ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this " Agreement ") is made and entered
into as of February 5, 2007, by and between Owen Consulting, Inc.,
a Nevada Corporation (" Seller "), and Futomic Industries,
Inc., a New Jersey corporation (" Buyer ").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase from Seller, and
Seller desires to sell to Buyer, certain assets, pursuant to the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, Seller
and Buyer agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined
Terms . As used
herein, the terms below shall have the following
meanings:
" Acquired
Assets " shall mean the assets of the Seller set forth on
Schedule A hereto.
"
Action " shall mean any action, claim, suit, arbitration,
inquiry, subpoena, discovery request, proceeding or investigation,
or threat thereof, by or before any court or grand jury, any
governmental or other regulatory or administrative agency or
commission or any arbitration tribunal.
"
Affiliate " shall mean, with respect to any Person, any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with such Person and any member, general
partner, director, officer or employee of such Person. For purposes
of this definition of Affiliate, "control" shall mean the power of
one or more Persons to direct the affairs of the Person controlled
by reason of ownership of voting stock, contract or
otherwise.
"
Damages " shall mean any and all costs, losses, damages,
liabilities, demands, claims, suits, actions, judgments, causes of
action, assessments or expenses, including interest, penalties,
fines and attorneys' fees incident thereto, incurred in connection
with any claim for indemnification arising out of this Agreement,
and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any such
claim.
"
Intellectual Property " shall mean all copyrights, copyright
registrations, proprietary processes, trade secrets, license
rights, specifications, technical manuals and data, drawings,
inventions, designs, patents, patent applications, mask works,
tradenames, trademarks, service marks, product information and
data, know-how and development work-in-progress, customer lists,
software, business correspondence and marketing plans and other
intellectual or
" Knowledge
" shall mean an individual shall be deemed to have "Knowledge" of a
particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually
aware of such fact or other matter or if a prudent individual could
be expected to discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or
other matter in the course of conducting a diligent and
comprehensive investigation concerning the truth or existence of
such fact or other matter. Seller shall be deemed to have
"Knowledge" of a particular fact or other matter if any officer or
other representative of Seller has Knowledge of such fact or other
matter.
" Person " shall mean
any person or entity, whether an individual, trustee, corporation,
general partnership, limited partnership, trust, unincorporated
organization, limited liability company, business association,
firm, joint venture, or governmental agency or
authority.
" Taxes " shall
mean all taxes, however denominated, including any interest,
penalties or other additions to tax that may become payable in
respect thereof, (i) imposed by any federal, territorial, state,
local or foreign government or any agency or political subdivision
of any such government, for which Buyer could become liable as
successor to or transferee of the Acquired Assets or which could
become a charge against or lien on the Acquired Assets, which taxes
shall include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
all sales and use taxes, ad valorem taxes, excise taxes, business
license taxes, occupation taxes, real and personal property taxes,
stamp taxes, environmental taxes, real property gains taxes,
transfer taxes, payroll and employee withholding taxes,
unemployment insurance contributions, social security taxes and
other governmental charges, and other obligations of the same or of
a similar nature to any of the foregoing, which are required to be
paid, withheld or collected, or (ii) any liability for amounts
referred to in (i) as a result of any obligations to indemnify
another person.
ARTICLE
II.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ACQUIRED ASSETS
2.1
Transfer of Acquired
Assets .
Pursuant to the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, in exchange for the consideration set
forth in Section 2.2 below, at the Closing,
Seller shall sell, assign and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall
purchase from Seller, the Acquired
Assets.
2.2
Purchase Price/ Payment
Procedure . As
consideration for the Acquired Assets, Buyer shall tender Seller an
amount equal to SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
(636,120) shares of common stock of Buyer (the “ Purchase
Price ”), payable as follows:
(a) At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to Seller a stock certificate representing the
Purchase Price.
2.3
Assets Excluded;
Liabilities Not Assumed . Seller shall not sell nor Buyer purchase any
assets other than the Acquired Assets and Buyer shall not, and
shall not be required to, assume or be obligated to pay, discharge
or perform, any debts, liabilities, adverse claims or obligations
of any kind or nature whatsoever of Seller, whether in connection
with the Acquired Assets or otherwise and whether arising before or
after the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, or
bear any cost or charge with respect thereto.
ARTICLE
III.
CLOSING
3.1
Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated
herein (the " Closing ") shall occur on February 5, 2007, or
at such other time and place as the parties may agree (the "
Closing Date "), provided that all of the Closing conditions
set forth in Section 3.3 hereof shall have occurred.
3.2
Deliveries . Together with an executed counterpart of this
Agreement, the following items shall be delivered by the parties at
the Closing:
(a)
By Buyer . Buyer shall deliver a certificate representing
the Purchase Price described in Section 2.2(a).
(b)
By Seller . Seller shall deliver to Buyer:
(i)
one or more Bills of Sale, in form
and substance satisfactory to Buyer and sufficient to convey the
Acquired Assets to Buyer;
(ii)
and such other documents and
instruments as are reasonably necessary to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
3.3
Conditions to
Closing . Buyer
and Seller shall not be obligated to consummate the Closing and the
transactions contemplated hereby and may terminate this Agreement
without incurring any liability unless (a) Buyer has delivered the
items specified in Section 3.2(a) and Seller has delivered the
items specified in Section 3.2(b).
ARTICLE
IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller
represents and warrants to Buyer that:
4.1
Organization . Seller is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Nevada and has full power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted. Seller is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign
corporation to do business, and is in good standing, in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its business makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, except for failures to be so
qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, affect the Acquired Assets in a
materially adverse manner.
4.2
Authorization . Seller has all necessary power and authority
and has taken all action necessary to enter into this Agreement, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform its
obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by Seller and is a valid and binding obligation of
Seller, enforceable against it in accordance with its respective
terms subject to the effect of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting the rights of creditors generally and limitations imposed
by equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law
or in equity, and the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought.
4.3
Brokers . All
negotiations relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been conducted without the intervention of
any person or entity acting on behalf of Seller in such a manner as
to give rise to any valid claim against Buyer for any broker's or
finder's commission, fee or similar compensation and Seller shall
indemnify Buyer and hold it harmless from any liability or expense
arising from any claim for brokerage commissions, finder's fees or
other similar compensation based on any agreement, arrangement or
understanding made by or on behalf of Seller.
4.4
Litigation, Proceedings
and Applicable Law . There are no Actions, suits, investigations or
proceedings, at law or in equity or before or by any governmental
authority or instrumentality or before any arbitrator of any kind,
pending or, to Seller's Knowledge, threatened (a) against Seller
which, if determined adversely against Seller, would have a
material adverse effect on Seller's or Buyer's ability to use the
Property in the manner in which it is now being used by Seller, or
(b) seeking to delay or enjoin the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no
outstanding orders, decrees or stipulations issued by any federal,
state, local or foreign, judicial or administrative authority in
any proceeding to which Seller is or was a party relating to the
Acquired Assets.
4.5
No Conflict Or
Violation .
Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
will result in (a) a
violation of or
a conflict with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation of
the By-Laws of Seller, (b) a material breach or termination of, or
a material default under, any term or provision of any contract to
which Seller is a party or an event which, with notice, lapse of
time, or both, would result in any such material breach, such
termination or such material default, or (c) a material violation
by Seller of any Legal Requirement or an event which, with notice,
lapse of time or both, would result in such a material
violation.
4.6
Property .
(a)
Seller owns all rights to the
Acquired Assets without any conflict or infringement of the
property rights of others.
(b)
Seller is not in violation in any
material respect of any license, sublicense or agreement described
in Schedule A. As a result of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the performance of Seller's obligations hereunder,
neither Seller nor Buyer shall be in violation in any material
respect of any license, sublicense or agreement described in such
schedule.
(c)
Seller is the sole owner of all
necessary right, title and interest in and to (free and clear of
any liens, encumbrances or security interests) all non-public
domain Intellectual Property necessary to fully exploit the
Acquired Assets and has full rights to the use, sale, license or
disposal thereof. Except as expressly set forth in Schedule A, no
other Person has any rights with respect to any of the Acquired
Assets, nor is any consent or approval of any third party needed to
fully utilize and exploit the Acquired Assets as presently
configured.
(d)
No claims with respect to the
Acquired Assets have been asserted to Seller, or, to Seller's
Knowledge, are threatened by any person, and Seller knows of no
claims (i) to the effect that Seller infringes any copyright,
patent, trade secret, or other intellectual property right of any
third party or violates any license or agreement with any third
party, (ii) contesting the right of Seller to use, sell, license or
dispose of any of the Acquired Assets, or (iii) challenging the
ownership, validity or effectiveness of any of the Acquired
Assets.
(e)
To the knowledge of Seller, and
except as expressly set forth in Schedule A, there has not been and
there is not now any unauthorized use, infringement or
misappropriation of any of the Acquired Assets by any third party.
Seller has not been sued or, to Seller's Knowledge, charged as a
defendant in any claim, suit, action or proceeding that involves
the Acquired Assets. Seller does not have any liability insofar as
the Acquired Assets are concerned.
(f)
The Acquired Assets are not subject
to any outstanding o