ANNEX A — AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 15, 2019 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among Xerox Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), Xerox Holdings Corporation, a New York corporation (“Holdings”) and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Xerox Merger Sub, Inc., a New York corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings.
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WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has the authority to issue 460,143,067 shares, consisting of: (i) 437,500,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Company Common Stock”), of which 228,506,552 shares were issued and outstanding as of February 28, 2019; (ii) 600,000 shares of Class B Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Company Class B Stock”), of which no shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof; and (iii) 22,043,067 shares of Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Company Preferred Stock”), of which 180,000 shares of Series B Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof (the “Company Series B Preferred Stock”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Holdings has the authority to issue 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Holdings Common Stock”), of which 100 shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof and all of which are owned by the Company;
WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time (as defined below), Holdings will have the authority to issue 459,543,067 shares, consisting of: (i) 437,500,000 shares of Holdings Common Stock; and (ii) 22,043,067 shares of preferred stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Holdings Preferred Stock”), of which 180,000 shall be designated Series A Convertible Perpetual Voting Preferred Stock (the “Holdings Series A Preferred Stock”);
WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, Merger Sub has the authority to issue 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Merger Sub Common Stock”), of which 100 shares are issued and outstanding on the date hereof and all of which are owned by Holdings;
WHEREAS, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings in the form attached hereto asExhibit A (the “Holdings Charter”) and the RestatedBy-Laws of Holdings in the form attached hereto asExhibit B (the “HoldingsBy-Laws”), which will become effective immediately following the Effective Time, contain provisions substantially similar in all material respects to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “Company Charter”) and theBy-Laws of the Company (the “CompanyBy-Laws”), in effect as of the date hereof, respectively, except that following the Effective Time, Holdings shall be authorized to issue preferred stock with or without cumulative dividends and otherwise subject to the modifications described below;
WHEREAS, as of the Effective Time, the designations, rights, powers and preferences, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of (i) the Holdings Common Stock will be the same as those of the Company Common Stock in effect as of the date hereof and (ii) the Holding Series A Preferred Stock will be the same as those of the Company Series B Preferred Stock in effect as of the date hereof, except in each case that (x) each share of Holdings Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote for each ten shares of Holdings Common Stock into which the Holdings Series A Preferred Stock is convertible pursuant to the Holdings Charter (“Holdings Preferred Stock Voting Ratio”), and to vote with the holders of the Holdings Common Stock, together as a single class and in accordance with the Holdings Preferred Stock Voting Ratio, with respect to any and all matters presented to the holders of Holdings Common Stock, for action, consideration or consent, whether at any special or annual meeting of shareholders, by written action of shareholders in lieu of a meeting, or otherwise, and (y) the voting requirement to approve certain corporate actions shall be a majority of the votes of the shares entitled to vote thereon (as compared totwo-thirds of the votes of the outstanding shares entitled to vote thereon, which is the threshold under the Company Charter as of the date hereof);
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