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Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

Entities:

Electronic Data Systems Corp.; Opsware Inc.; Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.; Tangram Enterprise Solutions Inc.; Bank of America, NA

Date:

2003

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

BY AND AMONG

 

OPSWARE INC.,

 

TES ACQUISITION CORP.

 

AND

 

TANGRAM ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, INC.

 

DECEMBER 4, 2003

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

ARTICLE I

   THE MERGER    1

1.1  

   Certain Definitions    1

1.2  

   The Merger    9

1.3  

   Closing    10

1.4  

   Effects of the Merger    10

1.5  

   Effect on Debt and Securities    10

1.6  

   Exchange of Certificates    12

1.7  

   No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock    15

1.8  

   Tax Consequences    15

1.9  

   Further Action    15

ARTICLE II

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY    15

2.1  

   Organization; Subsidiaries    15

2.2  

   Company Capitalization    16

2.3  

   Obligations With Respect to Capital Stock    17

2.4  

   Authority; Non-Contravention    17

2.5  

   SEC Filings; Company Financial Statements; Accounts Receivable    19

2.6  

   Absence of Certain Changes or Events    20

2.7  

   Taxes    21

2.8  

   Title to and Operation of Properties    23

2.9  

   Intellectual Property    23

2.10

   Compliance with Laws    28

2.11

   Litigation    28

2.12

   Employee Benefit Plans    28

2.13

   Environmental Matters    32

2.14

   Certain Agreements    33

2.15

   Customer Contracts    35

2.16

   Brokers and Finders Fees    35

2.17

   Insurance    35

2.18

   Disclosure    36

2.19

   Board Approval    36

 

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2.20

   [Intentionally omitted.]    36

2.21

   Affiliates    36

2.22

   Certain Transactions and Agreements    37

2.23

   Company Debt    37

ARTICLE III

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB    37

3.1  

   Organization of Parent and Merger Sub    37

3.2  

   Parent and Merger Sub Capitalization    38

3.3  

   Authority; Non-Contravention    39

3.4  

   SEC Filings; Parent Financial Statements    40

3.5  

   Compliance with Laws    41

3.6  

   Disclosure    41

3.7  

   Brokers and Finders Fees    42

3.8  

   Board Approval    42

3.9  

   Absence of Certain Changes or Events    42

3.10

   Litigation    42

ARTICLE IV

   CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME    42

4.1  

   Conduct of Business by Company    42

4.2  

   Amendment of Parent Charter Documents    46

ARTICLE V

   ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS    46

5.1  

   Proxy Statement/Prospectus; Registration Statement; Other Filings    46

5.2  

   Meeting of Company Shareholders; Board Recommendation    47

5.3  

   No Solicitation    49

5.4  

   Confidentiality; Access to Information    51

5.5  

   Notification of Certain Matters    51

5.6  

   Public Disclosure    51

5.7  

   Reasonable Efforts    51

5.8  

   Third Party Consents    52

5.9  

   Employee Benefits    52

5.10

   Indemnification    52

5.11

   Nasdaq Listing    53

5.12

   Takeover Statutes    53

5.13

   Section 16 Matters    53

 

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5.14

   Tax Treatment as Reorganization    54

5.15

   Company Credit Facilities    54

5.16

   Company Affiliates; Restrictive Legend    54

5.17

   Transition Employee Arrangements    54

5.18

   Transition Services Agreement    55

5.19

   Termination of Company Options and Company Option Plans    55

5.20

   Dissenting Shares    55

5.21

   Spreadsheet    55

5.22

   Transaction Tax Liabilities    55

5.23

   General Release and Covenant Not to Sue    56

ARTICLE VI

   CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER    56

6.1  

   Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger    56

6.2  

   Additional Conditions to Obligations of Company    57

6.3  

   Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub    58

ARTICLE VII

   TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER    60

7.1  

   Termination    60

7.2  

   Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination    62

7.3  

   Fees and Expenses    62

7.4  

   Amendment    63

7.5  

   Extension; Waiver    63

ARTICLE VIII

   GENERAL PROVISIONS    63

8.1  

   Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties    63

8.2  

   Notices    63

8.3  

   Interpretation; Certain Defined Terms    64

8.4  

   Counterparts    65

8.5  

   Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries    65

8.6  

   Severability    65

8.7  

   Other Remedies; Specific Performance    65

8.8  

   Governing Law    65

8.9  

   Rules of Construction    65

8.10

   Assignment    66

8.11

   Waiver Of Jury Trial    66

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A-1    Form of Articles of Merger
Exhibit A-2    Form of Certificate of Merger
Exhibit B    Form of Voting Agreement
Exhibit C    Form of Non-Solicitation Agreement
Exhibit D    Form of Transition Services Agreement

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

 

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of December 4, 2003, among Opsware Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent), TES Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and Tangram Enterprise Solutions, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (Company).

 

RECITALS

 

A. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and Company have approved this Agreement, and declared advisable the merger of Merger Sub with and into Company (the Merger) upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, pursuant to the Articles of Merger in the form of Exhibit A-1 (the Articles of Merger) and the Certificate of Merger in the form of Exhibit A-2 (the Certificate of Merger), and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (Delaware Law) and the Business Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Law).

 

B. For United States federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to qualify as a reorganization pursuant to the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and the parties intend, by executing this Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a).

 

C. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parents willingness to enter into this Agreement, Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (and/or its wholly owned subsidiaries Safeguard Scientifics (Delaware), Inc. and Safeguard Delaware, Inc.) (SSI) and TBBH Investments Europe AG (TBBH), major shareholders of Company, are entering into Voting Agreements with Parent in the form of Exhibit B (collectively, the Voting Agreements).

 

D. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parents willingness to enter into this Agreement, certain employees of Company are entering into Non-Solicitation Agreements with Parent in the form of Exhibit C (collectively, the Non-Solicitation Agreements) which shall become effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in Section 1.1).

 

In consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the parties agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

 

1.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated below. Unless indicated otherwise, all mathematical calculations contemplated hereby shall be made to the fifth decimal place.

 

1


Acquisition Proposal means, with respect to a particular company, any offer or proposal (other than an offer or proposal by Parent) relating to, or involving: (A) any acquisition or purchase by any person or group (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) of more than a 20% interest in the total outstanding voting securities of such party or any of its subsidiaries or any tender offer or exchange offer that if consummated would result in any person or group (as defined under Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder) beneficially owning 20% or more of the total outstanding voting securities of such party or any of its subsidiaries or any merger, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction involving such party pursuant to which the shareholders of such party immediately preceding such transaction hold less than 80% of the equity interests in the surviving or resulting entity of such transaction; (B) any sale, lease (other than in the ordinary course of business), exchange, transfer, license (other than in the ordinary course of business), acquisition, or disposition of any material portion of the assets of such party and its subsidiaries; or (C) any liquidation or dissolution of such party.


 

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