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Title:

Agreement and Plan of Merger

Entities:

BHP Billiton plc; Citibank, NA; MetaSolv, Inc.

Date:

2006

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

dated as of

October 23, 2006

among

METASOLV, INC.

ORACLE SYSTEMS CORPORATION

and

MARINE ACQUISITION CORPORATION


TABLE OF CONTENTS1

 

          PAGE
   ARTICLE 1   
   DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

  

Definitions

   1

Section 1.02.

  

Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions

   8
   ARTICLE 2   
   THE MERGER   

Section 2.01.

  

The Closing.

   9

Section 2.02.

  

The Merger

   9

Section 2.03.

  

Conversion of Shares

   10

Section 2.04.

  

Surrender and Payment

   10

Section 2.05.

  

Dissenting Shares.

   12

Section 2.06.

  

Company Stock Options and Restricted Stock Awards; ESPP

   12

Section 2.07.

  

Adjustments

   14

Section 2.08.

  

Withholding Rights

   14

Section 2.09.

  

Lost Certificates

   14
   ARTICLE 3   
   THE SURVIVING CORPORATION   

Section 3.01.

  

Certificate of Incorporation

   15

Section 3.02.

  

Bylaws

   15

Section 3.03.

  

Directors and Officers

   15
   ARTICLE 4   
   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY   

Section 4.01.

  

Corporate Existence and Power

   15

Section 4.02.

  

Corporate Authorization

   15

Section 4.03.

  

Governmental Authorization

   16

Section 4.04.

  

Non-contravention

   16

Section 4.05.

  

Capitalization

   17

Section 4.06.

  

Subsidiaries

   18

Section 4.07.

  

SEC Filings and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

   19

Section 4.08.

  

Financial Statements; Internal Controls

   20

Section 4.09.

  

Disclosure Documents

   22

Section 4.10.

  

Absence of Certain Changes

   22

Section 4.11.

  

No Undisclosed Material Liabilities

   22

Section 4.12.

  

Litigation

   23

1 The Table of Contents is not a part of this Agreement.

 

i


Section 4.13.

  

Compliance with Applicable Law

   23

Section 4.14.

  

Material Contracts

   23

Section 4.15.

  

Taxes

   26

Section 4.16.

  

Employee Benefit Plans

   28

Section 4.17.

  

Labor and Employment Matters

   30

Section 4.18.

  

Insurance Policies

   30

Section 4.19.

  

Environmental Matters

   31

Section 4.20.

  

Intellectual Property; Computer Software.

   32

Section 4.21.

  

Properties

   34

Section 4.22.

  

Interested Party Transactions

   35

Section 4.23.

  

Certain Business Practices

   35

Section 4.24.

  

Finders Fees

   35

Section 4.25.

  

Opinion of Financial Advisor

   35

Section 4.26.

  

Antitakeover Statutes and Company Rights Agreement

   36
   ARTICLE 5   
   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT   

Section 5.01.

  

Corporate Existence and Power

   36

Section 5.02.

  

Corporate Authorization

   36

Section 5.03.

  

Governmental Authorization

   37

Section 5.04.

  

Non-contravention

   37

Section 5.05.

  

Disclosure Documents

   37

Section 5.06.

  

Company Securities

   37

Section 5.07.

  

Litigation

   38

Section 5.08.

  

Financing

   38
   ARTICLE 6   
   COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY   

Section 6.01.

  

Conduct of the Company

   38

Section 6.02.

  

Warrants.

   41

Section 6.03.

  

Stockholder Meeting; Proxy Material

   42

Section 6.04.

  

No Solicitation; Other Offers.

   43

Section 6.05.

  

Access to Information

   45

Section 6.06.

  

401(k) Plans.

   45

Section 6.07.

  

Product Remediation.

   46
   ARTICLE 7   
   COVENANTS OF PARENT   

Section 7.01.

  

Obligations of Merger Subsidiary

   46

Section 7.02.

  

Voting of Shares

   46

Section 7.03.

  

Director and Officer Liability.

   46

Section 7.04.

  

Employee Benefit Matters

   48

 

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   ARTICLE 8   
   COVENANTS OF PARENT AND THE COMPANY   

Section 8.01.

  

Reasonable Best Efforts

   48

Section 8.02.

  

Certain Filings

   50

Section 8.03.

  

Public Announcements

   50

Section 8.04.

  

Further Assurances

   51

Section 8.05.

  

Notice of Certain Events

   51

Section 8.06.

  

Rule 16b-3

   52
   ARTICLE 9   
   CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER   

Section 9.01.

  

Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party

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