MERGER
AGREEMENT
This MERGER AGREEMENT (the
“Agreement”) is made as of March 26, 2007 by and among
Onstream Media Corporation (“Onstream”), a Florida
corporation; Infinite Conferencing Inc., a Florida corporation
wholly owned by Onstream (the “Merger Sub”); Infinite
Conferencing, LLC (the “Company”), a Georgia limited
liability company; Keith Maddox (“Maddox”), Deborah
Jackson (“Jackson”), (Maddox and Jackson are referred
to as the “Principal Members” and each individually as
a “Principal Member”), Omar Maratouk
(“Maratouk”), Joe Buz (“Buz”), Richard
Carlston (“Carlston”), Michelle Barnes
(“Barnes”) and David Kott ("Kott") (together with the
Principal Members, Maratouk, Buz, Carlston and Barnes are referred
to as the “Members” and each individually as a
“Member” ).
RECITALS
A. Onstream wishes to acquire all of the
outstanding Membership Interests of the Company from the
Members.
B. Onstream has caused the formation of Merger Sub
for the purpose of accomplishing a triangular merger with the
Company.
C. The parties have determined that it is in their
respective best interests to merge the Company with and into Merger
Sub (the “Merger”) and to undertake such other actions
described herein, all on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
THE
MERGER
In connection with the Merger, the respective
boards of directors of Onstream and the Merger Sub, and all the
Members of the Company, have, by resolutions duly adopted, approved
the following provisions of this Article I as the plan of
merger required by the applicable provisions of the Florida
Corporate and LLC Law ("Florida Corporate Law"). Georgia Corporate
and LLC Laws (the “Georgia Corporate Law”):
1.1
The Merger
. At the Effective Time (as defined
in Section 1.3 ), in accordance with this Agreement and the
Georgia Corporate Law and Florida Corporate Law, the Company shall
be merged with and into Merger Sub, the separate existence of the
Company (except as such existence may be continued by operation of
law) shall cease, and Merger Sub shall continue as the surviving
corporation under the corporate name it possesses immediately prior
to the Effective Time. Merger Sub, in its capacity as the
corporation surviving the Merger, sometimes is referred to herein
as the “Surviving Corporation.”
1.2
Effect of the Merger
. The Surviving Corporation shall
possess all the rights, privileges, immunities and franchises, of a
public as well as of a private nature, of each of Merger Sub and
the Company (collectively, the “Constituent Entities”);
all property, real, personal and mixed, and all accounts payable
arising in the ordinary course of business and accrued expenses due
on whatever account, and all debts, liabilities and duties due to
each of the Constituent Entities shall be taken and deemed to be
transferred to and vested in the Surviving Corporation without
further act or deed; and the Surviving Corporation shall be
responsible and liable for all liabilities and obligations of each
of the Constituent Entities, in each case in accordance with the
Corporate Law.
1.3
Consummation of the
Merger . As soon as is
practicable after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Article VII, and in no event later than seven (7) business
days after such satisfaction of waiver, the parties hereto will
cause a certificate of merger relating to the Merger to be
delivered to the Secretary of State of the States of Georgia and
Florida in accordance with the Georgia Corporate Law and Florida
Corporate Law. The Merger shall be effective at such time as such
certificate of merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of
the States of Georgia and Florida. The date and time when the
Merger shall become effective is referred to as the
“Effective Time.”
1.4
Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws; Directors and Officers . The Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of
Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time,
shall be the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the
Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time and
shall thereafter continue to be its Certificate of Incorporation
and Bylaws until amended as provided therein and under the
Corporate Law. The directors of Merger Sub holding office
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of
the Surviving Corporation immediately after the Effective Time. The
officers of Merger Sub holding office immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the officers (holding the same offices as
they held with the Merger Sub) of the Surviving Corporation
immediately after the Effective Time.
1.5
Conversion of Securities; Merger
Consideration . At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on
the part of the Merger Sub, the Company or the holders of any of
the following securities:
(a) All of the Membership Interests of the Company
(the “Company Interests”) issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be
canceled and extinguished and converted into and become a right to
receive the Merger Consideration.
(b) The “Merger Consideration” shall
mean $18,000,000 consisting of (i) $14,000,00 in cash payable to
the Members as set forth on Schedule 1.5(b)(i) and (ii) $4,000,000
in restricted shares (the “Merger Shares”) of common
stock, par value $.0001 per share, of Onstream (the “Onstream
Common Stock”), the number of which shall be determined in
accordance with Section 1.6 below, payable to the Principal
Members as set forth on Schedule 1.5(b)(ii).
(c) The number of Merger Shares shall be adjusted to
reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split, stock
dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities
convertible into Onstream Common Stock), reorganization,
recapitalization or other like change with respect to Onstream
Common Stock occurring after the commencement of the Pricing Period
(as defined below).
(d) Each Company option or warrant issued
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
cancelled and none shall be outstanding prior to the Effective
Time.
(e) Each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued
and outstanding immediately prior to Effective Time shall remain
outstanding.
1.6
Number and Issue Price of Merger
Shares . The number of
Merger Shares that will be issued and the issue price (the "Issue
Price") shall be determined based on the average closing price of
Onstream's Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market for the thirty
(30) trading days (the "Pricing Period") immediately preceding the
date of the public announcement by Onstream of this Agreement or
any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.7
Closing . The closing (the “Closing”) of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall occur as soon as
each of the conditions to Closing contained in Article VII are
fulfilled or waived at the offices of Arnstein & Lehr LLP, 200
East Las Olas Boulevard, Suite 1700, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
or at such other place or at such other time as the parties may
mutually agree upon.
1.8
Delivery of
Certificates . At the
Closing, Onstream shall deliver to each of the Principal Members, a
legended stock certificate representing all of the Merger Shares to
which such Principal Member is entitled to pursuant to Schedule
1.5(b)(ii) of this Agreement containing the legend set forth on
Schedule 1.8(a).
1.9
Cash Payment
. Onstream agrees to pay the cash
portion of the purchase price at the Closing by wire transfer or
delivery of other immediately available funds.
1.10
Treatment of Net Cash and Excess
Working Capital of the Company . Immediately prior to the Closing, the Members
shall cause the Company to distribute to the Members, in proportion
to their respective holdings of Membership Interests, an aggregate
amount equal to the total of cash balances; provided
however , that the amount so distributed shall be limited, if
applicable, to an amount such that, following such distribution,
net current liabilities shall not exceed net current assets.
Moreover, the Merger Consideration shall be increased by the amount
by which the value of Accounts Receivable as of the Closing exceeds
the average value of Accounts Receivable as of the last business
day of the six calendar months immediately preceding the Closing
and shall be payable on the ninety-first (91 st ) day
following the Closing; provided, however , that such
additional Merger Consideration shall be limited to the amount
actually collected, in the ordinary course of its business, by the
Company against such Accounts Receivable during the ninety (90)
days following the Closing.
1.11
Taking of Necessary Action;
Further Action . Onstream
and the Merger Sub, on the one hand, and the Company and the
Members, on the other hand, shall use all reasonable efforts to
take all such actions (including without limitation actions to
cause the satisfaction of the conditions of the other to effect the
Merger) as may be necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate
the Merger as promptly as possible. If, at any time after the
Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to
carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving
Corporation with full possession of all the rights, privileges,
immunities and franchises of the Constituent Entities, or fully
subject the Surviving Corporation to all debts and obligations of
the Constituent Entities, the officers and directors of the
Surviving Corporation are fully authorized in the name of the
Constituent Entities or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such
actions.
ARTICLE
II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF ONSTREAM AND THE MERGER SUB
Onstream and the Merger Sub hereby represent and
warrant to the Company and the Members that, as of the date hereof,
and again at the Effective Time:
2.1
Organization and
Qualification . Each of
Onstream and the Merger Sub is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Florida and has the requisite corporate power and authority to
own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now
conducted in every jurisdiction where the failure to do so would
have a material adverse effect on its assets, financial condition,
operating results, customer, employee, supplier or franchise
relations, business condition or prospects, or financing
arrangements. The copies of the Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws of Onstream previously furnished to the Company and the
Principal Members, and the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
Merger Sub attached as Schedule 2.1 hereto, reflect all amendments
thereto and are correct and complete.
2.2
Authority Relative to This
Agreement . Each of
Onstream and the Merger Sub has the requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the other agreements
referred to herein (the “Ancillary Agreements”) and to
carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by
Onstream and the Merger Sub and the consummation by Onstream and
the Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly authorized by Onstream and the Merger Sub, and no
other corporate proceedings, including, without limitation, any
authorization by the shareholders of Onstream, on the part of
Onstream or the Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or such transactions. This
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have each been duly executed
and delivered by Onstream and the Merger Sub and each such
agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each such
entity, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity. Neither Onstream nor the Merger Sub is subject to, or
obligated under, any provision of (a) its Articles of
Incorporation, or its Bylaws, (b) any agreement, arrangement or
understanding, (c) any license, franchise or permit or (d) any law,
regulation, order, judgment or decree, which would be breached, or
violated, or in respect of which a right of termination or
acceleration would arise or any encumbrance on any of its or any of
its subsidiaries’ assets would be created, by its execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement or Ancillary Agreements
and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. Except for such filings to be made pursuant to
Corporate Law in order to effect the Merger, NASDAQ rules and
federal and state securities laws, which Onstream agrees to make,
no authorization, consent or approval of, or filing with, any
public body, court or authority is necessary on the part of
Onstream or the Merger Sub for the consummation by Onstream and the
Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements.
2.3
No Material Adverse
Changes . Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.3, there has not been any material adverse
change in the assets, financial condition, operating results,
customer, employee, supplier or franchise relations, business
condition, or financing arrangements of Onstream since December 31,
2006.
2.4
Validity of Stock
. The Merger Shares, when issued,
shall: (i) be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and free of liens and encumbrances created by any
person other than the Members, and (ii) be free and clear of any
transfer restrictions, liens and encumbrances except for
restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”).
2.5
Listing of Onstream Common
Stock . The Onstream
Common Stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market and
(i) Onstream and the Onstream Common Stock meet the criteria for
continued listing and trading on NASDAQ; (ii) Since December 31,
2006, Onstream has not been notified by NASDAQ of any failure or
potential failure to meet the criteria for continued listing and
trading on NASDAQ and (iii) no suspension of trading in the
Onstream Common Stock is in effect.
2.6
Capitalization
. The authorized equity
capitalization of Onstream consists of 75,000,000 shares of
Onstream Common Stock and 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock,
700,000 of which have been designated Series A-10. As of the date
hereof, 33,457,415 shares of Onstream Common Stock and 252,059
shares of Series A-10 Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding,
all of which shares are validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.6 or in any
Onstream Business Report (defined in Section 2.7 ), there
are no options, warrants, conversion privileges or other rights,
agreements, arrangements or commitments obligating Onstream to
issue or sell any shares of capital stock of Onstream or securities
or obligations of any kind convertible into or exchangeable for any
shares of capital stock of Onstream or of any other corporation,
nor are there any stock appreciation, phantom stock or similar
rights outstanding based upon the book value or any other attribute
of Onstream. No holders of outstanding shares of Onstream Common
Stock are entitled to any preemptive or other similar
rights.
2.7
Financial Statements and SEC
Filings . All filings
made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") from
and after September 30, 2005, are available on the SEC's EDGAR
database. Onstream will also make available to the Members, on or
before the Effective Time, any reports which are filed with the SEC
after the date hereof and any other reports sent generally to its
shareholders after the date hereof, but not required to be filed
with the SEC. (All such reports are collectively referred to
hereinafter as the “Onstream Business Reports”; and the
financial statements, including the notes thereto, contained in the
Onstream Business Reports are collectively referred to hereinafter
as the “Onstream Financial Statements.”) Since
September 30, 2005, Onstream has duly filed all reports required to
be filed by it with the SEC under the Securities Act and the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and except as set
forth on Schedule 2.7, no such report, nor any report sent to
Onstream’s shareholders generally at the date it was filed or
sent, contained any untrue statement of material fact or omitted to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements in such report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Onstream Financial Statements included in the Onstream Business
Reports were prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the
periods involved and present fairly the consolidated financial
position, results of operations, and cash flows of Onstream and its
consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods
indicated therein, subject, in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to normal year-end accounting adjustments and the
absence of complete footnote disclosure.
2.8
Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as
and to the extent stated in the Onstream Financial Statements or
the Onstream Business Reports or on Schedule 2.8, Onstream does not
have any material liabilities or obligations (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent, unliquidated, known, or otherwise), other
than (i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred in
the ordinary course of business, which, in both subsections (i) and
(ii), individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the
financial condition or operating results of Onstream.
2.9
Litigation
. Except as set forth in Schedule
2.9 or in the Onstream Business Reports, there are no material
actions, suits, proceedings, orders or investigations pending or to
Onstream's knowledge, threatened against Onstream, at law or in
equity, or before or by any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, and there is no basis known
to Onstream for any of the foregoing.
2.10
No Commissions
. Except as set forth in Schedule
2.10, Onstream has not incurred any obligation for any
finder’s or broker’s or agent’s fees or
commissions or similar compensation in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
2.11
No Liabilities of Merger
Sub . Except for its
obligations under this Agreement, the Merger Sub is not subject to
any liabilities, obligations or claims, whether absolute or
contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown. The
Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of consummating the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and has not engaged in
any business or other activities for any other purpose.
2.12
Governmental Consents
. No consent, approval, order or
authorization of, or registration, qualification, designation,
declaration or filing with, any federal, state or local
governmental authority on the part of Onstream or the Merger Sub is
required in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement except the filing of the Certificate
of Merger with the Secretary of States of Georgia and Florida SEC,
filings on Form 8-K and the filing of the registration statement
for the Shares.
2.13
Disclosure
. Neither this Agreement nor any of
the exhibits or Onstream schedules hereto contains any untrue
statement of a material fact or omits a material fact necessary to
make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, and there is
no fact which has not been disclosed to the Members which
materially affects adversely or could reasonably be anticipated to
materially affect adversely the business, including the operating
results, assets, customer, supplier or employee relations and
business prospects, of Onstream.
2.14
Financial Matters
. Onstream has the financial
capacity to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements. Onstream has entered into equity
subscription agreements, which will close prior to or
contemporaneously with the Closing hereunder, the proceeds of
which, combined with available cash, will be sufficient to pay the
cash portion of the Merger Consideration. The subscription
agreements do not contain any contingencies to funding other than
the closing of this acquisition.
ARTICLE
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company and each of the Principal Members
hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to Onstream and
Merger Sub that, as of the date hereof and again at the Effective
Time:
3.1
Organization and
Qualification . The
Company is a limited liability duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Georgia, and has
the requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties
and to carry on its business as now conducted. The Company is duly
qualified to do business in every jurisdiction where the failure to
do so would have a material adverse change in its assets, financial
condition, operating results, customer, employee, supplier or
franchise relations, business condition, or financing arrangements.
The copies of the Company’s Articles of Organization and
Operating Agreement which have been furnished by the Company to
Onstream prior to the date of this Agreement reflect all amendments
made thereto and are correct and complete.
3.2
Authority Relative to this
Agreement . The Company
has the requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry out its obligations
hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and
approved by all the Members of the Company (no one of which has any
dissenters or other similar rights), and no other proceedings on
the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement
and such transactions. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute
a valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable in
accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability thereof may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.2, the Company is not subject to, or obligated under,
any provision of (a) its Articles of Organization and Operating
Agreement, (b) any agreement, arrangement or understanding, (c) any
license, franchise or permit or (d) any law, regulation, order,
judgment or decree, which would be breached or violated, or in
respect of which a right of termination or acceleration would arise
or any encumbrance on any of its assets would be created, by its
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or Ancillary
Agreements and the consummation by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except for such filings to be made pursuant to
Georgia and Florida Corporate Law in order to effect the Merger, no
authorization, consent or approval of, or filing with, any public
body, court or authority is necessary on the part of the Company
for the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3
Capitalization and Voting
Rights . All outstanding
Membership Interests of the Company are owned by the Members and in
the numbers specified on Schedule 3.3. There are not outstanding
any options, warrants, rights (including conversion, preemptive
rights or other similar rights) agreements or commitments of any
kind for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any
Membership Interests. All of the Membership Interests have been
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and are free
from any liens, charges, claims or encumbrances. Except for the
voting rights set forth in the Articles of Organization and
Operating Agreement, the Company is not a party or subject to any
agreement or understanding, and, to the Company’s knowledge,
there is no agreement or understanding between any persons or
entities, which affects or relates to the voting of any security of
the Company.
The Company has no equity or other interest in
any entity, beneficial or otherwise, or obligation to provide funds
to or make any investments in, (the form of a loan, capital
contribution or otherwise) in any such entity, or provide any
guaranty with respect to the obligations of any entity or other
person and the Company does not directly or indirectly, own or has
agreed to purchase or otherwise acquire, capital stock or other
equity or beneficial interest of, or any interest convertible into
or exchanged or exercisable for such capital stock or such equity
or beneficial interest of any corporation or entity.
There is no agreement, arrangement, contract or
other commitment of any kind whatsoever (contingent or otherwise)
pursuant to which any person is or may become entitled to receive
any payment from Company based on the revenues or earnings or
calculated in accordance therewith and there is no security of any
kind convertible into or exchangeable for any such interests or
equity of beneficial interest.
3.4
Financial Statements
. The Company has provided Onstream
with reviewed financial statements, including a balance sheet,
dated as of December 31, 2006 (the “Balance Sheet”), a
statement of profit and loss from January 1, 2006 through December
31, 2006, and a statement of cash flows from January 1, 2006
through December 31, 2006 (the “Cash Statements”). The
Balance Sheet presents fairly the assets and liabilities of the
Company as of the date thereof, subject to normal year-end
accounting adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosure and
the Cash Statements present fairly the results of operations and
cash flows of the Company at the date thereof. The Balance Sheet,
Cash Statements and financial statements of the Company to be
delivered to Onstream pursuant to Section 7.3 , have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved and present fairly the consolidated financial position,
results of operations, and cash flows of the Company as of the
dates and for the periods indicated therein, subject, in the case
of an audited interim statement, to normal year-end accounting
adjustments and the absence of complete footnote disclosure. Except
as set forth in the Balance Sheet, the Company has no liabilities
or obligations (whether accrued, absolute, contingent,
unliquidated, known, unknown or otherwise), other than
(i) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
and (ii) obligations under contracts and commitments incurred
in the ordinary course of business, which, in both subsections (i)
and (ii), individually or in the aggregate, are not material to the
financial condition or operating results of the Company.
3.5
No Material Adverse
Changes . Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.5, since the date of the Balance Sheet, there
has not been a material adverse change in the business or assets of
the Company. Without limiting the foregoing, since such date there
has not been:
(a) any change in the assets, liabilities, financial
condition or operating results of the Company from that reflected
in the Balance Sheet, except changes in the ordinary course of
business that have not been, in the aggregate, materially
adverse;
(b) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not
covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting the
assets, properties, financial condition, operating results or
business of the Company (as such business is presently
conducted);
(c) any waiver by the Company of a material right or
of a material debt owed to it;
(d) any satisfaction or discharge of any lien, claim
or encumbrance or payment of any obligation by the Company, except
(i) in the ordinary course of business and (ii) that is not
material to the assets, properties, financial condition, operating
results or business of the Company (as such business is presently
conducted);
(e) any change or amendment to a material contract
or arrangement by which the Company or any of its assets or
properties is bound or subject;
(f) any change in any compensation arrangement or
agreement with any employee;
(g) any sale, assignment or transfer of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible
assets;
(h) any resignation or termination of employment of
any officer of the Company; and the Company, to the best of its
knowledge, does not know of the impending resignation or
termination of employment of any such officer;
(i) any mortgage, pledge, transfer of a security
interest in, or lien, created by the Company, with respect to any
of its properties or assets, except liens for taxes not yet due or
payable;
(j) any loans or guarantees made by the Company to
or for the benefit of its employees, officers or directors, or any
members of their immediate families, other than travel advances and
other advances made in the ordinary course of its
business;
(k) any declaration, setting aside or payment or
other distribution in respect of any of the Company’s capital
stock, or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other
acquisition of any of such stock by the Company, except
distributions to Members made in accordance with past
practice;
(l) any other event or condition of any character
that might be reasonably expected to materially and adversely
affect the assets, properties, financial condition, operating
results or business of the Company (as such business is presently
conducted); or
(m) any agreement or commitment by the Company to do
any of the things described in this Section 3.5
.
3.6
Litigation
. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.6, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, orders or
investigations pending or threatened against the Company, at law or
in equity, or before or by any federal, state, municipal or other
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, and there is no basis known
to the Company for any of the foregoing.
There are no actions, proceedings orders or
investigations pending or threatened which (i) in all challenges
the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) which would prevent or
materially interfere with or delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (iii) seeks damages in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.7
Subsidiaries
. The Company does not presently own
or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other
corporation, association, or other business entity. The Company is
not a participant in any joint venture, partnership, or similar
arrangement.
3.8
Intellectual Property
.
(a) As used herein, the term “Intellectual
Property” means the following items, in each case held for
use in, used in, or necessary for the business of Company as
currently conducted: trademarks, service marks, trade names,
Internet domain names, designs, logos, slogans, and general
intangibles of like nature, together with all goodwill,
registrations and applications related to the foregoing
(collectively, ‘Trademarks”); copyrights (including any
registrations and applications for any of the foregoing); Software;
“mask works” (as defined under 17 U.S.C.
§ 901) and any registrations and applications for
“mask works”; technology, trade secrets and other
confidential information, know-how, proprietary processes,
inventions, formulae, algorithms, models, and methodologies
(collectively, “Trade Secrets”); and rights of
publicity and privacy relating to the use of the names, likenesses,
voices, signatures and biographical information of real persons, As
used herein, the term “Software” means any and all
(i) computer programs (other than “off-the-shelf”
or shrinkwrap software), including, but not limited to, any and all
software implementation of algorithms, models and methodologies,
whether in source code or object code form, (ii) computerized
databases and compilations of data, and (iii) all
documentation, including, but not limited to, user manuals and
training materials, relating to any of the foregoing.
(b) Schedule 3.8(b) sets forth a true, complete
and accurate list of all U.S. and foreign (i) trademark
registrations, trademark applications and Internet domain names and
(iii) copyright and mask work registrations and copyright and
mask work applications. The Company has no patents, patent pending
or patent applications.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(c),
(i) Company owns or has the right to use all Intellectual
Property free and clear of all liens and restrictions and
(ii) Company is listed in the records of the appropriate
United States, state, or foreign registry as the sole current owner
of record for each application and registration listed on
Schedule 3.8(b), and (iii) any Intellectual Property
owned or used by Company and, to Company's knowledge, any other
Intellectual Property owned or used is valid and subsisting, is in
full force and effect and has not been cancelled, expired or
abandoned.
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8(d), there
are no outstanding options, licenses, or agreements of any kind
relating to the Intellectual Property, nor is the Company bound by
or a party to any options, licenses or agreements of any kind with
respect to Intellectual Property of any other person or
entity.
(e) To Company’s knowledge, no third party is
misappropriating, infringing, diluting or violating any
Intellectual Property and no such claims, suits, arbitrations or
other adversarial proceedings have been brought or threatened
against any third party by Company.
(f) To the Company's knowledge, the conduct of
Company’s businesses as currently conducted does not
misappropriate, infringe upon (either directly or indirectly such
as through contributory infringement or inducement to infringe) or
dilute any Intellectual Property rights owned or controlled by any
third party.
(g) The Company takes reasonable measures to protect
the confidentiality of Trade Secrets. To Company's knowledge, no
Trade Secret has been disclosed or authorized to be disclosed to
any third party other than pursuant to a written confidentiality
and non-disclosure agreement. To Company's knowledge, no party to
any non-disclosure agreement relating to its Trade Secrets is in
breach or default thereof.
(h) The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not result in the loss or
impairment of Onstream's rights to own, use, or bring any action
for the infringement of any of the Intellectual Property, nor will
such consummation require the consent of any third party in respect
of any Intellectual Property. No current or former director,
officer, employee, contractor or consultant of the Company (or any
of its predecessors in interest) will, after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, own or retain any
rights to use any of the Intellectual Property.
3.9
Compliance with Other
Instruments . The Company
is not in violation or default of any provision of its Articles of
Organization or Operating Agreement, or of any instrument,
judgment, order, writ, decree or contract to which it is a party or
by which it is bound, or, to the Company’s knowledge, of any
provision of any federal or state statute, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company. The execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in
any such violation or be in conflict with or constitute, with or
without the passage of time and giving of notice, either a default
(or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default) under any such provision, instrument,
judgment, order, writ, decree or contract or an event that results
in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets
of the Company or the suspension, revocation, impairment,
forfeiture, or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization, or
approval applicable to the Company, that materially affects its
business as now conducted or proposed to be conducted immediately
following the Closing, or its properties or its financial
condition.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 3.10(a) is a true,
correct and complete list of the following types of Contracts, to
which Company is a party or by which it or its properties are
bound, or pursuant to which it obtains benefits or incurs
obligations in the conduct of its businesses (the “Material
Contracts”):
(i) Contracts for the purchase of goods by, or for
the furnishing of services to, Company that provide for, or could
reasonably be expected to provide for, remaining payments by
Company in excess of $25,000 during the term of any such
Contract;
(ii) Contracts between (x) Company and
(y) any of its affiliates, officers or directors (or any
affiliates of any of the foregoing);
(iii) Contracts with any person containing any
guaranties by, or residual obligations of, Company;
(iv) any lease agreement between Company and any
person for leasing equipment, which has an aggregate rental value
in excess of $25,000 during the term of the lease;
(v) Contracts under which Company provides
consulting services to any person;
(vi) any employment, severance, non-competition,
consulting or other Contracts with any current or former
stockholder, director, officer, sales associate or employee of
Company;
(vii) joint venture, partnership, member, voting trust
or other Contracts whereby Company has agreed with any other Person
(A) to enter into a joint business arrangement for profit or
(B) to vote any shares of capital stock or other equity or
beneficial interests in any other person in any particular
manner;
(viii) Contracts entered into since December 31, 2005
providing for the acquisition or disposition of assets having a
value in excess of $25,000, other than such acquisitions or
dispositions in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practice;
(ix) licenses and agreements relating to Intellectual
Property (except with respect to readily available "off-the-shelf"
or shrinkwrap software having an acquisition price of less than
$25,000);
(x) Contracts for the lease of personal property to
or from any person requiring payments in excess of
$25,000;
(xi) Contracts requiring Company to indemnify or hold
harmless any person in respect of which the aggregate potential
obligation could reasonably be expected to exceed
$25,000;
(xii) Contracts contemplating the referral of any
services to any person or to Company, as the case may be, the
performance of which involves consideration in excess of
$25,000;
(xiii) any Contracts (A) relating to indebtedness
for borrowed money or other financing transactions or
(B) restricting the ability of Company to incur indebtedness
for borrowed money or make any loan or advance or own, operate,
sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of any
assets;
(xiv) Contracts under which any other person has
directly or indirectly guaranteed any indebtedness, liability or
obligation of Company, or letter of credit issued to guarantee any
obligation of Company, or any vendor or customer of
Company;
(xv) mortgages, pledges, security agreements, deeds
of trust or other documents granting a lien;
(xvi) Contracts (A) providing for the payment of
any bonus or commission based on sales or earnings or
(B) providing for any bonus or other payment based on the sale
of Company or any portion thereof or any other change of control of
Company;
(xvii) Contracts that provide for a payment, or that
the terms and conditions that would otherwise govern the
relationship of the parties thereto will be altered, upon a change
of control of Company;
(xviii) Contracts with any governmental
authority;
(xix) Contracts containing covenants which restrict
Company from engaging in any business or in any geographical area
or containing any prohibition on the disclosure of confidential
information in the possession of Company or any exclusivity
provision with respect to any business or geographic area;
and
(xx) Any other material contracts not listed in
subparagraphs (i) through (xix) above, whether or not in the
ordinary course of business consistent with the past practice, made
or entered into since December 31, 2003.
Schedule 3.10(a) shall indicate, with respect to each Material
Contract listed thereon, the subparagraph(s) of subsection (a)
above to which such Material Contract relates, it being agreed that
such indication shall be for convenience of reference
only.
(b) Company has made available to Onstream copies of
all
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