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Exhibit 10.1
ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
STAR
NUMBER, INC.
(the
"Vendor")
AND
TELEPLUS
WIRELESS, CORP.
(the
"Purchaser")
December
29, 2005
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ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of December 29, 2005.
BETWEEN:
STAR NUMBER, INC., a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State
of Delaware
(the "Vendor")
- and -
TELEPLUS WIRELESS, CORP., a
corporation incorporated under the laws of the
State of Nevada
(the "Purchaser")
WHEREAS the Vendor carries sells pre-paid and post-paid wireless
telecommunications services under the name "Liberty Wireless";
AND WHEREAS the Vendor desires to sell and the Purchaser desires to purchase
certain of the assets of the Vendor upon and subject to the terms and
conditions
hereinafter set forth;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective premises, covenants,
agreements, representations, warranties and indemnities of the Parties herein
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the Parties), the Parties
hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is
inconsistent therewith:
"Adjustment Amount" has the meaning set out in Section 3.3.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any person, any other person that
directly or
indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with that
other person. For the purposes of this definition, a person
"controls" another
person if that person directly or indirectly possesses the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of that other person,
whether
through ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise, and "controlled
by"
and "under common control with" have similar meanings.
"Agreement" means this agreement, including its recitals and schedules,
as
amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.
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"Applicable Law" means: (i) any applicable domestic or foreign law
including any
statute, subordinate legislation or treaty; and (ii) any applicable guideline,
directive, rule, standard, requirement, policy, order, judgment, injunction,
award or decree of a Governmental Authority having the force of law.
"Assumed Contracts" means all of the contracts, agreements, licenses,
permits,
consents or approvals which are purchased, assigned, transferred, licensed or
assumed by or to the Purchaser hereunder, as described in Schedule 2.1.
"Assumed Liabilities" has the meaning set out in Section 4.1.
"Audited Financial Statements" has the meaning set out in Section
7.5.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory
holiday in
the State of Delaware.
"Capital Assets" means long-term assets, owned for personal or
investment
purposes, that are not bought or sold in the normal course of business,
including fixed assets such as land, buildings, equipment, furniture, and
fixtures.
"Claims" means all losses, damages, expenses, liabilities (whether
accrued,
actual, contingent, latent or otherwise), claims and demands of whatever nature
or kind including all legal fees and costs on a solicitor and client basis.
"Closing" means the completion of the transaction of purchase and
sale
contemplated in this Agreement.
"Closing Balance Sheet" has the meaning set out in Section 7.8.
"Closing Date" means December 29, 2005 or such other date as may be
agreed to in
writing between the Parties.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together
with the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Effective Time" means 11:59 p.m. (EST) on December 31, 2005.
"Encumbrances" means mortgages, liens, pledges, charges, security
interests,
restrictions, claims, encumbrances, rights to use or acquire, ownership
interests, actions, or registrations against title of any suits, proceedings,
judgements, awards, assessments and reassessments or demands of any nature
whatsoever.
"Environmental Law" means any Applicable Law relating to the
environment
including those pertaining to: (i) reporting, licensing, permitting,
investigating, remediating and cleaning up in connection with any presence or
Release, or the threat of the same, of Hazardous Substances, and (ii) the
manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport, handling and the life of Hazardous Substances, including those
pertaining to occupational health and safety.
"Excluded Assets" has the meaning set out in Section 2.2.
"Financial Statements" has the meaning set out in subsection 6.1(g).
"GAAP" or "generally accepted accounting principles" means,
at any time, United
States generally accepted accounting principles.
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"Governmental Authority" means any domestic or foreign legislative,
executive,
judicial or administrative body or person having or purporting to have
jurisdiction in the relevant circumstances.
"Hazardous Substance" means any substance or material that is
prohibited,
controlled or regulated by any Governmental Authority pursuant to Environmental
Laws including pollutants, contaminants, dangerous goods or substances, toxic
or
hazardous substances or materials, wastes (including solid non-hazardous wastes
and subject wastes), petroleum and its derivatives and by products and other
hydrocarbons, all as defined in or pursuant to any Environmental Law.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set out in subsection 10.3(a).
"Indemnifying Party" has the meaning set out in subsection 10.3(a).
"Intellectual Property" means intellectual property of whatever
nature and kind
including all domestic and foreign trade-marks, business names, trade names,
domain names, trading styles, patents, trade secrets, Software, industrial
designs and copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, and all
applications
for registration thereof, and inventions, formulae, recipes, product
formulations, processes and processing methods, technology and techniques,
know-how and manuals.
"Licensed Intellectual Property" means all Intellectual Property not
owned by
the Vendor but licensed to Vendor by the owner of such Intellectual Property
and
used in connection with the Purchased Assets, including the right to use the
Intellectual Property listed in Schedule 6.1(w).
"Owned Intellectual Property" means all Intellectual Property owned
by the
Vendor and belonging to or used in the Purchased Assets, including the
Intellectual Property listed in Schedule 6.1(w).
"Parties" means, collectively, the parties to this Agreement and
"Party" means
any one of them;
"Permits" means all permits, consents, waivers, licences, certificates,
approvals, authorizations, registrations, franchises, rights, privileges and
exemptions, or any item with a similar effect, issued or granted by any person.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means (i) Encumbrances for taxes,
assessments or
governmental charges or levies on property not yet due and delinquent; (ii)
Encumbrances for taxes, assessments and governmental charges due and being
contested in good faith and diligently by appropriate proceedings (and for the
payment of which adequate provision has been made); (iii) undetermined or
inchoate Encumbrances incidental to current construction and current operations
and statutory Encumbrances of any nature whatsoever claimed or held by any
Governmental Authority that have not at the time been filed or registered
against the title to the assets affected thereby or served upon either Vendor
pursuant to law or that relate to obligations not due or delinquent; (iv)
assignments of insurance provided to landlords (or their mortgagees) pursuant
to
the terms of any lease, and rights reserved in any lease for rent or for
compliance with the terms of such lease; and (v) security given in the ordinary
course of the Purchased Assets to any public utility or Governmental Authority
in connection with the Purchased Assets, other than security for borrowed
money.
"Pre-Paid Deposits" has the meaning set out in subsection 2.1(d).
"Purchase Price" has the meaning set out in Section 3.1.
"Purchased Assets" has the meaning set out in Section 2.1.
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"Release" means any release or discharge of any Hazardous Substance
including
any discharge, spray, injection, inoculation, abandonment, deposit, spillage,
leakage, seepage, pouring, emission, emptying, throwing, dumping, placing,
exhausting, escape, leach, migration, dispersal, dispensing or disposal.
"Software" means all software relating to the Purchased Assets,
including all
versions thereof, and all related documentation, manuals, source code and
object
code, program files, data files, computer related data, field and data
definitions and relationships, data definition specifications, data models,
program and system logic, interfaces, program modules, routines, sub-routines,
algorithms, program architecture, design concepts, system designs, program
structure, sequence and organization, screen displays and report layouts, and
all other material related to such software.
"Sprint Agreement" means that Private Label PCS Services Agrement
dated November
17, 2005 by and between Sprint Spectrum LP and the Vendor.
"Sprint Letter of Credit" means that certain Letter of Credit dated
November 10,
2005 by and between Sprint Spectrum LP and Inphonic, Inc.
"Target Number" has the meaning set out in subsection 3.3(c).
"Time of Closing" means 2:00 p.m. (Chicago Time) on the Closing Date
or such
other time as the Closing may occur.
"Third Party" has the meaning set out in subsection 10.4(c).
"Third Party Claim" has the meaning set out in Section 10.3(b).
"Vendor's Premises" has the meaning set out in Section 7.5.
1.2 Headings
The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of
a
table of contents and headings are for convenience of reference only and do not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The terms
"hereof",
"hereunder" and similar expressions refer to this Agreement and not
to any
particular Article, Section or other portion hereof. Unless something in the
subject matter or context is inconsistent therewith, references herein to
Articles, Sections and Schedules are to Articles and Sections of and Schedules
to this Agreement.
1.3 Extended Meanings
In this Agreement words importing the singular number only include the plural
and vice versa, words importing any gender include all genders and words
importing persons include individuals, partnerships, associations, trusts,
unincorporated organizations and corporations. The term "including"
means
"including without limiting the generality of the foregoing".
1.4 Statutory References
In this Agreement, unless something in the subject matter or context is
inconsistent therewith or unless otherwise herein provided, a reference to any
statute is to that statute as now enacted or as the same may from time to time
be amended, re-enacted or replaced and includes any regulations made
thereunder.
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1.5 Accounting Principles
Wherever in this Agreement reference is made to a calculation to be made or an
action to be taken in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
or GAAP, such reference will be deemed to be to the generally accepted
accounting principles from time to time approved by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, or any successor institute, applicable as at the date on which
such calculation or action is made or taken or required to be made or taken.
1.6 Currency
Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts in this Agreement are expressed
in U.S. funds.
1.7 Schedules
The following are the schedules annexed hereto and incorporated by reference
herein and deemed to be part of this Agreement:
Schedule 2.1 Purchased Assets
Schedule 6.1(g) Financial Statements
Schedule 6.1(h) Profit and Loss Statements
Schedule 6.1(n) Permitted Encumbrances
Schedule 6.1(q) Guarantees, Indemnifications, Sureties or
Similar
Obligations
Schedule 6.1(w) Intellectual Property
Schedule 6.1(bb) License and Maintenance Agreements for
Third party
Software
Schedule 6.1(dd) Taxes and Other Matters
Schedule 6.1(gg) Notifications, Consents and Approvals
Schedule 6.2(d) Waivers to be Obtained by Purchaser
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS
2.1 Assets to be Purchased and Sold
Upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Vendor agrees to sell,
assign and transfer to the Purchaser and the Purchaser agrees to purchase from
the Vendor, as of and with effect from the Effective Time, all of the right,
title, benefit and interest of the Vendor in and to the assets listed below
(collectively, the "Purchased Assets"):
(a) subject to Section 2.3, all right, title and
interest of the Vendor
in, to and under and the full benefit
of all the Assumed Contracts,
as set forth in Schedule 2.1;
(b) unfilled orders received by the Vendor in
connection with the
Purchased Assets, as set
forth in Schedule 2.1;
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(c) forward commitments to the Vendor for
supplies or materials entered
into in the usual and
ordinary course of business, including third
party deposits, whether or
not there are any written contracts with
respect thereto, as set forth
in Schedule 2.1;
(d) pre-paid deposits paid by customers that the
Vendor has collected in
advance that are still on
reserve as of the Effective Time for
service beyond the Effective Time (the
"Pre-Paid Deposits"), as set
out in Schedule 2.1;
(e) accounts receivable for charges invoiced to
customers of Vendor, but
not yet collected that cover
service beyond the Effective Time as
well as all contracts with
customers, as set out in Schedule 2.1;
(f) the corporate name, domain names, logo and
all trade names
associated with the business
related to the Purchased Assets, as
more particularly set out in
Schedule 2.1;
(g) the records of sales, customer lists and
supplier lists of or used
in connection with the
Purchased Assets, as more particularly set
out in Schedule 2.1, as well
as any related artwork used in
connection with the business
related to the Purchased Assets;
(h) the "Executive Dashboard" as well
as the market reports, market
studies, market research and
marketing plans in connection with the
business related to the
Purchased Assets, as more particularly set
out in Schedule 2.1; and
(i) the active stock, inactive new stock,
recovery stock and salvage
stock, as set out in Schedule
2.1.
2.2 Excluded Assets
The Purchased Assets shall be limited to the assets set forth in Schedule 2.1
and shall not include any other property or assets of the Vendor (the
"Excluded
Assets").
2.3 Assignment of Contracts
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an attempt to assign any
Assumed
Contract which, as a matter of law, is not assignable without the consent of
the
other party or parties thereto, unless such consent shall have been given, or
any claim or demand thereunder as to which all the remedies for the enforcement
thereof enjoyed by the Vendor would not, as a matter of law, pass to the
Purchaser as an incident of the transfers to be made under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order that the full value of any Assumed
Contract may be realized for the benefit of the Purchaser, the Vendor will, at
the request and expense and under the direction of the Purchaser in the name of
the Vendor or otherwise as the Purchaser shall specify, take all such action
and
do or cause to be done all such things as shall, in the opinion of the
Purchaser, acting reasonably, be necessary or proper in order that the
obligations of the Vendor thereunder may be performed in such manner that the
value of the rights under the Assumed Contract shall be preserved and shall
enure to the benefit of the Purchaser and that the collection of monies due and
payable to the Purchaser in and under the Assumed Contract shall be received by
the Purchaser and promptly pay over to the Purchaser all monies collected by or
paid to the Vendor in respect of the Assumed Contract. Subject to the
foregoing,
the Vendor and the Purchaser shall use all reasonable efforts to obtain all
consents of all requisite parties to the assignment by the Vendor to the
Purchaser of any Assumed Contract which is necessary. The Vendor and the
Purchaser will cooperate with one another in obtaining such consents but, in
the
event any party to any Assumed Contract will not agree or consent to the
assignment thereof from the Vendor to the Purchaser, the Vendor, at the request
of the Purchaser, will carry out and comply with the terms and provisions of
any
of such Assumed Contract as agent for the Purchaser at the Purchaser's cost and
for the Purchaser's benefit.
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ARTICLE 3
PURCHASE
PRICE
3.1 Purchase Price
The aggregate purchase price payable by the Purchaser to the Vendor for the
Purchased Assets (the "Purchase Price") shall be satisfied by the
Purchaser
paying the Vendor the amount of US$1,900,000 as follows:
(a) US$1,400,000 in cash on the Closing Date;
and
(b) US$500,000 to be paid to the Vendor in four
(4) equal successive
quarterly cash instalments of
US$125,000 each, subject to adjustment
in accordance with Section
3.3, the first such instalment payable 90
days from the Closing Date,
which payment obligation shall be
evidenced by a promissory
note secured by liens on the Purchased
Assets, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Parties.
3.2 Allocation of Purchase Price
The Vendor and the Purchaser agree to allocate the Purchase Price among the
Purchased Assets in accordance with their fair market values as may be mutually
agreed, which may include the values set forth on the Closing Balance Sheet, as
well as to provide for a reasonable allocation to the assignment of the Sprint
Agreement, the customer lists and any other items as determined by the
Purchaser
and, as to the remaining balance, to allocate it to goodwill.
3.3 Adjustment to Purchase Price
The parties agree that:
(a) the aggregate amount of all Pre-Paid
Deposits received prior to the
Effective Time for services
with respect to the Purchased Assets
that have not been provided
as of the Effective Time shall be
deducted from the Purchase
Price and be subtracted from the amount
payable by the Purchaser on
the Closing Date.
(b) the number of Customers (as defined in this
subsection) to be
acquired by the Purchaser in
connection with the acquisition of the
Purchased Assets shall not be
less than 22,000 Customers (the
"Target Number").
"Customers" is defined for purposes of this
subsection as active
customers in respect of the Purchased Assets at
the Time of Closing that are
(A) with respect to pre-paid customers
either: (i) less than fifteen
(15) days in arrears in payments due
to the Vendor at the Time of
Closing; or (ii) are more than fifteen
(15) days in arrears but the
outstanding balance owing from such
Customer is less than 50% of
the total monthly account of such
Customer or (B) with respect
to post-paid customers either: (i) less
than thirty (30) days in
arrears in payments due to the Vendor at
the Time of Closing; or (ii)
are more than thirty (30) days in
arrears but the outstanding
balance owing from such Customer is less
than 50% of the total monthly
account of such Customer. In the event
the number of Customers
acquired at the Effective Time is less than
the Target Number, the
Purchase Price shall be reduced by US$95 per
Customer short of the Target
Number.
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3.4 Accounts Receivable
The Parties agree that accounts receivable received by the Purchaser within 60
days of the Effective Time for services with respect to the Purchased Assets
provided prior to the Effective Time shall be for and on behalf of the Vendor
and shall be remitted promptly thereto. All such amounts received more than 60
days after the Effective Time shall belong to the Purchaser.
3.5 Sales and Transfer Taxes
The Purchaser shall be liable for and shall pay all federal, state and
provincial sales taxes (including any retail sales taxes) and all other taxes
or
other like charges of any jurisdiction properly payable in connection with the
transfer of the Purchased Assets by the Vendor to the Purchaser.
ARTICLE 4
ASSUMPTION OF
LIABILITIES
4.1 No Liabilities
Except as otherwise set out in this Agreement, the Purchaser shall not assume,
shall have no obligation or responsibility with respect to, and shall be
indemnified and saved harmless, by the Vendor, of, from and against, any
liabilities or obligations, contingent or otherwise, of the Vendor related to
any liabilities or obligations of the Vendor arising prior to the Effective
Time.
4.2 Bulk Sales
The Parties waive compliance with any bulk sales laws of any jurisdiction
applicable in respect of the transaction of purchase and sale contemplated by
this Agreement. The Vendor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser from
any liabilities, including any costs or expenses of the Purchaser relating
thereto arising due to the failure of the Parties to comply with applicable
bulk
sales laws in respect of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets.
4.3 Sales Taxes
Subject to Section 3.5 and Article 10, the Vendor shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Purchaser from any liabilities, including any costs or expenses of
the Purchaser relating thereto, arising due to the failure of the Vendor to pay
all requisite taxes payable prior to Closing under the laws of any
jurisdictions
in which the business related to the Purchased Assets is carried on or in which
any of the Purchased Assets are located.
ARTICLE 5
EMPLOYEES
5.1 Employee Liability
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Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed so as to transfer any of the
employees of the Vendor to the Purchaser, so as to transfer any of the
obligations and liabilities of the Vendor with respect to said employees to the
Purchaser or so as to obligate the Purchaser to employ after the Time of
Closing
any employee of the Vendor. The Vendor shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Purchaser from any liabilities, including any costs or expenses of the
Purchaser
relating thereto, regarding said employees.
ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Vendor's Representations and Warranties
The Vendor represents and warrants to the Purchaser that as of the date hereof
and as of the Effective Time, except as set forth in Schedule 6.1:
Corporate
(a) The Vendor is a corporation duly
incorporated, organized and
subsisting under the laws of
the State of Delaware with the
corporate power to own its
assets and to carry on its business and
has made all necessary
filings under all applicable corporate,
securities and taxation laws
or any other laws to which the Vendor
is subject.
(b) The Vendor has the power, authority and
right to enter into and
deliver this Agreement and to
transfer the legal and beneficial
title and ownership of the
Purchased Assets to the Purchaser free
and clear of all liens,
charges, encumbrances and any other rights
of others.
(c) This Agreement has been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate
action and delivered and
constitutes a valid and legally binding
obligation of the Vendor,
enforceable against the Vendor in
accordance with its terms
subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization
and other laws of general application
limiting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and to the
fact that specific
performance is an equitable remedy available only
in the discretion of the
court.
(d) There is no contract, option or any other
right of another binding
upon or which at any time in
the future may become binding upon the
Vendor to sell, transfer,
assign, pledge, charge, mortgage or in any
other way dispose of or
encumber any of the Purchased Assets other
than pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement or pursuant to
purchase orders accepted by
the Vendor in the usual and ordinary
course of the Purchased
Assets.
(e) Neither the entering into nor the delivery
of this Agreement nor the
completion of the
transactions contemplated hereby by the Vendor
will result in the violation
of: (i) any of the provisions of the
organizational documents or
by-laws of the Vendor; (ii) any material
agreement or other instrument
to which the Vendor is a party or by
which the Vendor is bound; or
(iii) any Applicable Law.
Financial
(f) The books and records of the Vendor relating
to the Purchased Assets
are true and correct and all
material financial transactions of the
Vendor relating to the
Purchased Assets have been accurately
recorded in such books and
records and, to the extent possible, such
books and records have been prepared
in accordance with generally
accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.
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(g) The audited financial statements of
InPhonic, Inc., the parent
company of the Vendor (the
"Parent"), for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, and the
unaudited financial statements for the
Parent for the three (3)
quarters ended September 30, 2005 of the
fiscal year 2005 (the
"Financial Statements"), a copy of each of
which is attached hereto as
Schedule 6.1(g): (i) are in accordance
with the books and accounts
of the Parent as at the date thereof;
(ii) are true and correct and
present fairly the financial position
of the Parent as at the date
thereof; (iii) have been prepared in
accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, and
(iv) present fairly all of the assets and
liabilities of the Parent as
at the date thereof including all
contingent liabilities of the
Parent as at the date thereof.
(h) The unaudited and unreviewed profit and loss
statements for the
Vendor's business carried out
under the name "Liberty" for 2003,
2004 and for 2005 (up until
the end of November), a copy of each of
which is attached hereto as
Schedule 6.1(h): (i) are true and
correct and present fairly the
revenues, cost of goods sold,
operating expenses and
earnings for the business carried out under
the name "Liberty"
and (ii) have been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.
(i) Since the date of the Financial Statements,
the Vendor has carried
on its business in its usual
and ordinary course and the Vendor has
not entered into any
transaction out of the usual and ordinary
course with respect to the
Purchased Assets. Since the date of the
Financial Statements there
has been no change in the affairs,
business, prospects,
operations or condition of the Purchased
Assets, financial or otherwise,
whether arising as a result of any
legislative or regulatory
change, revocation of any licence or right
to do business, fire,
explosion, accident, casualty, labour dispute,
flood, drought, riot, storm,
condemnation, act of God, public force
or otherwise, except changes
occurring in the usual and ordinary
course of business that have
not materially and adversely affected
the affairs, business,
prospects, operations or condition of the
Purchased Assets, financial
or otherwise.
(j) No current or former director, officer,
shareholder or employee of
the Vendor or any person not
dealing at arm's length (within the
meaning of the Code) with any
such person or with the Vendor is
indebted to the Vendor.
Purchased Assets
(k) All the records of sales, customer lists and
supplier lists of or
used in connection with the
business related to the Purchased Assets
are true and complete and have been disclosed
to the Purchaser by
the Vendor and Schedule 2.1
makes complete reference thereto.
(l) All the market reports, market studies,
market research and
marketing plans used in connection
with the business related to the
Purchased Assets are true and
complete and have been disclosed to
the Purchaser by the Vendor
and Schedule 2.1 makes complete
reference thereto.
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(m) The Vendor is the owner of the Purchased
Assets with good title to
all the other Purchased
Assets, free and clear of all liens,
charges, encumbrances and any
other rights of others other than
Permitted Encumbrances.
(n) There are no Permitted Encumbrances on the
Purchased Assets and no
facts of which the Vendor is
aware which could give rise to
Permitted Encumbrances,
except as disclosed in Schedule 2.1.
Contracts and Commitments
(o) The Vendor is not a party to any contract or
commitment relating to
the Purchased Assets outside
the usual and ordinary course of its
business and is not a party
to any contract or commitment relating
to the Purchased Assets
extending for a period of time longer than
12 months or involving
expenditures by the Vendor in the aggregate
in excess of US$25,000.
(p) The Vendor is not in material default or
breach of any contract or
commitment relating to the
Purchased Assets and there exists no
condition, event or act that,
with the giving of notice or lapse of
time or both, would
constitute such a material default or breach,
and all such contracts and
commitments are in good standing and in
full force and effect without
amendment thereto and the Vendor is
entitled to all benefits
thereunder.
(q) Except as set out in Schedule 6.1(q), the
Vendor is not a party to
or bound by any guarantee,
indemnification, surety or similar
obligation pertaining to the
Purchased Assets.
(r) The Vendor does not have any subsidiaries or
any agreements, options
or commitments to acquire any
securities of any corporation or to
acquire or lease any real
property or assets to be used in or in
connection with the Purchased
Assets.
(s) There are no material outstanding orders,
notices or similar
requirements relating to the
business related to the Purchased
Assets or to the Purchased
Assets issued by any Governmental
Authority and there are no
matters under discussion with any
Governmental Authority
relating to material orders, notices or
similar requirements.
Intellectual Property
(t) The Vendor has the exclusive right to use
the Owned Intellectual
Property and has not granted
licenses to others to use the Owned
Intellectual Property.
(u) The Vendor has the right to use and
sublicense the Licensed
Intellectual Property.
(v) The Owned Intellectual Property is in good
standing and has been
duly registered or
applications to register the same have been filed
in all appropriate offices to
preserve the rights therein and of the
Vendor thereto.
(w) The Intellectual Property listed on Schedule
6.1(w) includes all of
the Intellectual Property
used in or required for the proper
carrying on of the Purchased
Assets, including the Owned
Intellectual Property and the
Licensed Intellectual Property, and
where such Intellectual
Property has been registered or applications
to register have been made,
the particulars are set forth in
Schedule 6.1(w).
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(x) The Vendor is not a party to any contract or
commitment to pay any
royalty, licence or other fee
with respect to the use of the Owned
Intellectual Property or the
Licensed Intellectual Property except
as set out in Schedule
6.1(w).
(y) No consents are required in order for the
Licensed Intellectual
Property to be licensed or
sub-licensed to any third party or for
the Owned Intellectual
Property to be sold to the Purchaser under
this Agreement.
(z) To the Vendor's knowledge, neither the
conduct of the Purchased
Assets nor the sale of the
Purchased Assets under this Agreement
involves any infringement,
misuse or misappropriation of any
Intellectual Property rights
of third parties.
(aa) The Owned Intellectual Property and the
Licensed Intellectual
Property are not invalid or
unenforceable. To the Vendor's
knowledge, no infringement,
misuse or misappropriation of the Owned
Intellectual Property has
occurred.
(bb) Copies of all licence and maintenance
agreements for third party
software programs have been
made available by the Vendor to the
Purchaser (a list of which
appears in Schedule 6.1(bb), except in
respect of programs that are
shrinkwrapped software and that are
purchased off-the-shelf by
the Vendor.
Environmental
(cc) The Vendor has not been convicted of an
offence or been subjected to
any judgment, injunction or
other proceeding or been fined or
otherwise sentenced for
non-compliance with any Environmental Laws,
and it has not settled any
prosecution or other proceeding short of
conviction in connection
therewith, in relation to the Purchased
Assets.
Taxes and other Matter
(dd) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1(dd):
(1) Vendor has duly and
timely filed all required tax returns and
has paid all taxes required
to be paid by it on or prior to the
Closing, and such tax returns
correctly reflected the facts
regarding the income,
business, operations and any other required
information. There are no
agreements, waivers or other arrangements
providing for an extension of
time with respect to the filing of any
tax returns or payment of any
taxes; there are no investigations,
examinations, reassessments,
claims, actions, suits or proceedings
threatened or pending against
Vendor in respect of any taxes, nor
are there any matters under
discussion with any federal, provincial,
state or local government or
taxing authority, relating to any taxes
imposed, levied or assessed
by any such government or authority.
(2) Vendor has withheld from
payments made to employees, directors,
officers or shareholders all
amounts which it is required to
withhold or deduct by law and
has duly remitted such amounts within
the time and in the manner required
by law.
(3) Vendor has filed all
necessary tax returns in the states in
which it has conducted
business.
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(4) Vendor is not a party to
nor has any obligations under any
tax-sharing, tax indemnity or
tax allocation agreement or
arrangement. Vendor has no
liability for the taxes of any person
(other than Vendor) under
Section 1.1502-6 of the treasury
regulations under the Code
(or any similar provisions of state,
local or foreign law) as the
transferee or successor, by contract or
otherwise.
(5) There are no liens for
taxes (other than for current taxes not
yet due and payable) upon any
of Vendor's assets.
(6) As used herein, "tax
or taxes" means all taxes (including
estimated taxes),
assessments, reassessments, charges, levies and
all other imposts, together
with all interest, penalties and fines
thereon or additions thereto,
of whatever kind or nature, including
without limitation, income,
sales, employment (including social
security and unemployment)
and franchise, imposed, levied or
assessed by any federal,
state, provincial or local government or
taxing authority, and
including any transferee or secondary
liability in respect of any
tax (whether imposed by law, contractual
agreement or otherwise); and
"tax returns" means all federal, state
or local tax reports,
returns, declarations of estimated tax or
other information required to
be filed with respect to Vendor, its
income, properties and
business.
General
(ee) There are no actions, suits or proceedings
(whether or not
purportedly on behalf of the
Vendor): (i) pending or threatened
against or adversely
affecting, or which could materially adversely
affect, the Purchased Assets
or the Purchased Assets; or (ii) before
or by any Governmental
Authority.
(ff) The Vendor is using the Purchased Assets in
material compliance with
all Applicable Laws in all
jurisdictions in which the business
related to the Purchased
Assets is carried on, is not in breach of
any such Applicable Laws and
is duly licensed, registered or
qualified in all
jurisdictions in which the Vendor carries on the
business related to the
Purchased Assets to enable the business
related to the Purchased
Assets to be carried on as now conducted
and its assets to be owned,
leased and operated, and all such
licences, registrations and
qualifications are valid and subsisting
and in good standing and none
of the same contains any term,
provision, condition or
limitation which has or may have a material
adverse effect on the
operation of the Purchased Assets or which may
be affected by the completion
of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(gg) The Vendor has, and requires, no licences,
permits, approvals,
registrations, consents or
other authorizations to own and operate
the business related to the
Purchased Assets as now conducted, and
Purchaser is not required to
obtain any licenses, permits,
approvals, registrations,
consents or other authorizations to enable
the Purchaser to own and
operate the business related to the
Purchased Assets as now
conducted after the Closing, except as set
forth in Schedule 6.1(gg).
(hh) There is no requirement for the Vendor to
make any filing with, give
any notice to or to obtain
any licence, permit, certificate,
registration, authorization,
consent or approval of, and
Governmental Authority as a
condition to the lawful consummation of
the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, except for any
filings, notifications,
licenses, permits, certificates,
registrations, consents and
approval described in Schedule 6.1(hh).
There is no requirement under
any Assumed Contract to give any
notice to, or to obtain the
consent or approval of, any party to
such Assumed Contract
relating to the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, except for the
notifications, consents and approvals
described in Schedule 6.1(hh).
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(ii) To the Vendor's knowledge, all information
that the Vendor has
provided to the Purchaser
relating to the Purchased Assets is true
and correct in all material
respects. No representation or warranty
or other statement made by
the Vendor in this Agreement or any
schedule or exhibit delivered
pursuant to this Agreement contains
any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make any of
them, in light o






