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EXHIBIT 2.1
MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
BY AND AMONG
CELSIUS HOLDINGS, INC.,
CELSIUS, INC.,
ELITE FX, INC.
AND
THE OTHER PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO
Dated as of January 24, 2007
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1: THE MERGER
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1.1 The Merger
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1.2 Effective Time
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1.3 Effect of the Merger on Constituent Corporations
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1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of Surviving
Corporation
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1.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation
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1.6 Effect on Capital Stock
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1.7 Fractional Shares.
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1.8 Dissenting Shares
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1.9 Exchange Procedures
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1.10 Adjustments to Exchange Ratios
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1.11 No Further Ownership Rights in Company Capital Stock
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1.12 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates
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1.13 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action
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1.14 Required Withholding
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1.15 No Liability
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ARTICLE 2: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
INDEMNIFYING OFFICER
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2.1 Organization and Qualification
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2.2 Authority Relative to this Agreement
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2.3 Capital Stock
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2.4 Subsidiaries
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2.5 No Conflicts
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2.6 Books and Records; Organizational Documents
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2.7 Consents
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2.8 Company Financials
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2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities
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2.10 Absence of Changes
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2.11 Taxes
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2.12 Restrictions on Business Activities
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2.13 Legal Proceedings
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2.14 Compliance with Laws, Orders, Approvals and Contracts
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2.15 Employee Matters and Benefit Plans
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2.16 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances;
Condition of Equipment
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2.17 Intellectual Property
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2.18 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments
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2.19 Insurance. Section 2.19 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule
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2.20 Interested Party Transactions
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2.21 Accounts Receivable
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2.22 Governmental Authorizations and Permits
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2.23 Brokers' and Finders' Fees
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2.24 Warranties; Indemnities
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2.25 Information Statement
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2.26 Employment Arrangements
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2.27 Disclosure
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ARTICLE 3: REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
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3.1 Authority Relative to this Agreement
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3.2 Organization and Qualification
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3.3 No Conflict
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3.4 Consents
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3.5 Parent Capital Stock
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3.6 Issuance of Parent Common Stock
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3.7 Parent Financial Statements
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3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.9 Absence of Certain Changes
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3.10 Dividends or Distributions
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3.11 Registration Rights
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3.12 Legal Proceedings
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3.13 Employment Matters
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3.14 Patents and Trademarks
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3.15 Compliance with Other Instruments
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3.16 Title to Property and Assets
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3.17 Books and Records; Organizational Documents
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3.18 Disclosure
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3.19 Brokers and Finders' Fees
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3.20 Tax Returns, Payments and Elections
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3.21 Parent SEC Documents
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3.22 Information Statement
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3.23 Closing Cash Statement
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3.24 Subsidiaries
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ARTICLE 4: CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME
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4.1 Conduct of Business
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4.2 No Solicitation
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ARTICLE 5: ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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5.1 Shareholder Approval
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5.2 Restricted Shares; Shareholders' Representations Regarding
Securities Law Matters
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5.3 Company Financial Statements
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5.4 Access to Information
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5.5 Confidentiality
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5.6 Expenses; Severance Payments
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5.7 Public Disclosure
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5.8 Consents
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5.9 Reasonable Efforts
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5.10 Omitted
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5.11 Notification of Certain Matters
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5.12 Additional Documents and Further Assurances;
Cooperation
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5.13 Employee Matters
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5.14 New Employment Arrangements
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5.15 Private Placement
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5.16 Bridge Loan
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5.17 Investa Warrants
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5.18 Investor Representation Statement
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5.19 Indemnification
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5.20 Termination of Company Employee Plans
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5.21 Closing Cash Statement
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5.22 Assignment by Founders
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5.23 Tax Matters
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5.24 Conversion of Company Preferred Stock
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5.25 Conversion of Parent Loan
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5.26 Exercise of Pre-Existing Warrants
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5.27 Releases
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5.28 Observation Rights
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5.29 Stock Grant
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5.30 Promissory Note
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ARTICLE 6: CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER
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6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the
Merger
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6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company
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6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and
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ARTICLE 7: SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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7.1 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants
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7.2 Indemnification
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7.3. Method of Asserting Claims
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7.4 Exclusive Remedy
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7.5 Actions of the Securityholder Agent
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ARTICLE 8: TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
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8.1 Termination
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8.2 Effect of Termination
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8.3 Amendment
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8.4 Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE 9: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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9.1 Notices
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9.2 Interpretation
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9.3 Counterparts
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9.4 Entire Agreement; Assignment
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9.5 Severability
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9.6 Other Remedies
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9.7 Governing Law
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9.8 Rules of Construction
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9.9 Waiver of Jury Trial
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9.10 Disclosure Schedule
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9.11 Specific Performance
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9.12 Waiver
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ARTICLE 10: DEFINITIONS
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10.1 Definitions
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MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION
This MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and
entered into as of January 24, 2007, by and among Celsius Holdings,
Inc., a Nevada corporation (" Parent "), Celsius, Inc., a
Nevada corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent ("
Sub "), Elite FX, Inc., a Florida corporation (the "
Company "), Steve Haley (the " Indemnifying Officer
") and, with respect to Article 7 and Article 9 only,
and Steve Haley as securityholder agent (" Securityholder
Agent "). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings given to them in Article 10 .
RECITALS
A.
The Boards of Directors of each of the Company, Parent and Sub
believe it is in the best interests of each company and its
respective shareholders that Parent acquire the Company through the
statutory merger of the Company with and into the Sub (the "
Merger ") and, in furtherance thereof, have approved the
Merger.
B. Pursuant to the Merger, among other things, all of the issued
and outstanding capital stock of the Company and all of the issued
and outstanding options and warrants to purchase shares of capital
stock of the Company shall be converted into the right to receive
the consideration set forth herein (the " Merger
Consideration ").
C.
The Company, the Indemnifying Officer, Parent and Sub desire to
make certain representations, warranties, covenants and other
agreements in connection with the Merger.
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the covenants, promises,
representations and warranties set forth herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged by the parties), intending to be legally
bound hereby, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1: THE MERGER
1.1 The Merger . At the
Effective Time, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement and the applicable provisions of Nevada Law and
Florida Law, the Company shall be merged with and into the Sub, the
separate corporate existence of the Company shall cease, and the
Sub shall continue as the surviving corporation and as a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. The surviving corporation in the
Merger is sometimes referred to herein as the " Surviving
Corporation ."
1.2 Effective Time . Unless
this Agreement is earlier terminated pursuant to Section 8.1
, the closing of the Merger (the " Closing ") will take
place within two (2) days following satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in Article 6 (excluding those
conditions intended to be satisfied at the Closing), or such later
time following satisfaction or waiver of such conditions as Parent
determines in Parent's discretion, provided that such later time
shall occur no later than January 31, 2007, at the offices of
Venture Law Corporation, 618 - 688 West Hastings Street, Vancouver,
British Columbia V6B 1P1, unless another place or time is agreed to
by Parent and the Company. The date upon which the Closing actually
occurs is herein referred to as the " Closing Date ." On the
Closing Date, the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be
consummated by filing an Agreement of Merger (or like instrument),
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
" Agreement of Merger "), with the Secretary of State of the
State of Nevada and with the Secretary of State of Florida in
accordance with the relevant provisions of Nevada Law and Florida
Law respectively (the time of acceptance by the Secretary of State
of the State of Nevada of such filing, or such later time as may be
agreed to by the parties and set forth in the Agreement of Merger,
being referred to herein as the " Effective Time ").
1.3 Effect of the Merger on Constituent
Corporations . At the Effective Time, the effect of the
Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the applicable
provisions of Nevada Law and Florida Law. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective
Time, the Surviving Corporation shall succeed to all rights,
privileges, powers, franchises and property of
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Company and Sub, and shall be subject to all debts, duties and
Liabilities of Company and Sub in the same manner as if the
Surviving Corporation had itself incurred them.
1.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
Surviving Corporation .
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a. At the Effective Time, the Articles of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation shall be the Articles of Incorporation of Sub
as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time until
thereafter amended in accordance with Nevada Law and as provided in
such Articles of Incorporation.
b. The Bylaws of Sub as in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation at
the Effective Time, until thereafter amended in accordance with
Nevada Law and as provided in the Articles of Incorporation of the
Surviving Corporation and such Bylaws.
1.5 Directors and Officers of Surviving
Corporation . The directors of the Company immediately
prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation, each to hold office in accordance with the Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation. The officers
of the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the
officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold office in
accordance with the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
1.6 Effect on Capital Stock . Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of Parent, Sub, the Company or any
holder of Company Capital Stock, Company Options or Company
Warrants, the following shall occur:
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a. Company Common Stock . Each share of Company Common
Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time and after giving effect to the assumed conversion described in
Section 1.6(b)(i) (other than any Dissenting Shares (as defined in
Section 1.8 and any shares canceled pursuant to Section
1.6(c)) shall be canceled and extinguished and automatically
converted into the right to receive, upon the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth below and throughout this Agreement
(including Section 1.9 ), shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to the Stock Exchange Ratio.
b. Preferred Stock . Each share of Company Preferred
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will
receive the consideration that the Company Common Stock issuable
upon conversion thereof would receive under Section 1.6(a)
as if such share of Company Preferred Stock converted into Company
Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time.
c. Capital Stock of Sub . At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any of
the parties hereto, each share of capital stock of Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be
converted into and exchanged for one validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Each stock certificate of Sub evidencing ownership of any such
shares shall continue to evidence ownership of shares of capital
stock of the Surviving Corporation.
d. Company Options and Company Stock Plan; Treatment of
Company Warrants . All Company Options outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, together
with the Company's 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the " Company
Stock Plan "), shall be assumed by Parent in accordance with
the provisions set forth below. Issuances of Parent Common Stock
and payments of cash upon exercise of Assumed Company Options
(defined below) shall be subject to applicable withholding.
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i. Company Options . Each Company Option outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or
unvested, shall, in connection with the Merger be converted into an
option (the " Assumed Company Option ") to acquire Parent
Common Stock, in accordance with the provisions set forth below.
Each Assumed
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Company Option shall continue to have, and be subject to, the
same terms and conditions as were applicable to the Company Option
immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any repurchase
rights or Vesting provisions), subject to the provisions set forth
below. It is the intention of the parties that the Assumed Company
Options shall qualify following the Effective Time as incentive
stock options as defined in Section 422 of the Code to the same
extent that such Company Options qualified as incentive stock
options immediately prior to the Effective Time, and the provisions
of this Section 1.6(d) shall be applied in a manner
consistent with this intent.
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1. Assumed Company Option . Each Assumed Company Option
shall (subject to the Vesting provisions thereof) be exercisable
for that number of whole shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the
product obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Company
Common Stock that were issuable upon exercise of such Company
Option immediately prior to the Effective Time by the Stock
Exchange Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares
of Parent Common Stock) (the " Assumed Option Share Number
"). The per share exercise price for each share of Parent Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of such Assumed Company Option shall
be equal to the quotient (rounded up to the nearest whole cent)
obtained by dividing the exercise price per share of Company Common
Stock at which such Company Option was exercisable immediately
prior to the Effective Time by the Stock Exchange Ratio.
2. Unless Parent shall otherwise consent in writing prior to the
Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary or
advisable to cause all Company Options to remain unchanged except
(A) for the conversion into options to purchase shares of Parent
Common Stock; and (B) that any acceleration of vesting,
continuation of vesting after termination of employment or other
special vesting (whether with the passage of time, upon the
occurrence of certain events or otherwise) that might occur, result
from or be related to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, except for the acceleration
of vesting, continuation of vesting or other special vesting in
effect as of the date hereof and which is set forth on Schedule
1.6(d)(i)(2) , shall be prevented from occurring through the
modification, in a manner acceptable to Parent, of the applicable
Company Option (and any employment or other agreement providing for
such acceleration) prior to the date of this Agreement. Prior to
the Effective Time, Company shall take all action necessary to
effect the transactions contemplated by this Section
1.6(d)(i) under the terms of the Company Stock Plan, all
Company option agreements, and any other plan, agreement or
arrangement of Company, including, the giving of any notice
required by this Section 1.6(d)(i) .
ii. Treatment of Company Warrants . The Company agrees to
use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into agreements with
the holders of Company Warrants providing for the exercise or
cancellation of such Company Warrant, prior to, or contingent upon,
the Closing. At the Effective Time, each Company Warrant, whether
or not Vested, shall by virtue of the Merger be assumed by Parent.
Each Company Warrant so assumed by Parent under this Agreement (an
" Assumed Warrant ") will continue to have, and be subject
to, the same terms and conditions as provided in the respective
warrant agreement governing such Company Warrant immediately prior
to the Effective Time of the Merger (including without limitation
Vesting schedules and Vesting commencement dates), including that
the number of shares of Parent
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Common Stock and Merger Cash purchasable upon exercise of
each such Assumed Warrant, and exercise price per share of Parent
Common Stock shall be as determined pursuant to the terms of such
Company Warrant and as the shares underlying the warrant are
treated under this Section 1.6.
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e. Maximum Amount of Merger Consideration .
Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, the
maximum amount of Parent Common Stock to be paid and issued in
exchange for the acquisition by Parent of all outstanding Company
Capital Stock shall be an amount of Parent Common Stock equal to
the Aggregate Stock Consideration.
1.7 Fractional Shares. No fractional
share of Parent Common Stock shall be issued or paid by virtue of
the Merger. In lieu thereof, each holder of shares of Company
Capital Stock that would otherwise be entitled to receive a
fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock (after aggregating all
fractional shares of Parent Common Stock to be received by such
holder at such time) shall be entitled to receive the nearest whole
number of shares of Parent Common Stock (with .5 shares being
rounded up). In addition, no fraction of a cent of cash shall be
paid by virtue of the Merger. The aggregate cash to be paid to each
holder of shares of Company Capital Stock shall be rounded to the
nearest whole cent (with $0.005 being rounded up).
1.8 Dissenting Shares .
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a. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, any shares of Company Capital Stock held by a holder that
has demanded and perfected dissenters' rights for such shares in
accordance with Florida Law and who, as of the Effective Time, has
not effectively withdrawn or lost such dissenters' rights ("
Dissenting Shares ") shall not be converted into or
represent the right to receive the consideration set forth in
Section 1.6 , but the holder thereof shall only be entitled
to such rights as are granted by Florida Law.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.8(a) , if
any holder of shares of Company Capital Stock that demands, in
accordance with Section 607.1302 of Florida Law, that the Company
purchase such shares under Florida Law, shall effectively withdraw
or lose (through failure to perfect or otherwise) such holder's
dissenters' rights, then, as of the later of (i) the Effective Time
or (ii) the occurrence of such event, such holder's shares shall
automatically be converted into and represent only the right to
receive the consideration set forth in Section 1.6 ,
(without interest) upon surrender to the Company of the certificate
representing such shares in accordance with Section 1.9
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c. The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of its
receipt of any written demands for purchase of any shares of
Company Capital Stock, withdrawals of such demands, and any other
instruments relating to the Merger served pursuant to Florida Law
and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and
proceedings with respect to demands for purchase under Florida Law.
The Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of
Parent or as may be required under applicable law, voluntarily make
any payment with respect to any demands for purchase of Company
Capital Stock, or offer to settle or settle any such demands.
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1.9 Exchange Procedures .
a. Exchange Agent . The Transfer Agent of Parent shall
serve as the exchange agent (the " Exchange Agent ") in the
Merger.
b. Parent Common Stock . As promptly as practicable after
the Closing Date, Parent shall make available for exchange in
accordance with this Article 1 the Merger Shares issuable
pursuant to Section 1.6 in exchange for outstanding shares
of Company Capital Stock.
c. Exchange Procedures . As soon as reasonably
practicable after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall cause to be mailed to each holder of record of a certificate
or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock (the "
Certificates "), (i) a letter of transmittal in customary
form, reasonably acceptable to Parent and Company (which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title
to the Certificates shall pass, only upon delivery of the
Certificates to the Exchange Agent), (ii) instructions for use in
effecting the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for Merger
Consideration, and (iii) unless earlier delivered to Parent, a
certificate to be signed and delivered by each holder of Company
Capital Stock in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the " Shareholder Certificate "). Upon
surrender of a Certificate for cancellation to Exchange Agent or to
such other agent or agents as may be appointed by Parent together
with such letter of transmittal and Shareholder Certificate
(unless, in the case of the Shareholder Certificate, such
Shareholder Certificate has previously been executed and delivered
by the holder), duly completed and validly executed in accordance
with the instructions thereto, the holder of such Certificate shall
be entitled to receive in exchange therefore the Merger
Consideration to which such holder is entitled pursuant to
Section 1.6 . Until surrendered, each outstanding
Certificate that, prior to the Effective Time, represented shares
of Company Capital Stock will be deemed from and after the
Effective Time, for all corporate purposes other than the payment
of dividends, to evidence only the right to receive the Merger
Consideration pursuant to this Article 1 .
d. Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged Shares of
Company Capital Stock . No dividends or other distributions
with respect to Parent Common Stock that have a record date and
distribution date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the
holder of any unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares
of Parent Common Stock represented thereby until the holder of
record of such Certificate shall surrender such Certificate
pursuant to the terms of this Section 1.9 . Subject to
applicable law, following surrender of any such Certificate, there
shall be paid to the record holder of the certificates representing
whole shares of Parent Common Stock issued in exchange therefor,
without interest, at the time of such surrender, the amount of
dividends or other distributions with a record date and
distribution date after the Effective Time theretofore payable (but
for the provisions of this Section 1.9(d) ) with respect to
such whole shares of Parent Common Stock.
e. Transfers of Ownership . If any certificate for shares
of Parent Common Stock is to be issued pursuant to the Merger in a
name other than that in which the Certificate surrendered in
exchange therefor is registered, it will be a condition of the
issuance thereof that the Certificate so surrendered be properly
endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the
person requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or any
agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes required by
reason of the issuance of a certificate for shares of Parent Common
Stock in any name other than that of the registered holder of the
Certificate surrendered, or that it be established to the
satisfaction of Parent or any such agent that such tax has been
paid or is not payable.
1.10 Adjustments to Exchange
Ratios . The exchange ratios referred to in Section
1.6 shall be 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
or other like change with respect to Parent Common Stock occurring
on or
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after the date hereof and prior to the Effective Time of the
Merger, other than the stock split disclosed in Section 3.5.
1.11 No Further Ownership Rights in
Company Capital Stock . Any and all Merger
Consideration issued or paid in exchange of shares of Company
Capital Stock 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 Company of
shares of Company Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time,
Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any
reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this
Article 1 .
1.12 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Certificates . In the event any Certificates shall have
been lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the
making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the
Merger Consideration and, if applicable, the dividends or
distributions payable pursuant to Section 1.9(d) to which
the holder of such shares of Company Capital Stock would be
entitled under this Article 1 ; provided ,
however , that Parent may, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require the owner of
such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates to provide an indemnity
or deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably direct as
indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent with
respect to the Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
1.13 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 or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full
right and title to and possession of all assets, property, rights,
privileges, powers and franchises of the Company, or to effect the
assignment to the Surviving Corporation of any and all Company
Intellectual Property created by a founder, employee or consultant
of the Company, or to complete and prosecute all domestic and
foreign patent filings related to such Company Intellectual
Property, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation
are fully authorized to take, and shall take, all such lawful and
necessary or desirable action.
1.14 Required Withholding . The
Company, and on its behalf Parent and the Surviving Corporation,
shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration
payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement to any
holder or former holder of Company Capital Stock such amounts as
may be 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.
1.15 No Liability . Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Article 1, neither the Parent, the
Surviving Corporation, nor any 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.
ARTICLE 2: REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE INDEMNIFYING OFFICER
Subject to such exceptions as are disclosed in the disclosure
schedule (which is arranged in sections corresponding to the
numbered sections contained in this Article 2 and is dated
the date hereof) supplied by the Company to Parent (the "
Company Disclosure Schedule "), the Company represents and
warrants to Parent and Sub, and each Indemnifying Officer
represents and warrants to their knowledge to Parent and Sub, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (except where the
representation and warranty is expressly made as of another date,
in which case such representation or warranty is made only as of
such other date), as follows:
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2.1 Organization and Qualification .
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a. The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the state of Florida, and
has full corporate power and authority to conduct its business as
now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted and to own,
use, license and lease its Assets and Properties. The Company is
duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership, use, licensing or leasing of its Assets and Properties,
or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such qualification,
licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to be so
duly qualified, licensed or admitted and in good standing as would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company. Section 2.1(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule sets forth each jurisdiction where the Company is so
qualified, licensed or admitted to do business and separately lists
each other jurisdiction in which the Company owns, uses, licenses
or leases its Assets and Properties, conducts business or has
employees or engages independent contractors. The Company is not in
violation of any of the provisions of its articles of incorporation
and bylaws. Section 2.1(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all of the directors and officers of the
Company.
b. Except as indicated in Section 2.1(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , the operations now being conducted by the
Company are not now and have never been conducted by the Company
under any other name.
2.2 Authority Relative to this
Agreement .
(a) Subject only to the requisite approval and adoption of this
Agreement and approval of the principal terms of the Merger by the
shareholders of the Company as described in Section 2.2(b)
below, the Company has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the other agreements of
which forms are attached as exhibits hereto (the " Ancillary
Agreements ") to which the Company is a party, to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company's board
of directors has unanimously approved this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party. Subject only
to the requisite approval and adoption of this Agreement and
approval of the principal terms of the Merger by the shareholders
of the Company as described in Section 2.2(b) below, the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party, the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, and the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder have been duly and validly authorized by
all necessary action of the Company and no further action is
required on the part of the Company to authorize this Agreement or
the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is
a party have been or will be, as applicable, duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto
and thereto, each constitutes or will upon such due execution and
delivery constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity.
(b) The vote required of the holders of Company Capital Stock (the
" Company Shareholders ") to duly approve the principal
terms of this Agreement and the Merger and to satisfy all
shareholder approval requirements under Florida Law and the
Company's articles of incorporation and bylaws with respect to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (or otherwise
required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby) is
approval of holders of a majority of Company Common Stock, voting
together as a single class.
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2.3 Capital Stock .
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a. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of
10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "
Company Common Stock "), of which 2,651,418 shares of Common
Stock are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof. All of the
issued and outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are duly
authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal, state
and foreign securities Laws. There are no declared or accrued but
unpaid dividends with respect to any shares of Company Capital
Stock. None of the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock were
issued in violation of any preemptive rights, right of first
refusal or similar rights, the articles of incorporation or bylaws
of the Company or any agreement to which the Company is a party or
by which it is bound. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(a) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , no shares of Company Common
Stock are held in treasury or are authorized or reserved for
issuance.
b. The Company Capital Stock is held of record, as of the date
of this Agreement, by those persons with the addresses of record
(as provided by such holder to the Company) and in the amounts set
forth on Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ,
which schedule also sets forth (i) the share certificate numbers
held by each holder and (ii) whether any shares of Company Capital
Stock held by such shareholder are Restricted, the Vesting schedule
for any such Restricted shares, including the extent to which any
such Vesting has occurred as of the date of this Agreement and
whether (and to what extent) the Vesting will be accelerated by the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
c. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(c) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , there are no outstanding Company Options,
Company Warrants or other Equity Equivalents of the Company, or
shares of Company Restricted Stock or Contracts, including
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreements, to which the Company is a
party (written or oral) to issue any shares of capital stock,
Equity Equivalents or any other security with respect to the
Company. With respect to each Company Option, Company Warrant,
Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement or share of Company Restricted
Stock or any other Contract or arrangement (written or oral)
pursuant to which the Company is obligated to issue capital stock,
Equity Equivalents or any other security, Section 2.3(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth the holder or counter
party thereof, the number and type of securities issuable
thereunder, and, if applicable, the exercise price therefor, the
exercise period and Vesting schedule thereof (including a
description of the circumstances under which such Vesting schedule
can or will be accelerated). Except for the Company Stock Plan, the
Company has never adopted or maintained any stock option plan or
other plan providing for equity compensation of any person. The
Company has reserved 600,000 shares of Company Common Stock for
issuance to employees and directors of, and consultants to, the
Company upon the exercise of Options granted under the Company
Stock Plan, of which (i) 435,410 shares are issuable, as of the
date hereof, upon the exercise of outstanding, unexercised options
granted under the Company Stock Plan, (ii) no shares have been
issued, as of the date hereof, upon the exercise of options granted
under the Company Stock Plan, and (iii) 164,590 shares remain
available, as of the date hereof, for issuance of additional
options under the Company Stock Plan. All of the Company Options
and Company Warrants were issued in compliance with all applicable
federal, state and foreign securities Laws.
d. There are no Contracts of any character, written or oral, to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the
Company to repurchase or redeem, or cause to be repurchased or
redeemed, any shares of Company Capital Stock, or obligating the
Company to grant, extend, accelerate the Vesting of, change the
price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant,
call, right, commitment or agreement. There are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation,
or other similar rights with respect to the Company.
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e. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , there are no preemptive rights or
agreements, arrangements or understandings to issue preemptive
rights with respect to the issuance or sale of Company Capital
Stock created by statute, the articles of incorporation or bylaws
of the Company, or any agreement or other arrangement to which the
Company is a party (written or oral) or by which it is bound and
there are no agreements, arrangements or understandings to which
the Company is a party (written or oral) pursuant to which the
Company has the right to elect to satisfy any Liabilities by
issuing Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalents.
f. The terms of the Company Stock Plan and the applicable stock
option agreements related to the outstanding Company Options permit
the assumption or substitution of options to purchase Parent Common
Stock as provided in this Agreement, without the consent or
approval of the holders of such securities, action by the
shareholders of the Company or otherwise and, except as set forth
in Section 2.3(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ,
without any acceleration of the exercise schedules or Vesting
provisions in effect for such Company Options. True and complete
copies of all agreements and instruments relating to or issued
under the Company Stock Plan, and any other security, Contract or
instrument required to be disclosed in Section 2.3(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule , have been provided to Parent and
such agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or
supplemented, and there are no agreements to amend, modify or
supplement such agreements or instruments from the forms thereof
provided to Parent.
g. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(g) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , the Company is not a party or subject to
any agreement or understanding, and, to the Company's knowledge,
there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding between or
among any Persons which affects, restricts or relates to voting or
giving of written consents with respect to the Company Capital
Stock, including any voting trust agreement or proxy. Except as set
forth in Section 2.3(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule ,
no debt securities of the Company are issued and outstanding.
h. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(h) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , there are no registration rights or other
Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company
is bound with respect to the registration under federal or state
securities laws of any issuance or transfer of any equity security
of any class of the Company.
2.4 Subsidiaries . The
Company does not have any Subsidiaries and does not otherwise own
any shares of capital stock or any interest in (or any interest
convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for any such interest), or
control, directly or indirectly, any other corporation,
partnership, association, joint venture or other business entity.
The Company has not agreed and is not obligated to make any future
investment in or capital contribution to any Person.
2.5 No Conflicts . The
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
will not (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
conflict with or result in any violation of or default under or
give rise to a right of termination, cancellation, modification or
acceleration of any obligation or loss of any benefit (any such
event, a " Conflict ") under (i) any provision of the
articles of incorporation or bylaws of the Company, (ii) any
Contract to which the Company or any of its properties or assets
(including intangible assets), is subject (each, a " Company
Contract ," and collectively, the " Company Contracts
"), or (iii) any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or any
of its properties (tangible and intangible) or assets except, in
the case of (ii) above, for such Conflicts as are not individually
or in the aggregate material. Section 2.5 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists all necessary consents, waivers and
Approvals of parties to any Company Contract as are required
thereunder in connection with the Merger, or for any such Company
Contract to remain in full force and effect without limitation,
modification or alteration after the Effective Time ("
Third-Party Consents "). The Company has obtained, or will
obtain prior to the Effective Time, all Third-Party Consents.
Following the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will be
permitted to exercise all of its rights under the Company Contracts
without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration
other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Company
would otherwise be required to pay pursuant to the terms of such
Company Contracts had the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement not occurred.
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2.6 Books and Records; Organizational
Documents .
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a. The books, records and accounts of the Company delivered to
Parent for inspection are true, complete and correct in all
material respects.
b. The Company has devised and maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable to such
statements, and (B) to maintain accountability for assets; and
(iii) the amounts recorded for assets and liabilities on the books
and records of the Company are in accordance with GAAP.
c. The Company has delivered to Parent or its counsel for
examination the following: (a) copies of the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Company as currently in effect; (b)
all written records of all proceedings, consents, actions, and
meetings of the shareholders, board of directors and any committees
thereof of the Company; (c) stock ledger and journal reflecting all
stock issuances and transfers of the Company; and (d) all Permits
from Governmental Authorities issued to the Company by, and filings
by the Company with, any regulatory agency, and all applications
for such permits, orders, and consents. The written records of all
proceedings, consents, actions, and meetings of the shareholders,
board of directors and any committees thereof of the Company made
available to counsel for Parent are the only minutes of the Company
and contain accurate summaries of all meetings or actions by
written consent of the Board of Directors (or committees thereof)
of the Company and its shareholders since the time of incorporation
of the Company.
2.7 Consents . No consent, waiver,
Approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or filing with any Governmental Authority or any third party,
including a party to any agreement with the Company (so as not to
trigger any Conflict), is required by or with respect to the
Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and any Ancillary Agreement to which the Company is a
party or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, except for (i) such consents, waivers, Approvals,
orders authorizations registrations, declarations and filings the
lack of which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) the filing of the
Agreement of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Florida.
2.8 Company Financials . The
Company's Financials (including the notes thereto) to be provided
by the Company to Parent on or before Closing will have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods indicated therein and present fairly in all
material respects the financial position and operating results of
the Company as of the dates and during the periods indicated
therein, subject, in the case of the Company Interim Financial
Statements, to normal year-end adjustments, which adjustments will
not be material in amount or significance and except that the
Company Interim Financial Statements may not contain footnotes. The
Company Financials will be at the time of presentation be correct
and complete in all material respects and except as set forth in
Section 2.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule , there has
been no material change in any accounting policies, principles,
methods or practices of the Company, including any change with
respect to reserves (whether for bad debts, contingent liabilities
or otherwise), since its inception. The Company's unaudited
consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2006 is referred to
herein as the " Current Balance Sheet ."
2.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities .
Except as reflected or reserved against in the Company Financials
(including the notes thereto) or as disclosed in Section 2.9 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , there are no
Liabilities of, relating to or affecting the Company or any of its
Assets and Properties, other than Liabilities incurred (a) in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the
date of the Current Balance Sheet which, individually and in the
aggregate, are not material to the business or condition of the
Company or (b) in connection with and in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
2.10 Absence of Changes . Since
September 30, 2006, except as set forth in Section 2.10 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule :
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a. the Company has not entered into any Contract, commitment or
transaction or incurred any Liabilities other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
b. the Company has not acquired an interest in or made any
capital investment in, altered or entered into any Contract or
other commitment to alter its interest in, any corporation,
association, joint venture, partnership or business entity in which
the Company directly or indirectly holds any interest;
c. the Company has not entered into any strategic alliance,
joint development or joint marketing Contract;
d. there has not been any material amendment or other material
modification (or agreement to do so) or violation of the terms of,
any of the Contracts set forth or described in the Company
Disclosure Schedule, except as described therein;
e. the Company has not entered into any transaction with any
officer, director, shareholder, Affiliate or Associate of the
Company, other than pursuant to any Contract in effect as of the
date of the Current Balance Sheet and disclosed to Parent and
identified on the Company Disclosure Schedule .
f. the Company has not entered into or amended any Contract
pursuant to which any other Person is granted manufacturing,
marketing, distribution, licensing or similar rights of any type or
scope with respect to any products of the Company or Company
Intellectual Property, other than any such Contracts and licenses
(or amendments thereto) disclosed in the Company Disclosure
Schedule ;
g. no Action or Proceeding has been commenced or, to the
knowledge of the Company, threatened by or against the Company and
no Action or Proceeding has been settled or compromised by the
Company;
h. the Company has not declared, set aside or paid any dividends
on or made any other distributions (whether in cash, stock or
property) in respect of any Company Capital Stock or Equity
Equivalents, or effected or approved any split, combination or
reclassification of any Company Capital Stock or Equity
Equivalents, or issued or authorized the issuance of any other
securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares
of Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalents, or repurchased,
redeemed or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, any shares
of Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalents, except for
repurchases of Company Capital Stock pursuant to agreements with
Company employees, officers, directors and consultants relating to
repurchases at cost upon termination of service with the
Company;
i. except for the issuance of shares of Company Capital Stock
upon exercise or conversion of options, warrants, or preferred
stock listed in Section 2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule , (A) the Company has not issued, granted, delivered,
sold or authorized or proposed to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or
purchased or proposed to purchase, any shares of Company Capital
Stock or Equity Equivalents, (B) the Company has not modified or
amended the rights of any holder of any outstanding shares of
Company Capital Stock or Equity Equivalents (including to reduce or
alter the consideration to be paid to the Company upon the exercise
of any outstanding options, warrants, stock purchase rights or
other Equity Equivalents); and (C) the Company has not granted any
options with an exercise price of less than the fair market value
of the Company's Common Stock on the date the option was
granted.
j. there has not been any amendment to the articles of
incorporation or bylaws of the Company;
k. there has not been any transfer (by way of a license or
otherwise) to any Person of rights to any Intellectual Property
other than non-exclusive licenses with the Company's customers in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
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l. the Company has not made or agreed to make any disposition or
sale, license or lease of, or incurrence of any Lien in an amount
exceeding $50,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate, on,
any Assets and Properties, other than sales of products or
services, or grants of nonexclusive licenses (to object code only)
of products, to customers in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
m. the Company has not made or agreed to make any purchase of
any Assets and Properties of any Person other than (i) acquisitions
of inventory, or licenses of products, in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and (ii) other acquisitions
in an amount not exceeding $50,000 in the case of any individual
item or $100,000 in the aggregate;
n. the Company has not made or agreed to make any capital
expenditures or commitments for additions to property, plant or
equipment constituting capital assets individually or in the
aggregate in an amount exceeding $50,000;
o. the Company has not made or agreed to make any write-off or
write-down, or any determination to write off or write-down, or
revalue, any of its Assets and Properties, or change any reserves
or liabilities associated therewith in an amount exceeding
$50,000;
p. the Company has not made or agreed to make payment, discharge
or satisfaction, in an amount in excess of $50,000 in any one case,
or $100,000 in the aggregate, of any claim, Liability or obligation
(whether absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or
otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in
the ordinary course of business of Liabilities reflected or
reserved against in the Company Financials;
q. the Company has not failed to pay or otherwise satisfy any
Liabilities when due and payable, except such Liabilities which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate means or procedures
and which, individually and in the aggregate, are immaterial in
amount;
r. the Company has not created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed
any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding $50,000, or
issued or sold any debt securities, or extended or otherwise
modified the terms of any Indebtedness;
s. the Company has not granted or approved (i) any severance or
termination pay to, (ii) any increase of greater than five percent
(5%) in salary, rate of commissions, rate of consulting fees or any
other compensation of, (iii) the payment of any consideration of
any nature whatsoever (other than salary, commissions or consulting
fees and customary benefits paid to any current or former officer,
director, shareholder, employee or consultant) to, (iv) any loan or
extension of credit to, or (v) any discretionary or stay bonus to,
any director, current or former officer, employee, shareholder or
consultant, except payments made pursuant to written Contracts
outstanding on the date hereof, copies of which have been delivered
to Parent and which are disclosed in Section 2.10(s) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule ;
t. the Company has not adopted, entered into, amended, modified
or terminated (partially or completely) any Employee Plan (as
defined in Section 2.15(a)(vi)), other than any such Employee Plan
disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule ;
u. there has been no filed claim or written notice to the
Company of wrongful discharge or other unlawful labor practice or
action with respect to the Company;
v. the Company has not made or changed any material election in
respect of Taxes, adopted or changed any accounting method in
respect of Taxes, entered into any tax allocation agreement, Tax
sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement,
settlement or compromise of any claim or assessment in respect of
Taxes, nor has it consented to any extension or waiver of the
statute of limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment
in respect of Taxes;
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w. the Company has not made any change in accounting policies,
principles, methods, practices or procedures;
x. the Company has not failed to renew any insurance policy; no
insurance policy of the Company has been cancelled or materially
amended; and the Company has given all notices and presented all
claims (if any) under all such policies in a timely fashion;
y. there has been no material amendment or non-renewal of any
Approvals, and the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts
to maintain such Approvals and has observed in all material
respects all Laws and Orders applicable to the business or Assets
and Properties of the Company;
z. the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts to
prosecute applications for its Registered Intellectual Property
Rights, and has submitted all required documents and fees during
the prosecution thereof;
aa. there has been no physical damage, destruction or other
casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting any
of the real or personal property or equipment of the Company
individually or in the aggregate in an amount exceeding $50,000,
other than ordinary wear and tear;
bb. no event or condition
of any character has occurred that has had or is reasonably likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company;
cc. the Company has
not waived or released any material right or claim of the Company,
including any write-off or other compromise of any material account
receivable of the Company;
dd. the Company has
not entered into any employment Contract, or modified the terms of
any existing such Contract;
ee. the Company
has not suffered any adverse change or any threat of any adverse
change in its relations with, or any loss or threat of loss of, any
of its licensors, distributors, suppliers or other business
partners
except for such changes or losses and threatened changes or losses
(assuming for this purpose that such threats are realized) as would
not individually or in the aggregate have or be reasonably expected
to
have a Material Adverse Effect; and
ff. the Company
has not entered into or approved any contract, arrangement or
understanding or acquiesced in respect of any arrangement or
understanding, to do, engage in or cause or having the effect of
any of
the foregoing items described in the preceding clauses (a)
through (ee) of this Section 2.10 .
2.11 Taxes .
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a. Definition of Taxes . For the purposes of this
Agreement, the term " Tax " or, collectively, " Taxes
" shall mean (i) any and all federal, state, local and foreign
taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties,
impositions and Liabilities, including taxes based upon or measured
by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, use and occupation, and
value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll,
recapture, employment, excise and property taxes as well as public
imposts, fees and social security charges (including but not
limited to health, unemployment, workers' compensation and pension
insurance), together with all interest, penalties and additions
imposed with respect to such amounts, (ii) any liability for the
payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (i) of this
Section 2.11(a) as a result of being a member of an
affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period,
and (iii) any liability for the payment of any amounts of the type
described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this Section 2.11(a) as
a result of any express or implied obligation to indemnify any
other person or as a result of any obligation under any agreement
or arrangement with any other person with respect to such amounts
and including any liability for taxes of a predecessor entity.
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xi. The Company is not and has not been at any time, a "United
States Real Property Holding Corporation" within the meaning of
Section 897(c)(2) of the Code.
xii. No adjustment relating to any Return filed by the Company
has been proposed formally or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
informally by any tax authority to the Company or any
representative thereof.
xiii. The Company has not constituted either a "distributing
corporation" or a "controlled corporation" in a distribution of
stock intended to qualify for tax-free treatment under Section 355
of the Code (x) in the two years prior to the date of this
Agreement or (y) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute
part of a "plan" or "series of related transactions" (within the
meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the
Merger.
c. Executive Compensation Tax . There is no contract,
agreement, plan or arrangement to which the Company is a party,
including, without limitation, the provisions of this Agreement,
covering any employee or former employee of the Company, which,
individually or collectively, could give rise to the payment of any
amount that would not be deductible pursuant to Sections 280G, 404
or 162(m) of the Code.
2.12 Restrictions on Business
Activities . Except as set forth on Section 2.12 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , there is no Contract or Legal
Requirement to which the Company is a party or otherwise binding
upon the Company which has or may reasonably be expected to have
the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of the
Company, any acquisition of property (tangible or intangible) by
the Company, the conduct of business by the Company as currently
conducted or proposed to be conducted or otherwise limiting the
freedom of the Company to engage in any line of business or to
compete with any person. Except as set forth on Section 2.12 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company has not entered into any
agreement under which the Company is restricted from selling,
licensing or otherwise distributing any of its technology or
products or from providing services to customers or potential
customers or any class of customers, in any geographic area, during
any period of time, or in any segment of the market, and the
Company has not granted any "most favored party" terms in any
Contract.
2.13 Legal Proceedings .
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iv. the Company has no knowledge of facts or circumstances that
constitute reasonable grounds to believe that any Governmental
Authority intends to conduct an Action or Proceeding; and
v. the Company has not received notice or otherwise has
knowledge of any Orders outstanding or threatened against the
Company.
b. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Company has
delivered to Parent all responses of counsel for the Company to
auditors' requests for information (together with any updates
provided by such counsel) regarding Actions or Proceedings pending
or threatened against, relating to or affecting the Company.
2.14 Compliance with Laws, Orders,
Approvals and Contracts .
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a. The Company has not violated, and is not currently in default
or violation under, any Legal Requirement or Approval applicable to
the Company or any of its Assets and Properties, except for such
defaults or violations which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, material and the Company has no knowledge of any claim
of violation, or of any actual violation, of any such Legal
Requirement or Approval by the Company.
b. The Company is in compliance with and has not breached,
violated or defaulted under, or received notice that it has
breached, violated or defaulted under, any of the terms or
conditions of any Company Contract, nor is the Company aware of any
event that would constitute such a breach, violation or default
with the lapse of time, giving of notice or both, except for such
breaches, violations and defaults (including breaches, violations
and defaults that would arise upon lapse of time following, and/or
notice of, such events) which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, material. Each Company Contract is in full force and
effect and the Company is not subject to any default thereunder. To
the knowledge of the Company, no party obligated to the Company
pursuant to any such Company Contract is subject to any default
thereunder.
2.15 Employee Matters and Benefit
Plans .
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a. Definitions . With the exception of the definition of
"Affiliate" set forth in Section 2.15(a)(i ) below (which
definition shall apply only to this Section 2.15 ), for
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
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i. " Affiliate " shall mean any other person or entity
under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section
414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code and the regulations issued
thereunder;
ii. (ii) COBRA " shall mean the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended;
iii. (iii) " DOL " shall mean the United States
Department of Labor;
iv. (iv) " Employee " shall mean any current or former or
retired employee, consultant or director of the Company or any
Affiliate;
v. " Employment Agreement " shall mean each management,
employment, severance, consulting, relocation, repatriation,
expatriation, visa, work permit or other agreement, contract or
understanding between the Company or any Affiliate and any
Employee;
vi. " Employee Plan " shall mean any plan, program,
policy, practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement
providing for compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred
compensation, performance awards, stock or stock-related awards,
fringe benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration of any
kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded or
unfunded, including without limitation, each "employee benefit
plan," within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or has
been maintained, contributed to, or
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required to be contributed to, by a company or any Affiliate of
such company for the benefit of any Employee, or with respect to
which the company or any Affiliate of the company has or may have
any liability or obligation;
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vii. " ERISA " shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended;
viii. " FMLA " shall mean the Family Medical Leave Act of
1993, as amended;
ix. " HIPAA " shall mean the Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended;
x. " IRS " shall mean the Internal Revenue Service;
xi. " Multiemployer Plan " shall mean any "Pension Plan"
(as defined below) which is a "multiemployer plan," as defined in
Section 3(37) of ERISA;
xii. " PBGC " shall mean the United States Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation;
xiii. " Pension Plan " shall mean each Employee Plan of
the Company that is an "employee pension benefit plan," within the
meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA.
b. Schedule . Section 2.15(b) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of
each Employee Plan and each Employment Agreement. Neither the
Company, nor any Affiliate has, any plan or commitment to establish
any new Employee Plan or Employment Agreement, to modify any
Employee Plan or Employment Agreement (except to the extent
required by law or to conform any such Employee Plan or Employment
Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, or as required
by this Agreement), or to adopt or enter into any Employee Plan or
Employment Agreement. Section 2.15(b) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule also sets forth a table setting forth the name and
salary of each employee of the Company.
c. Documents . The Company has provided to Parent correct
and complete copies of: (i) all documents embodying each Employee
Plan and each Employment Agreement including (without limitation)
all amendments thereto and all related trust documents,
administrative service agreements, group annuity contracts, group
insurance contracts, and policies pertaining to fiduciary liability
insurance covering the fiduciaries for each Plan; (ii) the most
recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, prepared for each
Employee Plan; (iii) the three (3) most recent annual reports (Form
Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached
thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection
with each Employee Plan; (iv) if the Employee Plan is funded, the
most recent annual and periodic accounting of Employee Plan assets;
(v) the most recent summary plan description together with the
summary(ies) of material modifications thereto, if any, required
under ERISA with respect to each Employee Plan; (vi) all IRS
determination, opinion, notification and advisory letters, and all
applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or the DOL with
respect to any such application or letter; (vii) all communications
material to any Employee or Employees relating to any Employee Plan
and any proposed Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any
amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in
benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other
events which would result in any material liability to the Company;
(viii) all correspondence to or from any governmental agency
relating to any Employee Plan; (ix) all COBRA forms and related
notices (or such forms and notices as required under comparable
law); (x) the three (3) most recent plan years discrimination tests
for each Employee Plan; and (xi) all registration statements,
annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto) and
prospectuses prepared in connection with each Employee Plan.
d. Employee Plan Compliance . Except as set forth on
Section 2.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the
Company and its Affiliates have performed in all material respects
all obligations required to be performed by it under, is not in
default or violation of, and have no knowledge of
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any default or violation by any other party to each Employee Plan,
and each Employee Plan has been established and maintained in all
material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance
with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to ERISA or the Code. Any Employee Plan
intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust
intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code has (i) either
applied for, prior to the expiration of the requisite period under
applicable Treasury Regulations or IRS pronouncements, or obtained
a favorable determination, notification, advisory and/or opinion
letter, as applicable, as to its qualified status from the IRS or
still has a remaining period of time under applicable Treasury
Regulations or IRS pronouncements in which to apply for such letter
and to make any amendments necessary to obtain a favorable
determination, and (ii) incorporates or has been amended to
incorporate all provisions required to have been adopted to comply
with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and subsequent legislation. For
each Company Employee Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code there has been no event, condition or
circumstance that has adversely affected or is likely to adversely
affect such qualified status. To the knowledge of the Company, no
"prohibited transaction," within the meaning of Section 4975 of the
Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and not otherwise exempt
under Section 408 of ERISA (or any administrative class exemption
issued thereunder), has occurred with respect to any Employee Plan.
There are no actions, suits or claims pending, or, to the knowledge
of the Company, threatened or reasonably anticipated (other than
routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Plan or against
the assets of any Employee Plan. Each Employee Plan can be amended,
terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Effective Time,
without liability to Parent, the Company or any of its Affiliates.
There are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of the Company or any Affiliates, threatened by the IRS,
the DOL or any other Governmental Authority with respect to any
Employee Plan. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate is subject to
any penalty or tax with respect to any Employee Plan under Section
502(i) of ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code. The
Company and each Affiliate have timely made all contributions and
other payments required by and due under the terms of each Employee
Plan.
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e. Pension Plan . Neither the Company nor any Affiliate
has ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or
contributed to, any Pension Plan which is subject to Title IV of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code.
f. Collectively Bargained, Multiemployer and Multiple
Employer Plans . At no time has the Company or any Affiliate
contributed to or been obligated to contribute to any Multiemployer
Plan. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has at any time ever
maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or contributed
to any multiple employer plans, or to any plan described in Section
413 or 419 of the Code.
g. No Post-Employment Obligations . Except as set forth
in Section 2.15(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , no
Employee Plan provides, or reflects or represents any liability to
provide post-termination or retiree welfare benefits to any person
for any reason, except as may be required by COBRA or other
applicable statute, and neither the Company nor any Affiliate has
ever represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or
written form) to any Employee (either individually or to Employees
as a group) or any other person that such Employee(s) or other
person would be provided with post-termination or retiree welfare
benefits, except to the extent required by statute.
h. Health Care Compliance . Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate has, prior to the Effective Time and in any material
respect, violated any of the health care continuation requirements
of COBRA, the requirements of FMLA, the requirements of HIPAA, the
requirements of the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998,
the requirements of the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection
Act of 1996, or any amendment to each such act, or any similar
provisions of state law applicable to its Employees.
i. Self-Insurance . Neither the Company nor any Affiliate
has, at any time, sponsored, contributed to or maintained any
self-insured, whether wholly or partially, Employee Plan.
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j. Past Acquisitions . Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate is currently obligated to provide an Employee with any
compensation or benefits pursuant to an agreement (e.g., an
acquisition agreement) with a former employer of such Employee.
k. Executive Loans . Neither the Company nor any
Affiliate has violated Section 402 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2005
and the execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not, to the knowledge of the
Company, cause such a violation.
l. Effect of Transaction.
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Disclosure Schedule , the execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or
subsequent events) constitute an event under any Employee Plan,
Employment Agreement, trust or loan that will or may result in any
payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration,
forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase in
benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any
Employee.
ii. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.15(l) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , no payment or benefit which will or may
be made by the Company or its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any
Employee or any other "disqualified individual" (as defined in Code
Section 280G and the regulations thereunder) will be characterized
as a "parachute payment," within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2)
of the Code.
m. Employment Matters . The Company: (i) is in compliance
in all material respects with all applicable foreign, federal,
state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting employment,
employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages
and hours, in each case, with respect to Employees; (ii) has
withheld and reported all amounts required by law or by agreement
to be withheld and reported with respect to wages, salaries and
other payments to Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of
wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of
the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust
or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any
governmental authority, with respect to unemployment compensation
benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for
Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal
course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no
pending, threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions
against the Company under any worker's compensation policy or
long-term disability policy. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate
has direct or indirect liability with respect to any
misclassification of any person as an independent contractor rather
than as an employee.
n. Labor . No work stoppage or labor strike against the
Company or any Affiliate is pending, threatened or reasonably
anticipated. The Company does not know of any activities or
proceedings of any labor union to organize any Employees. Except as
set forth in Section 2.15(n) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule , there are no actions, suits, claims, labor disputes
or grievances pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened or reasonably anticipated relating to any labor, safety
or discrimination matters involving any Employee, including,
without limitation, charges of unfair labor practices or
discrimination complaints. The Company has not engaged in any
unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor
Relations Act. Except as set forth in Section 2.15(n) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule , the Company is not presently, nor
has it been in the past, a party to, or bound by, any collective
bargaining agreement or union contract with respect to Employees
and no collective bargaining agreement is being negotiated by the
Company. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate has incurred any
material liability or material obligation under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or
local law that remains unsatisfied.
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2.16 Title to Properties; Absence of Liens and
Encumbrances; Condition of Equipment .
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a. The Company does not own any real property, nor has the
Company ever owned any real property. Section 2.16(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all real
property currently leased by the Company, the name of the lessor,
the date of the lease and each amendment thereto and, with respect
to any current lease, the aggregate annual rental payable under any
such lease (and, with respect to any property subleased out by the
Company, the name of the sublessee, the duration of the sublease
and the aggregate annual rental payable to the Company). All such
current leases are in full force and effect, are valid and
effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is
not, under any of such leases, any existing default or event of
default (or event which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default), except for such defaults (including
defaults that would arise upon lapse of time following, and/or
notice of, such events) which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, material.
b. The Company has good and valid title to, or, in the case of
leased properties and assets, valid leasehold interests in, all of
its tangible properties and assets, real, personal and mixed, used
or held for use in its business, free and clear of any Liens,
except (i) as reflected in the Current Balance Sheet, and (ii) such
imperfections of title and encumbrances, if any, which do not
detract from the value or interfere with the present use of the
property subject thereto or affected thereby. Section 2.16(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all
personal property currently leased by the Company, the name of the
lessor, the date of the lease and each amendment thereto and, with
respect to any current lease, the aggregate annual rental payable
under any such lease (and, with respect to any property subleased
out by the Company, the name of the sublessee, the duration of the
sublease and the aggregate annual rental payable to the Company).
All such current leases are in full force and effect, are valid and
effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is
not, under any of such leases, any existing default or event of
default (or event which with notice or lapse of time, or both,
would constitute a default), except for such defaults (including
defaults that would arise upon lapse of time following, and/or
notice of, such events) which are not, individually or in the
aggregate, material.
c. All material items of equipment (the " Equipment ")
owned or leased by the Company are (i) adequate for the conduct of
the business of the Company, as applicable, as currently conducted
and as currently contemplated to be conducted, and (ii) in good
operating condition, regularly and properly maintained, subject to
normal wear and tear.
2.17 Intellectual Property
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ii. " Company Intellectual Property " shall mean any
Intellectual Property, including the Company Registered
Intellectual Property (as defined below) that is owned by, or
exclusively licensed to, the Company.
iii. " Registered Intellectual Property Rights " shall
mean all United States, international and foreign: (i) Patents,
including applications therefor; (ii) registered trademarks,
applications to register trademarks, including intent-to-use
applications, or other registrations or applications related to
trademarks; (iii) Copyright registrations and applications to
register Copyrights; and (iv) any other Intellectual Property that
is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration
or other document issued by, filed with, or recorded by, any
private, state, government or other public or quasi-public legal
authority at any time
iv. " Software " means any and all computer software and
code, including assemblers, applets, compilers, source code, object
code, data (including image and sound data), design tools and user
interfaces, in any form or format, however fixed. Software shall
include source code listings and documentation.
b. Section 2.17(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list (by name and version number)
of all products, Software or service offerings of the Company
(collectively, " Company Products ") that have been sold or
distributed commercially by the Company or which the Company
intends to sell or distribute commercially in the future, including
any products or service offerings under development.
c. Section 2.17(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedule of
the Disclosure Schedule lists all Registered Intellectual Property
Rights owned by, filed in the name of, or applied for, by the
Company (the " Company Registered Intellectual Property ")
and lists any Actions or Proceedings before any court, tribunal
(including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "
PTO ") or equivalent authority anywhere in the world) in
which any of the Company Registered Intellectual Property or
Company Intellectual Property is the express subject of the Action
or Proceeding and to which Company is a party and has been noticed
or served or which is otherwise known to Company.
d. Each item of Company Registered Intellectual Property is
currently in compliance with all formal legal requirements
(including payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees and
proofs of use). All documents and certificates necessary to date in
connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have
been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or other
authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the
case may be, for the purposes of perfecting, prosecuting and
maintaining such Registered Intellectual Property. Except as set
forth on Section 2.17(d) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
, there are no actions that must be taken by the Company within
sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, including the payment of any
registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any
responses to PTO office actions, documents, applications or
certificates for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting
or preserving or renewing any Registered Intellectual Property
Rights. Company has not claimed any status in the application for
or registration of any Registered Intellectual Property Rights,
including "small business status," that would not be applicable to
Parent.
e. To the maximum extent provided for by, and in accordance
with, applicable laws and regulations, the Company has recorded
each assignment of a Patent assigned to the Company with the
relevant governmental entity.
f. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(f) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , and except for non-exclusive licenses
granted to end-user customers in the ordinary course of business,
all Company Intellectual Property that is wholly owned by Company
will be fully transferable, alienable or licensable by Surviving
Corporation and/or Parent without restriction and without payment
of any kind to any third party.
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g. The Company has no knowledge of any facts or circumstances
that the Company knows would render any Company Intellectual
Property invalid or unenforceable.
h. Each item of Company Intellectual Property that is wholly
owned by Company is free and clear of any liens or encumbrances,
except as set forth on Section 2.17(h) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule , and except for non-exclusive licenses granted to the
Company's customers in the ordinary course of business.
i. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(i) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , the Company has not (i) transferred
ownership of, or granted any exclusive license of or right to use,
or authorized the retention of any exclusive rights to use or joint
ownership of, any Intellectual Property that is or was material
Company Intellectual Property, to any other person, or (ii)
permitted Company's rights in such material Intellectual Property
to lapse or enter the public domain.
j. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(j) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , all Company Intellectual Property that is
owned by the Company and that is used in or necessary to the
conduct of Company's business as presently conducted or currently
planned or contemplated to be conducted by the Company was written
and created solely by either (i) employees of the Company acting
within the scope of their employment who have assigned (to the
maximum extent permitted under applicable law) their rights,
including all Intellectual Property rights therein, to the Company
or (ii) by third parties who have assigned (to the maximum extent
permitted under applicable law) their rights, including all
Intellectual Property rights therein, to the Company.
k. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.17(k) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , to the extent that any Intellectual
Property has been developed or created by a third party for Company
and is incorporated into any of the Company Products, the Company
has a written agreement with such third party with respect thereto
and Company thereby either (i) has obtained ownership of, and is
the exclusive owner of (with assignments sufficient to irrevocably
transfer (to the maximum extent permitted by law) all rights in and
to such Intellectual Property to the Company including, in the case
of Patent and Copyright assignments, the right to seek past and
future damages with respect thereto), or (ii) has obtained a
perpetual, nonterminable license sufficient for the conduct of its
business as currently conducted and as currently planned or
contemplated to be conducted to all such third party's Intellectual
Property in, such work, material or invention by operation of law
or by assignment, to the fullest extent it is legally possible to
do so.
l. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(l) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , the Company Intellectual Property
constitutes all the material Intellectual Property that is used in,
or any Intellectual Property that is necessary, to the conduct of
the business of the Company as it currently is conducted and as it
is currently planned or contemplated to be conducted by the
Company, including, without limitation, the design, development,
manufacture, use, import and sale of Company Products.
m. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(m) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , no person who has licensed any material
Intellectual Property to the Company has ownership rights or
license rights to improvements made by or for the Company in such
Intellectual Property.
n. Company has the right to use all Software development tools,
library functions, compilers and all other third-party Software
that are required to create, modify, compile, operate or support
any Software that is material Company Intellectual Property or is
incorporated into any Company Product. Without limiting the
foregoing, except as set forth in Section 2.17(n) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , no open source or public library
Software, including any version of any Software licensed pursuant
to any GNU public license, was used in the development or
modification of any Software that is Company Intellectual Property
or is incorporated into any Company Product.
o. No government funding, facilities of a university, college,
other educational institution or research center or funding from
third parties was used by Company in the development of any
Company
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Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(o) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule , to Company's knowledge, no
current or former employee, consultant or independent contractor of
Company, who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation
or development of any Company Intellectual Property, has performed
services for the government, university, college, or other
educational institution or research center during a period of time
during which such employee, consultant or independent contractor
was also performing services for Company.
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p. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(p) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , the operation of the business of the
Company as it is currently conducted, or is currently planned or
contemplated to be conducted by the Company, including but not
limited to the design, development, use, import, branding,
advertising, promotion, marketing, manufacture and distribution of
Company Products does not infringe or misappropriate and will not
infringe or misappropriate when conducted by Surviving Corporation
following the Closing (but only to the extent Surviving Corporation
conducts the operation of the business as it is currently
conducted, or is currently planned or contemplated to be conducted
by the Company), any Intellectual Property of any person, violate
any right of any person (including any right to privacy or
publicity), or constitute unfair competition or trade practices
under the laws of any jurisdiction and the Company has not received
notice from any person claiming that such operation or any act,
product, technology or service (including products, technology or
services currently under development) of the Company infringes or
misappropriates any Intellectual Property of any person or
constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of
any jurisdiction.
q. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(q) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , to Company's knowledge, no Company
Intellectual Property, Company Product or service of the Company is
subject to any proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment or
settlement agreement or stipulation that restricts in any manner
the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company or may affect
the validity, use or enforceability of such Company Intellectual
Property.
r. Other than inbound "shrink-wrap" and similar
publicly-available commercial licenses,
confidentiality/non-disclosure agreements, preprinted purchase
order terms and conditions, and employee invention assignment
agreements, Section 2.17(r)(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule lists all contracts, licenses and agreements to which
the Company is a party with respect to any Intellectual Property.
All such contracts are in full force and effect. Except as set
forth in Section 2.17(r)(ii) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company is not in material breach of any of the
foregoing contracts, licenses or agreements and, to the Company's
knowledge, no other party to any such contract, license or
agreement is in material breach thereof. Except as set forth in
Section 2.17(r)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule , the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will neither violate nor result in the breach, modification,
cancellation, termination or suspension of such contracts, licenses
and agreements. Except as set forth in Section 2.17(r)(ii) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, following the Closing Date,
the Surviving Corporation will be permitted to exercise all of
Company's rights under such contracts, licenses and agreements to
the same extent the Company would have been able to had the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred and
without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration
other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which Company would
otherwise be required to pay.
s. Section 2.17(s) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists all material contracts, licenses and agreements between the
Company and any other person wherein or whereby the Company has
expressly agreed to, or assumed, any obligation or duty to warrant,
indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise assume
or incur any obligation or liability or provide a right of
rescission with respect to the infringement or misappropriation by
the Company or such other person of the Intellectual Property
Rights of any person other than the Company.
t. Except as set forth in Section 2.17(t) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , to the knowledge of the Company, there
are no contracts, licenses or agreements between the Company and
any other person with respect to Company Intellectual Property
under which there is any material dispute
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regarding the scope of such agreement, or performance under
such agreement, including with respect to any payments to be made
or received by the Company thereunder.
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u. Except as set forth in Section 2.17(u) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , to the Company's knowledge, no person is
infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual
Property.
v. The Company has taken all steps that are reasonably required
to protect the Company's rights in confidential information and
trade secrets of the Company or provided by any other person to the
Company. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company has and
enforces a policy requiring each employee and consultant of the
Company to execute a proprietary rights and confidentiality
agreement substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit C
and all current employees and consultants of Company who have
created or modified any of the Company Intellectual Property have
executed such an agreement.
w. Except as set forth on Section 2.17(w) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule , neither this Agreement nor the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will trigger under any
Contract to which Company is a party (i) either Parent's or the
Surviving Corporation's granting to any third party any right to
any Intellectual Property owned by, or licensed to, either of them
which, in the case of Surviving Corporation, would not have been
granted by the Company had the Closing not occurred, (ii) either
the Parent's or the Surviving Corporation's being bound by, or
subject to, any non-compete or other restriction on the operation
or scope of their respective businesses which, in the case of
Surviving Corporation, the Company would not have been bound by or
subject to had the Closing not occurred, or (iii) either the
Parent's or the Surviving Corporation's being obligated to pay any
royalties or other amounts to any third party in excess of those
payable by Company prior to the Closing under any Contract to which
Company is a party.
2.18 Agreements, Contracts and
Commitments .
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vii. any agreement, contract or commitment relating to the
disposition or acquisition of assets or any interest in any
business enterprise outside the ordinary course of the Company's
business;
viii. any mortgages, indentures, guarantees, loans or credit
agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments
relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit;
ix. any purchase order or contract for the purchase of materials
or services involving single source suppliers, custom manufacturers
or involving in excess of $25,000 individually or $50,000 in the
aggregate;
x. any construction contracts;
xi. any dealer, distribution, joint marketing or development
agreement;
xii. any sales representative, original equipment manufacturer,
value added, remarketer, distributor, reseller, or independent
software vendor, or other agreement for distribution of the
Company's products, technology or services by a third party;
xiii. any Contract of indemnification or any guaranty other than
any Contract of indemnification entered into in connection with the
sale, license, distribution and development of Intellectual
Property and advertising in the ordinary course of business;
xiv. any Contract currently in force to provide source code to
any third party for any product or technology;
xv. any material settlement agreement entered into prior to the
date of this Agreement pursuant to which the Company has continuing
obligations or rights;
xvi. any Contract under which the consequences of a default or
termination would reasonably be anticipated to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company;
xvii. any executory agreement under which the Company has
advanced or loaned any amount to any of its directors, officers,
and employees;
xviii. any revenue or profit participation Contract which
involves aggregate annual payments of more than $20,000; or
xix. any other Contract that involves $25,000 individually or
$50,000 in the aggregate or more and is not cancelable without
penalty within thirty (30) days, and any other Contract that is not
cancelable without penalty within twelve (12) months.
2.19 Insurance. Section 2.19 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all insurance
policies and fidelity bonds covering the assets, business,
equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and
directors of the Company or any Affiliate. There is no claim by the
Company, or any Affiliate pending under any of such policies or
bonds as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed
by the underwriters of such policies or bonds. All premiums due and
payable under all such policies and bonds have been paid, and the
Company and its Affiliates are otherwise in material compliance
with the terms of such policies and bonds (or other policies and
bonds providing substantially similar insurance coverage). The
Company does not have any knowledge of threatened termination of,
or premium increase with respect to, any of such policies.
2.20 Interested Party
Transactions . Except as disclosed in the Company's
financial statements, no officer, director or shareholder of the
Company (nor any ancestor, sibling, descendant or spouse of any of
such persons, or any trust, partnership or corporation in which any
of such persons has or has had an interest), has or has had,
directly or indirectly, (i) an interest in any entity which
furnished or sold, or furnishes or sells, services, products or
technology that the Company furnishes or sells, or proposes to
furnish or sell, or (ii) any interest in any entity that purchases
from or sells or furnishes to the Company,
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any goods or services, or (iii) a beneficial interest in any
Contract to which the Company is a party; provided ,
however , that ownership of no more than one percent (1%) of
the outstanding voting stock of a publicly traded corporation shall
not be deemed to be an "interest in any entity" for purposes of
this Section 2.20 .
2.21 Accounts Receivable . Except as
set forth in Section 2.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
, the accounts and notes receivable of the Company reflected on the
Company Financials, and all accounts and notes receivable of the
Company and arising subsequent to the date of the Current Balance
Sheet, (a) arose from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice, and are payable
on ordinary trade terms, (b) are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, (c) are current and collectible, (d)
are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim, and (e) do
not represent obligations for goods sold on consignment, on
approval or on a sale-or-return basis or subject to any other
repurchase or return arrangement.
2.22 Governmental Authorizations and
Permits . Each Approval (i) pursuant to which the
Company currently operates or holds any interest in any of its
properties, or (ii) which is required for, or material to, the
operation of the Company's business as currently conducted or
currently contemplated to be conducted or the holding of any such
interest (collectively, " Company Authorizations ") has been
issued or granted to the Company. The Company Authorizations are in
full force and effect and constitute all Company Authorizations
required to permit the Company to operate or conduct its business
or hold any interest in its properties or assets.
2.23 Brokers' and Finders' Fees .
The Company has not incurred, nor will it incur, directly or
indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders' fees or agents'
commissions or any similar charges in connection with the Agreement
or any transaction contemplated hereby.
2.24 Warranties; Indemnities .
Except for the warranties and indemnities contained in those
Contracts and agreements set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule and warranties implied by law, the Company has not
given any warranties or indemnities relating to products or
technology sold or services rendered by the Company.
2.25 Information Statement . The
information supplied by the Company for inclusion in the
information statement to be sent to the shareholders of the Company
in connection with the Company shareholders' consideration of the
Merger (the " Company Shareholder Action ") (such
information statement as amended or supplemented is referred to
herein as the " Information Statement ") shall not, on the
date the Information Statement is first mailed to the Company's
shareholders, at the time of the Company Shareholder Action or at
the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at such time, is
false or misleading with respect to any material fact, or omit to
state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements
made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not false or misleading, or omit to state any material fact
necessary to correct any statement in any earlier communication
with respect to the solicitation of proxies or written consents for
the Company Shareholder Action which has become false or
misleading.
2.26 Employment Arrangements . Steve
Haley, Jan Norelid, Richard McGee and Janice Haley shall have
delivered executed employment agreements (each, an " Employment
Agreements "), which Employment Agreements shall be effective
as of the Closing Date. Such Employment Agreements will have set
forth employment arrangements which will (i) have terms, including
the position, salary and responsibilities of such employee, which
will be determined by the Company's management, (ii) be for a term
of not less than three years from Closing, and (iii) supersede any
prior employment agreements and other arrangements with such
employee in effect prior to the Closing Date.
2.27 Disclosure . The
representations and warranties of the Company contained in this
Agreement, together with the Company Disclosure Schedule and any
certificate furnished to Parent pursuant to any provision of this
Agreement do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The Company has delivered or made
available true and complete copies of each document (or summaries
of same) that has been requested in writing by Parent or its
counsel.
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The Company has not failed to disclose to Parent any fact or
circumstance that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
ARTICLE 3: REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND SUB
Parent and Sub hereby represent and warrant to the Company, subject
to such exceptions as are disclosed with respect to this Article
3 in the disclosure schedule (the " Parent Disclosure
Schedule ") delivered herewith and dated as of the date hereof,
as follows:
3.1 Authority Relative to this
Agreement . Each of Parent and Sub has full corporate
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party, to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. Parent's Board of
Directors has unanimously approved this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which the Parent is a party. The execution and
delivery by each of Parent and Sub of this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and, the consummation
by Parent and Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and the performance by each of Parent and Sub of their
respective obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of
Parent and Sub and no further action is required on the part of
Parent and Sub to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements have been or will be, as applicable, duly and
validly executed and delivered by Parent and Sub and, assuming the
due authorization, execution and delivery hereof by the Company
and/or the other parties thereto, each constitutes or will
constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
each of Parent and Sub enforceable against Parent and Sub in
accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by
general principles of equity.
3.2 Organization and Qualification .
Each of Parent and Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
Nevada. Each of Parent and Sub has full corporate power and
authority to conduct its business as presently conducted and to
own, use, license and lease its Assets and Properties. Each of
Parent and Sub is duly qualified, licensed or admitted to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership, use, licensing or leasing of its Assets and Properties,
or the conduct or nature of its business, makes such qualification,
licensing or admission necessary, except for such failures to be so
duly qualified, licensed or admitted and in good standing as would
not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.3 No Conflict . The execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Documents to
which the Parent or Sub is a party do not, and, the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with, or
result in any violation of, or default under (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both), or give rise to a Conflict under
(i) any provision of the articles of incorporation, as amended, and
bylaws of Parent or Sub, (ii) any mortgage, indenture, lease,
contract or other agreement or instrument, permit, concession,
franchise or license to which Parent or any of its respective
properties or assets are subject or (iii) any Legal Requirement
applicable to Parent or Sub or their respective properties or
assets, except in each case where such Conflict will not have a
Material Adverse Effect or will not affect the legality, validity
or enforceability of this Agreement.
3.4 Consents . No consent, waiver,
Approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration
or filing with, any Governmental Authority, or any third party is
required by or with respect to Parent or Sub in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Ancillary
Agreements to which Parent or Sub is a party or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i)
such consents, waivers, Approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under
applicable securities laws, (ii) such consents, waivers, Approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings
which, if not obtained or made, would not,
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individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect, and (iii) the filing of the Agreement of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Nevada.
3.5 Parent Capital
Stock .
a. Common Stock with a par value
$0.001 per share (" Parent Common Stock "), of which at or
just prior to the time of Closing 24,000,000 shares will be issued
and outstanding on a fully-diluted basis after certain
adjustments,
and 50,000,000 shares of authorized Preferred Stock with a par
value $0.001 per share, of which at the time of closing no shares
of Parent Preferred Stock will be issued and outstanding, excluding
the
1,300,000 shares
of Parent Common Stock to be issued on close of the
proposed Private Placement to be conducted in support of this
Agreement; and further excluding 2,783,000 shares of Parent Common
Stock to
be issued to
purchase certain trademark rights to the name "Celsius". In
addition to the foregoing, on Closing Parent will issue warrants to
Investa Capital Partners Inc. representing 3,557,812 shares of
Parent
Common Stock
on the terms on conditions set out in Exhibit G to this
Agreement, along with the Merger Shares on Closing. All outstanding
shares of Parent Common Stock at the time of Closing will be
duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to preemptive rights created
by statute, the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Parent or
any agreement to which Parent
is a party or by
which it is bound and have been issued in compliance with federal
and state securities laws. Parent, at the time of Closing will have
no other capital stock authorized, issued or outstanding. Other
than as described
above, in Section 3.5 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule ,
and in the Registration Rights Agreement, there are no outstanding
rights, options, warrants, preemptive rights, redemption rights,
rights
of first refusal
or similar rights for the purchase or acquisition from Parent of
any securities of Parent. There have been, and currently are,
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b. There are no Contracts of any character, written or oral, to
which the Parent is a party or by which it is bound obligating the
Parent or Sub to repurchase or redeem, or cause to be repurchased
or redeemed, any shares of Parent Capital Stock, or obligating the
Parent to grant, extend, accelerate the Vesting of, change the
price of, otherwise amend or enter into any such option, warrant,
call, right, commitment or agreement. There are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation,
or other similar rights with respect to the Parent.
c. Except as set forth in Section 3.5(c) of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule , there are no preemptive rights or
agreements, arrangements or understandings to issue preemptive
rights with respect to the issuance or sale of Parent Capital Stock
created by statute, the articles of incorporation or bylaws of the
Company, or any agreement or other arrangement to which the Parent
is a party (written or oral) or by which it is bound and there are
no agreements, arrangements or understandings to which the Parent
is a party (written or oral) pursuant to which the Parent has the
right to elect to satisfy any Liabilities by issuing Parent Capital
Stock or Equity Equivalents.
d. Except as set forth in Section 3.5(d) of the Parent
Disclosure Schedule , the Parent is not a party or subject to
any agreement or understanding, and, to the Parent's knowledge,
there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding between or
among any Persons which affects, restricts or relates to voting or
giving of written consents with respect to the Parent Capital
Stock, including any voting trust agreement or proxy. Except as set
forth in Section 3.5(d) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule ,
no debt securities of the Parent are issued and outstanding.
3.6 Issuance of Parent Common Stock
. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the
Merger, when issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and
non-assessable and will be free of liens, charges, encumbrances and
restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on transfer under
this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and applicable state and
federal securities laws and will be, subject to the truth and
accuracy of the representations made by the Company in Section
2.3 and by the Company Shareholders in the Shareholder
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Certificate, issued in compliance with applicable federal and
state securities laws. The shares of Parent Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to the Merger are not subject to any preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal or other similar rights that have
not been effectively waived. The Parent Common Stock issuable upon
exercise of the Company Options assumed by Parent pursuant to this
Agreement has been duly and validly reserved and, when issued in
compliance with the provisions of such assumed instruments and the
articles of incorporation, as amended, of Parent, will be validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and will be free of liens,
charges, encumbrances and restrictions on transfer other than
restrictions on transfer under this Agreement and applicable state
and federal securities laws.
3.7 Parent Financial
Statements . Parent has delivered to the Company (a)
the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent as of
September 30, 2006 and 2005, and the related audited statements of
operations, changes in holders' equity and cash flows,
respectively, for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2006 and
2005 (the " Parent Annual Financial Statements ") and (b)
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Parent as of December
31, 2006, and the related unaudited statement of operations for the
three month period ended on such date (the " Parent Interim
Financial Statements " and, together with Parent Annual
Financial Statements, the " Parent Financials "). The Parent
Financials (including the notes to the Parent Annual Financial
Statements) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods indicated therein and
present fairly in all material respects the financial position and
operating results of Parent as of the dates and during the periods
indicated therein, subject (1) to adjustments in compensation
expense required by the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with equity compensation, (2) to adjustments resulting
from changes in accounting standards and emerging interpretive
guidance relating to standards of financial accounting and
reporting, and (3) in the case of the Parent Interim Financial
Statements, to normal quarter-end and year-end adjustments, and
except that the Parent Interim Financial Statements may not contain
footnotes. The Parent's audited consolidated balance sheet as of
September 30, 2006 is referred to herein as the " Parent Current
Balance Sheet ."
3.8 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as reflected or reserved against
in Parents' Financials (including the notes thereto) or as
disclosed in Section 3.8 of the Parent Disclosure
Schedule , there are no Liabilities of, relating to or
affecting the Parent or any of its Assets and Properties, other
than Liabilities incurred (a) in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice since the date of the Current Balance
Sheet which, individually and in the aggregate, are not material to
the business or condition of the Parent or Sub or (b) in connection
with and in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
3.9 Absence of Certain
Changes . Since September 30, 2006, except as set forth
in Section 3.9 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule Parent has
operated its business in the ordinary course consistent with past
practice, and since such date:
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a. there has not occurred any change, event or condition that
has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect;
b. there has not occurred any amendment or change in its
articles of incorporation or bylaws;
c. there has not occurred any material change in accounting
methods or practices;
d. the Parent has not made any declaration, setting aside or
payment of a dividend on, or made any other distribution in respect
of, the capital stock of Parent, or any split, combination or
recapitalization of the capital stock of Parent or any direct or
indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any capital
stock of Parent or any change in any rights, preferences,
privileges or restrictions on any outstanding security of
Parent
e. the Parent has not entered into any transaction with any
officer, director, shareholder, Affiliate or Associate of the
Parent, other than pursuant to any Contract in effect as of the
date of the Current Balance Sheet and disclosed to Parent and
identified on the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
f. no Action or Proceeding has been commenced, threatened,
settled or compromised by the Parent and, to the knowledge of the
Parent, no facts or circumstances exist that would give rise to
any
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Action or Proceeding (including without limitation, an Action or
Proceeding arising out of Parent's mining property or search for
mineral deposits);
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g. the Parent has not: (A) issued, granted, delivered, sold or
authorized or proposed to issue, grant, deliver or sell, or
purchased or proposed to purchase, any shares of Parent Capital
Stock or Equity Equivalents, (B) modified or amended the rights of
any holder of any outstanding shares of Parent Capital Stock or
Equity Equivalents (including to reduce or alter the consideration
to be paid to the Parent upon the exercise of any outstanding
options, warrants, stock purchase rights or other Equity
Equivalents); and (C) not granted any options with an exercise
price of less than the fair market value of the Parent's Common
Stock on the date the option was granted.
h. the Parent has not made or agreed to make any disposition or
sale, license or lease of, or incurrence of any Lien in an amount
exceeding $5,000 individually or $10,000 in the aggregate, on, any
Assets and Properties;
i. the Parent has not made or agreed to make any purchase of any
Assets and Properties of any Person other than (i) acquisitions of
inventory, or licenses of products, in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice and (ii) other acquisitions
in an amount not exceeding $5,000 in the case of any individual
item or $10,000 in the aggregate;
j. the Parent has not made or agreed to make any capital
expenditures or commitments for additions to property, plant or
equipment constituting capital assets individually or in the
aggregate in an amount exceeding $5,000;
k. the Parent has not made or agreed to make any write-off or
write-down, or any determination to write off or write-down, or
revalue, any of its Assets and Properties, or change any reserves
or liabilities associated therewith in an amount exceeding
$5,000;
l. the Parent has not made or agreed to make payment, discharge
or satisfaction, in an amount in excess of $5,000 in any one case,
or $10,000 in the aggregate, of any claim, Liability or obligation
(whether absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or
otherwise), other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction in
the ordinary course of business of Liabilities reflected or
reserved against in the Parent Financials;
m. the Parent has not failed to pay or otherwise satisfy any
Liabilities when due and payable, except such Liabilities which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate means or procedures
and which, individually and in the aggregate, are immaterial in
amount;
n. the Parent has not created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed
any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000, or issued
or sold any debt securities, or extended or otherwise modified the
terms of any Indebtedness;
o. the Parent has not granted or approved (i) any severance or
termination pay to, (ii) any increase of greater than five percent
(5%) in salary, rate of commissions, rate of consulting fees or any
other compensation of, (iii) the payment of any consideration of
any nature whatsoever (other than salary, commissions or consulting
fees and customary benefits paid to any current or former officer,
director, shareholder, employee or consultant) to, (iv) any loan or
extension of credit to, or (v) any discretionary or stay bonus to,
any director, current or former officer, employee, shareholder or
consultant;
p. the Parent has not adopted, entered into, amended, modified
or terminated (partially or completely) any Employee Plan (as
defined in Section 2.15(a)(vi));
q. there has been no filed claim or written notice to the
Parent, and Parent has no knowledge of facts or circumstances that
would give rise to a claim of wrongful discharge or other unlawful
labor practice or action with respect to the Parent;
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r. the Parent has not made or changed any material election in
respect of Taxes, adopted or changed any accounting method in
respect of Taxes, entered into any tax allocation agreement, Tax
sharing agreement, Tax indemnity agreement or closing agreement,
settlement or compromise of any claim or assessment in respect of
Taxes, nor has it consented to any extension or waiver of the
statute of limitations period applicable to any claim or assessment
in respect of Taxes;
s. the Parent has not failed to renew any insurance policy; no
insurance policy of the Parent has been cancelled or materially
amended; and the Parent has given all notices and presented all
claims (if any) under all such policies in a timely fashion;
t. there has been no material amendment or non-renewal of any
Approvals, and the Parent has used commercially reasonable efforts
to maintain such Approvals and has observed in all material
respects all Laws and Orders applicable to the business or Assets
and Properties of the Parent;
u. there has been no physical damage, destruction or other
casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting any
of the real or personal property or equipment of the Parent
individually or in the aggregate in an amount exceeding $5,000,
other than ordinary wear and tear;
v. the Parent has not entered into any employment Contract, or
modified the terms of any existing such Contract;
w. the Parent has not entered into or approved any contract,
arrangement or understanding or acquiesced in respect of any
arrangement or understanding, to do, engage in or cause or having
the effect of any of the foregoing items described in the preceding
clauses of this Section 3.90.
3.10 Dividends or Distributions .
Parent has not declared or paid any dividends or authorized or made
any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its
capital stock.
3.11 Registration Rights . Except as
provided in the Registration Rights Agreement attached as Exhibit
H, Parent is presently not obligated and has not granted any rights
to register under the Securities Act or to register or qualify
under any state securities any of its presently outstanding
securities or any of its securities that may subsequently be
issued.
3.12 Legal Proceedings . There are,
and since the date of the Parent Current Balance Sheet, have been,
no material Actions or Proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
the Parent, threatened against, relating to or affecting the Parent
or any of its Assets and Properties and Parent has not received
notice or otherwise has knowledge of any Orders outstanding against
the Parent.
3.13 Employment Matters . Parent has
no employees. There are no pending material claims or actions
against the Parent under any worker's compensation policy or
long-term disability policy.
3.14 Patents and Trademarks . To
Parent's knowledge, Parent owns, or has the right to use (or will
be able to obtain the right to use on reasonable commercial terms),
all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses, trade secrets or other proprietary rights necessary to
its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted
without conflicting with or infringing upon the right or claimed
right of any person under or with respect to the forgoing, except
as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent.
3.15 Compliance with Other
Instruments . Parent is not in violation or default of
any provision of its articles of incorporation or bylaws, each as
amended and in effect on and as of the date hereof. Parent is not
in violation or default of any material provision of any
instrument, mortgage, deed of trust, loan, contract, commitment,
judgment, decree, order or obligation to which it is a party or by
which it or any of its properties or assets are bound which would,
individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in
a Material Adverse Effect or of any provision of any federal, state
or, to its knowledge, local statute, rule or governmental
regulation which would, individually or in the aggregate, be
reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The
execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Parent is a
party, and the exchange and delivery
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of the Merger Consideration will not result in any such
violation, be in Conflict with or constitute, with or without the
passage of time or giving of notice, a default under any such
provision, require any consent or waiver under any such provision
(other than any consents or waivers that have been obtained), or
result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance
or charge upon any of the Assets and Properties of Parent pursuant
to any such provision.
3.16 Title to Property and Assets .
Parent owns its Assets and Property free and clear of all
mortgages, liens, loans and encumbrances, except such encumbrances
and liens which arise in the ordinary course of business and do not
materially impair Parent's ownership or use of such Assets and
Property. With respect to the Assets and Property it leases, Parent
is in compliance with such leases in all material respects and, to
its knowledge, holds a valid leasehold interest free of any liens,
claims or encumbrances.
3.17 Books and Records;
Organizational Documents .
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a. The books, records and accounts of the Parent delivered to
Company for inspection are true, complete and correct in all
material respects.
b. The Parent has devised and maintains a system of internal
accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances
that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's
general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary (A) to permit preparation of financial statements in
conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable to such
statements, and (B) to maintain accountability for assets; and
(iii) the amounts recorded for assets and liabilities on the books
and records of the Parent are in accordance with GAAP.
c. The Parent has delivered to Parent or its counsel for
examination the following: (a) copies of the articles of
incorporation and bylaws of the Parent as currently in effect; (b)
all written records of all proceedings, consents, actions, and
meetings of the shareholders, board of directors and any committees
thereof of the Parent; (c) stock ledger and journal reflecting all
stock issuances and transfers of the Parent; and (d) all Permits
from Governmental Authorities issued to the Parent by, and filings
by the Parent with, any regulatory agency, and all applications for
such permits, orders, and consents. The written records of all
proceedings, consents, actions, and meetings of the shareholders,
board of directors and any committees thereof of the Parent made
available to counsel for Parent are the only minutes of the Parent
and contain accurate summaries of all meetings or actions by
written consent of the Board of Directors (or committees thereof)
of the Parent and its shareholders since the time of incorporation
of the Parent.
3.18 Disclosure . The
representations and warranties of the Parent and Sub contained in
this Agreement, together with the Parent Disclosure Schedule and
any certificate furnished to Company pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement do not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. Parent has not failed to
disclose to the Company any fact or circumstances that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
Parent.
3.19
Brokers and Finders' Fees . Parent has not incurred,
nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for
brokerage or finders' fees or agents' commissions or any similar
charges in connection with the Agreement or any transaction
contemplated hereby.
3.20 Tax Returns, Payments and
Elections . The Parent has prepared and timely filed
all required federal, state, local and foreign returns, estimates,
information statements and reports ("Returns") and such Returns are
true and correct in all material respects and have been completed
in accordance with applicable law. The provisions for Taxes of
Parent as shown in the Parent Financials are adequate in all
material respects for Taxes due or accrued as of the date hereof.
Since the date of the Parent Interim Financial Statements, Parent
has not incurred any material Taxes, assessments or governmental
charges other than in the ordinary course of business and Parent
has made adequate provisions on its books of account for all
material Taxes, assessments and governmental charges with respect
to its business, properties and operations for such period.
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3.21
Parent SEC Documents . Parent has furnished or made
available to the Company, Indemnifying Officer and Securityholder
Representative a correct and complete copy of Parent's Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB filed with the SEC with respect to the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2006, and Parent's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-QSB filed with the SEC with respect to the fiscal quarter
ended June 30, 2006, (the " Form 10-QSB "), and registration
statement filed on Form 8-K filed by Parent with the SEC on or
after the date of filing of the Form 10-QSB, which are all the
documents that Parent was required to file (or otherwise did file)
with the SEC in accordance with Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act on or after the date of filing with the SEC
of the Form SB-2 (as amended, the "Parent SEC Documents"). As of
their respective filing dates, or in the case of the Form SB-2
registration statement, their respective effective times, none of
the Parent SEC Documents (including all exhibits and schedules
thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) contained
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, and the Parent SEC Documents
complied when filed, or in the case of registration statements, as
of their respective effective times, in all material respects with
the then applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the
Securities Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
3 .22
Information Statement . The information supplied by
Parent in writing for inclusion in the Information Statement shall
not, on the date the Information Statement is first mailed to the
Company's shareholders, at the time of the Company Shareholder
Action or at the Effective Time, contain any statement which, at
such time, is false or misleading with respect to any material
fact, or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they are made, not false or misleading, or omit to state any
material fact necessary to correct any statement based on
information provided in writing by Parent for inclusion in any
earlier communication with respect to the solicitation of proxies
or written consents for the Company Shareholder Action which has
become false or misleading.
3.23 Closing
Cash Statement . The Closing Cash Statement delivered
by Parent pursuant to Section 5.21 will state the amount of
Parent's cash and cash equivalents (within the meanings of such
terms under GAAP) on the Closing Date, which shall not be less than
One Million One Hundred Thousand (US$ 1,100,000) United States
Dollars.
3.24
Subsidiaries . The Parent does not have any
Subsidiaries other than Sub and does not otherwise own any shares
of capital stock or any interest in (or any interest convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable for any such interest), or control,
directly or indirectly, any other corporation, partnership,
association, joint venture or other business entity. The Parent has
not agreed and is not obligated to make any future investment in or
capital contribution to any Person.
ARTICLE 4: CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE TIME
4.1 Conduct of Business . During the
period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the
earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to
Article 8 hereof and the Effective Time, each of the Parent,
Sub and Company agree (unless such party is required to take such
action pursuant to this Agreement or such other party shall give
its prior consent in writing), subject to the prohibitions set
forth in this Section 4.1 and in Section 4.2 , to
carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course
consistent with past practice, to pay its Liabilities, Taxes and
other obligations consistent with its past practices (and in any
event when due), and, to the extent consistent with such business,
to preserve intact its present business organization, keep
available the services of its present officers and key employees
and preserve its relationships with customers, suppliers,
distributors, licensees, independent contractors and other Persons
having business dealings with it, all with the express purpose and
intent of preserving unimpaired its goodwill and ongoing businesses
at the Effective Time. Except as expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, none of the parties shall, without the prior written
consent of such other party, take or agree in writing or otherwise
to take, any action that would result in the occurrence of any of
the changes described in Section 2.10 or Section 3.9 or any
other action that would make any of its representations or
warranties contained in this Agreement untrue or incorrect in any
material respect (individually or in the
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aggregate) or prevent such party from performing
or cause it not to perform its agreements and covenants hereunder
or cause any condition to any other party's closing obligations in
Article 6 not to be satisfied. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, during the period from the date of this Agreement
until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Article 8 hereof, or the Effective Time, the
respective party or parties shall not, except as set forth in such
party's respective Disclosure Schedule, cause or permit any of the
following, without the prior written consent of the respective
other party:
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a. Stock Option Plans : accelerate, amend or change the
period of exercisability or vesting of Options or other rights
granted under its stock plans or otherwise, authorize cash payments
in exchange for any Options or other rights granted under any of
such plans, grant any additional Options or waive any repurchase
rights with respect to any Restricted Stock;
b. Intellectual Property : (i) sell, license or transfer
to any person or entity any rights to any Company Intellectual
Property or enter into any Contract with respect to any Company
Intellectual Property with any person or entity; provided ,
that the Company may enter into non-exclusive licenses of Company
Intellectual Property with licensees (A) in the ordinary course of
the Company's business consistent with past practice and (B)
outside of the ordinary course of the Company's business consistent
with past practice with the prior written consent of Parent, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) buy or
license any Intellectual Property or enter into any agreement with
respect to the Intellectual Property of any person or entity, other
than with respect to off-the-shelf software pursuant to "shrink
wrap" or "click wrap" license agreements, (iii) enter into any
agreement with respect to the development of any Intellectual
Property with a third party, or (iv) change pricing or royalties
charged by the Company to its customers or licensees, or agree to
any change in the pricing or royalties set or charged by persons
who have licensed Intellectual Property to the Company;
c. Product and Technology Rights : enter into or amend
any Contract, commitment or transaction pursuant to which any other
party is granted marketing, distribution, development or other
similar rights of any type or scope with respect to any of products
or technology of the Company;
d. Contracts : amend or otherwise modify (or agree to do
so), or violate the terms of, any of the Contracts set forth or
described in the respective Disclosure Schedule;
e. Capital Stock : declare, set aside, or pay any
dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash,
stock or property) in respect of any Capital Stock, or split,
combine or reclassify any Capital Stock or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for shares of Capital Stock, or repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of Capital
Stock (or options, warrants or other rights exercisable therefor);
f. Issuances of Capital Stock : issue, grant, deliver or
sell or authorize or propose the issuance, grant, delivery or sale
of, or purchase or propose the purchase of, any shares of Capital
Stock or any securities convertible into, or subscriptions, rights,
warrants or Options to acquire, or other agreements or commitments
of any character obligating it to issue or purchase any such shares
or other convertible securities, except for issuances of Company
Common Stock pursuant to exercises of Company Options or Company
Warrants disclosed in Section 2.3(c) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and the conversion of the Company Preferred Stock
disclosed in Section 2.3(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule ;
g. Amendments to Articles : cause or permit any
amendments to such party's articles of incorporation or bylaws;
h. Dispositions : sell, lease, license or otherwise
dispose of or encumber any Assets or Property, except for Assets or
Property that are not Company Intellectual Property in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice; provided ,
that the Company may enter into non-exclusive licenses of Company
Intellectual Property with licensees (A) in the ordinary course of
the Company's business consistent with past practice and (B)
outside of the ordinary course of the
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Company's business consistent with past practice with the prior
written consent of Parent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed;
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i. Indebtedness : incur any indebtedness for borrowed
money or guarantee any such indebtedness, issue or sell any debt
securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire
any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of others,
enter into any "keep well" or other agreement to maintain any
financial statement condition, or enter into any arrangement having
the economic effect of any of the foregoing other than in
connection with the financing of ordinary course trade payables and
capital equipment leases consistent with past practice;
j. Loans : grant any loans to others or purchase debt
securities of others or amend the terms of any outstanding loan
agreement;
k. Payment of Obligations : pay, discharge or satisfy any
claim or Liability arising other than in the ordinary course of
business, other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction of
Liabilities reflected or reserved against in such respective
party's Financials or incurred since the date of the Current
Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business and reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement;
l. Expenditures : make any expenditures or enter into any
commitment or transaction exceeding $25,000 individually or $50,000
in the aggregate as to the Company and $2,500 individually or
$5,000 in the aggregate as to the Parent;
m. Insurance : reduce the amount of any insurance
coverage provided by existing insurance policies;
n. Employees : hire or terminate any Employees, or
encourage any Company Employees to resign from the Company, other
than Non-Continuing Employees;
o. Severance Arrangements : grant or increase or modify
in favor of any Employee any severance or termination pay to any
Employee except payments made pursuant to standard written
agreements or plans outstanding on the date hereof and disclosed in
the respective party's Disclosure Schedule;
p. Employee Contracts : enter into or amend any Contract
with any officer, director or employee;
q. Employee Plans : adopt or amend any Employee Plan,
enter into any employment Contract, pay or agree to pay any special
bonus or special remuneration to any director, officer or Employee,
or increase the salaries, wage rates, or other compensation of its
Employees except payments made pursuant to standard written
agreements in place on the date hereof and disclosed in the
respective party's Disclosure Schedule;
r. Litigation : commence or settle any litigation (other
than a lawsuit for breach of this Agreement);
s. Taxes : make or change any material election in
respect of Taxes, adopt or change any accounting method in respect
of Taxes, enter into any closing agreement, settle or compromise
any claim or assessment in respect of Taxes, or consent to any
extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any
claim or assessment in respect of Taxes;
t. Acquisitions : acquire or agree to acquire by merging
or consolidating with, or by purchasing any assets or equity
securities of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business
organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to
acquire any assets which are material, individually or in the
aggregate, to the respective party's business;
u. Revaluation : revalue any of its assets, including,
without limitation, writing down the value of inventory or writing
off notes or accounts receivable; or
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v. Other : take or agree in writing or otherwise to take,
any of the actions described in Section 4.1(a) through
Section 4.1(u) above, or any other action that would prevent
the respective party from performing, or cause the respective party
not to perform, its covenants and agreements hereunder.
4.2 No Solicitation . Until the
earlier of (i) the Effective Time, or (ii) the date of termination
of this Agreement pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.1
hereof, the parties shall not, nor shall the parties permit any of
its directors, employees, shareholders, agents, representatives or
Affiliates to (and each party shall instruct them not to), directly
or indirectly, take any of the following actions with any third
party: (a) solicit, encourage, initiate or participate in any
inquiry, negotiations or discussions with respect to any
Acquisition Proposal (provided that this subsection (a) shall not,
by its reference to the defined term "Acquisition Proposal", and
such term's reference to subsection (i) of the defined term
"Competing Transaction," prohibit discussions and negotiations with
existing or potential customers regarding commercial services
relationships in the ordinary course of business), (b) disclose any
material non-public information to any Person concerning the such
party's business, technologies or properties, or afford to any
Person or entity access to its properties, technologies, books or
records, not customarily afforded to new non-strategic customers in
the ordinary course of business, (c) assist or cooperate with any
Person to make any Acquisition Proposal, (d) enter into any
Contract with any Person other than de minimus Contracts in
the ordinary course of business, or (e) effect any Competing
Transaction; provided , however , that (d) and (e)
shall not prohibit the Company from, on and after November 24,
2006, entering into non-exclusive licenses of Company Intellectual
Property with licensees (A) in the ordinary course of the Company's
business consistent with past practice and (B) outside of the
ordinary course of the Company's business consistent with past
practice with the prior written consent of Parent, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In the event that a
party or any of such party's Affiliates shall receive, prior to the
earlier of the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement
pursuant to Article 8 hereof, any Acquisition Proposal, or
request, directly or indirectly, of the type referenced in clause
(a) or (c) above, or any request for disclosure or access pursuant
to clause (b) above, such party shall immediately notify the other
party thereof, including information as to the identity of the
offeror or the third party making any such Acquisition Proposal and
the specific terms of such Acquisition Proposal or request, as the
case may be, and such other information related thereto as the
other party hereto may reasonably request. The parties hereto agree
that irreparable damage would occur in the event that the
provisions of this Section 4.2 were not performed in
accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It
is accordingly agreed by the parties hereto that any party hereto
shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent
breaches of the provisions of this Section 4.2 and to
enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, this being in
addition to any other remedy to which such other party may be
entitled at law or in equity.
ARTICLE 5: ADDITIONAL
AGREEMENTS
5.1 Shareholder Approval .
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a. The Company shall submit this Agreement, the Agreement of
Merger and the transactions contemplated hereby to its shareholders
for approval and adoption as provided by Florida Law and the
articles of incorporation and bylaws of the Company within five
days of the date hereof. Such submission, and any proxy or consent
in connection therewith, (i) shall include a solicitation of the
approval of the holders of Company Common Stock and (ii) shall
specify that adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Merger
shall constitute approval by the Company Shareholders of the
appointment of Steve Haley as Securityholder Agent, under and as
defined in this Agreement. The Company shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the Company
Shareholders sufficient to (i) approve the Merger, this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) constitute a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and
Company Preferred Stock, voting together, (iii) constitute a
majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, and
(iv) enable the Closing to occur as promptly as practicable. In
addition, the Company shall (i) promptly submit for approval by the
Company Shareholders by the requisite vote (and in a manner
satisfactory to Parent) any payments of stock contemplated by this
Agreement that Parent determines may constitute "parachute
payments" pursuant to Section 280G of
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the Code, such that all such payments resulting from the
transactions contemplated hereby shall not be deemed to be
"parachute payments" pursuant to Section 280G of the Code or shall
be exempt from such treatment under such Section 280G, or (ii)
deliver to Parent evidence satisfactory to Parent that a Company
Shareholder vote was held in conformance with Section 280G and the
regulations thereunder, or that such requisite Shareholder approval
has not been obtained with respect to any payment of stock that may
be deemed to constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code and, as a consequence, that such
"parachute payment" shall not be made or provided.
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b. Each of Parent and the Company agrees to provide promptly to
the other such information concerning its business and affairs as
may be required or appropriate in the disclosure materials
submitted to the Company Shareholders (the " Soliciting
Materials ") and to cause its representatives to cooperate with
the other's representatives in the preparation of the Soliciting
Materials. The Soliciting Materials submitted to the Company
Shareholders shall be subject to the review and approval by Parent
(and include information regarding the Company, the terms of the
Merger and this Agreement and the recommendation of the Board of
Directors of the Company in favor of the Merger and this Agreement,
and the transactions contemplated hereby). The Company warrants
that none of the information contained in any documents mailed or
delivered to the Company Shareholders in connection with soliciting
their consent to this Agreement or the Merger, including the
Soliciting Materials, will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made,
not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company makes no
representation or warranty with respect to any information supplied
by Parent in writing specifically for inclusion or incorporation by
reference in any of the Soliciting Materials. Parent warrants that
none of the information supplied by Parent in writing for inclusion
in any documents mailed or delivered to the Company Shareholders in
connection with soliciting their consent to this Agreement and the
Merger, including the Soliciting Materials, will contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
are made, not misleading. The Company shall promptly advise Parent,
and Parent shall promptly advise the Company, in writing, if at any
time prior to the Effective Time either the Company or Parent shall
obtain knowledge of any facts that would make it necessary or
appropriate to amend or supplement the Soliciting Materials in
order to make the statements contained or incorporated by reference
therein not misleading or to comply with applicable Law.
c. The Company agrees to arrange for, at Parent's expense (not
to exceed $5,000), a Purchaser Representative who shall have such
knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the
Purchaser Representative is capable of evaluating the merits and
risks of an investment in the Parent Common Stock, and who shall
otherwise satisfy the requirements of Rule 501(h) under the
Securities Act, to act as "purchaser representative" within the
meaning of Rule 501(h) under the Securities Act, for certain of the
Company Shareholders in connection with the Merger. The Purchaser
Representative shall be available at reasonable times to meet with
Company Shareholders to discuss with them the merits and risks of
the investment in Parent Common Stock pursuant to the Merger.
5.2 Restricted Shares; Shareholders'
Representations Regarding Securities Law Matters .
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a. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the shares of
Parent Common Stock issuable to the Company Shareholders pursuant
to Section 1.6 hereof shall constitute "restricted
securities" within the meaning of Rule 144 of the Securities Act
and will be issued in a private placement transaction in compliance
with Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Regulation D
promulgated thereunder. The certificates evidencing the shares of
Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall bear
appropriate legends to identify such privately placed shares as
being "restricted securities" under the Securities Act, to comply
with state and federal securities laws and, if applicable, to
notice the restrictions on transfer of such shares.
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b. Each shareholder of the Company, by virtue of the Merger and
the conversion into Parent Common Stock of the Company Capital
Stock held by such shareholder, shall be bound by the following
provisions:
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i. Such shareholder will not offer, sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of any shares of Parent Common Stock unless (A) such sale,
transfer or other disposition is within the limitations of and in
compliance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, including without limitation Rule 144 promulgated by
the SEC under the Securities Act, and the shareholder furnishes
Parent with reasonable proof of compliance with such Rule, (B) in
the opinion of counsel, reasonably satisfactory to Parent and its
counsel, some other exemption from registration under the
Securities Act is available with respect to any such proposed sale,
transfer, or other disposition of Parent Common Stock, or (C) the
offer and sale of Parent Common Stock is registered under the
Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such registration
statement or opinion of counsel shall be necessary for the
following transfers for no consideration (1) a transfer by a
shareholder that is a partnership or limited liability company to a
partner of such partnership or a member of such limited liability
company or a retired partner of such partnership who retires after
the date hereof or a retired member of such limited liability
company who retires after the date hereof, or to the estate of any
such partner, retired partner, member or retired member; (2) a
transfer by a corporation to its subsidiaries or stock holders; or
(3) the transfer by gift, will or intestate succession by any
shareholder or any partner or member (current or retired) of a
shareholder to his or her spouse or to the siblings, lineal
descendants or ancestors of such shareholder, partner or member
(current or retired) or his or her spouse, if the transferee agrees
in writing to be subject to the terms hereof.
ii. Provided that each officer and director of Parent who owns
stock or options to purchase stock of Parent and all one-percent
security holders and all other persons with registration rights
also agrees to such restrictions, each Company Shareholder agrees
that, if, in connection with a public offering of Parent's
securities completed within twelve (12) months from Closing, Parent
or the underwriters managing the offering so request, the Company
Shareholder shall not sell, make any short sale of, loan, grant any
option for the purchase of, or otherwise dispose of any securities
of Parent (other than those included in the registration) without
the prior written consent of Parent or such underwriters, as the
case may be, for 90 days from the effective date of such
registration in the case of any other public offering of the
Parent's securities. This Section 5.2(b)(iii) shall be binding on
all transferees or assignees of Parent Common Stock issued to each
Company Shareholder in the Merger.
5.3 Company Financial Statements .
The Company shall, at its sole cost and expense, deliver to Parent,
at the earliest possible date, audited financial statements for the
Company's fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 (the " Company
Year End Financials "), and unaudited quarterly financial
period for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 (the " Company
Quarterly Statements ") which shall be in form suitable for
filing with the SEC and for which the auditors for the Company
shall have consented to the inclusion of the SEC filings of
Parent.
5.4 Access to Information . Each
party shall afford the other party and its accountants, counsel and
other representatives, reasonable access during the period from the
date hereof and prior to the earlier of (a) the Effective Time and
(b) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article 8
hereof, to (i) all of the party's properties, books, contracts,
commitments and records, (ii) all other information concerning the
business, properties and personnel (subject to restrictions imposed
by applicable law) of a party as such other party may reasonably
request, and (iii) all Employees. Each party agrees to provide to
the other and its accountants, counsel and other representatives
copies of internal financial statements (including Tax returns and
supporting documentation) promptly upon reasonable request. No
information or knowledge obtained in any investigation pursuant to
this Section 5.4 shall affect or be deemed to modify any
representation or warranty contained herein or the conditions to
the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger in
accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
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5.5 Confidentiality . Except as
required by law, each party and its representatives will hold in
strict confidence all documents and information concerning the
other party furnished in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (except to the extent that such
information can be shown to have been (a) in the public domain
through no action by the party in violation of this Section 5.5,
(b) in the party's possession at the time of disclosure and not
acquired by the party directly or indirectly from the other party
on a confidential basis or (c) disclosed by the other party to
others on an unrestricted, non-confidential basis) and will not,
without the consent of the other party, (i) release or disclose any
such documents or information to any other person or (ii) use or
permit others to use such documents or information except in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby. In the event of the termination of this Agreement, each
party shall return to the other parties all documents, work papers
and other material so obtained by it, or on its behalf, and all
copies, digests, abstracts or other materials relating thereto,
whether so obtained before or after the execution hereof, and will
comply with the terms of the confidentiality provisions set forth
herein.
5.6 Expenses; Severance Payments .
Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Merger including, without
limitation, all legal, accounting, financial advisory, consulting
and all other fees and expenses of third parties (" Third Party
Expenses ") incurred by a party in connection with the
negotiation and effectuation of the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be the
obligation of the respective party incurring such fees and
expenses. The fees of Venture Law Corporation, counsel to the
Parent, incurred in connection the negotiation and effectuation of
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Parent at the Closing
(which payment not exceed for legal services shall not exceed
$50,000 without the prior approval of the Company). The Company
shall provide to Parent, at least one (1) business day prior to the
Closing Date, with a statement of Third Party Expenses incurred by
the Company in form reasonably satisfactory to the Parent (the "
Statement of Expenses "). The Company shall also include in
the Statement of Expenses an accounting of (A) all severance
payments paid out to employees, consultants or directors of the
Company during the period beginning on September 30, 2006 and
ending immediately prior to the Effective Time, (B) all existing
obligations entered into or otherwise agreed to by the Company
or
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