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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
MODAVOX, INC.
KINO
ACQUISITION SUB, INC.
KINO
INTERACTIVE, LLC
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
(this "Agreement") is dated as
of the latest date set forth on the signature page (the "Signature
Date"), and
is among MODAVOX, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Modavox"); KINO
ACQUISITION
SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Modavox to be
formed ("Subsidiary"); and KINO INTERACTIVE, LLC, an Arizona limited
liability
company to be formed ("Kino"). Modavox, Subsidiary and Kino are
sometimes
referred to individually as the "Party" and collectively as the
"Parties."
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
A. The Boards of Directors of
Modavox and Subsidiary and the members of
Kino deem it advisable and in the best interests of each entity and its
respective holders of equity interests that Modavox and Kino combine to advance
their long-term business interests;
B. The combination of Modavox and
Kino will be effected by the terms of
this Agreement through a transaction (the "Merger") in which (i) Kino
will merge
with and into Subsidiary, and (ii) the members of Kino will become stockholders
of Modavox; and
C. For federal income tax purposes,
it is intended that the Merger will
qualify as reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing
and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth below, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
THE
MERGER
1.1 EFFECTIVE TIME OF THE MERGER.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
Modavox, Subsidiary and Kino will
duly prepare, execute, acknowledge and
deliver to the Delaware Secretary
of State an Agreement of Merger in such
form as is required by the relevant
provisions of the Delaware Business
Corporation Law (the
"DBCL") for filing as soon as practicable on or after
the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 1.2). The Merger will be effective
upon the filing of the Certificate
of Merger to be filed with and accepted
by the Delaware Secretary of State
(the "Effective Time").
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1.2 CLOSING. The closing of the Merger
(the "Closing") will take place at 1:00
p.m., Arizona Time, in Phoenix, Arizona at a
location Modavox specifies by
not later than February 28, 2006
(the "Closing Date"), provided that the
other closing conditions set forth
in Article 6 have been met or waived as
provided in Article 6 at or prior
to the Closing,
1.3 EFFECTS OF THE MERGER. At the
Effective Time (i) the separate existence of
Kino will cease, and it will be
merged with and into Subsidiary (sometimes
hereinafter the "Surviving
Entity"), (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation
of Subsidiary will become the
Certificate of Incorporation of the
Surviving Entity, and (iii) the
Bylaws of Subsidiary will become the
Bylaws of the Surviving Entity. At
and after the Effective Time, the
Surviving Entity will possess all
the rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of a public as well as
of a private nature, and be subject to
all the restrictions, disabilities
and duties of Kino; and all singular
rights, privileges, powers and
franchises of Kino, and all property, real,
personal and mixed, and all debts
due to Kino on whatever account, as well
as for subscriptions for membership
interests and all other things in
action or belonging to Kino, will
be vested in the Surviving Entity, and
all property, rights, privileges,
powers and franchises, and all and every
other interest will be thereafter
as effectually the property of the
Surviving Entity as they were of
Kino, and the title to any real estate
vested by deed or otherwise, in
Kino, will not revert or be in any way
impaired but all rights of
creditors and all liens upon any property of
Kino will be preserved unimpaired,
and all debts, liabilities and duties
of Kino will thereafter attach to
the Surviving Entity, and may be
enforced against it to the same
extent as if such debts and liabilities
had been incurred by it.
1.4 DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS.
The directors and executive officers of
Modavox immediately prior to the
Effective Time will be the initial
directors, executive officers of
the Surviving Entity, each of whom will
hold office in accordance with the
organizational documents of the
Surviving Entity, until their respective
successors are duly elected or
appointed. In addition, Kino will
have the right to appoint two additional
directors to the board of directors
of the Surviving Entity in addition to
Nathan T. Bradley who has already
been appointed to Modavox's Board of
Directors.
ARTICLE 2
CONVERSION OF
SECURITIES
2.1 CONVERSION OF CAPITAL. As of the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any action on the part
of the holder of any membership
interests of Kino or capital stock
of the Surviving Entity:
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(a) Capital Stock of Surviving Entity. Each
issued and outstanding share
of the capital stock of
Subsidiary will be converted into and become
one fully paid and
nonassessable share of Common Stock of the
Surviving Entity.
(b) Conversion of Kino's Membership Interests.
Subject to Section 2.2,
all of the issued and outstanding membership
interests of Kino
("Kino's Membership
Interests"), will be converted into the right to
receive eight million
(8,000,000) shares of Modavox Common Stock,
two million (2,000,000)
shares of Modavox Class A Convertible
Preferred Stock and two
million (2,000,000) shares of Modavox Class
B Convertible Preferred Stock
("Merger Shares"). The Class A
Convertible Preferred Stock
will have the attributes described in
the Certificate of
Designation attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1(b-1).
The Class B Convertible
Preferred Stock will have the attributes
described in the Certificate
of Designation attached hereto as
Exhibit 2.1(b-2). Kino's Membership
Interests, when so converted,
will no longer be outstanding
and will automatically be canceled and
retired and will cease to
exist, and each holder of Kino's
Membership Interests will
cease to have any rights with respect
thereto, except the right to
receive the Merger Shares to be issued
in consideration therefor in
accordance with this Article 2.
(c) Exchange Procedures. Upon conversion of
Kino's Membership Interests
pursuant to Section 2.1(b)
into the right to receive shares of
Modavox Common Stock, each
holder of the Kino Membership Interests
will be entitled to receive
in exchange therefor a certificate
representing that number of whole Merger
Shares which such holder
has the right to receive
pursuant to the provisions of Section
2.1(b); provided, however,
that the Modavox Escrow Shares and Kino
Escrow Shares (as such terms
are defined in Sections 2.3(a) and
2.3(b)) shall be retained by
the Escrow Agent (as such term is
defined in Section 2.3(a)) in
accordance with the provisions of the
Escrow Agreement (as such
term is defined in Section 2.3(a)). The
Merger Shares (including the
Kino Escrow Shares) and the Modavox
Escrow Shares will be deemed
to have been issued at the Effective
Time.
(d) No Further Ownership Rights in Kino's
Membership Interests. All
shares of Modavox Common
Stock issued upon the exchange of Kino's
Membership Interests in
accordance with the terms hereof will be
deemed to have been issued in
full satisfaction of all rights
pertaining to Kino's Membership Interests, and
there will be no
further registration of
transfers on the stock transfer books of the
Surviving Entity of Kino's
Membership Interests which were
outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time.
(e) No Fractional Shares. No certificate or
scrip representing
fractional shares of Modavox
Common Stock will be issued upon the
exchange of Kino's Membership
Interests, and such fractional shares
will not entitle the owner
thereof to vote or to any rights of a
stockholder of Modavox. If
there are fractional shares, each member
will round up such fractional
share that is one-half or greater to
the nearest whole number and
round down to the nearest whole number
for each fractional share
that is less than one-half.
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2.2 STOCK ESCROW.
(a) Modovox Escrow Shares. In addition to the
Merger Shares, one million
two hundred thousand
(1,200,000) shares of Modavox Common Stock (the
"Modavox Escrow
Shares") will be issued to each holder of the Kino
Membership Interests pro rate
in accordance with their Kino
Membership Interests and deposited
in escrow (the "Escrow") with the
Company's transfer agent,
Interwest Transfer Co., Inc. ("Escrow
Agent"), to be held and
administered in accordance with an Escrow
Agreement, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2.3
(the "Escrow
Agreement"). While in Escrow, all voting rights with
respect to the Modavox Escrow
Shares will reside with Modavox's
Board of Directors. Any
securities received by the Escrow Agent in
respect of any Modavox Escrow
Shares held in the Escrow as a result
of any stock split or
combination of shares of Modavox Common Stock,
payment of a stock dividend
or other stock distribution in or on
shares of Modavox Common
Stock, or change of Modavox Common Stock
into any other securities
pursuant to or as a part of a merger,
consolidation, acquisition of
property or stock, separation,
reorganization or liquidation
of Modavox, or otherwise, will be held
by the Escrow Agent as, and
will be included within the definition
of, Modavox Escrow Shares.
The Modavox Escrow Shares will be
available to satisfy any
indemnification obligations arising under
Section 7.2 during the
indemnification period specified in Section
7.1.
(b) Kino Escrow Shares. 15% of the Merger Shares
(the "Kino Escrow
Shares") will be
deposited in the Escrow with the Escrow Agent, to
be held and administered in
accordance with the Escrow Agreement,
such Kino Escrow Shares to be
withheld and deducted, pro rata, from
the Merger Shares otherwise
issuable to each holder of Kino's
Membership Interests. By
approving the Merger, the holders of the
Merger Shares will agree to
be bound with respect to the
indemnification obligations
of Kino arising under Section 7.3.
Notwithstanding the escrow of
the Kino Escrow Shares, dividends or
other distributions declared
and paid on such shares will continue
to be paid by Modovox to the
holders of Kino Escrow Shares and all
voting rights with respect to
such shares will inure to the benefit
of and be enjoyed by such
stockholders. Any securities received by
the Escrow Agent in respect
of any Kino Escrow Shares held in escrow
as a result of any stock
split or combination of shares of Modavox
Common Stock, payment of a
stock dividend or other stock
distribution in or on shares
of Modavox Common Stock, or change of
Modavox Common Stock into any
other securities pursuant to or as a
part of a merger, consolidation,
acquisition of property or stock,
separation, reorganization or
liquidation of Modavox, or otherwise,
will be held by the Escrow
Agent as, and will be included within the
definition of, Kino Escrow
Shares. The Kino Escrow Shares will be
available to satisfy any
indemnification obligations arising under
Section 7.3 during the
indemnification period specified in Section
7.1.
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2.3 STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE.
(a) Each holder of Kino's Membership Interests
who has approved the
Merger and received Merger
Shares will have irrevocably authorized
and appointed the chief executive
officer of the Surviving
Corporation (the
"Stockholder Representative"), with full power of
substitution and
resubstitution, as such stockholder's
representative and true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to
execute in the name and on
behalf of such stockholder the Escrow
Agreement and any other
agreement, certificate, instrument or
document to be delivered by
such stockholder in connection with the
Escrow Agreement.
(b) The Stockholder Representative will not be
liable for any act done
or omitted hereunder or under
the Escrow Agreement as the
Stockholder Representative
while acting in good faith and in the
exercise of reasonable
judgment. The stockholders on whose behalf
the Kino Escrow Shares and
Modavox Escrow Shares were contributed to
the Escrow will indemnify the
Stockholder Representative and hold
the Stockholder
Representative harmless against any loss, liability
or expense incurred without
gross negligence or bad faith on the
part of the Stockholder
Representative and arising out of or in
connection with the
acceptance or administration of the Stockholder
Representative's duties
hereunder and under the Escrow Agreement,
including the reasonable fees
and expenses of any legal counsel
retained by the Stockholder
Representative.
(c) A decision, act, consent or instruction of
the Stockholder
Representative will
constitute a decision of the stockholders on
whose behalf the Kino Escrow
Shares and Modavox Escrow Shares were
contributed and will be
final, binding and conclusive upon such
stockholders; and the Escrow
Agent and the Indemnitee (as defined in
Section 7.4) may rely upon
any such decision, act, consent or
instruction of the
Stockholder Representative as being the decision,
act, consent or instruction of such
stockholders. The Escrow Agent
and the Indemnitee are hereby
relieved from any liability to any
person for any acts done by
them in accordance with such decision,
act, consent or instruction
of the Stockholder Representative.
ARTICLE 3
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
KINO. Kino hereby represents and
warrants to Modavox that except as set forth
on Kino's exceptions schedule
("Kino's Exceptions
Schedule") attached hereto as Schedule 3.1:
(a) Organization and Standing. Kino is a limited
liability company duly
organized, validly existing
and in good standing, all under the laws
of the State of Arizona, and
has all requisite power and authority
to conduct its business in
the place where the business is now
conducted and to own, lease
and operate its assets, as now
conducted, owned, leased and
operated. Kino is duly qualified or
licensed to do business and
is in good standing under the laws of
each state or other
jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
or location of the assets
requires such qualification or licensing,
and where the failure to be
so qualified or licensed and in good
standing would not
individually or in the aggregate have a material
adverse effect on Kino.
(b) Authority. Kino has the full legal right,
power, capacity and
authority to enter into this
Agreement and all other agreements,
instruments and documents to
be signed and delivered by Kino in
connection herewith (the "Sale
Documents"), and to carry out its
obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The managing members of Kino
(i) has made assessments of
the value of Kino and has taken other
actions as to satisfy the
fiduciary duties that must be satisfied by
it to enable Kino to enter
into this Agreement and to render this
Agreement binding upon Kino
in accordance with its terms and (ii)
has duly approved the Sale
Documents to which Kino is a party and
has duly authorized the
execution and delivery of the Sale Documents
to which Kino is a party and
the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby. Kino
has taken, or will prior to the Closing
Date have taken, all actions
necessary to authorize it to enter into
and perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the Sale
Documents, and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Kino, and
this Agreement and the Sale
Documents constitute the legal, valid
and binding obligations of
Kino enforceable against Kino in
accordance with their terms.
(c) Compliance with Law. Kino has complied, and
is in compliance, with
all applicable federal, state
and local laws, statutes, licensing
requirements, rules and
regulations, and judicial or administrative
decisions applicable to Kino,
except where failure to be in
compliance therewith would
not have a material adverse effect upon
Kino. To Kino's knowledge,
Kino has been granted all permits from
federal, state, and local
government regulatory bodies necessary to
carry on its business, all of
which are currently valid and in full
force and effect. There is no
order issued, investigation or
proceeding pending or, to
Kino's knowledge, threatened, or notice
served with respect to any
violation of any law, ordinance, order,
writ, decree, rule or
regulation issued by any federal, state, local
or foreign court or
governmental or regulatory agency or
instrumentality applicable to
Kino.
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(d) No Conflict or Default. Neither the signing
and delivery of this
Agreement nor compliance with
the terms and provisions hereof,
including the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby,
will conflict with or result
in the breach of any term, condition or
provision of either Kino's
certificate of organization or operating
agreement, or any material
agreement, deed, contract, mortgage,
indenture, writ, order,
decree, legal obligation or instrument to
which Kino is a party or by
which it is or may be bound or
constitute a default (or an
event which, with the lapse of time or
the giving of notice, or
both, would constitute a default)
thereunder or, to Kino's
knowledge, violate any statute, regulation
or ordinance of any
governmental authority.
(e) Brokers' and Finders' Fees. Kino is not
obligated to pay any fees or
expenses of any broker or
finder in connection with the origin,
negotiation or signing of
this Agreement or in connection with any
transactions contemplated
hereby.
(f) Taxes.
(i) All returns and reports in respect of Taxes
(as hereinafter
defined) required to
be filed with respect to Kino have been
timely filed. All
Taxes required to be shown on such returns
and reports or otherwise due have
been timely paid. All such
returns and reports
are true, correct and complete in all
material respects. No
adjustment relating to such returns has
been proposed formally
or informally by any Tax authority
(insofar as either
relates to the activities or income of
Kino or could result
in liability of Kino on the basis of
joint and/or several
liability) and, to the best knowledge of
Kino (after due
inquiry), no basis exists for any such
adjustment. There are
no pending or, to the best knowledge of
Kino (after due
inquiry), threatened actions or proceedings
for the assessment or
collection of Taxes against Kino. Kino
has not granted any
waiver of any statute of limitations with
respect to, or any
extension of a period for the assessment
of any Tax. There are no Tax liens
on any assets of Kino,
except liens for
current Taxes not yet due. The accruals and
reserves for Taxes
reflected in Kino's financial statements,
and the accruals and
reserves provided on Kino's Exceptions
Schedule, are adequate
to satisfy all liabilities for Taxes
relating to Kino for
periods through the Effective Time
(without regard to the
materiality thereof). Kino is not a
party to any contract,
agreement, plan or arrangement,
including but not
limited to the provisions of this
Agreement, that would
result, separately or in the aggregate,
in the payment of any
"excess parachute payments" within the
meaning of Section
280G of the Code. Kino is not a party to
or bound by any tax
sharing or tax allocation or other
agreement, instrument
or arrangement which would prohibit or
limit Kino, with
respect to any period after the Effective
Time, (i) from
entering into or performing under any tax
sharing or tax
allocation agreement, or any other arrangement
regarding the
allocation, among Modavox and Kino, of federal,
state and local
income, franchise or other tax liabilities,
credits, deductions or
other tax-related matters, or (i) from
consenting to join in
the filing of a consolidated federal
income tax return.
Kino is not aware of any agreement, plan
or other circumstance
that would prevent the Merger from
qualifying under Section
368(a) of the Code.
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(ii) As used in this Agreement, "Tax"
or "Taxes" means any and all
taxes, fees, levies,
duties, tariffs, imposts, and other
charges of any kind
(together with any and all interest,
penalties, additions
to tax and additional amounts imposed
with respect thereto)
imposed by any governmental or taxing
authority including, without
limitation: taxes or other
charges on or with
respect to income, franchises, windfall or
other profits, gross
receipts, property, sales use, capital
stock, payroll,
employment, social security, workers'
compensation,
unemployment compensation, or net worth; taxes
or other charges in
the nature of excise, withholding, ad
valorem, stamp,
transfer, value added, or gains taxes;
license, registration
and documentation fees; and customs'
duties, tariffs, and
similar charges. Kino has not to its
knowledge violated any
of the health care continuation
coverage requirements of the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of
1985 ("COBRA") prior to the Closing
Date.
(g) Books and Records. The books and records of
Kino to which Modavox
and its accountants and attorneys have been
given access are the
true books and records of
Kino, and truly and fairly reflect the
underlying facts and
transactions in all material respects.
(h) Interested Party Relationships. Kino has no
material financial
interest, direct or indirect,
in any material supplier or customer
or other party to any
contract, which is material to Modavox or
Kino, or in competition with,
Modavox or Kino.
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(i) Labor Matters.
(i) To Kino's knowledge, Kino is in compliance
in all material
respects with Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as
amended, the Fair
Labor Standards Act, as amended, and the
Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970, as amended.
(ii) There are no written or oral separation,
severance or golden
parachute agreements
or understandings with the service
providers of Kino.
(iii) Kino (a) is in compliance in all material
respects with all
applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws, rules and
regulations respecting
employment, employment practices,
terms and conditions
of employment and wages and hours, in
each case, with
respect to employees, (b) has withheld all
amounts required by
law or by agreement to be withheld from
the wages, salaries
and other payments to employees, (c) is
not liable for any
arrears of wages or any taxes of any
penalty for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing, and
(d) is not liable for
any payment to any trust or other fund
or to any governmental
or administrative authority, with
respect to
unemployment compensation benefits, social
security or other
benefits or obligations for employees
(other than routine
payments to be made in the normal course
of business and
consistent with past practice).
(j) Employees and Employee Benefit Plans.
(i)
Except as set forth on Kino's Exception's Exhibit, (i) Kino
is not a party to any
pension, profit sharing, savings,
retirement or other
deferred compensation plan, or any bonus
(whether payable in
cash or stock) or incentive program, or
any group health plan
(whether insured or self-funded), or
any disability or
group life insurance plan or other employee
welfare benefit plan,
or to any collective bargaining
agreement or other
agreement, written or oral, with any trade
or labor union,
employees association or similar organization
(a "Plan");
(ii) Kino does not have any plan or commitment,
whether legally
binding or not, to establish a Plan; and
(iii) Kino is not a
party to, nor has it made any
contribution to or
otherwise incurred any obligation under,
any
"multi-employer plan" as defined in Section 3(37) of the
Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
(ii) There are no strikes or labor disputes
pending or, to the
knowledge of Kino,
threatened by, or, any attempts at union
organization of, any
of the Employees. None of the Employees
whose continued
services are material to Kino has terminated
employment, and to the
knowledge of Kino no such Employee or
group of Employees
intends to terminate their employment.
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(iii) To the knowledge of Kino, no Employee is or
will be in
violation of any
judgment, decree or order, or any term of
any employment
contract, or other contract or agreement
relating to the
relationship of any of such Employee with
Kino or any other
party because of the nature of the business
conducted by Kino.
(iv) Kino has not, to its knowledge, violated any
of the health
care continuation
coverage requirements of COBRA prior to the
Closing Date.
(k) Environmental Matters.
(i) As of the date hereof, no material amount
of any substance
that has been
designated by applicable law or regulation to
be radioactive, toxic,
hazardous or otherwise a danger to
health or the
environment, excluding office, janitorial and
similar substances (a
"Hazardous Material"), is present, as a
result of the actions
of Kino or, to Kino's knowledge, as a
result of any actions
of any third party or otherwise, in, on
or under any property,
including the land and the
improvements, ground
water and surface water, that Kino has
at any time owned,
operated, occupied or leased. To the
knowledge of Kino, no
underground storage tanks are present
under any property
that Kino has at any time owned, operated,
occupied or leased.
(ii)
At no time has Kino transported, stored, used, manufactured,
disposed of, released
or exposed its employees or others to
Hazardous Materials
(collectively, "Hazardous Materials
Activities") in
violation of any law, rule, regulation or
treaty promulgated by
any governmental entity, except for
Hazardous Materials
Activities which have not had and are not
likely to have a
material adverse effect on Kino.
(iii) Kino currently holds all environmental
approvals, permits,
licenses, clearances
and consents (the "Environmental
Permits")
necessary for the conduct of its business as such
businesses is currently being
conducted, except for such
Environmental Permits
the absence of which would not be
likely to have a
material adverse effect on Kino.
(iv) No action, proceeding, writ, injunction or
claim is pending
or, to the knowledge
of Kino, threatened concerning any
Environmental Permit
or any Hazardous Materials Activity of
Kino. Kino is not
aware of any fact or circumstance which
could reasonably be
expected to involve Kino in any
environmental
litigation or impose upon Kino any liability
concerning Hazardous
Materials Activities which would be
reasonably likely to
have a material adverse effect on Kino.
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(l) Litigation. Except as set forth in Kino's
Exceptions Schedule, there
is no claim, litigation,
action, suit or proceeding, administrative
or judicial, pending or, to
Kino's knowledge, threatened against
Kino relating to Kino, at law
or in equity, before any federal,
state, local or foreign
court, regulatory agency, other governmental
authority or any arbitration or
mediation forum, including any
unfair labor practice or
grievance proceedings or otherwise.
(m) Financial Statements. Kino has delivered, or
will deliver, to
Modavox its pro forma balance
sheets (the "Balance Sheets") as of
October 31, 2005 and December
31, 2004 and its pro forma income
statements for the ten months
ended October 31, 2005 and the fiscal
year or period ended December
31, 2004 (together with the Balance
Sheets, the "Financial
Statements"). The Financial Statements (i)
are in accordance with Kino's
books and records, and (ii) fairly and
accurately present Kino's
financial condition at the respective
dates therein indicated and the
results of operations for the
respective periods therein
specified. Kino does not have any
material debt, liability or
obligation of any nature, whether
accrued, absolute, contingent
or otherwise, and whether due or to
become due, that is not
reflected, reserved against or disclosed in
the Financial Statements,
except for those that may have been
incurred after December 31,
2004 in the ordinary course of its
business consistent with past
practice, and which are disclosed by
Kino on its Exceptions
Schedule. Since the Balance Sheet Date, and
except as set forth on Kino's
Exceptions Schedule, there has not
been:
(i) Any material adverse change in Kino's
financial condition,
results of operation,
assets, or liabilities or any
occurrence,
circumstance or combination thereof which
reasonably could be
expected to result in such a material
adverse change;
(ii) Any change, other than in the ordinary
course of business,
made by Kino in its
method of operating the business or its
accounting practices relating
thereto;
(iii) Any sale, lease, or disposition of, or any
agreement to sell,
lease or dispose of
any of the assets, other than sales,
leases or dispositions
in the usual and ordinary course of
business and other
than pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) Any modification, waiver, change, amendment,
release,
rescission, accord and
satisfaction, or termination of, or
with respect to, any term,
condition or provision of any
material contract
relating to or affecting Kino, the
business, the assets
and/or the liabilities, other than any
satisfaction by
performance in accordance with the terms
thereof in the usual
and ordinary course of business;
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(v) Any adverse relationships or conditions
with vendors,
suppliers or customers that may have a
material adverse
effect on Kino;
(vi) Any return of any of Kino's products by a
purchaser or user
thereof (other than
for minor nonrecurring warranty
problems), and Kino is not aware of
any (i) pending warranty
claims for such
products, (ii) right to return such products
(other than units
under customary evaluation terms), or (iii)
evaluation units
expected to be returned after their
evaluation period;
(vii) Any borrowing or lending of money by Kino,
including to or
from the members or
managers thereof (the "Principals"), but
excluding for this purpose sales made
on ordinary trade
terms;
(viii) Any other event or
condition of any character that has had a
material adverse
effect, or could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect, on
Kino; or
(ix) Any agreement by Kino and/or the Principals
to do, cause or
effect any of the
foregoing events, set forth in sections (i)
through (viii) above.
(n) Undisclosed Liabilities. There are no
material debts, claims,
liabilities or obligations
with respect to Kino or to which the
assets are subject,
liquidated, unliquidated, accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise, that
are not identified in Kino's Financial
Statements or on Kino's
Exceptions Schedule.
(o) Intellectual Property.
(i) Kino owns, is licensed or is otherwise
entitled to exercise,
without restriction,
all rights to all material intellectual
property and all other
material tangible and intangible
information or
material in any form (the "Intellectual
Property"), as
used or currently proposed to be used by Kino,
without, to the
knowledge of Kino, any conflict with or
infringement of the
rights of others. A schedule of the
Intellectual Property
is attached hereto as Schedule 3.1(o).
(ii) Kino is the owner or exclusive licensee of,
with all right,
title and interest in
and to, free and clear of any Liens (as
hereinafter defined),
the Intellectual Property, and has the
exclusive right to make, have made, use,
sell, copy, create
derivative works of,
distribute, publicly perform, publicly
display, license,
assign, transfer, convey or dispose thereof
or the products,
processes and materials covered thereby. All
patents and
unregistered and registered trademarks, service
marks, and other
company, product or service identifiers and
all registered and
unregistered copyrights held by Kino are
valid and enforceable.
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(iii) To the knowledge of Kino, there has not been,
and there is
not now, any
unauthorized use, infringement or
misappropriation of
any of the Intellectual Property Rights
by any third party
service provider of Kino, by its
Principals, or by any
other third party.
(iv) No person has asserted or threatened to
assert any claims
with respect to any of
the Intellectual Property (i)
contesting the right
of Kino to use, exercise, sell, license,
transfer or dispose of
any of the Intellectual Property or
any products,
processes or materials covered thereby, or (ii)
challenging the
ownership, validity or enforceability of any
of the Intellectual
Property. None of the Intellectual
Property is subject to
any outstanding order, judgment,
decree, stipulation or
agreement related to or restricting in
any manner the
licensing, assignment, transfer or conveyance
thereof by Kino.
(v) Kino is in material compliance with the
terms and conditions
of all licenses,
sublicenses and other agreements to which
Kino is a party and
pursuant to which Kino is authorized to
use, exercise, or receive any
benefit from any intellectual
property
non-exclusively licensed to Kino (the "Licensed
Intellectual
Property"). Kino has no knowledge of any
assertion, claim or
threatened claim that Kino and/or its
Principals have
breached any terms or conditions of such
licenses, sublicenses
or other agreements.
(vi) None of the Licensed Intellectual Property
is subject to any
outstanding order,
judgment, decree, stipulation or agreement
related to or
restricting in any manner the use by or
licensing thereof to
Kino.
(vii) Kino has the right to assign all the
Intellectual Property
and the Licensed
Intellectual Property to Modavox pursuant to
the terms of this
Agreement. Kino is not, nor will it be, as
a result of the
signing and delivery of this Agreement or the
performance of its
obligations hereunder, in violation of,
nor will it lose or in
any way impair, any material rights
pursuant to any
license, sublicense or agreement pertaining
to the Intellectual Property
or Licensed Intellectual
Property. If required
by the terms of any licenses,
sublicenses or other
agreements with respect to the Licensed
Intellectual Property,
Kino has secured or will promptly
secure valid written
consents from the licensors thereof to
the assignment of such
Licensed Intellectual Property to
Modavox pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
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(viii) The manufacture,
marketing, license, sale or use of any
product or service as
now used or offered or proposed for use
or sale by Kino does
not, to the knowledge of Kino, infringe
any copyright, patent,
trademark, service mark, trade secret
or other intellectual
property right of any third party or
violate any license or
agreement with any third party. Kino
knows of no claims and
has not been sued or charged in
writing as a defendant
in any claim, suit, action or
proceeding which
involves a claim of infringement of any
patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade secret rights,
copyrights or other
intellectual property rights and which
has not been finally
terminated prior to the date hereof;
there are no such
charges or claims outstanding; and Kino
does not have any
outstanding restrictions or infringement
liability with respect
to any patent, trade secret,
trademark, service
mark, copyright or other intellectual
property right of
another.
(ix) Kino has not entered into any agreement to
indemnify any
other person against
any charge of infringement of any third
party intellectual
property right, the Intellectual Property
or the Licensed
Intellectual Property.
(x) Kino has taken reasonable steps to protect
and preserve the
confidentiality of all
inventions, algorithms, formulas,
schematics, technical drawings,
ideas, know-how, all other
processes not
otherwise protected by patents or patent
applications, source
code, object code, program listings and
trade secrets related
to Kino, or owned by Kino
(collectively, the
"Confidential Information"), including the
marking thereof with
appropriate "Proprietary" or
"Confidential" legends, the establishment of policies for the
handling, disclosure
and use of the Confidential Information,
and the acquisition of
valid written nondisclosure agreements
from any party
receiving the Confidential Information. All
the Confidential Information is
presently and as of the
Closing Date will be
located at Kino's address as set forth
in this Agreement. All
use, disclosure or appropriation of
the Confidential
Information by a third party has been
pursuant to the terms
of a written agreement between Kino and
such third party. All
use, disclosure or appropriation of
inventions,
algorithms, formulas, schematics, technical
drawings, ideas,
know-how, all other processes not otherwise
protected by patents
or patent applications, source code,
object code, program
listings and trade secrets not owned by
Kino (the
"Licensed Confidential Information") has been






