The Company has made customary representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement and has agreed to customary covenants, including those regarding the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries prior to the Effective Time. The parties have also agreed to use their reasonable best efforts to consummate the Merger.
The Company also has the right to a 30-day “go-shop” period beginning on November 2, 2020 and continuing until 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on December 2, 2020 to solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties and to provide information to, and participate in discussions and engage in negotiations with, third parties regarding any alternative acquisition proposals. However, after such go-shop period and prior to receipt of the later of Company Stockholder Approval and Majority of the Minority Approval, the Company will be subject to customary “no-shop” restrictions on its ability to engage in such actions, subject to a customary “fiduciary out” provision that allows the Company, under certain specified circumstances, to provide information to, and participate in discussions and engage in negotiations with, third parties with respect to an alternative acquisition proposal if the Board or the Independent Committee determines in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and outside legal counsel) that such alternative acquisition proposal constitutes or is reasonably likely to constitute or lead to a Superior Proposal, and the Board or Independent Committee determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties pursuant to applicable law.
The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for the Company and Parent. Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, the Company will be required to pay Parent a termination fee. If the Merger Agreement is terminated by the Company in order to enter a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal or by Parent if the Company has effected a Change in Recommendation, then the termination fee payable by the Company to Parent will be $3,500,000 (provided, that such termination fee will be $2,000,000 if the Merger Agreement is terminated in connection with a Superior Proposal by a third party that made an alternative acquisition proposal prior to the expiration of the “go-shop” period). The Company will also have to pay a $3,500,000 termination fee to Parent if the Merger Agreement is terminated by Parent under certain circumstances, and prior to such termination, a proposal to acquire at least 50% of the Company’s stock or assets is publicly announced or disclosed, and within one year of such termination, the Company consummates or enters into a definitive agreement for such a transaction, and such transaction is subsequently consummated. Parent will be required to pay the Company a termination fee of $3,500,000 in certain circumstances, including if the Company terminates the Merger Agreement following Parent’s material breach of its obligation to have at least $6,000,000 in its bank account, the Company terminates because all mutual closing conditions have been satisfied or waived, all of the conditions to Parent’s obligation to close have been satisfied or waived, and the Company notifies Parent that all of the conditions to the Company’s obligations to close have been satisfied or waived, and that the Company stands ready, willing and able to consummate the Merger, and Parent fails to consummate the Closing within two Business Days of such notice, or either Party terminates the Merger Agreement if a Governmental Entity has enacted a Law or Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, and at the time of termination, all conditions to Parent’s obligations to consummate the Merger, other than certain specified conditions, have been satisfied or waived.
Voting and Support Agreement
In connection and concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, members of the Purchaser Group (the “Support Agreement Stockholders”) entered into a voting and support agreement (the “Support Agreement”) with the Company. Pursuant to the Support Agreement, the Support Agreement Stockholders have agreed to vote all shares of Common Stock owned by them in accordance with the publicly disclosed recommendation to the stockholders of the Company by action of the Board, the Independent Committee or any other duly constituted committee of the Board (a “Public Board Recommendation”), irrespective of whether such Public Board Recommendation is to vote: (i) in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and the approval of the Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby or against an extraordinary corporate transaction or proposal provided that certain specified circumstances are met, (ii) subject to specified exceptions, in favor of an Accepted Superior Proposal (as defined below) if, in the event that the Merger Agreement is terminated, the Board or Independent Committee has delivered a Change in Recommendation Notice to Parent no later than December 16, 2020 with respect to a Superior Proposal received from an Excluded Party (including any amendment to such Superior Proposal made in response to a Parent Proposal during any Notice Period) (an “Accepted Superior Proposal”), or (iii) in favor of or against any other matter determined by action of the Board, the Independent Committee or any other duly constituted committee of the Board, in good faith, to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the Merger Agreement and the Merger or any Accepted Superior Proposal, in each case if recommended to the stockholders of the Company by a Public Board Recommendation.