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Exhibit
10.1
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
REORGANIZATION
BY AND
AMONG
ENDEAVOR ACQUISITION
CORP.,
(“Parent”)
AAI ACQUISITION
LLC,
(“Merger
Sub”)
AMERICAN APPAREL
INC.,
(“AAI”)
AMERICAN APPAREL,
LLC,
(“LLC”)
EACH OF THE CANADIAN
COMPANIES SET FORTH ON SCHEDULE A HERETO,
(all of such companies
collectively referred to as “CI”)
DOV CHARNEY
(“Stockholder”)
and
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
PROVISIONS ONLY,
EACH OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF CI
(collectively, the
“CI Stockholders”)
and
WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN
PROVISIONS ONLY,
SAM LIM
(“Lim”)
ORIGINALLY EXECUTED AS OF
DECEMBER 18, 2006
AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF
NOVEMBER 7, 2007
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and entered into as of
November 7, 2007, by and among:
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Endeavor
Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent ”);
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AAI
Acquisition LLC, a California limited liability company and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub
”);
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American
Apparel Inc. , a California corporation (“ AAI
”);
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American
Apparel, LLC , a California limited liability company (“
LLC ” and, collectively with AAI and CI, the “
Company ”);
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Each of
the corporations (each an affiliate of AAI and/or the
Stockholder) formed under the laws of the applicable provinces of
Canada or the Canada Business Corporation Act as set forth on
Schedule A hereto (each such company referred to herein as a
“ CI company ” and all of such companies
referred to collectively herein as “ CI ” or the
“ CI companies ”);
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Dov
Charney , an owner of 50% of the outstanding capital stock of
AAI and 50% of the outstanding membership interests of LLC (the
“ Stockholder ”);
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Sang Ho
Lim , the current owner of the remaining 50% of the outstanding
capital stock of AAI and the remaining 50% of the outstanding
membership interests of LLC (“ Lim ”), joins
this Agreement as a party solely for purposes of Sections 1.1(a),
1.5(a), 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10 1.12(a), 1.12(c), 1.15, 2.3(a),
2.3(c), 2.4(a), 2.4(c), 2.5(b), 2.24, 4.1(f), 4.2, 5.6, 5.8(c),
5.9, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14(b), 5.17, 5.26, 5.27, 5.28, Article
VIII, Article IX and Article X; and
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Each
person executing the “CI Stockholder Signature Page” to
this Agreement , being (a) the owner or (b) the
registered nominee or holder representing the owner with no
beneficial interest vested in themselves, as the case and context
may require herein, of all of the outstanding capital stock of each
of the CI companies (“ CI Stockholders ”), joins
this Agreement as a party solely for purposes of Sections 1.1(b),
1.5(a), 1.5(b), 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.12, 2.3(b), 2.4(a), 2.4(c),
2.24, 4.1(f), 4.2, 5.6, 5.8(c), 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13,
5.14(b), 5.17, Article VIII, Article IX and Article X.
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This Agreement amends and
restates the Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of
December 18, 2006 (“ December 2006 Agreement
”), by and among Parent, AAI Acquisition Corp., a California
corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent, AAI, LLC, each
of the corporations formed under the laws of the applicable
provinces of Canada or the Canada Business Corporation Act as set
forth on Schedule A thereto, the Stockholder, Lim and each person
executing the “CI Stockholder Signature Page” thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, all representations and
warranties contained herein and all schedules referenced herein and
made a part hereto shall be deemed to be made and speak as of
December 18, 2006, except Schedules A , 1.2 ,
1.5(a) , 2.1(a) , 2.1(b) , 2.3(b) ,
2.22 and 5.25(c) as attached hereto (collectively,
the “ Amended Schedules ”), which shall be
deemed to speak as of the date hereof. It is acknowledged by the
Parties that AAI Acquisition Corp. has withdrawn as a party to the
Agreement and has been replaced by AAI Acquisition LLC which as of
the date hereof has become a party to this Agreement. All schedules
and exhibits delivered with the December 2006 Agreement shall be
deemed incorporated by reference herein and are made a part hereof,
other than Schedules A , 1.2 , 1.5(a) ,
2.1(a) , 2.1(b) , 2.3(b) , 2.22 and
5.25(c) and Exhibit F , which are replaced by the
Amended Schedules and the new Exhibit F being delivered
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.
The term “
Agreement ” as used herein refers to this Agreement
and Plan of Reorganization, as the same may be amended from time to
time, and all schedules hereto (including the Company Schedule and
the Parent Schedule, as defined in the preambles to Articles II and
III hereof, respectively).
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RECITALS
A. Upon the terms and subject
to the conditions of this Agreement (as defined in
Section 1.2) and in accordance with the applicable corporate
and limited liability laws of the respective jurisdictions of
formation of each of the companies as set forth in the preamble of
this Agreement (the “ Applicable Corporate Laws
”), Parent and the Company intend to enter into a business
combination transaction by means of a concurrent (i) merger in
which Merger Sub will merge with AAI and be the surviving entity
and (ii) acquisition by Parent of all of the outstanding
capital stock of each of the CI companies, through an exchange of
all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of each of
AAI and each CI company for shares of common stock of
Parent.
B. Immediately prior to the
closing of the Business Combination (as defined in
Section 1.1), all of the then outstanding membership interests
of LLC shall be transferred to AAI.
C. Between the date of this
Agreement and the Closing, if the Stockholder so elects, the
Stockholder shall purchase from Lim (and if the Stockholder does
not so purchase from Lim, then Parent shall purchase from Lim at
the Closing) all of Lim’s Company Capital Stock (as defined)
and Company Membership Interests (as defined) under the terms of
this Agreement and on the terms set forth in the Lim Option
Agreement (as defined), as the same may be modified by this
Agreement.
D. The Boards of Directors of
AAI, each CI company and Parent and the managers of Merger Sub and
LLC have determined that the Business Combination is fair to, and
in the best interests of, their respective companies and
stockholders and members, as applicable.
E. The parties intend that
this Agreement shall constitute a plan of reorganization within the
meaning of section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “ Code ”) in respect of the Merger
and each of the Canada Acquisitions (as defined).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set
forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows (defined terms used in this Agreement are
listed alphabetically in Article IX, together with the Section and,
if applicable, paragraph number in which the definition of each
such term is located):
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER AND RELATED
ACQUISITIONS
1.1 The Business
Combination . At the Effective Time (as defined in
Section 1.2) and subject to and upon the terms and conditions
of this Agreement and the Applicable Corporate Laws:
(a) AAI shall be merged with
and into Merger Sub (the “ Merger ”), the
separate corporate existence of AAI shall cease and Merger Sub
shall continue as the surviving corporation. Merger Sub as the
surviving corporation after the Merger is hereinafter sometimes
referred to as the “ U.S. Surviving Corporation
.”
(b) All of the outstanding
capital stock of each CI company shall be acquired by Parent (each,
a “ Canada Acquisition ,” and together, the
“ Canada Acquisitions ” and, collectively with
the Merger, the “ Business Combination ”), and
the separate corporate existence of each CI company shall continue,
with each such company a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent.
1.2 Effective Time;
Closing . Subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the
parties hereto shall cause the Business Combination to be
consummated by filing as soon as practicable on or after the
Closing Date (as herein defined) with each jurisdiction set forth
on Schedule 1.2 hereto the certificates, articles, forms and
other documentation necessary to consummate the Merger, the Canada
Acquisitions and related transactions (including, but not limited
to, any notices, stock transfer forms and payment of any transfer,
stamp or duty taxes)
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described on Schedule 1.2 in
accordance with the Applicable Corporate Laws (collectively, the
“ Transaction Certificates ”). The time
of the last such filing to be properly completed or such later time
as may be agreed in writing by Parent and the Company shall be
referred to herein as the “ Effective Time .”
Unless this Agreement has been terminated pursuant to
Section 8.1, the closing of the Business Combination (the
“ Closing ”) shall take place concurrently at
the offices of Graubard Miller, counsel to Parent, 405 Lexington
Avenue, New York, New York 10174-1901 at a time and date to be
specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the second
business day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Article VI, or at such other time, date and location as
the parties hereto agree in writing (the “ Closing
Date ”). Closing signatures may be transmitted by
facsimile.
1.3 Effect of the Business
Combination . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Business
Combination shall be as provided in this Agreement and the
provisions of the Applicable Corporate Laws. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective
Time:
(a) All the property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of AAI and Merger Sub shall vest
in U.S. Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of AAI and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities
and duties of U.S. Surviving Corporation; and
(b) Each of the CI companies
shall remain in existence and shall continue after the Business
Combination as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
1.4 Charter Documents
.
(a) At the Effective
Time:
(i) the Articles of
Incorporation of Merger Sub shall be the Articles of Incorporation
of U.S. Surviving Corporation.
(ii) the Articles of
Incorporation of each CI company shall remain the Articles of
Incorporation of such CI company.
(b) At the Effective
Time:
(i) the Bylaws of Merger Sub
shall be the Bylaws of U.S. Surviving Corporation.
(ii) the Articles of
Association of each CI company shall remain the Articles of
Association of such CI company.
1.5 Effect on Capital
Stock . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Business Combination and
this Agreement and without any action on the part of any party
hereto, the following shall occur:
(a) Conversion or Exchange
of Company Capital Stock. Other than any shares to be canceled
pursuant to Section 1.5(c), and subject to Section 1.5(b)
and Section 5.28 of this Agreement, on the Closing Date,
(i) all of the shares of capital stock of AAI issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time held by the
holders thereof will be automatically converted into the right to
receive, and (ii) all of the shares of capital stock of each CI
company will be exchanged for, an aggregate of 37,258,065 shares
(“ Transaction Shares ”) of the common stock,
par value $0.0001, of Parent (“ Parent Common Stock
”). The Transaction Shares are also sometimes referred to
herein as the “ Transaction Consideration .” The
Transaction Shares shall be issued and allocated in accordance with
an allocation schedule to be attached hereto as Schedule
1.5(a) which shall be finalized as reasonably determined by the
parties prior to the Closing, and shall be transferred solely to
the Stockholder (as the beneficial owner, effective as of the
Closing, of all of the outstanding capital stock of AAI and each of
the CI companies) and his designees; provided, however, that
8,064,516 of the Transaction Shares (“ Escrow Shares
”) shall be placed in escrow as described in
Section 1.11. No Transaction Shares shall be issued or
transferred to any such designee unless such Person shall have
delivered to Parent in writing (1) the investment
representations set forth in Section 1.12(b) of this Agreement
and (2) an agreement to be bound by a lock-up agreement,
escrow agreements and voting agreement having the same terms as the
lock-up agreement, escrow agreements and voting
agreement
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executed by the Stockholder
in connection with the Business Combination (other than such
changes as are necessary to reflect that such designee and not the
Stockholder is the party thereto). All of the shares of capital
stock of AAI and each CI company and each of their respective
Subsidiaries shall be referred to collectively herein as the
“ Company Capital Stock .” Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary, no such designee or designees shall be
allocated Transaction Shares if such allocation shall require the
filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or otherwise require any other filing (other than
abbreviated or notice filings) or otherwise serve to eliminate any
registration exemption otherwise available to Parent had the
Transaction Shares been issued only to the Stockholder or serve to
materially delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) Net Debt and Reduction
of Amount of Transaction Shares .
(i) If the Company’s
Net Debt (as defined) at the close of business on the date two
business days prior to the Closing Date (“ Closing Date
Net Debt ”) is more than $150,000,000 as determined in
accordance with this Agreement, the number of Transaction Shares to
be issued at the Closing shall be reduced by that number of shares
equal to the Net Debt Transaction Share Reduction Number. Except
for debt incurred to pay any Stub Period Tax Amounts (including,
without limitation, any notes issued by AAI to pay any Stub Period
Tax Amounts), the Company shall not incur any debt, other than in
the ordinary course of business during the period from the date two
business days prior to the Closing Date and the Closing
Date.
(ii) The term “ Net
Debt Transaction Share Reduction Number ” shall mean the
quotient derived by dividing (i) the difference between the
Closing Date Net Debt and $150,000,000 by (ii) $7.75 (rounded
up to the nearest share); provided, however, that if Closing Date
Net Debt is equal to or less than $150,000,000, the Net Debt
Transaction Share Reduction Number shall be zero.
(iii) The term “Net
Debt” shall mean the Company’s combined indebtedness (
i.e ., all indebtedness for borrowed money and capitalized
leases and equivalents and other obligations evidenced by
promissory notes or similar instruments, as well as cash
overdrafts), less the Company’s combined cash and cash
equivalents ( i.e., all short-term money market instruments
and treasury bills and similar instruments). The term “Net
Debt” shall not include any debt incurred to pay any Stub
Period Tax Amounts (including, without limitation, any notes issued
by AAI to pay any Stub Period Tax Amounts).
(iv) From the date hereof
through the Closing Date, on the 30th day of each calendar month,
the Company shall deliver to Parent a written statement of the
Company’s Net Debt as of the end of the immediately preceding
calendar month (“ Periodic Net Debt Statement
”), which shall (a) provide such detailed information as
may be reasonably requested by Parent prior to such date,
(b) be derived utilizing generally accepted accounting
principles and (c) be certified as being true and complete by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Accounting
Officer. On the business day prior to the scheduled Closing Date,
the Company shall deliver to Parent a written statement of the
Company’s Net Debt as of the close of business of the
immediately prior business day (“ Closing Net Debt
Statement ”), which shall (a) provide such detailed
information as may be reasonably requested by Parent prior to such
date, (b) be derived utilizing generally accepted accounting
principles and (c) be certified as being true and complete by
the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer.
(c) Cancellation of
Treasury and Parent-Owned Stock. Each share of Company Capital
Stock held by the Company or Parent or any direct or indirect
wholly-owned subsidiary thereof immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion or
payment in respect thereof.
(d) Adjustments to
Exchange Ratios. The numbers of shares of Parent Common Stock
that the beneficial holders of the Company Capital Stock are
entitled to receive as a result of the Business Combination shall
be equitably adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any
dividend or distribution of securities convertible into Parent
Common Stock), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification,
combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect
to Parent Common Stock or Company Capital Stock occurring on or
after the date hereof and prior to the date of issuance or payments
thereof.
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(e) Fractional Shares.
No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be issued by
virtue of the Business Combination, and each holder of shares of
Company Capital Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction
of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional
shares of Parent Common Stock that otherwise would be received by
such holder) shall, upon compliance with Section 1.6, receive
from Parent, in lieu of such fractional share, one (1) share
of Parent Common Stock.
1.6 Surrender of
Certificates; Uncertificated Shares .
(a) Exchange
Procedures . Upon surrender of all of the certificates
representing Company Capital Stock (“ Company
Certificates ”) at the Closing, the holders of such
Company Certificates shall receive in exchange therefor
certificates representing the Transaction Shares into which their
shares of Company Capital Stock shall be converted or exchanged at
the Effective Time, less the Escrow Shares. Until so surrendered,
outstanding Company Certificates will be deemed, from and after the
Effective Time, to evidence only the right to receive the
applicable portion of the Transaction Shares then issuable under
the terms of this Agreement. Subject to compliance with United
States federal backup withholding rules and the Canadian tax
clearance certificate regime set forth in Section 1.6(d)
hereof, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, as of the
date hereof, no such deduction or withholding would be required by
applicable law.
(b) Required
Withholding . The Parent and the Surviving Corporations shall
be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration payable
or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any holder
or former holder of Company Capital Stock such amounts as are
required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or
under any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any
other applicable legal requirement. To the extent such amounts are
so deducted or withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all
purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the person to
whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.
(c) No Liability.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.6,
neither Parent, U.S. Surviving Corporation, the Company nor any
other party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of Parent
Common Stock or Company Capital Stock for any amount properly paid
to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property,
escheat or similar law.
(d) Canadian Tax Clearance
Certificate. The following provisions apply in respect of each
disposition of the shares of a CI company by CI Stockholders to
Parent (the “ Recipient Party ”) pursuant to
this Agreement:
(i) Subject to the remaining
provisions of this Section 1.6(d), the CI Stockholders will
deliver to Recipient Party a certificate issued pursuant to section
116 of the Income Tax Act (Canada) (“ Canadian Tax
Act ”) in respect of the disposition of the shares of the
relevant CI company to the Recipient Party (“ Section 116
Certificate ”).
(ii) If no Section 116
Certificate is delivered to the Recipient Party on or prior to the
Closing Date, the Recipient Party shall withhold 25% of the portion
of the Transaction Shares that is allocable to the acquisition of
the shares of the CI company (such shares hereinafter referred to
as the “ Canadian Shares ” and such portion
hereinafter referred to as the “ Canadian Allocation
”). Such withheld Transaction Shares will be dealt with as
provided for in Section 1.6(d)(iv).
(iii) If a certificate issued
by the Minister of National Revenue pursuant to subsection 116(2)
of the Canadian Tax Act in respect of the transfer of the Canadian
Shares to the Recipient Party is delivered to the Recipient Party
on or prior to the Closing Date specifying a certificate limit in
an amount less than the Canadian Allocation, the Recipient Party
shall withhold from the Transaction Shares to be delivered at
Closing that number of Transaction Shares that has a value equal to
25% of the amount by which the Canadian Allocation exceeds the
certificate limit. Such withheld Transaction Shares will be dealt
with as provided for in Section 1.6(d)(iv).
(iv) Any Transaction Shares
withheld by the Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.6(d)(ii) or
Section 1.6(d)(iii) (“ Canadian Escrow Shares
”) shall not be delivered to the CI stockholder at Closing
and shall be held in escrow by Parent and only dealt with as
hereinafter provided.
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(v) Subject to
Section 1.6(d)(vii), if, prior to the 27th day after the end
of the month in which the Closing Date occurs (“ Due
Date ”) the CI Stockholder delivers to Recipient Party a
Section 116 Certificate, the Recipient Party will deliver such
CI Stockholder the Canadian Escrow Shares other than that number of
Canadian Escrow Shares that has a value equal to 25% of the amount
by which the Canadian Allocation exceeds the certificate
limit.
(vi) Subject to
Section 1.6(d)(vii), if Recipient Party has withheld
Transaction Shares pursuant to Section 1.6(d)(ii) or
Section 1.6(d)(iii) and the CI stockholder does not deliver to
the Recipient Party, prior to the Due Date, a Section 116
Certificate or delivers a Section 116 Certificate specifying a
certificate limit less than the Canadian Allocation, the Recipient
Party or, at its election, the CI Stockholder shall remit to the
Receiver General of Canada that number of Canadian Escrow Shares
or, in the case of the CI Stockholder, any other property or assets
that have an aggregate value equal to the amount required to be
remitted pursuant to subsection 116(5) of the Canadian Tax Act and
shall provide evidence of such remittance to the CI Stockholder.
The Recipient Party shall cause to be delivered to the CI
Stockholder any remaining portion of the Canadian Escrow
Shares.
(vii) The Due Date under
Section 1.6(d)(v) and Section 1.6(d)(vi) may be extended
to a later date if the Canada Revenue Agency confirms in writing to
Recipient Party that Recipient Party may continue to hold the
Canadian Escrow Shares without being subject to penalty and
interest for late remittance, provided that a copy of such
correspondence is delivered to the Recipient Party.
1.7 No Further Ownership
Rights in Company Stock . All shares of Parent Common Stock
issued in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have
been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such
shares of Company Capital Stock and there shall be no further
registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving
Corporations or the Company of shares of Company Capital Stock that
were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after
the Effective Time, Company Certificates are presented to Parent or
any Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled
and exchanged as provided in this Article I.
1.8 Lost, Stolen or
Destroyed Certificates . In the event that any Company
Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent
shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company
Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
holder thereof, the certificates representing the shares of Parent
Common Stock into which the shares of Company Capital Stock
formerly represented by such Company Certificates were converted or
exchanged; provided, however, that, as a condition precedent to the
issuance of such certificates representing shares of Parent Common
Stock, the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company
Certificates shall indemnify Parent against any claim that may be
made against Parent or U.S. Surviving Corporation with respect to
the Company Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
1.9 Tax Consequences .
It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger and each
Canada Acquisition shall constitute a reorganization within the
meaning of Section 368 of the Code. The parties hereto adopt
this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” for the
Merger and each Canada Acquisition within the meaning of Sections
1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Income Tax
Regulations.
1.10 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 (a) U.S. Surviving
Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets,
property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of AAI, LLC and
Merger Sub and (b) Parent with the full right, title and
possession to all shares of capital stock of each CI company, the
officers and directors of AAI, LLC and Merger Sub will take all
such lawful and necessary action.
1.11 Escrow . As the
sole remedy for the indemnity obligations set forth in Article VII,
at the Closing, the Stockholder shall deposit in escrow, to be held
from the Closing Date until the later of (i) the first
anniversary of the Closing Date and (ii) 30 days after Parent
has filed with the SEC its annual report on Form 10-K or 10-KSB for
the year ending December 31, 2007 (such period, the “
Escrow Period ”), and for such further period as
may
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be required pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement referred to below, an aggregate of 8,064,516 Escrow
Shares, all in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Escrow Agreement to be entered into at the Closing between Parent,
the Stockholder and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust
Company, as escrow agent (“ Escrow Agent ”), in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Escrow
Agreement ”).
1.12 Stockholder
Matters .
(a) By his, her or its
execution of this Agreement, the Stockholder and each of the CI
Stockholders and Lim, in his, her or its capacity as a registered
or beneficial stockholder of AAI and/or CI, and/or as a member of
LLC, hereby approves and adopts this Agreement and authorizes each
of AAI, each CI company and LLC, its respective directors, managers
and officers to take all actions necessary for the consummation of
the Business Combination and the other transactions contemplated
hereby pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and its exhibits.
Such execution shall be deemed to be action taken by the
irrevocable written consent of the Stockholder, the CI Stockholders
and Lim for purposes of the Applicable Corporate Laws. The
Stockholder, each of the CI Stockholders and Lim also confirms that
he, she or it is not entitled to any appraisal, dissenters’
or similar rights pursuant to the Applicable Corporate
Laws.
(b) The Stockholder and each
of the CI Stockholders, severally and not jointly, represents and
warrants as follows: (i) all Parent Common Stock to be
acquired by such Person pursuant to this Agreement will be acquired
for his, her or its account and not with a view towards
distribution thereof other than, with respect to any such Persons
that are entities, transfers to its stockholders, partners or
members; (ii) he, she or it understands that he, she or it
must bear the economic risk of the investment in the Parent Common
Stock, which cannot be sold by him, her or it unless it is
registered under the Securities Act, or an exemption therefrom is
available thereunder; (iii) he, she or it has had both the
opportunity to ask questions and receive answers from the officers
and directors of Parent and all persons acting on Parent’s
behalf concerning the business and operations of Parent and to
obtain any additional information to the extent Parent possesses or
may possess such information or can acquire it without unreasonable
effort or expense necessary to verify the accuracy of such
information; and (iv) he, she or it has had access to the
Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement. The
Stockholder and each of the CI Stockholders acknowledges, as to
himself, herself or itself only, that (v) he, she or it is
either (A) an “accredited investor” as such term
is defined in Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act or
(B) a person possessing sufficient knowledge and experience in
financial and business matters to enable it to evaluate the merits
and risks of an investment in Parent; and (vi) he, she or it
understands that the certificates representing the Parent Common
Stock to be received by him, her or it may bear legends to the
effect that the Parent Common Stock may not be transferred except
upon compliance with (C) the registration requirements of the
Securities Act (or an exemption therefrom) and (D) the
provisions of this Agreement. Any CI Stockholder that is an entity,
for itself, represents, warrants and acknowledges, with respect to
each holder of its equity interests, to the same effect as the
foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12(b).
(c) The Stockholder, each of
the CI Stockholders and Lim, severally and not jointly, represents
and warrants that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by
such Person does not, and the performance of his, her or its
obligations hereunder will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or
regulatory authority, domestic or foreign (a “
Governmental Entity ”), except (i) for applicable
requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“ Exchange Act
”), state securities laws (“ Blue Sky Laws
”), and the rules and regulations thereunder, and
(ii) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (as
defined in Section 10.2(a)) on such Person or the Company or,
after the Closing, the Parent, or prevent consummation of the
Business Combination or otherwise prevent the parties hereto from
performing their obligations under this Agreement.
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1.13 Appointed Director
for Purposes of Escrow Agreement. At or prior to the Closing,
the Board of Directors of Parent shall appoint one of its existing
members (“ Appointed Director ”) who will
continue to serve on Parent’s board following consummation of
the Business Combination under the terms of the Voting Agreement to
act on behalf of Parent and to take all necessary actions and make
all decisions following the Closing pursuant to the Escrow
Agreement regarding Parent’s rights under Article VII hereof.
In the event the Appointed Director resigns from the Board, he
shall have the right to appoint another member of the Board of
Directors of Parent who was a director of Parent prior to the
Closing Date or some other Person who would qualify as an
“independent” director of Parent and who has not had
any compensatory business relationship with the Company prior to
the Closing to serve as his successor in the role of Appointed
Director.
1.14 Certain Registration
Rights . At the Closing, Parent and the Stockholder shall
execute and deliver a Registration Rights Agreement in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit B with respect to registration of
the Transaction Shares (the “ Registration Rights
Agreement ”).
1.15 Stub Period Tax
Distributions . Prior to the Lim Buy Out, there shall be
distributed by AAI to each of the Stockholder and Lim in accordance
with their pro rata interests in AAI, an amount equal to
AAI’s net taxable income for the period commencing
January 1, 2006 and ending on the date of the distribution
(the “ Distribution Date ”), multiplied by
(B) the highest combined marginal Federal and state tax rate
applicable to individuals residing in the State of California with
respect to such income or gain (taking into account the amount and
character of the income or gain) minus (C) all previous tax
distributions made by AAI to the Stockholder and Lim in respect of
the 2006 and 2007 taxable years, prior to the Distribution Date
(the “ Stub Period Tax Amounts ”). The Stub
Period Tax Amounts shall be payable by AAI in cash or in notes
issued by AAI to the extent cash is not available, which notes
shall be repaid as soon as practicable after Closing.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY
Subject to the exceptions set
forth in Schedule 2 attached hereto (the “ Company
Schedule ”), each of the Company and the Stockholder
severally and jointly represents and warrants to, and covenants
with, Parent and Merger Sub, as set forth below in this Article II.
In addition, Lim, solely with respect to himself, represents and
warrants to, and covenants with, Parent and Merger Sub as set forth
below in Section 2.3(a), 2.3 (c), 2.4(a), 2.4(c), 2.5(b) and
2.24. In addition, each of the CI Stockholders (other than the
Stockholder), solely with respect to himself, herself or itself,
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, Parent and Merger
Sub as set forth below in Sections 2.3(b), 2.4(a), 2.4(c) and 2.24.
As used in this Article II, and elsewhere in this Agreement, the
term “Company” includes AAI, CI, LLC and their
respective Subsidiaries, as hereinafter defined, unless the context
clearly otherwise indicates.
2.1 Organization and
Qualification .
(a) Each of AAI and each CI
company is a corporation, and LLC is a limited liability company,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the state of its formation and has the requisite corporate
or limited liability company power, as the case may be, and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and
to carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned by
the Company to be conducted. The jurisdiction of formation of each
of AAI, each CI company and LLC is as set forth on Schedule
2.1(a) hereto. The Company is in possession of all franchises,
grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents,
certificates, approvals and orders (“ Approvals
”) necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it
purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as
it is now being or currently planned by the Company to be
conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Complete and correct
copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation, certificate
or articles of formation, by-laws and operating agreements (or
other comparable governing instruments with
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different names)
(collectively referred to herein as “ Charter
Documents ”) of each of AAI, each CI company and LLC (and
their respective Subsidiaries), as amended and currently in effect,
have been heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of any of
the Charter Documents. AAI, LLC and each CI company and their
respective Subsidiaries taken together, comprise all of the
companies through which all of the American Apparel business or
similar or related apparel businesses that are owned and operated
jointly by the Stockholder and Lim, including all designing,
marketing, branding, manufacturing, distribution and retail store
operations in the U.S. and abroad, is operated.
(b) The Company is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good
standing that could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Each jurisdiction in which the Company is so qualified or
licensed is listed in Schedule 2.1(b) .
(c) The minute books of each
of AAI, each CI company and LLC contain true, complete and accurate
records of all meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its
Board of Directors (and any committees thereof), similar governing
bodies and stockholders and members (“ Corporate
Records ”) since the time of their respective
organization. Copies of such Corporate Records have been heretofore
delivered to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
(d) The stock/equity
transfer, warrant and option transfer and ownership records of each
of AAI, each CI company and LLC contain true, complete and accurate
records of the securities ownership as of the date of such records
and the transfers involving the capital stock, equity interests and
other securities of such company since the time of its
organization. Copies of such records have been heretofore delivered
to Parent or Parent’s counsel.
(e) AAI is a duly qualified
“S” Corporation within the meaning of Section 1361
et seq. of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. A valid
election under IRC § 1362(a) to be treated as an
“S” corporation is in effect for AAI. Other than in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, no action has
been taken by any shareholder of AAI or AAI to terminate
AAI’s status as an “S” corporation.
2.2 Subsidiaries
.
(a) The Company does not have
any direct or indirect subsidiaries or participations in joint
ventures other than those listed in Schedule 2.2 (the
“ Subsidiaries ”). Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.2, the Company does not own all of the outstanding
equity securities of its respective Subsidiaries, free and clear of
all Liens (as defined in Section 10.2(e)). Except for the
Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any
ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person or has
any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and has
not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any
written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease,
binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase
order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan,
commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or
as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated
to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any
other entity.
(b) Each Subsidiary that is a
corporation or limited liability company is duly incorporated or
organized, as the case may be, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of incorporation or
organization (as listed in Schedule 2.2 ) and has the
requisite corporate or limited liability company power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and
to carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned by
the Company to be conducted. Each Subsidiary is in possession of
all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it
purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as
it is now being or currently planned by the Company to be
conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or such Subsidiary.
Complete and correct copies of the
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Charter Documents of each
Subsidiary, as amended and currently in effect, have been
heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s counsel. No
Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter
Documents.
(c) Each Subsidiary is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation or
foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to
be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or such Subsidiary.
Each jurisdiction in which each Subsidiary is so qualified or
licensed is listed in Schedule 2.2.
(d) The minute books of each
Subsidiary contain true, complete and accurate records of all
meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its board of directors
(and any committees thereof), similar governing bodies and
stockholders or membership interest holders since its formation.
Copies of the Corporate Records of each Subsidiary have been
heretofore been delivered to Parent or Parent’s
counsel.
2.3 Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital
stock of AAI consists of 1,000,000 shares of common stock, of which
100,000 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned by the Stockholder and Lim in the
respective amounts set forth on Schedule 2.3(a) hereto. All
of such capital stock of AAI is owned by such Persons free and
clear of any Liens (as defined) and, giving effect to the
Stockholders Agreements Waivers as defined and provided for under
Section 5.11(b) of this Agreement, such Person has all right
(including under applicable laws governing marital property) to
sell and transfer such capital stock as contemplated by this
Agreement and upon such sale and transfer, such capital stock shall
be acquired by Merger Sub free and clear of any Liens.
(b) The authorized capital
stock of each CI company is as set forth on Schedule 2.3(b)
. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each CI company
are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by
the Persons who are indicated as CI Stockholders on Schedule
2.3(b) hereto in the respective amounts set forth on
Schedule 2.3(b) hereto. All of such capital stock of each CI
company is owned by each such Person free and clear of any Liens
and, giving effect to the Stockholders Agreements Waivers, such
Person has all right (including under applicable laws governing
marital property) to transfer such capital stock as contemplated by
this Agreement and upon such transfer, such capital stock of each
CI company shall be acquired by Parent free and clear of any Liens.
The Stockholder is the ultimate owner of all outstanding shares of
capital stock of each of the CI companies either directly or
through nominees and has sole right and title to all such capital
stock and to vote such capital stock and has the authority, power
and capacity to cause his nominees to comply with the terms of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) The authorized
capitalization of LLC consists of one class of membership
interests, 50% of which are owned by the Stockholder and 50% of
which are owned by Lim. All of LLC’s membership interests are
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All of such
membership interests are owned by each such Person free and clear
of any Liens and, giving effect to the Stockholders Agreements
Waivers, such Person has all right (including under applicable laws
governing marital property) to sell and transfer such membership
interests as contemplated by this Agreement and upon such sale and
transfer, such membership interest shall be acquired by AAI as
contemplated by Section 5.26 of this Agreement free and clear
of any Liens.
(d) As of the date of this
Agreement, (i) no shares of Company Capital Stock or any
membership interests of LLC or any Subsidiary (“ Company
Membership Interests ”) are reserved for issuance upon
the exercise of outstanding options granted to any person (“
Company Stock Options ”), and (ii) no shares of
Company Capital Stock or Company Membership Interests are reserved
for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or other
rights (“ Company Warrants ”). There are no
commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is
bound obligating the Company to accelerate the vesting of any
Company Stock Option or Company Warrant as a result of the Business
Combination.
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(e) All outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock and all Company Membership Interests have
been issued in compliance with (x) all applicable securities
laws and (in all material respects) other applicable laws and
regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth in any
applicable Company Contracts (as defined in
Section 2.19).
(f) Giving effect to the
Stockholders Agreements Waivers, there are no subscriptions,
options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or
similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive
rights), commitments or agreements of any character to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the Company
to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause the
repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any shares of capital
stock or similar ownership interests of the Company or any
Subsidiary or obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate
the vesting of or enter into any such subscription, option,
warrant, equity security, call, right, commitment or
agreement.
(g) Except as contemplated by
this Agreement, there are no registration rights, and there is no
voting trust, proxy, rights plan, antitakeover plan or other
agreement or understanding to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company is bound with respect to any equity security of
any class of the Company.
(h) Giving effect to the
Stockholders Agreement waivers, no outstanding shares of Company
Capital Stock or Company Membership Interests are unvested or are
subject to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other
condition under any applicable agreement with the
Company.
(i) The authorized and
outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary is as set forth in
Schedule 2.3(i) hereto. Except as set forth in Schedule
2.3(i) , the Company owns all of the outstanding equity
securities and membership interests of each Subsidiary, free and
clear of all Liens, either directly or indirectly through one or
more other Subsidiaries. There are no outstanding options, warrants
or other rights to purchase securities or membership interests of
any Subsidiary.
2.4 Authority Relative to
this Agreement .
(a) Giving effect to the
Stockholders Agreement Waivers, AAI, each CI company, LLC, the
Stockholder, each of the CI Stockholders and Lim has all necessary
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
perform its, his or her obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (including the Business
Combination).
(b) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation by each of AAI,
each CI company and LLC of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including the Business Combination) have been duly and validly
authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company
action on the part of each of AAI, each CI company and LLC
(including the approval by its board of directors, managers,
members and stockholders, subject in all cases to the satisfaction
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the
conditions set forth in Article VI), and no other corporate or
limited liability company proceedings on the part of the Company or
its stockholders or members are necessary to authorize this
Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
pursuant to the Applicable Corporate Laws and the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(c) This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by each of AAI, each CI
company, LLC, the Stockholder and each of the CI Stockholders, and
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by
the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding
obligation of each such Person, enforceable against each such
Person in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
by general principles of equity.
(d) This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by Lim and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other
parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of
Lim, enforceable against him in accordance with its terms, except
as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by general principles of equity.
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2.5 No Conflict; Required
Filings and Consents .
(a) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by each of AAI, each CI Company, LLC,
the Stockholder, the CI Stockholders and Lim do not, and the
performance of this Agreement by such Persons shall not,
(i) conflict with or violate the Company’s Charter
Documents, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal
Requirements (as defined in Section 10.2(c)),
(iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or materially impair the Company’s rights or
alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give
to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or encumbrance
on any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to, any
Company Contracts, or (iv) result in the triggering,
acceleration or increase of any payment to any Person pursuant to
any Company Contract, including any “change in control”
or similar provision of any Company Contract, except, with respect
to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv), for any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults, triggerings, accelerations,
increases or other occurrences that would not, individually and in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(b) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by each of AAI, each CI Company, LLC the
Stockholder, the CI Stockholders and Lim does not, and the
performance of its, his or her obligations hereunder will not,
require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or
filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity or other
third party (including, without limitation, lenders and lessors,
except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act or Blue Sky Laws, and the rules
and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents received from
or filed with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in
which the Company is licensed or qualified to do business,
(ii) for the filing of any notifications required under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended
(the “ HSR Act ”), and, if applicable, the
Competition Act (Canada) and Investment Canada Act (together, the
“ Canada Acts ”) and the expiration of the
required waiting periods thereunder, (iii) the consents,
approvals, authorizations and permits described in Schedule
2.5(b) hereto, (iv) for the application with the Canada
Revenue Agency for the Section 116 Certificate, and
(v) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals,
authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or
notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company or, after the Closing, Parent, U.S. Surviving Corporation
or the CI companies or prevent consummation of the Business
Combination or otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing
their obligations under this Agreement.
2.6 Compliance . The
Company has complied with and is not in violation of any Legal
Requirements with respect to the conduct of its business, or the
ownership or operation of its business, except for failures to
comply or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have
not had and are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.6 ,
no written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has
been received by the Company (and the Company has no knowledge of
any such notice delivered to any other Person). The Company is not
in violation of any term of any Company Contract, except for
failures to comply or violations which, individually or in the
aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
2.7 Financial
Statements .
(a) AAI has provided to
Parent audited consolidated financial statements (including any
related notes thereto) for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2004, the transition six month period ended December 31, 2004
and draft consolidated financial statements (including any related
notes thereto) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and
CI has provided to Parent audited combined financial statements for
the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005
(collectively, the “ Annual Financial Statements
”). The Annual Financial Statements were prepared in
accordance with the published rules and regulations of any
applicable Governmental Entity and with generally accepted
accounting principles of the United States (“ U.S.
GAAP ”) or Canada (“ Canada GAAP ”),
as applicable, applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved
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(except as may be indicated
in the notes thereto) and each fairly presents in all material
respects the financial position of the applicable companies at the
respective dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash
flows for the periods indicated.
(b) AAI has provided to
Parent a correct and complete copy of the unaudited consolidated
financial statements (including any related notes thereto) of AAI
for the ten-month period ended October 31, 2006 and CI has
provided to Parent a correct and complete copy of the unaudited
combined financial statement (including, any notes thereto) of CI
for the ten-month period ended October 31, 2006 (collectively,
the “ Stub Financial Statements ”). The
Stub Financial Statements comply as to form in all material
respects, and were prepared in accordance, with the published rules
and regulations of any applicable Governmental Entity and with U.S.
GAAP or Canada GAAP, as applicable, applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto), are consistent with the Annual Financial Statements
and fairly present in all material respects the financial position
of the applicable companies at the date thereof and the results of
its operations and cash flows for the period indicated, except that
such statements do not contain notes and are subject to normal
audit adjustments.
(c) The books of account,
minute books, stock certificate books and stock transfer ledgers
and other similar books and records of the Company have been
maintained in accordance with good business practice, are complete
and correct in all material respects and there have been no
material transactions that are required to be set forth therein and
which have not been so set forth.
(d) The accounts and notes
receivable of the Company reflected on the balance sheets included
in the Annual Financial Statements and the Stub Financial
Statements (i) arose from bona fide sales transactions in the
ordinary course of business and are payable on ordinary trade
terms, (ii) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the
respective debtors enforceable in accordance with their terms,
except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, or other similar laws affecting creditors’
rights generally, and by general equitable principles,
(iii) are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim
except to the extent set forth in such balance sheet contained
therein, (iv) are collectible in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice in the aggregate recorded
amounts thereof, net of any applicable reserve reflected in such
balance sheet referenced above, and (v) are not the subject of
any actions or proceedings brought by or on behalf of the Company.
All inventory reflected on the Annual Financial Statements and the
Stub Financial Statements were produced in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and represents saleable
goods.
(e) LLC has not conducted any
operations since January 1, 2004 and has not had any revenues,
expenses or losses since such date and has no obligations to any
party, whether now owing or which would become owed given the
passage of time, except as set forth on Schedule 2.7(e) ,
and has not been audited and has not produced financial statements
(nor has it been required to under law or contract) since such
date. LLC is not a party to any Company Contract (as defined). LLC
has no assets or liabilities.
2.8 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.8
hereto, the Company has no liabilities (absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise) of a nature required to be disclosed on a
balance sheet or in the related notes to financial statements that
are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business,
results of operations or financial condition of the Company,
except: (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed
in the interim balance sheet included in the Stub Financial
Statements or in the notes to the Annual Financial Statements, and
(ii) such liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business since January 1, 2006, none of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
2.9 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.9
hereto or in the Stub Financial Statements, since January 1,
2006, there has not been: (i) any Material Adverse Effect on
the Company, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of
any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or
property) in respect of, any of the Company’s stock, or any
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of any of
the Company’s capital stock or any other securities of the
Company or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any
such shares or other securities, (iii) any split, combination
or reclassification of any
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of the Company’s capital stock,
(iv) any granting by the Company of any increase in
compensation or fringe benefits, except for normal increases of
cash compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, or any payment by the Company of any bonus,
except for bonuses made in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or any granting by the Company of
any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by the
Company into any currently effective employment, severance,
termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the
benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are
materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving
the Company of the nature contemplated hereby, (v) entry by
the Company into any licensing or other agreement with regard to
the acquisition or disposition of any Intellectual Property (as
defined in Section 2.18 hereof) other than licenses in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any
amendment or consent with respect to any licensing agreement filed
or required to be filed by the Company with respect to any
Governmental Entity, (vi) any material change by the Company
in its accounting methods, principles or practices, (vii) any
change in the auditors of the Company, (viii) any issuance of
capital stock of the Company, (ix) any revaluation by the
Company of any of its assets, including, without limitation,
writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off
notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company
other than in the ordinary course of business, or (x) any
agreement, whether written or oral, to do any of the
foregoing.
2.10 Litigation
.
(a) Schedule 2.10(a)
sets forth all claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to
the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any
director or officer thereof before any court, government
department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or
any arbitrator.
(b) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 2.10(b) hereto, there are no claims, suits, actions
or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against the Company, the Stockholder, any of the CI
Stockholders or Lim before any court, governmental department,
commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator
that seeks to restrain or enjoin the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or which could
reasonably be expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with
all such claims, actions or proceedings, to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or have a Material Adverse Effect on the
ability of the parties hereto to consummate the Business
Combination.
2.11 Employee Benefit
Plans .
(a) Schedule 2.11(a)
lists all employee compensation, incentive, fringe or benefit
plans, programs, policies, commitments or other arrangements
(whether or not set forth in a written document) covering any
active or former employee, director or consultant of the Company,
or any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is
under common control with the Company, with respect to which the
Company has liability (individually, a “ Plan ”
and, collectively, the “ Plans ”). All Plans
have been maintained and administered in all material respects in
compliance with their respective terms and with the requirements
prescribed by any and all statutes, orders, rules and regulations
which are applicable to such Plans, and all liabilities with
respect to the Plans have been properly reflected in the financial
statements and records of the Company. No suit, action or other
litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary
course of Plan activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge
of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Plan.
There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened by any governmental agency
with respect to any Plan. All contributions, reserves or premium
payments required to be made or accrued as of the date hereof to
the Plans have been timely made or accrued. The Company does not
have any plan or commitment to establish any new Plan, to modify
any Plan (except to the extent required by law or to conform any
such Plan to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case
as previously disclosed to Parent in writing, or as required by
this Agreement), or to enter into any new Plan. Each Plan can be
amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Closing in
accordance with its terms, without liability to Parent or the
Company (other than ordinary administration expenses and expenses
for benefits accrued but not yet paid).
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(b) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 2.11(b) hereto, neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including
severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or
otherwise) becoming due to any stockholder, director or employee of
the Company under any Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially
increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or
(iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or
vesting of any such benefits.
2.12 Labor Matters .
The Company is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement
or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by the
Company and the Company does not know of any activities or
proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees. Any
action, complaint or investigation brought against the Company by
the National Labor Relations Board or any other federal, foreign,
state, provincial or local government or agency or administrative
body since inception of any of AAI or any CI company is listed on
Schedule 2.12 hereto.
2.13 Restrictions on
Business Activities . Except as disclosed in Schedule
2.13 hereto, to the Company’s knowledge, there is no
agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree
binding upon the Company or its assets or to which the Company is a
party which has or could reasonably be expected to have the effect
of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the
Company, any acquisition of property by the Company or the conduct
of business by the Company as currently conducted other than such
effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company.
2.14 Title to Property
.
(a) All real property owned
by the Company (including improvements and fixtures thereon,
easements and rights of way) is shown or reflected on the balance
sheet of the Company included in the Stub Financial Statements. The
Company has good, valid and marketable fee simple title to the real
property owned by it, and except as set forth in the Stub Financial
Statements or on Schedule 2.14(a) hereto, all of such real
property is held free and clear of (i) all leases, licenses
and other rights to occupy or use such real property and
(ii) all Liens, rights of way, easements, restrictions,
exceptions, variances, reservations, covenants or other title
defects or limitations of any kind, other than liens for taxes not
yet due and payable and such liens or other imperfections of title,
if any, as do not materially detract from the value of or
materially interfere with the present use of the property affected
thereby. Schedule 2.14(a) hereto also contains a list of all
options or other contracts under which the Company has a right to
acquire any interest in real property.
(b) All leases of real
property held by the Company, and all personal property and other
property and assets of the Company owned, used or held for use in
connection with the business of the Company (the “
Personal Property ”) are shown or reflected on the
balance sheet included in the Annual Financial Statements, other
than those entered into or acquired on or after January 1,
2006 in the ordinary course of business. The Company has good and
marketable title to the Personal Property owned by it, and all such
Personal Property is in each case held free and clear of all Liens,
except for Liens disclosed in the Annual Financial Statements or in
Schedule 2.14 hereto, none of which liens or encumbrances
has or will have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on such property or on the present or contemplated
use of such property in the businesses of the Company.
(c) All leases pursuant to
which the Company leases from others material real or Personal
Property are valid and effective in accordance with their
respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any
existing material default or event of default of the Company or, to
the Company’s knowledge, any other party (or any event which
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material
default), except where the lack of such validity and effectiveness
or the existence of such default or event of default could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(d) The Company is in
possession of, or has valid and effective rights to, all
properties, assets and rights (including Intellectual Property)
required for the conduct of its business in the ordinary
course.
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2.15 Taxes
.
(a) Definition of
Taxes. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Tax
” or “ Taxes ” refers to any and all
federal, foreign, state, provincial, local and foreign taxes,
including, without limitation, gross receipts, income, profits,
sales, use, occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer,
franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and
property taxes, assessments, governmental charges and duties
together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with
respect to any such amounts and any obligations under any
agreements or arrangements with any other Person with respect to
any such amounts and including any liability of a predecessor
entity for any such amounts.
(b) Tax Returns and
Audits . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15
hereto:
(i) The Company has timely
filed all federal, state, local and foreign returns, estimates,
information statements and reports relating to Taxes (“
Returns ”) required to be filed by the with any Tax
authority prior to the date hereof, except such Returns which are
not material to the Company. All such Returns are true, correct and
complete in all material respects. The Company has paid all Taxes
shown to be due and payable on such Returns. Each member of the LLC
and each stockholder of AAI have filed individual Returns as and
when required with respect to their ownership of LLC and AAI and
has paid all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such
Returns.
(ii) All Taxes that the
Company is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly
withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper
governmental authorities to the extent due and payable.
(iii) The Company (or in the
case of LLC or AAI, any LLC member or AAI stockholder) has not been
delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there any
material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against
the Company (or such person), nor has the Company (or any such
person) executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations
on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any
Tax.
(iv) To the knowledge of the
Company and the Stockholder, no audit or other examination of any
Return of the Company (or any LLC member or AAI stockholder) by any
Tax authority is presently in progress, nor has the Company or the
Stockholder been notified of any request for such an audit or other
examination.
(v) No adjustment relating to
any Returns filed by the Company (or any LLC member or AAI
stockholder) has been proposed in writing, formally or informally,
by any Tax authority to the Company or any representative
thereof.
(vi) The Company has no
liability for any material unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued
for or reserved on the Company’s balance sheets included in
the Annual Financial Statements or the Stub Financial Statements,
whether asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise, which is
material to the Company, other than any liability for unpaid Taxes
that may have accrued since the end of the most recent fiscal year
in connection with the operation of the business of the Company in
the ordinary course of business, none of which is material to the
business, results of operations or financial condition of the
Company.
(vii) Neither the Company nor
the Stockholder has taken any action and does not know of any fact,
agreement, plan or other circumstance that is reasonably likely to
prevent the Merger and each Canada Acquisition from qualifying as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code.
(viii) No transaction or
arrangement between a CI company and any person with whom the CI
company was not dealing at arm’s length within the meaning of
the Income Tax Act (Canada) involving the acquisition,
delivery, disposition or provision of property or services or the
right to use property or services, took place for consideration
that is other than the fair market value for such property,
services or right and such transaction or arrangement was made on
arm’s length terms and conditions. Each CI
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company has made or obtained
records or documents that meet the requirements of paragraphs
247(4)(a) to (c) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) with
respect to all transactions and arrangements between such CI
company and any non-resident person, within the meaning of the
Income Tax Act (Canada), with whom such CI company was not
dealing at arm’s length, within the meaning of the Income
Tax Act (Canada).
(ix) None of the CI companies
is subject to a liability for Taxes of any other person, including
without limitation, liability arising under section 160 of the
Income Tax Act (Canada). None of the CI companies has
(a) made any payment, (b) is obligated to make any
payment, or (c) is a party to any agreement under which it
could be obligated to make any payment, that will not be deductible
in computing its income under the Income Tax Act (Canada) by
virtue of section 67 of the Income Tax Act
(Canada).
2.16 Environmental
Matters .
(a) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 2.16 hereto and except for such matters that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Company has complied with
all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); (ii) the
properties currently operated by the Company (including soils,
groundwater, surface water, air, buildings or other structures) are
not contaminated with any Hazardous Substances (as defined below);
(iii) the properties formerly owned or operated by the Company
were not contaminated with Hazardous Substances during the period
of ownership or operation by the Company or, to the Company’s
knowledge, during any prior period; (iv) the Company is not
subject to liability for any Hazardous Substance disposal or
contamination on any third party or public property (whether above,
on or below ground or in the atmosphere or water); (v) the
Company has not been associated with any release or threat of
release of any Hazardous Substance; (vi) the Company has not
received any notice, demand, letter, claim or request for
information alleging that the Company may be in violation of or
liable under any Environmental Law; and (vii) the Company is
not subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions or other
arrangements with any Governmental Entity or subject to any
indemnity or other agreement with any third party relating to
liability under any Environmental Law or relating to Hazardous
Substances.
(b) As used in this
Agreement, the term “ Environmental Law ” means
any federal, foreign, state, provincial, local or foreign law,
regulation, order, decree, permit, authorization, opinion, common
law or agency requirement relating to: (A) the protection,
investigation or restoration of the environment, health and safety,
or natural resources; (B) the handling, use, presence,
disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance
or (C) noise, odor, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any
injury or threat of injury to persons or property.
(c) As used in this
Agreement, the term “ Hazardous Substance ”
means any substance that is: (i) listed, classified or
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law; (ii) any
petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing material,
lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated biphenyls,
radioactive materials or radon; or (iii) any other substance
which is the subject of regulatory action by any Governmental
Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(d) Schedule 2.16(d)
sets forth all environmental studies and investigations completed
or in process with respect to the Company and/or its subsidiaries
or their respective properties or assets, including all phase
reports, that are known to the Company. All such written reports
and material documentation relating to any such study or
investigation has been provided by the Company to
Parent.
2.17 Brokers; Third Party
Expenses . The Company has not incurred, nor will it incur,
directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage, finders’
fees, agent’s commissions or any similar charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transactions contemplated
hereby. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.17 hereto, no
shares of common stock, options, warrants or other securities of
either the Company or Parent are payable by the Company, the
Stockholder, the CI Stockholders or Lim to any third party by the
Company as a result of the Business Combination.
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2.18 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Schedule 2.18
hereto contains a description of all material Intellectual Property
of the Company. For the purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the following definitions:
“ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean any or all of the following and all
worldwide common law and statutory rights in, arising out of, or
associated therewith: (i) patents and applications therefor
and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof (“
Patents ”); (ii) inventions (whether patentable
or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets,
proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data and
customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of the
foregoing; (iii) copyrights, copyrights registrations and
applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world (“ Copyrights ”);
(iv) software and software programs; (v) domain names,
uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated
with the Internet (vi) industrial designs and any
registrations and applications therefor; (vii) trade names,
logos, common law trademarks and service marks, trademark and
service mark registrations and applications therefor (collectively,
“ Trademarks ”); (viii) all databases and
data collections and all rights therein; (ix) all moral and
economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and
(x) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing
(as applicable).
“ Company
Intellectual Property ” shall mean any Intellectual
Property that is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the Company,
including software and software programs developed by or
exclusively licensed to the Company (specifically excluding any off
the shelf or shrink-wrap software).
“ Registered
Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property
that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing,
registration or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by
any government or other legal authority.
“ Company Registered
Intellectual Property ” means all of the Registered
Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name of, the
Company.
“ Company
Products ” means all current versions of products or
service offerings of the Company.
(b) Except as disclosed in
Schedule 2.18 hereto, no Company Intellectual Property or
Company Product is subject to any material proceeding or
outstanding decree, order, judgment, contract, license or
stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or
licensing thereof by the Company, or which may affect the validity,
use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property or
Company Product, which in any such case could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company.
(c) The Company owns or has
enforceable rights to use all Intellectual Property required for
the conduct of its business as presently conducted or as presently
contemplated to be conducted. Except as disclosed in
Schedule 2.18 hereto, the Company owns and has good
and exclusive title to each material item of Company Intellectual
Property owned by it free and clear of any Liens (excluding
non-exclusive licenses and related restrictions granted by it in
the ordinary course of business); and the Company is the exclusive
owner of all material registered Trademarks and Copyrights used in
connection with the operation or conduct of the business of the
Company including the sale of any products or the provision of any
services by the Company.
(d) The operation of the
business of the Company as such business currently is conducted,
including the Company’s use of any product, device or
process, has not and does not infringe or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third party or constitute unfair
competition or trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction
and the Company has not received any claims or threats from third
parties alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or unfair
competition or trade practices.
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2.19 Agreements, Contracts
and Commitments .
(a) Schedule 2.19(a)
hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material
Company Contracts (as hereinafter defined), specifying the parties
thereto. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “
Company Contracts ” shall mean all contracts,
agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds, licenses,
permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales orders, and other
understandings, commitments and obligations (including without
limitation outstanding offers and proposals) of any kind, whether
written or oral, to which the Company is a party or by or to which
any of the properties or assets of the Company may be bound,
subject or affected (including without limitation notes or other
instruments payable to the Company) and (ii) the term “
Material Company Contracts ” shall mean (x) each
Company Contract (I) providing for payments (present or
future) to the Company in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate or
(II) under which or in respect of which the Company presently has
any liability or obligation of any nature whatsoever (absolute,
contingent or otherwise) in excess of $50,000, (y) each
Company Contract that otherwise is or may be material to the
businesses, operations, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of the Company and (z) without limitation of
subclause (x) or subclause (y), each of the following Company
Contracts:
(i) any mortgage, indenture,
note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement or
arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money from the
Company by any officer, director, stockholder or holder of
derivative securities of the Company (each such person, an “
Insider ”);
(ii) any mortgage, indenture,
note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement or
arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money from an
Insider by the Company;
(iii) any guaranty, direct or
indirect, by the Company, a Subsidiary or any Insider of the
Company of any obligation for borrowings, or otherwise, excluding
endorsements made for collection in the ordinary course of
business;
(iv) any Company Contract of
employment or management;
(v) any Company Contract made
other than in the ordinary course of business or (x) providing
for the grant of any preferential rights to purchase or lease any
asset of the Company or (y) providing for any right (exclusive
or non-exclusive) to sell or distribute, or otherwise relating to
the sale or distribution of, any product or service of the
Company;
(vi) any obligation to
register any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the
Company with any Governmental Entity;
(vii) any obligation to make
payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior
acquisition of the business, assets or stock of other
Persons;
(viii) any collective
bargaining agreement with any labor union;
(ix) any lease or similar
arrangement for the use by the Company of real property or personal
property (other than any lease of vehicles, office equipment or
operating equipment made in the ordinary course of business where
the annual lease payments are less than $25,000);
(x) any Company Contract
granting or purporting to grant, or otherwise in any way relating
to, any mineral rights or any other interest (including, without
limitation, a leasehold interest) in real property;
(xi) any Company Contract to
which any Insider of the Company is a party; and
(xii) any offer or proposal
which, if accepted, would constitute any of the
foregoing.
(b) Each Material Company
Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary
course, is in full force and effect and, to the Company’s
knowledge, is valid and binding upon and enforceable against each
of the parties thereto (except insofar as enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable
remedies), except where same has not had and would not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of
the Company, no other party to a
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Material Company Contract is
the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. True, correct
and complete copies of all Material Company Contracts and offers
and proposals, which, if accepted, would constitute Material
Company Contracts (or written summaries in the case of oral
Material Company Contracts or oral offers and proposals, which if
accepted, would constitute Material Company Contracts), and of all
outstanding offers and proposals of the Company have been
heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s
counsel.
(c) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.19(c) , neither the Company nor, to the best of
the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach
of or in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice
or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under,
any Company Contract, and no party to any Company Contract has
given any written notice of any claim of any such breach, default
or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each
Material Company Contract to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound that has not expired by its terms is in full
force and effect.
2.20 Insurance .
Schedule 2.20 sets forth the Company’s insurance
policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business,
equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and
directors (collectively, the “ Insurance Policies
”). The insurances provided by such Insurance Policies are
adequate in amount and scope for the Company’s business and
operations, including any insurance required to be maintained by
Company Contracts.
2.21 Governmental
Actions/Filings .
(a) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.21(a) , the Company has been granted and holds,
and has made, all Governmental Actions/Filings (as defined below)
(including, without limitation, the Governmental Actions/Filings
required for (i) emission or discharge of effluents and
pollutants into the air and the water and (ii) the manufacture
and sale of all products manufactured and sold by it) necessary to
the conduct by the Company of its business (as presently conducted
and as presently proposed to be conducted) or used or held for use
by the Company, and true, complete and correct copies of which have
heretofore been delivered to Parent. Each such Governmental
Action/Filing is in full force and effect and, except as disclosed
in Schedule 2.21(a) hereto, will not expire prior to
December 31, 2008, and the Company is in compliance with all
of its obligations with respect thereto. No event has occurred and
is continuing which requires or permits, or after notice or lapse
of time or both would require or permit, and consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary
documents will not require or permit (with or without notice or
lapse of time, or both), any modification or termination of any
such Governmental Actions/Filings except such events which, either
individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect upon the Company.
(b) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.21(b) , no Governmental Action/Filing is
necessary to be obtained, secured or made by the Company to enable
it to continue to conduct its businesses and operations and use its
properties after the Closing in a manner which is consistent with
current practice.
(c) For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “ Governmental Action/Filing
” shall mean any franchise, license, certificate of
compliance, authorization, consent, order, permit, approval,
consent or other action of, or any filing, registration or
qualification with, any federal, foreign, state, provincial,
municipal, foreign or other governmental, administrative or
judicial body, agency or authority.
2.22 Interested Party
Transactions .
(a) Except as set forth in
the Schedule 2.22 hereto, no employee, officer, director or
stockholder of the Company or a member of his or her immediate
family is indebted to the Company, nor is the Company indebted (or
committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of
such Persons, other than (i) for payment of salary for
services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses
incurred on behalf of the Company, and (iii) for other
employee benefits made generally available to all
employees.
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(b) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.22 , to the Company’s knowledge, none of
such individuals has any direct or indirect ownership interest in
any Person with whom the Company is affiliated or with whom the
Company has a contractual relationship, or in any Person that
competes with the Company, except that each employee, stockholder,
officer or director of the Company and members of their respective
immediate families may own less than 5% of the outstanding stock in
publicly traded companies that may compete with the
Company.
(c) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.22 , to the knowledge of the Company, no officer,
director, manager, member or stockholder or any member of their
immediate families is, directly or indirectly, interested in any
Material Company Contract with the Company (other than such
contracts as relate to any such Person’s ownership of capital
stock or other securities of the Company or such Person’s
employment with the Company).
(d) The Company is not a
guarantor to the debt or other obligations of any of its directors,
officers, stockholders, members, employees or affiliates (“
Company Guarantees ”).
2.23 Board Approval .
The board of directors or managers, as they case may be, of each of
AAI, each CI company and LLC (including any required committee or
subgroup thereof) has, as of the date of this Agreement, duly
approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
2.24 Stockholder or Member
Approval . The shares of Company Capital Stock owned by the
Stockholder, the CI Stockholders and Lim constitute, in the
aggregate, all of the outstanding capital stock of each of AAI and
each CI company, and the Company Membership Interests owned by the
Stockholder and Lim constitute, in the aggregate, all of the
outstanding equity interest in LLC, and therefore represents, in
each case, the requisite amount of shares necessary for the
adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Business
Combination by the stockholders or members of each of AAI, each CI
company and LLC in accordance with the Company’s Charter
Documents and the Applicable Corporate Laws.
2.25 Product Liability;
Product Recalls . The Company never been found liable in a
cause of action based on any product liability or related claims
and has never been a party to any action alleging same. Schedule
2.25 sets forth a detailed description of each recall of any
product of the Company since January 1, 2001.
2.26 Lim Option
Agreement. The certain agreement by and between the Stockholder
and Lim, dated as of November 9, 2006 (“ Lim Option
Agreement ”), by which the Stockholder has the right, at
any time before May 1, 2006, 5:00 PM (PDT), to purchase all of
the Company Capital Stock and Company Membership Interests
currently owned by Lim is in full force and effect and the
Stockholder is not in default thereunder.
2.27 Privacy Matters
.
(a) Each of the CI companies
carries on and has carried on its business in compliance with all
applicable laws including the Personal Information Protection and
Electronic Documents Act (Canada), the Personal Information
Protection Act (Alberta), and the Personal Information Protection
Act (British Columbia) (collectively “ Privacy Laws
”) relating to the protection of information about an
identifiable individual which is protected by Privacy Laws (“
Personal Information ”) wherever such Personal
Information may be situate;
(b) Where consent of an
individual to the collection, use or disclosure of Personal
Information is required, either by law or in accordance with the
Privacy Policies such consent has been obtained in accordance with
Privacy Law and with the privacy policies of each of the CI
companies (the “ Privacy Policies ”);
(c) All Personal Information
held by the CI companies was collected and is used and disclosed by
the CI companies for reasonable and legitimate purposes in
accordance with Applicable Law and the Privacy Policies;
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(d) The CI companies have not
transferred Personal Information to any agent or other third party
service provider or contractor for any purpose.
(e) There are no pending or
proposed changes to Privacy Laws which would render unlawful or
restrict the operations of the CI companies, or any part thereof,
or the manufacture, sale, distribution or provision of any products
or services by the CI companies; and
(f) No Investigations, Orders
or Offences. There are no current or unresolved requests for access
to Personal Information and the CI companies have not been the
subject of a complaint, audit, review, investigation or inquiry or
similar proceeding, made under any Privacy Law.
2.28 Representations and
Warranties Complete . The representations and warranties of the
Company included in this Agreement and any list, statement,
document or information set forth in, or attached to, any Schedule
provided pursuant to this Agreement or delivered hereunder, are
true and complete in all material respects and do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements contained therein not misleading, under the circumstance
under which they were made.
2.29 Survival of
Representations and Warranties . The representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall survive
the Closing until the end of the Escrow Period.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Subject to the exceptions set
forth in Schedule 3 attached hereto (the “ Parent
Schedule ”), Parent represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, the Company as follows:
3.1 Organization and
Qualification .
(a) Parent is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power
and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties
and to carry on its business as it is now being or currently
planned by Parent to be conducted. Parent is in possession of all
Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it
purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as
it is now being or currently planned by Parent to be conducted,
except where the failure to have such Approvals could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on Parent. Complete and correct copies of
the Charter Documents of Parent, as amended and currently in
effect, have been heretofore delivered to the Company. Parent is
not in violation of any of the provisions of Parent’s Charter
Documents.
(b) Parent is duly qualified
or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good
standing that could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
3.2 Subsidiaries
.
(a) Except for the Merger
Sub, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, Parent has no
Subsidiaries and does not own, directly or indirectly, any
ownership, equity, profits or voting interest in any Person or have
any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and
Parent has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by
any written, oral or other agreement, contract, subcontract, lease,
binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase
order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan,
commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or
as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated
to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any
other entity.
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(b) The Merger Sub is a
limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its formation and has the requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being or
currently planned by Parent to be conducted. The Merger Sub is not
in violation of any of the provisions of its Charter
Documents.
(c) The Merger Sub does not
have any assets or properties of any kind, does not now conduct and
has never conducted any business, and has and will have at the
Closing no obligations or liabilities of any nature whatsoever
except such obligations and liabilities as are imposed under this
Agreement.
3.3 Capitalization
.
(a) As of the date of this
Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of
75,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and 1,000,000 shares of
pr
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