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Agreement and Plan of Merger |
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Banc of America Securities LLC; IPSCO Inc.; NS Group, Inc.; Shuffle Master, Inc.; Bryan Cave |
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2006 |
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| CONFIDENTIAL DRAFT |
| AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER |
| dated as of |
| September 10, 2006 |
| among |
| IPSCO INC., |
| PI ACQUISITION COMPANY |
| and |
| NS GROUP, INC. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS1
| PAGE | |||||
| ARTICLE 1 | |||||
| DEFINITIONS | |||||
| Section | 1.01 | . | Definitions | 1 | |
| Section | 1.02 | . | Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions | 6 | |
| ARTICLE 2 | |||||
| THE MERGER | |||||
| Section | 2.01 | . | The Merger | 7 | |
| Section | 2.02 | . | Conversion of Shares | 8 | |
| Section | 2.03 | . | Surrender and Payment | 8 | |
| Section | 2.04 | . | Dissenting Shares | 10 | |
| Section | 2.05 | . | Stock Options and Other Equity Awards | 10 | |
| Section | 2.06 | . | Adjustments | 11 | |
| Section | 2.07 | . | Withholding Rights | 11 | |
| Section | 2.08 | . | Lost Certificates | 11 | |
| ARTICLE 3 | |||||
| THE SURVIVING CORPORATION | |||||
| Section | 3.01 | . | Articles of Incorporation | 12 | |
| Section | 3.02 | . | Bylaws | 12 | |
| Section | 3.03 | . | Directors and Officers | 12 | |
| ARTICLE 4 | |||||
| REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | |||||
| Section | 4.01 | . | Corporate Existence and Power | 12 | |
| Section | 4.02 | . | Corporate Authorization | 12 | |
| Section | 4.03 | . | Governmental Authorization | 13 | |
| Section | 4.04 | . | Non-contravention | 13 | |
| Section | 4.05 | . | Capitalization | 14 | |
| Section | 4.06 | . | Subsidiaries | 15 | |
| Section | 4.07 | . | SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 16 | |
| Section | 4.08 | . | Financial Statements | 18 | |
| Section | 4.09 | . | Disclosure Documents | 18 | |
| Section | 4.10 | . | Absence of Certain Changes | 18 | |
| Section | 4.11 | . | No Undisclosed Material Liabilities | 19 | |
| Section | 4.12 | . | Litigation | 19 | |
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| Section | 4.13 | . | Compliance with Applicable Laws | 19 | |
| Section | 4.14 | . | Material Contracts | 20 | |
| Section | 4.15 | . | Taxes | 22 | |
| Section | 4.16 | . | Employees and Employee Benefit Plans | 23 | |
| Section | 4.17 | . | Intellectual Property | 26 | |
| Section | 4.18 | . | Properties | 27 | |
| Section | 4.19 | . | Environmental Matters | 27 | |
| Section | 4.20 | . | Antitakeover Statutes and Rights Agreement | 28 | |
| Section | 4.21 | . | Opinion of Financial Advisor | 28 | |
| Section | 4.22 | . | Finders Fees | 28 | |
| ARTICLE 5 | |||||
| REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT | |||||
| Section | 5.01 | . | Corporate Existence and Power | 29 | |
| Section | 5.02 | . | Corporate Authorization | 29 | |
| Section | 5.03 | . | Governmental Authorization | 29 | |
| Section | 5.04 | . | Non-contravention | 29 | |
| Section | 5.05 | . | Disclosure Documents | 30 | |
| Section | 5.06 | . | Financing | 30 | |
| Section | 5.07 | . | Finders Fees | 30 | |
| Section | 5.08 | . | No Ownership of Stock of Company | 30 | |
| ARTICLE 6 | |||||
| COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | |||||
| Section | 6.01 | . | Conduct of the Company | 31 | |
| Section | 6.02 | . | Shareholder Meeting; Proxy Material | 34 | |
| Section | 6.03 | . | No Solicitation; Other Offers | 34 | |
| Section | 6.04 | . | Access to Information; Confidentiality | 36 | |
| ARTICLE 7 | |||||
| COVENANTS OF PARENT | |||||
| Section | 7.01 | . | Conduct of Parent | 37 | |
| Section | 7.02 | . | Obligations of Merger Subsidiary | 37 | |
| Section | 7.03 | . | Voting of Shares | 37 | |
| Section | 7.04 | . | Director and Officer Liability | 37 | |
| Section | 7.05 | . | Employee Matters | 38 | |
| ARTICLE 8 | |||||
| COVENANTS OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY | |||||
| Section | 8.01 | . | Reasonable Best Efforts | 39 | |
| Section | 8.02 | . | Certain Filings | 40 | |
| Section | 8.03 | . | Public Announcements | 40 |
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| Section | 8.04 | . | Stock Exchange De-listing | 41 | |
| Section | 8.05 | . | Further Assurances | 41 | |
| Section | 8.06 | . | Notices of Certain Events | 41 | |
| ARTICLE 9 | |||||
| CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | |||||
| Section | 9.01 | . | Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party | 42 | |
| Section | 9.02 | . | Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Subsidiary | 42 | |
| Section | 9.03 | . | Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | 43 | |
| ARTICLE 10 | |||||
| TERMINATION | |||||
| Section | 10.01 | . | Termination | 44 | |
| Section | 10.02 |
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