TRULIA, INC.
Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
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As of December 31,
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2012
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2011
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ASSETS
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CURRENT ASSETS:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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100,017
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$
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7,041
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Short-term investments
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4,300
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Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $142 and $80 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011,
respectively
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6,095
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3,715
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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1,413
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524
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Total current assets
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107,525
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15,580
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Restricted cash
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385
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Property and equipment, net
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7,069
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5,548
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Goodwill
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2,155
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2,155
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Other assets
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1,830
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912
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TOTAL ASSETS
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$
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118,964
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$
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24,195
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Accounts payable
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$
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525
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$
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1,335
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Accrued liabilities
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2,916
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1,505
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Accrued compensation and benefits
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4,500
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2,042
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Deferred revenue
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13,296
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4,827
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Deferred rent, current portion
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444
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387
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Capital lease liability, current portion
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217
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292
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Long-term debt, current portion
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2,665
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730
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Other current liabilities
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330
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297
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Total current liabilities
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24,893
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11,415
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Deferred rent, net of current portion
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407
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638
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Capital lease liability, net of current portion
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16
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156
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Long-term debt, net of current portion
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7,094
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8,862
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Other long-term liabilities
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20
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85
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Total liabilities
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32,430
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21,156
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Commitments and contingencies (NOTE 7)
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STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY:
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Convertible preferred stock, par value of $0.000033 per share, issuable in Series A, B, C and D, no shares and 42,897,601 shares
authorized as of December 31, 2012 and 2011; no shares and 14,161,444 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011; aggregate liquidation preferences of nil and $33,609 as of December 31, 2012 and
2011
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Preferred stock, par value of $0.00001 per share as of December 31, 2012, 20,000,000 and zero shares authorized as of
December 31, 2012 and 2011; no shares issued or outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011
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Common stock, par value of $0.00001 and $0.000033 per share as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, 1,000,000,000 and 77,200,000
shares authorized as of December 31, 2012 and 2011; 27,552,818 and 6,919,892 shares issued as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively; 27,552,818 and 6,919,892 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and 2011,
respectively
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Additional paid-in capital
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133,659
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39,243
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Accumulated deficit
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(47,125
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)
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(36,204
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)
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Total stockholders equity
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86,534
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3,039
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
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$
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118,964
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$
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24,195
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-17
TRULIA, INC.
Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
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Year Ended December 31,
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2012
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2011
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2010
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Revenue
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$
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68,085
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$
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38,518
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$
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19,785
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Cost and operating expenses:
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Cost of revenue (exclusive of amortization of product development cost)
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9,999
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5,795
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3,657
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Technology and development
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20,199
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14,650
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8,803
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Sales and marketing
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33,747
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17,717
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8,638
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General and administrative
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13,659
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6,123
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2,501
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Total cost and operating expenses
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77,604
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44,285
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23,599
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Loss from operations
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(9,519
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)
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(5,767
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(3,814
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)
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Interest income
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50
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17
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15
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Interest expense
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(1,016
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)
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(389
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(39
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)
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Change in fair value of warrant liability
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(369
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)
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(16
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Loss before provision for income taxes
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(10,854
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)
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(6,155
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)
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(3,838
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Provision for income taxes
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(67
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)
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders
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$
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(10,921
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)
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$
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(6,155
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$
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(3,838
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Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
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$
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(0.87
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)
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$
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(0.92
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)
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$
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(0.64
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)
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Weighted average shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and
diluted
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12,538,769
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6,657,045
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6,016,550
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See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-18
TRULIA, INC.
Statements of Stockholders Equity
(In thousands, except share data)
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Convertible Preferred Stock
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Common Stock
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Additional
Paid-in
Capital
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Accumulated
Deficit
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Total
Stockholders
Equity
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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BalanceJanuary 1, 2010
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14,161,444
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$
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5,821,121
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$
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$
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34,473
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$
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(26,211
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)
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$
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8,262
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Issuance of common stock related to acquisition of Movity, Inc.
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542,689
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2,218
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2,218
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Issuance of common stock warrants in exchange for services
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16
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16
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Exercise of common stock options
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255,581
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113
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113
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Stock-based compensation
expense related to options granted
to employees and nonemployees
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|
371
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371
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Net loss and total comprehensive loss
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|
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|
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(3,838
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)
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(3,838
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)
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BalanceDecember 31, 2010
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14,161,444
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6,619,391
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37,191
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(30,049
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)
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7,142
|
|
Issuance of common stock warrants in exchange for services
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
Exercise of common stock options
|
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|
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|
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287,766
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
408
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
408
|
|
Exercise of common stock warrants
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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12,735
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|
|
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|
45
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|
|
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45
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|
Stock-based compensation expense related to options granted to employees
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,506
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,506
|
|
Net loss and total comprehensive loss
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(6,155
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)
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|
(6,155
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)
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BalanceDecember 31, 2011
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14,161,444
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6,919,892
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|
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39,243
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|
|
|
(36,204
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)
|
|
|
3,039
|
|
Issuance of common stock in connection with initial public offering net of offering costs
|
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5,900,000
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|
|
|
|
|
89,447
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|
|
|
|
|
|
89,447
|
|
Conversion of convertible preferred stock to common stock in connection with initial public offering
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|
|
(14,161,444
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)
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|
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|
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|
14,161,444
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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Conversion of preferred stock warrant to common stock warrant in connection with initial public offering
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
666
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
666
|
|
Exercise of common stock options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
541,445
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,681
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,681
|
|
Exercise of common stock warrant
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,380
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
Shares returned from escrow related to acquisition of Movity, Inc.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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(3,343
|
)
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|
|
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14
|
)
|
Stock-based compensation expense related to options granted to employees
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,636
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,636
|
|
Net loss and total comprehensive loss
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,921
|
)
|
|
|
(10,921
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BalanceDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
27,552,818
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
133,659
|
|
|
$
|
(47,125
|
)
|
|
$
|
86,534
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-19
TRULIA, INC.
Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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Year Ended
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
$
|
(10,921
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,155
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,838
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
3,585
|
|
|
|
2,496
|
|
|
|
963
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
2,570
|
|
|
|
1,484
|
|
|
|
354
|
|
Provision for doubtful accounts
|
|
|
95
|
|
|
|
176
|
|
|
|
82
|
|
Issuance of common stock warrants in exchange for services
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
93
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Change in fair value of warrant liability
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of debt discount
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of debt issue cost
|
|
|
30
|
|
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
|
|
(2,475
|
)
|
|
|
(1,427
|
)
|
|
|
(736
|
)
|
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
|
|
|
(889
|
)
|
|
|
(286
|
)
|
|
|
(71
|
)
|
Other assets
|
|
|
(13
|
)
|
|
|
(168
|
)
|
|
|
(487
|
)
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
(864
|
)
|
|
|
336
|
|
|
|
428
|
|
Accrued liabilities
|
|
|
1,811
|
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
(126
|
)
|
Accrued compensation and benefits
|
|
|
2,458
|
|
|
|
666
|
|
|
|
657
|
|
Deferred rent
|
|
|
(174
|
)
|
|
|
651
|
|
|
|
374
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
8,469
|
|
|
|
3,017
|
|
|
|
1,264
|
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
(65
|
)
|
|
|
85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
|
|
4,153
|
|
|
|
1,132
|
|
|
|
(1,120
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash acquired from acquisition of Movity, Inc.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
904
|
|
Increase in restricted cash and deposits
|
|
|
(764
|
)
|
|
|
(2,200
|
)
|
|
|
(2,100
|
)
|
Decrease in restricted cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,645
|
|
|
|
345
|
|
Reclass from restricted cash to short-term investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,300
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Maturities of short-term investments
|
|
|
4,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property and equipment
|
|
|
(5,506
|
)
|
|
|
(4,783
|
)
|
|
|
(2,628
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
|
|
(1,970
|
)
|
|
|
(6,638
|
)
|
|
|
(3,479
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from initial public offering, net of underwriting discounts
|
|
|
93,279
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments of costs related to initial public offering
|
|
|
(3,832
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,035
|
|
|
|
2,100
|
|
Repayment of notes payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments on long-term debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,045
|
)
|
|
|
(772
|
)
|
Repayments on capital lease liability
|
|
|
(334
|
)
|
|
|
(181
|
)
|
|
|
(34
|
)
|
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
1,680
|
|
|
|
408
|
|
|
|
113
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of common stock warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
90,793
|
|
|
|
8,152
|
|
|
|
1,407
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|
|
|
92,976
|
|
|
|
2,646
|
|
|
|
(3,192
|
)
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTSBeginning of period
|
|
|
7,041
|
|
|
|
4,395
|
|
|
|
7,587
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTSEnd of period
|
|
$
|
100,017
|
|
|
$
|
7,041
|
|
|
$
|
4,395
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
|
$
|
791
|
|
|
$
|
263
|
|
|
$
|
38
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for income taxes
|
|
$
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of preferred stock warrants in connection with debt financing
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
281
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock issued in connection with the acquisition of Movity, Inc
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,218
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation capitalized in product development costs
|
|
$
|
66
|
|
|
$
|
22
|
|
|
$
|
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of equipment under capital leases
|
|
$
|
119
|
|
|
$
|
439
|
|
|
$
|
155
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net change related to purchase of equipment in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
54
|
|
|
$
|
(584
|
)
|
|
$
|
699
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Conversion of preferred stock warrants to common stock warrants
|
|
$
|
666
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-20
TRULIA, INC.
Notes to Financial Statements
1. Organization and Description of Business
Trulia, Inc. (Trulia or the Company) was incorporated on June 1, 2005 in the state of
Delaware as Realwide, Inc. On September 22, 2005, the Company changed its name to Trulia, Inc. Trulias online marketplace and mobile applications help consumers research homes and neighborhoods and help real estate professionals market
themselves and their listings. The Companys subscription products also provide real estate professionals with access to transaction-ready consumers and help them enhance their online presence.
Initial Public Offering
In September 2012, the Company completed an initial public offering (IPO) in which the Company sold 5,900,000 shares of its common stock, which included 900,000 shares sold pursuant to the
exercise by the underwriters of an option to purchase additional shares, at a public offering price of $17.00 per share. In addition, another 1,000,000 shares were sold by certain selling stockholders. The Company received net proceeds of $89.4
million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company, from sales of its shares in the IPO. The Company did not receive any proceeds from sales by the selling stockholders. Immediately prior to
the completion of the IPO, all shares of the then-outstanding convertible preferred stock automatically converted into an aggregate of 14,161,444 shares of common stock, and an outstanding warrant to purchase convertible preferred stock
automatically converted into a warrant to purchase up to 120,961 shares of common stock.
Certain Significant Risks and
Uncertainties
The Company operates in a dynamic industry and, accordingly, can be affected by a variety of factors.
For example, management of the Company believes that changes in any of the following areas could have a significant negative effect on the Company in terms of its future financial position, results of operations, or cash flows: ability to obtain
additional financing; advances and trends in new technologies and industry standards; changes in certain strategic relationships or customer relationships; market acceptance of the Companys products; development of sales channels; loss of
significant customers; litigation or other claims against the Company; the hiring, training, and retention of key employees; and new product introductions by competitors.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The Companys financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of the accompanying financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts of assets and
liabilities reported, disclosures about contingent assets and liabilities, and reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Significant items subject to such estimates include: revenue recognition; allowance for doubtful accounts; the useful lives of
property and equipment; the recoverability of long-lived assets; the determination of fair value of the Companys common stock, stock options and preferred and common stock warrants; income tax uncertainties, including a valuation allowance for
deferred tax assets; and contingencies. The Company bases these estimates on historical and anticipated results, trends and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances, including assumptions as to
future events. These estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and recorded revenue and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
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Concentrations of Credit Risk and Credit Evaluations
Financial instruments which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash
equivalents, short-term investments and trade accounts receivable. The Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments with major financial institutions that management believes are of high credit quality; however, at
times, balances exceed federally insured limits.
The Companys accounts receivable are derived from customers in the
United States of America. The Company does not require its customers to provide collateral to support accounts receivable. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers financial condition and maintains allowances for
estimated credit losses. Actual credit losses may differ from the Companys estimates. No customer represented 10% or more of total revenue during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010. One customer accounted for 10.4% of the
Companys gross accounts receivable as of December 31, 2012, no customer accounted for 10% of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2011.
Revenue Recognition
The Companys revenue is derived from
selling subscription products to real estate professionals and from display advertising sold to brand advertisers that operate in the real estate ecosystem. The Company recognizes revenue when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists,
(ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered to the customer, (iii) the fee is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured. The Company considers a signed agreement, a binding insertion order or
other similar documentation reflecting the terms and conditions under which products will be provided to be persuasive evidence of an arrangement. Collectability is assessed based on a number of factors, including payment history and the
creditworthiness of a customer. If it is determined that collection is not reasonably assured, revenue is not recognized until collection becomes reasonably assured, which is generally upon receipt of cash. The Company does not request collateral
from its customers.
The Companys revenues include marketplace revenue and media revenue.
Marketplace revenue consists primarily of subscription-based revenue. The fixed-fee subscription-based revenue is recognized ratably over
the period the service is provided.
Media revenue primarily consists of advertising sales on a cost per thousand impressions
(CPM) or cost per click (CPC) basis to advertisers. The Company recognizes these revenues in the period the clicks or impressions are delivered to the client.
Multiple-Element Arrangements
The Company enters into arrangements with customers that include combinations of CPC media placements, CPM media placements, and subscription products.
For the year ended December 31, 2010, because the Company had not yet established the fair value for each element, advertising
revenue was recognized ratably over the contract term.
Beginning on January 1, 2011, the Company adopted new
authoritative guidance on multiple-element arrangements, using the prospective method for all arrangements entered into or materially modified from the date of adoption. Under this new guidance, the Company allocates arrangement consideration in
multiple-element revenue arrangements at the inception of an arrangement to all deliverables or those packages in which all components of the package are delivered at the same time, based on the relative selling price method in accordance with the
selling price hierarchy, which includes: (i) vendor-specific objective evidence (VSOE) if
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available; (ii) third-party evidence (TPE) if VSOE is not available; and (iii) best estimate of selling price (BESP) if neither VSOE nor TPE is available.
VSOE-
The Company determines VSOE based on its historical pricing and discounting practices for the specific
product when sold separately. In determining VSOE, the Company requires that a substantial majority of the standalone selling prices for these products fall within a reasonably narrow pricing range. For certain subscription products, the Company has
been able to establish VSOE.
TPE-
When VSOE cannot be established for deliverables in multiple-element
arrangements, the Company applies judgment with respect to whether it can establish a selling price based on TPE. TPE is determined based on competitor prices for similar deliverables when sold separately. Generally, the Companys go-to-market
strategy differs from that of its peers and its offerings contain a significant level of differentiation such that the comparable pricing of the products cannot be obtained. Furthermore, the Company is unable to reliably determine what similar
competitor selling prices are on a standalone basis. As a result, the Company has not been able to establish selling price based on TPE.
BESP-
When the Company is unable to establish selling price using VSOE or TPE, the Company uses BESP in its allocation of arrangement consideration. The objective of BESP is to determine the
price at which the Company would transact a sale if the service was sold regularly on a standalone basis. As the Company has not been able to establish VSOE or TPE for CPM media placements, CPC media placements, and certain subscription products,
the Company determines BESP for these deliverables based on the following:
|
|
|
The list price represents a component of the go-to-market strategy established by senior management. The Companys list prices are based on the
features of the products offered. These features, which consist of the size and placement of the advertisements on the Companys website, impact the list prices which vary depending on the specifications of the features. In addition, the list
prices are impacted by market conditions, including the conditions of the real estate market and economy in general, and the Companys competitive landscape; and
|
|
|
|
Analysis of the Companys selling prices for these deliverables.
|
The Company limits the amount of allocable arrangement consideration to amounts that are fixed or determinable and that are not
contingent on future performance or future deliverables. The Company regularly reviews BESP. Changes in assumptions or judgments or changes to the elements in the arrangement could cause a material increase or decrease in the amount of revenue that
the Company reports in a particular period.
The Company recognizes the relative fair value of the products as they are
delivered assuming all other revenue recognition criteria are met.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of expenses related to operating the Companys website and mobile applications, including those
associated with the operation of the Companys data center, hosting fees, customer service related headcount expenses including salaries, bonuses, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, licensed content, credit card fees, third-party
contractor fees and other allocated overhead.
Technology and Development
Costs to research and develop the Companys products are expensed as incurred. These costs consist primarily of technology and
development headcount related expenses including salaries, bonuses, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, third party contractor fees and allocated overhead primarily associated with developing new technologies. Technology and development
also includes amortization of capitalized costs (product development costs) associated with the development of the Companys marketplace.
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Product Development Costs
Product development costs include costs related to the development of the Companys marketplace which is inclusive of costs related
to the development of the Companys delivery points, the website and mobile applications. Product development costs are accounted for as follows: all costs incurred in the preliminary project and post-implementation stages are expensed as
incurred while certain costs incurred in the application development stage of a new product or projects to provide significant additional functionality to existing products are capitalized if certain criteria are met. Maintenance and enhancement
costs are typically expensed as incurred. The Company capitalized costs associated with product development of $2.5 million, $1.3 million and $851,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively, and recorded
related amortization expenses of $1.1 million, $708,000 and $366,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. The net book value of capitalized product development costs was $2.0 million and $1.1 million as of
December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Such costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, which has been estimated to be two years. Amortization expense is included in technology and
development in the statements of operations.
Advertising Expense
Advertising costs are expensed when incurred and are included in sales and marketing expenses in the accompanying statements of
operations. The Companys advertising expenses were $2.6 million, $459,000 and $127,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company recognizes compensation costs
related to stock options and restricted stock units granted to employees based on the estimated fair value of the awards on the date of grant, net of estimated forfeitures. The Company estimates the grant date fair value of option grants, and the
resulting stock-based compensation expense, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The grant date fair value of the stock-based awards is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is the vesting period of
the respective awards.
The Company accounts for stock options issued to nonemployees based on the fair value of the awards
determined using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The fair value of stock options granted to nonemployees are remeasured as the stock options vest, and the resulting change in value, if any, is recognized in the statement of operations during
the period the related services are rendered.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and
liabilities are measured based on differences between the financial reporting and the tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance
is established to reduce net deferred tax assets to amounts that are more likely than not to be realized.
The Company
accounts for uncertainty in tax positions recognized in the financial statements by recognizing a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions
of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits. Income tax positions must meet a more-likely-than-not recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized.
The Companys policy for classifying interest and penalties associated with unrecognized income tax benefits is to include such
items as tax expense.
F-24
Comprehensive Loss
During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company did not have any other comprehensive income and, therefore, the
net loss and comprehensive loss were the same for all periods presented.
Net Loss per Share Attributable to Common
Stockholders
The Company calculates its basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders in
conformity with the two-class method required for companies with participating securities. Immediately prior to the completion of the Companys IPO in September 2012, all shares of outstanding preferred stock automatically converted into
14,161,444 shares of common stock. In addition, the Companys outstanding preferred stock warrants converted into 56,504 common stock warrants. Under the two-class method, in periods when the Company has net income, net income attributable to
common stockholders is determined by allocating undistributed earnings, calculated as net income less current period convertible preferred stock non-cumulative dividends, between common stock and the convertible preferred stock. In computing diluted
net income attributable to common stockholders, undistributed earnings are re-allocated to reflect the potential impact of dilutive securities. The Companys basic net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is calculated by dividing
the net loss attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. The diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by giving effect to all potential
dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding for the period. For purposes of this calculation, options to purchase common stock, and common stock warrants are considered common stock equivalents but have been excluded from the calculation of
diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders as their effect is antidilutive.
Cash and Cash
Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investments with original maturities of three
months or less at the time of acquisition. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, cash equivalents consisted of money market funds. All credit card and debit card transactions that process within one business day are also classified as cash and cash
equivalents. The amounts due from third party merchant processors for these transactions classified as cash totaled $135,000 and $207,000 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
Short-term Investments
The Companys short-term investments consist of certificates of deposit with maturities of 12 months or less from the balance sheet date. Short-term investments are reported at cost, which
approximates fair value, as of each balance sheet date.
Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers. Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced
amounts, net of the Companys estimated allowances for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is estimated based on an assessment of the Companys ability to collect on customer accounts receivable. The Company regularly
reviews the allowance by considering certain factors such as historical experience, industry data, credit quality, age of accounts receivable balances and current economic conditions that may affect a customers ability to pay. In cases where
the Company is aware of circumstances that may impair a specific customers ability to meet their financial obligations, the Company records a specific allowance against amounts due from the customer and thereby reduces the net recognized
receivable to the amount the Company reasonably believes will be collected. The Company writes-off accounts receivable against the allowance when it determines the balance is uncollectible and no longer actively pursues collection of the receivable.
Write-offs of accounts receivable to bad debt expense were $95,000, $176,000 and $82,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.
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Restricted Cash
Restricted cash consists of certificates of deposit held as collateral at a financial institution related to a property lease in the name
of the Company, and to insure the corporate credit card spending. These certificates of deposit have contractual maturities of 12 months or less. The balance of the restricted cash was $385,000 and nil as of December 31, 2012 and 2011,
respectively.
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment are initially recorded at cost and depreciated using a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Maintenance and repair costs are charged to expense as
incurred. The useful lives of the Companys property and equipment are as follows:
|
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
2 to 3 years
|
Office equipment, furniture and fixtures
|
|
3 years
|
Capitalized product development costs
|
|
2 years
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
Shorter of the lease term or estimated useful life
|
Depreciation expense of assets acquired through capital leases is included in depreciation and
amortization expense in the statements of operations.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the aggregate purchase price paid over the fair value of the net tangible assets acquired. Goodwill is
not amortized and is tested for impairment at least annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value may not be recoverable. The Company has determined that it operates as one reporting unit and has selected
December 1 as the date to perform its annual impairment test. In the valuation of its goodwill, the Company must make assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows to be derived from the Company. If these estimates or their related
assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record impairment for these assets. The first step of the impairment test involves comparing the fair value of the reporting unit to its net book value, including goodwill. If the net
book value exceeds its fair value, then the Company would perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the amount of the impairment loss. The impairment loss would be calculated by comparing the implied fair value of the
Company to its net book value. In calculating the implied fair value of the Companys goodwill, the fair value of the Company would be allocated to all of the other assets and liabilities based on their fair values. The excess of the fair value
of the Company over the amount assigned to its other assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. An impairment loss would be recognized when the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. The Company was not
required to perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test during the years ended December 31, 2012 or 2011. There was no impairment of goodwill recorded for the years ended December 31, 2012 or 2011.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and
used is measured first by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If such assets are considered to be impaired, an impairment loss would be recognized when the
carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. To date, the Company believes that no such impairment has occurred.
F-26
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying values of the Companys financial instruments, including cash equivalents, short-term investments, accounts receivable
and accounts payable, approximated their fair values due to the short period of time to maturity or repayment. The carrying value of the restricted cash approximates its fair value due to the short period of time to maturity. The carrying amount of
the Companys preferred stock warrants represent their fair value. Long-term debt is stated at the carrying value as the stated interest rate approximates market rates currently available to the Company. Fair value is defined as the exchange
price that would be received for an asset or an exit price paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation
techniques used to measure fair value must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The current accounting guidance for fair value measurements defines a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosures as
follows:
Level IUnadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;
Level IIInputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable, unadjusted quoted prices in markets that are
not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data; and
Level
IIIUnobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity, which requires the Company to develop its own assumptions.
The categorization of a financial instrument within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Companys financial
instruments consist of Level I assets and liabilities and Level III liabilities. Level I assets include highly liquid money market funds that are included in cash and cash equivalents and certificates of deposit that are included as short-term
investments. Level I liabilities consist of long-term debt. Level III liabilities consist of the preferred stock warrant liability. The fair values of the outstanding preferred stock warrants were measured upon issuance and at each period end using
a Monte Carlo model. Inputs used to determine the estimated fair value of the warrant liability include the estimated fair value of the underlying stock at the valuation date, the estimated term of the warrants, risk-free interest rates, expected
dividends, and the expected volatility of the underlying stock.
Deferred Revenue
Deferred revenue consists of prepaid but unrecognized subscription revenue, advertising fees received or billed in advance of delivery and
for amounts received in instances when revenue recognition criteria has not been met. Deferred revenue is recognized when all revenue recognition criteria have been met.
Preferred Stock Warrant Liability
The Companys warrants to
purchase convertible preferred stock were classified as liabilities and recorded in other current liabilities within the accompanying balance sheets at fair value upon issuance because these warrants contained certain anti-dilution provisions which
required the Company to lower the exercise price of the warrants upon any future down-round financings. Therefore, the warrants were subject to remeasurement to fair value at each balance sheet date, and any change in fair value was recognized in
the statements of operations. At the time of issuance, the aggregate fair value of these warrants were determined using a Monte Carlo model. The Company adjusted the liability quarterly for changes in fair value using a Monte Carlo model until the
completion of the IPO in September 2012. Upon conversion of the underlying preferred stock, the related warrant liability was remeasured to fair value and the remaining liability was reclassified to additional paid-in capital.
Segments
The Companys chief operating decision maker is its chief executive officer. The chief executive officer reviews financial information accompanied by information about revenue by product line for
purposes of
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allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company has one business activity and there are no segment managers who are held accountable for operations, or operating results
for levels or components. In addition, the Companys operation and customers are located only in the United States of America. Accordingly, the Company has a single reporting segment and operating unit structure.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements
Under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), the Company meets the definition of an emerging growth company. The Company has irrevocably elected to opt out of the extended
transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards pursuant to Section 107(b) of the JOBS Act.
In
May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04,
Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS)
. This pronouncement was
issued to provide a consistent definition of fair value and ensure that the fair value measurement and disclosure requirements are similar between U.S. GAAP and IFRS. ASU 2011-04 changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the
disclosure requirements particularly for Level III fair value measurements. This pronouncement is effective for reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011, with early adoption prohibited. The Company adopted this standard in
January 2012 as reflected in Note 3 of these financial statements.
In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-05,
Presentation of Comprehensive Income
, which requires an entity to present total comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive
income or in two separate but consecutive statements and eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders equity. In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU
No. 2011-12,
Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05
, which defers the requirement
within ASU 2011-05 to present on the face of the financial statements the effects of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income for all periods presented. During the
deferral period, entities should continue to report reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect prior to the issuance of ASU 2011-05. The Company early adopted this guidance
on January 1, 2012, retrospectively. During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company did not have any other comprehensive income and, therefore, the net loss and comprehensive loss was the same for all periods
presented.
In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-08,
IntangiblesGoodwill and Other (Topic 350)
.
The amended guidance will allow companies to assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more-likely-than-not that goodwill might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test required. This
pronouncement is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2012. The adoption of this accounting standard update does not have any material impact on the Companys
results of operations or financial position.
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3. Fair Value Measurements
The Company measures and reports its cash equivalents, short-term investments, restricted cash and preferred stock
warrant liability at fair value on a recurring basis. The Companys cash equivalents and short-term investments are invested in money market funds and certificates of deposit. The following table sets forth the fair value of the Companys
financial assets and liabilities remeasured on a recurring basis, by level within the fair value hierarchy (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
Level I
|
|
|
Level II
|
|
|
Level III
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Financial Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
6,681
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,681
|
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
385
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
385
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total financial assets
|
|
$
|
7,066
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,066
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2011
|
|
|
|
Level I
|
|
|
Level II
|
|
|
Level III
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Financial Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money market funds
|
|
$
|
6,678
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,678
|
|
Certificate of deposit
|
|
|
4,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total financial assets
|
|
$
|
10,978
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
10,978
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock warrant liability
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
297
|
|
|
$
|
297
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
None of the cash equivalents, short-term investments or restricted cash held by the Company had
unrealized losses and there were no realized losses for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011. There were no other-than-temporary impairments for these instruments as of December 31, 2012 or 2011. As of December 31, 2011, the
contractual maturity of all certificates of deposit was less than one year.
Level III instruments consisted solely of the
Companys preferred stock warrant liability in which the fair value was measured using a Monte Carlo model. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the preferred stock warrant liability were the fair value of
the underlying stock at the valuation date and the estimated term of the warrants. Generally, increases (decreases) in the fair value of the underlying stock and estimated term would result in a directionally similar impact to the fair value
measurement.
Upon completion of the Companys IPO in September 2012 the preferred stock warrants had converted into
common stock warrants and were no longer carried as a liability recorded at fair value at December 31, 2012. The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Companys Level III financial liabilities for the
years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Fair valuebeginning of period
|
|
$
|
297
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Issuance of preferred stock warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
281
|
|
Change in fair value of Level III financial liabilities
|
|
|
369
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
Reclassification of warrant liability to stockholders equity
|
|
|
(666
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fair valueend of period
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
297
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The gains and losses from remeasurement of Level III financial liabilities are recorded
through the change in fair value of warrant liability in the statements of operations.
4.
|
Balance Sheet Components
|
Property and Equipment
Property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Computer equipment
|
|
$
|
6,078
|
|
|
$
|
4,459
|
|
Capitalized product development costs
|
|
|
3,230
|
|
|
|
2,998
|
|
Furniture and fixtures
|
|
|
974
|
|
|
|
630
|
|
Leasehold improvements
|
|
|
2,314
|
|
|
|
2,041
|
|
Software
|
|
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment not yet in service
|
|
|
614
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and equipment, gross
|
|
|
13,221
|
|
|
|
10,128
|
|
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(6,152
|
)
|
|
|
(4,580
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property and equipment, net
|
|
$
|
7,069
|
|
|
$
|
5,548
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, property and equipment under capital lease, included within the
computer equipment balance above, amounted to $865,000 and $729,000, respectively, with accumulated depreciation of $492,000 and $215,000, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and
2010 was $3.6 million, $2.5 million and $963,000, respectively.
Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Legal and professional fees
|
|
$
|
767
|
|
|
$
|
326
|
|
Marketing expenses
|
|
|
304
|
|
|
|
162
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
102
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
Sales taxes
|
|
|
446
|
|
|
|
137
|
|
Payroll taxes
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
|
107
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1,063
|
|
|
|
694
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
2,916
|
|
|
$
|
1,505
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued Compensation and Benefits
Accrued compensation and benefits consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Bonus
|
|
$
|
349
|
|
|
$
|
968
|
|
Payroll and related expenses
|
|
|
1,978
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commissions
|
|
|
1,282
|
|
|
|
223
|
|
Vacation
|
|
|
891
|
|
|
|
851
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total accrued compensation and benefits
|
|
$
|
4,500
|
|
|
$
|
2,042
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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5.
|
Movity, Inc. Acquisition
|
On December 10, 2010, the Company entered into an Agreement of Plan of Merger (Movity Agreement) to
acquire Movity, Inc. (Movity), a privately held geographic data company which was founded in January 2010. The acquisition, which closed on December 10, 2010, allowed the Company to enhance its workforce.
Upon closing of the acquisition, all of the outstanding shares of Movity, including the shares of common stock that were issued by Movity
upon closing of the acquisition as a result of the automatic conversion of its convertible promissory note into common stock, were converted into the right to receive a fraction of a share of the Companys common stock. The Company accounted
for the Movity acquisition as a purchase of a business. The Company expensed the related acquisition costs, consisting primarily of legal expenses in the amount of $155,000, during the year ended December 31, 2010. These legal expenses were
presented as general and administrative expense in the statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2010. The total purchase consideration of $2.2 million consisted of issuance of 542,689 shares of the Companys common stock
with fair value of $4.0866 per share. Under the terms of the Movity Agreement, the Company is entitled to withhold 125,461 shares of the total purchase consideration as partial security for indemnification of obligations of Movitys
stockholders. The shares withheld were and will be released as follows: (i) 75% of the shares will be released on the 18-month anniversary of the acquisition date, and (ii) the remaining shares will be released on April 15, 2014. Upon
completion of the acquisition, the operations were absorbed by the Company, and Movity ceased to exist as a separate entity. During the year ended December 31, 2012, 3,343 shares were returned from escrow as indemnification from Movitys
stockholders. In addition, the Company also released 75% of the remaining shares, or 91,594 shares, in accordance with the Movity Agreement. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had no claims subject to indemnification by Movitys
stockholders.
The following table summarizes the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
$
|
904
|
|
Property and equipment
|
|
|
13
|
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
(744
|
)
|
Notes payable
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
2,155
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase consideration
|
|
$
|
2,218
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The excess of the consideration transferred over the fair value assigned to the assets acquired and
liabilities assumed was $2.2 million, which represents the goodwill resulting from the acquisition. Goodwill is attributable to technological expertise associated with the acquired assembled workforce. None of the goodwill is expected to be
deductible for income tax purposes. The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis on December 1, or sooner if deemed necessary. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, there was no impairment of goodwill.
Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Information
Supplemental information on an unaudited pro forma basis is presented below for the year ended December 31, 2010 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma revenue
|
|
$
|
19,785
|
|
Pro forma loss from operations
|
|
|
(5,648
|
)
|
Pro forma net loss
|
|
|
(5,647
|
)
|
The Company did not present comparative information for the year ended December 31, 2009 above as
Movity was founded in January 2010. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information includes the
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results of the Company and Movity as if the acquisition of Movity had occurred as of January 1, 2010. The pro forma information presented does not purport to present what the actual results
would have been had the acquisition actually occurred on January 1, 2010, nor is the information intended to project results for any future period. Further, the unaudited pro forma information excludes any benefits that may result from the
acquisition due to synergies that were derived from the elimination of duplicative costs. From the acquisition date through December 31, 2010, the Company recognized an immaterial loss from the Movity acquisition in the accompanying statements
of operations.
In September 2008, the Company entered into a term loan agreement with a banking institution for a principal amount of
$725,000. The loan carried a variable annual interest rate floating at London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 2% and matured in July 2011. In April 2009, the Company repaid the outstanding balance of the loan and concurrently entered
into a new loan agreement with the same banking institution for a principal amount of $776,000. The new loan carried the same interest rate as the original loan and the principle was repayable over 27 equal monthly installments. The Company repaid
the new loan on its maturity date in July 2011.
From January 2010 through April 2011, the Company entered into several
additional loan agreements with the same banking institution for a total principal of $4.3 million. These loans carried variable annual interest rates floating at 1.25 - 2% above LIBOR, were repayable in 31 or 36 equal monthly installments, and had
maturity dates from January 2013 through April 2014. In September 2011 when the outstanding principal for these loans was $3.0 million, the Company repaid the loans with the proceeds received from the loan facility agreement discussed immediately
below. These loan agreements had prepayment penalties and required additional interest upon prepayment. The Company recognized an immaterial loss upon the repayment of the debt prior to its contractual maturity.
In September 2011, the Company entered into a $20.0 million loan and security agreement which provided for a secured term loan facility
(Credit Facility), issuable in tranches, with a financial institution. This financial institution was not the same banking institution noted in the preceding paragraph, therefore, the issuance of the Credit Facility did not result in a
modification to the prior debt agreements. Under the Credit Facility, the first tranche of $5.0 million was drawn down in full in September 2011 and was used to repay the Companys outstanding debt. The second tranche of $5.0 million was also
drawn down in full in September 2011. The Credit Facility carries an interest rate equal to the greater of the prime rate plus 2.75% or 6% for the first tranche, and a rate equal to the greater of the prime rate plus 5.5% or 8.75% for the second and
third tranches. The loan facility was subject to interest-only payments through September 2012, which was repayable in 30 equal monthly installments of principal and interest after the interest-only period, and had a maturity date of March 2015.
However, during the six months ended June 30, 2012, the Company achieved certain financial milestones under the Credit Facility which provided for the extension of: a) the drawdown period from August 2012 to December 2012, b) the beginning of
the interest-only period from September 2012 to March 2013, and c) the maturity date from March 2015 to September 2015. On December 31, 2012, the drawdown period for the remaining $10.0 million expired. As of December 31, 2012, there
was no unused amount under the Credit Facility.
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As of December 31, 2012, the future principal payments on the debt are as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31:
|
|
Amounts
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
2,800
|
|
2014
|
|
|
3,989
|
|
2015
|
|
|
3,211
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total payments
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
Less debt discount
|
|
|
241
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total debt, net of unamortized discount
|
|
|
9,759
|
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
2,665
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Noncurrent portion
|
|
$
|
7,094
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In conjunction with the Credit Facility, the Company issued warrants to purchase up to 120,961 shares of
Company stock as follows: (1) shares of Series D convertible preferred stock with an exercise price equal to $8.4738 per share or (2) shares of the next round of preferred stock financing at the per share price for such shares upon
drawdown of the entire loan amount. Of this amount, warrants to purchase 56,054 shares of Series D convertible preferred stock became exercisable upon the drawdown of the first and second tranches and have an exercise price of $8.4738 per
share. At the time of issuance, the aggregate fair value of these warrants was $281,000. The Company also paid a net facility charge of $165,000 upon drawdown of the first tranche of the loan. The fair value of warrants and net facility charge were
recorded as debt discount to be amortized as interest expense over the contractual term of the loan agreement using the effective interest rate method. As a result of the debt discount, the effective interest rate for the Credit Facility differs
from the contractual rate. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recognized interest expense related to amortization of the debt discount in the amount of $167,000 and $38,000, respectively.
Under the Credit Facility, the Company granted the financial institution a security interest in all of the Companys assets. If the
Company has available cash and marketable securities on hand of at least $20.0 million, the financial institution may release the security interest on the Companys intellectual property. However, if at any time after release of the
intellectual property, the available cash and marketable securities on hand are less than $10.0 million, the Company will grant the financial institution a security interest on its intellectual property.
The Company was in compliance with all covenants under its loan facility agreement as of December 31, 2012 and 2011. The Credit
Facility provides certain reporting covenants, among others, relating to delivery of audited financial statements to the financial institution. The agreement also contains covenants that limit or restrict the Companys ability to, among other
things, incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make investments, repurchase stock, pay dividends, transfer assets, merge or consolidate, and make acquisitions.
7.
|
Commitments and Contingencies
|
Operating Leases
The Company leases its corporate offices under noncancelable operating leases. Rent expense from the facility leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and was $1.6 million,
$1.1 million and $611,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.
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As of December 31, 2012, the Companys minimum payments under the noncancelable
operating leases are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31:
|
|
Operating Lease
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
2,528
|
|
2014
|
|
|
1,949
|
|
2015
|
|
|
713
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
$
|
5,190
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Leases
During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company entered into various capital lease agreements for certain hardware and equipment for use by the Company and its employees. The
lease terms ranged from 24 to 36 months.
The following is a schedule of future minimum lease payments due under the capital
lease obligation as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ending December 31:
|
|
Capital Lease
|
|
2013
|
|
$
|
225
|
|
2014
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total minimum lease payments
|
|
|
241
|
|
Less: amount representing interest
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Present value of minimum lease payments
|
|
|
233
|
|
Less: current portion
|
|
|
217
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease liability, net of current portion
|
|
$
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingencies
The Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. In July 2011, a non-practicing entity brought suit against Trulia for patent infringement. In
September 2011, the Company entered into a license agreement to purchase a license for these patents for $550,000 and, as a result, the claim against the Company was dropped. The agreement also provided for an additional contingent payment of
$350,000 if the Company filed its initial Registration Statement with the SEC prior to January 11, 2015 and its shares become publicly listed on either the NASDAQ or NYSE exchanges following the completion of the Companys IPO. The Company
paid the additional contingent payment of $350,000 in October 2012.
In September 2012, Zillow, Inc. (Zillow)
filed a lawsuit against the Company alleging patent infringement. Zillow is seeking a permanent injunction against the alleged infringement, compensatory damages, and attorneys fees. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends
to vigorously defend the claims against the Company. This litigation is still in its early stages and the final outcome, including any estimated liability, if any, with respect to these claims, is uncertain. The Company did not accrue any amounts
related to this litigation because the Company is unable to estimate a reasonably possible range of loss, if any, that may result from this matter could not be estimated as of December 31, 2012.
In January, 2013, Mortgage Grader, Inc. (Mortgage Grader) filed a lawsuit against the Company in the United States District
Court for the Central District of California, alleging that the Company infringes on two U.S. patents held by Mortgage Grader. The lawsuit alleges that the Companys mortgage center infringes those
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patents. The Company believes it has meritorious defenses and intends to vigorously defend the claims against the Company. The Company did not accrue any amounts related to this litigation
because a reasonably possible range of loss, if any, that may result from this matter could not be estimated as of December 31, 2012.
Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes the final outcome of the matters discussed above will not have a material and adverse effect on the
Companys business, financial position, results of operations, or cash flows. The Company will, however, accrue for losses for any known contingent liabilities when future payment is probable and the amount is reasonably estimable.
Indemnifications
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into contractual arrangements under which it agrees to provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to business partners and other parties with
respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the breach of such agreements and out of intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. In these circumstances, payment may be conditional on the
other party making a claim pursuant to the procedures specified in the particular contract. Further, the Companys obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount, and in some instances, the Company may have
recourse against third parties for certain payments. In addition, the Company has indemnification agreements with certain of its directors and executive officers that require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain
liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. The terms of such obligations may vary. No such obligations existed as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.
Reverse Stock Split
In September 2012, the Companys board of directors and stockholders approved an amendment to the Companys amended and restated certificate of incorporation as in effect prior to the completion
of the IPO. The amendment provided for, among other things, a 1-for-3 reverse stock split of the outstanding common stock and outstanding convertible preferred stock of the Company (collectively, capital stock), which became effective on
September 6, 2012. Accordingly, (i) every three shares of capital stock were combined into one share of capital stock, (ii) the number of shares of capital stock into which each outstanding option or warrant to purchase capital stock
is exercisable, as the case may be, were proportionately decreased on a 1-for-3 basis, and (iii) the exercise price for each such outstanding option or warrant to purchase capital stock was proportionately increased on a 1-for-3 basis. All of
the share numbers, share prices, and exercise prices have been adjusted within these financial statements, on a retroactive basis, to reflect this 1-for-3 reverse stock split.
Common Stock
As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had
reserved shares of common stock, on an as-if converted basis, for issuance as follows:
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As of December 31,
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2012
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|
|
2011
|
|
Conversion of Series A convertible preferred stock
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|
|
|
|
|
|
3,566,509
|
|
Conversion of Series B convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,480,768
|
|
Conversion of Series C convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,343,586
|
|
Conversion of Series D convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,770,581
|
|
Stock options and awards issued and outstanding
|
|
|
3,608,326
|
|
|
|
3,334,530
|
|
Stock based-awards available for grant under 2005 and 2012 Plans
|
|
|
2,127,279
|
|
|
|
38,672
|
|
Common and convertible preferred stock warrants
|
|
|
56,054
|
|
|
|
100,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
5,791,659
|
|
|
|
17,635,346
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Convertible Preferred Stock
Immediately prior to the completion of the Companys IPO, all of the outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock automatically
converted into 14,161,444 shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis.
As of December 31, 2011, the Company had
outstanding Series A, B, C and D convertible preferred stock (individually referred to as Series A, B, C or D or collectively preferred stock) as follows (in thousands, except for share data):
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|
|
|
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|
|
As of December 31, 2011
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|
Shares
Authorized
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|
|
Shares
Issued and
Outstanding
|
|
|
Aggregate
Liquidation
Preference
|
|
|
Proceeds, Net of
Issuance Costs
|
|
Series A
|
|
|
10,699,533
|
|
|
|
3,566,509
|
|
|
$
|
2,156
|
|
|
$
|
2,081
|
|
Series B
|
|
|
16,442,307
|
|
|
|
5,480,768
|
|
|
|
5,700
|
|
|
|
5,668
|
|
Series C
|
|
|
10,030,761
|
|
|
|
3,343,586
|
|
|
|
10,750
|
|
|
|
9,958
|
|
Series D
|
|
|
5,725,000
|
|
|
|
1,770,581
|
|
|
|
15,003
|
|
|
|
14,904
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
42,897,601
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|
|
|
14,161,444
|
|
|
$
|
33,609
|
|
|
$
|
32,611
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The holders of the Companys Preferred Stock had the following rights, preferences, and privileges:
Conversion
Each share of preferred stock was convertible, at the option of the holder thereof, at any time after the date of issuance of such share, into such number of fully paid and non-assessable shares of common
stock as determined by dividing the original issue price for such Series by the then effective conversion price for that Series (the conversion rate). The conversion rate was subject to adjustment for any stock dividends,
combinations or splits with respect to such shares. Additionally, each share of preferred stock was automatically convertible into shares of common stock at the then effective conversion rate for such Series (i) with the approval, by
affirmative vote, written consent, or agreement, of the holders of not less than two-thirds of the outstanding preferred stock voting together as a single class; (ii) upon the voluntary conversion by the holders of not less than two-thirds of
the preferred stock issued by the Company; or (iii) immediately prior to the completion of an underwritten initial public offering with proceeds to the Company of not less than $50.0 million. The conversion rate for each series of
preferred stock was 1-for-1 as of December 31, 2011.
Dividends
The holders of Series A, B, C and D were entitled to receive non-cumulative dividends on a pari passu basis, and in preference to
common stockholders, at the rate of $0.04836, $0.08319, $0.239262 and $0.67788 per share (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations or splits with respect to such shares) per annum payable out of funds legally available. Such dividends were
payable when, and if declared by the board of directors, acting in its sole discretion. After payment of dividends at the rates set forth above, any additional dividends declared would be distributed among all holders of preferred stock and common
stock in proportion to the number of shares of common stock that would then be held by each such holder if all shares of preferred stock were converted into common stock. No dividends were declared through December 31, 2011.
Liquidation Preference
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the preferred stock were entitled to receive, prior and in preference to any
distribution of the assets of the Company to the holders of common stock, an amount equal to (i) 100% of the original issue price for each share of Series A, 100% of the original issue price for each share of Series B, 107.5% of the
original issue price for each share of Series C, and 100% of the original issue price for each share of Series D, plus (ii) all declared but unpaid dividends on such shares. If the assets and funds available for distribution to the
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holders of the preferred stock were insufficient to pay the stated preferential amounts in full, the entire assets and funds of the Company legally available for distribution would be distributed
with equal priority and pro rata among the holders of the preferred stock in proportion to the preferential amount each such holder would otherwise be entitled to receive. The remaining assets, if any, were to be distributed ratably to the holders
of the common stock and preferred stock, on an as-if-converted basis, provided that the holders of Series A, Series B, Series C and Series D were not entitled to any proceeds above $0.6045, $1.0398, $2.9907 and $8.47368 per
share. Thereafter, if assets remained, they would be distributed to the holders of common stock on a pro rata basis.
The
Company classified the preferred stock within shareholders equity since the shares were not redeemable, and the holders of the preferred stock could not effect a deemed liquidation of the Company outside of the Companys control.
Voting
The holders of the preferred stock were entitled to the number of votes equal to the number of shares of common stock into which these shares could then be converted.
Redemption
The preferred stock was not redeemable.
Preferred Stock
Under the amended and restated certificate of incorporation registered by the Company in September 2012, the
Company was authorized to issue 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock at $0.00001 par value per share. The preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions duly adopted by the board of
directors. The Companys board of directors is authorized to determine by resolution the relevant powers of each issue of the preferred stock, such as designations, preferences, participation, dividend rights, divided rates, conversion rights,
voting rights, etc. As of December 31, 2012 no shares were issued or outstanding.
9. Warrants
Convertible Preferred Stock Warrants
In September 2011, the Company entered into a $20.0 million Credit Facility discussed further in Note 6. In connection with the Credit
Facility, the Company issued a warrant to purchase up to 120,961 shares of Series D with an exercise price of $8.4738 per share. As of December 31, 2011, only 56,054 shares were exercisable. The exercisability of the warrant would be
triggered upon specified drawdowns under the Credit Facility. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had drawdowns of $10.0 million from the total $20.0 million underlying the Credit Facility. If the Company withdrew the remaining $10.0
million, the remaining 64,907 shares would become exercisable under the warrant. As of December 31, 2012, the Companys ability to withdraw the remaining $10.0 million expired. At the time of issuance, the aggregate fair value of the
warrant in the amount of $281,000 was determined using a Monte Carlo model incorporating two scenarios, one with a future equity financing and one without. The model also used the following assumptions: expected term of 1.2 years, risk-free interest
rate of 0.2%, expected volatility of 55.0% and expected dividend yield of 0%. The fair value of the warrant was recorded as a warrant liability upon issuance. As a result of the Companys first public filing of its Form S-1 in August 2012 and
in connection with the termination of the anti-dilution provisions contained in the warrant, the warrant liability was remeasured to fair value and the remaining value reclassified to additional paid-in-capital. Upon completion of the Companys
IPO in September 2012 and the related conversion of the convertible preferred stock to common stock, this warrant to purchase convertible preferred stock became a warrant to purchase common stock and the expiration date was set at September 19,
2017, which is five years from the effectiveness of the Companys IPO.
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During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company recognized a charge to
earnings of $369,000 and $16,000, respectively, from remeasurement of the fair value of the warrant, which was recorded through the statements of operations.
The Company determined the fair value of the outstanding convertible preferred stock warrant as of August 17, 2012, the date the anti-dilution provision was no longer applicable, and
December 31, 2011 with the following assumptions:
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|
|
|
|
|
As of
August 17,
2012
|
|
|
As of
December 31,
2011
|
|
Estimated term (in years)
|
|
|
5.9
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
0.1
|
%
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
|
55
|
%
|
Expected dividend yield
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
The above assumptions were determined as follows:
Term
The term represents a weighted average of the remaining term under probable scenarios used to determine the fair value of
the underlying stock. A weighted average term was determined to be more appropriate than the contractual term due to potential adjustments to the related expiration date for the warrant under multiple scenarios;
Risk-free interest rate
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant for
zero coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities approximately equal the term of the warrant;
Expected
volatility
The expected volatility is derived from historical volatilities of several unrelated publicly listed peer companies over a period approximately equal to the term of the warrant because the Company has limited information on the
volatility of the preferred stock since the Company does not have significant trading history. When making the selections of industry peer companies to be used in the volatility calculation, the Company considered the size, operational and economic
similarities to the Companys principle business operations; and
Expected dividend yield
The expected
dividend yield is assumed to be zero as the Company has never paid dividends and has no current plans to do so.
Common
Stock Warrants
In July 2010, in conjunction with services provided by a third party consultant, the Company issued a
warrant to purchase 12,735 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $3.54 per share and expiration date of July 19, 2015. The warrant is exercisable with cash or through a cashless exercise provision. Under the cashless exercise
provision, the holder may, in lieu of payment of the exercise price in cash, surrender the warrant and receive a net amount of shares based on the fair market value of the Companys common stock at the time of exercise of the warrant after
deducting the aggregate exercise price. The fair value of the warrant in the amount of $16,000 was recorded as additional paid-in capital upon issuance and was not subject to remeasurement at each reporting period. The fair value of the warrant was
calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: contractual term of 5 years, risk-free interest rate of 1.7%, expected volatility of 55.0% and expected dividend yield of 0%. In March 2011, the warrant was
exercised with cash proceeds of $45,000.
In September 2011, in conjunction with services provided by a third party
consultant, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 44,646 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $4.29 per share and expiration date of February 14, 2016. The fair value of the warrant in the amount of $93,000 was recorded as
additional paid-in capital upon issuance and was not subject to remeasurement at each reporting period. The fair value of the
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warrant was calculated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions: contractual term of 4.5 years, risk-free interest rate of 0.7%, expected volatility of 55.0%
and expected dividend yield of 0%. In connection with the IPO in September 2012, the warrant was exercised using the cashless exercise provision which amounted to the net issuance of 33,380 shares of common stock. As of December 31, 2012, this
warrant was no longer outstanding.
10. Stock-Based Compensation
2005 Stock Plan
The Company granted options under its 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (the 2005 Plan) until September 2012 when the 2005 plan was terminated. Under the terms of the 2005 Plan, the Company had the
ability to grant incentive (ISO) and nonstatutory (NSO) stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units. As of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, zero and 4,474,605 shares of common stock were
reserved under the 2005 Plan for the issuance of ISOs, NSOs, restricted stock or restricted stock units to eligible participants. Under the 2005 Plan, the options were granted at a price per share not less than 100% of the fair market value per
share at the grant date. Options granted under the 2005 Plan generally vest at a rate of 25% after the first year and then at 1/36 of the remaining shares each month thereafter and expire 10 years from the grant date. Certain options vest monthly
over two to four years.
2012 Equity Incentive Plan
Effective September 19, 2012, the Companys board of directors adopted, and the Companys stockholders approved, a 2012
Equity Incentive Plan (the 2012 Plan). The 2012 Plan provides for the grant of ISOs, NSOs, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, and performance shares to employees, directors, and
consultants of the Company. Under the 2012 Plan, a total of 2,370,000 shares of common stock have been reserved for issuance plus up to 1,000,000 shares from the expiration or termination of awards under the 2005 Plan. The shares available will be
increased at the beginning of each fiscal year by the least of (i) 2,100,000 shares, (ii) 4% of outstanding common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (iii) such number determined by the Companys
board of directors. Under the 2012 Plan, both the ISOs and NSOs are granted at a price per share not less than 100% of the fair market value per share of the underlying stock at the grant date. The board of directors determines the vesting period
for each option award on the grant date, and the options generally expire 10 years from the grant date or such shorter term as may be determined by the board of directors. The restricted stock units are granted for zero purchase price.
In October 2012, the Company awarded restricted stock units (RSUs) to certain employees. As of December 31, 2012
approximately 37,760 RSUs were outstanding.
Total shares of common stock available for grant under 2005 and 2012 Plans were
2,127,279 and 38,672 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
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Stock Option Activity
The stock option activity under the 2005 and 2012 Plans during the year ended December 31, 2012 was as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
Options
Outstanding
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
|
|
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
BalanceDecember 31, 2011
|
|
|
3,334,530
|
|
|
$
|
3.48
|
|
|
|
8.2
|
|
|
$
|
11,108
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
1,041,972
|
|
|
|
14.24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(264,491
|
)
|
|
|
6.66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(541,445
|
)
|
|
|
3.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BalanceDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
3,570,566
|
|
|
$
|
6.45
|
|
|
|
7.56
|
|
|
$
|
35,415
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options exercisableDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
1,722,605
|
|
|
$
|
3.20
|
|
|
|
6.18
|
|
|
$
|
22,474
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options vested and expected to vestDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
3,411,464
|
|
|
$
|
6.26
|
|
|
|
7.49
|
|
|
$
|
34,441
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The options exercisable as of December 31, 2012 included options that were exercisable prior to
vesting. The weighted average grant date fair value of options granted during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $6.77, $2.28 and $1.59, respectively.
Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the estimated fair value of the underlying common stock and the exercise price of outstanding, in-the-money options. The aggregate intrinsic
value of options exercised was $5.3 million, $902,000 and $760,000 during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively. The total estimated grant date fair value of employee options vested during the years ended
December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $4.6 million, $1.2 million and $336,000, respectively. Total cash received from exercise of stock options during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $1.7 million, $408,000 and
$113,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2012, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options granted to employees was $7.0 million, net of estimated forfeitures of $782,000. These costs will be amortized on a
straight-line basis over a weighted average vesting period of 2.68 years.
Additional information regarding the Companys
stock options outstanding and vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2012 is summarized below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options Outstanding
|
|
|
Options Exercisable
|
|
Exercise Prices
|
|
Number of
Options
Outstanding
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
per Share
|
|
|
Number of
Options
Exercisable
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Per Share
|
|
$0.15$0.18
|
|
|
511,995
|
|
|
|
3.84
|
|
|
$
|
0.15
|
|
|
|
511,995
|
|
|
$
|
0.15
|
|
$1.32$1.47
|
|
|
144,552
|
|
|
|
4.90
|
|
|
|
1.37
|
|
|
|
144,552
|
|
|
|
1.37
|
|
$3.54
|
|
|
209,388
|
|
|
|
6.94
|
|
|
|
3.54
|
|
|
|
189,842
|
|
|
|
3.54
|
|
$4.29$4.59
|
|
|
1,207,132
|
|
|
|
8,28
|
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
648,064
|
|
|
|
4.32
|
|
$5.55
|
|
|
528,133
|
|
|
|
8.78
|
|
|
|
5.55
|
|
|
|
133,245
|
|
|
|
5.55
|
|
$6.81$9.42
|
|
|
202,813
|
|
|
|
9.16
|
|
|
|
7.62
|
|
|
|
52,413
|
|
|
|
6.89
|
|
$12.15$13.32
|
|
|
167,893
|
|
|
|
9.39
|
|
|
|
12.74
|
|
|
|
12,250
|
|
|
|
13.32
|
|
$13.33$22.44
|
|
|
598,660
|
|
|
|
9.64
|
|
|
|
16.97
|
|
|
|
30,244
|
|
|
|
16.62
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,570,566
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,722,605
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-40
Restricted Stock Units Activity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RSUs
Outstanding
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Grant Date
fair Value
|
|
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
|
|
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
UnvestedDecember 31, 2011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
39,806
|
|
|
|
16.40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canceled
|
|
|
(2,046
|
)
|
|
|
16.14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rolled from 2005 Plan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UnvestedDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
37,760
|
|
|
|
16.41
|
|
|
|
2.16
|
|
|
$
|
613
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock awards exercisableDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock awards vested and expected to vestDecember 31, 2012
|
|
|
32,688
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.09
|
|
|
$
|
531
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2012, total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSUs granted to
employees was $520,000, net of estimated forfeitures of $82,000. This cost will be amortized on a straight-line basis over a weighted average vesting period of 3.81 years.
Determining Fair Value of Stock Options
The fair value of each
grant of stock option awards is determined by the Company and its board of directors using the methods and assumptions discussed below. Each of these inputs is subjective and generally requires significant judgment to determine.
Valuation Method
The Company estimates the fair value of its stock option awards using the Black-Scholes option-pricing
model.
Expected Term
The expected term represents the period that the stock option awards are expected to be
outstanding. The Company estimates the expected term for its awards grants based on a study of publicly traded industry peer companies and the historical data on employee exercises and post-vesting employment termination behavior taking into account
the contractual life of the award.
Expected Volatility
The expected volatility is derived from the historical
stock volatilities of several comparable publicly listed peers over a period approximately equal to the expected term of the awards because the Company has limited information on the volatility of its common stock since the Company does not have
significant trading history. When making the selections of the comparable industry peers to be used in the volatility calculation, the Company considered the size, operational and economic similarities to its principle business operations.
Fair Value of Common Stock
Prior to the Companys IPO, the fair value of the common stock underlying the
stock option awards was determined by the Companys board of directors. Because there had been no public market for the Companys stock, the board of directors had determined the fair value of the common stock at the time of the option
grant by considering a number of objective and subjective factors including contemporaneous valuations performed by unrelated third party specialists, valuations of comparable companies, operating and financial performance, lack of liquidity of
capital stock and general and industry-specific economic outlook, amongst other factors. After the Companys IPO the Company has been using the listed stock price on the date of grant as its fair value.
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Risk-Free Interest Rate
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S.
Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for zero coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities approximately equal to the expected term of the options.
Expected Dividends
The expected dividend has been zero as the Company has never paid dividends and has no expectations to do so.
Forfeiture Rate
The Company estimates its forfeiture rate based on an analysis of its actual forfeitures and will continue to
evaluate the adequacy of the forfeiture rate based on actual forfeiture experience, analysis of employee turnover behavior, and other factors. The impact from a forfeiture rate adjustment will be recognized in full in the period of adjustment, and
if the actual number of future forfeitures differs from that estimated, the Company may be required to record adjustments to stock-based compensation expense in future periods.
Summary of Assumptions
The fair value of each employee stock option awards was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Expected term (in years)
|
|
|
5.5
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
53
|
%
|
|
|
55
|
%
|
|
|
55
|
%
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
0.9
|
%
|
|
|
1.9
|
%
|
|
|
1.7
|
%
|
Dividend rate
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
|
|
0
|
%
|
Determining Fair Value of Restricted Stock Units
The fair value of restricted stock units equals the market value of the underlying stock on the date of grant.
Options granted to non-employees
During the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, the Company granted zero, 16,216 and zero stock options to non-employees. Through June 30, 2012, no stock-based compensation expense was
recognized related to the options granted during the year ended December 31, 2011 as these non-employee options have performance conditions that the Company determined are not probable as of June 30, 2012. Such options were subject to
remeasurement using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model as the options vested. In the second half of the year ended December 31, 2012 a total of $58,000 of stock-based compensation expense was recognized related to these options.
Stock-Based Compensation Expense
The Company recorded compensation expense for stock-based awards granted to employees and nonemployees as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Cost of revenue
|
|
$
|
32
|
|
|
$
|
11
|
|
|
$
|
8
|
|
Technology and development
|
|
|
930
|
|
|
|
482
|
|
|
|
176
|
|
Sales and marketing
|
|
|
398
|
|
|
|
183
|
|
|
|
97
|
|
General and administrative
|
|
|
1,210
|
|
|
|
808
|
|
|
|
73
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total stock-based compensation expense
|
|
$
|
2,570
|
|
|
$
|
1,484
|
|
|
$
|
354
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company capitalized stock-based compensation of $66,000, $22,000 and $17,000 as product development
costs during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, respectively.
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11. Net Loss per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders
The following table sets for the computation of the Companys basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to
common stockholders during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 (in thousands, except share and per share data):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Net loss attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(10,921
|
)
|
|
$
|
(6,155
|
)
|
|
$
|
(3,838
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
|
12,538,769
|
|
|
|
6,657,045
|
|
|
|
6,016,550
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted
|
|
$
|
(0.87
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.92
|
)
|
|
$
|
(0.64
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following outstanding shares of common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of the
diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the periods presented because including them would have been antidilutive:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Convertible preferred stock
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,161,444
|
|
|
|
14,161,444
|
|
Stock options to purchase common stock
|
|
|
3,570,566
|
|
|
|
3,334,530
|
|
|
|
1,532,354
|
|
Stock awards to purchase common stock
|
|
|
37,760
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Heldback shares in connection with Movity acquisition
|
|
|
30,524
|
|
|
|
125,461
|
|
|
|
125,461
|
|
Preferred stock warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56,054
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock warrants
|
|
|
56,054
|
|
|
|
44,646
|
|
|
|
12,735
|
|
12. Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with authoritative guidance, which requires the use of the asset
and liability method. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon the difference between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities and are measured using the
enacted tax rate expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which the differences are expected to be reversed.
The
components of the provision for income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Current:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
State
|
|
|
67,324
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Federal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
$
|
67,324
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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The following table presents a reconciliation of statutory federal rate and the
Companys effective tax rate for the periods presented:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Tax benefit at federal statutory rate
|
|
|
(34.0
|
)%
|
|
|
(34.0
|
)%
|
|
|
(34.0
|
)%
|
State taxes (net of federal benefit)
|
|
|
(5.6
|
)
|
|
|
(5.8
|
)
|
|
|
(5.8
|
)
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
Change in valuation allowance
|
|
|
32.6
|
|
|
|
34.7
|
|
|
|
42.2
|
|
Other nondeductible expenses
|
|
|
4.6
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
(6.3
|
)
|
Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax rate
|
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
0.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts
of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the Companys deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows (in
thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
Deferred tax assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating loss carryforward
|
|
$
|
16,275
|
|
|
$
|
11,564
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accruals and reserves
|
|
|
867
|
|
|
|
848
|
|
Deferred revenue
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,939
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
|
633
|
|
|
|
492
|
|
General business credit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
Other
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
410
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred tax assets
|
|
|
17,812
|
|
|
|
15,268
|
|
Valuation allowance
|
|
|
(17,342
|
)
|
|
|
(14,132
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax assets
|
|
|
470
|
|
|
|
1,136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
$
|
353
|
|
|
$
|
122
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,014
|
|
Deferred Revenue
|
|
|
117
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred tax liabilities
|
|
|
470
|
|
|
|
1,136
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred tax liabilities
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uncertain Tax Positions
The Company adopted authoritative guidance under ASC 740 on January 1, 2007, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainties in tax
positions recognized in the financial statements. The Company has not been audited by the Internal Revenue Service or any state tax authority. The Company is subject to taxation in the U.S. and various states. Due to the Companys net losses,
substantially all of its federal and state income tax returns since inception are still subject to audit.
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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as
follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year Ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2012
|
|
|
2011
|
|
|
2010
|
|
Unrecognized tax benefits, beginning of period
|
|
$
|
475
|
|
|
$
|
337
|
|
|
$
|
110
|
|
Gross increases - tax position in prior period
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross decrease - tax position in prior period
|
|
|
(475
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross increases - current period tax positions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
138
|
|
|
|
227
|
|
Lapse of statute of limitations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized tax benefits, end of period
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
475
|
|
|
$
|
337
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
If the $20,000 of unrecognized income tax benefits is recognized, there would be impact to the effective
tax rate.
The Company does not have any additional tax positions that are expected to significantly increase or decrease
within twelve months of the year ended December 31, 2012.
13. Employee Benefit Plan
The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) retirement plan covering all employees who have met certain eligibility
requirements. Eligible employees may contribute pretax compensation up to the maximum amount allowable under Internal Revenue Service limitations. Employee contributions and earnings thereon vest immediately. The Company matches up to 3% of the
employees contributions. The Companys expense related to its benefit plan during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 was $685,000, $388,000, and $192,000, respectively.
* * * * * *
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Annex A
EXECUTION VERSION
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
TRULIA, INC.
MARINER ACQUISITION CORP.
AND
MARKET LEADER, INC.
Dated as of May 7, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
ARTICLE I THE MERGER
|
|
|
A-1
|
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
The Merger
|
|
|
A-1
|
|
1.2
|
|
The Closing
|
|
|
A-1
|
|
1.3
|
|
Effective Time of Merger
|
|
|
A-2
|
|
1.4
|
|
Effect of the Merger
|
|
|
A-2
|
|
1.5
|
|
Organizational Documents of Surviving Corporation
|
|
|
A-2
|
|
1.6
|
|
Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation
|
|
|
A-2
|
|
1.7
|
|
Effect of Merger on Capital Stock of Constituent Corporations
|
|
|
A-3
|
|
1.8
|
|
Treatment of Company Stock Awards.
|
|
|
A-4
|
|
1.9
|
|
Exchange Fund; Exchange of Shares
|
|
|
A-7
|
|
1.10
|
|
Taking of Necessary Further Action
|
|
|
A-10
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
|
|
|
A-10
|
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Organization and Standing
|
|
|
A-10
|
|
2.2
|
|
Authorization and Enforceability
|
|
|
A-10
|
|
2.3
|
|
Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
|
|
|
A-11
|
|
2.4
|
|
Capitalization
|
|
|
A-12
|
|
2.5
|
|
Subsidiaries
|
|
|
A-13
|
|
2.6
|
|
SEC Reports; Other Reports
|
|
|
A-14
|
|
2.7
|
|
Financial Statements and Controls
|
|
|
A-14
|
|
2.8
|
|
No Undisclosed Liabilities
|
|
|
A-16
|
|
2.9
|
|
Absence of Certain Changes
|
|
|
A-16
|
|
2.10
|
|
Compliance with Law and Orders
|
|
|
A-16
|
|
2.11
|
|
Permits
|
|
|
A-17
|
|
2.12
|
|
Litigation; Orders
|
|
|
A-17
|
|
2.13
|
|
Material Contracts
|
|
|
A-17
|
|
2.14
|
|
Taxes
|
|
|
A-19
|
|
2.15
|
|
Employee Benefits
|
|
|
A-21
|
|
2.16
|
|
Labor Matters
|
|
|
A-23
|
|
2.17
|
|
Real Property
|
|
|
A-24
|
|
2.18
|
|
Environmental Matters
|
|
|
A-24
|
|
2.19
|
|
Personal Property
|
|
|
A-25
|
|
2.20
|
|
Intellectual Property
|
|
|
A-25
|
|
2.21
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
A-27
|
|
2.22
|
|
Export Control and Import Laws
|
|
|
A-28
|
|
2.23
|
|
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
|
|
|
A-28
|
|
2.24
|
|
Related Party Transactions
|
|
|
A-28
|
|
2.25
|
|
Brokers
|
|
|
A-28
|
|
2.26
|
|
Opinion of Financial Advisors
|
|
|
A-29
|
|
2.27
|
|
Customers and Suppliers
|
|
|
A-29
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
|
|
|
A-29
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Organization and Standing
|
|
|
A-29
|
|
3.2
|
|
Authorization and Enforceability
|
|
|
A-30
|
|
3.3
|
|
Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
|
|
|
A-30
|
|
3.4
|
|
Capitalization
|
|
|
A-31
|
|
3.5
|
|
SEC Reports; Other Reports
|
|
|
A-31
|
|
A-i
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
Financial Statements and Controls
|
|
|
A-32
|
|
3.7
|
|
No Undisclosed Liabilities
|
|
|
A-33
|
|
3.8
|
|
Absence of Certain Changes
|
|
|
A-33
|
|
3.9
|
|
Compliance with Law and Orders; Permits
|
|
|
A-33
|
|
3.10
|
|
Litigation; Orders
|
|
|
A-34
|
|
3.11
|
|
Parent Common Stock
|
|
|
A-34
|
|
3.12
|
|
Operations of Merger Sub
|
|
|
A-34
|
|
3.13
|
|
Brokers
|
|
|
A-34
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE IV INTERIM CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
|
|
|
A-34
|
|
|
|
|
4.1
|
|
Affirmative Obligations of the Company
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A-34
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4.2
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Negative Obligations of the Company
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A-34
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4.3
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Procedures for Requesting Consent
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A-37
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ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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A-37
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5.1
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No Solicitation
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A-37
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5.2
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Reasonable Best Efforts
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A-39
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5.3
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Requisite Governmental Clearances and Consents
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A-40
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5.4
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Registration Statement; Proxy Statement/Prospectus
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A-41
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5.5
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Company Shareholder Meeting
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A-42
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5.6
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Company Board Recommendation
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A-43
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5.7
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Access; Notice and Consultation
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A-45
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5.8
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Confidentiality
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A-46
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5.9
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Public Disclosure
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A-46
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5.10
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Employee Matters
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A-46
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5.11
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Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance
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A-47
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5.12
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Insurance Policies
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A-48
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5.13
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Resignation of Officers and Directors of Company Subsidiaries
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A-48
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5.14
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Section 16 Resolutions
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A-48
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5.15
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NYSE Listing
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A-48
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5.16
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Obligations of Merger Sub
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A-48
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5.17
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Anti-Takeover Statutes
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A-48
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5.18
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MLS-Sourced Data
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A-48
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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A-49
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6.1
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Conditions to Each Partys Obligations to Effect the Merger
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A-49
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6.2
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Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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A-49
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6.3
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Additional Conditions to the Companys Obligations to Effect the Merger
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A-51
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ARTICLE VII TERMINATION
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A-51
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7.1
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Termination
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A-51
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7.2
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Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination
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A-53
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7.3
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Fees and Expenses
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A-53
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ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS
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A-55
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8.1
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Certain Interpretations
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A-55
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8.2
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Notices
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A-56
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8.3
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Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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A-56
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8.4
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Assignment
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A-57
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8.5
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Amendment
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A-57
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8.6
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Extension; Waiver
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A-57
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8.7
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Entire Agreement
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A-57
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A-ii
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8.8
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Third Party Beneficiaries
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A-57
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8.9
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Severability
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A-57
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8.10
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Other Remedies
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A-57
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8.11
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Governing Law
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A-57
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8.12
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Specific Performance
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A-58
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8.13
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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A-58
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8.14
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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A-58
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8.15
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Counterparts
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A-58
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Subject Matters of Disclosure Schedules to Agreement and Plan of Merger
The following is a list of the subject matters addressed in the disclosure schedules delivered by Market Leader, Inc. to Trulia, Inc. and
the disclosure schedules delivered by Trulia, Inc. to Market Leader, Inc. concurrently with entering into the merger agreement. Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, Trulia agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted schedule or
exhibit to the Agreement and Plan of Merger to the SEC upon request.
List of Subject Matters in Market Leader, Inc. Disclosure Schedule
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2.3
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Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
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2.4
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Capitalization
|
2.5
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Subsidiaries
|
2.7
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Financial Statements and Controls
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2.9(c)
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Absence of Certain Changes
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2.10
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Compliance with Law and Orders
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2.12
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Litigation; Orders
|
2.13(b)
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Material Contracts
|
2.15
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Employee Benefits
|
2.16
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Labor Matters
|
2.17
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Real Property
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2.20
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Intellectual Property
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2.21
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Insurance
|
2.27(b)
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Customers and Suppliers
|
4.2
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Negative Covenants of the Company
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5.11
|
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Directors and Officers Indemnification an Insurance
|
List of Subject Matters in Trulia, Inc. Disclosure Schedule
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3.3
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Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
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3.4
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Capitalization
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3.10
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Litigation; Orders
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4.3
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Procedures for Requesting Consent
|
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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Term
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Section Reference
|
401(k) Plan
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5.10(a)
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Agreement
|
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Preamble
|
Antitrust Restraint
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5.3(b)
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Assets
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2.19
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Assumed Option
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1.8(a)
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Assumed RSU
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1.8(b)
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Assumed Stock Appreciation Right
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1.8(c)
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Articles of Merger
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1.3
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Book-Entry Shares
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1.9(b)(i)
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Cancelled Company Shares
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1.7(b)(iv)
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Capitalization Date
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2.4(a)
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Cash Consideration
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1.7(b)(i)
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Certificate
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1.9(b)(i)
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Closing
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1.2
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Closing Date
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1.2
|
Collective Bargaining Agreements
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2.16(a)
|
Company
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Preamble
|
Company 2004 Plan
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Annex I.1(n)
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Company Board Recommendation
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5.6(a)
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Company Board Recommendation Change
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5.6(a)
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Company Capitalization Representation
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6.2(a)
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Company Disclosure Schedule
|
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Article II
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Company Privacy Policies
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2.20(k)
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Company Registered Intellectual Property
|
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2.20(a)
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Company SEC Reports
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2.6(a)
|
Company Securities
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2.4(c)
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Company Shareholder Meeting
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5.5(a)
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Company Specified Representations
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6.2(a)
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Confidentiality Agreement
|
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5.8
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Consent
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2.3(b)
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D&O Insurance
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5.11(b)
|
Dissenting Company Shares
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1.7(b)(v)
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EAR
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2.22(a)
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Effective Time
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1.3
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Effects
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Annex I.1(pp)
|
Employee Plans
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2.15(a)
|
ERISA Affiliate
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2.15(a)
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Exchange Agent
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1.9(a)(i)
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Exchange Fund
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1.9(a)(i)
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Export Controls
|
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2.22(a)
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In-Licenses
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2.20(h)
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Indemnified Parties
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5.11(a)
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IP Licenses
|
|
2.20(i)
|
ITAR
|
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2.22(a)
|
Import Restrictions
|
|
2.22(a)
|
Leased Real Property
|
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2.17(a)
|
Leases
|
|
2.17(a)
|
Legal Proceeding Matter
|
|
5.7(d)
|
Material Contract
|
|
2.13(a)
|
Maximum Annual Premium
|
|
5.11(b)
|
Merger
|
|
Recitals
|
Merger Consideration
|
|
1.7(b)
|
Merger Proposal
|
|
2.2(b)
|
Merger Sub
|
|
Preamble
|
OFAC
|
|
2.22(a)
|
Option Consideration
|
|
1.8(g)(ii)
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Out-Licenses
|
|
2.20(i)
|
Parent
|
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Preamble
|
Parent Disclosure Schedule
|
|
Article III
|
Parent Expenses
|
|
7.3(b)(i)
|
Parent SEC Reports
|
|
3.5(a)
|
Parent Specified Representations
|
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6.3(a)
|
Patents
|
|
Annex I.1(hh)
|
Permits
|
|
2.11
|
Proxy Statement/Prospectus
|
|
5.4(a)
|
Qualifying Amendment
|
|
5.4(c)
|
Registration Statement
|
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5.4(a)
|
Regulation M-A Filing
|
|
5.4(d)
|
Requisite Company Shareholder Approval
|
|
2.2(c)
|
SAR Consideration
|
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1.8(g)(iii)
|
Significant Customer
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2.27(a)
|
Significant Supplier
|
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2.27(b)
|
Stock Consideration
|
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1.7(b)(i)
|
Stock Threshold
|
|
1.7(b)(vi)
|
Subsidiary Securities
|
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2.5(d)
|
Tail Policy
|
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5.11(b)
|
Takeover Law
|
|
2.2(d)
|
Terminating Award
|
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1.8(d)
|
Termination Date
|
|
7.1(b)
|
Termination Fee Amount
|
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7.3(b)(ii)
|
Total Stock Amount
|
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1.7(b)(vi)
|
Trade Secrets
|
|
Annex I.1(hh)
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Trademarks
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Annex I.1(hh)
|
Voting Agreements
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Recitals
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WBCA
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Recitals
|
A-v
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this
Agreement
) is made and entered into as of May 7, 2013 by and among
Trulia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), Mariner Acquisition Corp., a Washington corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (
Merger Sub
), and Market Leader, Inc., a Washington corporation
(the
Company
). All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in
Annex I
.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, each of the respective Board of Directors
of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company has approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and deems it advisable and in the best interest of its respective shareholder(s) to enter into this Agreement and consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has resolved to recommend that its
shareholders approve this Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Merger Sub will be
merged with and into the Company (the
Merger
) in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Washington Business Corporation Act, as amended, of the State of Washington (the
WBCA
), the Company will continue
as the surviving corporation of the Merger and each share of the Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the consideration set forth herein, all upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, each of the executive officers and directors of the Company, in their respective capacities as securityholders of the
Company, are entering into Voting Agreements with Parent substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(each, a
Voting Agreement
and collectively, the
Voting Agreements
).
WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as an inducement to Parents willingness to enter into
this Agreement, certain key employees of the Company are entering into employment agreement addendums with Parent regarding such key employees continued employment with Parent or an Affiliate thereof on and after the Closing Date, each to be
effective as of the Effective Time.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, and intending to be legally bound hereby, Parent, Merger Sub and the
Company hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1
The Merger
. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the WBCA, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company in the Merger, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease and the
Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger and as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent. The Company, as the surviving corporation of the Merger, is referred to herein as the
Surviving Corporation
.
1.2
The Closing
. The consummation of the Merger shall take place at a closing (the
Closing
) to occur at
the offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional Corporation, One Market Plaza, Spear Tower,
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Suite 3300, San Francisco, California 94105, on a date and at a time to be agreed upon by Parent and the Company, which date shall be no later than the second (2
nd
) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver (to the extent
permitted hereunder) of the last to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in
Article VI
(other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver (to the
extent permitted hereunder) of such conditions), or at such other location, date and time as Parent and the Company shall mutually agree upon in writing (the date upon which the Closing shall actually occur pursuant hereto being referred to herein
as the
Closing Date
).
1.3
Effective Time of Merger
. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, promptly after the Closing on the Closing Date, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall cause the Merger to be consummated under Washington Law by filing articles of merger in customary form and substance
(the
Articles of Merger
) with the Secretary of State of the State of Washington in accordance with the applicable provisions of the WBCA (the time of such filing and acceptance by the Washington Secretary of State, or such later
time as may be agreed in writing by Parent, Merger Sub and the Company and specified in the Articles of Merger, being referred to herein as the
Effective Time
). This Agreement together with
Exhibit B
hereto but excluding
the other Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement shall be deemed the plan of merger under Chapter 11 of the WBCA and shall be filed with the Articles of Merger pursuant to Section 23B.11.050(1) of the WBCA.
1.4
Effect of the Merger
. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the
applicable provisions of the WBCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (and subject thereto), at the Effective Time, all of the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the
Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
1.5
Organizational Documents of Surviving Corporation
.
(a) At the
Effective Time, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.11
, the articles of incorporation of the Company shall be amended in their entirety as set forth in
Exhibit B
to this Agreement, and as so amended shall become the articles of
incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of Washington Law and such articles of incorporation.
(b) At the Effective Time, subject to the provisions of
Section 5.11
, the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the applicable provisions of Washington Law, the articles of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.
1.6
Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation
.
(a) At the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the directors of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the articles
of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
(b) At the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall become the officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until their respective successors are duly appointed.
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1.7
Effect of Merger on Capital Stock of Constituent Corporations
. Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, or the holders of any shares of Company Common Stock:
(a)
Merger Sub Capital Stock
. Each share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation, whereupon each certificate evidencing ownership of such shares of common stock of
Merger Sub shall thereafter evidence ownership of shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(b)
Company Capital
Stock
.
(i) Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than
any Cancelled Company Shares and any Dissenting Company Shares) shall be canceled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive the following consideration: (A) $6.00 in cash, without interest (such per share cash
amount being referred to herein as the
Cash Consideration
)
plus
(B) 0.1553 validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock (such per share amount of Parent Common Stock being referred to
herein as the
Stock Consideration
), upon the surrender of the Certificate representing such share of Company Common Stock (or the receipt of an agents message in the case of Book-Entry Shares) in the manner set forth in
Section 1.9
(or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, upon delivery of an affidavit (and bond, if required) in the manner set forth in
Section 1.9(h)
). For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the term
Merger Consideration
shall mean the Cash Consideration
plus
the Stock Consideration, together with any cash payable under
Section 1.7(b)(iii)
in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock otherwise
issuable pursuant hereto. From and after the Effective Time, all shares of Company Common Stock shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled, retired and cease to exist, and each holder of a Certificate theretofore
representing any shares of Company Common Stock (other than any Cancelled Company Shares and any Dissenting Company Shares) shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the Merger Consideration issuable and
payable in respect thereof pursuant to this
Section 1.7(b)
and any dividends or other distributions issuable or payable in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
upon the surrender thereof in accordance with the
provisions of
Section 1.9
. The Merger Consideration issued upon the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms hereof (including any cash paid in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(iii)
and
Section 1.9(c)
) shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company Common Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the
records of the Surviving Corporation of any shares of Company Common Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Certificates are presented to Parent or the Surviving Corporation for any
reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this
Article I
.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary set forth in this Agreement, (A) the Stock Consideration shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities
convertible into shares of Parent Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock having a record date on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time, and
(B) the Cash Consideration and the Stock Consideration shall be adjusted appropriately to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into
shares of Company Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification or other like change with respect to Company Common Stock having a record date on or after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time (it being understood and
agreed that the inclusion of this clause (B) shall not be deemed to amend or modify in any respect the restrictions set forth in
Article IV
).
(iii) No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be issued by virtue of the Merger or pursuant to this Agreement, and in lieu thereof each holder of record of shares of Company Common Stock who
would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional
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shares of Parent Common Stock that otherwise would be received by such holder of record) shall be entitled to receive from Parent, upon surrender of such holders Certificate(s) in the
manner set forth in
Section 1.9
, an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest whole cent), without interest, equal to the product of such fraction multiplied by the Parent Common Stock Closing Price.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, or the holders of any shares of Company Common Stock, each share of Company Common Stock owned by Parent, any
Subsidiary of Parent or the Company (collectively,
Cancelled Company Shares
), in each case as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration paid
therefor.
(v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, all shares of Company Common Stock
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a shareholder who shall have neither voted in favor of the Merger nor consented thereto in writing and who shall have properly and validly demanded its rights to be paid the
fair value of such Company Shares in accordance with Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA (
Dissenting Company Shares
) shall not be converted into, or represent the right to receive, the Merger Consideration pursuant to this
Section 1.7
. By virtue of the Merger, all Dissenting Company Shares shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist and the holders of such Dissenting Company Shares shall thereafter be entitled only to such rights with respect to such
Dissenting Company Shares as are provided under Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA;
provided, however
, that notwithstanding the foregoing, all Dissenting Company Shares held by a shareholder who shall have failed to perfect or who shall have
effectively withdrawn or lost such shareholders right to dissent under such Chapter 23B.13 of the WBCA shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted into, and to have become exchangeable for, the right to receive the Merger Consideration,
without any interest thereon, upon surrender of the Certificate or Certificates that formerly evidenced such shares of Company Common Stock (or receipt of an agents message in the case of Book-Entry Shares) in the manner set forth in
Section 1.9
. The Company shall give Parent (x) prompt notice of any notice received by the Company of any shareholders intent to exercise its dissenters rights under Section 23B.13 of the WBCA, demand received by
the Company for payment of the fair value of any Company Shares, withdrawals of such demands, and any other instruments received by the Company which relate to any such demand for dissenters rights and (y) the opportunity to direct and
control all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for dissenters rights under Washington Law in respect of Dissenting Company Shares. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, voluntarily make any
payment with respect to any demands for dissenters rights or settle or offer to settle any such demands for payment in respect of Dissenting Company Shares.
(vi) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent that the sum of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable in the Merger plus (B) the
maximum number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of all Assumed Options, Assumed RSUs and Assumed Stock Appreciation Rights after giving effect to the cash-out of vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation
Rights pursuant to Section 1.8(g) (the sum of the amounts in clauses (A) and (B), the
Total Stock Amount
) would be equal to or greater than nineteen and nine tenths percent (19.9%) of the shares of Parent Common
Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (such amount, the
Stock Threshold
), the Stock Consideration in the Merger shall be decreased to the minimum extent necessary, such that the Total Stock Amount shall
not equal or exceed the Stock Threshold. In such event, the Cash Consideration in the Merger shall be increased by an amount equal to the product of (A) the amount of such reduction in the Stock Consideration in the Merger pursuant to the
preceding sentence multiplied by (B) Parent Common Stock Closing Price.
1.8
Treatment of Company Stock Awards
.
(a)
Company Options Held by Continuing Service Providers
. At the Effective Time, each Company Option (or portion
thereof) that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by a Continuing Service Provider shall, without any further action on the part of any holder of Company Options, be
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assumed by Parent (each, an
Assumed Option
), unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that certain Company Options shall not be assumed in accordance with
Section 1.8(g)
. Each such Assumed Option shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to the related Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, including the vesting schedule applicable thereto, except that
(A) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Assumed Option shall be equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Assumed Option as of immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio (with the resulting number, in the event a fractional share results, rounded down to the nearest whole share), and (B) the per share exercise price of each Assumed Option shall be equal to the quotient
determined by dividing (x) the exercise price per share at which such Assumed Option was exercisable immediately prior to the Effective Time by (y) the Exchange Ratio (with the resulting price per share rounded up to the nearest whole
cent). Continuous employment with the Company prior to the Effective Time will be credited to holders of Assumed Options for purposes of any vesting requirements applicable to the Assumed Options after the Effective Time. The assumption of Assumed
Options classified as incentive stock options (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be effected in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 424 of the Code and
the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, the assumption of all other Assumed Options shall be effected in a manner that satisfies the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and this
Section 1.8
will be construed consistent with such intentions.
(b)
Company Restricted Stock Units Held by
Continuing Service Providers
. At the Effective Time, each award of Company Restricted Stock Units (or portion thereof) that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by a Continuing Service Provider shall,
without any further action on the part of any holder of Company Restricted Stock Units, be assumed by Parent (each, an
Assumed RSU
). Each such Assumed RSU shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to the related
Company Restricted Stock Unit immediately prior to the Effective Time, including the vesting schedule applicable thereto, except that the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Assumed RSU shall be equal to the product of
(x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such Assumed RSU as of immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio (with the resulting number, in the event a fractional share results, rounded
down to the nearest whole share). Continuous employment with the Company prior to the Effective Time will be credited to holders of Assumed RSUs for purposes of any vesting requirements applicable to the Assumed RSUs after the Effective Time.
(c)
Company Stock Appreciation Rights Held by Continuing Service Providers
. At the Effective Time, each Company Stock
Appreciation Right (or portion thereof) that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and that is held by a Continuing Service Provider shall, without any further action on the part of any holder of Company Stock Appreciation
Rights, be assumed by Parent (each, an
Assumed Stock Appreciation Right
), unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that certain Company Stock Appreciation Rights shall not be assumed in accordance with
Section 1.8(g)
. Each such Assumed Stock Appreciation Right shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to the related Company Stock Appreciation Right immediately prior to the Effective Time, including the vesting
schedule applicable thereto, except that (A) the number of shares of Parent Common Stock subject to each Assumed Stock Appreciation Right shall be equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying such
Assumed Stock Appreciation Right as of immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (y) the Exchange Ratio (with the resulting number, in the event a fractional share results, rounded down to the nearest whole share), and (B) the
per share exercise price of each Assumed Stock Appreciation Right shall be equal to the quotient determined by dividing (x) the exercise price per share at which such Assumed Stock Appreciation Right was exercisable immediately prior to the
Effective Time by (y) the Exchange Ratio (with the resulting price per share rounded up to the nearest whole cent). Continuous employment with the Company prior to the Effective Time will be credited to holders of Assumed Stock Appreciation
Rights for purposes of any vesting requirements applicable to the Assumed Stock Appreciation Rights after the Effective Time. The assumption of Assumed Stock Appreciation Rights pursuant to this Section shall be effected in a manner that satisfies
the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and this
Section 1.8
will be construed consistent with this intent.
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(d)
Company Stock Awards Held by Non-Continuing Service Providers
. Each Company Stock
Award that is held by a Person other than a Continuing Service Provider shall not be assumed or otherwise substituted by Parent (a
Terminating Award
), and each such Terminating Award shall be canceled or terminated at the
Effective Time without consideration.
(e)
Necessary Actions; Form S-8
.
(i) The Company shall, at Parents direction (which is hereby given pursuant to this Agreement), take all actions necessary to
effect the transactions contemplated by this
Section 1.8
under all Company Plans and Company Stock Awards or any other plan or arrangement of the Company, including delivering all required notices, obtaining all necessary consents, and
making any determinations and/or resolutions of the Company Board or a committee thereof.
(ii) Promptly after the Effective
Time (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days following the Effective Time), if available for use by Parent, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) relating to the
shares of Parent Common Stock issuable with respect to assumed or converted Company Stock Awards under this
Section 1.8
and, in connection with assumption of the Company Stock Awards contemplated by this
Section 1.8
, shall
file with NYSE a Supplemental Listing Application (or such other form as may be required by NYSE) relating to such assumed Company Stock Awards. Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration
statement (and the current status of the prospectus or prospectuses required thereby) for so long as shares remain issuable pursuant to assumed or converted Company Stock Awards. Parent shall give holders written notice of their assumed or converted
Company Stock Awards within five (5) Business Days after the Effective Time stating that their Company Stock Awards have been assumed by Parent and shall continue in effect on substantially the same terms and conditions (subject to adjustment
required by this
Section 1.8)
after giving effect to the merger and the terms of the Company Plans.
(f)
Assumption of Company 2004 Plan
. Following the Effective Time, if and only if Parent provides a written notice to the Company no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall assume and will be able to grant
equity-based awards, to the extent permissible by applicable Law and NYSE rules, under the terms of the Company 2004 Plan or the terms of another plan adopted by Parent to issue the reserved but unissued Company shares under the Company 2004 Plan
and the shares that would otherwise return to the Company 2004 Plan pursuant to
Section 4.2(a)
thereof (which provides that each award that lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder or if
shares of Company Common Stock are issued under the Company 2004 Plan to a holder and thereafter are forfeited to or otherwise reacquired by the Company, the shares subject to such awards and the forfeited or reacquired shares shall again be
available for issuance under the 2004 Plan), except that (i) Company shares covered by such awards will be shares of Parent Common Stock and (ii) all references to a number of Company shares will be (A) changed to reference Parent
Common Stock and (B) converted to a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the product of the number of Company shares multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares of Parent Common Stock. The
Company shall take all actions in furtherance of this
Section 1.8(f)
as Parent may reasonably request. Unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that the Company 2004 Plan will be assumed, the Company shall terminate the
Company 2004 Plan in accordance with
Section 5.10
.
(g)
Parent Election to Cancel and Cash-Out Vested Company
Options and Vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights
.
(i) Notwithstanding
Sections 1.8(a)
and
1.8(c)
, if
Parent reasonably determines, after consultation with the Company, that the Total Stock Amount (prior to giving effect to any cash out of vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights under this
Section 1.8(g)
)
would otherwise equal or exceed the Stock Threshold, Parent shall, in accordance with this
Section 1.8(g),
cash out at least that number of vested Company Options (which may include any Company Options that will accelerate as a result of
the
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Merger) identified by Parent (
Identified Options
) and/or vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights (which may include any Company Stock Appreciation Rights that will accelerate
as a result of the Merger) identified by Parent (
Identified Stock Appreciation Rights
), in each case held by Continuing Service Providers, such that the Total Stock Amount would no longer equal or exceed the Stock Threshold.
Parent agrees to determine the identity (including without limitation the allocation between Identified Options and Identified Stock Appreciation Rights) and the aggregate number of, the Identified Options and/or Identified Stock Appreciation Rights
to be so cashed out in an objective manner using the following criteria. The vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights shall be sorted in order from highest exercise price to lowest exercise price. Those vested Company
Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights with the highest exercise price shall be cashed out first. To the extent that it is not necessary to cash out all of the vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights
with a particular exercise price, then within such tranche of vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights with a particular exercise price, those vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights will be
sorted in order by seniority at the Company (based on position, not length of service). Those vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights held by the individuals with the highest seniority shall be cashed out first. To
the extent that it is not necessary to cash out all of the vested Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights held by all of the individuals with a particular level of seniority, then within such tranche by seniority, the vested
Company Options and vested Company Stock Appreciation Rights shall be cashed out pro rata among the individuals with that level of seniority. In case of any questions regarding the interpretation of this Section 1.8(g), the determination
of Parents Board of Directors shall be final and binding. Parent shall provide the Company written notice no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date of its determination to cash out the Identified Options and the
Identified Stock Appreciation Rights in accordance with this
Section 1.8(g)
.
(ii) At the Effective Time, each
Identified Option (or portion thereof) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger be cancelled, terminated and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, with respect to
each share underlying such Identified Option, equal to the excess, if any, of the Cash-Out Consideration over the per share exercise price of such Identified Option (such amount being hereinafter referred to as the
Option
Consideration
). If the exercise price per share of any such Identified Option is equal to or greater than the Cash-Out Consideration, such Identified Option shall be cancelled without any cash payment being made in respect thereof. The
payment of Option Consideration to the holder of a Identified Option shall be reduced by any income or employment tax withholding required under any applicable Law.
(iii) At the Effective Time, each Identified Stock Appreciation Right (or portion thereof) outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the Merger be cancelled, terminated
and converted into the right to receive an amount in cash, without interest, with respect to each share underlying such Identified Stock Appreciation Right, equal to the excess, if any, of the Cash-Out Consideration over the per share exercise price
of such Identified Stock Appreciation Right (such amount being hereinafter referred to as the
SAR Consideration
). If the exercise price per share of any such Identified Stock Appreciation Right is equal to or greater than the
Cash-Out Consideration, such Identified Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled without any cash payment being made in respect thereof. The payment of SAR Consideration to the holder of a Identified Stock Appreciation shall be reduced by any
income or employment tax withholding required under any applicable Law.
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Exchange Fund; Exchange of Shares
;
Payment of Option Consideration and SAR Consideration
.
(a)
Exchange Fund
.
(i) Prior to the date on which Parent and the Company shall disseminate the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, Parent shall select a bank or
trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as the exchange agent for the Merger (the
Exchange Agent
).
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(ii) At or prior to the Closing, Parent shall deposit (or cause to be deposited) with the
Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock, for exchange in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Article I
, the following:
(A) a number of shares of Parent Common Stock sufficient to issue all Stock Consideration issuable pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(i)
;
(B) cash in an amount sufficient to pay all Cash Consideration payable pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(i)
; and
(C) cash in an amount sufficient to make all requisite payments of cash in lieu of
fractional shares payable pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(iii)
and any dividends or other distributions which holders of shares of Company Common Stock may be entitled pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
.
All shares of Parent Common Stock and cash deposited with the Exchange Agent pursuant hereto shall hereinafter be referred to as the
Exchange
Fund
. Pursuant to irrevocable instructions, the Exchange Agent shall promptly deliver the Merger Consideration from the Exchange Fund to the former Company shareholders who are entitled thereto pursuant to
Section 1.7
.
(b)
Exchange Procedures
.
(i) Promptly following the Effective Time, Parent and Merger Sub shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each holder of record (as of immediately prior to the Effective Time) of a certificate that
represented outstanding shares of Company Common Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (a
Certificate
), and each holder of record of uncertificated shares of Company Common Stock represented by book-entry shares
(
Book-Entry Shares
) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (A) a letter of transmittal in customary form (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 to the Exchange Agent), and (B) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration issuable and payable in respect thereof (in
accordance with
Section 1.7(b)
) and any dividends or other distributions to which such holders is entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
.
(ii) Upon surrender of Certificates for cancellation to the Exchange Agent (or upon receipt of an appropriate agents message in the case of Book-Entry Shares), together with a letter of transmittal,
properly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, the holders of such Certificates and Book-Entry Shares shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor (A) the number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock
(after taking into account all Certificates surrendered by such holder of record) to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(i)
(which, at the election of Parent, may be in uncertificated book entry form unless a
physical certificate is requested by the holder of record or is otherwise required by applicable Law), (B) the cash amounts such holders are entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(i)
, (C) the cash payable in lieu of
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock such holder is entitled to receive pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(iii)
, and (D) any dividends or distributions to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
, and any
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. The Exchange Agent shall accept such Certificates and Book-Entry Shares upon compliance with such reasonable terms and conditions as the Exchange Agent may impose to
effect an orderly exchange thereof in accordance with normal exchange practices. No interest shall be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on any cash amounts payable upon the surrender of such
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares pursuant to this
Section 1.9
. Until so surrendered, outstanding Certificates and Book-Entry Shares shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to evidence only the right to receive the Merger
Consideration issuable and payable in respect thereof and any dividends or distributions payable or issuable in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
. Exchange of Book-Entry Shares shall be effected in accordance with the customary
procedures in respect of shares represented by book entry on the stock ledger of the Company.
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(c)
Dividends and Other Distributions
. No dividends or other distributions declared
or made after the date hereof with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time, and no payment in lieu of fractional shares pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(iii)
, will be paid to the holders of any unsurrendered
Certificates or Book-Entry Shares with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holders of record of such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall surrender such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with
the terms of
Section 1.9(b)
. Subject to applicable Law, promptly following the surrender of any such Certificates or Book-Entry Shares, the Exchange Agent shall deliver to the record holders thereof, without interest, any dividends or
other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time and theretofore paid with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock and, at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date
after the Effective Time and a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such whole shares of Parent Common Stock.
(d)
Transfers of Ownership
. In the event that shares of Parent Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than that in which the Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor are registered
(including as a result of a transfer of ownership of shares of Company Common Stock that has not been registered in the stock transfer books or ledger of the Company), it will be a condition of the issuance of such shares of Parent Common Stock that
the Certificates so surrendered are properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for surrender and transfer and the Person requesting such payment has paid to Parent (or any agent designated by Parent) any transfer or other Taxes required by
reason of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Certificates surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent (or any agent designated by Parent) that such transfer or
other Taxes have been paid or are otherwise not payable.
(e)
Required Withholding
. Each of the Exchange Agent, Parent
and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under Law.
To the extent that such amounts are so deducted or withheld and timely remitted to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts
would otherwise have been paid.
(f)
No Liability
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Agreement, none of the Exchange Agent, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any other party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of Parent Common Stock or Company Common Stock for any amount properly paid to a public official pursuant to any
applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.
(g)
Termination of Exchange Fund
. At the request of Parent, any
portion of the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed or unclaimed on the date that is six (6) months immediately following the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, and any holders of the Certificates who have not theretofore
surrendered Certificates in compliance with this
Section 1.9
shall thereafter look only to Parent for issuance or payment of the Merger Consideration issuable and payable in respect thereto pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)
and
issuance and payment of any dividends or other distributions payable or issuable in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains undistributed or unclaimed as of immediately prior to such time
as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled
thereto.
(h)
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
. In the event that any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen
or destroyed, the Exchange 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, the Merger Consideration that is issuable and payable in respect thereof
pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)
and any dividends or distributions issuable or payable in respect thereof pursuant to
Section 1.9(c)
;
provided, however
, that Parent and/or the Exchange Agent may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owners of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum
as it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
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(i)
Payment of Option Consideration and SAR Consideration
. If Parent cashes out
Identified Options and/or Identified SARs pursuant to
Section 1.8(g)
, Parent will pay or cause to be paid to holders of Identified Options and Identified SARs, an amount equal to the Option Consideration and SAR Consideration no later
than the 30th day after the Effective Time.
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Taking of Necessary Further Action
. If, at any time after the
Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises
of the Company and Merger Sub, the directors and officers of the Company and Merger Sub shall take all such lawful and necessary action.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Except as set forth in the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent dated as of the date hereof (the
Company
Disclosure Schedule
), which expressly identifies the Section (and, if applicable, subsection) to which such exception relates (it being understood and hereby agreed that any disclosure set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule relating
to one Section or subsection of this Agreement shall also apply to any other Sections and subsections of this Agreement if and to the extent that it is readily apparent on the face of such disclosure (without reference to the underlying documents
referenced therein) that such disclosure also relates to such other Sections or subsections), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
2.1
Organization and Standing
. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing and has the requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is presently
being conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties and assets. The Company is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties owned or leased or the nature of its
activities make such qualification necessary (except to the extent the good standing concept is not applicable in any relevant jurisdiction), except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent complete and correct copies of (a) the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company, in each case as in effect on the
date hereof, and (b) all actions taken by written consent and all minutes (or, in the case of draft minutes or written consents, the most recent drafts thereof) of all meetings of the shareholders, the Company Board and each committee of the
Company Board since January 1, 2010, except for such portions of the minutes of the Company Board or any committee of the Committee Board with respect to the consideration by such directors of the possible acquisition of the Company. The
Company is not and has never been in violation of its articles of incorporation or bylaws.
2.2
Authorization and
Enforceability
.
(a) The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
subject to obtaining the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and to perform its obligations hereunder. 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 contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company other than, in the case of
the consummation of the Merger, obtaining the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, and no additional corporate actions or proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by Parent and Merger Sub, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors rights
generally and is subject to general principles of equity.
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(b) At a meeting duly called and held on May 6, 2013, the Company Board unanimously
adopted resolutions (i) determining that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) are advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of, the Company and its shareholders, (ii) adopting this Agreement
and approving the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), (iii) resolving to submit this Agreement to the shareholders of the Company for approval in accordance with the WBCA (the
Merger Proposal
) and
(iv) recommending that the shareholders of the Company approve the Merger Proposal at the Company Shareholder Meeting. As of the date hereof, the Company Board has not rescinded or modified in any way the foregoing resolutions.
(c) Assuming that the representations of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in
Section 3.12
are accurate, the affirmative vote
of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, voting together as a class, in favor of the Merger Proposal (the
Requisite Company Shareholder Approval
), is the only vote of the holders of any class
or series of Company Capital Stock necessary (under applicable Law or otherwise) to approve and adopt this Agreement and consummate the Merger.
(d) Assuming that the representations of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in
Section 3.12
are accurate, the Company Board has taken all necessary actions so that the restrictions on significant
business transactions set forth in Chapter 23B.19 of the WBCA are not applicable to this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), or the Voting Agreements and the transactions contemplated thereby. No other
control share acquisition, fair price, moratorium or other antitakeover Law (such Law, including Section 23B.19 of the WBCA,
Takeover Law
) applies to this Agreement, the Voting Agreements
or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) or thereby.
(e) As of the date hereof, neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has terminated, amended or waived any rights under (or failed to enforce by seeking an injunction or by seeking to specifically enforce the terms of) any standstill or other similar agreement
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person.
2.3
Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
.
(a) The execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement, the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and the compliance by the Company with any of the terms hereof do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws or other equivalent
constituent documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) subject to obtaining the consents set forth in
Section 2.3
of the Company Disclosure Schedules, violate, conflict with, or result in the breach of or constitute a
default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any Material
Contract, (iii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in
Section 2.3(b)
and, in the case of the consummation of the Merger, subject to obtaining the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, violate or conflict with any Law
or Order applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any of their properties or assets are bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
except, in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, for such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults, terminations, accelerations or Liens which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, be
material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole.
(b) No consent, approval, Order or authorization of,
or filing or registration with, or notification to (any of the foregoing being a
Consent
), any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), except (i) the filing and recordation of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the
State of Washington with respect to the Merger, (ii) such filings and approvals as may be required by any U.S. federal,
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state or non-U.S. securities laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Law and
(iv) such other Consents, the failure of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole.
2.4
Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of (i) one hundred twenty million (120,000,000) shares of Company Common Stock, and (ii) thirty million (30,000,000) shares of
Company Preferred Stock. As of the close of business on May 3, 2013 (the
Capitalization Date
): (A) 27,020,560 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding and (B) no shares of Company Preferred Stock
were issued and outstanding. Since the close of business on the Capitalization Date, the Company has not issued or authorized the issuance of any shares of Company Capital Stock other than pursuant to the exercise or vesting of Company Stock Awards
granted under a Company Plan in compliance with the terms of this Agreement. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of any preemptive rights.
(b) The Company has reserved 5,936,433 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance under the Company Plans and 659,979 Shares were
reserved for future issuance pursuant to Company Stock Awards not yet granted under the Company Plans. As of the close of business on the Capitalization Date, with respect to the Company Plans, there were outstanding (A) Company Options to
purchase or otherwise acquire 4,464,226 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 3,335,612 were vested and exercisable as of such date, (B) Company Restricted Stock Units to purchase or otherwise acquire 560,832 shares of Company Common Stock,
of which 560,832 were unvested as of such date and (C) Company Stock Appreciation Rights to purchase or otherwise acquire 911,375 shares of Company Common Stock, of which 258,000 were vested and exercisable as of such date and, since such date,
the Company has not granted, committed to grant or otherwise created or assumed any obligation with respect to any Company Stock Awards. All grants of Company Stock Awards were validly issued and properly approved by the plan administrator of the
applicable Company Plan in accordance with all applicable Law and the Company Plans and no such grants involved any backdating or similar practices with respect to the effective date of grant. All Company Stock Awards granted on or prior
to December 31, 2012 have been, and all the Company Stock Awards granted after December 31, 2012 will be, properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP on the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries filed in
or furnished with Company SEC Reports.
(c) Except as set forth in this
Section 2.4
, there are (i) no
outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company, (ii) no outstanding securities of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Company Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting
interest in, the Company, (iii) no outstanding options, warrants, rights or other Contracts to acquire from the Company, or that obligates the Company to issue, any Company Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any
securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Company Capital Stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company, (iv) no obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, warrant, right,
convertible or exchangeable security or other similar Contract relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, the Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), together with the
capital stock of the Company, being referred to collectively as
Company Securities
) and (v) no other obligations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payments based on the price or value of any Company
Securities. There are no outstanding Contracts of any kind which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Company Securities.
Section 2.4(c)(i)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets
forth, with respect to each outstanding Company Option, the name of the holder of such option, the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such option, the exercise price of such option, the date on which such option
was granted, the vesting schedule for such option (including any acceleration provisions with respect thereto), including the extent unvested and vested to date, and whether such option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option
as defined in Section 422 of
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the Code.
Section 2.4(c)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each holder of Company Restricted Stock Units, the name of the holder of such award, the
number of shares of Company Restricted Stock Units held by such holder, the date on which such Company Restricted Stock Units were granted, the applicable vesting schedule for such Company Restricted Stock Units (including any acceleration
provisions with respect thereto), and whether the Company Restricted Stock Units are settled in cash, stock or a combination thereof.
Section 2.4(c)(iii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each outstanding
Company Stock Appreciation Right, the name of the holder of such right, the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such right, whether the Company Stock Appreciation Right is settled in cash, stock or a combination thereof, the exercise
price of such right, the date on which such right was granted, the vesting schedule for such right (including any acceleration provisions with respect thereto), including the extent unvested and vested to date.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract restricting the transfer of, relating to the voting of,
requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive rights, anti-dilutive rights or rights of first refusal or similar rights with respect to any securities of the Company.
2.5
Subsidiaries
.
(a)
Section 2.5(a)
of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate list of the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary of the Company and includes details regarding its form and state of organization, ownership and states in which qualified to do business
. Except for the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, any Person.
(b) Each of the Companys Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its respective organization (except to the extent the good
standing concept is not applicable in any relevant jurisdiction). Each of the Companys Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate or other applicable power and authority to carry on its respective business as it is presently being
conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties and assets. Each of the Companys Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties owned or leased
or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary (except to the extent the good standing concept is not applicable in any relevant jurisdiction), except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company has delivered or made available to Parent complete and correct copies of (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws or other
equivalent constituent documents, as amended to date, of each of the Companys Subsidiaries, and (b) all actions taken by written consent and all minutes (or, in the case of draft minutes or written consents, the most recent drafts
thereof) of all meetings of the shareholders, members, the board or other equivalent governing body and each committee of the board or other equivalent governing body of each of the Companys Subsidiaries since January 1, 2010. None of the
Companys Subsidiaries is or has ever been in violation of its articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other applicable constituent governing documents.
(c) All of the outstanding capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, each Subsidiary of the Company (i) has been duly authorized, validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable
and (ii) is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, free and clear of all Liens and free of any other restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other equity or voting
interest) that would prevent the operation by the Surviving Corporation of such Subsidiarys business as presently conducted.
(d) There are no outstanding (i) securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, any
Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) options, warrants, rights or other Contracts to acquire from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or that obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any capital stock of, or other equity or
voting interest in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest
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in, any Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) obligations of the Company to grant, extend or enter into any subscription, option, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other
similar Contract relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, any Subsidiary of the Company (the items in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), together with the capital stock of the Subsidiaries
of the Company, being referred to collectively as
Subsidiary Securities
) or (iv) other obligations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payments based on the price or value of any Subsidiary Securities. There
are no outstanding Contracts of any kind which obligate the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding Subsidiary Securities.
2.6
SEC Reports; Other Reports
.
(a) Since January 1, 2010, the Company has filed or furnished all forms, reports and documents with the SEC that have been required to be filed or furnished by it under applicable Law , and the
Company will file or furnish prior to the Effective Time all forms, reports and documents with the SEC that are required to be filed or furnished by it under applicable Law prior to such time (all such forms, reports and documents, together with any
other forms, reports or other documents filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC on or prior to the Effective Time that are not required to be so filed or furnished, the
Company SEC Reports
). Each Company SEC Report
complied, or will comply, as the case may be, as of its filing date or the date on which it is furnished, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, each as in effect on
the date such Company SEC Report was, or will be, filed or furnished. True and correct copies of all Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, whether or not required under applicable Law, have been furnished to Parent or are publicly
available in the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) database of the SEC. As of its filing date or the date it was furnished to the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing or furnished document prior to the date of this
Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseding filing or furnished document), each Company SEC Report did not and will not contain, as the case may be, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. None of the Companys Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents
with the SEC. No executive officer of the Company has failed to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to any Company SEC Report for which such certification
was required, except as disclosed in certifications filed with the Company SEC Reports. Neither the Company nor any of its executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Authority challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness,
form or manner of filing of such certifications. There are no outstanding written comments from the SEC with respect to any of the Company SEC Reports.
(b) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, registrations and statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that they were required to
file since January 1, 2010, with any Governmental Authority (other than the SEC) and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in connection therewith, except where the failure to file such reports, registrations and statements would
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. Neither the Company nor any of its executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Authority
challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications.
2.7
Financial
Statements and Controls
.
(a) The consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries filed in or
furnished with the Company SEC Reports complied, and in the case of consolidated financial statements to be filed in or furnished with Company SEC Reports after the date hereof, will comply, as to form in all material respects with all applicable
accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and they have been or will be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied by the
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Company during the periods and at the dates involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, as may be permitted by the SEC
for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q), and fairly present in all material respects, or will fairly present in all material respects, as the case may be, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof
and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(b) The Company has established and
maintains, adheres to and enforces a system of internal accounting controls which are effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP,
including policies and procedures that (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with
appropriate authorizations of management and the Company Board and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries
that could have a material effect on the Companys financial statements. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (including any employee thereof) nor the Companys independent auditors has identified or been made aware of
(A) any significant deficiency or material weakness (as defined in Rule 13a-15-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (B) any fraud, whether or
not material, that involves the Companys management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company and its Subsidiaries or (C) any claim or
allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
(c) The Company has established and maintains effective disclosure controls and
procedures required by Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported to the individuals responsible for preparing such reports within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management as appropriate to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or
has any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, partnership agreement or any similar Contract (including any Contract relating to any transaction, arrangement or relationship between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand (such as any arrangement described in Section 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K of the SEC))
where the purpose or effect of such arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving the Company or any its Subsidiaries in the Companys consolidated financial statements.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Companys Knowledge, any director, officer, employee, auditor,
accountant, consultant or representative of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any substantive complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, that the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices. No attorney representing the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has reported evidence of a material violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar
violation by the Company or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents to the Company Board or any committee thereof or to any director or executive officer of the Company.
(f) To the Companys Knowledge, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has provided or is providing information to
any law enforcement agency regarding the commission or possible commission of any crime or the violation or possible violation of any applicable Law of the type described in Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
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nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee, contractor, subcontractor or agent of the Company or any such Subsidiary has discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened,
harassed or in any other manner discriminated against an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act of such employee described in Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
(g) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable criteria for continued listing and the
corporate governance rules of Nasdaq.
(h) The Company has provided to Parent certain financial information requested by
Parent in order to determine any foreign antitrust filings that may be required, including (i) the total revenues by country derived by the Company and its Subsidiaries during the last completed fiscal year based on ship-to revenues
(
i.e.,
revenues based on the location of the customer) and (ii) a list of countries in which the Company has significant assets (
i.e.,
Subsidiaries, divisions or other significant operations), and all such information provided to
Parent is complete and accurate in all material respects.
(i) The Company has provided to Parent copies of all SAB 99
memoranda, reports, white papers or similar documents prepared by, on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company.
2.8
No
Undisclosed Liabilities
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material Liabilities other than (a) Liabilities reflected or otherwise reserved against in the Balance Sheet as filed with the SEC, (b) Liabilities
incurred after the date of the Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company,
(c) Liabilities under this Agreement or (d) Liabilities that are executory obligations under Contracts to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may hereafter become a party (other than Liabilities thereunder due to breaches by
the Company or any of it Subsidiaries of the terms set forth therein).
2.9
Absence of Certain Changes
. Since the
date of the Balance Sheet, except for actions expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries has been conducted, in all material respects, in the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and there
has not been or occurred or there does not exist, as the case may be:
(a) any event, development, change, circumstance or
condition that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (whether or not any events, developments, changes, circumstances or conditions occurring prior to the date of the Balance
Sheet caused or contributed to the occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect on the Company);
(b) any damage, destruction or
other casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance) with respect to any Assets that, individually or in the aggregate, are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole; or
(c) any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement without the prior written consent of Parent, would constitute a breach of
Section 4.2
.
2.10
Compliance with Law and Orders
. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries, and, to
the Knowledge of the Company, their respective properties (including the Assets and the Leased Real Property), are and have been in compliance with all Law and Orders applicable to the Company and its Subsidiaries or such properties or to the
conduct of the business or operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for such violations or noncompliance that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, take
together as a whole. Since January 1, 2010, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiary (a) has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority regarding any material violation by the Company or any Company Subsidiary of any
Law or Order or (b) has provided any written notice to any Governmental Authority regarding any material violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Law or Order and no such notice remains outstanding or unresolved.
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2.11
Permits
. The Company and its Subsidiaries have, and are in compliance with
the terms of, all material permits, licenses, authorizations, consents, approvals and franchises from Governmental Authorities required to occupy and operate each Leased Real Property and to conduct their businesses as currently conducted
(
Permits
), and no suspension or cancellation of any such Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, except for such noncompliance, suspensions or cancellations that would not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. Since January 1, 2010, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Governmental
Authority regarding (a) any violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any such Permits, or (b) any revocation, cancellation or termination of any such Permits held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no such notice
in either case remains outstanding or unresolved.
2.12
Litigation; Orders
.
(a) There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (i) against the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties that (A) involves, or would be reasonably expected to involve, damages or settlement payments in excess of $100,000, or any material non-monetary settlement, (B) seeks material injunctive
relief, (C) seeks to impose any legal restraint on or prohibition against or limit the Parent or the Surviving Corporations ability to operate the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as it was operated immediately
prior to the date of this Agreement or (D) would, individually or in the aggregate with all other pending or threatened Legal Proceedings, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, or (ii) against any current director or officer of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (in their respective capacities as such), or any individual that has or may have a claim for indemnification against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case, whether or not naming the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective properties,
including the Assets and the Leased Real Property, nor (to the Knowledge of the Company) any third party owning or having any other interest in such properties, is subject to any outstanding Order that remains in effect, except for Orders that would
not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole.
2.13
Material Contracts
.
(a) For purposes of this Agreement, a
Material Contract
shall mean:
(i) any material contract (as such term is defined in
Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries that has been, or was required to be, filed with the SEC with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K (the
Form 10-K
) for
the year ended December 31, 2012 or any Company SEC Reports filed after the date of filing of the Form 10-K until the date hereof;
(ii) any Contract (A) relating to the disposition or acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of a material amount of assets (1) after the date of this Agreement other than in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (2) prior to the date of this Agreement, which contains any material ongoing obligations (including indemnification, earn-out or other contingent obligations) that are
still in effect or (B) pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will acquire any material ownership interest in any other Person or other business enterprise other than the Companys Subsidiaries;
(iii) any Contract which grants any right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material assets,
rights or properties of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iv) any Contract containing any covenant (A) limiting
the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any line of business, to make use of any material technology or to compete with any Person in any line of business, (B) granting any exclusive rights, (C) prohibiting the
Company or any of its
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Subsidiaries (or, after the Closing Date, Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries) from engaging in business with any Person or levying a fine, charge or other
payment for doing so, (D) granting any most favored customer or similar provision in favor of any customer or other counterparty to Company or any of its Subsidiaries applicable to the sale of the Company Products or (E) otherwise
prohibiting or limiting the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries to distribute or offer any products or services or to purchase or otherwise obtain any software or technology;
(v) any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other Contracts relating to the borrowing
of money or extension of credit, other than (A) accounts receivables and payables and (B) loans to direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiaries, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(vi) any Contract providing for indemnification or any guaranty by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of third party obligations (in
each case, under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has continuing obligations as of the date hereof), other than any guaranty by the Company of any of its Subsidiarys obligations;
(vii) any Contract which relates to a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company agreement, revenue sharing or other similar
Contract with third parties, or to the formation, creation or operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture with any third parties, other than revenue sharing agreements involving annual payments of less than $100,000 entered
into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(viii) any Contract with (A) a Significant
Customer, (B) a Significant Supplier or (C) any sole source supplier to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(ix) Each Contract that is a (A) dealer, (B) distributor, (C) joint marketing, (D) reseller, (E) sales
representative, (F) development, or (G) other Contract providing for the sole or joint development or marketing of any Company Product;
(x) any Contracts with hosting, connectivity, colocation, or other information technology systems and communications service providers;
(xi) any IP License;
(xii) any Contract that is royalty-bearing;
(xiii) any settlement Contract
entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after January 1, 2010 other than (A) releases immaterial in nature or amount entered into with former employees or independent contractors of the Company in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice or (B) settlement agreements for cash only (which has been paid) and does not exceed $50,000 as to such settlement;
(xiv) any employment, independent contractor or consulting Contract (in each case, under which the Company has continuing obligations as of the date hereof) with any current or former executive officer,
independent contractor or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries or member of the Company Board providing for an annual base compensation in excess of $200,000; and any Contract with any executive officer, director, consultant or employee
providing for severance, retention or change of control payments or benefits, other than ordinary course severance arrangements with non-executive employees involving payments by the Company of less than $25,000;
(xv) any Contract or plan, including any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of
which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be
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accelerated, by the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) or the value of any of the benefits of which will be calculated on the basis of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger);
(xvi) any Lease;
(xvii) any Contract which grants any person the right to use the name Market Leader, any other trademarks owned by the
Company or any derivation thereof, excluding Contracts containing nonexclusive grants of such trademarks to a distributor or reseller of the Company Products made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(xviii) any other Contract that provides for payment obligations by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of $100,000 or more in any
individual case that is not terminable by the Company or its Subsidiaries upon notice of ninety (90) days or less without material liability to the Company or its Subsidiary and is not disclosed pursuant to clauses (i) through
(xviii) above; and
(xix) any Contract, or group of Contracts with a Person (or group of affiliated Persons), the
termination or breach of which would have or would be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on any material product or service offerings of the Company or otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and is not disclosed
pursuant to clauses (i) through (xix) above.
(b)
Section 2.13(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all Material Contracts to or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is bound, and identifies each subsection of
Section 2.13(a)
that describes such Material Contract.
(c) Each Material Contract is valid and binding on the Company (and/or each such Subsidiary of the Company party thereto) and
is in full force and effect in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance,
injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies), and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries party thereto, nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in breach of, or default under, any such Material Contract, and no
event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a breach or default thereunder by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, except for such failures to be
in full force and effect and such breaches and defaults that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notice or to the Knowledge of the Company, other communication regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of or default under, or intention to cancel or modify, any Material Contract.
2.14
Taxes
.
(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has prepared and timely filed (taking into account any valid extensions of time) all material Tax Returns required to be filed relating to any and all Taxes
concerning or attributable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or their respective operations, and such Tax Returns in all material respects are true and correct and have been completed in accordance with applicable Law.
(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has (i) timely paid all material Taxes it is required to pay, and (ii) timely
withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority all material federal and state income Taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act and Federal Unemployment Tax Act amounts, and other material Taxes (including, but not limited to, all
Taxes required to be reported and withheld on any U.S. or non-U.S. stock options) required to be withheld and paid.
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(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries had any Liabilities for material unpaid
Taxes as of the date of the Balance Sheet that had not been accrued or reserved on the Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any Liability for Taxes since the date of the Balance
Sheet other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(d) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has executed any outstanding waiver of any statute of limitations on or extension of the period for the assessment or collection of any income or other material Tax that is still in effect.
(e) No audit or other examination of any income or other material Tax Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is presently in
progress, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been notified in writing of any request for such an audit or other examination. No material adjustment relating to any Tax Return filed by the Company has been proposed in writing by any
Governmental Authority. No Governmental Authority has notified the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that it is or may be subject to taxation in a jurisdiction in which it does not file Tax Returns.
(f) There are no Liens on the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating or attributable to Taxes, other than Permitted
Liens.
(g) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) ever been a member of an affiliated group (within the
meaning of Code §1504(a)) filing a consolidated U.S. federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was or is the Company), (ii) ever been a party to any Tax sharing, indemnification or allocation agreement (other
than pursuant to customary commercial contracts not primarily related to Taxes), nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owe any amount under any such agreement, (iii) any Liability for the Taxes of any person under Treas. Reg.
§ 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of other applicable Law, including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement), as a transferee or successor, by contract, by operation of law or otherwise and (iv) ever
been a party to any joint venture, partnership or other agreement that is treated as a partnership for Tax purposes.
(h)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any income or gain or exclude any deductions or loss from Taxable income for any period or portion thereof after the Effective Time as a result of any (i) change in
method of accounting made prior to the Effective Time, (ii) closing agreement under Section 7121 of the Code entered into prior to the Effective Time, (iii) deferred intercompany gain or excess loss account under Section 1502 of
the Code attributable to transactions occurring prior to the Effective Time (or in the case of clauses (i). (ii) and (iii) above, under any similar provision of applicable Law), (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition
made prior to the Effective Time or (v) prepaid amount received prior to the Effective Time.
(i) Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has constituted either a distributing corporation or a controlled corporation in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code in the last two
(2) years or that could otherwise constitute part of a plan or series of related transactions (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in connection with the Merger.
(j) The Company has not engaged in a reportable transaction under Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4(b), including any transaction that is
the same as or substantially similar to one of the types of transactions that the Internal Revenue Service has determined to be a tax avoidance transaction and identified by notice, regulation, or other form of published guidance as a listed
transaction, as set forth in Treas. Reg. § 1.6011-4(b)(2).
(k) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to Tax in any country other than its country of incorporation or formation by virtue of having a permanent establishment or other place of business in that country.
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(l) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with
all applicable transfer pricing laws and regulations, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating its transfer pricing practices and methodology. The prices for any property or services (or for the use of
any property) provided by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are arms length prices for purposes of the relevant transfer pricing Law, including Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 482 of the Code.
(m) There is no Contract to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party, including the provisions of this Agreement, covering
any employee, consultant or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, which, individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Sections 404 or 162(m) of the Code. Each
Employee Plan which is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (as such term is defined in Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been administered in operational and documentary compliance with the requirements of Section 409A
of the Code. No stock option or other right to acquire Company Common Stock or other equity of the Company (i) has an exercise price that has been or may be less than the fair market value of the underlying equity as of the date such option or
right was granted, as determined by the plan administrator of the applicable Company Plan in good faith, (ii) has any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the later of exercise or
disposition of such option or rights, or (iii) has been granted after December 31, 2004, with respect to any class of stock of the Company that is not service recipient stock (within the meaning of applicable regulations under
Section 409A). Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate is a party to any Contract which would require the payment to any current or former employee, consultant or director of an amount necessary to gross-up such
individual for any penalty tax under Section 409A of the Code.
(n) The Company and its Subsidiaries have identified all
uncertain tax positions contained in all Tax Returns filed by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries and have established adequate reserves and made any appropriate disclosures in the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of ASC
740-10.
(o) The Company has made available to Parent or its legal counsel or accountants copies of all Tax Returns, letter
rulings, technical advice memoranda and similar documents issued since January 1, 2009 by a Governmental Authority relating to income or other material Taxes due from or with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and all ASC 740-10
work papers of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries for all periods since January 1, 2009.
(p) The Company is not
nor has been during the five-year period ending on the Closing Date, a United States Real Property Holding Corporation within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
2.15
Employee Benefits
.
(a)
Section 2.15(a)(i)
and
Section 2.15(a)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, respectively, set forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of (i) all
employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), whether or not subject to ERISA and (ii) all other employment, independent contractor and consulting Contracts (excluding standard employment offer letters in
substantially the form made available to Parent and independent contractor and consulting Contracts involving annual payments of under $100,000 and entered into in the ordinary course of business), as well as all bonus, stock option, stock purchase
or other equity-based, benefit, incentive compensation, profit sharing, savings, retirement (including early retirement and supplemental retirement), disability, insurance, vacation, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement,
termination, retention, change of control and other similar fringe, welfare or other employee benefit plans, programs, Contracts, policies or arrangements (whether or not in writing) maintained or contributed to for the benefit of or relating to any
current or former employee, independent contractor, consultant or director of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which would be treated as a single employer with the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code (an
ERISA Affiliate
), or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any material Liability (together the
Employee Plans
). With respect to
each Employee Plan, the Company has made available to
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Parent complete and accurate copies of (A) the three (3) most recent annual reports on Form 5500 required to have been filed for each Employee Plan, including all schedules thereto;
(B) the most recent determination letter, if any, from the IRS for any Employee Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code; (C) the plan documents and summary plan descriptions, or a written description of the
terms of any Employee Plan that is not in writing; (D) any related trust agreements, insurance contracts, insurance policies or other documents of any funding arrangements; (E) any notices to or from the IRS or any office or representative
of the DOL or any similar Governmental Authority relating to any compliance issues in respect of any such Employee Plan; (F) all amendments, modifications or supplements to any such document.
(b) Neither the Company, any of the Companys Subsidiaries nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained,
participated in or contributed to (or been obligated to contribute to) (i) an Employee Plan which was ever subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, (ii) a multiemployer plan (as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), (iii) a multiple employer plan as defined in ERISA or the Code, or (iv) a funded welfare plan within the meaning of Section 419 of the Code. No Employee 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. No Employee Plan provides welfare benefits that are not fully insured through an insurance
contract.
(c) Each Employee Plan has been maintained, operated and administered in compliance in all material respects with
its terms and with all applicable Law, including the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and the codes of practice issued by any Governmental Authority. None of the Employee Plans is maintained in and subject to the Laws of any non-U.S.
jurisdiction.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred and there currently exists no condition or set of
circumstances in connection with which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries could be subject to any material liability under the terms of any Employee Plan, ERISA, the Code or codes of practice issued by any Governmental Authority, Collective
Bargaining Agreement or any other applicable Law. Except as required by Law or that would not result in a material liability, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any plan or commitment to amend or establish any new Employee Plan or
to increase any benefits under any Employee Plan.
(e) There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened on behalf of or against any Employee Plan, the assets of any trust under any Employee Plan, or the plan sponsor, plan administrator or any fiduciary with respect to any Employee Plan, other than routine claims for benefits that
have been or are being handled through an administrative claims procedure.
(f) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries,
or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents has, with respect to any Employee Plan, engaged in or been a party to any non-exempt prohibited transaction, as such term is defined in
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA, which could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a penalty assessed pursuant to Section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax imposed by Section 4975 of the Code, in each case
applicable to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Employee Plan or for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any indemnification obligation.
(g) No Employee Plan provides post-termination benefits to former employees of the Company or its ERISA Affiliates, other than pursuant to Section 4980B of the Code or any similar Law. Neither the
Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any employee of the Company or its ERISA Affiliates (either individually or to employees as a group) or any other person that such
employee(s) or other person would be provided with post-termination benefits, except to the extent required by applicable Law.
(h) Each Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401 of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the IRS to such effect and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no fact,
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circumstance or event has occurred or exists since the date of such determination letter that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the qualified status of any such
Employee Plan.
(i) All contributions, premiums and other payments required to be made with respect to any Employee Plan have
been timely made, accrued or reserved for in all material respects.
(j) Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) will, either alone or in conjunction with any other event, (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due or payable, or required to be provided, to any
director, employee or independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) increase the amount or value of any benefit or compensation otherwise payable or required to be provided to any such director, employee or independent
contractor, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefit or compensation.
Section 2.15(j)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each Company disqualified
individual (as defined in Section 280G of the Code). No payment or benefit which will or may be made by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any current or former employee or any other disqualified individual will be
characterized as a parachute payment, within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code. There is no Contract, plan or arrangement to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate is a party or by which it is bound to compensate any
current or former employee or other disqualified individual for excise taxes which may be required pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code.
(k) There are no Contracts of employment or for services with any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries who provide services outside the United States.
2.16
Labor Matters
.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract or arrangement between or applying to, one or more employees and a trade union, works council, group of employees or any
other employee representative body, for collective bargaining or other negotiating or consultation purposes or reflecting the outcome of such collective bargaining or negotiation or consultation with respect to their respective employees with any
labor organization, union, group, association, works council or other employee representative body, or is bound by any equivalent national or sectoral agreement (
Collective Bargaining Agreements
). To the Knowledge of the Company,
there are no activities or proceedings by any labor organization, union, group or association or representative thereof to organize any such employees. There are no lockouts, strikes, slowdowns, work stoppages or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threats thereof by or with respect to any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries nor have there been any such lockouts, strikes, slowdowns or work stoppages since January 1, 2010.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with applicable Law and Orders relating to employment,
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, prohibited discrimination, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, secondment and expatriation,
employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages), compensation, and hours of work and in each case, with respect to employees: (i) has withheld and reported all material amounts required by law or by Contract to be withheld and
reported with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to employees, (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or any material taxes or any material penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, and
(iii) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for
employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice).
(c)
Except as set forth in
Section 2.16(c)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries located in the United States are terminable at will, which means for purposes of
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this
Section 2.16(c)
that the employment of such employees are terminable by the Company or its subsidiaries without cause, and without regard to any obligation to make any
post-termination payments or provide any post-termination benefits.
(d) Since January 1, 2010, neither the Company nor
any Subsidiary has taken any action which would constitute a plant closing or mass layoff within the meaning of the WARN Act or similar state, local or foreign Law, issued any notification of a plant closing or mass layoff
required by the WARN Act or similar state, local or foreign Law, or incurred any Liability or obligation under the WARN Act or any similar state or local Law that remains unsatisfied. No terminations currently contemplated by the Company prior to
the Closing would trigger any notice or other obligations under the WARN Act or similar state, local or foreign Law.
2.17
Real Property
.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned any real property, nor is
either party to any Contract to purchase or sell any real property.
Section 2.17(a)(i)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate list of all of the existing material leases, subleases or other Contract
(collectively, the
Leases
) under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries uses or occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property (such property, the
Leased Real Property
)
including, with respect to each Lease, the name of the lessor and the date of the Lease and each amendment thereto. The Company has heretofore made available to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all Leases (including all modifications,
amendments, supplements, waivers, guarantees thereof and side letters thereto).
(b) The Company or its Subsidiaries currently
occupies all of the Leased Real Property for the operation of its business, and there are no other parties occupying, or with a right to occupy, the Leased Real Property.
(c) Based on the use and condition of the Leased Real Property as of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries would reasonably be expected to be required to expend more than
$50,000 in causing any Leased Real Property to comply with the surrender conditions set forth in the applicable Lease. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries has performed in all material respects all of its obligations under any termination
agreements pursuant to which it has terminated any leases of real property that are no longer in effect and has no material continuing liability with respect to such terminated real property leases. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiaries is party
to any Contract or subject to any claim that may require the payment of any real estate brokerage commissions, and no such commission is owed with respect to any of the Leased Real Property. Each Leased Real Property is in good operating condition
and repair, subject to normal wear and tear.
2.18
Environmental Matters
. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries: (i) has received any written notice or other written communication of any alleged material claim, material violation of or material Liability under any Environmental Law which has not heretofore been cured or for which there is
any remaining material Liability; (ii) has disposed of, emitted, discharged, handled, stored, transported, used or released any Hazardous Substances, distributed, sold or otherwise placed on the market Hazardous Substances or any product
containing Hazardous Substances; or (iii) has any Knowledge of any fact or circumstance that would be reasonably likely to involve the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any environmental litigation or impose upon the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries any material environmental Liability. The Company and its Subsidiaries have made available to by Parent and its Representatives all environmental audits and environmental assessments of any facility owned, leased or used at any time by
the Company or each of its Subsidiaries in the possession of the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are no Hazardous Substances in, on, or under any properties owned, leased or used at any time by the Company or each of its Subsidiaries
such as would be reasonable likely to give rise to any material Liability or material corrective or remedial obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Environmental Law.
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2.19
Personal Property
. The machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures and other
tangible personal property and assets owned, leased or used by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (the
Assets
) are, in the aggregate, sufficient and adequate to carry on their respective businesses in all material respects as
presently conducted, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are in possession of and have good title to, or valid leasehold interests in or valid rights under contract to use, such Assets that are material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, take
together as a whole, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), except for defects in title that could not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole.
2.20
Intellectual Property
.
(a)
Section 2.20(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth as of the date hereof a true, complete and correct list of all Registered Intellectual Property owned by, to be assigned to,
filed in the name of, or to be filed in the name of Company or any of its Subsidiaries (collectively the
Company Registered Intellectual Property
), in each case listing: (i) the name of the applicant/registrant,
inventor/author and current owner; (ii) the jurisdiction in which such item of Company Registered Intellectual Property has been registered or filed; (iii) the applicable registration or serial number; (iv) the filing date, and
issuance/registration/grant date; and (v) a brief description of the prosecution status thereof. The Company Registered Intellectual Property is valid, enforceable (except with respect to applications) and subsisting, and has not expired or
been cancelled, or abandoned.
(b)
Section 2.20(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Contracts pursuant
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries acquired or purported to acquire ownership of a third partys Intellectual Property Rights that are material to the business of the Company, by means of the direct purchase of such Intellectual
Property Rights or the purchase (by means of a purchase of stock, merger or otherwise) of the entity owning such Intellectual Property Rights.
(c) No Source Code for any Company Product has been delivered, licensed or made available to any escrow agent or other third party who is not, as of the date of this Agreement, an employee of the Company
or its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have any duty or obligation (whether present, contingent or otherwise) to deliver, license or make available the Source Code for any Company Product to any escrow agent or other
third person. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time) will, or could reasonably be expected to, result in the delivery, license or disclosure of the Source Code for any Company
Product to any escrow agent or other third person.
(d) The Company exclusively owns all right, title and interest to and in
the Company Intellectual Property free and clear of any Liens. Each person (including each employee, consultant and contractor of the Company and its Subsidiaries) who was or is involved in the creation or development of any Company Products, as
well as any other material Company Intellectual Property, has signed and delivered a written Contract in the form of the Companys standard forms of proprietary information, confidentiality and invention assignment agreements (each form of
which has been made available to Parent), and no employee, consultant or contractor has excluded the assignment of any Technology and Intellectual Property Rights to the Company or its Subsidiaries under any such proprietary information,
confidentiality and invention assignment agreements that relates or purports to relate to any Company Product or service. The Company has taken all reasonable steps to maintain the confidentiality of and otherwise protect and enforce its rights in
all proprietary information pertaining to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
(e) There is no pending or, to
the Companys Knowledge, threatened (and at no time within the seven (7) years prior to the date of this Agreement has there been pending any) Legal Proceeding before any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction alleging that
(i) any activities, products, services or conduct of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes, violates or constitutes the unauthorized use of the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party or (ii) challenging the ownership,
validity, enforceability or registerability of any Company Intellectual Property. The Company is not party to any settlements, covenants not to sue, consents, decrees, stipulations, judgments, or Orders resulting from Legal Proceedings which
(i) restrict the Companys or
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any of its Subsidiaries rights to use, license or transfer any Company Intellectual Property or (ii) compel or require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to license, disclose or
transfer any Company Intellectual Property to any third party. Within the three (3) years prior to the date prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other notice or communication from any third party alleging that the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries infringes or misappropriates the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party
or constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under the Law of any jurisdiction (excluding any alleged infringement or misappropriation that is not or is not reasonably likely to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together
as a whole).
(f) To the Knowledge of the Company, neither the operation of the business of the Company nor its Subsidiaries
(including the design, development, use, provision, support, import, branding, advertising, promotion, marketing, reproduction, manufacture, license and sale of any Company Products) infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or constitute, nor in the
past has infringed upon, misappropriated, violated or constituted the unauthorized use of any Intellectual Property Rights owned by any third party or constituted unfair competition or trade practices under the Law of any jurisdiction in a manner
that is, or is reasonably likely to be, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. Within the three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sent any notice
to any third party alleging that the operation of such partys business or any act, or product of such party, infringes or misappropriates any material Company Intellectual Property, nor are the Company and its Subsidiaries aware of any fact or
circumstance regarding any such third party infringement.
(g)
Section 2.20(g)(1)
of the Company Disclosure
Schedule accurately identifies and describes: (i) each item of Open Source Code that is contained in, distributed or made available with or used in the development of the Company Products; (ii) the applicable license terms for each such
item of Open Source Code; (iii) the Company Products to which each such item of Open Source Code relates; and (iv) any modifications to such Open Source Code made by an the Company and its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 2.20(g)(2)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Company Product contains, is derived from, is or has been distributed or made available with or is being or was developed using Open Source Code that is licensed under any terms
that: (i) impose or could impose a requirement or condition that any Company Product or part thereof: (A) be disclosed or distributed in Source Code form; (B) be licensed for the purpose of making modifications or derivative works; or
(C) be redistributable at no charge; or (ii) otherwise impose or could impose any other material limitation, restriction or condition on the right or ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to use, distribute or make available any
Company Products, or (iii) is used or distributed in violation of any license with respect to such Open Source Code.
(h)
Section 2.20(h)(1)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule accurately identifies each Contract (other than: (i) Contracts between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and its employees on the Companys standard form that has been
provided to Parent; and (ii) Contracts for commercially available off-the-shelf software available for an aggregate fee of less than $10,000) pursuant to which any Intellectual Property Right or Technology that is material to the operation of
the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or has been licensed (including covenants not to sue or similar covenants), sold, assigned or otherwise conveyed or provided to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (such Contracts,
In-Licenses
).
(i)
Section 2.20(i)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Contracts
(other than non-exclusive licenses to Company Products granted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Companys standard form that has been provided to Parent) pursuant to
which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has granted a third party any rights or licenses (including covenants not to sue or similar covenants) to any material Company Intellectual Property (
Out-Licenses
; together with the
In-Licenses, the
IP Licenses
).
(j) Neither this Agreement nor the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger), including any assignment to Parent by operation of law as a result of the Merger of any Contracts to which the Company or
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any of its Subsidiaries is a party, will result in: (i) Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation granting to any third party any right to or with respect to any
Intellectual Property Rights owned by, or licensed to, any of them prior to the Closing, (ii) Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation, being bound by, or subject to, any non-compete or other material restriction on the
operation or scope of their respective businesses, or (iii) Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or the Surviving Corporation being obligated to pay any royalties or other material amounts, or offer any discounts, to any third party in excess of
those payable by, or required to be offered by, any of them, respectively, in the absence of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger).
(k) Copies of the current privacy policies of Company and each of its Subsidiaries relating to (i) the privacy of users of Company Products and Company services and all Internet websites owned,
maintained or operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) the collection, acquisition, use, storage, transfer, distribution or dissemination of any Personal Information collected by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or by
third parties having authorized access to the records of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, have been made available to Parent (
Company Privacy Policies
). The security, collection, acquisition, use, storage, transfer,
distribution or dissemination by Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any Personal Information, as well as all communications from the Company and its Subsidiaries to users, partners or customers (whether sent by the Company or its Subsidiaries
directly or through third-party providers) has complied in all material respects with all applicable Law, existing contractual commitments with third parties and the Company Privacy Policies. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
complies with all, and will not result in the breach or violation of any, applicable Law relating to privacy and the collection, acquisition, use, storage, transfer, distribution or dissemination of Personal Information and with the Company Privacy
Policies. Except as required to process a transaction or provide the Company Products, the Company has not disclosed, nor has any obligation to disclose, any Personal Information to any third party. No claims have been asserted or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, are threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries by any third party alleging a violation of any third partys privacy, personal or confidentiality rights. To the Knowledge of the Company, no person has gained unauthorized
access to any Personal Information, or other confidential information of a third party, collected by, held by, or provided to, Company or its Subsidiaries.
(l) No government funding and no facilities of any university, college, other educational institution or research center were used in the development of any Company Intellectual Property where, as a
result of such funding or the use of such facilities, any government or any university, college, other educational institution or research center has any rights in such Company Intellectual Property.
(m) Neither the Company, nor any of its Subsidiaries participates in, or is a member of, any standards setting organization,
or is or was a member of any, formal or informal organization, body or group that is involved in setting, proposing, publishing or developing any industry standards or which places any restrictions on, or requirement with respect to, the licensing
or enforcement of any Company Intellectual Property.
(n) The Company Products are free from any defect, bug, virus or
programming, design or documentation error or corrupting code that would have a material effect on the operation of the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the Knowledge of the Company, none of the Company Products contain any
back door, drop dead device, time bomb, Trojan horse, virus or worm (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other disrupting, disabling, harming
or malicious code.
2.21
Insurance
.
Section 2.21
of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a
complete and accurate list, as of the date hereof, of all policies of insurance maintained by or on behalf of Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to their respective employees, properties and assets. All of the insurance policies of the
Company and its Subsidiaries are in full force and effect, no notice of cancellation has been received with respect thereto, and there is no existing default or event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a
default, by any insured thereunder, except for such defaults that could not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole. There is no material claim pending
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under any of such policies as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the underwriters of such policies and there has been no threatened termination of, or material premium
increase with respect to, any such policies.
2.22
Export Control and Import Laws
.
(a) The Company and each of its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all applicable export and reexport control Laws
(
Export Controls
), including the Export Administration Regulations (
EAR
) maintained by the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade and economic sanctions maintained by the Treasury Departments Office of Foreign
Assets Control (
OFAC
), and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (
ITAR
) maintained by the Department of State and any applicable anti-boycott compliance regulations. Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has directly or indirectly sold, exported, reexported, transferred, diverted, or otherwise disposed of any products, software, or technology (including products derived from or based on such technology) to any destination, entity, or
Person prohibited by the Laws of the United States, without obtaining prior authorization from the competent government authorities as required by those Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable import Laws
(
Import Restrictions
), including Title 19 of the U.S. Code and Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(b) Except pursuant to valid licenses, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not released or disclosed controlled technical data or
technology to any foreign national whether in the United States or abroad.
(c) No Legal Proceeding, claim, request for
information, or subpoena is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, concerning or relating to any Export or Import activity of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No voluntary self disclosures have been filed by or for the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to possible violations of Export Controls and Import Restrictions.
(d)
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware of any fact or circumstance that could result in any Liability for violation of Export Control and Import Restrictions.
(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries, including all of their customs brokers and freight forwarders, have maintained all records required
to be maintained in the Companys and its Subsidiaries possession as required under the Export Control and Import Restrictions.
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, any of their respective officers, directors or employees or to the Knowledge of the Company any of their
respective agents other Person associated with or acting on their behalf, have taken, directly or indirectly, any action which would cause it to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any rules or regulations
thereunder, used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, made, offered or authorized any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government officials or
employees, whether directly or indirectly, or made, offered or authorized any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment, whether directly or indirectly.
2.24
Related Party Transactions
. Except as set forth in any Company SEC Report filed prior to the date hereof, compensation
or other employment arrangements in the ordinary course, there are no Contracts or transactions between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate (including any officer or director) thereof, but not including any
wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, on the other hand.
2.25
Brokers
. Except for GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC
(true and correct copies of whose engagement letter has been furnished to Parent), there is no investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other Person that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries who is entitled to any financial advisors, brokerage, finders or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger).
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2.26
Opinion of Financial Advisors
. The Company has received the opinion of GCA
Savvian Advisors, LLC to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Company Common Stock, and such opinion has not been withdrawn, revoked or modified in any
respect.
2.27
Customers and Suppliers
.
(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any outstanding material disputes concerning any Company Products with any customer who, in either (i) the fiscal year ended December 31,
2012 and/or (ii) the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 (as reasonably projected), represented or will represent aggregate revenues to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together, of $250,000 or more during such period(s) for
Customer Products (each, a
Significant Customer
). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice from any Significant Customer that such Significant
Customer shall not continue as a customer of the Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) or any of its Subsidiaries after the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or that such Significant Customer intends to terminate or
materially modify any existing Contracts with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has any outstanding material dispute concerning products and/or services provided by any supplier who, in either (i) the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 was and/or (ii) in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013
is projected to be, one of the ten (10) largest suppliers of products and/or services to the Company and its Subsidiaries based on amounts paid or payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such supplier (each, a
Significant
Supplier
). Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice from any Significant Supplier that such Significant Supplier shall not continue as a supplier to the
Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) or any of its Subsidiaries after the Closing or that such Significant Supplier intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts with the Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) of
any of its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries have access, on commercially reasonable terms, to all products and services reasonably necessary to carry on the Companys business as presently conducted, and the Company has no
Knowledge of any reason why it will not continue to have such access on commercially reasonable terms.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Except as set forth in the disclosure letter
delivered by Parent to the Company dated as of the date hereof (the
Parent Disclosure Schedule
), which expressly identifies the Section (and, if applicable, subsection) to which such exception relates (it being understood and
hereby agreed that any disclosure set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule relating to one Section or subsection of this Agreement shall also apply to any other Sections and subsections of this Agreement if and to the extent that it is readily
apparent on the face of such disclosure (without reference to the underlying documents referenced therein) that such disclosure also relates to such other Sections or subsections), Parent and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
3.1
Organization and Standing
. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate or other power and authority to conduct its business as it is presently being conducted and to own, lease or operate its respective properties and assets. Each of
Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing (except to the extent the good standing concept is not applicable in any relevant jurisdiction) in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties
owned or leased or the nature of its activities make such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
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3.2
Authorization and Enforceability
.
(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub, the performance by Parent and Merger Sub of their respective obligations
hereunder, and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub and
no additional corporate or limited liability company actions or proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger). This
Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability (i) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors
rights generally, and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity.
(b) At a meeting duly called and held on
May 7, 2013, the Parent Board unanimously (i) determined that this Agreement is advisable, (ii) determined that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) are fair to and in the best interests of
the shareholders of Parent, and (iii) approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger). Pursuant to action taken by written consent on May 7, 2013, the board of directors of Merger Sub unanimously
adopted resolutions (A) determining that this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the sole shareholder of Merger Sub, (B) adopting this Agreement and
approving the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, (C) resolving to submit this Agreement to the sole shareholder of Merger Sub for approval in accordance
with the WBCA and (D) recommending that the sole shareholder of Merger Sub approve this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger). As of the date hereof, neither the Parent Board nor the board of directors of
Merger Sub has rescinded or modified in any way the foregoing determinations, actions and resolutions.
(c) Neither Parent nor
Merger Sub is, nor at any time during the last five (5) years has it been, an acquiring person of the Company as defined in Section 23B.19 of the WBCA (other than as contemplated by this Agreement).
3.3
Non-contravention; Governmental Consents
.
(a) The execution, delivery or performance by Parent and Merger Sub of this Agreement, the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and the
compliance by Parent and Merger Sub with any of the terms hereof do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with any provision of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other equivalent constituent documents (as applicable) of Parent or
Merger Sub, (ii) violate, conflict with, or result in the breach of or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or result in the termination of, or accelerate the performance
required by, or result in a right of termination or acceleration under, any Contract to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which Parent, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets may be bound,
(iii) assuming compliance with the matters referred to in
Section 3.3(b)
, violate or conflict with any Law or Order applicable to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or by which any of their properties or assets are bound or
(iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above, for such violations, conflicts, breaches, defaults,
terminations, accelerations or Liens which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
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(b) No Consent of any Governmental Authority is required on the part of Parent, Merger Sub
or any of their Affiliates in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Parent or Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), except
(i) the filing and recordation of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Washington with respect to the Merger, (ii) such filings and approvals as may be required by any U.S. federal, state or non-U.S.
securities laws or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (iii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Law, (iv) the filing of a Notification of Listing of Additional Shares (or such other
form as may be required by NYSE) with NYSE with respect to the shares of the Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger, and (v) such other Consents, the failure of which to obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.4
Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of (i) one billion (1,000,000,000) shares of Parent Common Stock, and
(ii) twenty million (20,000,000) shares of Parent Preferred Stock. As of the close of business on May 3, 2013: (i) 32,112,708 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and outstanding, (ii) no shares of Parent Preferred
Stock were issued and outstanding, and (iii) 3,343 shares of Parent Common Stock held by Parent as treasury shares. All outstanding shares of Parent Common Stock are, and all shares of capital stock of Parent which may be issued as contemplated
or permitted by this Agreement will be, when issued, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of any preemptive rights.
(b) As of the close of business on May 3, 2013, Parent has reserved 7,946,717 shares of Parent Common Stock for issuance under its equity plans. As of the close of business on May 3, 2013, there
were outstanding equity awards to purchase or otherwise acquire 3,996,123 shares of Parent Common Stock.
(c) Except as set
forth in this
Section 3.4
, as of the close of business on May 3, 2013, there were (i) no outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent, (ii) no outstanding securities of Parent
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent, (iii) no outstanding options, warrants, rights or other Contracts to acquire from Parent, or that obligates Parent to issue, any
capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, Parent, (iv) no obligations of Parent to grant, extend or enter
into any subscription, warrant, right, convertible or exchangeable security or other similar Contract relating to any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest (including any voting debt) in, Parent and (v) no other obligations by
Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to make any payments based on the price or value of any securities of Parent. As of the close of business on May 3, 2013, there are no outstanding Contracts of any kind which obligate Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any securities of Parent.
(d) As of the close of business on
May 3, 2013, neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract restricting the transfer of, relating to the voting of, requiring registration of, or granting any preemptive rights, anti-dilutive rights or rights of first
refusal or similar rights with respect to any securities of Parent.
3.5
SEC Reports; Other Reports
.
(a) Since January 1, 2010, Parent has filed or furnished all forms, reports and documents with the SEC that have been required to be
filed or furnished by it under applicable Law, and Parent will file or furnish prior to the Effective Time all forms, reports and documents with the SEC that are required to be filed or furnished by it under applicable Law prior to such time (all
such forms, reports and documents, together with any other forms, reports or other documents filed or furnished by Parent with the SEC on or prior to the Effective Time that are not required to be so filed or furnished, the
Parent SEC
Reports
). Each Parent SEC Report complied, or will comply, as the case may be, as of its filing date or the date on which it is furnished, in all material respects with
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the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, each as in effect on the date such Parent SEC Report was, or will be, filed or furnished. True and
correct copies of all Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof, whether or not required under applicable Law, have been furnished to the Company or are publicly available in the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR)
database of the SEC. As of its filing date or date it was furnished to the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing or furnished document prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such amended or superseding filing or furnished
document), each Parent SEC Report did not and will not contain, as the case may be, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. None of Parents Subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other documents with the SEC. No executive officer of Parent has failed to make the certifications required of him or her under
Section 302 or Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act with respect to any Parent SEC Report for which such certification was required, except as disclosed in certifications filed with the Parent SEC Reports. Neither Parent nor any of its
executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Authority challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications. There are no outstanding written comments from the SEC with respect to any
of the Parent SEC Reports.
(b) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have timely filed all reports, registrations and
statements, together with any amendments required to be made with respect thereto, that it was required to file since January 1, 2010 with any Governmental Authority (other than the SEC) and have paid all fees and assessments due and payable in
connection therewith, except where the failure to file such reports, registrations and statements would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Neither the Company nor any of
its executive officers has received notice from any Governmental Authority challenging or questioning the accuracy, completeness, form or manner of filing of such certifications.
3.6
Financial Statements and Controls
.
(a) The consolidated financial statements of Parent and its Subsidiaries filed in or furnished with the Parent SEC Reports complied, and in the case of consolidated financial statements to be filed in or
furnished with Parent SEC Reports after the date hereof, will comply, as to form in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto and they have been or will
be, as the case may be, prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied by Parent during the periods and at the dates involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, as may
be permitted by the SEC for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q), and fairly present in all material respects, or will fairly present in all material respects, as the case may be, the consolidated financial position of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of
the dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.
(b) Parent has
established and maintains, adheres to and enforces a system of internal accounting controls which are effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, including policies and procedures that (i) require the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries,
(ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of Parent and its Subsidiaries are being made only in
accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the Parent Board and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of Parent and its
Subsidiaries that could have a material effect on Parents financial statements. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries (including any employee thereof) nor Parents independent auditors has identified or been made aware of
(A) any significant deficiency or material weakness (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act) in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Parent and its Subsidiaries, (B) any fraud, whether or not
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material, that involves Parents management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by Parent and its
Subsidiaries or (C) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.
(c) Parent has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures required by Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Parent in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported to the individuals responsible for preparing such reports within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to Parents management as appropriate
to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
(d) Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to, or has
any commitment to become a party to, any joint venture, partnership agreement or any similar Contract (including any Contract relating to any transaction, arrangement or relationship between or among Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and any unconsolidated affiliate, including any structured finance, special purpose or limited purpose entity or Person, on the other hand (such as any arrangement described in Section 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K of the SEC)) where the
purpose or effect of such arrangement is to avoid disclosure of any material transaction involving Parent or any its Subsidiaries in Parents consolidated financial statements.
(e) The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable criteria for continued listing and the corporate governance
rules of the New York Stock Exchange.
3.7
No Undisclosed Liabilities
. Neither Parent nor any of its Subsidiaries
has any material Liabilities other than (a) Liabilities reflected or otherwise reserved against on the quarter consolidated balance sheet of Parent included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
(including the notes thereto) as filed with the SEC, (b) Liabilities incurred after December 31, 2012 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (c) Liabilities under this Agreement or (d) Liabilities that are executory obligations under Contracts to which Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is or may hereafter become a party (other
than Liabilities thereunder due to breaches by Parent or Merger Sub of the terms set forth therein).
3.8
Absence of
Certain Changes
.
(a) Since December 31, 2012, there has not been or occurred any event, development, change,
circumstance or condition that would have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
(b) Since
December 31, 2012 through the date of this Agreement, except for actions expressly contemplated by this Agreement, Parent and each of its Subsidiaries have conducted their respective businesses, in all material respects, in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice.
3.9
Compliance with Law and Orders; Permits
.
(a) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all Law and Orders applicable to Parent, its
Subsidiaries, or any of the owned or leased real property of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or to the conduct of the business or operations of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(b) Parent and its Subsidiaries have, and are in compliance with the terms of, all Permits, and no suspension or cancellation of any such
Permits is pending or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened, except for such noncompliance, suspensions or cancellations that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
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3.10
Litigation; Orders
. There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the
Knowledge of Parent, threatened against or affecting Parent Merger Sub or any of their respective properties except for Legal Proceedings that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub, nor any of their respective properties, including the Assets and the Leased Real Property, is subject to any outstanding Order, except for Orders that would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.11
Parent Common Stock
. The shares of Parent Common
Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger have been duly authorized, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free and clear of all Liens.
3.12
Operations of Merger Sub
. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and has engaged in no business activities other than as contemplated by this Agreement.
3.13
Brokers
. Except for J.P Morgan Securities LLC, there is no investment banker, broker, finder, agent or other Person that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries who is entitled to any
financial advisors, brokerage, finders or other similar fee or commission in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger).
ARTICLE IV
INTERIM CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
4.1
Affirmative Obligations of the Company
. Except (a) as expressly contemplated or permitted by this Agreement,
(b) as set forth in
Section 4.1
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, or (c) as approved in advance by Parent in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), at all times during the period
commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, each of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries shall
(i) carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance with all applicable Law, (ii) pay its debts and Taxes when due, in each case subject to good
faith disputes over such debts or Taxes, (iii) pay or perform all material obligations when due and (iv) use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with past practices and policies, to (A) preserve intact its present business
organization, (B) keep available the services of its present officers and employees and (C) preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees and others with which it has significant business
dealings.
4.2
Negative Obligations of the Company
. Except (i) as expressly contemplated or permitted by this
Agreement, (ii) as set forth in
Section 4.2
of the Company Disclosure Schedule or (iii) as approved in advance by Parent in writing (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), at all times
during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, the Company shall not do any of the
following and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to do any of the following:
(a) amend, or propose to adopt any amendments to,
its articles of incorporation or bylaws or comparable organizational documents;
(b) authorize for issuance, issue, sell,
deliver or agree or commit to issue, sell or deliver (whether through the issuance or granting of options, warrants, commitments, subscriptions, rights to purchase or otherwise) any Company Securities or any Subsidiary Securities, except for the
issuance and sale of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to Company Stock Awards outstanding prior to the date hereof;
(c) acquire or redeem, directly or indirectly, or amend any Company Securities or Subsidiary Securities;
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(d) other than cash dividends or distributions made by any direct or indirect wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, set any record or payment dates for the payment of any dividends or distributions on capital stock, split, combine or reclassify any shares of capital stock, declare, set aside or
pay any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, shares or property or any combination thereof) in respect of any shares of capital stock, or make any other actual, constructive or deemed distribution in respect of the shares of capital
stock;
(e) propose or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring,
recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(f)(i) incur or assume any long-term or
short-term debt or issue any debt securities, except for loans or advances to or from direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries, (ii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether directly, contingently or
otherwise) for the obligations of any other Person except with respect to obligations of direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company, (iii) make any loans or advances except for travel or other advances made in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice to employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) make any capital contributions to or investments in any other Person, by purchase or other acquisition of stock or other equity
interests (other than in a fiduciary capacity in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), whether by merger, consolidation, asset purchase or other business combination, or by formation of any joint venture or other business
organization or by contributions to capital; or (v) mortgage or pledge any of its or its Subsidiaries assets, tangible or intangible, or create or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) thereupon;
(g) enter into, adopt, amend (including acceleration of vesting), modify or terminate any bonus, profit sharing, compensation, severance,
termination, Company Stock Award, restricted stock, restricted stock unit, appreciation right, performance unit, stock equivalent, share purchase agreement, equity-based compensation award (whether payable in stock, cash or otherwise), pension,
retirement, deferred compensation, employment, severance or other employee benefit agreement, trust, plan, fund or other arrangement for the compensation, benefit or welfare of any director, officer or employee in any manner (other than at-will
employment offers to employees below the executive level entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and
Section 4.2(i)
hereof) or increase in any manner the compensation or fringe benefits of any
director, officer, consultant or employee, pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director, officer, consultant or employee (other than ordinary course bonuses paid to non-executive employees that are not more than $2,500,
individually, or $50,000, in the aggregate), or pay any benefit not required by any plan or arrangement as in effect as of the date hereof;
(h) forgive any loans to any employees, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective Affiliates;
(i) hire employees at the executive level or higher or, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, any
other employees;
(j) terminate any employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or otherwise cause any employees of the
Company or its Subsidiaries to resign, in each case other than (x) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or (y) for cause or poor performance (documented in accordance with the Companys past practices);
(k) make any deposits or contributions of cash or other property to, or take any other action to fund, or in any other way
secure the payment of compensation or benefits under the Employee Plans or Contracts subject to the Employee Plans, other than deposits and contributions that are required pursuant to the terms of the Employee Plans or any Contracts subject to the
Employee Plans in effect as of the date hereof;
(l) enter into, amend, or extend any Collective Bargaining Agreement;
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(m) acquire, sell, lease, license or dispose of any property or assets in any single
transaction or series of related transactions, except either (i) transactions pursuant to existing Contracts which are not material to the Company, individually or in the aggregate or (ii) the sale of goods or grants of non-exclusive
licenses with respect to Company Intellectual Property Rights in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(n) except as may be required as a result of a change in applicable Law or in GAAP, make any change in any of the accounting principles
or practices used by it;
(o)(i) make or change any material Tax election, (ii) file any income or other material
Tax Return (including material sales, use, receipts or other similar Tax Returns) or any amended Tax Return, unless in each case such Tax Return has been provided to Parent for review and comment within a reasonable period prior to the due date for
filing, (iii) settle or compromise any material Liability for Taxes, (iv) adopt or change any material Tax accounting method or (v) consent to any extension or waiver of any limitation period with respect to any material claim or
assessment for Taxes;
(p) enter into any IP Licenses or amend any IP Licenses or grant any release or relinquishment of any
rights under any IP Licenses, except (i) to customers and (ii) non-exclusive in-bound licenses for commercially available technology, in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(q) grant any exclusive rights with respect to any Company Intellectual Property, divest any Company Intellectual Property, except if
such divestiture or divestures, individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the Company, or materially modify the Companys standard warranty terms for Company Products or services or amend or modify any product or service warranty in
any manner that is likely to be materially adverse to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(r) terminate, fail to renew,
abandon, cancel, let lapse, or fail to continue to prosecute or defend any Company Registered Intellectual Property or other material Company Intellectual Property, other than the expiration of Registered Intellectual Property upon its statutory
term;
(s)(i) acquire (by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any other Person or any equity
interest therein or (ii) authorize, incur or commit to incur any new capital expenditure(s) (excluding capitalized internally developed software development costs), individually or in the aggregate, with obligations to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in excess of $300,000;
provided, however
, that none of the foregoing shall limit any capital expenditure required pursuant to existing Contracts that have been made available to Parent;
(t) settle or compromise any pending or threatened Legal Proceeding or pay, discharge or satisfy or agree to pay, discharge or satisfy
any claim, liability or obligation (absolute or accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), other than the settlement, compromise, payment, discharge or satisfaction of Legal Proceedings, claims and other Liabilities (i) that are
reflected or reserved against in full in the Balance Sheet (for amounts not in excess of such reserves), (ii) accounts payable, trade payables and other expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since
the date of the Balance Sheet or (iii) otherwise do not involve the payment of money in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate, in each case, in which the settlement, compromise, discharge or satisfaction of which does not include any obligation
(other than the payment of money) to be performed by the Company or its Subsidiaries following the Effective Time;
(u) except
as required by applicable Law or GAAP, revalue in any material respect any of its properties or assets including writing-off notes or accounts receivable;
(v) except as required by applicable Law, convene any regular or special meeting (or any adjournment or postponement thereof) of the shareholders of the Company other than the Company Shareholder Meeting;
(w) enter into, renew, extend or terminate (i) any Material Contract (or any Contract that would have been a Material
Contract were it effective as of the date hereof) described in clauses (iii), (iv) or (vii) of
Section 2.13(a)
, (ii) any other Material Contract (or other Contract that would have been a Material Contract
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were it effective as of the date hereof) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (iii) any Contract referenced in
Section 2.25
(or any
other Contract with any broker or finder in connection with the Merger or any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement) or any Contract or other transaction of the type described in
Section 2.24
; or make any material change in
any such Material Contract or Contract, plan, arrangement or other transaction described in clauses (i)-(iii) of this
Section 4.2(w)
;
(x)(i) enter into any lease, sublease, license or other occupancy agreement with respect to real property (whether as a lessor, sublessor, lessee or sublessee), (ii) modify, amend or exercise
any right to renew any Lease or waive or violate any term or condition thereof or grant any consents thereunder; (iii) convey any interest in any Leased Real Property or enter into any agreement to acquire or sell any interest in real property;
or (iv) make any material changes in the construction or condition of any such property;
(y) enter into any new line of
business or change its material operating policies in any material respect, except as required by Law or by policies imposed by any Governmental Authority;
(z)(i) other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, introduce any material new products or services or any material marketing campaigns or (ii) introduce any material
new sales compensation or incentive programs or arrangements;
(aa) enter into a Contract to do any of the foregoing or make
any other binding arrangement or understanding with respect to any of the foregoing; or
(bb) knowingly take any action which
results or is reasonably likely to result in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article VI
not being satisfied, or would make any of the representations or warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement untrue or
incorrect in any material respect, or that would materially impair or delay the ability of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) in accordance with the terms hereof or materially delay such
consummation.
4.3
Procedures for Requesting Consent
. If the Company desires to take an action which would be
prohibited pursuant to
Section 4.1
or
Section 4.2
hereof without the 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 set forth in
Section 4.3
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule. Any of the individuals set forth in
Section 4.3
of the Parent Disclosure Schedule may grant consent on behalf of Parent to the taking of any action which
would otherwise be prohibited pursuant to
Section 4.1
or
Section 4.2
by e-mail or such other notice that complies with the provisions of
Section 8.2
.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1
No Solicitation
.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries shall, and
shall cause each of their Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons (other than Parent and Merger Sub) conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or
Acquisition Transaction. The Company shall promptly (and in any event within three (3) Business Days following the date hereof) request in writing to each Person (other than Parent and Merger Sub) which has heretofore executed a confidentiality
agreement in connection with its consideration of acquiring the Company or any portion thereof to return all confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on behalf of the Company, and the Company shall use its reasonable best
efforts to have such information returned or destroyed (to the extent destruction of such information is permitted by such confidentiality agreement) and to enforce the provisions of any standstill or other similar agreement between the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any Person (other than Parent). Such written requests shall contain a notice to each Person that any information that is sent to the Company in the future will not be treated as confidential pursuant to such
confidentiality agreement.
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(b) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall not, and shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause each of
their respective Representatives to (and shall not authorize or permit them to), directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit,
initiate, knowingly encourage, facilitate or induce the making, submission or announcement of, an Acquisition Proposal;
(ii)
furnish to any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub) any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub), or take any other action that is intended or would be reasonably expected to assist or facilitate any inquiries or the
making of any proposal that constitutes or could lead to an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction;
(iii)
participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person that is seeking to make or has made an Acquisition Proposal except to state that such discussions or negotiations are not permitted pursuant to these provisions;
(iv) approve, endorse or recommend, or propose to approve, endorse or recommend, an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction;
(v) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to an
Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction;
(vi) terminate, amend or waive any rights under (or fail to enforce by
seeking an injunction or by seeking to specifically enforce the terms of) any confidentiality or standstill or other similar agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person;
(vii) take any action to exempt any Person, other than Parent and Merger Sub, from Section 23B.19 of the WBCA or any other
applicable Takeover Law; or
(viii) agree to do any of the foregoing, or propose to do any of the foregoing other than
pursuant to
Section 5.1(c)
in accordance with the terms thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 5.1(b)
, subject to the Companys compliance with the provisions of this
Section 5.1
, at any time prior to receipt of the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board may (directly or indirectly
through advisors, agents or other intermediaries) (x) engage or participate in discussions or negotiations with any Person that has made (and not withdrawn) a
bona fide
, written Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof that
(A) did not result from a breach of this
Section 5.1
, (B) does not violate the terms of any standstill, non-disclosure or other similar Contract with the Company or any of its Affiliates, (and (C) the Company Board
concludes in good faith (after consultation with the Financial Advisor or any other financial advisor of nationally recognized standing and outside legal counsel) constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal, and/or
(y) furnish any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any Person that has made (and not withdrawn) a
bona fide
, written Acquisition Proposal after the date hereof that (A) did not result from a
breach of this
Section 5.1
, (B) does not violate the terms of any standstill, non-disclosure or other similar Contract with the Company or any of its Affiliates, and (C) the Company Board concludes in good faith (after
consultation with the Financial Advisor or any other financial advisor of nationally recognized standing and outside legal counsel) constitutes or is reasonably likely to lead to a Superior Proposal,
provided, however,
that in the case of
clauses (x) or (y):
(i) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall have breached or violated (or be deemed,
pursuant to the terms of this
Section 5.1
, to have breached or violated) the terms of this
Section 5.1
;
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(ii) the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal
counsel) that the failure of the Company Board to take such action would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the shareholders of the Company under Washington Law;
(iii) the Company has entered into a confidentiality agreement with the Person making such Acquisition Proposal containing terms and
provisions that (A) are at least as protective of the Company as those contained in the Confidentiality Agreement (disregarding any amendment made pursuant to
Section 5.8
), (B) expressly permit the Company to comply with the
terms of this
Section 5.1
and
Section 5.6(b)
and (C) include standstill restrictions that are the same as those set forth in Section 11 of the Confidentiality Agreement but exclude the last paragraph of
such section;
provided, however,
that such confidentiality agreement may provide that any such Person may make a confidential proposal regarding an Acquisition Transaction directly to the Company Board, notwithstanding such
standstill restrictions;
(iv) at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to engaging or participating in any
such discussions or negotiations with, or furnishing any non-public information to, such Person, the Company gives Parent written notice of the identity of such Person and the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal (and if such
Acquisition Proposal is in written form, the Company shall give Parent a true and complete copy thereof along with any other written materials provided in connection therewith) and of the Companys intention to engage or participate in
discussions or negotiations with, or furnish non-public information to, such Person; and
(v) contemporaneously with
furnishing any non-public information to such Person, the Company furnishes such non-public information to Parent (to the extent such information has not been previously furnished by the Company to Parent).
(d) The Company shall promptly, and in all cases within twenty four (24) hours of its receipt, notify Parent orally and in writing
of (i) any Acquisition Proposal received by the Company or any of its Representatives, (ii) any request for information received by the Company or any of its Representatives that could lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or (iii) any
inquiry received by the Company or any of its Representatives with respect to, or which could lead to, any Acquisition Proposal. The foregoing notice shall include the material terms and conditions of any such Acquisition Proposal, request or
inquiry and the identity of the Person or group making any such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry. The Company shall keep Parent promptly and reasonably informed of the status, details, terms and conditions (including all amendments or
proposed amendments) of any such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry.
(e) In addition to the foregoing, the Company
shall provide Parent with at least twenty-four (24) hours prior written notice of a meeting of the Company Board (or any committee thereof) at which the Company Board (or any committee thereof) is reasonably expected to consider an Acquisition
Proposal, an inquiry relating to a potential Acquisition Proposal, or a request to provide non-public information to any Person.
(f) The Company shall not (and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to) enter into any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or Contract subsequent to the date of this Agreement that prohibits the
Company from providing the information described in this
Section 5.1
.
(g) Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company acknowledge and hereby agree that any action taken by any Representatives of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that would be a breach of the restrictions set forth in this
Section 5.1
if
taken by the Company shall be deemed to be a breach of this
Section 5.1
by the Company for all purposes of and under this Agreement.
5.2
Reasonable Best Efforts
. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take,
or cause to be taken, all
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actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other party or parties hereto in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make
effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), including using its reasonable best efforts to (i) cause the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article VI
that
are within their respective control to be satisfied or fulfilled, including by filing as promptly as practicable after the date hereof with the SEC all annual, quarterly and current reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act for any
and all periods ending prior to the Effective Time; (ii) obtain all necessary or appropriate consents, waivers and approvals, and to provide all necessary notices, under any Contracts to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is a party in
connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) so as to maintain and preserve the benefits under such Contracts following the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger); (iii) make all necessary registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Authorities in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), and
obtain all necessary actions or non-actions, waivers, clearances, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Authorities (including under all Antitrust Law) in connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger); (iv) execute and deliver any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement. With
respect to clause (ii) above, (x) all fees, costs and expenses to obtain, and satisfy the conditions of the consents to be obtained by the Company hereunder (including, without limitation, the consents of all lessors of Leased Real
Property) shall be paid and borne entirely by the Company, and (y) if the lessor, master lessor, sublessor, or licensor under any Lease conditions its grant of a consent (including by threatening to exercise a recapture or other
termination right) upon, or otherwise requires in response to a notice or consent request regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger), the payment of a consent fee, profit sharing payment or other
consideration (including increased rent payments), or the provision of additional security (including a guaranty), the Company shall be solely responsible for making all such payments and providing all such additional security and the terms thereof
shall be subject to Parents approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
5.3
Requisite Governmental Clearances and Consents
.
(a) Without limiting the generality of the provisions of
Section 5.2
, as soon as reasonably practicable following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of Parent and the Company shall file with the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the DOJ a Notification and Report Form relating
to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) as required by the HSR Act, as well as comparable pre- merger notification filings, forms and submissions with any foreign Governmental Authority that may be required
by the Antitrust Law of any applicable foreign jurisdiction or be deemed desirable by Parent, in each case as Parent may deem necessary and/or appropriate. Each of Parent and the Company shall promptly (i) cooperate and coordinate with the
other in the making of such filings, (ii) supply the other with any information that may be required in order to effectuate such filings (iii) supply any additional information that reasonably may be required or requested by the FTC, the
DOJ or the competition or merger control authorities of any other jurisdiction and that Parent reasonably deems necessary and/or appropriate and (iv) share equally all fees and expenses incurred in connection with filings made in connection
with this
Section 5.3(a)
. Each party hereto shall promptly inform the other party or parties hereto, as the case may be, of any communication from any Governmental Authority regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger). If any party hereto or Affiliate thereof receives a request for additional information or documentary material from any such Governmental Authority with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger),
then such party shall use reasonable best efforts to make, or cause to be made, as soon as reasonably practicable and after consultation with the other party, an appropriate response in compliance with such request.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is expressly understood and agreed that: (i) neither Parent nor
Merger Sub shall have any obligation to litigate or contest any administrative or judicial action or proceeding or any decree, judgment, injunction or other order, whether temporary, preliminary
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or permanent; and (ii) neither Parent nor Merger Sub shall be under any obligation to make proposals, execute or carry out agreements, enter into consent decrees or submit to Orders
providing for (A) the sale, divestiture, license or other disposition or holding separate (through the establishment of a trust or otherwise) of any assets or categories of assets of Parent or any of its Affiliates or the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (B) the imposition of any limitation or regulation on the ability of Parent or any of its Affiliates to freely conduct their business or own such assets, or (C) the holding separate of the shares of Company Common Stock or
any limitation or regulation on the ability of Parent or any of its Affiliates to exercise full rights of ownership of the shares of Company Common Stock (any of the foregoing, an
Antitrust Restraint
).
5.4
Registration Statement; Proxy Statement/Prospectus
.
(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall prepare, and Parent shall file with the SEC, a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in
connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the
Registration Statement
). The Registration Statement shall include (i) a prospectus for the
issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and (ii) a proxy statement of the Company for use in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the Merger Proposal to be considered at the Company Shareholder Meeting (as may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus
). Each of Parent and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC under the Securities
Act as promptly as practicable after such filing with the SEC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Company and Parent shall, and shall cause its respective Representatives to, fully cooperate with the other party hereto and
its respective Representatives in the preparation of the Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, including in the preparation and delivery of any consents, opinions, reports or appraisals that may be required in connection
therewith, and shall furnish the other party hereto with all information concerning it and its Affiliates as the other party hereto may deem reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement and the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, and each of Parent and the Company shall provide the other party hereto with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment thereon. As promptly as practicable after the
Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC (and in no event more than five (5) Business Days thereafter), the Company shall cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be disseminated to the shareholders of the Company.
(b) Unless the Company Board shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change in compliance with the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall include the Company Board Recommendation.
(c) Except as
otherwise set forth in this Agreement or as may be required by applicable Law or Order, neither Parent nor the Company shall effect any amendment or supplement (including by incorporation by reference) to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or the
Registration Statement without the prior consent of the other party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned);
provided, however
, that the Company, in connection with a Company Board Recommendation Change, may
amend or supplement the proxy statement for the Company pursuant to a Qualifying Amendment to effect such change, and in such event, the right of approval set forth in this
Section 5.4(c)
shall apply only with respect to such information
relating to the other party or its business, financial condition or results of operations, and shall be subject to the Companys right to have the deliberations and conclusions of the Company Board accurately described. A
Qualifying
Amendment
means an amendment or supplement to the proxy statement for the Company if and solely to the extent that it contains (i) a Company Board Recommendation Change, (ii) a statement of the reasons of the Company Board for
making such Company Board Recommendation Change, and (iii) additional information reasonably related to the foregoing.
(d) The Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall comply in all material respects as to form and substance with the
requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the information supplied or to be supplied by any party hereto for
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inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement shall not, at the time the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC or declared effective by the SEC or at the Effective
Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading. The information supplied or to be supplied by any party
hereto for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall not, on the date the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto) is first mailed to shareholders, or at the time of the
Company Shareholder Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
information supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of either party hereto for inclusion in any filing pursuant to Rule 165 and Rule 425 under the Securities Act or Rule 14a-12 or Rule 14a-6(j) under the Exchange Act (each, a
Regulation
M-A Filing
) shall not, at the time any such Regulation M-A Filing is filed with the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, prior to the Effective Time, Parent and the Company shall notify each other as promptly as
practicable upon becoming aware of any event or circumstance which should be described in an amendment of, or supplement to, the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any Regulation M-A Filing so that any such document would not
include any misstatement of material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and as promptly as
practicable thereafter, an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC and, to the extent required by applicable Law or the SEC, disseminated to the shareholders of Parent and/or the Company.
Parent and the Company shall each notify the other as promptly as practicable after the receipt by it of any written or oral comments of the SEC or its staff on, or of any written or oral request by the SEC or its staff for amendments or supplements
to, the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any Regulation M-A Filing, and shall promptly supply the other with copies of all correspondence between it or any of its representatives and the SEC or its staff with respect to any
of the foregoing filings.
(e) Parent and the Company shall make any necessary filings with respect to the Merger under the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act. In addition, Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to take all actions required under any applicable federal or state securities or Blue Sky Law in connection with the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock
in the Merger.
5.5
Company Shareholder Meeting
.
(a) The Company shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of the Company shareholders (the
Company Shareholder Meeting
) as promptly as practicable following the date hereof for the purpose of voting upon the Merger Proposal. The Company shall convene and hold the Company Shareholder Meeting within forty-five
(45) days following the date on which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is first disseminated to Company shareholders. Unless otherwise required by applicable Law or Order, the Company shall not postpone the Company Shareholder Meeting after the
date on which the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is first disseminated to Company shareholders, or adjourn the Company Shareholder Meeting, unless (i) there are insufficient shares of Company Common Stock present in person or represented by proxy
at the Company Shareholder Meeting in order to conduct business at the Company Shareholder Meeting or (ii) Parent provides its prior written consent or Parent requests such a postponement or adjournment.
(b) The Company shall solicit from the Company shareholders proxies in favor of the Merger Proposal, and unless the Company Board has
effected a Company Board Recommendation Change pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
Section 5.6
, the Company Board shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval at the Company
Shareholder Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof. At the Company Shareholder Meeting, the Company shall submit to a vote of its shareholders the Merger Proposal. Unless this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to
Article
VII
, the
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Company shall establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Shareholders Meeting for the purpose of voting upon the adoption of this Agreement in
accordance with Washington Law, whether or not the Company Board at any time subsequent to the date hereof shall have effected a Company Board Recommendation Change or otherwise shall determine that this Agreement is no longer advisable or
recommends that shareholders of the Company reject it. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Companys obligation to establish a record date for, call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company
Shareholders Meeting pursuant to this
Section 5.5
shall not be limited to, or otherwise affected by, the commencement, disclosure, announcement or submission to the Company of any Acquisition Proposal. 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 Companys shareholders with respect to the Merger Proposal at the Company Shareholders
Meeting. The notice of such Company Shareholders Meeting shall state that a resolution to adopt this Agreement, a non-binding, advisory resolution to approve the compensation that may become payable to the Companys named executive
officers in connection with the Merger, and a resolution to adjourn the Company Shareholders Meeting will be considered at the Company Shareholders Meeting, and no other matters shall be considered or voted upon at the Company
Shareholders Meeting without Parents prior written consent.
5.6
Company Board Recommendation
.
(a) Subject to the terms of
Section 5.6(b)
and
Section 5.6(c)
, the Company Board shall (i) recommend that
the holders of shares of Company Common Stock approve this Agreement in accordance with the applicable provisions of Washington Law (the
Company Board Recommendation
) and (ii) include the Company Board Recommendation in the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Subject to the terms of this
Section 5.6
, neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall withhold, withdraw, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent, or publicly propose to withhold, withdraw,
amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent, the Company Board Recommendation (a
Company Board Recommendation Change
).
(b) Notwithstanding the terms of
Section 5.6(a)
, subject to the provisions of this
Section 5.6(b)
, at any time prior to receipt of the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, the
Company Board may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change if:
(i) the Company Board has received a
bona fide
,
written Acquisition Proposal that did not result from a breach of
Section 5.1
that constitutes a Superior Proposal;
(ii) the Company received the Acquisition Proposal from a Person that is not in breach of its contractual obligations to the Company or any Subsidiary under a standstill, nondisclosure agreement or other
similar Contract;
(iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have breached or violated (or be deemed,
pursuant to the terms hereof, to have breached or violated) the provisions of
Section 5.1
;
(iv) the Company
Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel and after considering in good faith any counter-offer or proposal made by Parent pursuant to clause (vi) below), that, in light of such Superior Proposal, the failure
of the Company Board to make a Company Board Recommendation Change would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the shareholders of the Company under Washington Law;
(v) prior to effecting such Company Board Recommendation Change, the Company Board shall have given Parent at least three
(3) Business Days notice thereof (which notice shall include the most current version of such definitive agreement and, to the extent not included therein, the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal and the identity of the
Person making such Superior Proposal) and the opportunity to
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meet with the Company Board, the Financial Advisor and its outside legal counsel during such three (3) Business Day period, all with the purpose and intent of enabling Parent and the Company
to discuss in good faith a modification of the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) may be effected; and
(vi) Parent shall not have made, within three (3) Business Days after receipt of the Companys written notice of its intention to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change, a counter-offer or
proposal that the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Financial Advisor or a financial advisor of nationally recognized standing and outside legal counsel, is at least as favorable to shareholders of the Company as
such Superior Proposal (it being understood that any change to the financial terms or any other material term or condition of such Superior Proposal shall require a new notice pursuant to clause (iv) above and a new three (3) Business Day
period pursuant to this clause (vi)) (it being further understood that there may be multiple extensions of such three (3) Business Day period).
(c) Notwithstanding the terms of
Section 5.6(a)
, at any time prior to receipt of the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval, the Company Board may effect a Company Board Recommendation Change
in response to an Intervening Event if:
(i) the Intervening Event does not involve the receipt of an offer, proposal or
inquiry from any third party relating to a transaction of the nature described in the definition of Acquisition Transaction (which, for purposes of this clause (i), shall be read without reference to the percentage thresholds set forth
in the definition thereof);
(ii) the Company Board determines in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel
and after considering in good faith any counter-offer or proposal made by Parent pursuant to clause (iv) below) that, in light of such Intervening Event, the failure of the Company Board to make a Company Board Recommendation Change would
reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the shareholders of the Company under Washington Law;
(iii) prior to effecting such Company Board Recommendation Change, the Company Board shall have given Parent at least five
(5) Business Days prior written notice thereof, which notice shall specify in reasonable detail the facts underlying the Company Boards determination that an Intervening Event has occurred and the rationale and basis for such
Company Board Recommendation Change, and the opportunity to meet with the Company Board and its outside legal counsel during such five (5) Business Day period, all with the purpose and intent of enabling Parent and the Company to discuss in
good faith a modification of the terms and conditions of this Agreement so that the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) may be effected; and
(iv) following the expiration of the five (5)-Business Day period after Parents receipt of the Companys written notice of its intention to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change, the
Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, and after giving good faith consideration to any counter-offer or proposal from Parent that, in light of such Intervening Event, the failure of the Company Board
to make a Company Board Recommendation Change would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the shareholders of the Company under Washington Law (it being understood that any material change to the facts, events,
developments or set of circumstances of the Intervening Event shall require a new notice pursuant to clause (ii) above and a new five (5) Business Day period pursuant to this clause (iii)) (it being further understood that there may be
multiple extensions of such five (5) Business Day period).
(d) The Company shall ensure that any Company Board
Recommendation Change: (A) does not change or otherwise affect the approval of this Agreement by the Company Board or any other approval of the Company Board; and (B) does not have the effect of causing any Takeover Law (including
Section 23B.19 of the WBCA) to be applicable to this Agreement, the Voting Agreements, the Merger or any of the other transactions
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contemplated hereby (including the Merger). 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 and to the extend required to be disclosed in any SEC Reports.
(e) Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit
the Company Board from taking and disclosing to the Company shareholders a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or complying with the provisions of Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act;
provided,
however
, that any statement(s) made by the Company Board pursuant to Rule 14e-2(a) under the Exchange Act or Rule 14d-9 under the Exchange Act shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the provisions of
Article
VII
; and
provided further
, that any such statements (other than a stop, look and listen communication of the type contemplated by Rule 14d-9(f) under the Exchange Act, and within the time period contemplated by Rule
14d-9(f)(3)) shall be deemed to be a Company Board Recommendation Change unless the Company Board expressly publicly reaffirms the Company Board Recommendation in connection with such statement.
5.7
Access; Notice and Consultation
.
(a) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article
VII
and the Effective Time, the Company shall afford Parent and its accountants, legal counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, to any assets (including the Company Intellectual
Property, design processes and source code), properties (including the right to conduct an environmental site assessment and audit of the properties), Contracts, books, records and personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries as Parent may
reasonably request. In particular, but without limitation, from and after the date of this Agreement, Parent and its agents, contractors and representatives shall have the right and privilege of entering upon all properties leased or occupied by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries and of reviewing the Companys books and records regarding such properties from time to time as needed to make any inspections, evaluations, surveys or tests which Parent may deem necessary or appropriate.
(b) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the
earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, each of Parent and the Company shall promptly notify the other upon becoming aware that any representation or warranty made by such party in
this Agreement has become untrue or inaccurate in any material respect or that such party has breached or failed to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by such party
under this Agreement.
(c) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and
continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of (i) any notice or other communication received by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries from any third party, subsequent to the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, alleging any material breach of or material default under any Material Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party, and (ii) any notice or other communication received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from any third party, subsequent to the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, alleging that the consent of such third party
is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger).
(d) At all
times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, the Company shall promptly
advise Parent orally and in writing of any litigation commenced after the date hereof against the Company or any of its directors by any Company shareholders (on their own behalf or on behalf of the Company) relating to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) and shall keep Parent reasonably informed regarding any such litigation, and (ii) the Company shall promptly advise Parent of, and shall keep Parent reasonably informed regarding, any
other litigation commenced
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or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened after the date hereof against the Company or any of its directors or executive officers (in their capacities as such) where the amount claimed is
or would reasonably be expected to be in excess of $100,000 (each of the matters referenced in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to herein as a
Legal Proceeding Matter
). The Company shall give Parent the
opportunity to consult with the Company regarding the defense or settlement of any such Legal Proceeding Matter and shall consider in good faith Parents views with respect to such Legal Proceeding Matter, and the Company shall not settle any
such Legal Proceeding Matter without the prior written consent of Parent.
(e) At all times during the period commencing with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article VII
and the Effective Time, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, make available
to Parent a copy of each report, schedule, proxy or information statement, registration statement and other document proposed to be filed by the Company with the SEC during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal securities laws or
federal or state laws a reasonable period of time prior to the filing of such reports, schedules, proxy or information statements, registration statements and other documents (and in any event at least two (2) Business Days prior to the filing
thereof with the SEC).
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, no information obtained
pursuant to the access granted or notification provided pursuant to this
Section 5.7
shall be deemed to (i) amend or otherwise modify in any respect any representation or warranty of the party hereto providing such access or notice,
(ii) impair or otherwise prejudice in any manner rights of the party receiving such access or notice to rely upon the conditions to the obligations of such party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), or
(iii) impair or otherwise limit the remedies available to the party receiving such access or notice. The terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement (as amended pursuant to
Section 5.8
) shall apply to any information
provided to Parent pursuant to this
Section 5.7.
5.8
Confidentiality
. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company
hereby acknowledge that Parent and the Company have previously executed a letter agreement, dated December 27, 2012 (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
Confidentiality Agreement
), which will continue
in full force and effect in accordance with its terms;
provided, however
, that notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of the execution and delivery hereof, the Confidentiality Agreement shall be deemed to be amended so as to permit
Parent to take any action contemplated by this Agreement, including the making of any counter-offer or proposal contemplated by
Section 5.6(b)
or
Section 5.6(c)
(which deemed amendment shall survive any termination of this
Agreement in accordance with its terms or otherwise).
5.9
Public Disclosure
. The parties agree that the initial
press release to be issued with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in the form heretofore agreed to by the parties. Except in connection with a Qualifying Amendment or as permitted under the terms of
Section 5.6(e)
, Company shall not, without the prior written consent of Parent, issue any press release or otherwise make any public statement with respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger)
or any Acquisition Proposal, except as may be required by Law or any listing agreement with a national securities exchange, in which case the Company shall make commercially reasonable efforts to consult with Parent prior to any such release or
public statement.
5.10
Employee Matters
.
(a) Effective as of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, each of the Company and any ERISA Affiliate shall terminate any and all Employee Plans intended to include a Code Section 401(k)
arrangement (each, a
401(k) Plan
) (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company that such 401(k) Plans shall not be terminated). Unless Parent provides such written notice to the Company, no later than five
(5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide Parent with evidence that such Employee Plan(s) have been terminated (effective as of the day immediately preceding the Closing Date) pursuant to resolutions of the Company
Board or such Affiliate, as the case may be. The form and substance of
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such resolutions shall be subject to the reasonable review and approval of Parent. The Company also shall take such other actions in furtherance of terminating such Employee Plan(s) as Parent may
reasonably require. In the event that termination of a 401(k) Plan would reasonably be anticipated to trigger liquidation charges, surrender charges or other fees then the Company shall take such actions as are necessary to reasonably estimate the
amount of such charges and/or fees and provide such estimate in writing to Parent no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the Closing Date. If, in accordance with this
Section 5.10(a)
, Parent requests in writing that the
Company not terminate any 401(k) Plan, the Company shall take such actions as Parent may reasonably require in furtherance of the assumption of any such 401(k) Plan by Parent, including, but not limited to, adopting such amendments as Parent may
deem necessary or advisable in connection with such assumption.
(b) Effective as of the day immediately preceding the Closing
Date, the Company shall terminate the Company 2004 Plan (unless Parent provides written notice to the Company no later than five (5) Business Days prior to Closing that the Company 2004 Plan shall not be terminated and instead assumed).
(c) The Company shall consult with Parent (and consider in good faith the advice of Parent) prior to sending any notices or
other communication materials to Company employees and the Company shall not send any written notices or other written communication materials (including via electronic mail) to Company employees regarding this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby (including the Merger) without the prior written consent of Parent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld) or make any communications with the employees that are inconsistent with this Agreement.
5.11
Directors and Officers Indemnification and Insurance
.
(a) For six (6) years after the Effective Time, 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 their respective certificates of incorporation and bylaws (and equivalent organizational documents) and all indemnification agreements in effect and
disclosed to Parent in
Section 5.11
of the Company Disclosure Schedule as of the date of this Agreement between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective current or former directors and officers (the
Indemnified Parties
).
(b) For a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time, Parent and the
Surviving Corporation shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to) maintain in effect the Companys current directors and officers liability insurance (
D&O Insurance
) in respect of acts or
omissions occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, covering each person covered by the D&O Insurance immediately prior to the Effective Time, on terms with respect to the coverage and amounts no less favorable, in the aggregate, than those
of the D&O Insurance in effect on the date of this Agreement;
provided, however
, that the Surviving Corporation may, at its option, substitute therefor policies of Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries
containing terms with respect to coverage and amounts no less favorable, in the aggregate, to such persons than the D&O Insurance,
provided further, however
, that in satisfying its obligations under this
Section 5.11(b)
,
Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall not be obligated to pay annual premiums in excess of two hundred percent (200%) of the amount paid by the Company for coverage for its last full fiscal year (such two hundred percent
(200%) amount, the
Maximum Annual Premium
) (which premiums the Company represents and warrants to be as set forth in
Section 5.11
of the Company Disclosure Schedule),
provided that
that if the annual
premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding the Maximum Annual Premium. Prior to the Effective Time,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the Company may purchase a six-year tail prepaid policy (the
Tail Policy
) on the D&O Insurance on terms and conditions no less favorable, in the
aggregate, than the D&O Insurance and for an amount not to exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the amount paid by the Company for coverage for its last full fiscal year. In the event that the Company does not purchase the Tail Policy,
Parent may purchase a Tail Policy on the D&O Insurance on terms and conditions no less favorable, in the aggregate, than the D&O Insurance. In the event that either the Company or Parent shall purchase such a Tail Policy prior to the
Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving
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Corporation shall maintain such Tail Policy in full force and effect and continue to honor their respective obligations thereunder, in lieu of all other obligations of Parent and the Surviving
Corporation under the first sentence of this
Section 5.11(b)
for so long as such Tail Policy shall be maintained in full force and effect.
(c) Each of the Indemnified Parties or other persons who are beneficiaries under the D&O Insurance or the Tail Policy referred to in
Section 5.11(b)
(and their heirs and representatives)
are intended to be third party beneficiaries of this
Section 5.1
, with full rights of enforcement as if a party thereto.
(d) In the event that Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of its respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving
corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, including in each case by way of an internal reorganization,
Parent or the Surviving Corporation (as applicable) shall cause proper provision to be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Corporation (as applicable) assume its obligations set forth in this
Section 5.11
.
5.12
Insurance Policies
. The Company shall take all actions reasonably necessary to ensure that all of its
current and legacy insurance policies are available for the benefit of the Surviving Corporation, including with respect any instances where an occurrence and/or claim takes place before the Effective Time and is not made known until after the
Effective Time.
5.13
Resignation of Officers and Directors of Company Subsidiaries
. At or prior to the Closing,
upon the request of Parent, unless Parent instructs the Company otherwise, the Company shall obtain the resignations (in form and substance acceptable to Parent) of each individual serving as a director or officer of (or comparable position with)
the Company and its Subsidiaries from his or her position as a director or officer of (or comparable position with) the Company and its Subsidiaries, and not as an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case to be effective as
of the Effective Time.
5.14
Section 16 Resolutions
. Prior to the Effective Time, the Company Board, or an
appropriate committee of non-employee directors thereof, shall adopt a resolution consistent with the interpretive guidance of the SEC so that the disposition by any officer or director of the Company who is a covered person of the Company for
purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Stock Awards pursuant to this Agreement and the Merger shall be an exempt transaction for purposes of such section.
5.15
NYSE Listing
. Prior to the Closing, Parent shall file a Supplemental Listing Application (or such other form
as may be required by NYSE) with NYSE with respect to the shares of the Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger.
5.16
Obligations of Merger Sub
. Parent shall take all action necessary to cause Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Merger) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
5.17
Anti-Takeover
Statutes
. In the event that any Takeover Law is or becomes applicable to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger), the Company, at the direction of the Company Board, shall use reasonable best
efforts to ensure that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and otherwise to minimize the effect
of such statute or regulation on this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger).
5.18
MLS-Sourced Data
. No later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or following the termination or expiration of any waiting periods required by the HSR Act, whichever is later, the Company shall have ceased to
operate, directly or indirectly, any business or platform that distributes MLS-Sourced Data to any
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website outside of the Partner Network (excluding any website that the Company hosts and/or operates on behalf of an individual real estate broker or agent that is branded with such real estate
broker or agents branding and that adheres to the then-current IDX rules).
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
6.1
Conditions to Each Partys Obligations to Effect the Merger
. The respective obligations of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the
satisfaction or waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) of each of the following conditions:
(a)
Effectiveness of
the Registration Statement
. The Registration Statement shall have been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued by the SEC and no
proceedings for that purpose and no similar proceeding in respect of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus shall have been initiated or threatened in writing by the SEC.
(b)
Requisite Company Shareholder Approval
. The Requisite Company Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(c)
HSR Waiting Period
. The applicable waiting period (and extensions thereof) to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) under the HSR Act shall have expired or been
terminated early.
(d)
NYSE Listing
. The shares of the Parent Common Stock issuable in the Merger shall have been
approved for listing on NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.
(e)
No Legal Prohibition
. No Governmental
Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have (i) enacted, issued, promulgated, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger any Law that is in effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal in any jurisdiction or which has the
effect of prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger in any jurisdiction, or (ii) issued or granted, or threatened to issue or grant, any Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) that remains in effect and has
(or would be reasonably expected to have) the effect of making the Merger illegal in any jurisdiction or which has (or would be reasonably expected to have) the effect of prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger in any
jurisdiction.
6.2
Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
. The obligations of Parent
and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived (in writing) exclusively by Parent:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. (i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement
(other than the Company Capitalization Representation and the Company Specified Representations) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing
Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except for any failure to be so true and correct that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company, (ii) each of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.1
(Organization and Standing),
Section 2.2
(Authorization and Enforceability),
Section 2.5
(Subsidiaries),
Section 2.25
(Brokers) and
Section 2.26
(Opinion of Financial Advisor) (collectively, the
Company Specified Representations
) shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this
Agreement and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, and (iii) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 2.4
(Capitalization) (the
Company Capitalization Representation
) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects
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as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except for any failure to be so true and correct that could not result in Liabilities to Parent (including
as a result of the payment of consideration in respect of additional shares of Company Capital Stock, Company Stock Awards, Company Securities or Company Subsidiary Securities in connection with the Merger) that exceed One Million Dollars
($1,000,000); except in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(iii) inclusive, for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date (the accuracy of which shall be determined as of such particular
date);
provided, however,
that for purposes of determining the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement for purposes of this
Section 6.2(a)
, (A) all Material Adverse
Effect and materiality qualifications and other qualifications based on the word material or similar phrases contained in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded (it being understood and hereby agreed that
(x) the phrase similar phrases as used in this proviso shall not be deemed to include any dollar thresholds or Knowledge qualifications contained in any such representations and warranties and (y) such
qualifications shall not be disregarded pursuant to the terms of this proviso in the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 2.9(a)
) and (B) any update of or modification to the Company Disclosure Schedule made or
purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded).
(b)
Performance of Obligations of the
Company
. The Company shall have performed in all material respects each of its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed at or prior to the Effective Time and shall have complied in all material respects with each covenant and
other agreements of the Company to be performed or complied with by it under this Agreement.
(c)
No Material Adverse
Effect
. No Material Adverse Effect on the Company shall have occurred or exist following the execution and delivery of this Agreement (whether or not any events, developments, changes, circumstances or conditions occurring prior to the execution
and delivery of this Agreement caused or contributed to the occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect on the Company) that is continuing.
(d)
Officers Certificate
. Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed for and on behalf of the Company and in its name by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of the Company, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.2(a)
,
Section 6.2(b)
, and
Section 6.2(c)
.
(e)
Antitrust Approvals; Other Approvals
. (i) All waiting periods applicable to, and any and all clearances, approvals and consents required to be obtained in connection with, the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) under all Antitrust Law (other than under the HSR Act) shall have expired, been terminated or obtained, either unconditionally or on terms satisfactory to Parent, and (ii) all other
clearances, consents, approvals, Orders and authorizations that are necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Merger) shall have been obtained, either unconditionally or on terms satisfactory to Parent.
(f)
Legal Proceedings
. There shall not be pending or overtly threatened any Legal Proceeding by any Governmental
Authority (i) seeking to restrain or prohibit the consummation of the Merger or the performance of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Voting Agreements (including the voting provisions thereunder),
(ii) seeking to impose any Antitrust Restraint, or (iii) if adversely determined, would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or Parent.
(g)
Third Party Consents
. The Company shall have obtained all Consents of parties to each Contract marked with an asterisk on
Section 2.3(a)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(h)
Dissenters Rights
. Holders of no more than 5%
of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (on an as-converted basis) shall have exercised statutory rights of dissent under Washington Law, or notified the Company or Parent of an intent to exercise statutory rights of dissent under the
Washington Law, in either case and not withdrawn such claims.
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6.3
Additional Conditions to the Companys Obligations to Effect the
Merger
. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived (in writing) exclusively
by the Company:
(a)
Representations and Warranties
. (i) Each of the representations and warranties of Parent set
forth in this Agreement (other than the Parent Specified Representations) shall have been true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same
force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except for any failure to be so true and correct that has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent, (ii) each
of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.1
(Organization and Standing),
Section 3.
2 (Authorization and Enforceability),
Section 3.4
(Capitalization),
Section 3.11
(Parent Company
Common Stock) and
Section 3.12
(Brokers) (collectively, the
Parent Specified Representations
) shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and shall be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date; except in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i)-(ii) inclusive, for those representations and warranties which address
matters only as of a particular date (the accuracy of which shall be determined as of such particular date);
provided, however,
that for purposes of determining the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Parent set forth in this
Agreement for purposes of this
Section 6.3(a)
, (A) all Material Adverse Effect and materiality qualifications and other qualifications based on the word material or similar phrases contained in such
representations and warranties shall be disregarded (it being understood and hereby agreed that (x) the phrase similar phrases as used in this proviso shall not be deemed to include any dollar thresholds or Knowledge
qualifications contained in any such representations and warranties and (y) such qualifications shall not be disregarded pursuant to the terms of this proviso in the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 3.8(a)
) and
(B) any update of or modification to the Parent Disclosure Schedule made or purported to have been made after the date of this Agreement shall be disregarded).
(b)
Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects each of its obligations under this Agreement required to be performed at
or prior to the Effective time and shall have complied in all material respects with each covenant and agreement of Parent and Merger Sub to be performed or complied with by them under this Agreement.
(c)
No Material Adverse Effect
. No Material Adverse Effect on Parent shall have occurred or exist following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement (whether or not any events, developments, changes, circumstances or conditions occurring prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement caused or contributed to the occurrence of such Material Adverse Effect on
Parent) that is continuing.
(d)
Officers Certificate
. The Company shall have received a certificate, validly
executed for and on behalf of Parent and in its name by the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Parent, certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.3(a)
,
Section 6.3(b)
and
Section 6.3(c)
.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1
Termination
. This Agreement may be terminated
and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) may be abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after the receipt of the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval (it being agreed that the party hereto
terminating this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1
(other than
Section 7.1(a)
) shall give prompt written notice of such termination to the other party or parties hereto):
(a) by mutual written agreement of Parent and the Company; or
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(b) by either Parent or the Company: if the Effective Time has not occurred prior to 11:59
p.m. (New York City time) on October 31, 2013 (the
Termination Date
);
provided, however
, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(b)
shall not be available to any party hereto
whose action or failure to act has been the principal cause of or principally resulted in any of the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Article VI
having failed to be satisfied on or before the Termination Date, and such action or failure
to act constitutes a material breach of this Agreement; or
(c) by either Parent or the Company, if any Governmental Authority
(i) shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, entered, enforced or deemed applicable to the Merger any Law that is in effect and has the effect of making the consummation of the Merger illegal in any jurisdiction or which has the effect of
prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger in any jurisdiction, or (ii) shall have issued or granted any Order that remains in effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal in any jurisdiction or which has the
effect of prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger in any jurisdiction, and such Order has become final and non-appealable; or
(d) by either Parent or the Company, if the Company shall have failed to obtain the Requisite Company Shareholder Approval at the Company Shareholder Meeting (or any postponement or adjournment thereof at
which a vote was taken on the Merger Proposal); or
(e) by the Company, in the event (i) of a breach of any covenant or
agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement or (ii) that any of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall have been inaccurate when made or shall have become
inaccurate, in either case, such that the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Section 6.3(a)
or
Section 6.3(b)
would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation and warranty became
inaccurate;
provided, however
, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that such breach by Parent or Merger Sub or such inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub are curable by Parent or Merger Sub
through the exercise of commercially reasonable efforts, then the Company shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(e)
until the earlier to occur of (A) the expiration of a thirty
(30) calendar day period after delivery of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach or inaccuracy, as applicable, or (B) Parent and/or Merger Sub (as applicable) ceasing to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure
such breach or inaccuracy,
provided that
Parent and/or Merger Sub (as applicable) continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach or inaccuracy (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement
pursuant to this
Section 7.1(e)
if such breach or inaccuracy by Parent or Merger Sub is cured within such thirty (30) calendar day period); or
(f) by Parent:
(i) in the event (A) of a breach of any covenant or
agreement on the part of the Company set forth in this Agreement or (B) that any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall have been inaccurate when made or shall have become inaccurate, in either case, such
that the conditions to the Merger set forth in
Section 6.2(a)
or
Section 6.2(b)
would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation and warranty became inaccurate;
provided,
however
, that notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that such breach by the Company or such inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the Company are curable by the Company through the exercise of commercially reasonable
efforts, then Parent shall not be permitted to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(f)(i)
until the earlier to occur of (1) the expiration of a thirty (30) calendar day period after delivery of written notice
from Parent to the Company of such breach or inaccuracy, as applicable, or (2) the ceasing by the Company to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach or inaccuracy,
provided that
the Company continues to exercise
commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach or inaccuracy (it being understood that Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 7.1(f)(i)
if such breach or inaccuracy by the Company is cured within such
thirty (30) calendar day period); or
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(ii) in the event that, following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall
have occurred or exist a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (whether or not events or circumstances occurring prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement caused or contributed to the occurrence of such Company Material Adverse Effect);
or
(iii) in the event that any of the following shall have occurred: (A) the Company shall have breached (or be deemed,
pursuant to the terms hereof, to have breached) the provisions of
Section 5.1
,
Section 5.4
or
Section 5.5
(other than an inadvertent and immaterial breach that does not result in an Acquisition Proposal);
(B) the Company Board or any committee thereof shall have for any reason effected a Company Board Recommendation Change (whether or not in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement) or provided written notice to Parent of its
intent to effect a Company Board Recommendation Change; (C) the Company shall have failed to include the Company Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus; (D) the Company Board or any committee thereof shall have for any
reason approved, or recommended that shareholders of the Company approve, any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction (whether or not a Superior Proposal); (E) the Company shall have entered into a letter of intent, memorandum of
understanding or Contract (other than a confidentiality agreement contemplated by
Section 5.1(c)
) accepting or agreeing to any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition Transaction (whether or not a Superior Proposal); (G) a tender offer
or exchange offer for Company Common Stock is commenced and, within ten (10) Business Days after the public announcement of the commencement of such tender or exchange offer, the Company shall not have issued a public statement (and filed a
Schedule 14D-9 pursuant to Rule 14e-2 and Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act) unconditionally reaffirming the Company Board Recommendation and unconditionally recommending that the Company shareholders reject such tender or exchange offer
and not tender any shares of Company Common Stock into such tender or exchange offer; or (H) the Company Board shall have failed to publicly reconfirm, without qualification, the Company Board Recommendation prior to receipt of the Requisite
Company Shareholder Approval, within ten (10) Business Days of a written request from Parent to do so.
7.2
Notice of
Termination; Effect of Termination
. Any proper termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 7.1
shall be effective immediately upon the delivery of written notice of the terminating party to the other party or parties
hereto, as applicable. In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 7.1
, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect without liability of any party or parties hereto, as applicable (or any shareholder
or Representative of such party or parties) to the other party or parties hereto, as applicable, except (a) for the terms of
Section 5.8
and
Section 5.9
, this
Section 7.2
,
Section 7.3
and
Article VIII
, each of which shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (b) that nothing herein shall relieve any party or parties hereto, as applicable, from liability for any willful and material breach of, or fraud in
connection with, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition to the foregoing, no termination of this Agreement shall affect the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement (as amended
pursuant to
Section 5.8
), all of which obligations shall survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with their respective terms.
7.3
Fees and Expenses
.
(a)
General
. Except as set forth in
Section 7.3(b)
, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) shall be paid by the party or parties, as applicable, incurring such expenses whether or not
the Merger is consummated.
(b)
Company Payments
.
(i) In the event that (A) this Agreement is terminated under
Section 7.1(d) and
(B) following the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and prior to the termination of this Agreement, an Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced or shall have become publicly known, or shall have been communicated or otherwise made known to the Company, the
Company shall pay to Parent, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days) following receipt of an invoice therefor, an amount in cash equal to the actual and reasonably
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documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and expenses of financial advisors, outside legal counsel, accountants, experts, consultants and other service
providers) incurred by Parent and its Affiliates (or on their respective behalves) in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
(
Parent Expenses
), which amount shall not exceed $1,000,000. The parties hereto hereby agreed that the existence of circumstances which could require the Termination Fee Amount to become subsequently payable by the Company
pursuant to
Section 7.3(b)(ii)
or
Section 7.3(b)(iii)
shall not relieve the Company of its obligations to pay the Parent Expenses pursuant to this
Section 7.3(b)(i)
, and that the payment by the Company of Parent
Expenses pursuant to this
Section 7.3(b)(i)
shall not relieve the Company of any subsequent obligation to pay Parent the Termination Fee Amount pursuant to
Section 7.3(b)(ii)
or
Section 7.3(b)(iii)
.
(ii) The Company shall pay to Parent a fee equal to $15,000,000 (the
Termination Fee Amount
), less any Parent
Expenses previously paid or payable by the Company pursuant to
Section 7.3(b)(i)
, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent, in the event that (A)(1) this Agreement is
terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(b)
or
Section 7.1(d)
or (2) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(f)(i)
, (B) following the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the
termination of this Agreement (in the case of any termination referred to in subclause (A)(1) above) or prior to the breach or inaccuracy that forms the basis for the termination of this Agreement (in the case of any termination referred to in
subclause (A)(2) above), an Acquisition Proposal shall have been publicly announced or shall have become publicly known, or shall have been communicated or otherwise made known to the Company Board, and (C) within twelve (12) months
following the termination of this Agreement, either an Acquisition Transaction (whether or not the Acquisition Transaction referenced in the preceding clause (B)) is consummated or the Company enters into a letter of intent, memorandum of
understanding or other Contract providing for an Acquisition Transaction (whether or not the Acquisition Transaction referenced in the preceding clause (B)). For purposes of this
Section 7.3(b)(ii)
, all references to fifteen
percent (15%) and eighty-five percent (85%) in the definition of Acquisition Transaction shall be deemed references to fifty percent (50%). The fee amount payable pursuant to this
Section 7.3(b)(ii)
shall be
paid on the date of, and as a condition to, the consummation of the Acquisition Transaction contemplated by the foregoing clause (C) or the execution and effectiveness of the letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other Contract
contemplated by the foregoing clause (C).
(iii) In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
Section 7.1(f)(iii)
, the Company shall pay to Parent a fee equal to the Termination Fee Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account or accounts designated in writing by Parent, within one Business Day after
demand by Parent.
(c)
Enforcement
. Each of Parent and the Company acknowledges and hereby agrees that the provisions
of this
Section 7.3
are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that, without such provisions, neither Parent nor the Company would have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company shall fail
to pay in a timely manner any amounts due and payable pursuant to this
Section 7.3
, and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent shall make a claim against the Company and such claim results in a judgment against the Company, the Company
shall pay to Parent an amount in cash equal to Parents costs and expenses (including its attorneys fees and expenses) incurred in connection with such claim, together with interest at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date
such payment was required to be made. Payment of the fees amounts contemplated by this
Section 7.3
shall not be in lieu of, or replacement or substitution for, any damages that may arise out of any breach of this Agreement, and are not
intended to (and shall not) be liquidated damages hereunder. The parties acknowledge and agree that in no event shall the Company be obligated to pay the Termination Fee Amount on more than one occasion.
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1
Certain Interpretations
.
(a) Unless otherwise indicated, all references herein to Sections, Articles, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules, shall be deemed to refer to
Sections, Articles, Annexes, Exhibits or Schedules of or to this Agreement, as applicable.
(b) Unless otherwise
indicated, the words include, includes and including, when used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words without limitation.
(c) As used in this Agreement, the word extent and the phrase to the extent shall mean the degree to which a
subject or other thing extends, and such word or phrase shall not mean simply if.
(d) As used in this Agreement,
the singular or plural number shall be deemed to include the other whenever the context so requires.
(e) Unless otherwise
indicated, all references herein to dollars or $ shall mean and refer to U.S. denominated dollars.
(f) Unless
otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, when reference is made herein to a Person, such reference shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person.
(g) Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references herein to the Subsidiaries of a Person shall be deemed
to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such Person.
(h) The table of contents and headings set forth in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference purposes only and shall not affect or be deemed to affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.
(i) The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and,
therefore, waive the application of any Law, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.
(j) 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).
(k) Except as otherwise provided, any information made available to Parent by the Company or its Subsidiaries shall include
only that information contained in such documents as are contained in or filed as Exhibits to the Company SEC Reports or stored on the hard disk reflecting the contents of that certain virtual data room maintained by the Company through Merrill
DataSite entitled Project Mariner Data Room and that Parents Representatives have been granted access to as of 5:00 p.m., California time, on May 6, 2013, a copy of which has been provided to Parent prior to the date of this
Agreement.
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8.2
Notices
. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing
and shall be deemed given if delivered personally or by commercial delivery service, sent via telecopy (receipt confirmed), or sent by electronic mail to the parties at the following addresses or telecopy numbers (or at such other address or
telecopy numbers for a party as shall be specified by like notice):
(a) if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:
Trulia, Inc.
116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Attention: General Counsel
E-mail: legal@trulia.com
Telecopy No.: (650) 369-9355
with copies (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
Attention: Rezwan D. Pavri
E-mail: rpavri@wsgr.com
Telecopy No.: (650) 493-6811
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
One Market Plaza
Spear Tower, Suite 3300
San Francisco, California 94105-1126
Attention: Michael S. Ringler
E-mail: mringler@wsgr.com
Telecopy No.: (415) 947-2099
(b) if to the Company (prior to the Effective
Time), to:
Market Leader, Inc.
11332 NE
122
nd
Way, Suite 200
Kirkland, WA 98034
Attention: Ian Morris
E-mail: ianm@marketleader.com
Telecopy No.: (425) 952-5694
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, Washington 908101
Attention: Eric A. DeJong
E-mail: EDeJong@perkinscoie.com
Telecopy No.: (206) 359-4793
8.3
Survival of Representations, Warranties
and Covenants
. The representations, warranties and covenants of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by their terms survive the Effective Time
shall so survive the Effective Time in accordance with their respective terms.
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8.4
Assignment
. No party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights,
interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors
and permitted assigns.
8.5
Amendment
. Subject to applicable Law and subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company;
provided, however
, that in the event that this Agreement has
been adopted by the Company shareholders in accordance with Washington Law, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement that requires the approval of such Company shareholders without such approval.
8.6
Extension; Waiver
. At any time and from time to time prior to the Effective Time, any party or parties hereto may, to the
extent legally allowed and except as otherwise set forth herein, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other party or parties hereto, as applicable, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties made to such party or parties hereto contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party or parties hereto
contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party or parties hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party or parties, as applicable. Any delay in exercising
any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right.
8.7
Entire Agreement
. This Agreement
and the agreements, documents, instruments and certificates among the parties hereto as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Parent Disclosure Schedule and the Exhibits and Schedules hereto,
constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof;
provided,
however
, the Confidentiality Agreement (as amended pursuant to
Section 5.8
) shall not be superseded, shall survive any termination of this Agreement and shall continue in full force and effect until the earlier to occur of
(a) the Effective Time and (b) the date on which the Confidentiality Agreement expires or is otherwise terminated in accordance with its terms.
8.8
Third Party Beneficiaries
. Except as set forth in or contemplated by the provisions of
Section 5.11
, this Agreement is not intended to, and shall not, confer upon any other
Person any rights or remedies hereunder.
8.9
Severability
. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or
the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons
or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve,
to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.
8.10
Other
Remedies
. Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the
exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
8.11
Governing
Law
. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof, except (i) with
respect to matters relating to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board, which shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, Washington Law, and (ii) to the extent that the provisions of the WBCA are
mandatorily applicable to the Merger, which shall be construed, performed and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the WBCA.
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8.12
Specific Performance
. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage
would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at
law or in equity, the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having
jurisdiction.
8.13
Consent to Jurisdiction
. Each of the parties hereto (a) irrevocably consents to the
service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any action or proceeding relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, for and on behalf of itself or any of its properties or assets, in accordance with
Section 8.2
or in such other manner as may be permitted by applicable Law, and nothing in this
Section 8.13
shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by applicable Law;
(b) irrevocably and unconditionally consents and submits itself and its properties and assets in any action or proceeding to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware) in the event any dispute or controversy arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the
Merger), or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof; (c) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court; (d) agrees that any
actions or proceedings arising in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) shall be brought, tried and determined only in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, only if the Court of
Chancery of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction over a particular matter, any federal court within the State of Delaware); (e) waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or
proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (f) agrees that it will not bring any action relating to this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby (including the Merger) in any court other than the aforesaid courts. Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company agrees that a final judgment in any action or proceeding in such courts as provided above shall be conclusive and may
be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable Law.
8.14
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
. EACH OF PARENT, COMPANY AND MERGER SUB HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT
OR THE ACTIONS OF PARENT, COMPANY AND MERGER SUB IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF.
8.15
Counterparts
. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and
delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective duly authorized officers to be effective as of the date first above written.
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ANNEX I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the
following capitalized terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(a)
Acquisition Proposal
shall
mean any offer or proposal relating to an Acquisition Transaction from any Person other than Parent or any of its Affiliates.
(b)
Acquisition Transaction
shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions (other than the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement) involving: (i) any acquisition or purchase from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Person or group (as defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of more than a fifteen percent (15%) interest in the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any Person or group (as
defined in or under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) beneficially owning fifteen percent (15%) or more of the total outstanding voting securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) any merger, consolidation, business
combination or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the shareholders of the Company immediately preceding such transaction hold less than eighty-five percent (85%) of the equity interests
in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction; (iii) any sale, lease (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), exchange, transfer, license (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice), acquisition or disposition of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (measured by the lesser of book or fair market value thereof); (iv) any liquidation, dissolution,
recapitalization or other significant corporate reorganization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (v) any combination of the foregoing.
(c)
Affiliate
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For purposes
of the immediately preceding sentence, the term control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as used with respect to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
(d)
Antitrust Law
shall mean applicable federal, state, local or foreign antitrust, competition, premerger
notification or trade regulation laws, regulations or Orders.
(e)
Balance Sheet
shall mean the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2012 included in the Companys annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC.
(f)
Business Day
shall mean any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of California or Washington or is a day on which
commercial banking institutions located in the State of California or Washington are authorized or required by Law or other governmental action to close.
(g)
Cash-Out Consideration
shall mean an amount in cash equal to the sum of (i) the Stock Consideration multiplied by the Parent Common Stock Closing Price and (ii) the Cash
Consideration. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms Stock Consideration and Cash Consideration as used in the definition of Cash-Out Consideration shall reflect any adjustment to the amounts of the Stock Consideration and
the Cash Consideration made pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(vi)
.
(h)
Code
shall mean the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
(i)
Company Board
shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.
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(j)
Company Capital Stock
shall mean the Company Common Stock and the
Company Preferred Stock.
(k)
Company Common Stock
shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
of the Company.
(l)
Company Intellectual Property
shall mean any and all Technology and Intellectual
Property Rights that are owned or purported to be owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(m)
Company
Option
shall mean an option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock outstanding under any of the Company Plans.
(n)
Company Plans
shall mean the (i) HouseValues, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, (ii) Market Leader, Inc.
Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the
Company 2004 Plan
), and any other equity incentive plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(o)
Company Preferred Stock
shall mean the Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.
(p)
Company Product
shall mean any product or service or other Technology that is currently being or at any time has been developed, manufactured, supported, marketed, distributed,
licensed, sold or made available (including as a software product or application, as part of a service bureau, cloud, or time-sharing, application service, software-as-a-service or similar arrangement or otherwise) by or on behalf of the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
(q)
Company Restricted Stock Units
shall mean any unit or award
(i) denominated in units, (ii) pursuant to which the holder thereof is or may become entitled to acquire one or more shares of Company Common Stock or the cash equivalent thereof upon such holders continued service with or employment
by the Company or any Subsidiary and/or upon the satisfaction or attainment of one or more performance milestones, and (iii) outstanding under any of the Company Plans.
(r)
Company Stock Appreciation Rights
shall mean any stock appreciation right related to Company Common Stock (whether such right will be settled in shares, cash or otherwise)
outstanding under any of the Company Plans.
(s)
Company Stock Awards
shall mean Company Options, Company
Restricted Stock Units and Company Stock Appreciation Rights.
(t)
Continuing Service Provider
shall mean
any employee or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries who remains or becomes an employee or consultant of the Surviving Corporation, a Subsidiary of the Surviving Corporation, Parent or a Subsidiary of Parent immediately after the Effective
Time.
(u)
Contract
shall mean any contract, subcontract, agreement, note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
lease, sublease, license, sublicense, permit, franchise or other instrument, obligation, commitment or binding arrangement or understanding of any kind or character, whether oral or in writing.
(v)
DOJ
shall mean the United States Department of Justice, or any successor thereto.
(w)
DOL
shall mean the United States Department of Labor or any successor thereto.
(x)
Environmental Law
shall mean any and all Law relating to the protection of the environment (including ambient air,
surface water, groundwater or land) or human health as affected by the environment or Hazardous Substances or otherwise relating to the production, use, emission, storage, treatment, transportation, recycling, disposal, discharge, release, labeling
or other handling of any Hazardous Substances or any products or wastes containing any Hazardous Substances including any Law related to the investigation, clean-up or other
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remediation or analysis of Hazardous Substances, including without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, the Resource Recovery and
Conservation Act of 1976, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Clean Air Act.
(y)
ERISA
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statue, rules and
regulations thereto.
(z)
Exchange Act
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules and regulations thereto.
(aa)
Exchange
Ratio
shall mean the sum of (x) the Stock Consideration
plus
(y) the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the Cash Consideration, by (2) the Parent Common Stock Closing Price. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms
Stock Consideration and Cash Consideration as used in the definition of Exchange Ratio shall reflect any adjustment to the amounts of the Stock Consideration and the Cash Consideration made pursuant to
Section 1.7(b)(vi)
.
(bb)
Financial Advisor
shall mean GCA Savvian Advisors LLC.
(cc)
FTC
shall mean the United States Federal Trade Commission, or any successor thereto.
(dd)
GAAP
shall mean generally accepted accounting principles, as applied in the United States.
(ee)
Governmental Authority
shall mean any government, any governmental or regulatory entity or body, department,
commission, board, agency, instrumentality or self-regulatory organization, and any court, tribunal or judicial body, in each case whether federal, state, county, provincial or local, and whether domestic or foreign.
(ff)
Hazardous Substance
shall mean any substance, material emission or waste that is characterized or regulated under
any Environmental Law as hazardous, pollutant, contaminant, toxic or words of similar meaning or effect, or is otherwise a danger to health, reproduction or the environment, including petroleum and
petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos.
(gg)
HSR Act
shall mean the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules and regulations thereto.
(hh)
Intellectual Property Rights
shall mean common law and statutory rights anywhere in the world arising under or associated with (i) patents, patent applications and
inventors certificates (
Patents
), (ii) copyrights, copyright registrations and copyright applications, and moral rights, (iii) the protection of trade and industrial secrets and confidential
information, including business information (
Trade Secrets
), (iv) trademarks, trade names and service marks (
Trademarks
), (v) other proprietary rights relating or with respect to the protection of
technology, (vi) rights in domain names, URL and other internet-related properties, (vii) divisions, continuations, renewals, reissuances and extensions of the foregoing (as applicable) and (viii) analogous rights to those set forth
above, including the right to enforce and recover damages for the infringement or misappropriation of for any of the foregoing.
(ii)
Intervening Event
shall mean, with respect to the Company, any material fact, event, change, development or set
of circumstances (other than, and not related in any way to, an Acquisition Proposal) that was not known to, nor reasonably foreseeable by any member of the Company Board, assuming consultation with the executive officers of the Company, as of or
prior to the date of this Agreement, and did not result from or arise out of the announcement or pendency of, or any actions required to be taken (or to be refrained from being taken) pursuant to, this Agreement;
provided
,
however
,
that in no event shall the receipt of an offer, proposal or inquiry from any third party relating to a transaction of the nature described in the definition of Acquisition Transaction (which, for purposes of this definition, shall be
read without reference to the percentage thresholds set forth in the definition thereof) be deemed to be an Intervening Event.
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(jj)
IRS
shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service or any
successor thereto.
(kk)
Knowledge
of the Company, with respect to any matter in question, shall mean the
knowledge of any of the executive officers of the Company, or the knowledge that any of the foregoing persons would reasonably be expected to have after making due inquiry of those persons employed by the Company who would reasonably be expected to
have knowledge of the matter in question.
(ll)
Law
shall mean any and all applicable federal, state,
provincial, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, treaty, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, directive, guidance, order, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority.
(mm)
Legal Proceeding
shall mean any action, claim, suit, litigation, proceeding (public or private), arbitration, criminal prosecution, examination, audit or investigation by any Person (including any Governmental Authority) or
pending before any Governmental Authority.
(nn)
Liabilities
shall mean any liability, indebtedness,
obligation or commitment of any kind, nature or character (whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, unmatured or otherwise and whether or not required to be recorded or reflected on a balance sheet prepared under GAAP).
(oo)
Lien
shall mean any lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance, claim,
infringement, interference, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community property interest or restriction of any nature (including any restriction on the voting of any security, any restriction on the transfer of any security or other
asset, any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
(pp)
Material Adverse Effect
shall mean, with respect to any Person, any fact, event, condition, circumstance, change or effect (collectively,
Effects
) that, individually or when taken together with all other Effects
that exist or have occurred prior to or at the date of determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Effect, is or is reasonably likely to (x) be materially adverse to the business, operations, capitalization, properties, assets
(including intangible assets), Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of such Person taken together as a whole with its Subsidiaries or (y) materially impede the ability of such Person or its Subsidiaries to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof and applicable Law;
provided, however,
that solely with respect to clause (x) above, none of the following Effects, by itself or when
aggregated with any one or more of the other such Effects, shall be deemed to be or constitute a Material Adverse Effect and none of the following Effects, by itself or when aggregated with any one or more of the other such Effects, shall be taken
into account when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred or may, would or could occur: (i) general economic conditions,
provided that
such Effects do not have a substantially disproportionate impact on such Person and
its Subsidiaries, take together as a whole; or (ii) general conditions in the industries in which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries conduct business,
provided that
such Effects do not have a substantially disproportionate impact on
such Person and its Subsidiaries, take together as a whole.
(qq)
MLS-Sourced Data
shall mean data
pertaining to real properties that the Company receives or accepts either (i) directly from a multiple listing service, or (ii) from one or more third-parties that receive such data, either directly or indirectly, from a multiple listing
service.
(rr)
Nasdaq
shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, any successor stock exchange operated by
The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC or any successor thereto.
(ss)
NYSE
shall mean the New York Stock Exchange,
any successor stock exchange operated by the NYSE Euronext or any successor thereto.
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(tt)
Open Source Code
shall mean software or software code that is
distributed as free software or open source software or is otherwise distributed publicly in Source Code form under terms of an Open Source License.
(uu)
Open Source License
shall mean any license for free software or open source software including, without limitation, the GNU General Public License, GNU
Lesser General Public License, Mozilla License, Common Public License, Apache License, BSD License, Artistic License, or Sun Community Source License or other license that is defined as Open Source License by the organization known as
the Open Source Initiative (www.opensource.org).
(vv)
Order
shall mean any judgment, decision, decree,
injunction, ruling, writ, assessment or order of any Governmental Authority that is binding on any Person or its property under applicable Law.
(ww)
Parent Board
shall mean the board of directors of Parent.
(xx)
Parent Common Stock
shall mean the Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Parent.
(yy)
Parent Common Stock Closing Price
shall mean the volume weighted average closing price of Parent Common Stock,
rounded to the nearest one-tenth of a cent, as reported on NYSE over the ten (10) trading days immediately preceding (but not including) the Closing Date.
(zz)
Parent Preferred Stock
shall mean the Preferred Stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of Parent.
(aaa)
Partner Network
shall have the meaning set forth in that Platform Service Agreement between Parent and Move Sales, Inc., dated June 19, 2012.
(bbb)
Permitted Liens
shall mean any or all of the following: (i) Liens for Taxes and other similar governmental
charges and assessments which are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made on the appropriate financial statements in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) Liens of landlords and liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice for sums not yet due and payable; (iii) undetermined or
inchoate Liens, charges and privileges existing as of the Closing Date and any statutory Liens, licenses, charges, adverse claims, security interests or encumbrances of any nature whatsoever existing as of the Closing Date and claimed or held by any
Governmental Authority that are related to obligations that are not due or delinquent; (iv) security given in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice as of the Closing Date to any public utility, Governmental Authority or
other statutory or public authority; (v) Liens imposed on the underlying fee interest in leased property that are not caused by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; and (vi) Liens that do not materially interfere with the use, value or
operation of the property subject thereto.
(ccc)
Person
shall mean any individual, corporation (including
any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association,
organization, entity or Governmental Authority.
(ddd)
Personal Information
shall mean, in addition to any
definition provided by the Company for any similar term (
e.g.,
personally identifiable information or PII) in any privacy policy or other public-facing statement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, all
information regarding or capable of being associated with an individual consumer or device, including (i) information that identifies, could be used to identify or is otherwise identifiable with an individual, including name, physical address,
telephone number, email address, financial account number, government-issued identifier (including Social Security number and drivers license number), medical, health or insurance information, gender, date of birth, educational or employment
information,
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religious or political views or affiliations, and marital or other status, and any other data used or intended to be used to identify, contact or precisely locate an individual;
(ii) information that is created, maintained, or accessed by an individual (
e.g.,
videos, audio, individual contact information); (iii) any data regarding an individuals activities online or on a mobile or other application
(
e.g.,
searches conducted, web pages or content visited or viewed); and (iv) Internet Protocol addresses or other persistent identifiers. Personal Information may relate to any individual, including a current, prospective or former
customer or employee of any Person. Personal Information includes information in any form, including paper, electronic and other forms.
(eee)
Registered Intellectual Property
shall mean applications, registrations and filings for Intellectual Property Rights that have been registered, filed, certified or otherwise
perfected or recorded with or by any Government Authority.
(fff)
Representatives
shall mean, with respect
to any Person, the directors, officers, employees, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, consultants, agents and other authorized representatives of such Person, acting in such capacity.
(ggg)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules or regulations thereto.
(hhh)
SEC
shall mean the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.
(iii)
Securities Act
shall mean
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any successor statute, rules or regulations thereto.
(jjj)
Source Code
shall mean software and code, which may be printed out or displayed in human readable form or from which object or other executable code can be derived by compilation
or otherwise.
(kkk)
Subsidiary
of any Person shall mean (i) a corporation more than fifty percent
(50%) of the combined voting power of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one of more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof,
(ii) a partnership of which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the general partner and has the power to direct the policies,
management and affairs of such partnership, (iii) a limited liability company of which such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, is the
managing member and has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such company or (iv) any other Person (other than a corporation, partnership or limited liability company) in which such Person, or one or more other
Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.
(lll)
Superior Proposal
shall mean any
bona fide
written Acquisition Proposal for an Acquisition Transaction
(except that all references in the definition of Acquisition Transaction to fifteen percent (15%) or eight-five percent (85%) shall be references to fifty percent (50%)) not solicited in violation of
Section 5.1
and that has not been withdrawn, (i) which, if any cash consideration is involved, is not subject to any financing contingencies (and if financing is required, such financing is then fully committed to the third party
making such Acquisition Proposal) and (ii) with respect to which the Company Board determines in good faith, after consultation with the Financial Advisor or any other financial advisor of nationally recognized standing and outside legal
counsel, and taking into consideration, among other things, all of the terms and conditions and all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal and this Agreement (in each case taking into account any revisions to
this Agreement made or proposed in writing by Parent prior to the time of determination), (A) is reasonably likely to be consummated in accordance with its terms, and (B) would result in
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a transaction more favorable to the Companys shareholders from a financial point of view than the transactions provided for in this Agreement (after taking into account the expected timing
and risk and likelihood of consummation).
(mmm)
Tax
shall mean (i) any and all U.S. federal, state,
local and non-U.S. taxes, including taxes based upon or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, business and occupation, sales, use and occupation, and value added, goods and services, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll,
recapture, employment, escheat, excise and property taxes, together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to such amounts, (ii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) as a
result of being or ceasing to be a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period (including any liability under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any comparable provision of other applicable Law, and
including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement) and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) as a result of any express or implied obligation to
indemnify any other Person or as a result of any obligations under any Contract with any other Person with respect to such amounts and including any liability for taxes of a predecessor or transferor or otherwise by operation of Law.
(nnn)
Tax Returns
shall mean all returns, declarations, reports, estimates, statements and other documents filed or
required to be filed in respect of any Taxes, including any attachments, addenda or schedules thereto or amendments thereof.
(ooo)
Technology
shall mean any or all of the following tangible items and any and all instantiations of the following
in any form and embodied in any media: (i) works of authorship including computer programs, source code, executable code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise, architecture, documentation, designs, files, records, and data
related to the foregoing, (ii) inventions (whether or not patentable), discoveries, improvements, and technology, (iii) proprietary and confidential information, trade secrets and know how, (iv) databases, data compilations and
collections, and technical data, (v) logos, trade names, trade dress, trademarks and service marks, (vi) tools, methods and processes, and (vii) devices, prototypes, schematics, breadboards, netlists, mask works, test methodologies,
verilog files, emulation and simulation reports, test vectors, and hardware development tools.
(ppp)
WARN
Act
shall mean the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
(qqq)
Washington Law
shall
mean the WBCA and any other applicable Law of the State of Washington.
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CONFIDENTIAL
May 6, 2013
Board of Directors
Market Leader, Inc.
11332 NE 122nd Way
Suite 200
Kirkland, WA 98034
Members of the Board:
We understand that Market Leader, Inc., a Washington corporation
(Market Leader), Trulia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Trulia), and Mariner Acquisition Corp., a Washington corporation and a wholly-owned direct subsidiary of Trulia, Inc. (Merger Sub), plan to enter into an
agreement and plan of merger dated May 7, 2013 (the Merger Agreement) that provides for, among other things, Merger Sub to be merged with and into Market Leader, as a result of which, Market Leader would become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Trulia (the Merger). Pursuant to the Merger, each outstanding share of common stock par value $0.0001 per share of Market Leader (the Market Leader Common Stock), other than Dissenting Company Shares and shares
that are owned by Market Leader or any subsidiary of Market Leader, Trulia or Merger Sub, will be converted into the right to receive $11.00 per share consideration consisting of cash in the amount of $6.00 and 0.1553 shares of freely tradable
Trulia common stock (the Merger Consideration). The terms and conditions of the Merger are more fully set forth in the Merger Agreement. We understand that simultaneously with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, certain
stockholders of Market Leader plan to enter into voting agreements with Trulia, pursuant to which, among other things, such stockholders would agree to vote their shares in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and against any competing
proposals. Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Merger Agreement.
You have asked for our opinion as
to whether, as of the date hereof, the Merger Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Market Leader Common Stock. For purposes of the opinion set forth herein, we have:
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reviewed certain internal financial statements and other financial and operating data concerning Trulia prepared by the management of Trulia;
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reviewed and discussed with Market Leaders management its view of the strategic rationale for the Merger;
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compared the financial performance of Market Leader and the prices and trading activity of the Market Leader Common Stock with that of certain other comparable publicly-traded
companies and their securities that we believe to be generally relevant in evaluating the business of Market Leader;
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reviewed by us for the purposes of this opinion. With respect to the financial projections relating to Market Leader and prepared by the management of Market Leader, we have assumed that they were reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best
currently available estimates and judgments of Market Leaders management of the future financial performance of Market Leader. We assume no responsibility for and express no view as to such projections or the assumptions on which they are
based. We have not made any independent valuation or appraisal of the assets or liabilities of Market Leader or concerning the solvency or fair value of Market Leader, nor have we been furnished with any such valuations or appraisals. In addition,
we have assumed that the Merger will be consummated in accordance with the terms set forth in the latest draft Merger Agreement furnished to us, without waiver by any party of any material rights thereunder, that the representations and warranties
made by the parties thereto are true and correct in all respects material to our analysis, and that all governmental, regulatory or other consents and approvals necessary for the consummation of the Merger will be timely obtained without any
restriction. We have not made any independent investigation of any legal, accounting or tax matters affecting the Merger, and we have assumed the correctness of all legal, accounting and tax advice given to Market Leader and the Board. Our opinion
is necessarily based on financial, economic, market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made available to us as of, and can be evaluated as of, the date hereof. We assume no responsibility for updating or revising our opinion
based on events or circumstances that may occur after the date of this letter.
We have acted as financial advisor to the Board of Directors
of Market Leader in connection with the Merger and will receive a fee for our services, a significant portion of which is contingent upon the consummation of the Merger, and Market Leader has agreed to reimburse our expenses and indemnify us against
certain liabilities arising out of our engagement. In the future, GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC may provide financial advisory and/or financing services for Trulia.
It is understood that this letter is for the information of the Board of Directors of Market Leader and may not be used or summarized for any other purpose, or relied upon by any other party, without our
prior written consent except that this opinion may be included in its entirety, if required, in any proxy statement filed by Market Leader and any registration statement filed by Trulia in respect of the Merger.
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Market Leaders underlying business decision to enter into the Merger, or the relative merits of the Merger as compared to any alternatives that may be available to Market Leader, and it does not constitute a recommendation to Market Leader,
its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, its stockholders, or any other person as to any specific action that should be taken in connection with the Merger, including how the stockholders of Market Leader should vote or otherwise act with
respect to the Merger. We have not been asked to, nor do we offer any opinion as to the material terms of the Merger Agreement or the structure of the Merger, and we are not expressing any opinion as to what the value of the Trulia common stock
actually will be when issued or the prices at which Market Leader Common Stock or Trulia common stock will trade at any time, including following announcement or consummation of the Merger.
We do not express any view on, and our opinion does not address, any other term or aspect of the Merger Agreement or Merger, nor as to the fairness of the amount or nature of any compensation to be paid
or payable to any of the officers, directors or employees of Market Leader, or class of such persons, in connection with the Merger, whether relative to the Merger Consideration or otherwise. This opinion has been approved by a fairness committee of
GCA Savvian Advisors, LLC.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion on the date hereof that the Merger Consideration to
be received by the holders of Market Leader Common Stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement is fair, from a financial point of view, to such holders.
Very truly yours,
GCA SAVVIAN ADVISORS, LLC
/s/ GCA SAVVIAN ADVISORS, LLC
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Annex C
CHAPTER 23B.13
OF THE WASHINGTON BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
23B.13.010. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter
:
(1) Corporation means the issuer of
the shares held by a dissenter before the corporate action, or the surviving or acquiring corporation by merger or share exchange of that issuer.
(2) Dissenter means a shareholder who is entitled to dissent from corporate action under RCW 23B.13.020 and who exercises that right when and in the manner required by RCW 23B.13.200 through
23B.13.280.
(3) Fair value, with respect to a dissenters shares, means the value of the shares immediately
before the effective date of the corporate action to which the dissenter objects, excluding any appreciation or depreciation in anticipation of the corporate action unless exclusion would be inequitable.
(4) Interest means interest from the effective date of the corporate action until the date of payment, at the average rate
currently paid by the corporation on its principal bank loans or, if none, at a rate that is fair and equitable under all the circumstances.
(5) Record shareholder means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee
certificate on file with a corporation.
(6) Beneficial shareholder means the person who is a beneficial owner of
shares held in a voting trust or by a nominee as the record shareholder.
(7) Shareholder means the record
shareholder or the beneficial shareholder.
23B.13.020 Right to dissent.
(1) A shareholder is entitled to dissent from, and obtain payment of the fair value of the shareholders shares in the event of, any
of the following corporate actions:
(a) A plan of merger, which has become effective, to which the corporation is a party
(i) if shareholder approval was required for the merger by RCW 23B.11.030, 23B.11.080, or the articles of incorporation, and the shareholder was entitled to vote on the merger, or (ii) if the corporation was a subsidiary that has been
merged with its parent under RCW 23B.11.040;
(b) A plan of share exchange, which has become effective, to which the
corporation is a party as the corporation whose shares have been acquired, if the shareholder was entitled to vote on the plan;
(c) A sale or exchange, which has become effective, of all, or substantially all, of the property of the corporation other than in the
usual and regular course of business, if the shareholder was entitled to vote on the sale or exchange, including a sale in dissolution, but not including a sale pursuant to court order or a sale for cash pursuant to a plan by which all or
substantially all of the net proceeds of the sale will be distributed to the shareholders within one year after the date of sale;
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(d) An amendment of the articles of incorporation, whether or not the shareholder was
entitled to vote on the amendment, if the amendment effects a redemption or cancellation of all of the shareholders shares in exchange for cash or other consideration other than shares of the corporation; or
(e) Any corporate action approved pursuant to a shareholder vote to the extent the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a resolution of
the board of directors provides that voting or nonvoting shareholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares.
(2) A shareholder entitled to dissent and obtain payment for the shareholders shares under this chapter may not challenge the corporate action creating the shareholders entitlement unless the
action fails to comply with the procedural requirements imposed by this title, RCW 25.10.831 through 25.10.886, the articles of incorporation, or the bylaws, or is fraudulent with respect to the shareholder or the corporation.
(3) The right of a dissenting shareholder to obtain payment of the fair value of the shareholders shares shall terminate upon the
occurrence of any one of the following events:
(a) The proposed corporate action is abandoned or rescinded;
(b) A court having jurisdiction permanently enjoins or sets aside the corporate action; or
(c) The shareholders demand for payment is withdrawn with the written consent of the corporation.
23B.13.030 Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners.
(1) A record shareholder may assert dissenters rights as to fewer than all the shares registered in the shareholders name only if the shareholder dissents with respect to all shares
beneficially owned by any one person and delivers to the corporation a notice of the name and address of each person on whose behalf the shareholder asserts dissenters rights. The rights of a partial dissenter under this subsection are
determined as if the shares as to which the dissenter dissents and the dissenters other shares were registered in the names of different shareholders.
(2) A beneficial shareholder may assert dissenters rights as to shares held on the beneficial shareholders behalf only if:
(a) The beneficial shareholder submits to the corporation the record shareholders consent to the dissent not later than the time
the beneficial shareholder asserts dissenters rights, which consent shall be set forth either (i) in a record or (ii) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the consent may be electronically
transmitted and the consent is electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an electronically transmitted record; and
(b) The beneficial shareholder does so with respect to all shares of which such shareholder is the beneficial shareholder or over which such shareholder has power to direct the vote.
23B.13.200 Notice of dissenters rights.
(1) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is submitted for approval by a vote at a shareholders meeting, the meeting notice must state that shareholders
are or may be entitled to assert dissenters rights under this chapter and be accompanied by a copy of this chapter.
(2)
If corporate action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is submitted for approval without a vote of shareholders in accordance with RCW 23B.07.040, the shareholder consent described in RCW 23B.07.040(1)(b) and the notice described
in RCW 23B.07.040(3)(a) must include a statement that shareholders are or may be entitled to assert dissenters rights under this chapter and be accompanied by a copy of this chapter.
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23B.13.210 Notice of intent to demand payment.
(1) If proposed corporate action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is submitted to a vote at a shareholders
meeting, a shareholder who wishes to assert dissenters rights must (a) deliver to the corporation before the vote is taken notice of the shareholders intent to demand payment for the shareholders shares if the proposed
corporate action is effected, and (b) not vote such shares in favor of the proposed corporate action.
(2) If proposed
corporate action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is submitted for approval without a vote of shareholders in accordance with RCW 23B.07.040, a shareholder who wishes to assert dissenters rights must not execute the
consent or otherwise vote such shares in favor of the proposed corporate action.
(3) A shareholder who does not satisfy the
requirements of subsection (1) or (2) of this section is not entitled to payment for the shareholders shares under this chapter.
23B.13.220 Dissenters rights Notice.
(1) If proposed
corporate action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is approved at a shareholders meeting, the corporation shall within ten days after the effective date of the corporate action deliver to all shareholders who satisfied the
requirements of RCW 23B.13.210(1) a notice in compliance with subsection (3) of this section.
(2) If proposed corporate
action creating dissenters rights under RCW 23B.13.020 is approved without a vote of shareholders in accordance with RCW 23B.07.040, the notice delivered pursuant to RCW 23B.07.040(3)(b) to shareholders who satisfied the requirements of RCW
23B.13.210(2) shall comply with subsection (3) of this section.
(3) Any notice under subsection (1) or (2) of
this section must:
(a) State where the payment demand must be sent and where and when certificates for certificated shares
must be deposited;
(b) Inform holders of uncertificated shares to what extent transfer of the shares will be restricted after
the payment demand is received;
(c) Supply a form for demanding payment that includes the date of the first announcement to
news media or to shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action and requires that the person asserting dissenters rights certify whether or not the person acquired beneficial ownership of the shares before that date;
(d) Set a date by which the corporation must receive the payment demand, which date may not be fewer than thirty nor more than sixty days
after the date the notice in subsection (1) or (2) of this section is delivered; and
(e) Be accompanied by a copy
of this chapter.
23B.13.230 Duty to demand payment.
(1) A shareholder sent a notice described in RCW 23B.13.220 must demand payment, certify whether the shareholder acquired beneficial
ownership of the shares before the date required to be set forth in the notice pursuant to *RCW 23B.13.220(2)(c), and deposit the shareholders certificates, all in accordance with the terms of the notice.
(2) The shareholder who demands payment and deposits the shareholders share certificates under subsection (1) of this section
retains all other rights of a shareholder until the proposed corporate action is effected.
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(3) A shareholder who does not demand payment or deposit the shareholders share
certificates where required, each by the date set in the notice, is not entitled to payment for the shareholders shares under this chapter.
23B.13.240 Share restrictions.
(1) The corporation may restrict the
transfer of uncertificated shares from the date the demand for payment under RCW 23B.13.230 is received until the proposed corporate action is effected or the restriction is released under RCW 23B.13.260.
(2) The person for whom dissenters rights are asserted as to uncertificated shares retains all other rights of a shareholder until
the effective date of the proposed corporate action.
23B.13.250 Payment.
(1) Except as provided in RCW 23B.13.270, within thirty days of the later of the effective date of the proposed corporate action, or the
date the payment demand is received, the corporation shall pay each dissenter who complied with RCW 23B.13.230 the amount the corporation estimates to be the fair value of the shareholders shares, plus accrued interest.
(2) The payment must be accompanied by:
(a) The corporations balance sheet as of the end of a fiscal year ending not more than sixteen months before the date of payment, an income statement for that year, a statement of changes in
shareholders equity for that year, and the latest available interim financial statements, if any;
(b) An explanation of
how the corporation estimated the fair value of the shares;
(c) An explanation of how the interest was calculated;
(d) A statement of the dissenters right to demand payment under RCW 23B.13.280; and
(e) A copy of this chapter.
23B.13.260 Failure to take corporate action.
(1) If the corporation does
not effect the proposed corporate action within sixty days after the date set for demanding payment and depositing share certificates, the corporation shall return the deposited certificates and release any transfer restrictions imposed on
uncertificated shares.
(2) If after returning deposited certificates and releasing transfer restrictions, the corporation
wishes to effect the proposed corporate action, it must send a new dissenters notice under RCW 23B.13.220 and repeat the payment demand procedure.
23B.13.270 After-acquired shares.
(1) A corporation may elect to withhold
payment required by RCW
23B.13.250 from a dissenter unless the dissenter was the beneficial owner of the shares before the
date set forth in the dissenters notice as the date of the first announcement to news media or to shareholders of the terms of the proposed corporate action.
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(2) To the extent the corporation elects to withhold payment under subsection (1) of
this section, after the effective date of the proposed corporate action, it shall estimate the fair value of the shares, plus accrued interest, and shall pay this amount to each dissenter who agrees to accept it in full satisfaction of the
dissenters demand. The corporation shall send with its offer an explanation of how it estimated the fair value of the shares, an explanation of how the interest was calculated, and a statement of the dissenters right to demand payment
under RCW 23B.13.280.
23B.13.280 Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
(1) A dissenter may deliver a notice to the corporation informing the corporation of the dissenters own estimate of the fair value
of the dissenters shares and amount of interest due, and demand payment of the dissenters estimate, less any payment under RCW
23B.13.250, or reject the corporations offer under RCW 23B.13.270 and demand payment of the dissenters estimate of the fair value of the dissenters shares and interest due, if:
(a) The dissenter believes that the amount paid under RCW 23B.13.250 or offered under RCW 23B.13.270 is less than the fair
value of the dissenters shares or that the interest due is incorrectly calculated;
(b) The corporation fails to make
payment under RCW 23B.13.250 within sixty days after the date set for demanding payment; or
(c) The corporation does not
effect the proposed corporate action and does not return the deposited certificates or release the transfer restrictions imposed on uncertificated shares within sixty days after the date set for demanding payment.
(2) A dissenter waives the right to demand payment under this section unless the dissenter notifies the corporation of the
dissenters demand under subsection (1) of this section within thirty days after the corporation made or offered payment for the dissenters shares.
23B.13.300 Court action.
(1) If a demand for payment under RCW 23B.13.280
remains unsettled, the corporation shall commence a proceeding within sixty days after receiving the payment demand and petition the court to determine the fair value of the shares and accrued interest. If the corporation does not commence the
proceeding within the sixty-day period, it shall pay each dissenter whose demand remains unsettled the amount demanded.
(2)
The corporation shall commence the proceeding in the superior court of the county where a corporations principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located. If the corporation is a foreign corporation without a
registered office in this state, it shall commence the proceeding in the county in this state where the registered office of the domestic corporation merged with or whose shares were acquired by the foreign corporation was located.
(3) The corporation shall make all dissenters, whether or not residents of this state, whose demands remain unsettled, parties to the
proceeding as in an action against their shares and all parties must be served with a copy of the petition. Nonresidents may be served by registered or certified mail or by publication as provided by law.
(4) The corporation may join as a party to the proceeding any shareholder who claims to be a dissenter but who has not, in the opinion of
the corporation, complied with the provisions of this chapter. If the court determines that such shareholder has not complied with the provisions of this chapter, the shareholder shall be dismissed as a party.
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(5) The jurisdiction of the court in which the proceeding is commenced under subsection
(2) of this section is plenary and exclusive. The court may appoint one or more persons as appraisers to receive evidence and recommend decision on the question of fair value. The appraisers have the powers described in the order appointing
them, or in any amendment to it. The dissenters are entitled to the same discovery rights as parties in other civil proceedings.
(6) Each dissenter made a party to the proceeding is entitled to judgment (a) for the amount, if any, by which the court finds the fair value of the dissenters shares, plus interest, exceeds
the amount paid by the corporation, or (b) for the fair value, plus accrued interest, of the dissenters after-acquired shares for which the corporation elected to withhold payment under RCW 23B.13.270.
23B.13.310 Court costs and counsel fees.
(1) The court in a proceeding commenced under RCW 23B.13.300 shall determine all costs of the proceeding, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of appraisers appointed by the court. The court
shall assess the costs against the corporation, except that the court may assess the costs against all or some of the dissenters, in amounts the court finds equitable, to the extent the court finds the dissenters acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or
not in good faith in demanding payment under RCW 23B.13.280.
(2) The court may also assess the fees and expenses of counsel
and experts for the respective parties, in amounts the court finds equitable:
(a) Against the corporation and in favor of any
or all dissenters if the court finds the corporation did not substantially comply with the requirements of RCW 23B.13.200 through 23B.13.280; or
(b) Against either the corporation or a dissenter, in favor of any other party, if the court finds that the party against whom the fees and expenses are assessed acted arbitrarily, vexatiously, or not in
good faith with respect to the rights provided by chapter 23B.13 RCW.
(3) If the court finds that the services of counsel for
any dissenter were of substantial benefit to other dissenters similarly situated, and that the fees for those services should not be assessed against the corporation, the court may award to these counsel reasonable fees to be paid out of the amounts
awarded the dissenters who were benefited.
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Annex D
VOTING AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING AGREEMENT (this
Agreement
) is made and entered into as of May 7, 2013 by and between Trulia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), and the undersigned shareholder (the
Shareholder
) of Market Leader,
Inc., a Washington corporation (the
Company
).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Parent, Mariner Acquisition Corp., a Washington corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (
Merger
Sub
), and the Company have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date herewith (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the
Merger Agreement
), which provides for, among other things, the
merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
Merger
) pursuant to which all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company will be converted into the right to receive the consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement.
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Shareholder is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule
13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time (the
Exchange Act
)) of that number of shares of the outstanding capital stock of the Company, and the holder of
stock awards to purchase or receive such number of shares of capital stock of the Company, in each case, as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement.
WHEREAS, as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and Merger Sub to enter into the Merger Agreement, the Shareholder (in the Shareholders capacity as such) has agreed to enter into
this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Certain Definitions
. All capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to
them in the Merger Agreement. For all purposes of and under this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
(a)
Expiration Date
shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall have been validly terminated pursuant to Article VII thereof, or
(ii) such date and time as the Merger shall become consummated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Merger Agreement.
(b)
Person
shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, general or limited partnership, trust, unincorporated association or other entity of any kind or nature, or
any governmental authority.
(c)
Shares
shall mean (i) all equity securities of the Company (including
all shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock, and all additional Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Units, Company Stock Appreciation Rights and other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock) owned by the Shareholder
as of the date hereof, and (ii) all additional equity securities of the Company (including all additional shares of Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock and all additional Company Options, Company Restricted Stock Units, Company Stock
Appreciation Rights, warrants and other rights to acquire shares of Company Common Stock) of which the Shareholder acquires ownership during the period from the date of this Agreement through the Expiration Date (including by way of stock dividend
or distribution, split-up, recapitalization, combination, exchange of shares and the like).
(d)
Transfer
.
A Person shall be deemed to have effected a
Transfer
of a Share if such Person directly or indirectly (i) sells, pledges, encumbers, hypothecates, assigns, grants an option with respect to (or
otherwise enters into a hedging arrangement with respect to), transfers, tenders or disposes (by merger, by testamentary disposition, by operation of law or otherwise) of such Share or any
interest in such Share, (ii) deposits any Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting agreement or arrangement or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement, or (iii) agrees or
commits (whether or not in writing) to take any of the actions referred to in the foregoing clause (i) or (ii).
2.
Transfer Restrictions
.
The Shareholder shall not Transfer (or cause or permit the Transfer of) any of the Shares, or enter into any agreement relating thereto, except (i) by using already-owned Shares (or effecting a net
exercise of a Company Stock Award) either to pay the exercise price upon the exercise of a Company Stock Award or to satisfy the Shareholders tax withholding obligation upon the exercise of a Company Stock Award, in each case as
permitted pursuant to the terms of any Employee Plan, (ii) transferring Shares to Affiliates, immediate family members, a trust established for the benefit of Shareholder and/or for the benefit of one or more members of Shareholders
immediate family or charitable organizations or upon the death of the Shareholder,
provided that
, as a condition to such Transfer, the recipient agrees to be bound by this Agreement and delivers a Proxy (as defined below) in the form attached
hereto as
Exhibit A
, or (iii) with Parents prior written consent and in Parents sole discretion (such exceptions set forth in sections (i) through (iii), referred to as
Permitted Transfers
). Any
Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer), or purported Transfer (other than a Permitted Transfer), of Shares in breach or violation of this Agreement shall be void and of no force or effect.
3.
Agreement to Vote Shares
.
(a) At every meeting of the shareholders of the Company, and at every adjournment or postponement thereof, and on every action or approval by written consent of the shareholders of Company, the
Shareholder (in the Shareholders capacity as such) agrees to, unconditionally and irrevocably, to the extent not voted by the Person(s) appointed under the Proxy, or to cause the holder of record on any applicable record date to, vote all
Shares that are then-owned by such Shareholder and entitled to vote or act by written consent:
(i) in favor of the approval
of the Merger Agreement, and in favor of any other matters presented or proposed as to approval of the Merger or any part or aspect thereof or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
(ii) against approval of any proposal made in opposition to, in competition with, or inconsistent with, the Merger Agreement or the
Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
(iii) against any of the following actions (other
than those actions that relate to the Merger and any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement): (A) any merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of assets, reorganization or recapitalization of or involving the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) any sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) any material change in the capitalization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the corporate structure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (E) any Acquisition Proposal or Acquisition
Transaction or (F) any other action that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to materially, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement;
(iv) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a
breach in any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement, or of the Shareholder contained in this Agreement; and
(v) in favor of any other matter necessary or appropriate to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
including the Merger.
(b) The Shareholder shall not enter into any agreement or understanding with any Person to vote or give
instructions in any manner inconsistent with the terms of this
Section 3
.
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4.
No Solicitation
.
(a) The Shareholder shall immediately cease any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons (other than
Parent and Merger Sub) conducted heretofore with respect to any Acquisition Proposal. From and after the date hereof until the Expiration Date, Shareholder shall as promptly as practicable notify Parent of (w) any Acquisition Proposal it
receives in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company, (x) any request it receives in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company for non-public information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to
lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (y) any inquiry it receives in its capacity as a shareholder of the Company that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) if such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry is in
writing, deliver to Parent a copy of such Acquisition Proposal, request or inquiry and any related draft agreements and other written material setting forth the terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal, and (iii) if such Acquisition
Proposal, request or inquiry is oral, provide to Parent a summary of the material terms and conditions thereof. Shareholder shall keep Parent reasonably informed on a prompt and timely basis of the status and material details of any such Acquisition
Proposal and with respect to any material change to the terms of any such Acquisition Proposal. This Section 4(a) shall not apply to any Acquisition Proposal received by the Company.
(b) At all times during the period commencing with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the Expiration Date,
the Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly:
(i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage, facilitate or induce the
making, submission or announcement of, an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction;
(ii) furnish to any Person
(other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub) any non-public information relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or afford access to the business, properties, assets, books or records of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries to any Person (other than Parent, Merger Sub or any designees of Parent or Merger Sub), or take any other action, in each case in a manner that is intended or would be reasonably expected to assist or facilitate any inquiries or the
making of any proposal that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction;
(iii) participate or engage in discussions or negotiations with any Person that is seeking to make or has made an Acquisition Proposal or an Acquisition Transaction, except to state that such discussions
or negotiations are not permitted pursuant to these provisions; or
(iv) propose or agree to do any of the foregoing.
5.
Agreement Not to Exercise Dissenters Rights
. The Shareholder shall not exercise, and hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, any statutory rights (including, without limitation, under Chapter 23B.13 of the Washington Business Corporations Act) to demand the fair value of any Shares that may arise in connection with the Merger.
6.
Directors and Officers
. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall limit
or restrict a Shareholder who is a director or officer of the Company from acting in such capacity or fulfilling the obligations of such office, including by voting, in his capacity as a director of the Company, in the Shareholders sole
discretion on any matter (it being understood that this Agreement shall apply to the Shareholder solely in the Shareholders capacity as a shareholder of the Company). In this regard, the Shareholder shall not be deemed to make any agreement or
understanding in this Agreement in Shareholders capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
7.
Irrevocable
Proxy
. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Shareholder shall deliver to Parent a proxy in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A
(the
Proxy
), which shall be irrevocable to the fullest extent
permissible by law, with respect to the Shares.
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8.
Update of Beneficial Ownership Information
. Promptly following the written request
of Parent or upon the acquisition of any additional Shares, the Shareholder shall send to Parent a notice in the form of
Exhibit B
hereto, setting forth the number of Shares beneficially owned by such Shareholder as of the record date of the
Company Shareholder Meeting.
9.
Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder
. The Shareholder hereby represents
and warrants to Parent as follows:
(a)
Power; Organization; Binding Agreement
.
The Shareholder has full power
and authority (or capacity, in the case of Shareholders that are natural persons) to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Proxy, to perform the Shareholders obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. In
the case of Shareholders that are not natural persons, such Shareholder is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation (except to the extent the good standing concept is not
applicable in any relevant jurisdiction). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder, and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the
Shareholder, enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms, except that such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting or relating to
creditors rights generally and is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b)
No Conflicts
.
None of the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of this Agreement, the performance by the Shareholder of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by the
Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in a violation or breach of any agreement to which the Shareholder is a party or by which the Shareholder may be bound, including any voting agreement or voting trust,
(ii) violate any Law or Order applicable to the Shareholder or (iii) violate the constituent or organizational document of such Shareholder, in the case of Shareholders that are not natural person.
(c)
Ownership of Shares
.
The Shareholder (i) is the sole beneficial owner of the shares of Company Common Stock set
forth on the signature page of this Agreement, all of which are free and clear of any Liens (except any Liens arising under securities laws or arising hereunder), and (ii) is the sole holder of the Company Stock Awards that are exercisable or
redeemable for the number of shares of Company Common Stock set forth on the signature page of this Agreement, all of which Company Stock Awards and shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise or redemption of such Company Stock Awards
are free and clear of any Liens (except any Liens arising under securities laws, arising under the plans pursuant to which such Company Stock Awards were granted or arising hereunder), and (iii) except as set forth on the signature page to this
Agreement, does not own, beneficially or otherwise, any securities of the Company other than the Shares set forth on the signature page of this Agreement.
(d)
Voting Power
.
The Shareholder has sole voting power, sole power of disposition, sole power to issue instructions with respect to the matters set forth herein, and sole power to agree to
all of the matters set forth in this Agreement, in each case with respect to all of the Shares held by Shareholder, with no limitations, qualifications or restrictions on such rights, subject to applicable federal securities laws and arising under
the terms of this Agreement.
(e)
No Finders Fees
.
No broker, investment banker, financial advisor,
finder, agent or other Person is entitled to any brokers, finders, financial advisers or other similar fee or commission in connection with this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Shareholder in his or
her capacity as such.
(f)
Reliance by Parent
. The Shareholder understands and acknowledges that Parent and Merger Sub
are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Shareholders execution and delivery of this Agreement.
(g)
No Legal Actions
. Shareholder agrees that Shareholder will not in Shareholders capacity as a Shareholder of the Company bring, commence, institute, maintain, prosecute or voluntarily aid any Legal
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Proceeding, which (i) challenges the validity of 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 approval of the Merger Agreement by the Company Board, breaches any fiduciary
duty of the Company Board or any member thereof.
10.
Certain Restrictions
. The Shareholder shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action that would make any representation or warranty of the Shareholder contained herein untrue or incorrect in any respect.
11.
Disclosure
. The Shareholder shall permit Parent and the Company to publish and disclose in all documents and schedules filed with the SEC, and any press release or other disclosure document
that Parent determines to be necessary or desirable in connection with the Merger and any transactions related to the Merger, the Shareholders identity and ownership of Shares and the nature of the Shareholders commitments, arrangements
and understandings under this Agreement.
12.
No Ownership Interest
. Except as provided in this Agreement, nothing
contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in Parent any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Shares. Except as provided in this Agreement, all rights, ownership and economic benefits relating to
the Shares shall remain vested in and belong to Shareholder.
13.
Further Assurances
. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, upon request of Parent, the Shareholder shall use commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to fulfill such Shareholders
obligations under this Agreement.
14.
Stop Transfer Instructions
. At all times commencing with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement and continuing until the Expiration Date, in furtherance of this Agreement, the Shareholder hereby authorizes the Company or its counsel to notify the Companys transfer agent that there is a stop transfer order with
respect to all of the Shares of the Shareholder (and that this Agreement places limits on the voting and transfer of such Shares).
15.
Termination
. This Agreement and the Proxy, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder and thereunder, shall terminate and shall have no further force or effect as of the Expiration
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this
Section 15
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall relieve either party hereto from liability, or otherwise limit the liability of either party hereto, for any intentional
breach of this Agreement prior to such termination.
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shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
16.
Miscellaneous
.
(a)
Validity
.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, which will
remain in full force and effect. In the event any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction holds any provision of this Agreement to be null, void or unenforceable, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith and execute and deliver an
amendment to this Agreement in order, as nearly as possible, to effectuate, to the extent permitted by law, the original intent of the parties hereto with respect to such provision.
(b)
Binding Effect and Assignment
.
This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, but neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations of the parties hereto may be assigned by either of the parties (whether by operation of
law or otherwise) without prior written consent of the other.
(c)
Amendments; Waiver
.
This Agreement may be
amended by the parties hereto, and the terms and conditions hereof may be waived, only by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto, or, in the case of a waiver, by an instrument signed on behalf of the party waiving
compliance.
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(d)
Specific Performance; Injunctive Relief
.
The parties hereto acknowledge
that Parent shall be irreparably harmed and that there shall be no adequate remedy at law for a violation of any of the covenants or agreements of the Shareholder set forth herein. Therefore, it is agreed that, in addition to any other remedies that
may be available to Parent upon any such violation, Parent shall have the right to enforce such covenants and agreements by specific performance, injunctive relief or by any other means available to Parent at law or in equity.
(e)
Notices
.
All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given if delivered
personally or by commercial delivery service, or sent via telecopy (receipt confirmed) to the parties at the following addresses or telecopy numbers (or at such other address or telecopy numbers for a party as shall be specified by like notice), or
pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:
If to Parent:
Trulia, Inc.
116 New Montgomery Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94105
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopy No.: (866) 658-4763
with a copy to:
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
Attention: Rezwan D. Pavri and Michael S. Ringler
Telecopy No.:
(650) 493-6811
If to the Shareholder:
[Shareholder Name]
Market Leader, Inc.
11332 NE 122
nd
Way, Suite 200
Kirkland, Washington 98034
Telecopy No.: (425) 952-5651
with a copy to:
Perkins Coie LLP
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
Seattle, Washington 98101
Attention: Eric DeJong
Telecopy No.: (206) 359-4793
(f)
No Waiver
.
The failure of
either party hereto to exercise any right, power or remedy provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in respect of this Agreement at law or in equity, or to insist upon compliance by any other party with its obligation under this
Agreement, and any custom or practice of the parties at variance with the terms of this Agreement, shall not constitute a waiver by such party of such partys right to exercise any such or other right, power or remedy or to demand such
compliance.
(g)
No Third Party Beneficiaries
.
This Agreement is not intended to confer and does not confer upon
any person other than the parties hereto any rights or remedies hereunder.
(h)
Governing Law
.
This Agreement
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.
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(i)
Submission to Jurisdiction
.
Each of the parties hereto irrevocably
consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or, if under applicable Law exclusive jurisdiction over such matter is vested in the federal courts, any court of the United States located in the
State of Delaware in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the matters contemplated herein, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might
otherwise have to such jurisdiction and venue.
(j)
Rules of Construction
.
The parties hereto hereby waive the
application of any law, regulation, 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.
(k)
Entire Agreement
.
This Agreement and the Proxy contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the
subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior negotiations, agreements and understandings, both written and oral, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(l)
Interpretation
.
(i) Whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation.
(ii) The article and section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of
the agreement of the parties hereto and shall not in any way affect or be deemed to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(m)
Expenses
.
All fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such fees, costs and
expenses.
(n)
Counterparts
.
This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an
original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
(o)
No Obligation to Exercise Options or
Warrants
.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall obligate the Shareholder to exercise any Company Stock Awards, warrant or other right to acquire any shares of Company Common
Stock.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed and caused to be effective this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
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[
Signature Page to Voting Agreement]
D-8
EXHIBIT A
IRREVOCABLE PROXY
The undersigned shareholder (the
Shareholder
) of Market Leader, Inc., a Washington corporation (the
Company
), hereby irrevocably (to the fullest extent permitted by
law) appoints Trulia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Parent
), acting through any of its Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or other duly authorized designee, as the sole and exclusive attorneys and
proxies of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote and exercise all voting and related rights (to the full extent that the undersigned is entitled to do so) with respect to all of the shares of capital stock of
the Company that now are or hereafter may be beneficially owned by the undersigned, and any and all other shares or equity securities of the Company issued or issuable in respect thereof on or after the date hereof (collectively, the
Shares
) in accordance with the terms of this Irrevocable Proxy until the Expiration Date (as defined below);
provided
,
however
, that such proxy and voting and related rights are expressly limited to the matters
discussed in clauses (i) through (v) in the fourth paragraph of this Irrevocable Proxy. Upon the undersigneds execution of this Irrevocable Proxy, any and all prior proxies given by the undersigned with respect to any Shares
concerning the subject matter of this Irrevocable Proxy are hereby revoked and the undersigned agrees not to grant any subsequent proxies with respect to the Shares concerning the subject matter of this Irrevocable Proxy until after the Expiration
Date.
This Irrevocable Proxy is irrevocable to the fullest extent permitted by law, is coupled with an interest and is
granted pursuant to that certain Voting Agreement of even date herewith by and between Parent and the undersigned Shareholder (the
Voting Agreement
), and is granted as a condition and inducement to the willingness of Parent and
Mariner Acquisition Corp., a Washington corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (
Merger Sub
), to enter into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date herewith (the
Merger Agreement
), among
Parent, Merger Sub, and the Company. The Merger Agreement provides for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the
Merger
) pursuant to which all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
will be converted into the right to receive the consideration set forth in the Merger Agreement.
As used herein, the term
Expiration Date
shall mean the earlier to occur of (i) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall have been validly terminated pursuant to Article VIII thereof, or (ii) such date and time as the Merger shall become
consummated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Merger Agreement.
The attorneys and proxies named above, and
each of them, are hereby authorized and empowered by the undersigned, at any time prior to the Expiration Date, to act as the undersigneds attorney and proxy to vote the Shares, and to exercise all voting, consent and similar rights of the
undersigned with respect to the Shares (including, without limitation, the power to execute and deliver written consents) at every annual, special, adjourned or postponed meeting of shareholders of the Company and in every written consent in lieu of
such meeting:
(i) in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement, and in favor of any other matters presented or proposed as
to approval of the Merger or any part or aspect thereof or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
(ii)
against approval of any proposal made in opposition to, in competition with, or be inconsistent with, the Merger Agreement or the Merger or any other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
(iii) against any of the following actions (other than those actions that relate to the Merger and any other transactions contemplated by
the Merger Agreement): (A) any merger, consolidation, business combination, sale of assets, reorganization or recapitalization of or involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (B) any sale, lease or transfer of all or substantially
all of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
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(D) any material change in the capitalization of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or the corporate structure of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (E) any Acquisition
Proposal or Acquisition Transaction or (F) any other action that is intended to, or would reasonably be expected to materially, impede, interfere with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect the Merger or any other transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement;
(iv) against any action, proposal, transaction or agreement that would reasonably be
expected to result in a breach in any respect of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement, or of Shareholder contained in this Agreement; and
(v) in favor of any other matter necessary or appropriate to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
including the Merger.
The attorneys and proxies named above may not exercise this Irrevocable Proxy on any other matter. The
undersigned Shareholder may vote the Shares in its sole discretion on all other matters. For the avoidance of doubt, clauses (i) through (v) in the fourth paragraph of this Irrevocable Proxy shall not apply to votes, if any, on the
election or removal of directors as recommended by the Companys Board of Directors (provided such recommendation is not in violation of the terms of the Merger Agreement). The undersigned Shareholder will take such further action or execute
such other instruments as may be necessary to effectuate the intent of this Irrevocable Proxy and hereby revokes any proxy previously granted by the undersigned Shareholder with respect to the Shares concerning the subject matter of this Irrevocable
Proxy.
Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the
undersigned.
This Irrevocable Proxy shall terminate, and be of no further force and effect, automatically upon the Expiration
Date.
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Dated: [
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SHAREHOLDER
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[
Signature Page to Irrevocable Proxy
]
D-11
EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
[DATE]
1
The undersigned shareholder (the
Shareholder
) of Market Leader, Inc., a Washington corporation (the
Company
), hereby notifies Trulia, Inc., a Delaware corporation (
Parent
) that, as of the date hereof, such Shareholder beneficially owns the number of Shares set forth below. Terms used but not defined in this
Notice have the meaning ascribed to them in the Voting Agreement, dated [
], 2013, by and between Parent and the undersigned Shareholder.
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[SHAREHOLDER]
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Shares beneficially owned as of the date hereof:
shares of Company Common Stock
shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon exercise of outstanding options
shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon vesting of outstanding
Company Restricted Stock Units
number of Company Stock Appreciation
Rights
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Record Date of Company Shareholder Vote.
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Annex E
TRULIA, INC.
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
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Year Ended
December 31,
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2012
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2011
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2010
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(In thousands)
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Allowance for Doubtful Accounts:
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Beginning balance
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$
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$
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104
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$
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85
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Charged to costs and expenses
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95
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176
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82
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Reductions and write-offs
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(33
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(200
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(63
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Ending balance
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$
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142
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80
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104
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Electronic Voting Instructions
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!
Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting methods outlined below to vote your proxy.
VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE TITLE BAR.
Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by
11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on August 15, 2013.
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Vote by Internet
Go to
www.investorvote.com/LEDR
Or scan the QR code with
your smartphone
Follow the steps outlined on the secure website
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Vote by telephone
Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories
& Canada on a touch tone telephone
Follow the instructions provided by the recorded message
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Using a
black ink
pen, mark your votes with an
X
as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas.
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