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Section 4.4	Investigations; Litigation		21
Section 4.5	Proxy Statement; Other Information		21
Section 4.6	Financing		21
Section 4.7	Capitalization of Merger Sub		23
Section 4.8	Certain Arrangements		23
Section 4.9	Ownership of Common Stock		23
Section 4.10	Solvency		23
Section 4.11	Limited Guarantees		24
Section 4.12	Finders or Brokers		24
Section 4.13	Investigation; No Other Representations and Warranties		24

ARTICLE V
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

Section 5.1	Conduct of Business by the Company and the Parent Parties		25
Section 5.2	Access; Confidentiality		28
Section 5.3	Acquisition Proposals		28
Section 5.4	Proxy Statement; Schedule 13E-3		32
Section 5.5	Stockholders Meeting		33
Section 5.6	Employee Matters		34
Section 5.7	Consents and Approvals		35
Section 5.8	Takeover Statute		38
Section 5.9	Public Announcements		38
Section 5.10	Indemnification and Insurance		38
Section 5.11	Control of Operations		40
Section 5.12	Financing		40
Section 5.13	Other Investors		45
Section 5.14	Notification of Certain Matters; Shareholder Litigation		45
Section 5.15	Rule 16b-3		46
Section 5.16	Treatment of Indebtedness		46
Section 5.17	Liquidation of Investments; Cash Transfers		48
Section 5.18	Works Councils		48
Section 5.19	De-Listing		49

ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

Section 6.1	Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger		49
Section 6.2	Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger		49
Section 6.3	Conditions to Obligations of the Parent Parties to Effect the Merger		50
Section 6.4	Frustration of Closing Conditions		50

ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION

Section 7.1	Termination		51
Section 7.2	Manner and Effect of Termination		52
Section 7.3	Termination Payments		52

ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 8.1	No Survival of Representations and Warranties		54
Section 8.2	Expenses		54
Section 8.3	Counterparts; Effectiveness		55
Section 8.4	Governing Law; Jurisdiction		55

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Opinion of Financial Advisors

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