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Agreement and Plan of Merger |
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Banc of America Securities LLC; IPSCO Inc.; NS Group, Inc.; Bryan Cave |
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2006 |
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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
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Section 1.01. Definitions |
1 |
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Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions |
6 |
ARTICLE 2
THE MERGER
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Section 2.01. The Merger |
7 |
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Section 2.02. Conversion of Shares |
8 |
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Section 2.03. Surrender and Payment |
8 |
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Section 2.04. Dissenting Shares |
10 |
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Section 2.05. Stock Options and Other Equity Awards |
10 |
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Section 2.06. Adjustments |
11 |
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Section 2.07. Withholding Rights |
11 |
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Section 2.08. Lost Certificates |
11 |
ARTICLE 3
THE SURVIVING CORPORATION
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Section 3.01. Articles of Incorporation |
11 |
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Section 3.02. Bylaws |
12 |
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Section 3.03. Directors and Officers |
12 |
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 4.01. Corporate Existence and Power |
12 |
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Section 4.02. Corporate Authorization |
12 |
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Section 4.03. Governmental Authorization |
13 |
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Section 4.04. Non-contravention |
13 |
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Section 4.05. Capitalization |
14 |
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Section 4.06. Subsidiaries |
15 |
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Section 4.07. SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
16 |
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Section 4.08. Financial Statements |
18 |
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Section 4.09. Disclosure Documents |
18 |
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Section 4.10. Absence of Certain Changes |
18 |
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Section 4.11. No Undisclosed Material Liabilities |
18 |
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Section 4.12. Litigation |
19 |
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1 The Table of Contents is not a part of this Agreement.
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Section 4.13. Compliance with Applicable Laws |
19 |
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Section 4.14. Material Contracts |
19 |
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Section 4.15. Taxes |
22 |
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Section 4.16. Employees and Employee Benefit Plans |
23 |
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Section 4.17. Intellectual Property |
26 |
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Section 4.18. Properties |
26 |
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Section 4.19. Environmental Matters |
27 |
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Section 4.20. Antitakeover Statutes and Rights Agreement |
28 |
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Section 4.21. Opinion of Financial Advisor |
28 |
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Section 4.22. Finders Fees |
28 |
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
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Section 5.01. Corporate Existence and Power |
28 |
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Section 5.02. Corporate Authorization |
29 |
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Section 5.03. Governmental Authorization |
29 |
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Section 5.04. Non-contravention |
29 |
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Section 5.05. Disclosure Documents |
30 |
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Section 5.06. Financing |
30 |
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Section 5.07. Finders Fees |
30 |
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Section 5.08. No Ownership of Stock of Company |
30 |
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
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Section 6.01. Conduct of the Company |
30 |
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Section 6.02. Shareholder Meeting; Proxy Material |
33 |
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Section 6.03. No Solicitation; Other Offers |
34 |
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Section 6.04. Access to Information; Confidentiality |
36 |
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS OF PARENT
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Section 7.01. Conduct of Parent |
37 |
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Section 7.02. Obligations of Merger Subsidiary |
37 |
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Section 7.03. Voting of Shares |
37 |
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Section 7.04. Director and Officer Liability |
37 |
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Section 7.05. Employee Matters |
38 |
ARTICLE 8
COVENANTS OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY
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Section 8.01. Reasonable Best Efforts |
39 |
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Section 8.02. Certain Filings |
39 |
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Section 8.03. Public Announcements |
40 |
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Section 8.04. Stock Exchange De-listing |
40 |
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Section 8.05. Further Assurances |
40 |
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Section 8.06. Notices of Certain Events |
40 |
ARTICLE 9
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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Section 9.01. Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party |
41 |
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Section 9.02. Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Subsidiary |
42 |
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Section 9.03. Conditions to the Obligations of the Company |
43 |
ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION
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Section 10.01. Termination |
43 |
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Section 10.02. Effect of Termination |
45 |
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
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