0001193125-15-311268.txt : 20150903 0001193125-15-311268.hdr.sgml : 20150903 20150903090812 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-15-311268 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150903 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150903 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20150903 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001001426 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674] IRS NUMBER: 770254621 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-27026 FILM NUMBER: 151090865 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3545 NORTH FIRST STREET CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95134 BUSINESS PHONE: 4084350800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3545 NORTH FIRST STREET CITY: SAN JOSE STATE: CA ZIP: 95134 DEFA14A 1 d98193d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 3, 2015

(September 2, 2015)

 

 

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

California   000-27026   77-0254621

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

1545 Barber Lane, Milpitas, California   95035
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (408) 232-9100

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

  ¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

  x Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

  ¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 2, 2015, Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, a California corporation (“Pericom” or the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Diodes Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (“Diodes” or “Parent”), and PSI Merger Sub, Inc., a California corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, subject to satisfaction or waiver of the conditions therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into Pericom (the “Merger”), with Pericom surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The Merger Agreement has been approved unanimously by the board of directors of Pericom.

Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each share of Pericom common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, excluding shares owned by shareholders who have exercised dissenters’ rights under California law shares owned by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries, will be converted into the right to receive $17.00 in cash, without interest (the “Merger Consideration”).

Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each unexpired and unexercised option to purchase Pericom’s common stock (each a “Company Option”) under any stock option plan of Pericom, including Pericom’s Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended), Pericom’s Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan and Pericom’s 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Compensation Plan or any other plan, agreement or arrangement other than Pericom’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Company Stock Plans”), that is unvested and unexercisable, which is held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its subsidiaries through the Effective Time and who is eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Diodes on Form S-8, will be canceled and replaced by Diodes and become an award of restricted stock units covering shares of Diodes common stock (each a “Diodes RSU”) on generally the same terms and conditions (including the applicable vesting requirements), equal to (A) the total number of unexercised shares of Pericom common stock previously subject to such Company Option multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per unexercised share subject to such Company Option and then divided by (C) the volume weighted average price of Diodes common stock on Nasdaq for a twenty (20) trading day period, starting with the opening of trading on the twenty-first (21st) trading day prior to the Closing Date to the closing of trading on the second to last trading day prior to the Closing Date, as reported by Bloomberg and determined without regard to after-hours trading (the VWAP of Parent Stock”) or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

Each outstanding Company Option that is vested as of immediately prior to the Effective Time will, immediately prior to the Effective Time, be cancelled and, in exchange therefor, each former holder of any such cancelled vested Company Option shall have the right to receive an amount in cash (without interest, and subject to deduction for any required withholding tax) equal to the product of (x) the total number of vested shares of Pericom common stock previously subject to such Company Option and (y) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of Pericom common stock previously subject to such vested Company Option (the “Option Payment”). Each outstanding Company Option that is unvested and unexercisable and which is held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its subsidiaries through the Effective Time but who is not eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Diodes on Form S-8 will vest as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and be treated as a vested Company Option.

Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each outstanding award of restricted stock units and performance share units granted pursuant to any Company Stock Plan (each a “Company RSU”) that is unvested and that is held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its subsidiaries through the Effective Time and who is eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Diodes on Form S-8 will be canceled and replaced by Diodes and become a Diodes RSU, on generally the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting requirements (other than performance-vesting requirements which will be deemed satisfied at “maximum” achievement) and deferral provisions) as applied to each such unvested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, with respect to the number of shares of Diodes common stock that is equal to the product of the number of shares of Company common stock that were subject to such unvested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Merger Consideration by (y) the VWAP of Parent Stock, rounded down to the nearest whole share.

Each Company RSU that is outstanding and vested as of the Effective Time will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive a payment equal to the Merger Consideration and the amount of certain declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such Company RSU. Each outstanding Company RSU that is unvested prior to the Effective Time and held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its subsidiaries through the Effective Time but who is not eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Diodes on Form S-8 will vest (treating for this purpose any performance-based vesting condition as having been obtained at “maximum” level) and be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive a payment equal to the Merger Consideration.


The Company is subject to customary restrictions on its ability to solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties and to provide information to, and enter into discussions or negotiations with, third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals. However, prior to the receipt of the approval of the Merger from the Company’s shareholders, the solicitation restrictions are subject to a customary “fiduciary-out” provision that allows Pericom, under certain circumstances, to provide information to and participate in negotiations or discussions with third parties with respect to an alternative acquisition proposal if it determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the board of directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law. In addition, Pericom’s board of directors, after satisfying certain notice requirements to Diodes, may change its recommendation with respect to the Merger if it determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to do so under certain circumstances specified in the Merger Agreement would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the board of directors’ fiduciary duties under applicable law.

The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for both Pericom and Parent, and provides that, upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, Pericom may be required to pay Parent a termination fee of $15.0 million. Specifically, if the Merger Agreement is terminated in connection with Pericom accepting a superior proposal or due to the withdrawal by the Pericom board of directors of its recommendation with respect to the Merger, then the termination fee will be payable by the Company to Parent upon termination.

Consummation of the Merger is subject to various conditions, including (i) obtaining requisite approval of the Merger from Pericom’s shareholders, (ii) the absence of any final and nonappealable law or order issued by certain specified governmental entities making illegal or permanently enjoining or prohibiting the Merger, (iii) the accuracy of the representations and warranties made by the parties, except, unless any inaccuracies would not have had or reasonably be expected to have a “material adverse effect” on the applicable party (as “material adverse effect” is defined in the Merger Agreement with respect to each party) and the performance by the parties in all material respects of their covenants and agreements under the Merger Agreement, (iv) the expiration or early termination of the waiting period applicable to the Merger under the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended and (v) the absence of a material adverse effect on either party that is continuing.

The Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants of Pericom, Merger Sub and Diodes. Each of the parties have agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to be consummated. The Merger Agreement also requires Pericom to call and hold a shareholder meeting and for Pericom’s board of directors, subject to the terms of the Merger Agreement, to recommend that Pericom shareholders approve the Merger Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated into this report by reference. The Merger Agreement has been included to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about Pericom. In particular, the assertions embodied in the representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed to by the respective parties in connection with negotiating the terms of the Merger Agreement, including information contained in a confidential disclosure schedule provided by Pericom to Diodes in connection with the signing of the Merger Agreement. The confidential disclosure schedule contains information that modifies, qualifies and creates exceptions to the representations and warranties set forth in the Merger Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were used for the purpose of allocating risk between Pericom and Diodes rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, you should not rely on the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement as characterizations of the actual state of facts about Pericom.

Voting Agreements

Concurrently with entering into the Merger Agreement, certain directors and executive officers of Pericom, in their capacities as holders of shares or other equity interests of Pericom, entered into Voting Agreements with Parent (the “Voting Agreements”) pursuant to which they agreed, among other things, to vote their shares of Pericom common stock for the approval of the Merger Agreement and against any alternative proposal. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Voting Agreements terminate upon the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with their terms, including the termination of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s board of directors in favor of a superior proposal. The foregoing description of the Voting Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of Voting Agreements, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated into this report by reference.


Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On September 2, 2015, the Pericom board of directors amended the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) by adding a new Article XIII (the “Amendment”), which provides that unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (or, in the event that the United States District Court for the Northern District of California does not have jurisdiction, any other federal or state court of the State of California) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or to the shareholders of the Company, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company arising pursuant to any provision of the California Corporations Code or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company or the Bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Company or any director or officer or other employee of the Company that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

The foregoing summary of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws, as amended, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On September 3, 2015, Pericom and Diodes issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (“Pericom” or the “Company”) intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement in connection with its proposed acquisition by Diodes and furnish or file other materials with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement will be sent or given to the shareholders of the Company and will contain important information about the proposed transaction and related matters. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, PERICOM’S SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND THOSE OTHER MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Pericom with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement from Pericom by contacting Pericom’s Investor Relations by telephone at (408) 232-9100, or by mail to Investor Relations Department, Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, 1545 Barber Lane, Milpitas, California 95035 or by going to Pericom’s Investor Relations page on its corporate website at www.pericom.com.

Participants in the Solicitation

Pericom and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Pericom in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction described herein will be included in the proxy statement described above. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of Pericom is included in proxy statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on October 16, 2014, and is supplemented by other public filings made, and to be made, with the SEC by Pericom.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction; satisfaction of closing conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction; the impact of the announcement of the proposed transaction on Pericom’s relationships with its employees, existing customers or potential future customers; and such other risks and uncertainties pertaining to the Pericom’s business as detailed in its filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. Pericom assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this document.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

  2.1*    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 2, 2015, by and among Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, PSI Merger Sub, Inc., and Diodes Incorporated
  3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended on September 2, 2015
99.1    Form of Voting Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2015, by and among Diodes Incorporated and certain holders of shares and other equity interests of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
99.2    Joint Press Release, issued by Pericom Semiconductor Corporation and Diodes Incorporated, dated September 3, 2015

 

*  Certain schedules and exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Pericom agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

Dated: September 3, 2015

   

/s/ Kevin S. Bauer

    Name: Kevin S. Bauer
    Title: Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description of Exhibit

  2.1*    Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 2, 2015, by and among Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, PSI Merger Sub, Inc., and Diodes Incorporated
  3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended on September 2, 2015
99.1    Form of Voting Agreement, dated as of September 2, 2015, by and among Diodes Incorporated and certain holders of shares and other equity interests of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation
99.2    Joint Press Release, issued by Pericom Semiconductor Corporation and Diodes Incorporated, dated September 3, 2015

 

*  Certain schedules and exhibits omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC. Pericom agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.
EX-2.1 2 d98193dex21.htm EX-2.1 EX-2.1

Exhibit 2.1

 

Execution Copy

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

BY AND AMONG

DIODES INCORPORATED

PSI MERGER SUB, INC.

AND

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

Dated as of September 2, 2015

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  
ARTICLE I The Merger      2   
  1.1  

The Merger

     2   
  1.2  

Closing

     2   
  1.3  

Effective Time

     2   
  1.4  

Effects of the Merger

     2   
  1.5  

Governing Documents

     2   
  1.6  

Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation

     3   
ARTICLE II Effect of Merger on Company Securities      3   
  2.1  

Effect on Capital Stock

     3   
  2.2  

Payment for Securities; Surrender of Certificates

     3   
  2.3  

Dissenters’ Rights.

     5   
  2.4  

Treatment of Company Equity Awards

     5   
  2.5  

Withholding

     7   
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties of the Company      8   
  3.1  

Organization, Good Standing and Qualification

     8   
  3.2  

Capital Structure

     8   
  3.3  

Corporate Authority; Approval and Fairness; No Violations

     9   
  3.4  

Government Approvals

     10   
  3.5  

Company Reports; Financial Statements

     10   
  3.6  

Absence of Certain Changes or Events

     11   
  3.7  

No Undisclosed Liabilities

     11   
  3.8  

Litigation

     11   
  3.9  

Licenses, Permits, Etc.

     11   
  3.10  

Title to Properties

     12   
  3.11  

Intellectual Property

     12   
  3.12  

Taxes

     13   
  3.13  

Employment Matters

     14   
  3.14  

Related Party Transactions

     17   
  3.15  

Insurance

     17   
  3.16  

Material Contracts

     17   
  3.17  

Compliance with Applicable Laws

     17   
  3.18  

Foreign Corrupt Practices

     18   
  3.19  

Money Laundering Laws

     18   

 

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             Page  
  3.20  

Brokers; Schedule of Fees and Expenses

     18   
  3.21  

Business Relationships

     18   
  3.22  

OFAC

     18   
  3.23  

Additional PRC Representations and Warranties

     18   
  3.24  

Environmental Matters

     19   
  3.25  

Conflict Minerals

     19   
  3.26  

Information Supplied

     19   
  3.27  

Opinion of Financial Advisor

     20   
ARTICLE IV Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub      20   
  4.1  

Organization and Good Standing

     20   
  4.2  

Corporate Authority and Approval

     20   
  4.3  

Non-Contravention

     20   
  4.4  

Government Approvals

     21   
  4.5  

Litigation

     21   
  4.6  

Information Supplied

     21   
  4.7  

Credit Agreement

     21   
  4.8  

Ownership of Company Common Stock

     22   
  4.9  

Management Arrangements

     22   
  4.10  

WARN Act

     22   
  4.11  

Brokers

     22   
  4.12  

Operations of Merger Sub

     22   
ARTICLE V Covenants of the Parties      22   
  5.1  

Conduct of Business of the Company

     22   
  5.2  

Access to Information; Confidentiality

     24   
  5.3  

Insurance

     25   
  5.4  

Fulfillment of Conditions

     25   
  5.5  

Disclosure of Certain Matters

     25   
  5.6  

Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Notices and Consents

     25   
  5.7  

No Solicitation

     27   
  5.8  

Preparation of the Proxy Statement

     29   
  5.9  

Company Shareholder Meeting.

     30   
  5.10  

Disposition of Company Equity Awards

     31   
ARTICLE VI Additional Covenants of Parent      31   
  6.1  

Fulfillment of Conditions

     31   
  6.2  

Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Notices and Consents

     31   

 

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             Page  
  6.3  

Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance

     32   
  6.4  

Employee Benefit Matters

     33   
ARTICLE VII Additional Agreements and Covenants      34   
  7.1  

Confidentiality

     34   
  7.2  

Public Announcements

     34   
ARTICLE VIII Conditions to Closing      34   
  8.1  

Mutual Conditions Precedent

     34   
  8.2  

Company’s Conditions Precedent

     35   
  8.3  

Parent’s Conditions Precedent

     35   
ARTICLE IX Termination, Amendment and Waiver      35   
  9.1  

Termination by Mutual Consent

     35   
  9.2  

Termination by either Parent or the Company

     36   
  9.3  

Termination By Parent

     36   
  9.4  

Termination by the Company

     36   
  9.5  

Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination

     37   
  9.6  

Fees and Expenses Following Termination

     37   
  9.7  

Amendment

     38   
  9.8  

Extension; Waiver

     38   
ARTICLE X Miscellaneous      38   
  10.1  

Non-Survival and Representations and Warranties

     38   
  10.2  

Disclosure Schedule References

     38   
  10.3  

Notices

     39   
  10.4  

Interpretation

     39   
  10.5  

Severability

     40   
  10.6  

Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries

     41   
  10.7  

Counterparts; Facsimile Execution

     41   
  10.8  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction

     41   
  10.9  

Specific Performance

     41   
  10.10  

Assignment

     42   

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 2, 2015 (this “Agreement”), by and among DIODES INCORPORATED, a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (“Parent”), PSI Merger Sub, Inc., a corporation incorporated in the State of California (“Merger Sub”), and PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a corporation incorporated in the State of California (the “Company”). Each of the parties to this Agreement is individually referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Annex A hereto.

BACKGROUND

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Parties intend to effect a merger (the “Merger”) in which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the Merger on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, each outstanding share of common stock, without par value, of the Company (the “Company Common Stock” or “Company Shares”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be automatically converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of California, together with all amendments and additions thereto (“California Law”) (other than Company Shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and Dissenting Shares);

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has unanimously (a) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement with Parent and Merger Sub, (b) approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and (c) resolved, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to recommend the approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company;

WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Directors of Parent and Merger Sub have unanimously (a) determined that it is in the best interests of each such Party and its stockholders or shareholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement with the Company, and (b) approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby, including the Merger;

WHEREAS, Parent intends to enter into Voting Agreements with the directors and executive officers of the Company pursuant to which such shareholders, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, have agreed to vote or cause to be voted all of the Company Shares beneficially owned by such shareholders for the approval of the Merger and this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Parties desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and the Transactions and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.

 

1


AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

The Merger

1.1 The Merger. On the terms and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in accordance with California Law, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, whereupon the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub will cease, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the Company, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, sometimes being referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”), such that immediately following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. The Merger shall have the effect provided in this Agreement and as specified in the California Law.

1.2 Closing. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place at 10:00 a.m., California time, as soon as practicable (and, in any event, within two (2) Business Days) after satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all conditions set forth in ARTICLE VIII (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or, to the extent permitted hereunder, waiver of all such conditions), unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to ARTICLE IX hereof or unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the Parties hereto. The Closing shall be held at the offices of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, 379 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301, unless another place is agreed to in writing by the Parties hereto, and the actual date of the Closing is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

1.3 Effective Time. On the Closing Date, the Parties shall (a) cause an agreement of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the California Law and otherwise in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, but subject to any changes as may be required by the Secretary of State of the State of California and agreed to by Parent and the Company (the “Agreement of Merger”) to be duly executed by the Company and Merger Sub and filed with the Secretary of State of the State of California as soon as practicable on the Closing Date, together with the officer’s certificate required by the California Law, and (b) make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by the Company or Merger Sub under the California Law in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time as the Agreement of Merger is duly filed and accepted by the Secretary of State of the State of California or on such later date and time as shall be agreed to by the Company and Parent and specified in the Agreement of Merger (such date and time being hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time”).

1.4 Effects of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth herein and in the applicable provisions of the California Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Effective Time, all property, rights, privileges, immunities, powers, franchises, licenses and authority of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

1.5 Governing Documents. The Company Articles shall, by virtue of the Merger, be amended and restated so as to read in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and, as so amended and restated, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law. The Company Bylaws shall, by virtue of the Merger, be amended and restated to conform to the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and as such shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.

 

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1.6 Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation. The Parties shall take all actions necessary so that (a) the directors of Merger Sub at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, and (b) the officers of Merger Sub at the Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the officers of the Surviving Corporation until their successors shall have been duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.

ARTICLE II

Effect of Merger on Company Securities

2.1 Effect on Capital Stock.

(a) Merger Consideration. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the Parties or holders of any securities of the Parties, subject to Section 2.1(d), each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding Company Shares to be cancelled in accordance with Section 2.1(b) and any Dissenting Shares) shall be automatically converted into the right to receive $17.00 in cash, without interest (the “Merger Consideration”). From and after the Effective Time, all such Company Shares shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and each applicable holder of such Company Shares shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration therefor upon the surrender of such Company Shares in accordance with Section 2.2.

(b) Cancellation of Company Common Stock. At the Effective Time, all Company Shares owned by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or by any of their respective direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

(c) Treatment of Merger Sub Common Stock. At the Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of common stock, without par value per share, of Merger Sub shall be automatically converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

(d) Adjustment to Merger Consideration. The Merger Consideration shall be adjusted appropriately, without duplication, to reflect the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Company Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time so as to provide Parent and the holder of Company Shares the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.1(d) shall be construed to permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to take any action with respect to its securities that is prohibited by the terms of this Agreement.

2.2 Payment for Securities; Surrender of Certificates

(a) Paying Agent Fund. Prior to the Effective Time, Parent or Merger Sub shall designate a bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the paying agent in connection with the Merger (the “Paying Agent”). The Paying Agent shall also act as the agent for the Company’s shareholders for the purpose of receiving and holding their Certificates and Book-Entry Shares and shall obtain no rights or interests in the shares represented thereby. At or prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Paying Agent cash in immediately available funds in an amount sufficient to pay the aggregate Merger

 

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Consideration payable to all holders of Company Common Stock (including Company Common Stock to be issued prior to the Effective Time in accordance with Section 2.4) (such cash amount, the “Paying Agent Fund”), in each case, for the sole benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock. In the event the Paying Agent Fund shall be insufficient to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration, Parent shall, or shall cause Merger Sub to, promptly deposit additional funds with the Paying Agent in an amount which is equal to the deficiency in the amount required to make such payment. Parent shall cause the Paying Agent to make, and the Paying Agent shall make, delivery of the Merger Consideration, out of the Paying Agent Fund in accordance with this Agreement.

(b) Procedures for Surrender. Promptly after the Effective Time (and in any event, within three (3) Business Days thereafter), Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, cause the Paying Agent to mail (and make available for collection by hand) to each holder of record of a certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time represented outstanding Company Shares (the “Certificates”) or non-certificated Company Shares represented by book-entry (“Book-Entry Shares”) and whose Company Shares were converted pursuant to Section 2.1 into the right to receive the Merger Consideration (i) a letter of transmittal, which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) to the Paying Agent and shall be in such form and have such other provisions as Parent may reasonably specify and (ii) instructions for effecting the surrender of the Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for payment of the Merger Consideration payable in respect of such Company Shares pursuant to Section 2.1. Upon surrender of a Certificate (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share for cancellation to the Paying Agent or to such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation, together with such letter of transmittal duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the applicable Merger Consideration pursuant to the provisions of this ARTICLE II for each Company Share formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share. All such amounts shall be mailed (or made available for collection by hand if so elected by the surrendering holder) within five (5) Business Days following the Paying Agent’s receipt of such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share, letter of transmittal and such other documents, and the Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Share so surrendered shall be forthwith cancelled. The Paying Agent shall accept such Certificates (or affidavits of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Paying Agent may impose to effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. If payment of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a Person other than the Person in whose name the surrendered Certificate is registered, it shall be a condition precedent to payment that (A) the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or shall be otherwise in proper form for transfer and (B) the Person requesting such payment shall have paid any transfer and other similar Taxes required by reason of the payment of the Merger Consideration to a Person other than the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered or shall have established to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent that such Tax either has been paid or is not payable. Any other transfer or similar Taxes incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by Parent. Payment of the applicable Merger Consideration with respect to Book-Entry Shares shall only be made to the Person in whose name such Book-Entry Shares are registered. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.2, each Certificate and Book-Entry Share shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the applicable Merger Consideration as contemplated by this ARTICLE II, without interest thereon.

(c) Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights in Company Shares. At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and thereafter there shall be no further registrations of transfers of Company Shares on the records of the Company, other than registrations of transfers to reflect, in accordance with customary settlement procedures, trades effected prior to the Effective Time. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of Certificates outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Shares except as otherwise provided for herein or by applicable Law. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates or Book-Entry Shares are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be cancelled and exchanged as provided in this Agreement.

 

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(d) Termination of Paying Agent Fund; No Liability. At any time following twelve (12) months after the Effective Time, Parent shall be entitled to require the Paying Agent to deliver to it any funds (including any interest received with respect thereto) remaining in the Paying Agent Fund that have not been disbursed, or for which disbursement is pending subject only to the Paying Agent’s routine administrative procedures, to holders of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, and thereafter such holders shall be entitled to look only to the Surviving Corporation and Parent (subject to abandoned property, escheat or other similar Laws) as general creditors thereof with respect to the applicable Merger Consideration, payable upon due surrender of their Certificates or Book-Entry Shares and compliance with the procedures in Section 2.2(b), without any interest thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or the Paying Agent shall be liable to any holder of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for any Merger Consideration or other amounts delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

(e) Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates. In the event that any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof and, if required by Parent or the Paying Agent, the posting by such holder of a bond in such amount as Parent may determine is reasonably necessary as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it or the Surviving Corporation with respect to any such Certificates, the applicable Merger Consideration payable in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof.

2.3 Dissenters’ Rights.

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Company Shares, if any, as to which the holder thereof shall have (i) properly demanded that the Company purchase such Company Shares for fair market value in accordance with, and otherwise complied with, the provisions of Chapter 13 of the California Law (“Chapter 13”) and (ii) not effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s rights to demand purchase for such Company Shares for fair market value pursuant to Chapter 13 (each, a “Dissenting Share”), shall not be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 2.1, but instead at the Effective Time shall become entitled only to payment of the fair value of such Company Shares determined in accordance with Chapter 13 (it being understood and acknowledged that at the Effective Time, such Dissenting Shares shall no longer be outstanding, shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and such holder shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto other than the right to receive the fair value of such Dissenting Shares as determined in accordance with Chapter 13); provided, however, that if any such holder shall fail to perfect or otherwise shall waive, withdraw or lose the right to payment of the fair value of such Dissenting Shares under Chapter 13, then the right of such holder to be paid the fair value of such holder’s Dissenting Shares shall cease and such Dissenting Shares shall be deemed to have been converted as of the Effective Time into, and to have become exchangeable solely for the right to receive, without interest or duplication, the Merger Consideration.

(b) The Company shall give prompt notice to Parent of any demands received by the Company for the purchase of any Company Shares pursuant to Chapter 13, of any withdrawals of such demands and of any other instruments served and received by the Company under Chapter 13, and Parent shall have the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), make any payment with respect to, or settle or compromise or offer to settle or compromise, any such demand, or agree to do any of the foregoing.

2.4 Treatment of Company Equity Awards.

(a) All options to acquire shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Options”) and other equity awards (collectively, “Company Equity Awards”) that were granted under the Company’s stock plans, including the Company’s Amended and Restated 2001 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended), the Company’s Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, the Company’s 2014 Stock Award and Incentive

 

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Compensation Plan, or any other equity plan, agreement or arrangement other than the Company ESPP (as defined below) (collectively, the “Company Stock Plans”) prior to the Effective Time, which are outstanding as of the Capitalization Date, are set forth in Section 2.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, together with the holder’s name, the date of grant, the type of award, the number of Company Shares originally granted and number of outstanding shares subject to the Company Equity Award, the vesting schedule, any expiration date, and any per Company Share exercise price or purchase price.

(b) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof) will adopt resolutions and take all other actions necessary and appropriate to provide that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) each unexpired and unexercised Company Option which is vested as of the Effective Time (the “Vested Options”) will be cancelled and, in exchange therefor, each former holder of any such cancelled Vested Option will only be entitled to receive, in consideration of the cancellation of such Vested Option and in full settlement therefor, a payment in cash of an amount equal to the product of (A) the total number of unexercised Company Shares subject to such Vested Option as of the time of cancellation of the Company Option (the “Vested Unexercised Shares”), and (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per Vested Unexercised Share (such amounts payable hereunder being referred to as the “Option Payments”); and (ii) each unexpired and unexercised Company Option which is not vested as of the Effective Time (the “Unvested Options”) and which is held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its Subsidiaries through the Effective Time and who is eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Parent on Form S-8 will be canceled and replaced by Parent and become an award of restricted stock units covering shares of Parent Stock (“Parent RSUs”) issued under the Parent Stock Plan, on generally the same terms and conditions (including the applicable vesting requirements and the terms and conditions set forth on Section 2.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule) as applied to each such Unvested Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each such Parent RSU award shall cover that whole number of shares of Parent Stock (rounded down) equal to the product of (A) the total number of unexercised Company Shares subject to such Unvested Option as of the time of cancellation of the Unvested Option multiplied by (B) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per unexercised share subject to such Unvested Option and then divided by (C) the VWAP of Parent Stock and (iii) each Unvested Option held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its Subsidiaries through the Effective Time but who is not eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Parent on Form S-8 will vest as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and be treated as a Vested Option. Upon the terms set forth herein, the new award issued in exchange for the Unvested Options shall be made pursuant to Parent’s form of stock option or restricted stock unit agreement as applicable. From and after the Effective Time, any such cancelled Company Option will no longer be exercisable by the former holder thereof.

(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board (or, if appropriate, any committee thereof) will adopt resolutions and take all other actions necessary and appropriate to provide that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) each outstanding award of restricted stock units or performance share units granted pursuant to any Company Stock Plan which is vested as of the Effective Time (the “Vested Company RSUs”), will be cancelled in exchange for the right to receive a payment equal to the Merger Consideration and the amount of any declared but unpaid dividends with respect to such Vested Company RSU; provided, however, that, for the avoidance of doubt, no holder of a Vested Company RSU shall be entitled to any payment whatsoever in respect of the August 2015 Dividend (such amounts payable hereunder being referred to as the “Vested RSU Payments”), (ii) each outstanding award of restricted stock units or performance share units granted pursuant to any Company Stock Plan which is not vested prior to the Effective Time (the “Unvested Company RSUs” and, together with the Vested Company RSUs, the “Company RSUs”) that is held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its Subsidiaries through the Effective Time and who is eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Parent on Form S-8 will be canceled and replaced by Parent and become a Parent RSU issued under the Parent Stock Plan, on generally the same terms and conditions (including applicable vesting requirements (other than performance-vesting requirements which will be deemed satisfied at “maximum” achievement) and deferral provisions) as applied to each such Unvested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time, with respect to the number of shares of Parent Stock, rounded down to the nearest

 

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whole share of Parent Stock, that is equal to the product of the number of shares of Company Common Stock that were subject to such Unvested Company RSU immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the Merger Consideration by (y) the VWAP of Parent Stock; and (iii) each Unvested Company RSU held by an individual who is rendering continuous service to the Company or its Subsidiaries through the Effective Time but who is not eligible to be included on a registration statement filed by Parent on Form S-8 will vest (treating for this purposes any performance-based vesting condition to which such Company RSU is subject as having been attained at “maximum” level) and be cancelled in exchange for the right to the right to receive a payment equal to the Merger Consideration (such amounts payable hereunder, together with the Vested RSU Payments, the “RSU Payments”). Upon the terms set forth herein, the new award issued in exchange for the Unvested Company RSUs shall be made pursuant to Parent’s form of restricted stock unit grant agreement.

(d) Parent shall, to the extent legally required, file, no later than the Closing Date, a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor or other appropriate form) under the Securities Act to register shares of Parent Stock issuable pursuant to Section 2.4(c).

(e) Any Option Payment or RSU Payment to which a current or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries becomes entitled pursuant Section 2.4(b) or Section 2.4(c) shall be made through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll on the next regularly scheduled payroll after the Effective Time, in the case of the Vested RSU Payments, and on the next regularly scheduled payroll after each vesting event, in the case of the Unvested RSU Payments.

(f) As of the Effective Time, all Company Stock Plans will be terminated, and no further Company Options, Company RSUs or other rights with respect to Company Shares will be granted thereunder.

(g) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company’s 2010 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “Company ESPP”) shall be terminated and no further options or other rights with respect to Company Shares will be granted thereunder. The rights of participants in the Company ESPP with respect to any offering period then underway under such Company ESPP shall be determined by treating the last Business Day prior to, or if more administratively advisable, the last payroll date of the Company immediately prior to, the Effective Time or such earlier date as the Company ESPP administrator may determine as permitted under the terms of the Company ESPP (the “Final Exercise Date”), as the last day of such offering period and by making such other pro-rata adjustments as may be necessary to reflect the shortened offering period but otherwise treating such shortened offering period as a fully effective and completed offering period for all purposes under the Company ESPP. On the Final Exercise Date, the funds credited as of such date under the Company ESPP within the associated accumulated payroll withholding account for each participant under the Company ESPP shall be used to purchase Company Shares in accordance with the terms of the Company ESPP, and each Company Share purchased thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled at the Effective Time and converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 2.1.

(h) The Company shall take all actions necessary to effect the provisions set forth in this Section 2.4, including without limitation any necessary amendments to any Contracts or other instruments and the delivery of all required notice, as applicable.

2.5 Withholding. Each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, or cause the Paying Agent to deduct and withhold, from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder of Shares and from any payments under Section 2.4 such amounts as Parent, Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any other applicable state, local or foreign Tax Law. Except for U.S. federal backup withholding and regular payroll withholding associated with payments under Section 2.4, before making any such deduction or withholding, Parent or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, shall give the Company notice of the intention to make such deduction or withholding, and such notice, which shall include the authority, basis

 

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and method of calculation for the proposed deduction or withholding, shall be given at least a commercially reasonable period of time before such deduction or withholding is required, in order for the Company to obtain reduction of or relief from such deduction or withholding. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties of the Company

Except (x) as may be disclosed in the Company Reports filed or furnished with the SEC prior to August 31, 2015 (including any schedules or exhibits thereto, but excluding, in each case, any nonspecific disclosures set forth in any “Risk Factor” or “Forward Looking Statements” sections and any other similar disclosures contained therein to the extent they are general, nonspecific and forward-looking statements) or (y) as may be disclosed in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure schedule delivered to Parent by the Company on the date of the Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Schedule”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that:

3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of California. Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries is an independent legal Person duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the place of its establishment or incorporation. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted under the Laws of the place of its establishment or incorporation and is qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity under the Laws of the places where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except, in the case of any of the foregoing where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

3.2 Capital Structure.

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized share capital of the Company consists of 60,000,000 authorized shares of Company Common Stock and 14,225,000 shares of preferred stock, without par value (“Preferred Stock”), of which, as of the close of business on August 28, 2015 (the “Capitalization Date”) 21,856,370 shares of Company Common Stock and no shares of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. As of the close of business on the Capitalization Date, there are 1,248,543 shares of Company Common Stock reserved for issuance under outstanding Company Options. Each of the outstanding shares of share capital or other securities of each of the Company’s directly or indirectly wholly-owned Subsidiaries, which are set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, has been duly authorized, and validly issued, and is fully paid and nonassessable and owned by the Company or by a wholly-owned Subsidiary, free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens). Except as set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no preemptive or other outstanding rights, options, warrants, conversion rights, stock appreciation rights, redemption rights, repurchase rights, agreements, arrangements, calls, commitments or rights of any kind that obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue or sell any shares of share capital or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any securities or obligations convertible or exchangeable into or exercisable for, or giving any Person a right to subscribe for or acquire, any securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no securities or obligations evidencing such rights are authorized, issued or outstanding. The Company does not have outstanding any bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into or exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the shareholders of the Company on any matter.

 

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(b) Each Company Option or other award issued under a Company Stock Plan (i) was granted in compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects and all of the terms and conditions of the applicable Company Stock Plan, (ii) has an exercise price per Company Share equal to or greater than the fair market value of a Company Share on the date of grant, and (iii) has a grant date identical to the date on which the Company Board or compensation committee actually awarded such Company Option or if later, the effective date of such grant deemed by the Company Board or the Company’s compensation committee. Each share of Company Common Stock issued under the Company ESPP was issued in compliance with all applicable Laws in all material respects and all of the terms and conditions of the Company ESPP.

(c) Except for the issuance of Company Shares upon the settlement of Company Equity Awards outstanding as of the Capitalization Date, no shares of Company Common Stock or any other equity interests (including instruments convertible into Company Common Stock or other equity interests) have been issued or authorized for issuance on or after the close of business on the Capitalization Date and prior to the date of this Agreement.

3.3 Corporate Authority; Approval and Fairness; No Violations.

(a) The Company has full corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and the Transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof, subject only to approval and authorization of this Agreement by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (the “Company Shareholder Approval”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the other Parties, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

(b) The Company Board has (i) determined that the Merger, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, is fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders, (ii) approved and declared advisable this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, unanimously resolved to recommend that the Company’s shareholders approve this Agreement (the “Company Board Recommendation”). The Company Board has directed that this Agreement be submitted to the holders of Company Shares for their approval.

(c) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the consummation by the Company of the Merger or the other Transactions contemplated hereby will not, constitute or result in (i) a breach or violation of, or a default under, any provision (x) of the Company Articles or Company Bylaws or (y) of the similar organizational documents of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, (ii) a breach or violation of, assuming (solely with respect to performance of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated hereby) that the matters referred to in Section 3.4 are complied with and the Company Shareholder Approval is obtained, any Law to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, (iii) a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party, or an acceleration of the Company’s or, if applicable, any of its Subsidiaries’, obligations under any such Contract or require any Consent under any such Contract, or (iv) the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of clause (ii), clause (iii) or clause (iv) above, for any such breach, violation, default, creation or acceleration that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

 

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3.4 Government Approvals. Except for (i) compliance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including the filing of the Proxy Statement (including any amendment or supplement thereto) to be sent to the Company’s shareholders in connection with the Merger and the other Transactions) or any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities, takeover or “blue sky” Laws, (ii) compliance with any applicable rules of NASDAQ, (iii) the filing of the Agreement of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of California pursuant to the California Law and related documentation, (iv) if applicable, any required Consent or approval of, or filing with any applicable Governmental Antitrust Entity, and (v) all required filings with and Consents required under the HSR Act, no Consent or approval of, or filing, license, Permit or authorization, declaration or registration with, any Governmental Entity 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 Transactions, except for those that the failure to make or obtain would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or materially delay or impede the Closing. The Company has no secured creditors whose approval of the Merger is required under the Laws of the State of California.

3.5 Company Reports; Financial Statements.

(a) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis, all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since June 30, 2014 (the “Applicable Date” and the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of the Agreement, including any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Company Reports”). No Subsidiary of the Company is required to file or furnish any periodic reports with the SEC. Each of the Company Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied or, if not yet filed or furnished, will comply when filed or furnished, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, applicable accounting standards and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (as amended and including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder), and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company Reports. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of the Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports did not, and any Company Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of the Agreement will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except to the extent corrected by a subsequently filed Company Report prior to the date hereof.

(b) The Company maintains internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act) that are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includes 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 accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on its financial statements.

(c) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents, or, in the case of Company Reports filed after the date of the Agreement, will fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of its date, and each of the consolidated statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (including any related notes and schedules) fairly presents, or in the case of Company Reports filed after

 

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the date of the Agreement, will fairly present, in all material respects, the results of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows, as the case may be, of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited interim statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the exclusion of certain notes in accordance with the rules of the SEC relating to unaudited financial statements), in each case in accordance with U.S. GAAP, Regulation S-X and the rules and standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board except as may be noted therein.

(d) The Company has implemented disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that are reasonably designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its Subsidiaries, required to be included in reports filed under the Exchange Act is made known to the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company or other Persons performing similar functions by others within those entities. Neither the Company nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm has identified or been made aware of “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company Account Oversight Board) in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls and procedures which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, in each case which has not been subsequently remediated. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no fraud, whether or not material, that involves the Company’s management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries.

3.6 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in the Company Reports, from the Company Balance Sheet Date to the date of this Agreement, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses only in the ordinary course (except for the execution and performance of this Agreement and the discussions, negotiations and transactions related thereto) and during such period there has not been any event, occurrence, development or state of circumstances or facts that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

3.7 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material obligations or liabilities of a type (matured or unmatured, fixed or contingent, including any obligations to issue capital stock or other securities of the Company) required to be reflected on the face of a consolidated balance sheet of the Company prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP due after the date of the Agreement, other than (a) those set forth or adequately provided for in the Company Balance Sheet, (b) those incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Company Balance Sheet date, (c) those that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and (d) those incurred in connection with or arising as a result of the negotiation or execution of this Agreement or consummation of the Transactions.

3.8 Litigation. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of the Agreement, there is no private or governmental action, suit, inquiry, notice of violation, claim, arbitration, audit, proceeding (including any partial proceeding such as a deposition) or investigation (“Action”) pending or threatened in writing against the Company, any of its officers or directors (in their capacities as such), any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties, before or by any Governmental Entity which (a) challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or (b) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of the Agreement, there is no Judgment imposed upon the Company, any of its officers or directors

(in their capacities as such), any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, that would prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay any of the Transactions, or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of the Agreement, neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim or violation of or liability under the securities Laws of any Governmental Entity or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.

3.9 Licenses, Permits, Etc. The Company and its Subsidiaries possess or will possess prior to the Closing all Company Material Permits, and all such Company Material Permits are in full force and effect. True, complete

 

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and correct copies of the Company Material Permits issued to the Company and its Subsidiaries have previously been delivered to, or made available to, Parent. Unless otherwise stipulated herein or disclosed in the Company Reports, the Company, its Subsidiaries and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (in each case, in their capacity as such and to the extent required to comply with the terms of such Company Material Permits) have complied with all terms of such Company Material Permits except where instances of such noncompliance have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any of such Company Material Permits and no event has occurred and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute a default thereunder, except, in each case, for any such default that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Transaction Documents or any of the other documents contemplated hereby or thereby nor the consummation of the Transactions or compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries with any of the provisions hereof or thereof will result in any suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any Company Material Permit applicable to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

3.10 Title to Properties.

(a) Real Property. The Company has made available to Parent (i) an accurate and complete list of all real properties with respect to which the Company directly or indirectly holds a valid leasehold interest as well as any other real estate that is in the possession of or leased by the Company and its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Real Property”), and (ii) copies of all leases under which any such Real Property is possessed (the “Real Estate Leases”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any of the Real Estate Leases, except where such defaults have not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no default by any of the lessors thereunder. The Company or the applicable Subsidiary of the Company has good and marketable fee simple title to all of the Real Property owned by the Company or such Subsidiary of the Company, in each case free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

(b) Tangible Personal Property. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in possession of and have good title to, or have valid leasehold interests in or valid contractual rights to use all material tangible personal property used in the conduct of their business, including the material tangible personal property reflected in the Company Financial Statements and material tangible personal property acquired since the Company Balance Sheet Date (collectively, the “Tangible Personal Property”). All Tangible Personal Property is free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, and is in a condition materially adequate and suitable for the purposes for which it is presently being used, subject to reasonable ordinary wear and tear except, in each case, which, individually or in the aggregate, has not resulted and would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has granted any lease, sublease, tenancy or license of any portion of the Tangible Personal Property for which the annual rental payments exceed $100,000. For clarity and notwithstanding the foregoing, no representations or warranties with respect to Intellectual Property Rights are made under this Section 3.10(b).

3.11 Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and its Subsidiaries collectively own or are validly licensing or otherwise have the right to use any patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks, domain names, copyrights, Trade Secrets, and computer software programs, which are material to the conduct of their business as currently conducted, taken as a whole (the “Intellectual Property Rights”). No claims are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, in each case against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is infringing or otherwise misappropriating the rights of any third party with regard to any Intellectual Property Right. To the Knowledge of the Company, no third party is infringing the rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to any Intellectual Property Right owned by the Company or its Subsidiary in a manner that materially adversely affects the conduct of the business currently being conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

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3.12 Taxes.

(a) Except as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

(1) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has timely filed, or has had timely filed on its behalf (taking into account, in each case, any valid extensions), all Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to it, and all such Tax Returns were true, complete and accurate in all material respects. Other than in the ordinary course of business, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has requested any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return (other than automatic extensions), which Tax Return has not since been filed.

(2) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in a trade or business, had a permanent establishment (within the meaning of an applicable Tax treaty or convention between its country of formation and any other country) or otherwise been subject to net income taxation in any country other than the country of its formation. No claim has been made in writing in the past five (5) years by a Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction where the Company or any of its Subsidiaries does not file a Tax Return that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to Taxation by that jurisdiction.

(3) All Taxes of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries due and payable (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid except for those Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. Since the Company Balance Sheet Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability for Taxes outside the ordinary course of business, other than in connection with the Transactions.

(4) No deficiencies for any amount of Taxes have been proposed or assessed in writing against any of the Company and its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Entity, except for deficiencies being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) is the subject of any currently ongoing Tax audit or other proceeding with respect to Taxes, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, is any such audit or other proceeding threatened, or (B) has waived any statute of limitations in respect of any Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency, which waiver or extension is currently in effect.

(5) The Company and its Subsidiaries have withheld, and to the extent required by Law, paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder or other third party.

(6) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liability under any written Tax indemnity, Tax sharing or similar agreement (other than customary provisions for Taxes contained in credit, lease or other commercial agreements the primary purposes of which are unrelated to Taxes).

(7) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (A) been a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code) or an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary, or similar group for state Tax purposes, other than the group of which the Company is the common parent or (B) any liability for the Taxes of another Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) under Treasury Regulation §1.1502-6 (or any analogous provision of state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or successor or otherwise by operation of Law.

(8) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of (i) any change in method of accounting under Section 481(a) of the Code (or any analogous provision of state, local, or foreign Law) requested or filed prior to the Closing Date, (ii) an installment sale prior to the Closing Date, (iii) any election under Section 108(i) of the Code made prior to the Closing Date, or (iv) any closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code entered into prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(b) No power of attorney currently in force has been filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with a Governmental Entity concerning any material Tax Return.

(c) Since January 1, 2011, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has applied for or has obtained a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (or a comparable Tax ruling from any other Governmental Entity) which ruling would have a material effect on the Tax liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any Tax period after the Company Balance Sheet Date.

(d) At no time during the two (2)-year period ending on the date hereof was the Company or any its Subsidiaries a “distributing corporation” or “controlled corporation” within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code in any distribution intended to qualify under Section 355 of the Code.

(e) There is no contract, plan or arrangement (written or otherwise) covering any current or former employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, could give rise to the payment of any amount that will not be deductible by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under Sections 404 or 162(m) of the Code.

(f) All Company Benefit Plans which constitute a “non-qualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code have at all times (i) complied with a reasonable, good faith interpretation of the documentation and form requirements of Code Section 409A (and applicable Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance promulgated thereunder) and (ii) have been operated in compliance with Code Section 409A (and applicable Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance promulgated thereunder) in all material respects such that no Taxes, interest or penalties have been or are reasonably expected to be imposed under Code Section 409A with respect to such Company Benefit Plans. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has any indemnity or gross-up obligation to any Person for any Taxes or penalties or interest imposed under Section 409A of the Code. Any and all “stock rights” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5)(i)) granted or awarded by the Company or any of its Affiliates to their respective service providers have been issued with exercise prices of not less than fair market value on the respective grant dates for purposes of Section 409A of the Code (and the guidance issued thereunder) and, except as provided by this Agreement (including Section 2.4(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule), none of the stock rights has any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the earlier of exercise or disposition of such stock right, and all requirements have been met in connection with all such issuances or any post-grant amendments or modifications.

(g) The Company is not, nor has been, a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the last five years.

(h) No Subsidiary organized in a jurisdiction outside the United States is a “surrogate foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code or is treated as a U.S. corporation under Section 7874(b) of the Code.

(i) In the five (5)-year period ending on the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

3.13 Employment Matters.

(a) Employee Benefit Matters.

(1) Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has notified employees of any plan or made any commitment to establish any new Company Benefit Plan, to modify any Company Benefit Plan (except to the extent required by Law or to conform any such Company Benefit Plan to the requirements of any applicable Law), or to adopt or enter into any Company Benefit Plan.

 

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(2) With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, Company has made available to Parent complete and accurate copies of (i) such Company Benefit Plan (or a written summary of any unwritten plan) together with all amendments, (ii) in the case of any plan for which Forms 5500 are required to be filed, the most recent annual report (Form 5500) with schedules attached, (iii) in the case of any plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, the most recent determination, opinion, notification or advisory letter from the IRS, (iv) each trust agreement and group annuity contract relating to any Company Employee Plan, (v) the most recent summary plan descriptions for each Company Benefit Plan for which a summary plan description is required, (vi) all material correspondence to or from any Governmental Entity relating to legal compliance issues with any Company Benefit Plan within the past two (2) years, and (vii) the most recent financial statements annual actuarial valuations, if any, for each Company Benefit Plan.

(3) Except as would not reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company: (i) each Company Benefit Plan has been established, maintained and administered in accordance with all applicable Legal Requirements, including ERISA and the Code, and in accordance with its terms, and (ii) each of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA Affiliates have met their obligations with respect to each Company Benefit Plan and have timely made (or timely will make) all required contributions thereto.

(4) Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, and any trust that is intended to be qualified under Section 501(a) of the Code, has received a determination, opinion or advisory letter from the IRS to the effect that such Company Benefit Plan is so qualified and the trust related thereto is exempt from federal income Taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code. No such determination, opinion or advisory letter has been revoked and, to the Knowledge of the Company, revocation has not been threatened. Except as for such matters that do not have or are not expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA that is not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA, has occurred with respect to any Company Benefit Plan.

(5) Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has in the preceding six (6) years maintained, participated in or contributed to, or been obligated to contribute to (i) a plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), or (iii) a “plan maintained by more than one employer” as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code. No Company Benefit Plan is funded by, associated with or related to a “voluntary employees’ beneficiary association” within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.

(6) Other than as required under Section 4980B of the Code, Part 6 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA or other applicable Legal Requirements, none of the Company Benefit Plans promises or provides health or other welfare benefits (excluding normal claims for benefits under the Company’s group life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and disability plans and policies) or coverage to any Person following retirement or other termination of employment.

(7) Except for such matters as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, there is no action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration, audit or investigation pending or, to the Knowledge of Company, threatened or, to the Knowledge of the Company, reasonably anticipated, with respect to any Company Benefit Plan or the assets of any Company Benefit Plan, other than claims for benefits in the ordinary course. No Company Benefit Plan is or within the last three (3) calendar years has been the subject of, or has received notice that it is the subject of, examination by a Governmental Entity or a participant in a government-sponsored amnesty, voluntary compliance or similar program.

(8) To the Knowledge of the Company, each individual who has received compensation for the performance of services on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been properly classified as an employee or independent contractor in accordance with applicable Legal Requirement.

 

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(9) Section 3.13(a)(9) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of (i) all employment agreements with employees of Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than customary offer letters and other similar employment agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or which are terminable at the election of the Company and under which the aggregate remaining obligations of the Company following termination would not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000); and (ii) all operative severance agreements, programs and policies of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with or relating to its Section 16 officers, excluding programs and policies required to be maintained by Legal Requirement.

(10) All material contributions required to be made with respect to any Company Benefit Plan on or prior to the Effective Time have been or will be timely made or are reflected on the Company Balance Sheet.

(11) The negotiation or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any current or former employee, director, consultant or officer of the Company or any of its Affiliates to severance pay, or any other payment from the Company or any of its Affiliates, or pursuant to any Company Benefit Plan, (ii) accelerate the time of distribution, payment or vesting, a lapse of repurchase rights or increase the amount of compensation or benefits due any such employee, director or officer, (iii) result in the forgiveness of indebtedness, or (iv) trigger an obligation to fund benefits. No payment or benefit which will or may be made by the Company or its Affiliates with respect to any current or former employee or any other “disqualified individual” (as defined in Code Section 280G) is reasonably expected to be characterized as a “parachute payment,” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates has any indemnity or gross-up obligation to any Person for any Taxes or penalties or interest imposed under Code Sections 280G or 4999.

(12) Except for such matters as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, each Company Benefit Plan maintained or covering employees outside the United States (the “Company Non-U.S. Employee Plans”), and the books and records thereof, is in material compliance with the applicable Law of each applicable jurisdiction. No such Company Non-U.S. Employee Plan has unfunded liabilities in excess of two-million dollars ($2,000,000), that as of the Effective Time, will not be offset by insurance or fully accrued. Section 3.13(a)(12) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of each country in which the Company or any of its Affiliates has operations as of the date of this Agreement and the approximate number of employees in each such country as of the date of this Agreement.

(13) Each Company Benefit Plan is amendable and terminable unilaterally by the Company at any time without material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a result thereof, other than for benefits accrued as of the date of such amendment or termination and routine administrative costs. No Company Benefit Plan has been amended in contravention of the terms of such plan or any legal obligation owed to any participant in such plan.

(b) Labor Matters. (i) There are no collective bargaining or other labor union agreements to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it is bound; (ii) no labor dispute exists or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is imminent with respect to the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no strike, work stoppage or other labor dispute involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened; (iv) no grievance is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental Entities relating to employees or employment practices; and (vi) except for disputes, agreements and other matters that do not have or are not expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, no complaint, charge or Actions by or before any Governmental Entity brought by or on behalf of any employee, prospective employee, former employee, retiree, labor organization or other Representative of its employees is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

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(c) Executive Officers. Except as set forth in Section 3.13(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no executive officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has notified the Company or such Subsidiary in writing that such executive officer intends to leave the Company or any such Subsidiary or otherwise terminate such executive officer’s employment with the Company or such Subsidiary in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or within 60 days following the Closing Date.

3.14 Related Party Transactions. Except as disclosed in the Company Reports or in Section 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the executive officers (as such term is used in the Company Reports) or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party, directly or indirectly, to any transaction with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as executive officers and directors).

3.15 Insurance. The Company has made available to Parent, prior to the date of this Agreement, true and correct copies of all Contracts of material insurance relating to the business, assets and operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as amended and supplemented to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (as amended or supplemented, the “Company Insurance Policies”). All such Company Insurance Policies are in full force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid and, to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company and any such Subsidiary have complied with the provisions of such policies in all material aspects. Neither the Company nor any such Subsidiary has been advised of any defense to coverage in connection with any claim to coverage asserted or noticed by the Company or any such Subsidiary under or in connection with any of their extant insurance policies. The Company and its Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility, or maintain self-insurance practices, against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are customary in the businesses in which they are engaged and in the geographic areas where any of which engages in such businesses.

3.16 Material Contracts. Except as has not and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company: (i) each Material Contract is a legal, valid and binding agreement on the Company or its Subsidiary(ies) party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company on the other party or parties thereto, and is in full force and effect, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in breach or default of any Material Contract to which it is a party in any material respect; (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred or circumstance has existed that (with or without notice or lapse of time), will or would reasonably be expected to, (A) contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or become a default or event of default under, any provision of any Material Contract; or (B) permit the Company or any other Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel, terminate or modify any Material Contract; (iv) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any proposed cancellation, revocation or termination of any Material Contract to which it is a party; and (v) there are no current renegotiations of, or current attempts by the Company to renegotiate, any material terms of any Material Contract. Since September 30, 2014, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of, or default under, any Material Contract, except in each such case for defaults, acceleration rights, termination rights and other rights that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company is not a party to any standstill or similar agreement with respect to any class of equity securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which remains in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

3.17 Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable Laws, including those relating to occupational health and safety and the Environment, except for instances of noncompliance that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written communication during the past two (2) years from a Governmental Entity alleging that the Company or any such Subsidiary is not in compliance with any applicable Laws that has not been cured as of the date hereof, except for such noncompliance that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. This Section 3.17 does not relate to matters with respect to Taxes, which are the subject of Section 3.12.

 

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3.18 Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective Representatives, has, in the course of its actions for and on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, (a) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any Governmental Entity or any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder that are applicable to the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (d) made any unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment in connection with the operations of the Company or any such Subsidiary to any foreign or domestic government official or employee. To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its directors, officers, or employees is in violation of any applicable Law that is intended to prevent or deter bribery or corrupt business practices, including Section 385 of the PRC Criminal Law, which would subject the Company or the relevant directors, officers, or employees to a criminal offense under such applicable Law.

3.19 Money Laundering Laws. During the past five (5) years, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their business at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable money laundering statutes in all applicable jurisdictions, rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no proceeding involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened.

3.20 Brokers; Schedule of Fees and Expenses. Except as set forth in Section 3.20 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, 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 this Agreement or the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.21 Business Relationships. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company’s end customers or distributors which individually accounted for at least 5% of the Company’s net revenue for the first three fiscal quarters of fiscal year 2015 has provided written notice to the Company of its intention to cancel a Material Contract with the Company as a result of the execution of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

3.22 OFAC. None of the Company, any director or officer of the Company, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent, employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company is currently identified on the specially designated nationals or other blocked person list or otherwise currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the Company has not, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation of, any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC in the last five (5) fiscal years.

3.23 Additional PRC Representations and Warranties.

(a) All Consents, approvals, authorizations or licenses requisite under PRC Law for the due and proper establishment and operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries have been duly obtained from the relevant PRC Governmental Entity and are in full force and effect, except those that would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(b) All filings and registrations with the PRC Governmental Entities required in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective operations have been duly completed in accordance with the relevant PRC rules and regulations, except where the failure to complete such filings and registrations does not, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

 

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(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied with all material relevant PRC Laws and regulations regarding the contribution and payment of their registered share capital, the payment schedules of which have been approved by the relevant PRC Governmental Entity.

(d) During the two (2)-year period immediately preceding the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in receipt of any written notice from any relevant PRC Governmental Entity notifying it of the revocation or suspension of any licenses or authorizations issued to it or any subsidy granted to it by any PRC Governmental Entity as a result of non-compliance with the terms thereof or with applicable PRC Laws, except for matters contemplated by such written notice(s) which have been cured as of the date hereof, or that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(e) With regard to employment and staff or labor, the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable PRC Laws and regulations, including without limitation, Laws and regulations pertaining to welfare funds, social benefits, medical benefits, insurance, retirement benefits, pensions or the like, except for instances of noncompliance that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

3.24 Environmental Matters. Except for such matters as would not have or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, to the Knowledge of the Company, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is, and during the past seven (7) years has been, in substantial compliance with, and has not been and is not in material violation of or subject to any material liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other Person for whose conduct they are or may be held to be responsible, received any written order or notice from (a) any Governmental Entity or private citizen acting in the public interest, or (b) the current or prior owner or operator of any Facilities, of any actual or potential material violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or failure by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to comply with, any Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened material obligation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to undertake or bear the cost of any liabilities under the Environmental Laws with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties or assets (whether real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or has had an interest, or with respect to any property or Facility at or to which Hazardous Materials were generated, manufactured, refined, transferred, imported, used, or processed by the Company or any other Person for whose conduct the Company is or may be held legally responsible, or from any such Hazardous Materials have been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or received.

3.25 Conflict Minerals. The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since May 31, 2014 have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable U.S. federal securities Laws regarding Conflict Minerals, including Rule 13p-1 under the Exchange Act and any applicable written standards, requirements, directives or policies of the SEC or any other Governmental Entity relating thereto (the “Conflict Minerals Rule”). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written communication from any Governmental Entity or any third person that alleges that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has failed to perform the due diligence or make the reports or disclosures required by the Conflict Minerals Rule or has submitted any false and misleading statements in its Form SD or Conflict Minerals Report. The Company has no Knowledge that Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products it manufactures or contracts to manufacture originated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country that would require the Company to file a Conflict Minerals Report as an Exhibit to a Form SD on the date hereof.

3.26 Information Supplied. The information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries to be contained in the proxy statement in preliminary and definitive form relating to the Company Shareholder Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”), will not, on the date the Proxy Statement (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company, or at the time of

 

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the Company Shareholder Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with the terms hereof), contain any untrue statement of any material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not false or misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply in all material respects as to form with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and any other applicable federal securities Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.26, no representation or warranty is made by the Company with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement which were based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub, or otherwise were not supplied by or on behalf of the Company.

3.27 Opinion of Financial Advisor. The Company Board has received the opinion of the Company Financial Advisor to the effect that, subject to the assumptions and limitations set forth therein, as of the date of such opinion, the Merger Consideration to be received by the shareholders of the Company in the Merger is fair, from a financial point of view, to such shareholders.

ARTICLE IV

Representations and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub

Except (x) as may be disclosed in the forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the Applicable Date and the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of the Agreement, including any amendments or supplements thereto, but excluding, in each case, any nonspecific disclosures set forth in any “Risk Factor” or “Forward Looking Statements” sections and any other similar disclosures contained therein to the extent they are general, nonspecific and forward-looking statements) or (y) as may be disclosed in the corresponding sections or subsections of the disclosure schedule delivered to the Company by Parent on the date of the Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure Schedule”), Parent and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company that:

4.1 Organization and Good Standing. Each of Parent and its Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted under the Laws of the place of its establishment or incorporation and is qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign corporation or other legal entity under the Laws of the places where the ownership, leasing or operation of its assets or properties or conduct of its business requires such qualification, except, in the case of any of the foregoing, where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, or to have such power or authority, would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

4.2 Corporate Authority and Approval. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has full corporate power and authority and has taken all corporate action necessary in order to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Merger and the Transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

4.3 Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the consummation by the Merger Sub of the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated hereby will not, constitute or result in (A) a breach or violation of, or a default under, any provision (x) of the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Parent and (y) the articles of incorporation or bylaws of Merger Sub,

 

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(B) a breach or violation of, assuming (solely with respect to performance of this Agreement and consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions contemplated hereby) that the matters referred to in Section 4.4 are complied with, any Law to which Parent or Merger Sub is subject, (C) a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party, or an acceleration of Parent’s or, if applicable, Merger Sub’s, obligations under any such Contract or require any Consent under any such Contract, (D) the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub, except, in the case of clause (B), clause (C) or clause (D) above, for any such breach, violation, default, creation or acceleration that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.

4.4 Government Approvals. Except for (A) compliance with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities, takeover or “blue sky” Laws, (B) compliance with any applicable rules of NASDAQ, (C) the filing of the Agreement of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of California pursuant to the California Law, and (D) if applicable, any required Consent or approval of, or filing with any applicable Governmental Antitrust Entity, no Consent or approval of, or filing, license, Permit or authorization, declaration or registration with, any Governmental Entity necessary for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of their obligations hereunder and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the Transactions, except for those that the failure to make or obtain are not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to affect adversely the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions.

4.5 Litigation. To the Knowledge of Parent, there is no Action pending or threatened in writing against or affecting Parent or Merger Sub, any of their officers or directors (in their capacities as such), any of their Subsidiaries or any of their properties, before or by any Governmental Entity which (a) challenges the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or (b) would, if there were an unfavorable decision, have or reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. To the Knowledge of Parent and Merger Sub, there is no Judgment imposed upon Parent or Merger Sub, any of their officers or directors (in their capacities as such), any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, that would prevent, enjoin, alter or materially delay any of the Transactions, or that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or affect adversely the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions. To the Knowledge of Parent, as of the date of the Agreement, neither Parent, any of its Subsidiaries nor any director or officer thereof (in his or her capacity as such), is or has been the subject of any Action involving a claim or violation of or liability under the securities Laws of any Governmental Entity or a claim of breach of fiduciary duty.

4.6 Information Supplied. The information relating to Parent and its Subsidiaries to be contained in the Proxy Statement will not, on the date the Proxy Statement (and any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the shareholders of the Company, or at the time of the Company Shareholder Meeting (as it may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with the terms hereof), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement (other than the portions thereof relating solely to the meeting of the shareholders of the Company) will comply as to form in all material respects with the provisions of the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and any other applicable federal securities Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.6, no representation or warranty is made by Parent or Merger Sub with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement which were based on information supplied by or on behalf of the Company, or otherwise not supplied by or on behalf of Parent.

4.7 Credit Agreement. Parent has provided to the Company a fully executed copy of that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, Incremental Term Assumption Agreement, Limited Waiver and Consent, dated as of the date hereof (the “Credit Agreement Amendment”, and the credit facilities thereby

 

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amended, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Parent, the other borrower and guarantors identified therein, the lenders identified therein and the administrative agent identified therein. The Third Amendment Effective Date (as defined in the Credit Agreement) has occurred. There are no conditions to the availability of Loans under the Credit Agreement or Credit Agreement Amendment except as referred to therein. The Credit Agreement Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Parent and its Subsidiaries party thereto (the “Specified Subsidiaries”) and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, constitutes a valid and binding agreement of Parent and the Specified Subsidiaries enforceable against Parent and the Specified Subsidiaries in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. For the avoidance of doubt, Parent’s receipt of financing contemplated by the Credit Agreement Amendment and the Credit Agreement or otherwise shall not be a condition to the Closing.

4.8 Ownership of Company Common Stock. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries owns (beneficially or otherwise) any Shares or other equity interests in the Company or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire Company Common Stock or other equity interests in the Company (or any other economic interest through derivative securities or otherwise in the Company).

4.9 Management Arrangements. As of the date hereof, except as previously disclosed to the Company, none of Parent or Merger Sub, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, their respective executive officers, directors or Affiliates, has entered into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any of the executive officers, directors or Affiliates of the Company that is currently in effect or would become effective in the future (upon consummation of the Merger or otherwise) and that would be required to be disclosed under Item 1005(d) of Regulation M-A under the Exchange Act.

4.10 WARN Act. Parent and Merger Sub are neither planning nor contemplating, and Parent and Merger Sub have neither made nor taken, any decisions or actions concerning the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing that would require, prior to the Effective Time, the service of notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or similar local Laws.

4.11 Brokers. Other than Bank of America Merrill Lynch, neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any of their respective stockholders, directors, officers, employees or affiliates, has incurred or will incur on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub or any Parent Subsidiary, any brokerage, finders’, advisory or similar fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

4.12 Operations of Merger Sub. Parent is the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, which was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Merger. Since its date of formation, Merger Sub has not carried on any business or conducted any other operations other than the execution of this Agreement, the performance of its obligations hereunder and matters ancillary thereto.

ARTICLE V

Covenants of the Parties

5.1 Conduct of Business of the Company. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement or the Closing Date, the Company agrees that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (except to the extent expressly contemplated by this Agreement, set forth in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or as consented to in writing by Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed)), (i) in all material respects, carry on their businesses in the ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and policies to preserve substantially intact their present business organizations, and (ii) use their commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to keep available

 

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the services of their present executive officers and directors and use their commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practice to, in all material aspects, preserve their relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having business dealings with them. The Company agrees to promptly notify Parent of any material event or occurrence not in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that would have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement or the Closing Date, except as otherwise expressly permitted by or provided for in this Agreement, set forth in Section 5.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, required by any Legal Requirement or Law or as consented to in writing by Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Company shall not do, allow, cause or permit any of the following actions to occur with respect to the Company without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that this Section 5.1 shall not give Parent the right, directly or indirectly, to control or direct the operations of the Company prior to the Closing to the extent prohibited by applicable Antitrust Laws:

(a) Charter Documents. Cause or permit any amendments to any of the Company Articles or Company Bylaws, except for such amendments made pursuant to a Legal Requirement or as contemplated by this Agreement;

(b) Dividends; Changes in Share Capital. Except for payment of the $0.06 per share regular quarterly cash dividend declared by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the date hereof, which is payable on September 3, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 20, 2015 (the “August 2015 Dividend”), declare or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of any of its share capital, or split, combine or reclassify any of its share capital;

(c) Material Contracts. Enter into any new Material Contract, or materially violate, amend or otherwise modify or waive any of the terms of any existing Material Contract, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(d) Issuance of Securities. Issue, deliver or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of its capital stock or securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire, (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Company Equity Awards), or other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any such shares or other convertible securities, in each case, other than (i) the issuance of Company Shares upon the settlement of Company Equity Awards outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or granted hereafter in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the award of up to 220,000 Company Shares underlying Company Equity Awards pursuant to the Company’s stock plans, (iii) distributions of Company Shares under the Company ESPP in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement, or (iv) pursuant to the exercise or conversion of rights to acquire such securities outstanding as of the date of the Agreement and set forth on the Company Disclosure Schedule;

(e) Intellectual Property. Transfer or license to any Person or entity any Intellectual Property Rights other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(f) Dispositions. Sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber any of its properties or assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business, taken as a whole, except for transactions with an aggregate amount of less than $1,000,000, or in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(g) Indebtedness. Except in its ordinary course of business, issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of others in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate;

(h) Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or satisfy in an amount in excess of $100,000 in any one case, any claim, liability or obligation (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise) arising other than (i) in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) the payment, discharge or satisfaction of liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Company Financial Statements, as applicable;

 

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(i) Capital Expenditures. Make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements except (x) those that do not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate, or (y) those set forth in the Company’s capital expenditure budget attached as Section 5.1(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;

(j) Employment. Except as set forth on Section 5.1(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or required under the Legal Requirements or agreements or pursuant to plans or arrangements existing on the date of the Agreement, (i) take any action with respect to, adopt, enter into, terminate or amend any employment, severance, retirement, retention, incentive or similar agreement, arrangement or benefit plan for the benefit or welfare of any current or former director, executive officer or any collective bargaining agreement, (ii) increase in any material respect the compensation or fringe benefits of, or pay any bonus to, any director or executive officer, (iii) materially amend or accelerate the payment, right to payment or vesting of any compensation or benefits, (iv) pay any material benefit not provided for as of the date of this Agreement under any benefit plan, or (v) grant any awards under any bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation plan or arrangement or benefit plan, excluding the grant of stock options, stock appreciation rights, stock based or stock related awards, performance units or restricted stock (which shall be governed by Section 5.1(d));

(k) Facilities. Open or close any Facilities or office except in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise set forth on Section 5.1(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule;

(l) Litigation. Initiate, compromise or settle any material litigation or arbitration proceedings in an amount in excess of $100,000 in any one case or $500,000 in the aggregate;

(m) Tax Matters. Except as required by applicable Law or by a Governmental Entity, make, change or revoke any material Tax election (including any entity classification election under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3), file any amended material Tax Return, adopt or change any material accounting method or period in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement with respect to or otherwise settle any material Tax claim or assessment, or consent to any extension or waiver of any statute of limitations applicable to any material claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;

(n) Corporate Organization. Transfer the ownership or control of any Subsidiary, dissolve or wind up any Subsidiary or create any new Subsidiary; and

(o) Other. Agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the actions described in Sections 5.1(a)-(n) above.

If the Company desires to take an action which would be prohibited pursuant to this Section 5.1 without the prior written consent of Parent, prior to taking such action the Company may request such written consent by sending an e-mail or facsimile to each of the individuals listed on Section 5.1 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule (which such list of individuals may be updated by Parent from time to time by delivering notice thereof to the Company in accordance with Section 10.3), and Parent shall, and shall cause such individuals to, promptly respond to such requests.

5.2 Access to Information; Confidentiality.

(a) From the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to Parent and Parent’s Representatives reasonable access, at reasonable times during normal operating hours, upon prior notice and in a manner as shall not unreasonably interfere with the business or operations of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, to the officers, employees, accountants, properties, offices and other Facilities and to all books, records, Contracts and other assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, furnish promptly to Parent such other information concerning the business and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent may

 

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reasonably request from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be required to provide access to or disclose information where such access or disclosure would be reasonably likely to jeopardize the protection of attorney-client privilege or contravene any Law (it being agreed that the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that would not result in such jeopardy or contravention). No investigation shall affect the Company’s representations and warranties contained herein, or limit or otherwise affect the remedies available to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement.

(b) Parent and the Company shall comply with, and shall cause their respective Representatives to comply with, all of their respective obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth therein. The terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall apply to any information obtained by Parent or any of its Representatives in connection with any investigation conducted pursuant to the access contemplated by this Section 5.2.

5.3 Insurance. Through the Closing Date, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practices to maintain insurance policies existing as of the date of this Agreement providing insurance coverage for the businesses in which the Company and its Subsidiaries are engaged and the assets and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries of the kinds, in the amounts and against the risks as are commercially reasonable for such businesses and risks covered and for the geographic areas where the Company and its Subsidiaries engage in such businesses.

5.4 Fulfillment of Conditions. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to fulfill the conditions specified in ARTICLE VIII to the extent that the fulfillment of such conditions is within its control. The foregoing obligation includes (a) executing and delivering documents necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions contemplated hereby, and (b) taking or refraining from such actions as may be necessary or requested by Parent in order to fulfill such conditions.

5.5 Disclosure of Certain Matters. From the date of the Agreement through the Closing Date, the Company shall give Parent prompt written notice of any event or development that occurs that (a) is of a nature that would have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or (b) would require any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement.

5.6 Regulatory and Other Authorizations; Notices and Consents.

(a) The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all material Consents that are or become necessary for its execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations pursuant to, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and will reasonably cooperate with Parent in promptly seeking to obtain all such Consents, including, but not limited to any matters involving Government Antitrust Entities.

(b) The Company shall give promptly such notices to third parties and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such third party Consents as are required to consummate the Transactions.

(c) The Company shall cooperate and use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist any other Party in giving such notices and obtaining such Consents as are required to consummate the Transactions.

(d) Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, each Party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary or desirable to cause the conditions to the obligations of the other parties hereunder to be satisfied and to consummate the Transactions, including making all necessary filings (including filings under the HSR Act) with any Government Antitrust Entity, and obtaining all necessary waivers, clearances, Consents and approvals from, and taking all steps to avoid any Action or proceeding by, any Government Antitrust Entity.

 

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(e) To the extent required, each of the Parties will use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly prepare and file, or cause to be promptly prepared and filed, with the appropriate Government Antitrust Entity not later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement (unless otherwise mutually agreed among the Parties) a notification with respect to the Transactions pursuant to the HSR Act in which each requests early termination of the waiting period thereunder. Each of the Parties shall respond, as promptly as reasonably practicable to all information requests from a Government Antitrust Entity under the HSR Act, and shall reasonably cooperate with each other in responding to any such request. Each of the Parties will furnish to the other (or its outside counsel) and, upon request, to any Government Antitrust Entity, such information and assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the foregoing, including by responding promptly to and complying fully with any request for additional information or documents under the HSR Act; provided, that in no event shall a Party be obligated to provide the other Parties any portion of the information and materials it furnishes to a Government Antitrust Entity in connection with its HSR filing that is not customarily furnished to the other Parties to a transaction in connection with HSR Act filings. Each of the Parties will use its commercially reasonable efforts to resolve favorably any review or consideration of the antitrust aspects of the Transactions by any Government Antitrust Entity with jurisdiction over the enforcement of any applicable Antitrust Laws. Each of the Parties shall promptly inform the other Parties of any communication to or from the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”), or any other Governmental Entity regarding the Transactions. Each of the Parties will consult and cooperate with one another, and will consider in good faith the views of one another, in connection with any communication, analysis, appearance, presentation, memorandum, brief, argument, opinion, proposal, or other submission made to a Government Antitrust Entity in connection with any investigation or proceeding under the HSR Act relating to the Transactions. Except as may be prohibited by any Government Antitrust Entity, in connection with any investigation or proceeding under the HSR Act concerning the Transactions, each of the Parties shall permit Representatives of the other Parties to be present and participate in all meetings, conferences, or other communications with a Government Antitrust Entity relating to any such proceeding or investigation.

(f) In furtherance and not in limitation of the efforts referred to above in this Section 5.6, if any objections are asserted with respect to the Transactions under the HSR Act, or if any Action, suit or proceeding is instituted (or threatened to be instituted) by the FTC, the DOJ or any other Governmental Entity or any third party challenging the Transactions or that would otherwise prohibit or materially impair or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions, each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objections or actions, suits or proceedings so as to permit the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as expeditiously as possible.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 5.6, none of Parent or its Affiliates shall be obligated to: (i) offer, negotiate, commit to or effect, by consent decree, hold separate order, trust or otherwise, the sale, divestiture, license or other disposition of any material portion of its capital stock, assets, rights, products or businesses; (ii) agree to any material restrictions on the activities of Parent or its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company); (iii) waive any material rights to which they are entitled; (iv) defend, commence or prosecute any Action; or (v) take any other action to prevent, effect the dissolution of, vacate, or lift any decree, order, judgment, injunction, temporary restraining order, or other order in any suit or proceeding that would otherwise have the effect of preventing or delaying the consummation of the Transactions.

(h) The Company shall cooperate and use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist the Parent and its Affiliates in the preparation of a notification for submission to the appropriate PRC Governmental Entity as provided in SAT Notice [2015] No. 7 in connection with indirect transfer of any PRC Subsidiary of the Company that would occur as a result of the Merger (the “Announcement 7 Notification”). The Parties contemplate that Parent will cause the Announcement 7 Notification to be filed with the appropriate PRC Governmental Entity within thirty (30) days following the Closing.

 

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5.7 No Solicitation.

(a) Subject to Section 5.7(c), Section 5.7(e) and Section 5.7(f), from the date of this Agreement until the earlier to occur of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement (the “Exclusivity Period”), the Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or knowingly permit its employees, directors, officers or Representatives to, directly or indirectly, solicit, initiate or knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the submission of any Acquisition Proposal, or the making of any proposal that is reasonably expected to lead to any Acquisition Proposal, from any Person other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates or Representatives or (i) conduct or engage in any discussions (other than to describe its obligations under this Section 5.7(a)) or negotiations with, disclose any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, or knowingly assist, participate in, facilitate or encourage any effort by, any third party (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates or Representatives) in furtherance of or for the purpose of obtaining an Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) enter into any agreement or other Contract with any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates or Representatives) relating to any Acquisition Proposal (except for an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) (each, a “Company Acquisition Agreement”).

(b) Subject to Section 5.7(c), Section 5.7(e) and Section 5.7(f), during the Exclusivity Period, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall (i) fail to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement, (ii) withdraw, amend, modify or materially qualify, in a manner adverse to Parent or Merger Sub, the Company Board Recommendation, (iii) publicly recommend an Acquisition Proposal to the Company’s shareholders, (iv) fail to recommend against acceptance of any tender offer or exchange offer for the Company Shares within five (5) Business Days after the commencement of such offer or fail to reaffirm the Company Board Recommendation within three (3) Business Days following Parent’s reasonable request therefor, or (v) resolve or agree to take any of the foregoing actions (any of the foregoing, a “Company Adverse Recommendation Change”). The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to cease immediately and cause to be terminated, and shall not authorize or knowingly permit any of its or their Representatives to continue, any and all discussions or negotiations, if any, with any third party (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates or Representatives) ongoing as of the date of the Agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and shall instruct any such third party (or its agents or advisors) that has in the twelve (12) months prior to the date of this Agreement executed a confidentiality agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal with or for the benefit of the Company to promptly return or destroy, in accordance with the terms of such confidentiality agreement, all non-public information in respect of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that was furnished by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(c) Notwithstanding Section 5.7(a), at any time prior to receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board, directly or indirectly through any Representative, may, subject to Section 5.7(d), (i) participate in negotiations or discussions concerning an Acquisition Proposal with, and only with, a third party (or such third party’s Representatives) that has made (and not withdrawn) an Acquisition Proposal in writing that the Company Board believes in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and the Company Financial Advisor, constitutes or could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal, (ii) thereafter furnish to such third party non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to an executed confidentiality agreement that constitutes an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement (a copy of which confidentiality agreement shall be promptly (in any event within one (1) Business Day) provided for informational purposes only to Parent), (iii) following receipt of and on account of a Superior Proposal, make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change, and/or (iv) take any action that any court of competent jurisdiction orders the Company to take (which order remains unstayed), but in each case referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii), only if the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable Law. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company Board from (i) disclosing to the Company’s shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 and Rule 14e-2(a)

 

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promulgated under the Exchange Act with regard to an Acquisition Proposal or (ii) making any disclosure to the Company’s shareholders that the Company Board determines, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, is required in order to fulfill its fiduciary duties under, or in order to otherwise comply with, applicable Law; provided, however, that any such statement(s) shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it shall not constitute a Company Adverse Recommendation Change for the Company Board to make a “stop, look and listen” communication pursuant to Rule 14d9-f or any statement to similar effect.

(d) The Company Board shall not take any of the actions referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of Section 5.7(c) unless the Company shall have delivered to Parent a prior written notice advising Parent that it intends to take such action. The Company shall notify Parent promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) orally and in writing (which may be by email) after it obtains Knowledge of the receipt by the Company (or any of its Representatives) of any Acquisition Proposal or any request that is received after the date of this Agreement from any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates or Representatives) for non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or for access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, related to an Acquisition Proposal or, to the Knowledge of the Company, that is to be used for the purposes of making an Acquisition Proposal. In such notice, the Company shall identify the third party making, and details of the material terms and conditions of, any such Acquisition Proposal or request. The Company shall notify Parent promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) of any material amendments or proposed amendments as to price and other material terms thereof. Furthermore, the Company shall promptly (and in any event within one (1) Business Day) after receipt or delivery thereof, provide Parent (or its outside counsel) with copies of all material transaction agreements accompanying such Acquisition Proposal or request (including any written, or electronic material to the extent such material contains any financial terms, conditions or other material terms relating to any Acquisition Proposal, including the financing thereof). The Company shall provide Parent with at least twenty-four (24) hours prior notice of any meeting of the Company Board (or such lesser notice as is provided to the members of the Company Board) at which the Company Board is reasonably expected to consider any Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall promptly provide Parent with copies of any non-public information concerning the Company’s business, present or future performance, financial condition or results of operations, provided by or on behalf of the Company to any third party in accordance with Section 5.7(c), to the extent such information has not been previously provided to Parent or its Representatives. The Company shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, enter into any Contract with any Person subsequent to the date of this Agreement that prohibits the Company from providing the information described in Section 5.7(c) or this Section 5.7(d) to Parent.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 5.7(a) or Section 5.7(b), at any time prior to receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board may make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change for a reason unrelated to a Superior Proposal if the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that, in light an Intervening Event and taking into account the results of any negotiations with, and any offer from, Parent as contemplated by Section 5.7(f) below, that the failure to take such action would reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with the fiduciary duties of the Company Board under applicable Law.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board may make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change or terminate this Agreement in order to enter into (or permit any Subsidiary of the Company to enter into) a Company Acquisition Agreement, if:

(1) the Company promptly notifies Parent, in writing, at least three (3) Business Days (the “Notice Period”) before making a Company Adverse Recommendation Change (or, in the case of a Superior Proposal, entering into (or causing a Subsidiary of the Company to enter into) a Company Acquisition Agreement), of its intention to take such action with respect to a Superior Proposal, which notice shall state expressly that the Company has either (A) received an Acquisition Proposal that the Company

 

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Board intends to declare a Superior Proposal or (B) recognized the occurrence of an Intervening Event, and that the Company Board intends to make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change and/or the Company intends to enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement with respect thereto, as applicable;

(2) with respect to a Superior Proposal, the Company attaches to such notice the most current version of any written proposed agreement providing for the transaction contemplated by such Superior Proposal (which version shall be updated on a prompt basis) and the identity of the third party making such Superior Proposal;

(3) the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ Representatives to, during the Notice Period, negotiate with Parent in good faith to make such adjustments in the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that (A) such Acquisition Proposal ceases to constitute a Superior Proposal if Parent, in its discretion, proposes to make such adjustments in a manner that would form a binding Contract if accepted by the Company (it being agreed that, with respect to a Superior Proposal, in the event that, after commencement of the Notice Period, there is any material revision to the material terms of such Acquisition Proposal, including, any revision in price, the Notice Period shall be extended, if applicable, to ensure that at least two (2) Business Days remain in the Notice Period subsequent to the time the Company notifies Parent of any such material revision (it being understood that there may be multiple extensions)) or (B) the Company Board’s fiduciary duty to make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change as a result of an Intervening Event would be obviated, as applicable; and

(4) the Company Board determines in good faith, after consulting with outside legal counsel and the Company Financial Advisor, that (A) such Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal or (B) the Company Board’s fiduciary duty to make a Company Adverse Recommendation Change as a result of an Intervening Event would remain, as applicable, after taking into account any adjustments made by Parent during the Notice Period in the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(g) The Company shall keep confidential any proposals made by Parent to revise the terms of this Agreement, other than in the event of any amendment to this Agreement or to the extent required by applicable Law to be disclosed.

(h) The Company agrees that any action taken by a Company Representative that, if taken by the Company, would constitute a material breach of the restrictions set forth in this Section 5.7 shall be deemed to be a material breach of this Section 5.7 by the Company.

(i) No Company Adverse Recommendation Change shall change the approval of the Company Board for purposes of causing any takeover Law to be applicable to the Transactions.

5.8 Preparation of the Proxy Statement.

(a) Within ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare, in consultation with Parent, and cause to be filed with the SEC the Proxy Statement in preliminary form. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its shares to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no responsibility with respect to information or statements made or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement which were based on information supplied by or on behalf of Parent.

(b) The Company shall promptly notify Parent upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement, and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide Parent with copies of all correspondence between the Company and its Representatives, on one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, and all written comments with respect to the Proxy Statement received by the Company from the SEC and advise Parent of any oral comments with respect to

 

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the Proxy Statement received from the SEC. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Proxy Statement. Parent shall and shall cause its Representatives to assist and cooperate with the Company and its Representatives in the resolution of any such comments from the SEC related thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the preliminary or definitive draft of the Proxy Statement with the SEC, mailing the Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or responding to any comments of the SEC with respect thereto, the Company shall provide Parent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response in advance (including the proposed final version of such document or response) and the Company shall consider in good faith any comments provided by Parent or any of its Representatives with respect thereto.

(c) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, respectively, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, respectively, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement 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 were made, not misleading, the Party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other Parties, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Proxy Statement and, to the extent required by Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to shareholders of the Company. Nothing in this Section 5.8(c) shall limit the obligations of any Party under Section 5.8(b).

(d) For purposes of this Section 5.8, any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Shareholder Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.

(e) The Company shall bear all of all fees and expenses, other than attorneys’ fees, incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the filing, printing and mailing of the Proxy Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto.

5.9 Company Shareholder Meeting.

(a) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall, in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Articles and Company Bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Shareholder Meeting. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the shareholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Company Shareholder Meeting and to hold the Company Shareholder Meeting as soon as practicable thereafter. The Company shall, through the Company Board of Directors, recommend to its shareholders that they give the Company Shareholder Approval, include such recommendation in the Proxy Statement and solicit and use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval, except in each case to the extent that the Company Board of Directors shall have made a Company Adverse Recommendation Change as permitted by Section 5.7. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.9, if:

(1) on a date for which the Company Shareholder Meeting is scheduled, the Company has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock (A) to conduct business at the meeting or (B) to obtain the Company Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present;

(2) the Company is required to postpone or adjourn the Company Shareholder Meeting by applicable Law, order or a request from the SEC or its staff; or

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to evaluate any information or disclosure that the Company has sent to the shareholders of the Company or otherwise made available to the shareholders of the Company (including in connection with any Company Adverse Recommendation Change);

then, the Company shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Company Shareholder Meeting. Once the Company has established a record date for the Company Shareholder Meeting, the Company shall not change such record date or establish a different record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), unless, following consultation with Parent, required to do so by applicable Law or the Company Articles or Company Bylaws. Without the prior written consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the approval of this Agreement, the adjournment of the Company Shareholder Meeting, as necessary, to solicit additional proxies if there are insufficient votes in favor of approval of this Agreement, and the advisory vote required by Rule 14a-21(c) under the Exchange Act shall be the only matters (other than matters of procedure and matters required by applicable Law to be voted on by the Company’s shareholders in connection with the approval of this Agreement) that the Company shall propose to be acted on by the shareholders of the Company at the Company Shareholder Meeting.

(b) The Company will use reasonable best efforts to hold the Company Shareholder Meeting as soon as practicable after the Proxy Statement is mailed to the Company’s shareholders.

(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless this Agreement has been previously terminated in full compliance with ARTICLE IX, the Company agrees that (i) its obligation to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Shareholder Meeting shall not be affected by any Change of Board Recommendation and (ii) its obligations pursuant to this Section 5.9 shall not be affected by the commencement, public proposal, public disclosure or communication to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal). Unless this Agreement is terminated in accordance with ARTICLE IX, the Company agrees that it shall not submit to the vote of the shareholders of the Company any Acquisition Proposal (whether or not a Superior Proposal) prior to the vote of the shareholders of the Company with respect to the Merger at the Company Shareholder Meeting.

5.10 Disposition of Company Equity Awards. The Company Board, or a committee thereof consisting of Non-Employee Directors (as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 16b-3(d) under the Exchange Act), shall adopt resolutions in advance of the Effective Time providing that, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the disposition of any Company Common Stock or Company Equity Awards and/or receipt of Parent Stock by Exchange Act Section 16 reporting persons is intended to be exempt from Exchange Act Section 16(b) liability pursuant to Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act.

ARTICLE VI

Additional Covenants of Parent

6.1 Fulfillment of Conditions. From the date of the Agreement to the Closing Date, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to fulfill the conditions specified in ARTICLE VIII. The foregoing obligation includes, without limitation, (a) executing and delivering documents as are necessary or desirable to consummate the Transactions, (b) taking or refraining from such actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the Company to fulfill such conditions (including using its reasonable best efforts to conduct the business of Parent and the Merger Sub in such manner that on the Closing Date the representations and warranties of Parent contained herein shall be accurate as though then made).

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or become necessary for its execution and delivery of, and the performance of its obligations pursuant to, this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and shall cooperate fully with the Company in promptly seeking to obtain all such authorizations, Consents, orders and approvals (and in such regard use reasonable best efforts to cause the relevant Government Entities to permit the Company and/or its counsel to participate in the conversation and correspondence with such Government Authorities together with Parent’s counsel). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.2 shall be in furtherance of, and not in limitation of, any of Parent’s obligations under Section 5.6.

6.3 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance.

(a) Parent and Merger Sub agree that all rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and exculpation by the Company or its Subsidiaries now existing in favor of each Person who is now, or has been at any time prior to the date of the Agreement or who becomes prior to the Effective Time an officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries (each an “Indemnified Party”) as provided in the Company Articles and Company Bylaws or similar governing documents of the Company’s Subsidiaries, in each case as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or pursuant to any other Contracts in effect on the date of the Agreement and disclosed in Section 6.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule (the “Indemnification Contracts”) (or with respect to Persons who become a director or officer of the Company prior to the Effective Time, in a form substantially similar the Indemnification Contracts) for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time (including acts or omissions occurring in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the Merger) shall be honored by the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries and shall survive the Merger and shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. Parent shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to, honor and fulfill in all respects the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries under any and such Indemnification Contracts.

(b) For six years after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law, Parent and the Surviving Corporation and any successor to the Surviving Corporation shall, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation or its successor to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified Party against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, expenses, Judgments and fines arising directly or indirectly, in whole or in part out of actions or omissions in their capacity as such occurring at or prior to the Effective Time (including in connection with the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement), and shall advance and/or reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, fees, expenses, Judgments and fines as the same are incurred, subject to the Surviving Corporation’s receipt of an undertaking by such Indemnified Party to repay such legal and other fees and expenses paid in advance if it is ultimately determined in a final and non-appealable Judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified under applicable Law; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation will not be liable for any settlement effected without the Surviving Corporation’s prior written Consent (which Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

(c) Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to provide, for an aggregate period of not less than six (6) years from the Effective Time, the Company’s current directors and officers an insurance and indemnification policy that provides coverage for events occurring prior to the Effective Time (the “D&O Insurance”) that is no less favorable than the Company’s existing policy as of the date of this Agreement or, if insurance coverage that is no less favorable is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided, however, that the Surviving Corporation shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Insurance in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the last annual premium paid prior to the date of this Agreement or, if less, the cost of a policy providing coverage on the same terms as the Company’s existing policy as of the date of this Agreement; provided, further, that the Company may prior to the Effective Time substitute therefor a single premium tail coverage with respect to D&O Insurance, in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent, with an annual cost not in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the last annual premium paid prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

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(d) The obligations of Parent and the Surviving Corporation under this Section 6.3 shall survive the consummation of the Merger and shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any Indemnified Party to whom this Section 6.3 applies without the Consent of such affected Indemnified Party (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnified Parties to whom this Section 6.3 applies shall be third party beneficiaries of this Section 6.3, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this Section 6.3).

(e) In the event the Surviving Corporation or any of its respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity in such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or licenses all or substantially all of its properties and assets (including Intellectual Property Rights) to any Person, then, and in either such case, proper provision shall be made so that each of such successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 6.3 to the extent of the assets transferred to such successor or assign. The agreements and covenants contained herein shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which any Indemnified Party is entitled, whether pursuant to Law, Contract or otherwise. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or its officers, directors and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.3 is not prior to, or in substitution for, any such claims under any such policies.

6.4 Employee Benefit Matters

(a) For a period of one year following the Effective Time, Parent will provide, or will cause to be provided, to those employees of the Company who continue to be employed by Parent and its Subsidiaries, including, following the Closing, the Company (individually, a “Continuing Employee” and collectively, “Continuing Employees”) with: (i) cash compensation, including base salary rate and commission and target bonus opportunity, no lower than the cash compensation provided to such Continuing Employee immediately prior to the Effective Time, (ii) equity awards set forth on Section 6.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to fiscal year 2016 awards previously approved by the Company, and (iii) health and welfare benefits on terms at least as favorable, in the aggregate, as the health and welfare benefits provided to such Continuing Employee by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time.

(b) To the extent Parent elects to have Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents participate in its employee benefit plans, program or policies following the Effective Time, Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation to use commercially reasonable efforts to, treat, and cause the applicable benefit plans in which Continuing Employees are entitled to participate to treat, the service of Continuing Employees with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their predecessors to the extent previously recognized by the Company as of the date hereof attributable to any period before the Effective Time as service rendered to Parent, the Surviving Corporation, any Subsidiary of Parent for purposes of eligibility to participate, vesting and for other appropriate benefits including the applicability of minimum waiting periods for participation, but excluding benefit accrual (including minimum pension amount), equity incentive plans and eligibility for early retirement under any benefit plan of Parent or eligibility for retiree welfare benefit plans or as would otherwise result in a duplication of benefits. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall cause any actively at work or similar limitations, eligibility waiting periods, evidence of insurability requirements or required physical examinations under any health or similar plan of Parent to be waived with respect to Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents. Parent shall also use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any deductibles paid by Continuing Employees under any of the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ health plans in the plan year in which Continuing Employees and their eligible dependents are transitioned to Parent’s health or similar plans to be credited towards deductibles under the health plans of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent.

(c) For the terms of the agreements or arrangements, Parent shall cause the Company or the Surviving Corporation, as applicable, to honor, in accordance with their terms, the employment, severance and change in control agreements and arrangements that are listed on Section 6.4(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.

 

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(d) Nothing in this Agreement will require the continued employment of any Person, and except as expressly set forth in this Section 6.4, no provision of this Agreement will prevent Parent or the Surviving Corporation from amending or terminating any benefit plans of the Company, the Surviving Corporation, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

(e) The Company and Parent acknowledge and agree that all provisions contained in this Section 6.4 with respect to employees are included for the sole benefit of the respective parties and will not create any right in any other Person, including any employees, former employees, any participant in any benefit plan or any beneficiary thereof, nor will require the Company to continue or amend any particular benefit plan after the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for any employee or former employee of the Company, and any such plan may be amended or terminated in accordance with its terms and applicable Law.

ARTICLE VII

Additional Agreements and Covenants

7.1 Confidentiality. Parent and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree to continue to be bound by the Confidentiality Agreement dated as of May 18, 2015, by and between Parent and the Company (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), which shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

7.2 Public Announcements. The initial press release relating to this Agreement shall be a joint press release, mutually acceptable to each of Parent and the Company. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing or termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms set forth in ARTICLE IX of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall cooperate in good faith to jointly prepare all press releases and public announcements pertaining to this Agreement and the Transactions governed by it, and none of the foregoing shall issue or otherwise make any public announcement or communication pertaining to this Agreement or the Transactions without the prior Consent of Parent (in the case of the Company) or the Company (in the case of Parent), except as required by Law as determined after consultation with outside counsel or by the rules and regulations of, or pursuant to any agreement, rules or regulations of, the relevant stock exchange or trading system, or for information that has been publicly disclosed in accordance with the requirements of this Section 7.2 prior to such public announcement or communication. Each Party will not unreasonably withhold approval from the others with respect to any press release or public announcement. The restrictions set forth in this Section 7.2 shall not apply to any release, announcement or disclosure made or proposed to be made by any Party with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, Intervening Event, Company Adverse Recommendation Change or Superior Proposal.

ARTICLE VIII

Conditions to Closing

8.1 Mutual Conditions Precedent. The respective obligations of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub to enter into and complete the Closing are subject to the fulfillment, on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company and Parent in writing:

(a) Approval and Authorization by the Company’s Shareholders. This Agreement shall have been approved in a manner and by the holders of at least a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock required to constitute the Company Shareholder Approval.

(b) No Injunction or Illegality. No Specified Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any final and nonappealable Law or order making illegal, permanently enjoining or otherwise permanently prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions.

(c) Requisite Regulatory Approvals. All waiting periods (and extensions thereof) applicable to the Merger under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.

 

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8.2 Company’s Conditions Precedent. The obligations of the Company to enter into and complete the Closing are subject, at the option of the Company, to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions by Parent and Merger Sub, any one or more of which may be waived by the Company in writing:

(a) Representations and Covenants. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct as of that date), except where the failure of such representations or warranties to be so true and correct has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, and Parent and Merger Sub shall each have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by each of them on or prior to the Closing Date, and Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect.

(b) Material Adverse Effect on Parent. There shall not have been any occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction since the date of the Agreement which has had or is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect on Parent that is continuing.

(c) Agreement of Merger. The Agreement of Merger to be filed in accordance with the California Law on the Closing Date shall have been executed and delivered by Merger Sub.

8.3 Parent’s Conditions Precedent. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into and complete the Closing are subject, at the option of Parent, to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the following conditions by the Company, any one or more of which may be waived by Parent in writing:

(a) Representations and Covenants. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date (except those representations and warranties that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall be true and correct as of that date), except where the failure of such representations or warranties to be so true and correct has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and the Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, and the Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect.

(b) No Material Adverse Effect on the Company. There shall not have been any occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction since the date of the Agreement which has had or is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect on the Company that is continuing.

(c) FIRPTA Certificate. The Company shall have furnished to Parent a certification in accordance with Treasury Regulation § 1.1445-2(c), and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, certifying that an interest in the Company is not a real property interest because the Company is not and has not been a United States real property holding corporation (as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code) during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code (a “FIRPTA Certificate”). Parent shall file such certification with the Internal Revenue Service on behalf of the Company.

ARTICLE IX

Termination, Amendment and Waiver

9.1 Termination by Mutual Consent. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time (notwithstanding any approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company) by mutual written consent of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company.

 

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9.2 Termination by either Parent or the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by either Parent or the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time (notwithstanding any approval and authorization of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company):

(a) if the Merger has not been consummated on or before March 2, 2016 (the “End Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(a) shall not be available to any Party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Merger to be consummated on or before the End Date;

(b) if any Specified Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law that remains in effect (other than the application to the Transactions of applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act or other Antitrust Laws) or order making illegal, permanently enjoining or otherwise permanently prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions, and such Law or order (i) shall have or is reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and (ii) shall have become final and nonappealable; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.2(b) shall not be available to any Party whose breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the issuance, promulgation, enforcement or entry of any such Law or Order; or

(c) if this Agreement has been submitted to the shareholders of the Company for approval and authorization at a duly convened Company Shareholders Meeting and the Company Shareholder Approval shall not have been obtained at such meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof).

9.3 Termination By Parent. This Agreement may be terminated by Parent at any time prior to the Effective Time (notwithstanding any approval of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company):

(a) if, prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval at the Company Shareholder Meeting, (i) a Company Adverse Recommendation Change shall have occurred, (ii) the Company shall have entered into, or publicly announced its intention to enter into, a Company Acquisition Agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), or (iii) the Company shall have materially breached its obligations under Section 5.7; or

(b) if there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a) would not be satisfied and such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date; provided that Parent shall have given the Company at least 30 days written notice prior to such termination stating Parent’ intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.3(b).

9.4 Termination by the Company. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company at any time prior to the Effective Time (notwithstanding, in the case of Section 9.4(b) immediately below, any approval and authorization of this Agreement by the shareholders of the Company):

(a) if prior to the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval at the Company Shareholders Meeting, the Company Board authorizes the Company, in full compliance with the terms of this Agreement to enter into a Company Acquisition Agreement (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) in respect of a Superior Proposal; provided that the Company shall have paid the full amount due pursuant to Section 9.6(b) hereof prior to or concurrently with the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4(a); and provided further that any attempted termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4(a) shall become effective no earlier than upon payment to Parent of the full amount due pursuant to Section 9.6(b) hereof; or

(b) if there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 8.1(a) would not be satisfied and such breach is incapable of being cured by the End Date; provided that the Company shall have given Parent at least 30 days written notice prior to such termination stating the Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4(b); or

 

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(c) if (i) all of the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1 and 8.3 (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing) have been satisfied or waived, (ii) Parent shall have failed to consummate the Merger by the time set forth in Section 1.2, and (iii) the Company shall have given Parent written notice at least five (5) Business Days prior to such termination stating the Company’s intention to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9.4(c).

9.5 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination. The Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this ARTICLE IX (other than pursuant to Section 9.1) shall deliver written notice of such termination to each other Party specifying with particularity the reason for such termination, and any such termination in accordance with this Section 9.5 shall be effective immediately upon delivery of such written notice to the other Parties; provided, however, that any purported termination of this Agreement by the Company pursuant to Section 9.4(a) shall be effective solely upon payment by the Company to Parent of the full amount due pursuant to Section 9.6(b). If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this ARTICLE IX, it will become void and of no further force and effect, with no liability on the part of any Party (or any stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent or Representative of such Party) to any other Party hereto, except (i) with respect to Section 5.2(b), this Section 9.5, Section 9.6 and ARTICLE X (and any related definitions contained in any such Sections or ARTICLE X), which shall remain in full force and effect and (ii) a Party shall remain liable for any liabilities or damages caused by such Party to the extent such liabilities or damages were the result of fraud or the willful and material breach of this Agreement by such Party.

9.6 Fees and Expenses Following Termination.

(a) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.3(a), then the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), within two (2) Business Days after such termination, a fee in an amount equal to the Termination Fee.

(b) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 9.4(a), then the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), at or prior to such termination, the Termination Fee.

(c) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company or Parent pursuant to (i) Section 9.2(a) hereof and provided that the Company Shareholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Company Shareholders Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) or (ii) Section 9.2(c) hereof and, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above, (A) prior to such termination (in the case of termination pursuant to Section 9.2(a)) or the Company Shareholders Meeting (in the case of termination pursuant to Section 9.2(c)), an Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly disclosed and not withdrawn and (B) within twelve (12) months following the date of such termination of this Agreement the Company shall have entered into a definitive agreement with respect to any Acquisition Proposal, or any Acquisition Proposal shall have been consummated (in each case whether or not such Acquisition Proposal is the same as the original Acquisition Proposal publicly disclosed), then in any such event the Company shall pay to Parent (by wire transfer of immediately available funds), no later than two (2) Business Days following the consummation of such transaction, the Termination Fee, (it being understood for all purposes of this Section 9.6(c), all references in the definition of Acquisition Proposal to 15% shall be deemed to be references to “more than 50%” instead). If a Person (other than Parent or its Affiliates) makes an Acquisition Proposal that has been publicly disclosed and subsequently withdrawn prior to such termination or the Company Shareholders Meeting, as applicable, and, within twelve (12) months following the date of the termination of this Agreement, such Person or any of its controlled Affiliates makes an Acquisition Proposal that is publicly disclosed, such initial Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed to have been “not withdrawn” for purposes of clauses (1) and (2) of this paragraph (c).

(d) The Company acknowledges and hereby agrees that the provisions of this Section 9.6 are an integral part of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger), and that, without such provisions, Parent and Merger Sub would not have entered into this Agreement. If the Company shall fail to pay

 

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in a timely manner the amounts due pursuant to this Section 9.6, and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent makes a claim against the Company therefor that results in a Judgment against the Company, the Company shall pay to Parent the reasonable and documented costs and expenses of Parent (including its reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred or accrued in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amounts set forth in this Section 9.6 at the prime lending rate prevailing during such period as published in The Wall Street Journal. Any interest payable hereunder shall be calculated on a daily basis from the date such amounts were required to be paid until (but excluding) the date of actual payment. The Parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Parent and Merger Sub agree that, upon any termination of this Agreement under circumstances where the Termination Fee is payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 9.6 and such Termination Fee is paid in full, such fee shall be deemed to be liquidated damages for any and all losses or damages suffered or incurred by Parent or Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with this Agreement and the negotiation, execution and performance thereof, and Parent and Merger Sub shall be precluded from any other remedy against the Company or its Subsidiaries, at law or in equity or otherwise, and neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall seek to obtain any recovery, Judgment, or damages of any kind, including consequential, indirect, or punitive damages, against the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, partners, managers, members, stockholders or Affiliates or their respective Representatives in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions contemplated hereby.

(f) Except as expressly set forth in this Section 9.6, all Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions contemplated hereby will be paid by the Party incurring such Expenses.

9.7 Amendment. At any time prior to the Effective Time, this Agreement may be amended or supplemented in any and all respects, whether before or after receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, by written agreement signed by each of the Parties hereto; provided, however, that following the receipt of the Company Shareholder Approval, there shall be no amendment or supplement to the provisions of this Agreement which by Law or in accordance with the rules of any relevant self-regulatory organization would require further approval by the holders of the Company Shares without such approval.

9.8 Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Time, Parent or Merger Sub, on the one hand, or the Company, on the other hand, may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other Party(ies), (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other Party(ies) contained in this Agreement or in any document delivered under this Agreement, or (c) unless prohibited by applicable Law, waive compliance with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such Party. The failure or delay of any Party to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise will not constitute a waiver of such rights.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

10.1 Non-Survival and Representations and Warranties. None of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or in any instrument delivered under this Agreement will survive the Effective Time. This Section 10.1 does not limit any covenant of the Parties to this Agreement which, by its terms, contemplates performance after the Effective Time.

10.2 Disclosure Schedule References. The parties hereto agree that any reference in a particular Section of the Company Disclosure Schedule or Parent Disclosure Schedule, as the case may be, shall only be deemed to be an exception to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of) (i) the representations and warranties (or

 

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covenants, as applicable) of the relevant Party that are contained in the corresponding Section of this Agreement and (ii) any other representations and warranties of such Party that is contained in this Agreement, but only if the relevance of that reference as an exception to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such representations and warranties would be reasonably apparent to an individual who has read that reference and such representations and warranties.

10.3 Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications required or permitted under, or otherwise made in connection with, this Agreement, shall be in writing (including e-mail) and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) upon confirmation of receipt when transmitted by facsimile transmission, (c) upon receipt after dispatch by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, (d) on the next Business Day if transmitted by national overnight courier (with confirmation of delivery) or (e) on the date delivered if sent by e-mail (with confirmation of delivery), in each case, addressed as follows:

if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:

Diodes Incorporated

4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200

Plano, TX 75024

Attention: Keh-Shew Lu, Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (972) 731-3510

Email: KS_Lu@diodes.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP

333 South Hope Street

Forty-Third Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: Peter M. Menard, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (213) 443-2860

Email: pmenard@sheppardmullin.com

if to the Company, to:

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation

1545 Barber Lane

Milpitas, California 95035

Attention: Alex Hui

Facsimile No.: (408) 434-1040

Email: AHui@PERICOM.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Latham & Watkins LLP

140 Scott Drive

Menlo Park, California 94025

Attention:       Tad J. Freese

Facsimile No.:(650) 463-2600

Email:             tad.freese@lw.com

or to such other address or facsimile number as such Party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other Parties hereto.

10.4 Interpretation.

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(b) The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(c) Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, the terms “or” will not be deemed to be exclusive.

(e) The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement.

(f) Unless otherwise indicated, all references herein to dollars or “$” shall mean and refer to U.S. denominated dollars.

(g) The captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(h) All Exhibits and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement.

(i) Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular, and words denoting either gender shall include both genders as the context requires. Where a word or phrase is defined herein, each of its other grammatical forms shall have a corresponding meaning.

(j) A reference to any legislation or to any provision of any legislation shall include any modification, amendment, re-enactment thereof, any legislative provision substituted therefore and all rules, regulations and statutory instruments issued or related to such legislation.

(k) The parties hereto acknowledge that they have participated in the drafting of this Agreement and have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, agree to waive the application of any Law, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

(l) A reference to any “willful breach” or any breach committed “willfully” shall mean a breach that is a consequence of an act undertaken, or inaction by, the breaching Party with the actual Knowledge and intent that the taking of such act or inaction would constitute or cause a breach of this Agreement.

(m) Although the same or similar subject matters may be addressed in different provisions, the parties intend that each such provision shall be read separately, be given independent legal significance and not be construed as limiting any other provision in this Agreement (whether or not more general or more specific in scope, substance or content).

10.5 Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or Law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that Transactions are fulfilled to the extent possible.

 

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10.6 Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, taken together with all Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules and the other documents delivered pursuant hereto (a) constitutes the entire agreement, and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the Transactions (except the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall survive the execution of this Agreement and continue to be binding pursuant to its terms) and (b) nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or will confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement except for (i) each Indemnified Party as set forth in Section 6.3, (ii) the Company on behalf of the Company’s equityholders to pursue damages (including claims for damages based on loss of the economic benefits of the Transactions to the Company’s equityholders) in the event of the breach of this Agreement prior to the Closing Date by Parent or Merger Sub (whether or not this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to ARTICLE IX), which right is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed by Parent and Merger Sub, and (iii) as expressly set forth in this Agreement. The third-party beneficiary rights referenced in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence may be exercised only by the Company (on behalf of the Company’s equityholders as their agent) through actions expressly approved by the Company Board, and no Company equityholder whether purporting to act in its capacity as a Company equityholder or purporting to assert any right (derivatively or otherwise) on behalf of the Company, will have any right or ability to exercise or cause the exercise of any such right.

10.7 Counterparts; Facsimile Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when two or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties. Facsimile or .pdf execution and delivery of this Agreement is legal, valid and binding for all purposes.

10.8 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

(a) This Agreement and all disputes, controversies, cross-claims, third-party claims or other Proceedings of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with or relating to any matter which is the subject of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of California, without regard to Laws that may be applicable under conflicts of laws principles (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

(b) Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to submit itself to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and exclusive venue of any United States federal court or California state court located in the City and County of Los Angeles, California with respect to any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a United States federal or state court sitting in the City and County of Los Angeles,, California, as described above. Nothing in this Section 10.8 shall prevent any Party from bringing an action or proceeding in any jurisdiction to enforce any Judgment entered by any United States federal court or California state court located in the City and County of Los Angeles,, California, as applicable. Each of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth on the signature page hereof shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

10.9 Specific Performance. The Company, Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event any of the provisions of this Agreement required to be performed by any of the Parties were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached, and that monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy therefor. Accordingly, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any Party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, the

 

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Company or Parent shall be entitled to obtain, without proof of actual damages (and in addition to any other remedy to which such Party may be entitled at law or in equity): (a) a decree or order from a court of competent jurisdiction of specific performance to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant or obligation; and (b) an injunction from a court of competent jurisdiction restraining such breach or threatened breach. Each Party hereby waives any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with any such remedy.

10.10 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Any purported assignment without such consent shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentences, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

DIODES INCORPORATED
By:  

/s/ Keh-Shew Lu

Name:   Keh-Shew Lu
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PSI MERGER SUB, INC.
By:  

/s/ Keh-Shew Lu

Name:   Keh-Shew Lu
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Alex Chiming Hui

Name:   Alex Chiming Hui
Title:   Chief Executive Officer


ANNEX A

Definitions

$” or “Dollars” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” means a confidentiality agreement that contains confidentiality provisions that are no less favorable to the Company than those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement.

Acquisition Proposal” means a proposal or offer from, or indication of interest in making a proposal or offer by, any Person (other than Parent and its Affiliates, including Merger Sub) concerning any (a) direct or indirect acquisition of assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries (including any voting equity interests of Subsidiaries, but excluding sales of assets in the ordinary course of business) equal to fifteen percent (15%) or more of the fair market value of the Company’s consolidated assets or to which fifteen percent (15%) or more of the Company’s net revenues or net income on a consolidated basis are attributable, (b) direct or indirect acquisition of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the voting equity interests of the Company, (c) tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person beneficially owning (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) fifteen percent (15%) or more of the voting equity interests of the Company, (d) merger, consolidation, other business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, pursuant to which such Person would own fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding voting equity, consolidated assets, net revenues or net income of the Company, or (e) liquidation or dissolution (or the adoption of a plan of liquidation or dissolution) of the Company or the declaration or payment of an extraordinary dividend (whether in cash or other property) by the Company.

Action” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8 of the Agreement.

Affiliates” means any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by Contract or otherwise and, in any event and without limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting securities of a second Person shall be deemed to control that second Person. For the purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to control any of his or her immediate family members.

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

Agreement of Merger” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of the Agreement.

Announcement 7 Notification” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(h) of the Agreement.

Antitrust Laws” means any Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, retrain or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of trade or significant impediment or lessening of competition or strengthening of dominant positions through merger or acquisition.

Applicable Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) of the Agreement.

August 2015 Dividend” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b) of the Agreement.

Book-Entry Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement.

Business Day” means a day (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays) on which commercial banks are generally open for banking business in Los Angeles, California.

California Law” has the meaning set forth in the Background section of the Agreement.

 

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Capitalization Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Agreement.

Certificates” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Agreement.

Change” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Material Adverse Effect in this Annex A.

Chapter 13” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Agreement.

Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2 of the Agreement.

Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2 of the Agreement.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto.

Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

Company Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(a) of the Agreement.

Company Adverse Recommendation Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(b) of the Agreement.

Company Articles” means the Articles of Incorporation of the Company as amended, amended and restated and supplemented an in effect on the date hereof.

Company Balance Sheet” means the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of March 28, 2015, included in the Company Reports.

Company Benefit Plan” means any material “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, and any other material written or oral plan, agreement or arrangement involving compensation or benefits, including insurance coverage, severance benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation, bonuses, stock options, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock appreciation or other forms of fringe benefits, perquisites, incentive compensation or post-retirement compensation or post-employment compensation and all material employment, management, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, change in control, severance or similar agreements, written or otherwise, which is or has been maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to for the benefit of, or relating to, any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, or with respect to which any such party has or may have any liability.

Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Company Board Recommendation” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(b) of the Agreement.

Company Bylaws” means the bylaws of the Company, as amended and restated as of the date of the Agreement.

Company Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Background section of the Agreement.

Company Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set forth in ARTICLE III of the Agreement.

Company Equity Awards” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) of the Agreement.

Company ESPP” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(g) of the Agreement.

 

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Company Financial Advisor” means Cowen and Company, or another financial advisor of nationally recognized reputation engaged by the Company to provide advice related to the Transactions provided that notice of the engagement is given to Parent prior to the engagement of such other financial advisor.

Company Financial Statements” means the financial statements of the Company included in the Company Reports.

Company Insurance Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.15 of the Agreement.

Company Material Permits” means all Permits other than such franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals the lack of which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

Company Non-U.S. Employee Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13(a)(16) of the Agreement.

Company Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) to the Agreement.

Company Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5(a) to the Agreement.

Company RSUs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) to the Agreement.

Company Shareholder Approval” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(a) of the Agreement.

Company Shareholder Meeting” means a special meeting of the stockholders of the Company to be held pursuant to the California Law to consider the approval of this Agreement.

Company Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Background section of the Agreement.

Company Stock Plans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a) of the Agreement.

Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Agreement.

Conflict Minerals” means columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, gold, wolframite or their derivatives, tantalum, tin and tungsten and any other minerals or derivatives that the United States Secretary of State determines after the date of this Agreement to be financing conflict in a Covered Country.

Conflict Mineral Rule” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.25 of the Agreement.

Consent” means the consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Person.

Continuing Employee” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4(a) of the Agreement.

Contract” means a legally binding contract, lease, license, indenture, note, bond, agreement, Permit, concession, franchise or other instrument.

Covered Countries” means the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its adjoining countries, including, as of the date of this Agreement, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.

Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of the Agreement.

Credit Agreement Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of the Agreement.

 

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D&O Insurance” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(c) of the Agreement.

DOJ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(e) of the Agreement

Dissenting Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Agreement.

Effective Time” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3 of the Agreement.

Enforceability Exceptions” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a) of the Agreement.

End Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a) of the Agreement.

Environment” means soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters (including navigable waters, ocean waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands), groundwaters, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life, and any other environmental medium or natural resource.

Environmental Law” means any Legal Requirement that requires or relates to: (a) releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials, violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of the commencements of activities, such as resource extraction or construction, that could have significant impact on the Environment; (b) protecting resources, species, or ecological amenities; (c) cleaning up pollutants that have been released, preventing the threat of release, or paying the costs of such clean up or prevention; or (d) making responsible parties pay private parties, or groups of them, for damages done to their health or the Environment, or permitting self-appointed representatives of the public interest to recover for injuries done to public assets.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

ERISA Affiliate” of an entity means any Person which is, or at any applicable time was, a member of (i) a controlled group of corporations (as defined in Section 414(b) of the Code), (ii) a group of trades or businesses under common control (as defined in Section 414(c) of the Code) or (iii) an affiliated service group (as defined under Section 414(m) of the Code or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any of which includes or included the entity.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Exclusivity Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(a) of the Agreement.

Expenses” means all out-of-pocket expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants to a Party and its Affiliates) incurred by a Party on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, diligence, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the Transaction Documents.

Facilities” means any Real Property owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any buildings, plants and structures thereon owned or leased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Final Exercise Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(f) of the Agreement.

FIRPTA Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3(c) of the Agreement.

FTC” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.6(e) of the Agreement.

Government Antitrust Entity” means any Government Entity with jurisdiction over Antitrust Laws.

 

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Governmental Entity” means any national, federal, state, provincial, local or foreign government, governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any court, tribunal or judicial or arbitral body of competent jurisdiction, or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, of competent jurisdiction.

Hazardous Material” means any chemical, material or substance defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” or “toxic substances” or words of similar import under any applicable Law or regulations, including Environmental Laws.

HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a) of the Agreement.

Indemnification Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3(a) of the Agreement.

Intellectual Property Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.11 of the Agreement.

Intervening Event” means a material development or material change in circumstances with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, occurring after the date of this Agreement, that is (i) materially more favorable to the recurring financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other businesses operating in the same industry, (ii) was neither known to the Company Board nor reasonably foreseeable as of or prior to the date of this Agreement and (iii) does not relate to (A) any Acquisition Proposal, (B) the fact, in and of itself, that the Company meets or exceeds any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions of revenue, earnings or other financial or operating metrics for any period ending on or after the date of this Agreement (provided that the exception in this clause (B) shall not prevent or otherwise affect any such development or change underlying the Company meeting or exceeding such metrics from being taken into account in determining whether an Intervening Event has occurred), or (C) any changes after the date of this Agreement in the market price or trading volume of the shares of Company Common Stock (provided that the exception in this clause (C) shall not prevent or otherwise affect any such development or change underlying such change in market price or trading value from being taken into account in determining whether an Intervening Event occurred).

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor thereto.

Judgment” means any judgment, order or decree.

Knowledge”, (i) with respect to the Company, means the actual knowledge of each of Alex Chiming Hui, Chi-Hung (John) Hui, and Kevin Bauer, or any fact or matter which any such individuals reasonably would be expected to learn from such individual’s direct reports in the ordinary course of customary performance of such individuals’ and such direct reports’ duties consistent with their respective title and responsibilities and (ii) with respect to Parent or the Merger Subs, means the actual knowledge, after due inquiry, of each of Keh-Shew Lu and Richard D. White or any fact or matter which any such individuals reasonably would be expected to learn from such individual’s direct reports in the ordinary course of customary performance of such individuals’ and such direct reports’ duties consistent with their respective title and responsibilities.

Law(s)” means any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree.

Legal Requirement” means any federal, state, local, municipal, provincial, foreign or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the

 

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authority of any Governmental Entities (or under the authority of any national securities exchange upon which securities of Parent and the Company are then listed or traded).

Liens” means any liens, security interests, pledges, equities and claims of any kind, voting trusts, stockholder agreements and other encumbrances. Liens excludes licenses of Intellectual Property Rights.

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to a Person, any event, change or effect (collectively, a “Change”) that, considered with all Changes, had a material adverse effect on the financial condition, properties, assets, liabilities, business or results of operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, provided, however, that a Change shall not be deemed a Material Adverse Effect or considered in determining whether there has occurred (or would reasonably be expected to occur) a Material Adverse Effect, if (i) such Change results from (A) general economic, regulatory or political conditions in the U.S., the PRC, the Republic of China (Taiwan) or any other nation or jurisdiction in which such Person conducts material business operations, (B) conditions generally affecting the other companies in such Person’s industry, (C) any Change caused by the announcement, pendency or performance of this Agreement, including any cancellation of or delays in customer orders, failure to obtain new customer orders, disruption in supplier, partnership, distributor, reseller or similar relationships, or loss of employees, (D) shareholder action or derivative litigation alleging (1) a breach of fiduciary duty by the Company Board relating to the negotiation, execution, delivery or performance (or disclosure with respect thereto) of this Agreement or the proposed consummation of the Merger or the other Transactions, or (2) that the Proxy Statement violates the disclosure requirements of the Exchange Act or other applicable Law (provided, however, that for this exception to apply, the Company must have complied with its obligations in Section 5.7), (E) acts of war (whether or not declared), the commencement, continuation or escalation of a war, acts of armed hostility, sabotage or terrorism or natural disasters in any locations where such Person conducts material business operations, (F) the failure of such Person to meet internal or analysts’ financial expectations or projections (it being understood that the underlying causes of any such failure may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred), (G) changes in trading volume or a decline in such Person’s stock price (it being understood that the underlying causes of any such change or decline may be taken into account in determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred), (H) any facts, events or circumstances that the other Parties or their respective Representatives knew or should have known prior to the date of this Agreement, (I) any actions taken or failure to take action, in each case, which (1) is required by the terms of this Agreement or (2) which Parent, with respect to the Company, or the Company, with respect to Parent, has approved, consented to or requested, or the failure to take or avoid any such action as a result of any failure to so approve, consent or request, in each case in writing and in compliance with the terms of this Agreement; (J) general financial, credit or capital market conditions, including interest rates or exchange rates; (K) any Changes resulting from a change in Law or U.S. GAAP after the date hereof; or (L) any matter expressly set forth on the Company Disclosure Schedule, with respect to the Company, or the Parent Disclosure Schedule, with respect to Parent, and (ii) with respect to clauses (A), (B), and (E), the conditions or circumstances that caused such Change do not have an impact on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is materially disproportionate to the impact such conditions or circumstances have on the other companies in the Company’s industry.

Material Contract” means (a) a contract required to be filed with the Company Reports pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K, and (b) a written Contract, as amended and supplemented to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their respective assets and properties is currently bound, which involve annual obligations of payment by, or annual payments to, the Company or its Subsidiaries in excess of $500,000.

Merger” has the meaning set forth in the Background section of the Agreement.

Merger Consideration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Agreement.

Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

 

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Money Laundering Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.19 of the Agreement.

NASDAQ” means The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

Notice Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7(d) of the Agreement.

OFAC” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.22 of the Agreement.

Option Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement.

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

Parent Disclosure Schedule” has the meaning set forth in ARTICLE IV of the Agreement.

Parent Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.66 2/3 per share, of Parent.

Parent Stock Plan” means the Parent’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan.

Party” or “Parties” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Agreement.

Paying Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Agreement.

Paying Agent Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(1) of the Agreement.

Permits” means all governmental franchises, licenses, permits, authorizations and approvals necessary to enable a Person to own, lease or otherwise hold its properties and assets and to conduct its businesses as presently conducted. Permits excludes licenses of Intellectual Property Rights.

Permitted Lien” means (a) any restriction on transfer arising under applicable securities law; (b) any Liens for Taxes not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which reserves have been established if required by U.S. GAAP; (c) any statutory Liens arising in the ordinary course of business by operation of Law with respect to a liability that is not yet due and delinquent and which are not, individually or in the aggregate, significant or any statutory Liens to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds and similar obligations; (d) zoning, entitlement, building and other land use regulations imposed by governmental agencies having jurisdiction over the Real Property which are not violated by the current use and operation of the Real Property; (e) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements and other similar matters of record affecting title to the Real Property which do not materially impair the occupancy or use of the Real Property for the purposes for which it is currently used or proposed to be used in connection with the such relevant Person’s business; (f) Liens identified on title policies, title opinions or preliminary title reports or other documents or writings included in the public records; (g) Liens arising under worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security, retirement and similar legislation; (h) Liens of lessors and licensors arising under lease agreements or license arrangements; and (i) those Liens the existence of which are disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement or those Liens set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule.

Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, unincorporated organization, cooperative or a Governmental Entity or agency thereof.

PRC” means the People’s Republic of China, for the purposes of this Agreement, excluding the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region and Taiwan.

Preferred Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a) of the Agreement.

 

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Proxy Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.26 of the Agreement.

Real Estate Leases” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the Agreement.

Real Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(a) of the Agreement.

Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.

Representatives” of any Party means such Party’s employees, accountants, auditors, actuaries, counsel, financial advisors, bankers, investment bankers and consultants and any other Person acting on behalf of such Party.

RSU Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Specified Governmental Entity” means (i) any state or federal court in the State of California; (ii) any United States federal regulatory or administrative agency (including, without limitation, the DOJ and the FTC); (iii) the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC; and (iv) any federal or national Governmental Entity in Taiwan.

Specified Subsidiaries” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.7 of the Agreement.

Subsidiary” means with respect to a Person an entity if (a) such Person directly or indirectly owns, beneficially or of record, an amount of voting securities or other interests in such entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity or financial interests of such entity such that its financial results are consolidated with such other Person.

Superior Proposal” means a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal (with all references to “fifteen percent (15%)” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal being treated as references to “fifty percent (50%)” for these purposes) that the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and the Company Financial Advisor) is more favorable from a financial point of view to the holders of the Company Shares than the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement, taking into account any revisions to the terms of this Agreement and the Merger agreed to by Parent during the Notice Period set forth in Section 5.7(f)(1).

Surviving Corporation” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Agreement.

Tangible Personal Property” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.10(b) of the Agreement.

Tax(es)” includes any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and other charges in the nature of a Tax imposed by any Governmental Entity, including taxes that are or are based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and value added, ad valorem, transfer, gains, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise, unemployment, insurance, social security, business license, occupation, business organization, stamp, environmental and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts.

Tax Return” means any report, return, information statement or other form or document (including all schedules, exhibits and other attachments thereto and amendments thereof) filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Entity in connection with any Tax (including estimated Taxes).

 

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Termination Fee” means $15,000,000.

Trade Secrets” means all trade secrets under applicable Law and other rights in know-how and confidential or proprietary information, processing, manufacturing or marketing information, including new developments, inventions, processes, ideas or other proprietary information, in each case, that provides advantages over competitors who do not know or use it, derives independent economic value from not being generally known and not being easily ascertainable by proper means by others, and are subject to commercially efforts to maintain their secrecy.

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement and any other agreement or document to be delivered by the Parties on the Closing Date.

Transactions” means any transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Transaction Document.

U.S.” or “United States” means the United States of America.

U.S. GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles of the United States.

Unvested Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement.

Unvested Company RSUs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.

Unvested RSU Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.

Unvested Unexercised Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement.

Vested Company RSUs” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.

Vested Options” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement.

Vested RSU Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Agreement.

Vested Unexercised Shares” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b) of the Agreement.

Voting Agreement” means an agreement in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.

VWAP of Parent Stock” means the volume weighted average price of Parent Stock on Nasdaq for a twenty (20) trading day period, starting with the opening of trading on the twenty-first (21st) trading day prior to the Closing Date to the closing of trading on the second to last trading day prior to the Closing Date, as reported by Bloomberg and determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

 

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EX-3.1 3 d98193dex31.htm EX-3.1 EX-3.1

Exhibit 3.1

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

a California corporation

(AS AMENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2, 2015)

 

 


CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I OFFICES      1   

Section 1.1

 

Principal Executive Office

     1   

Section 1.2

 

Other Offices

     1   
ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS      1   

Section 2.1

 

Place of Meetings

     1   

Section 2.2

 

Annual Meeting

     1   

Section 2.3

 

Notice of Annual Meeting

     1   

Section 2.4

 

Special Meetings

     3   

Section 2.5

 

Notice of Special Meetings

     4   

Section 2.6

 

Quorum

     4   

Section 2.7

 

Adjourned Meeting and Notice

     5   

Section 2.8

 

Record Date

     5   

Section 2.9

 

Voting

     5   

Section 2.10

 

Proxies

     6   

Section 2.11

 

Validation of Defectively Called or Noticed Meetings

     7   

Section 2.12

 

Action Without Meeting.

     8   

Section 2.13

 

Inspectors of Election

     8   

Section 2.14

 

Advance Notice Procedures

     9   
ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS      13   

Section 3.1

 

Powers; Approval of Loans to Officers

     13   

Section 3.2

 

Number and Qualification of Directors

     14   

Section 3.3

 

Election and Term of Office.

     14   

Section 3.4

 

Vacancies

     15   

Section 3.5

 

Time and Place of Meetings

     15   

Section 3.6

 

Notice of Special Meetings

     16   

Section 3.7

 

Action at a Meeting: Quorum and Required Vote

     16   

Section 3.8

 

Action Without a Meeting

     17   

Section 3.9

 

Adjourned Meeting and Notice

     17   

Section 3.10

 

Fees and Compensation

     17   

Section 3.11

 

Appointment of Executive and Other Committees

     17   
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS      18   

Section 4.1

 

Officers

     18   

Section 4.2

 

The Chairman of the Board

     19   

Section 4.3

 

The President

     19   

Section 4.4

 

Vice-Presidents

     19   

Section 4.5

 

The Secretary

     19   

Section 4.6

 

The Chief Financial Officer

     20   

Section 4.7

 

The Controller

     20   

 

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ARTICLE V EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS, RATIFICATION, AND VOTING OF STOCKS OWNED BY THE CORPORATION      21   

Section 5.1

 

Execution of Corporate Instruments

     21   

Section 5.2

 

Ratification by Shareholders

     21   

Section 5.3

 

Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation

     21   
ARTICLE VI ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS      22   

Section 6.1

 

Reports to Shareholders

     22   

Section 6.2

 

Report of Shareholder Vote

     22   

Section 6.3

 

Reports to the Secretary of State

     23   
ARTICLE VII SHARES OF STOCK      23   
ARTICLE VIII INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS      24   

Section 8.1

 

General Records

     24   

Section 8.2

 

Inspection of Bylaws

     25   
ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS      25   

Section 9.1

 

Right to Indemnification

     25   

Section 9.2

 

Authority to Advance Expenses

     26   

Section 9.3

 

Right of Claimant to Bring Suit

     26   

Section 9.4

 

Provisions Nonexclusive

     27   

Section 9.5

 

Authority to Insure

     27   

Section 9.6

 

Survival of Rights

     27   

Section 9.7

 

Settlement of Claims

     27   

Section 9.8

 

Effect of Amendment

     27   

Section 9.9

 

Subrogation

     27   

Section 9.10

 

No Duplication of Payments

     28   
ARTICLE X AMENDMENTS      28   

Section 10.1

 

Power of Shareholders

     28   

Section 10.2

 

Power of Directors

     28   
ARTICLE XI DEFINITIONS      28   
ARTICLE XII CORPORATE SEAL      28   
ARTICLE XIII EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LITIGATION      29   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION

a California corporation

(AS AMENDED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2, 2015)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1    Principal Executive Office.

The principal executive office of the corporation shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors may from time to time authorize. If the principal executive office is located outside this state, and the corporation has one or more business offices in this state, the Board of Directors shall fix and designate a principal executive office in the State of California.

Section 1.2    Other Offices.

Other business offices may at any time be established at any place or places specified by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

Section 2.1    Place of Meetings.

All meetings of shareholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation, or at any other place, within or without the State of California, specified by the Board of Directors.

Section 2.2    Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the shareholders, after the year 1990, shall be held at the time and date in each year fixed by the Board of Directors. At the annual meeting directors shall be elected, reports of the affairs of the corporation shall be considered, and any other business may be transacted that is within the power of the shareholders.

Section 2.3    Notice of Annual Meeting.

Written notice of each annual meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote, either personally or by first-class mail, or, if the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 500 or more persons (determined in accordance with Section 605 of the General Corporation Law) on the record date for the meeting, by third-class mail, or by other means of written communication, charges prepaid, addressed to such shareholder at the shareholder’s address appearing on the books of the corporation or given by such shareholder to the

 

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corporation for the purpose of notice. If any notice or report addressed to the shareholder at the address of such shareholder appearing on the books of the corporation is returned to the corporation by the United States Postal Service marked to indicate that the United States Postal Service is unable to deliver the notice or report to the shareholder at such address, all future notices or reports shall be deemed to have been duly given without further mailing if the same shall be available for the shareholder upon written demand of the shareholder at the principal executive office of the corporation for a period of one year from the date of the giving of the notice or report to all other shareholders. If a shareholder gives no address, notice shall be deemed to have been given to such shareholder if addressed to the shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is situated, or if published at least once in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located.

All such notices shall be given to each shareholder entitled thereto not less than ten (10) days (or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty (30) days) nor more than sixty (60) days before each annual meeting. Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given at the time when delivered personally or deposited in the mail or sent by other means of written communication. An affidavit of mailing of any such notice in accordance with the foregoing provisions, executed by the Secretary, Assistant Secretary or any transfer agent of the corporation shall be prima facie evidence of the giving of the notice.

Such notice shall specify:

(a)    the place, the date, and the hour of such meeting;

(b)    those matters that the Board of Directors, at the time of the mailing of the notice, intends to present for action by the shareholders. Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) below, any matter properly brought before an annual meeting may be presented at the meeting for such action);

To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder.

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the corporation in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.14 of the Bylaws.

Notwithstanding anything in the Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.3 and Section 2.14.

(c)    if directors are to be elected, the names of nominees intended at the time of the notice to be presented by the Board of Directors for election;

(d)    the general nature of a proposal, if any, to take action with respect to approval of (i) a contract or other transaction with an interested director, (ii) amendment of the Articles of

 

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Incorporation, (iii) a reorganization of the corporation as defined in Section 181 of the General Corporation Law, (iv) voluntary dissolution of the corporation, or (v) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, if any; and

(e)    such other matters, if any, as may be expressly required by statute.

Section 2.4    Special Meetings.

(a)    Special meetings of the shareholders for any purpose or purposes whatsoever may be called at any time by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by one or more shareholders entitled to cast not less than ten percent (10%) of the votes at the meeting.

(b)    If a special meeting is called by any person or persons other than the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or the President, then the request shall be in writing, specifying the time of such meeting and (i) the information required pursuant to Section 2.4(c) of these Bylaws (in the case of business proposed to be brought before the meeting by a shareholder) or (ii) the information required pursuant to Section 2.14(c) of these Bylaws (in the case of the election of directors), as applicable. Such request shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice President or the Secretary of the corporation. For business to be properly brought before a special meeting by a shareholder, such business must be a proper matter for shareholder action pursuant to these Bylaws and applicable law. The officer receiving the request shall cause notice to be promptly given to the shareholders entitled to vote, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.4 and, if any, other applicable provisions of these Bylaws, that a meeting will be held at the time requested by the person or persons calling the meeting, so long as that time is not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than sixty (60) days after the receipt of the request. If the notice is not given within twenty (20) days after receipt of the request, then the person or persons requesting the meeting may give the notice. Nothing contained in this paragraph of this Section 2.4 shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of shareholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

(c)    To be in proper written form, the shareholder’s request under Section 2.4(b) must set forth as to each matter of business the person intends to bring before the special meeting: (1) a brief description of the business intended to be brought before the special meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the special meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder proposing such business and any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined in Section 2.14(a)(ii) of these Bylaws), (3) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person, (4) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder or any Shareholder

 

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Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, (5) any material interest of the shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person in such business, and (6) a statement whether either such shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (1) through (6), a “Business Solicitation Statement”). In addition, to be in proper written form, a shareholder’s notice to the secretary must be supplemented not later than ten days following the record date for the special meeting to disclose the information contained in clauses (3) and (4) above as of the record date.

(d)    Business proposed to be brought by a shareholder may not be brought before the special meeting if such shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business or if the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the special meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the special meeting that business was not properly brought before the special meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.4, and, if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the special meeting that any such business not properly brought before the special meeting shall not be conducted.

Section 2.5    Notice of Special Meetings.

Except in special cases where other express provision is made by statute, notice of any special meeting of shareholders shall be given in the same manner as for annual meetings of shareholders. In addition to the matters required by Section 2.3(a) and, if applicable, Section 2.3(c) of these Bylaws, notice of any special meeting shall specify the general nature of the business to be transacted, and no other business may be transacted at such meeting.

Section 2.6    Quorum.

The presence in person or by proxy of persons entitled to vote a majority of the voting shares at any meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum) shall be the act of the shareholders, unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by the General Corporation Law or the Articles of Incorporation. Any meeting of shareholders, whether or not a quorum is present, may be adjourned from time to time by the vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy thereat and entitled to vote, but in the absence of a quorum no other business may be transacted at such meeting, except that the shareholders present or represented by proxy at a duly called or held meeting, at which a quorum is present, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum, if any action taken (other than adjournment) is approved by at least a majority of the shares required to constitute a quorum.

 

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Section 2.7    Adjourned Meeting and Notice.

When any shareholders’ meeting, either annual or special, is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days, or if after adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Except as provided above, it shall not be necessary to give any notice of the time and place of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted thereat, other than by announcement of the time and place thereof at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken.

Section 2.8    Record Date.

(a)    The Board of Directors may fix a time in the future as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of shareholders or entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, to receive any report, to receive any dividend or other distribution, or allotment of any rights, or to exercise rights in respect of any other lawful action. The record date so fixed shall be not more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board of Directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting. When a record date is so fixed, only shareholders of record at the close of business on that date are entitled to notice of and to vote at any such meeting, to give consent without a meeting, to receive any report, to receive the dividend, distribution, or allotment of rights, or to exercise the rights, as the case may be, notwithstanding any transfer of any shares on the books of the corporation after the record date, except as otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws.

(b)    If no record date is fixed:

(i)    The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

(ii)    The record date for determining shareholders entitled to give consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors has been taken, shall be the day on which the first written consent is given.

(iii)    The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth (60th) day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later.

Section 2.9    Voting.

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shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders. Any holders of shares entitled to vote on any matter may vote part of the shares in favor of the proposal and refrain from voting the remaining shares or vote them against the proposal, other than elections to office, but, if the shareholder fails to specify the number of shares such shareholder is voting affirmatively, it will be conclusively presumed that the shareholder’s approving vote is with respect to all shares such shareholder is entitled to vote.

(b)    Subject to the provisions of Sections 702 through 704 of the General Corporation Law (relating to voting of shares held by a fiduciary, receiver, pledgee, or minor, in the name of a corporation, or in joint ownership), persons in whose names shares entitled to vote stand on the stock records of the corporation at the close of business on the record date shall be entitled to vote at the meeting of shareholders. Such vote may be viva voce or by ballot; provided, however, that all elections for directors must be by ballot upon demand made by a shareholder at any election and before the voting begins. shares of this corporation owned by a corporation more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the voting power of which is owned directly by this corporation, or indirectly through one or more majority-owned subsidiaries of this corporation, shall not be entitled to vote on any matter.

(c)    Subject to the requirements of the next sentence, every shareholder entitled to vote at any election for directors shall have the right to cumulate such shareholder’s votes and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which such shareholder’s shares are normally entitled, or to distribute votes on the same principle among as many candidates as such shareholder thinks fit. No shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes unless such candidate’s name or candidates’ names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and the shareholder has given notice at the meeting, prior to the voting, of the shareholder’s intention to cumulate such shareholder’s votes. If any one shareholder has given such notice, all shareholders may cumulate their votes for candidates in nomination. The candidates receiving the highest number of affirmative votes of shares entitled to be voted for them, up to the number of directors to be elected by such shares, shall be elected. Votes against a director and votes withheld shall have no legal effect.

(d)    Notwithstanding any term of this Section 2.9, during any period in which the corporation is a listed corporation, as “listed corporation” is defined in California Corporations Code Section 301.5(d), and its Articles of Incorporation shall provide that shareholders of the corporation are not entitled to cumulate their votes in elections of directors, this Section 2.9 shall not be deemed to allow shareholders of the corporation to cumulate their votes in the elections of directors, and Sections 2.9(c) hereof shall not apply with respect to voting in the election of directors.

Section 2.10    Proxies.

(a)    Every person entitled to vote shares (including voting by written consent) may authorize another person or other persons to act by proxy with respect to such shares. “Proxy” means a written authorization signed or an electronic transmission authorized by a shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact giving another person or persons power to vote with respect to the shares of such shareholder. “Signed” for the purpose of this Section means the placing of the shareholder’s name on the proxy (whether by manual signature, typewriting, telegraphic

 

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transmission, electronic transmission or otherwise) by the shareholder or the shareholder’s attorney-in-fact. A proxy may be transmitted by oral telephone transmission if it is submitted with information from which it may be determined that the proxy was authorized by the shareholder, or his or her attorney-in-fact. Any proxy duly executed is not revoked and continues in full force and effect until (i) a written instrument revoking it is filed with the Secretary of the corporation prior to the vote pursuant thereto, (ii) a subsequent proxy executed by the person executing the prior proxy is presented to the meeting, (iii) the person executing the proxy attends the meeting and votes in person, or (iv) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of such proxy is received by the corporation before the vote pursuant thereto is counted; provided that no such proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven (11) months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a proxy that states that it is irrevocable, is irrevocable for the period specified therein to the extent permitted by Section 705(e) and (f) of the General Corporation Law. The dates contained on the forms of proxy presumptively determine the order of execution, regardless of the postmark dates on the envelopes in which they are mailed.

(b)    As long as no outstanding class of securities of the corporation is registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or is not exempted from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of such Act, any form of proxy or written consent distributed to ten (10) or more shareholders of the corporation when outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 100 or more persons shall afford an opportunity on the proxy or form of written consent to specify a choice between approval and disapproval of each matter or group of related matters intended to be acted upon at the meeting for which the proxy is solicited or by such written consent, other than elections to office, and shall provide, subject to reasonable specified conditions, that where the person solicited specifies a choice with respect to any such matter the shares will be voted in accordance therewith. In any election of directors, any form of proxy in which the directors to be voted upon are named therein as candidates and which is marked by a shareholder “withhold” or otherwise marked in a manner indicating that the authority to vote for the election of directors is withheld shall not be voted for the election of a director.

Section 2.11    Validation of Defectively Called or Noticed Meetings.

The transactions of any meeting of shareholders, however called and noticed, and wherever held, are as valid as though had at a meeting duly held after regular call and notice, if a quorum is present either in person or by proxy, and if, either before or after the meeting, each of the persons entitled to vote, not present in person or by proxy, signs a written waiver of notice or a consent to the holding of the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meeting. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of and presence at such meeting, except when the person objects, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened and except that attendance at a meeting is not a waiver of any right to object to the consideration of matters required by these Bylaws or by the General Corporation Law to be included in the notice if such objection is expressly made at the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any regular or special meeting of shareholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice, consent to the holding of the meeting or approval of the minutes thereof, unless

 

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otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or unless the meeting involves one or more matters specified in Section 2.3(d) of these Bylaws.

Section 2.12    Action Without Meeting.

(a)    Directors may be elected without a meeting by a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, signed by all of the persons who would be entitled to vote for the election of directors, provided that, without notice except as hereinafter set forth, a director may be elected at any time to fill a vacancy not filled by the directors (other than a vacancy created by removal of a director) by the written consent of persons holding a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

Any other action that may be taken at a meeting of the shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, and without prior notice except as hereinafter set forth, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, is signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted.

(b)    Unless the consents of all shareholders entitled to vote have been solicited in writing:

(i)    notice of any proposed shareholder approval of (1) a contract or other transaction with an interested director, (2) indemnification of an agent of the corporation, (3) a reorganization of the corporation as defined in Section 181 of the General Corporation Law, or (4) a distribution in dissolution other than in accordance with the rights of outstanding preferred shares, if any, without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent, shall be given at least ten (10) days before the consummation of the action authorized by such approval; and

(ii)    prompt notice shall be given of the taking of any other corporate action approved by shareholders without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent to those shareholders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing. Such notices shall be given in the manner provided in Section 2.3 of these Bylaws.

(c)    Any shareholder giving a written consent, or the shareholder’s proxyholders, or a transferee of the shares or a personal representative of the shareholder or their respective proxyholders, may revoke the consent by a writing received by the corporation prior to the time that written consents of the number of shares required to authorize the proposed action have been filed with the Secretary of the corporation, but may not do so thereafter. Such revocation is effective upon its receipt by the Secretary of the corporation.

Section 2.13    Inspectors of Election.

(a)    In advance of any meeting of shareholders, the Board of Directors may appoint inspectors of election to act at the meeting and any adjournment thereof. If inspectors of election are not so appointed, or if any persons so appointed fail to appear or refuse to act, the chairman of any such meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder or the holder of such shareholder’s proxy shall, appoint inspectors of election (or persons to replace those who so fail or refuse) at the meeting. The number of inspectors shall be either one or three. If inspectors are

 

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appointed at a meeting on the request of one or more shareholders or holders of proxies, the majority of shares represented in person or by proxy shall determine whether one inspector or three inspectors are to be appointed.

(b)    The inspectors of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum and the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies; receive votes, ballots or consents; hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote; count and tabulate all votes or consents; determine when the polls shall close; determine the result; and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders.

(c)    The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 2.14    Advance Notice Procedures.

(a)    Advance Notice of Shareholder Business at Annual Meetings. At an annual meeting of the shareholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be brought: (A) pursuant to the corporation’s proxy materials (or any supplement thereto) with respect to such meeting, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (C) by a shareholder of the corporation who (1) is a shareholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in these Bylaws and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has timely complied in proper written form with the notice procedures and other requirements set forth in this Section 2.14(a) and, if applicable, Section 2.14(b). In addition, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, such business must be a proper matter for shareholder action pursuant to these Bylaws and applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, clause (C) above shall be the exclusive means for a shareholder to bring business before an annual meeting of shareholders.

(i)    To comply with clause (C) of the preceding paragraph, and whether the proposal relates to shareholder nominations of directors or other business, a shareholder’s notice must set forth all information required under this Section 2.14(a) or (b), as applicable, and must be timely received by the Secretary of the corporation. To be timely, a shareholder’s notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the 45th day nor earlier than the 75th day before the one-year anniversary of the date on which the corporation first mailed its proxy materials or a notice of availability of proxy materials (whichever is earlier) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that no annual meeting was held in the previous year or if the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 30 days prior to or delayed by more than 60 days after the one-year anniversary of the date of the previous year’s annual meeting, then, for notice by the shareholder to be timely, it must be so received by the Secretary not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i)

 

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the 90th day prior to such annual meeting, or (ii) the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement (as defined below) of the date of such annual meeting is first made. In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.14(a)(i). “Public Announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or a comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto (the “1934 Act”).

(ii)    To be in proper written form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth as to each matter of business the shareholder intends to bring before the annual meeting: (1) a brief description of the business intended to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (2) the name and address, as they appear on the corporation’s books, of the shareholder proposing such business and any Shareholder Associated Person (as defined below), (3) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person, (4) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of such shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit from share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of, such shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person with respect to any securities of the corporation, (5) any material interest of the shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person in such business, and (6) a statement whether either such shareholder or any Shareholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the corporation’s voting shares required under applicable law to carry the proposal (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (1) through (6), a “Business Solicitation Statement”). In addition, to be in proper written form, a shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must be supplemented not later than ten days following the record date to disclose the information contained in clauses (3) and (4) above as of the record date. For purposes of this Section 2.14, a “Shareholder Associated Person” of any shareholder shall mean (i) any person controlling, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with, such shareholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the corporation owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder and on whose behalf the proposal or nomination, as the case may be, is being made or (iii) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such person referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii).

(iii)    Without exception, no business proposed or to be proposed by any shareholder shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.14(a) and, if applicable, Section 2.14(b). In addition, business proposed to be brought by a shareholder may not be brought before the annual meeting if such shareholder or a Shareholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business or if the Business Solicitation Statement applicable to such business contains an untrue statement of a material fact

 

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or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that business was not properly brought before the annual meeting and in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.14(a), and, if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting that any such business not properly brought before the annual meeting shall not be conducted.

(b)    Advance Notice of Director Nominations at Annual Meetings. Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.14(b) shall be eligible for election or re-election as directors at an annual meeting of shareholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the corporation shall be made at an annual meeting of shareholders only (A) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors or (B) by a shareholder of the corporation who (1) was a shareholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in these bylaws and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting and (2) has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14(b). In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary of the corporation pursuant to Section 2.14(a)(i).

(i)    To comply with clause (B) of Section 2.14(b) above, a nomination to be made by a shareholder must set forth all information required under this Section 2.14(b) and must be received by the Secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation at the time set forth in, and in accordance with, the final three sentences of Section 2.14(a)(i) above.

(ii)    To be in proper written form, such shareholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth:

(1)    as to each person (a “nominee”) whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director: (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the nominee, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the nominee, (C) the class and number of shares of the corporation that are held of record or are beneficially owned by the nominee and any derivative positions held or beneficially held by the nominee, (D) whether and the extent to which any hedging or other transaction or series of transactions has been entered into by or on behalf of the nominee with respect to any securities of the corporation, and a description of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of the nominee, (E) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the shareholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nominations are to be made by the shareholder, (F) a written statement executed by the nominee acknowledging that as a director of the corporation the nominee will owe a fiduciary duty under California law with respect to the corporation and its shareholders, and (G) any other information relating to the nominee that would be required to be disclosed about such nominee if proxies were being solicited for the election of the nominee as a director, or that is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934

 

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Act (including without limitation the nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement, if any, as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and

(2)    as to such shareholder giving notice, (A) the information required to be provided pursuant to clauses (2) through (5) of Section 2.14(a)(ii) above, and the supplement referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.14(a)(ii) above (except that the references to “business” in such clauses shall instead refer to nominations of directors for purposes of this paragraph), and (B) a statement whether either such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person will deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of a number of the corporation’s voting shares reasonably believed by such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person to be necessary to elect such nominee(s) (such information provided and statements made as required by clauses (A) and (B) above, a “Nominee Solicitation Statement”).

(iii)    At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by a shareholder for election as a director must furnish to the Secretary of the corporation (1) that information required to be set forth in the shareholder’s notice of nomination of such person as a director as of a date subsequent to the date on which the notice of such person’s nomination was given and (2) such other information as may reasonably be required for the corporation to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as an independent director or committee member of the corporation under applicable law, including the rules and regulations of any stock exchange on which the corporation’s stock is listed or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such nominee; in the absence of the furnishing of such information if requested, such shareholder’s nomination shall not be considered in proper form pursuant to this Section 2.14(b).

(iv)    Without exception, no person nominated by a shareholder shall be eligible for election or re-election as a director of the corporation at an annual meeting of shareholders unless nominated in accordance with the provisions set forth in this Section 2.14. In addition, a nominee nominated by a shareholder shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The chairperson of the annual meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the annual meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions prescribed by these bylaws, and if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the annual meeting, and the defective nomination shall be disregarded.

(c)    Advance Notice of Director Nominations for Special Meetings.

(i)    For a special meeting of shareholders at which directors are to be elected, nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors shall be made only (1) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (2) by any shareholder of the corporation who (A) is a shareholder of record at the time of the giving of the notice of the meeting provided for in these Bylaws and on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at the special meeting and (B) delivers a timely written notice of the nomination to the Secretary of the corporation that includes the information set forth in Section 2.14(b)(ii) and Section 2.14(b)(iii)

 

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above. Such nomination must be received by the Secretary of the corporation at the principal executive offices of the corporation not later than the close of business on the later of the 60th day prior to the proposed date for such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which Public Announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. Such nomination shall be delivered personally or sent by registered mail or by telegraphic or other facsimile transmission to the Secretary of the corporation. A person shall not be eligible for election or re-election as a director at a special meeting unless the person is nominated (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or an authorized committee of the Board of Directors or (ii) by a shareholder in accordance with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.14(c). In addition, a nominee shall not be eligible for election or re-election if a shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person, as applicable, takes action contrary to the representations made in the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee or if the Nominee Solicitation Statement applicable to such nominee contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(ii)    The chairperson of the special meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare at the meeting that a nomination or business was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these Bylaws, and if the chairperson should so determine, he or she shall so declare at the meeting, and the defective nomination or business shall be disregarded.

(d)    Other Requirements and Rights. In addition to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a shareholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.14; provided, however, that any reference in this Section 2.14 to the 1934 Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder are not intended to and shall not limit the requirements applicable to business or nominations to be brought by a shareholder pursuant to this Section 2.14. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, a shareholder must comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to business such shareholder intends to bring before the annual meeting that involves a proposal that such shareholder requests to be included in the corporation’s proxy statement for an annual meeting, including the requirements of Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act. Nothing in this Section 2.14 shall be deemed to affect (1) any right of the corporation to omit a shareholder proposal from the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act or (2) any right of a shareholder to request inclusion of shareholder proposals in the corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act.

ARTICLE III

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 3.1    Powers; Approval of Loans to Officers.

(a)    Subject to the provisions of the General Corporation Law and any limitations in the Articles of Incorporation relating to action required to be approved by the shareholders or by the outstanding shares, the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all

 

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corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate the management of the day-to-day operation of the business of the corporation to a management company or other person provided that the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed and all corporate powers shall be exercised under the ultimate direction of the Board of Directors.

(b)    The corporation may, upon approval of the Board of Directors alone, make loans of money or property to, or guarantee the obligations of, any officer (whether or not a director) of the corporation or of its parent, or adopt an employee benefit plan authorizing such loans or guaranties provided that:

(i)    the Board of Directors determines that such a loan, guaranty, or plan may reasonably be expected to benefit the corporation;

(ii)    the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 100 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the General Corporation Law) on the date of approval by the Board of Directors;

(iii)    the approval by the Board of Directors is by a vote sufficient without counting the vote of any interested director(s); and

(iv)    the loan is otherwise made in compliance with Section 315 of the General Corporation Law.

Section 3.2    Number and Qualification of Directors.

The number of directors of the corporation shall not be less than four (4) nor more than seven (7) until changed by amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or by a Bylaw amending this Section 3.2 duly adopted by the vote or written consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares, provided that if the minimum number of directors is five or more, any proposal to reduce the minimum number of directors to a number less than five cannot be adopted if the votes cast against its adoption at a meeting, or the shares not consenting in the case of action by written consent, are equal to more than sixteen and two-thirds percent (16-2/3%) of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. The exact number of directors shall be fixed from time to time, within the limits specified in the Articles of Incorporation or in this Section 3.2, by a bylaw or amendment thereof duly adopted by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, or by the Board of Directors.

Subject to the foregoing provisions for changing the number of directors, the number of directors of the corporation has been fixed at seven (7).

Section 3.3    Election and Term of Office.

The directors shall be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders, but, if any such annual meeting is not held or the directors are not elected thereat, the directors may be elected at any special meeting of shareholders held for that purpose. Each director, including a director

 

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elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Section 3.4    Vacancies.

A vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be deemed to exist in case of the death, resignation or removal of any director, if a director has been declared of unsound mind by order of court or convicted of a felony, if the authorized number of directors is increased, if the incorporator or incorporators have failed to appoint the authorized number of directors in any resolution for appointment of directors upon the initial organization of the corporation, or if the shareholders fail, at any annual or special meeting of shareholders at which any director or directors are elected, to elect the full authorized number of directors to be voted for at that meeting.

Vacancies in the Board of Directors, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, may be filled by a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present, or if the number of directors then in office is less than a quorum, (a) by the unanimous written consent of the directors then in office, (b) by the vote of a majority of the directors then in office at a meeting held pursuant to notice or waivers of notice in compliance with these Bylaws, or (c) by a sole remaining director. Each director so elected shall hold office until his or her successor is elected at an annual or a special meeting of the shareholders. A vacancy in the Board of Directors created by the removal of a director may be filled only by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote represented at a duly held meeting at which a quorum is present, or by the written consent of all of the holders of the outstanding shares.

The shareholders may elect a director or directors at any time to fill any vacancy or vacancies not filled by the directors. Any such election by written consent other than to fill a vacancy created by removal shall require the consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Any such election by written consent to fill a vacancy created by removal shall require the unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors.

Any director may resign effective upon giving written notice to the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), the President, the Secretary or the Board of Directors of the corporation, unless the notice specifies a later time for the effectiveness of such resignation. If the resignation is effective at a future time, a successor may be elected to take office when the resignation becomes effective.

No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of the director’s term of office.

Section 3.5    Time and Place of Meetings.

The Board of Directors shall hold a regular meeting immediately after the meeting of shareholders at which it is elected and at the place where such meeting is held, or at such other place as shall be fixed by the Board of Directors, for the purpose of organization, election of officers of the corporation and the transaction of other business. Notice of such meeting is hereby dispensed with. Other regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held without notice at

 

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such times and places as are fixed by the Board of Directors. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any time whenever called by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), the President, any Vice-President, the Secretary or any two directors.

Except as hereinabove provided in this Section 3.5, all meetings of the Board of Directors may be held at any place within or without the State of California that has been designated by resolution of the Board of Directors as the place for the holding of regular meetings, or by written consent of all directors. In the absence of such designation, meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be held either at a place so designated or at the principal executive office of the corporation.

Section 3.6    Notice of Special Meetings.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be delivered personally to each director or communicated to each director by telephone, telegraph or mail, electronic mail message, charges prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address as it is shown upon the records of the corporation or, if it is not so shown on such records or is not readily ascertainable, at the place at which the meetings of the directors are regularly held. In case such notice is mailed, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four (4) days prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. In case such notice is delivered personally or by telephone, telegraph, facsimile or electronic mail message, as above provided, it shall be so delivered at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to the time of the holding of the meeting. Any such transmission of notice, as above provided, shall be due, legal and personal notice to such director. As used herein, notice by telephone shall be deemed to include a voice messaging system or other system or technology designed to record and communicate messages, or wireless, to the recipient, including the recipient’s designated voice mailbox or address on such a system.

Notice of a meeting need not be given to any director who signs a waiver of notice or a consent to holding the meeting or an approval of the minutes thereof, whether before or after the meeting, or who attends the meeting without protesting, prior thereto or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director. All such waivers, consents and approvals shall be filed with the corporate records or made a part of the minutes of the meetings.

Section 3.7    Action at a Meeting: Quorum and Required Vote.

(a)    Presence of a majority of the authorized number of directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business, except as hereinafter provided.

(b)    Members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting through use of conference telephone, electronic video screen communication or other communications equipment. Participation in a meeting through use of conference telephone pursuant to this subsection (b) constitutes presence in person at such meeting as long as all members participating in the meeting are able to hear one another. Participation in a meeting through use of electronic video screen communication or other communications equipment (other than conference telephone) pursuant to this subsection (b) constitutes presence in person at such

 

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meeting, if (1) each member participating in the meeting can communicate with all of the other members concurrently, (2) each member is provided the means of participating in all matters before the board, including, without limitation, the capacity to propose, or to interpose an objection to, a specific action to be taken by the corporation, and (3) the corporation adopts and implements some means of verifying that (a) a person participating in the meeting is a director or other person entitled to participate in the meeting, and (b) all actions of, or votes by, the board are taken or cast only by the directors and not by persons who are not directors.

(c)    Every act or decision done or made by a majority of the directors present at a meeting duly held at which a quorum is present is the act of the Board of Directors, unless a greater number, or the same number after disqualifying one or more directors from voting, is required by law, by the Articles of Incorporation, or by these Bylaws. A meeting at which a quorum is initially present may continue to transact business notwithstanding the withdrawal of directors, if any action taken is approved by at least a majority of the required quorum for such meeting.

Section 3.8    Action Without a Meeting.

Any action required or permitted to be taken by the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if all members of the Board of Directors shall individually or collectively consent in writing to such action. Such written consent or consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors. Such action by written consent shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of such directors.

Section 3.9    Adjourned Meeting and Notice.

A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn any meeting to another time and place. If the meeting is adjourned for more than twenty-four (24) hours, notice of any adjournment to another time or place shall be given prior to the time of the adjourned meeting to the directors who were not present at the time of the adjournment.

Section 3.10    Fees and Compensation.

Directors and members of committees may receive such compensation, if any, for their services, and such reimbursement for expenses, as may be fixed or determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

Section 3.11    Appointment of Executive and Other Committees.

The Board of Directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the authorized number of directors, designate one or more committees, each consisting of two or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent member at any meeting of the committee. The appointment of members or alternate members of a committee requires the vote of a majority of the authorized number of directors. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in these Bylaws, shall have all the authority of the Board of Directors, except with respect to:

 

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(a)    The approval of any action for which the General Corporation Law also requires shareholders’ approval or approval of the outstanding shares.

(b)    The filling of vacancies on the Board of Directors or in any committee.

(c)    The fixing of compensation of the directors for serving on the Board of Directors or on any committee.

(d)    The amendment or repeal of these Bylaws or the adoption of new Bylaws.

(e)    The amendment or repeal of any resolution of the Board of Directors that by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable.

(f)    A distribution to the shareholders of the corporation, except at a rate, in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board of Directors.

(g)    The appointment of other committees of the Board of Directors or the members thereof.

The provisions of Sections 3.5 through 3.9 of these Bylaws apply also to committees of the Board of Directors and action by such committees, mutatis mutandis (with the necessary changes having been made in the language thereof).

ARTICLE IV

OFFICERS

Section 4.1    Officers.

The officers of the corporation shall consist of the President, the Secretary and the Chief Financial Officer, and each of them shall be appointed by the Board of Directors. The corporation may also have a Chairman of the Board, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Controller, one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers as may be appointed by the Board of Directors, or with authorization from the Board of Directors by the President. The order of the seniority of the Vice Presidents shall be in the order of their nomination, unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors. Any two or more of such offices may be held by the same person. The Board of Directors may appoint, and may empower the President to appoint, such other officers as the business of the corporation may require, each of whom shall have such authority and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

All officers of the corporation shall hold office from the date appointed to the date of the next succeeding regular meeting of the Board of Directors following the meeting of shareholders at which the Board of Directors is elected, and until their successors are elected; provided that all officers, as well as any other employee or agent of the corporation, may be removed at any time at the pleasure of the Board of Directors, or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors, and upon the removal, resignation, death or incapacity of any officer, the Board of Directors or the President, in cases where he or she has been vested by the Board of Directors

 

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with power to appoint, may declare such office vacant and fill such vacancy. Nothing in these Bylaws shall be construed as creating any kind of contractual right to employment with the corporation.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Board of Directors, the President, or the Secretary of the corporation, without prejudice, however, to the rights, if any, of the corporation under any contract to which such officer is a party. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice or at any later time specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

The salary and other compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by resolution of or in the manner determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.2    The Chairman of the Board.

The Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed) shall, when present, preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform all the duties commonly incident to that office. The Chairman of the Board shall have authority to execute in the name of the corporation bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other written instruments to be executed by the corporation (except where by law the signature of the President is required), and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 4.3    The President.

Subject to such supervisory powers, if any, as may be given by the Board of Directors to the Chairman of the Board, the President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall perform all the duties commonly incident to that office. The President shall have authority to execute in the name of the corporation bonds, contracts, deeds, leases and other written instruments to be executed by the corporation. The President shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and, in the absence of the Chairman of the Board or if there is none, at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

Section 4.4    Vice-Presidents.

The Vice-Presidents (if there be such officers appointed), in the order of their seniority (unless otherwise established by the Board of Directors), may assume and perform the duties of the President in the absence or disability of the President or whenever the offices of the Chairman of the Board and President are vacant. The Vice-Presidents shall have such titles, perform such other duties, and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the President or these Bylaws may designate from time to time.

Section 4.5    The Secretary.

The Secretary shall record or cause to be recorded, and shall keep or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office and such other place as the Board of Directors may order, a book of minutes of actions taken at all meetings of directors and committees thereof and of

 

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shareholders, with the time and place of holding, whether regular or special, and, if special, how authorized, the notice thereof given, the names of those present at directors’ meetings, the number of shares present or represented at shareholders’ meetings, and the proceedings thereof.

The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office or at the office of the corporation’s transfer agent, a share register or a duplicate share register in a form capable of being converted into written form, showing the names of the shareholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each, the number and date of certificates issued for the same, and the number and date of cancellation of every certificate surrendered for cancellation.

The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all the meetings of the shareholders and of the Board of Directors and committees thereof required by these Bylaws or by law to be given, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws.

The President may direct any Assistant Secretary to assume and perform the duties of the Secretary in the absence or disability of the Secretary, and each Assistant Secretary shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may designate from time to time.

Section 4.6    The Chief Financial Officer.

The Chief Financial Officer shall keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained, adequate and correct accounts of the properties and business transactions of the corporation. The books of account shall at all reasonable times be open to inspection by any director.

The Chief Financial Officer shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the corporation with such depositaries as may be designated by the Board of Directors. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, shall render to the President and directors, whenever they request it, an account of all of the Chief Financial Officer’s transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the corporation, and shall have such other powers and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws.

The President may direct any Vice President to assume and perform the duties of the Chief Financial Officer set forth in this Section 4.6 in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, and such Vice President shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may designate from time to time.

Section 4.7    The Controller.

The Controller (if there be such an officer appointed) shall be responsible for the establishment and maintenance of accounting and other systems required to control and account for the assets of the corporation and provide safeguards therefor, and to collect information required for management purposes, and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may designate from time to time. The President may direct any Assistant Controller to assume and perform the duties of the Controller,

 

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in the absence or disability of the Controller, and each Assistant Controller shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed) or the President may designate from time to time.

ARTICLE V

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE INSTRUMENTS, RATIFICATION,

AND VOTING OF STOCKS OWNED BY THE CORPORATION

Section 5.1    Execution of Corporate Instruments.

In its discretion, the Board of Directors may determine the method and designate the signatory officer or officers or other person or persons, to execute any corporate instrument or document, or to sign the corporate name without limitation, except where otherwise provided by law, and such execution or signature shall be binding upon the corporation.

All checks and drafts drawn on banks or other depositaries on funds to the credit of the corporation, or in special accounts of the corporation, shall be signed by such person or persons as the Board of Directors shall authorize to do so.

The Board of Directors shall designate an officer who personally, or through his representative, shall vote shares of other corporations standing in the name of this corporation. The authority to vote shares shall include the authority to execute a proxy in the name of the corporation for purposes of voting the shares.

Section 5.2    Ratification by Shareholders.

In its discretion, the Board of Directors may submit any contract or act for approval or ratification of the shareholders at any annual meeting of shareholders, or at any special meeting of shareholders called for that purpose; and any contract or act that shall be approved or ratified by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the corporation shall be as valid and binding upon the corporation and upon the shareholders thereof as though approved or ratified by each and every shareholder of the corporation, unless a greater vote is required by law for such purpose.

Section 5.3    Voting of Stocks Owned by the Corporation.

All stock of other corporations owned or held by the corporation for itself, or for other parties in any capacity, shall be voted, and all proxies with respect thereto shall be executed, by the person authorized to do so by resolution of the Board of Directors, or in the absence of such authorization, by the Chairman of the Board (if there be such an officer appointed), the President or any Vice-President, or by any other person authorized to do so by the Chairman of the Board, the President or any Vice President.

 

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ARTICLE VI

ANNUAL AND OTHER REPORTS

Section 6.1    Reports to Shareholders.

The Board of Directors of the corporation shall cause an annual report to be sent to the shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, and at least fifteen (15) days (or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty-five (35) days) prior to the annual meeting of shareholders to be held during the next fiscal year. This report shall contain a balance sheet as of the end of that fiscal year and an income statement and statement of changes in financial position for that fiscal year, accompanied by any report thereon of independent accountants or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that the statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. This report shall also contain such other matters as required by Section 1501(b) of the General Corporation Law, unless the corporation is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is not exempted therefrom under Section 12(g)(2) thereof. As long as the corporation has less than 100 holders of record of its shares (determined as provided in Section 605 of the General corporation Law), the foregoing requirement of an annual report is hereby waived.

If no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, the corporation shall, upon the written request of any shareholder made more than 120 days after the close of such fiscal year, deliver or mail to the person making the request within thirty (30) days thereafter the financial statements for such year as required by Section 1501(a) of the General Corporation Law. A shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of any class of the corporation may make a written request to the corporation for an income statement of the corporation for the three-month, six-month or nine-month period of the current fiscal year ended more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the request and a balance sheet of the corporation as of the end of such period and, in addition, if no annual report for the last fiscal year has been sent to shareholders, the annual report for the last fiscal year, unless such report has been waived under these Bylaws. The statements shall be delivered or mailed to the person making the request within thirty (30) days thereafter. A copy of any such statements shall be kept on file in the principal executive office of the corporation for twelve (12) months, and they shall be exhibited at all reasonable times to any shareholder demanding an examination of the statements, or a copy shall be mailed to the shareholder.

The quarterly income statements and balance sheets referred to in this Section shall be accompanied by the report thereon, if any, of any independent accountants engaged by the corporation or the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that the financial statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation.

Section 6.2    Report of Shareholder Vote.

For a period of sixty (60) days following the conclusion of an annual, regular, or special meeting of shareholders, the corporation shall, upon written request from a shareholder, forthwith inform the shareholder of the result of any particular vote of shareholders taken at the meeting, including the number of shares voting for, the number of shares voting against, and the

 

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number of shares abstaining or withheld from voting. If the matter voted on was the election of directors, the corporation shall report the number of shares (or votes if voted cumulatively) cast for each nominee for director. If more than one class or series of shares voted, the report shall state the appropriate numbers by class and series of shares.

Section 6.3    Reports to the Secretary of State.

(a)    Every year, during the calendar month in which the original articles of incorporation were filed with the California Secretary of State, or during the preceding five calendar months, the corporation shall file a statement with the Secretary of State on the prescribed form, setting forth the authorized number of directors; the names and complete business and residence addresses of all incumbent directors; the names and complete business or resident addresses of the chief executive officer, the secretary, and the chief financial officer; the street address of the corporation’s principal executive office or principal business office in this state; a statement of the general type of business constituting the principal business activity of the corporation; and a designation of the agent of the corporation for the purpose of service of process, all in compliance with Section 1502 of the Corporations Code of California.

(b)    Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, if there has been no change in the information contained in the corporation’s last annual statement on file in the Secretary of State’s office, the corporation may, in lieu of filing the annual statement described in paragraph (a) of this section, advise the Secretary of State, on the appropriate form, that no changes in the required information have occurred during the applicable period.

ARTICLE VII

SHARES OF STOCK

Every holder of shares in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed in the name of the corporation by the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board (if there be such officers appointed) or the President or a Vice-President and by the chief financial officer or any Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by the shareholder. Any of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VII, pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors, the corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares by electronic or other means not involving any issuance of certificates, including provisions for notice to purchasers in substitution for the required statements on certificates under Sections 417, 418 and 1302 of the California General Corporation Law (as amended from time) or any successor statute and as may be required by the California Commissioner of Corporations in administering the California Securities Law of 1968, which system (i) has been approved by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, (2) is authorized in any statute of the United States, or (3) is in accordance with Division 8

 

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(commencing with Sections 8101) of the California Commercial Code (as amended from time to time) or any successor statute. Any system so adopted shall not become effective as to issued and outstanding certificated securities until the certificates therefor have been surrendered to the corporation.

Any such certificate or in the case of uncertificated shares, the initial transaction statement and written statements, shall also contain such legends or other statements as may be required by Sections 417 and 418 of the California General Corporation Law, the Corporate Securities Law of 1968, federal or other state securities laws, and any agreement between the corporation and the issue of the certificate.

Shares may be issued prior to full payment, under such restrictions and for such purposes as the Board of Directors or these Bylaws may provide; provided, however, that on the certificate issued to represent any such partly paid shares or, for uncertificated securities, on the initial transaction statement for such partly paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated.

No new certificate for shares shall be issued in lieu of an old certificate unless the latter is surrendered and cancelled at the same time; provided, however, that a new certificate will be issued without the surrender and cancellation of the old certificate if (1) the old certificate is lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken; (2) the request for the issuance of the new certificate is made within a reasonable time after the owner of the old certificate has notice of its loss, destruction, or theft; (3) the request for the issuance of a new certificate is made prior to the receipt of notice by the corporation that the old certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser; (4) the owner of the old certificate files a sufficient indemnity bond with or provides other adequate security to the corporation; and (5) the owner satisfies any other reasonable requirement imposed by the corporation. In the event of the issuance of a new certificate, the rights and liabilities of the corporation, and of the holders of the old and new certificates shall be governed by the provisions of Sections 8104 and 8405 of the California Commercial Code.

ARTICLE VIII

INSPECTION OF CORPORATE RECORDS

Section 8.1    General Records.

The accounting books and records and the minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, the Board of Directors and committees thereof of the corporation and any subsidiary of the corporation shall be open to inspection upon the written demand on the corporation of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder’s interests as a shareholder or as the holder of such voting trust certificate. Such inspection by a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts. Minutes of proceedings of the shareholders, Board, and committees thereof shall be kept in written form. Other books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form.

 

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A shareholder or shareholders holding at least five percent (5%) in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation or who hold at least one percent (1%) of such voting shares and have filed a Schedule 14A with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the election of directors of the corporation shall have (in person, or by agent or attorney) the right to inspect and copy the record of shareholders’ names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five (5) business days’ prior written demand upon the corporation or to obtain from the transfer agent for the corporation, upon written demand and upon the tender of its usual charges for such list, a list of the shareholders’ names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which it has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand. The list shall be made available on or before the later of five (5) business days after the demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled.

Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation and its subsidiaries. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts.

Section 8.2    Inspection of Bylaws.

The corporation shall keep at its principal executive office in California, or if its principal executive office is not in California, then at its principal business office in California (or shall otherwise provide upon written request of any shareholder if it has no such office in California) the original or a copy of these Bylaws as amended to date, which shall be open to inspection by the shareholders at all reasonable times during office hours.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS

Section 9.1    Right to Indemnification.

Each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved (as a party, witness, or otherwise), in any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (hereafter a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, or a person of whom he is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation that was a predecessor corporation of the corporation or of another enterprise at the request of such predecessor corporation, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of the Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee, or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee, or agent (hereafter an “Agent”), shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent authorized by statutory and decisional law, as the same exists or may hereafter be interpreted or amended (but, in the case of any such amendment or interpretation, only to the extent that such amendment or interpretation permits

 

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the corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than were permitted prior thereto) against all expenses, liability, and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes and penalties, amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, any interest, assessments, or other charges imposed thereon, and any federal, state, local, or foreign taxes imposed on any Agent as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Article) incurred or suffered by such person in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in, or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing for any of the foregoing in, any Proceeding (hereafter “Expenses”). The right to indemnification conferred in this Article shall be a contract right. It is the corporation’s intention that these bylaws provide indemnification in excess of that expressly permitted by Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, as authorized by the corporation’s Articles of Incorporation.

Section 9.2    Authority to Advance Expenses.

The right to indemnification provided in Section 9.1 of these Bylaws shall include the right to be paid, in advance of a Proceeding’s final disposition, Expenses incurred in defending that Proceeding; provided, however, that if required by the California General Corporation Law, as amended, the payment of Expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Agent to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized under this Article or otherwise. The Agent’s obligation to reimburse the corporation for Expense advances shall be unsecured and no interest shall be charged thereon.

Section 9.3    Right of Claimant to Bring Suit.

If a claim under Section 9.1 or 9.2 of these Bylaws is not paid in full by the corporation within thirty (30) days after a written claim has been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense (including attorneys, fees) of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending a Proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking has been tendered to the corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct that make it permissible under the California General Corporation Law for the corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed. The burden of proving such a defense shall be on the corporation. Neither the failure of the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper under the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the California General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant had not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

 

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Section 9.4    Provisions Nonexclusive.

The rights conferred on any person by this Article shall not be exclusive of any other rights that such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in an official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. To the extent that any provision of the Articles, agreement, or vote of the stockholders or disinterested directors is inconsistent with these bylaws, the provision, agreement, or vote shall take precedence.

Section 9.5    Authority to Insure.

The corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any Agent against any Expense asserted against or incurred by such person, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify the Agent against such Expense under applicable law or the provisions of this Article, provided that, in cases where the corporation owns all or a portion of the shares of the company issuing the insurance policy, the company and/or the policy must meet one of the two sets of conditions set forth in Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, as amended.

Section 9.6    Survival of Rights.

The rights provided by this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an Agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such person.

Section 9.7    Settlement of Claims.

The corporation shall not be liable to indemnify any Agent under this Article (a) for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected without the corporation’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (b) for any judicial award, if the corporation was not given a reasonable and timely opportunity, at its expense, to participate in the defense of such action.

Section 9.8    Effect of Amendment.

Any amendment, repeal, or modification of this Article shall not adversely affect any right or protection of any Agent existing at the time of such amendment, repeal, or modification.

Section 9.9    Subrogation.

In the event of payment under this Article, the corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Agent, who shall execute all papers required and shall do everything that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights.

 

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Section 9.10    No Duplication of Payments.

The corporation shall not be liable under this Article to make any payment in connection with any claim made against the Agent to the extent the Agent has otherwise actually received payment (under any insurance policy, agreement, vote, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder.

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

Section 10.1    Power of Shareholders.

New bylaws may be adopted or these Bylaws may be amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, or by the written assent of shareholders entitled to vote such shares, except as otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these Bylaws.

Section 10.2    Power of Directors.

Subject to the right of shareholders as provided in Section 10.1 of this Article X to adopt, amend or repeal these Bylaws, these Bylaws (other than a bylaw or amendment thereof providing for the approval by the Board, acting alone, of a loan or guarantee to any officer or an employee benefit plan providing for the same) may be adopted, amended or repealed by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may adopt a bylaw or amendment thereof changing the authorized number of directors only for the purpose of fixing the exact number of directors within the limits specified in the Articles of Incorporation or in Section 3.2 of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE XI

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions contained in the General Corporation Law as amended from time to time shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes a corporation as well as a natural person.

ARTICLE XII

CORPORATE SEAL

The corporate seal shall consist of a circular die bearing the name of the corporation, the state in which it was incorporated and the date of its incorporation. If and when authorized by the Board of Directors, a duplicate of the corporate seal may be kept and used by such officer or person as the Board of Directors may designate.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LITIGATION

Unless the corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (or, in the event that the United States District Court for the Northern District of California does not have jurisdiction, any other federal or state court of the State of California) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the corporation to the corporation or to the shareholders of the corporation, (c) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the California Corporations Code or the Articles of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the corporation that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. If any provision of this Article XIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any sentence of this Article XIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY

The undersigned does hereby certify that:

(1)    the undersigned is the Secretary of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California;

(2)    the foregoing Amended and Restated Bylaws of the corporation were duly and regularly adopted as such by the Board of Directors of the corporation and are now in full force and effect; and

(3)    the foregoing text is a full, true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the corporation with all amendments to the date of this Certificate.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name on September 2, 2015.

 

/s/ John Chi-Hung Hui
John Chi-Hung Hui,
Secretary of Pericom Semiconductor Corporation

 

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EX-99.1 4 d98193dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

VOTING AGREEMENT

THIS VOTING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of September 2, 2015, by and between DIODES INCORPORATED, a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (“Parent”), and the undersigned shareholder (“Shareholder”) of PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a corporation incorporated in the State of California (the “Company”).

RECITALS

A. Shareholder Owns certain securities of the Company.

B. Parent, PSI MERGER SUB, INC., a corporation incorporated in the State of California (“Merger Sub”), and the Company are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date herewith (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), which provides (subject to the conditions set forth therein) for the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”).

C. In the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock of the Company is to be converted into the right to receive the consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement.

D. Shareholder is entering into this Agreement in order to induce Parent to enter into the Merger Agreement.

AGREEMENT

The parties to this Agreement, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

SECTION 1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) Company Common Stock” shall mean the common stock, without par value, of the Company.

(b) Shareholder shall be deemed to “Own” or to have acquired “Ownership” of a security if Shareholder: (i) is the record owner of such security; or (ii) is the “beneficial owner” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of such security.

(c) Specified Period” shall mean the period commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the Termination Date.

(d) Subject Securities” shall mean: (i) all securities of the Company (including all shares of Company Common Stock and all options, restricted stock units, warrants and other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock) Owned by Shareholder as of the date of


this Agreement; and (ii) all additional securities of the Company (including all additional shares of Company Common Stock and all additional options, restricted stock units, warrants and other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock) of which Shareholder acquires Ownership during the Specified Period; provided, that any Subject Securities transferred as permitted by this Agreement shall from and after such transfer cease to be Subject Securities of Shareholder (but shall thereafter be “Subject Securities” under the similar Voting Agreement entered into by the transferee of such securities; provided, such Subject Securities were transferred during the Specified Period).

(e) Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (i) the date upon which the Merger Agreement is validly terminated in accordance with its terms, (ii) the Effective Time, (iii) the End Date, (iv) the date of any material modification, waiver or amendment to any provision of the Merger Agreement that reduces the amount, changes the form or otherwise adversely affects, in any material respect, the consideration payable to the holders of Company Shares pursuant to the Merger Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and (v) the mutual consent of Parent and Shareholder.

(f) A Person shall be deemed to have a effected a “Transfer” of a security if such Person directly or indirectly: (i) sells, pledges, encumbers, grants an option with respect to, transfers or disposes of such security or any interest in such security to any Person other than Parent (provided that the exercise by Shareholder of any Company Option held by Shareholder shall not be deemed a Transfer hereunder); or (ii) enters into an agreement or commitment contemplating the possible sale of, pledge of, encumbrance of, grant of an option with respect to, transfer of or disposition of such security or any interest therein to any Person other than Parent.

(g) Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF SUBJECT SECURITIES AND VOTING RIGHTS

2.1 Restriction on Transfer of Subject Securities. Subject to Section 2.3, during the Specified Period, Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly, cause or permit any Transfer of any of the Subject Securities to be effected.

2.2 Restriction on Transfer of Voting Rights. During the Specified Period, Shareholder shall not: (a) deposit any Subject Securities into a voting trust; or (b) grant a proxy or enter into a voting agreement or similar agreement (other than this Agreement) with respect to any of the Subject Securities, in each case in a manner which would or would reasonably be expected to (i) prevent or materially hinder the ability of Shareholder to perform any of Shareholder’s obligations hereunder, (ii) limit or reduce any of the rights of Parent hereunder or (iii) be inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement.

2.3 Permitted Transfers. Section 2.1 shall not prohibit a Transfer of Subject Securities by Shareholder (a) to any member of Shareholder’s immediate family, or to a trust for the benefit of Shareholder or any member of Shareholder’s immediate family, (b) by will or operation of law or upon the death of Shareholder, (c) in connection with or for the purpose of personal tax-planning or estate-planning, (d) to Affiliates of Shareholder, or (e) for charitable

 

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purposes or as charitable gifts or donations; provided, however, that a Transfer referred to in this Section 2.3 shall be permitted only if, as a precondition to such transfer, the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement. In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Shareholder may make: (A) with respect to Shareholder’s Company Options, Transfers of the underlying Subject Securities to the Company (or cancellations) in payment of the exercise price of the Shareholder’s Company Options, [and] (B) with respect to Shareholder’s Company Options or Company RSUs, Transfers or cancellations of the underlying Subject Securities to the Company in order to satisfy taxes applicable to the exercise of the Shareholder’s Company Options or receipt of such Company RSUs, [and (C) Transfers not for value of up to 40% of the Subject Securities then held by Shareholder; provided that such Transfer is consummated no earlier than 10 Business Days prior to the date for which the Company Shareholder Meeting is scheduled,]1 [and (D) Transfers not for value of up to 5% of the Subject Securities then held by Shareholder].2

SECTION 3. VOTING OF SHARES; PROXY

3.1 Voting Covenant. Shareholder hereby agrees that, during the Specified Period, at every meeting of the Shareholders of the Company, however called, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and in any written action by consent of shareholders of the Company, unless otherwise directed in writing by Parent and to the extent not voted by the Person(s) appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 hereof, Shareholder shall vote all shares of Company Common Stock owned of record by Shareholder and, subject to Section 3.3, all other Subject Securities (to the fullest extent of Shareholder’s right to do so):

(a) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement, the Merger, the Agreement of Merger and the Transactions; and

(b) against the following actions (other than the Merger and the Transactions): (A) any Acquisition Proposal (including any Superior Proposal) or (B) any other proposal or transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations to consummate the Merger set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled.

During the Specified Period, Shareholder shall not enter into any Contract or understanding with any Person to vote or give instructions in any manner inconsistent with clause “(a)” or clause “(b)” of the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict Shareholder from (i) acting in Shareholder’s capacity as a director, officer or employee of the Company or in Shareholder’s capacity as a trustee or fiduciary of any employee benefit plan or trust, to the extent applicable, it being understood that this Agreement shall apply to Shareholder solely in Shareholder’s capacity as a shareholder of the Company; or (ii) voting (including by proxy or written consent) in Shareholder’s sole discretion on any matter other than the matters referred to in this Section 3.1.

 

1  For Alex Hui and John Hui.
2  For Alex Hui.

 

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3.2 Irrevocable Proxy.

(a) Concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement Shareholder shall deliver to Parent a duly executed proxy in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit A, which proxy is coupled with an interest sufficient to support an irrevocable proxy and which shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent permitted by law until the Termination Date with respect to each and every meeting of shareholders of the Company or action or approval by written resolution or consent of shareholders of the Company solely with respect to the matters contemplated in Section 3.1 (at all times prior to the Termination Date) with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock and other Subject Securities referred to therein (the “Proxy”); provided that the Proxy shall automatically terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.

(b) Shareholder hereby revokes any and all prior proxies or powers of attorney given by the Shareholder with respect to the voting of any shares of Company Common Stock or other Subject Securities inconsistent with the terms of Section 3.1 hereof and agrees not to grant any subsequent proxies or powers of attorney with respect to the voting of any shares of Company Common Stock or other Subject Securities inconsistent with the terms of Section 3.1 prior to the Termination Date.

3.3 Conversion or Exercise. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall require Shareholder (or shall entitle any proxy of Shareholder) to (i) convert, exercise or exchange any option, warrants or convertible securities in order to obtain any underlying Subject Securities or (ii) vote, or execute any consent with respect to, any Subject Securities underlying such options, warrants or convertible securities that have not yet been issued as of the applicable record date for that vote or consent.

SECTION 4. WAIVER OF DISSENTERS’ RIGHTS

Shareholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees to cause to be waived and to prevent the exercise of, with respect to any shares of Company Common Stock or Subject Securities Owned by Shareholder, any rights of appraisal, any dissenters’ rights, any rights to demand payment of fair value for Subject Securities held by Shareholder under Chapter 13, and any similar rights relating to the Merger that Shareholder or any other Person who is the record owner of such shares of Company Common Stock or Subject Securities Owned by Shareholder may have by virtue of any shares of Company Common Stock or Subject Securities. Furthermore, Shareholder agrees not to exercise any rights of appraisal or dissenters’ rights that Shareholder may have (whether under applicable Law or otherwise) or could possibly have or acquire in connection with the Merger.

SECTION 5. NO SOLICITATION

Shareholder agrees that, during the Specified Period, Shareholder shall not knowingly, without limiting the last sentence of Section 3.1, directly or indirectly, take or authorize to be taken any action that the Company is prohibited from taking or authorizing to be taken pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Merger Agreement.

 

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SECTION 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDER

Shareholder hereby represents, warrants and covenants to Parent as follows as of the date hereof:

6.1 Authorization, etc. Shareholder has all requisite power, capacity and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Proxy and, with respect to the Subject Securities not Transferred in accordance with Section 2.3 hereof, to grant the rights to Parent set forth herein and therein and to perform Shareholder’s obligations hereunder and thereunder. This Agreement and the Proxy have been duly executed and delivered by Shareholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Shareholder, enforceable against Shareholder in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

6.2 No Conflicts or Consents.

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Proxy by Shareholder do not, and the performance of this Agreement and the Proxy by Shareholder will not: (i) conflict with, result in a breach or violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time or both), or violate any Law, order, or Contract applicable to Shareholder or by which Shareholder or any of Shareholder’s assets or properties is or may be bound or affected; or (ii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than Liens created by this Agreement) or restriction on any of the shares of Company Common Stock or Subject Securities Owned by Shareholder, in each case except for any conflict, violation, breach, default or Lien that would not, individually or in the aggregate, adversely affect Shareholder’s ability to exercise his, her or its voting power under Section 3.1 or grant the Proxy pursuant to Section 3.2 or otherwise grant to Parent the rights granted hereby.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Proxy by Shareholder do not, and the performance of this Agreement and the Proxy by Shareholder will not, require any approval or other consent of, or notice to, any Person other than pursuant to the applicable requirements, if any, under the Exchange Act and any other applicable U.S. state or federal securities laws, including any reports under Section 13(d) and 16 of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

6.3 Title to Securities. As of the date of this Agreement: (a) Shareholder holds of record (free and clear of any Liens (other than: (i) Liens created by this Agreement, or (ii) transfer restrictions provided under the Securities Act and the “blue sky” laws of the various states of the United States (the “Permitted Liens”)) that would adversely affect Shareholder’s ability to exercise his, her or its voting power under Section 3.1, grant the Proxy pursuant to Section 3.2 or otherwise grant to Parent the rights granted hereby and thereby and comply with all of the terms hereof and thereof) the number of outstanding shares of Company Common Stock set forth under the heading “Shares Held of Record” on the signature page hereof; (b) Shareholder holds the Company Options, Company RSUs, warrants and other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock set forth under the heading “Options and Other Rights” on the signature page hereof; (c) Shareholder owns beneficially and not of record (free and clear of

 

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any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) that would adversely affect Shareholder’s ability to exercise his, her or its voting power under Section 3.1, grant the Proxy pursuant to Section 3.2 or otherwise grant to Parent the rights granted hereby and thereby and comply with all of the terms hereof and thereof) the additional securities of the Company set forth under the heading “Additional Securities Beneficially Owned” on the signature page hereof; and (d) Shareholder does not directly or indirectly Own any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Company Options, Company RSUs, restricted shares, warrants or other rights to acquire (by purchase, conversion or otherwise) any shares of capital stock or other securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the shares and Company Options, Company RSUs, warrants and other rights set forth on the signature page hereof. Shareholder’s principal residence or place of business is set forth on the signature page hereto. If Shareholder is a married individual, he or she shall concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, cause his or her spouse to execute and deliver to Parent a consent of spouse in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.

6.4 Due Incorporation. If Shareholder is a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, Shareholder is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or constituted.

6.5 No Litigation. Shareholder agrees that Shareholder will not in Shareholder’s capacity as a shareholder of the Company bring, commence, institute, maintain, prosecute or voluntary aid any Action, claim, suit or cause of action, in law or in equity, in any court or before any Governmental Entity, which (i) challenges the validity or seeks to enjoin the operation of any provision of this Agreement or (ii) alleges that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Shareholder, either alone or together with the other Company voting agreements and proxies to be delivered in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, or the adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement by the Company’s Board of Directors, breaches any fiduciary duty of the Company’s Board of Directors or any member thereof.

SECTION 7. TERMINATION

This Agreement shall terminate automatically without any notice or other action by any party upon the Termination Date. Upon termination of this Agreement, no party hereto shall have any further obligations or liabilities under this Agreement and the Proxy shall be automatically revoked, terminated and of no further force and effect; provided, however, that the provisions of Section 8 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Further Assurances. During the Specified Period, Parent and Shareholder shall execute and deliver such additional transfers, assignments, endorsements, proxies, consents and other instruments as the other party may reasonably request to carry out the express terms of this Agreement.

8.2 Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such costs and expenses.

 

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8.3 Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to either party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received when received at the address or facsimile telephone number set forth beneath the name of such party below (or at such other address or facsimile telephone number as such party shall have specified in a written notice given to the other party):

if to Shareholder:

at the address set forth on the signature page hereof; and

if to Parent:

Diodes Incorporated

4949 Hedgcoxe Road, Suite 200

Plano, TX 75024

Attention: Keh-Shew Lu, Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (972) 731-3510

with a copy to:

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP

333 South Hope Street

Forty-Third Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Attention: Peter M. Menard, Esq.

Telephone No.: (213) 617-5483

Facsimile No.: (213) 443-2860

8.4 Severability. Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or the validity or enforceability of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the parties hereto agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified. In the event such court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the parties hereto agree to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision with a valid and enforceable term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision.

8.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Proxy and any other documents referred to herein or delivered pursuant hereto constitute the entire agreement between the parties with

 

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respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect thereto and are not intended to confer, and shall not be construed as conferring, upon any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder. No addition to or modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding upon either party unless made in writing and signed by both parties.

8.6 Assignment; Binding Effect. Except as provided herein, neither this Agreement nor any of the interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by either party, and any attempted or purported assignment or delegation of any of such interests or obligations shall be void. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon Shareholder and Shareholder’s heirs, estate, executors, successors and permitted assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Parent and its successors and permitted assigns. Without limiting any of the restrictions set forth in Section 2, Section 3 or elsewhere in this Agreement, this Agreement shall be binding upon any Person to whom any Subject Securities are transferred. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer on any Person (other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns) any rights or remedies of any nature.

8.7 Independence of Obligations. The covenants and obligations of Shareholder set forth in this Agreement shall be construed as independent of any other Contract or arrangement between Shareholder, on the one hand, and the Company or Parent, on the other. The existence of any claim or cause of action by Shareholder against the Company or Parent shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement of any of covenants or obligations of Shareholder under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as limiting any of the rights or remedies of any party under the Merger Agreement or any of the rights or remedies of the Company or Parent or any of the obligations of Shareholder under any Contract between Shareholder and Parent or any certificate or instrument executed by Shareholder in favor of Parent; and nothing in the Merger Agreement or in any other such Contract, certificate or instrument shall limit any of Shareholder’s obligations, or any of the rights or remedies of Parent, under this Agreement.

8.8 Specific Performance. The parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms or were otherwise breached. Each party agrees that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the other party of any covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement, such party shall be entitled (in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it, including monetary damages) to seek and obtain (a) a decree or order from a court of competent jurisdiction of specific performance to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant or obligation, and (b) an injunction restraining such breach or overtly threatened breach. Each party further agrees that neither the other party nor any other Person shall be required to obtain, furnish or post any bond or similar instrument in connection with or as a condition to obtaining any remedy referred to in this Section 8.8, and each party irrevocably waives any right he or it may have to require the obtaining, furnishing or posting of any such bond or similar instrument.

8.9 Non-Exclusivity. The rights and remedies of Parent and the Shareholder under this Agreement are not exclusive of or limited by any other rights or remedies which it may have, whether at law, in equity, by contract or otherwise, all of which shall be cumulative (and not alternative).

 

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8.10 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

(a) This Agreement and all disputes, controversies, cross-claims, third-party claims or other Proceedings of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with or relating to any matter which is the subject of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of California, without regard to Laws that may be applicable under conflicts of laws principles (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of California.

(b) Each of the parties hereto (i) consents to submit itself to the exclusive personal jurisdiction and exclusive venue of any United States federal court or California state court located in the City and County of San Francisco, California with respect to any dispute arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court, and (iii) agrees that it will not bring any action arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in a United States federal or state court sitting in the City and County of San Francisco, California, as described above. Nothing in this Section 8.10(b) shall prevent any party from bringing an action or proceeding in any jurisdiction to enforce any judgment entered by any United States federal court or California state court located in the City and County of San Francisco, California, as applicable. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the respective addresses set forth on the signature page hereof shall be effective service of process for any suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

8.11 Counterparts; Electronic Transmission. This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by facsimile or by electronic delivery shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms of this Agreement.

8.12 Captions. The captions contained in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

8.13 Waiver. No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other

 

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power, right, privilege or remedy. No party hereto shall be deemed to have waived any claim available to such party arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy of such party under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of such party; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.

8.14 Construction.

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, whenever the context requires: the singular number shall include the plural, and vice versa; the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders; the feminine gender shall include the masculine and neuter genders; and the neuter gender shall include masculine and feminine genders.

(b) The parties agree that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be applied in the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.

(c) As used in this Agreement, the words “include” and “including,” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.”

(d) Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Sections” and “Exhibits” are intended to refer to Sections of this Agreement and Exhibits to this Agreement.

8.15 No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in any of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Subject Securities. All rights, ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Subject Securities shall remain vested in and belong to Shareholder and none of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall have any authority to exercise any power or authority to direct Shareholder in the voting of any of the Subject Securities except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent and Shareholder have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

DIODES INCORPORATED

 

By

 

Title

 

SHAREHOLDER

 

Signature

 

Printed Name
Address:  

 

 

 

 

 

Facsimile:  

 

 

Shares Held of Record

  

Options and Other Rights

  

Additional Securities

Beneficially Owned

     
     

Signature Page to Voting Agreement


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF IRREVOCABLE PROXY

The undersigned shareholder (the “Shareholder”) of PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a corporation incorporated in the State of California (the “Company”), hereby irrevocably (to the fullest extent permitted by law) appoints and constitutes [        ] and DIODES INCORPORATED, a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (“Parent”), the sole and exclusive attorneys and proxies of the Shareholder, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote and exercise all voting rights (to the fullest extent of the Shareholder’s rights to do so) solely with respect to the matters expressly set forth in this proxy and with respect to: (i) the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company owned of record by the Shareholder as of the record date of any meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which such shares will be voted; and (ii) any and all other shares of capital stock of the Company which the Shareholder may acquire of record on or after the date hereof. (The shares of the capital stock of the Company referred to in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” of the immediately preceding sentence are collectively referred to as the “Shares.”) Upon the execution hereof, all prior proxies given by the Shareholder with respect to the voting of any Shares inconsistent with the terms of this proxy and Section 3.1 of the Voting Agreement (as defined below) are hereby revoked, and the Shareholder agrees that no subsequent proxies will be given with respect to the voting of any Shares inconsistent with the terms of this proxy and Section 3.1 of the Voting Agreement until after the Termination Date.

This proxy is irrevocable, is coupled with an interest and is granted in connection with, and as security for Shareholder’s performance under, the Voting Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between Parent and the Shareholder (the “Voting Agreement”), and is granted in consideration of Parent entering into the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, among Parent, PSI MERGER SUB, INC., a corporation incorporated in the State of California and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and the Company (as it may be amended from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”). This proxy will automatically terminate without any notice or other action by any party on the Termination Date (as defined in the Voting Agreement). Capitalized terms used in this Proxy and not defined in this Proxy have the meanings set forth in the Voting Agreement.

Each of the attorneys and proxies named above will be empowered, and may exercise this proxy, to vote the Shares at any time until the Termination Date at any meeting of the shareholders of the Company, however called, and in connection with any written action by consent of shareholders of the Company:

(a) in favor of the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement, the Merger, the Agreement of Merger and the Transactions; and

(b) against the following actions (other than the Merger and the Transactions): (A) any Acquisition Proposal (including any Superior Proposal) or (B) any other proposal or transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions to the Company’s obligations to consummate the Merger set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled.

 

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The Shareholder may vote the Shares on all other matters not referred to in this proxy, and Parent or any of the attorneys and proxies named above shall not exercise this proxy for any purpose other than the purposes expressly set forth in this proxy.

All authority herein conferred shall survive the death or incapacity of the Shareholder and this proxy shall be binding upon the heirs, estate, executors, successors and assigns of the Shareholder (including any transferee of any of the Shares).

Any term or provision of this proxy that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this proxy or the validity or enforceability of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this proxy is invalid or unenforceable, the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and this proxy shall be valid and enforceable as so modified.

Dated: September     , 2015

 

SHAREHOLDER

 

Signature

 

Printed Name
Number of shares of common stock of the Company owned of record as of the date of this proxy:

 

Signature Page to Proxy


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CONSENT OF SPOUSE

The undersigned, being the spouse of              (“Shareholder”), who has become a signatory to the Voting Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of September [    ], 2015, by and between DIODES INCORPORATED, a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (“Parent”), and Shareholder, hereby acknowledges that the undersigned has read the Agreement and knows its contents; that the undersigned is aware that by the provisions of the Agreement his or her spouse agrees to certain voting, transfer and other restrictions regard his or her direct and indirect interests in PERICOM SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION, a corporation incorporated in the State of California (the “Company”), either in his or her individual capacity or as trustee of a trust that holds such interests, including the community property interest thereof of the undersigned; that the undersigned hereby consents to and approves of the provisions of the Agreement and, to the extent of such community property interest, agrees to abide by the provisions of the Agreement.

To the extent the undersigned shall succeed to any or all of the interest of the undersigned’s spouse in the direct and indirect interests in the Company or the consideration to be received by the undersigned’s spouse in respect of the direct and indirect interests in the Company, whether by voluntary transfer or transfer by operation of law, property settlement agreement or pursuant to a dissolution of marriage proceeding, or by decree or order of court, or in any other manner, such interest shall be subject to all terms of the Agreement.

This Consent of Spouse shall be binding on the undersigned and on the undersigned’s successors, assigns, representatives, heirs and legatees.

This Consent of Spouse is not intended to alter and shall not alter the community property, separate property or quasi-community property status of any property of the undersigned or the spouse of the undersigned.

 

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The undersigned understands and agrees that (i) he or she has carefully read and fully understands all of the terms of this Consent of Spouse; and (ii) he or she is under no disability or impairment that affects his or her decision to sign this Consent of Spouse and knowingly and voluntarily intends to be legally bound by this Consent of Spouse.

 

 

Print Name:
Spouse of:

Signature Page to Consent of Spouse

EX-99.2 5 d98193dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

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Diodes Incorporated to Acquire Pericom Semiconductor Corporation

All-Cash Transaction Valued at Approximately $400 Million for Pericom’s $129 Million in TTM Revenue and Approximately $129 Million of Cash Equivalents as of June 27, 2015

Plano, Texas and Milpitas, California, – September 3, 2015 – Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets and Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq: PSEM), a worldwide supplier of high performance connectivity and timing solutions, today announced that Diodes Incorporated and Pericom have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger that provides for the acquisition of Pericom by Diodes.

Highlights of the transaction include:

 

  Combined trailing twelve months (“TTM”) reported revenue of approximately $1.0 billion and gross profit of approximately $337 million;

 

  Expected to be immediately accretive to Diodes’ GAAP earnings per share;

 

  Strengthens Diodes’ analog product offering and adds an extensive mixed-signal connectivity portfolio;

 

  Provides enhanced platform content for focused and emerging applications;

 

  Balances revenue contribution across target end markets;

 

  Enhances market and margin expansion opportunities with greater scale and value-added solutions; and

 

  Expected to result in operating and administrative efficiencies.

At the effective date of the merger, each share of Pericom will be converted into the right to receive $17.00 in cash, without interest. The aggregate consideration will be approximately $400 million. The purchase price represents a 40 percent premium to the closing price on September 2, 2015. The boards of both companies have approved the transaction, which is still subject to approval by Pericom’s shareholders, as well as other customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Commenting on the transaction, Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, President and Chief Executive Officer of Diodes, stated, “The proposed acquisition of Pericom accelerates the attainment of Diodes’ goal of a $1 billion annual revenue run rate with 35 percent gross margin, while being immediately accretive to earnings. This transaction broadens Diodes’ analog footprint and adds a strong mixed-signal connectivity offering that will drive expanded product content in target market applications. Also, Pericom’s extensive timing product lines complement Diodes’ standard product portfolio and broaden our analog footprint. We look forward to integrating the Pericom team into Diodes’ family as we work closely with our customers to familiarize them with our new expanded offerings.”

Also commenting on the proposed acquisition, Alex Hui, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pericom said, “Diodes’ size and scale provides an excellent platform for our products to gain access to a broader customer base and drive a higher level of growth than Pericom would be able to achieve as a standalone company. Most importantly, this transaction delivers significant value for our shareholders, as well as for our employees and customers


by creating the opportunity to be part of a larger organization and enabling even greater future success for Pericom.”

Diodes expects to fund the purchase price of the acquisition mainly by drawing down additional capital following a recent $200 million increase to its existing credit facility. Bank of America Merrill Lynch acted as sole lead arranger for the credit facility increase and financial advisor on the transaction. Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP acted as legal counsel to Diodes. Cowen and Company acted as exclusive financial advisor and Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal counsel to Pericom Semiconductor.

Conference Call and Slide Presentation Information

Diodes will host a conference call today at 12:00 p.m. Central Time (1:00 p.m. Eastern Time). This conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet with a slide presentation and can be accessed by all interested parties on the Investor section of Diodes’ website at http://www.diodes.com. On the call to discuss the proposed acquisition will be Dr. Keh-Shew Lu, Diodes’ President and Chief Executive Officer, Rick White, Diodes’ Chief Financial Officer, Mark King, Diodes’ Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Julie Holland, Diodes’ Vice President of Worldwide Analog Products, Laura Mehrl, Diodes’ Director of Investor Relations and Alex Hui, Pericom’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Investors and analysts are invited to participate on the call. To listen to the live call, please go to the Investor section of Diodes website and click on the Conference Call link at least fifteen minutes prior to the start of the call to register, download, and install any necessary audio software.

 

When:

   Thursday, September 3, 2015

Time:

   12:00 noon CT / 1:00 p.m. ET

Dial in:

   855-232-8957; outside the U.S. +1 315-625-6979

Participant Code:

  

31123932

Live Webcast:

   http://investor.diodes.com

For those unable to participate during the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call and will be available on Diodes’ website for approximately 60 days. The replay number is 855-859-2056 with a pass code of 31123932. International callers should dial +1 404-537-3406 and enter the same pass code at the prompt.

Further details of the transaction and arrangement are set out in Diodes’ Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 3, 2015.

About Diodes Incorporated

Diodes Incorporated (Nasdaq: DIOD), a Standard and Poor’s SmallCap 600 and Russell 3000 Index company, is a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes serves the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial, and automotive markets. Diodes’ products include diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, single gate logic, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect and temperature sensors; power management devices, including LED drivers, AC-DC converters and controllers, DC-DC switching and linear voltage regulators, and voltage references along with special function devices, such as USB power switches, load switches, voltage supervisors, and motor controllers. Diodes’ corporate headquarters and Americas’ sales office are located in Plano, Texas. Design, marketing, and engineering centers are located in Plano; San Jose, California; Taipei, Taiwan; Manchester, England; and Neuhaus, Germany. Diodes’ wafer fabrication facilities


are located in Kansas City, Missouri and Manchester, with two additional facilities located in Shanghai, China. Diodes has assembly and test facilities located in Shanghai and in Chengdu, China, as well as in Neuhaus and in Taipei. Additional engineering, sales, warehouse, and logistics offices are located in Taipei; Hong Kong; Manchester; Shanghai; Shenzhen, China; Seongnam-si, South Korea; and Munich, Germany, with support offices throughout the world. For further information, including SEC filings, visit Diodes’ website at http://www.diodes.com.

About Pericom Semiconductor

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: PSEM) enables serial connectivity with the industry’s most complete solutions for the computing, communications, consumer and embedded market segments. Pericom’s analog, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits, along with its frequency control products are essential in the timing, switching, bridging and conditioning of high-speed signals required by today’s ever-increasing speed and bandwidth demanding applications. Company headquarters is in Milpitas, California, with design centers and technical sales and support offices globally. Pericom and the Pericom logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pericom Semiconductor Corp in the U.S. and/or other countries. For more information, please visit http://www.pericom.com.

Additional Information About the Merger and Where to Find It

Pericom Semiconductor Corporation (“Pericom” or the “Company”) intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a proxy statement in connection with its proposed acquisition by Diodes and furnish or file other materials with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. The definitive proxy statement will be sent or given to the shareholders of the Company and will contain important information about the proposed transaction and related matters. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, PERICOM’S SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND THOSE OTHER MATERIALS (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND THE PARTIES TO THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by Pericom with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement from Pericom by contacting Pericom’s Investor Relations by telephone at (408) 232-9100, or by mail to Investor Relations Department, Pericom Semiconductor Corporation, 1545 Barber Lane, Milpitas, California 95035 or by going to Pericom’s Investor Relations page on its corporate website at www.pericom.com.

Participants in the Solicitation

Pericom, Diodes and their directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Pericom in connection with the proposed transaction. Information regarding the interests of these directors and executive officers in the transaction described herein will be included in the proxy statement described above. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of Pericom is included in Pericom’s proxy statement for its 2014 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on October 16, 2014, and is supplemented by other public filings made, and to be made, with the SEC by Pericom. Additional information regarding the directors and executive officers of Diodes is included in Diode’s proxy statement for its 2015 Annual Meeting, which was filed with the SEC on April 16, 2015, and is supplemented by other public filings made, and to be made, with the SEC by Diodes.


Forward-Looking Statements for Diodes

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Any statements set forth above that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such statements include statements as to: the expected benefits of the acquisition, including the acquisition being immediately accretive; the efficiencies, cost savings, revenues, and enhanced product offerings, market position, and design and manufacturing capabilities of Diodes after the acquisition; and other statements identified by words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “projects,” “plans,” “will” and similar expressions. Potential risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, such factors as: the possibility that the transaction may not be consummated, including as a result of any of the conditions precedent; the risk of superior acquisition proposal from other parties; the risk of Diodes being unable to obtain sufficient financing from lenders to complete the acquisition; the risk of global market downturn conditions and volatilities impacting the completion of the acquisition or the funding; the risk that Pericom’s business will not be integrated successfully into Diodes’; the risk that the expected benefits of the acquisition may not be realized, including the realization of the accretive effect of the acquisition; the risk that Pericom’s standards, procedures and controls will not be brought into conformance within Diodes’ operation; difficulties coordinating Diodes’ and Pericom’s new product and process development, hiring additional management and other critical personnel, and increasing the scope, geographic diversity and complexity of Diodes’ operations; difficulties in consolidating facilities and transferring processes and know-how; difficulties in reducing the cost of Pericom’s business; the diversion of our management’s attention from the management of our business; Diodes may not be able to maintain its current growth strategy or continue to maintain its current performance, costs and loadings in its manufacturing facilities; risks of domestic and foreign operations, including excessive operation costs, labor shortages, higher tax rates and Diodes’ joint venture prospects; unfavorable currency exchange rates; and the impact of competition and other risk factors relating to our industry and business as detailed from time to time in Diodes’ filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Recent news releases, annual reports and SEC filings are available at Diodes’ website: http://www.diodes.com and Pericom’s website: http://www.pericom.com. Written requests may be sent directly to Diodes or Pericom, or they may be e-mailed to: diodes-fin@diodes.com or ir@pericom.com.

Forward-Looking Statement for Pericom

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction; satisfaction of closing conditions to the consummation of the proposed transaction; the impact of the announcement of the proposed transaction on Pericom’s relationships with its employees, existing customers or potential future customers; and such other risks and uncertainties pertaining to the Pericom’s business as detailed in its filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. Pericom assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in this document.


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Diodes Contact:

Diodes Incorporated

Laura Mehrl

Director of Investor Relations

P: 972-987-3959

E: laura_mehrl@diodes.com

Investor Relations Contact:

Shelton Group Leanne Sievers

EVP, Investor Relations

P: 949-224-3874

E: lsievers@sheltongroup.com

Pericom Semiconductor Contact:

Kevin Bauer

Chief Financial Officer

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