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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this "Agreement") is made as of December 21, 2006, by and
among Open Energy Corporation, a Nevada corporation ("Open
Energy"), Open Energy/WE Acquisition Corporation, a Nevada
corporation ("Buyer"), and WaterEye Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or
"WaterEye"), the Persons listed in Exhibit A who are
signatory hereto, including those who agree to be bound by this
Agreement pursuant to a Joinder Agreement (as defined herein)
(individually each such Person is referred to herein as a "Seller"
and collectively, as "Sellers"), and Marvin Brown, as
representative of the WaterEye stockholders for certain purposes
described herein (the "Stockholders’
Representative").
RECITALS
WHEREAS , Sellers are the
beneficial and record owners of all or substantially all of the
issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company
(the "WaterEye Shares," as further set forth and defined in Section
3.3 below); and
WHEREAS , Buyer is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Open Energy; and
WHEREAS , the Board of Directors
of Buyer and the Board of Directors of the Company deem it
advisable and in the best interests of Buyer and the Company,
respectively, and their respective shareholders and stockholders,
that Open Energy, through Buyer, acquire the Company upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
and
WHEREAS , in order to effectuate
the acquisition, the parties have agreed, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, to merge the Company with
and into the Buyer so that the Buyer continues as the surviving
corporation after the consummation of the Merger; and
WHEREAS , as a result of the
Merger, the separate existence of the Company will terminate and
Buyer, as the surviving corporation after the consummation of the
Merger will continue to exist as a wholly owned subsidiary of Open
Energy, and the Sellers will receive the consideration described in
Section 2.2.1 of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , the parties hereby
adopt this Agreement as a "plan of reorganization" within the
meaning of Treasury Regulations section 1.368-2(g) pursuant to
which the Merger is treated as a "reorganization" under Section
368(a)(2)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
" Code "); and
NOW, THEREFORE , for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified or referred to in this Section
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"Applicable Contract" shall mean
any Contract (a) under which the Company has or may acquire any
rights, (b) under which the Company has or may become subject to
any obligation or liability, or (c) by which the Company or any of
the assets owned or used by it is or may become bound.
"Asserted Liability" shall mean
any demand, claim or circumstance which, with the lapse of time,
would give rise to a claim or the commencement (or threatened
commencement) of any action, proceeding or investigation relative
to the General Indemnification, or relative to Open Energy’s
obligation to indemnify under Section 10 for which notice of
indemnity claim has been given under Section 10.2 or
10.3.
"Balance Sheet" shall mean the
Company’s Balance Sheet as of November 30, 2006.
"Best Efforts" shall mean the
commercially reasonable efforts that a prudent Person desirous of
achieving a result would use in similar circumstances to ensure
that such result is achieved; provided, however, that an obligation
to use Best Efforts under this Agreement does not require the
Person subject to that obligation to take actions that would result
in a materially adverse change in the benefits to such Person of
this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
"Breach" shall mean that there
is or has been, (a) any inaccuracy in or breach of, or any failure
to perform or comply with a representation, warranty, covenant,
obligation, or other provision of this Agreement or any instrument
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, or (b) any claim (by any
Person) or other occurrence or circumstance that is or was
inconsistent with such representation, warranty, covenant,
obligation, or other provision.
"Company" shall mean the Company
and each of the subsidiaries and affiliates referred to in Section
3.1.
"Confidentiality Agreement" shall mean the Mutual Confidential Disclosure Agreement
effective as of May 1, 2006 between Open Energy and the
Company.
"Consent" shall mean any
approval, consent, ratification, waiver, or other authorization
(including any Governmental Authorization).
"Contemplated Transactions" shall mean all of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, but not limited to:
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(a) the execution,
delivery, and performance of a Confidentiality, Nondisclosure and
Assignment of Inventions Agreement by certain Sellers;
(b) the execution,
delivery, and performance of a Non-competition Agreement by certain
Sellers;
(c) the performance
by Open Energy, Buyer, the Company and Sellers of their respective
covenants and obligations under this Agreement;
(d) the merger of
the Buyer with and into the Company and the conversion of the
WaterEye Shares into the right to receive the Open Energy Merger
Shares;
"Contract" shall mean any
agreement, contract, obligation, promise, or undertaking (whether
written or oral and whether express or implied) that is legally
binding.
"Damages" shall mean as defined
in Section 10.
"Disclosure Letter" shall mean
the disclosure letter delivered by the Company to Open Energy
concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement.
"Effective Date" shall mean the
date this Agreement is executed by all of the parties
hereto.
"Effective Time" shall mean as
defined in Section 2.1.1.
"Encumbrance" shall mean any
charge, claim, community property interest, condition, equitable
interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, right of first
refusal, or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on
use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any other
attribute of ownership.
"Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities"
shall mean any cost, damages, expense, liability,
obligation, or other responsibility arising from or under
environmental law or Occupational Safety and Health Law and
consisting of or relating to:
(a) any
environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions;
(b) fines,
penalties, judgments, losses, claims or demands arising under
Environmental Law or Occupational Safety and Health Law;
(c) financial
responsibility under environmental law or Occupational Safety and
Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action,; or
(d) any other
compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial measures
required under any environmental law or Occupational Safety and
Health Law.
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"ERISA" shall mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor law, and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that
Act or any successor law.
"Exchange Act" shall mean shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor law, and regulations or rules issued pursuant to that Act
or any successor law.
"Exchange Agent" shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.5 hereof.
"Facilities" shall mean any real
property, leaseholds, or other interests currently or formerly
owned or operated by the Company and any buildings, plants,
structures, or equipment (including motor vehicles) currently or
formerly owned or operated by the Company.
"Financial Statements" shall
mean the financial statements of the Company referenced in Section
3.4.
"GAAP" shall mean generally
accepted United States accounting principles, applied on a
consistent basis.
"General Holdback Stock" shall
mean five percent (5%) of the Open Energy Merger Shares to be
issued to Sellers under Section 2.2.1, and to be held in the
General Holdback Account.
"General Holdback Account" shall
mean the account consisting of the General Holdback Stock of
Sellers, to be established with, and administered by, Open Energy
to secure the General Indemnification by the Sellers.
"General Indemnification" shall
mean the obligation of the Sellers under Section 10 to indemnify
Open Energy.
"Governmental Authorization" shall mean any approval, consent, license, permit, waiver, or
other authorization issued, granted, given, or otherwise made
available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or
pursuant to any Legal Requirement.
"Governmental Body" shall mean
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government;
governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental agency, branch, department, official,
or entity and any court or other tribunal); or body exercising, or
entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial,
legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of
any nature.
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"Intellectual Property Assets" shall mean as defined in Section 3.21.
"IRS" shall mean the United
States Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency, and, to
the extent relevant, the United States Department of the
Treasury.
"Joinder Agreement" shall have
the meaning given in Section 13.15.
"Knowledge" shall mean an
individual will be deemed to have "Knowledge" of a particular fact
or other matter if:
(a) such individual
is actually aware of such fact or other matter; or
(b) a prudent
individual could be expected to discover or otherwise become aware
of such fact or other matter in the course of conducting a
reasonable investigation concerning the existence of such fact or
other matter.
A Person (other than an individual) will be
deemed to have "Knowledge" of a particular fact or other matter if
any individual who is serving, or who has at any time served, as a
director, officer, partner, executor, trustee or beneficiary of
such Person (or in any similar capacity) has, or at any time had,
Knowledge of such fact or other matter.
"Knowledge of the Company", "to the Company’s
Knowledge" or "known to the
Company" shall mean the Knowledge of Thomas
D. Wolfe, Leonard Slater and Marvin D. Brown.
"Legal Requirement" shall mean
any law, ordinance, principle of common law, regulation, statute,
or treaty of a Governmental Body.
"Management Sellers" shall mean
Thomas D. Wolfe and Leonard Slater.
"Material Adverse Change" shall
mean a change in the assets (including intangible assets),
properties, business, operations or conditions (financial or
otherwise), or results of operations of a Person with a negative
impact of $50,000 or more.
"Merger Closing" shall mean as
defined in Section 2.3.
"Merger Closing Date" shall mean
the date and time as of which the Merger Closing actually takes
place.
"Open Energy Merger Shares" shall mean as defined in Section 2.2.1.
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"Occupational Safety and Health Law"
shall mean any Legal Requirement designed to provide
safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational
safety and health hazards, and any program, whether governmental or
private (including those promulgated or sponsored by industry
associations and insurance companies), designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions.
"Open Energy Disclosure Letter" shall mean the disclosure letter delivered by Open Energy to
Company concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement
"Open Energy Financial Statements" shall mean those financial statements called for by Section
4.6.
"Order" shall mean any award,
decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena, or verdict
entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative
agency, or other Governmental Body or by any arbitrator.
"Ordinary Course of Business" shall mean an action taken by a Person will be deemed to have
been taken in the "Ordinary Course of Business" only if:
(a) such action is
consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in
the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such
Person; and
(b) such action is
similar in nature and magnitude to actions customarily taken, in
the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of other
Persons that are in the same line of business as such
Person.
"Organizational Documents" shall
mean (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation and the
bylaws of a corporation; (b) the partnership agreement and any
statement of partnership of a general partnership; (c) the limited
partnership agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of
a limited partnership; (d) any charter or similar document adopted
or filed in connection with the creation, formation, or
organization of a Person; and (e) any amendment to any of the
foregoing.
"Person" shall mean any
individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation),
general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or
other entity or Governmental Body.
"Plan" shall mean as defined in
Section 3.12.
"Proceeding" shall mean any
action, arbitration, audit, contest, hearing, investigation,
litigation, or suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative, or informal) commenced, brought, conducted, or heard
by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or
arbitrator.
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"Related Person" shall mean with
respect to a particular individual:
(a) each other
member of such individual's Family;
(b) any Person that
is directly or indirectly controlled by such individual or one or
more members of such individual's Family;
(c) any Person in
which such individual or members of such individual's Family hold
(individually or in the aggregate) a Material Interest;
and
(d) any Person with
respect to which such individual or one or more members of such
individual's Family serves as a director, officer, partner,
executor, or trustee (or in a similar capacity).
With respect to a specified Person other than an
individual:
(a) any Person that
directly or indirectly controls, is directly or indirectly
controlled by, or is directly or indirectly under common control
with such specified Person;
(b) any Person that
holds a Material Interest in such specified Person;
(c) each Person that
serves as a director, officer, partner, executor, or trustee of
such specified Person (or in a similar capacity);
(d) any Person in
which such specified Person holds a Material Interest;
(e) any Person with
respect to which such specified Person serves as a general partner
or a trustee (or in a similar capacity); and
(f) any Related
Person of any individual described in clause (b) or (c).
For purposes of this definition, (a) the "Family"
of an individual includes (i) the individual, (ii) the individual's
spouse and former spouses, (iii) any other natural person who is
related to the individual or the individual's spouse within the
second degree, and (iv) any other natural person who resides with
such individual, and (b) "Material Interest" means direct or
indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 3d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of voting securities or other
voting interests representing at least 1% of the outstanding voting
power of a Person or equity securities or other equity interests
representing at least 1% of the outstanding equity securities or
equity interests in a Person.
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"Representative" shall mean with
respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, employee,
agent, consultant, advisor, or other representative of such Person,
including legal counsel, accountants, and financial
advisors.
"Securities Act" shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor law, and
regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act or any successor
law.
"Subsidiary" shall mean with
respect to any Person (the "Owner"), any corporation or other
Person of which securities or other interests having the power to
elect a majority of that corporation's or other Person's board of
directors or similar governing body, or otherwise having the power
to direct the business and policies of that corporation or other
Person (other than securities or other interests having such power
only upon the happening of a contingency that has not occurred) are
held by the Owner or one or more of its Subsidiaries; when used
without reference to a particular Person, "Subsidiary" means a
Subsidiary of the Company.
"Superior Proposal" means a bona
fide written proposal for a competing transaction which the Board
of Directors of the Company concludes in good faith, after
consultation with its financial advisor and its legal advisors,
taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other
aspects of the proposal and the Person making the proposal (i) is
more favorable to the Company’s stockholders, from a
financial point of view, than the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and (ii) is fully financed or reasonably capable of being
fully financed, reasonably likely to receive all required
Governmental Authorizations on a timely basis and otherwise
reasonably capable of being completed on the terms
proposed.
"Surviving Corporation" shall
mean the Buyer as specified in Section 2.1.
"Stockholders’ Representative"
shall mean Marvin Brown.
"Tax" or "Taxes" shall mean
taxes of any kind, liens or other like assessments, customs duties,
imposts, charges or fees, including, without limitation, income,
gross receipts, ad valorem, value-added, excise, real or personal
property, asset, sales, use, stamp, stock transfer, license,
payroll, transaction, capital, net worth and franchise taxes,
withholding, employment, social security, workers' compensation,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, surplus lines, transfer and
gains taxes or other governmental taxes imposed or payable to the
United States, or any state, county, local or foreign government or
subdivision or agency thereof, and in each instance such term shall
include any interest, penalties or additions to tax attributable to
such tax.
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"Tax Return" shall mean any
return (including any information return), report, statement,
schedule, notice, form, or other document or information filed with
or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any
Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment,
collection, or payment of any Tax or in connection with the
administration, implementation, or enforcement of or compliance
with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.
"Threatened" a claim,
Proceeding, dispute, action, or other matter will be deemed to have
been "Threatened" if any demand or statement has been made (orally
or in writing) or any notice has been given (orally or in writing),
or if any other event has occurred or any other circumstances
exist, that would lead a prudent Person to conclude that such a
claim, Proceeding, dispute, action, or other matter is likely to be
asserted, commenced, taken, or otherwise pursued in the
future.
"Volume Weighted Average Price" or "VWAP"
shall mean the sum of the closing bid values per
share of Open Energy common stock for the twenty (20) trading days
immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by the
corresponding daily volume and divided by the total volume over the
twenty trading days as reported on the Over The Counter Bulletin
Board ("OTCBB").
"WaterEye Shares" shall mean as
defined in Section 2.2.1.
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Merger of Buyer with and into Company
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2.1 The Merger . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, in accordance with the Nevada Revised
Statutes, at the Effective Time, the Company shall merge with and
into the Buyer (the "Merger"). The Buyer shall be the "Surviving
Corporation" in the Merger, and its corporate existence shall
continue under the laws of the State of Nevada. Upon consummation
of the Merger, the separate corporate existence of the Company
shall terminate.
2.1.1 Effective Time of the Merger . The
Merger shall become effective as of such time as the Articles of
Merger and the Certificate of Merger, respectively are duly filed
with the Nevada Secretary of State and the Delaware Secretary of
State, respectively, or at such other time thereafter as is
specified in the Articles of Merger and the Certificate of Merger
(the "Effective Time").
2.1.2 Effects of Merger . From and after
the Effective Time, the Merger shall have the effects set forth in
the Nevada Revised Statutes.
2.1.3 Articles of Incorporation . The
Articles of Incorporation of the Buyer, as in effect on the Merger
Closing Date, shall be, until duly amended in accordance with
applicable law, the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation, except that the Articles of Incorporation shall be
amended to provide that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall
be WaterEye Corporation.
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2.1.4 Bylaws . The Bylaws of the Buyer, as
in effect on the Merger Closing Date, shall be, until duly amended
in accordance with their terms, the Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation except that the Bylaws shall be amended to provide that
the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be WaterEye
Corporation.
2.1.5 Directors . The Board of Directors
of the Buyer immediately prior to the Merger Closing Date shall
constitute the Board of Directors of the Surviving Corporation from
and after the Merger Closing Date until their successors have been
duly elected and qualified as provided in the Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation.
2.1.6 Officers . The officers of the Buyer
on the Merger Closing Date shall, after the Merger Closing Date,
constitute the officers of the Surviving Corporation until their
successors shall have been duly elected and qualified as provided
in the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
2.2 Conversion of WaterEye
Shares . The manner of converting shares of
the Company and Buyer in the Merger shall be as follows:
2.2.1 At the Effective Time all of the shares of
capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding on the Merger
Closing Date (the "WaterEye Shares"), shall, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be
converted into the right to receive a total number of shares of
common stock of Open Energy, par value $.001 per share (the "Open
Energy Merger Shares") equal to the number derived by dividing
$2,911,423.27 by the VWAP. No fraction of an Open Energy Merger
Share shall be issued, but in lieu thereof each holder of WaterEye
Shares who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of an Open
Energy Merger Share and after aggregating all fractional shares of
like Open Energy Merger Shares to be received by such holder, shall
receive from Open Energy an amount of cash (rounded to the nearest
whole cent) equal to the value of such fractional shares. The
fractional share interests of each Company stockholder shall be
aggregated, so that no Company stockholder shall receive cash in
respect of fractional share interests in an amount greater than the
value of such full Open Energy Merger Share. With respect to
allocation of the Open Energy Merger Shares among the holders of
WaterEye Shares, each Seller agrees that the WaterEye Shares held
by such Seller shall be converted into the number of full shares of
Open Energy common stock calculated by applying the allocation
formula in Schedule 2.2.1.
2.2.2 Each share of Company capital stock held in
the treasury of the Company and each option or other right to
acquire Company stock immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be cancelled, and no shares of Open Energy common stock shall
be issued in respect thereof.
2.2.3 At the Effective Time, all WaterEye Shares
shall, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part
of the holders thereof, no longer be outstanding and shall be
cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of
a certificate representing any such shares shall thereafter cease
to have any rights with respect to such WaterEye Shares, except the
right of the Sellers to receive Open Energy Merger Shares
hereunder.
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2.2.4 (a) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, with respect to each WaterEye Share as
to which the holder thereof shall have properly complied with the
provisions of section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
("DGCL") as to appraisal rights (each, a "Dissenting Share"), if
any, such holder shall be entitled to payment, solely from the
Surviving Corporation, of the appraisal value of the Dissenting
Shares to the extent permitted by and in accordance with the
provisions of section 262 of the DGCL; provided, however, that (i)
if any holder of Dissenting Shares, under the circumstances
permitted by and in accordance with the DGCL, affirmatively
withdraws such holder’s demand for appraisal of such
Dissenting Shares, (ii) if any holder of Dissenting Shares fails to
establish such holder’s entitlement to appraisal rights as
provided in the DGCL or (iii) if any holder of Dissenting Shares
takes or fails to take any action the consequence of which is that
such holder is not entitled to payment for such holder’s
shares under the DGCL, such holder or holders (as the case may be)
shall forfeit the right to appraisal of such WaterEye Shares and
such shares shall thereupon cease to constitute Dissenting Shares
and if such forfeiture shall occur following the election deadline,
each such WaterEye Share shall thereafter be deemed to have been
converted into and to have become, as of the Effective Time, the
right to receive, without interest thereon, Open Energy Merger
Shares.
(b) The Company shall give Open Energy (i) prompt
notice of any notice received by the Company of intent to demand
the fair value of any Shares, withdrawals of such notices and any
other instruments served pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL and
received by the Company and (ii) the opportunity to direct all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to the exercise of
appraisal rights under Section 262 of the DGCL. The Company shall
not, except with the prior written consent of Open Energy or as
otherwise required by an order, decree, ruling or injunction of a
court of competent jurisdiction, make any payment with respect to
any such exercise of appraisal rights or offer to settle or settle
any such rights.
2.2.5 (a) Madison
Stock Transfer shall act as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent")
in the Merger.
(b) Promptly after
the Effective Time, but in no event later than ten (10) days after
the Effective Time, and subject to the provisions of Section 2.6
General Indemnification Holdback, Open Energy shall supply or cause
to be supplied to the Exchange Agent for exchange in accordance
with this Section 2.2.5 (i) certificates representing all of the
Open Energy Merger Shares, duly registered in the name of Sellers
and allocated among them as provided in Section 2.2.1 and (ii) cash
in an amount sufficient to permit payment of cash in lieu of
fractional shares pursuant to Section 2.2.1 (collectively, (i) and
(ii) shall be referred to as the "Exchange Fund").
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(c) Promptly after
the Effective Time, but in no event later than five (5) days after
the Effective Time, Open Energy and the Surviving Corporation shall
cause to be mailed to each holder of record of a certificate or
certificates (the "Certificates") that immediately prior to the
Effective Time represented outstanding WaterEye Shares, whose
shares were converted into the right to receive Open Energy Merger
Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) pursuant to
Section 2.2.1, (i) a letter of transmittal (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Certificates shall pass, only upon receipt of the
Certificates by the Exchange Agent, and shall be in customary form
and have such other provisions as Open Energy and the Surviving
Corporation may reasonably specify); (ii) such other customary
documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions; and
(iii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Certificates in exchange for certificates representing Open Energy
Merger Shares (and cash in lieu of fractional shares). Upon
surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to the Exchange Agent,
together with such letter of transmittal and other documents, duly
completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions
thereto, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to
receive in exchange therefore (i) the number of whole Open
Energy Merger Shares; (ii) any dividends or other
distributions to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section
2.2.5(d); and (iii) cash (without interest) in respect of
fractional shares as provided in Section 2.2.1, and the Certificate
so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. Until so surrendered,
each outstanding Certificate that prior to the Effective Time
represented WaterEye Shares will be deemed from and after the
Effective Time, for all corporate purposes other than the payment
of dividends, to evidence the ownership of the number of full Open
Energy Merger Shares into which such WaterEye Shares shall have
been so converted and the right to receive an amount in cash in
lieu of the issuance of any fractional shares in accordance with
Section 2.2.1.
(d) No dividends or
other distributions with respect to Open Energy Merger Shares with
a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holder
of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the WaterEye
Shares represented thereby until the holder of record of such
Certificate shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to applicable
law, following surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be
paid to the record holder of the certificates representing whole
Open Energy Merger Shares issued in exchange therefor, without
interest at the time of such surrender, the amount of any such
dividends or other distributions with a record date after the
Effective Time theretofore payable (but for the provisions of this
Section 2.2.5(d)) with respect to such Open Energy Merger
Shares.
(e) At the Effective
Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and
there shall be no further registration of transfers of WaterEye
Shares thereafter on the records of the Company. If any certificate
for Open Energy Merger Shares is to be issued in a name other than
that in which the Certificate surrendered in exchange therefor is
registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the
Certificate so surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise
in proper form for transfer and that the person requesting such
exchange will have paid to Open Energy or any agent designated by
it any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance
of a certificate for Open Energy Merger Shares in any name other
than that of the registered holder of the Certificate surrendered,
or established to the satisfaction of Open Energy or any agent
designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not
payable.
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(f) Any portion of
the Exchange Fund which remains undistributed to the stockholders
of the Company one year after the Effective Time shall be delivered
to Open Energy, upon demand, and any stockholders of the Company
who have not previously complied with this Section 2.2.5 shall
thereafter look only to Open Energy for payment of their claim for
the Open Energy Merger Shares and the cash in lieu of fractional
shares such stockholder would be entitled to pursuant to Section
2.2.1 and any dividends or distributions with respect to Open
Energy Merger Shares.
(g) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Section 2.2.5 , none
of the Exchange Agent, Open Energy, the Surviving Corporation or
any party hereto shall be liable to any person for any amount
properly paid to a public official pursuant to any applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar law.
(h) The provisions
of this Section 2.2.5 shall also apply to Dissenting Shares
that lose their status as such, except that the obligations of Open
Energy under this Section 2.2.5 shall commence on the date of
loss of such status and the holder of such shares shall be entitled
to receive in exchange for such shares the Open Energy Merger
Shares to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 2.2.1 hereof.
(i) Each of the
Exchange Agent, Open Energy and the Surviving Corporation shall be
entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable or
otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder or
former holder of WaterEye Shares such amounts as may be required to
be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or any provision
of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent such amounts are
so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all
purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the Person to
whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
2.2.6 In the event any Certificates shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, Open Energy shall issue in exchange
for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of
an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof such Open Energy
Merger Shares (and dividends, distributions and cash in lieu of
fractional shares) as may be required pursuant to
Section 2.2.1; provided , however , that Open
Energy may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may
reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against Open Energy, the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange
Agent with respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed.
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2.3 Merger Closing.
The closing of the Merger (the "Merger
Closing") provided for in this Agreement will take place at the
offices of Open Energy, at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on December 21,
2006 or at such other time and place as the parties may agree (the
"Merger Closing Date"). Subject to the provisions of Section 9,
failure to consummate the Merger on the date and time and at the
place determined pursuant to this Section 2.3 will not result in
the termination of this Agreement and will not relieve any party of
any obligation under this Agreement.
2.4 Merger Closing
Obligations . At the Merger
Closing:
2.4.1 The Company and the Sellers will deliver or
cause to be delivered to Open Energy:
2.4.1.1 A certificate executed by the President
and Chief Executive Officer of the Company representing and
warranting to Open Energy that each of the Company's
representations and warranties in this Agreement is accurate in all
respects as of the date of this Agreement and is accurate in all
respects as of the Merger Closing Date as if made on the Merger
Closing Date (giving effect to any supplements to the Disclosure
Letter that are delivered by the Company to Open Energy prior to
the Merger Closing Date in accordance with Section 5.5).
2.4.1.2 An Executive
Employment Agreement by and between Open Energy and Thomas D. Wolfe
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.4.1.2
.
2.4.2 Buyer will deliver to Sellers or the
Exchange Agent:
2.4.2.1 Subject to
the provisions of Section 2.6 General Indemnification Holdback,
certificates representing all of the Open Energy Merger Shares,
duly registered in the name of Sellers and allocated among them as
provided in Section 2.2.1.
2.4.2.2 A
certificate executed by Open Energy and Buyer to the effect that
each of the representations and warranties of Open Energy and Buyer
in this Agreement was accurate in all respects as of the date of
this Agreement and is accurate in all respects as of the Merger
Closing Date as if made on the Merger Closing Date.
2.4.2.3 An Executive
Employment Agreement by and between Open Energy and Thomas D. Wolfe
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.4.1.3
.
2.5 Legend
. Each certificate representing Open Energy Merger
Shares which is delivered (and to the extent applicable, any later
certificate into which such certificate may later be exchanged)
pursuant to this Agreement will bear a legend to disclose the
limitations upon its transferability by virtue of the requirements
of the Securities Act and/or the Exchange Act and applicable state
securities law(s), and Open Energy's transfer agent will be advised
accordingly. The legend to be placed on such stock certificates
shall read as follows:
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THESE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE
ISSUER IN A TRANSACTION NOT INVOLVING A PUBLIC OFFERING AND HAVE
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER AND ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON RESALE
PURSUANT TO THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.
The legend shall be removed from any certificate
representing either (a) shares sold under an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, or (b) shares as to which, in
the opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to Open Energy, such
registration is not required and that the transfer will not
otherwise violate the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or
applicable state securities laws; any stop transfer instructions
previously given to Open Energy's transfer agent will be revoked
promptly upon the occurrence of (a) or (b) above.
2.6 General Indemnification
Holdback
2.6.1 At the Merger Closing, the General Holdback
Stock shall be placed in the General Holdback Account. The General
Holdback Stock shall remain in the General Holdback Account for one
(1) year following the Merger Closing Date in order to secure the
performance of the obligations of Sellers under the General
Indemnification. During such one (1) year period or until all
General Holdback Stock has been distributed from the General
Holdback Account, all dividends paid and distributions made with
respect to the General Holdback Stock shall be the property of
Sellers, and Sellers shall have the sole power to exercise all
voting rights pertaining to the General Holdback Stock.
2.6.2 On the first anniversary of the Merger
Closing Date all of the General Holdback Stock shall be provided to
the Exchange Agent for distribution to Sellers less the number of
Open Energy Merger Shares reasonably necessary to satisfy the
amount of all pending indemnity claims for which notice has been
given by Open Energy or Buyer pursuant to Section 10.5 and 10.6.
Any dispute concerning the valuation of the indemnity claim for
purposes of retention of General Holdback Stock or the number of
shares to be retained shall be resolved in accordance with Section
10.7. Any shares retained beyond the initial one year period not
used to satisfy indemnity claims shall be returned to Sellers
immediately after the payment or termination of the last indemnity
claim pending at the end of the initial one-year period.
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Representations and Warranties of the Company and
Sellers
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The Company and Sellers jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Open Energy and Buyer as follows and
acknowledge that the Buyer and Open Energy are relying upon the
following representations and warranties in connection with the
acquisition of the WaterEye Shares pursuant to the Merger which
representations shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on
the Merger Closing Date:
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3.1 Organization and Good
Standing
3.1.1 Part 3.1.1 of the Disclosure Letter
contains a complete and accurate list for the Company of its name,
its jurisdiction of incorporation, other jurisdictions in which it
is authorized to do business, and its capitalization (including the
identity of each stockholder and the number of shares held by
each). The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of incorporation, with full corporate power and authority to
conduct its business as it is now being conducted, to own or use
the properties and assets that it purports to own or use, and to
perform all its obligations under Applicable Contracts. The Company
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in
good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in
which either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used
by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by it, requires
such qualification.
3.1.2 The Company has delivered to Buyer copies
of the Organizational Documents of the Company, as currently in
effect.
3.2 Authority; No
Conflict
3.2.1 This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Company and each of the Sellers, and constitutes
the legal, valid, and binding obligation of Sellers and the
Company, enforceable against Sellers and the Company in accordance
with its terms. Sellers have the absolute and unrestricted right,
power, authority, and capacity to execute and deliver this
Agreement. Sellers have the absolute and unrestricted right, power,
authority, and capacity to perform their obligations under this
Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action (including resolutions duly adopted by its board
of directors), subject only to the approval of this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company’s
stockholders.
3.2.2 To the Knowledge of the Company and, except
as set forth in Part 3.2.2 of the Disclosure Letter, neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or
performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions will, directly
or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):
3.2.2.1 contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of (a) any provision of the
Organizational Documents of the Company, or (b) any resolution
adopted by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the
Company;
3.2.2.2 contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation of, or give any
Governmental Body or other Person the right to challenge any of the
Contemplated Transactions or to exercise any remedy or obtain any
relief under, any Legal Requirement or any Order to which the
Company or Sellers, or any of the assets owned or used by the
Company, may be subject;
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3.2.2.3 contravene, conflict with, or result in a
violation of any of the terms or requirements of, or give any
Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel,
terminate, or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held
by the Company or that otherwise relates to the business of, or any
of the assets owned or used by, the Company;
3.2.2.4 contravene,
conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of any provision
of, or give any Person the right to declare a default or exercise
any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of,
or to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Applicable Contract;
or
3.2.2.5 result in
the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect
to any of the assets owned or used by the Company.
3.2.3 Except as set forth in Part 3.2.3 of the
Disclosure Letter, neither Sellers nor the Company are or will be
required to give any notice to, or obtain any Consent from, any
Person in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of the
Contemplated Transactions.
3.3 Capitalization
. The authorized equity securities of the Company
consist of 43,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of
which 11,368,762 shares are issued and outstanding; 23,000,000
shares of preferred stock, $0.001 par value, of which 10,000,000
shares have been designated Series A preferred stock, 9,994,402
shares of which are issued and outstanding; and 2,500,489 shares
have been designated Series B preferred stock, 2,500,487 shares of
which are issued and outstanding. There are options outstanding to
purchase 833,333 shares of Common Stock under the Company’s
2003 Stock Option Plan, as amended which will be cancelled,
rescinded, surrendered or otherwise terminated without issuance of
additional WaterEye stock at or before the Merger Closing. All of
such shares of the Company constitute the WaterEye Shares. Part 3.3
of the Disclosure Letter contains a true and complete list of the
current holders of WaterEye Shares and the number and class of
shares held by them. Such persons are now, or will be on the Merger
Closing Date, the record and beneficial owners and holders of the
WaterEye Shares, free and clear of all Encumbrances. Except as
noted in Part 3.3 of the Disclosure Letter, no legend or other
reference to any purported Encumbrance appears upon any certificate
representing equity securities of the Company. All of the
outstanding equity securities of the Company have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. There are no Contracts relating to the issuance,
sale, or transfer of any equity securities or other securities of
the Company. None of the outstanding equity securities or other
securities of the Company was issued in violation of the Securities
Act or any other Legal Requirement. The Company does not own or
have any Contract to acquire, any equity securities or other
securities of any Person or any direct or indirect equity or
ownership interest in any other business, except as disclosed in
the Balance Sheets or Interim Balance Sheet.
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3.4 Financial
Statements
3.4.1 The Company has delivered to Open Energy
its balance sheets as of March 31, 2004, March 31, 2005 and March
31, 2006 and the related statements of income and retained earnings
for the three years ending on those dates; its balance sheet as of
November 30, 2006, and the related statement of income and retained
earnings for the seven months ending on that date; and an
electronic file containing its Quick Books accounting records for
those periods (collectively, the "Financial Statements"). To the
Knowledge of the Company, the Financial Statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles consistently followed by the Company throughout the
periods indicated, except for footnotes and subject to year-end
adjustments, and fairly present the financial condition and the
results of operations of the Company, as at the date of and for the
periods referred to in the Financial Statements.
3.4.2 The Company maintains only the bank
accounts as shown in Part 3.4.2 of the Disclosure Letter and no
other bank accounts of any kind. Except as shown on the Financial
Statements or on Part 3.4.2 of the Disclosure Letter, or as shown
on the Company’ cash receipts and disbursements journal,
there have been no material receipts or disbursements, whether by
cash or check, by the Company of any kind; since the Balance Sheet
date, there has been no payment of any kind to or for the account
of Sellers or any Related Person, and no checks which exceed
$10,000.00 have been issued for any purpose other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business.
3.5 Books and
Records . The books of account, minute
books, stock record books, and other records of the Company, all of
which have been made available to Open Energy, are complete and
correct and have been maintained in accordance with sound business
practices, including the maintenance of an adequate system of
internal controls. The minute books of the Company contain accurate
and complete records of all meetings held of, and corporate action
taken by, the stockholders, the Board of Directors, and committees
of the Board of Directors of the Company, and no meeting of any
such stockholders, Board of Directors, or committee has been held
for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in
such minute books. At the Merger Closing, all of those books and
records will be in the possession of the Company.
3.6 Title to Properties;
Encumbrances . Part 3.6 of the Disclosure
Letter contains a complete and accurate list of all real property,
leaseholds, or other interests therein owned by the Company,
Sellers have delivered or made available to Open Energy copies of
the deeds and other instruments (as recorded) by which the Company
acquired such real property and interests, and copies of all title
insurance policies, opinions, abstracts, and surveys in the
possession of Sellers or the Company and relating to such property
or interests. The Company owns (with good and marketable title in
the case of real property, subject only to the matters permitted by
the following sentence) all the properties and assets (whether
real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible) that
they purport to own located in the facilities owned or operated by
the Company or reflected as owned in the books and records of the
Company, including all of the properties and assets reflected in
the Balance Sheet (except for assets held under capitalized leases
disclosed or not required to be disclosed in Part 3.6 of the
Disclosure Letter and personal property sold since the date of the
Balance Sheet, in the Ordinary Course of Business), and all of the
properties and assets purchased or otherwise acquired by the
Company since the date of the Balance Sheet (except for personal
property acquired and sold since the date of the Balance Sheet in
the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with past practice),
which subsequently purchased or acquired properties and assets
(other than inventory and short-term investments) are listed in
Part 3.6 of the Disclosure Letter. All material properties and
assets reflected in the Balance Sheet are free and clear of all
Encumbrances and are not, in the case of real property, subject to
any rights of way, building use restrictions, exceptions,
variances, reservations, or limitations of any nature except, with
respect to all such properties and assets, (a) mortgages or
security interests shown on the Balance Sheet as securing specified
liabilities or obligations, with respect to which no default (or
event that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute
a default) exists, (b) mortgages or security interests incurred in
connection with the purchase of property or assets after the date
of the Balance Sheet (such mortgages and security interests being
limited to the property or assets so acquired), with respect to
which no default (or event that, with notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute a default) exists, (c) liens for current
taxes not yet due, and (d) with respect to real property, (i) minor
imperfections of title, if any, none of which is substantial in
amount, materially detracts from the value or impairs the use of
the property subject thereto, or impairs the operations of the
Company, and (ii) zoning laws and other land use restrictions that
do not impair the present or anticipated use of the property
subject thereto. All buildings, plants, and structures owned by the
Company, if any, lie wholly within the boundaries of the real
property owned by the Company and do not encroach upon the property
of, or otherwise conflict with the property rights of, any other
Person.
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3.7 Condition and
Sufficiency of Assets . To the Knowledge of
the Company, the buildings, plants, structures, and equipment of
the Company are structurally sound, are in good operating condition
and repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are being
put, and none of such buildings, plants, structures, or equipment
is in need of maintenance or repairs except for ordinary, routine
maintenance and repairs that are not material in nature or cost.
The building, plants, structures, and equipment of the Company are
sufficient for the continued conduct of the Company’s
business after the Merger Closing in substantially the same manner
as conducted prior to the Merger Closing.
3.8 Accounts Receivable and
Inventory
3.8.1 Accounts Receivable
. All accounts receivable of the Company that are
reflected on the Balance Sheet (the "Accounts Receivable")
represent valid obligations arising from sales actually made or
services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of Business. The
Accounts Receivable reserves shown on the Balance Sheet are
adequate and calculated consistent with past practice. To the
Company’s Knowledge, there is no contest, claim, or right of
set-off, other than returns in the Ordinary Course of Business,
under any Contract with any obligor of an Account Receivable
relating to the amount or validity of such Account Receivable. Part
3.8.1 of the Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate
list of all Accounts Receivable as of the date of the Balance
Sheet, which list sets forth the aging of such Accounts
Receivable.
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3.8.2 Inventory
. All inventory set forth on the Financial
Statements, and all additions to inventory of the Company since
November 30, 2006, consist of items of a quantity and quality
usable or saleable in the ordinary course of the business. Since
November 30, 2006, no inventory items have been sold or disposed of
except in the ordinary course of business. Part 3.8.2 the
Disclosure Letter sets forth the locations of all items of
inventory.
3.9 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as set forth in Part
3.9 of the Disclosure Letter, to the Company’s Knowledge, the
Company has no liabilities or obligations of any nature except for
liabilities or obligations reflected or reserved against in the
Balance Sheet, and current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business since the date thereof.
3.10 Taxes
3.10.1 The Company filed or caused to be filed
all income Tax Returns and all material Tax Returns that are or
were required to be filed by or with respect to it either
separately or as a member of a group of corporations, pursuant to
applicable Legal Requirements. The Company has delivered to Open
Energy copies of, and Part 3.10 of the Disclosure Letter contains a
complete and accurate list of, all income Tax Returns filed by the
Company since January 1, 2004. The Company has paid, or made
provision for the payment of, all Taxes reflected on income Tax
Returns or material Tax Returns of the Company or pursuant to any
assessment pertaining to Taxes of the Company received by Sellers
or the Company, except such Taxes, if any, as are listed in Part
3.10 of the Disclosure Letter and are being contested in good faith
and as to which adequate reserves (determined in accordance with
GAAP) have been provided in the Balance Sheet.
3.10.2 The Company has had no audits by any
taxing authority of any Tax Return.
3.10.3 To the Knowledge of the Company, the
charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to Taxes on the books
of the Company are adequate (determined in accordance with GAAP)
and are at least equal to the Company's liability for Taxes. There
exists no proposed tax assessment against the Company except as
disclosed in the Balance Sheet or in Part 3.10 of the Disclosure
Letter. No consent to the application of Section 341(f)(2) of the
Code has been filed with respect to any property or assets held,
acquired, or to be acquired by the Company. All material Taxes that
the Company is or was required by Legal Requirements to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent
required, have been paid to the proper Governmental Body or other
Person.
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3.11 No Material Adverse
Change . Since the date of the Balance
Sheet, there has not been any Material Adverse Change in the
business, operations, properties, prospects, assets, or condition
of the Company, and to the Company’s Knowledge, no event has
occurred or circumstance exists that may result in such a Material
Adverse Change.
3.12 Employee Benefit
Plans
3.12.1 Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure Letter
contains a true and complete list as of the date of this Agreement
of all employee benefit plans or arrangements applicable to the
employees of Company and all fixed or contingent liabilities or
obligations of Company with respect to any person now or formerly
employed by Company including, without limitation, pension or
thrift plans, individual or supplemental pension or accrued
compensation arrangements, contributions to hospitalization or
other health or life insurance programs, incentive plans, bonus
arrangements and vacation, sick leave, disability and termination
arrangements or policies, including workers' compensation policies.
Except as listed in Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure Letter, Company
maintains no other employee benefit plan or arrangement applicable
to the employees of Company and, to the Knowledge of the Company,
possesses no other fixed or contingent liabilities or obligations
with respect to any person now employed by Company. Part 3.12.1 of
the Disclosure Letter also includes true and complete copies of all
employee handbooks, rules and regulations.
3.12.2 Company has furnished Purchaser with
copies of all applicable plan documents, trust documents, insurance
contract summary plan descriptions of the written plans and
arrangements listed in Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure Letter and
with descriptions, in writing, of the unwritten plans and
arrangements listed in Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure
Letter.
3.12.3 The employee benefit plans listed and
identified as "tax qualified plans" in Part 3.12.1 of the
Disclosure Letter constitute plans qualified under Sections 401 et
seq. of the Code, have been the subject of favorable determination
letters from the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service")
confirming their status as "tax-qualified plans" and, to the
Knowledge of the Company, are in compliance in all material
respects with any and all statutes and regulations which are
applicable thereto.
3.12.4 All employee benefit and welfare plans or
arrangements listed in Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure Letter were
established and have been executed, managed and administered in all
material respects in accordance with all applicable requirements of
the Code, of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended, and of other applicable laws. Company is not aware of
the existence of any governmental audit or examination of any of
such plans or arrangements or of any facts which would lead it to
believe that any such audit or examination is pending or
threatened. There have been no federal pension law excise taxes
assessed against any of the benefit or welfare plans, and Company
is not aware of any proceedings or events that could result in the
assessment of such excise taxes.
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3.12.5 There exists no action, suit or claim
(other than routine claims for benefits) with respect to any of
such plans or arrangements pending or threatened against any of
such plans or arrangements, and there are no facts known to the
Company which could give rise to any such action, suit or claim.
Except as set forth in Part 3.12.1 of the Disclosure Letter,
Company is not a party to any multi-employer pension benefit or
welfare plans.
3.12.6 No "accumulated funding deficiency", as
defined in Section 412(a) of the Code, has been incurred with
respect to any "tax qualified plan", whether or not waived. The
total value of assets with respect to each "tax qualified plan" as
of December 31, 1993 and the amount of vested and unvested benefits
under such plans as of such date are set forth on Part 3.12.1 of
the Disclosure Letter, and there was no unfunded vested liability
as of such date under any such plan.
3.13 Compliance with Legal
Requirements; Governmental Authorizations
3.13.1 To the Knowledge of the Company, and
except as set forth in Part 3.13.1 of the Disclosure
Letter:
3.13.1.1 the Company
is, and has been, in full compliance with each Legal Requirement
that is or was applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of
its business or the ownership or use of any of its
assets;
3.13.1.2 no event has occurred or circumstance
exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) may
constitute or result in a violation by the Company of, or a failure
on the part of the Company to comply with, any Legal Requirement,
or (B) may give rise to any obligation on the part of the Company
to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any
remedial action of any nature; and
3.13.1.3 the Company
has not received, any actual, specific notice or other
communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body
or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible, or
potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal
Requirement, or (B) any actual, alleged, possible, or potential
obligation on the part of the Company to undertake, or to bear all
or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any
nature.
3.13.2 To the Knowledge of the Company, Part
3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter contains a complete and accurate
list of each Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company
or that otherwise relates to the business of, or to any of the
assets owned or used by, the Company. Each Governmental
Authorization listed or required to be listed in Part 3.13.2 of the
Disclosure Letter is valid and in full force and effect. Except as
set forth in Part 3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter:
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3.13.2.1 the Company
is in full compliance with all of the terms and requirements of
each Governmental Authorization identified or required to be
identified in Part 3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter;
3.13.2.2 no event
has occurred or circumstance exists that should (with or without
notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or
indirectly in a violation of or a failure to comply with any term
or requirement of any Governmental Authorization listed or required
to be listed in Part 3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter, or (B) result
directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, or termination of, or any modification to, any
Governmental Authorization listed or required to be listed in Part
3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter;
3.13.2.3 the Company
has not received, any actual, specific notice or other
communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body
or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible, or
potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or
requirement of any Governmental Authorization, or (B) any actual,
proposed, possible, or potential revocation, withdrawal,
suspension, cancellation, termination of, or modification to any
Governmental Authorization; and
3.13.2.4 all
applications required to have been filed for the renewal of the
Governmental Authorizations listed or required to be listed in Part
3.13.2 of the Disclosure Letter have been duly filed on a timely
basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies, and all other
filings required to have been made with respect to such
Governmental Authorizations have been duly made on a timely basis
with the appropriate Governmental Bodies.
3.13.2.5 The
Governmental Authorizations listed in Part 3.13.2 of the Disclosure
Letter collectively constitute all of the Governmental
Authorizations necessary to permit the Company to lawfully conduct
and operate its business in the manner it currently conducts and
operates such business and to permit the Company to own and use its
assets in the manner in which it currently owns and uses such
assets.
3.14 Legal Proceedings;
Orders
3.14.1 Except as set forth in Part 3.14 of the
Disclosure Letter, there is no pending Proceeding:
3.14.1.1 that has
been commenced by or against the Company or that otherwise relates
to or may affect the business of, or any of the assets owned or
used by, the Company; or
3.14.1.2 that
challenges, or that should have the effect of preventing, delaying,
making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the
Contemplated Transactions.
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3.14.2 To the Knowledge of the Company, (1) no
such Proceeding has been Threatened, and (2) no event has occurred
or circumstance exists that may give rise to or serve as a basis
for the commencement of any such Proceeding. The Company has
delivered to Open Energy copies of all pleadings, correspondence,
and other documents relating to each Proceeding listed in Part 3.14
of the Disclosure Letter.
3.14.3 To the Knowledge of the Company, except as
set forth in Part 3.14 of the Disclosure Letter:
3.14.3.1 there is no
Order to which any of the Company, or any of the assets owned or
used by any of the Company, is subject;
3.14.3.2 none of the
Sellers are subject to any Order that relates to the business of,
or any of the assets owned or used by, any of the Company;
and
3.14.3.3 no officer,
director, agent, or employee of the Company is subject to any Order
that prohibits such officer, director, agent, or employee from
engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity, or practice
relating to the business of any of the Company.
3.14.4 To the Knowledge of the Company, except as
set forth in Part 3.14 of the Disclosure Letter:
3.14.4.1 the Company
is, and has been, in full compliance with all of the terms and
requirements of each Order to which it, or any of the assets owned
or used by it, is or has been subject;
3.14.4.2 no event
has occurred or circumstance exists that may constitute or result
in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation of or
failure to comply with any term or requirement of any Order to
which the Company, or any of the assets owned or used by the
Company, is subject; and
3.14.4.3 the Company
has not received, any actual, specific notice or other
communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body
or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or
potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any term or
requirement of any Order to which the Company, or any of the assets
owned or used by the Company, is or has been subject.
3.15 Absence of Certain
Changes and Events . Except as set forth in
Part 3.15 of the Disclosure Letter, since the date of the Balance
Sheet, the Company has conducted its business only in the Ordinary
Course of Business and there has not been any:
3.15.1 change in the Company's authorized or
issued capital stock; grant of any stock option or right to
purchase shares of capital stock of the Company; issuance of any
security convertible into such capital stock; grant of any
registration rights; purchase, redemption, retirement, or other
acquisition by the Company of any shares of any such capital stock;
or declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution or
payment in respect of shares of capital stock;
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3.15.2 amendment to the Organizational Documents
of the Company;
3.15.3 payment or increase by the Company of any
bonuses, salaries, or other compensation to any stockholder,
director, officer, or (except in the Ordinary Course of Business)
employee or entry into any employment, severance, or similar
Contract with any director, officer, or employee;
3.15.4 adoption of, or increase in the payments
to or benefits under, any profit sharing, bonus, deferred
compensation, savings, insurance, pension, retirement, or other
employee benefit plan for or with any employees of the
Company;
3.15.5 damage to or destruction or loss of any
asset or property of the Company, whether or not covered by
insurance, materially and adversely affecting the properties,
assets, business, financial condition, or prospects of the Company,
taken as a whole;
3.15.6 entry into, termination of, or receipt of
actual, specific notice of termination of (i) any license, broker,
agent, sales representative, joint venture, credit, or similar
agreement, or (ii) any Contract or transaction involving a total
remaining commitment by or to the Company of at least $10,000 or
(iii) termination of any client which represents annual commissions
exceeding $10,000;
3.15.7 sale, lease, or other disposition of any
asset or property of the Company or mortgage, pledge, or imposition
of any lien or other encumbrance on any material asset or property
of the Company, including the sale, lease, or other disposition of
any of the Intellectual Property Assets;
3.15.8 cancellation or waiver of any claims or
rights;
3.15.9 material change in the accounting methods
used by the Company; or
3.15.10 agreement,
whether oral or written, by the Company to do any of the
foregoing.
3.16 Contracts; No
Defaults .
3.16.1 Part 3.16.1 of the Disclosure Letter
contains a complete and accurate list, and the Company has
delivered to Open Energy true and complete copies, of:
3.16.1.1 each
Applicable Contract (other than insurance policies procured for
clients and customers) that involves performance of services or
delivery of goods or materials by the Company of an amount or value
in excess of $10,000;
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3.16.1.2 each
Applicable Contract that was not entered into in the Ordinary
Course of Business and that involves expenditures or receipts of
the Company in excess of $10,000;
3.16.1.3 each lease,
rental or occupancy agreement, license, installment and conditional
sale agreement, and other Applicable Contract affecting the
ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or
other interest in, any real or personal property of the Company
(except personal property leases and installment and conditional
sales agreements having a value per item or aggregate payments of
less than $5,000 and with terms of less than one year);
3.16.1.4 each
licensing agreement or other Applicable Contract with respect to
patents, trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property,
including agreements with current or former employees, consultants,
or contractors regarding the appropriation or the non-disclosure of
any of the Intellectual Property Assets;
3.16.1.5 each
collective bargaining agreement and other Applicable Contract to or
with any labor union or other employee representative of a group of
employees;
3.16.1.6 each joint
venture, partnership, and other Applicable Contract (however named)
involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by
the Company with any other Person;
3.16.1.7 each
Applicable Contract containing covenants that in any way purport to
restrict the business activity of the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company or limit the freedom of the Company to engage in any
line of business or to compete with any Person;
3.16.1.8 each
agreement defining the terms and conditions of employment for any
employee of the Company;
3.16.1.9 each
Applicable Contract providing for payments to or by any Person
based on sales, purchases, or profits, other than direct payments
for goods;
3.16.1.10 each power
of attorney that is currently effective and outstanding;
3.16.1.11 each
Applicable Contract entered into other than in the Ordinary Course
of Business that contains or provides for an express undertaking by
the Company to be responsible for consequential damages;
3.16.1.12 each
Applicable Contract for capital expenditures in excess of
$10,000;
3.16.1.13 each
written warranty, guaranty, and or other similar undertaking with
respect to contractual performance extended by the Company other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
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3.16.1.14 each
amendment, supplement, and modification (whether oral or written)
in respect of any of the foregoing.
3.16.2 Part 3.16.2 of the Disclosure Letter sets
forth reasonably complete details concerning such Contracts,
including the parties to the Contracts, the amount of the remaining
commitment of the Company under the Contracts, and the Company's
office where details relating to the Contracts are
located.
3.16.3 Except as set forth in Part 3.16.3 of the
Disclosure Letter:
3.16.3.1 none of the
Sellers (and no Related Person of any Seller) has or may acquire
any rights under, and none of the Sellers has or may become subject
to any obligation or liability under, any Contract that relates to
the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, the
Company; and
3.16.3.2 to the
Knowledge of the Company, no officer, director, agent, employee,
consultant, or contractor of the Company is bound by any Contract
that purports to limit the ability of such officer, director,
agent, employee, consultant, or contractor to (A) engage in or
continue any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the
business of the Company, or (B) assign to the Company or to any
other Person any rights to any invention, improvement, or
discovery.
3.16.4 to the Knowledge of the Company and except
as set forth in Part 3.16.4 of the Disclosure Letter, each Contract
identified or required to be identified in Part 3.16.1 of the
Disclosure Letter is in full force and effect and is valid and
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
3.16.5 to the Knowledge of the Company and except
as set forth in Part 3.16.5 of the Disclosure Letter:
3.16.5.1 the Company
is, and has been, in full compliance with all applicable terms and
requirements of each Contract under which the Company has or had
any obligation or liability or by which such Company or any of the
assets owned or used by the Company is or was bound;
3.16.5.2 each other
Person that has or had any obligation or liability under any
Contract under which the Company has or had any rights is, and has
been, in full compliance with all applicable terms and requirements
of such Contract;
3.16.5.3 no event
has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or
lapse of time) may con
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