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This excerpt taken from the PLNR 8-K filed Jul 21, 2006. CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER 7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party. The respective obligations of the Company and Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following conditions: (a) No Orders. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which has the effect of making the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise prohibiting the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby. (b) No Injunctions. No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other similar legal restraint shall be in effect that has the effect of prohibiting the consummation of the Merger. (c) No Governmental Actions. There shall be no action, suit, claim, or proceeding pending against Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, any of their respective properties or any of their respective directors or officers (in their capacities as such) brought by a Governmental Authority that seeks to prohibit the consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby. (d) Governmental Approvals. Parent and the Company shall have obtained all consents and approvals from any Governmental Authority that are necessary to consummate
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the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) all applicable waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, and (ii) the SEC shall have declared the registration statement on Form S-4 effective, and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the registration statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding 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. (e) Requisite Shareholder Approval. The Company shall have obtained the Requisite Shareholder Approval. (f) Nasdaq Quotation. If required by applicable rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market, the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger shall be approved for quotation on the Nasdaq National Market. 7.2 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent: (a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (other than any such representations and warranties made only as of a specified date (including the date of this Agreement), which shall have been true and correct in all material respects only as of such particular date) (i) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date. (b) Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by the Company prior to or as of the Closing. (c) No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred any Company Material Adverse Effect. (d) No Litigation. There shall be no Governmental or other third party action, suit, claim or proceeding of any nature pending, or overtly threatened, against Parent or Merger Sub, the Company, any of their respective properties or any of their respective directors or officers (in their capacities as such) arising out of, or in any way connected with, the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby or that could reasonably be expected to cause a Company Material Adverse Effect or Parent Material Adverse Effect. (e) Third Party Consents. Parent shall have received all consents, waivers, approvals and assignments listed in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure Schedule. (f) Appraisal Rights. This Agreement and the Merger shall have been approved and adopted by the Requisite Shareholder Approval. Additionally, holders of no more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of the Company Capital Stock entitled to vote on the matters contemplated hereby, voting as a single class on an as-converted to Company Common Stock basis, shall have exercised statutory rights of appraisal or shall have dissented under applicable law.
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(g) Section 280G Payments. With respect to any Section 280G Payment, the Company Shareholders shall have approved, pursuant to the method provided for in the regulations promulgated under Section 280G of the Code, any such Section 280G Payments or shall have disapproved such payments, and, as a consequence, no Section 280G Payments shall be paid or provided for in any manner and Parent and its Subsidiaries shall not have any liabilities (or lose any available deductions) with respect to any Section 280G Payments. (h) Termination of Code Section 401(k) Plans. Unless Parent has explicitly instructed otherwise pursuant to Section 6.9(b) hereof, Parent shall have received from the Company evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent that all Code Section 401(k) Plans have been terminated pursuant to resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, each of its Subsidiaries or the ERISA Affiliate, as the case may be (the form and substance of which shall have been subject to review and approval of Parent), effective as of no later than the day immediately preceding the Closing Date, and Parent shall have received from the Company evidence of the taking of any and all further actions as provided in Section 6.9(b) hereof. (i) Parent Common Stock. The Stock Consideration together with the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issuable upon exercise of Company Warrants or upon exercise of stock options granted under the Company Option Plans shall not be a number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to or in excess of 20 percent of the number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing Date. (j) Tax Opinion of Parents Legal Counsel. Parent shall have received a written opinion from Ater Wynne LLP, legal counsel to Parent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent to the effect that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, it being understood that in rendering such opinion, counsel shall be entitled to rely upon, among other things, reasonable assumptions and written representations of Parent and the Company, which such parties agree to provide to counsel. (k) Company Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for and on behalf of the Company, certifying as to the matters set forth in Sections 7.2(a), 7.2(b) and 7.2(c). (l) Certificate of Secretary of Company. Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed by the Secretary of the Company for and on behalf of the Company, certifying as to (i) the terms and effectiveness of the articles of incorporation and the bylaws of the Company, (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company and the Company Shareholders approving and adopting this Agreement, the Merger and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; and (iii) such other matters as may be reasonably requested by Parent. (m) FIRPTA Certificate. Parent shall have received from the Company a properly executed statement, in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, for purposes of satisfying Parents obligations under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c)(3).
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(n) Company Warrants. All outstanding Company Warrants shall have been exercised or terminated at or prior to the Effective Date. 7.3 Conditions to Obligations of the Company. The obligations of the Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company: (a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties of Parent set forth in this Agreement (other than any such representations and warranties made only as of a specified date (including the date of this Agreement), which shall have been true and correct in all material respects only as of such particular date) (i) shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement, and (ii) shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the Closing Date (b) Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by Parent or Merger Sub prior to or as of the Closing. (c) No Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred any Parent Material Adverse Effect. (d) Parent Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate, validly executed by an authorized officer of Parent for and on behalf of Parent, certifying to their Knowledge as to the matters set forth in Sections 7.3(a), 7.3(b) and 7.3(c). (e) Tax Opinion of the Companys Legal Counsel. The Company shall have received a written opinion from Bullivant Houser Bailey, PC, legal counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company to the effect that the Merger will constitute a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code; it being understood that in rendering such opinion, counsel shall be entitled to rely upon, among other things, reasonable assumptions and written representations of Parent and the Company, which such parties agree to provide to counsel. |
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