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Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
PACIFIC SERVICES &
MANUFACTURING, INC.
A WASHINGTON CORPORATION,
SELLER
WALTER PISCO,
SHAREHOLDER
PSM LLC,
A WASHINGTON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,
BUYER
AND
CASCADE
CORPORATION
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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v
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered into
in Seattle, Washington, on December 14, 2006, by and among Pacific
Services & Manufacturing, Inc., a Washington corporation, (the
"Seller"); and Walter Pisco, an individual resident of Mercer
Island, Washington, owner of 100% of the outstanding capital
stock of the Seller (the "Shareholder"); and PSM LLC, a Washington
limited liability company (the "Buyer"), and Cascade Corporation,
an Oregon corporation ("Cascade"). The Seller, the Shareholder, the
Buyer, and Cascade are each a "party" and together are "parties" to
this Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Seller desires to transfer to the Buyer
substantially all of the Seller’s assets relating to the
Seller’s manufacturing business based in Woodinville,
Washington, and the Buyer desires to acquire such assets and
business, all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to set forth certain
representations, warranties and agreements, all as more fully set
forth below;
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
following respective meanings:
" Adjustment Review Period " has the meaning specified in
Section 3.1(d).
" Affiliate " means, as to the person specified, any
person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such
person, with the concept of control in such context meaning the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of another, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
" Agreement " has the meaning specified in the opening
paragraph.
" Applicable Laws " has the meaning specified in Section
5.10.
" Assumed Liabilities " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.3.
" Assumption Agreement " has the meaning specified in
Section 4.1(c).
" Balance Sheets " has the meaning specified in Section
5.11(b).
" Business " means the construction attachment and
related product manufacturing and sales business of the Seller.
" Buyer " means PSM LLC, a Washington limited liability
company.
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" Buyer’s 401(k) Plan " has the
meaning specified in Section 7.3(g).
" Cascade " means Cascade Corporation, an Oregon
corporation.
" Claims " has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.
" Closing " has the meaning specified in Section
3.2(b).
" Closing Date " has the meaning specified in Section
3.2(b).
" Code " means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
" Contracts " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(g).
" Customers " means the customers of the Seller.
" Debts to be Assumed at Closing " means all Trade
Accounts Payable and amounts owed on lines of credit and long-term
indebtedness, all as described on Schedule 2.3.
" Defined Benefit Plan " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.9(a)(1).
" Domain Names " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(d).
" Encumbrances " means liens, charges, pledges, options,
mortgages, security interests, claims, easements, rights-of-way,
servitudes, title defects, rights of third parties and other
encumbrances of every type and description, whether imposed by law,
agreement, understanding or otherwise.
" Environmental Laws " shall include all such laws in
effect in any and all jurisdictions in which the Purchased Assets
or the Facilities are located or in which the Seller or their
Affiliates have conducted operations using any of the Purchased
Assets or on the Facilities, including, without limitation, the
Clean Air Act, as amended, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899, as amended, the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as
amended, the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, the
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, as amended,
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, and all
other municipal, state or federal environmental conservation or
protection laws.
" ERISA " means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended.
" ERISA Affiliate " means any trade or business (whether
or not incorporated) which is or at any time within the six (6)
year period preceding the date of this Agreement would have been
treated as a "single employer" with the Seller under Section
414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code.
" Escrow Agent " has the meaning specified in Section
3.2(a).
" Escrow Agreement " has the meaning specified in Section
3.2(a).
" Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price " has the meaning
specified in Section 3.1(b).
" Estimated Purchase Price Adjustment " has the meaning
specified in Section 3.1(b).
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" Excluded Assets " has the meaning
specified in Section 2.2.
" Facilities " means the Seller’s facilities
located at 21307 87 th Ave., SE, Woodinville, Washington 98072.
" Final Adjusted Purchase Price " has the meaning
specified in Section 3.1(c).
" Final Purchase Price Adjustment Amount " has the
meaning specified in Section 3.1(c).
" Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement " has the
meaning specified in Section 3.1(c).
" Financial Statements " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.11(a).
" GAAP " has the meaning specified in Section
5.11(a).
" General Conveyance " has the meaning specified in
Section 4.1(c).
" Governmental Entity " means any court or tribunal in
any jurisdiction (domestic or foreign) or any public, governmental
or regulatory body, agency, department, commission, board, bureau
or other authority or instrumentality (domestic or foreign).
" Holdback " has the meaning specified in Section
3.2(a).
" Indemnification Threshold " has the meaning specified
in Section 8.6.
" Indemnified Party " has the meaning specified in
Section 8.3.
" Indemnifying Party " has the meaning specified in
Section 8.3.
" Instruments " has the meaning specified in Section
5.13.
" Interim Balance Sheet " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.11(a)(2).
" Interim Financial Statements " has the meaning
specified in Section 5.11(a)(2).
" Inventory " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(b).
" Lease Agreement " has the meaning specified in Section
4.2(d).
" Materials of Environmental Concern " has the meaning
specified in Section 5.8.
" Multi-Employer Plan " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.9(a)(1).
" Names " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(c).
" Noncompetition Agreement " has the meaning
specified in Section 4.1(d).
" PBGC " means the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
" Permits " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(i).
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" Permitted Encumbrances " means
(i) Encumbrances for taxes, assessments and governmental
charges not yet due and payable or the validity of which are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; and
(ii) statutory liens arising in the ordinary course of
business relating to obligations as to which there is no default on
the part of the Seller, excluding any mortgage, but shall not
include any Encumbrances for taxes, assessments or governmental
charges filed of record against the Purchased Assets, or statutory
liens filed of record against the Purchased Assets.
" Person " shall mean a corporation, an association, a
partnership, an organization, a business, an individual or a
Governmental Entity.
" Plan " has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(a).
" Proceedings " means all proceedings, actions, claims,
suits, investigations and inquiries by or before any arbitrator or
Governmental Entity.
" Proprietary Information " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1(c).
" Purchased Assets " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1.
" Purchase Price " has the meaning specified in
Section 3.1.
" Retained Notes Receivable " means those certain trade
accounts receivable of the Seller which have been converted to
promissory notes as set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) attached
hereto, all of which the Sellers agree to retain.
" Retained Software " means the computer software of the
Seller set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) attached hereto which
will be retained by the Seller.
" Retained Trade Accounts Payable " means any accounts of
the Seller which are payable to Affiliates of the Seller and any
other accounts payable of the Seller all as set forth on
Schedule 1.1(c) attached hereto and subject to adjustment in
accordance with Sections 3.1(h) and 7.4, all of which the Seller
agrees to retain and pay.
" Retained Liabilities " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4.
" Seller " means Pacific Services & Manufacturing,
Inc., a Washington corporation.
" Seller MAE " means a single event, occurrence or fact
that, together with all other events, occurrences and facts that
(i) would have, or might reasonably be expected to have,
(A) a material adverse effect on the condition, business,
prospects or operations of the Purchased Assets (other than events
or conditions generally affecting the construction attachment
industry or economy as a whole) or (B) a material adverse
effect on the ability of the Business to be operated as of the
Closing Date; (ii) would create an Encumbrance on any of the
Purchased Assets except for a Permitted Encumbrance; (iii) results
in a loss or damage to the Purchased Assets (whether or not covered
by insurance) in an amount in excess of (A) Fifty Thousand Dollars
and No/100 ($50,000) if not covered by insurance or (B) One Hundred
Thousand Dollars and No/100 ($100,000) if covered by insurance; or
(iv) may constitute a criminal violation of law involving a
felony.
" Shareholder " means Walter Pisco, holder of 100% of the
issued and outstanding capital stock of the Seller.
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" Tax " or " Taxes " means all
federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, charges, fees,
duties, levies, imposts, customs or other assessments, including,
without limitation, all net income, gross income, gross receipts,
sales, use, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, profits, profit
sharing, license, lease, service, service use, value added,
withholding, payroll, employment, excise, estimated, severance,
stamp, recording, occupation, premium, property, windfall profits,
or other taxes, fees, assessments, customs, duties, levies,
imposts, or charges of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest, penalties, additions to tax, fines or other additional
amounts imposed thereon or related thereto, and the term "Tax"
means any one of the foregoing Taxes.
" Trade Accounts Payable " means the total amount of
payables of the Seller as of the Closing Date, as set forth on
Schedule 1.1(d) attached hereto and subject to adjustment in
accordance with Sections 3.1(h) and 7.4, excluding the Retained
Trade Accounts Payable.
" Transferred Employees " has the meaning specified in
Section 7.3(b).
" Transferred Trade Accounts Receivable " has the meaning
specified in Section 2.1(a).
" Transferred Washington Employees " has the meaning
specified in Section 7.3(f)
" Vehicles " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(l).
" Websites " has the meaning specified in Section
2.1(d).
" Year End Financial Statements " has the meaning
specified in Section 5.11(a)(1).
" Year End Balance Sheet " has the meaning specified in
Section 5.11(a)(1).
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS
2.1
Purchased Assets . Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Seller
shall sell, assign, transfer, deliver and convey to the Buyer, and
the Buyer shall purchase, free and clear of any Encumbrances, other
than Permitted Encumbrances, all of the following assets of the
Seller (other than the Excluded Assets) (collectively, the
"Purchased Assets"):
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All trade accounts receivable of the Seller and all other rights of
the Seller to payment for goods sold or leased or for services
rendered as of the end of the Closing Date, together with all
instruments and all documents of title representing any of the
foregoing, all rights in any merchandise or goods which any of the
same represent, and all rights, title, security and guaranties in
favor of the Seller with respect to any of the foregoing, all as
provided to the Buyer as of or prior to the Closing Date, excluding
the Retained Trade Accounts Receivable and the Retained Notes
Receivable (collectively, the "Transferred Trade Accounts
Receivable");
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All inventories of manufactured and purchased parts, raw materials,
goods in process and finished goods (the "Inventory");
(c)
All of the Seller’s rights to (i) the names "Pacific Services
& Manufacturing, Inc.", "PSM Corporation", and all derivatives
or variations thereof (collectively, the "Names"); (ii) all
registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, logos,
corporate names, trade names, and all other trademark rights, and
all registrations for, and applications for registration of, any of
the foregoing, with respect to the Names; (iii) and all trade names
and marks used in the Business; and (iv) all patents, patent
applications, copyrights, technology, know-how, and all
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Business, all as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c) attached
hereto (all such items described in this Section 2.1(c) being
collectively referred to as the "Proprietary Information") and all
rights and remedies against infringements of Proprietary
Information;
(d)
All telephone and fax numbers used in connection with the Business,
the domain name "psmcorp.com" and all other domain names used in
connection with the Business (collectively, the "Domain Names") and
all rights to the information, data and related materials contained
or reflected on the Seller’s Internet website(s) located at
the Domain Names (collectively, the "Websites");
(f)
All Customer and vendor lists used in the Business, including all
such Persons’ available names, addresses and telephone
numbers;
(g)
All assignable agreements and contracts to which Seller is a party,
oral or written, including but not limited to all agreements and
contracts with Customers and other similar arrangements and rights
thereunder, all purchase orders placed by Customers on or before
the Closing Date which have not been satisfied by the Seller prior
to the Closing Date, and all leases for personal property, all as
set forth on Schedule 2.1(g) attached hereto (collectively,
the "Contracts"). Seller agrees to exercise his best efforts
to obtain consents to assignment for all assignable contracts, and
shall furnish proof of such consents obtained to Buyer on the Date
of Closing;
(h) The
fixed assets set forth in Schedule 2.1(h) attached hereto,
including any and all (i) manufacturers’ and sellers’
warranties with respect thereto (to the extent assignable); (ii)
computer software, including but not limited to all versions,
variations, modifications, enhancements, additions or replacements
thereof, software program documentation and user materials,
associated utilities, and support software, excluding the Retained
Software; and (iii) computer hardware, including but not limited to
all versions, variations, modifications, enhancements, additions or
replacements thereof;
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The certificates, licenses, permits, consents, operating
authorities, orders, exemptions, franchises, approvals,
registrations and other authorizations and applications therefor
specifically associated with the maintenance and operation of the
Business and the Purchased Assets, all as set forth on Schedule
2.1(i) attached hereto (collectively, the "Permits");
(j)
All records, files, documents and correspondence related to the
Purchased Assets, electronic or otherwise;
(k)
All fixtures attached to or contained within the Facilities;
(l)
All automobiles, trucks, trailers, tractors, forklifts and other
vehicles listed on Schedule 2.1(l) attached hereto
(collectively, the "Vehicles");
(m) All
covenants and agreements relating to assignment of inventions,
noncompetition with Seller or the confidentiality of information
regarding Seller’s business and operations; and
(n)
All prepaid expenses listed on Schedule 2.1(n) and all other
or additional privileges, rights, interests, properties and assets
of the Seller of every kind and description and
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2.2
Excluded Assets . The Purchased Assets to be
transferred by the Seller hereunder shall include only those
described or referred to in Section 2.1, and no other assets or
properties of the Seller shall be transferred hereunder.
Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the
Purchased Assets shall not include any real property or any of the
assets identified on Schedule 2.2 attached hereto, including
but not limited to products and equipment sold to Cat Work Tools
and stored at the Facility (the "Excluded Assets").
2.3
Assumed Liabilities . Subject to
Section 2.4, the Buyer hereby assumes the rights and
obligations under the express written terms of the Contracts being
assumed by the Buyer to the extent and only to the extent such
obligations accrue on or after the Closing, excluding any Retained
Liabilities, and further assumes and agrees to pay all Trade
Accounts Payable, and amounts owed on lines of credit and long term
indebtedness, all as described on Schedule 2.3 , the
"Assumed Liabilities".
2.4
Limitation of Liabilities . Except as otherwise
specifically provided in Section 2.3, the Buyer does not assume and
is not in any way liable or responsible for any liabilities or
obligations of the Seller or the Seller’s Affiliates; it
being expressly acknowledged that it is the intention of the
parties hereto that all liabilities that the Seller or the
Seller’s Affiliates have or may have in the future, whether
fixed or contingent, and whether known or unknown, not expressly
described in the definition of Assumed Liabilities shall be
"Retained Liabilities" and remain the liabilities of the Seller and
the Seller’s Affiliates. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, except to the extent specifically
provided in Section 2.3, the Buyer shall not assume, or take
title to the Purchased Assets subject to:
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Any liability or obligation for any and all Taxes of, or pertaining
or attributable to, (i) the Seller for any period that ends on
or before, or includes, the Closing Date; or (ii) the Business
and/or the Purchased Assets for any period or portion thereof that
ends on or before the Closing Date (including, but in no way
limited to, any and all Taxes described in clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 2.4(a)) for which liability is or may be
sought to be imposed on the Buyer under any successor liability,
transferee liability or similar provision of any applicable
federal, foreign, state or local law;
(b)
Any liability or obligation of the Seller or any of the
Seller’s Affiliates under any note, bond or other
instrument;
(c)
Any defects in products manufactured or sold by the Seller or any
liability or obligation of the Seller or any of the Seller’s
Affiliates in respect of any express or implied representation,
warranty, agreement or guaranty made (or claimed to have been made)
by the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates or imposed or
asserted to be imposed by operation of law (except obligations or
liabilities imposed on the Buyer by operation of law after the
Closing);
(d)
Any obligation of the Seller (including indemnification and other
contingent obligations) relating to (i) acts, events or
omissions by any Person or circumstances existing at or prior to
the Closing Date; (ii) goods or services provided to or for
the benefit of the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates
prior to the Closing Date; (iii) goods or services provided by
or on behalf of the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates
or licensees prior to the Closing Date; (iv) any pending or
threatened litigation or claims made or threatened prior to the
Closing Date, including without limitation any liability arising
out of the payment or non-payment of worker’s compensation
premiums on behalf of employees of the Seller or other issues
arising out of the coverage of the Seller’ employees with
respect to worker’s compensation insurance; or
(v) the
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(e)
Any note, account payable or other obligation to any Affiliate of
the Seller;
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(f)
Any statutory liens accrued or existing at the time of Closing
against the Purchased Assets;
(g)
Any violation by the Seller or any of the Seller’s Affiliates
of, or default by the Seller or any such Affiliate under, any
Applicable Laws and Environmental Laws, including without
limitation any Environmental Law which affects the ownership or
operation of the Purchased Assets or results in any change in the
Assumed Liabilities, or any remedial obligation under any
Environmental Law arising out of or related to the ownership or
operation of the Purchased Assets prior to Closing;
(h)
Any claims, actions, demands, losses or liabilities, including
negligence or strict liability claims indemnified by the Seller and
the Shareholder pursuant to Section 8.1;
(i)
Any debts, liabilities or obligations to any employee, agent,
officer, director, consultant, contractor or security holder of the
Seller as to any salary, bonus, commission, severance or other
termination pay or benefits or other compensation or benefits
arising out of or in connection with any bonus plan or arrangement,
pension plan, profit sharing plan, multi-employer plan within the
meaning of Section 3(37) of ERISA, health plan or any other
benefit plan of the Seller or any other liabilities or obligations
of the Seller to any employee, agent, officer, director,
consultant, contractor or security holder of the Seller, including
but not limited to liabilities or obligations for medical, dental,
vision, travel accident, accidental death or dismemberment and life
insurance expenses and employee post-retirement life insurance or
health care benefits (irrespective of the time at which claims are
presented), all of which shall be paid by the Seller or the
Seller’s insurance carriers;
(j)
Any liability resulting from or relating to the employment
relationship between the Seller or the Seller’s Affiliates
and any of their present or former employees or the termination of
any such employment relationship with the Seller or any of the
Seller’s Affiliates, including, without limitation, accrued
severance pay and other similar benefits, if any, and any claim
filed on or prior to the Closing Date or which may thereafter be
filed by or on behalf of any employee or former employee of the
Seller or their Affiliates relating to the employment or
termination of employment of any such employee by the Seller or the
Seller’s Affiliates, including, but not limited to, any claim
for wrongful discharge, breach of contract, unfair labor practice,
employment discrimination, unemployment compensation or
workers’ compensation on or prior to the Closing Date; or
(k)
All Retained Trade Accounts Payable.
2.5
Delivery . The Buyer is entitled to the records
relevant to the Purchased Assets, and the Seller shall deliver to
the Buyer all documents and other papers relating to the Purchased
Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and the current and proposed
operations of the Business, including, without limitation, all
files, computer disks reflecting any books or records, documents or
other papers, or other information or data relating to the
operation of the Business or the Purchased Assets stored on any
electronic media, including computers. The Seller, however,
shall be entitled to retain the historical books and records
relating to their Business to the extent such books and records are
not necessary for the ongoing operations of such Business by the
Buyer and such books, records and other materials as the Seller or
their Affiliates may reasonably consider necessary to the
compilation of tax returns or other
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reports in connection with the Business as
operated by the Seller. The Seller agrees that so long as the
corporate, accounting, auditing and tax books, records (including
work papers) and other books and records relating to the Seller,
the Seller’s Business and the Purchased Assets, the employees
of the Seller that are hired by the Buyer and the Assumed
Liabilities remain in existence and in the possession of the Seller
or the Seller’s Affiliates, the Buyer and its authorized
representatives shall have the right to inspect and, at the
Buyer’s expense, to copy the same at any time during regular
business hours for any proper purpose. For a period of seven
(7) years following the Closing Date, the Seller agrees that it
will not destroy any of such books and records without having first
offered to deliver the same to the Buyer. The Buyer will
likewise permit the Seller, the Seller’s Affiliates, and the
authorized representatives of either to inspect and, at the
Seller’ expense, copy any records transferred to the Buyer
pursuant to this Section 2.5 and will not destroy any such records
for a period of seven (7) years following the Closing Date without
first offering to deliver the same to the Seller.
2.6
Name Change . Seller shall promptly after the
Closing Date (and in any event within seven calendar days) change
its corporate name to a name which does not include any of the
words "Pacific," "Services," or "Manufacturing," or the initials
"PSM" in any configuration and will furnish a certificate
indicating such name change. Shareholder shall promptly after
the Closing Date (and in any event within seven calendar days)
cause any entity controlled by or under common control with
Shareholder, directly or indirectly, to change its name to a name
which does not include any of the words "Pacific," "Services," or
"Manufacturing," or the initials "PSM" in any configuration and
will furnish a certificate indicating such name change.
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE
3.1
Consideration for the Purchased Assets . The purchase
price for the Purchased Assets shall be FORTY-FOUR MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR DOLLARS
($44,898,274) (the "Purchase Price") payable as set forth in
Section 3.2 below. The Purchase Price will be subject to the
following adjustments:
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(a)
The Purchase Price shall be increased dollar for dollar, to the
extent that the Transferred Trade Accounts Receivable, Inventory,
and prepaid expenses being purchased exceed Debts to Be Assumed at
Closing by more than $32,518 and shall be decreased, dollar for
dollar, to the extent that the Transferred Trade Accounts
Receivable, Inventory, and prepaid expenses being purchased do not
exceed Debts to Be Assumed at Closing by at least $32,518 (the
"Purchase Price Adjustment").
(b)
On or before the Closing Date, the parties will estimate the Debts
to be Assumed at Closing and the Transferred Trade Accounts
Receivable, Inventory and prepaid assets as of the Closing
Date. Using these numbers, the Seller will prepare a
preliminary statement of the Purchase Price Adjustment (the
"Estimated Purchase Price Adjustment"). The Purchase Price
shall then be adjusted in accordance with Section 3.1(a) (the
"Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price").
(c)
Within thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, the Buyer, in
cooperation with the Seller, shall prepare and deliver to the
Seller a statement (the "Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Statement") in the form attached as Exhibit E, setting forth (i)
Transferred Trade Accounts Receivable, Inventory and prepaid
expenses, (ii) Debts Assumed at Closing, and the increase or
decrease in the Purchase Price determined in accordance with
Section 3.1(a) (the "Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Amount"). The Purchase Price as so increased or decreased
shall be the "Final Adjusted Purchase Price".
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(d)
The Seller shall have fifteen (15) days following its receipt of
the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement (the "Adjustment
Review Period") to review the same for compliance with Section
3.1(e) below. On or before the expiration of the Adjustment
Review Period, the Seller shall deliver to the Buyer a written
statement accepting or objecting to the Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Statement. In the event that the Seller shall
object to the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement, such
statement shall include a detailed itemization of the
Seller’s objections and its reasons for such
objections. If no such statement is delivered by the Seller
to the Buyer within the Adjustment Review Period, the Seller shall
be conclusively deemed to have accepted the Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Statement.
(e)
If the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price paid by the Buyer to the
Seller at the Closing is greater than the Final Adjusted Purchase
Price, then the Seller shall pay the Buyer the Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds
within ten (10) days of the agreement by the Seller and the Buyer
on the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement. If the
Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price paid by the Buyer to the Seller
at the Closing is less than the Final Adjusted Purchase Price, then
the Buyer shall pay the Seller the Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds within ten
(10) days of the agreement by the Seller and the Buyer on the Final
Purchase Price Adjustment Statement.
(f)
The Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement shall be prepared
from the books and records of the Seller as appropriate in
accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with that used
in the preparation of the Financial Statements. Transferred
Accounts Receivable and Inventory shall be valued according to
Buyer’s standard valuation methods, which are attached as
Exhibit F. Buyer shall take physical counts of inventory, fixed
assets, and vehicles being purchased as of the Closing Date for
purposes of the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement.
(g)
In the event that the Seller shall accept or shall be conclusively
deemed to have accepted the Final Purchase Price Adjustment
Statement as prepared and delivered by the Buyer, the Final
Purchase Price Adjustment Statement shall be used for the purposes
of determining any adjustment to the Purchase Price in accordance
with this Section 3.1. If the Seller objects to the Final
Purchase Price Adjustment Statement, then the Seller shall provide
notice to the Buyer no later than 30 days following the delivery of
the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement (an "Objection
Notice"). If no Objection Notice is made by the Seller within
such 30 day period, the Final Purchase Price Adjustment Statement
shall be final and binding on all the parties hereto. Any
Objection Notice shall specify in reasonable detail the basis for
the objection, as well as the amount in dispute. If an
Objection Notice is given, the parties shall consult with each
other with respect to the objection. If the parties are
unable to reach agreement within 30 days after an Objection Notice
has been given, any unresolved disputed items shall be promptly
referred to an independent accounting firm to be selected by the
Buyers and the Sellers. The resolution of the dispute by the
independent accounting firm shall be final and binding on the
parties. The fees and expenses of the independent accounting
firm shall be split evenly between the parties.
(h)
In accordance with the preparation of the Final Purchase Price
Adjustment Statement under this Section 3.1, the Buyer agrees after
the Closing to update or supplement Schedules 1.1(c) and
1.1(d) with any changes and additions and deliver such
supplemented disclosure schedules to the Seller.
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3.2
Closing Escrow and Payment of Purchase Price
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(a)
Purchase Price With Security. Seller shall obtain
and deposit with Mellon Financial, in Seattle, Washington (the
"Escrow Agent") at or before Closing two irrevocable standby
letters of credit furnished by a mutually agreeable financial
institution, each in the amount of $1,250,000 running in favor of
the Escrow Agent, as beneficiary. The letters of credit, one
of which will have an expiry date of nine months following the
Closing Date and the other of which will have an expiry date of
eighteen months following the Closing Date will be available to
satisfy any amounts owed by Seller or the Shareholder to Buyer in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement attached hereto
as Exhibit G (the "Escrow Agreement"). Upon the timely
procurement of the letters of credit, Buyer shall pay to Seller at
the Closing the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price by delivery
of cash payable by wire transfer or delivery of other immediately
available funds.
(b)
Closing . The closing of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (the "Closing") shall take place at
the offices of Newcomb, Sabin, Schwartz & Landsverk, LLP, in
Portland, Oregon, on December 15, 2006, or at such earlier or later
business day immediately following the satisfaction or waiver
of all conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby (other than conditions with
respect to actions the respective Parties will take at the Closing
itself) or such other date as the Parties may mutually determine
(the "Closing Date").
(c)
Deliveries at Closing . At the Closing, (i)
Buyer will deliver to Seller the various certificates, instruments,
and documents referred to in Section 4.1 below; (ii) Seller will
deliver to Buyer the various certificates, instruments, and
documents referred to in Section 4.2 below; (iii) Seller will
execute, acknowledge (if appropriate), and deliver to Buyer (A)
assignments including Proprietary Information transfer documents)
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and (B) such other
instruments of sale, transfer, conveyance, and assignment as Buyer
and its counsel may reasonably request; (iv) Buyer will execute,
acknowledge (if appropriate), and deliver to Seller (A) an
assumption in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and (B) such
other instruments of assumption as Seller and its counsel may
reasonably request; and (v) Buyer will deliver to Seller and the
Escrow Agent the consideration specified in Section 3.2(a) or
3.2(b) above.
3.3
Allocation of Purchase Price . The Purchase Price
shall be allocated among the Purchased Assets in the manner
specified on Schedule 3.3 hereto. The Seller and the
Buyer shall cooperate with each other in the preparation, execution
and filing of (a) all information returns and supplements
thereto required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service by
the parties under Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder relating to the allocation of
the Purchase Price and (b) all similar filings required to be
filed with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement with the Internal Revenue Service and other appropriate
taxing authorities.
3.4
Prorations . Any and all license fees, permit
fees, lease deposits, prepaid items, utilities, property taxes, and
other similar items pertaining to the Purchased Assets and the
ongoing Business will be adjusted ratably as of the Closing
Date. The net amount of the prorations will be paid by the
Seller and the Buyer, as appropriate, on the Closing Date or as
soon as practicable following the Closing Date, as the parties may
mutually agree.
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ARTICLE IV
CLOSING
4.1
Deliveries by the Seller . At the Closing, the
Seller shall deliver to the Buyer the following:
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(a)
Certificates of the Secretary of State of the state of Washington,
dated not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date,
attesting to the existence of Seller as a corporation in its
jurisdiction of incorporation;
(b)
Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Seller
as of the Closing Date, of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of
Directors and the shareholders of Seller authorizing the execution
and delivery by Seller of this Agreement and all other agreements
contemplated herein, the consummation the transactions contemplated
herein, and the taking of all such other corporate action as shall
have been required as a condition to, or in connection with the
consummation of the contemplated transactions;
(c)
Four (4) executed counterparts of a General Conveyance, Transfer
and Assignment, substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the "General Conveyance"), and an Assumption
Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B (the "Assumption Agreement"), together with such other bills
of sale, assignments and other instruments of transfer, assignment
and conveyance as the Buyer shall reasonably request, to vest in
the Buyer good and marketable title to the Purchased Assets;
(d)
Four (4) executed counterparts of a Noncompetition Agreement, by
and between the Seller, the Shareholder and the Buyer,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the
"Noncompetition Agreement");
(e)
Five (5) executed counterparts of the Escrow Agreement;
(f)
Title certificates for Vehicles which have certificates of title,
duly endorsed for transfer;
(g) Any
executed and filed (if applicable) transfer and assignment
agreements necessary to transfer all of the Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to the Proprietary Information to the
Buyer, including but not limited to patent and patent application
assignments, trademark and service mark assignments, and copyright
assignments;
(h)
Any transfer and assignment agreements necessary to transfer all of
the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Domain
Names and Websites to the Buyer;
(i)
Releases of any and all Encumbrances on the Purchased Assets;
(j)
Certificates as required pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2;
(k)
A certificate setting forth the Estimated Purchase Price Adjustment
in accordance with Section 3.1(b);
(l)
A complete set of the disclosure schedules attached to this
Agreement updated and supplemented in accordance with Section 7.4;
and
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4.2
Deliveries by the Shareholder . At the Closing,
the Shareholder shall deliver the following to the Buyer:
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Such bills of sale, assignments and other instruments of transfer,
assignment and conveyance as the Buyer shall reasonably request, to
vest in the Buyer good and marketable title to the Purchased
Assets;
(b)
Four (4) executed counterparts of the Noncompetition Agreement;
(c)
Five (5) executed counterparts of the Escrow Agreement;
(d)
Four (4) executed counterparts of the Lease Agreement, by and
between the Buyer and Stessa Business Park, LLC, an affiliate of
the Shareholder, regarding the lease of the facility located at
21307-87 th Avenue SE,
Woodinville, Washington by the Buyer, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit D , and shall furnish a right of
first refusal to Buyer for the purchase of the Facility (the "Lease
Agreement");
(e)
Four (4) executed counterparts of the Right of First Refusal for
the real property adjacent to the Facility and owned by Scandia
Business Park, L.L.C., an affiliate of the Shareholder,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H ;
and
(f)
Certificates as required pursuant to Sections 9.1 and 9.2.
4.3
Deliveries by the Buyer and Cascade . At the
Closing, the Buyer and Cascade shall deliver the following to the
Seller and the Shareholder:
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(a)
Certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of Washington,
dated not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date,
attesting to the existence of the Buyer as a limited liability
company in its jurisdiction of organization;
(b)
Certificate of the Secretary of State of the state of Oregon, dated
not more than five (5) days prior to the Closing Date, attesting to
the existence of Cascade as a corporation in its jurisdiction of
incorporation;
(c)
Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the
Buyer as of the Closing Date, of resolutions duly adopted by the
sole member of the Buyer authorizing the execution and delivery by
the Buyer of this Agreement and all other agreements contemplated
herein, the consummation the transactions contemplated herein, and
the taking of all such other corporate action as shall have been
required as a condition to, or in connection with the consummation
of the contemplated transactions;
(d)
Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
Cascade as of the Closing Date, of resolutions duly adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Buyer authorizing the execution and
delivery by the Buyer of this Agreement and all other agreements
contemplated herein, the consummation the transactions contemplated
herein, and the taking of all such other corporate action as shall
have been required as a condition to, or in connection with the
consummation of the contemplated transactions;
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Four (4) executed counterparts each of the General Conveyance, the
Assumption Agreement, the Noncompetition Agreement, and the Lease
Agreement;
(d)
The Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price payable at the Closing in
accordance with Section 3.2; and
(e)
Certificates as required pursuant to Sections 10.1 and 10.2.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
AND THE SHAREHOLDER
The Seller and the Shareholder, jointly and severally, hereby
represent and warrant to the Buyer as follows:
5.1
Organization and Existence . Seller is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the state of Washington, with all
necessary corporate power and authority to own and lease the
Purchased Assets and to carry on its Business as such Business is
currently conducted. The Seller is duly qualified or licensed
to transact business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in all jurisdictions in which the character of the
Purchased Assets or the nature of the Business currently conducted
by the Seller requires the Seller so to be qualified or licensed
unless the failure so to qualify or be licensed would not
reasonably be expected to have a Seller MAE. The Seller does
not own, directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other
interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other
entity.
5.2
Authority .
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