EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
BY AND AMONG
KIT DIGITAL, INC.,
KIT ACQUISITION
CORPORATION,
THE FEEDROOM,
INC.,
THE PARTICIPATING STOCKHOLDERS
(AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE I)
AND WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE IX
ONLY
NEWSPRING VENTURES II,
L.P.,
AS STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
This Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "
Agreement ") is entered into as of September 30, 2009 by and
among KIT digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ KIT
”), KIT Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and
wholly-owned subsidiary of KIT (the “ Merger Sub
”), The FeedRoom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "
Company "), the Participating Stockholders (as defined in
Article I of this Agreement) and (solely for purposes of Article
IX), NewSpring Ventures II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
as stockholder representative (in such capacity, the “
Stockholder Representative ”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company, located in New York, New York, conducts a business
offering online video solutions for corporations, government
agencies, and media companies; services, such as broadband video
distribution for Web, search engines, and podcasting; broadband
video encoding, management, and delivery; broadband video
application design and development; performance reporting; media
advertising services; subscription and registration tools; (the "
Business ") and the Company owns certain assets used in the
conduct and operation of the Business.
B. The
Persons listed on Schedule 3.17 are the owners
of all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company
(each, a “ Stockholder ” and collectively, the
“ Stockholders ”).
C. Each
of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub, KIT and the Company have
determined that it is in the respective best interests of Merger
Sub and the Company for Merger Sub to acquire the Company through
the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and in furtherance
hereof have approved the Merger.
D. Prior
to the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the
Company adopted and approved and the Stockholders approved the
Ninth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation attached
hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Restated Certificate
”).
E. The
aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series F Preferred Stock
(as defined in Article I of this Agreement) as set forth in Section
3 of the Restated Certificate exceed the Merger
Consideration.
F. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings
set forth in Article I of this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
covenants, representations, warranties, and agreements contained in
this Agreement and for other valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 “
Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, (i) any
entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
Person, (ii) any other Person that owns or controls 10% or more of
any class of equity securities (including equity securities
issuable upon the exercise of any option or convertible security)
of that Person or any of its Affiliates or (iii) any director,
partner, officer, manager, agent, employee or relative of such
Person. For purposes of the definition of Affiliate,
"control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms
"controlling", "controlled by", and "under common control with") as
applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
1.2 “
August Net Working Capital ” shall be the net working
capital of the Company as of 11:59 pm local time on August 31, 2009
which amount shall be
calculated as the sum, accumulated in the normal course of
business, of (i) all cash, cash equivalents (including certificates
of deposits, money market account balances, bank account balances
and government backed investment grade securities), accounts
receivable, unbilled receivables, prepaid expenses, prepaid
commissions, and deposits (collectively, the " Balance Sheet
Assets "), minus (ii) the sum of all accounts payable,
accrued expenses, deferred revenue, current portion of leases then
accrued and payable, the Restructuring Costs, indebtedness for
borrowed money and any other liabilities of the
Company (collectively the " Balance Sheet
Liabilities "), in all cases in (i) and (ii) as incurred in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (in terms
of both frequency and magnitude) and reflected on the balance sheet
of the Company as of August 31, 2009 (excepting only
the Restructuring Costs).
1.3 "
Available Excess " has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 8.6.
1.4 "
Balance Sheets "" has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.1(a). " Financial Statements " has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).
1.5 "
Balance Sheet Assets " has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 1.3.
1.6 "
Balance Sheet Liabilities " has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 1.3.
1.7 “
Business ” has the meaning ascribed to that term in
the recitals.
1.8 “
Business Day ” shall mean each day that is not a
Saturday, Sunday or holiday on which banking institutions located
in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
1.9 “
Cancelled Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.4.
1.10 “
Certificate ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.4.
1.11 “
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.12 “
Closing ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.2.
1.13 “
Closing Date ” means the calendar day on which the
Closing occurs.
1.14 “
Common Stock ” means the common stock of the
Company.
1.15 “
Company ” means The FeedRoom, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
1.16 “
Company Assets ” means the properties and assets, real
and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned or used by the
Company in the operation of the Business, including without
limitation the assets set forth on Schedule 1.16. The
parties hereby acknowledge that Schedule 1.16 sets forth certain
assets that have been disposed of or discarded in the ordinary
course of business.
1.17 “
Company Board ” means the Company’s board of
directors.
1.18 “
Company Capital Stock ” means (i) the Common
Stock and (ii) the Preferred Stock.
1.19 “
Company Options ” means the options and any other
rights to purchase shares of Common Stock, excluding the Company
Warrants.
1.20 “
Company Option Plan ” means has the meaning specified
in Section 2.4(c).
1.21 “
Company Warrants ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4(d).
1.22 “
Consent Indemnity ” shall be with respect to each of
Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation only and in each case
shall equal 2.0 times the trailing twelve month contracted,
recurring revenues received by the Company as of August 31, 2009
from such entity, which in the case of Hewlett-Packard Company
shall equal $712,766 and in the case of Intel Corporation shall
equal $352,500; provided that such indemnity shall not be
applicable where (i) within 120 days following the Closing Date,
the Company, KIT or Surviving Corporation has received from Intel
Corporation and/or Hewlett-Packard Company the consent to the
change of control of the Company required under such
customer’s contract with the Company; or (ii) in the event
that the consent described under section (i) is not received,
Hewlett-Packard Company or Intel Corporation, as applicable, is
still a customer of the Company 180 days following the Closing
Date.
1.23 “
Contract ” means any contract, mortgage, agreement,
arrangement, bond, commitment, franchise, indemnity, indenture,
instrument, lease, license, instrument, note, guaranty, indemnity,
representation, warranty, deed, assignment, power of attorney,
certificate, purchase order, work order, statement of work,
insurance policy, commitment, covenant, in each case, whether or
not in writing.
1.24 “
Damages ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 8.1.
1.25 “
DGCL ” means the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
1.26 “
Disclosure Materials ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 4.6.
1.27 “
Dissenting Share Payments ” has the meaning ascribed
to such term in Section 2.6.
1.28 “
Dissenting Shares ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.6.
1.29 "
E-Fax " means any system used to receive or transmit faxes
electronically.
1.30 "
E-Signature " means the process of attaching to or logically
associating with an Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol,
encryption, digital signature or process (including the name or an
abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic
Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such
Electronic Transmission.
1.31 “
Effective Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.2.
1.32 “
Effective Time ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.2.
1.33 "
Electronic Transmission " means each document, instruction,
authorization, file, information and any other communication
transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail or
E-Fax.
1.34 "
Employee Benefit Plan " shall mean each ERISA Plan and each
other pension, profit sharing, retirement, bonus, incentive, change
in control, equity compensation, health, welfare, disability, loan
or loan guaranty, fringe benefit, vacation, sick pay, salary
continuation, deferred compensation, stock option, stock purchase,
severance pay or other insurance plan, arrangement or practice,
whether written or otherwise, for current or former officers,
directors, or employees, which currently is, or within the
immediately preceding six years was, established, maintained,
contributed to or legally obligated to be contributed to by the
Company or by a current or former ERISA Affiliate, or with respect
to which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate otherwise have any
liability or obligation.
1.35 “
Employee List ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.9.1.
1.36 "
Environmental Damages " means all claims, judgments,
damages, losses, penalties, fines, liabilities (including strict
liability), encumbrances, liens, costs and expenses of defense of a
claim (whether or not such claim is ultimately defeated), good
faith settlements of judgment, and costs and expenses of reporting,
investigating, removing and/or remediating Hazardous Materials, of
whatever kind or nature, contingent or otherwise, matured or
unmatured, foreseeable or unforeseeable, including without
limitation reasonable attorney's fees and disbursements and
consultants' fees, any of which are incurred at any time arising
out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence or release of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, on or prior to the
Closing, upon, beneath, or from any Real Property, Former Real
Property or other location (whether or not owned by the Company)
where the Company conducted operations or generated, stored, sent,
transported, or disposed of Hazardous Materials, (ii) any violation
of Environmental Requirements by the Company on or prior to the
Closing.
1.37 "
Environmental Requirements " means all applicable statutes,
regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, policies, advisories,
guidance, actions, licenses, permits, orders, approvals, plans,
authorizations, concessions, franchises and similar items of all
Governmental Authorities and all applicable judicial and
administrative and regulatory decrees, judgments and orders and all
covenants running with the land that relate to: (A) occupational
health or safety; (B) the protection of human health or the
environment; (C) the treatment, storage, disposal, handling,
Release or Remediation of Hazardous Materials; or (D) exposure of
persons to Hazardous Materials.
1.38 “
ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and rules
issued thereunder.
1.39 “
ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any corporation which is
a member of a controlled group of corporations with the Company
within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Code, a trade or
business (including a sole proprietorship, partnership, trust,
estate or corporation) which is under common control with the
Company within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code or a
member of an affiliated service group with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Code.
1.40 “
ERISA Plan ” shall mean any Pension Plan and any
Welfare Plan.
1.41 “
Escrow Agent ” means Continental Stock Transfer &
Trust Company, a New York corporation.
1.42 “
Escrow Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 5.3(b).
1.43 “
Escrow Fund ” means the aggregate of the Primary
Escrow Amount and the Legal Proceedings, Intellectual Property and
Tax Escrow Amount, held by the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement and this Agreement.
1.44 “
Exchange Act ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.6.
1.45 "
Financial Statements " has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.3.1(a).
1.46 "
Former Real Property " means any real property in which the
Company heretofore held but no longer holds a fee, leasehold or
other legal, beneficial or equitable interest.
1.47 “
Funding Amount ” is an amount equal to
$4,000,000.
1.48 “
Funding Transactions ” means the transactions entered
into between the Company and the Participating Stockholders prior
to the Closing pursuant to which the Funding Amount is provided to
the Company by the Participating Stockholders.
1.49 “
GAAP ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.3.1(b).
1.50 “
General Claims” means all claims for indemnification,
other than Specific Claims, made by or for a KIT Indemnified Party
pursuant to Article VIII.
1.51 "
Governmental Authority " means any governmental agencies,
departments, commissions, boards, bureaus, instrumentalities,
courts or tribunals of the United States, the states and political
subdivisions thereof.
1.52
Hazardous Materials " means any
substance: (i) the presence of which requires
reporting, investigation, removal or remediation under any
Environmental Requirement; (ii) that is defined as a
"hazardous waste," "hazardous substance" or "pollutant" or
"contaminate" under any Environmental Requirement; (iii) that
is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, ignitable, infectious,
radioactive, reactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise
hazardous and is regulated under any Environmental Requirement;
(iv) the presence of which causes or threatens to cause a
nuisance, trespass or other tortuous condition or poses a hazard to
the health or safety of persons; (v) that contains gasoline,
diesel fuel or other petroleum hydrocarbons, PCBs, asbestos or urea
formaldehyde foam insulation.
1.53 “
Infringement ” (whether or not capitalized) and
related verbs mean any or all uses that violate the rights of the
Intellectual Property owner.
1.54 "
Intellectual Property " means any and all of the following
as existing under the laws of any jurisdiction throughout the
world: patent disclosures, patent and design patent rights
(including any and all continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisionals, provisionals, reissues, reexaminations and extensions
thereof), inventions, discoveries and improvements, whether
patentable or not; trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade
dress, and all goodwill symbolized by or associated with any of the
foregoing; copyrights, works of authorship whether or not published
and whether or not fixed in tangible form, moral rights,
neighboring rights, performer’s rights, rights arising under
any law or convention granting protection analogous to or in lieu
of copyright protection (including but not limited to for the
protection of phonograms); rights relating to trade secrets
(including trade secrets as defined in both common law and
applicable statutory law), confidential business, technical and
know-how information; Internet domain names, World Wide Web URLs
and addresses; software source codes and object codes, databases,
database rights, and rights in data; rights of publicity, rights
regarding the use of any person’s name, likeness, or
biography, and rights regarding the use of any video or audio
recording of any person; all rights acquired by license with
respect to any of the foregoing; all registrations granted or
pending with respect to any of the foregoing; and all causes of
action against any person for the infringement of any of the
foregoing.
1.55 "
Interim Balance Sheet " has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.1(a).
1.56 “
IRS ” means the Internal Revenue Service.
1.57 “
KIT ” means KIT digital, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
1.58 “
KIT Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 8.1.
1.59 “
KIT Common Shares ” means shares of the common stock
of KIT.
1.60 “
Last Balance Sheet Date ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3.3.1(a).
1.61 “
Law ” means any foreign, domestic, federal, state or
local constitutional provision, statute or other law, rule,
regulation, or interpretation of any Governmental Authority and any
Order.
1.62 “
Leased Property ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.6.1(a).
1.63
“ Legal Proceeding ” means any
litigation, action, application, suit, investigation, hearing,
claim, deemed complaint, grievance, civil, administrative,
regulatory or criminal, arbitration proceeding or other similar
proceeding, before or by any court, tribunal or Governmental
Authority, and includes any appeal or review thereof and any
application for leave for appeal or review;
1.64 “
Legal Proceedings, Intellectual Property and Tax Escrow
Amount ” means nineteen and three-quarters percent
(19.75%) of the Primary Consideration.
1.65 “
Lien ” means, with respect to any property or asset,
any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, adverse
claim or other encumbrance in respect of such property or
asset.
1.66 “
Lost Revenues ” shall mean with respect to any active
customer as of August 31, 2009 listed in Schedule 3.18 other than
Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation (which are
subject to the Consent Indemnity) which terminates the Company or
ceases utilizing the services of the Company (whether as a result
of a termination or expiration of its Contract or
otherwise) within 60 days following the Closing Date an
amount equal to the annual revenue represented by such customer, as
annualized by reference to the one year period ended June 30,
2009.
1.67 “
Material Contract ” means a Contract which involves or
may reasonably be expected to involve the payment to or by the
Company of more than $25,000 per annum over the term of that
Contract, a Contract or commitment relating to borrowed money, a
Contract containing a non-competition or non-solicitation covenant
or other provision that restricts the Business or any
other Contract that is otherwise material to the operation of the
Business.
1.68 “
Material Adverse Effect ” means any change, event,
development, effect or circumstance (i) that is, or is reasonably
likely in the future to be, materially adverse to the business,
operations, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities
(including contingent liabilities), capitalization, earnings or
other results of operations, or the condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Company or (ii) that would reasonably be expected
to prevent or materially delay or impair the ability of the Company
to consummate the Transactions.
1.69 “
Measurement Period ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.4(h).
1.70 “
Merger ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.1.
1.71 “
Merger Consideration ” means the sum of the Primary
Consideration and the Secondary Consideration.
1.72 “
Money Laundering Laws ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 3.24.
1.73 "
Multiemployer Plan " shall mean a plan as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA.
1.74 “
NWC Statement ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.4(i).
1.75 “
OFAC ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.23.
1.76 “
Order ” means any decree, injunction, judgment,
decision, order, ruling, assessment or writ.
1.77 “
Other Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual
Property used in the Business that is not Owned Intellectual
Property.
1.78 “
Owned Intellectual Property ” means Intellectual
Property used in the Business that is owned by the
Company.
1.79 “
Participating Stockholders ” means those Persons
holding Series F Preferred Stock of the Company on the books and
records of the Company at the Effective Time, which Persons are
parties to this Agreement.
1.80 "
Pension Plan " shall mean each employee pension benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA which is
established, maintained or as to which there is an obligation to
contribute by or on behalf of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
or under which the employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
receives any benefits.
1.81 "
Permitted Liens " means (i) mechanics’,
carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like
Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business that
are not material to the Business, operations or financial condition
of the Company and that are not resulting from a breach, default of
violation by the Company of any Material Contract or Law, (ii)
Liens for Taxes that are not due and payable or that may thereafter
be paid without penalty provided an appropriate reserve has been
established therefor accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens that are
immaterial in character, amount, and extent and which do not
detract from the value or interfere with the present or proposed
use of the properties they affect; and (iv) the Liens set out in
Schedule 1.82.
1.82 “
Person ” means an association, a corporation, an
individual, a partnership, a trust or any other entity or
organization, including a Governmental Authority.
1.83 “
Preferred Stock ” means the Series C Preferred Stock,
the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series E Preferred Stock and the
Series F Preferred Stock of the Company.
1.84 “
Primary Consideration ” means an aggregate of 948,364
KIT Common Shares or such lesser or greater number as may result
from an adjustment pursuant to Section 2.4(h).
1.85 “
Primary Escrow Amount ” means nineteen and
three-quarters percent (19.75%) of the Primary
Consideration.
1.86 “
Pro Rata Portion ” means with respect to each
Participating Stockholder, an amount equal to the fraction obtained
by dividing (x) the amount of Merger Consideration payable to such
Participating Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.4(a) divided by (y)
the aggregate amount of Merger Consideration payable to all
Participating Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.4(a).
1.87 “
Property Leases ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.6.1.2.
1.88 “
Public Software ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 3.6.2(i).
1.89 “
Real Property ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 3.6.1(a).
1.90 “
Related Agreements ” means the Escrow Agreement and
the Stockholders Agreement.
1.91 “
Restructuring Costs ” means $1,500,000.
1.92 “
Revenue ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.4(h).
1.93 “
Revenue Statement ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.4(h).
1.94 “
SEC Reports ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 4.6.
1.95 “
Secondary Consideration ” means a number of KIT Common
Shares determined by dividing (a) the Funding Amount by (b)
$11.00.
1.96 “
Securities Act ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 4.6.
1.97 “
Series F Preferred Stock ” means the Series F
Preferred Stock of the Company.
1.98 “
Severance Costs ” means the aggregate of the maximum
severance or termination payments the Company would be
contractually obligated to pay as a result of the termination of
employment of all individuals employed by the Company as of August
31, 2009 or at any time thereafter up to the
Closing. For avoidance of doubt, such maximum
termination payments are set out in Schedule 3.9.2
.
1.99 “
Specific Claims ” means all claims for indemnification
made by or for a KIT Indemnified Party pursuant to Section 8.1(a)
as it relates to misrepresentations and breaches of warranties
relating to Intellectual Property, Section 8.1(c) and Section
8.1(e) of Article VIII.
1.100 “
Statement of Expenses ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 5.11.
1.101 “
Stockholders ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the recitals.
1.102 “
Stockholders Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 5.3(c).
1.103 “
Surviving Corporation ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 2.1.
1.104 "
Taxes " means any federal, state, local and foreign income
or gross receipts tax, alternative or add-on minimum tax, sales and
use tax, customs duty and any other tax, charge, fee, levy or other
assessment, including, without limitation, property, transfer,
occupation, service, license, payroll, franchise, excise,
withholding, ad valorem, severance, documentary stamp, gains,
premium, windfall profit, employment, rent or other tax,
governmental fee or like assessment or charge of any kind
whatsoever, together with any interest, fine or penalty thereon,
addition to tax, additional amount, deficiency, assessment or
governmental charge imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign
taxing authority which are payable by the Company.
1.105 “
Tax Return ” includes any material report, statement,
form, return or other document or information required to be
supplied to a taxing authority in connection with taxes.
1.106 “
Transfer Taxes ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Section 2.8.
1.107 “
Welfare Plan ” shall mean each employee welfare
benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1) of ERISA which
is established, maintained or to which there is an obligation to
contribute by or on behalf of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate,
or under which the employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
receives any benefits.
ARTICLE II
THE MERGER
2.1
The Merger . At the Effective Time, Merger Sub will
merge with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence
of Merger Sub shall cease (the “ Merger ”), and
the Company will be the surviving corporation (the “
Surviving Corporation ”) and a subsidiary of
KIT. The separate corporate existence of the Company
with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and franchises
shall continue unaffected by the Merger and the Company shall
succeed to all of the rights and properties of Merger Sub and shall
be subject to all of the debts and liabilities of Merger Sub all in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.
2.2
Closing; Effective Time . The closing of the
transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Closing
”) shall take place (a) at the offices of Pedley &
Gordinier, PLLC, 455 South 4 th Street, Louisville, Kentucky at such time as
this Agreement is signed by all parties hereto or (b) at such other
place and time or on such other date as KIT, Merger Sub and the
Company may agree. As soon as practicable following the
Closing and in no event later than the end of the next Business
Day, the Surviving Corporation shall file the Certificate of Merger
with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware. The Merger shall thereupon become effective as
of the date of filing in accordance with the DGCL; the time of such
effectiveness is hereinafter referred to as the “
Effective Time ”; and the date of such effectiveness
is hereinafter referred to as the “ Effective Date
.”
2.3
Formation Documents; Management . Unless otherwise
determined by Merger Sub prior to the Closing, (a) the
Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub in effect immediately
prior to the Closing shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation as of the Closing (but for the name of
the Surviving Corporation stated therein, which shall be changed to
“The FeedRoom, Inc.” (ii) the bylaws of Merger Sub, as
in effect immediately prior to the Closing, shall be the bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation, at the Effective Time, (iii) the
directors of Merger Sub shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation, each to hold office until their successors have been
duly elected or appointed and qualified or until their earlier
death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving
Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and
applicable provisions of the DGCL, and (iv) the officers of
Merger Sub shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, each
to hold office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of
the Surviving Corporation.
2.4
Conversion of Securities .
(a)
Company Capital Stock . Subject to the terms of
Section 2.6, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part of the Company, Merger Sub, or
any of the Stockholders, each then outstanding share of Company
Capital Stock shall be cancelled and extinguished, and
automatically converted into the right to receive, upon surrender
of the Certificate representing such share of Company Capital Stock
in accordance with the terms of Section 2.5, the number of KIT
Common Shares as set forth below in Section 2.4(b), subject to
Section 2.4(f), Section 2.4(h) and 2.4(j), all upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and each of
the Related Agreements, and the indemnification, escrow and other
provisions set forth in this Agreement .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, the aggregate amounts payable with respect to all
outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock shall not exceed the
Merger Consideration. Any outstanding shares of the
Company Capital Stock held by the Company or Merger Sub or their
wholly owned subsidiaries at the Effective Time will be cancelled
without payment of any consideration and cease to exist (the
“ Cancelled Shares ”). At and after
the Effective Time, each holder of a certificate that represented
issued and outstanding shares of the Company Capital Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time (each a “
Certificate ”) shall cease to have any rights as a
stockholder of the Company, except for the right to surrender his
Certificate in exchange for the consideration payable, if any, in
respect of the shares of the Company Capital Stock represented by
such Certificate pursuant to this Section 2.4. At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of KIT, Merger Sub or the Company, each share of Company
Capital Stock that is outstanding and owned by the Company as
treasury stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
cease to be outstanding, shall be canceled without payment of any
consideration therefor and shall thereupon cease to
exist.
(b)
Series F Preferred Stock; Partial Satisfaction of
Liquidation Preference . At the
Effective Time, each outstanding share of Series F Preferred Stock
shall be cancelled and extinguished, and automatically be converted
into the right to receive upon surrender of the Certificate
representing such share of Series F Preferred Stock 0.12559010 KIT
Common Shares. Where the aggregate number of KIT Common Shares
deliverable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement either
pursuant to Section 2.5 or upon any release of the Escrow Fund is
less than a whole share, then the number of KIT Common Shares
issuable to such Person shall be rounded down to the next lower
whole share. As the Merger Consideration is insufficient
to discharge the payments required to be made under the Restated
Certificate to the holders of Series F Preferred Stock, no
distributions of Merger Consideration will be made to the holders
of the Common Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock of the
Company and such Common Stock and all Preferred Stock other than
the Series F Preferred Stock will be cancelled and extinguished at
the Effective Time for no consideration as a result of the
Merger.
(c)
Company Options . No Company Options (whether
vested or unvested) shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation.
The Second Amended 2004 Stock Option And Restricted
Stock Award Plan dated July 7, 2008 (including any
sub-plans thereof) (the “ Company Option Plan ”)
will be terminated at the Closing.
(d)
Company Warrants . No outstanding warrants or
other rights to acquire shares of Company Capital Stock or any
other shares or securities of the Company (whether or not
exercisable or vested) (“ Company Warrants ”)
shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation, and each such
Company Warrant shall be canceled or terminated prior to the
Closing. Prior to the Closing, and subject to the review and
approval of Merger Sub, the Company shall take all actions
necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section
2.4(d) under all agreements relating to Company Warrants and any
other plan or arrangement of the Company (whether written or oral,
formal or informal), including delivering all required notices and
obtaining any required consents.
(e)
Capital Stock of Merger Sub . At the Effective
Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
the Company, Merger Sub, KIT, or any of the stockholders of Merger
Sub, each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
cancelled and extinguished, and automatically converted into and
exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable
share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation. Each
stock certificate evidencing ownership of any such shares of common
stock of Merger Sub shall thereafter evidence ownership of an
equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(f)
Withholding
Taxes . Each of Merger Sub and its agents shall be entitled to
deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable
pursuant to this Agreement, to any Person such amounts as Merger
Sub and/or its agents may determine it is required to deduct and
withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code,
or any other provision of Law. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for
all purposes hereof as having been paid to such Person in respect
of which such deduction and withholding was made.
(g)
No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock
. Subject to Section 2.6, all consideration paid in
respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of the Company
Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed
to be full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of
the Company Capital Stock, and there shall be no further
registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporation of shares of the Company Capital Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(h)
Adjustment of Primary Consideration . The Primary
Consideration is premised upon the Company achieving “
Revenue ”, as that term is defined and calculated in
accordance with U.S. GAAP and AICPA Statement of Position (SOP) No.
97-2, Software Revenue Recognition and the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 104, of
$1,575,000.00 during June, July and August of 2009 (the “
Measurement Period ”). The Company shall deliver to
the Merger Sub and KIT a “ Revenue Statement ”
for the Measurement Period prior to the Closing Date, which Revenue
Statement shall be acceptable to KIT and Merger Sub as to both form
and substance in their reasonable discretion. In the
event that the Revenue Statement is within five percent, positive
or negative, of $1,575,000.00 (e.g. between $1,496,251.00 and
$1,653,749.00) then there shall be no adjustment to the Primary
Consideration. In the event the Revenue reflected in the Revenue
Statement is equal to or exceeds five percent, positive or
negative, of $1,575,000.00, then the Primary Consideration shall be
adjusted, up or down, by the same percentage deviation from the
Revenue amount of $1,575,000.00. For purpose of example only, if
the final agreed Revenue Statement discloses Revenue of
$1,732,500.00 (ten percent positive) then the number of shares
issued by KIT for the Primary Consideration shall be increased by
94,836 shares (ten percent of 948,364 shares)
.
(i)
NWC Statement . Prior to
the Closing Date, the Company shall prepare and deliver to the
Merger Sub and KIT a calculation of the August Net Working Capital
(the “ NWC Statement ”). The
NWC Statement shall be prepared from the books and records of the
Company and calculated in accordance with GAAP applied consistently
with the preparation of the Company's historical financial
statements and shall be subject to the approval of KIT and the
Merger Sub, acting reasonably.
(j)
Reduction for Escrow Fund . Each Participating
Stockholder’s right to receive KIT Common Shares pursuant to
Section 2.4(b) shall be reduced by a number of KIT Common Shares
equal to such Participating Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of
the Escrow Fund and shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent as
provided herein.
2.5
Delivery of Merger Consideration .
(a)
Merger Sub to Provide Consideration . Subject to the terms
of this Agreement, including Section 2.6 , promptly after
the Effective Time, KIT and Merger Sub shall deposit or cause to be
issued and delivered to each of Participating Stockholders a number
of KIT Common Shares equal its share of the Merger Consideration,
less its share of the Escrow Fund and (ii) the Escrow Agent, an
amount equal to the Escrow Fund. Each Participating
Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Fund shall be
deemed contributed to the Escrow Fund.
(b)
Procedures . Prior to the Closing, each of the
Participating Stockholders shall deliver to counsel for KIT
Certificate or Certificates representing shares of Company Capital
Stock together with stock powers executed in blank, which
Certificates shall be held in escrow pending the completion of the
Closing. If the Closing does not occur, the Certificates
shall be promptly returned to the Participating
Stockholders. At and after the Effective Time, each
holder of a Certificate that represented issued and outstanding
shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall cease to have any rights as a stockholder of the
Company, except for the right to surrender his or her Certificate
in exchange for the Merger Consideration to be received by such
Person, if any, and except as otherwise provided by applicable law,
and no transfer of shares of the Company Capital Stock shall be
made on the stock transfer books of the Surviving
Corporation. KIT shall issue and deliver stock
certificates for the Merger Consideration in the names of the
Participating Stockholders as promptly as possible following the
Effective Time, subject only to confirmation from the Nasdaq Global
Market that the listing application for the KIT Shares to be issued
to the Participating Stockholders under the terms of this Agreement
has been approved.
(a)
Dissenting Shares . Any shares of the Company Capital
Stock held by a holder who has, subject to Section 2.6(b), demanded
and perfected appraisal or dissenter’s rights for
such shares in accordance with the DGCL and who, as of the
Effective Date, has not effectively withdrawn, waived, surrendered
or lost such appraisal or dissenter’s rights (“
Dissenting Shares ”), shall not be converted into or
represent a right to receive a portion of the Merger Consideration
pursuant to Section 2.5(a), but the holder thereof shall only be
entitled to such rights as are granted by the DGCL (such payments
pursuant to the DGCL, “ Dissenting Share Payments
”).
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.6(a), if any holder of Dissenting
Shares shall effectively withdraw, waive, surrender or lose
(through the passage of time, failure to demand or perfect or
otherwise) the right to demand and perfect appraisal or
dissenter’s rights under the DGCL, then, as of the later of
the Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, the shares of
the Company Capital Stock theretofore constituting Dissenting
Shares shall automatically be converted into and represent only the
right to receive the consideration per share payable in respect of
such Company Capital Stock pursuant to and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement upon surrender of the Certificate(s)
representing such Company Capital Stock and delivery of a duly
executed stock power, and any other items required by
Section 2.5 or reasonably requested by counsel to the
Surviving Corporation.
(c) As
soon as practicable prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall
give Merger Sub (i) prompt written notice of any written
demand for the purchase by the Company of any shares of the Company
Capital Stock received by the Company pursuant to the applicable
provisions of the DGCL regarding dissenter’s or appraisal
rights and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such
demands. The Company shall not, except with the prior
written consent of Merger Sub, voluntarily make any payment with
respect to any such demands or offer to settle or settle any such
demands. After the Effective Date, Merger Sub shall
solely control all negotiations and proceedings related to such
demands.
2.7
Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action . If, at
any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary
or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to
vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and
possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and
directors of the Company and Merger Sub are fully authorized in the
name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and
shall take, all such lawful and necessary action.
2.8
Transfer Taxes . All transfer,
documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other
substantially similar Taxes imposed on a Stockholder and incurred
in connection with this Agreement (collectively, “
Transfer Taxes ”), if any, shall be borne by such
Stockholder and shall be paid by such Stockholder when
due. Each Stockholder will, at its own expense, file all
necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all
such Transfer Taxes and, if required by Law, Merger Sub and the
Surviving Corporation will join in the execution of any such Tax
Returns and other documentation. Upon Surviving
Corporation’s request, such Stockholder shall provide Merger
Sub with evidence satisfactory to Merger Sub that such Transfer
Taxes have been paid by such Stockholder.
ARTICLE III
COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
. The Company represents and warrants to the Merger Sub
and KIT, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as
follows:
3.1.
Organization and Qualification . The Company is
duly formed and validly existing as a corporation in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all corporate power
and authority to own or lease and operate its properties and assets
and to carry on the Business in the manner in which such Business
is now being conducted. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.1 , the Company is duly qualified to do business
as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which the nature of the Business or the character
or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such
qualification necessary except where the failure to be so
qualified, whether singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
Company does not own, beneficially or otherwise, directly or
indirectly, any capital stock or other securities or other
ownership interest of any Person.
3.2.
Authority . The Company has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and all
other agreements to be executed in connection herewith by the
Company have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action by the
Company (including, without limitation, any required authorization
by the board of directors and shareholders of the Company) and
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium,
marshaling, fraudulent conveyance and other laws affecting rights
of creditors, debtors or equity holders generally.
3.3.
Financial Condition .
3.3.1.
Financial Statements .
(a) Set
forth on Schedule 3.3.1 are copies of the following
(collectively, the " Financial Statements
"): (i) the audited financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, December 31,
2007 and December 31, 2006, including balance sheets as at December
31, 2008, December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (the " Balance
Sheets " and December 31, 2008, the " Last Balance Sheet
Date "); (ii) the related statements of income and of
changes in financial position for the fiscal years then ended;
(iii) the unaudited interim financial statements of the
Company for the seven month period ended July 31, 2009, including a
balance sheet as at July 31, 2009 (the " Interim Balance
Sheet "); and (iv) the related statements of income and of
changes in financial position for the seven month period then
ended.
(b) The
Financial Statements: (i) are correct and complete
in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with
the books and records of the Company; (ii) have been prepared
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles (" GAAP ") consistently applied throughout the
periods covered; (iii) reflect and provide reserves in respect
of all known liabilities of the Company which in the opinion of the
Company are adequate, including all known contingent liabilities,
as of their respective dates; and (iv) present fairly the
consolidated financial condition of the Company at such date and
the results of its operations for the fiscal period then
ended.
(c) The
Company (i) keeps books, records and accounts that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions
and dispositions of assets of the Company. Neither the
Company nor any employee, agent or shareholder of the Company,
directly or indirectly has made any payment of funds of any such
entity or received or retained any funds in violation of any
applicable law, rule or regulation.
3.3.2. Absence
of Certain Changes . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3.2 , since August 31, 2009, the Company has used
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the business
organization of the Company intact, to keep available to the
Company the services of all current officers and employees
necessary to the Business and to preserve the goodwill of the
customers and employees having business relations with the
Company. Since August 31, 2009, the Company has
conducted its business in the ordinary course, has maintained its
assets and properties in at least as good order and condition as
existed on August 31, 2009 (other than wear as may be accounted for
by reasonable use) and as is necessary to continue to conduct its
business. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3.2 since August 31, 2009 the Company has
not:
(a) conducted
the Business in any manner except in the ordinary course consistent
with past practices, except as otherwise required by the terms of
this Agreement or any Related Agreement; or
(b) except
as required by their terms, amended, terminated, renewed/failed to
renew or renegotiated any Material Contract to which the Company is
a party or by which it is bound, or defaulted (or taken or omitted
to take any action that, with or without the giving of notice or
passage of time, would constitute a default) in any of its
obligations under any Material Contract or entered into any new
Material Contract or taken any action that would reasonably be
expected to result in the discontinuance of its material customer
relationships, excepting only the indebtedness owed by the Company
to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master Fund to be paid off at or in
connection with the Closing in accordance with the payoff letter to
be delivered at the Closing as contemplated by Section 6.3(f);
or
(c) terminated,
amended or failed to renew any existing insurance
coverage; or
(d) suffered
any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by
insurance, affecting the Company Assets or the Business ;
or
(e) terminated
or failed to renew or preserve any material Permits; or
(f) incurred
or agreed to incur any obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent) that individually calls for payment by the Company of
more than $5,000 in any specific case or $10,000 in the aggregate
outside of the ordinary course of business; or
(g) made
any loan, guaranty or other extension of credit, or entered into
any commitment to make any loan, guaranty or other extension of
credit, to or for the benefit of any director Person; or
(h) incurred
any indebtedness, guaranteed any indebtedness of any Person or
guaranteed any debt securities of any person or entity;
or
(i) other
than in connection with the Funding Transactions, issued, sold,
redeemed or acquired for value, or agreed to do so, any debt
obligations or equity securities of the Company; or
(j) sold,
leased, licensed, transferred, mortgaged, encumbered or otherwise
disposed of any assets or any liabilities, except (A) for
dispositions of property not greater than $10,000 in the aggregate,
or (B) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practices; or
(k) declared,
issued, made or paid any dividend or other distribution of assets,
whether consisting of money, other personal property, real property
or other thing of value, to its stockholders, or split, combined,
divided, distributed or reclassified any shares of its equity
securities; or
(l) other
than in connection with Funding Transactions, changed or amended
its certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or
(m) made
special, accelerated or extraordinary payments to any Person in
excess of $5,000 in the aggregate; or
(n) made
any material investment, by purchase, contributions to capital,
property transfers, or otherwise, in any other Person;
or
(o) compromised,
contested or otherwise settled any claims or threatened, commenced
or settled any Legal Proceeding against or otherwise involving the
Company; or
(p) made
or changed any Tax election, made any change in any method or
period of accounting or in any accounting policy, practice or
procedure, filed any amended Tax Return, entered into any closing
agreement or similar agreement or arrangement with respect to
Taxes, settled or contested any Tax claim, taken any action to
surrender any right to claim a refund or credit of Taxes, or
consented to any waiver or extension of the limitation period
applicable to any claim for Taxes; or
(q) disposed
of or permitted to lapse any rights with respect to Intellectual
Property or its use;
(r) other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or Related Agreements, made
any declaration, payment or commitment or obligation of any kind
for the payment (whether in cash or otherwise) of a severance
payment or other, termination payment, bonus, special remuneration
or other additional salary or compensation to any director,
officer, or other current employee of the Company; or
(s) made
any capital expenditures or commitments with respect thereto;
or
(t)
made any material change in the manner that the Company maintains
its books and records;
(u) adopted
or changed accounting methods or practices (including any change in
depreciation or amortization policies or rates) other than as
required by GAAP; or
(v)
made any expenditures or entered into any commitment or
transaction exceeding $5,000 individually or $10,000 in the
aggregate outside of the ordinary course of business; or
(w)
revalued any of its assets (whether tangible or intangible),
including without limitation writing down the value of inventory or
writing off notes or accounts receivable; or
(x) acquired
or agreed to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by
purchasing any assets or equity securities of, or by any other
manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association
or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise
acquired or agreed to acquire any assets which are material,
individually or in the aggregate, to the business of the Company;
or
(y) adopted
or amended any Employee Benefit Plan, entered into any employment
Contract, paid or agreed to pay any bonus or special remuneration
to any director or employee of the Company, or increase or modify
the salaries, wage rates, or other compensation (including, without
limitation, any equity-based compensation) of its
employees;
(z) entered
into any strategic alliance, affiliate agreement or joint marketing
arrangement or agreement; or
(aa) other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or Related Agreements,
hired, promoted, demoted or terminated or otherwise changed the
employment status or titles of any other employees, or encouraged
any employees to resign from the Company; or
(bb) entered
into any lease of, or commitment to acquire or lease, any realty or
any substantial item of machinery or equipment; or
(cc) entered
into any mortgage, pledge or permitted any Lien to be placed upon
any of the Company Assets; or
(dd) sent
any written communications (including electronic communications) to
the Company’s employees regarding this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby; or
(ee) made
any communications to the Company’s employees that are
inconsistent with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby; or
(ff) entered
into any arrangement or performed any action that resulted in or is
reasonable likely to result in Material Adverse Effect on the
Company; or
(gg) agreed
to or made any commitment to take any actions prohibited by this
Section 3.3.2 or any other action that would (A) prevent
the Company from performing, or cause the Company not to perform,
their respective covenants or agreements hereunder, or
(B) cause or result in any of its respective representations
and warranties contained herein being untrue or
incorrect.
3.3.3.
Indebtedness The Company does not have any
liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be set forth
on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company except:
(a) as
disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Interim Balance
Sheet;
(b) for
items set forth on Schedule 3.3.3 ;
(c) for
liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business since the date of the Interim Balance Sheet; or
(d) liabilities
in respect of the Contracts.
3.4.1.
Tax Returns; Disputes . Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.4.1 , the Company has filed, within the time and
in the manner prescribed by law, all federal, and all material
state and local Tax Returns and reports required to be filed by it
and has paid all Taxes shown to be due thereon. All such
Tax Returns were correct in all material respects. There
are no outstanding assessments or taxes otherwise due that if not
paid on a timely basis would result, on or after the Closing Date,
in any Liens for Taxes on any of the Company
Assets. There is no pending or threatened United States
federal or applicable state or local tax audits involving either
the Company, or any of its affiliates.
3.4.2.
Section 168 . None of the Company Assets
owned or used by the Company is tax-exempt use property within the
meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code.
3.4.3.
FIRPTA . None of the stockholders of the Company
is a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3)
of the Code.
3.5.1.
Legal Proceedings Pending or Threatened . Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.5.1 , there is no Legal
Proceeding pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
before any Governmental Authority in which the Company is a party
or which might affect the Company, the Company Assets or the
Business. Schedule 3.5.1 sets forth all
Legal Proceedings to which the Company is party, or has been a
party since January 1, 2006.
3.5.2.
Business Enjoined . Neither the Company, nor any
employee, manager or agent of the Company has been permanently or
temporarily enjoined by any order, judgment or decree of any court
or tribunal or any other agency from engaging in or continuing any
conduct or practice in connection with the Business.
3.5.3.
Violation of Law; Permits . The Company is not in
violation of any provision of any law, decree, order or regulation
applicable to the Company or its Business, properties or assets,
including, without limitation, those relating to antitrust or other
anticompetitive practices, to employment practices (such as
discrimination, health and safety), and to minority business
enterprises, except for such violations which, singly or in the
aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.5.3 , the Company has all Permits required with
respect to the Company Assets or in the conduct of the Business and
the operation of the Real Property, all of which Permits are set
forth on Schedule 3.5.3 , and has satisfied all bonding
requirements pertaining to its operations under federal, state,
local and foreign laws, rules and regulations. No
pending federal, state or local zoning or use regulation,
restriction or compliance requirement materially and adversely
affect the Company Assets or the Business. The present
conduct of the Business is not dependent upon any so-called
"non-conforming use" exception nor based upon any zoning
variance.
3.6.
Properties and Assets of the Company . Except as
set forth on Schedu