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Agreement and Plan of Merger |
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AT&T Corp.; AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.; BellSouth Corp.; Cingular Wireless Corp.; Cingular Wireless LLC; Citibank, NA; Mellon Investor Services LLC; NTT DoCoMo, Inc.; SBC Communications Inc.; Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Sullivan & Cromwell; Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Links I Corporation |
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2004 |
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
By and Among
AT&T WIRELESS SERVICES, INC.,
CINGULAR WIRELESS CORPORATION,
CINGULAR WIRELESS LLC
and
LINKS I CORPORATION
and, solely with respect to Sections 5.3, 6.1(b), 6.5(b) and Article IX
of the Agreement and Plan of Merger,
SBC COMMUNICATIONS INC.
and
BELLSOUTH CORPORATION
Dated as of February 17, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I The Merger; Closing; Effective Time...........................................................1
1.1. The Merger......................................................................................1
1.2. Closing.........................................................................................2
1.3. Effective Time..................................................................................2
ARTICLE II Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation........................2
2.1. The Certificate of Incorporation................................................................2
2.2. The By-Laws.....................................................................................2
ARTICLE III Officers and Directors of the Surviving Corporation.........................................2
3.1. Directors.......................................................................................2
3.2. Officers........................................................................................3
ARTICLE IV Effect of the Merger on Capital Stock; Exchange of Certificates..............................3
4.1. Effect on Capital Stock.........................................................................3
4.2. Exchange of Certificates for Shares.............................................................4
4.3. Dissenters' Rights..............................................................................6
4.4. Adjustments to Prevent Dilution.................................................................6
4.5. Treatment of Company Options/Other Equity Awards................................................6
4.6. Treatment of DoCoMo Warrant.....................................................................7
ARTICLE V Representations and Warranties................................................................8
5.1. Representations and Warranties of the Company...................................................8
5.2. Representations and Warranties of Cingular and Merger Sub......................................28
5.3. Representations and Warranties of SBC and BellSouth............................................31
ARTICLE VI Covenants...................................................................................33
6.1. Interim Operations.............................................................................33
6.2. Acquisition Proposals..........................................................................38
6.3. Information Supplied...........................................................................39
6.4. Stockholders Meeting...........................................................................40
6.5. Filings; Other Actions; Notification...........................................................40
6.6. Access.........................................................................................42
6.7. Consent/Tender Offers..........................................................................43
6.8. Employee Benefits..............................................................................44
6.9. Indemnification; Directors' and Officers' Insurance............................................46
6.10. Other Actions by the Company...................................................................48
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ARTICLE VII Conditions.................................................................................50
7.1. Conditions to the Obligations of the Company, Cingular and Merger Sub to Effect the Merger.....50
7.2. Conditions to Obligations of Cingular and Merger Sub...........................................51
7.3. Conditions to Obligation of the Company........................................................53
ARTICLE VIII Termination...............................................................................53
8.1. Termination by Mutual Consent..................................................................53
8.2. Termination by Either Cingular or the Company..................................................53
8.3. Termination by the Company.....................................................................54
8.4. Termination by Cingular........................................................................54
8.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment..........................................................55
ARTICLE IX Miscellaneous and General...................................................................56
9.1. Survival.......................................................................................56
9.2. Modification or Amendment......................................................................56
9.3. Waiver of Conditions...........................................................................56
9.4. Counterparts...................................................................................56
9.5. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................................................56
9.6. Notices........................................................................................57
9.7. Entire Agreement; NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS.....................................................59
9.8. No Third Party Beneficiaries...................................................................59
9.9. Obligations of Cingular and of the Company.....................................................60
9.10. Definitions....................................................................................60
9.11. Severability...................................................................................60
9.12. Interpretation; Construction...................................................................60
9.13. Guarantee; Breach..............................................................................61
9.14. Publicity......................................................................................61
9.15. Expenses.......................................................................................61
9.16. Assignment.....................................................................................61
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter called this
"Agreement"), dated as of February 17, 2004, by and among AT&T Wireless
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Cingular Wireless
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Cingular"), Cingular Wireless LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ("Cingular Wireless"), and Links I
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Cingular
("Merger Sub", the Company and Merger Sub sometimes being hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Constituent Corporations") and, solely with
respect to Sections 5.3, 6.1(b), 6.5(b) and Article IX of this Agreement, SBC
Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation ("SBC") and BellSouth Corporation, a
Georgia corporation ("BellSouth").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the board of directors ("Board of Directors") of each
of Cingular, Merger Sub and the Company has determined that the merger of Merger
Sub with and into the Company (the "Merger") upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement is advisable and by resolutions duly
adopted, has approved and adopted this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Company, Cingular Wireless, Cingular, Merger Sub,
SBC and BellSouth desire to make those representations, warranties, covenants
and agreements specified herein in connection with this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, and of the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein,
Cingular, Cingular Wireless, Merger Sub, the Company and, solely with respect to
Sections 5.3, 6.1(b), 6.5(b) and Article IX of this Agreement, SBC and BellSouth
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
The Merger; Closing; Effective Time
1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall
be merged with and into the Company and the separate corporate existence of
Merger Sub shall thereupon cease. The Company shall be the surviving corporation
in the Merger (sometimes hereinafter referred to as the "Surviving
Corporation"), and the separate corporate existence of the Company with all its
rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises shall continue unaffected
by the Merger, except as set forth in Article II of this Agreement. The Merger
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shall have the effects specified in the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
amended (the "DGCL").
1.2. Closing. Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing
between the Company and Cingular, the closing for the Merger (the "Closing")
shall take place (i) at the offices of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
LLP, One New York Plaza, New York, New York 10004, at 9:00 A.M. local time on
the fifth business day (the "Closing Date") following the day on which the last
to be satisfied or waived of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than
those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions) shall be satisfied or
waived in accordance with this Agreement.
1.3. Effective Time. As soon as practicable following the
Closing, the Company and Cingular will cause a Certificate of Merger (the
"Delaware Certificate of Merger") to be executed, acknowledged and filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as provided in Section 251 of
the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at the time when the Delaware
Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware or at such later time as may be agreed by the parties in
writing and specified in the Delaware Certificate of Merger (the "Effective
Time").
ARTICLE II
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws
of the Surviving Corporation
2.1. The Certificate of Incorporation. At the Effective
Time, the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation (the
"Charter") shall be amended in its entirety to read as set forth in Exhibit A
hereto, until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
2.2. The By-Laws. The by-laws of Merger Sub in effect at
the Effective Time shall be the by-laws of the Surviving Corporation (the
"By-Laws"), until thereafter amended as provided therein or by applicable Law.
ARTICLE III
Officers and Directors
of the Surviving Corporation
3.1. Directors. The directors of Merger Sub at the
Effective Time shall, from and after the Effective Time, be the directors of the
Surviving Corporation until their successors have been duly elected or appointed
and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance
with the Charter and the By-Laws.
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