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Title:

Agreement and Plan of Merger

Entities:

Citibank, NA; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.; Flextronics International Ltd.; International DisplayWorks Inc.; Bullivant Houser Bailey; Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle

Date:

2006

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This copy of the Merger Agreement has been attached as an exhibit to the Report on Form 8-K to provide investors with information regarding its terms. Except for its status as a legal document governing the contractual rights among the parties thereto in relation to the proposed merger and the other transactions contemplated thereby, the Merger Agreement is not intended to be a source of factual, business or operational information about IDW, Flextronics or their respective businesses.
The representations and warranties contained in the Merger Agreement are not necessarily accurate or complete as made and may be subject to exceptions set forth in the disclosure schedules provided in accordance with the Merger Agreement. Such representations, warranties and covenants have been negotiated by IDW and Flextronics for the purpose of allocating contractual risk between the parties, including where the parties do not have complete knowledge of all the facts, and not for the purpose of establishing matters as facts. The representations and warranties may also be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to investors. Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and any shareholder of IDW or Flextronics or any potential investor should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants therein or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of the parties or any of their affiliates.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY AND AMONG
FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
GRANITE ACQUISITION CORP.
AND
INTERNATIONAL DISPLAYWORKS, INC.
Dated as of September 4, 2006

 


 

Table of Contents
                 
            Page No.  
 
               
Article I THE MERGER     1  
 
               
 
  1.1   The Merger     1  
 
  1.2   Effective Time; Closing     2  
 
  1.3   Effect of the Merger     2  
 
  1.4   Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws     2  
 
  1.5   Directors and Officers     2  
 
  1.6   Effect on Capital Stock     3  
 
  1.7   Surrender of Certificates     5  
 
  1.8   No Further Ownership Rights in Company Common Stock     7  
 
  1.9   Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates     7  
 
  1.10   Amendment to Agreement     8  
 
  1.11   Further Action     8  
 
               
Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY     8  
 
               
 
  2.1   Organization; Standing and Power; Charter Documents; Subsidiaries     8  
 
  2.2   Capital Structure     9  
 
  2.3   Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents     11  
 
  2.4   SEC Filings; Financial Statements; Internal Controls     13  
 
  2.5   Absence of Certain Changes or Events     15  
 
  2.6   Taxes     18  
 
  2.7   Title to Properties     20  
 
  2.8   Intellectual Property     22  
 
  2.9   Restrictions on Business Activities     26  
 
  2.10   Governmental Authorizations     27  
 
  2.11   Litigation     27  
 
  2.12   Compliance with Law     27  
 
  2.13   Environmental Matters     28  
 
  2.14   Brokers and Finders Fees     29  
 
  2.15   Transactions with Affiliates     29  
 
  2.16   Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation     29  
 
  2.17   Contracts     35  
 
  2.18   Insurance     36  
 
  2.19   Customers and Suppliers     37  
 
  2.20   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act     37  
 
  2.21   Information in Registration Statement and Prospectus/Proxy Statement     38  
 
  2.22   Fairness Opinion     38  
 
  2.23   Takeover Statutes and Rights Plans     38  
 
               
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB     39  
 
               
 
  3.1   Organization     39  
 
  3.2   Authority; No Conflict; Necessary Consents     39  
 
  3.3   Capital Structure     40  
 
  3.4   Information in Registration Statement and Prospectus/Proxy Statement     40  

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            Page No.  
 
               
 
  3.5   SEC Filings; Financial Statements     41  
 
  3.6   Brokers and Finders Fees     43  
 
  3.7   Interim Operations of Merger Sub     43  
 
  3.8   Foreign Corrupt Practices Act     43  
 
  3.9   Legal Proceedings     43  
 
               
Article IV CONDUCT BY THE COMPANY PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME     43  
 
               
 
  4.1   Conduct of Business by the Company     43  
 
               
Article V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS     46  
 
               
 
  5.1   Prospectus/Proxy Statement; Registration Statement     46  
 
  5.2   Meeting of Company Stockholders; Board Recommendation     47  
 
  5.3   Acquisition Proposals     48  
 
  5.4   Confidentiality; Access to Information; No Modification of Representations, Warranties or Covenants     52  
 
  5.5   Public Disclosure     53  
 
  5.6   Regulatory Filings; Reasonable Efforts     53  
 
  5.7   Notification of Certain Matters     55  
 
  5.8   Third-Party Consents     55  
 
  5.9   Equity Awards and Employee Matters     56  
 
  5.10   Indemnification     57  
 
  5.11   Section 16 Matters     58  
 
  5.12   Tax Matters     58  
 
  5.13   145 Affiliates     59  
 
               
Article VI CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER     59  
 
               
 
  6.1   Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger     59  
 
  6.2   Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent     60  
 
  6.3   Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company     60  
 
               
Article VII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER     61  
 
               
 
  7.1   Termination     61  
 
  7.2   Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination     64  
 
  7.3   Fees and Expenses     64  
 
  7.4   Amendment     65  
 
  7.5   Extension; Waiver     65  
 
               
Article VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS     66  
 
               
 
  8.1   Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties     66  
 
  8.2   Notices     66  
 
  8.3   Interpretation; Knowledge     67  
 
  8.4   Counterparts     68  
 
  8.5   Entire Agreement; Third-Party Beneficiaries     68  
 
  8.6   Severability     69  
 
  8.7   Other Remedies; Specific Performance     69  
 
  8.8   Governing Law     69  

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            Page No.  
 
               
 
  8.9   Rules of Construction     69  
 
  8.10   Assignment     70  
 
  8.11   Waiver of Jury Trial     70  
 
               
Exhibit A
                Form of Voting Agreement     A-1  
Exhibit B
                Form of Affiliate Agreement     B-1  

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
     
Defined Term   Section
 
   
401(k) Plan
  5.9(d)
Acquisition
  7.3(b)(iv)
Acquisition Proposal
  5.3(h)(i)
Action of Divestiture
  5.6(d)
Agreement
  Preamble
Audit
  2.6(a)
Average Parent Share Price
  1.6(a)
Business Day
  1.2
Certificate of Merger
  1.2
Certificates
  1.7(c)
Change of Recommendation
  5.3(d)
Change of Recommendation Notice
  5.3(d)(iii)
Closing
  1.2
Closing Date
  1.2
COBRA
  2.16(a)
Code
  Recitals
Company
  Preamble
Company Balance Sheet
  2.4(b)
Company Charter Documents
  2.1(b)
Company Common Stock
  1.6(a)
Company Disclosure Schedule
  Article II
Company Employee Plan
  2.16(a)
Company Financials
  2.4(b)
Company Intellectual Property
  2.8
Company Material Contract
  2.17(a)
Company Options
  2.2(b)
Company Preferred Stock
  2.2(a)
Company Products
  2.8
Company Registered Intellectual Property
  2.8
Company SEC Reports
  2.4(a)
Company Significant Customer
  2.19(a)
Confidentiality Agreements
  5.4(a)
Contaminants
  2.8(j)
Continuing Employees
  5.9(e)
Contract
  2.1(a)
Delaware Law
  1.1
Deutsche Bank
  2.14
DOJ
  2.3(d)
DOL
  2.16(a)
Effect
  8.3(d)
Effective Time
  1.2
Employee/Service Provider
  2.16(a)
Employee Agreement
  2.16(a)

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Defined Term   Section
 
   
End Date
  7.1(b)
Environmental Claim
  2.13(a)
Environmental Laws
  2.13(a)
ERISA
  2.16(a)
ERISA Affiliate
  2.16(a)
Exchange Act
  2.3(d)
Exchange Agent
  1.7(a)
Exchange Fund
  1.7(b)
Exchange Ratio
  1.6(a)
FCPA
  2.20
FTC
  2.3(d)
GAAP
  2.4(b)
Governmental Authorizations
  2.10
Governmental Entity
  2.3(d)
HSR Act
  2.3(d)
HIPAA
  2.16(a)
Include, Includes, Including
  8.3(a)
Indemnified Parties
  5.10(a)
Intellectual Property
  2.8
Intellectual Property Contracts
  2.8(a)
Intellectual Property Rights
  2.8
International Employee Plan
  2.16(a)
IRS
  2.16(a)
Knowledge
  8.3(b)
Lease Documents
  2.7(b)
Leased Real Property
  2.7(a)
Legal Requirements
  1.7(f)
Liens
  2.1(c)
Made Available
  8.3(c)
Material Adverse Effect
  8.3(d)
Materials of Environmental Concern
  2.13(a)
Measurement End Date
  1.6(a)
Merger Sub
  Preamble
Merger Sub Charter Documents
  3.1
Merger Sub Common Stock
  1.6(d)
Merger
  1.1
Necessary Consents
  2.3(d)
Open Source
  2.8
Option Plans
  2.2(b)
Parent
  Preamble
Parent Benefit Plan
  5.9(e)
Parent Charter Documents
  3.1
Parent Ordinary Shares
  1.6(a)
Parent Disclosure Schedule
  Article III
Parent Financials
  3.5(b)

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Defined Term   Section
 
   
Parent Options
  3.3(a)
Parent SEC Reports
  3.5(a)
Parents 401(k) Plan
  5.9(d)
Pension Plan
  2.16(a)
Per Share Merger Consideration
  1.6(e)
Permitted Liens
  2.7(c)
Person
  8.3(e)
Prospectus/Proxy Statement
  2.21
Registration Statement
  2.21
SEC
  2.3(d)
Securities Act
  2.4(a)
Shrink-Wrapped Code
  2.8
Significant Subsidiary
  2.1(b)
Significant Supplier
  2.19(b)
Source Code
  2.8
Stockholders Meeting
  5.2(a)
Subsidiary
  2.1(a)
Subsidiary Charter Documents
  2.1(b)
Superior Offer
  5.3(h)(ii)
Surviving Corporation
  1.1
Tax
  2.6(a)
Tax Authority
  2.6(a)
Tax Opinions
  5.12
Tax Returns
  2.6(a)
Taxes
  2.6(a)
Termination Fee
  7.3(b)(i)
Top-up Notice
  1.6(a)
Trade Secret
  2.8
Triggering Event
  7.1
Voting Agreements
  Recitals
Voting Debt
  2.2(c)
Walk-Away Notice
  1.6(a)
Walk-Away Price
  1.6(a)
WARN
  2.16(a)

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
     This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this Agreement) is made and entered into as of September 4, 2006, by and among Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore company (Parent), Granite Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), and International DisplayWorks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company).
RECITALS
     A. The respective Boards of Directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have deemed it advisable and in the best interests of their respective companies and stockholders that Parent and the Company consummate the business combination and other transactions provided for herein.
     B. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and as a condition and inducement to Parents willingness to enter into this Agreement, all current executive officers and members of the Board of Directors of the Company are entering into Voting Agreements and irrevocable proxies in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Voting Agreements).
     C. The Board of Directors of the Company has resolved to recommend to its stockholders the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger.
     D. Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, has approved and adopted this Agreement and approved the Merger.
     E. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company each desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Merger and also to prescribe certain conditions to the Merger.
     F. For United States federal income tax purposes, the parties intend that the Merger qualify as a reorganization under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the Code), and this Agreement will be, and hereby is, adopted as a plan of reorganization for purposes of Section 368(a) of the Code.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
     1.1 The Merger. At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation

 


 

Law (Delaware Law), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the Merger), the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The surviving corporation after the Merger is hereinafter sometimes referred to as the Surviving Corporation.
     1.2 Effective Time; Closing. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the relevant provisions of Delaware Law (the Certificate of Merger) (the time of such filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger) being the Effective Time) as soon as practicable on the Closing Date. The closing of the Merger (the Closing) shall take place at the offices of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, located at 101 Park Avenue, New York, New York, or such other place as agreed to by the parties, at a time and date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the third Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI (other than those that by their terms are to be satisfied or waived at the Closing), or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the Closing Date. Business Day shall mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions located in San Jose, California are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
     1.3 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of Delaware Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
     1.4 Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Company shall be amended and restated in its entirety 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 International DisplayWorks, Inc. At the Effective Time, the bylaws of the Company shall be amended and restated in their entirety to be identical to the bylaws 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 bylaws.
     1.5 Directors and Officers. The initial directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. The initial officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly appointed. In addition, unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, Parent, the Company and the Surviving Corporation shall take

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