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The obligation of Merger Sub to purchase the shares of common stock of the Company validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including (i) that there shall have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn a number of shares of common stock of the Company that, when added to the shares of common stock of the Company then owned by Parent and its subsidiaries, equals at least one share more than one half of the total number of shares of common stock of the Company then issued and outstanding, (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period (and any extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (without the imposition of any condition or requiring a remedy that the parties are not required to accept pursuant to the Merger Agreement), (iii) the absence of certain disputes relating to the Operating Agreement between Realtors® Information Network, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS® (“NAR”), and RealSelect, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, as amended; and (iv) other customary conditions.  Concurrently with the execution of the Merger Agreement, NAR provided the Company with its consent to the transaction. The NAR consent terminates if Move terminates the Merger Agreement due to a superior proposal or if both the Company and Parent announce that the Merger Agreement has been terminated. A copy of the NAR consent is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.


In addition, pursuant to the Merger Agreement: (i) at the Effective Time, each outstanding Company stock option (whether vested or unvested), will be assumed by Parent in accordance with the Merger Agreement (each, an “Adjusted Option”), and each Adjusted Option shall continue to have and be subject to the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding Company stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that (x) each Adjusted Option will be exercisable for that number of shares of Parent common stock (rounded down to the nearest whole share) equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Company common stock subject to the Company stock option immediately prior to the Effective Time and (B) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio provided under the Merger Agreement (the “Equity Award Exchange Ratio”) and (y) the per share exercise price for the shares of Parent common stock issuable upon exercise of each such Adjusted Option will be equal to the quotient of (A) the per share exercise price of the Company stock option and (B) the Equity Award Exchange Ratio, rounded up to the nearest whole cent; (ii) at the Effective Time, each outstanding Company restricted stock unit (whether vested or unvested) will be assumed by Parent in accordance with the Merger Agreement (each, an “Adjusted RSU”), and each Adjusted RSU shall continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding Company restricted stock unit immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each Adjusted RSU will be converted into the right to receive a number of whole shares of Parent common stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the number of shares of Company common stock to which the Company restricted stock unit related immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the Equity Award Exchange Ratio; (iii) at the Effective Time, each Company restricted stock award that is not held by a non-employee director of the Company and that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be assumed by Parent in accordance with the Merger Agreement (each, an “Adjusted RSA”), and each Adjusted RSA will continue to have, and be subject to, the same terms and conditions as were applicable to the corresponding Company restricted stock award immediately prior to the Effective Time, except that each Adjusted RSA will be converted into the right to retain a number of whole shares of Parent common stock (rounded to the nearest whole share) equal to the number of shares of Company common stock to which the Company restricted stock award related immediately prior to the Effective Time, multiplied by the Equity Award Exchange Ratio; and (iv) at the Effective Time, each Company restricted stock award that is outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a non-employee director of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time will vest and be cancelled and converted into the right to receive the Offer Price (the “Merger Consideration”), less any applicable taxes. Notwithstanding the treatment of Company stock options described above, Parent will have the right to decide, not later than 12 business days before the scheduled closing of the Merger, that each Company stock option that is outstanding and unexercised as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by any person whose employment or service terminated prior to the Effective Time will not be assumed, and will instead be cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per share of such non-assumed Company stock option, multiplied by (y) the number of shares covered by such non-assumed Company stock option, less applicable tax withholding and without interest. To the extent that the exercise price per share of any such non-assumed Company stock option is equal to or greater than the Merger Consideration, each such non-assumed Company stock option will be cancelled and the holder thereof will not receive any payment therefor.


The foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement, which is attached to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The Merger Agreement and the foregoing description of the agreement have been included to provide investors and stockholders with information regarding the terms of the agreement. They are not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement were made only as of specified dates for the purposes of such agreement, were solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement and may be subject to qualifications and limitations agreed upon by such parties. In particular, in reviewing the representations, warranties and covenants contained in the Merger Agreement and discussed in the foregoing description, it is important to bear in mind that such representations, warranties and covenants were negotiated with the principal purpose of allocating risk between the parties, rather than establishing matters as facts. Such representations, warranties and covenants may also be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to stockholders and reports and documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and are also qualified in important part by a confidential disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Parent in connection with the Merger Agreement. Investors and stockholders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, investors and stockholders should not rely on such representations, warranties and covenants as characterizations of the actual state of facts or circumstances described therein. Information concerning the subject matter of such representations, warranties and covenants may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the parties’ public disclosures.


The obligation of Merger Sub to purchase the shares of common stock of the Company validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including (i) that there shall have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn a number of shares of common stock of the Company that, when added to the shares of common stock of the Company then owned by Parent and its subsidiaries, equals at least one share more than one half of the total number of shares of common stock of the Company then issued and outstanding, (ii) the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period (and any extensions thereof) under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (without the imposition of any condition or requiring a remedy that the parties are not required to accept pursuant to the Merger Agreement), (iii) the absence of certain disputes relating to the Operating Agreement between Realtors® Information Network, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS® (“NAR”), and RealSelect, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, as amended; and (iv) other customary conditions.


The Merger Agreement includes restrictions on the conduct of our business prior to the completion of the Offer and the Merger, generally requiring us to conduct our businesses in the ordinary course, consistent with past practice, and subjecting us to a variety of specified limitations absent Parent’s prior written consent. We may find that these and other contractual arrangements in the Merger Agreement may delay or limit our ability to respond effectively to competitive pressures, industry developments and business opportunities that may arise during such period. The pendency of the Offer and the Merger may also divert our management’s attention and our resources from ongoing business and operations. Our employees, customers and advertisers may have uncertainties about the effects of the Offer and the Merger. In connection with the pending acquisition, it is possible that some customers, advertisers and other persons with whom we have a business relationship may delay or defer certain business decisions or might decide to seek to terminate, change or renegotiate their relationship with us as a result of the pending acquisition. In addition, current and prospective employees may experience uncertainty about what their roles with us will be following completion of the Offer and the Merger, which may materially adversely affect our ability to attract and retain key employees. If any of these effects were to occur, it could materially and adversely impact our revenues, earnings and cash flows and other business results and financial condition, as well as the market price of our common stock and our perceived acquisition value, regardless of whether the Offer and the Merger are completed. In addition, whether or not the Offer and the Merger are completed, while they are pending we will continue to incur costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the pending acquisition, which may materially and adversely affect our business results and financial condition.