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DOCUMENT TITLE:  AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER .
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Section 1.1 - The Offer.
Section 1.2 - Company Actions.
Section 1.3 - Directors.
Section 1.4 - The Merger.
Section 1.5 - Closing and Effective Time of the Merger.
Section 1.6 - Meeting of Stockholders to Approve the Merger.
Section 1.7 - Merger Without Meeting of Stockholders.
Section 1.8 - Top-Up Option.
Section 2.1 - Conversion of Securities.
(a) - Conversion of Company Common Stock.
(b) - Cancellation or Conversion of Treasury Stock and Parent-Owned Stock.
(c) - Purchaser Common Stock.
(a) - Paying Agent.
(b) - Procedures for Surrender.
(c) - Transfer Books; No Further Ownership Rights in Shares.
(d) - Termination of Fund; Abandoned Property; No Liability.
(e) - Withholding Rights.
(f) - Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates.
Section 2.3 - Dissenting Shares.
Section 2.4 - Treatment of Options.
Section 2.5 - Treatment of Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Section 2.6 - Treatment of Warrants.
ARTICLE III - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Section 3.1 - Organization and Qualification.
Section 3.2 - Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Section 3.3 - Capitalization.
Section 3.4 - Authority; Stockholder Approval.
Section 3.5 - No Conflict.
Section 3.6 - Required Filings and Consents.
Section 3.7 - Litigation.
Section 3.8 - Compliance; Permits.
Section 3.9 - SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Corporate Governance.
Section 3.10 - Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
Section 3.11 - Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
Section 3.12 - No Undisclosed Liabilities.
Section 3.13 - Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.
Section 3.14 - Employee Benefit Plans, Options and Employment Agreements.
Section 3.15 - Labor Matters.
Section 3.16 - Properties; Encumbrances.
Section 3.17 - Taxes.
Section 3.18 - Environmental Matters.
Section 3.19 - Intellectual Property.
Section 3.20 - Products.
Section 3.21 - Relationship with Customers and Suppliers.
Section 3.22 - Insurance.
Section 3.23 - Rights Agreement.
Section 3.24 - Opinion of Financial Advisor.
Section 3.25 - Brokers.
Section 3.26 - No Additional Representations.
ARTICLE IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND PURCHASER
Section 4.1 - Organization and Qualification.
Section 4.2 - Authority.
Section 4.7 - Ownership and Operations of Purchaser.
Section 4.8 - Sufficient Funds.
Section 4.3 - No Conflict.
Section 4.4 - Required Filings and Consents.
Section 4.5 - Litigation.
Section 4.6 - Ownership of Company Capital Stock.
Section 4.9 - Brokers.
Section 4.10 - Investigation by Parent and Purchaser.
Section 5.1 - Conduct of Business Pending the Merger.
Section 5.2 - Cooperation.
Section 5.3 - Access to Information; Confidentiality.
Section 5.4 - No Solicitation.
Section 5.5 - Reasonable Best Efforts.
Section 5.6 - Certain Notices.
Section 5.7 - Public Announcements.
Section 5.8 - Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 5.9 - Rights Agreement; State Takeover Laws.
Section 5.10 - Parent Agreement Concerning Purchaser.
Section 5.11 - Employee Matters.
Section 5.12 - Section 16 Matters.
Section 5.14 - Company Certificate.
Section 5.15 - Delisting.
Section 5.16 - Fees and Expenses.
Section 6.1 - Conditions to Obligations of Each Party Under This Agreement.
Section 6.2 - Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Purchaser Under this Agreement.
Section 6.3 - Conditions to the Obligations of the Company Under This Agreement.
Section 7.1 - Termination.
Section 7.2 - Effect of Termination.
Section 7.3 - Break-Up Fees.
Section 7.4 - Amendment.
Section 7.5 - Waiver.
Section 8.1 - Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties.
Section 8.2 - Notices.
Section 8.3 - Certain Definitions.
Section 8.4 - Headings.
Section 8.5 - Severability.
Section 8.6 - Entire Agreement.
Section 8.7 - Assignment.
Section 8.8 - Parties in Interest.
Section 8.11 - Counterparts.
Section 8.9 - Mutual Drafting; Interpretation.
Section 8.10 - Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Trial by Jury.
Section 8.12 - Specific Performance.