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Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated December 22, 2006,
between
ADP, INC.
and
GENERAL PHYSICS CORPORATION
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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Interpretation
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Knowledge
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ARTICLE II. THE PURCHASE AND SALE
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Sale and Purchase
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Purchase Price
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Base Purchase Price
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Lockbox Accounts
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Contingent Purchase Price
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Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement
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Payment of Per Customer Unbilled
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Purchase Price Allocation
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Excluded Assets and Liabilities
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ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
ADP
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Organization, Existence and Standing
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Authorization and Validity of
Agreements
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No Violations
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Required Consents
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Financial Statements
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities
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Conduct of Business
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No Change in Transferred Business
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Title to Properties; Encumbrances;
Sufficiency
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ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER
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Existence and Good Standing of Purchaser; Power
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No Violations
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Consents
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Litigation
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Reliance By Purchaser
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Financing
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Broker’s or Finder’s Fees
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Solvency
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ARTICLE V. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
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Conduct of Business Prior to Closing
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Access to Information
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Regulatory and Other Authorizations;
Consents
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Books, Records and Information
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Covenant Not to Compete;
Non-Solicitation
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Accounts Receivable
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Mail
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Certain Names and Logos; No
disparagement
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Further Action
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ARTICLE VI. EMPLOYEE MATTERS
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Offer of Employment to Employees
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Transferring Employees’ Benefits
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ARTICLE VII. CONDITIONS TO PURCHASER’S
OBLIGATIONS
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Performance of Agreements
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Representations and Warranties
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No Order
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Material Adverse Effect
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Employment Agreements
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Required Consents
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Named Employee Non-Compete, Confidentiality and
Severance Agreements
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Employee Acknowledgments
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ARTICLE VIII. CONDITIONS TO ADP’S
OBLIGATIONS
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Performance of Agreements
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Representations and Warranties
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No Order
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Required Consents
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Closing Deliveries
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ARTICLE IX. TERMINATION
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Termination
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Effect on Obligations
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ARTICLE X. SURVIVAL AND
INDEMNIFICATION
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Indemnification
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Indemnification Procedures
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Limitation of Liability
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ARTICLE XI. MISCELLANEOUS
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Entire Agreement
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Successors and Assigns
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Counterparts
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Headings
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Amendments
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No Third Party Beneficiary Rights
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Expenses
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Notices
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Governing Law
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Publicity
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Severability
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WAIVERS OF TRIAL BY JURY
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SCHEDULES
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1.1(a)
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ADP Accounting Policies
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1.1(b)-1
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Prepaid Amounts and Deposits
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1.1(b)-2
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Other Assets
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1.1(c)
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Assumed Contracts
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1.1(d)-1
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Assumed Balance Sheet Liabilities
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1.1(d)-2
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Other Assumed Liabilities
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1.1(g)
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Other Excluded Assets
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1.1(h)
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Field Trainers
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1.1(i)
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Leased Properties
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1.1(j)
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Named Employees
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1.1(k)
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Permitted Encumbrances
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1.1(l)
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Tangible Personal Property
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1.1(n)
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Transferred Intellectual Property
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1.1(o)
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Reference Date Statement of Net Assets
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2.3(b)
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ADP Wire Transfer Instructions
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3.3
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No Violations; Consents
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3.5
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Non-Occurring Items
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3.6
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Undisclosed Liabilities
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3.7
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Certain Events
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3.9(c)
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Mixed Use Contracts and Mixed Use
Assets
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3.9(e)
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Location of Tangible Personal Assets
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3.10(c)
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Bids and Proposals
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3.11
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Litigation
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3.13
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Permits
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3.14(c)
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Certain Infringements
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3.14(d)
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Options, Licenses or Agreements Relating to
Transferred Intellectual Property
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3.15
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Insurance
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3.16(a)
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Employees
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3.16(b)
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Employee Benefit Plan
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3.16(c)
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Certain Employee Benefit Plans
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3.16(d)
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Certain Bonuses
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3.16(e)
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Certain Employment Terminations
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3.16(g)
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Employment-Related Claims
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3.17
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Real Property
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3.18
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Customers and Supplies
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4.3
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Purchaser Consents
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4.6
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Certain Purchaser Conditions
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6.1
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Offer of Employment to Employees
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6.2
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Purchaser Benefit Plans
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EXHIBITS
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
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Form of Bill of Sale
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Form of Facility Sharing Agreement
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Financial Statements
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Forms of Key Employee Employment
Agreements
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Form of Landlord Certificates
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Form of Named Employee Non-Compete,
Confidentiality and Severance Agreement
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Form of Transition Agreement
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Form of Customer List
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Intentionally Omitted
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Purchase Price Allocation
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Forms of Opinion of Sonnenschein Nath &
Rosenthal LLP and of ADP’s Legal Department
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Form of ADP Officer’s
Certificate
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Forms of Assignments
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Form of Purchaser Officer’s
Certificate
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Form of Acknowledgement
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iv
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated December 22, 2006, is made
by and between ADP, Inc., a Delaware corporation (" ADP "),
and General Physics Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "
Purchaser ").
W I T N E
S S E T H :
WHEREAS, ADP is involved, among other things, in the business of
providing training, consulting and marketing products and services
to the motor vehicle industry; and
WHEREAS, Purchaser desires to acquire from ADP, and ADP desires
to sell to Purchaser, the Purchased Assets (as defined herein), all
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, covenants,
representations and warranties made herein and the mutual benefits
to be derived herefrom, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1.
Definitions . As used in this
Agreement and in the schedules (including the Disclosure Schedules)
attached hereto, the defined terms set forth below have the
respective meanings set forth below (each such meaning to be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
respective terms so defined).
" ACDelco ": the ACDelco business unit of GM.
" ACDelco Training ": the e-business and WISE sales and
application function training to the extent provided to
ACDelco.
" Accounts Receivable ": the meaning specified in the
definition of "Excluded Assets."
" Acquisition Debt ": the meaning specified in
Section 4.8 hereof.
" Action ": any claim, action, suit, arbitration,
inquiry or proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority or
arbitrator (including any administrative action).
" ADP ": the meaning set forth in the Preamble to
this Agreement.
" ADP Accounting Policies ": the accounting policies used
by ADP to prepare the Financial Statements, as such policies are
described on Schedule 1.1(a) attached hereto.
" ADP Dealer Services ": the business unit
of ADP commonly known as "ADP Dealer Services", and any successor
thereto.
" ADP Deductible ": Three Hundred Thousand Dollars
($300,000).
" Affiliate ": with respect to any Person, any other
Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with, such specified Person. As used in
this definition, "control" of a Person (or any derivative of the
word "control") means the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through ownership of voting securities, by Contract or
otherwise.
" Agreed Rate ": eight percent (8%) per annum.
" Agreement ": this Asset Purchase Agreement, as
amended from time to time.
" Ancillary Agreements ": collectively, the Bill of
Sale, the Assumption Agreement, the Transition Agreement, the
Facility Sharing Agreement, the Employment Agreements, the
Assignments and the other agreements executed by ADP or Purchaser
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
" Assets ": all of ADP’s (and any of
its Affiliates’) right, title and interest in ( i )
all Assumed Contracts (including all Claims, Actions, rights and
interests with respect thereto), and ( ii ) all assets,
properties, rights, Actions, Claims and goodwill of every kind and
description, whether real personal or mixed, choate or inchoate,
known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise,
wherever located and whether or not reflected on the Books and
Records, in each case owned, used or held for use exclusively in
connection with the Transferred Business as conducted as of the
Closing Date, including all of ADP’s right, title and
interest in the following, but in each case only to the extent used
exclusively in the Transferred Business as conducted as of the
Closing Date: ( a ) all Tangible Personal Property; (
b ) all Transferred Intellectual Property; ( c ) all
Books and Records; ( d ) all prepaid amounts and deposits
set forth on Schedule 1.1(b)-1 ; ( e ) all Permits to
the extent assignable; ( f ) all Other Intangibles; (
g ) all other assets reflected on the Pre-Closing Statement;
( h ) the assets set forth on Schedule 1.1(b)-2 ; and
( i ) to the extent assignable, all insurance proceeds with
respect to any Assets specified in subclauses ( a ), (
g ) and ( h ) of clause ( ii ) of this
definition that have been damaged or destroyed prior to the Closing
Time and not replaced prior to the Closing Time.
" Assignments ": the meaning specified in Section
2.10(a)(viii).
" Assumed Contracts ": all Contracts set forth on
Schedule 1.1(c)
" Assumed Liabilities ": any and all debts, liabilities
and obligations of ADP arising out of or incurred in connection
with or otherwise related to ( i ) the Purchased Assets to
the extent arising after the Closing Time; ( ii ) the
performance and/or the operations of the Transferred Business after
the Closing Time; ( iii ) the executory portions of the
Assumed Contracts to be
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performed after the Closing Time; (i v )
liabilities of the type set forth on Schedule 1.1(d)-1 , to
the extent specifically accrued on the Closing Date Balance Sheet;
( v ) liabilities accruing after the Closing Time pursuant
to the Troy Lease Guaranty; and ( vi ) those liabilities set
forth in Schedule 1.1(d)-2 .
" Assumption Agreement ": the Assignment and
Assumption Agreement dated the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser
and ADP, substantially in the form of Exhibit A .
" Audience-of-One ": the product provided by Sandy
Corporation to car manufacturers, truck manufacturers and hotel and
leisure companies whereby Sandy Corporation develops and produces
customer loyalty print (and, for industries other than the
automotive industry, electronic) publications which have been
partially customized (using available household and consumer data)
to consumers’ individual interests, and mails hard copies
(and/or, for industries other than the automotive industry, emails
electronic copies) of such publications to purchasers of the
products and services of such car manufacturers, truck
manufacturers and hotel and leisure companies.
" Automatic ": Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a
corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware.
" Banking Change ": ( i ) any additional material
restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have been
imposed upon trading in securities generally by any governmental
authority or by any national securities exchange, ( ii ) a
general banking moratorium shall have been established by Federal,
Illinois, New Jersey or New York authorities, or ( iii ) a
war involving the United States shall have been declared, or any
conflict involving the armed forces of the United States shall have
escalated, or any other national emergency related to the effective
operation of government or the financial community shall have
occurred, in each case referred to in this clause ( iii )
which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the industry
in which the Transferred Business operates (to the extent that it
does not disproportionately affect the Transferred Business).
" Base Purchase Price ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.3 hereof.
" Base Purchase Price Notice ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.3(e) hereof.
" Basket Eligible Representations and Warranties ":
all representations and warranties in Article III hereof, other
than the representations and warranties contained in Sections
3.1(a), 3.2(a) and 3.9(a).
" Bill of Sale ": the Bill of Sale, dated the
Closing Date, executed by ADP in respect of the Purchased Assets,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B .
" Books and Records ": all originals and copies, on
any media whatsoever (including computerized records), of (
i ) all books, records, files, data, drawings, blueprints,
schematics,
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reports, formulae, plans, processes,
certificates, files of correspondence, and other documents related
to the Transferred Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities; ( ii ) all sales and promotional literature,
customer and supplier lists, telephone numbers with respect to
current and past customers and suppliers, and credit and sales
records used or held for use in connection with the conduct of the
Transferred Business; ( iii ) all accounting, financial,
inventory and tax books and records and other financial records
related to the Transferred Business; ( iv ) all past or
pending customer proposals (including backup documentation and work
papers) submitted in connection with the Transferred Business, (
v ) all I-9 Forms for Transferring Employees, and (
vi ) all Specified Transferred Employee Information ,
in the case of each item listed in clauses ( i ) through (
v ) above, only to the extent related to the conduct of the
Transferred Business, the Purchased Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities; it being agreed that the Specified Transferred
Employee Information shall be delivered to Purchaser no later than
ten (10) calendar days after the Closing Date.
" Business Day ": any day other than a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banks in the City of New York are
authorized or required by law or other governmental action to
close.
" Cash Adjustment ": the absolute value of the value of
the line item entitled "Deferred Revenue" as set forth on the
Closing Date Balance Sheet. For the avoidance of doubt, if
the Closing Time had occurred on the Reference Date, the Cash
Adjustment would have been equal to $5,242,998, which is the
absolute value of negative $5,242,998 (being the value of the line
item entitled "Deferred Revenue" before any adjustments as set
forth on the Reference Date Statement of Net Assets).
" Certificate ": the meaning specified in Section
10.3(a) hereof.
" Claim ": any claim, cause of action, audit, dispute,
litigation, arbitration, grievance, investigation, suit or
proceeding.
" Closing ": the meaning specified in Section 2.10
hereof.
" Closing Date ": the meaning specified in Section
2.10 hereof.
" Closing Date Balance Sheet ": a balance sheet of the
Transferred Business as of immediately prior to the Closing Time,
prepared in accordance with the ADP Accounting Policies,
consistently applied, reflecting the same line items, assets,
liabilities and adjustments as reflected on the Reference Date
Statement of Net Assets and in the form of Schedule 1.1(o)
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" Closing Date Statement ": the meaning specified
in Section 2.3(c) hereof.
" Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement ": the
meaning specified in Section 2.6(b).
" Closing Time ": 12:01 a.m., local time in New York, New
York, on the Closing Date.
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" Closing Date Working Capital ": the
value of the line item entitled "Equity" as set forth on the
Closing Date Balance Sheet. For the avoidance of doubt, if
the Closing Time had occurred on the Reference Date, the Closing
Date Working Capital would have been equal to $305,636 (being the
value of the line item entitled "Equity" as set forth on the
Reference Date Statement of Net Assets).
" Code ": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, together with the regulations and rulings promulgated
thereunder.
" Competitive Business ": the meaning specified in
Section 5.5(a)(ii).
" Contingent Purchase Price ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.5 hereof.
" Contract ": any agreement, commitment, contract,
mortgage, deed of trust, bond, indenture, lease, license, note,
franchise, certificate, option, warrant, right or other instrument,
document, obligation or arrangement, whether written or oral,
including in each case all amendments, modifications and
supplements thereto, including any executory contracts.
" Dealer Training ": car or truck manufacturer-sponsored
vehicle product training services for dealership employees.
" Disclosure Schedules ": the Disclosure Schedules dated
the date hereof and attached hereto as a part of the Schedules and
incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
" Dollars " or " $ ": U.S. dollars.
" DMS ": dealer management computer system.
" Earnout Installment ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.5 hereof.
" Earnout Notice ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.5(d) hereof.
" Earnout Period ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.5(f) hereof.
" Earnout Statement ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.5(d) hereof.
" Employee Benefits Plan ": any health and welfare,
defined contribution, defined benefit, or other employee or retiree
benefit plan (including ( i ) any "employee benefit plan" as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA or ( ii ) any savings,
retirement, fringe benefit, stock option, bonus, incentive
compensation, deferred compensation, excess or supplemental
executive compensation, employee stock purchase, vacation,
sickness, disability, severance or separation, restricted stock
plan, policy or arrangement), in which any of the Transferring
Employees participate.
" Employees ": the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a)
hereof.
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" Employment Agreements ":
collectively, the Key Employee Employment Agreements and the Named
Employee Non-Compete, Confidentiality and Severance
Agreements.
" Encumbrances ": liens, security interests,
options, rights of first refusal, easements, mortgages, charges,
indentures, deeds of trust, rights-of-way, restrictions,
encroachments, licenses, leases, permits, or any other encumbrances
or other restrictions or limitations on the use of real or personal
property, or limitations or restrictions on, or irregularities in,
title thereto.
" Environmental Laws ": Laws relating to Hazardous
Materials, environmental matters, public (including employee and
worker) health or public safety or otherwise relating to the
environment and any other Law relating to or imposing liability or
standards of conduct with respect to the importation, manufacture,
packaging, labeling, storage, transportation, sale, distribution or
use of any chemical products or substances, and/or with respect to
emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of any
Hazardous Material, pollutant or contaminant into the environment,
air (including both ambient and within buildings and other
structures), surface water, ground water or land or otherwise
relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous
Materials.
" ERISA ": the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended, together with the regulations and rulings
promulgated thereunder.
" Estimated Base Purchase Price ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.3(a) hereof.
" Exchange Act ": the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, together with the regulations and rulings
promulgated thereunder.
" Excluded Assets ": (
a ) any and all assets and properties of ADP and its
Affiliates not specifically set forth in the definition of
"Assets", including all direct and indirect right, title and
interest in and to any of the following, whether owned by,
possessed by, or relating to ADP or any of its Affiliates: (
i ) all cash and cash equivalents; ( ii ) all
accounts receivable owing to ADP (including those owing from ADP or
any of its Affiliates) attributable to the conduct of any business
(including the Transferred Business) prior to the Closing Time to
the extent invoiced prior to the Closing Time, except to the extent
such accounts receivable are included as an asset on the Closing
Date Balance Sheet as "Receivables – Trade" or "Accrued
Receivables" (" Accounts Receivable "); ( iii ) all
supplies, equipment, office furnishings, computer equipment,
fixtures, assets and rights under contracts and other property not
used exclusively in the Transferred Business as conducted as of the
Closing Date; ( iv ) all Retained Intellectual Property; (
v ) all agreements, purchasing programs and other similar
arrangements to which ADP is a party or in which ADP participates
as an Affiliate of Automatic and which are not listed in
Schedule 1.1(c) as Assumed Contracts or otherwise
specifically included in the definition of "Assets"; ( vi )
all Employee Benefits Plans and all trusts related thereto; (
vii ) all of ADP’s rights in the names "ADP", "ADP,
Inc.", "Automatic Data Processing, Inc.", or any derivative or
variation thereof; and ( viii ) all of ADP’s rights
under this Agreement and under the Ancillary Agreements; ( b
) all assets and rights which are owned or possessed by ADP or its
Affiliates of every kind and
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description, whether real personal or mixed,
choate or inchoate, accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise,
wherever located and whether or not reflected on the Books and
Records, in each case not used exclusively in the Transferred
Business; and ( c ) the assets specifically listed on
Schedule 1.1(g) , provided that , for the
avoidance of doubt, no Assumed Contracts shall be Excluded Assets
under this Agreement.
" Excluded Liabilities ": any and all debts, liabilities,
and obligations of ADP and its Affiliates not specifically set
forth in the definition of Assumed Liabilities, including any and
all debts, liabilities and obligations arising out of or incurred
in connection with: ( a ) any Indebtedness of the
Transferred Business existing on or prior to the Closing Time, (
b ) any Tax liabilities of the Transferred Business (whether
or not such Tax liabilities result in the creation of Permitted
Encumbrances) to the extent arising or relating to the period at or
prior to the Closing Time (except for Purchaser’s obligation
to pay certain Taxes pursuant to Section 5.11(b) hereof and any
Taxes which are specifically set forth in the definition of Assumed
Liabilities or the Schedules referred to in such definition), (
c ) any Action or Claim arising at or prior to the Closing
Time, ( d ) any release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Materials for which ADP is alleged to be responsible or
on the Leased Property or other real property owned, leased or used
in connection with the Transferred Business, in each case to the
extent such release or threatened release relates to periods at or
prior to the Closing Time, ( e ) any Environmental Laws, to
the extent relating to the period prior to the Closing Time, (
f ) any Contracts other than the Assumed Contracts, (
g ) any debts, liabilities and obligations arising out of or
incurred in connection with any Employee Benefits Plan, including
those associated with ADP’s obligation to make matching
contributions under its 401(k) plan and to pay prorated bonuses to
any Transferring Employees in respect of the period beginning July
1, 2006 and ending at the Closing Time (other than any such debts,
liabilities or obligations which are specifically set forth in the
definition of Assumed Liabilities or the Schedules referred to in
such definition), ( h ) compliance with ERISA to the extent
arising at or prior to the Closing Time, ( i ) any Excluded
Assets or the Retained Business, ( j ) bulk sales Laws to
the extent arising at or prior to the Closing Time, or ( k )
the Claim related to the July 17, 2006 Charge of Discrimination
filed against ADP set forth as Item 1 on Schedule 3.11 .
" Facility Sharing Agreement ": the Facility Sharing
Agreement, dated the Closing Date, between Purchaser and ADP,
substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
" Field Trainers ": the Employees identified on
Schedule 1.1(h) .
" Financial Statements ": the P&L Statements,
together with the Reference Date Statement of Net Assets and the
Historical Statements of Net Assets, all as set forth as Exhibit
D .
" Ford ": Ford Motor Company, a Delaware corporation,
together with those of its Affiliates that are manufacturers of
cars or trucks.
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" GAAP ": United States generally
accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to
time.
" GloveBox Portfolios ": the manufacturer-brand
specific portfolios produced by Sandy Corporation for car and truck
manufacturers that are installed in the gloveboxes (or other
custom-fitted locations within the vehicle) of new cars and trucks
at the time of vehicle assembly and which are used by retail
salespeople to explain vehicle features to new or prospective
vehicle owners and by car and truck owners for tracking vehicle
service information and referencing vehicle operating
procedures.
" Governmental Authority ": any federal, state,
district, commonwealth, territorial or local government within the
U.S., its territories and possessions (or any national, state or
local government outside of the U.S.) and any political subdivision
or quasi-governmental authority of any of the same, including any
court, tribunal, department, commission, board, bureau, agency,
county, municipality, province, parish or other instrumentality of
any of the foregoing.
" GM ": General Motors Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, together with those of its Affiliates that are
manufacturers of cars or trucks.
" GM Services ": the training and coaching
custom-designed and offered to employees of GM dealers on
GM’s "Vehicle Order Management" software and GM’s
"Workbench" software series to the extent sponsored and provided at
the cost of GM.
" Hazardous Materials ": all hazardous substances,
wastes, materials or constituents, solid wastes, special wastes,
toxic substances, pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum
derived substances or wastes, radioactive materials, mold,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas
and related materials, including any such materials defined,
listed, identified under or described in, or the presence, use,
handling, treatment storage or disposal of which is regulated by,
any applicable Environmental Laws.
" Historical Statements of Net Assets ": the
unaudited statements of net assets of the Transferred Business as
of the Reference Date, June 30, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 30,
2004, respectively, prepared in accordance with the ADP Accounting
Policies, consistently applied.
" Indebtedness ": all ( i ) indebtedness for
borrowed money or indebtedness issued or incurred in substitution
or exchange for indebtedness for borrowed money, including credit
facilities and loans from any stockholder; ( ii )
indebtedness evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or
other debt instrument or debt security; ( iii ) overdrafts;
( iv ) obligations under any guaranty, letter of credit,
performance credit or other Contract having the effect of assuring
a creditor against loss; and ( v ) any interest accrued
through the Closing Time and any fees (including prepayment fees)
relating to Indebtedness described in ( i ) – (
iv ) above.
" Indemnified Party ": the meaning specified in
Section 10.3(a) hereof.
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" Indemnifying Party ": the meaning
specified in Section 10.3(a) hereof.
" Independent Accountants ": the meaning specified
in Section 2.3(f) hereof.
" Intellectual Property ": all intellectual
property, in the United States or foreign, including the following:
( i ) all technology, know-how, trade secrets, confidential
business information (including procedures, processes, systems,
methods of operation, discoveries, inventions, formulae, drawings,
specifications, manuals, designs, plans, proposals, technical data,
copyrightable works, financial, marketing and business data,
pricing and cost information, business and marketing plans and
customer and supplier lists and information) and all other
proprietary information; ( ii ) all computer programs and
software, together with the operating codes, source codes, updates,
upgrades, modifications, enhancements and any user and technical
documentation or utilities with respect thereto; ( iii ) all
patents, patent licenses, patent applications, patent disclosures
and improvements thereto, and all reissuances, continuances,
continuations-in-part, divisionals, revisions, extensions and
re-examinations thereof and shop rights; ( iv ) all works of
authorship in all media (such as documents, reports, drawings,
graphical materials and the like) and all copyrights and copyright
registrations and applications; ( v ) the content on all
Internet websites, all domain name registrations, URLs, secure
sockets layer certificates and all other Internet-related or
website-related assets; ( vi ) all trademarks, trade names,
trade dress, service marks, logos and corporate names (including
any registration and any application for registration (including
any pending intent-to-use application) of any of the foregoing) and
any goodwill associated therewith, ( vii ) all other rights
to existing and future registrations and applications for any of
the foregoing and all other proprietary rights in, or relating to,
any of the foregoing, including remedies against and rights to sue
for past infringements, and rights to damages and profits due or
accrued in or relating to any of the foregoing, ( viii ) all
shoprights; and ( ix ) all other intellectual property, and
the goodwill associated therewith.
" Key Employee Employment Agreements ": the Key
Employee Employment Agreements, each dated the Closing Date,
between Purchaser and the Key Employees, in the forms attached as
Exhibits E-1 through E-4 ,
respectively.
" Key Employees ": Fred Strickland, Dave Gugala,
Ernest Graham and Michael Tuson.
" knowledge ", " known " or " knows
": the meaning specified in Section 1.3 hereof.
" Landlord Certificates ": the Landlord Consent
and/or Landlord Estoppel Certificates, in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit F .
" Laws ": any federal, state, local or foreign
statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code, permit, policy,
Order or rule of common law now in effect and in each case as
amended to date and any judicial or administrative interpretation
thereof.
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" Lease Liability ": the meaning
specified in Section 10.2(a) hereof.
" Leased Properties ": the real property located at
1500 West Big Beaver Road, Troy Michigan and 110 Pine Avenue, Suite
1300, Long Beach, California, as further described in Schedule
1.1(i) .
" Leases ": the meaning set forth in Section 3.17
hereof.
" Lockbox Account Agreements ": the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4 hereof.
" Lockbox Accounts ": the meaning set forth in Section
2.4 hereof.
" Lockboxes ": the meaning set forth in Section 2.4
hereof.
" Loss " and " Losses ": any and all costs,
losses, damages, expenses, penalties, deficiencies, Orders or
liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, interest
and any penalties, and including those incurred in the absence of
any third party claim).
" Marine Master Dealer Program ": the Sea Ray "Master
Dealer" dealership operating standards certification programs, but
only to the extent offered to (a) the marine companies which are
owned by Brunswick Corporation, (b) Pursuit Boats (a division of
Holland, Michigan based S2 Yachts, Inc.), and (c) MasterCraft Boat
Company, Inc.
" Material Adverse Effect ": any change in, or
effect on, the Purchased Assets or the Transferred Business that is
materially adverse to the results of operations or the financial
condition of the Purchased Assets or the Transferred Business,
taken as a whole, or that adversely affects the ability of ADP to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any
material respect, in each case other than ( a ) a change in
general economic conditions (to the extent that any such change or
effect does not disproportionately affect the Transferred
Business), ( b ) the announcement or consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or ( c ) any
Banking Change.
" Material Assumed Contracts ": the meaning specified in
Section 3.10(b).
" Mixed Use Assets ": the assets which are used by
ADP in the Transferred Business as conducted on the date hereof
which are not used exclusively in the Transferred Business.
" Mixed Use Contracts ": the Contracts which relate
to the Transferred Business as conducted on the date hereof which
do not relate exclusively to the Transferred Business.
" Named Employees ": the Employees identified on
Schedule 1.1(j) .
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" Named Employee Non-Compete, Confidentiality
and Severance Agreements ": the Non-Compete,
Confidentiality and Severance Agreements between each Named
Employee and Purchaser, in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit G and dated the Closing Date.
" Non-Disclosure Agreement ": the Confidentiality
Agreement, executed by Purchaser on April 28, 2006, between
Citigroup Capital Strategies on behalf of ADP and Purchaser.
" Nonsolicitation Period ": the meaning specified
in Section 5.5(b) hereof.
" Offer " the meaning specified in Section
5.5(a)(ii).
" Order ": any order, judgment, injunction, award,
decree or writ issued by or at the order of a court of law, judge,
magistrate, arbitrator or any other Governmental Authority.
" Other Employee ": any Employee that is not a Key
Employee or a Named Employee.
" Other Intangibles ": All intangible assets (other than
Contracts and Intellectual Property), including Claims, unfilled
customer orders, going concern value, relationships with customers
and suppliers and memberships, if any.
" P&L Statements ": the unaudited statements of
profit and loss for the Transferred Business for the fiscal years
ended June 30, 2006, June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2004, and for the
period beginning July 1, 2006 and ending on the Reference Date,
prepared in accordance with the ADP Accounting Policies,
consistently applied.
" Per Customer Unbilled Amounts ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.6(a).
" Permits ": all municipal, state and federal and other
governmental permits, licenses, registrations, agreements,
consents, waivers and authorizations held or used by ADP or any of
its Affiliates exclusively in connection with the Transferred
Business or the Purchased Assets.
" Permitted Encumbrances ": all Encumbrances (
i ) consisting of easements, permits and other encumbrances,
restrictions or limitations on the use of real property or
irregularities in title thereto, in each case which do not,
individually or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value
of, or materially impair the use of, such real property in the
operation of the Transferred Business as conducted by Purchaser on
the Closing Date, ( ii ) for current Taxes and other
assessments or governmental charges or levies on property not yet
due and payable, and ( iii ) set forth in Schedule
1.1(k) .
" Person ": any individual, partnership,
association, joint venture, corporation or division thereof,
company, business, trust, organization, government or political
subdivision thereof, governmental agency or other entity.
" Post Closing Billed Amounts ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.7.
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" Pre-Closing Unbilled Amount Statement
": the meaning specified in Section 2.6(a) hereof.
" Pre-Closing Statement ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.3(a) hereof.
" Prohibited Business ": the business conducted by
Sandy Corporation during the twelve (12) month period ending on the
date hereof to the extent conducted through the offering of the
following products or services, in each case to the extent offered
by Sandy Corporation on the date hereof: (i ) Audience of
One; (ii ) GloveBox Portfolios; (iii) the Marine
Master Dealer Program, (iv) the Dealer Training, (v)
the ACDelco Training, (vi) the GM Services, (vii) the
GM sponsored training offered to dealership employees on the
"Certified Used Vehicle" program operated by GM, (viii) the
Ford sponsored training offered to dealership employees on the
"Certified Pre-Owned" program offered by Ford, and/or (ix)
the TechLink Publication.
" PTO ": the meaning specified in Section 6.2(a)
hereof.
" Purchase Price ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.2 hereof.
" Purchase Price Allocation ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.8(a) hereof.
" Purchased Assets ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.1 hereof.
" Purchaser ": the meaning set forth in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
" Purchaser Benefit Plans ": the meaning set forth
in Section 6.2(a) hereof.
" Purchaser Deductible ": Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000).
" Purchaser Retirement Plans ": the meaning set
forth in Section 6.2(c) hereof.
" Reference Date ": November 30, 2006.
" Reference Date Statement of Net Assets ": the
unaudited statement of net assets of the Transferred Business as of
the Reference Date, prepared in accordance with the ADP Accounting
Policies, consistently applied, a copy of which is attached hereto
as Schedule 1.1(o) .
" Required Consents ": the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4 hereof.
" Retained Business ": all business operations, functions
and activities conducted on the date hereof by ADP other than the
Transferred Business.
" Retained Intellectual Property ": all
Intellectual Property of ADP and its Affiliates not used
exclusively in the Transferred Business as conducted as of the
Closing Date.
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" Revenues ": the meaning specified
in Section 2.5(c) hereof.
" Sandy Corporation ": the unincorporated division
of ADP through which ADP conducts the Transferred Business.
" Specified Transferred Employee Information ": (a)
information verifying the education and employment backgrounds of
each of the Transferred Employees, and (b) the information related
to drug testing and background checks for the specific Transferred
Employees who work on the project referred to in the Outsourcing
Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2006, by and between Toyota
Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and Sandy Corporation, which is required
to be maintained pursuant to the terms of such Outsourcing
Agreement.
" Tangible Personal Property ": all supplies,
equipment, vehicles, office furnishings, computer equipment,
fixtures and other tangible personal property (other than
inventory) used exclusively in connection with the Transferred
Business, including the tangible personal property listed on
Schedule 1.1(l) .
" Target " the meaning specified in Section
5.5(a)(ii).
" Tax ": any federal, foreign, state, country,
local and other tax (including net income, gross income, gross
receipts, transfer, excise, property, franchise, profits, license,
lease, sales, use, data processing, ad valorem, goods and services,
value added, withholding, estimated, occupancy, capital,
employment, unemployment compensation, payroll related, social
security, severance, stamp import duties and other governmental
charges and assessments), whether or not measured in whole or in
part by net income, and including deficiencies, interest, additions
to tax or interest, and penalties with respect thereto.
" Tax Return ": any return, claim for refund or
information return relating to, or required to be filed in
connection, with any Taxes, including any schedule, form,
attachment or amendment.
" TechLink Publication ": the service technical
publication (in both print and electronic formats) produced for the
Service Parts Operation of GM, but only to the extent sold or
otherwise provided to the Service Parts Operation of GM.
" Transaction ": the meaning specified in Section
2.5(g) hereof.
" Transferred Business ": the
business operations, functions and activities conducted by Sandy
Corporation within the twelve (12) month period ending on the date
hereof in providing performance improvement services, including
training, consulting, product launch and marketing services
primarily (but not exclusively) related to the motor vehicle
industry (including both manufacturers and dealerships), through or
with: (i ) Audience of One; (ii ) GloveBox
Portfolios; (iii) the Marine Master Dealer Program,
(iv) the Dealer Training, (v) the ACDelco Training,
(vi) the GM Services, (vii) the GM sponsored training
offered by ADP on the date hereof to
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dealership employees on the "Certified Used
Vehicle" program operated by GM, (viii) the Ford sponsored
training offered by ADP on the date hereof to dealership employees
on the "Certified Pre-Owned" program offered by Ford, and/or
(ix) the TechLink Publication.
" Transferred Intellectual Property ": all
Intellectual Property exclusively used in the Transferred Business
including the trade names "Sandy Corporation," "Audience of One"
and "GloveBox Portfolio" and the Intellectual Property listed in
Schedule 1.1(n) .
" Transferring Employee ": the meaning specified in
Section 6.2(a) hereof.
" Transition Agreement ": the Transition Services
Agreement, dated the Closing Date, between Purchaser and ADP,
substantially in the forms of Exhibit H .
" Troy Lease Guaranty ": the meaning specified in
Section 5.12 hereof.
" Troy Property ": the meaning specified in Section
5.12 hereof.
" Unbilled Amount Notice ": the meaning specified
in Section 2.6(d) hereof.
" Working Capital Adjustment ": the meaning specified in
Section 2.3 hereof.
" Working Capital Statement ": the meaning
specified in Section 2.3(c) hereof.
1.2.
Interpretation . As used in this
Agreement, the terms "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and comparable
terms refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular article, section or other subdivision hereof.
Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Agreement to any
"Section", "Article", "Schedule" or "Exhibit" means a section or
article of this Agreement or a Schedule or Exhibit attached to this
Agreement, as the case may be. Any headings or captions on
any Article, Section, Schedule or Disclosure Schedule are for
convenience of reference only. The term "including" as used
in this Agreement shall mean "including, without limitation", and
shall not be deemed to indicate an exhaustive enumeration of the
items at issue. No party, nor its counsel, shall be deemed
the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the
provisions of this Agreement, and all provisions of this Agreement
shall be construed in accordance with their fair meaning, and not
strictly for or against any party.
1.3.
Knowledge .
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(a)
All references to ADP’s " knowledge ",
or phrases of similar import (such as " known " or "
knows "), shall mean (i) the actual (not imputed) knowledge,
after reasonable inquiry of the Named Employees, at the time of
execution of this Agreement by ADP and/or such other times as any
representation or warranty is made by ADP, of any Key Employee, or
(ii) the actual (not imputed) knowledge gained in the course of
working on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, at the
time of execution of this Agreement by ADP and/or such other times
as any representation or warranty is made
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by ADP, of (A) Manny Cofresi, (B) with respect to
suppliers or customers or Contracts with any of these only, Lisa
Rescoe, or (C) with respect to human resources matters only, Debbie
Zuchlewski.
(b)
All references to the Purchaser’s "
knowledge ", or phrases of similar import (such as "
known " or " knows "), shall mean the actual (not
imputed) knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, at the time of
execution of this Agreement by the Purchaser and/or such other
times as any representation or warranty is made by the Purchaser,
of Karl Baer, Ann Blank, Jennifer Cola, Michael Dugan, Sharon
Esposito-Mayer, Scott Greenberg, Tammy Heiser, Jeffrey Klein, Doug
Sharp or Matt Young.
ARTICLE II.
THE PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1.
Sale and Purchase . Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, Purchaser shall purchase
from ADP, and ADP shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver
to Purchaser, or cause to be sold, conveyed, transferred, assigned
and delivered to Purchaser, on the Closing Date, all of the Assets
other than the Excluded Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances
except Permitted Encumbrances (all of the Assets being acquired
hereby are collectively called the " Purchased Assets ").
2.2.
Purchase Price . In consideration of
the sale, conveyance, transfer, assignment and delivery of the
Purchased Assets to Purchaser by ADP, Purchaser shall (a) pay to
ADP an amount (the " Purchase Price ") equal to the sum of (i)
the Base Purchase Price, and (ii) the Contingent Purchase Price, if
any, and (b) assume the Assumed Liabilities.
2.3.
Base Purchase Price . The " Base
Purchase Price " shall be (A) Eleven Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($11,700,000), (B) minus the Cash Adjustment, (C)
minus the amount, if any, by which the Closing Date Working Capital
is more than $140,545, (D) plus the amount, if any, by which the
Closing Date Working Capital is more negative than negative $59,545
(the adjustments referred to in clauses (C) and (D) above, the "
Working Capital Adjustment "), it being understood that
positive equity is reflected on the Reference Date Statement of Net
Assets, and will be reflected on the Closing Date Balance Sheet, as
a negative number and that negative equity is reflected on the
Reference Date Statement of Net Assets, and will be reflected on
the Closing Date Balance Sheet, as a positive number.
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(a)
At least three (3) Business Days before the Closing
Date, ADP shall furnish to Purchaser ADP’s good faith
estimate of the Closing Date Balance Sheet, together with a
statement (the " Pre-Closing Statement ") reflecting
ADP’s good faith estimate of the Cash Adjustment, the Working
Capital Adjustment and the Base Purchase Price as of the Closing
Time (the " Estimated Base Purchase Price "). Such
Pre-Closing Statement shall be prepared in accordance with the ADP
Accounting Policies, consistently applied.
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(b)
At the Closing, Purchaser shall pay the Estimated
Base Purchase Price to ADP by delivering to ADP, at the Closing,
the Estimated Base Purchase Price in cash by wire transfer of
immediately available funds pursuant to the wire transfer
instructions set forth in Schedule 2.3(b) or as otherwise
instructed by ADP no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the
Closing.
(c)
Following the Closing Date, ADP shall prepare the
Closing Date Balance Sheet and a statement (the " Closing Date
Statement ") reflecting the actual Cash Adjustment, the actual
Working Capital Adjustment and the actual Base Purchase
Price. The Closing Date Statement shall be prepared in
accordance with the ADP Accounting Policies, consistently
applied. ADP shall deliver the Closing Date Balance Sheet and
the Closing Date Statement (collectively, the " Working Capital
Statement ") to Purchaser as promptly as practicable and in any
event within fifteen (15) calendar days after the Closing
Date. Purchaser shall be entitled to object to any matter in
the Working Capital Statement in accordance with Section 2.3(e)
below, but only on one or more of the following bases: (i) the
inaccuracy of such matter, whether factually or numerically, (ii)
the omission of a matter, or (iii) the Working Capital Statement
was not prepared as provided in this Agreement.
(d)
If Purchaser does not object to the Working Capital
Statement in accordance with Section 2.3(e) within thirty (30)
calendar days following its receipt of the Working Capital
Statement, the Working Capital Statement and the Base Purchase
Price set forth therein shall become final and binding on the
parties for all purposes of this Agreement.
(e)
If Purchaser objects to any matter in the Working
Capital Statement, Purchaser shall, within thirty (30) calendar
days after receipt of the Working Capital Statement, give ADP
written notice of such objection (the " Base Purchase Price
Notice "), which notice shall contain (i) reasonable details
about each objected item and provide reasonable backup materials or
information therefor, and (ii) as reasonably possible, the
calculation by Purchaser of the Cash Adjustment, the Working
Capital Adjustment and Base Purchase Price as of the Closing
Date.
(f)
The parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
any disputes as promptly as practicable. If the parties are
unable to resolve all disputes within thirty (30) calendar days of
receipt by Purchaser of the Base Purchase Price Notice, then only
the unresolved disputes shall be submitted by either party for
resolution to Grant Thornton LLP, or to such other firm of
independent certified public accountants of national standing and
which is not affiliated with the Purchaser or ADP or their
Affiliates and which firm is agreed to in writing by the Purchaser
and ADP. The accounting firm so selected to resolve any such
disputes is hereinafter referred to as the " Independent
Accountants ." Each of the parties shall furnish, at its
own expense, the Independent Accountants and the other party with
such documents and information as the Independent
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Accountants may reasonably request. Each
party may also furnish to the Independent Accountants such other
information and documents as it deems relevant with copies or
notifications being given to the other party. The Independent
Accountants may, at their discretion, conduct a conference
concerning the disagreement with the Purchaser and ADP, at which
conference each party shall have the right to present additional
documents, materials and other information and to have present its
advisors, counsel and accountants. In connection with such
process, there shall be no hearings, oral examinations, testimony,
depositions, discovery or other similar proceedings conducted by
any party or by the Independent Accountants. The Independent
Accountants’ decision on each disputed item shall be within
the range of amounts claimed by the parties. The Independent
Accountants shall promptly, and in any event within sixty (60)
calendar days after submission of any disputed items to the
Independent Accountants pursuant to this Section 2.3(f), render
their decision on the matters in dispute in writing and finalize
the Base Purchase Price and the Working Capital Statement, which
decision shall be final and binding on the parties. The
Independent Accountants shall also determine the proportion of
their fees and expenses to be paid by each of the Purchaser and
ADP, based on the degree to which the Independent Accountants have
accepted the positions of the respective parties. The
Independent Accountants’ jurisdiction to resolve disputes
pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited to accounting matters
and the fee and expenses matters expressly contemplated by this
Agreement, and neither party shall be limited or precluded, by
virtue of this Section 2.3(f), from bringing any arbitration
proceeding or legal Action relating to other matters, including
fraud or the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant,
obligation or agreement hereunder.
(g)
If the Base Purchase Price set forth on the Working
Capital Statement as finally determined pursuant to this Section
2.3 is greater than the Estimated Base Purchase Price, then the
Purchaser shall promptly pay to ADP the amount of such
excess. If the Base Purchase Price set forth on the Working
Capital Statement so determined is less than the Estimated Base
Purchase Price, then ADP shall pay to the Purchaser in cash the
amount of such deficit. Any payments and adjustments pursuant
to this Section 2.3(g) shall be made within five (5) Business Days
after the final determination of the Base Purchase Price pursuant
to this Section 2.3.
(h)
During ADP’s preparation of the Working
Capital Statement and the Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement
(as hereinafter defined) and the period of any dispute within the
contemplation of this Section 2.3 and Section 2.6, for purposes of
preparing the Closing Date Statement and the Closing Date Unbilled
Amount Statement, Purchaser shall (i) provide ADP and ADP’s
authorized representatives with reasonable access to the books,
records and work papers related to the Assets and the Assumed
Liabilities and the employees of Purchaser knowledgeable regarding
such books, records and work papers (including, for the fifteen
(15) calendar day period following the Closing Date, the services
of Michael Tuson as reasonably necessary to assist ADP in the
preparation of the Working Capital Statement and Closing Date
Unbilled Amount
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Statement), and (ii) cooperate with ADP and
ADP’s authorized representatives, including providing, on a
timely basis, such additional information as may be reasonably
necessary to prepare the Working Capital Statement and Closing Date
Unbilled Amount Statement; provided any such access or examination
shall be conducted with reasonable notice and at reasonable times
and under reasonable circumstances so as to minimize any disruption
to or impairment of the Transferred Business.
2.4.
Lockbox Accounts . The parties
acknowledge that Sandy Corporation currently uses the Lockboxes and
the Lockbox Accounts in connection with its operation of the
Transferred Business, but that the Contracts between ADP and the
financial institutions at which the Lockboxes and the Lockbox
Accounts are located (collectively, the " Lockbox Account
Agreements ") are Mixed-Use Contracts which are Excluded
Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser provides ADP
with written notice that either or both of the financial
institutions at which the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts are
maintained have agreed to permit Purchaser to use the Lockboxes and
the account numbers associated with the Lockbox Accounts after the
Closing pursuant to an agreement or agreements between such
financial institution(s) and Purchaser, then, ADP shall, no later
than the first (1 st )
Business Day after the Closing Date, deliver to each financial
institution which so permits Purchaser to use such Lockboxes and
account numbers a letter notifying such financial institution that
ADP no longer controls such Lockboxes or account numbers. For
purposes of this Agreement, the " Lockbox Accounts " are (a)
the account maintained by ADP at JP Morgan Chase Bank as Account
#41034, and (b) the account maintained by ADP at Comerica Bank as
Account #2411011261, and the " Lockboxes " are the post
office boxes maintained by ADP at such banks for use exclusively in
connection with the Transferred Business.
2.5.
Contingent Purchase Price . The
" Contingent Purchase Price ," if any, shall be determined
based on the Revenues of the Prohibited Business achieved in each
of the two (2) twelve (12) month periods ending on the first and
second anniversary of the last day of the month immediately
preceding the month during which the Closing Date occurs (or, if
the Closing Date is not the first day of a month, the first and
second anniversary of the last day of the month in which the
Closing Date occurs), and shall be paid in two (2) annual
installments (each, an " Earnout Installment ") in cash, by
wire transfer of immediately available funds pursuant to the wire
transfer instructions set forth in Schedule 2.3(b) or as
otherwise instructed by ADP by written notice.
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(a)
The amount of the first Earnout Installment, which
shall be paid to ADP no later than sixty (60) calendar days after
the first anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if the Closing Date
is not the first day of a month, sixty (60) calendar days after the
first anniversary of the last day of the month in which the Closing
Date occurs), shall be equal to the amount set forth below in the
right column corresponding to the applicable level of the Revenues
of the Prohibited Business for the twelve (12) month period ending
on the day prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date (or,
if the Closing Date is not the
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The amount of the second Earnout Installment, which
shall be paid to ADP no later than sixty (60) calendar days after
the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if the Closing Date
is not the first day of a month, sixty (60) calendar days after the
second anniversary of the last day of the month in which the
Closing Date occurs), shall be equal to the amount set forth below
in the right column corresponding to the applicable level of the
Revenues of the Prohibited Business for the twelve (12) month
period ending on the day prior to the second anniversary of the
Closing Date (or, if the Closing Date is not the first day of a
month, the second anniversary of the last day of the month in which
the Closing Date occurs):
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(c)
For purposes of this Section 2.5, " Revenues
" shall mean the revenues (including travel and expense
pass-throughs included in recognized revenue and without deduction
for bad debt, returns or credits (except for credits or discounts
mandated by clients that are not as a result of Purchaser’s
breach under the terms of the applicable Contract(s)), as
determined in accordance with the GAAP and reported in
Purchaser’s financial statements, related to the delivery of
products and services within the United States.
(d)
Purchaser will deliver to ADP, concurrently with
each Earnout Installment, a statement of the Revenues of the
Prohibited Business for the twelve (12) month period to which such
Earnout Installment relates (each, an " Earnout Statement
"), together with reasonable back up documentation detailing the
sources and amounts of all Revenues of the Prohibited Business
reflected on the Earnout Statement. If ADP objects to any
Earnout Statement provided to ADP by Purchaser, then within thirty
(30) calendar days of ADP’s receipt of such Earnout
Statement, ADP shall give written notice (the " Earnout
Notice ") to Purchaser, which Earnout Notice shall contain
reasonable details about each objected item. During such
thirty (30) calendar day period, Purchaser and its accountants
shall, upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours,
provide ADP and its accountants, and use commercially reasonable
efforts to cause Purchaser’s accountants to provide to ADP
and its accountants, access to all books, records, work papers and
personnel of Purchaser reasonably necessary for ADP and its
accountants to calculate Revenues of the Prohibited Business for
the applicable period(s), subject to the execution of a customary
confidentiality agreement. If Purchaser has not received the
Earnout Notice within such thirty (30) day period, ADP shall be
deemed to have no objection to such Earnout Statement, which shall
become final and binding on the parties hereto for all purposes of
this Agreement.
(e)
The parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
any disputes regarding the Earnout Statement as promptly as
practicable. If the parties are unable to resolve all
disputes within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by Purchaser
of an Earnout Notice, then only the unresolved disputes shall be
submitted and resolved in accordance with the same procedures and
rules set forth in Section 2.3(f) hereof; provided that, for the
purpose of this Section 2.5(e), the term "Base Purchase Price
Notice" in Section 2.3(f) shall be replaced by "Earnout Notice",
and the terms "Base Purchase Price" and "Working Capital Statement"
therein shall be replaced by "Earnout Installment" and "Earnout
Statement," respectively.
(f)
If at any time during the period (the " Earnout
Period ") commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the day
prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date (or, if the
Closing Date is not the first day of a month, the second
anniversary of the last day of the month in which the Closing Date
occurs): ( i ) Purchaser operates the Prohibited Business
other than in good faith or in a manner that is knowingly designed
or intended to (A) reduce the amount of the Contingent Purchase
Price other than in the ordinary course
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of business or in response to competitive
pressures, or (B) circumvent Purchaser’s obligation to pay
the Contingent Purchase Price; ( ii ) either Purchaser or
its Affiliates engages in activities or transactions which would be
reasonably likely to have the effect of deferring the receipt or
recognition of Revenues of the Prohibited Business beyond the
Earnout Period, in a manner knowingly designed or intended to
circumvent Purchaser’s obligation to pay the Contingent
Purchase Price; ( iii ) Purchaser fails to prepare the
budgets for the Prohibited Business in good faith, (i v )
Purchaser fails to compute the Revenues of the Prohibited Business
for any sales of products of the Prohibited Business to Affiliates
of Purchaser, or its successors or assigns based on the invoice
price to the unrelated third party customers of such Affiliates, (
v ) Purchaser (or its Affiliates) changes its fee structures
or fees with respect to Revenue of the Prohibited Business in a
manner designed or knowingly intended to reduce the Revenue of the
Prohibited Business for the Earnout Period, other than in the
ordinary course of business or in response to competitive
pressures, or ( vi ) offers any sales or promotional
discounts and other sales, marketing and other promotional programs
to customers of the Prohibited Business other than in good faith
and in a manner that is not knowingly designed or intended to
circumvent Purchaser’s obligation to pay the Contingent
Purchase Price, then, upon the occurrence of any of ( i )
through ( vi ) above, the amount of each Earnout Installment
which is based upon any periods after such occurrence shall be
based upon the total Revenues of the Prohibited Business during the
twelve (12) most recently completed calendar months (utilizing the
P&L Statements for any pre-Closing periods, as applicable)
preceding such occurrence.
(g)
Subject to Section 2.5(f) above, if during the
Earnout Period, Purchaser and/or any of its Affiliates that owns
all or substantially all of the assets of the Prohibited Business (
i ) sells all, substantially all or a material portion of
its assets (other than sales of inventory in ordinary course of
business) used in the Prohibited Business to generate Revenues of
the Prohibited Business (whether in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions) which are not promptly replaced, (
ii ) sells all or substantially all of its assets (whether
in a single transaction or a series of related transactions), (
iii ) undergoes any reorganization, consolidation or merger
of or other transaction (or series of transactions) pursuant to
which the holders of a majority of the voting power of such
entity(ies) before such transaction(s) would beneficially own 50%
or less of the voting power of the surviving entity after such
transaction, or ( iv ) effects a material change in its
accounting practices (other than as required by GAAP or applicable
Laws) (each of the foregoing, a " Transaction ") and, in any
such case in ( i ) through ( iii ) above, the
inclusion or exclusion of such Transaction in or from the Revenues
of the Prohibited Business would have a material adverse effect
upon the calculation of the Contingent Purchase Price, then the
amount of each Earnout Installment which is based upon any periods
after such occurrence shall be based upon the total Revenues of the
Prohibited Business during the twelve (12) most recently completed
calendar months (utilizing the P&L Statements for any
pre-Closing periods, as applicable) preceding such
Transaction.
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2.6.
Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement
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(a)
At least three (3) Business Days before the Closing
Date, ADP shall furnish to Purchaser a statement (the "
Pre-Closing Unbilled Amount Statement "), reflecting
ADP’s good faith estimate of, for each Contract with each
customer ( i ) the total amount payable to ADP for all
services and products to be provided pursuant to such Contract, (
ii ) the total amount of such services and products
delivered to such customer through the Closing Time, ( iii )
the total amount of such services and products delivered to such
customer through the Closing Time for which ADP has billed or
invoiced such customer prior to the Closing Time, and (i v )
the total amount of such services and products delivered to such
customer through the Closing Time for which ADP has not billed or
invoiced such customer prior to the Closing Time (such amount for
each Contract with each customer, the " Per Customer Unbilled
Amount "). The Pre-Closing Unbilled Amount Statement
shall be prepared in accordance with the ADP Accounting Policies,
consistently applied.
(b)
Following the Closing Date, ADP shall prepare a
statement containing a calculation of the actual values of the
items set forth on the Pre-Closing Unbilled Amount Statement as of
the Closing Time (the " Closing Date Unbilled Amount
Statement "). The Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement
shall be prepared in accordance with ADP’s Accounting
Policies, consistently applied. ADP shall deliver the Closing
Date Unbilled Amount Statement to Purchaser as promptly as
practicable and in any event within fifteen (15) calendar days
after the Closing Date. Purchaser shall be entitled to object
to any matter in the Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement in
accordance with Section 2.6(d) below, but only on one or more of
the following bases: (i) the inaccuracy of such matter, whether
factually or numerically, (ii) the omission of a matter, or (iii)
the Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement was not prepared as
provided in this Agreement.
(c)
If Purchaser does not object to the Closing Date
Unbilled Amount Statement in accordance with Section 2.6(d) within
twenty (20) calendar days following its receipt of the Closing Date
Unbilled Amount Statement (or notifies ADP in writing that it
accepts such Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement), the Closing
Date Unbilled Amount Statement and the Per Customer Unbilled
Amounts set forth therein shall become final and binding on the
parties for all purposes of this Agreement.
(d)
If Purchaser objects to any matter in the Closing
Date Unbilled Amount Statement, Purchaser shall, within twenty (20)
calendar days after receipt of the Closing Date Unbilled Amount
Statement, give ADP written notice of such objection (the "
Unbilled Amount Notice "), which notice shall contain (i)
reasonable details about each objected item and reasonable backup
materials or information therefor, and (ii) the calculation by
Purchaser of any disputed amounts set forth on the Closing Date
Unbilled Amount Statement (including any Per Customer Unbilled
Amount) as of the Closing
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Date, to the extent reasonably possible to
provide within the time constraints set forth in this
section.
(e)
The parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
any disputes regarding the Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement
as promptly as practicable. If the parties are unable to
resolve all disputes within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by
Purchaser of an Unbilled Amount Notice, then only the unresolved
disputes shall be submitted to and resolved by the Independent
Accountants in accordance with the same procedures and rules set
forth in Section 2.3(f) hereof; provided that, for the purpose of
this Section 2.6(e), the term "Base Purchase Price Notice" in
Section 2.3(f) shall be replaced by "Unbilled Amount Notice", and
the terms "Base Purchase Price" and "Closing Date Statement"
therein shall be replaced by "Per Customer Unbilled Amounts" and
"Closing Date Unbilled Amount Statement," respectively.
2.7.
Payment of Per Customer Unbilled Amounts
. Following the Closing Date, Purchaser shall bill or invoice
each customer of the Transferred Business for the Per Customer
Unbilled Amounts related to such customers as soon as permitted
pursuant to the terms of the applicable Contract. Purchaser
shall use its commercially reasonable efforts during the nine (9)
months after the Closing Date to collect all amounts so billed or
invoiced. No later than ten (10) Business Days after
Purchaser’s receipt of any portion of the Per Customer
Unbilled Amounts, Purchaser shall remit such portion to ADP; it
being agreed that if an invoice or bill which is paid by a customer
contains both Per Customer Unbilled Amounts and amounts (the "
Post-Closing Billed Amounts ") related to products and services
provided after the Closing Time, and the payment by the customer
does not equal the full amount of such invoice or bill, then the
amount payable by Purchaser to ADP shall be computed as follows:
(a) if the customer indicates which portions of the Per Customer
Unbilled Amounts and/or Post-Closing Billed Amounts and/or other
amounts are being paid or not being paid, Purchaser shall pay ADP
in accordance with such indication, and (b) if the customer does
not so indicate, Purchaser shall pay ADP the amount paid by such
customer multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
Per Customer Unbilled Amount included on such invoice or bill and
the denominator is the full amount of such invoice or bill.
2.8.
Purchase Price Allocation .
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(a)
The Purchase Price shall be allocated among the
Purchased Assets in accordance with the applicable provisions of
Section 1060 of the Code and the parties, therefore, agree that the
fair market value of the Purchased Assets and the Assumed
Liabilities (or groups of such assets) is set forth in Exhibit
K , as such allocation shall be adjusted by the mutual,
reasonable agreement of the parties within thirty (30) calendar
days after the Closing Date to ensure the accurate
recording of liabilities and based on any
changes in the respective asset and liability balances set forth in
the Reference Date Statement of Net Assets as compared to those
respective asset and liability balances set forth in the Closing
Date Balance Sheet (the " Purchase Price Allocation "),
which
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Purchase Price Allocation shall be binding upon
each of ADP and Purchaser for all purposes, including financial
accounting and Tax purposes. ADP and Purchaser shall file all
Tax Returns and report the federal, state, municipal, local and
other Tax consequences of the purchase and sale hereunder in a
manner consistent with the Purchase Price Allocation and shall not
take any position inconsistent therewith in connection with any Tax
Return, Claim or otherwise. The parties shall each execute
and timely file an IRS Form 8594 consistent with such Purchase
Price Allocation, after exchanging mutually acceptable drafts of
such form (and any equivalent state, local or foreign Tax
forms). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser’s cost
of the Purchased Assets may differ to the extent necessary to
reflect Purchaser’s capitalized acquisition costs and
adjustments for the Purchased Assets.
(b)
Each party shall provide prompt written notice to
the other within ten (10) Business Days if it receives any IRS (or
any other Tax authority) notice, proposed audit, proposed
assessment, assessment or other communication relating to the
Purchase Price Allocation. ADP and Purchaser shall jointly
control any such related Action taken in connection with any audit
or assessment of the Purchase Price Allocation by any Tax authority
(including selection of counsel), at their own expense. The
parties shall have the right to participate in any Actions related
thereto and to employ counsel at their own expense, subject to the
parties’ obligations in Section 2.8(a) above. The
parties shall cooperate in the defense and shall make available
records and information that are reasonably relevant to the Claim
and make employees available on a mutually convenient basis to
provide additional information and explanation of any materials
provided. Neither ADP nor Purchaser shall admit any liability
or settle, compromise or discharge any such Claim without the other
party’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. ADP and Purchaser shall act reasonably
and in good faith to coordinate their joint efforts under this
Section 2.8(b).
2.9.
Excluded Assets and Liabilities .
Anything herein t
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