HOPPER RADIO OF FLORIDA,
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1.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets; Assumption of
Liabilities
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1.2 Purchase Price and Related
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1.6 Consents to Assignment
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1.8 Withholding Obligations
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE SELLERS
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2.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate
Power
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2.5 Absence of Certain Changes
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2.6 Undisclosed Liabilities
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2.7 Intentionally Omitted
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2.8 Ownership of Personal Property
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2.10 Intellectual Property
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2.16 Environmental Matters
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2.19 Business Relationships with
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2.22 Intentionally Omitted
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2.25 Customers, Distributors and
Suppliers
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE BUYER
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3.5 Financial Capacity; Solvency
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ARTICLE IV PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
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4.2 Operation of Business
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4.5 Supplement to Disclosure
Schedules
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
CLOSING
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5.1 Conditions to Obligations of the
Buyer
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5.2 Conditions to Obligations of the
Sellers
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ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1 Indemnification by the Sellers
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6.2 Indemnification by the Buyer
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6.3 Claims for Indemnification
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6.5 Limitations on Indemnification by the
Sellers
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6.6 Limitations on Indemnification by
Buyer
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6.7 Exclusive Remedy; Offset Right
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6.8 Treatment of Indemnification
Payments
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6.11 Claims Involving Pre-Closing and
Post-Closing Liability
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7.1 Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns;
Payment of Taxes
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7.2 Allocation of Certain Taxes
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7.3 Cooperation on Tax Matters; Tax
Audits
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7.4 Termination of Tax Sharing
Agreements
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8.1 Termination of Agreement
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8.2 Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE IX EMPLOYEE MATTERS
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ARTICLE X OTHER POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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10.1 Access to Information; Record Retention;
Cooperation
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10.2 Non-Solicitation and No Hiring
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10.4 Payment of Assumed Liabilities
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10.7 Restrictive Covenants Not Applicable to
Smiths
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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS
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12.1 Press Releases and Announcements
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12.2 No Third Party Beneficiaries
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12.3 Intentionally Omitted
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12.5 Succession and Assignment
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12.7 Amendments and Waivers
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12.10 Specific Performance
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12.12 Submission to Jurisdiction
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12.14 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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12.15 Incorporation of Exhibits and
Schedules
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12.16 Counterparts and Facsimile
Signature
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12.17 No Additional Representations;
DISCLAIMER
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12.18 DISCLAIMER Regarding Estimates and
Projections
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Schedules:
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Property
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Assigned
Contracts
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Claims
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Permits
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Contracts
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Excluded
Personal Property
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Accounts
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Contracts
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Inventory
Statement
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Allocation of
Purchase Price
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Buyer
Products
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Example of
Gross Margin
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Standard Terms
and Conditions of Sale
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Required Third
Party Consents
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Employees
Offered Employment by the Buyer
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Exhibits:
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Form of
Unrestricted Note
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Form of Offset
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Form of Bill of
Sale
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Form of
Trademark Assignment
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Form of
Copyright Assignment
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Form of
Assumption Agreement
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Consulting Agreement
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Noncompetition Agreement
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Form of
Irrevocable L/C
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Term Sheet for
Lease
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This ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of May 7, 2007 among Hopper Radio of Florida,
Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Hopper ”),
Memcorp, Inc., a Florida corporation (“ Memcorp
”), Memcorp Asia Limited, a corporation organized under the
laws of Hong Kong (“ Memcorp Asia ”) (Hopper,
Memcorp and Memcorp Asia are each individually referred to herein
as a “ Seller ” and are collectively referred to
herein as the “ Sellers ”), and Imation Corp., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Buyer ”). The
Sellers and the Buyer are referred to collectively herein as the
“ Parties .”
1. The
Sellers are currently engaged in the business of sourcing and
selling consumer electronics products (the “ Business
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2. The Buyer
desires to purchase from the Sellers, and the Sellers desire to
sell to the Buyer, the assets of the Sellers used in or relating to
the Business described herein, subject to the assumption of certain
related liabilities and upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein.
3. Capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in Article XI.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Parties agree as follows:
1.1
Purchase and Sale of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities
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(a) Transfer of
Assets . On the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, each
Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the
Buyer, and the Buyer (or a wholly owned subsidiary of Buyer) shall
purchase and acquire from each Seller, free and clear of all
Security Interests, all of such Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the following assets (collectively, the “
Acquired Assets ”) used by the Sellers in or relating
to the Business, in each case to the extent owned by a Seller as of
the Closing:
(i) except as
otherwise described herein, all inventories, wherever located, of
Business Products to be sold under the “Memorex,”
“Nickelodeon” or “Vextra” brand, including
all finished goods, consigned goods, work-in-progress, raw
materials, spare parts, packaging, accessories and all other
materials and supplies to be used, consumed, sold, resold or
distributed by any Seller, and all warranties and
guarantees, if
any, express or implied, by the manufacturers or sellers of any
such item or component part thereof, rights of return, rebate
rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of any
Seller relating to these items (collectively, the “
Inventory ”);
(ii) all
machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, computer
hardware, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible
personal property (other than the Inventory) used in or relating to
the Business (other than the Excluded Assets), which are set forth
on Schedule 1.1(a)(ii) hereto, and all warranties and
guarantees, if any, express or implied, rights of return, rebate
rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of any
Seller relating to these items, in each case existing for the
benefit of any Seller in connection therewith to the extent
transferable (collectively, the “ Personal Property
”);
(iii) all of the
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the contracts,
agreements, understandings or arrangements to which any Seller is
party or of which it is a third party beneficiary, in each case
used in or related to the Business, each of which is listed on
Schedule 1.1(a)(iii) hereto, including without
limitation all rights to license agreements to which any Seller is
a party to the extent transferable (collectively, the “
Assigned Contracts ”);
(iv) all Business
Intellectual Property;
(v) to the extent
assignable, all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in
and to all Permits relating to the Business;
(vi) all other
assets relating to existing customer relationships and all written
materials, data and records relating to the Business (in whatever
form or medium), including (i) client, customer, prospect,
supplier, dealer and distributor lists and records,
(ii) information regarding referral sources,
(iii) product catalogs and brochures, (iv) sales and
marketing, advertising and promotional materials, (v) research
and development materials, reports and records, (vi) production
reports and records, (vii) equipment logs,
(viii) service, warranty and claim records, (ix) records
relating to the Inventory, (x) maintenance records and other
documents relating to the Personal Property, (xi) purchase
orders and invoices, (xii) sales orders and sales order log
books, (xiii) material safety data sheets, (xiv) price
lists, (xv) quotations and bids, (xvi) operating guides
and manuals, (xvii) correspondence, (xviii) books,
records, journals and ledgers, (xix) product ideas and developments
and (xx) plans and specifications, plats, surveys, drawings,
blueprints and photographs;
(vii) all other
intangible rights and property of any Seller relating to the
Business, including (A) going concern value, (B) the
goodwill of the Sellers relating to the Business as conducted by
each Seller, (C) directory, telecopy names, numbers, addresses
and listings, and all rights that any Seller may have to institute
or maintain any action to protect the same and recover damages for
any misappropriation or misuses thereof;
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(viii) all
insurance benefits, including rights under and proceeds from,
insurance policies providing coverage for the Acquired Assets or
the Sellers relating to the Business, where such rights, benefits
and proceeds relate to events occurring prior to the
Closing;
(ix) all rights
with respect to deposits, prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and
rights to offset related to the Business, excluding rights relating
to the prior payment of Taxes and interest payable with respect to
any of the foregoing;
(x) other than as
set forth on Schedule 1.1(a)(x) , all claims (including
claims for past infringement or misappropriation of Business
Intellectual Property or rights related thereto included in the
Acquired Assets) and causes of action of any Seller relating to the
Business against any other Person, whether or not such claims and
causes of action have been asserted, and all rights of indemnity,
warranty rights, rights of contribution, rights to refunds, rights
of reimbursement and other rights of recovery of the Sellers
(regardless of whether such rights are currently exercisable)
relating to the Acquired Assets, other than Excluded Assets;
and
(xi) all leasehold
interests in the HK Leased Property, including all improvements and
fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant
thereto.
(b) Excluded
Assets . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Acquired Assets shall not include any of the
following (collectively, the “ Excluded Assets
”):
(i) all real
property owned by the Sellers, and all leasehold interests in all
real property leased or otherwise used or occupied by the Sellers
other than the HK Leased Property, including all improvements and
fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant
thereto;
(ii) all
refurbished Business Products included in the Inventory at Closing,
all Returned Products (except as otherwise provided in
Section 1.1(e)) and all inventories of Business Products other
than “Memorex,” “Nickelodeon” or
“Vextra” brand products;
(iii) all cash,
cash equivalents, short term investments and bank accounts of the
Sellers;
(iv) all accounts
receivable and other rights to payment from customers of the
Sellers, and other accounts or notes receivable of the
Sellers;
(v) all personnel
records of Business Employees of the Sellers who are not
Transferred Employees;
(vi) those Permits
relating to the Business that are not assignable in accordance with
their terms, all of which are listed on Schedule 1.1.(b)(vi)
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(vii) all rights
in connection with, and with respect to the assets associated with,
any Business Benefit Plans;
(viii) the names
“Hopper” and “Hopper Radio of
Florida”;
(ix) subject to
Section 1.1(a)(viii), all insurance policies of the Sellers
and rights thereunder;
(x) all rights to
insurance claims, related refunds and proceeds arising from or
related to the Excluded Assets and Excluded Liabilities;
(xi) all
securities owned by or on behalf of the Sellers, including without
limitation all capital stock of Memcorp, Memcorp Asia and Hopper
Asia Limited, and all records of each Seller relating to its
organization, maintenance and existence as a corporation, namely
its (A) charter documents, (B) registrations or
qualifications to conduct business, (C) taxpayer and other
identification numbers, (D) minute books, (E) share
register, (F) Tax records and (G) corporate
seal;
(xii) all books,
records, accounts, ledgers, files, documents, correspondence,
studies, reports and other printed or written materials related
solely to any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities and not
related to any Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities;
(xiii) all rights
which accrue or will accrue to the benefit of the Sellers under
this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements;
(xiv)
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the contracts,
agreements, understandings or arrangements listed on
Schedule 1.1(b)(xiv) hereto;
(xv) any security
deposit for the HK Leased Property previously paid by the Sellers;
and
(xvi) those
certain items of Personal Property set forth on Schedule
1.1(b)(xvi) thereto.
(c) Assumed
Liabilities . On the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the
Buyer shall assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge when due
the following liabilities of the Sellers relating to the Business
(the “ Assumed Liabilities ”):
(i) all executory
obligations arising under or to be performed after the Closing
under the Assigned Contracts and the Permits relating to the
Business transferred pursuant to Section 1.1(a);
(ii) all
outstanding purchase orders for Business Products of any
Seller;
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(iii) product
returns and Warranty Obligations relating to Business Products of
any Seller that are Acquired Assets which occur after the date
which is 90 days after the Closing;
(iv) obligations
to perform normal and customary service with respect to Business
Products sold by any Seller prior to Closing; and
(v) all fees and
expenses payable to the Berkowitz, Dick accounting firm in
connection with the audit of the financial statements required by
Section 5.1(j).
(d) Excluded
Liabilities . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Assumed Liabilities shall not include the following
liabilities (the “ Excluded Liabilities ”),
which shall remain obligations of the Sellers:
(i) all accounts
payable and accrued liabilities of the Sellers and all other
indebtedness of the Sellers;
(ii) all product
returns and Warranty Obligations relating to Business Products sold
by Sellers which occur prior to the date which is 90 days
after Closing;
(iii) any
liability under any Assigned Contract that arises prior to the
Closing or arises after the Closing but that arises out of or
relates to a breach that occurred prior to Closing;
(iv) other than as
set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)(iv) hereto, any liability
arising under an Environmental Law in connection with the operation
of the Business prior to Closing or the Sellers’ leasing,
ownership or operation of real property;
(v) any liability
under any Business Benefit Plan;
(vi) any liability
arising out of or relating to the Sellers’ disposition of an
application for employment, the employment of any employee
(including without limitation any accrued vacation time or unpaid
salary as of the Closing) or the termination of the employment of
any employee, whether or not the affected employee is hired by the
Buyer;
(vii) all
liabilities and obligations arising out of or relating to the
Excluded Assets;
(viii) all
liabilities and obligations for any Taxes for which any of the
Sellers or Affiliates of the Sellers are liable;
(ix) any liability
arising under the escheat laws or any other laws of any
jurisdiction relating to abandoned property;
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(x) any liability
to distribute to any of the Sellers’ shareholders or
otherwise apply all or any part of the consideration received by
the Sellers under this Agreement;
(xi) any liability
to indemnify, reimburse or advance amounts to any officer,
director, employee or agent of the Sellers;
(xii) any
liability arising out of any litigation or claims (i) pending
as of the Closing or (ii) commenced after the Closing and
arising out of or relating to any occurrence, happening or
situation existing prior to the Closing, including without
limitation the litigation and claims listed in Section 2.10(b)
and (e) and Section 2.13 of the Disclosure
Schedule;
(xiii) any
liability arising out of or resulting from the Sellers’
compliance or non-compliance with any law or Permit;
(xiv) all
Intercompany Liabilities;
(xv) all
liabilities and obligations of any Seller for costs and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including without
limitation any fees for financial advisors engaged by or on behalf
of the Sellers);
(xvi) all
liabilities and obligations of the Sellers under this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements; and
(xvii) all
liabilities of any Seller arising out of or relating to the
foregoing.
(e) Treatment
of Product Returns and Accounts Receivable .
(i) In the event a
customer of any Seller returns to a Seller or to the Buyer a
Business Product purchased by such customer from a Seller in the
course of the Business prior to the Closing (a “ Returned
Product ”) and such customer either claims a credit for
such Returned Product against amounts owed by such customer to the
Sellers or demands payment as a result of such return, (A) the
Buyer shall be responsible for granting the credit or making the
payment, as appropriate, during the period beginning on the date
which is 90 days following the Closing; and (B) the
Sellers shall remain responsible for granting the credit or making
the payment, as appropriate, during the period beginning on the
Closing Date and continuing through the date which is 90 days
following the Closing.
(ii) In the event
a customer claims a credit or demands payment from the Buyer for a
Returned Product with respect to which a Seller is responsible
under the terms of this Section 1.1(e), or in the event a
customer claims a credit or demands payment from a Seller for a
Returned Product with respect to which the Buyer is responsible
under the terms of this Section 1.1(e), in each case the Party
responsible for such Returned Product as set forth above shall
reimburse the appropriate Party for the amount of such credit or
payment promptly following receipt of notice of the return of such
Returned Product.
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(iii) The Sellers
shall purchase from Buyer all Returned Products accepted by Buyer
from a customer during the 90 day period following the Closing
at 100% of the original landed cost. After the end of the
90 day period following the closing, Buyer shall purchase
Seller’s remaining Memorex, Nickelodeon or Vextra branded
Returned Products that are not Return to Vendor Products at 20% of
the original sales price to customers. If such Returned Products
are refurbished, Buyer will purchase such Memorex, Nickelodeon or
Vextra branded Returned Products at 50% of the original sales price
to customers.
(iv) The Buyer
shall purchase from the Sellers all Returned Products that are
Return to Vendor Products received by the Sellers during the
90 day period following the Closing, for a purchase price
equal to sixty percent 60% of the Current FOB Factory Cost of the
Return to Vendor Product.
(v) The Buyer
agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to return to the
appropriate vendor any Return to Vendor Products, during the
90 day period following the Closing. In the event that a
vendor does not honor a return to vendor agreement with respect to
a Return to Vendor Product for a product that was sold by Seller
prior to Closing purchased from the Sellers in accordance with
Section 1.1(e)(iv) above, Seller shall accept such Returned
Product and shall reimburse Buyer for any applicable amount
previously paid to Seller in accordance with
Section 1.1(e)(iv) and the Seller shall maintain any and all
claims against such vendor for failing to honor such return to
vendor agreement.
1.2
Purchase Price and Related Matters .
(a) Purchase
Price . In consideration for the sale and transfer of the
Acquired Assets, the Buyer shall at the Closing assume the Assumed
Liabilities as provided in Section 1.1(c) and shall deliver to the
Sellers the following (together with the value of the Assumed
Liabilities, the “ Purchase Price ”):
(i) at the
Closing, $10,000,000 (the “ Closing Cash ”) by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts and in
the proportions set forth on Schedule 1.2(a)
hereto;
(ii) at the
Closing, (A) one or more promissory notes from Buyer in the
form of Exhibit A hereto (the “ Unrestricted
Notes ”) in aggregate principal amount of $30,000,000,
and (B) one or more promissory notes from Buyer in the form of
Exhibit B hereto (the “ Offset Notes
” and together with the Unrestricted Notes, the “
Buyer Notes ”) in aggregate principal amount of
$7,500,000, payable to the Sellers in the proportions set forth on
Schedule 1.2(a) ;
(iii) at the
Closing, an amount (the “ Inventory Amount ”)
agreed upon in accordance with Section 1.2(b) hereto, equal to
the sum of (A) 100% of the lower of (x) the Landed Cost
Basis or (y) the Landed Fair Market Value, of the Business
Products not previously sold
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to customers
included in the Inventory at Closing (including without limitation
any Business Products in transit from the factory) and (B) 60%
of the Current FOB Factory Cost of Return to Vendor Products that
are included in the Inventory at Closing (including without
limitation any Business Products, at the factory, in transit to the
factory, or waiting to go to the factory), by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to the accounts and in the proportions
set forth on Schedule 1.2(a) hereto; and
(iv) following the
third anniversary of the Closing and as further described in
Section 1.3, the Earnout Amount, if any.
(b) Inventory
Valuation . Representatives of the Buyer and the Sellers shall
jointly conduct a physical inventory count of all Inventory and, as
of the close of business on the day immediately preceding the
Closing Date, determine the value thereof. Upon completion of such
physical count and inventory valuation, the results of the
inventory shall be set forth in Schedule 1.2(b) hereto
(the “ Inventory Statement ”), which shall be
signed by the Buyer and each Seller on the Closing Date, and which
shall be used for the calculation of the Inventory
Amount.
(c) Allocation
of Purchase Price . The Purchase Price shall be allocated among
the Acquired Assets and the covenant contained in Section 10.3
as set forth on Schedule 1.2(c) hereto. The Buyer and
the Sellers agree to allocate the Purchase Price among the Acquired
Assets and the covenant set forth in Section 10.3 for all
purposes (including financial accounting and Tax purposes) in
accordance with Schedule 1.2(c) . Each of the Buyer and
the Sellers shall prepare or cause to be prepared IRS Forms 8594 in
accordance with such allocation and consistent with one another and
in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations. Buyer and the
Sellers shall each deliver such Forms to one another for review and
comment no later than 20 business days prior to filing with the
IRS.
(d) Proration
of Certain Items . Except as provided in this Section 1.2,
and subject to the provision of Section 7.2 hereof, all
property and ad valorem Taxes, leasehold rentals and other
customarily proratable items relating to the Acquired Assets
payable prior to or subsequent to the Closing Date and relating to
a period of time both prior to and subsequent to the Closing Date
shall be prorated as of the Closing between the Buyer, on the one
hand, and the Sellers, on the other, and the prorated portion due
from the Sellers, to the extent not previously paid, shall be paid
by the Sellers to the Buyer as and when due. If the actual amount
of any such item is not known as of the Closing Date, such
proration shall be based on the previous year’s assessment of
such item and the parties shall adjust such proration and pay any
underpayment or reimburse for any overpayment within thirty
(30) days after the actual amount becomes known.
(a) The “
Earnout Amount ” shall be an amount equal to
(i) 39.0% of the Gross Margin of the Products sold by the
Buyer during the three-year period following the Closing Date (the
“ Earnout Period ”), minus (ii) $47,500,000;
provided , however , that the minimum Earnout Amount
shall be $0 and the maximum Earnout Amount shall be
$20,000,000.
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(i) For purposes
of this Section 1.3, “ Products ” shall
mean (a) all consumer electronic products and related
accessories sold by or manufactured with consumer electronic
products sold or offered for sale by the Buyer or any of its
Affiliates on or after the Closing Date that bear the
“Memorex” name, (b) all consumer electronic
products and related accessories sold by or manufactured with
consumer electronic products sold or offered for sale by the Buyer
or any of its Affiliates under any other name which products are
the same as, derivate from or are subsequent generations of or are
successors to any Business Products sold by or under development by
the Sellers as of the Closing, and (c) all other consumer
electronic products and related accessories sold by or manufactured
with consumer electronic products sold or offered for sale by the
Buyer or any of its Affiliates in the United States and/or Canada
under any other name which products are substantially similar to
any Business Products sold by or under development by the Sellers
as of the Closing; in each case, other than those consumer
electronic products and related accessories sold or under
development by the Buyer under the “Memorex,”
“Imation” or “TDK” name as of the date of
this Agreement and listed on Schedule 1.3(a)(i) hereto.
For the avoidance of doubt, removable recordable media, including
without limitation optical disks, magnetic tape, USB flash drives,
flash cards, removable hard disk drives and related accessories
therefore are not deemed to be consumer electronic
products.
(ii) For purposes
of this Section 1.3, “ Gross Margin ” shall
mean (i) the amount of the Buyer’s net sales revenues
recognized during the Earnout Period from the sale of Products, net
of all discounts, rebates and returns, less (ii) the amount of
the related cost of goods sold (including freight and warehousing),
in each case as determined in accordance with United States GAAP
applied in a manner consistent with the Buyer’s accounting
practices and policies in effect for the periods in question, and
an example of such calculation is attached hereto as
Schedule 1.3(a)(ii) .
(b) Within
60 days of the end of each calendar year quarter, the Buyer
shall provide to the Sellers a report setting forth the Gross
Margin for such period, as determined by the Buyer, and explaining
in reasonable detail the way in which such determination was made.
The Sellers may, but shall not be required to, object to any report
by providing written notice to the Buyer with such
objections.
(c) The Buyer
shall provide to the Sellers, no later than 60 days after the
end of the Earnout Period, a report setting forth the Gross Margin
for the Earnout Period, as determined by the Buyer, and explaining
in reasonable detail the way in which such determination was made,
together with payment of any Earnout Amount amounts then due under
this Section 1.3. The Sellers shall have the right, at any
time within 60 days after receipt of the report, to conduct a
review or cause their independent accounting firm to conduct a
review of the Buyer’s books and records to the extent
relevant to the verification of those amounts, and the Buyer shall
provide reasonable access for such
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individuals or
accountants to the relevant books and records at reasonable times
and upon reasonable notice; provided, however, that if Buyer fails
to provide reasonable access, then such 60 day period shall be
extended by an additional number of days necessary for Sellers
and/or its accountants to have such access, and to deliver a report
(the “ Seller’s Report ”) advising whether
they agree with the calculation of the Gross Margin or deem that
one or more adjustments are required. If Buyer shall concur with
the adjustments proposed in the Seller’s Report, or if Buyer
shall not object thereto in a writing delivered to the Seller
within 45 days after Buyer’s receipt of the
Seller’s Report, the calculations of the Gross Margin set
forth in such Seller’s Report shall become final and shall
not be subject to further review, challenge or adjustment absent
fraud. If the Seller does not submit a Seller’s Report within
the 60-day period provided herein (as same may be extended as
provide herein), then the Gross Margin as calculated by Buyer shall
become final and shall not be subject to further review, challenge
or adjustment absent fraud.
(d) In the event
that the Sellers submit a Seller’s Report and Buyer and the
Sellers are unable to resolve the disagreements set forth in such
report within 45 days after the date of the Seller’s
Report, then such disagreements shall be referred to a recognized
firm of independent certified public accountants selected by mutual
agreement of the Seller and Buyer (the “ Settlement
Accountants ”), and the determination of the Settlement
Accountants shall be final and shall not be subject to further
review, challenge or adjustment absent fraud. Buyer and the Sellers
shall request the Settlement Accountants to use their best efforts
to reach a determination not more than 45 days after such
referral. The costs and expenses of the services of the Settlement
Accountants shall be paid by the Sellers if the Earnout Amount
resulting from the determinations of the Settlement Accountants is
not greater than 105% of the Earnout Amount resulting from
Buyer’s calculations as set forth in the deliveries herein;
otherwise, such costs and expenses of the Settlement Accountants
shall be paid by Buyer.
(e) During the
Earnout Period, the Buyer will operate the Business in the ordinary
course in good faith and will not act in bad faith for the purpose
of reducing the Earnout Amount. During the Earnout Period, the
Buyer shall make capital and funding available to the Business as
commercially reasonable. The Buyer agrees that, in the event it
desires to sell all or a material portion of the Business prior to
the end of the Earnout Period, it will, concurrently with the
closing of any such sale, (i) pay to the Sellers the unpaid
balance remaining on the Buyer Notes, and (ii) accelerate the
payment of the Earnout Payment assuming the maximum amount of the
Earnout Payment has been earned by the Sellers; provided ,
however , that such payment may, at the Buyer’s
option, be (x) payable in equal quarterly installments over
the period remaining between the date of acceleration and the end
of the Earnout Period, or (y) be paid in a lump sum within
60 days after the date of acceleration, and in either case the
amount payable shall be discounted to reflect the net present value
of such payment assuming that such payment would otherwise not have
been paid until 60 days following the Earnout Period and based
upon a discount rate of 6.00%.
(f) Except to the
extent of any amount paid to the Sellers pursuant to Section
1.3(e)(ii) above, in the event the Buyer terminates the Consulting
Agreement for Barry Smith without “cause” (as defined
in the Consulting Agreements) prior to the end of the Earnout
Period,
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then within
60 days after the end of the Earnout Period, the Buyer shall
pay the Sellers an amount equal to the greater of (i)
(A) 39.0% of the Gross Margin of Products sold by the Buyer
during the period beginning as of the Closing and ending on the
date of such termination, annualized as if such Gross Margin were
the Gross Margin applicable with respect to the full Earnout
Period, minus (B) $47,500,000; or (ii) the amount calculated
as set forth in Section 1.3(a).
(g) Without
limiting the provisions of Sections 1.3(e) and (f), each
Seller acknowledges (i) that, following completion of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer must operate
its business utilizing the Acquired Assets in the best interests of
its shareholders; (ii) that the Buyer has no obligation to
utilize the Acquired Assets in order to achieve an Earnout Amount
or to maximize the amount of the Earnout Amount; (iii) that
there can be no assurance that any Earnout Amount will be received;
and (iv) that the Buyer owes no fiduciary duty or express or
implied duty to the Sellers, but instead the parties intend their
contractual relationship, insofar as it relates to the Earnout
Amount, to be governed solely by the express provisions of this
Agreement.
(a) Time and
Location . The Closing shall take place at the offices of
Dorsey & Whitney LLP in Minneapolis, Minnesota, commencing at
10:00 a.m., local time, on the Closing Date.
(b) Actions at
the Closing . At the Closing:
(i) the Sellers
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Buyer the various
certificates, instruments, agreements and documents required to be
delivered under Section 5.1;
(ii) the Buyer
shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to the Sellers the various
certificates, instruments, agreements and documents required to be
delivered under Section 5.2;
(iii) the Sellers
shall execute and deliver a Bill of Sale in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C ;
(iv) each Seller
owning registered trademarks included in the Acquired Assets shall
execute and deliver a Trademark Assignment in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit D ;
(v) each Seller
owning registered copyrights included in the Acquired Assets shall
execute and deliver a Copyright Assignment in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit E ;
(vi) the Buyer
shall execute and deliver to each Seller an Assumption Agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F
;
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(vii) the Buyer
and each of Barry Smith and Jason Smith shall execute and deliver
to one another a Consulting Agreement substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “ Consulting
Agreements ”);
(viii) each Seller
shall transfer to the Buyer all the books, records, files and other
data (or copies thereof) within the possession of such Seller
relating to the Acquired Assets and reasonably necessary for the
continued operation of the Business by the Buyer;
(ix) the Buyer
shall pay to the Sellers Closing Cash and the Inventory Amount, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds into one or more
accounts designated by the Sellers as set forth on
Schedule 1.2(a) ;
(x) the Buyer
shall deliver to the Sellers the Buyer Notes, along with an
irrevocable unconditional and nontransferable Qualified Letter of
Credit as security for the Unrestricted Notes in form attached
hereto as Exhibit I ;
(xi) the Buyer and
the Sellers shall deliver a mutually agreed upon mutual release of
claims with respect to that certain Distributor Agreement between
Hanny Magnetics (B.V.I) Ltd. and Hopper Radio of Florida, Inc.,
dated June 8, 1995, as amended, and that certain License
Agreement between Hanny Magnetics Limited and Hopper Radio of
Florida, Inc., dated as of September 1994, as
amended;
(xii) the Sellers
shall deliver to Buyer a list of all open purchase orders as of the
Closing Date;
(xiii) the Sellers
and the Buyer shall execute and deliver such other instruments of
conveyance as the Buyer may reasonably request in order to effect
the sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment to the Buyer of valid
ownership of the Acquired Assets owned by the Sellers;
and
(xiv) the Sellers
shall deliver to the Buyer, or otherwise put the Buyer in
possession and control of, all of the Acquired Assets of a tangible
nature owned by the Sellers.
(a) Each Buyer
Note will be imprinted with a legend substantially in the following
form:
This Note was
originally issued on
, 2007 and has not been registered under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. The transfer of this Note is subject to certain
restrictions set forth in an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
May 7, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”) between the
issuer of this Note and the person to whom this Note originally was
issued. The issuer of this Note will furnish a copy of these
provisions to the holder of this Note without charge upon written
request.
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Each Offset Note
will also be imprinted with a legend substantially in the following
form:
The payment of
principal and interest on this Note is subject to certain
recoupment provisions set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
(b) The Buyer
Notes shall not be transferable or assignable without the prior
written consent of Buyer. If such consent is provided, to transfer
a Buyer Note, a Seller first must furnish the Buyer with (i) a
written opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer in form and
substance from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer by
reason of experience to the effect that such Seller may transfer
such Buyer Note as desired without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”), and (ii) a written undertaking executed by
the desired transferee reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer in form
and substance agreeing to be bound by the restrictions on transfer
and, with respect to the Offset Notes, the recoupment provisions
contained herein.
1.6
Consents to Assignment . Anything in this Agreement to the
contrary notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an
agreement to assign or transfer any contract, lease, authorization,
license or Permit, or any claim, right or benefit arising
thereunder or resulting therefrom, if an attempted assignment or
transfer thereof, without the consent of a third party thereto or
of the issuing Governmental Entity, as the case may be, would
constitute a breach thereof. If a Deferred Consent is not obtained,
or if an attempted assignment or transfer thereof would be
ineffective or would affect the rights thereunder so that the Buyer
would not receive all such rights, then, in each such case,
(a) the Deferred Item shall be withheld from sale pursuant to
this Agreement without any reduction in the Purchase Price,
(b) from and after the Closing, the Sellers and the Buyer will
cooperate, in all reasonable respects, to obtain such Deferred
Consent as soon as practicable after the Closing, and
(c) until such Deferred Consent is obtained, the Sellers and
the Buyer will cooperate, in all reasonable respects, to provide to
the Buyer the benefits under the Deferred Item to which such
Deferred Consent relates (with the Buyer entitled to all the gains
and responsible for all the losses, Taxes, liabilities and/or
obligations thereunder). In particular, in the event that any such
Deferred Consent is not obtained prior to the Closing, then the
Buyer and the Sellers shall enter into such arrangements (including
subleasing or subcontracting if permitted) to provide to the
Parties the economic and operational equivalent of obtaining such
Deferred Consent and assigning or transferring such contract,
lease, authorization, license or Permit, including enforcement for
the benefit of the Buyer of all claims or rights arising
thereunder, and the performance by the Buyer of the obligations
thereunder on a prompt and punctual basis.
1.7
Further Assurances . At any time and from time to time after
the Closing Date, as and when requested by any Party hereto and at
such Party’s expense, the other Party or Parties shall
promptly execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, all such documents, instruments and certificates and
shall take, or cause to be taken, all such further or other actions
as are necessary to evidence and effectuate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
1.8
Withholding Obligations . The Buyer shall be entitled to
deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to the
Sellers pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required
to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment
under the Code or
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any other
applicable Tax law and to collect any necessary Tax forms,
including Forms W-8 or W-9, as applicable, or any similar
information, from the Sellers. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld by the Buyer, such withheld amounts shall be treated for
all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the
Sellers.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
The Sellers
jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Buyer that,
except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule, the statements
contained in this Article II are true and correct as of the
date hereof. The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections
and subsections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections
and subsections contained in this Article II. The disclosures
in any section or subsection of the Disclosure Schedule shall
qualify other sections and subsections in this Article II only
to the extent it is reasonably clear from a reading of the
disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
sections and subsections.
2.1
Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power . Each of
the Sellers is a corporation duly incorporated or organized,
validly existing and, where applicable, in good standing under the
laws of its respective jurisdiction of organization and is duly
qualified to conduct business under the laws of each jurisdiction
where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification
necessary, except for any such failure to be qualified that would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Business Material Adverse
Effect. Each Seller has all requisite corporate power and authority
to carry on the business in which it is now engaged and to own and
use the properties now owned and used by it.
2.2
Authority . Each Seller has all requisite corporate power
and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by
each Seller of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements and the
consummation by each Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each Seller. This Agreement has been, and
such Ancillary Agreements will be, validly executed and delivered
by each Seller and, assuming this Agreement and each such Ancillary
Agreement constitute the valid and binding obligation of the Buyer,
constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding obligation of
each Seller, enforceable against each Seller in accordance with its
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or
other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors
generally and by equitable principles, including those limiting the
availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other
equitable remedies and those providing for equitable
defenses.
2.3
Noncontravention . Subject to compliance with applicable
antitrust or trade regulation laws, neither the execution and
delivery by any Seller of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements to which such Seller will be a party, nor the
consummation by any Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, will:
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(a) conflict with
or violate any provision of the charter or bylaws or comparable
organizational documents of such Seller;
(b) require on the
part of any Seller any filing with, or any Permit, authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, except for any
filing, Permit, authorization, consent or approval that has been
obtained;
(c) other than as
set forth on Section 2.3(c) of the Disclosure Schedule,
conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or without
due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the
acceleration of obligations under, create in any party the right to
terminate or modify, or require any notice, consent or waiver
under, any contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense,
franchise, permit, indenture, agreement or mortgage for borrowed
money, instrument of indebtedness or Security Interest to which any
Seller is a party or by which any Seller is bound or to which any
of their respective assets is subject; or
(d) violate any
order, writ, injunction or decree specifically naming, or statute,
rule or regulation applicable to, any Seller or any of their
respective properties or assets.
2.4
Financial Statements . Section 2.4 of the Disclosure
Schedule includes copies of the Financial Statements. The Financial
Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and the
methodologies described in the footnotes thereto and fairly
present, in all material respects, the financial condition and
combined results of operations and cash flows of the Business as of
the respective dates thereof and for the periods referred to
therein in accordance with such methodologies; provided that the
Financial Statements that are unaudited are subject to year-end
adjustments (which shall not be material) and do not include
footnotes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Sellers make no
representation or warranty (and specifically disclaim any
representation and warranty) with respect to Taxes and matters
relating thereto that are disclosed on the Financial
Statements.
2.5
Absence of Certain Changes . Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.5, since the Balance Sheet Date, (a) there
have not been any changes in the business, financial condition or
results of operations of the Business that would reasonably be
expected to result in a Business Material Adverse Effect and
(b) none of the Sellers has taken any of the actions (or
permitted any of the events to occur) set forth in clauses
(i) through (xi) of Section 4.2(b).
2.6
Undisclosed Liabilities . The Business does not have any
liability of a nature which is material to the Business, except for
(a) liabilities shown on the Most Recent Balance Sheet,
(b) liabilities which have arisen since the Balance Sheet Date
in the ordinary course of business, (c) contractual and other
liabilities which are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a
balance sheet and (d) the Excluded Liabilities.
2.7
Intentionally Omitted.
2.8
Ownership of Personal Property.
(a) The applicable
Seller is the true and lawful owner of, and has good and marketable
title to, or has a valid leasehold interest in or a valid license
or right to use, all of the Personal Property purported to be owned
by it, free and clear of all Security Interests. Except as set
forth on Section 2.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code with respect
to any of the Personal Property is active in any jurisdiction, and
none of the Sellers has signed any such active financing statement
or any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder
to file any such financing statement.
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(b)
Section 2.8(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists individually
(i) all pieces of Personal Property which are fixed assets
(within the meaning of GAAP) having a book value greater than
$1,000, indicating the cost, location, accumulated book
depreciation (if any) and the net book value of each such fixed
asset as of the Balance Sheet Date, and (ii) all other
Personal Property of a tangible nature (other than Inventory) whose
book value exceeds $1,000.
(a) The Sellers do
not own any real property. The real properties demised by the
leases listed on Section 2.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule
constitute all of the real property leased (whether or not occupied
and including any leases assigned or leased premises sublet for
which any of the Sellers remains liable), used or occupied by the
Sellers relating to the Business.
(b) The leases of
real property listed on Section 2.9(b) of the Disclosure
Schedule as being leased by the Company (the “ Leased Real
Property ”) are in full force and effect, and the Sellers
hold a valid and existing leasehold interest under each of the
leases for the term listed on Section 2.9(b) of the Disclosure
Schedule.
(c) Other than as
set forth on Section 2.9(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, none
of the Sellers has received written notice of any violation of any
applicable zoning ordinance or other law relating to the Leased
Real Property, and none of the Sellers have received any notice of
any such violation or the existence of any condemnation or other
proceeding with respect to any of the Leased Real
Property.
(d) To the
Seller’s knowledge there are no improvements made or
contemplated to be made by any Governmental Entity, the costs of
which are to be assessed as assessments, special assessments,
special Taxes or charges against any of the Leased Real Property,
and there are no present assessments, special assessments, special
Taxes or charges.
2.10
Intellectual Property .
(a)
Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all material
or registered Business Intellectual Property. The applicable Seller
owns, or is licensed or to the knowledge of the Sellers, otherwise
possesses valid rights to use, each item of Business Intellectual
Property.
(b) Other than as
set forth on Section 2.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, with
respect to the Business, none of the Sellers received notice that
it has been named in any pending suit, action or proceeding which
involves a claim of infringement of any patents, trademarks, trade
names, service marks or copyrights of any third party.
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(c) Each
applicable Seller has performed the obligations required to be
performed by it under the terms of any agreement pursuant to which
the applicable Seller has rights in any Business Intellectual
Property, and none of the Sellers nor, to the knowledge of the
Sellers, any third party is in default under any such agreement,
except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Business Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Other than
rights and licenses granted in the ordinary course of business,
none of the Sellers has granted to any third party any license or
right to the commercial use of any of the Business Intellectual
Property.
(e) Other than as
set forth on Section 2.10(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, there
are no pending, or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened
claims against the Sellers or any of their respective former or
current employees alleging that (i) any of the Business
Intellectual Property or the Business infringes or violates any
Third Party Rights or (ii) the Sellers or any of their respective
employees has misappropriated any Third Party Rights.
(f) To the
knowledge of the Sellers, neither the operation of the Business by
the Sellers nor any activity by the Sellers nor any use by the
Sellers of the Business Intellectual Property infringes or violates
any Third Party Rights, and neither the Sellers nor any of their
respective employees, has misappropriated any Third Party Rights.
The Sellers have not received any written communications alleging
that any of the Business Intellectual Property is invalid or
unenforceable. To the knowledge of the Sellers, no third party has
violated or infringed or is violating or infringing any of the
Business Intellectual Property. Except as listed in
Schedule 2.10(f), the Sellers do not have any licenses or
other agreements under which they are granted rights by others in
any Business Intellectual Property.
(g) To the
knowledge of the Sellers, no current or former employee or
consultant of the Sellers owns or has claimed any ownership rights
in or to, or any right to use, any of the Business Intellectual
Property, and to the knowledge of the Sellers no employee of the
Sellers has entered into any agreement that restricts or limits in
any way the scope or type of work in which the employee may be
engaged or requires the employee to transfer, assign or disclose
any Business Intellectual Property to anyone other than the
Sellers.
(h) Except as
disclosed in Schedule 2.10(h), each of the Sellers
(i) has not directly or indirectly licensed or granted to
anyone rights of any nature with respect to any of the Business
Intellectual Property; and (ii) is not obligated to and does
not pay royalties or other fees to anyone with respect to the
ownership, use, license or transfer of any of the Business
Intellectual Property.
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(a)
Section 2.11(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all of the
following contracts or agreements (and, in the case of oral
contracts or agreements, includes a summary thereof) to which any
Seller is a party as of the date of this Agreement that are used in
or related to the Business (other than contracts or agreements
relating to Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities) (the “
Designated Contracts ”):
(i) any agreement
(or group of related agreements with the same party) for the lease
of personal property from or to third parties providing for lease
payments in excess of $1,000 per annum or having a remaining term
longer than six (6) months;
(ii) any agreement
(or group of related agreements with the same party) for the
purchase of products or services (A) under which the
undelivered balance of such products and services is in excess of
$1,000, (B) which calls for performance over a period of more
than one year, or (C) under which any Seller (1) has
granted manufacturing rights, “most favored nation”
pricing provisions or exclusive sales, marketing or distribution
rights relating to the Business or any products or services of the
Business, (2) has agreed to sell or purchase a minimum
quantity of goods or services in an amount greater than $1,000 or
(3) has agreed to sell or purchase goods or services
exclusively to or from a third party;
(iii) any
agreement (or group of related agreements with the same party)
which involves a payment to be made to any Seller in excess of
$1,000, either pursuant to a contract with a customer of the
Business or pursuant to any other contract or agreement for the
sale of products or services entered into outside of the ordinary
course of business;
(iv) any agreement
for the acquisition by any Seller of any operating business,
whether by merger, stock purchase or asset purchase, except for any
such business which did not or will not become part of the
Business;
(v) any
partnership, joint venture or other similar contract, arrangement
or agreement;
(vi) any agreement
(or group of related agreements with the same party) under which
any Seller has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may
create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness for borrowed money
relating to the Business the outstanding balance of which is more
than $1,000, or under which any Seller has imposed a Security
Interest on any of its assets, tangible or intangible, relating to
the Business;
(vii) any
agreement that prohibits or restricts the Business from freely
operating anywhere in the world or that restricts any Seller from
competing in any line of business or with any Person;
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(viii) any
agreement involving any Seller’s executive officers,
directors or employees of the Business providing annual base
compensation at a rate in excess of $100,000;
(ix) any
severance, “stay pay” or termination agreement with any
officer or other employee of the Business;
(x) any contract
or agreement providing for the purchase of all or substantially all
of its requirements of a particular product from a
supplier;
(xi) any contract
or agreement which by its terms does not terminate or is not
terminable by the applicable Seller for any reason without penalty
within six (6) months after the date hereof;
(xii) any contract
with any dealer, sales representative, sales agent or
distributor;
(xiii) any license
agreement (as licensor or licensee);
(xiv)
Intentionally Omitted;
(xv) any agreement
with any Governmental Entity;
(xvi) any
agreement that is with, to the Seller’s knowledge, any
minority, disadvantaged, veteran-owned and/or women-owned business
enterprise;
(xvii) any
agreement in which any Seller makes a representation or a
commitment relating to small, minority, disadvantaged and/or
women-owned business enterprises, including but not limited to any
representation or commitment that the sale of products or the
furnishing of services by the Business will satisfy any
requirements of the customer or any Governmental Entity relating to
the level of utilization of small, minority, disadvantaged and/or
women-owned business enterprises in providing products and/or
services to such customer or Governmental Entity;
(xviii) any
agreement or arrangement for the storage of Inventory, including
consignment agreements with customers; and
(xix) any barter
agreement with customers or suppliers involving quid pro quo
arrangements.
(b) The Sellers
have delivered or made available to the Buyer a complete and
accurate copy of each written Designated Contract and a complete
and accurate summary of each oral Designated Contract. Each
Designated Contract is a valid and binding obligation of the
applicable Seller, and, to the knowledge of the Sellers, of each
other party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting the rights of
creditors generally and
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subject to the
rules of law governing (and all limitations on) specific
performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. None
of the Sellers nor, to the knowledge of the Sellers, any other
party to any Designated Contract, is in default in complying with
any provisions thereof, and no condition or event or fact exists
which, with notice, lapse of time or both would constitute a
default thereof on the part of the applicable Seller or, to the
knowledge of the Sellers, on the part of any other party
thereto.
2.12
Intentionally Omitted .
2.13
Litigation . Section 2.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists (other than with respect to Taxes), as of the date of this
Agreement, each (a) judgment, order, decree, stipulation or
injunction of any Governmental Entity naming any Seller that
relates to the Business and (b) action, suit or proceeding by
or before any Governmental Entity to which any Seller is a party
and that relates to the Business.
2.14
Employment Matters .
(a) The Sellers
are currently in compliance in all material respects with, and have
at all times complied in all material respects with, all applicable
laws governing the hiring, employment and classification of
employees. Section 2.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains
a complete and accurate list of all Business Employees, describing
for each such Business Employee, the position, whether classified
as exempt or non-exempt for wage and hour purposes, date of hire,
business location, annual base salary, monthly/weekly/hourly rates
of compensation, average scheduled hours per week, status (i.e.,
active or inactive and if inactive, the type of leave and estimated
duration) and the total amount of bonus, severance and other
amounts to be paid to such Business Employee at the Closing or
otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 2.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and accurate list of all Contingent Workers, describing for each
Contingent Worker such individual’s role in the Business, fee
or compensation arrangements and other contractual terms with the
applicable Seller.
(b) Each current
Business Employee has entered into a confidentiality and assignment
of inventions agreement with the applicable Seller, a copy or form
of which has previously been delivered to the Buyer.
Section 2.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of
all Business Employees who are a party to a non-competition
agreement and/or non-solicitation agreement with any Seller
(indicating the type of agreement for each such individual); copies
of such agreements have previously been delivered to the
Buyer.
(c)
Section 2.14(c) of the Disclosure Schedule lists each Business
Employee as of the date of this Agreement who is required by
applicable law to hold a temporary work authorization or a
particular class of non-immigrant visa in order to work in any
jurisdiction in which such employee is employed (each a “
Work Permit ”), and shows for each such employee the
type of Work Permit held by such Business Employee and the
remaining period of validity of such Work Permit. With respect to
each Work Permit, all of the information
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that any of the
Sellers has provided to the relevant Governmental Entities
(collectively, “ Immigration Authorities ”) in
the application for such Work Permit was true and complete. The
Sellers have received the appropriate notice of approval from the
Immigration Authorities with respect to each such Work Permit. None
of the Acquired Entities has received any notice from the
Immigration Authorities that any Work Permit has been revoked.
There is no action pending or, to the Sellers’ knowledge,
threatened to revoke or adversely modify the terms of any Work
Permit. Except as disclosed in Section 2.14(c) of the Disclosure
Schedule, no employee of any of the Sellers is a non-immigrant
employee of a nationality other than that of the jurisdiction in
which he or she is employed whose right to remain in such
employment would terminate or otherwise be affected by the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. For each employee of
any of the Sellers hired after November 6, 1986 and working in
the United States, the respective Seller has retained an
Immigration and Naturalization Service Form I-9, completed in
accordance with applicable law.
(d) None of the
Sellers is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining
agreement relating to the Business, nor has any Seller, with
respect to the Business, experienced, since 2003, any material
strikes, grievances, claims of unfair labor practices or other
collective bargaining disputes.
(e) To the
knowledge of the Sellers, no Business Employee has any plans to
terminate employment with any of the Sellers (other than for the
purpose of accepting employment with the Buyer following the
Closing) or not to accept employment with the Buyer.
(f) The employment
of any terminated former employee of any of the Sellers engaged in
the Business has been terminated in material compliance with any
applicable contract terms and applicable law, and none of the
Sellers has any material liability under any contract or applicable
Law toward any such terminated employee, except as may be set forth
in any Plan.
(g) Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.14(g) of the Disclosure Schedule,
none of the Sellers has made any loans (except advances for
business expenses in the ordinary course of business) to any
Business Employee that have not been fully repaid, forgiven or
otherwise satisfied.
(h) Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.14(h) of the Disclosure Schedule,
each of the Sellers has paid in full to all employees all wages,
salaries, bonuses and commissions due and payable to such employees
and Buyer assumes no obligation for any unpaid amounts.
(i) Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.14(i) of the Disclosure Schedule,
there has been no lay-off of employees or work reduction program
undertaken by or on behalf of any of the Sellers in the past two
years, and no such program has been adopted by any of the Sellers
or publicly announced. No orders, awards, improvements,
prohibitions or other notices have been served upon and no other
enforcement or similar proceedings have been taken against any of
the Sellers in the past two years pursuant to any legislation,
regulations, orders or codes of conduct of any Governmental Entity
in respect of employees.
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(j) There are no
current negotiations for any change in the rate of remuneration or
the bonus, incentives, prerequisites or emoluments or pension
benefits of any Business Employee.
(a)
Section 2.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a complete
and accurate list of all Business Benefit Plans. Complete and
accurate copies of all Business Benefit Plans and all related trust
agreements, insurance contracts and summary plan descriptions have
been made available to the Buyer.
(b) The Business
Benefit Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section
401(a) of the Code have received determination letters from the
Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”) to the
effect that such Business Benefit Plans are qualified or are
entitled to rely on a prototype plan sponsor’s determination
letter from the IRS pursuant to recent IRS pronouncements, and the
plans and the trusts related thereto are exempt from federal income
Taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code,
or the period for obtaining or relying on such a determination
letter has not yet closed.
(c) Except as set
forth in Section 2.15(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no ERISA
Affiliate has ever maintained or been required to contribute to any
Employee Benefit Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or to any
Multiemployer Plan.
(d) No act or
omission has occurred and no condition exists with respect to any
Business Benefit Plan maintained by any Seller, any of their
respective Affiliates or any ERISA Affiliate that would subject the
Buyer to any fine, penalty, Tax or liability of any kind imposed
under ERISA or the Code (other than liabilities for benefits
accrued under Business Benefit Plans for Business Employees or any
Seller and their beneficiaries). There are no criminal proceedings
against, and no material civil, arbitration, administrative or
other proceedings or disputes by or against, the trustees, managers
or administrators of the Business Benefit Plans or any of the
Sellers in relation to the Business Benefit Plans and none is
pending or, to the Sellers’ knowledge, threatened.
(e) There are no
unfunded obligations under any Business Benefit Plan providing
welfare benefits after termination of employment to any Business
Employee (or to any beneficiary of any such employee), excluding
continuation of health coverage required to be continued under
Section 4980B of the Code or other similar applicable
laws.
(f)
Section 2.15(f) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
policy of the Sellers with respect to accrued vacation, personal
and sick time and earned time off applicable to the Business
Employees and the total amount of such liabilities with respect to
the Business Employees as of the date hereof (and updated as of the
Closing Date).
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(g) No undertaking
or assurance (whether or not constituting a legally binding
commitment) has been given to any Business Employee as to the
continuation of the Business Benefit Plans after the
Closing.
2.16
Environmental Matters . Except as described or identified in
Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) the
Business’ operations are currently in compliance with, and
have at all times complied with, applicable Environmental Laws and,
to the knowledge of the Sellers, there are no circumstances that
may prevent or interfere with such compliance in the
future;
(ii) there is no
pending civil or criminal litigation, written notice of violation
or formal administrative proceeding, investigation or claim
relating to any Environmental Law involving any Leased Real
Property or any property formerly owned or operated by the
Business;
(iii) no Materials
of Environmental Concern have been Released by the Business at any
Leased Real Property in violation of applicable Environmental Law;
and
(iv) The Sellers
are not aware of any liability under Environmental Laws of any
solid or hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or
disposal facility that has been used in connection with the
operations of the Business.
2.17
Legal Compliance . Each Seller, with respect to the
Business, has been and remains in material compliance with all
applicable laws (including rules and regulations thereunder, other
than with respect to Taxes) of any federal, state or foreign
government, or any Governmental Entity, in effect with respect to
the Business. None of the Sellers has received written notice of,
or to the Sellers’ knowledge are subject to, any pending or
threatened civil, criminal or administrative action, suit,
proceeding, hearing, demand letter, investigation, claim,
complaint, demand, request for information, or notice relating to
the Business (other than with respect to Taxes). There is no act,
omission, event or circumstance of which the Sellers have knowledge
that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such action,
suit, proceeding, hearing, demand letter, investigation, claim,
complaint, demand, request for information or notice (other than
with respect to Taxes).
2.18
Permits . Section 2.18 of the Disclosure Schedule lists
all Permits. Each Permit listed in the Disclosure Schedule is in
full force and effect, and none of the Sellers is in material
violation of or default under any Permit. No suspension or
cancellation of any such Permit has been threatened in writing. The
Permits include, but are not limited to, those required in order
for the applicable Seller to conduct the Business under federal,
state, local or foreign statutes, ordinances, orders, requirements,
rules, regulations, Environmental Laws and laws pertaining to
public health and safety, worker health and safety, buildings,
highways or zoning. None of the Permits is subject to termination
as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby, and, to the knowledge of
the Sellers, the Buyer will not be required to obtain any further
Permits to continue to conduct the Business after the Closing. The
Sellers have not made any false statements on, or omissions from,
any notifications, applications, approvals, reports and other
submissions to any Governmental Entity or in or from any other
records and documentation prepared or maintained to comply with the
requirements of any Governmental Entity.
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2.19
Business Relationships with Affiliates . Section 2.19
of the Disclosure Schedule lists any agreements with respect to the
Business whereby any Affiliate of any Seller, directly or
indirectly, (a) owns any property or right, tangible or
intangible, which is used in the Business, (b) has any
material claim or cause of action against the Business, or
(c) owes any money to, or is owed any money by, the Business.
Section 2.19 of the Disclosure Schedule describes any
commercial transactions or relationships between any of the Sellers
and any Affiliate thereof (as well as any commercial transactions
or relationships between any such Affiliates and Suppliers) which
occurred or have existed since the beginning of the time period
covered by the Financial Statements.
2.20
Brokers’ Fees . None of the Sellers has any liability
or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder
or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement that would constitute an Assumed Liability.
2.21
Inventory . All of the Inventory as of the Balance Sheet
Date is set forth in Section 2.21 of the Disclosure Schedule,
which shall be updated as of the Closing.
2.22
Intentionally Omitted .
2.23
Insurance . Section 2.23 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists each insurance policy (including fire, theft, casualty,
comprehensive general liability, workers compensation, business
interruption, environmental, product liability and automobile
insurance policies and bond and surety arrangements) relating to
the Business to which any Seller is a party, all of which are in
full force and effect. There is no claim pending under any such
policy as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed
by the underwriter of such policy, and each applicable Seller is
otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the terms of
such policies. None of the Sellers has received written notice of
any threatened termination of any such policy.
2.24
Warranty Matters . None of the Business Products
manufactured, sold, leased, licensed or delivered by any Seller is
subject to any guaranty, warranty, right of return, right of credit
or other indemnity other than (i) the applicable standard
terms and conditions of sale or lease of the Business, which are
set forth in Section 2.24 of the Disclosure Schedule, (ii)
manufacturers’ warranties for which the Business has no
liability or (iii) warranties imposed by applicable law. The
reserves for Warranty Obligations reflected on the Most Recent
Balance Sheet are reasonable in amount, are consistent with the
past practice of the Sellers with respect to the Business.
Section 2.24 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
aggregate expenses incurred by the Sellers in fulfilling their
obligations under their guaranty, warranty, right of return and
indemnity provisions with respect to the Business during each of
the fiscal years and the interim period covered by the Financial
Statements.
2.25
Customers, Distributors and Suppliers . Section 2.25 of
the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and complete list of all
customers, sales representatives, dealers and distributors (whether
pursuant to a commission, royalty or other arrangement) that
accounted for $500,000 or
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more of the
sales of the Business for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2006, showing with respect to each, the name, address and dollar
value involved (collectively, the “ Customers and
Distributors ”). Section 2.25 of the Disclosure
Schedule also sets forth a true and complete list of all suppliers
of the Business to whom during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006, the Sellers made payments aggregating
$200,000 or more, showing with respect to each, the name, address
and dollar value involved (the “ Suppliers ”).
No Customer, Distributor or Supplier has canceled or otherwise
terminated its relationship with the applicable Seller, or, during
the last twelve (12) months, has decreased materially its
services, supplies or materials to the applicable Seller or its
usage or purchase of the services or products of the applicable
Seller nor, to the knowledge of the Sellers, does any Customer,
Distributor or Supplier have any plan or intention to do any of the
foregoing.
2.26
Investment . Each Seller (a) understands that the Buyer
Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the
Securities Act or under any state securities laws, is being offered
and sold in reliance upon federal and state exemptions for
transactions not involving any public offering and will contain a
legend restricting transfer; (b) is acquiring the Buyer Notes
solely for such Seller’s own account for investment purposes,
and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (c) is a
sophisticated investor with knowledge and experience in business
and financial matters; (d) has received certain information
concerning the Buyer and has had the opportunity to obtain
additional information as desired in order to evaluate the merits
and the risks inherent in holding the Buyer Notes; and (e) is
able to bear the economic risk and lack of liquidity inherent in
holding the Buyer Notes.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The Buyer
represents and warrants to each Seller that the statements
contained in this Article III are true and correct as of the date
hereof, and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date as
though made as of the Closing Date, except to the extent such
representations and warranties are specifically made as of a
particular date (in which case such representations and warranties
will be true and correct as of such date).
3.1
Organization . The Buyer is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its
jurisdiction of organization.
3.2
Authority . The Buyer has all requisite corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which it will be a party and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery by
the Buyer of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements and the
consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby have been validly authorized by all necessary company
action on the part of the Buyer. This Agreement has been, and such
Ancillary Agreements will be, validly executed and delivered by the
Buyer and, assuming this Agreement and each such Ancillary
Agreement constitute the valid and binding obligation of the
Sellers, constitutes or will constitute a valid and binding
obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles,
including those limiting the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing
for equitable defenses.
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3.3
Noncontravention . Subject to compliance with the applicable
requirements of applicable antitrust or trade regulation laws,
neither the execution and delivery by the Buyer of this Agreement
or the Ancillary Agreements to which the Buyer will be a party, nor
the consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, will:
(a) conflict with
or violate any provision of the organizational documents of the
Buyer;
(b) require on the
part of the Buyer any filing with, or permit, authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, except for any
filing, permit, authorization, consent or approval that has been
obtained;
(c) conflict with,
result in a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or
lapse of time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration
of obligations under, create in any party any right to terminate or
modify, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any
contract or agreement to which the Buyer is a party or by which the
Buyer is bound; or
(d) violate any
order, writ, injunction or decree specifically naming, or statute,
rule or regulation applicable to, the Buyer or any of its
properties or assets.
3.4
Litigation . There are no actions, suits, claims or legal,
administrative or arbitratorial proceedings pending against, or, to
the Buyer’s knowledge, threatened against, the Buyer which
would adversely affect the Buyer’s performance under this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
3.5
Financial Capacity; Solvency . The Buyer (i) has, and
at the Closing will have, sufficient internal cash (without taking
into account any unfunded financing regardless of whether any such
financing is committed) in an aggregate amount sufficient to pay
the Closing Cash payable as required by this Agreement,
(ii) has, and at the Closing will have, the resources and
capabilities (financial or otherwise) to perform its obligations
hereunder and (iii) has not, and as of the Closing, shall not
have, incurred any obligation, commitment, restriction or liability
of any kind which would impair or adversely affect such resources
and capabilities, including, without limitation, after giving
effect to any obligation, commitment, restriction or liability of
any kind with respect to this Agreement. Immediately after giving
effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, the Buyer will not
(x) be insolvent (either because its financial condition is
such that the sum of its debts is greater than the fair value of
its assets or because the fair salable value of its assets is less
than the amount required to pay its probable liability on its
existing debts as they mature), (y) have unreasonably small
capital with which to engage in its business, or (z) have incurred
debts beyond its ability to pay as they become due.
3.6 No
Brokers . No Person has acted, directly or indirectly, as a
broker, finder or financial advisor for the Buyer in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no Person
is entitled to any fee or commission or like payment in respect
thereof.
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ARTICLE IV
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
(a) Subject to the
terms hereof, including Section 4.1(b), each of the Parties
shall use reasonable commercial efforts to take all actions and to
do all things reasonably necessary or advisable to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using
reasonable commercial efforts to: (i) obtain all Third Party
Consents, (ii) effect all Governmental Filings, including as
necessary to effect a transfer of ownership to the Buyer of any
applicable regulatory approvals, registrations, licenses or
authorizations, and (iii) otherwise comply in all material
respects with all applicable laws and regulations in connection
with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Buyer on the one hand and the Seller on the other
hand shall evenly split any out-of-pocket costs (excluding legal
fees, for which the parties will each bear their own costs)
associated with obtaining such Third Party Consents. Each of the
Parties shall promptly notify each of the other Parties of any
fact, condition or event known to it that would reasonably be
expected to prohibit, make unlawful or delay the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, each of the parties shall
(i) prepare and file any Notification and Report Forms and
related material that it may be required to file with the Federal
Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the United States
Department of Justice under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act within
14 days after the date hereof, (ii) supply as promptly as
practicable any additional information and documentary material
that may be requested pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act and
(iii) use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting
periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act as soon as practicable. The
Buyer shall pay the filing fee required in connection with filings
made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
(b) Each of the
Parties shall use reasonable commercial efforts to resolve any
objections that may be asserted by any Governmental Entity with
respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall
cooperate with each other to contest any challenges to the
transactions contemplated hereby by any Governmental Entity;
provided, however, that the Buyer shall have no obligation under
this Section 4.1 to dispose or hold separately or make any
change in or to any portion of its business or assets (or in or to
any portion of the Acquired Assets), to incur any other burden with
respect thereto or to agree to do any of the foregoing, as a
condition of such governmental clearances or approvals. Each of the
Parties shall promptly inform each other of any material
communication received by such Party from any Governmental Entity
regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby (unless the
provision of such information would (i) violate the provisions
of any applicable laws or regulations (including without limitation
those relating to security clearance or export controls) or any
confidentiality agreement or (ii) cause the loss of the
attorney-client privilege with respect thereto).
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4.2
Operation of Business .
(a) During the
period from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date, each
of the Sellers shall:
(i) conduct the
operations of the Business in the ordinary course, consistent with
past practice;
(ii) maintain
consistent with past practice the assets, properties, facilities
and equipment of the Business in good working order and condition
as of the date hereof (excluding ordinary wear and
tear);
(iii) perform in
all material respects all of its obligations under all agreements
relating to or affecting the Business or the assets, liabilities,
properties, equipment or rights thereof;
(iv) use its
commercially reasonable efforts to (A) preserve the Business
organization intact, (B) retain the Business’s present
employees, but in no event shall Sellers be required to increase
compensation or extend bonuses and (C) maintain the relationships
and agreements with the Business’s suppliers, distributors,
customers and others having dealings with the Business, all in a
manner consistent with past practices, but in no event shall Seller
be required to extend any discounts or rebates or agree to any cost
increases, in each case to the extent inconsistent with past
practice;
(v) continue in
full force and effect all existing insurance policies (or
comparable insurance) relating to the Business; and
(vi) comply in all
material respects with all Permits, rules, laws and regulations
applicable to the Business.
(b) Prior to the
Closing, none of the Sellers shall, without the prior written
consent of the Buyer:
(i) sell, assign,
transfer, lease, exchange or dispose of any portion of the Acquired
Assets, except for sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice; provided ,
however , that nothing in this clause (i) shall
prohibit the collection by the Sellers of accounts receivable of
the Business;
(ii) incur or
guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money relating to the
Business, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(iii) grant any
rights to severance benefits, “stay pay” or termination
pay to any Business Employee, or increase the compensation or other
benefits payable or potentially payable to, any Business Employee
under any previously existing severance benefits,
“stay-pay” or
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termination pay
arrangements except for “stay pay” or termination pay
to Business Employees not to exceed $20,000 in the
aggregate;
(iv) make any
capital expenditures or commitments therefor with respect to the
Business in an amount in excess of $1,000 in the
aggregate;
(v) acquire any
operating business, whether by merger, stock purchase, asset
purchase or otherwise (except for any business that will not become
part of the Business);
(vi) increase the
current compensation or benefits of, or current level of payments
to, or enter into any employment, compensation or deferred
compensation agreement (or any amendment to any such existing
agreement) with any Business Employees;
(vii) materially
amend the terms of any existing Business Benefit Plan, except as
required by law;
(viii) materially
change the accounting principles, methods or practices insofar as
they relate to the Business, except in each case to conform to
changes in GAAP;
(ix) enter into
any contract, agreement, obligation or commitment relating to the
Business, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice and other than a contract terminable on 30 days
or less notice;
(x) create any
Security Interests in any of the Acquired Assets; or
(xi) agree in
writing or otherwise to take any of the foregoing
actions.
(a) Each Seller
shall permit representatives of the Buyer to have access (at
reasonable times, on reasonable prior written notice and in a
manner so as not to interfere with the normal business operations
of the Business) to the Business Employees and the counsel and
auditors of the Sellers as well as the premises, properties,
financial and accounting records, contracts and other records and
documents, of or pertaining to the Business; provided, however,
such counsel shall not be obligated to disclose any information or
documents that is covered by the attorney-client privilege or the
attorney work product privilege. Prior to the Closing, the Buyer
and its representatives shall not contact or communicate with the
customers and suppliers of any Seller in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except with the prior
written consent of any Seller.
(b) The Sellers
will provide the Buyer, the Buyer’s representatives and
Buyer’s independent registered public accountants reasonable
access during normal business hours to such books, records,
workpapers, data and other information as may be reasonably
requested by the
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Buyer to allow
the Buyer and its independent registered public accountants to
conduct an audit or review of the Business and Acquired Assets for
such periods as the Buyer may require for its financial reporting
purposes required in connection with any report required to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Sellers shall cooperate with
the Buyer and Buyer’s independent registered public
accountants in the preparation of audited and/or pro forma
financial statements in respect of the Business and Acquired Assets
for such periods as the Buyer may require; provided, that the Buyer
shall be responsible for the cost of its audit.
(c) The Buyer and
the Sellers acknowledge and agree that the Confidentiality
Agreement remains in full force and effect and that Information
provided by any Seller or any of their respective Affiliates to the
Buyer pursuant to this Agreement prior to the Closing shall be
treated in accordance with the Confidentiality Agreement. If this
Agreement is terminated prior to the Closing, the Confidentiality
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with
its terms. If the Closing occurs, the Confidentiality Agreement,
insofar as it covers Information relating to the Business, shall
terminate effective as of the Closing, but shall remain in effect
insofar as it covers other Information disclosed
thereunder.
(a) Each of the
Sellers shall not, and shall require each of their respective
managers, employees, directors, officers, partners, Affiliates,
attorneys, investment bankers, accountants, representatives and
agents not to, directly or indirectly, (i) initiate, solicit,
encourage or otherwise facilitate any inquiry, proposal, offer or
discussion with any party (other than the Buyer) concerning any
merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, business
combination, liquidation, dissolution, share exchange, lease, sale
of stock, sale of material assets, disposition or similar business
transaction involving the Business or any of the Sellers (any such
inquiry, proposal, offer or discussion, an “ Acquisition
Proposal ”), (ii) furnish any information concerning
the Business or the properties or assets of the Sellers, including
any access thereto, to any party (other than the Buyer or
customers, suppliers or distributors of the Business in the
ordinary course of business) or (iii) engage in discussions or
negotiations with any party (other than the Buyer) concerning any
Acquisition Proposal.
(b) Each of the
Sellers shall immediately notify any party with which discussions
or negotiations of the nature described in paragraph (a) above
are pending that such Seller, as the case may be, is terminating
such discussions or negotiations. If any of the Sellers receives
any Acquisition Proposal, such Seller shall, within one Business
Day after such receipt, notify the Buyer of such Acquisition
Proposal, including the identity of the other party and the terms
of such Acquisition Proposal.
4.5
Supplement to Disclosure Schedules . In the event that any
Seller becomes aware of any fact or condition occurring after the
date hereof that would require a change to any Disclosure Schedule
(if the Disclosure Schedules were dated as of the fact or
condition) the Sellers may deliver a supplement to the Disclosure
Schedules specifying the change. The Buyer shall promptly determine
prior to Closing whether it desires
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to terminate
the Agreement under Article 8 hereof or proceed to Closing
with such changed Disclosure Schedules. In the event that the Buyer
proceeds to Closing without terminating the Agreement, the Buyer
shall be deemed to have waived its right to recover Damages from
the Sellers resulting from such change.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
CLOSING
5.1
Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer . The obligation of
the Buyer to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Buyer) of
the following conditions:
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Sellers set forth in
Article II shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except for such representations and warranties that are already
qualified by their terms by a reference to materiality or Business
Material Adverse Effect which representations and warranties as so
qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of
the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date, except for
those representations and warranties that address matters only as
of a particular date (which shall be true and correct as of such
date);
(b) each Seller
shall have performed or complied with the agreements and covenants
required to be performed or complied with by it under this
Agreement as of or prior to the Closing;
(c) no third party
action, suit or proceeding shall be pending by or before any
Governmental Entity seeking to prevent consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no judgment, order,
decree, stipulation or injunction enjoining or preventing the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
shall be in effect;
(d) the Sellers
shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer the Seller
Certificate;
(e) all applicable
waiting periods (and any extensions thereof) under applicable
antitrust or trade regulation laws shall have expired or otherwise
been terminated;
(f) each of Barry
Smith, Jason Smith and Sean Smith shall have executed and delivered
to the Buyer a Noncompetition Agreement in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit H ;
(g) each of Barry
Smith and Jason Smith shall have executed and delivered to the
Buyer the respective Consulting Agreements;
(h) the Sellers
shall have obtained all Third Party Consents listed in
Schedule 5.1(h) ;
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(i) the Buyer
shall have received a certificate of good standing of the Sellers
in their jurisdictions of organization and a certificate as to the
incumbency of officers and the adoption of authorizing
resolutions;
(j) the Buyer
shall have received the audited financial statements with respect
to the Business for the nine month period ending December 1,
2005 and the twelve month period ending December 31, 2006, and
such audited financial statements shall not be materially different
than the Financial Statements such that adjustments made in the
audited financial statements, individually or in the aggregate, do
not result in a negative adjustment to operating income for any
such period by 5% or more; provided, that Buyer shall have notified
the Sellers within five Business Days of receipt of such audited
financial statements if Buyer determines that any such negative
adjustment will cause this condition not to have been
satisfied;
(k) all statutory
notice requirements under Chapter 49 of the laws of Hong Kong
(Transfer of Businesses (Protection of Creditors) Ordinance) shall
have been completed, and no actions or proceedings shall have been
instituted thereunder (and no written notice that proceedings have
been instituted shall have been received) during the notice
period;
(l) the Buyer
shall have received a Tax Indemnification Agreement from Barry
Smith in the form mutually agreed upon by the Parties;
and
(m) the Buyer and
BJS Family Partnership, Ltd., as landlord, shall have entered into
a lease for the premises located at 3200 Meridian Business Campus
at Weston, 3200 Meridian Parkway, Weston, Florida 33326, on terms
summarized on Exhibit J .
5.2
Conditions to Obligations of the Sellers . The obligation of
the Sellers to consummate the transactions to be consummated at the
Closing is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Sellers)
of the following conditions:
(a) the
representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in
Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects
(except for such representations and warranties that are already
qualified by their terms by a reference to materiality or Buyer
Material Adverse Effect which representations and warranties as so
qualified shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of
the Closing Date as if made as of the Closing Date, except for
those representations and warranties that address matters only as
of a particular date (which shall be true and correct as of such
date);
(b) the Buyer
shall have performed or complied with its agreements and covenants
required to be performed or complied with by it under this
Agreement as of or prior to the Closing;
(c) no action,
suit or proceeding shall be pending by or before any Governmental
Entity seeking to prevent consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and no judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction enjoining or preventing consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be in
effect;
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(d) the Buyer
shall have delivered to the Sellers the Buyer
Certificate;
(e) all applicable
waiting periods (and any extensions ther
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