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ASSET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

Asset Exchange Agreement

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Title: ASSET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT
Date: 4/3/2009
Industry: Computer Services     Sector: Technology

ASSET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, Parties: proginet corp , canada ltd , north america  inc , proginet corporation
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Exhibit 10.23

FINAL

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ASSET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

between

 

BETA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.,

 

BETA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE OF CANADA LTD.

 

and

 

PROGINET CORPORATION

 

dated effective as of

 

October 1, 2008

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

1.1

Definitions

1

1.2

Schedules

8

1.3

Exhibits

8

1.4

Conflicts

8

1.5

References

8

1.6

Headings

9

1.7

Singular/Plural; Derivatives

9

1.8

Business Day

9

1.9

Beta's Knowledge

9

1.10

Proginet's Knowledge

9

 

ARTICLE 2

ASSET EXCHANGE

2.1

Asset Exchange

10

2.2

Acquisition Price

10

2.3

Sales Taxes

10

2.4

Trade Accounts Receivable

11

 

ARTICLE 3

CLOSING

3.1

Place and Time of Closing

11

3.2

Deliveries at Closing

11

3.3

Contract Lists

13

3.4

Physical Deliveries

13

 

ARTICLE 4

CONVEYANCES

4.1

Conveyances

13

 

ARTICLE 5

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARTIES

5.1

Each Party's Representations and Warranties

14

5.2

Beta Canada's Representations and Warranties

15

5.3

Beta America's Representations and Warranties

17

5.4

Proginet's Representations and Warranties

18

5.5

Survival of Representations and Warranties

20

5.6

No Additional Representations or Warranties by any Party

21

 

ARTICLE 6

LIABILITIES AND INDEMNITIES

6.1

Responsibility of Beta Canada

21

6.2

Responsibility of Beta America

21

6.3

Responsibility of Proginet

21


 


 


 

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6.4

Limit on Responsibility

22

6.5

Insurance

22

6.6

Sole Right and Remedy

22

6.7

Procedure - Indemnities

22

6.8

No Limitation

23

 

ARTICLE 7

POST-CLOSING OBLIGATIONS

7.1

Post-Closing

23

7.2

Further Assurances

24

7.3

Transition Services

24

 

ARTICLE 8

GOVERNING LAW AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

8.1

Governing Law

25

8.2

Dispute Resolution

25

8.3

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial

26

 

ARTICLE 9

NOTICES

9.1

Addresses for Service

27

9.2

Service of Notice

27

9.3

Change of Address for Service

28

 

ARTICLE 10

MISCELLANEOUS

10.1

Supersedes Previous Agreements; Amendment

28

10.2

Entire Agreement

28

10.3

Assignment

28

10.4

Time of the Essence

28

10.5

Enurement

28

10.6

Counterpart Execution

29

10.7

Public Securities Filings

29

 

 


 

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ASSET EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT is dated effective as of October 1, 2008.

 

BETWEEN:

 

BETA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE OF NORTH AMERICA, INC. , a Delaware corporation, having an office in the City of Herndon, in the State of Virginia (" Beta America "),

 

BETA SYSTEMS SOFTWARE OF CANADA LTD. , a body corporate having an office in the City of Calgary in the Province of Alberta (" Beta Canada ") and

 

PROGINET CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation, having an office in Garden City, in the State of New York (" Proginet ").

 

WHEREAS:

 

The Parties are desirous of exchanging certain assets and taking other actions all in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein.

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the premises hereto and of the covenants, warranties, representations and agreements herein set forth and provided for, the Parties covenant and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

 

1.1

Definitions

 

In this Agreement, the words and phrases set forth below shall have the meaning ascribed thereto, namely:

 

 

(a)

" AAA " has the meaning attributed to it in Section 8.2(b) ;

 

 

(b)

" Additional Indemnitees " means, with respect to any Person to which indemnification is granted pursuant to Article 6 , its Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, servants, agents, advisors and employees of that Person and its Affiliates;

 

 

(c)

" Affiliate " means, in respect of a Person, any other Person or group of Persons acting in concert, directly or indirectly, that controls, is controlled by or under common control with the first mentioned Person, and for the purposes of this definition " control " means the possession, directly or indirectly, by such Person or group of Persons acting in concert of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the first mentioned Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise;

 

 

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(d)

" Agreement " means this document, together with the Schedules attached hereto and made a part hereof, all as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof;

 

 

(e)

" Agreement Default " means any material breach of a representation or warranty made by a Party, or the failure of a Party to perform or observe in any material respect any of the covenants or agreements to be performed by such Party under this Agreement;

 

 

(f)

" Applicable Law " means, in relation to any Person, transaction or event, all applicable provisions of laws, statutes, rules, regulations, official directives and orders of all federal, provincial, municipal and local governmental bodies (whether administrative, legislative, executive or otherwise) and final, non-appealable judgements, orders and decrees of all courts, arbitrators, commissions or bodies exercising similar functions in actions or proceedings in which the Person in question is a party, by which it is bound or having application to the transaction or event in question;

 

 

(g)

" Assets " means the Beta Canada Assets or Proginet Assets, as the case may be;

 

 

(h)

" Beta " means Beta America and Beta Canada;

 

 

(i)

" Beta America " means Beta Systems Software of North America, Inc.;

 

 

(j)

" Beta America Contract Assignment " means the assignment and assumption agreement whereby Beta America conveys the Beta America Contracts to Proginet and Proginet assumes certain obligations related to the Beta America Contracts;

 

 

(k)

" Beta America Contracts " means all contracts, agreements and arrangements related to the Beta Products by which Beta or its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the customers listed in Schedule 5.3(d) , on the other hand, are bound;

 

 

(l)

" Beta Canada " means Beta Systems Software of Canada Ltd.;

 

 

(m)

" Beta Canada Asset Assignment " means the assignment agreement whereby Beta Canada conveys the Beta Canada Assets to Proginet;

 

 

(n)

" Beta Canada Assets " means all the properties, assets, interests and rights of Beta Canada which are related to the Beta Products including the following:

 

 

(i)

the Beta Canada Intellectual Property and Beta Canada Technology;

 

 

(ii)

the Beta Canada Books and Records; and

 

 

(iii)

all proceeds of any or all of the foregoing received or receivable after the Effective Time;

 

 

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(o)

" Beta Canada Books and Records " means all books, records, files and papers related to the Beta Products including drawings, engineering information, manuals and data, sales and advertising materials, sales and purchases correspondence, trade association files, research and development records, lists of present and former customers, distributors and suppliers and all copies and recordings of the foregoing;

 

 

(p)

" Beta Canada Intellectual Property " means all rights to and interests in:

 

 

(i)

all trade dress and brand names, logos, slogans, domain names, trade-marks (whether used with wares or services and including the goodwill attaching to such trade marks) and all registrations and applications for trade marks (all future income from such trade marks) related to the Beta Products, all of which are listed in Schedule 5.2(a) ;

 

 

(ii)

all inventions, patents, patent rights, patent applications (including all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions of any patent or patent application), industrial designs and applications for registration of industrial designs related to the Beta Products, all of the registrations or applications for registration of which are listed in Schedule 5.2(a) ;

 

 

(iii)

all copyrights, registrations and applications for copyrights (and all future income from such copyrights) related to the Beta Products, all of the registrations or applications for registration of which are listed in Schedule 5.2(a) ;

 

 

(iv)

all rights and interests in and processes, lab journals, notebooks, data, trade secrets, designs, know-how, product formula and information, manufacturing, engineering and other drawings and manuals, technology, blue prints, research and development reports, agency agreements, technical information, technical assistance, engineering data, design and engineering specifications, and similar materials recording or evidencing expertise, information or technology related to the Beta  Business;

 

 

(v)

all of the intellectual property affected by the registrations and applications for registration listed in Schedule 5.2(a) and the permissions and licenses listed in Schedule 5.2(a) ;

 

 

(vi)

all other intellectual and industrial property rights throughout the world related to the Beta Products;

 

 

(vii)

all licenses of the intellectual property granted by Beta Canada to third persons and listed in items (i) to (vi) above;

 

 

(viii)

all future income and proceeds from any of the intellectual property listed in items (i) to (vi) above and the licenses listed in item (vii) above;

 

 

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(ix)

all documentation, packaging and media relating to the intellectual property described in items (i) to (viii) above, including all computer disks, CD ROMs and other storage media containing any such intellectual property and all inventory, boxes, wrapping and other packaging material; and

 

 

(x)

all rights to damages, royalties and profits by reason of the past, present or future infringement or other misuse of any of the intellectual property listed in items (i) to (vii) above.

 

 

(q)

" Beta Canada Technology " means all computer software (including source code and object code), operating systems, browsers, user interfaces, algorithms, architecture, structure, display screens, layouts, development tools, instructions, templates, servers, hardware, technical information, engineering data or reports or other technology or related information all of which are developed, licensed or owned by Beta Canada and whether completed or in the course of development all as related to the Beta Products;

 

 

(r)

" Beta Products " means the products of Beta related to the Harbor NSM and Harbor HFT product lines;

 

 

(s)

" Business Day " means a week day (other than a Saturday or Sunday), excluding all statutory holidays under Applicable Law;

 

 

(t)

" Closing " means the transfer of (i) the Proginet Assets (other than the Proginet Contracts) by Proginet to Beta Canada, (ii) the Proginet Contracts by Proginet to Beta America, (iii) the Beta Canada Assets by Beta Canada and the Beta America Contracts by Beta America to Proginet, and the completion of all matters incidental thereto, all as contemplated by this Agreement;

 

 

(u)

" Closing Date " means the date of this Agreement;

 

 

(v)

" Effective Time " means 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on October 1, 2008;

 

 

(w)

" include " and " including " mean "include, without limitation" and "including, without limitation", respectively;

 

 

(x)

" Indemnifiable Losses " means all losses, costs, damages, expenses, charges, fines, penalties, assessments or other liabilities whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses), but does not (except to the extent claimed by a third Person) include consequential, incidental, economic or punitive losses, damages or claims;

 

 

(y)

" Indemnified Party " has the meaning attributed to it in Section 6.7 ;

 

 

(z)

" Indemnifying Party " has the meaning attributed to it in Section 6.7 ;

 

 

(aa)

" License Agreement " means the agreement whereby Proginet will grant an exclusive license to Beta America to sell, maintain and modify Proginet’s Secure-Line Products (as such term is defined in the License Agreement), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A ;

 

 

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(bb)

" Maintenance and Support Agreement " means the agreement whereby Beta Canada will provide maintenance and support services for the Harbor products to Proginet, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B ;

 

 

(cc)

" Master Distributor Agreement " means the agreement whereby Beta Systems Software AG or any of its distributors, subsidiaries or associated companies, will become the master distributor for Proginet's CFI Suite in Europe, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C ;

 

 

(dd)

" Notice of Claim " means a notice by a Party on behalf of itself or one or more Additional Indemnities (if applicable) of a claim for Indemnifiable Losses pursuant to Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 , as applicable, together with detailed particulars as to the nature and amount of the claim, the basis which it is sought and the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such claim;

 

 

(ee)

" Parties " means Beta Canada, Beta America and Proginet and " Party " means one of them, as the context may indicate;

 

 

(ff)

" Permitted Security Interests " means (a) mechanic’s, materialman’s, warehouseman’s, carrier’s and similar liens for labor, materials or supplies incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) purchase money security interests arising in the ordinary course of business, and (c) liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not yet due and payable;

 

 

(gg)

" Person " includes an individual, a partnership (limited or general), a corporation, a limited liability company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, a union, a government or any department or agency thereof and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of an individual;

 

 

(hh)

" Place of Closing " means the offices of Beta Systems Software AG, or such other place as may be agreed by the Parties;

 

 

(ii)

" Proginet " means Proginet Corporation;

 

 

(jj)

" Proginet Asset Assignment " means the assignment agreement whereby Proginet conveys the Proginet Assets to Beta Canada;

 

 

(kk)

" Proginet Assets " means all the properties, assets, interests and rights of Proginet which are related to the Proginet Products including the following:

 

 

(i)

the Proginet Intellectual Property and the Proginet Technology;

 

 

(ii)

the Proginet Books and Records;

 

 

(iii)

the Proginet Contracts; and

 

 

(iv)

all proceeds of any or all of the foregoing received or receivable after the Effective Time.

 

 

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(ll)

" Proginet Books and Records " means all books, records, files and papers related to the Proginet Products including drawings, engineering information, manuals and data, sales and advertising materials, sales and purchases correspondence, trade association files, research and development records, lists of present and former customers, distributors and suppliers and all copies and recordings of the foregoing;

 

(mm)

" Proginet Contract Assignment " means the assignment and assumption agreement whereby Proginet conveys the Proginet Contracts to Beta America and Beta America assumes certain obligations related to the Proginet Contracts;

 

 

(nn)

" Proginet Contracts " means all contracts, agreements and arrangements related to the Proginet Products, by which Proginet, on the one hand, and the customers listed in Schedule 5.4(f) , on the other hand, are bound;

 

 

(oo)

" Proginet Intellectual Property " means all rights to and interests in:

 

 

(i)

all trade dress and brand names, logos, slogans, domain names, trade-marks (whether used with wares or services and including the goodwill attaching to such trade marks) and all registrations and applications for trade marks (all future income from such trade marks) related to the Proginet Products, all of which are listed in Schedule 5.4(a) ;

 

 

(ii)

all inventions, patents, patent rights, patent applications (including all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and extensions of any patent or patent application), industrial designs and applications for registration of industrial designs related to the Proginet Products, all of the registrations or applications for registration of which are listed in Schedule 5.4(a) ;

 

 

(iii)

all copyrights, registrations and applications for copyrights (and all future income from such copyrights) related to the Proginet Products, all of the registrations or applications for registration of which are listed in Schedule 5.4(a) ;

 

 

(iv)

all rights and interests in and processes, lab journals, notebooks, data, trade secrets, designs, know-how, product formula and information, manufacturing, engineering and other drawings and manuals, technology, blue prints, research and development reports, agency agreements, technical information, technical assistance, engineering data, design and engineering specifications, and similar materials recording or evidencing expertise, information or technology related to the Proginet Products;

 

 

(v)

all of the intellectual property affected by the registrations and applications for registration listed in Schedule 5.4(a) and the permissions and licenses listed in Schedule 5.4(a) ;

 

 

(vi)

all other intellectual and industrial property rights throughout the world related to the Proginet Products;

 

 

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(vii)

all licenses of the intellectual property granted by Proginet to third persons and listed in items (i) to (vi) above;

 

 

(viii)

all future income and proceeds from any of the intellectual property listed in items (i) to (vi) above and the licenses listed in item (vii) above;

 

 

(ix)

all documentation, packaging and media relating to the intellectual property described in items (i) to (viii) above, including all computer disks, CD ROMs and other storage media containing any such intellectual property and all inventory, boxes, wrapping and other packaging material;

 

 

(x)

all rights to damages, royalties and profits by reason of the past, present or future infringement or other misuse of any of the intellectual property listed in items (i) to (vii) above;

 

 

(pp)

" Proginet Products " means the products of Proginet related to the SecurPass product line;

 

 

(qq)

" Proginet Technology " means all computer software (including source code and object code), operating systems, browsers, user interfaces, algorithms, architecture, structure, display screens, layouts, development tools, instructions, templates, servers, hardware, technical information, engineering data or reports or other technology or related information all of which are developed, licensed or owned by Proginet and are related to the Proginet Products and whether completed or in the course of development, all as related to the Proginet Products;

 

 

(rr)

" Sales Taxes " has the meaning attributed to it in Section 2.3 ;

 

 

(ss)

" SEC " has the meaning attributed to it in Section 10.7 ;

 

 

(tt)

" Security Interest " means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, lien (statutory or otherwise), preference, priority, security agreement or other encumbrance affecting title to such asset;

 

 

(uu)

" Secur-Line Contract Assignment " means the assignment and assumption agreement whereby Proginet conveys the Secur-Line Contracts to Beta America and Beta America assumes certain obligations related to the Secur-Line Contracts;

 

 

(vv)

" Secur-Line Contracts " means all contracts, agreements and arrangements related to the SecurForce product line and the SecurAccess product line, by which Proginet, on the one hand, and the customers listed in Schedule 5.4(f) , on the other hand, are bound;

 

(ww)

" Survival Period " means, other than for claims related to Taxes (including Sales Taxes), a period beginning on the Closing Date and ending 12 months after the Closing Date;

 

 

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(xx)

" Tax Survival Period " means, for claims related to Taxes (including Sales Taxes) a period beginning on the Closing Date and ending 24 months after the Closing Date;

 

 

(yy)

" Taxes " means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other assessments, including all income, sales, use, goods and services, value added, capital, capital gains, alternative, net worth, transfer, profits, withholding, payroll, employment, government pension, employer health, excise, franchise, real property and personal property taxes, and any other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments or similar charges in the nature of a tax, together with any instalments with respect thereto, and any interest, fines and penalties, imposed by any governmental authority (including federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign governmental authorities), and whether disputed or not.

 

1.2

Schedules

 

Appended hereto are the following Schedules:

 

 

(a)

Schedule 5.2(a)

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Beta Canada Intellectual Property

 

 

(b)

Schedule 5.3(b)

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Beta America Consents and Approvals

 

 

(c)

Schedule 5.3(d)

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Beta America Customers and Distributors

 

 

(d)

Schedule 5.4(a)

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Proginet Intellectual Property

 

 

(e)

Schedule 5.4(d)

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Proginet Consents and Approvals

 

 

(f)

Schedule 5.4(f)

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Proginet Customers and Distributors

 

all of which are incorporated into and form part of this Agreement by this reference as fully as though contained in the body of this Agreement.

 

1.3

Exhibits

 

Appended hereto are the following Exhibits:

 

 

(a)

Exhibit A

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Form of License Agreement

 

 

(b)

Exhibit B

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Form of Maintenance and Support Agreement

 

 

(c)

Exhibit C

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Form of Master Distributor Agreement

 

1.4

Conflicts

 

Wherever any provision of any Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement conflicts with any provision in the body of this Agreement, the provisions of the body of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

 

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1.5

References

 

The terms "hereof", "herein", "hereunder", and similar expressions refer to this Agreement, including any Schedules hereto, taken as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, subsection or other subdivision thereof and include any agreement or instrument which amends, modifies, or is supplementary to this Agreement.  References herein to an Exhibit or Schedule shall mean a reference to the applicable Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement.  References in any Exhibit or Schedule to the "Agreement" shall mean a reference to this Agreement.  References in any Exhibit or Schedule to another Exhibit or Schedule shall mean a reference to an Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement.

 

1.6

Headings

 

The headings of Articles, Sections and subsections herein and in the Exhibits and Schedules are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be considered to affect the construction of the provisions hereof.

 

1.7

Singular/Plural; Derivatives

 

In this Agreement words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders and vice versa, and words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa.  Where a term is defined herein, a capitalized derivative of such term shall have a corresponding meaning unless the context requires.

 

1.8

Business Day

 

Whenever any payment to be made or action to be taken under this Agreement is required to be made or taken on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made or action taken on the next Business Day following.

 

1.9

Beta's Knowledge

 

Where in this Agreement, or in any certificate or document delivered in connection herewith or to effect any of the transactions contemplated hereby, any statement, representation or warranty is made as to, or as being based on, the awareness, knowledge, information or belief of Beta, such awareness, knowledge, information or belief, as applicable, is limited to the actual knowledge of the following persons based on information obtained by them in the course of performing their duties for Beta and inquires made by them in connection with their roles in implementing the transactions contemplated hereby:

 

Name

Title

 

 

Harald Podzuweit

General Manager

Kamyar Niroumand

President and Chief Executive Officer

Scott Dimond

Director of Systems Engineering

 

For these purposes, knowledge does not include the knowledge of any other Person.

 

 

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1.10

Proginet's Knowledge

 

Where in this Agreement, or in any certificate or document delivered in connection herewith or to effect any of the transactions contemplated hereby, any statement, representation or warranty is made as to, or as being based on, the awareness, knowledge, information or belief of Proginet, such awareness, knowledge, information or belief, as applicable, is limited to the actual knowledge of the following persons based on information obtained by them in the course of performing their duties for Proginet and inquires made by them in connection with their roles in implementing the transactions contemplated hereby:

 

Name

Title

 

 

Sandy Weil

President and Chief Executive Officer

Arne Johnson

Consultant to Proginet

Kevin Bohan

Chief Information Officer

 

For these purposes, knowledge does not include the knowledge of any other Person.

 

ARTICLE 2

ASSET EXCHANGE

 

2.1

Asset Exchange

 

Effective as of the Effective Time, each of Beta Canada and Beta America hereby respectively sells, conveys, and assigns the Beta Canada Assets and the Beta America Contracts to Proginet and Proginet hereby purchases and receives such Beta Canada Assets from Beta Canada and such Beta America Contracts from Beta America, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.  Effective as of the Effective Time, Proginet hereby sells and conveys the Proginet Assets to Beta Canada, except the Proginet Contracts and the Secur-Line Contracts, which are hereby assigned by Proginet to Beta America, and Beta Canada hereby purchases and receives such Proginet Assets from Proginet and Beta America hereby receives the Proginet Contracts and the Secur-Line Contracts, all in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

 

2.2

Acquisition Consideration

 

The Parties hereby agree that the deemed value of the Beta Canada Assets and the Beta America Contracts shall collectively be US$800,000.  The Parties further agree that the deemed value of the Proginet Assets and the Proginet Contracts shall collectively be US$800,000.  In addition, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the consideration for transfer of the Secur-Line Contracts from Proginet to Beta America shall be the Royalty Fees payable by Beta America pursuant to the License Agreement.

 

2.3

Sales Taxes

 

Proginet shall be liable for and shall pay any and all federal, provincial, state, municipal and other sales taxes, value added taxes, transfer taxes, duties, registration fees or other like charges (collectively, together with any interest, penalties, fees, additions to tax or other additional amounts imposed thereon, the " Sales Taxes ") properly payable upon or in connection with the conveyance or transfer of the Beta Canada Assets and the Beta America Contracts.  Proginet shall indemnify Beta Canada and Beta America, as applicable, for any amounts (including penalties and interest) for which Beta Canada and Beta America may become liable as a result of any failure by Proginet to pay any such Sales Taxes.  Beta Canada shall be liable for and shall pay any and all Sales Taxes properly payable upon or in connection with the conveyance or transfer of the Proginet Assets.  Beta Canada shall indemnify Proginet for any amounts (including penalties and interest) for which Proginet may become liable as a result of any failure by Beta Canada to pay any such Sales Taxes.  Beta America shall be liable for and shall pay any and all Sales Taxes properly payable upon or in connection with the conveyance or transfer of the Proginet Contracts and the Secur-Line Contracts.  Beta America shall indemnify Proginet for any amounts (including penalties and interest) for which Proginet may become liable as a result of any failure by Beta America to pay any such Sales Taxes.  The Parties agree to take all commercially reasonable steps to minimize the Sales Taxes that may payable on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

 

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2.4

Trade Accounts Receivable

 

Each Party will retain all collected payments from end-customers, even if such payments were collected in advance for services, which will be performed after September 30, 2008 by the other Party.  Each Party also retains the right to collect any accounts receivable from customers outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.  All other accounts receivable shall transfer with the applicable contracts.

 

ARTICLE 3

CLOSING

 

3.1

Place and Time of Closing

 

Closing shall take place at the Place of Closing on the Closing Date.

 

3.2

Deliveries at Closing

 

 

(a)

Beta Canada Deliveries .  At the Closing, Beta Canada shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, the following to Proginet:

 

 

(i)

the Beta Canada Assets;

 

 

(ii)

the Beta Canada Asset Assignment executed by Beta Canada;

 

 

(iii)

the Proginet Asset Assignment executed by Beta Canada;

 

 

(iv)

any other conveyances required by Section 4.1(a) ;

 

 

(v)

an officer-certified copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Beta Canada which resolutions authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion of the transfer of the Beta Canada Assets and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

 

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(vi)

certificates of status from appropriate authorities, dated as of or within three Business Days of the Closing Date, as to the legal existence of Beta Canada and its qualification to do business in the jurisdiction in which it is organized;

 

 

(vii)

the Master Distributor Agreement executed by Beta Systems Software AG;

 

 

(viii)

the Maintenance and Support Agreement executed by Beta Canada; and

 

 

(ix)

such other documents reasonably requested by Proginet to be delivered by Beta Canada at the Closing.

 

 

(b)

Beta America Deliveries .  At Closing, Beta America shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to Proginet:

 

 

(i)

the Beta America Contracts and all consents set forth on Schedule 5.3(b) (other than those Beta America Contracts for which third-party consents have not been received, to which Section 7.1 shall apply);

 

 

(ii)

the Beta America Contract Assignment executed by Beta America;

 

 

(iii)

the Proginet Contract Assignment executed by Beta America;

 

 

(iv)

the Secur-Line Contract Assignment executed by Beta America;

 

 

(v)

any other conveyances required by Section 4.1(a) ;

 

 

(vi)

an officer-certified copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Beta America which resolutions authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion of the transfer of the Beta America Contracts and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

 

(vii)

certificates of status from appropriate authorities, dated as of or within three Business Days of the Closing Date, as to the legal existence of Beta America and its qualification to do business in the jurisdiction in which it is organized;

 

 

(viii)

the License Agreement executed by Beta America; and

 

 

(ix)

such other documents reasonably requested by Proginet to be delivered by Beta America at the Closing.

 

 

(c)

Proginet Deliveries .  At the Closing, Proginet shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to Beta Canada:

 

 

(i)

the Proginet Assets, except the Proginet Contracts;

 

 

(ii)

the Proginet Asset Assignment executed by Proginet;

 

 

(iii)

the Beta Canada Asset Assignment executed by Proginet;

 

 

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(iv)

any other conveyances required by Section 4.1(b) ;

 

 

(v)

an officer-certified copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Proginet which resolutions authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the completion of the transfer of the Proginet Assets and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

 

(vi)

a certificate of status from the appropriate authority, dated as of or within three Business Days of the Closing Date, as to the legal existence of Proginet and its qualification to do business in the jurisdiction in which it is organized;

 

 

(vii)

the Master Distributor Agreement executed by Proginet;

 

 

(viii)

the Maintenance and Support Agreement executed by Proginet;

 

 

(ix)

such other documents reasonably requested by Beta to be delivered by Proginet at the Closing.

 

 

(d)

Proginet Deliveries to Beta America .  At the Closing, Proginet shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to Beta America:

 

 

(i)

the Proginet Contracts and the Secur-Line Contracts and all consents set forth on Schedule 5.4(d) (other than those Proginet Contracts and Secur-Line Contracts for which third-party consents have not been received, to which Section 7.1 shall apply);

 

 

(ii)

the Proginet Contract Assignment executed by Proginet;

 

 

(iii)

the Secur-Line Contract Assignment executed by Proginet;

 

 

(iv)

the Beta America Contract Assignment executed by Proginet;

 

 

(v)

any other conveyances required by Section 4.1(b) ;

 

 

(vi)

the License Agreement executed by Proginet; and

 

 

(vii)

such other documents reasonably requested by Beta to be delivered by Proginet at the Closing.

 

3.3

Contract Lists

 

The Parties agree that, within 30 days of the Closing Date, Proginet shall deliver to Beta North America a list of all the Proginet Contracts and Secur-Line Contracts and Beta America shall deliver to Proginet a list of all the Beta America Contracts.

 

3.4

Physical Deliveries

 

The Parties agree that the physical delivery of the tangible portions of the Beta Canada Assets, the Beta America Contracts, the Proginet Assets, the Proginet Contracts and the Secur-Line Contracts to the applicable Party shall occur within 30 days of the Closing Date.

 

 

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ARTICLE 4

CONVEYANCES

 

4.1

Conveyances

 

 

(a)

Prior to or at Closing, each of Beta Canada and Beta America shall prepare and deliver (or cause to be prepared and delivered) to Proginet (i) the Beta Canada Asset Assignment, (ii) the Beta America Contract Assignment and (iii) all such other deeds, assignments, transfers, conveyances, novations, notices and other documents and assurances (including conveyances of registered Beta Canada Intellectual Property) as may be reasonably necessary to convey the Beta Canada Assets and the Beta America Contracts to Proginet.  Any such Closing documents and assuran


 
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