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Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement ("Agreement") is made and entered
into as of
this 31st day of March, 2005, at Scottsdale, Arizona, by and
between Central
Plains Aviation, Inc., a Kansas corporation with offices at 2145
South Air
Service Road, Garden City, Kansas 67846 ("Seller"), and F B O
Air - Garden City,
Inc., a Kansas corporation with offices at 9087 East Charter
Oak, Scottsdale,
Arizona 85260 ("Buyer"); and Jon A. Crotts, an individual and
President of
Seller ("Crotts").
RECITALS
A. Seller is engaged in the business of a fixed base operator at
Garden
City Regional Airport (the "Business");
B. Buyer and Seller are parties to that certain Offer to
Purchase dated
January 19, 2004 ("Offer to Purchase");
C. Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, Buyer desires to purchase
certain
assets, and none of the liabilities, of Seller that are used in
connection with
the Business at the price and under the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree
as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASED ASSETS; TRANSFER OF PURCHASED ASSETS
1.1 Purchased Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the
recitals set forth above, which are incorporated herein by
reference, and this
Agreement, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and deliver to
Buyer at the
Closing (defined below) and Buyer shall purchase, for the
Purchase Price set
forth in ARTICLE 2 hereof, all of the assets and business of the
Business
specifically set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto, excluding the
Excluded Assets
defined in Section 1.6, all of which are hereinafter called the
"Assets,"
including, without limitation, the following specific assets
described in this
Section 1.1:
(a) All inventories, including JetA and Avgas fuel
inventories,
finished goods, work-in-progress and raw materials, supplies and
parts owned by
Seller pertaining to the Business (the "Inventory") as of the
close of business
on the date immediately prior to the Closing Date including,
without limitation,
the Inventory set forth on Schedule 1.1(a).
(b) All rights and interests of Seller in and to all
contracts,
leases of personal property, purchase orders, orders from
customers, supply
agreements, distribution agreements, independent sales
representative
agreements, license agreements, and other agreements entered
into pertaining to
the Business or the Assets in effect on the Closing Date,
excluding any
amendments, revisions, changes or new orders under such
agreements (the
"Contracts"). All Contracts that are in effect on the date
hereof, are set forth
on Schedule 1.1(b).
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(c) All rights of Seller under or pursuant to all
warranties,
representations and guaranties made by suppliers in connection
with products or
services furnished to the Business, or otherwise pertaining to
the Business of
affecting the Assets.
(d) All of Seller's customer lists, together with all
designs,
notes, and other intangibles which are used in the Business; and
all records and
files (including computer records and files) and papers useful
in operating the
Business or relating to the Assets, including, but not limited
to, manuals and
data, sales, advertising materials, sales and purchase
correspondence, shipping
records and employment records for current employees of Seller
whom Buyer wish
to retain.
(e) All federal, foreign, state, provincial, municipal, local
or
other governmental consents, certifications, licenses, permits,
registrations,
grants and other authorizations that are necessary to permit
Seller to conduct
the Business as presently conducted (collectively, the
"Authorizations" and
individually, an "Authorization"). All Authorizations in effect
as of the date
of this Agreement are set forth on Schedule 1.1(e).
(f) All fuel trucks, aircraft tows, utility carts, portable
generators, equipment, heavy equipment, machinery and vehicles
of Seller used in
connection with the Business as of the Closing Date
(collectively, the
"Equipment"). All of such assets as of the date of this
Agreement are set forth
on Schedule 1.1(f).
1.2 Transfer of Title to the Assets. Seller's sale,
assignment,
conveyance, transfer, and delivery of the Assets to Buyer shall
be made at the
Closing by appropriate instruments of transfer as shall be
reasonably requested
by Buyer or otherwise sufficient to vest in Buyer, as of the
Closing Date, good
and marketable title to the Assets that are owned, as of the
Closing Date by
Seller, and a valid and assignable leasehold interest in the
Assets that are
leased by Seller as of the Closing Date, in each case free and
clear of any
liens, charges and encumbrances. Such instruments of assignment,
conveyance, and
transfer shall include, without limitation, a bill of sale
transferring title to
tangible assets in the form of Exhibit A hereto (the "Bill of
Sale") and
anything else reasonably contemplated by this Agreement to be
delivered in order
to transfer possession and enjoyment of the Assets to Buyer.
Risk of loss of the
Assets shall pass from Seller to Buyer at Closing.
1.3 Non-Assignable Assets. To the extent that any of the Assets
to be
assigned to Buyer hereunder are not assignable without the
consent of another
party, this Agreement shall not constitute an assignment or an
attempted
assignment if such assignment or attempted assignment would
constitute a breach
of any contract, right or commitment. Seller agree to use its
best efforts to
obtain the consent of each other party to any such contract,
right or commitment
to the assignment thereof to Buyer in all cases in which such
consent is
required for assignment or transfer. If such consent is not
obtained at or prior
to the Closing and Buyer shall have waived the conditions in
Section 5.2(b) with
respect thereto, Seller agree to cooperate with Buyer in seeking
(i) such
consent after the Closing Date and (ii) any reasonable
arrangements designed to
provide for Buyer the benefits accruing under any such contract,
right or
commitment, including enforcement at the cost and for the
account of Buyer of
any and all rights of Seller against each other party thereto
arising out of the
cancellation by such other party or otherwise. If and to the
extent that such
arrangement cannot be made, Buyer shall have no obligation with
respect to any
such contract, right or commitment and each such asset shall
thereafter be
deemed an Excluded Asset (as defined below).
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1.4 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time after
the
Closing, at Buyer's reasonable request and without further
consideration, Seller
shall execute and deliver such instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance,
assignment and confirmation, and take such other action, as
Buyer may reasonably
request to more effectively transfer, convey and assign to
Buyer, and to confirm
Buyer's title to, the Assets, to put Buyer in actual possession
and operating
control thereof, to assist Buyer in exercising all rights with
respect thereto
and to carry out the purpose and intent of this Agreement.
1.5 Non-Assumption of Liabilities. Buyer shall not assume and
shall under
no circumstances be responsible for any liabilities or
obligations of Seller
(whether personal or corporate) including, without limitation,
any liabilities
or obligations arising out of the Assets and/or operation of the
Business,
regardless of amount, character or description, or whether
accrued, contingent
or otherwise.
1.6 Excluded Assets. Excluded Assets means (i) the aircraft set
forth on
Schedule 1.6 (collectively the "Aircraft"); (ii) that certain
2002 Chevrolet
Tahoe bearing Kansas vehicle registration 1GNEK13Z8ZR180592, and
that certain
2001 Chevrolet Silverado bearing Kansas vehicle registration
1GCEK19T11E185943
(collectively the "Retained Vehicles"); (iii) any Non-assignable
assets
described in Section 1.3; (iv) any assets of Seller not used in
connection with
the Business as more fully set forth on Schedule 1.6 ("Unrelated
Assets"); and
(v) any real property owned by Seller or any or real property
leases leased by
Seller and not set forth on Schedule 1.1(b).
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE PRICE; ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE
2.1 Purchase Price. The total purchase price for the Assets
shall be Six
Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($675,000) ("Purchase
Price").
2.2 Payment of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be paid
by Buyer
to Seller as follows:
(a) Cash at Closing. Four Hundred Thirty Five Thousand
Dollars
($435,000), by wire transfer at Closing.
(b) Promissory Note. Two Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars
($240,000)
shall be paid by Buyer to Seller under a promissory note having
a term of
eighteen (18) months and bearing an interest of five percent
(5%) per annum in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit B ("Promissory Note"). The
Promissory Note
shall be payable on a quarterly basis to Seller.
2.3 Allocation of Purchase Price. The Purchase Price shall be
allocated
among the Assets as set forth on Schedule 2.3, which Buyer shall
deliver to
Seller at least five business days prior to Closing.
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller and Crotts. As a
material
inducement to Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby, each of Seller and Crotts
represents and
warrants to Buyer that the statements set forth in this Section
3.1 are correct
and complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be
correct and complete
as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the
Closing Date were
substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this
Section 3.1). Certain
exceptions to such representations and warranties are set forth
on Schedule 3.1
("Schedule of Exceptions") attached hereto and incorporated
herein, which shall
be arranged in sections corresponding to the subsections of this
Section 3.1.
(a) Organization and Qualification. Seller is a corporation
duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the State of
Kansas and has full corporate power and corporate authority to
own or lease its
properties and to conduct its business in the manner and in the
places where
such properties are owned or leased or as such business is
currently conducted.
The copies of Seller's Articles of Incorporation, as amended to
date
(hereinafter referred to as its "Articles"), certified by the
Secretary of State
of the State of Kansas, and of Seller's Bylaws, as amended to
date (hereinafter
referred to as its "Bylaws"), certified by Seller's Secretary,
are complete and
correct and no amendments thereto have been filed or are
pending. Seller is and
has been at all times in compliance with its Articles and
Bylaws. Seller is duly
qualified or licensed to conduct business as a foreign
corporation in, and is in
good standing in, each jurisdiction in which the nature of the
business as
conducted by Seller or the character and nature of any of the
Assets makes such
qualification necessary.
(b) Authority. Seller has full right, power and authority to
enter
into this Agreement and each agreement, document and instrument
to be executed
and delivered by Seller pursuant to this Agreement (the "Related
Agreements")
and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby (the
"Transactions"). The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and
the Related Agreements by Seller has been duly and validly
authorized and
approved by all necessary action on the part of Seller, and no
other action on
the part of Seller is required in connection therewith. This
Agreement and each
Related Agreement constitutes, or when executed and delivered
will constitute,
the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller, each
enforceable in
accordance with its respective terms. The execution, delivery
and performance by
Seller of this Agreement and each Related Agreement:
(i) does not and will not violate any foreign, federal,
state,
local or other laws, regulations or ordinances applicable to
Seller;
(ii) does not or will not violate any term or provision of
the
Articles or Bylaws of Seller; or
(iii) except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(b)(iii) does not
and
will not result in a breach of, constitute or result in a
default under,
accelerate any obligation under or give rise to a right of
termination of, any
indenture, loan or credit agreement, or any other agreement,
contract,
instrument, mortgage, lien, lease, permit, authorization, order,
writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or arbitration award to which
Seller is a
party or by which Seller or any property of Seller is bound or
affected, or
result in the creation or imposition of any mortgage, pledge,
lien, security
interest or other charge or encumbrance on any of the Assets.
Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.1(b)(iii), no consent or waiver by, approval
of, or
designation, declaration or filing with, any Person is required
in connection
with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this
Agreement and
each Related Agreement. "Person" shall mean an individual, a
partnership, a
corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a
joint venture, an
unincorporated organization, a governmental authority or entity
or any
department, agency or political subdivision thereof.
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(c) Financial Statements. The audited, or unaudited if
audited
unavailable, balance sheets and statements of income of Seller
for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2004, December 31, 2003 and December
31, 2002 have been
previously provided to Buyer (such financial statements being
referred to
collectively herein as the "Financial Statements"). All of the
Financial
Statements (including the notes thereto) have been prepared in
accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles applied consistently
during the periods
covered thereby, are complete and correct, present fairly the
financial
condition of Seller and the results of its operations as of the
dates of such
statements and for the periods covered thereby, and are
consistent with the
books and records of Seller.
(d) Title to Assets; Liens; Condition of Assets. Except as set
forth
on Schedule 3.1(d), Seller has good and marketable title to the
Assets that are
owned and a valid and assignable leasehold interest in the
Assets that are
leased. The Assets are free and clear of all mortgages, liens,
security
interests, pledges, charges and other encumbrances of every
nature whatsoever,
except for liens for current taxes not yet due and payable or
being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, and such imperfections of
title,
easements and encumbrances as do not materially detract from the
value of the
properties subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise do
not materially
interfere with their present or future use in a manner
consistent with present
practices of the Business. The Assets constitute all of the
material assets used
to conduct the Business. All of the leasehold improvements
included in the
Assets are in good repair, have been well maintained, conform
with all
applicable ordinances, regulations and zoning, environmental and
other laws,
regulations and ordinances and do not encroach on property of
others. All
machinery and equipment is in good working order subject to
ordinary wear and
tear.
(e) Taxes
(i) Definitions. As used herein, "IRC" means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and interpreted by treasury
regulations; "Tax
Return" means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund,
or information
return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment
thereto, and including any amendment thereof, and "Taxes means
any federal,
state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license,
payroll, employment,
excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits,
environmental,
customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding,
social security
(or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales,
use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on
minimum,
estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any
interest, penalty,
or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.
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(ii) Returns and Payments. Seller has filed all Tax Returns
that it was required to file. All such Tax Returns are correct
and complete in
all respects. All Taxes owed by Seller (whether or not shown on
any Tax Return)
have been paid. Seller currently is not the beneficiary of any
extension of time
within which to file any Tax Return, or to the extent due,
reserved for on the
Financial Statements. No claim has ever been made by an
authority in a
jurisdiction where Seller does not file Tax Returns that it is
or may be subject
to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no liens,
encumbrances, or charges
against any of the assets of Seller that arose in connection
with any failure
(or alleged failure) to pay any Tax.
(iii) Withholding Taxes. Seller has withheld and paid all
Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with
amounts paid or
owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
shareholder, or other
third party.
(iv) Tax Liabilities. Neither Seller's nor any of Seller's
officers, directors, or employees responsible for Tax matters
has knowledge of
any facts that would lead them to expect any authority to assess
any additional
Taxes for any period for which Tax Returns have been filed.
There is no dispute
or claim concerning any Tax liability of Seller either claimed
or raised by any
authority in writing or as to which any of Seller or any of
Seller's, officers,
directors, or employees responsible for Tax matters has
knowledge based upon
personal contact with any agent of such authority. Schedule
3.1(e) lists all Tax
Returns filed for taxable periods ended on or after December 31,
2001, indicates
those Tax Returns that have been audited and indicates those Tax
Returns that
currently are the subject of an audit. Seller has disclosed on
its federal
income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give
rise to a
substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the
meaning of IRC
Section 6662.
(v) Statute of Limitations. Seller has not waived any
statute
of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of
time with
respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency.
(f) Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth
on
Schedule 3.1(f), Seller had and has no indebtedness, liabilities
or obligations
of any nature or kind, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise
asserted or unasserted, known or unknown and whether due or to
become due
(including, without limitation, potential liabilities relating
to products or
services provided by Seller or the conduct of the Business prior
to the
Effective Date, regardless of whether claims in respect thereof
had been
asserted as of such date).
(g) Inventory. Except to the extent of reserves set forth in
the
Financial Statements, all Inventory is of a quality and quantity
saleable in the
ordinary course of the Business at prevailing market prices and
is adequate in
amount, consistent with past practices of the Business, to
continue operations
without creating backlogs, in excess of customary levels for the
Business.
(h) Absence of Certain Changes. Since the December 31, 2003,
there
has not been:
(i) any operation of the Business out of the ordinary course
of business or any change in the financial condition,
properties, assets,
liabilities, business, prospects or operations of the Business
that, by itself
or in conjunction with all other such changes, has or is likely
to have a
materially adverse effect on the Business;
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(ii) any purchase, sale, license or other disposition, or
any
agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, sale, license
or other
disposition, of any part of Seller's properties or assets
(including any
patents, trademarks and copyrights) included in the Assets,
other than purchases
for and sales from inventory in the ordinary course of
business;
(iii) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not
covered
by insurance, adversely affecting Seller's properties or assets
included in the
Assets or the Business in excess of $5,000 per single
occurrence;
(iv) any change with respect to Seller's officers,
management
or supervisory personnel employed in the Business, other than
changes in
supervisory personnel occurring in the ordinary course of
business;
(v) any payment or discharge of a lien or liability of
Seller
that is not shown on the Financial Statements incurred in the
ordinary course of
business thereafter;
(vi) any obligation or liability incurred by Seller to any
bank, officer, director, employee, other than in the ordinary
course of
business, or any loans or advances made by Seller to any
officer, director,
employee, except for normal compensation and expense allowances
payable to
officers or employees;
(vii) any change in the accounting methods or practices
followed by Seller or any change in depreciation or amortization
policies or
rates theretofore adopted;
(viii) any change in the manner in which Inventory of Seller
used in the Business is marketed or any increase in Inventory
levels in excess
of historical levels for comparable periods;
(ix) any delay or postponement of payment of any accounts
payable or other liabilities relating to the Business outside
the ordinary
course of business;
(x) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any
dividend
or distribution with respect to its capital stock, or
redemption, purchase or
other acquisition of its capital stock;
(xi) any change in the employment terms or
employment-related
benefits for any independent sales representative or employee
employed in the
Business outside the ordinary course of business; or
(xii) any agreement or understanding, whether in writing or
otherwise, for Seller to take any of the actions specified in
subsections (i)
through (xi) above.
(i) Trade Secrets and Customer Lists. Seller owns or has the
right
to use, free and clear of any claims or rights of others, all
trade secrets,
inventions, developments, customer lists, manufacturing and
secret processes,
hardware designs, programming processes, software and other
information, and
know-how (if any) required for the Business, including products
licensed from
others. There are no payments that are required to be made by
Seller for the use
of such trade secrets, inventions, developments, customer lists,
copyrighted
materials, manufacturing and secret processes and know-how.
Seller is not using
or in any way making any unlawful or wrongful use of any
confidential
information, copyrighted materials, know-how or trade secrets of
any third
party, including, without limitation, any former employer of any
present or past
employee, of Seller or of any of Seller's predecessors. To
Seller's knowledge no
employee is or was a party to any non-competition or
confidentiality agreement
with any party other than Seller or Buyer.
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(j) Contracts. All of the Contracts are in full force and effect
and
are freely assignable in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(i) Copies of all Contracts, have been provided to Buyer or
their counsel prior to the execution of this Agreement and are
true, correct and
complete, and have not been subject to any amendment, extension
or other
modification as of the date hereof.
(ii) Each Contract is in full force and effect without any
default thereunder by Seller or, to the knowledge of Seller, by
any other party
thereto (a "default" being defined for purposes hereof as an
actual default or
any set of facts that would, upon receipt of notice or passage
of time,
constitute a default).
(iii) All Contracts with respect to the real estate premises
on which the Business has been conducted as of the Effective
Date shall each
have a minimum remaining term of at least twenty five (25)
years, pending
approval of the applicable municipality and/or airport
authority.
(iv) There are no employment contracts with any employees of
the Seller and all Seller employees are at-will employees.
(k) Litigation. There are no suits, actions or
administrative,
arbitration or other proceedings or governmental investigations
pending or, to
the knowledge of Seller, threatened against or relating to
Seller, the Assets or
the Business. Seller is not otherwise engaged as a party in any
suit, action or
administrative, arbitration or other proceeding. Seller has not
entered into or
been subject to any consent decree, compliance order, or
administrative order
with respect to any property owned, operated, leased, or used by
Seller. Seller
has not received any request for information, notice, demand
letter,
administrative inquiry, or formal or informal complaint or claim
with respect to
any property owned, operated, leased or used by Seller or any
facilities or
operations thereon. Seller has not been named by the U.S.
Environmental
Protection Agency or a state or local environmental agency as a
potentially
responsible party (or similar designation under applicable state
law) in
connection with any site at which hazardous substances,
hazardous materials,
toxic substances, oil, or petroleum products have been released
or are
threatened to be released. There are no existing or, to the
knowledge of Seller,
threatened product liability, warranty or other similar claims,
or any facts
upon which a claim of such nature could be based, against Seller
or the Business
for services or products that are defective or fail to meet any
service or
product warranties. Seller
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