AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
By and Among
ZIMMER, INC.,
GAZELLE MERGER SUB I, INC.,
PARAGON 28, INC.
and, solely for purposes of Section 8.15,
ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated as of January 28, 2025
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ARTICLE I THE MERGER
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2
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Section 1.01.
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The Merger
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2
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Section 1.02.
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Merger Closing
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2
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Section 1.03.
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Effective Time
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3
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Section 1.04.
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Effects of the Merger
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3
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Section 1.05.
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Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation
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3
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Section 1.06.
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Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation
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3
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ARTICLE II EFFECT OF THE MERGER ON CAPITAL STOCK; EXCHANGE OF CERTIFICATES; EQUITY-BASED AWARDS
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4
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Section 2.01.
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Effect on Capital Stock
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4
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Section 2.02.
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Exchange Matters
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5
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Section 2.03.
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Treatment of Equity-Based Awards
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9
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Section 2.04.
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Payments with Respect to Equity-Based Awards
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10
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Section 2.05.
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Treatment of Company ESPP
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10
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Section 2.06.
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Adjustments
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11
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Section 2.07.
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Appraisal Rights
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11
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Section 2.08.
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Further Action
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12
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 3.01.
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Organization; Standing
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Section 3.02.
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Capitalization
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13
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Section 3.03.
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Authority; Noncontravention
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Section 3.04.
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Governmental Approvals
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Section 3.05.
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Company SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities
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Section 3.06.
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Information Supplied
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20
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Section 3.07.
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Absence of Certain Changes
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20
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Section 3.08.
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Legal Proceedings
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Section 3.09.
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Compliance with Laws; Permits
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Section 3.10.
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Tax Matters
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Section 3.11.
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Employee Benefits
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24
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Section 3.12.
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Labor Matters
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Section 3.13.
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Environmental Matters
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28
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Section 3.14.
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Intellectual Property
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29
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Section 3.15.
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Data Privacy and Technology; Information Security
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34
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Section 3.16.
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Property
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36
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Section 3.17.
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Contracts
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Section 3.18.
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Insurance
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40
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Section 3.19.
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Company Product Regulatory Matters
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40
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Section 3.20.
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No Rights Agreement; Anti-Takeover Provisions
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Section 3.21.
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Opinion of Financial Advisor
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44
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Section 3.22.
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Brokers and Other Advisors
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44
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Section 3.23.
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Affiliate Transactions
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Section 3.24.
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Acknowledgment by Company
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
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Section 4.01.
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Organization; Standing
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Section 4.02.
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Authority; Noncontravention
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Section 4.03.
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Governmental Approvals
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Section 4.04.
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Ownership and Operations of Merger Sub
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Section 4.05.
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Available Funds
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Section 4.06.
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Certain Arrangements
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Section 4.07.
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Brokers and Other Advisors
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Section 4.08.
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Information Supplied
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Section 4.09.
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Legal Proceedings
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Section 4.10.
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Ownership of Equity of the Company
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Section 4.11.
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No Other Company Representations or Warranties
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Section 4.12.
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Non-Reliance on Company Estimates, Projections, Forecasts, Forward-Looking Statements and Business Plans
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ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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Section 5.01.
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Conduct of Business
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Section 5.02.
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No Solicitation; Change in Recommendation
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Section 5.03.
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Reserved
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Section 5.04.
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Efforts
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Section 5.05.
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Public Announcements
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Section 5.06.
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Access to Information; Confidentiality
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Section 5.07.
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Indemnification and Insurance
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Section 5.08.
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Employee Matters
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Section 5.09.
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Notification of Certain Matters; Stockholder Litigation
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Section 5.10.
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Communications and Interactions with Regulatory Authorities; Certain Proceedings
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Section 5.11.
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Approval of the Merger
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Section 5.12.
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Other Investors
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Section 5.13.
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Parent Vote
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Section 5.14.
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Stock Exchange De-listing
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Section 5.15.
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Company Indebtedness
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Section 5.16.
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Section 16 Matters
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Section 5.17.
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Takeover Laws
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Section 5.18.
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Financing Assistance and Cooperation.
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Section 5.19.
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Financial Statement Cooperation
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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Section 6.01.
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Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation To Effect the Merger
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Section 6.02.
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Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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Section 6.03.
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Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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ARTICLE VII TERMINATION
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Section 7.01.
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Termination
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Section 7.02.
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Effect of Termination
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Section 7.03.
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Termination Fee
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ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 8.01.
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No Survival of Representations and Warranties
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Section 8.02.
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Amendment or Supplement
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Section 8.03.
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Extension of Time, Waiver, etc
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Section 8.04.
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Assignment
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Section 8.05.
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Counterparts
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Section 8.06.
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Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section 8.07.
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction
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Section 8.08.
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Specific Enforcement
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Section 8.09.
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 8.10.
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Notices
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Section 8.11.
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Severability
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Section 8.12.
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Definitions
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Section 8.13.
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Fees and Expenses
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Section 8.14.
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Transfer Taxes
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Section 8.15.
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Obligation of Parent
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Section 8.16.
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Interpretation
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Section 8.17.
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Certain Financing Provisions
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Form of CVR Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of January 28, 2025 (this “Agreement”),
is by and among (i) Zimmer, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), (ii) Gazelle Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), (iii) Paragon 28, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and (iv) solely as
provided by Section 8.15, Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Guarantor”).
Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in Section 8.12.
WHEREAS, pursuant to this Agreement, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”) with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation in the Merger and as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent, in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, pursuant to which each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per
share, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock”) as of the Effective Time (other than (i) shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.01(b) and (ii) Appraisal Shares, which shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.07),
shall be converted into the right to receive an amount equal to (i) $13.00 per share of Company Common Stock (the “Cash Amount”), without interest and subject to applicable
withholding Taxes, plus (ii) one contractual contingent value right per share of Company Common Stock (each, a “CVR”), which shall represent the right to receive a Milestone Payment (as such term is defined in the CVR Agreement) (the Cash Amount plus the CVR, collectively, being the “Merger Consideration”), in cash, net of applicable Taxes and without interest, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the CVR Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has
unanimously adopted resolutions (i) approving (including for the purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL) and declaring advisable this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including the Merger, and approving the CVR Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) determining that the CVR Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the CVR Agreement are
advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the stockholders of the Company, and (iii) resolving to recommend that the holders of Company Common Stock approve the adoption of this Agreement (the “Company Board Recommendation”) and directing that this Agreement be submitted to the Company’s stockholders entitled to vote thereon at the Company Stockholders Meeting for approval of the adoption
thereof;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of each of Parent and Guarantor have duly approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the
CVR Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Merger, and declared it advisable to enter into this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the sole member of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub has acted by written consent (i) approving and declaring advisable this Agreement,
the execution, delivery and performance thereof and the CVR Agreement, (ii) resolving to submit this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, to the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approval of the adoption thereof, and (iii) resolving to recommend
that the sole stockholder of Merger Sub approve the adoption of this Agreement and the CVR Agreement;
WHEREAS, Parent, in its capacity as sole stockholder of Merger Sub, will approve and adopt this Agreement, the CVR Agreement, and the consummation by
Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the CVR Agreement by written consent immediately following the execution of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the CVR
Agreement and the Merger and also prescribe various conditions to the CVR Agreement and the Merger; and
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, as a condition and inducement to Guarantor’s, Parent’s and Merger Sub’s
willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain holders of the Company Common Stock are entering into a voting and support agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with Parent
and Merger Sub.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and
intending to be legally bound hereby, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Merger
Section 1.01. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with the provisions of the DGCL, at the Effective Time, the Company and Parent shall consummate the Merger,
whereby Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease, and the Company shall be the surviving corporation in the Merger. The Company, as the surviving corporation after
the Merger, is hereinafter referred to as the “Surviving Corporation”.
Section 1.02. Merger Closing. Unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to Article VII, the closing of the Merger (the “Merger Closing”) shall take place at 8:00 a.m. (New York City time), at the offices of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Two Manhattan West, 375 Ninth Avenue, New York, New
York 10001 or remotely by exchange of documents and signatures (or their electronic counterparts), on the date that is the fifth Business Day following the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by the party or parties entitled to
the benefits thereof of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Merger Closing, but subject to
the
satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by the party or parties entitled to the benefits thereof of those conditions), or at such other place, time and
date as shall be agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. The date on which the Merger Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Merger Closing Date”.
Section 1.03. Effective Time. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on the Merger Closing Date, the Company and Merger Sub shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a
certificate of merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Secretary of State of Delaware”) executed in accordance with, and in such form as is
required by, the relevant provisions of the DGCL (the “Certificate of Merger”), and shall make all other filings, recordings or publications required under the DGCL to
effectuate the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the time that the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of Delaware or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, at such later date and time as is agreed to in
writing by Parent and the Company prior to the filing of such Certificate of Merger and specified in the Certificate of Merger (the time at which the Merger becomes effective is herein referred to as the “Effective Time”).
Section 1.04. Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects provided in this Agreement and as set forth in the applicable provisions, including Section 259, of the DGCL. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, at the Effective Time, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all of the debts, liabilities and duties of the Company
and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 1.05. Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. (a) At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any
holder of any securities of Company, Parent or Merger Sub, the certificate of incorporation of the Company as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto, and as so amended and restated, such certificate of incorporation shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation, until thereafter
amended in accordance with applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.07).
(b) Subject to Section 5.07, the parties shall take the actions necessary so that, at the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company shall be amended so as to read in their entirety as the bylaws of Merger Sub as in
effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that references to Merger Sub’s name shall be replaced with references to the Surviving Corporation’s name, and as so amended shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter
amended in accordance with applicable Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation (and subject to the requirements set forth in Section 5.07).
Section 1.06. Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation. (a) The parties shall take all requisite action so that, from and after the Effective Time, the directors of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time or such other individuals designated by Parent as of the Effective Time shall become the directors of the Surviving
Corporation immediately following the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or designated and qualified or
their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) The parties hereto shall take all requisite action so
that, from and after the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation from and after the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly appointed
and qualified or their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
(c) Prior to the Merger Closing, the Company shall use
reasonable best efforts to cause (x) each director of the Company and, (y) if so requested by Parent, each officer of the Company and each officer and director of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries to execute and deliver a letter effectuating his
or her resignation as an officer or as a member of the board of directors of the Company or applicable Subsidiary, respectively, to be effective as of immediately prior to, and contingent upon the occurrence of, the Effective Time.
ARTICLE II
Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock; Exchange of Certificates;
Equity-Based Awards
Section 2.01. Effect on Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any holder of any securities of Company, Parent or
Merger Sub:
(a) Capital Stock of Merger Sub. Each share of capital stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into and become one newly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation upon consummation of the Merger.
(b) Cancelation of Certain Shares of Capital Stock. Each issued share of Company Common Stock that is owned by the Company as a treasury share as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and
shall cease to exist and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange therefor. Each issued and outstanding share of Company Common Stock held by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiaries as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist and no consideration shall be delivered or deliverable in exchange therefor.
(c) Conversion of Company Common Stock. Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than (i) shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.01(b) and (ii) Appraisal Shares, which shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.07)
shall be converted automatically into and shall thereafter represent only the right to receive the Merger Consideration, subject to any applicable withholding Taxes. As of the Effective Time, all such shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer
be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented any such shares of Company Common Stock (each, a “Share Certificate”) or uncertificated shares of Company Common Stock held in book-entry form (each, a “Book-Entry
Share”) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration to be paid in consideration therefor.
Section 2.02. Exchange Matters. (a) Paying Agent. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably
acceptable to the Company to act as paying agent (the “Paying Agent”) for the holders of shares of Company Common Stock to receive the aggregate Merger Consideration to
which holders of such shares of Company Common Stock shall become entitled to receive in accordance with this Article II and, in connection therewith, prior to the
Effective Time shall enter into an agreement with the Paying Agent, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. On or prior to the Merger Closing Date, Parent shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Paying Agent an amount in cash
sufficient to make payment of the aggregate Merger Consideration (the “Payment Fund”). For the avoidance of doubt, Parent shall not be required to deposit any funds
related to the CVR with the Rights Agent unless and until such deposit is required pursuant to the terms of the CVR Agreement. Pending its disbursement in accordance with this Section 2.02,
the Payment Fund shall be invested by the Paying Agent as directed by Parent in (i) short-term direct obligations of the United States of America (“U.S.”), (ii) short-term
obligations for which the full faith and credit of the U.S. is pledged to provide for the payment of principal and interest, (iii) short-term commercial paper rated the highest quality by either Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard and
Poor’s Ratings Services or (iv) certificates of deposit, bank repurchase agreements or banker’s acceptances of commercial banks with capital exceeding $1 billion. Any interest and other income resulting from such investments shall be the property
of, and paid to, Parent or its designated Affiliate. In the event the Payment Fund shall be insufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration, Parent shall promptly deposit, or cause to be deposited, additional funds with the Paying Agent in
an amount that is equal to the shortfall that is required to make such payment. The Payment Fund shall not be used for any purpose other than to pay the Merger Consideration in accordance herewith, except as otherwise expressly provided for in this
Agreement. No investment losses resulting from investment of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent shall diminish the rights of any holder of shares of Company Common Stock to receive the Merger Consideration as provided herein.
(b) Payment Procedures.
(i) As promptly as practicable
after the Effective Time (but in no event more than five Business Days thereafter), Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the Paying Agent to deliver to each Person who was, immediately prior to the Effective Time, a holder of a Share
Certificate or Book-Entry Shares not held, directly or indirectly, through The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) (other than a Share Certificate representing (i) shares of
Company Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.01(b) or (ii) Appraisal Shares, which shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.07) (x) a letter of transmittal, which shall be in reasonable and customary form (and which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Share
Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Share Certificates (or affidavits in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 2.02(d)) to the Paying Agent or, in the
case of such Book-Entry Shares, upon adherence to the procedures set forth in the letter of transmittal) and (y) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Paying Agent, as applicable, in
exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c).
(ii) Upon delivery of a letter of
transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with such letter’s instructions (and such other customary documents as may reasonably be required by the Paying Agent), and either (A) surrender to the Paying Agent of Share
Certificates (or affidavits in lieu thereof in accordance with Section 2.02(d)) or (B) transfer of Book-Entry Shares not held through DTC, by book receipt of an “agent’s
message” in customary form by the Paying Agent in connection with the surrender of Book-Entry Shares (or such other reasonable evidence, if any, of surrender with respect to such Book-Entry Shares as the Paying Agent may reasonably request), in
each case as contemplated in subsection (i) of this Section 2.02(b), the holder of such
Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, and the Share
Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. No interest shall accrue or be paid on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of any Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares for the benefit of the holder thereof. Until
surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.02, each Share Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the
right to receive the Merger Consideration as contemplated by this Article II.
(iii) The Persons who were,
immediately prior to the Effective Time, holders of Book-Entry Shares (other than (i) shares of Company Common Stock to be canceled in accordance with Section 2.01(b) or
(ii) Appraisal Shares, which shall be treated in accordance with Section 2.07) held, directly or indirectly, through DTC shall not be required to deliver a Share
Certificate or an executed letter of transmittal to the Paying Agent to receive the Merger Consideration that such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 2.02. With respect to such Book-Entry Shares held, directly or
indirectly, through DTC, Parent and the Company shall cooperate to establish procedures with the Paying Agent, DTC, DTC’s nominees and such other necessary third-party intermediaries to ensure that the Paying Agent will transmit to DTC or its
nominees as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, upon surrender of Book-Entry Shares held of record by DTC or its nominees in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures and such other procedures as agreed by Parent, the
Company, the Paying Agent, DTC, DTC’s nominees and such other necessary third-party intermediaries, the aggregate Merger Consideration to which the beneficial owners thereof are entitled to receive as a result of the Merger pursuant to this Section 2.02.
(iv) If payment of the Merger
Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Share Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition of payment that the Share Certificate (or effective affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) is
presented to the Paying Agent, accompanied by all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Paying Agent and Parent that any applicable stock transfer or similar Taxes have been
paid or are not applicable. None of Parent, Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation shall have any liability for the transfer and other similar Taxes described in the immediately preceding sentence under any circumstance. Payment of the Merger
Consideration with respect to Book-Entry Shares shall only be made to the Persons in whose name such Book-Entry Shares are registered in the stock transfer records of the Company.
(c) Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights. The Merger Consideration paid in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been paid in full satisfaction of all ownership rights in such common stock and at the Effective Time, the transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no
further registration of transfers on the transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of the 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 for herein or by applicable Law. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2.02(e), if, at any time after the Effective Time, Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation, for any reason, they shall be
canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(d) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. If any Share Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Share Certificate to be lost, stolen or
destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such Person of a bond, in such reasonable amount as Parent may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Share Certificate, the
Paying Agent will pay, in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Share Certificate, the applicable Merger Consideration to be paid (less any amounts entitled to be
deducted or withheld pursuant to this Agreement) in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Share Certificate as contemplated by this
Article II, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
(e) Termination of Payment Fund. At any time following the first anniversary of the Merger Closing Date, Parent shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any portion of the Payment Fund (including any
interest received with respect thereto) which has not been disbursed to holders of Share Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, and thereafter such holders who have not heretofore complied with this Article II shall be entitled to look only to the Surviving Corporation (subject to abandoned property, escheat and other similar Law) as general creditors thereof with respect to payment of their claims for the Merger
Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this Article II. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by such holders at such time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat
to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall become, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, the property of Parent or its designee, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
(f) No Liability. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any Person for Merger Consideration
properly delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable state, federal or other abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. If any Share Certificate has not been surrendered prior to the date on which the Merger Consideration in respect
of such Share Certificate would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, any Merger Consideration in respect of such Share Certificate shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, immediately prior to such
date, become the property of the Surviving Corporation, subject to the claims of any holder of Company Common Stock entitled to payment of Merger Consideration who has not heretofore complied with this Article II.
(g) Withholding. Each of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Rights Agent, the Paying Agent and their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and
withheld) from any amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement or the CVR Agreement (including any Milestone Payment in respect of the CVR) such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld under applicable Tax Law (including with
respect to any amounts treated as interest under Section 483 of the Code). Except with respect to compensatory amounts, if any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Rights Agent, the Paying Agent or their respective
Affiliates determines that it is required to deduct and withhold any amount payable pursuant to this Agreement, then it shall reasonably cooperate with the Company to obtain any affidavits, certificates and other documents as may reasonably be
expected to afford to the Company and its stockholders reduction of, or relief from, such deduction or withholding. To the extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the relevant Governmental Authority, such
amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction or withholding was made.
Section 2.03. Treatment of Equity-Based Awards. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board (or, if appropriate, any duly authorized committee thereof administering the Equity Plans) shall adopt such resolutions and take
such other actions as may be required (under the Equity Plans and the applicable award agreements, applicable Law or otherwise) to (i) effect the treatment of the Equity-Based Awards pursuant to Section 2.03(a)-(c) (including amending the Company’s 2011 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan to permit the treatment of such holder’s Company Stock Options pursuant to Section 2.03(b)), (ii) terminate the Equity Plans, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and (iii) ensure that, on and following the Effective Time, no holder of any Equity-Based Awards shall have any
rights to receive any payments, benefits, or property (including the right to acquire or receive any equity interest in Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in respect
thereof, other than as set forth in this Agreement.
(a) Each restricted stock unit with respect to Company
Common Stock subject solely to time-based vesting conditions (each, a “Company RSU”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, as of the Effective Time,
vest and be canceled, and the holder thereof shall then become entitled to receive solely, in full satisfaction of the rights of such holder with respect thereto, for each share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company RSU immediately prior
to the Effective Time, (i) the Cash Amount, and (ii) one CVR issued pursuant to and in accordance with the CVR Agreement.
(b) Each restricted stock unit with respect to Company
Common Stock that was granted subject to both performance-based and time-based vesting conditions (each, a “Company PSU”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall, as of the Effective Time, vest and be canceled, and the holder thereof shall then become entitled to receive solely, in full satisfaction of the rights of such holder with respect thereto, for each share of Company Common Stock subject
to such Company PSU immediately prior to the Effective Time (with the number of shares subject to such Company PSU determined as provided on Section 2.03(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (i) the Cash Amount, and (ii) one CVR issued pursuant to
and in accordance with the CVR Agreement.
(c) Each option to purchase shares of Company Common
Stock other than options granted pursuant to the Company ESPP (each, a “Company Stock Option”) outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time shall,
as of the Effective Time, vest and be canceled, and the holder thereof shall then become entitled to receive solely, in full satisfaction of the rights of such holder with respect thereto, for each share of Company Common Stock underlying such
Company Stock Option, (i) an amount in cash, without interest, equal to the excess, if any, of the Cash Amount over the per share exercise price of such Company Stock Option, and (ii) one CVR issued pursuant to and in accordance with the CVR
Agreement; provided, however, that any such Company Stock Option with a per share exercise
price that is equal to or greater than the sum of the Cash Amount and the maximum Milestone
Payment shall be canceled as of the Effective Time for no consideration; provided, further, however, that any such Company Stock Option with a per share exercise price that is equal
to or greater than the Cash Amount but less than the sum of the Cash Amount and the maximum Milestone Payment shall be cancelled (and the holder shall not be entitled to any payment of the Cash Amount at the Effective Time) and converted into the
right to receive solely, in full satisfaction of the rights of such holder with respect thereto for each share of Company Common Stock underlying such Company Stock Option, one CVR issued pursuant to and in accordance with the CVR Agreement.
Section 2.04. Payments with Respect to Equity-Based Awards. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (a) any payments in respect of the Cash Amount payable pursuant to Section 2.03(a)-(c) shall be paid as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time (but in any event, no
later than the first regularly-scheduled payroll date that occurs more than five Business Days after the Effective Time) by (or caused to be paid by) the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries through an applicable payroll system, less
applicable Tax withholdings and other required deductions, to the holders of the Equity-Based Awards (or such other method as the Company typically utilizes for such payments), and (b) any payments in respect of the Milestone Payment for each CVR
issued to holders of Equity-Based Awards shall be paid, less applicable Tax withholdings and other required deductions, in accordance with the CVR Agreement; provided, however, that to the extent any such payment would cause an impermissible acceleration event under Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”), such amounts shall instead be paid at the earliest time such payment would not cause or reasonably be expected to cause an impermissible acceleration event under Section 409A.
Section 2.05. Treatment of Company ESPP. In connection with execution of this Agreement or as soon as reasonably practicable following thereafter, the Company shall take all actions required pursuant to the terms of the
Company ESPP or otherwise (including, as the case may be, amending the Company ESPP) to (i) ensure that no new “offering period” or “purchase period” (as such terms are defined in the Company ESPP) shall be commenced under the Company ESPP after
the date of this Agreement, (ii) provide that no new participants may elect to participate in the Company ESPP after the date of this Agreement, (iii) provide that no participant may increase their payroll deductions as of the date of this
Agreement and (iv) if the Effective Time shall occur prior to the end of any offering period in existence under the Company ESPP as of the Effective Time, the Company shall take all reasonable actions required to (A) cause a new exercise date to be
set under the Company ESPP, which date shall be no later than ten Business Days prior to the Effective Time, for the automatic exercise of such options on such date, (B) provide that the amount of the accumulated contributions of each participant
under the Company ESPP shall, to the extent not used to purchase Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company ESPP (as amended pursuant to this Section 2.05),
be refunded to such participant as promptly as practicable following the Effective Time (but no later than the first regularly-scheduled payroll date that occurs more than five Business Days after the Effective Time). Prior to the Effective Time,
the Company Board (or, if appropriate, any duly authorized committee thereof administering the Company ESPP) shall
adopt such resolutions and take such other actions as may be required to terminate the Company ESPP, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Section 2.06. Adjustments. If during the time period between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a
different class by reason of the occurrence or record date of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into shares of Company Common Stock), reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change, then the Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable pursuant to this Article II
shall be equitably adjusted to reflect such stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into shares of Company Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization,
reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change; provided, however,
that nothing in this Section 2.06 shall be construed to permit or require the Company to take any action with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock that is
prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.
Section 2.07. Appraisal Rights. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company Common Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held by any Person
who (i) has not voted in favor of the Merger or consented to it in writing and (ii) is entitled to demand and has properly demanded appraisal rights with respect to such shares pursuant to, and who complies in all respects with, all provisions of
Section 262 of the DGCL concerning the rights of Persons holding shares of Company Common Stock to demand appraisal of such shares of Company Common Stock in connection with the Merger (such shares, “Appraisal Shares” and such section of the DGCL, “Section 262”) (until such time as such Person fails to perfect, effectively withdraws,
waives or otherwise loses such Person’s appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to his or her Appraisal Shares, at which time such shares shall cease to be Appraisal Shares, as applicable) shall not be converted into or represent the right to
receive the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c), unless and until such Person shall have failed to perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn, waived or
otherwise lost such Person’s right to appraisal under the DGCL, but instead and in lieu thereof the Persons holding Appraisal Shares shall be entitled to receive only those rights and payments provided to Persons holding Appraisal Shares under
Section 262 with respect to the Appraisal Shares. From and after the Effective Time, all Appraisal Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall be cancelled and cease to exist, and each Person holding Appraisal Shares shall cease to have any
rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the fair value of such Appraisal Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 262. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, after the Effective Time, any such Person holding Appraisal Shares
shall have failed to properly perfect or shall have effectively withdrawn, waived or otherwise lost the right to appraisal under Section 262, or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such Person is not entitled to the relief provided by
Section 262 with respect to any shares of Company Common Stock, then the right of such Person to receive those rights under Section 262 and to be paid the fair value of such Appraisal
Shares shall cease and such Appraisal Shares shall be deemed to have been cancelled and converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the applicable
Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01(c), without interest thereon and subject to any withholding of Taxes required by applicable Law, and shall not thereafter
be deemed to be Appraisal Shares.
(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall give
prompt notice to Parent of any written demands received by the Company for appraisal of any shares of Company Common Stock, attempted withdrawals of any such demand and any other documents or instruments served pursuant to applicable Law and
received by the Company relating to rights of appraisal in accordance with Section 262, and Parent shall have the right to direct and participate in all negotiations and Actions with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, settle or offer to settle, approve any withdrawal, or make any payment or deliver any consideration with respect to, or settle or compromise, any such demands or notices of dissent, or
approve of any withdrawal of any such demands, or agree or commit to do any of the foregoing. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall not, except with the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld,
delayed or conditioned), require the Company to make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal or notices of dissent or offer to settle or settle any such demands or notices.
Section 2.08. Further Action. The parties agree to take all necessary action to cause the Merger to become effective in accordance with this Article II
as soon as practicable following the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of the last of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than
conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Merger Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waiver of such conditions). If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is
reasonably determined by Parent to be 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 Merger Sub and the Company, the
officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized (in the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Company and otherwise) to take such action.
ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties of the Company
The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that, except as (A) set forth in the confidential disclosure letter delivered by the
Company to Parent and Merger Sub concurrently with or prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) (it being understood that any information,
item or matter set forth in one section or subsection of the Company Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosure with respect to, and shall be deemed to apply to and qualify, the section or subsection of this Agreement to which it corresponds in
number and each other section or subsection of this Agreement (x) to which there
is a cross-reference to such information, item or matter or (y) to the extent that it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such information, item
or matter is relevant to such other section or subsection) or (B) disclosed in any report, schedule, form, statement or other document (including exhibits) filed with, or furnished to, the SEC by the Company since October 1, 2023 and publicly
available at least one Business Day prior to the execution of this Agreement (the “Filed SEC Documents”), other than any general cautionary or forward-looking statements
contained in the “Risk Factors” section of any such Filed SEC Document; provided that this clause (B)
shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 (Capitalization), Section
3.03 (Authority; Noncontravention), and Section 3.22 (Brokers and Other Advisors):
Section 3.01. Organization; Standing. (a) The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, is in good standing with the Secretary of State of Delaware and has all requisite
corporate power and corporate authority necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and to own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used, except (other than with respect to the Company’s due
organization and valid existence) has not had, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. True and complete copies of the Company Charter Documents are included in the Filed SEC Documents. The Company is not in violation of any
provision of the Company Charter Documents.
(b) Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority necessary to carry on its business as
it is now being conducted and to own and use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently owned and used, except where the failure to be so organized, existing and in good standing would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent true and complete copies of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws and other charter and organizational documents of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries as in effect as
of the date hereof, including all amendments thereto. No Subsidiary of the Company is in violation of any provision of its organizational documents, except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) The Company (and each of its Subsidiaries) is
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation, and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law), in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires such qualification or licensing, except
where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.02. Capitalization. (a) The authorized shares of the Company consist of 300,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Preferred Stock”). At the close of business on January 24, 2025 (the “Capitalization Date”),
(i) 83,860,532 shares of Company Common Stock were issued
and outstanding and (ii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued or outstanding. As of the Capitalization Date, 18,914,725 shares of Company Common Stock were
reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the Equity Plans, of which amount (A) 2,527,040 shares of Company Common Stock were subject to outstanding Company RSUs, (B) 345,078 shares
of Company Common Stock were subject to outstanding Company PSUs (assuming attainment of the target level of performance) and 804,827 shares of Company Common Stock were subject to outstanding Company PSUs (assuming attainment of the maximum level of
performance) and (C) 4,679,409 shares of Company Common Stock were subject to outstanding Company Stock Options. As of the Capitalization Date, 4,307,605 shares of Company Common Stock where reserved and available for issuance under the Company
ESPP. From the Capitalization Date through the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has issued any Company Securities other than, in each case, pursuant to the vesting, settlement or exercise of Equity-Based Awards, or the
forfeiture of, or withholding of Taxes with respect to, Equity-Based Awards, in all cases, in accordance with their terms. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable
and free of preemptive rights.
(b) Section 3.02(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets
forth, as of the Capitalization Date, a list of each holder of an Equity-Based Award, including the holder’s jurisdiction, the date of grant of each such Equity-Based Award, the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to each Equity-Based
Award (including both the target and the maximum number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to each Company PSU), the exercise or purchase price per share of Company Common Stock subject to each Equity-Based Award, the expiration date of such
Equity-Based Award, the Equity Plan under which such Equity-Based Award was granted, the vesting schedule of such Equity-Based Award and the performance conditions associated with any Equity-Based Award that is subject to performance-based vesting,
whether such Equity-Based Award is intended to be treated as an “incentive stock option” pursuant to Section 422 of the Code, and whether such Equity-Based Award is subject to Section 409A.
(c) Except as described in Section 3.02(a) and Section 3.02(b), as of the Capitalization Date, there were (i) no outstanding shares of capital stock
of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company, (ii) no outstanding securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company, (iii) no outstanding
options, warrants, rights or other commitments or agreements to acquire from the Company, or that obligate the Company to issue, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company, (iv) no obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar agreement or
commitment relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, the Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) being referred to collectively as “Company Securities”) and (v) no other obligations by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payments based on the price or value of any Company Securities.
(d) Other than the Equity Plans, there are no outstanding
agreements of any kind which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities (other than pursuant to the forfeiture of, or withholding of Taxes with respect to, Equity-Based Awards),
or obligate the Company to grant, extend or enter into any such agreements relating to any Company Securities, including any agreements granting any preemptive rights, subscription rights, anti-dilutive rights, rights of first refusal, stockholder
rights plans (or similar plan commonly referred to as a “poison pill”) or similar rights with respect to any Company Securities. No direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company owns any Company Securities. None of the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company is a party to any stockholders’ agreement, voting trust agreement, registration rights agreement or other similar agreement or understanding relating to any Company Securities or any other agreement relating to the disposition, voting
or dividends with respect to any Company Securities.
(e) Each Equity-Based Award (i) was granted under an
Equity Plan, (ii) was granted in compliance with all applicable securities Laws or exemptions therefrom and in accordance with the terms of the applicable Equity Plan and (iii) is evidenced by a written award agreement substantially in a form that
has been made available to Parent. Each Company Stock Option has an exercise price per share that is no less than the fair market value, as of the grant date of such Company Stock Option, per share of Company Common Stock subject to such Company
Stock Option, determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A.
(f) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or
other equity or voting interests in, each Subsidiary are owned directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, by the Company or its Subsidiaries free and clear of all Encumbrances and transfer restrictions, except for Permitted Encumbrances
and such Encumbrances and transfer restrictions as may be provided under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities
Act”) or other applicable securities Laws (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interests). Each outstanding share of capital stock of
each Subsidiary is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights, and there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, rights, calls, contracts or other commitments, understandings, restrictions or
arrangements relating to the issuance, acquisition, redemption, repurchase or sale of any shares of capital stock or other equity or voting interests of any Subsidiary, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security,
instrument or agreement, any agreements granting any preemptive rights, subscription rights, anti-dilutive rights, rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect to any securities of any Subsidiary.
Section 3.03. Authority; Noncontravention. (a) The Company has all necessary corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to obtaining the
Company Stockholder Approval and
assuming the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.10 are true and correct,
to consummate the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement, and, assuming the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.10
are true and correct and, subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of the
Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by Guarantor, Parent and Merger Sub, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws of general application
affecting or relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity (clauses
(i) and (ii), collectively, the “Bankruptcy and Equity Exception”).
(b) The Company Board (at a meeting duly called and held)
has unanimously adopted resolutions (i) approving (including for the purposes of Section 203 of the DGCL) and declaring advisable this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the Merger, and approving the CVR Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) determining that the terms of this Agreement, the CVR Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the CVR Agreement are fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and the stockholders of the Company, (iii) resolving to recommend the Company Board Recommendation and direct that this Agreement be submitted to the Company’s
stockholders at the Company Stockholders Meeting for approval of the adoption of this Agreement, which resolutions have not been rescinded, modified or withdrawn in any way.
(c) Assuming the representations and warranties set forth
in Section 4.10 are true and correct, except for the approval of the adoption of this Agreement by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares
of Company Common Stock entitled to vote on this Agreement at the Company Stockholders Meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof (the “Company Stockholder Approval”),
no other vote or approval of the holders of Company Common Stock or any other equity interests of the Company or any other corporate action (except as contemplated in Section 3.03(a))
on the part of the Company is necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the
Company, the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the performance or compliance by the Company with any of the terms or provisions hereof, will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of
the Company Charter Documents or (ii) assuming that the consents, approvals, filings, licenses, permits, authorizations, declarations, notifications and registrations referred to in Section 3.04
are obtained prior to the Effective Time and the
filings referred to in Section 3.04 are made and any waiting periods thereunder have
terminated or expired prior to the Effective Time, (x) violate any Law or Judgment applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) require any approval under, conflict with, result in a breach of, violate or constitute a default under any
of the terms or provisions of any Material Contract or Permit, or give rise to any right of termination, acceleration, cancellation or give others any right to receive any payment (in all cases, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) any of
the terms or provisions of any Material Contract or Permit or (z) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case
of clause (ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.04. Governmental Approvals. Except for (a) the filings required under and compliance with other applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws, (b) the
filing with the SEC of (i) the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting, form of proxy and proxy statement relating to the Company Stockholders Meeting and any annexes, schedules or exhibits filed in connection therewith, in each case as amended
or supplemented from time to time (collectively, the “Proxy Statement”) and (ii) such filings under the Securities Act or Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the CVR Agreement, (c) the filing
of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, (d) such filings as may be required under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and (e) compliance with any applicable state securities or blue sky laws, no consent, approval, license, permit or authorization of, or filing, declaration, notification or registration with, any Governmental
Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and the consummation by the Company of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, other than such other consents, approvals, licenses, permits, authorizations, filings, declarations, notifications or registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 3.05. Company SEC Documents; Undisclosed Liabilities. (a) The Company has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and all other information incorporated therein) required to be filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act or the Exchange Act since January 1,
2022 (collectively, the “Company SEC Documents”). As of their respective effective dates (in the case of Company SEC Documents that are registration statements filed
pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act) and as of their respective SEC filing dates or, if amended prior to the date hereof, the date of the filing of such amendment, with respect to the portions that are amended (in the case of all
other Company SEC Documents), the Company SEC Documents complied as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as the case may be, applicable to such Company
SEC Documents, and none of the
Company SEC Documents as of such respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date hereof, the date of the filing of such amendment, with respect to the disclosures
that are amended) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(b) The consolidated financial statements of the Company
(including all related notes or schedules) included or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Documents, as of their respective dates of filing with the SEC (or, if such Company SEC Documents were amended prior to the date hereof, the date of
the filing of such amendment, with respect to the consolidated financial statements that are amended or restated therein), (i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto,
(ii) have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (except, in the case of unaudited quarterly statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC or other rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis during
the periods involved (except as (x) may be indicated in the notes thereto or (y) as permitted by Regulation S-X) and (iii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries
as of the dates thereof and the consolidated statements of operations and consolidated statements of cash flows for the periods shown (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, to normal year‑end adjustments that are not,
individually or in the aggregate, material).
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any liabilities of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) which would be required to be reflected or reserved against on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP or the notes thereto, except liabilities
(i) reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet (or the notes thereto) of the Company as of December 31, 2023 (the “Balance Sheet Date”) included in
the Filed SEC Documents, (ii) incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, (iii) incurred pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions or (iv) as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) The Company maintains, and since January 1, 2022 has
maintained, disclosure controls and procedures and a system of “internal controls over financial reporting” (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (e) and (f), respectively, of Rule 13a‑15 under the Exchange Act) as required by Rule 13a-15 under
the Exchange Act designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, and includes those policies and
procedures that: (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the Company Board;
and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company that could
have a material effect on the financial statements. The Company’s management has completed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s system of internal controls over financial reporting in compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, and, except as set forth in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date of this Agreement, that assessment concluded that those controls were effective and disclosed to the
Company’s independent registered public accounting firm and audit committee of the Company Board (A) all significant deficiencies and material weakness in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Company
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role
in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has identified or been made aware of (i) any
“significant deficiencies”, “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting utilized by the Company which would reasonably be
expected to adversely affect in any material respect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated or (ii) or any fraud that involves the management or other
employees of the Company who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.
(e) The Company maintains disclosure controls and
procedures as defined in and required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed in the Company’s 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 material information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to enable the principal executive officer of the Company and the principal financial officer of the Company to make the certifications required under the Exchange Act with respect to such reports.
The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all current listing and corporate governance requirements of NYSE.
(f) There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in
comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the Company SEC Documents. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Documents are the subject of ongoing SEC review and there are no inquiries or investigations by the SEC or
any internal investigations pending or threatened in writing, in each case regarding any accounting practices of the Company.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or has any obligation or other commitment to become a party to, (i) any securitization transaction, 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 or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any other Person, including any
structured finance, special purpose, or limited purpose Person, on the other hand) or (ii) any “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(b) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act).
(h) Since January 1, 2022, to the Knowledge of the
Company, the Company has not received any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim (whether written or oral), regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its internal accounting
controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that the Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.
Section 3.06. Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at any time it
is amended or supplemented or at the time it is first published, sent or given to the Company’s stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, except that no
representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to statements included or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
The information with respect to the Company (or any of its Subsidiaries) that the Company furnishes to Parent or Merger Sub specifically for use in the Proxy Statement, at the time of the filing of, at any time the Proxy Statement is amended or
supplemented and at the time of any distribution or dissemination of the Proxy Statement, 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 made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
Section 3.07. Absence of Certain Changes. (a) From the Balance Sheet Date through the date of this Agreement, except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions
related thereto and to any transaction of the type contemplated by this Agreement, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been carried on and conducted in all material respects in the ordinary course of business.
(b) From the Balance Sheet Date through the date of this
Agreement, there has not been or occurred any effect, change, event, circumstance, condition, development, state of facts or occurrence that has had, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) From September 30, 2024 through the date of this
Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action or failed to take any action that would have constituted a breach of Section 5.01(b)(ii),
Section 5.01(b)(iii), Section 5.01(b)(iv), Section 5.01(b)(vi), Section 5.01(b)(viii), Section 5.01(b)(xi),
Section 5.01(b)(xiii), Section 5.01(b)(xiv),
Section 5.01(b)(xv), Section
5.01(b)(xvi), Section 5.01(b)(xix) or Section 5.01(b)(xxi) had such action been
taken after the execution of this Agreement without the prior consent of Parent.
Section 3.08. Legal Proceedings. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be or reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, there is no (i) pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened legal or administrative proceeding (including any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate proceeding), charge, complaint, claim, demand, counterclaim, litigation, suit, investigation,
arbitration, audit or action, or any appeal therefrom (an “Action”) against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, pending, or
threatened, Action against any present or former officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such individual’s capacity as such or (iii) outstanding order, judgment, injunction (whether pending, preliminary or
permanent), ruling, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority (a “Judgment”) imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in the cases of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii),
by or before any Governmental Authority. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be or reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to the Knowledge of the Company, no investigation or
review (excluding routine inquiries and inspections) by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or is being threatened.
Section 3.09. Compliance with Laws; Permits. (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are, and have been since January 1, 2022, in compliance with all state, federal, local, municipal, international, multinational,
supranational or other Laws or Judgments, applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except for instances of non-compliance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Since January 1, 2022, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been given written notice of, or been charged with, any violation of, any applicable Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries hold all
licenses, franchises, permits, certificates, consents, approvals, identification numbers and authorizations from Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Permits”)
necessary for the lawful conduct of their respective businesses (including to lawfully own, lease or otherwise hold and operate their properties and business), except where the failure to hold the same would not, individually or in the aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Permits held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are valid and in full force and effect, and the Company and its
applicable Subsidiary are in compliance in with the terms and requirements thereof.
(c) The Company, each of its Subsidiaries and each of its
and their respective directors, officers and employees acting in such capacity are and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each of its and their other agents acting on its or their behalf are, and have been since January 1, 2022, in compliance with
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery
Act of 2010, all Laws enacted to implement the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and any rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder or any other applicable Laws relating to bribery, corruption, kick-backs or money laundering (collectively, “Anti-Bribery Laws”). Neither
the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries, have received any written communication that alleges material violation of any Anti-Bribery Law. To the Knowledge of the Company there is not currently and, since January 1, 2022, there has not been, any
audit or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority (including receipt of any subpoena) related to any actual, alleged or potential violation of any Anti-Bribery Law. Since January 1, 2022, none of the Company, any of its Company
Subsidiaries any of its or their respective directors or officers, nor to the Knowledge of the Company any of its or their respective employees, or agents, has offered, paid, authorized or promised to pay anything of value to any Person for the
purpose of improperly influencing any decision of any officer, employee, representative or body of any Governmental Authority (including any entity owned or controlled by any Governmental Authority) or improperly obtaining or retaining business or a
business advantage in violation of any Anti-Bribery Law.
(d) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2022, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all respects with all applicable Export Laws. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect, since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of the Company’s Subsidiaries has (i) received written notice of any actual, alleged or potential violation of any Export Law or (ii) been a party to or the subject of any pending (or to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened) Action, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any audit or investigation, by or before any Governmental Authority (including receipt of any subpoena) related to any actual, alleged or potential violation of
any Export Law.
Section 3.10. Tax Matters. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect:
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
prepared (or caused to be prepared) and timely filed (taking into account valid extensions of time within which to file) all Tax Returns required to be filed by it, and all such filed Tax Returns (taking into account all amendments thereto) are
true, complete and accurate.
(b) All Taxes owed by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that are due (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid or have been adequately reserved against in accordance with GAAP.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to any audits, examinations, investigations, proposed adjustments, claims or other proceedings that are pending or have been threatened in respect of any Taxes.
(d) No written claim has been made by a Governmental
Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(e) Since January 1, 2020, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has been a “controlled corporation” or a “distributing corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock that was purported or intended to be governed by Section 355 or Section 361 of
the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Law).
(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
been a member of an affiliated group filing an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which is the Company). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability for the Taxes
of any other Person pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provisions of state, local or foreign Law), by reason of having been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary, group relief or similar Tax
group, as a transferee or successor. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made an election under Section 965(h) of the Code.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, or bound by, or has any obligation under, or any liability with respect to, any Tax sharing Contract other than (i) Contracts solely among the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) customary Tax indemnification provisions in any Contract
the primary purpose of which does not relate to Taxes.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to an assessment, collection, or deficiency for Taxes (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary
course).
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011‑4(b)(2).
(j) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
complied in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to the payment, collection, withholding and remittance of Taxes (including information reporting requirements) with respect to payments made to any employee, creditor, independent
contractor, stockholder or other third party.
(k) There are no Encumbrances for Taxes upon the assets
or properties of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries except for Taxes not yet due and payable.
(l) The Company will not be required to include any items
of income in a taxable period ending after the Merger Closing Date as a result of: (i) any installment sale that occurred prior to the Merger Closing Date, (ii) any prepaid amounts or deferred revenue received
outside the ordinary course of business received prior to the Merger Closing Date, an intercompany transaction (within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations under
Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of U.S. state or local or foreign Tax Law)) or an excess loss account (within the meaning of the Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any similar provision of U.S. state or local
or foreign Tax Law)) existing at the Merger Closing or (iii) any change in accounting method pursuant to Section 481 of the Code or comparable provisions of state, local or foreign applicable Law as a result of transactions or events occurring prior
to the Merger Closing Date.
(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, bound by or subject to any (i) closing agreement within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law), which agreement will be binding on the Company, as applicable, after the Merger
Closing Date or (ii) private letter ruling of the IRS or comparable ruling of any Governmental Authority.
(n) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have
complied with Section 482 of the Code or any similar provision of U.S. state or local or foreign Tax Law relating to transfer pricing.
Section 3.11. Employee Benefits. (a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of each material Company Plan.
(b) The Company shall provide to Parent within 10
Business Days following the date of this Agreement, (i) a true and complete list of each Company Plan that provides compensation or benefits exclusively or primarily to Persons whose services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are performed
exclusively or primarily in a country other than the United States (a “Non-U.S. Benefit Plan”) and (ii) copies of each of the documents set forth in Section 3.11(c)
applicable to such Non-U.S. Benefit Plan; provided, notwithstanding this Section 3.11(b), Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall include any Non-U.S.
Benefit Plan that provides non-statutory, unfunded, defined benefit pension, defined benefit leave or other similar obligations.
(c) With respect to each Company Plan that is not a
Non-U.S. Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies (to the extent applicable and including all amendments, schedules, attachments and riders) of the following: (i) the current plan document, or if the Company
Plan is not written a written summary of the material terms thereof, (ii) the current summary plan description (and all summaries of material modifications thereon), (iii) the most recent determination letter (or opinion letter for pre-approved
plan) received from the IRS, (iv) copies of the three most recently filed Form 5500 annual reports (including all schedules and attachments thereto), (v) the three most recent actuarial valuation or similar reports, (vi) the results of coverage and
non-discrimination testing for the three most recently-completed plan years, (vii) all current trust agreements and funding agreements, (viii) all material notices to or from the IRS or any office or representative of the United States
Department of Labor or any other applicable Governmental Authorities and (ix) each insurance or group annuity contract or other funding vehicle.
(d) Each Company Plan has been established, administered
and funded in accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable Laws, including ERISA and the Code, except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(e) Except as would not be material to the Company and
its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, with respect to each Company Plan, all contributions and premiums to, and payments from, such Company Plan required to be made in accordance with the terms of such Company Plan, and, when applicable, the
applicable Laws of the jurisdiction in which such Company Plan is maintained, have been timely made.
(f) Each Company Plan intended to be “qualified” within
the meaning of Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or is entitled to rely upon a favorable opinion letter issued by the IRS. No such determination letter or opinion letter has been revoked, no
Governmental Authority has threatened to revoke any such determination or opinion letter, and to the Knowledge of the Company no circumstances exist nor have any events occurred that will or could reasonably be expected to cause the
loss of any such qualification status.
(g) There are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened claims (other than routine claims for benefits) or other Actions, by, on behalf of or against any Company Plan or any trust related thereto and no audit or other proceeding by a Governmental Authority is pending, or to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened with respect to any Company Plan, any fiduciary thereof or any service provider thereto. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective directors, employees or agents has, with respect
to any Company Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt “prohibited transaction,” as such term is defined in Section 4875 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a future
penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, employees or agents, in each case, except as would not be
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
(h) Neither the Company, nor any Commonly Controlled
Entity maintains, sponsors, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or within the past six years has maintained, sponsored, contributed to or been required to contribute to, or has or may have any direct or indirect liability under or with
respect to, any (i) plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or is otherwise a defined benefit plan (whether or not subject to ERISA), (ii) “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), or
(iii) a plan that has two or more contributing sponsors, at least two of whom are not under common control or that is otherwise treated together with the Company as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code. Neither the
Company nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has incurred any Controlled Group Liability that has not been paid in full, nor
to the Knowledge of the Company, do any circumstances exist that could reasonably be expected to result in any Controlled Group Liability becoming a liability of Parent
or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates. No Company Plan holds or invests in any “qualifying employer securities” within the meaning of Section 407(d)(5) of ERISA.
(i) No Company Plan provides, and neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has or may have any obligations to provide, benefits or coverage in the nature of health, life disability insurance or any similar benefits following employment or retirement for retired, former or current officers,
directors, managers, consultants, employees, or individual contractors of the Company (or any of their eligible dependents or beneficiaries), other than benefits or coverage (i) required to be provided under COBRA and (ii) the full cost of which is
borne by the recipient (or any of their beneficiaries).
(j) Except as set forth in this Agreement, the
consummation of the Transactions will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or trigger any payment or funding, or increase the amount of compensation due to any director, officer,
employee or any other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Plan, (ii) cause the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any benefits under any Company Plan,
(iii) limit or restrict the right to amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company Plan on or following the Effective Time, (iv) entitle any current or former director, officer, employee or individual service provider of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries to any new type of compensation or benefit or (v) result in the payment or provision of any amount (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) to any current or former director, officer, employee or other individual
service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Plan or otherwise that would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code or would be subject to an excise tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a
party to, and is not otherwise obligated under, any plan, policy, agreement or arrangement that provides for the gross-up or reimbursement (or similar “make whole” payments or indemnities) of Taxes imposed under Sections 409A or 4999 of the Code
(or any corresponding provisions of state or local Law relating to Tax) or otherwise.
(l) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable filing, reporting, and notice requirements, (ii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify for special Tax
treatment meets all requirements for such Tax treatment, and (iii) each Non-U.S. Benefit Plan that is intended to be funded or book reserved, is fully funded or book reserved, as appropriate, based upon reasonable actuarial assumptions.
Section 3.12. Labor Matters. (a) The Company has made available to Parent a list of all current Company Employees, which accurately sets forth with respect to each such Company Employee such Company Employee’s (i)
employing entity, (ii) date of hire; (iii)
position; (iv) current annual base salary or hourly wage; (v) work location; (vi) status as a full-time or part-time employee; (vii) Fair Labor Standards Act or
applicable state law classification as exempt or non-exempt; (viii) status as a temporary or permanent employee; (ix) status as a regular or leased employee; (x) status as an active or inactive employee and, if such employee is inactive, the date of
commencement of leave and expected return date; (xi) any other compensation payable to such employee (including any housing allowance and any compensation payable pursuant to any bonus, target incentive compensation, deferred compensation or
commission arrangement or other compensation); (xii) the value of such employee’s accrued vacation time and sick leave or other paid time off; (xiii) whether such employee is a U.S. Company Employee working in the United States or working outside the
United States (a “Non-U.S. Company Employee”) and, if such employee is a Non-U.S. Company Employee, the country in which such Non-U.S. Company Employee exclusively or
primarily performs services for the Company and (xiv) employing entity. The Company (including its Subsidiaries) is not, and since January 1, 2022 has not been party to, nor has, and since January 1, 2022, has not had a duty to bargain for or
negotiate in connection with entering into, any Collective Bargaining Agreements. There is no pending or threatened labor strike, lockout, slowdown or work stoppage by or with respect to any Company Employees. There is no unfair labor practice
charge or complaint or other Action presently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board or any equivalent state or local Governmental
Authority.
(b) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2022, have been in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to wages, hours, benefits, labor, leave, harassment, retaliation, overtime
compensation, equal employment opportunity, reasonable accommodations, break and meal periods, occupational safety and health, workers’ compensation, immigration, promotion and termination of employees, pay transparency, and other terms and
conditions of employment (including the proper classification and compensation of employees for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act and cognate state and local Laws), Laws in respect of any reduction in force, including notice, information,
and consultation requirements, and the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. Sections 1101 et seq. and its implementing regulations. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, there is no labor- or
employment-related Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened. All employees of the Company are lawfully authorized to work in the country in which the applicable employee provides
services, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1,
2022, (i) no Governmental Authority has threatened or initiated any complaints, charges, lawsuits, grievances, claims, arbitrations, administrative proceedings or other proceeding(s) or investigation(s) with respect to the Company or its
Subsidiaries arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to any Laws governing labor or employment and (ii) no Governmental Authority has issued or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to issue
any citation, order, Judgment, fine or decree against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Laws governing labor or employment, in each case, except
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2022 (i) no allegation, complaint, charge, or claim, whether formal or informal, of harassment on the basis of gender, sex or race, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, gender
discrimination, racial or ethnic discrimination or similar behavior (a “Misconduct Allegation”) has been made against any Person who is or was an officer, director or
other managerial employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries in such Person’s capacity as such, or in any such capacity and (ii) the Company has not entered into any settlement agreement, tolling agreement, non-disparagement agreement,
confidentiality agreement or non-disclosure agreement, or any Contract or provision similar to any of the foregoing, relating directly or indirectly to any Misconduct Allegation against the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any Person who is or was
an officer, director or other managerial employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(e) Since January 1, 2022, the Company has complied with
WARN, and it has no plans to undertake any action that would trigger WARN.
(f) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material
compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, and other Laws administered by the Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, whether as a prime
contractor or subcontractor.
(g) To the Knowledge of the Company, no employee,
contractor or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is (i) bound by or otherwise subject to any Contract restricting them from performing their duties for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) in breach of any Contract with
any former employer or other Person concerning Intellectual Property or confidentiality due to their activities as an employee, contractor or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.13. Environmental Matters. (a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries is, and since January 1, 2022, has been in
compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, and the Company has not received any written notice since January 1, 2022 (or earlier for any unresolved matters) alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of or has any
liability under any Environmental Law, (ii)(A) the Company and its Subsidiaries possess and are in compliance with all Permits issued or required under Environmental Laws for the operation of their respective businesses as presently operated, all
of which Permits are valid and in full force and effect, and (B) no Action is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to revoke, materially modify, suspend or terminate any such Permit, (iii) there is no, and since January 1, 2022,
has not been any, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (A) information request from a Governmental Authority to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries; or (B) Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law or with respect to any Release of or exposure to Hazardous
Substances, (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Judgment imposed by any Governmental Authority under which there are uncompleted, outstanding or unresolved obligations on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries
arising under Environmental Laws or with respect to any Release of or exposure to Hazardous Substances, and (v) (A) there has been no Release of any Hazardous Substances at the Real Property or any real property formerly leased, owned or operated by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has arranged, by Contract or otherwise, for the disposal or treatment of Hazardous Substances at any third-party location.
(b) The Company has made available to Parent all material Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, material Permits issued to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law and material written audits, in each case that relate to the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ compliance with Environmental Laws since January 1, 2022, or to the environmental condition of
the Real Property or any real property the Company or any of its Subsidiaries formerly owned, operated or leased, and that are in the possession or control of the Company.
Section 3.14. Intellectual Property. (a) Section 3.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all material Registered Company Intellectual Property. Section 3.14(a) of the Company
Disclosure Letter includes for each item of Registered Company Intellectual Property: (A) the record owner; (B) the jurisdiction in which it was registered or filed; (C) the application, registration or serial number and filing or registration
date; and (D) any other Person that has an ownership interest in it and the nature of such ownership interest. The Company and its Subsidiaries own all right, title and interest in and to the Owned Company Intellectual Property, free and clear of
all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), and all of the Registered Company Intellectual Property is subsisting, valid and enforceable.
(b) Each item of material Registered Company Intellectual
Property is in compliance with all requirements relating to registrations, filings, payments (including maintenance fees), renewals and other actions that are or have been required to be paid, made or taken with the relevant Governmental Authority
or domain name registrar in the U.S. or non-U.S. jurisdictions, as the case may be. All registrations, filings, payments, maintenance, renewal and other actions with respect to each item of material Registered Company Intellectual Property have
been paid, made or taken by the applicable deadline.
(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries own, or have a valid
license or other right to use and otherwise exploit (in the manner used or otherwise exploited by, or necessary for the conduct of business by, the Company and its Subsidiaries), all material Intellectual Property used or otherwise exploited in, or
necessary for, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries related to the Products); provided
that nothing in this Section 3.14(c) shall be interpreted or construed as a
representation or warranty with respect to whether there is any infringement, misappropriation or dilution of any of the Intellectual Property of any other Person, which
is the subject of Section 3.14(g). Other than pursuant to this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not agreed to grant to any Person (other than Parent or its
Affiliates), as a result of the Merger, any ownership interest, license or other right with respect to any Intellectual Property used or otherwise exploited in, or necessary for, the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(including the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries related to the Products). The Company and its Subsidiaries collectively own, or have a valid license or other right to use and otherwise exploit, all material Intellectual Property
incorporated or embodied in each Product.
(d) Section 3.14(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter
lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each Contract: (i) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been granted any license, under, in or to, or has otherwise received or acquired any right, title, or interest (including a
right to receive a license) under, in or to any Intellectual Property (“Inbound License”) or (ii) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has granted to
any Person any license under, in or to, or has otherwise granted any right, title or interest (including a right to receive a license) under, in or to any Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property (“Outbound License”), excluding (A) solely in the case of clause (i), non-exclusive licenses to
off-the-shelf Software or other Software generally available on standard terms and conditions for less than $10,000, which is not distributed or made available by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any third party and is not incorporated
into any Product and is not otherwise material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) solely in the case of clause (ii), non-exclusive licenses granted
to end customers solely for their internal use of Products purchased from the Company or its Subsidiaries or to suppliers solely for their provision of components or parts to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary
course of business and which do not otherwise limit or restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to assert or enforce any Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, (C) solely in
the case of clause (i), non-exclusive licenses to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of the Intellectual Property of any other Person that are incidental to the
transaction contemplated in the Contract under which such licenses are granted and where such Intellectual Property is not distributed or made available by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any third party and is not incorporated by or for
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into any Product and is not otherwise material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (D) in the case of each of clauses (i)
and (ii), confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business that do not contain an express license; and (E) solely in the case
of clause (i), Contracts with employees, contractors, and consultants on the Company’s standard form of Intellectual Property assignment agreement provided to Parent.
The Company has made available to Parent true, complete and correct copies of all Inbound Licenses and Outbound Licenses, including all material modifications, amendments and supplements thereto. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, each Inbound License and each Outbound License is valid and binding on the
Company or one of its Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, neither the Company or any of its applicable Subsidiaries nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any other party to any material Inbound License or Outbound License (i) is or has been in material breach of or default under any such Inbound
License or Outbound License, (ii) has provided or received any notice of breach of, or default under, any such Inbound License or Outbound License or (iii) has provided or received any intention to terminate any material Inbound License or Outbound
License. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, no event, circumstance or condition exists which (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) would constitute a material breach or default under the
provisions of any Inbound License or Outbound License or would give rise to any right to terminate any material Inbound License or Outbound License. For purposes of this Section 3.14,
any covenant not to assert, waiver or other immunity in, to or under any Intellectual Property will be deemed to constitute a license.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are taking and, since January 1, 2022, have taken, reasonable measures to secure, protect and maintain the confidentiality and value of any and all Trade Secrets material
to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries or included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, or which a third party has provided to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries under an obligation of confidentiality, including measures designed to protect against unauthorized disclosure and requiring each Person with access to such Trade Secrets to execute a written and binding confidentiality agreement to
the extent such Person is not otherwise bound by substantially similar confidentiality obligations by virtue of such Person’s role or status. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no material misappropriation, violation, or infringement
of, or unauthorized access to or disclosure of, any Trade Secret material to the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries or included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, or
which a third party has provided to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under an obligation of confidentiality.
(f) All current and former employees, contractors and
consultants of the Company and its Subsidiaries who have made material contributions to the creation or development of any material Intellectual Property for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including Intellectual Property in or pertaining
to any Product) (each such current or former employee, contractor or consultant, a “Contributor”) have entered into valid and binding agreements containing a present
assignment of all right, title and interest in such Intellectual Property to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and confidentiality provisions protecting the Trade Secrets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. No Contributor owns (or has any
claim or right, whether or not currently exercisable, to any ownership interest in or to) any Intellectual Property which would otherwise be considered Owned Company Intellectual Property.
(g) The Company and its Subsidiaries are not infringing,
diluting, misappropriating or otherwise violating and, since January 1, 2022, have not infringed, diluted, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property of any other Person (directly, contributorily, by inducement or otherwise).
None of the Products infringes upon, dilutes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any Intellectual Property of any other Person (directly, contributorily, by inducement or otherwise). No adverse third-party Actions are, and since January 1,
2022, there have been no adverse third-party Actions, pending or threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) challenging the ownership, scope, validity, enforceability or use by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property (including any interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination or other Actions) or (ii) alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or
has been infringing, misappropriating or diluting the Intellectual Property of any Person (directly, contributorily, by inducement or otherwise) in any material respect. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have
received any written notices or written requests for indemnification from any Person related to any obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnify, defend, hold harmless or reimburse any other Person with respect to any existing
or potential Intellectual Property infringement, dilution, misappropriation or violation. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any Action that restricts, or if adversely determined could restrict, in any material manner
the use, transfer, assignment, registration or licensing of, or adversely affect the validity or enforceability of, any material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property.
(h) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, no Person is or, since January 1, 2022, has been, infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating or diluting the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Owned Company
Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has made any written claims, filed any Actions or given written notice to any other Person related to any of the foregoing.
(i) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are complying, and since January 1, 2022, have complied with the requirements of the licenses for any Open Source Software incorporated into, linked with or distributed or
made available with any Software included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required (including by Contract) to provide any
source code of Software included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property (other than the third-party Open Source Software itself) to any party pursuant to any of the licenses for Open Source
Software or as a result of using modifying, creating a derivative work of or distributing any Open Source Software.
(j) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, no funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Authority or any university, college or other academic organization has been used to create, in whole or in part, any material Intellectual Property
where such funding or use of facilities or personnel results in the Governmental Authority or academic organization obtaining (i) ownership of or other exclusive rights in Intellectual Property that is, or would otherwise constitute, Owned Company
Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, (ii) license rights, pricing rights or access rights to Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, (iii) march-in rights or
rights to share in revenue associated with Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, or (iv) rights to direct manufacturing, or require manufacturing in the U.S. or other specific jurisdiction, of
products incorporating or embodying Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property. No Contributor has, to the Knowledge of the Company, performed services for a Governmental Authority or academic
institution related to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries during which time such Contributor was also performing services for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(k) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is not,
and since January 1, 2022, has not been, a member of, or subject to any Contract with, any forum, consortium, patent pool or standards body, in each case, as a result of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be obligated to grant
or offer a license or other right or immunity in, to or under any material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property, or the ownership or control by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any
material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property is or will be impaired; and (ii) since January 1, 2022, has not received a request in writing from any Person for any license or other right or
immunity in, to or under any Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property in connection with the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ membership of, submission or contribution to, or Contract with any
patent pool, forum, consortium, or standards body. No material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property is subject to any FRAND, RAND, compulsory licensing or similar commitment that requires or
will require the grant of any license or right or immunity in, to or under any material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property to any Person or otherwise limits or will limit the Company’s or any
of its Subsidiaries’ control of any material Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property.
(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has
(i) sold, assigned or otherwise transferred any ownership interest in, (ii) abandoned, canceled or allowed to lapse (other than, in the case of this clause (ii), as would
not be material), (iii) exclusively licensed, or (iv) pledged, encumbered or otherwise subjected to any Encumbrance (other than, in the case of this clause (iv), any
Permitted Encumbrance) any Intellectual Property in or pertaining to any Product. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract that restricts
in any material respect the right or ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and, following the Merger Closing, Parent and its Affiliates), to conduct any
activities with respect to any Product or any Intellectual Property in or pertaining to any Product.
(m) To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Software
included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or any Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property contains any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “malware,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly
understood in the software industry) or any other code designed or intended to have, or capable of performing, any of the following functions: (i) disrupting, disabling, harming or impeding the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a
computer system or network or other device on which such code is stored or installed; or (ii) damaging, destroying, encrypting or denying access to any data or file without the user’s consent.
(n) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, all Software included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property is fit for its intended uses and conforms in all material respects with its
documentation.
(o) No source code for any Software included in the Owned
Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property has been delivered, licensed or made available (and no event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time)
will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license or making available of any source code for any Software included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property) to any
escrow agent or other Person who is not, as of the date of this Agreement, subject to a binding, written agreement imposing on such Person confidentiality and non-use obligations with respect to such source code in favor of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and that prohibits disclosure outside the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any use other than for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any duty
or obligation (whether present, contingent or otherwise) to deliver, license or make available any source code for Software included in the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property to any (i) other
Person who is not, as of the date of this Agreement, subject to a binding, written agreement imposing on such Person confidentiality and non-use obligations with respect to such source code in favor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and
that prohibits disclosure outside the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any use other than for the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, or (ii) escrow agent.
Section 3.15. Data Privacy and Technology; Information Security. (a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2022 have
been, in material compliance with (i) applicable Data Protection Laws regarding the collection, storage, processing, disclosure and use of Personal Information, (ii) all obligations regarding the collection, storage, processing, disclosure
and use of Personal Information to which it is bound under Contract or consents obtained from individuals who are the subject of that Personal Information, and (iii) the
Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ publicly posted external privacy policies regarding the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ collection, storage, processing, disclosure and use of Personal Information. Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries has at all times since January 1, 2022 made all disclosures to, and obtained any necessary consents from, users, consumers, customers, employees, contractors, and other
applicable individuals as required to comply with applicable Data Protection Laws and has filed any required registrations required to comply with applicable Data Protection Laws with the applicable data protection authority. Except as would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its Subsidiaries have entered into any required “business associate agreements” under HIPAA (whether acting as “business associate” or “subcontractor business
associate”) and any required data processing instruments governing the international transfer of Personal Information.
(b) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has experienced any breaches, outages or unauthorized uses of or accesses to the Company IT Assets or any breaches or unauthorized
uses of or accesses to Protected Information within the possession or control of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Since January 1, 2022, the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has implemented and maintains an information security plan that: (i) identifies internal and external risks to the security of any proprietary or confidential information in its possession, including Protected Information;
(ii) monitors and protects Protected Information and all IT Assets against any unauthorized use, access, interruption, modification or corruption; (iii) implements, monitors and maintains reasonable administrative, technical, and physical
safeguards to control those risks; and (iv) maintains incident response and notification procedures in the case of any breach of security compromising Protected Information. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries takes and, since January 1,
2022, has taken commercially reasonable steps to ensure that any Protected Information collected or handled by authorized third parties acting on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiary has been collected or handled with similar safeguards, in each
case, in compliance with applicable Data Protection Laws and consistent with general industry standards.
(d) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company IT Assets operate and perform as necessary to permit the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as conducted as of the date
hereof. Since January 1, 2022, the Company and its Subsidiaries have taken commercially reasonable steps and implemented commercially reasonable safeguards to protect the Company IT Assets from unauthorized access, interruption or disruption and
from any disabling codes or instructions, spyware, Trojan horses, worms, viruses or other Software routines that permit or cause unauthorized access to, or unauthorized disruption, impairment, disablement or destruction of, Software or proprietary
data.
(e) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, since January 1, 2022, there has been no breach or other violation of HIPAA by the Company or its “workforce” (as defined under HIPAA) with respect to “protected health information” (as defined under
HIPAA) in the possession or under the control of the Company and its Subsidiaries and no unauthorized access, use, acquisition or disclosure of any “protected health information” (as defined under HIPAA) processed by or on behalf of the Company or
its Subsidiaries.
(f) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has entered into a business associate agreement with the applicable third party in each instance where the Company or its Subsidiaries (as the case may be)
provides protected health information (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103) to that third party, in each case, as required by, and in conformity with HIPAA and the applicable Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party.
(g) Since January 1, 2022, employees of each of the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries who have access to Personal Information have received documented training (in accordance with industry standards) with respect to compliance in all material respects with all applicable Data Protection Laws and,
to the extent applicable, the PCI DSS.
Section 3.16. Property. (a) Section 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreement, the address of each Owned Real Property. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company or one of its Subsidiaries has good and valid fee simple title to each Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), (ii) no Owned Real Property is subject to
any lease, sublease, license or use and occupancy agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary has granted any third party the right to use or occupy all or any portion of any Owned Real Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances),
(iii) there are no outstanding options or rights of first offer or refusal for the benefit of a third party to purchase any Owned Real Property and (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any Actions in
eminent domain, condemnation or other similar Actions that are pending, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no such Actions threatened, in each case, affecting any portion of the Owned Real Property.
(b) Section 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter
lists, as of the date of this Agreement, the address of each Leased Real Property and the Company Lease with respect thereto. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries has a good and valid leasehold, subleasehold or license interest (as lessee, sublessee or licensee) in each Leased Real Property, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances), subject to the terms of the
applicable Company Lease, (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any Actions in eminent domain, condemnation or other similar Actions that are pending, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no
such Actions threatened, in each case, affecting any portion of the Leased Real Property and (iii) no Leased Real Property is subject to any
license, sublease or use and occupancy agreement pursuant to which the Company has granted any third party the right to use or occupy all or any portion of any Leased
Real Property.
(c) Except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, all buildings, structures, fixtures and other improvements located on the Owned Real Property or on the Leased Real Property for which the Company or any Subsidiary is responsible (i) are in good operating
condition and repair, are free of any material defect, (ii) are adequate for use in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of the Company and (iii) do not materially encroach on any real property (that is not part of the
Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property which it is on) and there are no buildings or improvements that encroach onto the Real Property that materially impair the ability to use any such Real Property in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice of the Company.
(d) Except as would not, individually on in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Real Property has adequate rights of way and access to water, sanitary sewer and storm drain facilities and all other public utilities necessary for the current use and occupancy of the Company,
(ii) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice from any utility company or municipality of any fact or condition which could result in the discontinuation of presently available sewer, water, electric, gas, telephone or
other utilities or services for the Real Property and (iii) the Real Property has access to public roads, streets or the like or valid perpetual easements over private streets, roads or other private property for such ingress to and egress from
such property.
Section 3.17. Contracts. (a) Section 3.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each Material Contract and identifies, with respect to each Material
Contract, the clause of Section 3.17(a) to which it applies. For purposes of this Agreement, “Material
Contract” means any Contract (but excluding any Company Plan set forth on Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter) to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
or any of their respective properties or assets is bound that:
(i) is filed as an exhibit to the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or is otherwise a “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act);
(ii) is a joint venture,
collaboration partnership or other similar arrangement that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than with respect to any partnership that is wholly owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(iii) provides for Indebtedness of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an outstanding or committed amount or relates to any swap, forward, futures or other similar derivative transaction, other than Indebtedness solely between or among any of the Company and its
Subsidiaries;
(iv) relates to the acquisition or
disposition of any business, assets or properties (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) for aggregate consideration under such Contract (A) that was entered into after January 1, 2022 or (B) pursuant to which any earn-out,
indemnification (other than the standard assumption of post-closing liabilities) or deferred or contingent payment obligations remain outstanding, other than in the case of clause
(A), (x) acquisitions or dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business or (y) repurchases by the Company of Company Common Stock;
(v) obligates or is reasonably
expected to require, the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration to or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 in any calendar year, other than obligations or requirements with respect to contingent
sales commissions payable to sales agents or agencies;
(vi) is a Company Lease;
(vii) pursuant to which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations or interests involving (A) milestone or similar payments, including upon the achievement of development, regulatory, or commercial milestones or (B) payment of royalties or other amounts
calculated based upon any revenues or income of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), which would reasonably be expected to exceed $100,000 in any calendar year;
(viii) is a Collective Bargaining
Agreement;
(ix) contains provisions that
prohibit or limit in a material respect the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from competing in or conducting any line of business, grants a right of exclusivity to any Person that prevents or limits in a material respect the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries from entering any geographic territory, or contains any “most favored nations” terms and conditions (including with respect to pricing) granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) is a Contract that provides
change of control, severance or termination pay, retention, transaction-based or similar compensation or benefits (including any accelerated rights to payment, funding or vesting in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
to any current or former officer, director, employee or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xi) is a distribution or
wholesale Contract that would reasonably be expected to involve payments by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of more than $100,000 in any calendar year;
(xii) is a settlement,
conciliation or similar agreement with or approved by any Governmental Authority or any third party and pursuant to which (A) the Company or any
Subsidiary will be required after the date of this Agreement to pay any monetary obligations in excess of $100,000 individually or (B) that contains
any material obligations or material limitations on the Company’s or any Subsidiary’s conduct (other than customary releases of claims and non-disclosure obligations);
(xiii) prohibits (A) the
declaration or payment of dividends or distributions in respect of the capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) the pledging of the capital stock or other equity interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) the
issuance of any guaranty by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xiv) require the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (or any successor to or acquirer of) to make any material payment to another Person as a result of a change of control of the Company (or any indirect change of control of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries) (a “Change of Control Payment”) or gives another Person a right to receive or elect to receive a Change of Control Payment;
(xv) is with any Governmental
Authority involving or reasonably likely to involve payments in excess of $100,000 in any calendar year, except for pricing agreements with universities, municipalities or hospitals, clinical study agreements, materials transfer agreements,
statutory rebate agreements and non-disclosure agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; or
(xvi) is a Contract relating to an
Affiliate Transaction.
(b) Except with respect to any Contract that has expired
in accordance with its terms or been terminated, restated or replaced, (i) subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exception, each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such Person is a party
thereto, as applicable, and to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except where the failure to be valid, binding or in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, have performed all obligations required to be performed by it under each Material Contract and is not in breach
or default, except where such nonperformance, breach or default would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice, or to the Knowledge of
the Company, any oral notice, of the existence of any breach or default on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Material Contract that has not since been cured, except where such breach or default would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) to the Knowledge of the Company, the counterparty under such Material Contract is not in breach or default thereof, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) The Company has made available to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of the Material Contracts.
(d) The Company has made available to Parent true,
correct and complete copies of each Contract with contingent sales commissions payable to sales agents or agencies that obligate or is reasonably expected to require, the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration to or by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 in any calendar year.
Section 3.18. Insurance. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the Company and its Subsidiaries own or hold policies of insurance, or are self-insured, in amounts
providing reasonably adequate coverage against all risks consistent with normal industry practice for companies in similar lines of business and industry of similar size and stage of development as the Company, (b) all such insurance policies are
in full force and effect except for any expiration thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, (c) no written notice of cancelation or modification has been received other than in connection with ordinary renewals and (d) there is no existing
default or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, by any insured under such insurance policies. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is no claim pending under any insurance policies as to
which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies except for such claims as have not had, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Parent a copy of all
material insurance policies relating to the business, assets and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.19. Company Product Regulatory Matters. (a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all Health Care Laws by which any Product is bound.
(b) Each Product (including any CE-marked Product) has
been studied, developed, designed, manufactured, tested, labeled, supplied, sold, advertised, marketed, promoted, distributed, imported, exported, stored, serviced, handled, provided, paid for, processed, packaged, and commercialized in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws.
(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1,
2022, no conditions have existed or currently exist that actually or have the potential to restrain the Company or its Subsidiaries from their ability to carry on their activities (as currently conducted or planned by the Company to be conducted)
in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Health Care Laws.
(d) Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries have introduced any Product into commercial distribution that was, upon its shipment, adulterated or misbranded in material violation of any applicable Law, including 21 U.S.C. § 331 or EU Laws and Regulations.
(e) Since January 1, 2022, all Products are and have been
labeled, promoted, marketed, and advertised in all material respects in accordance with their intended use, intended
purpose, and Health Care Permit, if applicable. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any material notice or other
material communication from the FDA or any other Governmental Authority: (A) contesting a Health Care Permit, including any premarket clearance, approval, or CE-mark; (B) contesting the uses of or the labeling and promotion of any Product; (C)
otherwise alleging a material violation of any Health Care Law applicable to any Product; or (D) alleging that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has illegitimately affixed the CE mark to any CE-marked Product or that Products are not in
compliance with EU Laws and Regulations.
(f) Since January 1, 2022, none of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, any of its or their respective directors, officers or employees, or to the Knowledge of the Company any distributors, resellers, suppliers, consultants, agents, clinical investigators, or other third parties acting on behalf of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have received written notice of or been subject to, or have any reason to believe it will receive written notice or be subject to: (i) any material adverse inspectional finding, nor any data integrity review,
corporate integrity agreement, monitoring agreement, deferred prosecution agreement, consent decree, settlement order or other similar agreement, investigation, penalty, fine, reprimand, sanction, assessment, request for corrective or remedial
action, warning letter, regulatory letter, untitled letter, It Has Come To Our Attention Letter, FDA Form 483, request for additional information, notice of action for import detentions or refusals, institutional review board or ethics committee
alleging material noncompliance with any Health Care Laws (including EU Laws and Regulations); (ii) other material compliance or enforcement notices, orders, complaints, communications or other material correspondences from FDA or any other
Governmental Authority (including any notified body) related to any Product, property, or asset, including matters that are civil, criminal, or regulatory in nature; (iii) any material communication from a Governmental Authority regarding prior or
ongoing preclinical or clinical studies, including requiring or threatening a clinical hold or the termination, suspension, or material modification of such studies; or (iv) any other communications requesting additional information pertaining to
potential material violations of any Health Care Laws, or indicating an investigation into actual or potential material violations of any Health Care Laws. Since January 1, 2022, no such order, action, or communication described in any of clauses (i), (ii), (iii),
or (iv) above has been received or occurred, or is currently anticipated, contemplated, proposed, or to the Knowledge of the Company, pending.
(g) Since January 1, 2022, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws of Governmental Authorities governing the import and export of Products.
(h) Since January 1, 2022, the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been and continue to be certified and in material conformance with ISO 13485. Since January 1, 2022, the Company and its Subsidiaries have prepared and submitted timely responses and, as applicable, any corrective action plans
required to be prepared and submitted in response to any inspections, audits or examinations performed by any Governmental Authority, and have implemented all of
the corrective actions described in such corrective action plans, or have received approval by any Governmental Authority of all corrective action plans.
(i) All Products are the subject of an appropriate Health
Care Permit, as required, and duly held by the Company, unless such Product is otherwise exempt from such Health Care Permit.
(j) All material Health Care Permits of the Company are
valid, in full force and effect, and not subject to any material probation, conditions, or limitations. The Company and its Subsidiaries are and, since January 1, 2022, have been in compliance in all material respects with all such Health Care
Permits and with all Laws applicable to the Company, its Subsidiaries, and any of its Products.
(k) Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor its
Subsidiaries has received, and the Company does not believe that it or any of its Subsidiaries may receive, any notice from a Governmental Authority alleging material non-compliance, breach, or alleged material breach of any term of the Health Care
Permits. No suspension, cancellation, modification, revocation, restriction, limitation, or nonrenewal of any Health Care Permit is pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened or anticipated to be threatened or pending, and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no reason why any such Health Care Permit may be varied, suspended, cancelled, revoked, or not renewed on the same terms. No material Health Care Permit is held in the name of any employee, officer, director,
stockholder, agent, or otherwise on behalf of the Company. Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have ever been denied a Health Care Permit due to Product non-conformities.
(l) No Product is currently and, since January 1, 2022,
no Product has been subject to any field action, including any recall, correction, removal, market withdrawal or any other corrective action, including those that would be required to be reported to the FDA or documented under 21 C.F.R. Part 806
(collectively, a “Field Action”), nor is any Field Action currently under consideration by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(m) Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has entered into any consent decree or order pursuant to any Health Care Law, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are not, and since January 1, 2022, have not been, party or subject to any Judgment pursuant to any Health Care
Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not, and, since January 1, 2022 there has not been, any act, omission, event, or circumstance that could give rise to or lead to any such Action.
(n) Since January 1, 2022, none of the Company, any of
its Subsidiaries, any of the its or their respective directors, officers or employees, or to the Knowledge of the Company any distributors, resellers, consultants, suppliers, agents or any other third party acting for or on behalf of the Company or
its Subsidiaries, have (i) made an untrue statement of material fact or fraudulent statement to FDA or any other Governmental Authority (including
orally, or in any records or documentation prepared, maintained, or submitted to Governmental Authorities), including with respect to any Product or the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries; (ii) failed to disclose a material fact with respect to any Product required to be disclosed to any Governmental Authority; (iii) been the subject of any material investigation by the FDA, National Institutes of Health,
Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Justice, or any other comparable Governmental Authority, including with respect to data or healthcare program fraud; or (iv) committed any other act, made
any statement or failed to make any statement, that (in any such case) establishes a reasonable basis for the FDA to invoke its Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy, or for any Governmental
Authority to invoke any similar policy. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the above listed individuals or entities are subject or, since January 1, 2022, have been subject to any actual, threatened, or pending investigation by the FDA
pursuant to its Fraud, Untrue Statements of Material Facts, Bribery, and Illegal Gratuities Final Policy, or by any Governmental Authority pursuant to any similar policy.
(o) To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their officers, directors and employees (in each case, in their capacity as such) have made or offered any payment, gratuity or other thing of value that is prohibited by any Law to personnel of the FDA or any
similar Governmental Authority since January 1, 2022.
(p) Since January 1, 2022, neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries nor any of their employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of its agents and distributors acting on its or their behalf (i) has materially violated or caused a material violation of any federal or state health care fraud
and abuse or false claims statute or regulation, including the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b), the False Claims Act, and related regulations, that is applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) has been debarred,
excluded, suspended or threatened with debarment or exclusion under any Law, including under 21 U.S.C. § 335a, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7, and relevant regulations in 42 C.F.R. Part 1001 or (iii) has been assessed or threatened with assessment of civil
money penalties pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 335b, 21 C.F.R. Part 17 or 42 U.S.C. Part 1003.
(q) There is not pending, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no facts that would reasonably be expected to give rise to, any civil, criminal, or administrative actions or suits alleging any: (i) hazard or defect in design, manufacture, service, handling, materials, workmanship with
respect to any Product, (ii) failure to warn or breach of any express or implied warranty or representation; or (iii) concern with the safety, efficacy or performance of any Product.
Section 3.20. No Rights Agreement; Anti-Takeover Provisions. (a) As of the date hereof, the Company is not party to a stockholder rights agreement, “poison pill” or similar anti-takeover agreement or plan.
(b) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 4.10, as a result of the approval by the Company Board referred to in Section 3.03(b),
the Company has taken all action required to be taken thereby in order to exempt this Agreement, the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement from the requirements or restrictions of any “business combination,” “control
share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium” or other anti-takeover Law, including Section 203 of the DGCL (each, a “Takeover Law”).
Section 3.21. Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company Board has received the written opinion (or an oral opinion to be confirmed in writing) of Piper Sandler & Co. (“PSC”) to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based upon and subject to the assumptions, procedures, limitations, qualifications and conditions set forth in the executed copy thereof, and such other factors
as PSC consider relevant, the per share Cash Amount is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Company Common Stock. It is agreed and understood that such opinion is solely for the benefit of the Company Board and may not be relied
on by Parent or Merger Sub.
Section 3.22. Brokers and Other Advisors. Except for PSC, the fees and expenses of which will be paid by the Company or the Surviving Corporation, no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to
any broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission, in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.23. Affiliate Transactions. No present officer or director of the Company and no family member thereof, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Person owning 5% or more of the Company Common Stock, and no family
member of any such natural Person, is a party to any Contract with or binding upon the Company or any of its properties or assets, or has any material interest in any property owned, leased or occupied by the Company, or has engaged in any material
transaction with any of the foregoing within the 12 months preceding the date of this Agreement that would be required to be disclosed and has been disclosed under Item 404 under Regulation S-K under the Securities Act (such transactions, an “Affiliate Transaction”).
Section 3.24. Acknowledgment by Company. Except for the representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in Article IV and the
representations and warranties made by Guarantor in Section 8.15, the Company (for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates and Representatives) acknowledges that none of
Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub nor any of the Subsidiaries of Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub, nor any other Person, has made or is making, and the Company and its Affiliates and respective Representatives have not relied on and are not relying on,
any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub or any of the Subsidiaries of Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub or their respective businesses, operations, properties, assets, liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, or any estimates, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information or business and strategic plan information regarding Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub and the
Subsidiaries of Guarantor, Parent or Merger Sub, notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to the Company or any of its Affiliates or respective Representatives of any
documentation, forecasts or other information (in any form or through any medium) with respect to any one or more of the foregoing or any oral, written, video, electronic or other information developed by the Company or any of its Affiliates or
respective Representatives.
ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
Parent and Merger Sub jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company that:
Section 4.01. Organization; Standing. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing with the Secretary of State of Delaware. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite power and authority necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except as
would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.02. Authority; Noncontravention.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the CVR Agreement and all other agreements and documents consummated hereby and thereby and to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the Transactions, subject, in the case of the
Merger, to the approval of the adoption of this Agreement by Parent, as sole stockholder of Merger Sub (which shall occur immediately following the execution of this Agreement). The Board of Directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub have adopted
resolutions unanimously approving and declaring advisable this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance thereof and the CVR Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the Merger. No vote of holders of
capital stock of Parent is necessary to approve this Agreement, the CVR Agreement or the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the CVR Agreement. Parent, as the sole
stockholder of Merger Sub, will approve the adoption of this Agreement, the CVR Agreement and the Transactions (which approval shall be provided for by written consent of Parent) immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
Except as expressly set forth in this Section 4.02(a), no other corporate action (including any stockholder vote or other action) on the part of Parent or Merger Sub is
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement, the CVR Agreement and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Transactions. This Agreement and the CVR Agreement have been duly
executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company and the other parties thereto, as applicable, constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy and Equity
Exception.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
CVR Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub, and the consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the Transactions, and the performance or compliance by Parent or Merger Sub with any of the terms or provisions hereof and thereof, will not (i) conflict with
or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other comparable charter or organizational documents of Parent or Merger Sub or (ii) assuming that the consents, approvals, filings, licenses, permits, authorizations,
declarations, notifications and registrations referred to in Section 4.03 are obtained prior to the Effective Time and the filings referred to in Section 4.03 are made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired prior to the Effective Time, (x) violate any Law or Judgment applicable to Parent or Merger Sub or (y)
violate or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub are a party or accelerate Parent’s or Merger Sub’s obligations under any such Contract, except, in the case of clause (ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.03. Governmental Approvals. Except for (a) the filings required under and compliance with other applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws, (b) the
filing with the SEC of (i) the Proxy Statement and (ii) such reports under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the CVR
Agreement, (c) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, (d) such filings as may be required under the rules and regulations of NYSE and (e) compliance with any applicable state securities
or blue sky laws no consent, approval, license, permit or authorization of, or filing, declaration, notification or registration with, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the CVR Agreement by
Parent and Merger Sub, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of its obligations hereunder or thereunder and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Merger or the other Transactions, other than such other consents, approvals, licenses,
permits, authorizations, filings, declarations, notifications or registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.04. Ownership and Operations of Merger Sub. Parent owns beneficially and of record all of the outstanding shares of Merger Sub, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for encumbrances or transfer restrictions of
general applicability as may be provided under the Securities Act or applicable securities law. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of entering into the Transactions, has no liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those
incident to its formation and pursuant to the Transactions, and prior to the Effective Time, will not have engaged in any other business activities other than those relating to the Transactions.
Section 4.05. Available Funds. Guarantor has available, and has the authority to cause it to make available to purchase, access to funds sufficient to consummate the Merger and the other transactions on the terms contemplated
by this Agreement and, at the expiration of the Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub will have access to sufficient funds necessary for the acquisition of all shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the Merger, as the case may be, to pay all
fees and expenses in connection therewith and to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement. No obligation of Parent, Merger Sub or any Affiliate thereof to consummate the Merger is in any way contingent upon or otherwise subject to
Parent’s or Merger Sub’s (or any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Affiliates) consummation of any financing arrangements, Parent’s or Merger Sub’s obtaining (or any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Affiliates’ obtaining) of any financing or the availability,
grant, provision or extension of any financing to Parent or Merger Sub (or to any of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Affiliates).
Section 4.06. Certain Arrangements. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Voting Agreement, or as set forth in Section 4.06 of the disclosure letter delivered by the Parent and Merger Sub to the Company concurrently
with or prior to the execution of this Agreement, there are no Contracts or other arrangements or understandings (whether oral or written and whether or not legally binding) or commitments to enter into Contracts or other arrangements or
understandings (whether oral or written and whether or not legally binding) between Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates, on the one hand, and any member of the Company’s management or Company Board or, to the knowledge of Guarantor or
Parent, any beneficial owner of shares of Company Common Stock, on the other hand, that relate in any way to the Company or any of its businesses or Subsidiaries (including those businesses and Subsidiaries following the Merger Closing) or the
Transactions (including as to continuing employment).
Section 4.07. Brokers and Other Advisors. Except for Goldman Sachs, the fees and expenses of which will be paid by Parent or Merger Sub, no broker, investment banker, financial advisor or other Person is entitled to any
broker’s, finder’s, financial advisor’s or other similar fee or commission, in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Section 4.08. Information Supplied. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement will, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at any
time it is amended or supplemented or at the time it is first published, sent or given to the Company’s stockholders, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in
light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will, at the time such documents are filed with the SEC, comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act, except that no
representation or warranty is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to statements included or incorporated by reference therein based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company for inclusion or incorporation by reference therein.
Section 4.09. Legal Proceedings. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement, there is no (a) pending or, to the knowledge of Parent,
threatened Action against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub) or (b) Judgment imposed upon or affecting Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub), in the cases of each of clauses (a) and (b), by or before any Governmental Authority.
Section 4.10. Ownership of Equity of the Company. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor any of their controlled Affiliates own, directly or indirectly (including pursuant to a derivatives contract) any shares of Company Common
Stock or are or have been an “interested stockholder” (as defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) of the Company during the three years prior to the date hereof.
Section 4.11. No Other Company Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties made by the Company in Article III,
Parent and Merger Sub (each for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates and Representatives) acknowledge that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any other Person, have made or are making, and each of Parent, Merger Sub and their
Affiliates and respective Representatives have not relied on and are not relying on, any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, operations,
properties, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, or any estimates, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information or business and strategic plan information regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries,
notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates or respective Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information (in any form or through any medium) with respect to any one or more of
the foregoing or any oral, written, video, electronic or other information developed by Parent, Merger Sub or any of their Affiliates or respective Representatives.
Section 4.12. Non-Reliance on Company Estimates, Projections, Forecasts, Forward-Looking Statements and Business Plans. In connection with the due diligence investigation of the Company by Parent and Merger Sub and their
Affiliates and respective Representatives, the negotiations of this Agreement or the course of the Transactions, Parent, Merger Sub and their Affiliates and respective Representatives have received and may continue to receive from the Company
certain estimates, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking information, as well as certain business and strategic plan information, regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective businesses and operations. Parent and
Merger Sub hereby acknowledge (each for itself and on behalf of its Affiliates and Representatives) that there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make such estimates, projections, forecasts and other forward-looking statements and that
Parent, Merger Sub, their Affiliates and respective Representatives have not relied on such information and will have no claim against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Representatives, with respect thereto or,
except for the representations and warranties set forth in Article III, any rights hereunder with respect thereto.
ARTICLE V
Additional Covenants and Agreements
Section 5.01. Conduct of Business. (a) Except as required by applicable Law, Judgment, as expressly required by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 5.01
of the Company Disclosure Letter during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time (or such earlier date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VII),
unless Parent otherwise consents in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to use reasonable best efforts (i) to carry on its business in the
ordinary course consistent with past practices and in compliance with applicable Law and (ii) to preserve substantially intact its and each of its Subsidiaries’ material assets, properties, Contracts and Permits, current business organizations,
current employees and consultants (other than any terminations for cause or voluntary resignations) (provided that nothing in foregoing shall require the Company to take
any action restricted by Section 5.01(b)(xii)), relationships and goodwill with customers, suppliers, licensors, licensees, distributors, contractors, partners and others
having material business dealings with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however,
that no action by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to matters specifically addressed by Section 5.01(b) shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 5.01(a) unless such action would constitute a breach of Section 5.01(b).
(b) Except as required by applicable Law or Judgment, as
expressly required by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 5.01 of the Company Disclosure Letter, unless Parent otherwise consents in writing (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time (or such earlier date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Article VII), the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to:
(i) issue, sell, grant deliver,
pledge, transfer, encumber or authorize the issuance, sale, delivery, pledge, transfer or encumbrance or grant of, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or
exercisable for, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests (including any rights, warrants or options to purchase any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests); provided that the Company may issue shares of Company Common Stock (A) as required pursuant to the terms and conditions as of the date of this Agreement of Equity-Based Awards outstanding as of the
date of this Agreement under any Equity Plan or (B) as required to comply with Section 3.05 with respect to the Company ESPP;
(ii) directly or indirectly,
redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of the Company’s capital stock or other equity or voting interests, or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, any shares of the Company’s capital stock or other equity
or voting interests (including any rights, warrants or options to purchase any shares
of the Company’s capital stock or other equity or voting interests) (other than pursuant to the forfeiture of, or withholding to satisfy the
exercise price or Tax obligations with respect to, Equity-Based Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement under any Equity Plan, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions as of the date of this Agreement or the forfeiture of
Equity-Based Awards granted after the date of this Agreement in accordance with this Agreement);
(iii) establish a record date for,
declare, set aside for payment or pay any dividend on, or make any other distribution (whether in cash, stock, property or any combination thereof) in respect of, any shares of its capital stock or other equity or voting interests (other than
dividends paid by a wholly-owned Subsidiary to the Company or to another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company);
(iv) split, combine, subdivide or
reclassify any shares of the Company’s capital stock or other equity or voting interests;
(v) forgive any loan or incur any
indebtedness for borrowed money, issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire any debt securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, guarantee any such indebtedness or debt securities of another Person or enter
into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition of another Person or other arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing (collectively, “Indebtedness”), except for (A) intercompany Indebtedness among the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business and (C) additional Indebtedness incurred under existing
revolving credit facilities, lines of credit or other existing arrangements (including in respect of letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business), in each case, for working capital and other purposes in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice (and excluding incurrence under any delayed draw term loan facilities or other incremental credit facilities with respect to the Company Credit Agreement) and not to exceed $10,000,000;
(vi) enter into any swap or
hedging transaction or other derivative agreements;
(vii) make any loans, capital
contributions, investments in or advances to any Person other than (A) to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (B) as permitted under Section 5.01(b)(xi) or (C)
advances of commission payments in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) transfer, sell, lease,
pledge or otherwise dispose of, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, any material properties or assets (excluding Owned Company Intellectual Property and Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property), except (A) between
and among the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) dispositions of assets that are obsolete, worn out, surplus or no longer used or useful in the conduct of the
business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) dispositions of assets for consideration not to exceed $2,000,000 individually or
$5,000,000 in the aggregate;
(ix) (A) transfer, sell, lease,
license or subject to an Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) any of the Owned Company Intellectual Property or Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property (or any of the rights, including under any Contract, of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in the foregoing) or (B) except, in each case, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or at the end of its statutory life, cancel, abandon or allow to lapse or expire any of the Owned Company
Intellectual Property;
(x) grant any Encumbrance (other
than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of its material assets, other than to a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company;
(xi) make any acquisition,
directly or indirectly (including by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or any other business combination), if the aggregate amount of consideration paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with all such
transactions would exceed $5,000,000 or, if such acquisition involves stock or a business combination, and the Company (or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company) is not the sole stockholder, member or other equity holder following the
acquisition;
(xii) except as required pursuant
to the terms of any Company Plan in effect on the date of this Agreement that has been made available to Parent or adopted, established, entered into or amended after the date of this Agreement not in violation of this Agreement, (A) grant to any
current or former director, officer, employee or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any increase in compensation (including bonus compensation, base salary compensation or other incentive compensation) or
any other benefits (including any increase in severance, termination pay, change in control, retention, or other similar compensation or benefits), (B) grant to any current or former director, officer, employee, or other individual service provider
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any new or increase to compensation or benefits or any Tax gross-up payment that would not be deductible by reason of Section 280G of the Code or that would otherwise be subject to an excise tax under
Section 4999 of the Code, (C) establish, negotiate, adopt, enter into, amend in any material respect or terminate any Collective Bargaining Agreement or Company Plan, including any change in control, severance or termination agreement with any
director, officer, employee or individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) take any action to accelerate any rights or benefits under any Company Plan or the funding of any payments or benefits under any Company Plan,
(E) terminate the employment or services of any current director, officer, employee or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for cause) or change the terms of employment or services of any current
director, officer, employee or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries such as to create good reason for such individual to resign, (F) grant, pay or award, or commit to grant, pay or award, any bonuses,
incentive compensation, Equity-Based Awards or any other equity or
equity-based compensation, or (G) hire any new employee or other individual service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not restrict the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
from providing employees who are newly hired in accordance with the foregoing clause (G) with plans, agreements, benefits and compensation arrangements that have a value
that is consistent with the value of the plans, agreements, benefits and compensation arrangements previously provided to newly hired employees in similar positions, other than any severance, termination pay, change in control, retention,
Equity-Based Awards, other equity or equity-based compensation or other similar compensation or benefits;
(xiii) make any material changes
in financial accounting methods, principles or practices, except insofar as may be required (A) by GAAP (or any interpretation thereof), (B) by any applicable Law, including Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or (C) by any Governmental
Authority or quasi-governmental authority (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any similar organization);
(xiv) make, change or revoke any
material Tax election, adopt or change any Tax accounting method or change any Tax accounting period, settle or compromise any audit or proceeding in respect of any material Tax liability, file any material amended Tax Return, fail to timely file
any income or other material Tax Return required to be filed or pay any Tax that is due or payable, enter into any “closing agreement” within the meaning of Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law),
surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any material claim or assessment for Taxes, or enter into any Tax indemnification, sharing, allocation, reimbursement or
similar agreement, arrangement or understanding (other than any customary Tax indemnification provisions in ordinary course commercial agreements or arrangements that are not primarily related to Taxes);
(xv) (A) amend the Company Charter
Documents, (B) form any Person that would constitute a Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or (C) acquire any equity interest in any other Person or enter into any joint venture, development, partnership or similar arrangement; except, in the
case of this clause (C), as permitted under Section 5.01(b)(xi);
(xvi) settle, release, pay,
discharge, waive, compromise or satisfy any pending or threatened Action against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any pending or threatened Action that both (A) does not relate to any Action or claim brought by the stockholders of
the Company against the Company or its directors relating to the Transactions or a breach of this Agreement or any other agreements contemplated hereby, and either (B) (x) (1) results solely in a monetary obligation involving only the payment of
monies by the Company of not more than $100,000 individually or $500,000 in the aggregate (excluding any settlements made under the following clause (2)) or would
obligate the Company to take any action or impose restrictions on the business of the Company; (2) results solely in a monetary obligation that is funded by an indemnity
obligation to, or an insurance policy of, the Company and the payment of monies by the Company that are not more than $100,000 individually or
$500,000 in the aggregate (not funded by an indemnity obligation or through insurance policies); or (3) results in no monetary obligation of the Company or the Company’s receipt of payment and (y) does not involve any admission of guilt or impose any
restrictions or limitations upon the operations or business of or other conduct, remedy or injunctive relief applicable to the Company (other than customary releases of claims and non-disclosure obligations), whether before, on or after the Effective
Time;
(xvii) make or authorize any
capital expenditure other than capital expenditures in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not exceed, in the aggregate, 125% of the amount included in the Company’s capital expenditure budget included on
Section 5.01(b)(xvii) of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(xviii) except as otherwise
permitted by this Section 5.01(b) or otherwise in the ordinary course of business, (A) accelerate, terminate, consent to the termination of, amend or modify in any
material respect, grant any waiver of any material right under, or voluntarily terminate, any Material Contract, or any Contract which if entered into prior to the date hereof would have been a Material Contract or (B) enter into any Contract which
if entered into prior to the date hereof would have been a Material Contract;
(xix) adopt or implement any
stockholder rights plan (or similar plans or arrangements);
(xx) terminate, allow to lapse or
expire, suspend, modify or otherwise take any step to limit the effectiveness or validity of, or fail to maintain as valid and in full force and effect, any applicable material Permit used in or required for the operation of the business of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (as currently conducted or planned by the Company to be conducted);
(xxi) adopt a plan or agreement of
complete or partial liquidation or dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(xxii) acquire any real property;
or
(xxiii) commit or agree, in
writing or otherwise, to take any of the foregoing actions.
(c) Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to
give Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ operations prior to the Effective Time. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall exercise, consistent with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over its and its Subsidiaries’ respective operations.
Section 5.02. No Solicitation; Change in Recommendation. (a) Except as permitted by this Section 5.02, from the date of this Agreement until the
Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, the Company shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries, and
its and their respective officers, directors and employees to, and shall instruct, and use reasonable best efforts to cause, its other Representatives retained by it and acting on its behalf to, (i) immediately cease any solicitation, knowing
encouragement, discussions or negotiations with any Persons that may be ongoing with respect to a Takeover Proposal or any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover Proposal, and cease providing any information to any such
Person or its Representatives; (ii) not, directly or indirectly, (A) initiate, solicit or knowingly facilitate or encourage (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the submission of any inquiries regarding, or the making of any
proposal or offer that constitutes, or would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Takeover Proposal, (B) engage in, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person regarding any Takeover Proposal (except to
notify any Person of the provisions of this Section 5.02), (C) furnish to any other Person any non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
any Person, or afford access to the business, assets, properties, books or records, other information or employees or other Representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with, for the purpose of encouraging or
facilitating, with the intent to induce, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, a Takeover Proposal, (D) approve, adopt, endorse or recommend or enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, term sheet, agreement in
principle, merger agreement, acquisition agreement or other similar agreement providing for a Takeover Proposal or any proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover Proposal (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality
Agreement), (E) take any action to exempt any Person (other than Parent and its Subsidiaries) from the restrictions on “business combinations” or any similar provision contained in applicable Takeover Laws or the Company’s organizational and other
governing documents, (F) terminate, waive, amend or modify any provision of any existing Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with respect to a potential Takeover Proposal or any proposal that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover
Proposal; or (G) waive or release any Person from, forebear in the enforcement of, or amend any standstill agreement or any standstill provisions of any other Contract (it being understood that the Company may waive or release any such standstill
provision solely to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the applicable Person (if such Person has not been solicited in breach of this Section 5.02) to make, on a
confidential basis, a Takeover Proposal, if the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that failure to so waive or release such standstill would be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under
applicable Law); or (iii) resolve or agree to do any of the foregoing. The Company shall, promptly following the date hereof (and in any event within one Business Day of the date hereof), discontinue all electronic or physical data room access (or
other diligence access) granted to any Person and its Representatives (other than Guarantor and Parent, their Affiliates and their respective Representatives). The Company shall, promptly following the date hereof (and in any event within two
Business Days of the date hereof), request the prompt return or destruction (to the extent provided for by the applicable confidentiality agreement) of all
confidential information or documents previously furnished to any Person (other than Guarantor and Parent, their Affiliates and their respective Representatives) and all
material incorporating such information created by any such Person. It is agreed that any violation of the restrictions on the Company set forth in this Section 5.02 by
any Representative of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company acting with the authority of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company shall be a breach of this Section 5.02
by the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 5.02(a) or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if at any time on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, but not after, or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, the Company or any of its Representatives receives a written bona fide Takeover Proposal, which Takeover Proposal did not result from a material breach of this Section 5.02, (i) the Company and its Representatives may contact such Person or group of Persons making the Takeover Proposal or its or their Representatives solely to the extent reasonably necessary to clarify the
terms and conditions thereof or to notify such Person or group of Persons or its or their Representatives of the provisions of this Section 5.02 and (ii) if the Company
Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) determines in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that such Takeover Proposal constitutes or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior
Proposal and that the failure to take such action described in clauses (x) and (y) below
would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law, then the Company and any of its Representatives may (x) enter into an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement with the Person or group of Persons making the Takeover
Proposal and furnish pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement information (including non-public information) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries to the Person or group of Persons who has made such Takeover Proposal and its
or their respective Representatives; provided that such information has previously been made available to Parent or, if such information has not previously been made available to Parent, the Company shall as promptly as practicable (and in any
event within 24 hours) provide to Parent any such non-public information concerning the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that is provided to any Person given such access which was not previously provided to Parent or its Representatives; and
(y) engage in or otherwise participate in discussions or negotiations with the Person or group of Persons making such Takeover Proposal and its or their Representatives; provided, in the case of clauses (x) and (y), that concurrently with the first time the Company furnishes any information to or participates in any discussions or
negotiations with, any Person on or after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall provide written notice to Parent of such determination in good faith by the Board of Directors as provided above. The parties acknowledge and agree that any
contacts, disclosures, discussions or negotiations expressly permitted under this Section 5.02(b), including any public announcement that the Company or the Company Board
(or any duly authorized committee thereof) has made any determination contemplated under this Section 5.02(b) to take or engage in any such actions, shall not, in and of
themselves, constitute an Adverse Recommendation Change.
(c) From and after the date of this Agreement and prior
to the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, the Company shall promptly (and, in any event, within 24
hours) notify Parent orally and in writing in the event that: (i) the Company or any of its Representatives receives a Takeover Proposal or any inquiries, proposals or offers that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover Proposal; (ii)
any non-public information is requested in connection with any potential Takeover Proposal or (iii) any discussions or negotiations with respect to a Takeover Proposal or that would reasonably be expected to lead to a Takeover Proposal are sought
to be initiated or continued with the Company, and shall promptly disclose to Parent the material terms and conditions of any such proposals or offers (including a copy of any written Takeover Proposal (including any proposed term sheet, letter of
intent, acquisition or other agreement with respect thereto, or any written communication or materials provided to the Company)), a summary of any unwritten material terms and conditions thereof and the identity of the Person or group of Persons
making such Takeover Proposal, and the Company shall keep Parent reasonably informed of the status and terms of any such proposals or offers (including any material changes thereto) and the status of any material developments, discussions or
negotiations with respect to any such Takeover Proposal (including copies of all communications delivered by or on behalf of such Person in connection with such proposal or offer) on a prompt basis (and in any event within 24 hours of receipt).
For the avoidance of doubt, all information provided to Parent pursuant to this Section 5.02 will be subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.
(d) Except as permitted by this Section 5.02, from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time or, if earlier, the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Article VII, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall: (i) (A) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement when filed with the SEC or disseminated to the
Company’s stockholders, (B) withdraw or withhold (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub), or publicly propose to withdraw (or modify or qualify in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub), the Company Board
Recommendation, (C) declare advisable, recommend the approval or adoption of, or approve or adopt, or publicly propose to declare advisable, recommend, approve or adopt, any Takeover Proposal, (D) after public announcement of a Takeover Proposal
(other than a tender offer or exchange offer), fail to publicly reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation (or refer to the prior Company Board Recommendation) within five Business Days after a written request by Parent to do so (or, if relating to
any Takeover Proposal or material amendments, revisions or changes to the terms of any such previously publicly disclosed Takeover Proposal that are publicly disclosed within the last five Business Days prior to the then-scheduled Company
Stockholders Meeting, by the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the then-scheduled Company Stockholders Meeting), provided that Parent may only
make such request once with respect to any Takeover Proposal (provided that each time a Determination Notice is given Parent shall, subject to the following provision, be
entitled to make a new such request); and provided, further, that the Company shall not be
required to provide any such reaffirmation (or reference to the prior Company Board Recommendation) during the three or four Business Day periods, as applicable, following the giving of a Determination Notice, or (E)
following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer relating to the shares of Company Common Stock by a Person unaffiliated with Parent, fail to publicly
reaffirm (including in any statement under Rule 14d-9(f) or Rule 14e-2 promulgated under the Exchange Act) the Company Board Recommendation (or refer to the prior Company Board Recommendation) and recommend that the Company’s stockholders reject such
tender offer or exchange offer within ten Business Days after the commencement of such tender offer or exchange offer (or, if earlier, by the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the then-scheduled Company Stockholders
Meeting); (any action described in this clause (i), being referred to as an “Adverse Recommendation Change”),
or (ii) approve, recommend or declare advisable, or publicly propose to approve, recommend or declare advisable, or cause or allow the Company to execute or enter into (or cause or permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to execute or enter
into) any Contract, letter of intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement in principle, term sheet, acquisition agreement, merger agreement, option agreement or other similar agreement providing for, or that is intended to or would reasonably be
expected to lead to, a Takeover Proposal (each, a “Company Acquisition Agreement”) or would reasonably be expected to cause, the Company to abandon, terminate, delay or fail
to consummate, or that would otherwise materially impede, interfere with or be inconsistent with, the Transactions (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, after the date of this Agreement and prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, but not after, the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof), may (I) make an Adverse Recommendation Change or (II) with respect to a
Takeover Proposal that did not result from a material breach of this Section 5.02, cause the Company to enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement with respect to a
Takeover Proposal and terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01(d)(ii), in either case, if and only if the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof)
has determined in good faith, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, that (x) in the case of clause (I) where the Adverse Recommendation
Change is not made in response to a Takeover Proposal, such Adverse Recommendation Change is made in response to an Intervening Event, and failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable Law and
(y) in the case of (A) clause (I) where such Adverse Recommendation Change is made in response to a Takeover Proposal or (B) clause (II), such Takeover Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) shall not, and shall cause the Company not to, take any
action set forth in clause (II) or, in the event such action is proposed to be taken in connection with an Intervening Event or a Superior Proposal, take any action set
forth in clause (I) unless (1) the Company has given Parent at least four Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to take such action (which notice shall state
that the Company has received a written Takeover Proposal that constitutes a Superior Proposal, specify the identity of the Person or group of Persons making such Superior Proposal and the material terms and conditions thereof or, if in response to
an Intervening Event, shall have specified in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances describing the Intervening Event and the rationale for the Adverse Recommendation Change, and shall state that the Company Board has determined to make an
Adverse Recommendation Change) (each such notice, a “Determination
Notice”), (2) prior to making such an Adverse Recommendation Change or terminating this
Agreement in accordance with Article VIII, as applicable, the Company has negotiated, and has caused its Representatives to negotiate, in good faith with Parent during such
notice period, to the extent Parent wishes to negotiate, to enable Parent to propose in writing a binding offer to effect revisions to the terms and conditions of this Agreement or make another proposal such that it would cause such Superior Proposal
to no longer constitute a Superior Proposal or, if any Intervening Event, to effect revisions to this Agreement or make another proposal so that the Adverse Recommendation Change would no longer be necessary and (3) following the end of such notice
period, the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) shall have considered in good faith such binding offer, and shall, after consultation with its financial advisors and outside legal counsel, have determined that the Superior
Proposal would continue to constitute a Superior Proposal if the revisions proposed in such binding offer were to be given effect or, if the Determination Notice related to an Intervening Event, taking into account any revised terms committed to in
writing by Parent, that failure to make an Adverse Recommendation Change would be inconsistent with the director’s fiduciary duties under applicable Law (it being understood that foregoing provisions shall also apply to any material change to the
facts and circumstances specified by the Company in a Determination Notice and require a new Determination Notice; provided that for the purposes of such subsequent notice, all references to “four Business Days” shall be deemed to be “three Business
Days”); and provided further that any purported termination of this Agreement pursuant to this sentence shall be void and of no force and effect unless the
termination is in accordance with Article VII and, to the extent required under the terms of this Agreement, the Company pays or causes to be paid to Parent the applicable
Company Termination Fee in accordance with Section 7.03 (to the extent due and payable thereunder) prior to or concurrently with such termination so long as Parent has
provided the Company with wire instructions for such payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement before this Agreement has been
validly terminated in accordance with its terms.
(e) Nothing in this Section 5.02 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company or the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) from (i) issuing any “stop, look and listen” or similar
communication by or on behalf of the Company to the stockholders of the Company pursuant to Rule 14d-9(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, (ii) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of the Company a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a),
Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the Exchange Act or (iii) making any disclosure to the stockholders of the Company that is required by applicable Law or if the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof)
determines in good faith, after consultation with the Company’s outside legal counsel, that the failure of the Company Board or any duly authorized committee thereof to make such disclosure would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties
under applicable Law; provided that the Company Board shall not effect an Adverse Recommendation Change except in accordance with Section 5.02(d).
(f) As used in this Agreement, “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means (x) any confidentiality agreement entered into by the Company from and after the date of this Agreement that contains (i) provisions that are not
less favorable in the aggregate to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement, except that such confidentiality agreement need not include explicit or implicit standstill provisions or otherwise restrict the making of or
amendment or modification to Takeover Proposals and (ii) does not prohibit the Company from providing any information to Parent in accordance with this Section 5.02 or
otherwise prohibit the Company from complying with its obligations under this Section 5.02, or (y) any confidentiality agreement entered into prior to the date of this
Agreement.
(g) As used in this Agreement, “Takeover Proposal” shall mean any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person or group (other than Guarantor and Parent and their Subsidiaries), including any amendment or modification to any
existing proposal or offer, relating to, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, any direct or indirect (i) acquisition or license of 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (based on the fair
market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof)), including through the acquisition of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company owning such assets, (ii) issuance or acquisition of
securities representing 20% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding Company Common Stock or 20% of more of the any class of equity securities of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company whose assets, individually or in the aggregate,
constitute 20% of more of any the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or group beneficially owning securities representing 20% or more of the
voting power of the then outstanding Company Common Stock or 20% or more of any class of equity securities of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company whose assets, individually or in the aggregate, constitute 20% or more of the consolidated assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries or (iv) merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction involving the Company pursuant to which such Person or group (or the
stockholders of any Person) would acquire, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (based on the fair market value thereof, as determined in good faith by the Company Board (or any duly
authorized committee thereof)) or securities representing 20% or more of the aggregate voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities or of the surviving entity in a merger, consolidation, share exchange or other business combination
involving the Company or the resulting direct or indirect parent of the Company or such surviving entity or 20% or more of any class of equity securities of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company whose assets, individually or in the aggregate,
constitute 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case, other than the Transactions; provided, however, that this Agreement and the Transactions shall not be deemed a Takeover Proposal.
(h) As used in this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” shall mean any bona fide written Takeover Proposal made after the date hereof that the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) has determined in good faith,
after consultation with its financial
advisors and outside legal counsel, (i) would, if consummated, be more favorable to the stockholders of the Company (solely in their capacity as such) than the
Transactions from a financial point of view (including after giving effect to proposals, if any, made by Parent pursuant to Section 5.02(d)) and (ii) is reasonably likely
to be completed in accordance with its terms, taking into account all legal, regulatory, financial, financing and other aspects of such proposal that the Company Board deems relevant, the Person making the proposal and the terms of this Agreement;
provided that, for purposes of the definition of “Superior Proposal”, the references to “20%” in the definition of Takeover Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “50%”.
Section 5.03. Reserved.
Section 5.04. Efforts. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each of the parties hereto shall cooperate with the other parties and use, and shall cause its Affiliates to use, reasonable best efforts
(unless, with respect to any action, another standard of performance is expressly provided for herein) to as promptly as reasonably practicable, and in any event, prior to the Outside Date, (i) take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and do, or
cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other parties hereto in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to cause the conditions to Merger Closing to be satisfied as promptly as reasonably practicable and to consummate and make
effective, in the most expeditious manner reasonably practicable, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including preparing and filing promptly and fully all documentation to effect all necessary, proper and
advisable filings, notices, petitions, statements, registrations, declarations, submissions of information, applications, reports and other documents, (ii) obtain all approvals, consents, registrations, waivers, permits, authorizations, exemptions,
clearances, orders and other confirmations from any Governmental Authority or third party necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Transactions, (iii) execute and deliver any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Transactions
and (iv) defend or contest in good faith any Action brought by any Governmental Authority or a third party or any Judgment that could otherwise prevent or impede, interfere with, hinder or delay in any material respect the consummation of the
Transactions.
(b) In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, the Company and Parent shall each use, and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use, reasonable best efforts to (i) take all action necessary to ensure that no Takeover Law is or becomes applicable to any of the Transactions and
refrain from taking any actions that would cause the applicability of such Laws and (ii) if the restrictions of any Takeover Law become applicable to any of the Transactions, take all action necessary to ensure that the Transactions may be
consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and otherwise lawfully minimize the effect of such Takeover Law on the Transactions.
(c) Parent and the Company shall use reasonable best
efforts to cooperate and coordinate the overall development of the positions to be taken and the regulatory actions to be requested in any filing or submission with any Governmental Authority in connection with the
Transactions and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry or litigation by or before, or any negotiations with, any Governmental Authority relating to the
Transactions and of all other regulatory matters incidental thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.04, Parent shall be entitled to direct,
devise and implement the strategy and defense of the Transactions in any action by, or negotiations with, any Governmental Authority or other Person relating to the Transactions or regulatory filings, and shall lead all communications with any
Governmental Authority.
(d) In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, Parent, Merger Sub and Company agree to make, and to cause its Affiliates to make, (x) an appropriate filing of a Notification and Report Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions as promptly as reasonably practicable
following the date of this Agreement (and, in any event, within ten days following the date hereof); provided that if the date of this Agreement is after or within ten
days of the effective date of the changes in the applicable regulations under the HSR Act published in the Federal Register on November 12, 2024, the parties shall use reasonable best efforts to file the Notification and Report Forms required by
the HSR Act as promptly as practicable thereafter and (y) appropriate filings with the Governmental Authorities set forth on Section 5.04(d) of the Company Disclosure
Letter within fifteen days of the date hereof, to supply, and to cause its Affiliates to use reasonable best efforts to supply, as promptly as reasonably practicable any additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant
to the HSR Act or any other applicable Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Laws and to use reasonable best efforts to promptly take, and to cause its Affiliates to take, any and all steps necessary to avoid or eliminate each and every impediment
and obtain all consents under any Laws that may be required by any foreign or U.S. federal, state or local Governmental Authority, in each case with competent jurisdiction, so as to enable the parties hereto to consummate the Transactions. Without
limiting the foregoing, Parent and Company shall use reasonable best efforts to promptly take, and cause their respective Affiliates to take, all actions necessary to secure the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the
HSR Act or any other applicable Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Laws and resolve any objections asserted with respect to the Transactions under the Federal Trade Commission Act or any other applicable Law raised by any Governmental Authority,
in order to prevent the entry of, or to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned, any Restraint that would prevent, prohibit, restrict or delay the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
(i) (A) executing settlements, undertakings, consent decrees, stipulations or other agreements with any Governmental Authority or with any other Person, (B) agreeing to sell, divest or otherwise convey or hold separate any particular assets or
categories of assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries contemporaneously with or subsequent to the Effective Time, (C) permitting the Company to sell, divest or otherwise convey or hold separate any of the particular assets or
categories of assets or businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time, (D) terminating existing relationships, contractual rights or obligations of (x) the Company or its Affiliates or (y) Guarantor, Parent, their
Subsidiaries or any their respective Affiliates, (E) creating any relationship, contractual right or obligation of (x) the Company or its Affiliates or (y) Guarantor, Parent, their Subsidiaries or any of their
respective Affiliates or (F) effectuating any other change or restructuring of (x) the Company or its Affiliates or (y) Guarantor, Parent, their Subsidiaries or any of
their respective Affiliates (and, in each case, entering into agreements or stipulating to the entry of any Judgment by, or filing appropriate applications with, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) or any other Governmental Authority in connection with any of the foregoing
and, in the case of actions by or with respect to the Company, by consenting to such action by the Company (including any consents required under this Agreement with respect to such action)); provided that any such action may, at the discretion of the Company, be conditioned upon the Merger Closing (any such action described in clauses (A)
through (F), a “Restriction”) and (ii) defending through litigation any claim asserted in court
or administrative or other tribunal by any Person (including any Governmental Authority) in order to avoid the entry of, or to have vacated or terminated, any Restraint that would prevent the Merger Closing prior to the Outside Date. Parent shall
have the unilateral right to determine whether to commit to or agree with any Governmental Authority to stay, toll or extend any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or any other applicable Antitrust Laws, pull and refile under the HSR Act or
any other applicable Antitrust Laws or enter into a timing agreement with any Governmental Authority; provided that such action would not be reasonably expected to delay the Merger Closing beyond the Outside Date. Parent is not required to obtain the
Company’s consent but shall consult with the Company on the foregoing and consider in good faith the Company’s views. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to respond to and seek to resolve as promptly as reasonably practicable any objections
asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Transactions. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall not knowingly take (and each of the Company and Parent shall cause their respective Affiliates not to knowingly take) any
action with the intention to, or that would reasonably be expected to, hinder or delay the expiration or termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act or the obtaining of approval of the DOJ or FTC as necessary. Nothing in this Agreement shall
require any party to take or agree to take any action with respect to its business or operations unless the effectiveness of such agreement or action is conditioned upon the Merger Closing.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else
contained in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Section 5.04 or otherwise in this Agreement shall (i) require Guarantor, Parent or any of their Subsidiaries
or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of Parent to agree to, accept or undertake (or to consent to the Company or any its Subsidiaries agreeing to,
accepting or undertaking) any Restriction: (A) with respect to any assets, categories of assets or portions of any business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries if, in each case, any such Restriction would, individually or when taken together
with all other actions undertaken with respect to the matters contemplated by this Section 5.04, reasonably be expected to (x) be material to the business, assets or
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (y) be materially detrimental to the benefits that Parent or any of its Affiliates (including Guarantor) expect as a result of the Transactions contemplated by this
Agreement; or (B) with respect to any assets, categories of assets or portions of any business of Parent or any of its Affiliates (including Guarantor).
(f) Subject to the other terms and conditions of this
Agreement, if any Action or Judgment or other order, including any proceeding by a private party, is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) challenging, hindering, impeding, interfering with or delaying any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement as violating any Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Law, each of the Company (and its Subsidiaries) and Parent (and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall cooperate in all respects with each other and shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to contest and resist any such Action and to have vacated, lifted, reversed or overturned any Judgment or other order, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, that is in effect and that prohibits, prevents or restricts
consummation of the Merger.
(g) In furtherance and not in limitation of the
foregoing, each of the parties hereto shall use (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to use) reasonable best efforts to (i) promptly cooperate in all respects with each other in connection with any necessary, proper or advisable
submissions, consents, approvals, filings, petitions, statements, licenses, permits, authorizations, declarations, notifications, registrations, submissions of information, applications, reports, waivers, exemptions, clearances, orders,
confirmations and other documents with the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions and in connection with any investigation or other inquiry by or before the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental
Authority relating to the Transactions or any proceeding initiated by a private Person, (ii) keep the other parties hereto informed in all material respects and on a reasonably timely basis of any material written or verbal communication received
by such party from, or given by such party to, the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental Authority (including by promptly sending the other parties a copy of all documents, information, correspondence or other communications) and of any material
written or verbal communication received or given in connection with any proceeding by a private Person, in each case regarding any of the Transactions, (iii) subject to applicable Laws and the Confidentiality Agreement relating to the exchange of
information, and to the extent reasonably practicable, promptly consult with the other parties hereto with respect to information relating to the other parties hereto and their respective Affiliates, as the case may be, that appears in any filing
made with, or written materials submitted to, any third Person or the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions, other than “4(c) documents” as that term is used in the rules and regulations under the HSR
Act, (iv) to the extent permitted by the FTC, the DOJ or such other applicable Governmental Authority or other Person, promptly give the other parties hereto the opportunity to attend and participate in such meetings and conferences (whether in
person, by telephone or otherwise) and (v) promptly obtain all consents, registrations, waivers, exemptions, approvals, confirmations, clearances, permits, certificates, orders, and authorizations necessary, proper or advisable to be obtained from,
or renewed with, the FTC, the DOJ and any other Governmental Authority. Prior to submitting any document or any information relating to the Transactions or the parties (whether formally or informally, in draft form or final form) to the FTC, the
DOJ or any other Governmental Authority, a party shall send the other parties such document or information reasonably in advance of such submission, and shall provide the other parties a reasonable opportunity to review such document or information
and consider the other parties’ comments on such document or information in good faith.
Section 5.05. Public Announcements. Parent and the Company shall consult (and shall cause their respective Affiliates to consult) with each other before issuing, and give each other the opportunity to review and comment upon,
any press release or other public statements with respect to the Transactions (except to the extent any such statements related to an Adverse Recommendation Change), and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior
to such consultation, except as may be required by applicable Law, Judgment, court process or the rules and regulations of any national securities exchange or national securities quotation system, in each case as determined after consultation with
outside legal counsel. The parties hereto agree that the initial press release to be issued with respect to the Transactions following execution of this Agreement shall be in the form heretofore agreed to by the parties hereto (the “Announcement”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 5.05 shall not apply to any press
release or other public statement made by the Company, Parent or Guarantor (a) that substantially reiterates (and is not inconsistent with) the Announcement and the terms of this Agreement and does not contain any information relating to the
Company or Parent or the Transactions that has not been previously announced or made public in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (b) is made in the ordinary course of business and does not relate to or refer to this Agreement, the
Transactions or Parent (or any of its Affiliates). None of the parties hereto need consult with the other in connection with such portion of any press release, public statement or filing to be issued with respect to any Takeover Proposal or
Adverse Recommendation Change (but without limiting the Company’s obligations under Section 5.02).
Section 5.06. Access to Information; Confidentiality. Subject to applicable Laws and any applicable Judgment, during the period from the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Article VII, upon reasonable notice, the Company shall afford, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and each of their respective Representatives to
afford, to Parent and its Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ officers, employees, agents, properties, assets, books, Contracts, work pagers, reports, correspondence records and
other documents and information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any of the foregoing that relate to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement, or, except as expressly provided in Section 5.02, to any Takeover Proposal or relating to any deliberation of the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) regarding any Takeover Proposal or Adverse Recommendation
Change) and the Company shall furnish promptly to Parent and Parent’s Representatives such information concerning its and its Subsidiaries’ business, personnel, assets, liabilities and properties as Parent may reasonably request (other than any
information that the Company determines in its reasonable judgment relates to the negotiation and execution of this Agreement, or, except as expressly provided in Section 5.02,
to any Takeover Proposal or relating to any deliberation of the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) regarding any Takeover Proposal or Adverse Recommendation Change), in each case, for any reasonable purpose in connection with
the consummation of the Transactions (including for integration planning); provided that Parent and its Representatives shall conduct any such activities in such a manner
as not to interfere unreasonably with the business or operations of the Company; provided further,
however, that (a) the Company shall
not be obligated to provide such access or information if the Company determines, in its reasonable judgment, that doing so would (i) result in the disclosure of Trade
Secrets or competitively sensitive information to third parties, (ii) violate applicable Law, an applicable Judgment, a Contract or binding confidentiality obligation owing to a third party or (iii) jeopardize the protection of an attorney-client
privilege, attorney work product protection or other legal privilege, and (b) the Company shall not be required to provide access to Parent or its Representatives to conduct any environmental sampling or testing without the Company’s prior written
consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided further, however,
in each case, so long as the Company has used reasonable best efforts to cooperate and used reasonable best efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable disclosure not in violation of such applicable privilege, Law or
agreement including disclosure of such information through the use of customary “clean room” arrangements pursuant to which non-employee Representatives of Parent could be provided access to such information. Until the Effective Time, all
information provided under this Section 5.06 will be subject to the terms of the letter agreement dated as of September 23, 2024, by and between the Company and Parent (the
“Confidentiality Agreement”).
Section 5.07. Indemnification and Insurance. (a) For a period of six years immediately after the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, in each case to the fullest extent permissible by applicable
Law, (i) indemnify and hold harmless each current or former director or officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries and each other Person who immediately prior to the Effective Time is serving at the request of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
as a director or officer of another Person who is indemnified or entitled to be indemnified by the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Company Charter Documents and the organizational documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any
indemnification agreement between such director or officer or other Person and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, as in effect on the date of this Agreement or in any agreement in existence as of the date of this Agreement
providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and such Person, in each case, as made available to Parent or disclosed in any report, schedule, form, statement or other document (including
exhibits) filed with, or furnished to, the SEC prior to the date of this Agreement (each, an “Indemnitee” and, collectively, the “Indemnitees”) with respect to all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, judgments, fines, penalties, costs (including amounts paid in settlement or compromise) and expenses (including fees and
expenses of legal counsel) in connection with any Action (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative), whenever asserted, based on or arising out of, in whole or in part, (A) the fact that an Indemnitee is or was a director, officer
or manager of the Company or such Subsidiary or (B) acts or omissions by an Indemnitee in the Indemnitee’s capacity as such (including in connection with serving at the request of the Company or such Subsidiary as a representative of another Person
(including any employee benefit plan)), in each case under clause (A) or (B), at, or at any
time prior to, the Effective Time (including any Action relating in whole or in part to the Transactions or relating to the enforcement of this provision or any other indemnification or expense advancement right of any Indemnitee) and (ii) assume
(in the case of the Surviving Corporation, in the Merger without any
further action) all obligations of the Company and such Subsidiaries to the Indemnitees in respect of indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation from
liabilities for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time as provided in the Company Charter Documents and the organizational documents of such Subsidiaries or any indemnification agreement between the Company or its Subsidiaries
and such Indemnitee, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, for a period of six
years immediately after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permissible by applicable Law, Parent shall cause the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, and the Surviving Corporation shall cause the
organizational documents of its Subsidiaries, to contain provisions no less favorable to the Indemnitees with respect to limitation of liabilities, indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation, in each case, than are set forth as of the
date of this Agreement in the Company Charter Documents and the organizational documents of such Subsidiaries as in effect on the date of this Agreement, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise modified in a manner that would
adversely affect the rights thereunder of any of the Indemnitees. In addition, from the Effective Time, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to advance any expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel of any
Indemnitee) under this Section 5.07 in each case in accordance with and as required by the Company Charter Documents; provided that, if and only to the extent any Indemnitee to whom expenses are advanced provides an undertaking to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined by final adjudication that such Indemnitee is not
entitled to indemnification.
(c) Parent agrees that it shall not, and shall cause the
Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries not to, settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any threatened or actual Action relating to any acts or omissions covered under this Section 5.07 (each, a “Claim”) for which indemnification could be sought by an Indemnitee hereunder, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee from all liability arising out of such Claim or such Indemnitee otherwise consents in writing to such settlement, compromise or consent. Parent agrees to cause the Surviving Corporation
and its Subsidiaries to cooperate in the defense of any Claim and shall provide access to properties and individuals as reasonably requested and furnish or cause to be furnished records, information and testimony, and attend such conferences,
discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith.
(d) For the six-year period commencing immediately after
the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, maintain in effect the Company’s current directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the
Effective Time with respect to those individuals who are, as of the date of this Agreement (and any additional individuals who prior to the Effective Time become), covered by the Company’s directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies on
terms and scope with respect to such coverage, and in amount, no less favorable to such individuals
than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement (or Parent may substitute therefor policies, issued by reputable insurers, of at least the same
coverage with respect to matters existing or occurring prior to the Effective Time, including a “tail” policy) except that in no event shall Parent or the Surviving Corporation be required to pay with respect to such insurance policies an annual
premium greater than 300% of the aggregate annual premium most recently paid by the Company prior to the date of this Agreement (the “Maximum Amount”), and if the Surviving
Corporation is unable to obtain the insurance required by this Section 5.07(d) the Surviving Corporation shall obtain as much comparable insurance as possible for the years
within such six-year period for a premium equal to the Maximum Amount. The Company shall have the right prior to the Effective Time to purchase a six-year prepaid “tail policy” on terms and conditions providing at least substantially equivalent
benefits as the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to matters existing or occurring prior to the Effective Time, covering without limitation the Transactions; provided that, in no event shall the cost of any such tail policy exceed the Maximum Amount. If such prepaid “tail policy” has been obtained by the Company, it shall be deemed
to satisfy all obligations to obtain insurance pursuant to this Section 5.07(d), and the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to,
use reasonable best efforts to cause such policy to be maintained in full force and effect, for its full six-year term, and to honor all of its obligations thereunder.
(e) The provisions of this Section 5.07 (i) shall survive the consummation of the Merger, (ii) are intended to be for the benefit of, and will be enforceable by, each indemnified or insured party (including the Indemnitees)
and his or her heirs, successors, assigns and representatives, and (iii) are in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses, exculpation or contribution that any such Person may have by
contract or otherwise. The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under this Section 5.07 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to
adversely affect the rights of any Indemnitee to whom this Section 5.07 applies unless (x) such termination or modification is required by applicable Law or (y) the
affected Indemnitee shall have consented in writing to such termination or modification (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnitees to whom this Section 5.07 applies
and each Indemnitee’s heirs and representatives shall be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 5.07).
(f) In the event that (i) the Surviving Corporation or
any of its respective successors or assigns (A) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (B) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any Person, or (ii) Parent or any of its successors or assigns dissolves the Surviving Corporation, then, in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation
shall assume all of the obligations thereof set forth in this Section 5.07.
Section 5.08. Employee Matters. (a) Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and/or its Subsidiaries to, provide each Company Employee as of immediately prior
to the Effective Time who continues employment with the Surviving Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Time (each, a “Continuing Employee”) with (i) for a period of two years following the Effective Time (or the applicable Continuing Employee’s earlier termination of employment), (A) a base salary or wage rate that is
no less favorable than such Continuing Employee’s base salary or wage rate in effect as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (B) target cash incentive or target cash commission opportunities that are substantially similar to the target cash
incentive or target cash commission opportunities provided to such Continuing Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding in each case any change in control, retention, or similar opportunities), provided that any such
opportunity shall be pro-rated for the calendar year that includes the Effective Time based on service following the Effective Time, (C) commencing no later than sixty (60) days following the Effective Time, a long-term incentive opportunity with a
grant date fair value that is substantially similar to such Continuing Employee’s target grant date fair value for long-term incentive opportunities set forth on Section 5.08(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter and (D) for any Continuing Employee who
is not subject to an individualized agreement that provides for severance protections, severance benefits no less favorable than those provided to similarly-situated employees of Parent pursuant to Parent’s broad-based severance plan; and (ii) for a
period up to the end of the calendar year that includes the Effective Time, retirement and health and welfare benefits that are substantially comparable, in the aggregate, to those provided to such Continuing Employee as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time (excluding in each case severance, long-term incentive, nonqualified deferred compensation, defined benefit plans, and retiree health and welfare benefits).
(b) Parent and the Company hereby acknowledge that the
consummation of the Transactions constitutes a “change in control”, “change of control” or other term of similar import for purposes of any Company Plan that contains a definition of “change in control”, “change of control” or other term of similar
import, as applicable.
(c) With respect to all employee benefit plans of Parent,
the Surviving Corporation and their respective Subsidiaries in which Continuing Employees (and their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate from and after the Effective Time (including any vacation, paid time-off and severance plans and
excluding any equity-based incentive compensation, nonqualified deferred compensation, defined benefit plans and retiree health and welfare benefits), each Continuing Employee’s service with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (as well as
service with Parent, any predecessor employer of the Company or any such Subsidiary under a comparable Company Plan as of the Effective Time, to the extent service with the predecessor employer was recognized by the Company or such Subsidiary under
a comparable Company Plan) shall be treated as service with Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries for purposes of determining eligibility to participate, vesting, and solely for vacation, paid time off or
severance, level of benefits; provided, however, that such service need not be recognized to
the extent that such recognition would result in any duplication of benefits for the same period of service. Parent and the Company shall coordinate to ensure that required payouts of leave for any accrued leave balances (if any) occur in
compliance with applicable Laws.
(d) Without limiting the generality of Section 5.08(a), Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to, waive, or cause to be waived, any
pre-existing condition limitations, exclusions, actively-at-work requirements and waiting periods under any group health plan maintained by Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries in which Continuing Employees (and
their eligible dependents) are eligible to participate from and after the Effective Time, except to the extent that such pre-existing condition limitations, exclusions, actively-at-work requirements and waiting periods would not have been satisfied
or waived under the comparable Company Plan immediately prior to the Effective Time. To the extent that a Continuing Employee (and his or her eligible dependents) cease participation in a Company Plan that provides group health benefits during the
middle of such Company Plan’s plan year and become eligible to participate in a group health plan of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its
Subsidiaries to, use commercially reasonable efforts to, recognize the dollar amount of all co-payments, deductibles and similar expenses incurred by each Continuing Employee (and his or her eligible dependents) under such Company Plan during the
Company Plan’s plan year in which the Effective Time occurs for purposes of satisfying such year’s deductible and co-payment limitations under such group health plan of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries for
the plan year of such group health plan of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that in each case, solely to the extent
permitted under the terms and conditions of the applicable insurance contracts as of the Effective Time.
(e) For each Company Employee who is eligible as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time to receive an annual cash bonus under a Company Plan set forth on Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to, pay such
Company Employee a cash bonus payment for the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs in accordance with Section 5.08(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter
(f) Prior to the Merger Closing Date, (i) the Company (or
the Company Board or other authorized body) shall take all actions necessary and appropriate (including providing notices) to implement a blackout period in connection with the exercise of Company Stock Options, effective as of the later of five
Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date and (ii) the Company shall use best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions necessary or advisable, to comply with the obligations set forth in Section 5.08(f) of the Company Disclosure
Letter.
(g) If requested by Parent in writing at least five
Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date, the Company shall terminate (or terminate participation in) any and all Company Plans intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code (“401(k) Plan”), effective not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the Merger Closing Date, and Parent shall then permit each Continuing Employee who is a participant in any Company 401(k) Plan as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time and who remains employed as of the applicable entry date to become a participant in a plan sponsored or maintained by Parent or
any of its Affiliates intended to qualify under Section 401(k) of the Code as soon as administratively practicable following the Merger Closing Date; provided that, the
Company shall provide Parent for its review, comment and approval, advance copies of all resolutions, consents, notices, communications with Company Employees and other documentation relating to such actions and evidence that such actions have been
implemented; and with an advance copy of the written resolutions terminating the Company 401(k) Plan and a reasonable period of time to review and comment thereon prior to adoption or execution, which comments shall be implemented in good faith.
(h) Prior to making any broad-based communications to
current or former Company Employees pertaining to compensation or benefits matters that are affected by the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall (i) provide Parent with a copy or written summary of the intended
communication, (ii) give Parent a reasonable period of time to review and comment on the intended communication and (iii) consider any such comments in good faith.
(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Agreement shall create any right in any current or former officer, director, employee, or other individual service provider of the Company or its Subsidiaries to continued employment by the Company, Parent, Surviving Corporation or any of their
respective Affiliates, or preclude the ability of the Company, Parent, Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates to terminate the employment of any employee for any reason. This Section 5.08 shall be binding upon and shall inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 5.08,
express or implied, is intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 5.08 or is intended to
be, shall constitute or be construed as an amendment to or modification of any employee benefit plan, program, arrangement or policy of the Company, Parent, Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates. No current or former
employee, officer, director, independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any beneficiary or dependent thereof) shall be regarded for any purpose as a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 5.08 and this Section 5.08 shall not create such rights
in any such Person.
Section 5.09. Notification of Certain Matters; Stockholder Litigation. Prior to the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall give prompt notice to Parent of (a) to the extent permitted under
applicable Law, any notice or other communication received by the Company from any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in
connection with the Transactions and (b) any Actions commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, as it relates to the Company, against any of its directors) or otherwise
relating,
involving or affecting the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case in connection with, arising from or otherwise relating to this Agreement or the Transactions
(whether directly or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise), including in each case demands for appraisal pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL. The Company shall (i) give Parent the opportunity to participate in the defense
and settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company or the Company’s directors relating to this Agreement or the Transactions and shall keep Parent reasonably and promptly informed of the status of and any material developments with
respect to any such litigation (whether or not Parent exercises its right to participate in the defense of such litigation), (ii) give Parent the right to review and comment on all material filings or responses made by the Company in connection with
any such litigation and (iii) not settle or provide any payment or other compensation with respect to any stockholder demand or litigation against the Company or the Company’s directors relating to this Agreement or the Transactions without Parent’s
prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
Section 5.10. Communications and Interactions with
Regulatory Authorities; Certain Proceedings.
(a) Without limiting any of the parties’ respective
obligations in Section 5.01 and Section 5.04, prior to the Effective Time or the termination
of this Agreement pursuant to Article VII, the Company shall promptly inform Parent of (i) any requested, proposed, or scheduled meeting with the FDA or any other similar
Governmental Authority relating to any Product, Health Care Permit, or the Company’s compliance with applicable Health Care Laws, (ii) of any communication (written or oral) from the FDA or any other similar Governmental Authority relating to any
Product, Health Care Permit, or the Company’s compliance with applicable Health Care Laws or (iii) any reports or other material communication of any safety information or reportable event (as such term is defined or described at 21 C.F.R.
803.3(o)), or material Field Action relating to any Product; provided that, in each case, confidential competitively sensitive business information may be redacted from
such exchanges. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall inform Parent of, and provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any non-routine filing proposed to be made by or on behalf of the Company, and any
non-routine correspondence or other non-routine communication proposed to be submitted or transmitted to the FDA relating to any Product, Health Care Permit, or, regardless of whether routine or non-routine, the Company’s compliance with applicable
Health Care Laws (which comments shall be provided promptly and be considered in good faith; provided that the Company shall be under no obligation to incorporate such
comments into such submissions or transmittal).
(b) Without limiting any of the parties’ respective
obligations in this Agreement, (i) the Company shall promptly inform Parent of any material correspondence or other material communications (written or oral) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Representatives to any third party or from
any third party to the Company related to the matters set forth on Section 5.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter (each, an “Applicable Proceeding”)
and shall promptly provide Parent with copies of any such correspondence or other communications, (ii) the Company shall promptly inform Parent with notice and copies of
any material correspondence or other material communications (written or oral) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Representatives to any third party related to any potential settlement, mediation, resolution, or disposition of any
Applicable Proceeding and shall provide Parent with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon (which comments shall be provided promptly and be considered in good faith; provided that the Company shall be under no obligation to
incorporate such comments), prior to sending or relaying such correspondence or other communication, and (iii) none of the Company or any of its Representatives shall agree to or propose any settlement, resolution or disposition of any Applicable
Proceeding without Parent’s prior written consent. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, nothing in this Section 5.10(b) shall require the Company to have any
communications with Parent that would result in the loss of the protection of an attorney-client privilege, attorney work product protection or other legal privilege; provided,
however, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable
disclosure not in violation of such applicable privilege, protection, Law or agreement including disclosure of such information through the use of customary “clean room” arrangements pursuant to which non-employee Representatives of Parent could be
provided access to such information.
(c) Parent acknowledges and agrees that nothing contained
in this Section 5.10 is intended to give Parent or Merger Sub, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Effective
Time in violation of applicable Law. The Company acknowledges and agrees that nothing contained in this Section 5.10 is intended to give the Company, directly or
indirectly, the right to control or direct the operations of Parent or Merger Sub prior to the Effective Time in violation of applicable Law.
Section 5.11. Approval of the Merger. (a) Notwithstanding any Adverse Recommendation Change, but subject to Section 5.11(b) and applicable Law and
to the extent not prohibited by any Judgment, the Company shall take all necessary actions in accordance with applicable Law, the Company Charter Documents and the rules and regulations of NYSE to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a
meeting of its stockholders (including any adjournment, recess or postponement thereof, the “Company Stockholders Meeting”) for the purpose of obtaining the Company
Stockholder Approval as soon as reasonably practicable after (i) the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the Proxy Statement or (ii) if there is or has been no review of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, the expiration of the SEC review
period therefor. Subject to Section 5.02, the Company shall take all lawful action reasonably necessary to solicit and obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, including
engaging a proxy solicitation firm for the purpose of assisting in the solicitation of proxies for the Company Stockholders Meeting. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company may, after consultation with
Parent, adjourn, recess or postpone the Company Stockholders Meeting only (1) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement that the Company Board determines in good faith (after
consultation with
outside legal counsel) is required by applicable Law or the rules and regulations of the NYSE to be disseminated and reviewed by the stockholders within a reasonable
amount of time in advance of the Company Stockholders Meeting, (2) to the extent required by a court of competent jurisdiction in connection with any Actions in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, (3) if, as of the time for which the
Company Stockholders Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement), there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock represented (either in Person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of
the Company Stockholders Meeting or (4) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, in the case of each of clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4), for
the minimum duration necessary to remedy the circumstances giving rise to such adjournment, recess or postponement (and in the case of each of clauses (1), (3) or (4), without the written consent of Parent); provided that the Company shall not, without the written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), unless otherwise required by applicable Law or a court of competent
jurisdiction, adjourn, recess or postpone the Company Stockholders Meeting beyond the earlier of (x) the date that is 30 days after the date that the Company Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled (or, if applicable, 30 days after the newly
scheduled date for any such originally scheduled Company Stockholders Meeting that is adjourned, recessed or postponed in accordance with this Section 5.11) and (y) the
date that is three Business Days prior to the Outside Date; provided, further, that, in the
case of clause (4), Parent may require the Company to adjourn, recess or postpone the meeting to solicit additional proxies for no more than 30 days after the date that the
Company Stockholders Meeting was originally scheduled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (including any Adverse Recommendation Change), unless this Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms prior to the time of the
Company Stockholders Meeting, the Company Stockholders Meeting shall be convened and this Agreement shall be submitted to the stockholders of the Company at the Company Stockholders Meeting for the purpose of obtaining the Company Stockholder
Approval in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed to relieve the Company of such obligations.
(b) As promptly as reasonably practicable (but in any event no later than 30 days) after the execution of this Agreement and subject to applicable
Law, the Company shall prepare the Proxy Statement in preliminary form and file it with the SEC. Subject to Section 5.02, the Company Board shall include the Company Board
Recommendation in the Proxy Statement. Parent shall provide to the Company all information concerning Guarantor, Parent, Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates as may be reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the Proxy Statement
and shall otherwise assist and cooperate with the Company in the preparation of the Proxy Statement and the resolution of any comments thereto received from the SEC. Each of the Company, Guarantor, Parent and Merger Sub shall, as promptly as
reasonably practicable, correct any information with respect to it or provided by it for use in the Proxy Statement if and to the extent, in the absence of such a correction, the Proxy Statement would contain a misstatement of a material fact or omit
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading, and the Company shall disseminate such correction to the stockholders of the Company in an amendment or supplement mutually acceptable to
Parent and the Company. The Company shall notify Parent promptly upon the receipt of any comments (whether written or oral) from the SEC and of any request (whether written or oral) by the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement and
shall promptly supply Parent with copies of all such comments, requests and any other written correspondence between the Company or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement. The
Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy Statement and to resolve such comments with the SEC, and shall use its reasonable best efforts
to cause the Proxy Statement to be disseminated to its stockholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the resolution of any such comments or, if there is or has been no review of the Proxy Statement by the SEC, the expiration of the SEC
review period therefor a. Prior to the filing of the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any dissemination thereof to the stockholders of the Company, or responding to any comments from the SEC with respect thereto, the
Company shall provide Parent and its counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and to comment on such document or response, which comments the Company shall consider in good faith.
Section 5.12. Other Investors. Prior to the Effective Time, without the prior written consent of the Company (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), Parent shall not permit or agree to permit any Person (other than Parent
or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Parent) to obtain any equity interests (or rights to obtain any equity interests) in Merger Sub or any Person (other than Parent) of which Merger Sub is a direct or indirect Subsidiary.
Section 5.13. Parent Vote. (a) Parent shall vote or cause to be voted any shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by it or any of its Affiliates or with respect to which it or any of its Affiliates has the power (by
agreement, proxy or otherwise) to cause to be voted, in favor of the approval of the adoption of this Agreement at the Company Stockholders Meeting.
(b) Immediately following the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, Parent, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, will execute and deliver to Merger Sub and the Company a written consent approving the adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL.
Section 5.14. Stock Exchange De-listing. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to cause (and the Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent to cause) the shares of Company Common Stock to be de-listed from NYSE and
de-registered under the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable following the Effective Time.
Section 5.15. Company Indebtedness. To the extent reasonably requested by Parent, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, deliver all notices and take all other actions required to facilitate (a) the
termination of commitments in respect of the Company
Credit Agreement and Zions Facility and the repayment in full of all obligations in respect of any Indebtedness incurred under the Company Credit Agreement or the Zions
Facility, and (b) the termination, repayment, redemption or defeasance of any other Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by any of the Company and its Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement and the repayment in full of all obligations in
respect of such Indebtedness (it being understood that the Company shall promptly and, in any event, no later than ten days prior to the Merger Closing Date notify Parent of the amount of any such Indebtedness incurred or to be incurred and expected
to be outstanding on the Merger Closing Date), and the release of any Encumbrances securing any such Indebtedness described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) and guarantees in connection therewith on the Merger Closing Date. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall deliver to
Parent (A) at least three Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date, a draft payoff letter and (B) at least one Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date, executed payoff letters, with respect to the Company Credit Agreement and the Zions
Facility (the “Company Payoff Letters”) in form and substance customary for transactions of this type and in all events subject to Parent’s reasonable consent, from the
lenders or other applicable third party (or an authorized agent on behalf thereof) to whom such Indebtedness is owed, which Company Payoff Letters together with any related release documentation shall, among other things, include the payoff amount
(the “Company Payoff Amounts”) and provide that Encumbrances (and guarantees), if any, granted in connection therewith relating to the assets, rights and properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries securing the Company Credit Agreement and Zions Facility and any other obligations secured thereby, shall, upon the payment of the Company Payoff Amounts at or prior to the Merger Closing, be released and terminated (and,
as promptly as possible following the Merger Closing if not delivered prior to such time, as applicable, termination instruments or release filings of all such Encumbrances securing such Indebtedness, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Parent).
Section 5.16. Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company will be permitted to take appropriate actions to cause the dispositions of equity securities of the Company (including any derivative securities) in
connection with this Agreement by each individual who is an officer or director of the Company subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act to be exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.
Section 5.17. Takeover Laws. If any Takeover Law may become, or may purport to be, applicable to the Transactions, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and their respective boards of directors shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that the Transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms and conditions contemplated hereby and otherwise act to lawfully eliminate
the effect of any Takeover Law on any of the Transactions.
Section 5.18. Financing Assistance and Cooperation.
(a) The Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries
to) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to Parent, at Parent’s sole cost and expense, all cooperation and
assistance that is customary and reasonably requested by Parent in connection with (i) any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any
financing sought by Parent in connection with the Transactions.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, nothing in this Section 5.18 shall require any such cooperation or assistance to the extent that it could result in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries being
required to:
(i) pledge any assets as
collateral prior to the Effective Time;
(ii) pay any fee, bear any cost or
expense, enter into any definitive agreement that becomes effective prior to Merger Closing, incur any other liability or give any indemnities to any third party or otherwise commit to take any similar action in connection with any financing
undertaken by Parent in connection with the Transactions prior to the Merger Closing;
(iii) take any actions to the
extent such actions would, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, (A) unreasonably interfere with the ongoing business or operations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) subject any director, manager, officer or employee of the Company or
any of its Affiliates to any actual or potential personal liability, (C) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or default (with or without notice, or lapse of time or both) under, the Company Charter Documents, any applicable Law
or Judgment or any Material Contract, (D) require any such entity to change any fiscal period or (E) cause (x) any closing condition set forth in Article VI of this
Agreement to fail to be satisfied or (y) any other breach of this Agreement;
(iv) waive or amend any terms of
this Agreement;
(v) commit to take any action
under any certificate, document or instrument that is not contingent upon the Merger Closing;
(vi) provide access to or disclose
information that the Company reasonably determines would jeopardize any attorney-client privilege of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary; provided, that the Company or such Subsidiary shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide an
alternative means of disclosing or providing such information;
(vii) cause any director, manager
or equivalent, or any officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pass resolutions to approve any such financing or authorize the creation of any agreements, documents or actions in connection therewith, or to execute or
deliver any certificate in connection with any such financing (other than any director, manager or equivalent, or officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who will continue in such a position following the Merger Closing and
the
passing of such resolutions), in each case that are not contingent on the Merger Closing or would be effective prior to the Merger Closing;
(viii) deliver any legal opinion
or negative assurance letter (other than legal opinions or letters required to be delivered in connection with any offer to purchase or exchange, or any consent solicitations with respect to, any outstanding Indebtedness of the Company undertaken
in connection with the Transactions and contingent on the Merger Closing, to the extent such opinions or letters would not conflict with applicable Law and would be accurate in light of the facts and circumstances at the time delivered); or
(ix) provide or prepare (A) pro
forma financial statements, pro forma adjustments, projections, an as-adjusted capitalization table, information related to synergies, cost savings, ownership or other post-Merger Closing adjustments, or other prospective information, (B) any
description of all or any component of any financing undertaken by Parent in connection with the Transactions, including any such description to be included in liquidity and capital resources disclosure or any “description of notes”, (C) risk
factors relating to all or any component of the any financing undertaken by Parent in connection with the Transactions, (D) “segment reporting”, subsidiary financial statements or any information of the type required by Rule 3-09, Rule 3-10 or Rule
3-16 of Regulation S-X, (E) any information required by Regulation S-K Item 402 or by Items 10 through 14 of Form 10-K or any other information customarily excluded from an offering memorandum for private placements of non-convertible high-yield
bonds pursuant to Rule 144A or (F) any information that is not readily available from the Company’s financial records.
For the avoidance of doubt, any failure of the Company to fulfill its obligations under this Section 5.18 shall not be deemed a breach of this Agreement or excuse the performance of Parent or Merger Sub or any Affiliate thereof to consummate the Merger, so long as the Company or its Representative is acting
reasonably in good faith to fulfill such obligations.
(c) Parent shall promptly, upon request by the Company,
reimburse the Company for all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives in connection with any financing to
be undertaken by Parent in connection with the Transactions, including the cooperation of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Representatives contemplated by this Section 5.18,
and shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, costs or expenses suffered or incurred by any of them in connection with the arrangement
of any financing undertaken by Parent in connection with the Transactions and any information used in connection with the foregoing, except to the extent such liabilities arise from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives, (y) any intentional misrepresentation in any financial statements or information provided by the Company specifically for use in connection with any financing undertaken by
Parent in connection with the Transactions or (z) a material
breach of this Agreement by the Company, in each case, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision.
Section 5.19. Financial Statement Cooperation. Without limiting the Company’s obligations under Section 5.11, the Company shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to properly prepare and timely file any filings or reports required under the Exchange Act (collectively, the “Other Filings”). The Company
shall promptly notify Parent of the receipt of any comments on any of the Other Filings by the SEC, and the Company shall supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between it and each of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or
the members of its staff, on the other hand, with respect to any of the Other Filings, except, in each case, that confidential competitively sensitive business information may be redacted from such exchanges.
ARTICLE VI
Conditions to the Merger
Section 6.01. Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation To Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of each party hereto to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction (or waiver, if permissible under applicable
Law) on or prior to the Merger Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) No Judgment enacted, promulgated, issued, entered,
amended or enforced by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction or any applicable Law, in each case in the U.S. or any other jurisdiction (collectively, “Restraints”),
shall be in effect enjoining, restraining or otherwise making illegal, preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger (such condition in this Section 6.01(a),
the “Restraint Condition”);
(b) (i) Any waiting period under the HSR Act applicable
to the purchase of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the consummation of the Merger shall have expired or been terminated and (B) any waiting periods shall have expired or been terminated, and any applicable approvals, consents, or waivers
shall have been obtained, in each case, with respect to the applicable Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws of the jurisdictions set forth on Section 6.01(b) of the
Company Disclosure Letter (such condition in this Section 6.01(b), the “Regulatory Condition”);
and
(c) The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been
obtained.
Section 6.02. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger are further subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by Law, waiver by Parent and
Merger Sub) on or prior to the Merger Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) (i) All of the representations and warranties of the
Company set forth in Article III (other than those referred to in clauses (ii) through (iv) below) shall be true and correct as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on and as of the Merger Closing Date, except to the extent such representation and warranty
expressly relates to a specified date or period (in which case on and as of such specified date or period), other than for such failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct has not had, and would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect (for purposes of determining the satisfaction of this condition, without regard to any qualifications or exceptions contained therein as to “materiality” or “Material
Adverse Effect”); (ii) all of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.01(a) (Organization; Standing), Section 3.02(d) (Capitalization), the first sentence of Section 3.02(f) (Capitalization), Sections 3.03(a)-(c) and (d)(i) (Authority), Section 3.20
(No Rights; Takeover Laws), Section 3.21 (Opinion of Financial Advisor) and Section 3.22
(Brokers and Other Advisors) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on and as of the Merger Closing Date, except to the extent such representation and
warranty expressly relates to a specified date or period (in which case on and as of such specified date or period); (iii) all of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.07(b) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on and as of the Merger Closing Date; and (iv) all of the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.02(a) (other than the last sentence thereof) (Capitalization) and Section 3.02(c) (Capitalization) of the Merger Closing Date shall be true and correct in all respects (other than de minimis
inaccuracies) as of the date of this Agreement and at and as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on and as of the Merger Closing Date;
(b) The Company shall have complied with or performed in
all material respects all obligations to be performed by the Company under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time;
(c) Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not
have occurred any change, circumstance, condition, development, effect, event, occurrence or state of facts which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have either a Material Adverse Effect; or
(d) Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a
certificate executed on behalf of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer confirming that the conditions set forth in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Section
6.02 have been duly satisfied.
Section 6.03. Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger is further subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by Law, waiver by the Company) on or prior to the
Merger Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) All of the representations and warranties of Parent
and Merger Sub set forth in Article IV shall be true and correct (for purposes of determining the satisfaction of this condition, without regard to any qualifications or
exceptions contained therein as to “materiality” or “Parent Material Adverse Effect”) as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on and as of the Merger Closing Date (except to the extent such representation and warranty expressly relates to a
specified date (in which case at and as of such specified date)), other than for such failures to be true and correct that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse
Effect;
(b) Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have complied
with or performed in all material respects all obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Effective Time; and
(c) Parent shall have delivered to the Company a
certificate executed on behalf of Parent by a duly authorized officer of Parent confirming that the conditions set forth in clause (a) and (b) of this Section 6.03 have been duly satisfied.
ARTICLE VII
Termination
Section 7.01. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time (except as otherwise expressly noted):
(a) by the mutual written consent of the Company and
Parent;
(b) by either of the Company or Parent:
(i) if the Effective Time shall
not have occurred on or prior to November 28, 2025 (the “Outside Date”); provided that
(x) if, on the Outside Date, all of the conditions set forth in Article VI, other than in the case of the Regulatory Condition or the Restraint Condition (in the case of
the Restraint Condition, solely to the extent the applicable Restraint relates to or arises under of any Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws), shall have been satisfied or waived by Parent or Merger Sub, to the extent waivable by Parent or
Merger Sub (other than conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Effective Time), then the Outside Date shall automatically be extended to January 28, 2026 and (y) the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.01(b)(i) shall not be available to a party if the failure to consummate the Merger by the Outside Date was principally caused by or is primarily the result of a
material breach of this Agreement by such party (treating Parent and Merger Sub as one party for this purpose);
(ii) if any Restraint having the
effect of permanently preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect and shall have become final and non-appealable; provided that the right
to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause (ii)
shall not be available to a party if such party’s (treating Parent and Merger Sub as one party for this purpose) material breach of this Agreement
shall have been the principal cause of or resulted in such final and non-appealable Restraint; or
(iii) if the Company Stockholder
Approval shall not have been obtained at the Company Stockholders Meeting duly convened therefor (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) and at which a vote by the Company’s stockholders on the adoption of this Agreement was taken;
(c) by Parent:
(i) if the Company shall have
breached any of its representations or warranties or failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would give rise to the failure of the conditions set forth in Section 6.02(a) or Section 6.02(b) and (B) is incapable of being cured or, if capable of being
cured by the Outside Date, shall not have been cured within 30 days following receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from Parent stating Parent’s intent to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.01(c)(i); provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this Section 7.01(c)(i) if Parent or Merger Sub is then in material breach of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder, which breach
has not be cured; or
(ii) prior to receipt of the
Company Stockholder Approval, if the Company Board (or any duly authorized committee thereof) shall have made an Adverse Recommendation Change; or
(d) by the Company:
(i) if either of Parent or Merger
Sub shall have breached any of its representations or warranties or failed to perform any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform is incapable of being cured or, if capable of being cured by
the Outside Date, shall not have been cured within 30 days following receipt by Parent of written notice of such breach or failure to perform from the Company; provided
that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.01(d)(i) if the Company is then in material breach of any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements hereunder, whose breach has not been cured; or
(ii) prior to receipt of the
Company Stockholder Approval, in order to enter into a binding written Company Acquisition Agreement providing for a Superior Proposal in compliance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 5.02; provided that prior to or concurrently with such termination the Company pays or causes to be paid the applicable
Company Termination Fee under Section 7.03(a) so long as Parent has
provided the Company with wire instructions for such payment.
Section 7.02. Effect of Termination. In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.01, written notice thereof shall be
given to the other party or parties hereto, specifying the provision hereof pursuant to which such termination is made, and this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void (provided
that the Confidentiality Agreement, the last sentence of Section 5.06, Section 5.18(c), this
Section 7.02, Section 7.03 and Article VIII shall survive termination of this Agreement), and there shall be no liability on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or their respective former, current or future directors, officers, stockholders,
managers, members or Affiliates, except, subject to Section 7.03(c) (including the limitations on liability set forth therein), no such termination shall relieve any
party from liability for damages to another party resulting from a knowing and intentional breach of this Agreement prior to the date of termination or from fraud.
Section 7.03. Termination Fee. (a) In the event that:
(i) this Agreement is terminated
by the Company or Parent pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(i) or Section 7.01(b)(iii) or this
Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 7.01(c)(i) as a result of a knowing and intentional breach by the Company of Section 5.02; provided that, in each case, (A) a bona fide Takeover Proposal shall have been publicly made, proposed or
communicated by a third party (or such Takeover Proposal has otherwise been made known to the Company Board and shall have become publicly known) after the date of this Agreement and such Takeover Proposal has not been unconditionally withdrawn
prior to the time this Agreement is terminated and (B) within 12 months after such termination, the Company consummates any transaction included within the definition of Takeover Proposal or the Company enters into a definitive agreement with
respect to any transaction included within the definition of Takeover Proposal and such transaction is subsequently consummated at any time, in each case, whether or not involving the same Takeover Proposal or the Person or group making the Company
the Takeover Proposal referred to in clause (A); provided that, for purposes of clauses (B) of this Section 7.03(a)(i), the references to “20%” in the definition of Takeover
Proposal shall be deemed to be references to “50%”; or
(ii) this Agreement is terminated
(A) by Parent pursuant to Section 7.01(c)(ii) or, if Parent would have been entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01(c)(ii) prior to or at the time the Company terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01(b)(i) or Section 7.01(b)(iii) or (B) by the Company pursuant to Section 7.01(d)(ii);
then, in any such event under clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 7.03(a), the Company shall pay or cause to be paid the applicable Company Termination Fee to Parent or its designee
by wire transfer of same-day funds so long as Parent has provided the Company with wire instructions for such payment (x) in the case of Section 7.03(a)(ii)(A), within
two Business Days after such
termination, (y) in the case of Section 7.03(a)(ii)(B), simultaneously with (and as a
condition to the effectiveness of) such termination or (z) in the case of Section 7.03(a)(i), concurrently with the consummation of the Takeover Proposal referred to
therein; it being understood that in no event shall the Company be required to pay or cause to be paid the applicable Company Termination Fee on more than one occasion.
As used herein, “Company Termination Fee” shall mean a cash amount equal to $40,000,000.
(b) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges (i) that the
agreements contained in this Section 7.03 are an integral part of the Transactions and (ii) that the Company Termination Fee is not a penalty, but a reasonable amount
that will compensate Parent and Merger Sub in the circumstances in which such payment is payable for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and the
expectation of the consummation of the Transactions and (iii) that without these agreements, the other parties hereto would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company fails to timely pay or cause to be paid any amount due pursuant
to this Section 7.03, and, in order to obtain the payment, Parent commences an Action which results in a Judgment against the Company, for the payment set forth in this Section 7.03, the Company shall pay or cause to be paid Parent’s reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) in
connection with such Action, together with interest on such amount at the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was required to be made through the date such payment was actually received.
(c) Except in the case of fraud or a knowing and
intentional breach of this Agreement by the Company and subject in all respects to Parent’s injunction, specific performance and equitable relief rights and related rights set forth in Section 8.08
and the reimbursement obligations of the Company under Section 7.03(b), in the event the applicable Company Termination Fee is paid to Parent in circumstances for which
such fee is payable pursuant to Section 7.03(a), payment of the applicable Company Termination Fee shall be the sole and exclusive monetary damages remedy of Parent
against the Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective former, current or future officers, directors, partners, stockholders, managers, members or Affiliates (collectively, “Company Related Parties”) for any loss suffered as a result of the failure of the Transactions to be consummated or for a breach or failure to perform hereunder or otherwise, and upon payment of such amount none of the
Company Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the Transactions. While each of the Company and Parent may pursue both a grant of specific performance in accordance with Section 8.08 and the payment of the Company Termination Fee under Section 7.03, under no
circumstances shall Parent be permitted or entitled to receive both a grant of specific performance that results in a Merger Closing and any money damages, including all or any portion of the Company Termination Fee.
ARTICLE VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.01. No Survival of Representations and Warranties. None of the representations or warranties in this Agreement or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall
survive the Effective Time.
Section 8.02. Amendment or Supplement. Subject to compliance with applicable Law, at any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended or supplemented in any and all respects by written agreement of the
parties hereto; provided, however, that following receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, there shall be no amendment or change of the provisions hereof which by Law would require further approval by the stockholders of the Company without
such approval having first been obtained.
Section 8.03. Extension of Time, Waiver, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, at any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company may, subject to applicable Law, (a) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, (b) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of the other party or (c) waive
compliance by the other party with any of the agreements contained herein applicable to such party or, except as otherwise provided herein, waive any of such party’s conditions (it being understood that Parent and Merger Sub shall be deemed a
single party for purposes of the foregoing clauses (a) through (c)). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no failure or delay by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right hereunder. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party.
Section 8.04. Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of Law or otherwise, by any of the parties hereto without the
prior written consent of the other parties hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that Merger Sub or Parent may assign,
in its sole discretion, any of or all its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement to Parent (in the case of Merger Sub) or to any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. No assignment by any party shall relieve such
party of any of its obligations hereunder. Subject to the immediately preceding two sentences, this Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted
assigns. Any purported assignment not permitted under this Section 8.04 shall be null and void.
Section 8.05. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by DocuSign, facsimile or electronic mail with .pdf attachments), each of
which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement, and shall become effective when one or more
counterparts have been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered to the other parties hereto.
Section 8.06. Entire Agreement; No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement (including its Exhibits), together with the Company Disclosure Letter, the CVR Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement, and supersedes all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties and their Affiliates, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Company Disclosure Letter and the Exhibits hereto are “facts ascertainable” as that term is used in Section 251(b) of the DGCL, and do not form part of this Agreement but instead operate upon
the terms of this Agreement as provided herein. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement except that the restrictions on disclosure (to the extent to be included in SEC filings in connection with the
Transactions) in the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate immediately following the execution and delivery of this Agreement solely for purposes of permitting the actions contemplated hereby to be consummated. This Agreement is not intended
to and does not confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder, except for: (a) if the Effective Time occurs, the right of the stockholders of the Company to receive the Merger Consideration as provided in Section 2.01; (b) if the Effective Time occurs, the right of the holders of Equity-Based Awards to receive such amounts as provided for in Article II; (c) if the Effective Time occurs, the rights of the Indemnitees (and each Indemnitee’s heirs and Representatives) set forth in Section 5.07 of this Agreement, (d) the rights of the Company Related Parties set forth in Section 7.03(c) and (e) following the valid
termination of the Agreement pursuant to Article VII, subject to Section 7.02, Section 7.03, and the last sentence of this Section 8.06, the right of the Company, as sole and
exclusive agent for and on behalf of the stockholders of the Company (which stockholders shall not be entitled to pursue such damages on their own behalf and who are third-party beneficiaries hereunder solely to the extent necessary for this clause (e) to be enforceable), to pursue any damages on behalf of the stockholders of the Company (including damages based on the loss of the economic benefit of the
Transactions to the stockholders of the Company) solely in connection with a knowing and intentional breach of this Agreement by Parent or fraud by Parent, it being understood and agreed that (i) a failure by Parent to consummate the Transactions
when required pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be a knowing and intentional breach of this Agreement for purposes of this Section 8.06, and (ii) nothing in
this Section 8.06 shall, or is intended to, relieve the Company of any burden of proving that any damages remedy sought is warranted under the circumstances, proving the
amount of any damages sought, proving that any such damages were proximately caused by the fraud or knowing and intentional breach of this Agreement by Parent, or otherwise establishing entitlement to relief. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the rights granted pursuant to clause (e) and the provisions of Section 7.02 with
respect to the recovery of damages based on the losses suffered by the stockholders of the Company (including the loss of the economic benefit of the Transactions to the stockholders of the Company) shall only be enforceable on behalf of the
stockholders of the Company by the Company in its sole
and absolute discretion, as the sole and exclusive agent for the stockholders of the Company (which stockholders shall not be entitled to pursue such enforcement on
their own behalf); provided that, in such capacity as sole and exclusive agent for the stockholders of the Company, the Company shall (i) be entitled to reimbursement (from
the stockholders of the Company) from any such recovery of damages of its reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees determined by reference to standard hourly rates)
that have been incurred by the Company in connection with acting as sole and exclusive agent for the stockholders of the Company pursuant to clause (e) and (ii) not be
liable to the stockholders of the Company for any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith except to the extent that the Company’s gross negligence or willful misconduct was the cause of any direct loss to the stockholders of
the Company.
Section 8.07. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. (a) Other than as provided in Section 8.17, this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed entirely within that State, regardless of the Laws that might otherwise govern under any applicable conflict of laws principles.
(b) Other than as provided in Section 8.17, all Actions arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions shall be heard and determined in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks subject matter jurisdiction over any Action, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware). The parties hereto hereby irrevocably (i) submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of such courts
in any such Action, (ii) waive the defense of an inconvenient forum or lack of jurisdiction to the maintenance of any such Action, (iii) agree to not attempt to deny or defeat such jurisdiction by motion or otherwise request for leave from any such
court and (iv) agree to not bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions in any court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware lacks
subject matter jurisdiction over any Action, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware), except for Actions brought to enforce the Judgment of any such court. The consents to jurisdiction and venue set forth in this Section 8.07(b) shall not constitute general consents to service of process in the State of Delaware and shall have no effect for any purpose except as provided in this
paragraph and shall not be deemed to confer rights on any Person other than the parties hereto. Each party hereto agrees that service of process upon such party in any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be effective if
notice is given by overnight courier at the address set forth in Section 8.10 of this Agreement (provided
that nothing in this Section 8.07(b) shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law). The parties hereto
agree that a final Judgment in any such Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the Judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Law; provided,
however, that nothing in the foregoing shall restrict any party’s rights to seek any post-judgment relief regarding, or any appeal from, a final trial court Judgment.
Section 8.08. Specific Enforcement. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage for which monetary relief (including any fees payable pursuant to Section 7.03),
even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that any provision of this Agreement is not performed in accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise breached, including if the parties hereto fail to take any
action required of them hereunder to consummate this Agreement and the Transactions. The parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to
prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in the courts described in Section 8.07(b) without proof of damages or
otherwise, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement and (b) the right of specific enforcement is an integral part of the Transactions and without that right none of the Company, Parent and Merger
Sub would have entered into this Agreement. The parties hereto agree not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to Law or inequitable for any reason, and not to assert that a remedy of monetary damages
would provide an adequate remedy or that the parties otherwise have an adequate remedy at law. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce
specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 8.08 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection
with any such order or injunction. If, prior to the Outside Date, any party hereto brings any action, in each case, in accordance with this Section 8.08, to enforce
specifically the performance of the terms and provisions hereof by any other party, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended (x) for the period during which such action is pending, plus 20 Business Days or (y) by such other time period
established by the court presiding over such action, as the case may be.
Section 8.09. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE IT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE
AGREEMENTS DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT
SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) IT UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVER, (C) IT MAKES SUCH WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS
AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVER AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 8.09.
Section 8.10. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered personally, emailed (to the extent that no “bounce back” or similar
message indicating non-delivery is received with respect thereto) or sent by overnight courier (providing proof of delivery) to the parties at the following addresses:
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or such other address or email address as such party may hereafter specify by like notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices, requests and other
communications shall be deemed received on the date of actual receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. local time in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice,
request or communication shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day in the place of receipt.
Section 8.11. Severability. If any term, condition or other provision of this Agreement is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of Law or public
policy (as determined by a final judgement), all other terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term, condition or other provision is invalid, illegal
or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law.
Section 8.12. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings ascribed thereto below:
“Affiliate” means, as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For this purpose, “control” (including, with their correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise.
“Antitrust Laws” means the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the HSR Act, the
Federal Trade Commission Act, all applicable foreign antitrust Laws and all other applicable Laws issued by a Governmental Authority that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of
monopolization or restraint of trade or lessening of competition through merger or acquisition.
“Business Day” means a day except a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on
which the banking institutions in the City of New York, New York are authorized or required by Law or executive order to be closed.
“COBRA” means Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Section 4980(B)
of the Code, and any similar state Law.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collective Bargaining Agreement” means each collective bargaining, works
council or other labor union Contract or labor arrangement covering any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Commonly Controlled Entity” means any Person, entity, trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is or has ever been considered a single employer or as part of the same “controlled group” as the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Section 302(d)(3) of
ERISA or Section 414 of the Code.
“Company Charter Documents” means the Company’s certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, each as amended or restated, as the case may be, and as in effect on the date hereof.
“Company Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as
of November 2, 2023, by and among the Company, Paragon 28 Advanced Technologies, Inc., certain subsidiaries of the Company from time-to-time party thereto, the lenders from time-to-time party thereto, Ares Capital Corporation, and ACF Finco I LP.
“Company Employee” means an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Company ESPP” means the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as may
be amended or amended and restated from time to time.
“Company IT Assets” means the IT Assets owned by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and used in the operation of the businesses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as conducted as of the date hereof.
“Company Lease” means any lease, sublease, license or other agreement
(including any amendments, guaranties or other agreements related thereto) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries’ leases, subleases, licenses, uses or occupies any Leased Real Property.
“Company Plan” means each plan, program, policy, agreement or other
arrangement, whether written or oral, active or terminated, that is (a) an employee welfare plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), (b) an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of
ERISA (whether or not subject to ERISA), (c) an Equity-Based Award, or any other stock option, stock purchase or other equity or equity-based agreement, program or plan, (d) an employment, individual consulting, change-in-control, severance,
retention, change in control, transaction bonus or other similar agreement or (e) a compensation, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, profit-sharing, retirement, pension, sabbatical, post-retirement, vacation, leave, paid time off, supplemental
unemployment, severance or termination pay, perquisite, tax gross-up, or any other benefit or fringe benefit plan, program, policy, agreement or other arrangement, in each case, (i) that is sponsored, maintained or contributed to or entered into by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or may have any direct or indirect liability (including, as a result of a Commonly Controlled Entity) or any plan, program, policy, agreement or
arrangement mandated by applicable Law or any Collective Bargaining Agreement.
“Contract” means any loan or credit agreement, indenture, debenture,
note, bond, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, sublease, warrant, license, contract, subcontract, settlement agreement, instrument, option, commitment, undertaking or other written agreement or legally binding oral arrangement.
“Controlled Group Liability” means any and all liabilities (a) under
Title IV of ERISA, (b) under Section 302 or 4068(a) of ERISA, (c) under Section 430(k) or 4971 of the Code and (d) for violation of the continuation coverage requirements of Sections 601 et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code or the group
health requirements of Sections 701 et seq. of ERISA and Sections 9801 et seq. of the Code, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), with respect to the Company or any Commonly Controlled Entity.
“CVR Agreement” means the Contingent Value Right Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A to be entered into between Parent and a rights agent mutually agreeable to Parent and the Company (the “Rights Agent”), with such revisions thereto requested by such Rights Agent that are not, individually or in the aggregate, detrimental to any Person entitled to receipt of a CVR in the Transactions.
“Data Protection Laws” means all applicable requirements of Law
concerning the collection, storage, processing, disclosure and use of Personal Information, and all regulations promulgated and guidance issued by Governmental Authorities thereunder, including, where applicable, HIPAA, state health privacy, data
protection and breach notification laws, state social security number protection laws, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Gramm Leach Bliley Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act, the California Consumer
Privacy Act of 2018, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020, and any regulations promulgated thereunder; the Colorado Privacy Act of 2021; the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act of 2021; the Utah Consumer Privacy Act of 2022, as
amended; and any other US state consumer privacy or data protection laws; and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and all EU member state implementing regulations.
“Encumbrance” means any pledge, lien, charge, mortgage, deed of trust,
security interest, lease, sublease, license, condition, covenant, restriction, hypothecation, option to purchase or lease or otherwise acquire any interest, right of first refusal or offer, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, adverse
claim of ownership or use, easement, encroachment, right-of-way or other title defect, third-party right or encumbrance of any kind or nature.
“Environmental Laws” means all Laws relating to the pollution or
protection of the environment, human health and safety (as they relate to exposure to materials, substances or wastes), or the Release, cleanup, manufacture, processing, recycling, distribution, use, treatment, storage, labeling, transport or
handling of materials, substances or wastes that may impact the environment or human health or safety.
“Equity Plans” means (i) the Company 2021 Incentive Award Plan and (ii)
the Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan, in each case as may be amended or amended and restated from time to time.
“Equity-Based Awards” means, collectively, Company RSUs, Company PSUs and
Company Stock Options.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“EU” means European Union.
“EU Laws and Regulations” means the EU MDR and all other Laws of EU
Member States relating to the development, clinical investigation, CE marking, manufacture, sale, promotion, import, distribution and use of medical devices and biologics.
“EU MDR” means the EU Regulation 2017/745 of the European Parliament and
of the Council on medical devices.
“Exclusively Licensed Company Intellectual Property” means all
Intellectual Property in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (or purports to have) an exclusive license or similar exclusive right.
“Export Laws” means (i) all applicable Laws imposing trade sanctions on
any Person and all anti-boycott or anti-embargo Laws administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, all sanctions Laws or embargos imposed or administered by the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations
Security Council, Her Majesty’s Treasury or the European Union, or any other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and all anti-boycott or anti-embargo Laws and (ii) all applicable Laws relating to the
import, export, re-export, transfer of information, data, goods, and technology imposed by a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the
U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of State.
“Foreign Investment Law” means any applicable Law in the relevant
jurisdiction that is designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions by foreigners or non-domiciled persons to acquire interests in domestic equities, securities, entities, assets, land or interests on national security or public order
grounds.
“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration or any
successor agency with comparable responsibilities in the United States.
“FDC Act” means the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
§§ 301 et seq.), as amended.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S.,
consistently applied.
“Governmental Authority” means any government, court, regulatory or
administrative agency, enforcement agency, commission or authority, governmental instrumentality, body, board, department, standard setting organization, supervisory or disciplinary body, or other legislative, executive or judicial governmental
entity (in each case including any self-regulatory organization), whether federal, regional, state, provincial, local, domestic, foreign or multinational, including any multinational authority that have governmental or quasi-governmental powers, or
any other industry self-regulatory authority (including any securities exchange). For the EU, this shall include Notified Bodies, understood as the organizations that have been appointed by competent authorities of EU Member States to conduct
conformity assessment procedures for the CE marking of medical devices.
“Hazardous Substances” means any substance, material or waste (regardless
of physical form or concentration) defined, listed, restricted or otherwise regulated, or that forms the basis of liability, under Environmental Laws, and includes petroleum (or any fraction thereof), asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, toxic
mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), 1,4-dioxane, medical wastes, infectious substances, and radioactive materials.
“Health Care Laws” means all Laws, if and to the extent applicable to the
Company and its Subsidiaries, relating in any way to: (a) the study, design, development, testing, manufacture, processing, labeling, supply, sale, advertising, labeling, packaging, marketing, promoting, commercializing, distribution, import, export,
storage, service, record keeping, traceability, training, reporting (including medical device reporting, adverse event and incident reporting, field alert reporting, and any other reporting required by applicable Laws), handling, provision, or
payment for, health care services, equipment, supplies, materials, Medical Devices, biologics, combination products, or precursors, ingredients, or components of Medical Devices, biologics, combination products, Products, goods, or services related
to the Company or its Subsidiaries; (b) required Health Care Permits; (c) quality, safety certification, and accreditation standards and requirements related to the study, design, development, testing, manufacture, processing, labeling, supply, sale,
advertising, promoting, labeling, packaging, marketing, commercializing, distribution, import, export, storage, service, handling, provision, or payment for health care services, equipment, supplies, materials, Medical Devices, biologics, precursors,
ingredients, or components of Medical Devices, biologics, combination products, Products, goods, or services related to the Company or its Subsidiaries; (d) the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) and its implementing regulations,
including those relating to the study, design, development, testing, manufacture, processing, labeling, supply, sale, advertising, labeling, packaging, marketing, promotion, commercializing, distribution, import, export, storage, service, handling,
provision, or payment for health care services, equipment, supplies,
Medical Devices, biologics, precursors, ingredients, materials, or components of Medical Devices, biologics, combination products, Products, goods, or services related
to the Company or its Subsidiaries including all applicable rules and requirements of the FDA and the Federal Trade Commission; (e) the Quality System Regulation as set forth in 21 C.F.R. Part 820; (f) the standards for the manufacture, processing,
packaging, testing, transportation, handling and holding of Medical Devices and biologics as set forth in the FDC Act and applicable regulations promulgated by the FDA (including, for example, 21 C.F.R. Parts 11) and such standards of good
manufacturing practices as are required by applicable Governmental Authorities; (g) all applicable Laws pertaining to the standards for clinical studies and trials for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analysis, and
reporting (including all applicable requirements relating to protection of human subjects), as set forth in the FDC Act and applicable regulations promulgated by the FDA (including, for example, 21 C.F.R. Parts 11, 50, 54, 56, and 812) and such
standards of good clinical practice (including all applicable requirements relating to protection of human subjects) as are required by any other applicable Governmental Authority; (h) the standards for conducting non-clinical laboratory studies, as
set forth in the FDC Act and applicable regulations promulgated by the FDA (including, for example, 21 C.F.R. Parts 11 and 58) and such standards of good laboratory practices as are required by applicable Governmental Authorities in any other
jurisdiction; (i) the standards and practices of creating and maintaining records that are accurate, attributable, verified as genuine, legible, contemporaneous and complete, and are created and stored using security measures that protect the
confidential nature (if applicable) and integrity of the records, and prevent unauthorized access to, and alteration, corruption or loss of such records in a manner sufficient to satisfy the requirements contained in 21 C.F.R. Parts 58, and all
comparable standards of any other applicable Governmental Authority; (j) any and all other Laws including applicable federal, state or local health care laws, rules, codes, regulations, manuals, orders, ordinances, professional or ethical rules,
administrative guidance and requirements (including those pursuant to which Health Care Permits are issued), as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time; (k) the Anti-Kickback Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b) and all similar
Laws in any jurisdiction; (l) the Civil Monetary Penalty Statute (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7a) and all similar Laws in any jurisdiction; (m) the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 et seq.) and all similar Laws in any jurisdiction; (n) the Federal Sunshine
Act (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7h) along with its reporting requirements and all similar Laws in any jurisdiction; and (o) HIPAA and all similar Laws in any jurisdiction. Health Care Laws shall include EU Laws and Regulations as defined herein, in addition
to all similar Laws of any Governmental Authority addressing the subject matter of clauses (a) through (o).
“Health Care Permits” means all licenses, approvals, authorizations,
permissions, certificates, registrations, or clearances required by any Governmental Authority or issued pursuant to any Laws that are required to carry on the Company and its Subsidiaries’ business in order to study, design, develop, test,
manufacture, process, label, supply, sell, advertise, promote, label, package, market, commercialize, distribute, import, export, store, service, handle, provide or pay for any of the Company or its Subsidiaries’ Medical Devices, biologics,
combination products, or Products involving the Company or its Subsidiaries, or any products or services in
which the Company or its Subsidiaries’ Products are components, parts, or materials including manufacturing materials. Health Care Permits shall include Pre-Market
Approvals, Pre-Market Notifications, De Novos, Investigational Device Exemptions, IRB Approvals, Humanitarian Device Exemptions, Biologics License Applications, CE marks, establishment registration and listing with FDA, U.S. state manufacturing,
distribution, or wholesale licenses, permits, or registrations, and any supplements or amendments to any Health Care Permits.
“HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, together with all implementing regulations thereof, as amended.
“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Intellectual Property” means all of the following, including all
intellectual property rights arising from or associated with the following, in each case, whether protected, created or arising under the laws of any jurisdiction throughout the world: (a) any patent or patent application, together with all
amendments, corrections, counterparts, provisionals, extensions, adjustments, renewals, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues and re-examinations, designs, utility models, restorations, revisions, any patent granted as a result of
any post-grant proceedings, reviews and substitutions thereof; (b) any trademark, service mark, trade dress, logo, brand name, corporate name, symbol, trade dress, or other indicia of origin, together with the goodwill associated with any of the
foregoing, and any application, registration or renewal thereof; (c) published and unpublished works of authorship whether or not copyrightable (including Software) and copyrights, mask works, and moral rights, whether or not registered or sought to
be registered and all applications for registration for all of the foregoing; (d) any Internet domain name; (e) any trade secret or confidential know-how or other confidential and proprietary information (collectively, “Trade Secrets”); (f) algorithms, apparatus, biological materials, chemistries and chemical compositions, data and databases, diagrams, formulae, inventions (whether or not patentable), know-how,
methods, processes, protocols, schematics, specifications, web sites, and other forms of technology (whether or not embodied in a tangible form); (g) social media accounts, identifiers and designations; and (h) rights to sue for past, present, and
future infringement of the rights set forth above.
“Intervening Event” means any change, event, circumstance, condition,
development, state of facts or occurrence arising or occurring after the date hereof that was not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date hereof, or, if known or reasonably foreseeable, the magnitude or material
consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable to the Company Board as of the date hereof, which event, fact, occurrence, circumstance, condition, development or change becomes known to the Company Board prior to the receipt of the
Company Stockholder Approval, other than (a) changes in the market price of the Company Common Stock, in and of itself; provided that the underlying causes of any such
change may be considered in determining whether a Intervening Event has occurred, (b) any Takeover Proposal or the receipt, existence or terms thereof or (c) the fact that,
in and of itself, the Company exceeds any internal or published projections, estimates or expectations of the Company’s revenue, earnings or other financial performance
or results of operations for any period, in and of itself (however, the underlying reasons for such events may constitute an Intervening Event if they are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Intervening Event).
“IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“IT Assets” means computer and other information technology systems,
including hardware, Software, computer systems, networks, applications, databases and documentation, reference and resource materials relating thereto.
“Knowledge” means with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of
the individuals listed on Section 8.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter after due inquiry.
“Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, legislation, legislative
measure, instrument, regulation, rule, code, constitution, treaty, edict, treaty, guidance, decree, order, common law or principle of common law, executive order of or by any Governmental Authority or NYSE (or other applicable stock exchange)
(including any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof), or other standards or requirements of any Governmental Authority, including any Health Care Law.
“Leased Real Property” means any material real property that is leased,
subleased or licensed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any third party (in each case whether as tenant or subtenant or by other occupancy arrangement).
“Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, change, event, circumstance,
condition, development, state of facts or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate with all other effects, changes, events, circumstances, conditions, developments, state of facts or occurrences (a) has, or would be reasonably expected to
have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) prevents, materially impairs or materially delays the consummation of the Transactions
on a timely basis and in any event on or before the Outside Date; provided, however, that,
solely with respect to clause (a), none of the following, and no effect, change, event, circumstance, condition, development, state of facts or occurrence to the extent
arising out of, or resulting from, the following, shall constitute or be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, is continuing or would reasonably be expected to occur: any effect, change, event or
occurrence (A) generally affecting the industry in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate or the economy, credit or financial or capital markets, in the U.S. or elsewhere in the world, including changes in interest or exchange rates, monetary
policy or inflation, or (B) to the extent arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (1) changes in Law or in GAAP or in accounting standards, or any changes in the interpretation or enforcement of any of the foregoing, or any changes in
general legal, regulatory, political or social conditions, (2) the negotiation, execution, announcement or performance of this
Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions (other than for purposes of any representation or warranty contained in Sections 3.03(d) and 3.04 or the condition set forth in Section
6.02(a) with respect to Section 3.02), including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, payors, suppliers,
distributors, partners, sales agents, agencies, employees or regulators, or any litigation arising from allegations of breach of fiduciary duty or violation of Law relating to this Agreement or the Transactions, (3) acts of war (whether or not
declared), cyberattacks, military activity, sabotage, civil disobedience or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war (whether or not declared), cyberattacks, military activity, sabotage, civil disobedience or terrorism, (4)
earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tornados or other natural disasters, weather-related events or other comparable events, (5) any action taken by the Company or its Subsidiaries that is expressly required by this Agreement or with Parent’s
written consent or at Parent’s written request, or the failure to take any action by the Company or its Subsidiaries if that action is expressly prohibited by this Agreement, (6) any change or prospective change in the Company’s credit ratings; provided that the underlying causes of any such change may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by
another exception herein, (7) any decline in the market price, or change in trading volume, of the shares of the Company; provided that the underlying causes of any such
decline or change may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception herein, (8) any failure to meet any internal or public projections, forecasts, guidance,
estimates, milestones, budgets or internal or published financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position; provided that the underlying
causes of any such failure may be considered in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent not otherwise excluded by another exception herein, or (9) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak; provided further, however, that any effect, change, event, circumstance, condition, development, state of facts or
occurrence referred to in clause (A) or clauses (B)(1), (3), (4) or (9), if not otherwise falling
within any of the exceptions provided by clauses (B)(2), (5), (6), (7), or (8), may be taken into account in
determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect to the extent such effect, change, event, circumstance, condition, development, state of facts or occurrence has a disproportionate adverse effect on
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated participants in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate (in which case only the incremental disproportionate impact or impacts may be
taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Material Adverse Effect).
“Medical Device” has the same meaning as that term is defined in Article
2(1) of the EU MDR or Article 1(2)(a) of the EU Medical Devise Directive, and similar applicable Laws in any applicable foreign jurisdiction or as the term “device” is defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
“Open Source Software” means any computer Software program whose source
code is published and made available under a license meeting the Open Source Definition (as
promulgated by the Open Source Initiative) or the Free Software Definition (as promulgated by the Free Software Foundation).
“Owned Company Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property in
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (or purports to have) an ownership interest.
“Owned Real Property” means the real property (together with all
structures, facilities, improvements and fixtures located thereon and all other interests and rights appurtenant thereto) owned in fee simple by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Parent Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, change, event or
occurrence that would prevent or materially delay, interfere with, hinder or impair (a) the consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of any of the Transactions, including the Merger on a timely basis and in any event on or before the Outside Date,
(b) the ability of Guarantor to perform any of its material obligations under Section 8.15 required to consummate the Transactions on or before the Outside Date, or (c) the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to perform any of its material obligations
under this Agreement required to consummate the Transactions on or before the Outside Date.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means (a) easements, rights-of-way,
encroachments, restrictions, conditions and other similar non-monetary Encumbrances incurred or suffered in the ordinary course of business and which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair
the use, utility or value of the applicable Real Property or otherwise materially impair the present or reasonably contemplated business operations at such location, (b) zoning, entitlement, building and other land use regulations imposed by
Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over such real property which are not materially violated by the Company’s use thereof, (c) statutory Encumbrances for Taxes not yet due and payable or the amount or validity of which are being contested
in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP in the Company’s latest financial statements included in the Company SEC Documents, (d) mechanics’, materialmen’s,
carriers’, workmen’s, warehouseman’s, repairmen’s, landlords’ and similar Encumbrances granted or which arise in the ordinary course of business for amounts that are not yet due and payable or the amount or validity of which are being contested in
good faith and by appropriate proceedings, (e) Encumbrances securing payment, or any obligation, with respect to outstanding Indebtedness, so long as there is no event of default under such Indebtedness and such Encumbrances will be released in
connection with the Merger Closing, (f) pledges or deposits under workmen’s compensation Laws, unemployment insurance Laws or similar legislation, or good-faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, Contracts (other than for the payment of
Indebtedness) or leases of personal property to which such entity is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such entity or to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such entity is a party, or deposits as security for
contested Taxes, in each case incurred or made in the ordinary course of business, (g) non-exclusive licenses and similar rights granted to end customers in the ordinary course of business solely for their use of Products or to third-party service
providers in the ordinary course of business solely to authorize
the provision of services to the Company and its Subsidiaries, (h) Encumbrances discharged at or prior to the Effective Time, (i) terms, conditions and restrictions
under Company Leases, including statutory Encumbrances of landlords, affecting any Leased Real Property, none of which materially interferes with the present use of such Leased Real Property and (j) Encumbrances that have been placed by any
developer, landlord or other third party on Leased Real Property or property over which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have easement rights and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, trust, unincorporated organization or any other entity, including a Governmental Authority.
“Personal Information” means: (a) any information that identifies, or in
combination with other information identify, an individual, including, without limitation, name, address, telephone number, health information (including protected health information (as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103)), social security number,
drivers’ license number, government issued identification number, any financial account numbers or log-in information, Internet Protocol addresses or other persistent device identifiers; (b) any personal information that is governed, regulated or
protected by applicable Data Protection Laws; and (c) any analogous information that is covered by the payment card industry data security standards (PCI DSS).
“Product” means any and all products, product candidates, parts,
materials, components, Medical Devices, biologics, goods, and services of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including Software of or related to the Company and its Subsidiaries, including those that are or have been studied, designed,
developed, manufactured, propagated, supplied, prepared, processed, tested, assembled, packaged, labelled, processed, sold, serviced, marketed, advertised, commercialized, distributed, imported, exported, transported, stored, handled, provided, or
paid for by, on behalf of, with, or at the direction of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“Protected Information” means any information or data that is processed
by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that (a) is Personal Information, (b) is governed, regulated or protected by one or more applicable Data Protection Laws; or (c) is subject to a confidentiality obligation.
“Real Property” means the Leased Real Property and the Owned Real
Property.
“Registered Company Intellectual Property” means all Owned Company
Intellectual Property that has been registered with or issued by, or is the subject of a pending application for, with or by any Governmental Authority or domain name registrar, by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
“Release” means any release, threatened release, presence, emission,
spill, seepage, leak, escape, leaching, discharge, injection, pumping, pouring, emptying, dumping or disposal into or upon, or migration through, the indoor or outdoor environment.
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, its officers,
directors, employees, consultants, agents, financial advisors, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, other advisors, Affiliates and other representatives.
“Software” means all computer programs, including all software
implementations of algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code, object code or other form.
“Subsidiary”, when used with respect to any Person, means (a) any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests representing at least 50% of the ordinary voting power (or, in the case of a partnership, at least 50% of the
general partnership interests) are, as of such date, owned by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (b) of which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries is a general
partner or manager.
“Tax Returns” mean any reports, returns, information returns, filings,
declarations, elections, disclosures, claims for refund or other information filed or required to be filed with a Governmental Authority in connection with Taxes, including any schedules or attachments thereto, and any amendments to any of the
foregoing.
“Taxes” means any and all federal, state, provincial, local, foreign and
other taxes, customs, tariffs, imposts, levies, duties, imposts, fees or other like assessments or charges, in each case in the nature of a tax, imposed by a Governmental Authority, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with
respect to such amounts, including (x) taxes imposed on, or measured by, income, franchise, profits or gross receipts, and (y) ad valorem, value added, capital gains, sales, goods and services, use, real or personal property, capital stock, license,
branch, payroll, estimated withholding, employment, social security (or similar), unemployment, compensation, utility, severance, production, excise, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes, and customs duties.
“Trade Secret” is defined in the definition of Intellectual Property.
“Transactions” means (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
(b) all of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the CVR Agreement, including the Merger.
“WARN” means the United States Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, as amended or any state or provincial Mini-WARN Law.
“Zions Facility” means that certain Business Loan Agreement, dated as of
March 24, 2022, as amended from time to time, by and between Zions Bancorporation, N.A. dba Vetra Bank Colorado and the Company.
The following terms are defined on the page of this Agreement set forth after such term below:
Terms Not Defined in this Section 8.12
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Section
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401(k) Plan
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Section 5.08(g)
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Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement
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Section 5.02(f)
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Action
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Section 3.08
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Adverse Recommendation Change
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Section 5.02(d)
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Affiliate Transaction
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Section 3.23
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Agreement
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Preamble
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Announcement
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Section 5.05
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Anti-Bribery Laws
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Section 3.09(c)
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Applicable Proceeding
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Section 5.10(b)
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Appraisal Shares
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Section 2.07
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Balance Sheet Date
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Section 3.05(c)
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Bankruptcy and Equity Exception
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Section 3.03(a)
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Book-Entry Share
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Section 2.01(c)
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Capitalization Date
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Section 3.02
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Cash Amount
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Recitals
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Certificate of Merger
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Section 1.03
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Claim
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Section 5.07(c)
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Company
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Preamble
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Company Acquisition Agreement
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Section 5.02(d)
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Company Board
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Recitals
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Company Board Recommendation
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Recitals
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Company Common Stock
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Recitals
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Company Disclosure Letter
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Article III
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Company Payoff Amounts
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Section 5.15
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Company Payoff Letters
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Section 5.15
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Company Preferred Stock
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Section 3.02(a)
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Company PSU
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Section 5.03(b)
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Company Related Parties
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Section 7.03(c)
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Company RSU
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Section 2.03(a)
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Company SEC Documents
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Section 3.05(a)
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Company Securities
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Section 3.02(c)
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Company Stock Option
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Section 2.03(b)
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Company Stockholder Approval
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Section 3.03(c)
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Company Stockholders Meeting
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Section 5.11(a)
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Terms Not Defined in this Section 8.12
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Section
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Company Termination Fee
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Section 7.03(a)(ii)
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Confidentiality Agreement
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Section 5.06
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Continuing Employee
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Section 5.08(a)
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Contributor
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Section 3.14(f)
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CVR
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Recitals
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Data Room
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Section 8.16(a)
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Determination Notice
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Section 5.02(d)
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DGCL
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Recitals
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DOJ
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Section 5.04(d)
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DTC
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Section 2.02(b)(i)
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Effective Time
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Section 1.03
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Exchange Act
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Section 3.04
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Field Action
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Section 3.19(l)
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Filed SEC Documents
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Article III
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Financing
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Section 8.17
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Financing Parties
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Section 8.17
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Financing Party Action
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Section 8.17
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FTC
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Section 5.04(d)
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Inbound License
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Section 3.14(d)
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Indebtedness
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Section 5.01(b)(v)
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Indemnitee
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Section 5.07(a)
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Indemnitees
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Section 5.07(a)
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Judgment
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Section 3.08
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Material Contract
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Section 3.17(a)
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Maximum Amount
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Section 5.07(d)
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Merger
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Recitals
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Merger Closing
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Section 1.02
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Merger Closing Date
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Section 1.02
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Merger Consideration
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Recitals
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Merger Sub
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Preamble
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Misconduct Allegation
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Section 3.12(d)
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Non-U.S. Benefit Plan
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Section 3.11(b)
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Non-U.S. Company Employee
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Section 3.12(a)
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NYSE
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Section 3.04
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Outbound License
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Section 3.14(d)
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Outside Date
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Section 7.01(b)(i)
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Parent
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Preamble
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Paying Agent
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Section 2.02(a)
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Payment Fund
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Section 2.02(a)
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Permits
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Section 3.09(b)
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Terms Not Defined in this Section 8.12
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Section
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Proxy Statement
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Section 3.04
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PSC
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Section 3.21
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Regulatory Condition
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Section 6.01(b)
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Restraint Condition
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Section 6.01(a)
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Restraints
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Section 6.01(a)
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Restriction
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Section 5.04(d)
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SEC
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Section 3.05(a)
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Secretary of State of Delaware
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Section 1.03
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Section 262
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Section 2.07(a)
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Section 409A
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Section 2.04
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Securities Act
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Section 3.02(f)
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Share Certificate
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Section 2.01(c)
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Superior Proposal
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Section 5.02(h)
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Surviving Corporation
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Section 1.01
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Takeover Law
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Section 3.20(b)
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Takeover Proposal
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Section 5.02(g)
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U.S.
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Section 2.02(a)
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Voting Agreement
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Recitals
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Section 8.13. Fees and Expenses. Whether or not the Transactions are consummated, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring or required to incur
such fees or expenses, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.
Section 8.14. Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value-added and other similar Taxes and fees incurred in connection with the Merger shall be paid by Parent or Merger Sub when due and
shall not be a liability of any holder of Company Common Stock or the Company.
Section 8.15. Obligation of Parent; Guaranty. (a) Parent hereby guarantees the due, prompt and faithful performance and discharge by, and compliance with, all of the obligations, covenants, terms, conditions and undertakings
of Merger Sub under this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, including any such obligations, covenants, terms, conditions and undertakings that are required to be performed, discharged or complied with following the Effective Time by the
Surviving Corporation.
(b) Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably
guarantees to the Company, the Surviving Corporation and their successors and assigns the payment and performance of each of the covenants, obligations and liabilities applicable to Parent, Merger Sub or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable,
and their respective Affiliates, successors and assigns under this Agreement (the “Guaranteed Obligations”). This guaranty is an absolute, unconditional and continuing
guaranty of the full and punctual discharge and performance of the
Guaranteed Obligations. This guaranty is a guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Guarantor expressly waives any requirement that any Person exhaust
any right, remedy or power or proceed against Parent or Merger Sub (or any of their successors or assigns) under this Agreement or against any other Person under any other guaranty of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. Should Merger
Sub or Parent (or any of their successors or assigns) default in the timely discharge or performance of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor shall immediately fully and punctually discharge and perform such Guaranteed
Obligations. So long as this Section 8.15 is in effect, Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of its performance of its guaranty, whether by
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification, contribution or otherwise, against the Company, the Surviving Corporation or their successors and assigns or any express intended third party beneficiary of any Guaranteed Obligations described in Section 8.06, or any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor. Guarantor represents and warrants to the Company as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Merger Closing Date as if made as of the Merger Closing Date (except to the extent any representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date or period, in which case as of such date or period) as follows:
(i) Guarantor is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority necessary to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(ii) Guarantor has all
necessary power and authority to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations under, this Section 8.15. The board of directors of Guarantor has approved the
execution, delivery and performance of this Section 8.15 by Guarantor. This Section 8.15 has
been duly executed and delivered by Guarantor, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, this Section 8.15 constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of Guarantor and is enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject, in the case of enforceability, to the Bankruptcy and Equity Exceptions. No vote of Guarantor’s stockholders is necessary to
approve this Agreement or any of the Transactions.
(iii) The execution and delivery
of this Section 8.15, and the performance or compliance by Guarantor with the terms or provisions under this Section 8.15, will not (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other comparable charter or organizational documents of Guarantor or (ii) assuming that the consents,
approvals, filings, licenses, permits, authorizations, declarations, notifications and registrations referred to in this Section 8.15(iii) are obtained prior to the
Effective Time and the filings referred to in this Section 8.15(iii) are made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired prior to the Effective Time,
(x) violate any Law or Judgment applicable to Guarantor or (y) violate or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which Guarantor is a party or accelerate
Guarantor’s obligations under any such Contract, except, in the case of clause (ii),
as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect
(iv) Except for (a) the filings
required under and compliance with other applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other applicable Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws, (b) the filing with the SEC of (i) the Proxy Statement and (ii) such reports under the Securities
Act or Exchange Act, as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware pursuant to the
DGCL, (d) such filings as may be required under the rules and regulations of NYSE and (e) compliance with any applicable state securities or blue sky laws, no consent, approval, license, permit or authorization of, or filing, declaration,
notification or registration with, any Governmental Authority is necessary for the execution and delivery of this Section 8.15 by Guarantor, the performance by Guarantor
of its obligations under this Section 8.15, other than such other consents, approvals, licenses, permits, authorizations, filings, declarations, notifications or
registrations that, if not obtained, made or given, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect;
(v) As of the date of this
Agreement, there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Guarantor, threatened against Guarantor, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, Guarantor is not
subject to any continuing order of, consent decree, settlement agreement or similar written agreement with, or continuing investigation by, any Governmental Authority, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any
Governmental Authority, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) Guarantor acknowledges and
agrees to all matters set forth in Section 4.07.
(vii) Guarantor acknowledges and
agrees that all provisions of Article VIII (other than this Section 8.15) are binding upon Parent with respect to the Agreement shall apply to Guarantor mutatis mutandis with respect to this Section 8.15. Guarantor’s obligations under
this Section 8.15 are expressly limited to the Guaranteed Obligations and shall automatically expire upon the full discharge and performance of all Guaranteed
Obligations and thereafter, Guarantor shall no longer have any duties or obligations under this Agreement.
Section 8.16. Interpretation. (a) When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, a Section, an Exhibit or a Schedule, such reference shall be to an Article of, a Section of, an Exhibit to or a Schedule to
this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words
“include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”. The words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The words “date hereof” when used in this Agreement shall refer to the date of this
Agreement. The terms “or”, “any” and “either” are not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. The words “made available to Parent” and words of similar import refer to documents posted to the “Project Gator” electronic datasite hosted by Datasite on behalf of the Company (the
“Data Room”) at least one Business Day prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used
in any document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine
and neuter genders of such term. Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes, and including all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
References herein to any statute include all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, all references to “dollars” or “$” shall refer to the lawful money of the U.S. References to a Person are also to
its permitted assigns and successors. All references to “days” shall be to calendar days unless otherwise indicated as a “Business Day.”
(b) The parties hereto have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise
favoring or disfavoring any party hereto by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 8.17. Certain Financing Provisions. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Company hereby agrees: (a) that any Action directly involving any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any
Affiliate thereof) that is an agent, arranger, lender or underwriter of, or otherwise a third party counterparty of Parent or Merger Sub with respect to any actual or potential Financing or any Affiliate of any such Person (collectively, with each
of their respective Representatives acting as such, the “Financing Parties”), in each case, arising out of or relating to this Agreement, any Financing or any of the
agreements entered into in connection with the Financing or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder (any such suit, legal action or proceeding, a “Financing Party Action”) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of any federal or state court in the County of New York, New York and any appellate court thereof (and each party hereto irrevocably submits
itself and its property with respect to any Financing Party Action to the
exclusive jurisdiction of such court); (b) that any Financing Party Action shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York (without giving effect to any conflicts
of law principles that would result in the application of the laws of another state), except as expressly otherwise provided in any applicable agreement relating to the Financing; (c) not to bring or support, or permit any of its controlled
Affiliates to bring or support, any Financing Party Action against any Financing Party in any forum other than any federal or state court in the County of New York, New York; (d) that it irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent that it may
effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any Financing Party Action in any such court; (e) knowingly, intentionally and voluntarily waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law trial by jury in any
Financing Party Action brought against the Financing Parties; (f) that none of the Financing Parties will have any liability to the Company or to its respective Affiliates relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Financing, any agreement
relating thereto or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the performance of any services thereunder, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise (it being understood that nothing in this clause (f) shall affect the obligations of Parent, Merger Sub and their Affiliates under this Agreement); and (g) that (and each other party hereto agrees that) the Financing
Parties are express third party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, the provisions of this Section 8.17, and which provisions shall not be amended in a manner adverse to any
Financing Party without its prior written consent. “Financing” means any debt financing obtained by Parent or Merger Sub (or any of its Affiliates on its behalf) for the purpose of financing the transactions contemplated hereby.
[Signature page follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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ZIMMER, INC.,
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By:
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/s/ Chad F. Phipps
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Name:
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Chad F. Phipps
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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GAZELLE MERGER SUB I, INC.,
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By:
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/s/ Chad F. Phipps
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Name:
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Chad F. Phipps
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Title:
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Senior Vice President and Secretary
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ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.,
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By:
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/s/ Chad F. Phipps
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Name:
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Chad F. Phipps
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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[Signature Page
to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
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PARAGON 28, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Albert DaCosta
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Name:
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Albert DaCosta
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Title:
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Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
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[Signature Page
to Agreement and Plan of Merger]
Exhibit A
Form of CVR Agreement
[Attached]