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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
dated as of
October 12, 2006
among
SITEL CORPORATION,
CLIENTLOGIC CORPORATION
and
STAGECOACH ACQUISITION CORPORATION
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
| Page | ||
| ARTICLE 1 | DEFINITIONS | 1 |
| Section | 1.01 Definitions | 1 |
| Section | 1.02 Other Definitional and Interpretive Provisions | 7 |
| ARTICLE 2 | THE MERGER | 7 |
| 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 | 9 |
| Section | 2.05 Stock Options | 10 |
| Section | 2.07 Withholding Rights | 10 |
| Section | 2.08 Lost Certificates | 11 |
| Section | 2.09 Adjustments | 11 |
| ARTICLE 3 | THE SURVIVING CORPORATION | 11 |
| Section | 3.01 Articles of Incorporation | 11 |
| Section | 3.02 Bylaws | 11 |
| Section | 3.03 Directors and Officers | 11 |
| ARTICLE 4 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 12 |
| Section | 4.01 Corporate Existence and Power | 12 |
| Section | 4.02 Corporate Authorization | 12 |
| Section | 4.03 Governmental Authorization | 12 |
| Section | 4.04 Non-Contravention and Consents | 13 |
| Section | 4.05 Capitalization | 13 |
| Section | 4.06 Subsidiaries | 14 |
| Section | 4.07 SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act | 15 |
| Section | 4.08 Financial Statements | 16 |
| Section | 4.09 Disclosure Documents | 16 |
| Section | 4.10 Absence of Certain Changes | 16 |
| Section | 4.11 No Undisclosed Material Liabilities | 17 |
| Section | 4.12 Compliance with Laws and Court Orders | 17 |
| Section | 4.13 Litigation | 17 |
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| Section | 4.14 Finders Fees | 17 |
| Section | 4.15 Taxes | 18 |
| Section | 4.16 Employee Benefit Plans | 19 |
| Section | 4.17 Intellectual Property | 20 |
| Section | 4.18 Environmental Matters | 22 |
| Section | 4.19 Antitakeover Statutes and Rights Agreement | 22 |
| Section | 4.20 Opinion of Financial Advisor | 23 |
| Section | 4.21 Contracts and Customers | 23 |
| Section | 4.22 Insurance | 25 |
| Section | 4.23 Labor Relations | 25 |
| Section | 4.24 Real Estate | 26 |
| Section | 4.25 Company Expenses | 26 |
| ARTICLE 5 | REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND | |
| MERGER SUB | 26 | |
| Section | 5.01 Corporate Existence and Power | 26 |
| Section | 5.02 Corporate Authorization | 27 |
| Section | 5.03 Governmental Authorization | 27 |
| Section | 5.04 Non-Contravention and Consents | 27 |
| Section | 5.05 Disclosure Documents | 27 |
| Section | 5.06 Finders Fees | 27 |
| Section | 5.07 Financing | 28 |
| ARTICLE 6 | COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 28 |
| Section | 6.01 Conduct of the Company | 28 |
| Section | 6.02 Stockholder Meeting; Proxy Material | 31 |
| Section | 6.03 No Solicitation; Other Offers | 31 |
| Section | 6.04 Access to Information, etc | 33 |
| Section | 6.05 New York Stock Exchange and SEC Filings | 33 |
| Section | 6.06 Stockholder Litigation | 33 |
| ARTICLE 7 | COVENANTS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB | 34 |
| Section | 7.01 Director and Officer Liability | 34 |
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| Section | 7.02 Employee Benefits | 35 |
| Section | 7.03 Obligations of Merger Sub | 36 |
| Section | 7.04 Voting of Shares | 36 |
| ARTICLE 8 | COVENANTS OF PARENT, MERGER SUB AND THE COMPANY | 36 |
| Section | 8.01 Reasonable Best Efforts | 36 |
| Section | 8.02 Certain Filings | 38 |
| Section | 8.03 Public Announcements | 38 |
| Section | 8.04 Further Assurances | 38 |
| Section | 8.05 Notices of Certain Events | 39 |
| Section | 8.06 Confidentiality | 39 |
| ARTICLE 9 | CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER | 39 |
| Section | 9.01 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party | 39 |
| Section | 9.02 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub | 40 |
| Section | 9.03 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company | 40 |
| ARTICLE 10 | TERMINATION | 41 |
| Section | 10.01 Termination | 41 |
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