice to Parent;
(g) enter into any agreement, understanding or commitment that restrains, limits or impedes, in any
material respect, the ability of any Acquired Company to compete with or conduct any business or
line of business;
(h) take any action that could be reasonably expected to result in any of the conditions to
the Offer set forth in Annex I not being satisfied; or
(i) take any action that could reasonably be expected to require the Company to become obligated to
pay any severance due to a change-in-control or similar provision in any Contract other than as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.2.2. Unless Parent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld) and except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or in the schedules to the Company
Disclosure Letter (the inclusion of any such item constituting a consent to such matter by Parent
and Acquisition Co.), during the Pre-Closing Period the Company shall conduct, and it shall cause
the Subsidiaries to conduct, its or their businesses in the ordinary course and consistent with
past practice, and the Company shall, and it shall cause each of
the Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its business organization,
to keep available the services of its officers and employees and to maintain satisfactory
relationships with all Persons with whom it does business. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries will unless the Parent shall consent in
writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld):
(a) make or rescind any material Tax election or settle or compromise any material Tax liability of
the Company or of any Acquired Company;
(b) plan, announce, implement or effect any reduction in force, lay-off, early retirement program,
severance program or other program or effort concerning the termination of employment of employees
of the Company or the Subsidiaries generally;
(c) create, incur or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money except for (1)(i) borrowings in the
ordinary course of business under existing revolving credit facilities and lines of credit and (ii)
refinancing of existing obligations on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the
Subsidiaries than the existing terms (other than interest rates may vary); (2) assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, indirectly, contingently or
otherwise) for the obligations of any Person (other than a Subsidiary); (3) make any capital
expenditures (other than as necessary to conduct the business of the Company and Subsidiaries
consistent with past practice) or make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or
investments in, any other Person (other than to a Subsidiary and customary travel, relocation or
business advances to employees); (4) acquire the stock or assets of, or merge or consolidate with,
any other Person; (5) voluntarily incur any material liability or obligation (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise); or (6) sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of, or
encumber, or agree to sell, transfer, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber, any
assets or properties, real, personal or mixed material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as
a whole other than to secure debt permitted under clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (1) of this
paragraph (c) and other than the sale of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(d) increase in any manner the compensation of any of its officers or employees or enter
into, establish, amend or terminate any employment, consulting, retention, change-in-control,
collective-bargaining, bonus or other incentive compensation, profit-sharing, health or other
welfare, stock-option or other equity, pension, retirement, vacation, severance, deferred
compensation or other compensation or benefit plan, policy, agreement, trust, fund or arrangement
with, for or in respect of, any shareholder, officer, director, other employee, agent, consultant
or affiliate other than (i) as required pursuant to the terms of agreements or plans in effect on
the date of this Agreement, or (ii) increases in the salaries or wages of present employees (other
than executives, officers and directors) in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice (for the avoidance of doubt, bonuses may be paid for
calendar year 2009 performance consistent with past practice), except that the Company may make the
payments set forth at Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(e)(1) commence or settle any material Proceeding, or (2) pay, discharge or satisfy any
material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent
or otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of claims, liabilities or
obligations either (A) to the extent reflected or reserved against in the Latest Balance Sheet; or
(B) incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the Latest Balance Sheet;
5.2.3. The Company shall, and the Company shall cause each Subsidiary to, use its reasonable best
efforts to comply in all respects with all Laws applicable to it or any of its properties, assets
or business and maintain in full force and effect all the Permits necessary for, or otherwise
material to, such business.
5.3 No Solicitation.
(a) Alternative Transaction Proposal means (i) any tender or exchange offer for the
Companys Common Stock, (ii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest (whether binding or
non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers relating to any proposed tender
or exchange offer, proposal for a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company or (iii) any inquiry, proposal or indication of interest
(whether binding or non-binding) to the Company or its directors or executive officers to acquire
in any manner beneficial ownership (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations thereunder) of ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding voting securities
of the Company or ten percent (10%) or more of the aggregate fair market value of the consolidated
assets of Company and its Subsidiaries, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Tender and Voting Agreement.
(b) The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, nor shall it authorize or permit
any of its or any Subsidiarys officers, directors, employees, representatives, investment bankers,
financial advisers, accountants and agents (collectively, Representatives), directly or
indirectly, to: (i) solicit, initiate or encourage (including by way of furnishing information),
or take any other action to, or which is designed or reasonably likely to, facilitate, induce or
encourage any inquiries with respect to, or the making of any proposal which constitutes, or may
reasonably be expected to lead to, any Alternative Transaction Proposal; (ii) participate in any
discussion or negotiations regarding or facilitate any effort or attempt to make any Alternative
Transaction Proposal (except to the extent necessary to disclose the Companys obligations under
this Section 5.3); (iii) approve, endorse or recommend any Alternative Transaction Proposal, except
to the extent permitted pursuant to paragraph (d) below; or (iv) enter into any letter of intent or
similar document or any contract, agreement or commitment (whether binding or not) contemplating or
otherwise relating to any possible or proposed Alternative Transaction Proposal.
(c) As promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within 24 hours) after receipt of any
Alternative Transaction Proposal or any request for nonpublic information or any inquiry relating
in any way to any Alternative Transaction Proposal, the Company shall provide Parent with oral and
written notice of the material terms and conditions of such Alternative Transaction Proposal,
request or inquiry, a copy of any term sheet or proposed definitive agreement regarding such
Alternative Transaction Proposal and any revisions thereto, and the identity of the Person or group
of Persons making any such Alternative Transaction Proposal, request or inquiry. In addition, the
Company shall keep Parent informed, as promptly as reasonably practicable, in all material respects
of the status and details (including amendments or proposed amendments) of any such Alternative
Transaction Proposal, request or inquiry.
(d) Notwithstanding the covenants in Section 5.3(b) above, if the Company is not in breach
of its covenants contained in Section 5.3(b) above (it being understood that a breach by a
Subsidiary or Representative shall be deemed to be a breach by the Company for purposes of this
paragraph (d)), prior to the Offer Closing Date (as defined in Section 7.3 below), in response to
an unsolicited bona fide Alternative Transaction Proposal that the Companys board of directors
determines in good faith (after receipt of advice from its outside legal counsel and in
consultation with its financial advisor) constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to a
Company Superior Proposal, the Companys board of directors may, to the extent that it determines
in good faith (after receipt of advice from its outside legal counsel) that such action is required
in order to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable Law, take the following actions to
the extent reasonably necessary to satisfy such fiduciary duties (but only after giving Parent not
less than 24 hours written notice of the intention to take such action and the identity of the
Person or group of Persons making such Alternative Transaction Proposal): (i) furnish information
with respect to the Company to any Person pursuant to a customary confidentiality agreement (as
determined by the Company after consultation with its outside legal counsel) but in no event less
restrictive than the confidentiality provisions contained in the Confidentiality, Non-disclosure
and Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (as hereafter defined) and provided that any information
provided to such Person is contemporaneously provided to Parent; and/or (ii) participate in
negotiations regarding such Alternative Transaction Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, a
Company Superior Proposal means any bona fide unsolicited written Alternative Transaction
Proposal made by a third party to acquire, directly or indirectly, for consideration consisting of
cash and/or securities (with any financing necessary to consummate such Alternative Transaction
Proposal to have been committed by a financial institution), all of the Companys capital stock
then outstanding or all of the assets of the Company, on terms which the Companys board of
directors determines in its good faith judgment (based on the advice of its advisors) to be more
favorable from a financial point of view to the Companys shareholders than the Offer and the
Merger, as the same may be proposed to be amended (taking into account all factors relating to such
proposed transaction deemed relevant by the Companys board of directors, including without
limitation the amount and form of consideration, the timing of payment, the risk of consummation of
the transaction, the financing thereof and all other conditions thereto).
(e) Neither the Companys board of directors nor any committee thereof shall (i) withhold,
withdraw, amend or modify, or propose to withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, the approval and
Company Board Recommendation, (ii) approve or recommend, or propose to approve or recommend, any
Alternative Transaction or (iii) cause the Company or any Subsidiary to enter into any letter of
intent, agreement in principle, acquisition agreement or other agreement with respect to an
Alternative Transaction unless the Companys board of directors shall have previously terminated
this Agreement pursuant to Sections 8.1(c), 8.1(e), 8.1(g) or 8.1(h).
(f) Nothing contained in this Section 5.3 shall prohibit the Company from taking and disclosing to
its shareholders a position contemplated by Rules 14d-9 and 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange
Act or from making any other disclosure to the Companys shareholders if, in the good faith
judgment of the Companys board of directors, after receipt of advice from its outside legal
counsel, failure so to disclose would create a reasonable possibility of a breach of its fiduciary
duties to the Companys shareholders under applicable Law; provided, however, neither the Company
nor its board of directors nor any committee thereof shall, except as permitted by Section 5.3(e),
withdraw or modify, or propose publicly to withdraw or modify, the Company Board Recommendation or
approve or recommend, or propose publicly to approve or recommend, an Alternative Transaction
Proposal.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
6.1 Shareholder Approval; Proxy Statement.
(a) If the adoption of this Agreement by the Companys shareholders is required by applicable Law,
the Company shall, as promptly as practicable following the Offer Closing Date (as defined in
Section 7.3 below), take all action necessary under all applicable Law to call, give notice of and
hold a meeting of the holders of Company Common Stock to vote on the adoption of this Agreement
(the Company Shareholder Meeting).
(b) If the adoption of this Agreement by the Companys shareholders is required by Law, the Company
shall, as soon as practicable following the Offer Closing Date, prepare and file with the SEC the
Proxy Statement and shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond to any comments of the SEC or
its staff and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the Companys shareholders, as promptly
as practicable.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if Acquisition Co.
and Parent shall own of record by virtue of the Offer, the Top-Up Option or otherwise at least 90%
of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (such that the conditions of Section 31D-11-1105
of the WVBCA are satisfied), the parties shall take all necessary and appropriate action to cause
the Merger to become effective as soon as practicable after the expiration date of the Offer (as
such expiration date may have been extended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) without
the Company Shareholder Meeting (a Short Form Merger).
(d) Parent agrees to cause all shares of Company Common Stock, if any, owned by Parent or any
subsidiary of Parent to be voted in favor of the adoption of the Agreement at the Company
Shareholder Meeting.
6.2 Regulatory Approvals.
Each party shall use its reasonable best efforts to file, as soon as practicable after the date of
this Agreement, all notices, reports and other documents required to be filed by such party with
any Governmental Body with respect to the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, and to submit promptly any additional
information requested by any such Governmental Body. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Company and Parent shall, promptly after the date hereof, prepare and file any
notifications required under any applicable antitrust Laws in connection with the Offer, the Merger
or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement. The
Company and Parent shall respond as promptly as practicable to any inquiries or requests received
from any antitrust authority or other Governmental Body in connection with antitrust or related
matters. Each of the Company and Parent shall (a) give the other party prompt notice of the
commencement or threat of commencement of any Proceeding by or before any Governmental Body with
respect to the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
(b) keep the other party informed as to the status of any such Proceeding or threat, and (c)
promptly inform the other party of any communication to or from any Governmental Body regarding the
Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender
and Voting Agreement. Except as may be prohibited by any Governmental Body or by any Law, (x) each
party will consult and cooperate with the other, and will consider in good faith the views of the
other, in connection with any analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, Proceeding
under or relating to any foreign, federal or state antitrust or fair trade Law, and (y) in
connection with any such Proceeding, each party will permit authorized Representatives of the other
to be present at each meeting or conference relating to any such Proceeding and to have access to
and be consulted in connection with any document, opinion or proposal made or submitted to any
Governmental Body in connection with any such Proceeding. At the request of Parent, the Company
shall agree to divest, sell, dispose of, hold separate or otherwise take or commit to take any
action that limits its freedom of action with respect to its or the Subsidiaries ability to
operate or retain any of the businesses, product lines or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary,
provided, however, that any such action is conditioned upon the consummation of the Offer and
satisfaction of all conditions to the consummation of the Offer.
6.3 Employee Benefits.
Parent further agrees that to the extent Parent terminates or freezes a Company Benefit Plan
of the Acquired Companies, (i) that the employees of the Acquired Companies who continue employment
with Parent or its subsidiaries shall be enrolled in comparable plans of Parent to the extent that
Parent then offers comparable plans to its employees who are employed at similar geographic
locations, and (ii) that for purposes of determining eligibility, vesting and benefits under any
such Parent plans, Parent will recognize service with the Acquired Companies. For the avoidance of
doubt, the participation of any employees of the Acquired Companies in any equity based
compensation plans of Parent will be expressly determined by Parent in its sole discretion.
Nothing in this Agreement shall require Parent to retain any Acquired Companies employees for any
period of time after the Closing Date and, subject to requirements of applicable law, Parent
reserves the right, at any time after the Closing Date, to terminate such employment and to amend,
modify or terminate any term and condition of employment including, without limitation, any
employee benefit plan, program, policy, practice or arrangement or the compensation or working
conditions of Acquired Company employees. Prior to the Acceptance Time, the Company (acting
through the compensation committee of the Company Board of Directors if such committee is comprised
of independent directors as provided in Rule 14d-10(d)(2) or, if such compensation committee in not
comprised of such independent directors, by a special committee as provided in Rule 14d-10(d)(2))
shall take all such steps as may be required to cause each agreement, arrangement or understanding
entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any payments that are to be
made to any of its officers, directors or employees which are described in Section 2.5(b) and
Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter to be approved as an employment compensation,
severance or other employee benefit arrangement within the meaning of Rule 14d-10(d)(1) under the
Exchange Act and to satisfy the requirements of the non-exclusive safe harbor set forth in Rule
14d-10(d) under the Exchange Act. For purposes hereof, Acceptance Time shall mean the time at
which Acquisition Co. accepts for payment shares of Company Common Stock tendered and not properly
withdrawn pursuant to the Offer.
6.4 Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
(a) For a period of six years after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving
Corporations Bylaws to continue to contain the following quoted indemnification provisions which
are contained in the Companys Bylaws and further agrees that for a period of six years after the
Effective Time these indemnification provisions shall apply to each person who was an officer,
director or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries at any time before the date hereof or who
becomes before the Effective Time, an officer, director, or employee or shareholder of the Company
(the Indemnified Persons):
1. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the corporation shall indemnify any person
(other than a shareholder of the corporation) who was or is a party or threatened to be made a
party to any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, an action or proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he 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, against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines, taxes and penalties and
interest thereon, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
2. To the extent permitted by applicable law the corporation shall indemnify any
shareholder of the corporation who was or is a party or threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative (including, without limitation, an action or proceeding by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a shareholder, 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, against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines, taxes and penalties and
interest thereon, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action or proceeding, except in relation to matters as to which he shall have
been finally adjudged to be liable by reason of having been guilty of gross negligence or wilful
misconduct. In the event of any other judgment against any such shareholder or in the event of a
settlement, indemnification shall be made only if the corporation shall be advised, in case none of
the persons involved shall have been a director of the corporation, by the board of directors, and
otherwise by independent counsel to be appointed by the board of directors, that in its or his
opinion such shareholder was not guilty of gross negligence or wilful misconduct, and, in the event
of a settlement, that such settlement was, or if still to be made, is, in the best interests of the
corporation. If a determination is to be made by the board of directors, it may rely, as to all
questions of law, on the advice of the independent counsel.
3. The foregoing rights of indemnification shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors or administrators of each such shareholder, director, officer, employee or agent and
shall be in addition to and not exclusive of, any other rights to which such shareholder, director,
officer, employee or agent may be entitled.
(b) Parent hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees and becomes surety for the
full and punctual performance by the Surviving Corporation of the Surviving Corporations
obligations to indemnify the Indemnified Persons under the foregoing subsection (a) of this Section
6.4 as and when such performance shall become due. This is a guarantee of payment and performance
and not merely of collectibility, and a separate action or actions may be brought by the
Indemnified Persons against Parent regardless of whether action is brought against the Surviving
Corporation.
(c) Parent shall maintain, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain, in effect for
three years following the Effective Time, the current directors and officers liability insurance
policies covering the officers and directors of the Company (provided that Parent may substitute
therefor policies of at least the same coverage containing terms and conditions which are not
materially less favorable) with respect to matters occurring at or prior to the Effective Time. In
connection with the foregoing, the Company agrees in order for Parent to fulfill its agreement to
provide directors and officers liability insurance policies for three years to provide such
insurer or substitute insurer with such reasonable and customary representations as such insurer
may request with respect to the reporting of any prior claims.
(d) In the event that either Parent or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or
merges into any other person and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such
consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to
any person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and
assigns of Parent shall assume the obligation to cause the Surviving Corporations Bylaws to
continue to contain the indemnification provisions in accordance with Section 6.4(a) and (b)and to
provide directors and officers liability insurance in accordance with Section 6.4(c).
(e) The provisions of this Section 6.4 shall be enforceable by the Indemnified Persons against
Parent and shall be binding on all respective successors and assigns of Parent.
6.5 Additional Agreements.
Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions necessary to consummate the Offer and the Merger and make effective the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, each party to this Agreement (a) shall make all filings and give
all notices required to be made and given by such party in connection with the Offer and the Merger
and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, (b)
shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain each Consent (if any) required to be obtained (pursuant
to any applicable Law or contract, or otherwise) by such party in connection with the Offer and the
Merger and each of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting
Agreement, and (c) shall use its reasonable best efforts to lift any restraint, injunction or other
legal bar to the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Tender and Voting Agreement. Each party shall promptly deliver to the other parties a copy
of each such filing made, each such notice given and each such Consent obtained by such party
during the Pre-Closing Period. Nothing contained in this Section or in this Agreement shall
obligate the Parent or Acquisition Co. to agree to hold separate or to dispose of any assets or
businesses of the Parent and its subsidiaries or of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
6.6 Press Releases.
Parent and the Company shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise
making any public statement with respect to the Offer, the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary or any
Representative of any of the Acquired Companies to, make any disclosure to employees of any of the
Acquired Companies, to the public or otherwise regarding the Offer, the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement, unless (a) Parent
shall have been given the opportunity to review and comment upon such disclosure and shall have
approved such disclosure or (b) such disclosure is required by applicable Law.
6.7 Resignation of Officers and Directors.
The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent on or immediately
following the acceptance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer the resignation of
sufficient directors of each of the Acquired Companies in order that Parent shall have
proportionate representation on the boards of directors as provided in Section 1.3.
6.8 General Cooperation.
During the Pre-Closing Period, the Acquired Companies will use their reasonable best efforts to
operate their businesses in such a manner as to achieve a smooth transition consistent with the
respective business interests of the Acquired Companies and Parent. In this regard, the Acquired
Companies and Parent agree that they will enter into good-faith discussions concerning the
businesses of the Acquired Companies, including but not limited to personnel policies and
procedures, and other operational matters.
ARTICLE 7
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE MERGER
The obligations of the parties to effect the Merger are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to
the Closing, of each of the following conditions:
7.1 Shareholder Approval.
If required by applicable Law, this Agreement shall have been duly adopted by the Required Company
Shareholder Vote.
7.2 No Restraints.
No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order preventing the
consummation of the Merger shall have been issued by any court of competent jurisdiction and remain
in effect, and there shall not be any Law enacted or deemed applicable to the Merger that makes
consummation of the Merger illegal; provided, however, that in the case of a restraining order,
injunction or other order, each of the parties shall have used their reasonable
best efforts to prevent the entry of any such restraining order, injunction or other order and to
appeal as promptly as possible any restraining order, injunction or other order that may be
entered.
7.3 Consummation of Offer.
Acquisition Co. shall have accepted for payment and paid for shares of Company Common Stock
pursuant to the Offer and delivered funds to the depositary to pay for such shares (the first date
on which the foregoing occurs is referred to as the Offer Closing Date).
ARTICLE 8
TERMINATION
8.1 Termination.
This Agreement may be terminated prior to the Offer Closing Date or the Effective Time, as set
forth below, by action taken or authorized by the board of directors of the party or parties
effecting such termination, whether before or after the Required Company Shareholder Vote, for any
reason provided below:
(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) prior to the Effective Time, by either Parent or the Company if a court of competent
jurisdiction or other Governmental Body shall have issued a final and non-appealable order, decree
or ruling, or shall have taken any other action, having the effect of permanently restraining,
enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the acceptance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the
Offer or the Merger or making consummation of the Offer or the Merger illegal; provided, however,
that in the case of a restraining order, injunction or other order, each of the parties shall have
used its reasonable best efforts to prevent the entry of any such restraining order, injunction or
other order and to appeal as promptly as possible any restraining order, injunction or other order
that may be entered;
(c) prior to the Offer Closing Date, by either Parent or the Company if the acceptance for payment
of shares of Company Common Stock equal to or in excess of the Minimum Condition pursuant to the
Offer shall not have occurred by the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Offer in accordance with
its terms as a result of a failure of any of the conditions of the Offer, or (ii) the close of
business on June 15, 2010 (the Drop Dead Date); provided, however, that a party shall not be
permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c) if the failure of the
acceptance for payment of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Offer by the close of
business on the Drop Dead Date was caused by the intentional failure on the part of such party to
perform its obligations under this Agreement;
(d) prior to the Offer Closing Date, by Parent if (i) the Company shall not have performed and
complied, in all material respects, with each covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and
required to be performed or complied with by it, or (ii) if any of the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (which for purposes of this Section 8.1(d)
shall be read as though none of them contained any qualifiers such as Material Adverse Effect,
in all material respects or other materiality qualifiers) shall not have been true and correct as
of the date of this Agreement and as of the then scheduled expiration date of the Offer (as it may
be extended in accordance with the terms hereof) with the same force and effect as though made as
of such date of termination pursuant to this clause (or as of the date when made in the case of any
representation and warranty which specifically relates to an earlier date), except where the
failure of such representations and warranties to be true and correct, individually or in the
aggregate, would not be a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, if such failure to
perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and warranties is curable by the Company, then
Parent may not terminate the Agreement under this Section 8.1(d) with respect to a particular
failure to perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and warranties prior to or during the
ten-Business Day period commencing upon delivery by Parent of written notice to the Company of such
failure to perform or comply or inaccuracy of representations and warranties, so long as the
Company continues to exercise its reasonable best efforts to cure such failure to perform or comply
or inaccuracy of representations and warranties during such ten-Business Day period;
(e) prior to the Offer Closing Date, by the Company if: (i) any of Parents representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement shall fail to be true and correct as of the date of this
Agreement, or as of a date subsequent to the date of this Agreement (as if made on such subsequent
date) (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall not be true and correct as of such
earlier date), except where such failure does not have a material adverse effect on the ability of
Parent or Acquisition Co. to consummate the Offer or the Merger; or (ii) Parent shall not have
complied with, in all material respects, Parents covenants contained in this Agreement, except
where such noncompliance does not have a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or
Acquisition Co. to consummate the Offer or the Merger; provided, however, if such inaccuracy or
breach is curable by Parent, then the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section
8.1(e) with respect to a particular inaccuracy or breach prior to or during the ten-business-day
period commencing upon delivery by the Company of written notice to Parent of such inaccuracy or
breach, so long as Parent continues to exercise its reasonable best efforts to cure such inaccuracy
or breach within such ten-business-day period; or
(f) prior to the Offer Closing Date, by Parent if the Companys board of directors has authorized
the Company to enter into a binding written agreement regarding an Alternative Transaction Proposal
(it being understood that this Section 8.1(f) does not grant to the Company any right to take such
action) or if the Companys board of directors withdraws or modifies in a manner adverse to Parent
the Company Board Recommendation or fails to reconfirm its recommendation within 15 business days
after a written request to do so, or approves or recommends any Alternative Transaction Proposal in
respect of the Company; or
(g) prior to the Offer Closing Date, by the Company if (i) the Companys board of directors
determines that an Alternative Transaction Proposal constitutes a Company Superior Proposal, (ii)
the Companys board of directors authorizes the Company to enter into a binding written agreement
regarding such Alternative Transaction Proposal (provided that the Company complies with provisions
of this Agreement including Section 5.3), (iii) the Company provides information to Parent
regarding such Alternative Transaction Proposal as reasonably requested by Parent, (iv) the Company
notifies Parent in writing that the Companys board of directors has determined that such
Alternative Transaction Proposal constitutes a Company Superior Proposal and intends to authorize
the Company to enter into a binding written agreement with respect thereto (v) within five business
days of receipt of such written notification by Parent, Parent does not make an offer that the
Companys board of directors determines, in good faith after consultation with its outside legal
counsel and independent financial adviser, to be at least as favorable to the Companys
shareholders as the Company Superior Proposal) (it being understood that the Company shall not
enter into any binding agreement during such five-business-day period), and (vi) the Company pays
the Termination Fee at or prior to the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that in
the event that the determination by the Companys board of directors that such Alternative
Transaction Proposal constitutes a Company Superior Proposal is made less than five business days
prior to the scheduled expiration date of the Offer, Parent shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to either (A) reduce the five-day period described above or (B) extend the Offer, in
either case so that such five-day period will end one day prior to the expiration date of the Offer
(and the Company hereby consents to any such action by Parent including any such extension of the
expiration date of the Offer); or
(h) by the Company if Parent or Acquisition Co. shall have (i) failed to commence the Offer within
ten business days of the date hereof (assuming that the Company has timely complied with its
obligations to cooperate with Parent and Acquisition Co. in connection with the Offer), or (ii)
failed to pay pursuant to the Offer and in breach of this Agreement for shares of Company Common
Stock validly tendered and accepted for payment in the Offer by Acquisition Co.
8.2 Effect of Termination.
If this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 8.1, it shall be of no further force or
effect; provided, however, that (i) Section 8.2, Section 8.3 and Article 9 (and the
Confidentiality, Non-disclosure and Exclusive Negotiation Agreement, as defined below) shall
survive the termination of this Agreement, and shall remain in full force and effect, (ii) the
termination of this Agreement and the Tender and Voting Agreement shall not relieve any party from
any liability for fraud or from any liability for any intentional or willful breach of any
representation, warranty, covenant, obligation or other provision contained in this Agreement, and
(iii) no termination of this Agreement shall in any way affect any of the parties rights or
obligations with respect to any shares of Company Common Stock accepted for payment and paid for
pursuant to the Offer prior to such termination. For purposes hereof, Confidentiality,
Non-disclosure and Exclusive Negotiation Agreement shall mean that certain Confidentiality,
Non-disclosure and Exclusive Negotiation Agreement dated as of December 10, 2009, as amended, by
and between Parent and the Company.
8.3 Expenses; Termination Fees.
(a) Except as set forth in this Section 8.3, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring
such expenses, whether or not the Offer or the Merger is consummated; provided, however, that
Parent and the Company shall share equally all fees for the filing of any notice or other document
under any applicable antitrust law or regulation, including the filing with the United States
Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission pursuant to the HSR Act.
(b) If this Agreement is
terminated (i) by Parent or Acquisition Co. pursuant to Section 8.1(f), or
(ii) by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(g); then the Company shall pay to Parent substantially
concurrently with such termination, in the case of a termination by the Company, or within two (2)
Business Days thereafter in the case of a termination by Parent, the Termination Fee.
(c) In the event that this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(d) by reason of a breach
by the Company of any representation, warranty or covenant of the Company contained in this
Agreement that the Company shall have failed to cure in accordance with the notice and cure
provisions of Section 8.1(d), the Company shall promptly reimburse Parent for its and Acquisitions
reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event that (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Section 8.1(d) by reason of a breach by the Company of any representation, warranty or covenant
of the Company contained in this Agreement that the Company shall have failed to cure in accordance
with the notice and cure provisions of Section 8.1(d), (ii) prior to such termination an
Alternative Transaction Proposal shall have been publicly disclosed or otherwise communicated to
the Company or the Companys board of directors and not withdrawn, and (iii) within six (6) months
after such termination, the Company consummates a transaction contemplated by any Alternative
Transaction Proposal, then the Company shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee (less any amount
previously paid pursuant to this Section 8.3(c)) on the date no later than two (2) Business Days
after the consummation of a transaction that constitutes an Alternative Transaction Proposal;
provided, however that in no event shall a transaction engaged in by the Company during such six
month period obligate the Company to pay the Termination Fee if (x) the Companys shareholders
constitute at least sixty percent (60%) of the equity holders of the surviving entity in such
transaction and (y) such transaction was not the Alternative Transaction Proposal publicly
disclosed or otherwise communicated to the Board of Directors prior to the termination of this
Agreement. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the term Alternative Transaction
Proposal shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.3 except that the references to
ten percent (10%) therein shall be deemed to be references to a majority.
(d) In the event that this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(e) by
reason of a breach by Parent or Acquisition Co. of any representation, warranty or covenant of
Parent or Acquisition Co. contained in this Agreement that Parent or Acquisition shall have failed
to cure in accordance with the notice and cure provisions of Section 8.1(e), Parent shall promptly
reimburse Company for Companys reasonable out-of-pocket fees, costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) In the event this
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(h)(ii) a fee in immediately
available United States Dollars in the amount of three million three hundred and seventythree
thousand dollars ($3,373,000.00) shall be paid by the Parent to the Company within two (2) Business
Days of termination.
(f) For purposes of this Agreement, Termination Fee shall mean a fee in immediately available
United States Dollars equal to three million three hundred and seventythree thousand dollars
($3,373,000.00).
(g) Company acknowledges and agrees that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that the Termination Fee is not a
penalty but rather liquidated damages in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent and
Acquisition Co. in the circumstances where such fee is payable to Parent, and that, without these
agreements, Parent would not have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails
to pay when due any amount payable under this Section 8.3, then: (i) the Company shall reimburse
Parent for all costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in
connection with the collection of such overdue amount and the enforcement by Parent of its rights
under this Section 8.3; and (ii) the Company shall pay to Parent interest on such overdue amount
(for the period commencing as of the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid
and ending on the date such overdue amount is actually paid to Parent in full) at a rate per annum
equal to 300 basis points over the prime rate (as announced by PNC Bank, N.A. or any successor
thereto) in effect on the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid.
(h) If the Parent fails to pay when due the fee set forth at Section 8.3(e) then (i) Parent shall
reimburse Company for all costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred
in connection with the collection of such overdue amount and the enforcement by Company of its
rights under this Section 8.3 and (ii) the Parent shall pay to Company interest on such overdue
amount, computed in the same manner as in Section 8.3(g)(ii).
ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS
9.1 Amendment.
Subject to Section 1.3(c), this Agreement may be amended with the approval of the respective boards
of directors of the Company and Parent at any time. This Agreement may not be amended except by an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of all of the parties hereto.
9.2 Waiver and Consents.
No failure on the part of any party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this
Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party in exercising any power, right, privilege or
remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy;
and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any
other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. Subject to
Section 1.3(c), no party shall be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or
any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power,
right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect
except in the specific instance in which it is given. Whenever this Agreement requires or permits
consent by or on behalf of any party hereto, such consent shall be given in writing in a manner
consistent with the requirements for a waiver of compliance as set forth in this Section.
9.3 Knowledge Convention.
Whenever any statement herein or in any schedule, exhibit, certificate or other document delivered
to any party pursuant to this Agreement is made to the knowledge of a party hereto or words of
similar intent, such statement shall be deemed to be made to the actual knowledge of the persons
identified on Schedule 9.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter after a reasonable investigation of the
subject matter thereof.
9.4 No Survival of Representations and Warranties.
None of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate
delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Merger; provided, however, that this Section
9.4 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties hereto which by its terms provides for
performance after the Effective Time or after termination of this Agreement.
9.5 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement (together with its attachments, exhibits, annexes and schedules) and the other
agreements referred to herein constitute the entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, both written and oral, among or between any of the parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and thereof; provided, however, that the confidentiality provisions of the
Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreement shall not be superseded and shall remain in full force
and effect.
9.6 Counterparts and Delivery.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all
of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures delivered by means of facsimile
or other electronic transmission shall be valid and binding to the same extent as the delivery of
original signatures.
9.7 Third-Party Beneficiaries.
No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto
any rights or remedies under any provision of this Agreement except for (a) Indemnified Persons
pursuant to, as provided by and in accordance with Section 6.4, and (b) holders of Company Options
pursuant to, as provided by and in accordance with Section 2.5(b).
9.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, regardless of any conflicts-of-law principles. In any action between or among any
of the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement: (a) each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to
the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the Western
District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees
not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action brought in such court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum; (b) if any such action is commenced in a state court, then, subject to
applicable Law, no party shall object to the removal of such action to any federal court located in
the Western District of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; (c) each of the parties irrevocably
waives the right to trial by jury; and (d) each of the parties irrevocably consents to service of
process by first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the address at
which such party is to receive notice in accordance with Section 9.12.
9.9 Specific Performance.
The parties hereto 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. Accordingly, the parties agree that each party shall be entitled to an
injunction or restraining order to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States located in the Western District
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, this being in addition to any other right or remedy to which
such party may be entitled under this Agreement, at law or in equity.
9.10 Headings.
The section, paragraph and other headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience
of reference only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
9.11 Assignability.
This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall be enforceable by and inure solely to the benefit
of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that neither
this Agreement nor any of the Companys
rights hereunder may be assigned by the Company without the prior written consent of Parent, and
any attempted assignment of this Agreement or any of such rights by the Company without such
consent shall be void and of no effect; provided, further, that Parent may assign this Agreement to
any direct or indirect subsidiary of Parent without the prior written consent of the Company, but
any such assignment shall not relieve Parent of any of its obligations hereunder. Any assignment
prohibited under this Section 9.11 shall be null and void.
9.12 Notices.
All notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other communications to be given or
delivered or permitted under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement, or in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be
delivered and received by the intended recipient as follows: (a) if personally delivered, on the
business day after it is sent (as evidenced by the receipt of the personal delivery service); (b)
if mailed by certified or registered mail with return receipt requested, four business days after
the aforesaid mailing; (c) if delivered by overnight courier (with all charges having been
prepaid), on the second business day after it is sent (as evidenced by the receipt of the overnight
courier service of recognized standing); or (d) if delivered by facsimile transmission, on the
business day of such delivery if confirmed within 48 hours thereafter by a signed original sent in
one of the manners set forth in (a) through (c) above. If any notice, demand, consent, request,
instruction or other communication cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no
notice was given (in accordance with this Section 9.12), or the refusal to accept same, the notice
shall be deemed received on the business day the notice is sent (as evidenced by a sworn affidavit
of the sender). All such notices, demands, consents, requests, instructions and other
communications will be sent to the following addresses or facsimile numbers as applicable:
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9.13 Cooperation.
Each party to this Agreement agrees to reasonably cooperate with the other parties and to execute
and deliver such further documents, certificates, agreements and instruments and to take such other
actions as may be reasonably requested by the other parties to evidence or reflect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
9.14 Severability.
Any term or provision of this Agreement that is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other
authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity
or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority
declares that any term or provision hereof is invalid, void or unenforceable, the parties agree
that the court making such determination shall have the power to reduce the scope, duration, area
or applicability of the term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases, or to replace any
invalid, void or unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and
enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term
or provision.
9.15 Construction.
The parties hereto agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be
resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of
this Agreement. Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to Sections,
Exhibits and Annexes are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits or
Annexes to this Agreement. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the
singular as well as the plural forms of such terms.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be executed as of
the date first above written.
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Signature Page Agreement and Plan of Merger
ANNEX I
CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement
and Plan of Merger (the Agreement) of which this Annex I is a part. Notwithstanding any other
provision of the Offer, Acquisition Co. shall not be required to accept for payment or, subject to
any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, including Rule 14e-1(c) under the Exchange Act
(relating to Acquisition Co.s obligation to pay for or return tendered shares of Company Common
Stock promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer), pay for, and may delay the acceptance
for payment of or, subject to any applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, the payment for, any
tendered shares of Company Common Stock, and may amend the Offer consistent with the terms of the
Agreement or terminate the Offer and not accept for payment any tendered shares of Company Common
Stock, if (i) the Minimum Condition shall not have been satisfied at the time of expiration of the
Offer (as the same may be extended pursuant to the Agreement), or (ii) on any scheduled expiration
date any of the following events or circumstances shall occur or exist:
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any waiting period applicable to the Offer or the Merger under any applicable
foreign antitrust or competition-related legal requirements shall not have expired or been
terminated, and any consent required under any applicable foreign antitrust or
competition-related legal requirement in connection with the Offer or the Merger shall not
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(i) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities
on the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq Global Select Market, (ii) a declaration of a
banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States or
any limitation by federal or state authorities on the extension of credit by lending
institutions, or a disruption of or material adverse change in either the syndication market
for credit facilities or the financial, banking or capital markets that have a
disproportionate adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole relative
to other industry participants, or (iii) a commencement of war or armed hostilities (other
than a continuation of such wars, conflicts or actions in which the United States armed
forces were engaged as of the date of the Agreement) directly involving the United States or
any other jurisdiction in which the Company
or any of the Companys Subsidiaries has material assets or operations, provided that
such action results in a Company Material Adverse Effect or materially or adversely affects
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any of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Agreement
(without giving effect to any materiality or similar qualification contained therein) shall
not be true and correct, as of the date of this Agreement or as of a date subsequent to the
date of this Agreement as if made on such subsequent date, except to the extent the
failure of any such representations and warranties to be true and correct (without giving
effect to any materiality or similar qualification contained therein), taken together in
their entirety, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect;
provided, however, that any such breach capable of being cured has not in fact been cured
prior to the initial expiration date of the Offer (or such later date upon which the Offer
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each covenant or agreement contained in the Agreement and required to be performed or
complied with by it and such failure would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect and such failure is incapable of being cured or has not been cured during the
grace period described in the proviso below; provided, however, if such breach is
curable by the Company, then Parent may not terminate the Agreement under Section 8.1(d) of
the Agreement with respect to a particular breach prior to or during the ten-business-day
period commencing upon delivery by Parent of written notice to the Company of such breach, so
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preventing the consummation of the Offer or the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by the Agreement shall be pending or shall have been issued by any court of
competent jurisdiction and remain in effect, or there shall be any Law enacted or deemed
applicable by a Governmental Body to the Offer or the Merger or any of the other
transactions contemplated by the Agreement that makes consummation of the Offer, the Merger
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any antitrust regulator or body having decided to take, institute, implement or
threaten any action proceeding, suit, investigation, enquiry or reference, or having required
any action to be taken or otherwise having done anything or having enacted, made or proposed
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Acquisition Co. directly or indirectly to acquire or hold or to exercise effectively all or
any rights of ownership in respect of shares or other securities (or the equivalent) in the
Company or its Subsidiaries or on the ability of Parent directly or indirectly to hold or
exercise effectively any rights of ownership in respect of shares or other securities
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contemplated by this Agreement required by the Contracts with the Companys vendors
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The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of Parent and Acquisition Co. and (except for the
Minimum Condition) may be waived by Parent and Acquisition Co., in whole or in part at any time and
from time to time, in the sole discretion of Parent and Acquisition Co. The failure by Parent or
Acquisition Co. at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights shall not be deemed a waiver of
any such right and each such right shall be deemed an ongoing right which may be asserted at any
time and from time to time.
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Execution Copy
Exhibit 3
TENDER AND VOTING AGREEMENT
This TENDER AND VOTING AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of February 16,
2010, by and among L. B. Foster Company, a Pennsylvania corporation (Parent), Foster Thomas
Company, a West Virginia corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Acquisition Co.), and
the individual or entity identified on Schedule A attached hereto (the Shareholder).
WHEREAS, simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, Acquisition Co. and Portec
Rail Products, Inc., a West Virginia corporation (the Company), are entering into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended or supplemented, the
Merger Agreement), which provides, among other things, for the acquisition of the Company by
Parent by means of a cash tender offer (the Offer) by Acquisition Co. for all outstanding shares
of common stock, $1.00 par value per share, of the Company (the Company Common Stock) and for the
subsequent merger of Acquisition Co. with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the
surviving entity (the Merger);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the Beneficial Owner (as defined below) of the
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock set forth opposite the Shareholders name in Schedule A
(the Owned Shares); and
WHEREAS, as an inducement and a condition to Parents and Acquisition Co.s willingness to enter
into the Merger Agreement and incurring the obligations set forth therein, the Shareholder has
agreed to enter into this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Merger Agreement, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
1. Certain Definitions. (a) Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement. In addition, for purposes
of this Agreement:
Affiliate means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the Person specified. For purposes of this Agreement, with respect to the
Shareholder, Affiliate shall not include the Company or the Persons that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, are controlled by the Company.
Beneficially Owned or Beneficial Ownership with respect to any securities means having
both voting power and investment power (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3(a) under the Exchange
Act) over such securities, including pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding,
whether or not in writing. Without duplicative counting of the same securities by the same holder,
securities Beneficially Owned by a Person shall include securities Beneficially Owned by all
Affiliates of such Person and all other Persons with whom such Person would
constitute a Group within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules
promulgated thereunder.
Beneficial Owner with respect to any securities means a Person who has Beneficial Ownership
of such securities.
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision
or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
Proposed Business Combination means the Offer, the Merger and the related transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Transfer means, with respect to a security, the sale, transfer, pledge, hypothecation,
encumbrance, assignment, gift or other disposition of such security or the Beneficial Ownership
thereof (other than by operation of law), the offer to make such a sale, transfer, pledge,
hypothecation, encumbrance, assignment, gift or other disposition, and each option, agreement,
arrangement or understanding, whether or not in writing, to effect any of the foregoing. As a verb,
Transfer shall have a correlative meaning.
2. Tender of Shares.
(a) The Shareholder hereby agrees to validly tender (or cause the record owner of
such shares to validly tender), pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, not
later than the 20th business day after commencement of the Offer such Shareholders Owned Shares.
In furtherance of the foregoing, at the time of such tender, the Shareholder shall: (i) deliver to
the depositary designated in the Offer (the Depositary): (A) a letter of transmittal with respect
to the Owned Shares complying with the terms of the Offer; (B) a certificate or certificates
representing such Owned Shares or an agents message (or such other evidence, if any, of transfer
as the Depositary may reasonably request) in the case of a book-entry transfer of any Owned Shares;
and (C) all other documents or instruments, to the extent applicable, in the form required to be
delivered by the shareholders of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer; and/or (ii) cause
its broker or such other Person that is the holder of record of any Owned Shares to tender such
Owned Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer and within the timeframe
specified in the first sentence of this Section 2(a). The Shareholder shall not withdraw any shares
tendered pursuant to this Section 2(a) unless this Agreement shall have been terminated in
accordance with Section 11 below.
(b) If the Offer is terminated or withdrawn by Acquisition Co., or the Merger
Agreement is validly terminated prior to the Acceptance Time, Parent and Acquisition Co. shall
promptly return, and shall cause any depository acting on
behalf of Parent and Acquisition Co. to return, all tendered Owned Shares to the registered holders
of the Owned Shares tendered in the Offer.
3. No Disposition of Owned Shares. The Shareholder agrees that from and after the date
hereof, except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Shareholder will not (as a Shareholder,
trustee or custodian) (i) Transfer or agree to Transfer any of such Shareholders Owned Shares or
any options or warrants or other rights held or owned by such Shareholder to acquire Company Common
Stock (other than any transfer of an option or warrant to the Company in connection with the
exercise of such option or warrant by such Shareholder) without Parents prior written consent
(which consent in the case of a Shareholder which is a natural Person shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed in the context of a Transfer to any member of the immediate family of such
Shareholder or to any trust the Beneficial Ownership of which is held by such Shareholder or the
members of such Shareholders immediate family, provided in each case that such transferee agrees,
in a form satisfactory to Parent, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement), or (ii) grant any
proxy or power-of-attorney with respect to any such Owned Shares other than pursuant to this
Agreement.
4. Agreement to Vote; Dissenters Rights. The Shareholder agrees that (a) at
such time as the Company conducts a meeting (including any adjournment thereof) of or otherwise
seeks a vote or consent of its shareholders for the purpose of approving the Merger Agreement and
the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, such Shareholder will
vote, or provide a consent with respect to, all of such Shareholders Owned Shares which, as of the
relevant record date, such Shareholder has the power to vote in favor of approving the Merger
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, and (b)
such Shareholder will (at any meeting of shareholders or in connection with any consent
solicitation) vote all of such Shareholders Owned Shares which, as of the relevant record date,
such Shareholder has the power to vote, against, and will not consent to, any Alternative
Transaction Proposal with a Person other than Parent and Acquisition Co. or any action that would
or is designed to delay, prevent or frustrate the Proposed Business Combination. Without limiting
the foregoing, it is understood that the obligations in this Section 4 shall remain applicable in
respect of each meeting of shareholders of the Company duly called for the purpose of approving the
Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, regardless of the
position of the Companys board of directors as to the Proposed Business Combination at the time of
such meeting. The Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to
assert, exercise or perfect, any and all rights he, she or it may have as to appraisal, dissent or
any similar or related matter with respect to any of such Shareholders Owned Shares that may arise
with respect to the Merger or any of the contemplated transactions, including under Sections
31D-13-1301 through 31D-13-1331 of the West Virginia Business Corporation Act.
5. Irrevocable Proxy. The Shareholder hereby revokes (and agrees to cause to be
revoked) all proxies, if any, that it has heretofore granted with respect to
the Owned Shares. The Shareholder hereby irrevocably appoints Parent as attorney-in-fact and proxy
for and on behalf of such Shareholder, until this Agreement is terminated, for and in the name,
place and stead of such Shareholder, to:
(a) attend any and all Company Shareholder Meetings;
(b) vote, express consent or dissent or issue instructions to the record holder to vote such
Shareholders Owned Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 at any and all Company
Shareholder Meetings; and
(c) if applicable, grant or withhold, or issue instructions to the record holder to grant or
withhold, in accordance with the provisions of Section 4, all written consents with respect to the
Owned Shares at any and all Company Shareholder Meetings or otherwise.
The Shareholder hereby affirms that the irrevocable proxy set forth in this Section is given in
connection with, and in consideration of, the execution of the Merger Agreement by Parent and
Acquisition Co., and that such irrevocable proxy is given to secure the performance of the duties
of such Shareholder under this Agreement. The Shareholder hereby further affirms that the
irrevocable proxy is coupled with an interest and may under no circumstances be revoked. The
Shareholder hereby ratifies and confirms all actions that such irrevocable proxyholder may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Such irrevocable proxy is executed and intended to be
irrevocable in accordance with the provisions of Section 31D-7-722 of the West Virginia Business
Corporation Act.
6. Information and Notice. The Shareholder: (a) consents to and authorizes the
publication and disclosure by Parent, Acquisition Co. or the Company, as applicable, of such
Shareholders identity and holdings of Owned Shares, the nature of such Shareholders commitments,
arrangements and understandings under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the
disclosure of this Agreement) and any other information, in each case, that Parent, Acquisition Co.
or the Company, as applicable, reasonably determines is required to be disclosed by applicable
legal requirements in any press release, any of the Offer Documents, the Schedule 14D-9 or any
other disclosure document (whether or not filed with the SEC) in connection with the Offer, the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby; and (b) agrees to promptly give to Parent,
Acquisition Co. or the Company, as applicable, any information it may reasonably require for the
preparation of any such disclosure documents. The Shareholder: (i) represents and warrants that
none of the information provided by or on behalf of such Shareholder pursuant to this Section 6
will, at the time it so provided, contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (ii) agrees
to promptly notify Parent, Acquisition Co. and
the Company, as applicable, of any required corrections with respect to any such information, if
and to the extent that any such information shall have become false or misleading in any material
respect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent, Acquisition Co. and the Company shall use
reasonable efforts to inform the Shareholder of any public disclosure of such information about the
Shareholder prior to making such disclosure public. The Shareholder shall consult with Parent
before issuing any press releases or otherwise making any public statements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and shall not issue any such press release or make any public
statement without the approval of Parent, except as may be required by applicable legal
requirements. The Shareholder shall notify Parent of any development occurring after the date
hereof that causes, or that would reasonably be expected to cause, any breach of any of such
Shareholders representations or warranties in this Agreement.
7. Additional Stock. The Shareholder agrees that any additional shares of Company
Common Stock or securities convertible into Company Common Stock over which it acquires Beneficial
Ownership, whether pursuant to existing stock option agreements, warrants or otherwise, shall
become Owned Shares and be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
8. No Solicitation.
(a) Shareholder will not, in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, and will use its
reasonable best efforts to ensure that its investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, agents or
other advisors or representatives (the Shareholder Representatives) will not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to any Alternative Transaction Proposal that the Company
is prohibited from taking under Section 5.3 of the Merger Agreement; provided that, in the event
the Company takes permissible action under Section 5.3 of the Merger Agreement, the Shareholder
will be entitled to participate in all actions that the Company is or would be entitled to take
under Section 5.3 of the Merger Agreement so long as such actions are taken in compliance with such
Section 5.3.
(b) Shareholder will cease and cause to be terminated all existing discussions or negotiations
conducted by Shareholder or at Shareholders behest with respect to any Alternative Transaction
Proposal (other than with Parent and Acquisition Co.).
9. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Shareholders. The
Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, Parent and Acquisition Co. as
follows:
(a) If such Shareholder is not a natural Person, (i) such Shareholder is duly
organized and validly existing under its jurisdiction of formation, (ii) such Shareholder has full
corporate, limited liability company, partnership or trust power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement
and to perform its obligations hereunder, and (iii) the execution, delivery and performance by such
Shareholder of this Agreement and the consummation by such Shareholder of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability
company, partnership or trust action on the part of such Shareholder. If such Shareholder is a
natural Person, he or she (or the representative or fiduciary signing on his or her behalf, as
applicable) has full legal capacity, right and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
to perform his or her obligations hereunder.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such
Shareholder and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of such Shareholder, enforceable
against such Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and similar laws
of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights or by general equity
principles.
(c) Such Shareholder is the sole Beneficial Owner of such Shareholders Owned
Shares, other than those Owned Shares Beneficially Owned by a family trust or child of such
Shareholder. Such Shareholder has the sole right to vote, or cause to be voted, and to dispose, or
cause the disposition, of such Shareholders Owned Shares and there exist no limitations on its
ability to exercise such right. The Shareholder has good and marketable title (which may include
holding in nominee or street name) to all of such Shareholders Owned Shares (other than those
Owned Shares Beneficially Owned by a family trust or child of such Shareholder), free and clear of
all liens (other than as created by this Agreement and restrictions on Transfer under applicable
securities laws). The Owned Shares constitute all of the capital stock of the Company Beneficially
Owned by such Shareholder.
(d) Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement by such Shareholder nor
the Shareholders consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will conflict with, result
in any violation of or constitute a default under (i) any mortgage, bond, indenture, agreement,
instrument or obligation to which such Shareholder is a party or by which such Shareholder or any
of the Owned Shares is bound, (ii) such Shareholders constituent documents if the Shareholder is
not a natural person, or (iii) any judgment, decree, order or material law or regulation of any
governmental agency or authority in the United States by which such Shareholder is bound.
(e) Such Shareholder understands and acknowledges that each of Parent and Acquisition
Co. is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon such Shareholders execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement.
10. Representations and Warranties of Parent and Acquisition Co. Parent represents
and warrants to the Shareholder as follows:
(a) Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with all requisite corporate power
and authority to own, operate and lease its properties, to carry on its business as now being
conducted, and to enter into this Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder.
(b) Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of Acquisition Co. Acquisition
Co. is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of West Virginia with all requisite corporate power to enter into this Agreement and perform
its obligations hereunder.
(c) Each of Parent and Acquisition Co. has taken all necessary corporate action to
approve this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Acquisition Co. and constitutes a
valid, legal and binding agreement of each of Parent and Acquisition Co., respectively, enforceable
against each of Parent and Acquisition Co. in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent
transfer and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors rights or by
general equity principles.
(d) Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Acquisition Co. nor
Parents or Acquisition Co.s consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will conflict
with, result in any violation of, or constitute a default under, the Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws of Parent or Acquisition Co. or any agreement, mortgage, indenture,
license, permit, lease or other instrument material to Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole
or any judgment, decree, order, or any material law or regulation of any governmental agency or
authority in the United States by which Parent or any of its subsidiaries is bound.
11. Termination. This Agreement, and all rights and obligations of the parties
hereunder shall terminate upon the earliest of: (i) the Effective Time of the Merger, (ii) as to
the rights and obligations associated with any Owned Shares under Section 2 hereof, the acceptance
for payment of such Owned Shares by Parent or Acquisition Co. in the Offer, (iii) the termination
of this Agreement by written notice from Parent to the Shareholder, (iv) the termination of the
Offer by Parent or Acquisition Co., or (v) the date upon which the Merger Agreement is terminated
in accordance with its terms without the Merger having been consummated or (vi) the Merger
Agreement shall have been terminated by Company pursuant to Section 8.1(g) or 8.1(h) of the Merger
Agreement; provided, however, that: (A) Section 12(a) and 12(e) shall survive such termination; and
(B) no such termination shall relieve or release the Shareholder, Parent or Acquisition Co. from
any obligations or liabilities arising out of his or its breach of this Agreement prior to its
termination.
12. Miscellaneous.
(a) Costs and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all costs
and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses.
(b) Execution in Counterparts. For the convenience of the parties, this Agreement
and any amendments, supplements, waivers and modifications may be executed in two or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same document.
(c) Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, personal or legal
representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees, legatees and permitted
assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any party (whether by operation of law or otherwise), in whole or in part, without
the prior written consent of the other parties; provided, that Parent or Acquisition Co. may assign
any or all rights under this Agreement to any subsidiary of Parent, and Acquisition Co. may assign
any or all rights under this Agreement to Parent or to another subsidiary of Parent.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement may not be amended, changed,
supplemented, or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a
written agreement executed by the parties hereto; provided, that each of Parent and Acquisition Co.
may waive compliance by the Shareholder with any representation, agreement or condition otherwise
required to be complied with by any other party under this Agreement or release the Shareholder
from its obligations under this Agreement, but any such waiver or release shall be effective only
if in a writing executed by Parent and Acquisition Co.
(e) Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered
to any party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given
and received: (i) if delivered by hand, when delivered; (ii) if sent via facsimile with
confirmation of receipt, when transmitted and receipt is confirmed; (iii) if sent by electronic
mail, telegram, cablegram or other electronic transmission, upon delivery; (iv) if sent by
registered, certified or first class mail, the third business day after being sent; and (v) if sent
by overnight delivery via a national courier service, one business day after being sent in each
case to the address or facsimile telephone number set forth beneath the name of such party below
(or to such other address or facsimile telephone number as such party shall have specified in a
written notice given to the other parties hereto):
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Acquisition Co.:
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L. B. Foster Company
415 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15220
Attention: David L. Voltz,
Vice President and General Counsel
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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre
301 Grant Street, 20th Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention: Lewis U. Davis, Esq.
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Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
5335 Wisconsin Ave., N.W.
Suite 780
Washington, D.C. 20015
Attention: Alan Schick, Esq.
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(f) Inadequate Remedy at Law; Specific Performance. The Shareholder acknowledges and
agrees that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, Parent would be irreparably and
immediately harmed and could not be made whole by monetary damages. It is accordingly agreed with
respect to any provision of this Agreement that (i) Shareholder will waive, in any action for
specific performance, the defense of adequacy of a remedy at law, and (ii) Parent shall be
entitled, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity, to
compel specific performance of this Agreement.
(g) Cumulative Rights, Powers and Remedies. All rights, powers and remedies provided
under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity shall be
cumulative and not alternative, and the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or remedy by such party. The failure
of any party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or
otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any
other party hereto with its obligations hereunder, and any custom or practice of the parties at
variance with the terms hereof, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of its right to
exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such compliance.
(h) Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, along with the
specific references to the Merger Agreement, constitutes the complete, final and exclusive
agreement among the parties and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, written
or oral, among the parties heretofore made with respect to the subject matter hereof. Nothing in
this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any
rights, benefits or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.
(i) Governing Law; Jurisdiction and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, regardless of any
conflicts-of-law principles (it being understood, however, that with respect to any matters of
corporate law required to be governed by the laws of the State of West Virginia, such laws shall
apply). In any action between or among any of the parties arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement: (a)
each of the parties irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the Western District of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (and agrees not to commence any such action except in such courts) and
irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any
such action brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum; (b) if any such action
is commenced in a state court, then, subject to applicable Law, no party shall object to the
removal of such action to any federal court located in the Western District of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and (c) each of the parties irrevocably consents to service of
process by first-class certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the address at
which such party is to receive notice in accordance with Section 12(e) hereof. EACH PARTY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE
COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE
TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF
THE CONTEMPLATED TRANSACTIONS. EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES, AGREES AND CERTIFIES THAT: (A) NO
REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO PREVENT OR DELAY ENFORCEMENT OF EITHER
OF SUCH WAIVERS; (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS; (C) IT
MAKES SUCH WAIVERS VOLUNTARILY; AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12(i).
(j) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in
this Agreement is held by a court or a federal or state regulatory agency of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, void or unenforceable under any rule of law in any particular respect or under any
particular circumstances, the remainder of the terms, provisions and covenants and restrictions
contained in this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and shall in no way be affected,
impaired or invalidated. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable,
the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is enforceable.
(k) Interpretation. The section and paragraph captions herein are for convenience of
reference only, do not constitute part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or
otherwise affect any of the provisions hereof. The words include, includes, and including
shall be deemed to be followed by without limitation whether or not they are in fact followed by
such words or words of like import.
13. Shareholder Capacity. Neither the Shareholder executing this Agreement nor any
partner, member, employee or Affiliate of such Shareholder who is or becomes during the term hereof
a director or officer of the Company makes any agreement or understanding herein in his or her
capacity as such a director or officer, and this Agreement does not bind any partner, member,
employee or Affiliate of such Shareholder in such persons capacity as a director or officer of the
Company. The Shareholder executes this Agreement solely in such Shareholders capacity as the owner
of record and/or Beneficial Owner of the Owned Shares or as having the power to vote or dispose of
the Owned Shares and nothing herein (including in Section 4) shall limit or affect any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by such Shareholder, or any partner, member, employee or Affiliate of
such Shareholder, in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Company (including, for
the avoidance of doubt, any action in the discharge of fiduciary duties in compliance with Section
5.3 of the Merger
Agreement); provided, that nothing in this Section 13 shall be deemed to permit such Shareholder to
take any action on behalf of the Company that is prohibited by the Merger Agreement.
14. Further Assurances. From time to time, at Parents or Acquisition Co.s
request and without further consideration, the Shareholder shall execute and deliver such
additional documents and take all such further lawful action as may be necessary or desirable to
consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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[Shareholders Signature Pages to Shareholder Tender Agreement]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.
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[Parents and Acquisition Co.s Signature Page to Tender and Voting Agreement]
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L. B. FOSTER COMPANY
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/s/ Stan L. Hasselbusch
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ACQUISITION CO.:
FOSTER THOMAS COMPANY
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/s/ Stan L. Hasselbusch
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