AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC. STORM MERGER SUB, INC. SHYFT ANALYTICS, INC. AND STORM SELLER REPRESENTATIVE LLC As Stockholders Representative June 11, 2018

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC.
STORM MERGER SUB, INC.
SHYFT ANALYTICS, INC.
AND
STORM SELLER REPRESENTATIVE LLC
As Stockholders’ Representative

June 11, 2018







    


TABLE OF CONTENTS


 
 
Page

ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
2
1.1
The Merger
2
1.2
General Effects of the Merger
3
1.3
Effects of the Merger on Securities of Merging Corporations
3
1.4
Working Capital and Cash Adjustments
6
1.5
Further Action
9
ARTICLE II
CLOSING, CLOSING CONDITIONS AND CLOSING PAYMENTS
9
2.1
The Closing
9
2.2
Closing Conditions
9
2.3
Payment of Merger Consideration
13
2.4
Withholding
17
2.5
Tax Consequences
17
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
17
3.1
Organization, Good Standing, Power and No Subsidiaries
17
3.2
Authority and Enforceability
18
3.3
Restrictions on Business Activities
19
3.4
Compliance with Laws; Governmental Permits
19
3.5
Company Capital Structure
20
3.6
Company Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes
22
3.7
Tax Matters
24
3.8
Title to, Condition and Sufficiency of Assets
27
3.9
Intellectual Property
28
3.10
Material Contracts
37
3.11
Employee Benefit Plans and Employee Matters
40
3.12
Foreign Corrupt Practices
44
3.13
Litigation
44
3.14
Insurance
44
3.15
Environmental, Health and Safety Matters
44
3.16
Customers and Suppliers
44
3.17
Interested Party Transactions
45
3.18
Books and Records
45
3.19
Transaction Fees
46
3.20
Export Control Laws
46
3.21
Stockholder Notice
46
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
46
4.1
Organization and Standing
46
4.2
Authority and Enforceability
46
4.3
Legal Proceedings
47
4.4
Financial Capability
47
4.5
No Other Warranties or Representations
47
4.6
Operation of Merger Sub
47
4.7
Transaction Fees
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ARTICLE V
CONDUCT OF COMPANY BUSINESS
48
5.1
Conduct of Company Business
48
5.2
Restrictions on Conduct of the Business
48
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
52
6.1
Company Board Recommendation, Stockholder Approval and Stockholder Notice
52
6.2
No Solicitation
52
6.3
Confidentiality; Public Disclosure
53
6.4
Reasonable Best Efforts
54
6.5
Third-Party Consents; Notices
54
6.6
Actions
54
6.7
Access to Information
54
6.8
Closing Spreadsheet
55
6.9
Expenses
56
6.10
[Reserved]
56
6.11
Corporate Matters
56
6.12
Tax Matters
56
6.13
Parachute Payment Waivers
57
6.14
280G Stockholder Approval
58
6.15
Director and Officer Indemnification
58
6.16
Charter Amendment
59
6.17
Employment Matters
59
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
60
7.1
Termination
60
7.2
Effect of Termination
61
ARTICLE VIII
POST-CLOSING INDEMNIFICATION
61
8.1
Survival of Representations and Warranties
61
8.2
Indemnification
61
8.3
Limitations on Indemnification
63
8.4
Indemnification Claim Procedures
65
8.5
Third Party Claims
66
8.6
Legal Representation
67
8.7
Attorney-Client Privileged Communications
67
ARTICLE IX
STOCKHOLDERS' REPRESENTATIVE
67
9.1
Appointment and Authority of Stockholders' Representative
67
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
70
10.1
Certain Interpretations
70
10.2
Notices
70
10.3
Amendment
72
10.4
Extension and Waiver
72
10.5
Assignment
72
10.6
Severability
72
10.7
Specific Performance and Other Remedies
72
10.8
Governing Law
73

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10.9
Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial
73
10.10
Entire Agreement
74
10.11
Counterparts
74



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INDEX OF ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

Annex
Description
Annex A
Certain Defined Terms
 
 
Exhibit
Description
Exhibit A
Form of Certificate of Merger
Exhibit B
Form of Parent Restricted Stock Agreement
Exhibit C
Form of Escrow Agreement
Exhibit D
Form of Joinder Agreement
Exhibit E
Form of Parachute Payment Waiver
Exhibit F
Knowledge Individuals
Exhibit G
Form of Charter Amendment
Exhibit H
Form of Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit I
Form of Performance Bonus Plan
 
 
Schedules
Description
Schedule A
Sample Working Capital Statement
Schedule B
Key Employees
Schedule 6.17(b)-1
Retention Incentive Recipients
Schedule 6.17(b)-2
Performance Bonus Plan Participants
Schedule 6.17(b)-3
RSA Bonus Recipients
Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(A)
Consents, Waiver and Approvals
Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(B)
Terminated Agreements
 
 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 11, 2018 (the “Agreement Date”) by and among Medidata Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Storm Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), SHYFT Analytics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Storm Seller Representative LLC, in its capacity as the representative of the Company Indemnitors (the “Stockholders’ Representative”). All capitalized terms that are used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in Annex A.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the respective boards of directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company believe it is advisable and in the best interests of each corporation and its respective stockholders that Parent acquire the Company through the statutory merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company (the “Merger”), in accordance with this Agreement, Delaware Law and, in furtherance thereof, have approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated herein (collectively, the “Transactions”).
WHEREAS, as a material inducement to Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, each of the Key Employees is (a) executing and delivering to Parent an Offer Letter (the “Key Employee Offer Letters”), and (b) is entering into a Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, each of which will be effective only upon the Closing.
WHEREAS, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company has delivered to Parent and Merger Sub the written consent of the Company Stockholders conditioned on the execution and delivery of this Agreement (such written consent, “Company Stockholder Consent”) representing not less than (a) a majority of the outstanding number of shares of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock and Company Series B Preferred Stock (voting together as a single voting class and on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis), (b) a majority of the outstanding number of shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, and (c) a majority of the outstanding number of shares of Company Capital Stock of the Company (voting together as a single voting class and on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis), in each case, outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Company Stockholder Approval”), in favor of this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger.
WHEREAS, as a material inducement to Parent and Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the parties hereto, certain of the Company Stockholders will have executed and delivered to Parent a Joinder Agreement, dated as of the date hereof.
WHEREAS, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, as more fully set forth herein, in connection with the Merger and the other Transactions.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, covenants and other premises set forth herein, the mutual benefits to be gained by the performance thereof, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and accepted, the parties hereby agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1    The Merger.
(a)The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and subject to the applicable provisions of Delaware Law, at the Closing, Parent and the Company shall cause Merger Sub to be merged with and into the Company, whereupon the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. Parent and the Company shall cause the Merger to be consummated and become effective under Delaware Law by filing a Certificate of Merger in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. The time of such filing and acceptance by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, or such other later time as may be agreed in writing by Parent and the Company and specified in the Certificate of Merger, is referred to herein as the “Effective Time.” The Company, as the surviving corporation of the Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation.”
(b)The Surviving Corporation of the Merger.
(i)Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
(A)Certificate of Incorporation. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated as of the Effective Time to be identical to the certificate of incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided in such certificate of incorporation; provided, however, that at the Effective Time, Article I of the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “The name of the corporation is SHYFT Analytics, Inc.”
(B)Bylaws. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation as of the Effective Time until thereafter amended in accordance with Delaware Law and as provided in the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation and such bylaws.
(ii)Directors and Officers
(A)Directors. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold the office of a director of the Surviving Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Delaware Law and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until his or her successors is duly elected and qualified.
(B)Officers. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.


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1.2    General Effects of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effects of the Merger shall be as provided in the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, except as otherwise agreed to pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, 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.
1.3    Effects of the Merger on Securities of Merging Corporations.
(a)Merger Sub Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Merger Sub, the Company, the Company Stockholders or any other Person, each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each stock certificate of Merger Sub evidencing ownership of any such shares shall thereupon evidence ownership only of such shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.
(b)Company Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Company Stockholders or any other Person:
(i)Each share of Company Series B Preferred Stock (other than Dissenting Shares) that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive: (A) an amount in cash equal to the Per Share Series B Consideration, minus the Per Share Escrow Amount, minus the Per Share Expense Amount; and (B) the contingent right to receive any amounts that may become payable in the future from the Escrow Fund and/or the Expense Fund (in each case, as provided in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, at the respective times and subject to the contingencies specified herein and therein), in each case, upon surrender of the Company Stock Certificate (or Affidavit of Loss) in respect thereof and the Exchange Documents all in the manner provided in Section 2.3(d);
(ii)Each share of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock (other than Dissenting Shares) that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive: (A) an amount in cash equal to the Per Share Series A-1 Consideration, minus the Per Share Escrow Amount, minus the Per Share Expense Amount; and (B) the contingent right to receive any amounts that may become payable in the future from the Escrow Fund and/or the Expense Fund (in each case, as provided in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, at the respective times and subject to the contingencies specified herein and therein), in each case, upon surrender of the Company Stock Certificate (or Affidavit of Loss) in respect thereof and the Exchange Documents all in the manner provided in Section 2.3(d);
(iii)Each share of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock (other than Dissenting Shares) that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive: (A) an amount in cash equal to the Per Share Common Consideration, minus the Per Share Escrow Amount, minus the Per Share Expense Amount; and (B) the contingent right to receive any amounts that may become payable in the future from the Escrow Fund and/or the Expense Fund (in each case, as provided in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, at the respective times and subject to the contingencies specified herein and therein), in each case, upon surrender of the Company Stock Certificate (or Affidavit of Loss) in respect thereof and the Exchange Documents all in the manner provided in Section 2.3(d);

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(iv)Each share of Company Common Stock (other than Cancelled Shares and Dissenting Shares) that is issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive: (A) an amount in cash equal to the Per Share Common Consideration, minus the Per Share Escrow Amount, minus the Per Share Expense Amount; and (B) the contingent right to receive any amounts that may become payable in the future from the Escrow Fund and/or the Expense Fund (in each case, as provided in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, at the respective times and subject to the contingencies specified herein and therein), in each case, upon surrender of the Company Stock Certificate (or Affidavit of Loss) in respect thereof and the Exchange Documents all in the manner provided in Section 2.3(d).
(v)Until so surrendered, each Company Stock Certificate that is outstanding after the Effective Time shall be deemed, for all purposes after the Effective Time, to evidence only the right to receive the consideration payable pursuant to the above Sections 1.3(b)(i)-(iv). For purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of consideration payable to each Company Stockholder pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(i)-(iv), (A) all shares of the Company Capital Stock held by each such Company Stockholder shall be aggregated and (B) the amount of cash to be paid to each Company Stockholder for each Company share certificate held by such Company Stockholder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent.
(vi)Each share of Company Capital Stock that is issued and outstanding and held by the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (“Cancelled Shares”) shall be cancelled without any consideration paid therefor.
(vii)Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, any shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and with respect to which the holder thereof has properly demanded appraisal rights in accordance with Section 262 of Delaware Law, and who has not effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s appraisal rights under Delaware Law (collectively, the “Dissenting Shares”), shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive the applicable consideration for Company Capital Stock set forth in Section 1.3(b), but the holder thereof shall only be entitled to such rights as are provided by Delaware Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.3(b)(vii), if any holder of Dissenting Shares shall effectively withdraw or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such holder’s appraisal rights under Delaware Law, then, as of the later of the Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, such holder’s shares shall automatically be converted into and represent only the right to receive the consideration for Company Capital Stock, as applicable, set forth in Section 1.3(b), without interest thereon, and subject to the escrow provisions set forth in Section 2.3(b)(ii) and Article VIII and expense provisions in Article IX, upon surrender of the certificate representing such shares. The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any written demand for appraisal received by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of Delaware Law and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to demands for appraisal under Delaware Law. The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, make any payment with respect to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any such demands. Any communication to be made by the Company to any Company Stockholder with respect to such demands shall be submitted to Parent in advance and shall not be presented to any Company Stockholder prior to the Company receiving Parent’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c)Company Options.
(i)Vested Company Options. No Vested Company Options shall be assumed or continued by Parent and the Company in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby. Each Vested Company Option (that is not a Cancelled Option, if any) outstanding as of immediately

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prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted automatically into the right to receive at the Effective Time with respect to each share subject thereto, an amount in cash, without interest, equal to (A) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Common Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise in full of such Company Option over the per share exercise price of such Vested Company Option, minus the Per Share Escrow Amount, minus the Per Share Expense Amount (such excess amount being hereinafter referred to as the “Vested Company Option Cash Out Amount”); and (B) the contingent right to receive any amounts that may become payable in the future from the Escrow Fund and/or the Expense Fund (in each case, as provided in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, at the respective times and subject to the contingencies specified herein and therein), all calculated in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. Vested Company Options with a per share exercise price greater than or equal to the Per Share Common Consideration shall be cancelled without consideration. The payment of the Vested Company Option Cash Out Amount to any holder of Vested Company Options shall be paid at such time(s) provided in this Agreement to the Surviving Corporation for further payment to the holders of Employee Company Options through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll processing system net of applicable Tax withholding and deductions, and in respect of Non-Employee Company Options, shall be paid to the Payment Agent for further payment to the Non-Employee Company Option Holders. For purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of consideration payable to each holder of a Vested Company Option pursuant to this Section 1.3(c), (x) all shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the exercise in full of the Vested Company Options held by each holder of Vested Company Options shall be aggregated and (y) the amount of cash to be paid to each such holder of Vested Company Options shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent. 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 or recipients of Vested Company Options, each Vested Company Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is a Cancelled Option shall be cancelled and extinguished for no consideration, and shall cease to exist.
(ii)Unvested Company Options.
(A)No Unvested Company Options shall be assumed or continued by Parent and the Company in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated hereby. 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 or recipients of Unvested Company Options, each Unvested Company Option that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled, extinguished and shall cease to exist and shall be converted into a number of shares of restricted Parent Common Stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) (each, a “Parent Restricted Stock Award”) having an aggregate Parent Common Stock Value equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Per Share Common Consideration for each share of Company Common Stock that would have been issuable upon the exercise in full of such Unvested Company Option over the per share exercise price of such Unvested Company Option multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Unvested Company Option immediately prior to the Effective Time. Such determination shall be made on an award-by-award basis. Unvested Company Options with a per share exercise price greater than or equal to the Per Share Common Consideration shall be cancelled without consideration. The aggregate value of all Parent Restricted Stock Awards to be made hereunder shall be referred to herein as the “Aggregate Unvested Option Consideration.”
(B)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 further action at the Effective Time on the part of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub, or the holders or recipients of Unvested Company

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Options, each Unvested Company Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is a Cancelled Option shall be cancelled and extinguished for no consideration, and shall cease to exist.
(C)The Parent Restricted Stock Awards issued pursuant to Section 1.3(c)(i)(C) and Section 6.17 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
a)Prior to and as a condition to receiving any Parent Restricted Stock Award, each holder of an Unvested Company Option shall have first executed and delivered to Parent a Parent Restricted Stock Award Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Parent Restricted Stock Award Agreement”);
b)Shares of restricted Parent Common Stock subject to each Parent Restricted Stock Award shall vest on the vesting schedule set forth in the applicable Parent Restricted Stock Award Agreement governing such Parent Restricted Stock Award (each vesting date in such vesting schedule, a “Vesting Date”) as of the Effective Time, in each case subject to the holder remaining continuously employed by or in service to Parent or any of its Affiliates from the Closing Date through each such Vesting Date; and
c)with respect to a holder of a Parent Restricted Stock Award who has not remained continuously employed with or in service to Parent or an Affiliate of Parent, subject to any right to vesting acceleration, or who otherwise does not satisfy the vesting requirements of his or her Parent Restricted Stock Award(s), the holder shall permanently forfeit the unvested portion of his or her Parent Restricted Stock Award(s), such portion shall be retained by Parent, and such holder shall have no rights in or claims to any such retained amounts.
(iii)Necessary Actions. Prior to the Effective Time, and subject to the prior review and approval of Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Company shall take all actions necessary to effect the transactions anticipated by this Section 1.3(c) under the Plan and any Contract applicable to any Company Option (whether written or oral, formal or informal), including delivering all required notices, obtaining all necessary approvals and consents, and delivering evidence satisfactory to Parent that all necessary determinations by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Company Board”) or applicable committee of the Company Board to terminate all Company Options in accordance with this Section 1.3(c) have been made. The Company shall take all actions necessary to terminate the Plan prior to the Effective Time.
1.4    Working Capital and Cash Adjustments.
(a)Pre-Closing Statements. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Parent (i) a statement prepared in accordance with the Sample Working Capital Statement and that is reasonably acceptable to Parent acting in good faith (the “Pre-Closing WC Statement”) setting forth in reasonable detail the Company’s good faith estimate of Closing Working Capital (including all components thereof) (such estimate, the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”) and (ii) a written statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”) setting forth the Company’s good faith estimate of (A) Closing Cash (such estimate, the “Estimated Closing Cash”), (B) Closing Indebtedness (such estimate, the “Estimated Closing Indebtedness”), and (C) Closing Third Party Expenses (such estimate, the “Estimated Closing Third Party Expenses”), in each case, accompanied by reasonably detailed back-up documentation for such calculations. The Company shall prepare the Pre-Closing WC Statement in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods and, to the extent consistent with GAAP, using the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and methods, with consistent classifications, judgments, inclusions, exclusions and valuation and estimation methodologies that were employed in the preparation of the Sample Working Capital Statement.

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The Company shall make available to Parent and its Representatives the work papers (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters, if requested) and other books and records used in preparing the Pre-Closing WC Statement and Estimated Closing Statement and reasonable access to employees of the Company as Parent may reasonably request in connection with its review of such statements, and will otherwise cooperate in good faith with Parent’s and its Representatives review of such statements and shall take into consideration in good faith any comments of Parent on the Pre-Closing WC Statement or the Estimated Closing Statement, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any of Parent’s rights be considered waived, impaired or otherwise limited as a result of Parent not making an objection prior to the Closing or its making an objection that is not fully implemented in a revised Pre-Closing WC Statement or Estimated Closing Statement, as applicable. If Parent does not accept the Company’s Pre-Closing WC Statement as set forth herein, Parent shall propose, in good faith and within two (2) Business Days after delivery of the Pre-Closing WC Statement, Parent’s changes to such Pre-Closing WC Statement (the “Parent Proposed Statement”). If the Company accepts the Parent Proposed Statement and Parent does not prepare or provide the Post-Closing WC Statement as set forth in Section 1.4(b) below, such Parent Proposed Statement shall be deemed the Post-Closing WC Statement and the dispute procedures set forth in Section 1.4(c) shall apply thereto.
(b)Post-Closing WC Statement; Post-Closing General Statement. As promptly as practicable, but in no event later than 120 calendar days after the Closing Date, Parent may prepare and deliver, or cause to be prepared and delivered, to the Stockholders’ Representative (i), a statement (the “Post-Closing WC Statement”) setting forth in reasonable detail Parent’s calculations of (i) the Closing Working Capital (including all components thereof), and (ii) a statement (the “Post-Closing General Statement” and together with the Post-Closing WC Statement, the “Post-Closing Statements, and each a “Post-Closing Statement”) setting forth in reasonable detail Parent’s calculation of Closing Cash, Closing Indebtedness, and Closing Third Party Expenses, and the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount (as defined below), in each case accompanied by reasonably detailed back-up documentation for such calculations. If Parent prepares a Post-Closing Statement, Parent shall prepare such Post-Closing Statement in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods, and to the extent consistent with GAAP, using the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and methods, with consistent classifications, judgments, inclusions, exclusions and valuation and estimation methodologies that were employed in the preparation of the Sample Working Capital Statement. If Parent prepares such Post-Closing Statement, the Company shall make available to Parent and its Representatives the work papers (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters, if requested) and other books and records used in preparing the Pre-Closing WC Statement and Estimated Closing Statement and reasonable access to employees of the Company as Parent may reasonably request in connection with its review of such statements.
(c)Review of Post-Closing Statements. The Stockholders’ Representative shall have forty-five (45) days following its receipt of any Post-Closing Statements (the “Review Period”) to review the Post-Closing Statements. During the Review Period, the Resolutions Period and any additional period until all items in the Dispute Statement are finally resolved as provided in Section 1.4(d), Parent and the Company shall make available to the Stockholders’ Representative and its Representatives the work papers (subject to the execution of customary work paper access letters, if requested) and other books and records used in preparing each of the Post-Closing Statements and reasonable access (on prior notice and during business hours) to employees of the Company as the Stockholders’ Representative (or its Representatives) may reasonably request in connection with its review of such statements. On or before the expiration of the Review Period, the Stockholders’ Representative shall deliver to Parent a written statement accepting or disputing each item set forth on the Post-Closing Statements. In the event that the Stockholders’ Representative disputes an item on a Post-Closing Statement, the Stockholders’ Representative shall deliver to Parent a statement (a “Dispute Statement”) that includes (i) a reasonably detailed itemization of the Stockholders’ Representative’s objections and the reasons therefor, together with supporting documentation, information and calculations and (ii) the Stockholders’ Representative’s alternative calculation of each disputed item. Any component of a Post-Closing Statement that is not disputed in a Dispute Statement shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and not subject to appeal. If the Stockholders’ Representative does not deliver a Dispute Statement to Parent within the Review Period or delivers a statement accepting all

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items detailed on one or both of the Post-Closing Statements, such Post-Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and not subject to appeal.
(d)Dispute Resolution. If the Stockholders’ Representative delivers a Dispute Statement during the Review Period, Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall promptly meet and attempt in good faith to resolve their differences with respect to the disputed items set forth in the Dispute Statement during the thirty (30) calendar days immediately following the Parent’s receipt of the Dispute Statement, or such longer period as Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative may mutually agree (the “Resolution Period”). Any such disputed items that are resolved by Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative during the Resolution Period shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and not subject to appeal. If Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative do not resolve all such disputed items by the end of the Resolution Period, Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall submit all items remaining in dispute with respect to the Dispute Statement to Grant Thornton LLP (the “Accounting Firm”) for review and resolution. The Accounting Firm shall act as an expert and not an arbitrator and if a substitute Accounting Firm needs to be designated the Stockholders’ Representative and Parent shall agree on a regionally or nationally recognized accounting firm that has not provided significant services to either party or its subsidiaries within the two year period prior to the Closing. The Accounting Firm shall make all calculations in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods, and to the extent consistent with GAAP, the practices used in preparation of the Sample Working Capital Statement, shall determine only those items remaining in dispute between Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative, and shall not be permitted or authorized to assign a dollar amount to any item in dispute greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. Each of Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall (i) enter into a customary engagement letter with the Accounting Firm at the time such dispute is submitted to the Accounting Firm and otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Accounting Firm, (ii) have the opportunity to submit a written statement in support of their respective positions with respect to such disputed items, to provide supporting material to the Accounting Firm in defense of their respective positions with respect to such disputed items and to submit a written statement responding to the other party’s position with respect to such disputed items and (iii) subject to customary confidentiality and indemnity agreements, provide the Accounting Firm with access to their respective books, records, personnel and representatives and such other information as the Accounting Firm may require in order to render its determination. The Accounting Firm shall be instructed to deliver to Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative a written determination (such determination to include a worksheet setting forth all material calculations used in arriving at such determination and to be based solely on information provided to the Accounting Firm by Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative) of the disputed items within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the disputed items, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties hereto and not subject to appeal, absent manifest error or fraud. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne by the Parent, on the one hand, and the Stockholders’ Representative, on the other hand, based on a percentage equal to (x) the portion of the total amounts disputed not awarded to each such party divided by (y) the total amounts disputed. For example, if the Stockholders’ Representative challenges the calculation of the Closing Working Capital by an amount of $100,000, but the Accounting Firm determines that the Stockholders’ Representative has a valid claim for only $60,000, the Stockholders’ Representative will bear forty percent (40%) of the fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm and Parent will bear the other sixty percent (60%) of such fees and expenses.
(e)Post-Closing Payments.
(i)If the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount is negative, and the absolute value of such Post-Closing Adjustment Amount (the “Post-Closing Deficit”) is greater than $25,000 (the “Post-Closing Adjustment Threshold”), then the Company Indemnitors shall owe Parent the full amount of the Post-Closing Deficit, including the amount of the Post-Closing Adjustment Threshold. Payment of any Post-Closing Deficit shall come, first, from the Escrow Fund and Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall provide a joint written instruction to the Escrow Agent to deliver an amount in cash equal to the amount of the Post-Closing Deficit from the Escrow Fund. For avoidance of doubt, any recovery of any such Post-Closing Deficit shall not be subject to any of the limitations on indemnification set forth in Section 8.3.

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(ii)If the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount is positive, and the absolute value of such Post-Closing Adjustment Amount (the “Post-Closing Increase”) is greater than the Post-Closing Adjustment Threshold, then Parent shall, no later than five (5) Business Days after the final determination of the Post-Closing Adjustment Amount pursuant to this Section 1.4, pay the Post-Closing Increase to the Payment Agent for further distribution (1) to the Company Stockholders and holders of applicable Non-Employee Company Options in accordance with their applicable Escrow Pro Rata Portions and (2) to the Surviving Corporation for distribution to the holders of applicable Employee Company Options in accordance with their applicable Escrow Pro Rata Portions through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll, subject to withholding and other customary deductions.
(iii)Post-Closing Adjustment Amount” means the net amount (if disputed, as finally determined in accordance with this Section 1.4) which may be positive or negative (as to the overall net amount and each component used in the calculation of such net amount), equal to
(A)the Closing Working Capital as finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.4 minus the Estimated Closing Working Capital as set forth on the Pre-Closing WC Statement; plus
(B)the Closing Cash, as finally determined pursuant to this Section 1.4, minus the Estimated Closing Cash, as set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement; plus
(C)the Estimated Closing Third Party Expenses, as set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement, minus the Closing Third Party Expenses, as finally determined in accordance with this Section 1.4; plus
(D)the Estimated Closing Indebtedness, as set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement, minus the Closing Indebtedness, as finally determined in accordance with this Section 1.4.
(f)Any payment made under this Section 1.4 or Article VIII, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, shall be treated, including for all Tax purposes, as an adjustment to the Total Merger Consideration.
1.5    Further Action. If at any time from and 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, Parent, Merger Sub, and the officers and directors of the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action.
ARTICLE II
CLOSING, CLOSING CONDITIONS AND CLOSING PAYMENTS
2.1    The Closing. Unless this Agreement is validly terminated pursuant to Section 7.1, Parent, Merger Sub and the Company shall consummate the Merger at a closing (the “Closing”) within three (3) Business Days following satisfaction or waiver (if permissible hereunder) of the conditions set forth in Section 2.2 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to satisfaction or waiver (if permissible hereunder) of those conditions at the Closing). The Closing shall take place by exchange of electronic deliveries and signatures, unless another place is mutually agreed upon in writing by Parent and the Company. The date upon which the Closing occurs hereunder shall be referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”
2.2    Closing Conditions.
(a)Mutual Conditions.  The respective obligations of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following conditions:

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(i)Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(ii)Charter Amendment Approval. The required approval of the Company stockholders and Company Board necessary to approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Charter Amendment”) shall have been obtained, and the Company shall have delivered to Parent such approvals and a filed and stamped copy of such Charter Amendment from the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.
(iii)Regulatory Approvals. All approvals of Governmental Entities required to be obtained prior to the Effective Time in connection with the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained without any conditions thereto.
(iv)No Legal Restraints. No Law or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) shall be in effect which has the effect of making the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby illegal or otherwise prohibiting or preventing consummation of the Merger or any other transaction contemplated hereby in accordance with the terms hereof or of any Related Agreement.
(v)Escrow Agreement. Parent, the Stockholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent shall have entered into an Escrow Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Escrow Agreement”) to be effective as of the Effective Time.
(vi)R&W Policy. The R&W Policy shall have been bound and shall be in effect as of the Effective Time, which R&W Policy shall have no changes or additional limitations, reductions, exclusions, conditions or qualifications from the form of the R&W Policy that was made available to the Company at the time this Agreement was executed that would be prejudicial to the Company Indemnitors (unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Company).
(b)Additional Parent and Merger Sub Conditions.  The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of each of the following additional conditions, any of which may be waived in writing exclusively by Parent:

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(i)Company Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company that are not qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all material respects on the date they were made and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (other than the representations and warranties of the Company made only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date). The representations and warranties of the Company that are qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all respects on the date they were made and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (other than any such representations and warranties of the Company made only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date).
(ii)Company Covenants. The Company shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, each of the covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by the Company on or prior to the Closing in all respects. The Company shall have delivered to Parent all certificates and other documents that it is required to deliver to Parent pursuant to this Agreement on or prior to the Closing, including the Closing Spreadsheet, the Company Closing Financial Certificate, the Pre-Closing WC Statement and the Estimated Closing Statement.
(iii)No Company Material Adverse Effect. There shall not have occurred and there shall not be occurring a Company Material Adverse Effect.
(iv)No Actions. There shall be no Action of any kind or nature pending or threatened in writing by any Governmental Entity or any current or former Company Stockholder against Parent or any of its Affiliates, or against the Company or any of its Affiliates, seeking the recovery of a material amount of damages in connection with the Merger or seeking to prohibit or limit the exercise by Parent of any material right pertaining to its ownership of equity of the Surviving Corporation.
(v)Joinder Agreements. Company Stockholders holding in the aggregate at least 87% of the Total Outstanding Shares in the aggregate shall have executed and delivered to Parent a Joinder Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Joinder Agreements”), and all such Joinder Agreements shall be in full force and effect.
(vi)Parachute Payment Waivers. Each Employee who is required to sign a Parachute Payment Waiver, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Parachute Payment Waiver”) as determined pursuant to Section 6.14 hereof shall have previously executed and delivered to the Company a Parachute Payment Waiver, and such Parachute Payment Waiver shall continue to be in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(vii)Tax Forms. The Company shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent a properly completed IRS Form W-9, or the appropriate version of IRS Form W-8, if applicable, from each of the Company and from each Person entitled to receive any payment of Closing Indebtedness or Closing Third Party Expenses in connection with the Closing.
(viii)Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements; Offer Letters.
(A)Each of the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements executed concurrently with this Agreement by the Key Employees shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked, rescinded, or otherwise repudiated by the respective signatories thereto.

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(B)Each Key Employee Offer Letters executed concurrently with this Agreement by the Key Employees shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been revoked, rescinded or otherwise repudiated by the respective signatories thereto, and no Key Employee shall have terminated his or her employment with the Company or expressed an intention (whether formally or informally) in terminating his or her employment with the Surviving Corporation or Parent following the Closing.
(C)At least 80% of all of the individuals (other than Key Employees) listed on either Schedule 6.17(b)-1 or Schedule 6.17(b)-2 (to whom Parent shall have provided an Offer Letter pursuant to Section 6.17): (x) shall have delivered to Parent his or her executed Offer Letter and the other standard employment documents executed by Parent employees, in each case, effective on the first Business Day after the Closing Date, and (y) shall not have terminated his or her employment with the Company or expressed an intention (whether formally or informally) in terminating his or her employment with the Surviving Corporation or Parent following the Closing.
(ix)Consents, Waivers, Releases, Approvals and Terminations.
(A)Parent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory that all necessary notices, consents, waivers and approvals as required in connection with the Transactions pursuant to Contracts set forth on Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(A) have been sent or obtained (as applicable).
(B)Parent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent that each of the Contracts set forth on Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(B) has been terminated (or will be terminated as of the Effective Time) and is of no further force or effect (or will be of no further force or effect as of the Effective Time).
(x)Resignation of Directors & Officers. Unless otherwise directed by Parent in writing prior to Closing, the Company shall cause each board-appointed officer and each director of the Company to execute a resignation letter with respect to such role in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, effective as of the Effective Time.
(xi)Payoff Letters and Invoices. Parent shall have received (A) an executed payoff letter, dated no more than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, with respect to all Closing Indebtedness of the Company owed to such lender and the amounts payable to the lender thereof to (x) satisfy such Indebtedness as of the Closing Date and (ii) terminate and release any Encumbrances related thereto (each, a “Payoff Letter”); and (B) an invoice from each advisor or other service provider to the Company (other than any employee, director or officer of the Company) with respect to all Closing Third Party Expenses estimated to be due and payable to such advisor or other service provider as of the Closing Date, or a statement from such advisor or other service provider that all Closing Third Party Expenses estimated to be due and payable as of the Closing have been paid, in either case dated no more than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (each, an “Invoice”).
(xii)Appraisal Rights. Holders of no more than 3% of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, in the aggregate, shall have exercised, or remain entitled to exercise appraisal rights under Delaware Law with respect to such shares of Company Common Stock.
(xiii)Section 280G Approval. The Company shall have complied with Section 6.14 regarding the 280G Stockholder Approval.
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(A)Officer’s Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate from the Company (the “Officer’s Certificate”), validly executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for and on the Company’s behalf, to the effect that, as of the Closing the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(b)(i)-(iv) have been satisfied.
(B)Company Closing Financial Certificate. Parent shall have received the Company Closing Financial Certificate, validly executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
(C)Secretary’s Certificate. Parent shall have received a certificate from the Company, validly executed by the Secretary of the Company for and on the Company’s behalf, certifying as to (i) the effectiveness of the Charter Documents, (ii) the valid adoption of resolutions of the Company Board (whereby the Merger, this Agreement and the Transactions were unanimously approved by the Company Board), and (iii) the resolutions of the Company Stockholders (whereby the Merger, this Agreement and the Transactions were approved by the requisite Company Stockholder Consent).
(D)FIRPTA Certificate. Parent shall have received (i) a statement from the Company, that the Company is not, and has not been at any time during the applicable period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “United States real property holding corporation”, as defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code, conforming to the requirements of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1445-2(c)(3) and 1.897-2(h), and (ii) a notice to be delivered to the IRS in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2), together with written authorization for Parent to deliver such notice to the IRS on behalf of the Company following the Closing, each dated as of the Closing Date, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent.
(c)Additional Company Conditions. The obligations of the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Effective Time of the following conditions, any of which may be waived in writing exclusively by the Company:
(i)Parent Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub that are not qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all material respects on the date they were made and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (other than the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub made only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such date). The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub that are qualified by materiality shall have been true and correct in all respects on the date they were made and shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the Closing Date as though such representations and warranties were made on and as of such date (other than any such representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub made only as of a specified date, which shall be true and correct in all respects as of such date).
(ii)Parent Covenants. Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed and complied with, in all material respects, each of the covenants and obligations under this Agreement required to be performed and complied with by them prior to the Closing.
2.3    Payment of Merger Consideration.
(a)Closing Spreadsheet.  At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent the Closing Spreadsheet prepared in accordance with Section 6.8, and a draft of the Company Closing Financial Certificate.

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(b)Delivery of Merger Consideration and Escrow Fund.
(i)Merger Consideration. As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing (but in no event later than the next Business Day after Closing), Parent shall transfer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds:
(A)to the Payment Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article II, that portion of the Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.3(b) in exchange for shares of Company Capital Stock, outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (less (x) any amounts to be withheld and transferred to the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(ii), and (y) the aggregate Per Share Expense Amount);
(B) to the Payment Agent for exchange in accordance with this Article II, that portion of Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.3(c)(i) (less (x) amount to be withheld and transferred to the Escrow Agent and (y) the aggregate Per Share Expense Amount) in exchange for Vested Company Options which are Non-Employee Company Options outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time;
(C)to the Surviving Corporation for further payment through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll processing system net of applicable Tax withholding in accordance with this Article II, that portion of Merger Consideration payable pursuant to Section 1.3(c)(i) (less (x) amount to be withheld and transferred to the Escrow Agent and (y) the aggregate Per Share Expense Amount) in exchange for Vested Company Options which are Employee Company Options outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(ii)Escrow Fund.
(A)At the Closing, Parent shall transfer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Escrow Amount to the Escrow Agent to hold in trust as an escrow fund (the “Escrow Fund”) under the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. Upon deposit of the Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence, Parent shall be deemed to have contributed on behalf of each Company Indemnitors its, his or her Escrow Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Amount to the Escrow Fund. The parties hereto agree that, for Tax purposes only, Parent is the owner of the cash in the Escrow Fund and that all interest on or other taxable income, if any, earned from the investment of such cash in the Escrow Fund pursuant to this Agreement shall be treated for Tax purposes as earned by Parent.
(B)The Escrow Agreement shall be entered into at the Closing, by and among Parent, the Stockholders’ Representative, on behalf of the Company Indemnitors, and the Escrow Agent, and shall provide Parent with recourse against the Escrow Fund with respect to the Company Indemnitors obligations under Article VIII during the period through the twelve (12) month anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Escrow Period”) (provided, that if an Indemnification Claim Notice has been received by the Stockholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent prior to the end of the Escrow Period, an amount in respect of the claims set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice shall be retained by the Escrow Agent until final resolution of such claims), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement. The proceeds in the Escrow Fund shall be distributed to the Company Indemnitors, in accordance with their applicable Escrow Pro Rata Portions, and to Parent at the times, and upon the terms and conditions, set forth in this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. The terms and provisions of the Escrow Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby are specific terms of the Merger, and the approval and adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger by the Company Stockholders and their execution and delivery of

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the Company Stockholder Consent constitutes approval by such Company Indemnitors, as specific terms of the Merger, and the irrevocable agreement of such Company Stockholders to be bound by and comply with, the Escrow Agreement and all of the arrangements and provisions of this Agreement relating thereto, including the deposit of the Escrow Amount into the Escrow Fund, the obligations set forth in Article VIII and the appointment and sole authority of the Stockholders’ Representative to act on behalf of the Company Indemnitors, as provided for herein and in the Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Amount shall be held as a trust fund and shall not be subject to any Encumbrance, attachment, trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of any party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the purposes and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. For any portion of the Escrow Fund released for the benefit of the Company Indemnitors, the portion of the Escrow Fund payable in respect of Company Capital Stock and in respect of applicable Non-Employee Company Options shall be paid to the Payment Agent for further distribution to such recipients based on their Escrow Pro Rata Portions, and the portion of the Escrow Fund payable in respect of Employee Company Options shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation for payment, based on the Escrow Pro Rata Portions, to the holders of such Employee Company Options through the payroll system of the Surviving Corporation and subject to deduction for withholding taxes and similar customary or required deductions
(iii)Expense Cash. At the Closing (or, if the wire deadline is missed, in no event later than one Business Day following the Closing), Parent shall transfer, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Expense Cash to the Stockholders’ Representative for use as set forth in Article IX.
(c)Third Party Expenses and Indebtedness. At the Closing (or, if the wire deadline is missed, in no event later than one Business Day following the Closing), Parent shall, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, on behalf of the Company and the Company Indemnitors, as the case may be, and as accounted for in the calculation of Total Merger Consideration, (i) to each lender designated by the Company on the Closing Spreadsheet, to an account designated in the applicable Payoff Letter, the amount of Indebtedness due at Closing to such lender and (ii) all Third Party Expenses payable to an advisor or other service provider to the Company (other than any employee, director or officer) that remain outstanding as of the Closing to such account or accounts as are designated in the applicable Invoices and by the Company in the Closing Spreadsheet.
(d)Payment Procedures.
(i)As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing, Parent shall cause the Payment Agent to mail a letter of transmittal in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (the “Letter of Transmittal”) to each Company Stockholder and each Non-Employee Company Option Holder at the address set forth opposite each such Person’s name on the Closing Spreadsheet.
(ii)For Company Stockholders, after receipt by the Payment Agent of a Letter of Transmittal (with respect to shares of Company Capital Stock) and any other documents (including applicable Tax forms and a duly executed Joinder Agreement) that Parent or the Payment Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith (the “Exchange Documents”), duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto and the original certificate representing shares of Company Capital Stock (a “Company Stock Certificate”) or Affidavit of Loss therefor, Parent shall cause the Payment Agent to pay to the holder of such Company Stock Certificate in exchange therefor that portion of the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereto pursuant to Section 1.3(b) (less (x) the cash amounts to be withheld and deposited in the Escrow Fund on such holder’s behalf pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(ii), and, if applicable, (y) the cash amounts to be deposited with the Stockholders’ Representative on such holder’s behalf pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iii)), and the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be cancelled.

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No portion of the Merger Consideration shall be paid or payable to the holder of any Company Stock Certificate until the holder of record of such Company Stock Certificate shall surrender such Company Stock Certificate (or Affidavit of Loss therefor) and validly executed Exchange Documents in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(iii)For Non-Employee Company Option Holders, after receipt by the Payment Agent of the Exchange Documents and any other documents (including applicable Tax forms) that Parent or the Payment Agent may reasonably require in connection therewith (which for the avoidance of doubt, will not include a Joinder Agreement), each of which shall be duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, Parent shall cause the Payment Agent to pay to the applicable Non-Employee Company Option Holder in exchange therefor that portion of the Merger Consideration payable in respect thereto pursuant to Sections 1.3(c)(i) and (ii) (as applicable). No portion of the Merger Consideration shall be paid or payable to a Non-Employee Company Option Holder without executed Exchange Documents in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(e)Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.  In the event any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Payment 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, such amount, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 1.3; provided, however, that Parent may, in its reasonable discretion, or as required by the Payment Agent, and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the Person who is the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificates to provide an indemnification agreement (but not a bond) in a form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent, against any claim that may be made against Parent or the Payment Agent with respect to the certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.
(f)Transfers of Ownership. If any cash amounts are to be disbursed pursuant to Section 1.3(b) to a Person other than the Person whose name is reflected on the Company Stock Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor, it will be a condition of the issuance or delivery thereof that the certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other Taxes required by reason of the payment of any portion of the Total Merger Consideration in any name other than that of the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent or any agent designated by it that such Tax has been paid or is not payable.
(g)Payment Agent to Return Merger Consideration. At any time following the date that is six months following the Effective Time, Parent shall be entitled to require the Payment Agent to deliver to Parent or its designated successor or assign all cash amounts that have been deposited with the Payment Agent pursuant to Section 2.3(b), and any and all interest thereon or other income or proceeds thereof, not disbursed to the holders of Company Stock Certificates pursuant to Section 2.3(d), and thereafter the holders of Company Stock Certificates shall be entitled to look only to Parent (subject to the terms of Section 2.3(i)) only as general creditors thereof with respect to any and all cash amounts that may be payable to such holders of Company Stock Certificates pursuant to Section 1.3 upon the due surrender of such Company Stock Certificates and duly executed Exchange Documents in the manner set forth in Section 2.3(d). No interest shall be payable for the cash amounts delivered to Parent pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.3(g) and which are subsequently delivered to the holders of Company Stock Certificates.
(h)No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock.  The cash amounts paid in respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to be full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of Company

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Capital Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of shares of Company Capital Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Company Stock Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article II.
(i)No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.3, none of Parent, the Payment Agent, the Surviving Corporation, the Company Stockholders, the Stockholders’ Representative, nor any other party hereto shall be liable to any Person for any amount paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Any portion of the Total Merger Consideration that remains unclaimed immediately prior to the date on which it would otherwise become subject to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of Parent, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.
2.4    Withholding. The Company, the Payment Agent, the Escrow Agent, Parent, the Surviving Corporation, the Stockholders’ Representative and any representative on their behalf shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as may be required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under any provision of federal, local or foreign Tax Law or under any Laws or Orders, and shall be provided any necessary Tax forms, including IRS Form W-9 or the appropriate series of IRS Form W-8, as applicable, or any similar information. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, 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.
2.5    Tax Consequences. Notwithstanding any statement or inference to the contrary in any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement, except for representations and warranties made to Parent or Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement, no party shall be considered to have made any representations or warranties regarding the Tax treatment of the Transactions, or any of the Tax consequences to the Company or any Company Indemnitor of this Agreement, or any other aspect of the Transactions. The Company acknowledges that the Company and the Company Indemnitors are relying solely on their own Tax advisors in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions.

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to the disclosures set forth in the disclosure letter of the Company dated as of the Agreement Date and delivered to Parent concurrently with the execution of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”) (each of which disclosures shall clearly indicate the Section and, if applicable, the Subsection of this Article III to which it relates (unless and only to the extent the relevance to other representations and warranties is reasonably apparent from the actual text of the disclosure on its face), and each of which disclosures shall also be deemed to be representations and warranties made by the Company to Parent under this Article III), the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:
3.1    Organization, Good Standing, Power and No Subsidiaries.
(a)The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. The Company has the corporate power to own, operate, distribute and lease its properties and to conduct its business as now being conducted and as currently

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proposed by it to be conducted and is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing, individually or in the aggregate with any such other failures, would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect to the Company. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws or equivalent organizational or governing documents. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has no Subsidiaries, and has never had any Subsidiaries, nor does the Company control, directly or indirectly, or have any direct or indirect equity participation in any other Person. The Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar interest in, or any interest convertible or exchangeable or exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any Person.
(b)The Company has made available true, correct and complete copies of its certificate of incorporation, as amended to date (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and bylaws, as amended to date, each in full force and effect on the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Charter Documents”). The Company Board has not approved or proposed, nor has any Person proposed, any amendment to any of the Charter Documents.
(c)Schedule 3.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of: (i) the names of the members of the board of directors (or similar body) of the Company, (ii) the names of the members of each committee of the board of directors (or similar body) of the Company and (iii) the names and titles of the officers of the Company.
(d)Schedule 3.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists every jurisdiction in which the Company has Employees or facilities or otherwise conducts its business as of the date of this Agreement.
3.2    Authority and Enforceability.
(a)Subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferential transfers or the relief of debtors and other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of Law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The Company Board, by resolutions duly adopted (and not thereafter modified or rescinded) by the unanimous vote of the Company Board, has (i) declared that this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Merger, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, are advisable, fair to and in the best interests of the Company and the Company Stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of Delaware Law and (iii) directed that the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger be submitted to the Company Stockholders for consideration and recommended that all of the Company Stockholders adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger. Other than obtaining the affirmative votes of at least the number of shares of Company Capital Stock which constitute the Company Stockholder Approval, no other votes, approvals or consents on the part of the Company and/or any of the Company Stockholders are necessary under Delaware Law, any of the Charter Documents or any Contracts to which the Company is a party to adopt this Agreement and the Transactions and to approve the Merger.

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(b)The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) result in the creation of any Encumbrance on any of the material assets of the Company or any of the shares of Company Capital Stock or (ii) conflict with, or result in any violation of or default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit under, (A) any provision of the Charter Documents, in each case as amended to date, (B) any Law or any judgement, order or decree to which the Company is subject, or (C) except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(b)(ii)(C) of the Company Disclosure Letter, any Material Contract.
(c)No consent, approval, Order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Entity or any other Person is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions, except for (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger, (ii) such filings and notifications as may be required to be made by the Company in connection with the Merger under applicable antitrust laws and the expiration or early termination of applicable waiting periods under applicable antitrust laws and (iii) such other consents, approvals, Orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and notices that, if not obtained or made, would not adversely affect, and would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect, the Company’s ability to perform or comply with the covenants, agreements or obligations of the Company herein or to consummate the Transactions in accordance with this Agreement and applicable Law.
(d)The Company, the Company Board and, subject to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Stockholders have taken all actions such that the restrictive provisions of any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “business combination,” “interested shareholder” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation, and any anti-takeover provision in the organizational or governing documents of the Company will not be applicable to any of Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation or to the execution, delivery or performance of the Transactions, including the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Transactions.
3.3    Restrictions on Business Activities. Other than this Agreement, and as set forth on Section 3.3 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract or Order binding upon the Company that restricts or prohibits, purports to restrict or prohibit, has or would reasonably be expected to have, whether before or immediately after consummation of the Merger, the effect of prohibiting, restricting or impairing any current or presently proposed business practice of the Company, any acquisition of property by the Company or the conduct or operation of the business or, excluding restrictions on the use of Third-Party Intellectual Property contained in the applicable written license agreement therefor, limiting the freedom of the Company to (i) engage or participate, or compete with any other Person, in any line of business, market or geographic area with respect to the Company Products or the Company Intellectual Property, or to make use of any Company Intellectual Property, including any grants by the Company of exclusive rights or licenses or (ii) sell, distribute or manufacture any products or services or to purchase or otherwise obtain any software, components, parts or services.
3.4    Compliance with Laws; Governmental Permits.
(a)Since January 1, 2013, the Company has complied in all material respects with, is not (and has never been), in violation in any material respect of, and has not received any notices of violation with respect to, applicable Law.
(b)The Company has obtained each material federal, state, county, local or foreign governmental consent, license, permit, grant or other authorization of a Governmental Entity (i) pursuant to

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which the Company currently operates or holds any interest in any of its assets or properties or (ii) that is required for the conduct of the Company’s business or the holding of any such interest (all of the foregoing consents, licenses, permits, grants and other authorizations, collectively, the “Company Authorizations”), and all of the Company Authorizations are in full force and effect. The Company has not received any written notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity regarding (A) any actual or possible violation of any Company Authorization or any failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Company Authorization or (B) any actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination or material modification of any Company Authorization, and to the Knowledge of the Company. The Company has materially complied with all of the terms of the Company Authorizations and none of the Company Authorizations will be terminated or impaired, in whole or in part, as a result of the consummation of the Transactions.
3.5    Company Capital Structure.
(a)The authorized Company Capital Stock consists solely of (i) 60,940,026 shares of Company Common Stock, and (ii) 42,385,026 shares of Company Preferred Stock, 12,305,000 of which are designated as Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, 19,000,000 of which are designated as Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock, and 11,080,026 of which are designated Company Series B Preferred Stock. A total of 11,877,312 shares of Company Common Stock, 12,305,000 shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, 19,000,000 shares of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock, and 11,080,026 shares of Company Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding as of the Agreement Date, and there are no other issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock and no commitments or Contracts to issue any shares of Company Capital Stock other than pursuant to the exercise of Company Options under the Plan that are outstanding as of the Agreement Date set forth on Schedule 3.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company holds no treasury shares. Schedule 3.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the Agreement Date a true, correct and complete list of the Company Stockholders and the number and type of such shares so owned by each such Company Stockholder, and any beneficial holders thereof. Each share of Company Preferred Stock is convertible on a one-share for one-share basis into Company Common Stock. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and are free of any Encumbrances, other than any restrictions pursuant to federal or state securities Laws outstanding subscriptions, preemptive rights or “put” or “call” rights created by statute, the Charter Documents or any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets is bound. The Company has never declared or paid any dividends on any shares of Company Capital Stock. There is no Liability for dividends accrued and unpaid by the Company. The Company is not under any obligation to register under the Securities Act or any other Law any shares of Company Capital Stock, any Equity Interests or any other securities of the Company, whether currently outstanding or that may subsequently be issued. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock and all Company Options were issued in compliance with Law and all requirements set forth in the Charter Documents and any applicable Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets is bound.
(b)As of the Agreement Date, the Company has reserved 8,500,000 shares of Company Common Stock for issuance to employees, non-employee directors and consultants pursuant to the Plan, of which 5,673,995 shares are subject to outstanding and unexercised Company Options, and 1,003,693 shares remain available for issuance thereunder. Schedule 3.5(b)-1 of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the Agreement Date, a true, correct and complete list of all Company Option Holders, and each Company Option, whether or not granted under the Plan, including the number of shares of Company Capital Stock subject to each Company Option, the number of such shares that are vested or unvested, the “date of grant” of such Company Option (as defined under Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(vi)(B)), the vesting

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commencement date, the vesting schedule (and the terms of any acceleration thereof), the exercise price per share, the Tax status of such Company Option under Section 422 of the Code (or any applicable foreign Tax Law), the term of each Company Option, the plan from which such Company Option was granted (if any) and the country and state of residence of such Company Option Holder. All Company Options listed on Schedule 3.5(b)-1 of the Company Disclosure Letter that are denoted as incentive stock options under Section 422 of the Code so qualify. Schedule 3.5(b)-2 of the Company Disclosure Letter indicates, as of the Agreement Date, which Company Option Holders are Persons that are not employees of the Company (including non-employee directors, consultants, advisory board members, vendors, service providers or other similar Persons), including a description of the relationship between each such Person and the Company. True, correct and complete copies of the Plan, all agreements and instruments relating to or issued under the Plan (including executed copies of all Contracts relating to each Company Option and the shares of Company Capital Stock purchased under such Company Option) have been provided to Parent, and such Plan and Contracts have not been amended, modified or supplemented since being provided to Parent, and there are no agreements, understandings or commitments to amend, modify or supplement such Plan or Contracts in any case from those provided to Parent. The terms of the Plan permit the treatment of Company Options as provided herein, without notice to, or the consent or approval of, the Company Option Holders, the Company Stockholders or otherwise and without any acceleration of the exercise schedule or vesting provisions in effect for such Company Options. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5(b)-3 of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no shares of Company Capital Stock that are not vested under the terms of any Contracts with the Company (including any stock option agreement, stock option exercise agreement or restricted stock purchase agreement). As of the Effective Time, there will be no shares of Company Capital Stock that are not vested under the terms of any Contracts with the Company.
(c)As of the Agreement Date, there are no authorized, issued or outstanding Equity Interests of the Company other than shares of Company Capital Stock and Company Options. Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.5(a), and Schedule 3.5(b)-1 of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the Agreement Date, no Person has any Equity Interests of the Company, stock appreciation rights, stock units, share schemes, calls or rights, or is party to any Contract of any character to which the Company or an Company Equity Holder is a party or by which it or its assets is bound, (i) obligating the Company or such Company Equity Holder to issue, deliver, sell, repurchase or redeem, or cause to be issued, delivered, sold, repurchased or redeemed, any Equity Interests of the Company or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of the Company, whether vested or unvested, or (ii) obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting and/or repurchase rights of, change the price of, or otherwise amend or enter into any such Company Option, call, right or Contract.
(d)There is no Indebtedness of the Company (i) granting its holder the right to vote on any matters on which any Company Equity Holder may vote (or that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having such right) or (ii) the value of which is in any way based upon or derived from capital or voting stock of the Company, is issued or outstanding as of the Agreement Date (collectively, “Company Voting Debt”).
(e)There are no Contracts relating to voting, purchase, sale or transfer of any Company Capital Stock (i) between or among the Company and any Company Equity Holder, other than written Contracts granting the Company the right to purchase unvested shares upon termination of employment or service and the Investor Agreements, and (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, between or among any of the Company Equity Holders. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Plan nor any Contract of any character to which the Company is a party to or by which the Company or any of its assets is bound relating to any Company Options requires or otherwise provides for any accelerated vesting of any Company Options or the acceleration of any other benefits thereunder, in

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each case in connection with the Transactions or upon termination of employment or service with the Company or Parent, or any other event, whether before, upon or following the Effective Time or otherwise.
(f)As of the Closing, (i) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock set forth in the Closing Spreadsheet as being owned by a Person, or subject to Company Options owned by such Person, will constitute the entire interest of such Person in the issued and outstanding Company Capital Stock or any other Equity Interests of the Company, (ii) no Person not disclosed in the Closing Spreadsheet will have a right to acquire from the Company any shares of Company Capital Stock, Company Options, or any other Equity Interests of the Company and (iii) the shares of Company Capital Stock and the Company Options disclosed in the Closing Spreadsheet will be free and clear of any Encumbrances other than any Encumbrances pursuant to federal or state security Laws or set forth in the Charter Documents.
3.6    Company Financial Statements; No Undisclosed Liabilities; Absence of Changes.
(a)The Company has delivered to Parent its audited consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2017, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (including, in each case, balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows) and its unaudited consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, balance sheets, statements of operations and statements of cash flows) for the four (4) months ended April 30, 2018 (collectively, the “Financial Statements”), which are included as Schedule 3.6(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Financial Statements (i) are derived from and in accordance with the books and records of the Company, (ii) complied as to form with applicable accounting requirements with respect thereto as of their respective dates as historically applied by the Company, (iii) fairly and accurately present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Company at the dates therein indicated and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods therein specified (subject, in the case of unaudited interim period financial statements, to normal recurring year-end audit adjustments, none of which individually or in the aggregate are or will be material in amount), and (iv) were prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for the absence of footnotes in the unaudited Financial Statements, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated and consistent with each other.
(b)The Company has no Liabilities of any nature other than (i) those set forth on or adequately provided for in the balance sheet included in the Financial Statements as of April 30, 2018 (the “Company Balance Sheet”) or are not required by GAAP (as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods) to be reflected or reserved against on a consolidated balance sheet as of the date of this Agreement, (ii) those incurred in the conduct of the Company’s business since April 30, 2018 (the “Company Balance Sheet Date”) in the ordinary course consistent with past practice that do not result from any breach of Contract, warranty, infringement, tort or violation of Law, (iii) the Retained Letter of Credit, (iv) those incurred by the Company in connection with the execution of this Agreement, and (iv) those arising under Material Contracts (other than the payment of liquidated damages or arising as a result of a default or breach thereof) in accordance with their terms and which are readily apparent from the actual text of the Material Contracts. Except for Liabilities reflected in the Financial Statements, the Company has no off-balance sheet Liability of any nature to, or any financial interest in, any third parties or entities, the purpose or effect of which is to defer, postpone, reduce or otherwise avoid or adjust the recording of expenses incurred by the Company. The Company has never guaranteed any debt or other obligation of any other Person. All reserves that are set forth in or reflected in the Company Balance Sheet have been established in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods and are adequate.
(c)Schedule 3.6(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of all Company Indebtedness, including, for each item of Company Indebtedness, the agreement

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governing the Company Indebtedness, any assets securing such Company Indebtedness and any prepayment or other penalties payable in connection with the repayment of such Company Indebtedness at the Closing.
(d)Schedule 3.6(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the names and locations of all banks and other financial institutions at which the Company maintains accounts and the names of all Persons authorized to make withdrawals therefrom.
(e)The Company has established and maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances (i) that transactions, receipts and expenditures of the Company are being executed and made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management and the Company Board, (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and (B) to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the assets of Company and (iv) the assets of the Company have been recorded in conformity with GAAP. None of the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any current or former employee, consultant or director of the Company, has identified or been made aware of any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Company’s management or other current or former employees, consultants directors of Company who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by the Company, or any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Representative of the Company has received or otherwise had or obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, in each case, regarding deficient accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of the Company or its internal accounting controls or any material inaccuracy in the Company’s financial statements. There are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operation of the Company’s internal controls that could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there has been no material change in the Company accounting policies since December 31, 2017, except as described in the Financial Statements.
(f)Since the Company Balance Sheet Date and through the Agreement Date: (i) the Company has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) there has not occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect and (iii) except as set forth on the Company Disclosure Letter on Schedule 3.6(f), the Company has not done, caused or permitted any of the actions described in Section 5.2, except for actions permitted by Section 5.2(f)(i).
(g)The accounts receivable as reflected on the Company Balance Sheet arose in the ordinary course of business and represented bona fide claims against debtors for sales and other charges. Allowances for doubtful accounts have been prepared in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods and in accordance with the Company’s past practice. The accounts receivable of the Company arising after the Company Balance Sheet Date and before the Closing Date arose or shall arise in the ordinary course of business and represented or shall represent bona fide claims against debtors for sales and other charges. None of the accounts receivable of the Company is subject to any claim of offset, recoupment, setoff or counter-claim, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no specific facts or circumstances (whether asserted or unasserted) that could give rise to any such claim. No Person has any Encumbrance on any of such accounts receivable and no agreement for deduction or discount has been made with respect to any of such accounts receivable.
(h)The total assets of the Company stated on its last regularly prepared balance sheet prior to the Closing, prepared in accordance with 16 C.F.R. 801.11, will be less than $16,900,000.

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3.7    Tax Matters.
(a)The Company has properly completed and timely filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it prior to the Closing Date, and has timely paid all Taxes required to be paid by it (whether or not shown on any Tax Return). All such Tax Returns were complete and accurate in all material respects and have been prepared in compliance with Law. There is no claim for Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) that has resulted in an Encumbrance against any of the assets of the Company.
(b)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.7(b), the Company has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all income, VAT and other material Tax Returns for the Company filed since (and including) the stub period ending December 31, 2013 and of all sales and use Tax Returns for the Company filed for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Tax years, and all examination reports and statements of deficiencies, adjustments and proposed deficiencies and adjustments in respect of Taxes of the Company. Schedule 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth each jurisdiction where the Company will be required to file a Tax Return following the Closing with respect to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, including the type of Tax Return and the type of Tax required to be paid. No claim has ever been made in writing by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file Tax Returns that the Company is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. The Company has neither received nor requested any private letter ruling from the IRS (or any comparable Tax ruling from any other Tax Authority). No power of attorney with respect to Taxes has been granted with respect to the Company that remains in effect.
(c)The Company Balance Sheet reflects all Liabilities for unpaid Taxes of the Company for periods (or portions of periods) through the Company Balance Sheet Date. The Company has no Liability for unpaid Taxes accruing after the Company Balance Sheet Date except for Taxes arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
(d)There is no past, pending or threatened Action involving, any Tax Return of the Company that has been or is being conducted by a Tax Authority. The Company has not received from any Tax Authority (including jurisdictions where the Company has not filed Tax Returns) any (i) written (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral) notice indicating an intent to open an audit or other review, (ii) request for information related to Tax matters, or (iii) notice of deficiency or proposed adjustment for any amount of Tax proposed, asserted, or assessed by any Tax Authority against the Company. There is no waiver or extension of any statute of limitations on the assessment of any Taxes granted with respect to any Tax Return of the Company currently in effect, and no agreement to any extension of time for filing any Tax Return of the Company that has not been filed.
(e)The Company has disclosed on its Tax Returns any Tax reporting position taken in any Tax Return that could result in the imposition of penalties under Section 6662 of the Code or any comparable provisions of state, local or foreign applicable Law. The Company has not consummated or participated in, nor is it currently participating in, any transaction that was or is a “Tax shelter” transaction as defined in Sections 6662 or 6111 of the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. The Company has not participated in, nor is it currently participating in, a “Listed Transaction” or a “Reportable Transaction” within the meaning of Section 6707A(c) of the Code or Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b), or any transaction requiring disclosure under a corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or foreign Law.
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Company was not the ultimate parent corporation, (ii) ever been a party to or bound by any Tax sharing, Tax indemnity, Tax allocation or similar agreement with any third party relating to the assumption, allocation, indemnification or sharing of the payment of, or Liability for, Taxes (other than commercial contracts, the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes, entered into and containing customary Tax indemnification provisions), (iii) any Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) under Section 1.1502-6 of the Treasury Regulations (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law, including any arrangement for group or consortium relief or similar arrangement) as a transferee or successor, or otherwise by Law.
(g)The Company does not have any direct or indirect interest in any trust, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other “business entity” for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Company is and always has been a corporation taxable under subchapter C of the Code for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, and has had comparable status under the Laws of any other jurisdiction in which it was required to file any Tax Return at the time it was required to file such Tax Return. The Company has never filed an entity classification election Form 8832 under Section 7701 of the Code. The Company uses the accrual method of accounting for income Tax purposes.
(h)The Company will not be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, Taxable income for any Taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) adjustment under Section 481 of the Code or any comparable provision under state, local or foreign Tax laws that results from a change of accounting methods in a Pre-Closing Tax Period, (ii) “closing agreement” described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date, (iii) intercompany transactions (including any intercompany transaction subject to Section 367 or 482 of the Code) or any excess loss account described in Treasury Regulations under Section 1502 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Law) with respect to a transaction occurring on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date, (v) election under Section 108(i) of the Code made on or prior to the Closing Date or (vi) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue accrued on or prior to the Closing Date. The Company will not be required to include any item of income in taxable income in any taxable period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date which income economically accrued in the Pre-Closing Tax Period but was not reported in the Pre-Closing Tax Period as a result of the use of a method of accounting that does not clearly reflect income pursuant to Section 446(b) of the Code.
(i)The Company has never (i) been a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897 of the Code or (ii) constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock intended to qualify for Tax-free treatment under Section 355 or Section 361 of the Code.
(j)The Company is not (nor has it even been) subject to Tax in any jurisdiction other than its country of incorporation, organization or formation by virtue of having employees, a permanent establishment or any other place of business in such jurisdiction. The Company has in its possession official foreign government receipts for any Taxes paid by it to any foreign Tax Authorities that customarily provide such receipts. The Company has provided to Parent all documentation relating to any applicable Tax holidays or incentives that have current applicability to the Company. The Company is currently in compliance with the requirements for any applicable Tax holidays or incentives and has been in compliance since such holiday or incentive was originally claimed by the Company and none of the Tax holidays or incentives will be jeopardized by the Transactions.

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(k)The Company has (i) complied with all Laws relating to the payment, reporting and withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446, 1471 and 1472 of the Code or similar provisions under any foreign Law), (ii) collected or withheld (within the time and in the manner prescribed by Law) from any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, customer, creditor, stockholder or other third party and paid over to the proper Tax Authority (or is properly holding for such timely payment) all amounts required to be so collected or withheld and paid over under all applicable Law, including federal and state income Taxes, Federal Insurance Contribution Act, Medicare, Federal Unemployment Tax Act, relevant state income and employment Tax withholding Laws, (iii) timely filed all withholding and information Tax Returns (including Forms W-2, 1099 and 1042), and (iv) maintained all required records with respect thereto, for all periods through and including the Closing Date.
(l)The Company is in compliance with all applicable transfer pricing Laws and regulations, including the execution and maintenance of contemporaneous documentation substantiating the transfer pricing practices and methodology of the Company (as required under Section 482 of the Code and any other applicable federal, state, local or foreign Laws and regulations). The Company has not entered into a cost sharing arrangement to share research and development costs and rights to any developed Intellectual Property.
(m)The Company has no property or obligation, including uncashed checks to vendors, customers or employees, non-refunded overpayments, credits or unclaimed amounts or intangibles, that is, or may become, escheatable or reportable as unclaimed property to any Governmental Entity under any applicable escheatment, unclaimed property or similar Laws.
(n)To the extent required by applicable Law, the Company has timely filed all reports and has created and/or retained all records required under Sections 6038, 6038A, 6038B, 6038C, 6046 and 6046A of the Code (and any comparable provisions of any foreign Tax Law). The Company has not transferred intangible property the transfer of which would be subject to the rules of Section 367(d) of the Code. The Company is not subject to any gain recognition agreement under Section 367 of the Code. The Company has not incurred a dual consolidated loss within the meaning of Section 1503 of the Code.
(o)No share of Company Capital Stock was issued in connection with the performance of services and subject to vesting for which no valid and timely election was filed pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code. The Company has delivered to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all election statements under Section 83(b) of the Code, together with evidence of timely filing of such election statements with the appropriate IRS Center with respect to any Company Common Stock that was initially subject to a vesting arrangement issued by the Company to any of their employees, non-employee directors, consultants or other service providers.
(p)Schedule 3.7(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all “nonqualified deferred compensation plans” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) to which the Company is a party. Each such nonqualified deferred compensation plan or other Contract, plan, program, agreement or arrangement that is a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” (within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code) has been in documentary and operational compliance with Section 409A of the Code and all applicable IRS guidance promulgated thereunder. No additional Tax under Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of the Code has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by a participant in any such Company Employee Plan or other Contract, plan, program, agreement, or arrangement. The Company is not a party to, or otherwise obligated under, any Contract that provides for the gross-up of Taxes imposed by Section 409A(a)(1)(B) of

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the Code. No event has occurred that would be treated by Section 409A(b) as a transfer of property for purposes of Section 83 of the Code.
(q)The exercise price of all Company Options is at least equal to the fair market value of the Company Common Stock on the date such Company Options were granted or repriced, and neither the Company nor Parent has incurred or will incur any Liability or obligation to withhold Taxes under Section 409A of the Code upon the vesting of any Company Options. All Company Options constitute options to purchase “service recipient stock” (as defined under Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)) with respect to the grantor thereof.
(r)There is no agreement, plan, arrangement or other Contract covering any current or former employee or other service provider of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its assets is bound that, considered individually or considered collectively with any other such agreements, plans, arrangements or other Contracts, will, or would reasonably be expected to, as a result of the Transactions (whether alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or subsequent events), give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would reasonably be expected to give rise directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that could reasonably be expected to be non-deductible under Section 162 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law) or be characterized as a “parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax Law). Schedule 3.7(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each Person (whether United States or foreign) who as of the Closing could reasonably be expected to be, with respect to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder), as determined as of the Agreement Date. No securities of the Company or any Company Equity Holder is readily tradable on an established securities market or otherwise (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder) such that the Company is ineligible to seek shareholder approval in a manner that complies with Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code.
(s)The Company has not participated in or cooperated with, or has agreed to participate in or cooperate with, an international boycott within the meaning of Section 999 of the Code.
(t)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) this Section 3.7, Section 3.5(b), Section 3.6(f) (to the extent it relates to Section 5.2(u)) and Section 3.11 contain the sole and exclusive representations and warranties of the Company regarding Taxes, Tax Returns and other matters relating to Taxes and (ii) except for subsections (g), (h), and (i) of this Section 3.7, nothing in this Agreement (including this Section 3.7) shall be construed as providing a representation or warranty with respect to the existence, amount, expiration date or limitations on (or availability of) any Tax attribute of the Company.
3.8    Title to, Condition and Sufficiency of Assets.
(a)The Company has good title to, or valid leasehold interest in all of its properties, and interests in properties and assets, real and personal, reflected on the Company Balance Sheet or acquired after the Company Balance Sheet Date (except properties and assets, or interests in properties and assets, sold or otherwise disposed of since the Company Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), or, with respect to leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in such properties and assets that afford the Company valid leasehold possession of the properties and assets that are the subject of such leases, in each case, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except Permitted Encumbrances. Schedule 3.8(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies each parcel of real property leased by the Company. The Company has provided to Parent true, correct and complete copies of all leases,

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subleases and other agreements under which the Company uses or occupies or has the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property or facility, including all modifications, amendments and supplements thereto. The Company does not own, nor has it ever owned, any real property.
(b)The assets and properties owned, leased and licensed by the Company (i) constitute all of the assets and properties that are necessary for the Company to conduct, operate and continue the conduct of the Company’s business and to sell and otherwise enjoy full rights to exploitation of its assets, properties and all products and services that are provided in connection with its assets and properties and (ii) constitute all of the assets and properties that are used in the conduct of the Company’s business as they are currently conducted.
3.9    Intellectual Property.
(a)As used herein, the following terms have the meanings indicated below:
(i)Company Data” shall mean all data (including Personal Data) collected, generated, or received in connection with the delivery or use of any Company Product.
(ii)Company Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all Company-Owned Intellectual Property and any and all Third-Party Intellectual Property that is licensed to the Company pursuant to a written and enforceable Contract.
(iii)Company Intellectual Property Agreements” shall mean any Contract relating to any Company Intellectual Property to which the Company is a party or bound by, except for Contracts for Third-Party Intellectual Property that is generally, commercially available software and (A) is not material to the Company, (B) has not been modified or customized for the Company and (C) has a total replacement cost of less than $25,000.
(iv)Company-Owned Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all Intellectual Property that is owned or purported to be owned by the Company.
(v)Company Privacy Commitments” shall mean: (A) contractual obligations, commitments and restrictions to which the Company may be subject with respect to the Processing of Personal Data, including, without limitation, (i) all third party access program agreements to which the Company is bound, (ii) all obligations to Process the data of licensors only for certain purposes, and to enforce such usage restrictions, which may include, without limitation, the implementation of appropriate administrative, technical and physical controls, and/or segregation of certain functions that relate to the Processing of Personal Data, and (iii) Contracts with data providers; (B) industry self-regulatory obligations and commitments relating to the Processing of Personal Data, and (C) policies and obligations applicable to the Company as a result of Company’s certification under the EU-U.S. and Switzerland-U.S. Privacy Shield.
(vi)Company Privacy Policies” shall mean, collectively, any and all (A) of the Company’s data privacy, data governance, and data security policies(including any procedures, work instructions, or other written practices), whether applicable internally, or published on Company Websites or otherwise made available by the Company to any Person, and (B) public representations pertaining to the Company’s privacy practices (including representations pertaining to the Company’s privacy practices on Company Websites).

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(vii)Company Products” shall mean all products and services produced, licensed, sold, or distributed by or on behalf of the Company, including all products or services currently under development by the Company.
(viii)Company Registered Intellectual Property” shall mean United States, international and foreign: (A) patents and patent applications (including provisional applications), (B) registered trademarks and service marks, applications to register trademarks and service marks, intent-to-use applications, or other registrations or applications related to trademarks and service marks, (C) registered Internet domain names and (D) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration, in each case that are owned, or purported to be owned by the Company.
(ix)Company Source Code” shall mean, collectively, any software source code in human readable form of any Company-Owned Intellectual Property or Company Products.
(x)Company Websites” shall mean all websites owned, operated or hosted by the Company or through which the Company conducts its business (including those web sites operated using the domain names listed in Schedule 3.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter).
(xi)Customer Data” means any confidential information that is unique to a customer of the Company and provided by a customer or its agents for use by the Company to perform its services and/or create the work product or that is input into the subscription services as described in the applicable Company Contract with the customer, including metadata, including source mappings, documents, and unique clinical, financial sales, product and claims data.
(xii)ICT Infrastructure” shall mean the information and communications technology infrastructure and systems (including software, hardware, firmware, networks, and the Company Websites) that is used in the Company’s business.
(xiii)Intellectual Property” shall mean (A) Intellectual Property Rights and (B) Proprietary Information and Technology.
(xiv)Intellectual Property Rights” shall mean any and all intellectual property and proprietary rights throughout the world, of the following types: patents, utility models, and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, re-examinations, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof and equivalent or similar rights in inventions and discoveries anywhere in the world, including invention disclosures, common law and statutory rights associated with trade secrets, industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor, trade names, logos, trade dress, trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark registrations, trademark and service mark applications and any and all goodwill associated with and symbolized by the foregoing items, Internet and World Wide Web URLs, designs, works of authorship, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications therefor and all other rights corresponding thereto, database rights, mask works, mask work registrations and applications therefor and any equivalent or similar rights in semiconductor masks, layouts, architectures or topology, moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated and any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing, and all tangible embodiments of the foregoing.
(xv)Open Source Materials” shall mean software or other material that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software” or under similar licensing or distribution terms.
(xvi)Personal Data” shall mean a natural Person’s (including a customer’s or an employee’s) name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number,

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driver’s license number, passport number or customer or account number, or any other piece of information that allows (alone or in combination with other information) the identification of a natural Person or is otherwise considered personally identifiable information or personal data under applicable Law.
(xvii)Privacy Laws” shall mean each Law applicable to the protection or Processing or both of Personal Data.
(xviii)Process” or “Processing” shall mean, with respect to data, the use, collection, processing, storage, recording, organization, adaption, alteration, transfer, retrieval, consultation, disclosure, dissemination or combination of such data.
(xix)Proprietary Information and Technology” shall mean any and all of the following: works of authorship, computer programs, source code and executable code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise, assemblers, applets, compilers, user interfaces, application programming interfaces, protocols, architectures, documentation, annotations, comments, designs, files, records, schematics, test methodologies, test vectors, emulation and simulation tools and reports, hardware development tools, models, tooling, prototypes, devices, data, data structures, databases, data compilations and collections, inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, discoveries, improvements, technology, proprietary and confidential ideas and information, know-how (including know-how not reduced to writing) and information maintained as trade secrets, tools, concepts, techniques, methods, processes, formulae, patterns, algorithms and specifications, customer lists and supplier lists and any and all instantiations or embodiments of the foregoing or any Intellectual Property Rights in any form and embodied in any media.
(xx)Third-Party Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all Intellectual Property owned by a third party.
(b)Status. The Company solely owns all Company-Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of any Encumbrances. The Company Intellectual Property collectively constitutes all of the Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of, or that are used in, the Company’s business without: (i) the need for the Company to acquire or license any other intangible asset, intangible property or Intellectual Property Right, and (ii) breach or violation of any Contract. The Company has not transferred ownership of, or granted any exclusive rights in, any Company-Owned Intellectual Property to any third party.
(c)Company Registered Intellectual Property. Schedule 3.9(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company Registered Intellectual Property, the jurisdictions in which it has been issued or registered or in which any application for such issuance and registration has been filed or the jurisdictions in which any other filing or recordation has been made and all actions that are required to be taken by the Company within 120 days following the Agreement Date in order to avoid prejudice to, impairment or abandonment of such Intellectual Property Rights (including all office actions, provisional conversions, annuity or maintenance fees or re-issuances). To the Knowledge of the Company, each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property is valid (or in the case of applications, applied for), subsisting, and enforceable. All registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been paid and all documents, recordations and certificates in connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property currently required to be filed have been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purposes of prosecuting, maintaining and perfecting such Company Registered Intellectual Property and recording the Company’s ownership interests therein. The Company has provided to Parent tangible copies of all of the Company’s pending patent applications.

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(d)Company Products. Schedule 3.9(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all Company Products that have been made available for use or purchase by the Company, including any product or service currently under development (other than enhancements to existing Company Products consistent with the historical practice of the Company) and scheduled for commercial release within twelve (12) months following the date of this Agreement, for each such Company Product (and each version thereof) identifying its release date.
(e)No Assistance. At no time during the conception of or reduction to practice of any of the Company-Owned Intellectual Property was the Company or any employee, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any other developer, inventor or other contributor to such Company-Owned Intellectual Property operating under any grants from any Governmental Entity or agency or private source, performing research sponsored by any Governmental Entity or agency or private source or subject to any employment agreement or invention assignment or nondisclosure agreement or other obligation with any third party that could adversely affect the Company’s rights in such Company-Owned Intellectual Property.
(f)Founders. All rights in, to and under all Intellectual Property created by the Company’s founders for or on behalf or in contemplation of the Company (i) prior to the inception of the Company or (ii) prior to their commencement of employment with the Company have been duly and validly assigned to the Company, and the Company has no reason to believe that any such Person is unwilling to provide Parent or the Company with such cooperation as may reasonably be required to complete and prosecute all appropriate United States and foreign patent and copyright filings related thereto.
(g)Invention Assignment and Confidentiality Agreement. The Company has secured from all (i) consultants, advisors, employees and independent contractors who independently or jointly contributed to or participated in the conception, reduction to practice, creation or development of any Intellectual Property for the Company and (ii) named inventors of patents and patent applications owned or purported to be owned by the Company (any Person described in clauses (i) or (ii), an “Author”), an enforceable written agreement containing an assignment to the Company of all unencumbered and unrestricted exclusive ownership of, all of the Authors’ right, title and interest of all such Intellectual Property. No Author has retained any rights, licenses, claims or interest whatsoever with respect to any Intellectual Property developed by the Author for the Company. Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9(g) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has obtained written and enforceable proprietary information, invention disclosure and Intellectual Property assignments from all current and former Authors and, in the case of patents and patent applications, such assignments have been recorded with the relevant authorities in the applicable jurisdiction or jurisdictions. The Company has provided to Parent copies of all forms of proprietary information, invention disclosure and Intellectual Property assignment documents currently and historically used by the Company, and in the case of patents and patent applications, the Company has provided to Parent copies of all such actual assignments.
(h)No Violation. To the Knowledge of the Company, no current or former employee, consultant, advisor or independent contractor of the Company: (i) is in violation of any term or covenant of any Contract relating to employment, invention disclosure, invention assignment, non-disclosure or non-competition or any other Contract with any other party by virtue of such employee’s, consultant’s, advisor’s or independent contractor’s being employed by, or performing services for, the Company or using trade secrets or proprietary information of the Company of others without permission or (ii) has developed any technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work for the Company that is subject to any agreement under which such employee, consultant, advisor or independent contractor has assigned or otherwise granted to any third party any rights (including Intellectual Property Rights) in or to such technology, software or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work. Neither the

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execution nor delivery of this Agreement will conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any Contract of the type described in clause (i) of the immediately foregoing sentence.
(i)Confidential Information. The Company has taken industry standard steps, for similarly situated companies, reasonably designed to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all confidential or non-public information of the Company (including Proprietary Information and Technology) or provided by any third party to the Company subject to confidentiality restrictions (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter, all current and former employees, consultants, advisors, and independent contractors of the Company and any third party having access to Confidential Information have executed and delivered to the Company a written legally binding agreement regarding the protection of such Confidential Information. The Company has implemented and maintains reasonable security, disaster recovery and business continuity plans consistent with industry practices of companies offering similar services, and acts in compliance therewith and has tested such plans on a periodic basis, and such plans have proven effective upon testing. To the Company’s Knowledge (after due inquiry and using industry standard data security and threat monitoring software and systems), the Company has not experienced any breach of security or other unauthorized access by third parties to the Confidential Information, including Personal Data in the Company’s possession, custody or control. The Company has not, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no third party has, breached any confidentiality obligations relating to any Confidential Information.
(j)Non-Infringement. To the Company’s Knowledge, there is no infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Company-Owned Intellectual Property by any third party. The Company has not brought any Action or sent any notices to any third party regarding the foregoing. The Company has no Liability for infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of any Third-Party Intellectual Property. The operation of the Company’s business, has not, does not and will not infringe (directly or indirectly, including via contribution or inducement), misappropriate or otherwise violate any Third-Party Intellectual Property, and does not constitute unfair competition or unfair trade practices under the Law of any jurisdiction in which Company conducts its business or in which Company Products are manufactured, distributed, licensed or sold and, there is no reasonable basis for any such claims. The Company has not been sued in any Action or received any written communications (including any third-party reports by users) alleging that the Company has infringed, misappropriated, or otherwise violated, or, by conducting its business, would infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate, any Intellectual Property of any other Person or entity. No Company Intellectual Property or Company Product is subject to any Action, Order, settlement agreement or right that restricts in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company, or that may affect the validity, use or enforceability of any Company Intellectual Property.
(k)Licenses; Agreements.
(i)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company has not granted any options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to any Company-Owned Intellectual Property outside of nonexclusive end user licenses entered into by customers of the Company Products in the ordinary course (copies of which have been provided to Parent).
(ii)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company is not obligated to pay any royalties or other payments to third parties with respect to the marketing, sale, distribution, manufacture, license or use of any Company Products or Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any other property or rights.

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(l)Other Intellectual Property Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9(l), with respect to (1) the Company Intellectual Property Agreements in effect as of the Agreement Date; (2) the Company Intellectual Property Agreements, if any, entered into by the Company after the Agreement Date in accordance with Section 5.2(h), as of the date such Company Intellectual Property Agreement; and (3) any Company Intellectual Property Agreements not in effect as of the Agreement Date but solely with respect to, and to the extent that, any rights, licenses and/or obligations are still in effect as of the Agreement Date:
(i)Each such agreement is valid and subsisting and has, where required, been duly recorded or registered;
(ii)The Company is not (and will not be as a direct result of the execution and delivery or effectiveness of this agreement or the performance of the Company’s obligations under this Agreement) in material breach of any Company Intellectual Property Agreement, and the consummation of the Transactions will not result in the modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration of any payments, rights, obligations or remedies with respect to any Company Intellectual Property Agreements, or give any non-Company party to any Company Intellectual Property Agreement the right to do any of the foregoing;
(iii)To the Knowledge of the Company, no counterparty to any Company Intellectual Property Agreement is in material breach thereof;
(iv)At and immediately after the Closing, the Surviving Corporation (as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent) will be permitted to exercise all of the Company’s rights under the Company Intellectual Property Agreements and Data Provider Agreements to the same extent the Company would have been able to had the Transactions not occurred and without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments that the Company would otherwise be required to pay;
(v)To the Company’s Knowledge, there are no disputes or Actions (pending or threatened) regarding the scope of any Company Intellectual Property Agreements, or performance under any Company Intellectual Property Agreements including with respect to any payments to be made or received by the Company thereunder;
(vi)No Company Intellectual Property Agreement requires the Company to include any Third-Party Intellectual Property in any Company Product or obtain any Person’s approval of any Company Product at any stage of development, licensing, distribution or sale of that Company Product;
(vii)None of the Company Intellectual Property Agreements grants any third party exclusive rights to or under any Company-Owned Intellectual Property;
(viii)None of the Company Intellectual Property Agreements grants any third party the right to sublicense any Company-Owned Intellectual Property;
(ix)The Company has obtained valid, written, perpetual, non-terminable (other than for cause) licenses (sufficient for the conduct of its business) to all Third-Party Intellectual Property that is incorporated into, integrated or bundled by the Company with any of the Company Products; and
(x)No third party that has licensed Intellectual Property Rights to the Company has ownership or license rights to improvements or derivative works made by the Company in the Third-Party Intellectual Property that has been licensed to the Company.

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(m)Non-Contravention. None of the Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which any of its assets is bound, will, following the execution and performance of this Agreement, the consummation of the Transactions and the assignment to Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation by operation of Law or otherwise, result in: (i) Parent or any of its Affiliates granting to any third party any right to or with respect to any Intellectual Property Right owned by, or licensed to, Parent or any of its Affiliates, (ii) Parent or any of its Affiliates, being bound by or subject to, any exclusivity obligations, non-compete or other restriction on the operation or scope of their respective businesses, or (iii) Parent or the Surviving Corporation being obligated to pay any royalties or other material amounts to any third party in excess of those payable by any of them, respectively, in the absence of this Agreement or the Transactions.
(n)Company Source Code. The Company has not disclosed, delivered or licensed to any Person or agreed or obligated itself to disclose, deliver or license to any Person, or permitted the disclosure or delivery to any escrow agent or other Person of, any Company Source Code, other than disclosures to employees, contractors and consultants (i) involved in the development of Company Products, and (ii) subject to a written confidentiality agreement. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure, delivery or license by the Company of any Company Source Code, other than disclosures to employees and consultants involved in the development of Company Products. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the execution nor performance of this Agreement nor the consummation of any of the Transactions will result in a release from escrow or other delivery to a third party of any Company Source Code.
(o)Open Source Software.
(i)Schedule 3.9(o)(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies all Open Source Materials used in or by any Company Products, describes the manner in which such Open Source Materials were used (such description shall include whether (and, if so, how) the Open Source Materials were modified and/or distributed by the Company) and identifies the licenses under which such Open Source Materials were used. The Company is in compliance with the terms and conditions of all licenses for the Open Source Materials.
(ii)The Company has not (A) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, the Company-Owned Intellectual Property or Company Products, (B) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any Company-Owned Intellectual Property or Company Products, or (C) used Open Source Materials, in such a way, with respect to clauses (A), (B), or (C), that creates, or purports to create, obligations for the Company with respect to any Company-Owned Intellectual Property or grant, or purport to grant, to any third party any rights or immunities under any Company-Owned Intellectual Property (including using Open Source Materials in a manner that, grants, or purports to grant to any third party (other than with respect to Open Source Materials in an unmodified form) (i) the right to access the Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any Company Products source code form; (ii) license the Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any Company Products to any third party for the purpose of modification or redistribution, or which otherwise grants any third party the right to create derivative works of the Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any Company Products; or (iii) the right to receive the Company-Owned Intellectual Property or any Company Products free of charge.
(p)Information Technology.
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the Transactions, and the ICT Infrastructure will continue to be available for use by the Company immediately following the consummation of the Transactions and thereafter on substantially the same terms and conditions as prevailed immediately before the Closing, without further action or payment by Parent. The Company owns, or is authorized to use pursuant to a valid and enforceable written license or lease, the ICT Infrastructure. The ICT Infrastructure that is currently used in the Company’s business constitutes all the information and communications technology infrastructure and systems reasonably necessary for the immediate and reasonably anticipated needs of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time, including having sufficient capacity and maintenance and support requirements to reasonably satisfy the requirements of the business with regard to information, data processing and communications technology infrastructure and systems. The ICT Infrastructure is: (A) in good working order and functions materially in accordance with all applicable documentation and specifications, (B) maintained and supported in accordance with industry standard practice for similarly situated companies and all applicable documentation and specifications and is covered by maintenance and warranty provisions to remedy, or provide compensation for, any material defect, and (C) protected by adequate security and disaster recovery arrangements, including taking and storing back-up copies, off-site of the software and any data in the ICT Infrastructure and following procedures for preventing the introduction of viruses to, and unauthorized access of, the ICT Infrastructure.
(ii)No Faults. Since January 1, 2013, the Company has not experienced, and to the Knowledge of the Company no circumstances exist that are likely or expected to give rise to, any material disruption in or to the operation of the Company’s business as a result of: (A) any substandard performance or defect in any part of the ICT Infrastructure whether caused by any viruses, bugs, worms, software bombs or otherwise, lack of capacity or otherwise or (B) to the Company’s Knowledge (after due inquiry and using industry standard data security and threat monitoring software and systems), a breach of security in relation to any part of the ICT Infrastructure.
(iii)ICT Agreements. All Contracts relating to the ICT Infrastructure are valid and binding and no Contract (including any Contract for Third-Party Intellectual Property) that relates to the ICT Infrastructure has been the subject of any material breach by the Company or any other Person, and the Company (A) has not waived any material breach thereof by any other Person, (B) has not received any written, or the Knowledge of the Company, any other, notice of termination of any such Contract and (C) is not aware of any circumstances that would give rise to a material breach, suspension, variation, revocation or termination of any such Contract without the consent of the Company (other than termination on notice in accordance with the terms of such Contract).
(q)Privacy and Personal Data.
(i)The Company’s data, privacy and security practices conform and adhere, and at all times have conformed and adhered, to all of the Company Privacy Policies, Company Privacy Commitments, and Privacy Laws. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9(q), the Company is not and has not been a “covered entity” or “business associate” as such terms are defined under HIPAA, and the Company has not and does not Process any “protected health information” as such term is defined by HIPAA.
(ii)The Company has the full right and authority to (A) use, sell, store, share, transfer or otherwise Process all Company Data, and (B) use, store, share, transfer or otherwise Process all Customer Data, in connection with any Company Products in the manner currently conducted by the Company, or in connection with fulfilling the Company’s obligations to its third-party suppliers, vendors, customers and clients. The Company has established and maintains appropriate controls and measures to evaluate, monitor and ensure compliance with Company Privacy Policies and Company Privacy Commitments. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement nor the taking over by

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Parent of all of the Company Data (excluding Customer Data) provided in connection with the provision of the Company Products and other information relating to the Company’s customers will cause, constitute or result in a breach or violation of any Privacy Laws, Company Privacy Policies or Company Privacy Commitments. Copies of all current and prior Company Privacy Policies and Company Privacy Commitments have been made available to Parent and such copies are true, correct and complete.
(iii)The Company has not and does not Process Customer Data for the Company’s own purposes, whether in identifiable or de-identified or aggregated format. The Company Processes Customer Data only on behalf of Company’s customers and clients, and only based on written instructions of such customers or clients. The Company does not retain Customer Data longer than necessary to provide services to the customer or client to which the data pertains, or to comply with the Company Privacy Policies, Company Privacy Commitments or Privacy Laws.
(iv)The Company has established and maintains appropriate technical, physical and organizational measures, and security systems and technologies in compliance with all data security requirements under Privacy Laws, Company Privacy Policies and Company Privacy Commitments that are designed to protect Company Data and Customer Data against accidental, unauthorized or unlawful Processing in a manner appropriate to the risks represented by the Processing of such data by the Company and, the Company contractually obligates its data processors to establish and maintain such measures, systems and technologies. The Company and its data processors have taken industry appropriate steps to train the employees and contractors of the Company and its data processors on all applicable aspects of Privacy Laws, Company Privacy Policies and Company Privacy Commitments and to require that all employees and contractors with the right to access such data are under written obligations of confidentiality with respect to such data.
(v)To the Company’s Knowledge (after due inquiry and using industry standard data security and threat monitoring software and systems), no data security breach, information security incident or violation of any Privacy Laws, Company Privacy Policies or Company Privacy Commitments in relation to Company Data has occurred or is threatened, and there has been no unauthorized or illegal Processing of any Company Data. Since January 1, 2013, no circumstance has arisen in which: (A) Privacy Laws would require the Company to notify a third party (including a Customer, Governmental Entity or data subject) of a data security breach or information security incident, or (B) applicable guidance or codes of practice promulgated under Privacy Laws would recommend the Company to notify a Governmental Entity of a data security breach.
(vi)The Company has not received or experienced and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no circumstance (including any circumstance arising as the result of an audit or inspection carried out by any Governmental Entity) that would reasonably be expected to give rise to, any Action, Order, notice, communication, warrant, regulatory opinion, audit result or allegation from a Governmental Entity or any other Person (including a data subject): (A) alleging or confirming non-compliance with a relevant requirement of Privacy Laws or Company Privacy Commitments, (B) requiring or requesting the Company to amend, rectify, cease Processing, de-combine, permanently anonymize, block or delete any Company Data or Customer Data, (C) permitting or mandating relevant Governmental Entities to investigate, requisition information from, or enter the premises of, the Company or (D) claiming compensation from the Company. The Company has not been involved in any Actions involving a breach or alleged breach of Privacy Laws or Company Privacy Commitments.
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to any trademarks, service marks, domain names or business or trading names used, created or owned by the Company. The contents of any Company Website and all transactions conducted over the Internet comply with applicable Law and codes of practice in any applicable jurisdiction.

3.10    Material Contracts.
(a)Except for this Agreement, the Contracts specifically identified in Schedule 3.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter (with each of such Contracts specifically identified under subsection(s) of such Schedule 3.10 that correspond to the Subsection or Subsections of this Section 3.10(a) applicable to such Contract), and the Contracts entered into after the Agreement Date to the extent permitted by Section 5.2(d) that would need to be listed on Schedule 3.10 if entered into as of the Agreement Date (the “New Material Contracts”), the Company is not a party to or bound by any of the following Contracts (each, whether or not listed in Schedule 3.10, and including each of the New Material Contracts, a “Material Contract”):
(i)(A) any management service, partnership or joint venture Contract, (B) any Contract that involves a sharing of revenues, profits, cash flows, expenses or losses with other Persons and (C) any Contract that involves the payment of royalties to any other Person;
(ii)any Contract with a (A) Customer or (B) Significant Supplier;
(iii)any continuing Contract for the purchase, sale or license of materials, equipment, services, software, Intellectual Property or other assets involving in the case of any such Contract requiring expenditures, by either party thereto, in excess of $150,000 over the life of the Contract;
(iv)any Contract that would terminate prior to the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing, but may be extended or renewed at the option of any Person other than the Company so as to expire more than one year after the Agreement Date;
(v)any distributor, original equipment manufacturer, reseller, value added reseller, sales, advertising, agency or manufacturer’s representative Contract;
(vi)any Contract (A) pursuant to which any other party is granted exclusive rights or “most favored party” rights of any type or scope with respect to any of the Company Products or Company Intellectual Property, (B) containing any non-competition covenants or other restrictions relating to the Company Products or Company Intellectual Property, (C) that is set forth on Schedule 3.11(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter or (D) that limits or would limit the freedom of the Company or any of its successors, assigns or Affiliates to (1) engage or participate, or compete with any other Person, in any line of business, market or geographic area with respect to the Company Products or the Company Intellectual Property or (2) sell, distribute or manufacture any products or services or to purchase or otherwise obtain any software, components, parts or services;
(vii)all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which the Company acquired or is authorized to use any Third-Party Intellectual Property, except for Contracts for Third-Party Intellectual Property that is generally, commercially available software or (A) is not material to the Company, (B) has not been modified or customized for the Company and (C) has a total replacement cost of less than $25,000;

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(viii)any license, sublicense or other Contract to which the Company is a party and pursuant to which any Person is authorized to use any Company-Owned Intellectual Property Rights;
(ix)any license, sublicense or other Contract pursuant to which the Company has agreed to any restriction on the right of the Company to use or enforce any Company-Owned Intellectual Property Rights or pursuant to which the Company agrees to encumber, transfer or sell rights in or with respect to any Company-Owned Intellectual Property Rights;
(x)any Contract providing for the development of any software, technology or Intellectual Property Rights, independently or jointly, either by or for the Company (other than employee invention assignment agreements and consulting agreements with Authors on the Company’s standard form of agreement, copies of which have been provided to Parent);
(xi)any Contract to license or authorize any third party to manufacture or reproduce any of the Company Products or Company Intellectual Property;
(xii)any confidentiality, secrecy or non-disclosure Contract other than any such Contract entered into by the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice in substantially the forms made available to Parent;
(xiii)any agreement of indemnification or warranty or any Contract containing any support, maintenance or service obligation or cost on the part of the Company with respect to the Company Products (other than under a Contract with any customer or distributor of the Company pursuant to which the Company’s obligations are less than $250,000 per annum);
(xiv)any settlement agreement with respect to any Action;
(xv)any standstill or similar agreement containing provisions prohibiting a third party from purchasing Equity Interests of the Company or assets of the Company or otherwise seeking to influence or exercise control over the Company;
(xvi)any Contract or plan (other than the Plan and any Contract entered into by the Company pursuant to the Plan) relating to the sale, issuance, grant, exercise, award, purchase, repurchase or redemption of any shares of Company Capital Stock or any other securities of the Company or any options, warrants, convertible notes or other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any such shares of stock, other securities or options, warrants or other rights therefor, except for the repurchase rights (if any) disclosed on Schedule 3.5(a) and Schedule 3.5(b)-1 of the Company Disclosure Letter;
(xvii)any Contract with any labor union or any collective bargaining agreement or similar Contract with its Employees;
(xviii)any separation agreement, settlement agreement with any current or former Employee, director, consultant, or contractor, under which the Company has any current actual or potential Liability, as well as any settlement agreement, consent decree, or other similar agreement with any Governmental Entity;
(xix)any employment Contract or offer letter with any current or former Employee, director, consultant, or contractor, or beneficial owner of more than 5% of the total shares of Company Capital Stock that is not immediately terminable at-will by the Company without notice, severance,

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or other cost or Liability, including any Contract providing for severance, accelerated vesting, or other payment or benefit, and whether or not on account of the Merger;
(xx)any trust indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other Contract for the borrowing of money, any currency exchange, commodities or other hedging arrangement or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP;
(xxi)any Contract of guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement of, or any similar commitment with respect to, the Liabilities or indebtedness of any other Person, including any Contract mortgaging, pledging or otherwise placing an Encumbrance (other than Permitted Encumbrances) on any material portion of the assets of the Company;
(xxii)any Contract for capital expenditures in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate;
(xxiii)any Contract pursuant to which the Company is a lessor or lessee of any real property or any machinery, equipment, motor vehicles, office furniture, fixtures or other personal property involving expenditures in excess of $150,000 per annum;
(xxiv) any Contract with any investment banker, broker, advisor or similar party retained by the Company, in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions;
(xxv)any Contract pursuant to which the Company has acquired a business or entity, or assets of a business or entity, whether by way of merger, consolidation, purchase of stock, purchase of assets, license or otherwise, or any Contract pursuant to which it has any material ownership interest in any other Person;
(xxvi) any Contract with any Governmental Entity, any Company Authorization, or any Contract with a government prime contractor, or higher-tier government subcontractor, including any indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, firm-fixed-price contract, schedule contract, blanket purchase agreement, or task or delivery order (each a “Government Contract”);
(xxvii)any Contract entered into by the Company with any customer or reseller of the Company that provide for obligations by the Parent or its successors that do not terminate within one year following the Closing (“Long Term Customer Contracts”);
(xxviii)any Contract entered into by the Company with any data provider (each, a “Data Provider Agreement”); and
(xxix) any other oral or written Contract or obligation not listed in clauses (i) through (xxviii) that individually had or has a value or payment obligation in excess of $50,000 over the life of the Contract or is otherwise material to the Company or its business, operation, financial condition, properties or assets.
(b)Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 3.10(b), all Material Contracts are in written form. The Company has performed all of the material obligations required to be performed by it and is entitled to all benefits under, and is not alleged to be in default in respect of, any Material Contract. Each of (i) the Material Contracts, except the New Material Contracts, is in full force and effect, and (ii) the New Material Contracts, is in full force and effect as of the date of such Contract through and including the Effective Time, in each case, subject only to the effect, if any, of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferential transfers or the relief of debtors and other similar Law affecting the rights of creditors

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generally and rules of Law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. There exists no material default or event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act, with respect to the Company or to the Knowledge of the Company, with respect to any other contracting party, that, with the giving of written notice, the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or condition, would reasonably be expected to (i) become a default or event of default under any Material Contract or (ii) give any third party (A) the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under any Material Contract, (B) the right to a rebate, chargeback, refund, credit (other than services credits in amounts less than $50,000), penalty or change in delivery schedule under any Material Contract, (C) the right to accelerate the maturity or performance of any obligation of the Company under any Material Contract, or (D) the right to cancel, terminate or modify any Material Contract. The Company has not received any written notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible violation or breach of, default under, or intention to cancel or modify any Material Contract. The Company has no Liability for renegotiation of Government Contracts. Except for the New Material Contracts, the Company has heretofore made available, and with respect to the New Material Contracts, the Company will make available (at the time required by Section 5.2(d), or if no time is required under Section 5.2(d), within one Business Day of entry into such New Material Contracts) to Parent in the Data Room correct and complete copies of each Material Contract together with any and all material amendments and supplements thereto and “side letters” and similar documentation relating thereto.
3.11    Employee Benefit Plans and Employee Matters.
(a)Schedule 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each Company Employee Plan.
(b)The Company has delivered or made available to Parent: (i) an accurate and complete copy of all material documents setting forth the terms of such Company Employee Plan, including all amendments thereto and all related trust documents; (ii) a complete and accurate copy of the annual report (Form Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code, with respect to such Company Employee Plan for the three most recent plan years; (iii) if such Company Employee Plan is subject to the minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of such Company Employee Plan’s assets; (iv) the most recent summary plan description together with the summaries of material modifications thereto, if any, with respect to such Company Employee Plan; (v) if such Company Employee Plan is funded through a trust or any third party funding vehicle, an accurate and complete copy of the trust or other funding agreement (including all amendments thereto) and accurate and complete copies of the most recent financial statements thereof; (vi) accurate and complete copies of all Contracts relating to such Company Employee Plan, including service provider agreements, insurance contracts, minimum premium contracts, stop-loss agreements, investment management agreements, subscription and participation agreements and recordkeeping agreements; (vii) all written materials provided to Employees or participants relating to such Company Employee Plan and any proposed Company Employee Plan, in each case, to the extent that such materials relate to any amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events that would result in any liability to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company; (viii) all material correspondence, if any, to or from any Governmental Entity relating to such Company Employee Plan; (ix) forms of all forms and related notices required under COBRA with respect to such Company Employee Plan; (x) all insurance policies, if any, in the possession of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the fiduciaries for such Company Employee Plan; (xi) if such Company Employee Plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code, all discrimination tests, if any, required under the Code for such Company Employee Plan for the three most recent plan years; and (xii) if such Company Employee Plan is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)

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of the Code, the most recent IRS determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) received with respect to such Company Employee Plan.
(c)The Company does not sponsor or maintain any self-funded employee benefit plan, including any plan to which a stop-loss policy applies. Any Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and has either obtained from the IRS a favorable determination letter as to its qualified status under the Code, including all amendments, or has applied (or has time remaining in which to apply) to the IRS for such a determination letter prior to the expiration of the requisite period under applicable Treasury Regulations or has been established under a standardized prototype plan for which an IRS opinion letter has been obtained by the plan sponsor and is valid as to the adopting employer, and there is not any event, condition or circumstance that could result in disqualification under the Code.
(d)None of the Company Employee Plans promises or provides medical or other retiree welfare benefits to any Person for any reason following their termination of employment or service other than as required under COBRA or similar state Law and the Company has complied with the requirements of COBRA and each similar state Law. There has been no “prohibited transaction” (within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code and not exempt under Section 408 of ERISA and regulatory guidance thereunder) with respect to any Company Employee Plan. Each Company Employee Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance with the requirements prescribed by any and all statutes, rules and regulations (including ERISA and the Code), and the Company and each ERISA Affiliate has, in all material respects, performed all material obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in material default under or in material violation of, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no material default or violation by any other party to, any of the Company Employee Plans has occurred. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate is subject to any Liability or penalty under Sections 4976 through 4980 of the Code or Title I of ERISA with respect to any Company Employee Plans. All contributions required to be made by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to any Company Employee Plan have been made on or before their due dates and a reasonable amount has been accrued for contributions to each Company Employee Plan for the current plan years (and no further contributions will be due or will have accrued thereunder as of the Closing Date, other than contributions accrued in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice after the Company Balance Sheet Date as a result of the operations of the Company after the Company Balance Sheet Date). In addition, with respect to each Company Employee Plan intended to include a Code Section 401(k) arrangement, the Company and each of the ERISA Affiliates have at all times made timely deposits of employee salary reduction contributions and participant loan repayments, as determined pursuant to regulations issued by the United States Department of Labor. Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without Liability to Parent and/or the Surviving Corporation and/or any of their Affiliates (other than ordinary and reasonable administrative expenses typically incurred in a termination event). With respect to each Company Employee Plan subject to ERISA as either an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA or an employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA, the Company and any applicable ERISA Affiliate have prepared in good faith and timely filed all requisite governmental reports (which were true, correct and complete as of the date filed), including any required audit reports, and have properly and timely filed and distributed or posted all notices and reports to employees required to be filed, distributed or posted with respect to each such Company Employee Plan. No suit, administrative proceeding, action, audit, investigation, litigation or claim is pending or has been brought, or to the Knowledge of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any such Company Employee Plan, including any audit or inquiry by any Governmental Entity, including, without limitation, the IRS or United States Department of Labor.

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(e)There has been no amendment to, written interpretation or announcement (whether or not written) by the Company or other ERISA Affiliate relating to, or change in participation or coverage under, any Company Employee Plan that would materially increase the expense of maintaining such Company Employee Plan above the level of expense incurred with respect to such Company Employee Plan for the most recent full fiscal year included in the Financial Statements.
(f)Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, had any Liability with respect to or had any obligation to contribute to any: (I) plan that is or was subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; (I) “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA; (I) “multiple employer plan” (within the meaning of Section 413(c) of the Code); or (I) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA.
(g)No Company Employee Plan is subject to Law, applicable custom or rule of any relevant jurisdiction outside of the United States.
(h)The Company is currently and has been since January 1, 2013 in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Law respecting employment, including, but not limited to: discrimination in employment, terms and conditions of employment, the WARN Act (or similar state Law), leaves of absence, disability accommodation, immigration, worker classification (including the proper classification of workers as independent contractors and consultants, and employees as exempt or non-exempt), wages, hours, occupational safety and health, and employment practices. The Company is not and has not, since January 1, 2013, engaged in any unfair labor practice. The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, works council arrangement, or other labor union Contract. The Company has paid in full to all current and former Employees, independent contractors, and consultants all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits, and other compensation that are due and owing to such Persons. The Company is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for current or former Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no pending claims against the Company under any workers compensation plan or policy or for long term disability. There are no controversies pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, between the Company and any of its current or former Employees, independent contractors or consultants, which controversies have or would reasonably be expected to result in any Action before any Governmental Entity or material Liability.
(i)The Company has provided to Parent true, correct and complete copies of each of the following: (i) all forms of offer letters, (ii) all forms of employment, severance, retention, or change of control agreements, (iii) all forms of independent contractor agreements for individual independent contractors or consultants, (iv) all forms of confidentiality, non-competition or inventions agreements used with Company Employees, independent contractors, or consultants, (v) the most current management organization chart(s), (vi) all forms of bonus plans and any form award agreement thereunder, and a schedule of bonus commitments made to Employees of the Company, (vii) any commission plan or other incentive compensative agreement, and a schedule of the actual or estimated commission payments owed but unpaid to each eligible Employee and (viii) any such document in clauses (i)-(vii) that deviate materially from the form document.
(j)The Company has provided Parent a list, true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date, identifying all officers and Employees of the Company, and showing each such individual’s name, employing entity, position, annual remuneration, status as exempt/non-exempt, commission, bonus, or other

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incentive compensation opportunities for the current fiscal year and the most recently completed fiscal year (including for employees in jurisdictions outside of the United States holiday and sick pay entitlements), city/country of employment, date of hire, notice period for termination, as applicable, and any leave of absence status. The Company has provided Parent a list, true, correct and complete as of the Closing Date, identifying all of its independent contractors or consultants and advisory board members, and, for each, (i) such individual’s compensation, (ii) such individual’s initial date of engagement, (iii) whether such engagement has been terminated by written notice by either party thereto and (iv) the notice or termination provisions applicable to the services provided by such individual.
(k)No current or former Employee, independent contractor, or consultant of the Company is in violation of any term of any employment agreement, non-competition agreement or any restrictive covenant to a former employer or other entity relating to the right of any such Person to be employed by or perform services to the Company.
(l)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the employment of each of the Employees of the Company is “at will” and the Company has no obligation to provide any particular form or period of notice prior to terminating the employment of any of its Employees. As of the Agreement Date, the Company has no, and to the Knowledge of Company, no other Person has, (i) entered into any Contract that obligates or purports to obligate Parent to make an offer of employment to any present or former Employee or consultant of the Company and/or (ii) promised or otherwise provided any assurances (contingent or otherwise) to any present or former Employee or consultant of the Company of any terms or conditions of employment with Parent following the Effective Time.
(m)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(k) of the Company Disclosure Letter, no Employee of the Company has given notice to the Company to terminate his or her employment with the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no Employee of the Company intends (nor will be entitled as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions) to terminate his or her employment with the Company.
(n)Except as set forth on Schedule 3.11(l), neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Transactions will, individually or in combination with the occurrence of some other event (whether contingent or otherwise), (i) result in any payment or benefit (including severance, change of control payment, golden parachute, bonus, or otherwise) becoming due or payable, or required to be provided, to any current or former Employee, director, independent contractor or consultant, (ii) increase the amount or value of any benefit or compensation otherwise payable or required to be provided to any current or former Employee, director, independent contractor or consultant, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, vesting or funding of any such benefit or compensation, (iv) increase the amount of compensation due to any Person or (v) result in the forgiveness in whole or in part of any outstanding loans made by the Company to any Person.
(o)Each Company Employee Plan that is a group health plan are in material compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and subsequent agency guidance (collectively, the “2010 Health Care Law”). To the Knowledge of the Company, the design and operation of each Company Employee Plan that is a group health plan has not resulted in the incurrence of any penalty or excise tax under Code Section 4980H to the Company pursuant to the 2010 Health Care Law. To the Knowledge of the Company, there is nothing that would create a reporting obligation or excise tax under 4980D of the Code.


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3.12    Foreign Corrupt Practices. Neither the Company, nor any director, officer, Affiliate or Employee of the Company (in their capacities as such or relating to their employment, services or relationship with the Company), has (i) taken any action directly or indirectly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization or approval of any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless of what form, whether in money, property, or services (A) to obtain favorable treatment for business or Contracts secured, (B) to pay for favorable treatment for business or Contracts secured, (C) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already obtained; (D) to improperly influence or induce any act or decision, (E) to secure any improper advantage, or (F) in violation of applicable Law (including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) or (ii) established or maintained any fund or asset that has not been recorded in the books and records of the Company. The Company has established adequate internal controls and procedures to promote and achieve compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and with the representation and warranty contained in the first sentence of this Section 3.12 and has made available to Parent all such documentation.
3.13    Litigation. There is no Action to which the Company is a party pending before any Governmental Entity, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its respective assets or any of its respective current or former directors, officers or Employees (in their capacities as such). To the Knowledge of the Company, there is not any reasonable basis for any such Action. There is no Order against the Company, any of its assets or any of its directors, officers or Employees (in their capacities as such).
3.14    Insurance. Schedule 3.14 of the Company Disclosure Letter all insurance policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business, equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and directors (in such capacities as employees, officers and directors) of the Company, including the type of coverage, the carrier, the policy limits of coverage, the term and the annual premiums of such policies. There are and have been no claims in the last five years for which an insurance carrier has denied or threatened to deny coverage. All premiums due and payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid (or if installment payments are due, will be paid if incurred prior to the Closing Date), and the Company is otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such policies and bonds.
3.15    Environmental, Health and Safety Matters. The Company is in compliance with all Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements in connection with the ownership, use, maintenance or operation of its business or assets or properties. There are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, any threatened allegations by any Person that the properties or assets of the Company are not, or that its business has not been conducted, in compliance with all Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements. The Company has not retained or assumed any Liability of any other Person under any Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements. There are no past or present facts, circumstances of conditions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any Liability of the Company with respect to Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements.
3.16    Customers and Suppliers.
(a)The Company has no outstanding material disputes concerning its products and/or services with any customer or distributor who is or was a customer or distributor of or to the Company in the year ended December 31, 2017 or the four months ended April 30, 2018 (each, a “Customer”), and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no material dissatisfaction on the part of any Customer. Each Customer is listed on Schedule 3.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. No Customer has communicated in writing that it does not intend to continue as a customer of the Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) after the Closing or that it intends to terminate or materially modify existing Contracts with the

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Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent), nor does the Company have any Knowledge of any Customer’s intent to discontinue its relationship, reduce or materially modify existing Contracts.
(b)The Company has no outstanding material disputes concerning products and/or services provided by any supplier or partner who either, (i) in the year ended December 31, 2017 or the four months ended April 30, 2018, was one of the 10 largest suppliers of products and/or services to or partner of the Company, based on amounts paid or payable with respect to such periods; (ii) is a data provider, and/or (iii) provided products, services or support with respect to the development, hosting or maintenance of the Company’s technology or web properties (each, a “Significant Supplier”), there is no material dissatisfaction on the part of the Company with respect to any Significant Supplier and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no material dissatisfaction on the part of any Significant Supplier with respect to the Company. Each Significant Supplier is listed on Schedule 3.16(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter. The Company has not received any information from any Significant Supplier that such supplier shall not continue as a supplier to the Company (or the Surviving Corporation or Parent) 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). The Company has access, on commercially reasonable terms, to all products and services reasonably necessary to carry on its business and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no reason why the Company will not continue to have such access on commercially reasonable terms.
3.17    Interested Party Transactions. None of the officers and directors of the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company, none of the other employees of the Company, nor any Company Stockholders, nor any immediate family members of any of the foregoing, (i) has any direct or indirect ownership, participation, royalty or other interest in, or is an officer, director, employee of or consultant or contractor for any firm, partnership, entity or corporation that competes with, or does business with, or has any contractual arrangement with, the Company (except with respect to any interest in less than 5% of the stock of any corporation whose stock is publicly traded), (ii) other than this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and the Related Agreements, is a party to, or to the Knowledge of the Company, otherwise directly or indirectly interested in, any Contract to which the Company is a party or by which the Company or its assets is bound, except for normal compensation for services as an officer, director or employee thereof or Contracts for the issuance of equity interests of the Company entered into in the ordinary course of business and pursuant to a Company Employee Plan disclosed the Company Disclosure Letter or (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, has any interest in any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible (including any Intellectual Property) that is used in, or that relates to, the Company’s business, except for the rights of Company Stockholders under Law.
3.18    Books and Records. The Company has provided to Parent true, correct and complete copies of (a) all documents identified on the Company Disclosure Letter, and (b) the Charter Documents, each as currently in effect. The minute books of the Company provided to Parent contain a true, correct and complete summary, in all material respects, of all meetings of directors and of the Company Stockholders or actions by written consent since January 1, 2013 of the Company through the Agreement Date (other than any matters that would breach confidentiality obligations of the Company and/or matters subject to attorney-client privilege), and reflect all transactions referred to in such minutes accurately in all material respects. The books, records and accounts of the Company (i) have been maintained in accordance with reasonable business practices on a basis consistent with prior years, (ii) are stated in reasonable detail and accurately and fairly reflect all of the transactions and dispositions of the assets and properties of the Company and (iii) accurately and fairly reflect the basis for the Financial Statements.

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3.19    Transaction Fees. No broker, finder, financial advisor, investment banker or similar Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions on behalf of the Company.
3.20    Export Control Laws. The Company has conducted its export transactions in accordance in all respects with applicable provisions of United States export and re-export controls, including the Export Administration Act and Regulations, the Foreign Assets Control Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and other controls administered by the United States Department of Commerce and/or the United States Department of State and all other applicable import/export controls in other countries in which the Company conducts business. Without limiting the foregoing: (a) the Company has obtained all export and import licenses, license exceptions and other consents, notices, waivers, approvals, orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings with any Governmental Entity required for (i) the export, import and re-export of the Company Products and (ii) releases of the Company Products (collectively, “Export Approvals”), (b) the Company is in compliance with the terms of all applicable Export Approvals, (c) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims against the Company with respect to such Export Approvals, and (d) no Export Approvals for the transfer of export licenses to Parent or the Surviving Corporation are required, except for such Export Approvals that can be obtained expeditiously and without material cost.
3.21    Stockholder Notice. None of the Stockholder Notice and any amendment or supplement thereto (other than any of the information supplied or to be supplied by Parent for inclusion therein) will contain, as of the date or the mailing of such document, any untrue statement of a material fact, or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB
Each of Parent and Merger Sub hereby represents and warrants to the Company, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:  
4.1    Organization and Standing. Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware.
4.2    Authority and Enforceability.
(a)Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub, respectively, in accordance with its terms, subject only to the effect, if any, of (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, preferential transfers or the relief of debtors and other similar Law affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) rules of Law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
(b)The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the consummation of the Transactions will not, conflict with, or result in any violation of, or default

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under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of a benefit under, or require any consent, approval or waiver from any Person pursuant to, (i) any provision of the articles or certificate of incorporation, as applicable, or bylaws or other equivalent organizational or governing documents of Parent and Merger Sub, in each case as amended to date or (ii) applicable Law, except where such conflict, violation, default, termination, cancellation or acceleration, individually or in the aggregate, would not be material to Parent’s or Merger Sub’s ability to consummate the Merger or to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement.
(c)Except as may be required by the Exchange Act (including the filing of this Agreement), Delaware Law, and any filing, notification or approval required by antitrust laws, and the rules and regulations of NASDAQ, neither Parent nor Merger Sub is required to give notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any Consent from any Governmental Entity at any time prior to the Closing in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub or the consummation by Parent or Merger Sub of the Merger or the other Transactions, except those filings, notifications, approvals, notices or Consents the failure to make, obtain or receive would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on Parent or Merger Sub.
4.3    Legal Proceedings. There is no Action pending against Parent or Merger Sub and, to the knowledge of Parent, no such Action has been threatened against Parent or Merger Sub, and Parent and Merger Sub are not subject to any Order that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect, or that challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Transactions.
4.4    Financial Capability. Parent and Merger Sub will have available sufficient cash or other sources of immediately available funds to pay all amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement if, as and when due, and Parent and Merger Sub’s obligations hereunder are not subject to any conditions regarding Parent and Merger Sub’s ability to obtain financing.
4.5    No Other Representations or Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Letter, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement), each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any other Person, made or shall be deemed to have made (and Parent and Merger Sub have not relied on and shall not rely on) any representation or warranty to Parent or Merger Sub or their respective Representatives, express or implied, at Law or in equity, on behalf of the Company. Any claims Parent or Merger Sub may have for breach of representation or warranty shall be based solely on the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Letter, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement) and the certificates and other documents contemplated hereby.
4.6    Operation of Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions and prior to the Effective Time, will have engaged in no other business activities and will have incurred no liabilities or obligations other than in connection with their execution and delivery of this Agreement and their performance of their obligations hereunder. All of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Merger Sub is, and at the Effective Time will be, owned by Parent or a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
4.7    Transaction Fees. No broker, finder, financial advisor, investment banker or similar Person is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the origin, negotiation or execution of this Agreement or in connection with the Transactions on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub for which the

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Company, any Company Equity Holder or their respective representatives would be liable following the Closing.
ARTICLE V
CONDUCT OF COMPANY BUSINESS
5.1    Conduct of Company Business. During the period from the Agreement Date and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company shall, subject to applicable Law:
(a)conduct the business solely in the ordinary course consistent with past practice (except to the extent expressly provided otherwise herein or as consented to in writing by Parent) and in compliance with applicable Law;
(b)pay and perform all of its undisputed debts and other obligations (including Taxes) when due, (ii) use reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and policies to collect accounts receivable when due and not extend credit outside of the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) sell the Company’s products and services consistent with past practice as to discounting, license, service and maintenance terms, incentive programs and revenue recognition and other terms and (iv) use its reasonable efforts consistent with past practice and policies to preserve intact its present business organizations, keep available the services of its present officers and key employees and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others having business dealings with it;
(c)assure that each of its Contracts entered into after the Agreement Date will not require the procurement of any consent, waiver or novation or provide for any change in the obligations of any party thereto in connection with, or terminate as a result of the consummation of, the Transactions, and shall give reasonable advance notice to Parent prior to allowing any Material Contract or right thereunder to lapse or terminate by its terms;
(d)promptly notify Parent of any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Transactions; and
(e)promptly notify Parent of any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity (i) relating to the Transactions, (ii) indicating that a Company Authorization is or about to be revoked or (iii) indicating that a Company Authorization is required in any jurisdiction in which such Company Authorization has not been obtained, which revocation or failure to obtain has had or would reasonably be expected to be material to Parent (following the Effective Time) or the Company.
5.2    Restrictions on Conduct of the Business. Without limiting the generality or effect of the provisions of Section 5.1 and subject to applicable Law, except as expressly set forth on Schedule 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Letter, during the period from the Agreement Date and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company shall not cause or permit any of the following (except to the extent expressly provided otherwise herein or as consented to in advance in writing by Parent):
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(b)Merger, Reorganization. Merge or consolidate itself with any other Person or adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;
(c)Dividends; Changes in Capital Stock. Declare or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or other property) in respect of any of its Equity Interests, or split, combine or reclassify any of its Equity Interests or issue or authorize the issuance of any Equity Interests or other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for its Equity Interests, or repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any of its Equity Interests except for purchases from former employees, non-employee directors and consultants in accordance with agreements providing for the repurchase of shares in connection with any termination of service and issuances in connection with the exercise of Company Options that are outstanding as of the Agreement Date;
(d)Material Contracts. (i) Enter into, amend, renew, modify, violate, terminate, or waive any of the terms of any Material Contract (or any Contract that would, if entered into, amended, renewed or modified prior to the Agreement Date, constitute a Material Contract); except that the Company may enter into a new customer Contract in the ordinary course of business that would be a Material Contract (a “New Customer Contract”), only if: (A) prior to entry into such New Customer Contract, the Company consults with Parent in good faith about the New Customer Contract and provides a copy of such New Customer Contract to Parent, and (B) such New Customer Contract would not be a Contract described in the immediately following clause (ii)(x), (y), or (z), or (ii) enter into, amend, renew, modify or terminate any Contract other than a New Customer Contract or waive, release or assign any rights or claims thereunder, which if so entered into, modified, amended, terminated, waived, released or assigned would be reasonably likely to (x) adversely affect the Company (or, following consummation of the Merger, Parent or any of its Affiliates) in any material respect, (y) impair the ability of the Company or the Stockholders’ Representative to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement or (z) prevent or materially delay or impair the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions;
(e)Issuance of Equity Interests. Issue, deliver, grant or sell or authorize or propose the issuance, delivery, grant or sale of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any Company Voting Debt or any Equity Interests, or enter into or authorize or propose to enter into any Contracts of any character obligating it to issue any Equity Interests, other than: (i) the issuance of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of Company Options that are outstanding as of the Agreement Date and (ii) the repurchase of any shares of Company Capital Stock from former employees, non-employee directors and consultants in accordance with Contracts providing for the repurchase of shares in connection with any termination of service;
(f)Employees; Consultants; Independent Contractors; Company Board. (i) Hire, engage, or offer to hire or engage any officers or employees, consultants or independent contractors (provided that this provision shall not prohibit the Company from hiring, engaging, or offering to hire or engage in the Company’s ordinary course of business: (A) non-officer employees with at-will employment and annual compensation no greater than $125,000, or (B) consultants or independent contractors for an amount of $60,000 or less and which engagement shall not extend past 180 days), (ii) terminate without cause the employment of, or materially change the title, position, responsibilities, or terms and conditions of employment of, any employee of the Company, (iii) enter into, amend or extend the term of any employment or consulting agreement, bonus arrangement, severance agreement, retention bonus, or change of control agreement with, or Company Option held by, any officer, employee, consultant or independent contractor, (iv) enter into any Contract with a labor union or collective bargaining agreement (unless required by Law) or (v) add any new members to the Company Board;

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(g)Loans and Investments. Make any loans or advances (other than routine expense advances to employees of the Company consistent with past practice) to, or any investments in or capital contributions to, any Person;
(h)Intellectual Property. Except for non-exclusive licenses in connection with the provision of the Company’s products and services in the ordinary course of business, transfer or license from any Person any rights to any Intellectual Property, or transfer or license to any Person any rights to any Company Intellectual Property, or transfer or provide a copy of any Company Source Code to any Person (including any current or former employee or consultant of the Company or any contractor or commercial partner of the Company) (other than providing access to Company Source Code to current employees and consultants of the Company involved in the development of the Company Products on a need to know basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice);
(i)Patents. Take any action regarding a patent, patent application or other Intellectual Property right, other than filing continuations for existing patent applications or completing or renewing registrations of existing patents, domain names, trademarks or service marks in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(j)Dispositions. Sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of or encumber (other than Permitted Encumbrances) any of its properties or assets, other than sales and non-exclusive licenses of Company Products in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practice and dispositions of obsolete or immaterial properties or assets in the ordinary course of business, or enter into any Contract with respect to the foregoing;
(k)Leases. Enter into any operating lease or any leasing transaction of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with GAAP;
(l)Indebtedness. Incur any indebtedness for borrowed money that will not be terminated at Closing or guarantee any such indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of others;
(m)Payment of Obligations. (i) Pay, discharge or satisfy (A) any Liability to any Person who is an officer, director or stockholder of the Company, other than compensation due for services as an officer or director, or (B) any claim or Liability arising other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of Liabilities reflected or reserved against in the Financial Statements and Third Party Expenses, (ii) defer payment of any accounts payable other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (iii) give any discount, accommodation or other concession other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in order to accelerate or induce the collection of any receivable;
(n)Capital Expenditures. Make any capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate;
(o)Insurance. Materially change the amount of, or terminate, any insurance coverage;
(p)Termination or Waiver. Cancel, release or waive any material claims or material rights held by the Company;
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including any stock issuance or stock option plan, or amend any compensation, benefit, entitlement, grant or award provided or made under any such plan, except in each case as required under ERISA, applicable Law or as necessary to maintain the qualified status of such plan under the Code, (ii) materially amend any deferred compensation plan within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the regulations thereunder, (iii) pay any bonus or other remuneration to any employee or non-employee director or consultant other than quarterly sales bonus payable in accordance with historical practices of the Company or (iv) increase the salaries, wage rates or fees of its employees or consultants (other than, with respect to clauses (iii) and (iv), pursuant to preexisting plans, policies or Contracts that have been disclosed to Parent and are set forth on Schedule 5.2(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter);
(r)Severance Arrangements. Grant or pay, or enter into any Contract providing for the granting of, any severance, change of control benefits, retention or termination pay, or the acceleration of vesting or other benefits, to any Person that would not be satisfied at the Closing (other than payments or acceleration made pursuant to preexisting plans, policies or Contracts that have been disclosed to Parent and are set forth on Schedule 5.2(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter);
(s)Lawsuits; Settlements. (i) Commence a lawsuit other than (A) for the routine collection of bills, (B) in such cases where it in good faith determines that failure to commence suit would result in the material impairment of a valuable aspect of its business (provided that the it consults with Parent prior to the filing of such a suit) or (C) for a breach of this Agreement or (ii) settle or agree to settle any pending or threatened lawsuit or other dispute;
(t)Acquisitions. Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets that are material, individually or in the aggregate, to its business, or enter into any Contract with respect to a joint venture, strategic alliance or partnership;
(u)Taxes. Make or change any election in respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting method in respect of Taxes, file any amendment to any Tax Return, enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement or otherwise assume any Taxes of any other Person, whether by agreement or otherwise, (other than commercial contracts, the principal subject matter of which is not Taxes, entered into in the ordinary course of business and containing customary Tax indemnification provisions), settle any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement or similar agreement, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, surrender any right to a claim of refund of Taxes, enter into intercompany transactions giving rise to deferred gain or loss of any kind or take any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax if such similar action would have the effect of increasing the Tax Liability of Parent or its Affiliates for any period ending after the Closing Date or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company existing on the Closing Date;
(v)Accounting. Change accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation or amortization policies) or revalue any of its assets (including writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable otherwise than in the ordinary course of business), except in each case as required by changes in GAAP as concurred with its independent accountants and after notice to Parent;
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(x)Encumbrances. Place or allow the creation of any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) on any of its properties;
(y)Warranties, Discounts. Materially change the manner in which it provides warranties, discounts or credits to customers;
(z)Interested Party Transactions. Enter into any Contract that, if entered prior to the Agreement Date, would be required to be listed on Schedule 3.11(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter; and
(aa)Other. Take or agree in writing or otherwise to take, any of the actions described in clauses (a) through (z).
ARTICLE VI
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
6.1    Company Board Recommendation, Stockholder Approval and Stockholder Notice.
(a)Neither the Company Board nor any committee thereof shall withhold, withdraw, amend or modify, or propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, amend or modify in a manner adverse to Parent, the unanimous recommendation of the Company Board that the Company Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger.
(b)Within five (5) Business Days following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall prepare, with the cooperation of Parent, and mail to each Company Stockholder (other than the Company Stockholders who previously executed the Company Stockholder Consent), a notice (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Stockholder Notice”) comprising (i) the notice contemplated by Section 228(e) of Delaware Law of the taking of a corporate action without a meeting by less than a unanimous written consent, (ii) the notice contemplated by Section 262(d)(2) of Delaware Law, together with a copy of Section 262 of Delaware Law and (iii) an information statement to the Company Stockholders. The Stockholder Notice shall include (x) a statement to the effect that the Company Board had unanimously recommended that the Company Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger, and (y) such other information as Parent and the Company may agree is required or advisable under Delaware Law to be included therein. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to provide promptly to the other such information concerning its business, financial statements and affairs as, in the reasonable judgment of the parties and their respective counsel, may be required or advisable to be included under Delaware Law in the Stockholder Notice or in any amendment or supplement thereto, and Parent and the Company agree to cause their respective Representatives to cooperate in the preparation of the Stockholder Notice and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(c)Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall notify the Company Equity Holders (other than the Company Stockholders so notified pursuant to Section 6.1(b)) of the Transaction, to the extent required by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Charter Documents, any Laws, or any agreement or instruments governing the Company Securities (other than the Company Capital Stock).
6.2    No Solicitation.
(a)During the period from the Agreement Date and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company will not, nor will it authorize or permit any of its Representatives to, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, willingly encourage others to solicit, or willingly encourage, facilitate or accept any discussions, proposals or offers that constitute, or could reasonably be

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expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, participate in, maintain or continue any communications (except solely to provide written notice as to the existence of these provisions) or negotiations regarding, or deliver or make available to any Person any non-public information with respect to, or take any other action regarding, any inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer that constitutes, or could reasonably be expected to lead to, an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend (or publicly propose or announce any intention or desire to agree to, accept, approve, endorse or recommend) any Acquisition Proposal, (iv) enter into any letter of intent or any other Contract contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Proposal, or (v) submit any Acquisition Proposal to the vote of any stockholders of the Company. The Company will, and will cause its Representatives to, (A) immediately cease and cause to be terminated any and all existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any Persons conducted prior to or on the Agreement Date with respect to any Acquisition Proposal and (B) immediately revoke or withdraw access of any Person (other than Parent and its Representatives) to any data room (virtual or actual) containing any non-public information with respect to the Company in connection with an Acquisition Proposal and request from each Person (other than Parent and its Representatives) the prompt return or destruction of all non-public information with respect to the Company previously provided to such Person in connection with an Acquisition Proposal. If any of the Company’s Representatives, whether in his, her or its capacity as such or in any other capacity, takes any action that the Company is obligated pursuant to this Section 6.2 not to authorize or permit such Representative to take, then the Company shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have breached this Section 6.2.
(b)    The Company shall immediately (but in any event, within 24 hours) notify Parent in writing after receipt by the Company (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any of its Representatives), of (i) any Acquisition Proposal, or (ii) any request for non-public information relating to the Company or for access to any of the properties, books or records of the Company by any Person or Persons other than Parent and its Representatives. Such notice shall describe the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition Proposal. The Company shall keep Parent fully informed of the status and details of, and any modification to, any such inquiry, expression of interest, proposal or offer and any correspondence or communications related thereto.
6.3    Confidentiality; Public Disclosure.
(a)The parties hereto acknowledge that Parent and the Company have previously executed that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement dated February 15, 2018, by and between the Company and Parent (the “Confidentiality Agreement”), which shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Each party hereto agrees that this Agreement, and the fact of this Agreement’s existence, are Confidential Information subject to the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement. At no time before the Merger shall the Company, or before or after the Merger, shall the Company Equity Holders or Stockholders’ Representative, disclose any of the terms of this Agreement (including the economic terms) or any non-public information about a party hereto to any other Person without the prior written consent of Parent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, a party hereto shall be permitted to disclose any and all terms to its financial, tax and legal advisors (each of whom is subject to a similar obligation of confidentiality), and to any Governmental Entity or administrative agency to the extent necessary or advisable in compliance with applicable Law and the rules of the primary exchange on which such party is then listed. The Stockholders’ Representative hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement to the same extent as though the Stockholders’ Representative were a party thereto. With respect to the Stockholders’ Representative, as used in the Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall also include information relating to the Merger or this Agreement received by the Stockholders’ Representative after the Closing or relating to the period after the Closing.

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(b)The Company shall not, and the Company shall cause each of its Representatives not to, issue any press release or other public communications relating to the terms of this Agreement or the Transactions or use Parent’s name or refer to Parent directly or indirectly in connection with Parent’s relationship with the Company in any media interview, advertisement, news release, press release or professional or trade publication, or in any print media, whether or not in response to an inquiry, without the prior written approval of Parent, unless required by applicable Law (after such party’s outside legal counsel determines such disclosure is required) and except as reasonably necessary for the Company to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval and the other consents and approvals of the Company Stockholders and other third parties contemplated by this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Confidentiality Agreement, Parent may be permitted to make such public communications regarding this Agreement or the Transactions as Parent may determine is reasonable and appropriate.
6.4    Reasonable Best Efforts. Each of the parties hereto agrees to use its reasonable best efforts, and to cooperate with each other party hereto, to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary, appropriate or desirable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the Merger and the other Transactions, including the satisfaction of the respective conditions set forth in Section 2.2, and including to execute and deliver such other instruments and do and perform such other acts and things as may be necessary or reasonably desirable for effecting completely the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions (including the conditions to effect the R&W Policy). Parent and Merger Sub will not, and will cause their Affiliates to not, take any action (including agreeing to, entering into or consummating any merger, acquisition or transaction) that is intended to or has, or would reasonably be expected to have, the effect of preventing, impairing, materially delaying or otherwise adversely affecting the consummation of the Transactions.
6.5    Third-Party Consents; Notices.
(a)The Company shall, upon Parent’s request, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain prior to the Closing, and deliver to Parent at or prior to the Closing, all consents, waivers and approvals under each Contract listed or described on Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(A)) (and any Contract entered into after the Agreement Date that would have been required to be listed or described on Schedule 2.2(b)(ix)(A)) if entered into prior to the Agreement Date) (as applicable).
(b)The Company shall give all notices and other information required to be given to the employees of the Company, any collective bargaining unit representing any group of employees of the Company, and any applicable government authority under the WARN Act, the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, the Code, and other applicable Law in connection with the Transactions.
6.6    Actions. The Company shall (i) notify Parent in writing promptly after learning of any Action initiated by or against it, or known by the Company to be threatened against the Company, or any of its directors, officers or employees or current or former Company Stockholders in their capacity as such (a “New Litigation Claim”), (ii) notify Parent of ongoing material developments in any New Litigation Claim or any litigation claim pending against the Company as of the Agreement Date and (iii) consult in good faith with Parent regarding the conduct of the defense of any New Litigation Claim.
6.7    Access to Information.
(a)During the period from the Agreement Date and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, and subject to applicable Law, (i) the Company shall afford Parent and its Representatives reasonable access during business hours to (A) the Company’s properties, personnel, books, Contracts and records and (B) all other information concerning the business,

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properties and personnel of the Company as Parent may reasonably request and to the extent such information is in the possession of the Company or easily obtainable, and (ii) the Company shall provide to Parent and its Representatives true, correct and complete copies of the Company’s (A) internal financial statements, (B) Tax Returns, Tax elections and all other records and work papers relating to Taxes, (C) a schedule of any deferred intercompany gain or loss with respect to transactions to which the Company has been a party, and (D) receipts for any Taxes paid to foreign Tax Authorities in the Company’s possession. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, Parent and its Representatives (x) shall not contact any of the Company’s employees other than Key Employees, and (y) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to not contact Customers in the Customers’ role as customers of the Company, with the intent of discussing the Company’s business; provided that nothing in this clause (y) shall prohibit Parent or its Representatives from contacting Customers in the ordinary course of Parent’s business or responding to Customers that have contacted Parent or its Representatives.
(b)Subject to compliance with applicable Law, from the Agreement Date until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement and the Closing, the Company shall confer from time to time as requested by Parent with one or more Representatives of Parent to discuss any material changes or developments in the operational matters of the Company and the general status of the ongoing operations of the Company.
(c)No information obtained by Parent during the pendency of the Transactions in any investigation pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall affect or be deemed to modify any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement, obligation or condition set forth herein.
6.8    Closing Spreadsheet. The Company shall prepare and deliver to Parent a spreadsheet (the “Closing Spreadsheet”) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing and reasonably satisfactory to Parent acting in good faith, which Closing Spreadsheet shall be dated as of the Closing Date and shall set forth all of the following information (in addition to the other required data and information specified therein), as of immediately prior to the Closing:
(a)the names of all the Company Equity Holders and their respective addresses and, where available, email addresses;
(b)the number and class of shares of Company Capital Stock held by each of the Company stockholders, including the respective certificate numbers and stockholder name exactly as shown on such certificate, and the date of acquisition of all shares of Company Capital Stock held by such Stockholder;
(c)the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to, and the exercise price per share in effect for, each Company Option (and whether any employment or payroll Taxes are required to be deducted from the payment to such Person);
(d)the vesting status and schedule with respect to Company Options;
(e)the calculation of Total Merger Consideration, the Aggregate Exercise Price Amount, Per Share Common Consideration, Per Share Series A-1 Consideration, Per Shares Series B Consideration, Closing Working Capital, the Total Outstanding Shares, and the Total Outstanding Securities;
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(g)the Persons to whom Closing Third Party Expenses are owed and their respective payoff amounts and wire transfer instructions; and
(h)the amount of cash payable to each Company Equity Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in exchange for the Company Securities held by such Person, including, with respect to each Company Equity Holder, such holder’s aggregate (1) Per Share Common Consideration, Series A-1 Per Share Consideration, and Series B Per Share Consideration (each, as and if applicable), (2) Vested Company Option Cash Out Amount, (3) Aggregate Unvested Option Consideration and number shares of restricted Parent Common Stock subject to a Parent Restricted Stock Award, (4) Per Share Escrow Amount, and (5) Per Share Expense Amount; and
(i)with respect to each Company Indemnitor, that Company Indemnitor’s Escrow Pro Rata Portion and Indemnity Pro Rata Portion.
6.9    Expenses. Whether or not the Merger is consummated, except as otherwise set forth herein, each of the Company and Parent shall bear its own, and its respective legal, auditors’, financial advisors’ and other representatives’ fees and other expenses incurred with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions.
6.10    [Reserved.]
6.11    Corporate Matters. The Company shall retain at its Massachusetts office, and make available to Parent, the minute books containing the records of all proceedings, consents, actions and meetings of the board of directors, committees of the boards of directors and the stockholders of the Company and the stock ledgers, journals and other records reflecting all stock issuances and transfers.
6.12    Tax Matters.
(a)Cooperation. Each of Parent, the Stockholders’ Representative and the Company shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by any of the others, in connection with the filing of Tax Returns and any Action with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon request therefor) the provision of records and information reasonably relevant to any such Action and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Parent, the Company, and the Stockholders’ Representative agree to (i) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Company relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until expiration of the statute of limitations of the respective taxable periods plus ninety (90) days, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Tax Authority, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to give the other party reasonable written notice prior to destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the other party so requests, Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative, as the case may be, shall allow the other party to take possession of such books and records; provided, however, neither Parent nor any of its Affiliates (which will include the Surviving Corporation following the Closing) shall have any obligations or responsibilities with respect to such matters addressed in clause (i) of this sentence (other than with respect to agreements entered into with a Governmental Entity) beyond those set forth under Parent’s general policy on records retention. The Company shall cause each Company Equity Holder to further agree, upon request, to use their reasonable best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Entity or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that could be imposed (including with respect to the Transactions).
(b)Pre-Closing Tax Returns. At Parent’s expense, Parent shall prepare and timely file or cause to be prepared and timely filed (taking into account all extensions properly obtained) all Tax Returns

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of the Company first due after the Closing Date that include any Pre-Closing Tax Period and are indicated on Schedule 3.7(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter (such Tax Returns, the “Parent Prepared Returns”). Parent shall prepare Parent Prepared Returns for any taxable period that ends on or before the Closing Date in a manner consistent with the past practice of the Company, to the extent consistent with applicable Law and subject to Section 6.12(c) below. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to the due date for any Parent Prepared Return, taking into account extension (or if such due date is within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, as promptly as practicable following the Closing Date), Parent shall provide the Stockholders’ Representative with a draft copy of such Tax Return for review and comments. Parent shall, in good faith, consider any changes to any Parent Prepared Return suggested by the Stockholders’ Representative. The Company Equity Holders shall be responsible for reimbursing Parent or the Company for any Pre-Closing Taxes shown as due on such Tax Returns (to the extent such Tax Returns were filed in a manner consistent with Section 6.12(c) below) promptly upon request by Parent (to the extent such Pre-Closing Taxes are not reflected in the Closing Working Capital).
(c)Certain Post-Closing Actions. From and after the Closing, neither Parent, the Company, nor any of their respective Affiliates shall, without the express written consent of Stockholders’ Representative, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, (i) amend, refile or otherwise modify any Tax Return relating in whole or in part to any Pre-Closing Tax Period (or with respect to the portion of any Straddle Tax Period ending on or before the Closing Date) of the Company to the extent such amendment would give rise to liability for any Pre-Closing Tax or a breach of the Tax Representations (a “Tax Liability”) unless such amendment, refiling or modification is otherwise required by applicable Law; (ii) make, or cause to be made, any Tax election, or adopt or change any method of accounting with respect to the Pre-Closing Tax Period, that would give rise to a Tax Liability; (iii) enter into any voluntary disclosure agreement with respect to Taxes of the Company for any tax period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, or (iv) file Tax Returns for a Pre-Closing Tax Period for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a jurisdiction where the same has not previously filed Tax Returns unless such filing is required by applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary in this Section 6.12(c), Parent, Company or their respective Affiliates may take the actions set forth in clauses (ii) or (iii) herein without the consent of the Stockholders’ Representative; provided, that if Parent, Company or their respective Affiliates do take any such action without the consent of the Stockholders’ Representative, the Indemnified Parties shall not make or be entitled to indemnification for any claims arising from such actions and the Company Indemnitors shall have no liability for any Losses related thereto pursuant to Section 8 herein.
(d)Transfer Taxes. All Transfer Taxes will be paid 50% by Parent and 50% by the Company Equity Holders when due, and the Company Equity Holders will, at their own expense, file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes.
6.13    Parachute Payment Waivers. The Company shall obtain and deliver to Parent prior to the initiation of the requisite stockholder approval procedure under Section 6.14, a Parachute Payment Waiver from each Person who the Company reasonably believes could be, with respect to the Company and/or any ERISA Affiliate, a “disqualified individual” (within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder), as determined immediately prior to the initiation of the requisite stockholder approval procedure under Section 6.14 and who might otherwise have, receive or have the right or entitlement to receive a Section 280G Payment (as defined below) to the extent the value thereof exceeds 2.99 times such Person’s “base amount” determined in accordance with Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, provided, however, that Parent reasonably cooperates with the Company, as needed and reasonably requested by the Company, in the completion of the foregoing mathematical analysis, including by providing relevant compensation or other benefit information required by the Company the

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Company to complete such analysis. Prior to soliciting any such waiver, the Company shall provide a copy of the form waiver to Parent, for its review and reasonable approval.
6.14    280G Stockholder Approval. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall submit to the Company Stockholders for approval (in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Parent), by such number of holders of Company Stockholders as is required by the terms of Section 280G(b)(5)(B) of the Code, any payments and/or benefits that may separately or in the aggregate, constitute “parachute payments” pursuant to Section 280G of the Code (“Section 280G Payments”) (which determination shall be made by the Company and shall be subject to review and reasonable approval by Parent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld), such that such payments and benefits shall not be deemed to be Section 280G Payments, and prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent written notification and documentation reasonably satisfactory to Parent that (i) a vote of the holders of Company Capital Stock was solicited in conformance with Section 280G of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and the requisite stockholder approval was obtained with respect to any payments and/or benefits that were subject to the stockholder vote (the “280G Stockholder Approval”) or (ii) that the 280G Stockholder Approval was not obtained and as a consequence, that such payments and/or benefits shall not be made or provided to the extent they would cause any amounts to constitute Section 280G Payments, pursuant to the Parachute Payment Waivers that were executed by the affected individuals prior to the solicitation of the vote of the holders of Company Capital Stock pursuant to this Section 6.14.
6.15    Director and Officer Indemnification.
(a)Prior to the Closing, the Company shall purchase, at the Company Stockholders’ expense, an extended reporting period endorsement (the “Company D&O Tail Policy”) under the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability and errors and omission insurance coverage for the Company’s directors and officers on terms reasonably acceptable to Parent that shall provide such directors and officers with coverage for six (6) years following the Effective Time and that provides at least the same coverage in scope and amount as the existing coverage and have other terms not materially less favorable in the aggregate to the insured persons than the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage presently maintained by the Company. The cost of any Company D&O Tail Policy shall be considered a Third Party Expense for purposes of this Agreement. At or prior to the Closing, the Company shall provide a copy of the Company D&O Tail Policy to Parent, along with written confirmation from the insurance provider that the Company D&O Tail Policy will be bound at Closing.
(b)From and after the Effective Time, and until the sixth anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor in all respects the obligations of the Company to Persons who on or prior to the Effective Time are or were directors and/or officers of the Company (the “Company Indemnified Parties”) pursuant to any indemnification provisions under the Charter Documents and pursuant to any indemnification agreements between the Company and such Company Indemnified Parties that are listed on Schedule 6.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing obligations shall be subject to any limitation imposed by applicable Laws, and (ii) no Company Indemnified Party shall have any right of contribution, indemnification or right of advancement from Parent, Surviving Corporation, or their respective successors with respect to any Losses claimed by any of the Indemnified Parties against such Company Indemnified Party in his or her capacity as a Company Indemnitor pursuant to this Agreement.
(c)If the Surviving Corporation (or any of its successors or assigns) (a) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and is not the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or (b) transfers all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person

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(including by dissolution, liquidation, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar action), then, and in each such case, Parent will use commercially reasonable efforts, which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include any cost or expense, to cause proper provision to be made so that such other Person fully assumes the obligations set forth in this Section 6.15.
(d)The provisions of this Section 6.15 shall survive the Closing. This Section 6.15 shall be for the irrevocable benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the Company Indemnified Parties and his or her respective heirs, executors, administrators, estates, successors and assigns, and each such Person shall be an express intended third party beneficiary of this Agreement for such purposes.
6.16    Charter Amendment. Promptly following Parent’s public announcement of the execution of this Agreement, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day prior to the mailing of the Stockholder Notice, the Company shall file the Charter Amendment with the Delaware Secretary of State.
6.17    Employment Matters.
(a)Prior to the Closing, Parent shall provide an Offer Letter of at-will employment to each Employee listed on Schedule 6.17(b)-1 and on Schedule 6.17(b)-2 (with each such individual, other than a Key Employee, who accepts the Offer Letter, a “Continuing Employee”). During the period commencing at the Closing and ending on the date which is twelve (12) months from the Closing (or if earlier, the date of the employee’s termination of employment with the Company), Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Corporation to, provide each Continuing Employee with an annual base salary or hourly wage rate, as applicable, and annual base salary or hourly wage rate plus annual cash bonus opportunity, in the aggregate, no less favorable than that provided to such Continuing Employee by the Company immediately prior to the Closing.
(b)At or as soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing, Parent shall grant retention awards in the form of cash and/or equity-based awards as set forth herein (the “Retention Payments”). Schedule 6.17(b)-1 attached hereto sets forth each individual that is entitled to receive a Retention Payment if the conditions to the Retention Payment as set forth below are met, the amount of such Retention Payment and the allocation among cash and equity-based awards applicable thereto (such individuals being the “Retention Payment Recipients”). Each such Retention Payment Recipient will receive such award if such Retention Payment Recipient (i) has delivered to Parent an executed Key Employee Offer Letter or Offer Letter (as applicable), in each case, effective on the first Business Day after the Closing Date, (ii) shall not have terminated his or her employment with the Company or expressed an intention (whether formally or informally) in terminating his or her employment with the Surviving Corporation or Parent following the Closing and (iii) shall continue to provide services to Parent and its Affiliates following the Closing through the applicable grant or award date. Parent shall not change the identity of any Retention Payment Recipient, the allocation of cash and equity for such retention amount, or the amount allocated to such Retention Payment Recipient, all as set forth on Schedule 6.17(b)-1, without the prior written consent of Zackary King.
(c)Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall have approved a performance bonus plan, in substantially the form set forth as Exhibit I hereto (the “Performance Bonus Plan”), which plan shall be effective at and contingent upon the Effective Time. The initial Covered Participants (as defined in the Performance Bonus Plan) and the amounts allocated to each such Covered Participant are set forth on Schedule 6.17(b)-2.
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to Closing, provided that Parent shall consult with the Company’s Chief Executive Officer in good faith prior to determining such amounts, provided such Employee (i) has delivered to Parent an executed Offer Letter, in each case, effective on the first Business Day after the Closing Date, (ii) shall not have terminated his or her employment with the Company or expressed an intention (whether formally or informally) in terminating his or her employment with the Surviving Corporation or Parent following the Closing, (iii) shall have executed a Parent Restricted Stock Award Agreement, including a release in favor of Parent and its Affiliates, and otherwise complied with the terms and conditions of a Parent Restricted Stock Award under Section 1.3(c)(ii)(C), and (iv) continues to provide services to Parent and its Affiliates following the Closing through the applicable grant date.
(e)This Section 6.17 shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement, and nothing in this Section 6.17, express or implied, shall confer upon any other Person, including any current or former Employee, independent contractor, or consultant, any rights or remedies of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Section 6.17. Nothing contained herein, express or implied, shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any plan, program, arrangement, agreement, policy or commitment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the terms set forth in this Section 6.17 shall not create any right in any Employee, independent contractor, or consultant that receives any such retention award or in any other Person to continued employment with the Company, Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
7.1    Termination. Except as provided in Section 7.2, this Agreement may be terminated and the Merger abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only:
(a)by mutual agreement of the Company and Parent;
(b)by Parent or the Company if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by July 31, 2018 (the “End Date”); provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(b) shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes breach of this Agreement;
(c)by Parent if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and there has been a breach of or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of the Company contained in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(b)(i) and 2.2(b)(ii) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or inaccuracy and such breach or inaccuracy has not been cured within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof to the Company; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required (i) for a breach or inaccuracy which by its nature cannot be cured or (ii) if any of the conditions to Closing in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.2(b) for the benefit of Parent are incapable of being satisfied on or before the End Date; or
(d)by the Company if it is not in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement and there has been a breach of or inaccuracy in any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of Parent contained in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Sections 2.2(c)(i) and 2.2(c)(ii) would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or inaccuracy and such breach or inaccuracy has not been cured within ten (10) calendar days after written notice thereof to Parent; provided, however, that no cure period shall be required (i) for a breach or inaccuracy which by its nature cannot be cured or (ii) if any of the

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conditions to Closing in Sections 2.2(a) and 2.2(c) for the benefit of the Company are incapable of being satisfied on or before the End Date.
7.2    Effect of Termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company, or their respective officers, directors or stockholders, if applicable; provided, however, that each party hereto and each Person shall remain liable for any material breaches of this Agreement, Related Agreements or in any certificate or other instruments delivered pursuant to this Agreement prior to its termination; and provided further, however, that, the provisions of Sections 6.3 (Confidentiality; Public Disclosure), 6.9 (Expenses), Article X (General Provisions) and this Section 7.2 shall remain in full force and effect and survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms of this Article VII.
ARTICLE VIII
POST-CLOSING INDEMNIFICATION
8.1    Survival of Representations and Warranties.
(a)Company Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement or in the Officer’s Certificate shall survive until 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on the date that is twelve (12) months following the Closing Date; provided, however, that in the event of fraud with respect to a representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall survive until, and the Indemnified Parties may only make a claim for fraud pursuant to this Agreement until, the date that is six (6) years following the Closing Date and; provided, further, that (i) the Fundamental Representations shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect until the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable to the subject matter of such representations or warranties and not general breach of contracts claims, and (ii) the Tax Representations shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect until the date that is six (6) years following the Closing Date; provided, further, that all representations or warranties of the Company shall survive beyond the Expiration Date with respect to any inaccuracy therein or breach thereof and any claim for fraud shall survive if a claim is made hereunder prior to the Expiration Date, in which case such representation and warranty and such claim of fraud shall survive as to such claim until such claim has been fully and finally resolved. The date on which a representation or warranty or claim for fraud expires is referred to as the “Expiration Date.” For the avoidance of doubt, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the foregoing respective survival periods and termination dates supersede any applicable statutes of limitations that would otherwise apply to such representations and warranties under applicable Law. The expiration of any representation and warranty of the Company shall not affect any indemnification claim for breaches of representations or warranties of the Company with respect to the matters set forth in a corresponding written Indemnification Claim Notice if a written Indemnification Claim Notice with respect to such indemnification claim is delivered in accordance with Section 8.4 below prior to the Expiration Date of such representation and warranty.
(b)Parent and Merger Sub Representations and Warranties. Except for the representations and warranties made by Parent and Merger Sub in Section 4.5 herein, which shall continue in full force and effect until the date that is six (6) years following the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time.
8.2    Indemnification.
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the funds then available in the Escrow Fund, severally, and not jointly, in accordance with each Company Indemnitor’s Indemnity Pro Rata Portion), indemnify and hold harmless Parent and its directors, officers, employees, affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation), agents and other representatives (the “ Indemnified Parties”), from and against all Losses paid, incurred, suffered or sustained by the Indemnified Parties, or any of them (regardless of whether or not such Losses relate to any third party claims), resulting from or arising out of any of the following:
(i)any breach of or inaccuracy in, or failure to be true, as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Effective Time as if made as of the Effective Time (except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates), a representation or warranty of the Company (other than the Fundamental Representations or Tax Representations) contained in this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Joinder Agreements or any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(xv)(A), (C) or (D);
(ii)any breach of or inaccuracy in, or failure to be true, as of the date of this Agreement or as of the Effective Time as if made as of the Effective Time (except in the case of representations and warranties which by their terms speak only as of a specific date or dates, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such specified date or dates), any Fundamental Representation and Tax Representation;
(iii)any failure by the Company (and not Parent or its Affiliates) to perform or comply with any of its covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Joinder Agreement or any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.2(b)(xv)(A), (C) or (D);
(iv)regardless of the disclosure of any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, (A) any inaccuracy in any information, or breach of any representation or warranty, set forth in the Closing Spreadsheet or (B) any claim by or on behalf of any Person that such Person is entitled to receive, in respect of such Company Securities, any amounts in excess of the amounts indicated on the Closing Spreadsheet in connection with the Transaction;
(v)regardless of the disclosure of any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, any Closing Third Party Expenses or Closing Indebtedness, in each case, to the extent not included in the calculation of Total Merger Consideration;
(vi)any Post-Closing Deficit owed pursuant to Section 1.4(e);
(vii)any fraud on the part of the Company or any of its Representatives in connection with this Agreement, including the schedules hereto, the Company Disclosure Letter, and the certificates delivered in connection herewith but excluding any exhibits hereto;
(viii)any payment in respect of any Dissenting Shares in excess of the consideration that otherwise would have been payable in respect of such shares in accordance with this Agreement, and any other Losses paid, incurred, suffered or sustained in respect of any Dissenting Shares, including all attorneys’ and consultants’ fees, costs and expenses and including any such fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with investigating, defending against or settling any action or proceeding in respect of Dissenting Shares; and

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(ix)regardless of the disclosure of any matter set forth in the Company Disclosure Letter, any Pre-Closing Taxes to the extent not included in the calculation of the Closing Working Capital.
(b)Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of Sections 8.2(a)(i) and 8.2(a)(ii), a breach of a representation or warranty shall be determined without regard to any qualification based on materiality, Company Material Adverse Effect or similar qualifier contained in such representation or warranty; provided, however, that, in no event shall (A) “Material Contract” be read to mean “Contract” or (B) the term “Company Material Adverse Effect” be read out of Section 3.6(f)(ii). The rights of the Indemnified Parties to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement, payment of Losses or any other remedy under this Agreement shall not be affected by any investigation conducted with respect to, or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) at any time, whether before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the accuracy or inaccuracy of or compliance with, any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other matter. The waiver of any condition based on the accuracy of any such representation or warranty, or on the performance of or compliance with any such covenant or agreement, will not affect the right to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement, payment of Losses, or any other remedy based on any such representation, warranty, covenant or agreement. Other than with respect to any claim for fraud, no Indemnified Party shall be required to show reliance on any representation, warranty, certificate or other agreement in order for such Indemnified Party to be entitled to indemnification, compensation or reimbursement hereunder. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the right of Parent or any other Indemnified Party to pursue remedies under any Related Agreement against the parties thereto.
(c)The Company Indemnitors (including any Company Indemnitor who served as an officer or director of the Company), solely in their capacity as Company Indemnitors, shall not have any right of contribution, indemnification or right of advancement from the Surviving Corporation or Parent with respect to any Loss claimed by an Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if a Company Indemnitor served as a director or officer of the Company prior to the Effective Time (i) nothing in this Agreement, including this clause (c), shall be construed, interpreted or applied so as to prejudice such director’s or officer’s rights (or their respective Affiliate’s rights) in his or her role as a former officer or director of the Company (and not in such director’s or officer’s (or any respective Affiliate’s) role as a Company Indemnitor) to coverage under the Company D&O Tail Policy or under the indemnification provisions in existence in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, By laws or any indemnification as each was in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) nothing in this Agreement, including this clause (c) shall apply to or otherwise prejudice any claim as to which Federal Insurance Company (“Federal”) may be subrogated under Article VII (Subrogation) of the General Terms and Conditions of the liability insurance policy issued by Federal (Policy Number 8240-1954).
(d)This Article VIII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of the Indemnified Parties (as defined below) from and after the Effective Time for any claims arising under this Agreement, including claims of any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) this Section 8.2(d) shall not be deemed a waiver by any party of any right to specific performance or injunctive relief to the extent available and (ii) nothing in this Agreement shall limit the liability of a Company Indemnitor (and this Article VIII shall not be the sole and exclusive remedy for such Indemnified Party) in connection with a claim based on fraud committed by, or with the actual knowledge of, such Company Indemnitor.
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(a)Except in the case of fraud, the Indemnified Parties, as a group, may not recover any Losses pursuant to an indemnification claim under Section 8.2(a)(i) unless and until the Indemnified Parties, as a group, shall have paid, incurred, suffered or sustained at least $100,000 in Losses in the aggregate (the “Basket Amount”), in which case the Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to recover all Losses, including the Basket Amount, paid, incurred, suffered or sustained by the Indemnified Parties as a group.
(b)Subject to Section 8.3(c) and except in the case of fraud, the Indemnified Parties’ sole and exclusive sources of recovery for indemnification claims under Section 8.2(a)(i) shall be recourse against (i) the cash held in the Escrow Fund and (ii) the R&W Policy. The conditions and limitations set forth in this Section 8.3(b), will apply even if (1) the R&W Policy is revoked, cancelled or modified in any manner after issuance or (2) Parent makes a claim under the R&W Policy and such claim is denied by the insurer.
(c)Subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 8.3(a) and 8.3(b), the Indemnified Parties shall (i) be entitled to bring indemnification claims directly against the Company Stockholders in their roles as Company Indemnitors and (ii) be permitted to recover Losses directly from the Company Stockholders for indemnification claims pursuant to Sections 8.2(a)(ii) through 8.2(a)(ix), and Section 8.2(a)(i) only with respect to claims for fraud, if and only to the extent that (x) the Escrow Fund is no longer available and (y) such claim has not been satisfied from the R&W Policy (after compliance with Section 8.3(d)), it being agreed that the Indemnified Parties shall look first to the Escrow Fund and the R&W Policy; provided, that in each case of clause (i) and (ii), if the subject matter of such indemnification claim is expressly excluded from coverage pursuant to and as set forth in the R&W Policy, the Indemnified Parties shall have no obligation to look to the R&W Policy for recovery of Losses but rather shall look first to the Escrow Fund and thereafter directly to the Company Indemnitors for recovery of Losses. In no event shall the liability of any Company Indemnitor for any indemnification claim under Section 8.2(a)(ii) through Section 8.2(a)(ix) exceed the Merger Consideration actually received by such Company Indemnitor (including any funds from the Escrow Fund), unless such indemnity claim is being made in respect of fraud and such Company Indemnitor either committed or had actual knowledge of such fraud (in which event there shall be no limitation on the liability of such Company Indemnitor hereunder or under applicable Law except to the extent imposed under applicable Law).
(d)The amount of any Losses that are subject to indemnification under this Article VIII shall be calculated net of the amount of any insurance proceeds, indemnification payments or reimbursements actually received by the Indemnified Parties from third parties (other than the Company Indemnitors) in respect of such Losses (net of any costs or expenses incurred in obtaining such insurance, indemnification or reimbursement, including any increases in insurance premiums or retro-premium adjustments resulting from such recovery), provided, that, except as set forth in the following sentence, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as or give rise to an obligation to seek any such insurance, indemnification or reimbursement. Except for claims under this Article VIII related to fraud, for all indemnification claims under Section 8.2(a)(i), (ii) and (ix), Parent agrees to first use commercially reasonable efforts to seek and obtain recovery under the R&W Policy before seeking indemnification directly from the Company Indemnitors for any Losses; provided further that the Indemnified Parties may provide the Stockholders’ Representative with notice of an indemnification claim at any time for purposes of tolling the expiration of rights to indemnification under Section 8.1. Except for claims under this Article VIII related to fraud, if (a) an indemnification claim under Section 8.2(a)(iii) for a breach of covenant in Article V could be brought as an indemnification claim for a breach of a representation or warranty under Section 8.2(a)(i) or Section 8.2(a)(ii), (b) the subject matter of such representation or warranty claim is not expressly excluded from coverage pursuant to and as set forth in the R&W Policy, and (c) the Expiration Date for such representation or warranty has not yet occurred, Parent agrees to bring that indemnification claim first as a breach of representation or

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warranty under Section 8.2(a)(i) or Section 8.2(a)(ii) and to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek and obtain recovery under the R&W Policy before seeking indemnification directly from the Company Indemnitors for any Losses; provided that the Indemnified Parties may provide the Stockholders’ Representative with notice of an indemnification claim at any time for purposes of tolling the expiration of rights to indemnification under Section 8.1. In the event that an insurance recovery is received by any Indemnified Party with respect to any Losses for which any such Person has been indemnified and which Losses such Person had received from the Company Indemnitors hereunder, then a refund equal to the aggregate amount of the recovery (net of costs and expenses incurred in recovering such amounts, and net of any resulting insurance premiums with respect to insurance policies other than the R&W Policy) shall be made promptly to the Payment Agent for distribution to the Company Indemnitors in accordance with their Escrow Pro Rata Portions, with respect to Losses from the Escrow Fund, and in accordance with their Indemnity Pro Rata Portions, with respect to Losses in excess of the Escrow Fund. Nothing in this Agreement shall require Parent or any Indemnified Party to seek recovery of Losses under an insurance policy, except with respect to the R&W Policy as set forth in this Section 8.3(d).
(e)Any Losses for indemnification under this Agreement shall be determined without duplication of recovery due to the facts giving rise to such Losses constituting a breach of more than one representation, warranty, covenant or agreement.
8.4    Indemnification Claim Procedures.
(a)Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 8.1, if an Indemnified Party wishes to make an indemnification claim under this Article VIII, including for a Third Party Claim (as defined below) such Indemnified Party shall deliver a written notice (an “Indemnification Claim Notice”) to the Stockholders’ Representative (with a copy to the Escrow Agent, if the Escrow Period has not expired) (or in the event an Indemnified Party elects to pursue such indemnification claim directly against an Company Indemnitor, to such Company Indemnitor directly) (i) stating that an Indemnified Party has paid, incurred, suffered or sustained, or reasonably anticipates that it may pay, incur, suffer or sustain Losses, and (ii) describing (A) the amount of claimed Losses in reasonable detail (to the extent known and reasonably quantifiable by Parent), and (B) the basis for such anticipated liability, and, if applicable, the nature of the misrepresentation, breach of warranty or covenant to which such item is related. Parent may update an Indemnification Claim Notice from time to time to reflect any change in circumstances following the date thereof.
(b)If the Stockholders’ Representative on behalf of the Company Indemnitors (or the Company Indemnitor in the event that indemnification is being sought hereunder directly from such Company Indemnitor) shall not object in writing within the ten (10) Business Day period after receipt of an Indemnification Claim Notice by delivery of a written notice of objection containing a reasonably detailed description of the facts and circumstances supporting an objection to the applicable indemnification claim (an “Indemnification Claim Objection Notice”), such failure to so object shall be an irrevocable acknowledgment by the Stockholders’ Representative on behalf of the Company Indemnitors (or the applicable Company Indemnitor) that the Indemnified Party is entitled to the full amount of the claim for Losses set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice. In such event, Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative shall promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Days of the resolution of such Indemnification Claim Notice) deliver a joint instruction to the Escrow Agent instructing the Escrow Agent to immediately release to Parent from the Escrow Fund cash with an aggregate value equal to the Losses set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice.

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(c)In the event that the Stockholders’ Representative shall timely deliver an Indemnification Claim Objection Notice in accordance with Section 8.4(b), (or in the event that indemnification is being sought hereunder directly from an Company Indemnitor, if such Company Indemnitor shall object to any claim or claims made in any Indemnification Claim Notice to recover claims directly from such Company Indemnitor within ten (10) Business Days after delivery of such Indemnification Claim Notice), the Stockholders’ Representative (or such objecting Company Indemnitor) and Parent shall attempt in good faith to agree upon the rights of the respective parties with respect to each of such claims. If the Stockholders’ Representative (or such objecting Company Indemnitor) and Parent should so agree, a memorandum setting forth such agreement shall be prepared and signed by both parties and, in the case of an indemnification claim to be recovered from the Escrow Fund, shall be furnished to the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such memorandum and make distributions from the Escrow Fund in accordance with the terms thereof. In such event, the Escrow Agent shall promptly release to Parent from the Escrow Fund cash with an aggregate value equal to the Losses set forth in such Indemnification Claim Notice. Should the amount held in the Escrow Fund, if any, be insufficient to satisfy in whole the amount to be paid to an Indemnified Party in accordance with such memorandum, then, subject to the limitations set forth in this Article VIII, each Company Indemnitor shall, within ten (10) Business Days following the date of such memorandum, pay to the Indemnified Party, such Company Indemnitor’s Indemnity Pro Rata Portion of such shortfall in cash.
(d)If no such agreement can be reached after good faith negotiation and prior to sixty (60) days after delivery of an Indemnification Claim Objection Notice, Parent may file suit with respect to the matter in any court having jurisdiction. No Losses being disputed under this Section 8.4(d) shall be paid until a final determination is made by a court of competent jurisdiction or is settled pursuant to a settlement agreement or is agreed to by the Stockholders’ Representative (or objecting Company Indemnitor) in writing (in each case, a “Final Determination”). Any Losses set forth in such Final Determination shall be paid by the Company Indemnitors to Parent within three (3) Business Days after such Final Determination.
8.5    Third Party Claims. In the event Parent becomes aware of a third party claim (a “Third Party Claim”) which Parent reasonably believes may result in a claim for indemnification pursuant to this Article VIII, Parent shall promptly notify the Stockholders’ Representative of such claim with an Indemnification Claim Notice (a “Third Party Notice”), and shall provide a copy of such Third Party Notice to the Escrow Agent, if the Escrow Period has not expired and funds remain in the Escrow Fund, and the Third Party Notice shall be accompanied by copies of any documentation submitted by the third party making such Third Party Claim, if any; provided, that no delay or failure on the part of Parent in delivering a Third Party Notice shall cause Parent to forfeit any indemnification rights under this Article VIII except to the extent that the Company Indemnitors are materially prejudiced by such delay or failure. Upon receipt of a Third Party Notice, the Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled (on behalf of the Company Indemnitors and at their expense), or, in the event indemnification is being sought hereunder from fewer than all the Company Indemnitors, the applicable Company Indemnitors shall be entitled, at their expense, to participate in, but not to control, determine or conduct, the defense (including any settlement or compromise) of such Third Party Claim, with counsel reasonably acceptable to Parent (it being agreed that Foley & Lardner LLP is reasonably acceptable counsel). Parent shall have the right in its sole discretion to conduct the defense of, and to settle, any such claim and the Stockholders’ Representative (or, in the event indemnification is being sought hereunder from fewer than all the Company Indemnitors, such applicable Company Indemnitor) shall not be entitled to control any negotiation of settlement, adjustment or compromise with respect to any such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that except with the consent of the Stockholders’ Representative (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld), no settlement of any such Third Party Claim with third party claimants shall be determinative of the amount of Losses relating to such matter; provided further, however, that the consent of the Stockholders’ Representative with respect to any settlement of any such Third Party Claim shall be

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deemed to have been given unless the Stockholders’ Representative shall have objected within twenty (20) days after a written request for such consent by Parent. In the event that the Stockholders’ Representative has consented to any such settlement, adjustment or compromise, the Company Indemnitors or the consenting Company Indemnitors, as applicable, shall have no power or authority to object under any provision of this Article VIII to the amount of such settlement, adjustment or compromise.
8.6    Legal Representation. Each of the Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges that the Company and the Company Indemnitors have been represented by Foley & Lardner LLP in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein and that Foley & Lardner LLP has received confidential information pertaining to the Company in connection with such representation. The Parent and Merger Sub hereby (i) acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding Foley & Lardner LLP’s prior representation of the Company and the Company Indemnitors, and Foley & Lardner LLP’s receipt of confidential information, Foley & Lardner LLP may continue to represent the Company Indemnitors, or any of them, after the Closing in connection with matters arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein including in connection with any indemnification claim or other litigation matter arising hereunder which may or may not be adverse to the Company, and (ii) waive any claim they have or may have that Foley & Lardner LLP has a conflict of interest or is otherwise prohibited from engaging in such representation.
8.7    Attorney-Client Privileged Communications. The Parent and the Company each further agree that, as to all Privileged Deal Communications, the attorney-client privilege and the expectation of client confidence belongs to the Company Indemnitors and may be controlled by the Stockholders’ Representative and shall not pass to or be claimed by the Parent, Merger Sub or the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) in the event that a dispute arises between the Parent, the Surviving Corporation, Merger Sub or any of their respective Affiliates and a third party other than a party to this Agreement after the Closing, the Surviving Corporation may assert the attorney-client privilege with respect to Privileged Deal Communications to prevent disclosure of such confidential communications to such third party; provided, however, that none of the Surviving Corporation, Merger Sub or Parent may waive such privilege without the prior written consent of the Stockholders’ Representative; and (y) the Stockholders’ Representative shall not waive any such privilege or disclose any such Privileged Deal Communications other than in connection with the enforcement or defense of its rights or obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
STOCKHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
9.1    Appointment and Authority of Stockholders’ Representative.
(a)By virtue of the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement, and the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger by the Company Stockholders, each of the Company Indemnitors shall be deemed to have agreed to appoint Storm Seller Representative LLC, as his, her or its agent and attorney-in-fact, as the Stockholders’ Representative for and on behalf of the Company Indemnitors to give and receive notices and communications in respect of indemnification claims under this Agreement, any Related Agreement or any of the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby and thereby, to authorize payment to any Indemnified Party from the Escrow Fund in satisfaction of any indemnification claims hereunder by any Indemnified Party, to object to such payments, to agree to, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to any such indemnification claims, to assert, negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to, any such indemnification claim by any Indemnified Party hereunder against any Company Indemnitor or by any such Company Indemnitor against any Indemnified Party or any dispute between any

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such Indemnified Party and any such Company Indemnitor, in each case relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein, and to take all other actions that are either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholders’ Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii) specifically mandated by the terms of this Agreement. Such agency may be changed by the Company Indemnitors from time to time upon not less than fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice to Parent; provided, however, that in no case shall the Stockholders’ Representative be a Key Employee or any other current or former Employee of Parent or its Affiliates, and provided further that the Stockholders’ Representative may not be removed unless holders of a majority interest of the Escrow Fund (based solely on the holders who are Company Stockholders) agree to such removal and to the identity of the substituted agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a vacancy in the position of Stockholders’ Representative may be filled by the holders of a majority in interest of the Escrow Fund. No bond shall be required of the Stockholders’ Representative. Notices or communications to or from the Stockholders’ Representative shall constitute notice to or from the Company Indemnitors. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event may the Stockholders’ Representative take any action which would (x) increase the liabilities or obligations of any Company Equity Holder beyond what is contemplated by this Agreement or any Related Agreement or (y) cause any Company Equity Holder to become liable for any indemnification obligations in excess of the Escrow Fund (other than as contemplated by Article VIII or any Related Agreement), without the prior written consent of such Company Equity Holder.
(b)Exculpation and Indemnification of Company Stockholder Representation. The Stockholders’ Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder as Stockholders’ Representative while acting in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable judgment. The Company Indemnitors on whose behalf the Escrow Amount was contributed to the Escrow Fund shall jointly and severally indemnify the Stockholders’ Representative and hold the Stockholders’ Representative harmless against any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholders’ Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the Stockholders’ Representative’s duties hereunder, including the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the Stockholders’ Representative (“Stockholders’ Representative Expenses”). Following the Expiration Date, the resolution of all indemnification claims made under this Agreement and the satisfaction of all such indemnification claims, the Stockholders’ Representative shall have the right to recover Stockholders’ Representative Expenses from the funds then remaining in the Escrow Fund, if any, prior to any distribution to the Company Equity Holders, and prior to any such distribution, shall deliver to the Escrow Agent a certificate setting forth the Stockholders’ Representative Expenses actually incurred. A decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders’ Representative, including an amendment, extension or waiver of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.3 or Section 10.4, shall constitute a decision of the Company Indemnitors and shall be final, conclusive and binding upon the Company Equity Holders; and the Escrow Agent and Parent may rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders’ Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of the Company Indemnitors. The Escrow Agent and Parent are hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any acts done by them in accordance with such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholders’ Representative.
(c)Expense Cash.
(i)The Expense Cash shall be deposited with the Stockholders’ Representative, to constitute an expense fund (the “Expense Fund”) and to be governed by the provisions set forth herein. The Expense Cash shall be available to reimburse the Stockholders’ Representative for any Stockholders’ Representative Expenses reasonably and actually incurred by the Stockholders’ Representative, or to satisfy any claims against the Company Indemnitors hereunder if the Stockholders’ Representative shall determine there are sufficient funds for such purpose, and shall be released to the Company Indemnitors and the Stockholders’ Representative, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Section 9.1. As soon as

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reasonably determined by the Stockholders’ Representative that the Expense Cash is no longer required to be withheld, the Stockholders’ Representative shall deposit the remaining balance of the Expense Cash (if any) with the Payment Agent for further distribution to the Company Stockholders for the portion payable in respect of Company Capital Stock and to the Non-Employee Company Option Holders in respect of Non-Employee Company Options and the portion of the Expense Cash (if any) payable in respect of Employee Company Options shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation for further payment to the holders of such Employee Company Options through the Surviving Corporation’s payroll processing system net of applicable Tax withholding and deductions; provided, that, if there are any pending but unresolved indemnification claims of any Indemnified Parties, then all amounts shall remain in escrow and remain available for release to the Stockholders’ Representative until all indemnification claims have been finally resolved and the Stockholders’ Representative has been reimbursed in full for all Stockholders’ Representative Expenses reasonably and actually incurred and thereafter any remaining Expense Cash shall be released to the respective Company Indemnitors (by the Payment Agent or the Surviving Corporation) in proportion to their respective Escrow Pro Rata Portions. In the event such Stockholders’ Representative Expenses exceed the remaining amount of Expense Cash, the Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled to recover such expenses following the expiration of the Escrow Period from the Escrow Amounts otherwise distributable to or for the benefit of the Company Indemnitors only at the time of distribution of such amounts (and not distributed or distributable to an Indemnified Party or subject to a pending indemnification claim of an Indemnified Party) pursuant to the terms hereof and of the Escrow Agreement, and such recovery will be made from the Company Indemnitors according to their respective Indemnity Pro Rata Portions. No provision of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement shall require the Stockholders’ Representative to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the exercise or performance of any of its powers, rights, duties or privileges under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement. For clarity, no Indemnified Party shall have any liability with respect to the Expense Cash, including with respect to the distribution, investment, holding and disposition thereof.
(ii)The Stockholders’ Representative is not providing any investment supervision, recommendations or advice and shall have no responsibility or liability for any loss of principal of the Expense Cash other than as a result of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Stockholders’ Representative is not acting as a withholding agent or in any similar capacity in connection with the Expense Cash, and has no tax reporting or income distribution obligations. The Company Indemnitors will not receive any interest on the Expense Cash and assign to the Stockholders’ Representative any such interest. The Stockholders’ Representative may contribute funds to the Expense Cash from any consideration otherwise distributable to the Company Indemnitors.
(iii)For income Tax purposes, the Expense Cash shall be treated as having been received and voluntarily set aside by the Company Indemnitors on the Closing Date, and any Tax withholding required with respect to a Company Stockholder’s deemed receipt of its Escrow Pro Rata Portion of the Expense Cash on the Closing Date shall be satisfied from such Company Indemnitor’s share of Total Merger Consideration received at Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i).
(d)The Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled to the reasonable assistance of the Company’s former officers and employees for purposes of performing its duties and exercising its rights hereunder; provided, that, the Stockholders’ Representative shall treat confidentially and not use or disclose the terms of this Agreement or any nonpublic information from or about the Surviving Corporation to anyone (except to the Company Stockholders’ or the Stockholders’ Representative’s employees, attorneys, accountants, financial advisors or authorized representatives on a need to know basis, in each case who agree to treat such information confidentially); provided, however, that neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be obligated to provide such access or information if it determines, in its reasonable judgment and after

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consultation with Parent’s general counsel or outside legal counsel, that doing so would jeopardize the protection of attorney-client privilege. The Stockholders’ Representative shall enter into a separate customary confidentiality agreement prior to being provided access to such information if requested by Parent.
(e)The powers, immunities and rights to indemnification granted to the Stockholders’ Representative hereunder: (i) are coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and survive the death, incompetence, bankruptcy or liquidation of any Company Indemnitor and shall be binding on any successor thereto, and (ii) shall survive the delivery of an assignment by any Company Indemnitor of the whole or any fraction of his, her or its interest in the Escrow Funds. The Stockholders’ Representative shall be entitled to: (i) rely upon the Closing Spreadsheet, (ii) rely upon any signature believed by it to be genuine, and (iii) reasonably assume that a signatory has proper authorization to sign on behalf of the applicable Company Indemnitor or other party.
ARTICLE X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.1    Certain Interpretations. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Annex, Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article or a Section, such reference shall be to an Article or a Section of this Agreement 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.” The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 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, 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.
10.2    Notices. Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be delivered to any party under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed properly delivered, given and received (i) upon receipt when delivered by hand, (ii) upon transmission, if sent by facsimile or electronic mail transmission (in each case with receipt verified by electronic confirmation), or (iii) one (1) Business Day after being sent by courier or express delivery service, provided that in each case the notice or other communication is sent to the address, facsimile telephone number or electronic mail address set forth beneath the name of such party below (or to such other address, facsimile telephone number or electronic mail address as such party shall have specified in a written notice given to the other parties hereto):
(a)    if to Parent or Merger Sub, to:

Medidata Solutions, Inc.
350 Hudson Street, 9th Floor
New York, New York 10014
Attention: General Counsel
Email: ***@***


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


Cooley LLP
3175 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, California 94304
Attention: Jon Gavenman
Email: ***@***



(b)    if to the Company (prior to the Closing), to:

SHYFT Analytics, Inc.
203 Crescent Street
Waltham, MA 02453
Attention: Zackary King, Chief Executive Officer
E-Mail: ***@***
 
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:



Foley & Lardner LLP
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199
Attention: Susan E. Pravda
Email: ***@***


(c)    if to the Stockholders’ Representative, to:

Storm Seller Representative LLC
c/o Health Enterprise Partners, L.P.
565 Fifth Avenue, 26th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Attention: David Tamburri
Email: ***@***

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


Foley & Lardner LLP
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199
Attention: Susan E. Pravda
Email: ***@***

And

Ropes & Gray LLP
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036-8704
Attention: Carl P. Marcellino
Email: ***@***

10.3    Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the party against whom enforcement is sought. For purposes of this Section 10.3, the Company Stockholders are deemed to have agreed that any amendment of this Agreement signed by the Stockholders’ Representative shall be binding upon and effective against the Company Equity Holders whether or not they have signed such amendment.
10.4    Extension and Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, Parent, on the one hand, and the Company and the Stockholders’ Representative, on the other hand, may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations of the other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) waive compliance with any of the covenants, agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party 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. For purposes of this Section 10.4, the Company Stockholders are deemed to have agreed that any extension or waiver signed by the Stockholders’ Representative shall be binding upon and effective against all Company Equity Holders whether or not they have signed such extension or waiver.
10.5    Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assigned by operation of Law or otherwise, except that Parent may assign its rights and delegate its obligations hereunder to its Affiliates as long as Parent remains ultimately liable for all of Parent’s obligations hereunder.
10.6    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.
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(a)The parties to this Agreement agree that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by the other party or parties hereto, any Company Stockholder or the Stockholders’ Representative of any covenant, obligation or other agreement set forth in this Agreement, (i) each party shall be entitled, without any proof of actual damages (and in addition to any other remedy that may be available to it), to seek a decree or order of specific performance or mandamus to enforce the observance and performance of such covenant, obligation or other agreement and an injunction preventing or restraining such breach or threatened breach, and (ii) no party hereto shall be required to provide or post any bond or other security or collateral in connection with any such decree, order or injunction or in connection with any related Action.
(b)Any and all remedies herein expressly conferred herein upon a party hereto shall be deemed to be cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy conferred hereby, or by Law or in equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party hereto of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy.
(c)The liability of any Person under Article VIII will be in addition to, and not exclusive of, any other Liability that such Person may have at Law or in equity based on such Person’s fraud. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, none of the provisions set forth in this Agreement, including the provisions set forth in ‎Article VIII, shall be deemed a waiver by any party to this Agreement of any right or remedy which such party may have at Law or in equity based on any other Person’s fraud, nor will any such provisions limit, or be deemed to limit (i) the amounts of recovery sought or awarded in any such claim for fraud, (ii) the time period during which a claim for fraud may be brought or (iii) the recourse which any such party may seek against another Person with respect to a claim for fraud.
10.8    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction).
10.9    Exclusive Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a)ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER RELATED AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY MAY BE INSTITUTED FIRST, IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY WITHIN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE (AND ANY APPELLATE COURT THEREOF LOCATED WITHIN SUCH COUNTY) AND TO THE EXTENT SUCH COURT OF CHANCERY (OR APPELLATE COURT THEREOF LOCATED WITHIN SUCH COUNTY) LACKS JURISDICTION OVER THE MATTER, THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LOCATED WITHIN NEW CASTLE COUNTY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE (OR APPELLATE COURT THEREOF LOCATED WITHIN SUCH COUNTY), AND EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING. SERVICE OF PROCESS, SUMMONS, NOTICE OR OTHER DOCUMENT BY MAIL TO SUCH PARTY'S ADDRESS SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL BE EFFECTIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS FOR ANY SUIT, ACTION OR OTHER PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT. THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR ANY PROCEEDING IN SUCH COURTS AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVE AND AGREE NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.

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(b)EACH PARTY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER IN THE EVENT OF A LEGAL ACTION, (B) SUCH PARTY HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10.9(b).

10.10    Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules hereto, the Disclosure Schedule, the Related Agreements, and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the parties hereto referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies hereunder.
10.11    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. The exchange of a fully executed Agreement (in counterparts or otherwise) by electronic transmission in .PDF format or by facsimile shall be sufficient to bind the parties to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Stockholders’ Representative have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
MEDIDATA SOLUTIONS, INC.

By:    /s/ Tarek Sherif
Name: Tarek Sherif
Title: Chief Executive Officer

STORM MERGER SUB, INC.

By:    /s/ Rouven Bergmann
Name: Rouven Bergmann
Title: President and Treasurer







IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Stockholders’ Representative have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

SHYFT ANALYTICS, INC.

By:    /s/ Zackary King
Name: Zackary King
Title: Chief Executive Officer

STORM SELLER

REPRESENTATIVE LLC

By:    /s/ David P. Tamburri
Name: David P. Tamburri
Title: Managing Partner







ANNEX A
CERTAIN DEFINED TERMS
2010 Health Care Law” is defined in Section 3.11(m).
Accounting Firm” is defined in Section 1.4(d).
Acquisition Proposal” shall mean, with respect to the Company, any agreement, offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest (other than this Agreement or any other offer, proposal or indication of interest by Parent), or any public announcement of intention to enter into any such agreement or of (or intention to make) any offer, proposal or bona fide indication of interest, relating to, or involving an Acquisition Transaction.
Acquisition Transaction” shall mean (i) the purchase, issuance, grant, or disposition of any capital stock or other securities of the Company, or of all or any part of the material assets of the Company (excluding issuances pursuant to equity incentives previously granted under the Plan, or in the normal course in connection with the issuance of equity to existing or new employees, and excluding sales of Company Products in the ordinary course of business) or (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company, in each case other than with Parent or its Affiliates.
Action” shall mean any action, suit, claim, complaint, litigation, investigation, audit, proceeding, arbitration or other similar dispute.
Affiliate” of any Person shall mean another Person that directly or indirectly through one of more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, such first Person.
Aggregate Exercise Price Amount” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the aggregate exercise price of all Vested Company Options cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Vested Company Option Cash Out Amount pursuant to Section 1.3(c)(i), and (ii) the aggregate exercise price of all Unvested Company Options (including Cancelled Options).
Aggregate Liquidation Preference” shall mean an amount equal to (i) the Aggregate Series A-1 Liquidation Preference, plus (ii) the Aggregate Series B Liquidation Preference.
Aggregate Series A-1 Liquidation Preference” means the aggregate amount of the Series A-1 Per Share Consideration multiplied by each outstanding share of Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Aggregate Series B Liquidation Preference” means the aggregate amount of the Series B Per Share Consideration multiplied by each outstanding share of Company Series B Preferred Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Agreement” is defined in the Preamble.
Agreement Date” is defined in the Preamble.
Basket Amount” is defined in Section 8.3(a).
Business Day” shall mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close.







Cancelled Options” means the options listed on Schedule C.
Cancelled Shares” is defined in Section 1.3(b)(vi).
Certificate of Incorporation” is defined in Section 3.1(b).
Certificate of Merger” is defined in Section 1.1(a).
Charter Documents” is defined in Section 3.1(b).
Closing” is defined in Section 2.1.
Closing Cash” shall mean the cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of the Company net of outstanding checks and restricted cash (which restricted cash shall include an amount of cash, if any, equal to the outstanding amount under the Retained Letter of Credit) as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Closing Date” is defined in Section 2.1.
Closing Indebtedness” shall mean the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness (including principal and accrued and unpaid interest) of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, including any penalties or premiums that would be associated with the full repayment and retirement of such Indebtedness (whether prior to or following the Effective Time), but excluding the Retained Letter of Credit.
Closing Spreadsheet” is defined in Section 6.8.
Closing Third Party Expenses” shall mean unpaid Third Party Expenses of the Company as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Closing Working Capital” shall mean, as of immediately prior to the Closing, an amount (whether positive or negative) equal to (i) the current assets of the Company (excluding cash and cash equivalents and Tax assets of the Company) less (ii) the current Liabilities of the Company (other than deferred revenue and Indebtedness), in each case, as calculated in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods and, where consistent with GAAP, the same accounting principles, practices, procedures, policies and methods employed in preparation the Company’s Financial Statements. For the avoidance of doubt, a sample working capital statement calculating the Closing Working Capital as of the Company Balance Sheet Date is set forth on Schedule A (the “Sample Working Capital Statement”).
Closing Working Capital Cap” shall mean $3,000,000.
COBRA” shall mean the continuation coverage requirements for “group health plans” under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Code Section 4980B and Sections 601 through 608 of ERISA, and any similar and applicable state or local statute, and, in each case, any official guidance promulgated thereunder.
Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company” is defined in the Preamble.
Company 401(k) Plan” is defined in Section 6.10.







Company Authorizations” is defined in Section 3.4(b).
Company Balance Sheet” is defined in Section 3.6(b).
Company Balance Sheet Date” is defined in Section 3.6(b).
Company Board” is defined in Section 1.3(c)(iii).
Company Capital Stock” shall mean the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.
Company Closing Financial Certificate” shall mean a certificate executed by the Chief Financial Officer of the Company dated as of the Closing Date, certifying, as of the Closing, to each item set forth on the Pre-Closing WC Statement, the Estimated Closing Statement and the Closing Spreadsheet.
Company Common Stock” shall mean shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Company D&O Tail Policy” is defined in Section 6.15(a).
Company Disclosure Letter” is defined in the Preamble to Article III.
Company Employee Plan” shall mean (A) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA whether or not subject to ERISA; (B) stock option plans, stock purchase plans, bonus or incentive award plans, severance pay plans, programs or arrangements, deferred compensation arrangements or agreements, employment agreements, executive compensation plans, programs, agreements or arrangements, change in control plans, programs or arrangements, supplemental income arrangements, vacation plans, and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, and arrangements, not described in (A) above; and (C) plans or arrangements providing compensation to any Employee, non-employee director, consultant or independent contractor, whether written, unwritten or otherwise, funded or unfunded, that is or has been maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, under which any Employee (of any dependent thereof) is eligible to receive benefit or otherwise participate, and/or with respect to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate of the Company has or may have any Liability or obligation is defined in Section 3.11(a).
Company Equity Holders” shall mean the Company Stockholders and Company Option Holders.
Company Indemnified Parties” is defined in Section 6.15(a).
Company Indemnitors” shall mean the Company Stockholders and the holders of Vested Company Options.
Company Knowledge” or “Knowledge of the Company” (or any derivation thereof) shall mean, with respect to the Company, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Exhibit F and the knowledge the aforementioned individuals would have after reasonable inquiry with all relevant employees, consultants and advisors of the Company who would reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the matters in question.
Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (any such item, an “Effect”), individually or when taken together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Company Material Adverse







Effect, that is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Company taken as a whole, other than any Effect arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (a) changes generally affecting the U.S. or global economy, financial or securities markets; (b) any outbreak or escalation of war or any act of terrorism; (c) any change in operating, business, regulatory or other conditions in the industry in which the Company operates; (d) any adoption, implementation, repeal, modification, reinterpretation or proposal of any Law, regulation or policy by any Governmental Entity, or any panel or advisory body empowered or appointed thereby, in each case, after the date hereof; (e) the taking of any specific action at the specific written request of Parent; (f) failure of the Company to meet any revenue or earnings projections, forecasts or predictions (provided, that this clause (f) shall not prevent a determination that any Effect underlying such failure has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect, to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect), (g) the announcement of the Agreement or the pendency of the Merger, or (h) an Effect to the extent caused by delay in consummating the Closing if such delay is a result of any violation or breach by Parent or Merger of any covenant, agreement, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement; provided that, the Effects referred to in clauses (a), (b), (c), and (d), immediately above shall be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would reasonably be expected to occur only to the extent that such Effect has a disproportionate effect on the Company as compared to other participants in the industries in which the Company conducts its business.
Company Option Holder” shall mean a holder of one or more Company Options.
Company Options” shall mean all issued and outstanding options (including commitments to grant options) to purchase or otherwise acquire Company Common Stock (whether or not vested) held by any Person, including, but not limited to, stock options granted under the Plan.
Company Preferred Stock” shall mean, collectively, the Company Series Seed Preferred Stock, the Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the Company Series B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Company Privacy Commitments” is defined in Section 3.9(q)(i).
Company Securities” shall mean, collectively, the Company Capital Stock and Company Options.
Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series A-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Company Series B Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Company Series Seed Preferred Stock” shall mean the Series Seed Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company.
Company Stockholders” shall mean (i) with respect to any time before the Effective Time, collectively, the holders of record of shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding as of such time and (ii) with respect to any time at or after the Effective Time, collectively, the holders of record of shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.
Company Stockholder Approval” is defined in the Recitals.







Company Stock Certificate” is defined in Section 2.3(e)(ii).
Company Stockholder Consent” is defined in the Recitals.
Company Voting Debt” is defined in Section 3.5(d).
Confidential Information” is defined in Section 3.9(i).
Confidentiality Agreement” is defined in Section 6.3(a).
Contract” shall mean any contract, mortgage, indenture, lease, license, covenant, plan, insurance policy or other agreement, instrument, arrangement, understanding or commitment, permit, concession, franchise or license.
Customer” is defined in Section 3.16(a).
Delaware Law” shall mean the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Dispute Statement” is defined in Section 1.4(c).
Dissenting Shares” is defined in Section 1.3(b)(vii).
Effective Time” is defined in Section 1.1(a).
Employee” shall mean any current employee of the Company.
Employee Company Option” shall mean any Company Option granted to the Company Option Holder in the holder’s capacity as an employee of the Company for applicable employment Tax purposes
Encumbrance” shall mean, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, easement, encroachment, equitable interest, right of way, deed of trust, lien (statutory or other), pledge, charge, security interest, title retention device, conditional sale or other security arrangement, collateral assignment, claim, community property interest, adverse claim of title, ownership or right to use, right of first refusal, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset (including any restriction on (i) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security or other asset, (ii) the receipt of any income derived from any asset, (iii) the use of any asset and (iv) the possession, exercise or transfer of any other attribute of ownership of any asset).
End Date” is defined in Section 7.1(b).
Environmental, Health and Safety Requirements” shall mean all applicable Law concerning or relating to worker/occupational health and safety, or pollution or protection of the environment, including those relating to the presence, use, manufacturing, refining, production, generation, handling, transportation, treatment, recycling, transfer, storage, disposal, distribution, importing, labeling, testing, processing, discharge, release, threatened release, control or other action or failure to act involving cleanup of any hazardous materials, substances or wastes, chemical substances or mixtures, pesticides, pollutants, contaminants, toxic chemicals, petroleum products or byproducts, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, noise or radiation, each as amended and as now in effect.
Equity Interests” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any capital stock of, or other ownership, membership, partnership, joint venture or equity interest in, such Person or any indebtedness, securities,







options, warrants, call, subscription or other rights or entitlements of, or granted by, such Person or any of its Affiliates that are convertible into, or are exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right or entitlement to acquire any such capital stock or other ownership, partnership, joint venture or equity interest, in all cases, whether vested or unvested.
ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any other Person under common control with the Company that, together with the Company, could be deemed a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code, and the regulations issued thereunder.
Escrow Agent” shall mean the escrow agent designated under the Escrow Agreement or another institution reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Stockholders’ Representative, and any successor escrow agent appointed pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
Escrow Agreement” is defined in Section 2.2(a)(iv).
Escrow Amount” shall mean an amount equal to $1,950,000.
Escrow Fund” is defined in Section 2.3(b)(ii).
Escrow Period” is defined in Section 2.3(b)(ii)(B).
Escrow Pro Rata Portion” shall mean, with respect to each Company Indemnitor, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the amount of Total Merger Consideration actually received by such Company Indemnitor, by (b) the amount of Total Merger Consideration actually received by all Company Indemnitors, in each case, excluding the value of any Parent Restricted Stock Awards.
Estimated Closing Cash” is defined in Section 1.4(a).
Estimated Closing Statement” is defined in Section 1.4(a).
Estimated Closing Working Capital” is defined in Section 1.4(a).
Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Documents” is defined in Section 2.3(d)(ii).
Expense Cash” shall mean an amount equal to $500,000.
Expense Fund” is defined in Section 9.1(c)(i).
Expiration Date” is defined in Section 8.1(a).
Export Approvals” is defined in Section 3.20.
Financial Statements” is defined in Section 3.6(a).
Fundamental Representations” shall mean those representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1 (other than Section 3.1(d)) (Organization, Good Standing, Power and Subsidiaries), Section 3.2







(other than Section 3.2(b)(ii)(C) (Authority and Enforceability), Section 3.5 (Company Capital Structure), Section 3.6(h), and Section 3.19 (Transaction Fees).
GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
Government Contract” is defined in Section 3.10(a)(xxvii).
Governmental Entity” shall mean any court, tribunal, or arbitral or judicial body (including any grand jury), administrative agency or commission or other federal, state, county, local or other foreign governmental, legislative, administrative, or quasi-governmental authority, instrumentality, agency or commission.
HIPAA” means collectively the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.) and its implementing regulations at 42 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, each as amended.
Indebtedness” of any Person shall mean, without duplication: (i) all Liabilities of such Person for borrowed money, whether current or funded, secured or unsecured, all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes (convertible or otherwise) or similar instruments, and all Liabilities in respect of mandatorily redeemable or purchasable share capital or securities convertible into share capital; (ii) all Liabilities of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, which are required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as Liabilities; (iii) all Liabilities of such Person in respect of any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which are, and to the extent, required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as capital leases; (iv) all Liabilities of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction securing obligations of a type described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above to the extent of the obligation secured; (v) all accrued interest, fees and prepayment penalties on the items described in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and (vi) all guarantees by such Person of any Liabilities of a third party of a nature similar to the types of Liabilities described in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above, to the extent of the obligation guaranteed.
“Indemnification Claim Notice” is defined in Section 8.4(a).
Indemnification Claim Objection Notice” is defined in Section 8.4(b)
Indemnified Parties” is defined in Section 8.4(a).
Indemnity Pro Rata Portion” shall mean, with respect to each Company Stockholder, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the amount of Total Merger Consideration payable to such Company Stockholder in respect of such Company Stockholder’s Company Capital Stock, by (b) the aggregate amount of the Total Merger Consideration payable to all Company Stockholders, in respect of all Company Capital Stock.
Investor Agreements” means (i) the Amended and Restated Voting Agreement by and between SHYFT Analytics, Inc. and the Stockholders party thereto dated August 17, 2016, (ii) the Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement by and among SHYFT Analytics, Inc., the Investors and the Key Holders party thereto dated August 17, 2016, and (iii) the Amended and Restated Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement by and among SHYFT Analytics, Inc., the Investors and the Key Holders, party thereto dated August 17, 2016, in each case as amended to date.
Invoice” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(xii).







IRS” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
Joinder Agreements” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(v).
Key Employees” shall mean the Company Employees listed as the “Key Employees” on Schedule B.
Key Employee Offer Letter” is defined in the Recitals.
Law” shall mean any applicable U.S. or non-U.S. supranational, international, federal, state, local or other constitution, Law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, directive, published administrative position, policy or principle of common law issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into legal effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity.
Letter of Transmittal” is defined in Section 2.3(e)(i).
Liabilities” (and, with correlative meaning, “Liability”) shall mean all debts, liabilities, commitments and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, determined or determinable, liquidated or unliquidated, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, whenever or however arising, including those arising under applicable Law or any Action or Order of a Governmental Entity and those arising under any Contract, regardless of whether such debt, liability, commitment or obligation would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods or disclosed in the notes thereto.
Long Term Customer Contracts” is defined in Section 3.10(a)(xxviii).
Loss” and “Losses” shall mean any debts, obligations and other Liabilities (whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, due or to become due, accrued or not accrued), losses, claims, damages, Taxes, deficiencies, judgments, assessments, fines, fees, penalties, expenses (including amounts paid in settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, consultants and other experts, and other expenses of litigation, and any and all damages payable to third parties, including any punitive, incidental or consequential damages, in each case that may be imposed or otherwise incurred or suffered.
made available” shall mean that the Company has posted such materials to the virtual data room managed by the Company at https://foley.highq.com and made available to Parent and its representatives during the negotiation of this Agreement (the “Data Room”), but only if so posted and made available in the folder directly related to such document’s subject matter, on or prior to the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement.
Material Contract” is defined in Section 3.10(a).
Merger” is defined in the Recitals.
Merger Consideration” shall mean all cash amounts payable to Company Equity Holders (upon the terms set forth in Section 1.3 and throughout this Agreement (including the escrow provisions set forth in Article VIII)).
Merger Sub” is defined in the Preamble.







New Litigation Claim” is defined in Section 6.6.
Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements” shall mean the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements executed and delivered concurrently herewith by the Key Employees.
Non-Employee Company Option” shall mean each Company Option granted to the Company Option Holder in the holder’s capacity as a non-employee service provider to the Company for applicable employment Tax purposes.
Non-Employee Company Option Holder” shall mean each holder of a Non-Employee Company Option.
Offer Letter” shall mean an offer letter for at-will employment with Parent or the Surviving Corporation made pursuant to Section 6.17(a).
Officer’s Certificate” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(xv)(A).
Order” shall mean any order, judgment, injunction, ruling, edict, or other decree, whether temporary, preliminary or permanent, enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered by any Governmental Entity.
Parachute Payment Waiver” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(vi).
Parent” is defined in the Preamble.
Parent Common Stock” means the common stock of Parent.
Parent Common Stock Value” means the volume-weighted average of the closing sale prices of Parent Common Stock on NASDAQ as listed in The Wall Street Journal for the twenty (20) consecutive trading days ending with the date of Closing.
Parent Prepared Returns” is defined in Section 6.12(b).
Payment Agent” shall mean U.S. Bank National Association or another Person selected by Parent.
Payoff Letter” is defined in Section 2.2(b)(xii).
Per Share Common Consideration” shall mean an amount in cash equal to (a) the Total Merger Consideration, plus the Aggregate Exercise Price Amount, minus the Aggregate Liquidation Preference, divided by (b) the Total Outstanding Securities.
Per Share Escrow Amount” shall mean an amount in cash equal to (a) the Escrow Amount divided by (b) the sum of (i) the Total Outstanding Shares and (ii) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon full exercise of all Vested Company Options issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis.
Per Share Expense Amount” shall mean an amount in cash equal to (a) the Expense Cash divided by (b) the sum of (i) the Total Outstanding Shares and (ii) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon full exercise of all Vested Company Options issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis.







Per Share Series A-1 Consideration” shall mean an amount in cash equal to $3.50.
Per Share Series B Consideration” shall mean an amount in cash equal to $3.83575.
Permitted Encumbrances” shall mean: (i) statutory liens for Taxes (x) not yet due and payable or (y) being contested in good faith by any appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established on the Company Balance Sheet in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied by the Company for pre-Closing periods, (ii) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords, lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements, (iii) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar programs mandated by applicable Law, (iv) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or supplies and other like liens, (v) liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of applicable Law to secure payments of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods and (vi) non-exclusive object code licenses of software by the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice on its standard unmodified form of customer agreement (a copy of which has been provided to Parent).
Person” shall mean an individual or entity, including a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or a Governmental Entity (or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof).
Plan” shall mean the Company’s 2013 Stock Plan, as amended.
Post-Closing General Statement” is defined in Section 1.4(b).
Post-Closing Statements” is defined in Section 1.4(b).
Post-Closing Tax Period” shall mean any taxable period or portion thereof beginning after the Closing Date, including the portion of any Straddle Tax Period that commences after the Closing Date.
Post-Closing WC Statement” is defined in Section 1.4(b).
Pre-Closing Taxes” shall mean any Taxes of the Company (i) relating or attributable to any Pre-Closing Tax Period, including Taxes that are not yet due and payable, (ii) any and all Taxes of any member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group of which the Company (or any predecessor of any of the foregoing) is or was a member on or prior to the Closing Date, including pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 or any analogous or similar state, local or non-U.S. Law or regulation, (iii) any and all Taxes of any Person (other than the Company) imposed on the Company and as a transferee or successor, by Contract or pursuant to any Law, which Taxes relate to an event or transaction occurring before the Closing, or (iv) arising as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Related Agreement, including any Transaction Payroll Taxes (other than those associated with Retention Payments and payments made to participants in the Performance Bonus Plan pursuant to the Performance Bonus Plan) and fifty percent (50%) of Transfer Taxes. For this purpose, in the case of Taxes based on income, sales, proceeds, profits, receipts, wages, compensation or similar items and all other Taxes that are not imposed on a periodic basis, the amount of such Taxes that have accrued through the Closing Date for a Straddle Tax Period shall be deemed to be the amount that would be payable if the taxable year or period ended at the end of the day on the Closing Date based on an interim closing of the books (and in the case of any Taxes attributable to the ownership of any equity interest in any partnership or other “flowthrough” entity or “controlled foreign corporation” (within the meaning of Section 957(a) of the Code or any comparable state, local or non-U.S. Law), as if the taxable period of such partnership or other “flowthrough” entity or “controlled







foreign corporation” ended as of the end of the Closing Date), except that exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis (including depreciation and amortization deductions, other than with respect to property placed in service after the Closing), shall be allocated on a per diem basis. In the case of any other Taxes that are imposed on a periodic basis for a Straddle Tax Period, the amount of such Taxes that have accrued through the Closing Date shall be the amount of such Taxes for the relevant period (or, in the case of such Taxes determined on an arrears basis, the amount of such Taxes for the immediately preceding period) multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of calendar days from the beginning of the period up to and including the Closing Date and the denominator of which shall be the number of calendar days in the entire period.
Pre-Closing Tax Period” shall mean any taxable period or portion thereof ending on or prior to the Closing Date, including the portion of any Straddle Tax Period ending on and including the Closing Date.
Pre-Closing WC Statement” is defined in Section 1.4(a).
Privileged Deal Communications” shall mean communications that, as of immediately prior to Closing, were protected by attorney-client privilege between a Company Indemnitor, its Affiliates or the Company (including, without limitation, any officer, director or employee thereof) and Foley & Lardner LLP in the course of the negotiation, documentation and consummation of this Agreement, the Merger and the other Transactions.
Related Agreements” shall mean the Escrow Agreement, the Joinder Agreements, the Parachute Payment Waivers referenced in Section 6.13 (if applicable), the Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements, the Key Employee Offer Letters, Parent Restricted Stock Agreements, and all other agreements and certificates entered into by the Company or any of the Company Equity Holders in connection with the transactions contemplated herein.
Representatives” shall mean, with respect to a Person, such Person’s officers, directors, Affiliates, stockholders or employees, or any investment banker, attorney, accountant, auditor or other advisor or representative retained by any of them.
Resolution Period” is defined in Section 1.4(d).
Retained Letter of Credit” shall mean that certain Irrevocable Standby Letter of Credit number 77-540368-8 dated January 14, 2015 issued by First Republic Bank in the amount of $107,487.00 to secure the Company’s lease obligations.
Review Period” is defined in Section 1.4(c).
R&W Policy” means that certain representation and warranty insurance policy for the benefit of Parent obtained in connection with this Agreement.
R&W Policy Premium” means the premiums (including broker fee), taxes, and underwriting fee related to the R&W Policy.
SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Section 280G Approval” is defined in Section 6.14.
Section 280G Payments” is defined in Section 6.14.







Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Series A-1 Per Share Consideration” means $3.50.
Series B Per Share Consideration” means $3.83575.
Significant Supplier” is defined in Section 3.16(b).
Stockholder Notice” is defined in Section 6.1(b).
Straddle Tax Period” shall mean any taxable period beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date.
Stock” shall mean the Company Common Stock, the Company Preferred Stock and any other shares of capital stock, if any, of the Company, taken together.
Stockholders’ Representative” is defined in the Preamble.
Stockholders’ Representative Expenses” is defined in Section 9.1(b).
Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other Person of which the Company, either alone or together with one or more Subsidiaries or by one or more other Subsidiaries (i) directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record securities or other interests representing more than 50% of the outstanding equity, voting power, or financial interests of such Person or (ii) is entitled, by Contract or otherwise, to elect, appoint or designate directors constituting a majority of the members of such Person’s board of directors or other governing body.
Surviving Corporation” is defined in Section 1.1(a).
Target Working Capital” means $0.
Tax” (and, with correlative meaning, “Taxes” and “Taxable”) shall mean (i) any net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, estimated, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, transfer, franchise, fringe benefit, capital stock, profits, license, registration, withholding, payroll, social security (or equivalent), employment, unemployment, disability, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, property (real, tangible or intangible), environmental or windfall profit tax, custom duty or other tax, governmental fee or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount (whether disputed or not) imposed by any Governmental Entity responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign) (each, a “Tax Authority”), (ii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this sentence as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group for any Taxable period and (iii) any Liability for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) of this sentence as a result of being a transferee of or successor to any Person or as a result of any express or implied obligation to assume such Taxes or to indemnify any other Person.
Tax Representation” means any representation or warranty in Section 3.7.
Tax Return” shall mean any return (including any information return), report, statement, declaration, estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election, certificate or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Entity in connection







with the determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Law relating to any Tax, including any amendment thereof or attachment thereto.
Third Party Claim” is defined in Section 8.5.
Third Party Expenses” shall mean all fees and expenses, including all legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting and all other fees and expenses of third parties (including holders of Company Capital Stock and Company Options) incurred by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the negotiation, consummation and/or effectuation of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Transactions that are unpaid as of the Effective Time, including, without limitation, (i) any payments made or anticipated to be made by the Company as a brokerage or finders’ fee, agents’ commission or any similar charge, in connection with the Merger, (ii) any bonus, severance, change-in-control payments or similar payment obligations (including payments with “single-trigger” provisions triggered at and as of the consummation of the Transactions) of the Company that become due and payable in connection with the consummation of the Transactions; (iii) any Liability of the Company under deferred compensation plans, phantom equity plans, severance or bonus plans, or similar arrangements made payable in whole or in part as a result of the Transactions; (iv) the cost of the Company D&O Tail Policy; (v) 50% of the R&W Policy Premium for any R&W Policy Premium up to $500,000, plus the portion of the R&W Policy Premium, if any, that is in excess $500,000, and (vi) any Transaction Payroll Taxes but excluding in all instances the Retention Payments, payments made to participants in the Performance Bonus Plan pursuant to the Performance Bonus Plan, and Transaction Payroll Taxes related thereto.
Total Merger Consideration” shall mean an amount in cash equal to (i) $195,000,000, plus (ii) the Estimated Closing Cash, minus (iii) Closing Indebtedness, minus (iv) Closing Third Party Expenses, minus (v) the absolute value of the amount, if any, by which Estimated Closing Working Capital is less than the Target Working Capital, and plus (vi) the amount, if any, by which the Estimated Closing Working Capital is greater than the Target Working Capital, but only up to the Closing Working Capital Cap.
Total Outstanding Securities” shall mean (without duplication), (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (iv) the aggregate number of shares of Company Series Seed Preferred Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis, plus (v) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon full exercise of all Company Options issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis, plus (vi) the maximum aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon full exercise, exchange or conversion of any other rights, whether vested or unvested, that are convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable for, shares of Company Capital Stock (without duplication for any of the shares of Company Capital Stock accounted for pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v) of this definition) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis, but excluding all Cancelled Shares.
Total Outstanding Shares” shall mean (without duplication) the aggregate number of shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, on an as converted to Company Common Stock basis.
Transaction Payroll Taxes” shall mean the employer portion of payroll or employment Taxes incurred in connection with any bonuses, option cashouts or cash converted awards or other compensatory







payments made in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether payable by Parent or the Company and regardless of when paid or accrued.
Transactions” is defined in the Recitals.
Transfer Taxes” shall mean all sales, use, transfer, valued added, goods and services, gross receipts, excise, conveyance, documentary, stamp, recording, registration and other similar Taxes, charges and fees (including any penalties and interest) incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Unvested Company Option” shall mean any Company Option (or portion thereof) that is unvested immediately prior to the Effective Time, and does not vest as a result of the occurrence of the Merger at the Effective Time.
Vested Company Option” shall mean any Company Option (or portion thereof) that is vested and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, after taking into account any Company Option (or portion thereof) that, as a result of the Merger, will accelerate in full and no longer be subject to any further vesting, right of repurchase, risk of forfeiture or other such conditions.
Vested Company Option Cash Out Amount” is defined in Section 1.3(c)(i).
Vesting Date” is defined in Section 1.3(c)(ii)(C).
WARN Act” shall mean Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended.