Exhibit 10.2
ASSETS PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS IS AN AGREEMENT
made as of the 17th day of April, 2007 by and among:
LINDLEY ACQUISITION
CORP.
a Connecticut corporation
with a place of business at
83 Red Barn Road
Monroe, CT
06408
(" Buyer ")
and
LINDLEY FOOD SERVICES
CORPORATION
a Connecticut corporation
with a place of business at
201 Wallace Street
New Haven, CT
06511
("Lindley Food Service")
and
HOST AMERICA
CORPORATION
a Colorado corporation
with a place of business at
2 Broadway
Hamden, CT
06518 ("
Parent ")
WHEREAS, Lindley Food Service and Parent are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Seller”;
and
WHEREAS, the Seller owns and operates a
business which engages in the food service business consisting of
contract packaging, school meals and senior feeding services (the "
Business "); and
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to sell
substantially all of the assets of the Business, tangible and
intangible, including without limitation all rights to the name
"Lindley Food Services" (but excluding the Excluded Assets as
hereinafter defined); and
WHEREAS, the Buyer is
willing to purchase said assets on the terms and subject to the
conditions hereinafter set forth; and
NOW, THEREFORE, IN
VIEW OF THE FOREGOING AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL PROMISES
HEREINAFTER SET FORTH, THE PARTIES HERETO DO HEREBY REPRESENT,
WARRANT, COVENANT AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
(reference being hereby made to Appendix
I for the definition of certain capitalized terms.)
1. Sale and
Purchase of Certain Assets .
On the terms and
subject to the conditions contained herein, at the Closing, the
Seller will sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to the
Buyer, and the Buyer will purchase from the Seller, for the
consideration hereinafter set forth, substantially all of the
Seller’s assets relating to the Business, tangible and
intangible, of every kind, nature and description, wherever located
and whether or not recorded on the books of Seller, in connection
with the operation of the Business, as described below:
(a) the Business as
a going concern;
(b) all of Seller's
inventory (including food and non-food inventory) relating to the
Business as shall exist on the Closing Date (the “
Inventory ”). Such Inventory in existence as
of the date hereof is described on attached Schedule 1(b);
(c) all of Seller's
machinery, equipment, furniture, vehicles, fixtures (excluding any
fixtures located at 2 Broadway, Hamden, Connecticut), computer
equipment (excluding any computer equipment located at 2 Broadway,
Hamden, Connecticut), and other personal property which is related
to the Business, all as described on Schedule 1(c) attached
hereto (all such assets being hereinafter referred to as the "
Other Tangible Assets ");
(d) All of
Seller’s accounts receivable relating to the Business as
shall exist on the Closing Date (“ Accounts
Receivable ”) and any Indebtedness owing to Seller,
Seller's rights in respect of orders, contracts and agreements for
the purchase or sale of goods, services, including, without
limitation, any existing service agreements, customer accounts, bid
and performance bonds, deposits, and work in process, all of which
specifically relate to the Business and, as exist on the date
hereof, are as described on Schedule 1(d) attached hereto
(all such assets being hereinafter referred to as the "
Purchased Contracts ");
(e) all of Seller's
good will, prospect sales lists, sales reports, costs sheets,
processes, relations with customers, customer lists, relations with
suppliers, supplier lists, know-how and copyrights, all of which
are specifically related to the Business and are as described in
Schedule 1(e) and the rights of Seller to the trademarks,
service marks, copyrights, copyrightable materials, the name
“Lindley Food Service” in all of its various trade
styles and trade names (all such assets being hereinafter referred
to as the " Intangible Assets "); and
(f) the leases for
real estate and capital equipment relating to the Business as set
forth on Schedule 1(f) (the “ Assumed
Leases ”); and
(g) all cash on hand
in collected funds of the Business on the Closing Date;
((a) - (g) being
hereinafter collectively referred to as the " Purchased
Assets ").
(h) Anything to the
contrary in this Section 1 notwithstanding, the Purchased Assets
shall not include the following assets of the Seller (the "
Excluded Assets "): (i) deferred Taxes, and the
right to receive any refunds of Taxes paid by Seller prior to the
Closing; (ii) any and all net operating loss carryforwards; (iii)
any refunds of unearned insurance premiums; (iv) any and all
employee pension, retirement, profit sharing, bonus, incentive,
deferred compensation or other employee benefit plans, and any
related trust or assets thereof; (v) the rights of Seller under
this Agreement and any agreement entered into pursuant hereto; (vi)
all assets, rights and properties of Seller relating to its
corporate governance and administration, including corporate minute
books, corporate seals and stockholder records; (vii) Seller's Tax
records and Tax returns; (viii) any tangible assets located at 2
Broadway, Hamden, Connecticut; and (ix) any other item not
specifically listed in (a) through (f) above.
(a) Purchase
Price . In consideration for the Purchased Assets to be sold to
the Buyer hereunder, and the other covenants and provisions hereof
to be performed by the Seller and subject to the adjustments and
set-offs provided for hereunder, Buyer shall pay $2,500,000 to the
Seller (as the same may be adjusted as described herein, "
Purchase Price ") at the Closing upon fulfillment
of all conditions as described herein.
(b)
Adjustments . The Purchase Price has been agreed upon based
on an initial Net Asset Value of $2,395,193.00 (collectively, the
“ Initial Net Asset Value ”)
determined as set forth on Schedule 2(b) attached hereto.
The Net Asset Value as of a given date shall mean
the amount calculated by subtracting the Assumed Liabilities as of
that date from the Total Assets of the Company all as calculated in
accordance with the methods used in determining the Initial Net
Asset Value as shown on Schedule 2(b) On the day that is two
(2) business days prior to the Closing, the Seller and the Buyer
shall determine the Net Asset Value as of such date (the “
Estimated Closing Net Asset Value ”). Based
upon the entries on the Estimated Closing Net Asset Value plus
$104,807, the
Purchase Price to be paid by the Buyer on the Closing Date pursuant
to Section 2(a) above shall be (a) increased by $1.00 for each
$1.00 by which the Estimated Closing Net Asset Value exceeds the
Initial Net Asset Value and (b) decreased by $1.00 for each $1.00
that the Estimated Closing Net Asset Value is less than the Initial
Net Asset Value but in no circumstances will the purchase price be
adjusted below $2,245,000 so long as the Estimated Closing Net
Asset Value (and actual Net asset Value on the Closing date) is not
less than $2,145, 000.00 . The adjustments in the Purchase shall be
rounded to the nearest whole dollar amount. The Estimated Closing
Net Asset Value shall be executed by the Buyer and the Seller.
(c) Specific
Inventory Adjustment . Buyer and Seller acknowledge that for
the 12 month period of calendar year 2006, Lindley’s cost of
goods sold as reflected on its monthly income
statements did not exceed 48% of sales (as
more particularly set forth on Schedule 2(c) ) for any month
during such period. As a result, Buyer and Seller have agreed that,
on the Estimated Closing Net Asset Value, the value of Inventory
shall be $459,781 which represents the monthly average Inventory
for the 12 month period of calendar year 2006. The Inventory used
in calculating the Post Closing Valuation described below will be
adjusted upward if necessary to equal such 48% of sales for the
last completed month prior to the Closing Date and the Purchase
Price will be increased accordingly. In the event the value of the
Inventory determined by the Post Closing Valuation described below
results in a cost of goods sold less than or equal to 48% of sales
for the last completed month prior to the Closing Date, there will
be no adjustments made to the Purchase Price as a result of this
paragraph. For example, if sales for the last completed month prior
to the Closing Date equaled $1,300,000 and cost of goods sold was
$663,000 or 51% of such sales, then the purchase price will be
increased by $39,000 which represents the 3% of cost of goods sold
above 48%. Provided the provisions of this paragraph shall have
been complied with, nothing herein shall affect other adjustments
to the Purchase Price provided for elsewhere herein.
(d) Valuation
. It is acknowledged by Buyer and Seller that Host must obtain an
independent valuation of the Business to determine if the Purchase
Price is a fair purchase price (the “Valuation”).
(e) Post Closing
Valuation . During the 90 day period following the Closing (the
“Review Period”), Buyer and Seller shall each have the
independent right to review the final determinations of the
Estimated Closing Net Asset Value and all other closing
adjustments, including without limitation any costs paid by Buyer
which under the terms hereof were to have been the obligation of
Seller, occurring either before or after the Closing Date (such
closing adjustments being hereinafter referred to as the
“Closing Adjustments”). At or before the conclusion of
the Review Period, the following terms shall apply:
(i) If Buyer and
Seller mutually agree that the actual Net Asset Value on the
Closing Date was less than the Estimated Closing Net Asset Value,
or that Purchase Price has been otherwise overstated based on a
review of the Closing Adjustments (in either case, an
“Overpayment”), then at the end of the Review Period,
or such earlier time as Buyer and Seller agree to in writing,
Seller shall pay, in cash or current funds $1.00 for each $1.00 of
Overpayment to Buyer but not in an amount which reduces the
Purchase Price below that determined under Section 2(c) above. In
the event the Seller fails to pay the Overpayment to Buyer as and
when due, said Overpayment shall accrue interest thereon at the
rate of 12% per annum from and after the expiration of the Review
Period, and such interest shall be due and payable with said
Overpayment.
(ii) If Buyer and
Seller mutually agree that the actual Net Asset Value on the
Closing Date was greater than that contained in the Estimated
Closing Net Asset Value, or that the Purchase Price has been
otherwise understated based on a review of the Closing Adjustments
(in either case, an “Underpayment”), then at the end of
the Review Period, or at such earlier time as Buyer and Seller
agree to in writing, Buyer shall pay, in cash or current funds,
$1.00 for each $1.00 of Underpayment to Seller. In the event the
Buyer fails to pay the Underpayment to Seller as and when due, said
Underpayment shall accrue interest thereon at the rate of 12% per
annum from and
after the expiration of the Review Period, and
such interest shall be due and payable with said Underpayment.
(iv) If Seller and
Buyer cannot agree as to whether the Purchase Price has been
overstated or understated, then the matter shall be arbitrated in
accordance with the provisions of Section 22 hereof.
3. Closing
.
The Closing of the
sale and purchase of the Purchased Assets hereunder shall be held
at the offices of Rogin, Nassau, Caplan, Lassman & Hirtle, LLC,
195 Church Street, New Haven, Connecticut at 2:00 p.m. on the last
Friday of the month after the satisfaction of the condition set
forth in Section 9(e) below, or at such other place, time or date
as the Buyer and the Seller may mutually agree (such closing herein
called the " Closing " and such date on which the
Closing actually takes place is herein called the " Closing
Date "), time being of the essence of this Agreement. In
any event, the Closing Date shall be as early as practicable.
(a) Deliveries by
Buyer at the Closing :
1. The Purchase
Price in U.S. Dollars, wired to the Seller in accordance with the
Seller’s instructions.
2. A Good Standing
Certificate of the Buyer.
3. A Certificate of
the Buyer, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying in such detail
as Seller may reasonably request to the fulfillment of the
conditions set forth in Section 9;
(b) Deliveries by
Seller at the Closing:
1. Good Standing
Certificates of Seller in their respective states of
incorporation.
2. A Certificate of
Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying in such detail as
Buyer may reasonably request to the fulfillment of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.
3. Warranty bills
of sale and other good and sufficient instruments of transfer,
assignment and conveyance as shall be effective to transfer to and
vest in the Buyer good and marketable fee simple title to the
Purchased Assets, free and clear of any and all liens, claims and
encumbrances of any kind, nature and description, all in form
satisfactory to counsel for the Buyer.
4. Any and all
records relating to any and all of the Purchased Assets and the
Business, including without limitation any and all customer lists,
supplier lists, purchase orders, employee records and such other
records and documents as Buyer shall reasonably require.
5. Originally
signed contracts or similar type items evidencing the Purchased
Contracts.
6. A release of all
Liens against the Purchased Assets .
7. Letters issued
of recent date by the State of Connecticut Department of Revenue
Services with respect to the payment of taxes by Lindley.
8. The Non-Competes
referenced in Section 19 below.
9. The documents
evidencing the assumption of the Food Broker’s Loan as
described in Section 8(h) below.
10. An original
executed change of name of Lindley Food Service to a dissimilar
name on forms prescribed by the Connecticut Secretary of State,
together with the applicable filing fee.
11. Assignments of
current disability and life insurance policies issued on the life
of, or for the benefit of Mark Cerreta and Gilbert Rossomondo to
the extent the same are assignable.
(c) Buyer and Seller
shall deliver to the other such other documents, including
certified resolutions of their Board of Directors (and or
shareholders), as applicable, authorizing the transactions
contemplated hereunder, and take such other action as may be
provided for herein or contemplated hereby.
(d) Buyer, Seller
and/or Parent shall execute and deliver to one another such other
instruments and documents as shall be necessary and proper to carry
out this Agreement, including, but no limited to, the Estimated
Closing Net Asset Value, a listing of all Accounts Receivable,
accounts payable and Inventory as used to determine Estimated
Closing Net Asset Value, an assignment and assumption agreement(s)
including without limitation with respect to the Food Brokers Loan
and assignments and assumptions of leases in form, substance and
content reasonably satisfactory to the parties, fully executed by
Buyer and Seller to which Buyer assumes and Seller assigns, as of
the Closing Date, the future payment and performance of the Assumed
Liabilities and the Assumed Leases.
(e) Personal
property Taxes, deposits, prepayments and/or payments under Assumed
Liabilities (hereinafter defined), employee benefits and sick and
vacation pay and all other continuing items relating to the
operation of the Business being purchased as set forth herein shall
be adjusted at the Closing as of the Closing Date in accordance
with the local custom in New Haven County, Connecticut. All sales,
use and excise taxes shall be paid by Buyer.
(f) Parent, Seller
and Gilbert Rossomando and Mark Cerreta shall enter into an
agreement terminating all agreements between Seller and/or Parent
on the one hand and said Rossomando and/or Cerreta on the other
hand, except that Gilbert Rossomando may continue as a director of
Parent pending subsequent election of directors pursuant to
Parent’s governing documents.
(g) On the day of the
Closing Date, representatives of Seller and Buyer shall prepare a
Schedule ( Schedule 3(g) ) to this Agreement which shall be
executed by Seller and Buyer and which shall establish the final
Purchase Price as adjusted as described herein. Such Schedule
3(g) shall be appended hereto, shall be a part hereof and shall
represent the final determination of the Purchase Price for
purposes of the Closing.
(h) In connection
with the Closing, Seller shall take or cause to be taken all
actions as may reasonably be required by Buyer to take actual
possession and control of the Purchased Assets. Buyer shall be
solely responsible for any costs it incurs which are associated
with the physical removal and delivery of the Purchased Assets to
Buyer and shall be responsible for any costs or damages associated
with such physical removal or delivery of the Purchased Assets
which are incurred by Seller and which are not the result of
Seller’s negligence.
Between the date
hereof and the Closing Date, Seller will (a) provide, to the
officers and other authorized representatives of Buyer, full
access, during normal business hours, to any and all premises,
properties, files, books, records, documents, and other information
of the Business and will cause its officers to furnish to Buyer and
its authorized representatives any and all financial, technical and
operating data and other information pertaining to the Business and
properties of the Business and (b) make available for inspection
and copying by Buyer true and complete copies of any documents
relating to the foregoing.
5.
Liabilities .
Except for the Assumed Leases and the Assumed
Liabilities, Buyer does not assume any liabilities or obligations
of Seller. Attached hereto as Schedule 5 is a listing of the
Purchased Contracts, the Assumed Leases, the Assumed Liabilities,
including without limitation the Food Broker Loan, and other items
which Buyer shall assume (collectively, the " Assumed
Liabilities "). The Assumed Liabilities shall be the only
liabilities or obligations of Seller which are assumed hereunder by
Buyer. Any and all obligations of Seller, or related to the Assets,
which are not Assumed Liabilities, shall remain the liabilities and
obligations of the Seller, and Seller shall remain solely
responsible for their payment and performance when due. The Buyer
agrees to honor the Seller’s obligations under the Assumed
Liabilities and the Assumed Leases in accordance with the terms of
such items and to indemnify Seller against any liability in
connection therewith in accordance with Section 11 hereof.
It is the intent of the parties hereto that
Buyer shall assume the responsibility to perform services with
respect to the Assumed Liabilities as of the Closing Date. Buyer
shall be responsible for all expenses related to the Assumed
Liabilities on and after the Closing Date. Any payments respecting
such services received by Seller for any period after the Closing
Date shall be promptly remitted in kind, by such Seller to Buyer.
Any expenses incurred in connection with the Assumed Liabilities on
and after the Closing Date shall be repaid by Buyer.
It is anticipated that in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
Seller will terminate the employment all employees of Seller in
connection with the Business. Buyer will be responsible for all
obligations to such employees arising after the Closing Date.
8. Conditions
Precedent to Buyer's Obligations .
Buyer's obligation to
close the transactions described herein are expressly conditioned
upon the fulfillment of each and all of the following:
(a) All obligations
of Seller hereunder shall have been fully performed to the
satisfaction of Buyer.
(b) The Business
being operated between the date hereof and the Closing Date in the
ordinary course and there having occurred since January 1, 2007, it
being acknowledged however that the shareholders of Buyer will
continue to operate the Business as employees of Seller or Parent
as the case may be until the Closing shall have been
consummated.
(c) All warranties
and representations hereinafter of the Seller set forth being true
when made and being true on the Closing Date as though made at and
respecting each such time and all of Seller’s covenants
having been fully performed on such date.
(d) Neither Seller,
nor the Business nor any of the Purchased Assets being subject to
any material litigation and no such litigation being in any way
pending or threatened.
(e) All other
parties to any of the Assumed Liabilities having consented to
Buyer's assuming the Assumed Liabilities and agreeing to Buyer's
performance thereunder from and after the Closing Date.
(f) All actions to
be taken by the Seller in connection with consummation of each of
the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents, instruments
or agreements required to effect the transactions contemplated
hereby will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Buyer.
(g) Buyer shall have
completed a due diligence review of the Purchased Assets and the
Business, the results of which shall be reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer.
(h) With respect to
the assumption of the Food Brokers Loan, execution of acceptable
assignment and assumption agreements between Parent, the Buyer, and
Food Brokers, Inc.confirming or relating to :
(i) there being no
uncured default which has been declared and is continuing under the
documents evidencing the Food Brokers Loan;
(ii) Parent’s
assignment of the rights it has in the $250,000.00 cash collateral
account presently being held in connection with the Food Brokers
Loan;
(iii) the assignment to
the Buyer of all non-competition and non-solicitation and indemnity
agreements from Food Brokers, Inc. and its principals to Parent
and/or the Seller (the “Food Broker’s
Non-Competes”) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Buyer;
(iv) Food Brokers,
Inc. agreement to the Buyer’s assumption of the Food
Broker’s Loan and the Food Broker’s Non-Competes and
the execution of documents evidencing all of the above in form and
substance satisfactory to the parties..
(i) Buyer shall have
received a commitment for financing in the amount of at least
$2,400,000 upon generally available market terms.
(j) In the event
Buyer has not provided notice to Seller that any such condition has
not been fulfilled within 90 days after the date hereof, all
conditions described above shall be deemed to be fulfilled.
Notwithstanding Buyer shall use its best efforts to fulfill such
conditions as soon as possible. This time limitation shall not
apply to Section 8(h) and (i) above
9. Conditions
Precedent to Seller’s and Parent’s Obligations
.
(a) All obligations
of Buyer hereunder shall have been fully performed to the
satisfaction of Seller.
(b) All warranties
and representations of the Buyer hereinafter set forth being true
when made and being true on the Closing Date as though made at and
respecting each such time and all of Seller’s covenants
having been fully performed on such date.
(c) The Buyer not
being subject to any material litigation and no such litigation
being in any way pending or threatened.
(d) All actions to be
taken by the Buyer in connection with consummation of each of the
transactions contemplated hereby and all documents, instruments or
agreements required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby
will be satisfactory in form and substance to the Seller.
(e) Parent shall have
received the authorization of its board of directors and
shareholders and of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) and any other