Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) between New Vad, LLC, a Minnesota
limited liability company (the “ Buyer ”), and
Nature Vision, Inc., (the “ Seller ”), is
effective as of February 5, 2007 (the “ Closing Date
”). The Buyer and the Seller also are referred to
individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as
the “ Parties .”
RECITALS
The Seller is engaged in the
business of manufacturing, marketing, distributing and selling
audio visual equipment referred to as the Vaddio product line (the
“ Business ”). The Seller desires to sell,
transfer and otherwise convey, and the Buyer desires to purchase
and assume, certain of the assets and certain liabilities of the
Seller relating to the Business, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the above
recitals and the promises set forth in this Agreement, the Parties
agree as follows:
1.1
Purchase and Sale of Assets . On the terms and subject to
the conditions of this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to purchase from
the Seller, and the Seller agrees to sell, transfer, convey and
deliver to the Buyer, all right, title and interest in, to and
under the Acquired Assets (as defined below), free and clear of all
security interests, liens, claims, charges, restrictions and
encumbrances of any nature (collectively, “ Security
Interests ”), in exchange for the Purchase Price (as
defined in Section 1.6 below). “ Acquired Assets
” means all of the following assets related to the Business,
other than the Excluded Assets (as defined in Section 1.2 below)
and other than the Contingent Assets (as defined in Section 1.3,
below):
(a) all
of the tangible personal property, fixed assets and office
equipment, wherever located identified on Schedule 1.1(a)
,
(b) permits,
licenses, contracts, agreements and warranties set forth on
Schedule 1.1(b) (collectively, the “ Acquired
Contracts and Permits ”),
(c) intellectual
property, and its associated goodwill, including but not limited
to, all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, corporate names, copyrights, mask works, trade
secrets, know-how, software or other intellectual property rights
set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property ”),
(d) customer
and client lists, books, records, files, documents, lists and other
printed or written materials or copies thereof,
(e) the
current telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, uniform resource
locators, domain names and web sites and the listings for each set
forth on Schedule 1.1(e) ,
(f) all
general intangibles, including without limitation, use of the name
“Vaddio” and the goodwill in and the going concern
value of the Business.
1.2
Excluded Assets . The Buyer will not purchase and the Seller
will not sell any of the assets set forth on Schedule 1.2
(collectively, the “ Excluded Assets
”).
1.3
Contingent Assets. The Buyer will not purchase and the
Seller will not sell on the Closing Date Seller’s accounts
and notes receivable as of the Closing Date (the “
Accounts Receivable ”) or Seller’s inventory
(the “ Inventory ”). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the parties have entered into separate agreements,
namely the Consignment Agreement with regard to the
Inventory, attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit
A , and the Collection Agreement , with regard to the
Accounts Receivable, attached hereto and incorporated herein as
Exhibit B , pursuant to which Buyer becomes obligated to
purchase the Inventory and the Accounts Receivable after the
Closing Date on the terms and conditions set forth in the
Consignment Agreement and the Collection Agreement, respectively.
The Accounts Receivable and the Inventory are collectively referred
to herein as the “ Contingent Assets
.”
1.4
Generally No Assumption of Liabilities . Except for the
Assumed Liabilities (as defined in Section 1.5 below), the Buyer
does not assume and is not liable for any of the Seller’s
obligations, claims, indebtedness or liabilities of any kind,
whether obsolete or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, due or
not yet due, accrued or not accrued, secured or not secured, or
incurred before or after the Closing. The Seller is solely
responsible for all of its liabilities, obligations and
undertakings other than the Assumed Liabilities.
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1.5
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Assumption of Liabilities
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(a) On
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, from and after the Closing, the Buyer will assume and
satisfy (collectively, the “ Assumed
Liabilities” ):
(i) the
obligations of the Seller under those Acquired Contracts specified
in Schedule 1.5 either to furnish goods, services and other
non-cash benefits to another party (the “ Purchase
Orders ”);
(ii)
to pay for
goods, services and other non-cash benefits that another party will
furnish to it after the Closing;
(iii) the
obligations of the Seller for the payment of accrued but unused
“paid time off” balances with regard to those employees
of Seller who will become employees of the Buyer on or about the
first business day after the Closing Date(the “ Accrued
PTO Liability ”); and
(iv) the
Seller’s warranty obligations to customers related to the
Business.
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(b) The
Seller is solely responsible and liable for paying all amounts
owing, whether or not yet due, by Seller under any contract (the
“ Accounts Payable ”) and for curing all
defaults, claims, liabilities or causes of action against Seller
arising prior to the Closing Date, except with regard to the
Assumed Liabilities. Seller shall pay the Accounts Payable in the
ordinary course of business and in like manner as it did prior to
the Closing Date.
(c) In
the event that Seller fails to timely pay any account payable with
regard to any vendor of the Business and where such failure may
cause the vendor to refuse to provide goods or services to the
Buyer after the Closing Date; the Buyer, in its sole discretion,
may, but shall not be obligated to, satisfy such delinquent account
payable. In such event, the Buyer will promptly give written notice
to the Seller with proof of payment and Seller shall remit to Buyer
the amount of such payment made by Buyer.
(d) Although
Buyer is assuming the Purchase Orders, Buyer will on or before
March 1, 2007 cancel all purchase orders with delivery dates after
March 31, 2007 and provide evidence of such cancellations to
Seller.
(a) The
total purchase price (the “ Purchase Price ”)
for the Acquired Assets equals the sum of: (A) $710,694.83 cash due
at closing (the “ Cash Purchase Price ”), plus
(B) the assumption, as further described in Section 1.7, by Buyer
of the Accrued PTO Liability in the amount of $48,376.64, plus (C)
2% of receipts from the gross sales of all products related to the
Business sold directly or indirectly by Buyer (the “
Receipts ”) and collected after March 1, 2007 (“
Deferred Payment ”) until a total Deferred Payment of
$750,000 has been paid.
(b) At
the Closing the Buyer will pay the Cash Purchase Price by wire
transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds and,
within five (5) business days of the Closing, will deliver to
Seller documentation evidencing the satisfaction of the Accrued PTO
Liability.
1.7
Deferred Payment. Commencing March 1, 2007 and continuing
until the Deferred Payment has been paid in full, the payment
obligation shall be calculated on or before the 10 th of
each month based on the Receipts collected during the prior month.
Buyer shall prepare and submit to Seller a statement of collected
Receipts and the amount of the Deferred Payment due thereon.
Payment shall be due six (6) months from the date of each
statement, such that the first Deferred Payment shall be due on or
before September 10, 2007. Buyer agrees to act in good faith in the
post-closing operations of the Business and not to take actions
that would be unfairly prejudicial or detrimental to the Business
for the purpose of adversely affecting Seller’s right to
receive the Deferred Payment. In the event of a Change in Control
of the Business or of the Buyer, as defined in Section 1.8, below,
at the closing of such Change in Control the Buyer will pay Seller
the difference between the total Deferred Payment of $750,000 less
any Deferred Payment amounts paid prior to the Change in Control.
Buyer agrees to keep complete and correct books, accounts and
records according to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(GAAP) regulations to facilitate computation of Deferred Payments.
Seller or its
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representatives shall have a full
right of accounting including the right to periodically examine
Buyer’s books and records, during regular business hours,
upon reasonable advance notice for the purpose of verifying the
amount of Deferred Payments due. Notwithstanding Seller’s
acceptance of periodic payments, Seller shall have until the end of
February of each year to make a claim for adjustment by reason of
errors or omissions in the payments made during the prior calendar
year. If satisfaction of the Deferred Payment occurs before the end
of a calendar year, then such claim for adjustment must be made
within 60 days of the final payment. If no such claim for
adjustment is timely made, such accounting and receipt of any
payment made with respect to such accounting shall be deemed final
and satisfied in full.
1.8
Change in Control . For purposes of this Agreement, a
“ Change in Control ” of the Buyer shall mean
any of the following:
(a) a
merger or consolidation to which the Buyer is a party if, following
the effective date of such merger or consolidation, the individuals
and entities who were members of the Buyer prior to the effective
date of such merger or consolidation have beneficial ownership (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of less than fifty
percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the surviving entity
following the effective date of such merger or consolidation;
or
(b) the
approval by the members of the Buyer of any sale, lease, exchange,
or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Buyer or the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation
or dissolution of the Buyer; or
(c) the
sale of Buyer of membership interest by the Buyer or its members
(in one transaction or a series of related transactions) resulting
in individuals and entities who were members prior to such sale
having beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934) of less than fifty percent
(50%) of the voting power of the Company.
1.9
Closing . The closing of the transactions contemplated by
Section 1.1 of this Agreement (the “ Closing ”)
shall be effective for all purposes herein as of 12:01 a.m. central
standard time on the Closing Date.
1.10
Allocation of Purchase Price . The Parties agree to allocate
the Purchase Price and all other capitalizable costs among the
Acquired Assets for all purposes, including financial and tax
purposes, in accordance with the allocation schedule attached as
Schedule 1.10 to this Agreement.
1.11
Closing Deliveries . Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, at the Closing:
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(a)
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Seller will deliver or cause to be delivered to
Buyer:
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(i) A
duly executed Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption
Agreement;
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(ii)
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Possession of all tangible Acquired
Assets;
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(iii) All
assignments, consents, waivers or approvals of all transferable or
assignable Acquired Contracts and Permits, each duly executed and,
where necessary or desirable, in recordable form;
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(iv)
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Consent to Use Name duly executed in recordable
form;
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(v)
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Consignment Agreement;
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(vi)
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Collection Agreement;
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(viii) Director
resolutions approving the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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(ix)
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Release of security interests in the Acquired
Assets executed by Seller bank;
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(x)
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Certificates and other documents reasonably
requested by Buyer.
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(b)
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Buyer will deliver or cause to be delivered to
Seller:
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(i)
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The Cash Purchase Price;
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(ii)
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Resignations and Employment Agreement Releases
duly executed by Sheeley and Mingo;
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(iii)
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Certificates and other documents reasonably
requested by Buyer;
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(iv)
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Consignment Agreement;
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(v)
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Collection Agreement;
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2.
Representations and Warranties of the Seller . The Seller
represents and warrants to the Buyer that the statements contained
in this Section 2 are correct and complete as of the Closing
Date, except as set forth in the attached disclosure schedule
accompanying this Agreement (the “ Seller’s
Disclosure Schedule ”). The Seller’s Disclosure
Schedule will be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the
sections contained in this Section 2. For purposes hereof
“ Knowledge ” of Sellers means the actual
knowledge of Jeffrey Zernov and Michael Day.
2.1
Organization, Qualification and Power . The Seller is a
publicly traded corporation, duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Minnesota. The
Seller has full corporate power and authority and all permits and
licenses necessary to carry on the businesses in which it is
engaged. There are no outstanding powers of
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attorney executed on behalf of the
Seller. The Seller has no subsidiaries and does not own, directly
or indirectly, any equity interest in any entity.
2.2
Authorization of Transaction . The Seller and the persons or
representatives of Seller signing this and ancillary documents on
behalf of Seller hereto have full power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and the ancillary documents hereto and
to perform their obligations hereunder and thereunder. This
Agreement and the ancillary documents hereto to which the Seller is
a party constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the
Seller, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms and
conditions.
2.3
Noncontravention; Consents and Approvals . Neither the
execution nor the delivery of this Agreement or the ancillary
documents hereto to which any the Seller is a party, nor the
consummation of the contemplated transactions, will (a) violate any
law, order or regulation to which any of the Seller is subject or
any provision of the Seller’s organizational documents or
bylaws; or (b) to Seller’s Knowledge conflict with, result in
a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration
of, adverse modification of, create in any party the right to
accelerate, terminate, modify, suspend, revoke or cancel, or
require any notice under any permit, agreement, contract, lease,
license, instrument or other arrangement to which the Seller is a
party or is bound, or to which any of the Acquired Assets are
subject (or result in the imposition of any Security Interest upon
the Acquired Assets). To Seller’s Knowledge, no consent
approval, authorization or order of any court, governmental agency
or body, or third party is required for the Seller to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
2.4
Broker Fees . The Seller has any no liability or obligation
to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.5
Acquired Assets and Contingent Assets . The Acquired Assets
and the Contingent Assets are free and clear of all Security
Interests, infringements or licenses of third parties. The Seller
has good and marketable title or a valid license to or a valid
leasehold interest in the Acquired Assets and the Contingent
Assets.
2.6
Legal Compliance; Litigation . The Seller has complied with
all applicable laws, has all permits and authorizations necessary
for the conduct of the Business as presently conducted, and no
action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge,
complaint, claim, demand or notice has been filed, commenced or, to
the knowledge of the Seller, alleged against it. There are no
pending or threatened claims, actions, suits, proceedings, hearings
or investigations affecting the Acquired Assets or the Contingent
Assets. The Seller is not operating under or subject to, or in
default with respect to, any order, writ, injunction or decree of
any court or governmental agency. There is no agreement or law
binding upon the Seller, as opposed to the application of such to
those operating in the business industry generally, that has or
could reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or
impairing any current business practice of the Seller with respect
to the Business.
2.7
Tax Matters . The Seller has filed all tax returns that it
was required to file. All such tax returns were correct and
complete in all material respects. The Seller has paid all federal,
state, local or foreign taxes owed by the Seller, whether or not
disputed. None of the
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Acquired Assets have a Security
Interest that arose in connection with the failure to pay any tax.
The Seller has withheld and paid all taxes required to have been
withheld and paid in connection with amounts owing to any employee,
independent contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party.
The Seller has not waived any statute of limitations or agreed to
any extension of time with respect to a tax assessment or
deficiency. As a result of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, the Buyer will not become liable for any of
the Seller’s federal, state, local or foreign taxes owed, now
or after the date hereof.
2.8
Intellectual Property . The Seller owns or has the right to
use all Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 1.1(c) .
Each such item of Intellectual Property will be available for use
by the Buyer on identical terms and conditions immediately
subsequent to the Closing. To Seller’s Knowledge, the Seller
has not interfered with, infringed upon or misappropriated any
intellectual property rights of third parties related to the
Business.
2.9
Contracts . To the Seller’s Knowledge, the Seller has
no permits or contracts, whether written or oral, to which the
Seller is a party or by which it is bound relating to the
Seller’s business or the Acquired Assets or the Contingent
Assets, other than the Acquired Contracts and Permits. To the
Seller’s Knowledge, each of the Acquired Contracts and
Permits is a valid and binding obligation of the Seller, is
currently in full force and effect, no amounts are owing under any
of them, are all of the contracts and permits necessary for the
operation of the Business as presently conducted and the Seller has
not transferred or assigned any of its interest
thereunder.
2.10
Employee Benefits . Except with regard to the Accrued PTO
Liability, all the accrued obligations of the Sel