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EXHIBIT 10.35
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), made and
entered into as of
this 31st day of October, 2007, by and between the Buyer, as
defined below, and
the Seller, as defined below.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Buyer" includes ERF
Wireless, Inc., a
Nevada corporation ("Parent"), and ERF Wireless Bundled
Services, Inc., a Texas
corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent,
("Subsidiary").
As used in this Agreement, the term "Seller" means TSTAR
Internet, Inc.
("TSTAR"), a Texas corporation headquartered in Marble Falls,
Texas, and George
H. "Butch" Kemper, jointly addressed as the Seller.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller presently operates a business engaged in
providing a
comprehensive full range of Internet services including Internet
Access,
dial-in, ISDN, wireless, and networking solutions to commercial
businesses and
residential customers (the "Business"); and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell substantially all of the assets
and contracts of
the Business to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase such assets
and contracts
from Seller, on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, Buyer and Seller, in consideration of the mutual
promises
hereinafter set forth, do hereby promise, and agree as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE: ASSETS TO BE PURCHASED
1.1 SUBJECT ASSETS. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in
this Agreement, Seller hereby sells to Subsidiary and Subsidiary
hereby
purchases from Seller, at the Closing, all of Seller's right,
title, and
interest in substantially all of the assets associated with the
Business,
including the following:
Substantially all of the assets associated with the Business,
including
all cash, cash equivalents, accounts (including, without
limitation, any
accounts, deposit accounts, inventory, equipment, vehicles,
goods,
documents, instruments (including, without limitation,
promissory notes),
contract rights including ISP Subscriber Agreements, general
intangibles,
chattel paper, supporting obligations, investment property
(including,
without limitation, all equity interests owned by Seller),
letter-of-credit rights, trademarks, trademark applications,
trade
styles, patents, patent applications, copyrights, copyright
applications
and other intellectual property in which Seller now has or
hereafter may
acquire any right, title or interest, all proceeds and products
thereof
(including, without limitation, proceeds of insurance), all
documents,
files and records containing technical support, all additions,
accessions
and substitutions thereto or therefore and other information
pertaining
to the operation of the business (collectively, "Purchased
Assets").
Documentation that will be provided pursuant to the purchase
will include copies
of the following books, records, manuals and other materials in
any tangible
form to the extent relating to the Business and/or the Subject
Assets: records
relating to customers that are parties to any contracts, records
relating to
vendors, and all other books, records, files, correspondence,
documents and
information owned by Seller relating to the Business that are
currently in the
possession of the employees of the Business, however maintained
or stored
(collectively, the "Records"), it being understood that the
Seller may cause to
be deleted confidential information that does not relate to the
Subject Assets
or the Business.
1.2 EXCLUDED ASSETS. The Subject Assets shall not include the
following (herein
referred to as the "Excluded Assets"):
all corporate minute books, stock transfer books and other
documents
relating to the organization, maintenance and existence of
Seller as a
corporation ("Corporate Documents");
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all rights of Seller pursuant to this Agreement, including
the
consideration paid to Seller pursuant to this Agreement;
all originals of personnel records and other records that Seller
is
required by applicable law to retain in its possession;
all tax refunds which Seller is due;
all capital stock in Seller; and
any other item specifically listed in Schedule 1.2.
1.3 PURCHASE PRICE; PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE. In addition to
the Assumed
Liabilities described below, the aggregate consideration for the
Subject Assets
(the "Purchase Price") shall be the amount equal to: $1,100,000.
The Purchase
Price shall be subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 1.7
below as so
adjusted.
1.4 PAYMENT TERMS. The Purchase Price shall be payable at the
Closing date as
follows:
1. $175,000 cash,
2. $100,000 (free-trading) shares (associated with a
non-compete
provision to be set forth in Consulting Agreement),
3. $475,000 of Restricted Stock of the Parent (with the number
of
shares of Restricted Stock determined by using a stock price
of
the 10-day trailing average prior to closing); and
4. the execution of a $350,000 Secured Promissory Note ("Note")
(the
amount subject to any adjustments from section 1.7 herein)
from
Parent having the following terms and other terms that may
be
mutually agreed to by the parties: (i) the annual rate of
interest
on the unpaid portion shall be 7.5% per annum; (ii) payments
of
accrued interest and principal shall be made over ten (10)
calendar quarters, with the quarterly payments being in the
amount
of $38,254.08 and the first payment beginning 90 days after
Closing. (iii) Purchaser may prepay the Note at any time
without
penalty; (iv) Purchaser and Seller shall enter into Security
and
Guaranty Agreements granting Seller a first lien security
interest
in the Purchased Assets securing the faithful payment of the
Note
and Consulting Agreement that will be executed simultaneously
with
the execution of the Note and Consulting Agreement; and (v) in
the
event of default, Seller may take actions necessary to protect
its
interest, as provided in the Note and Security Agreement.
The
Purchaser may elect to make the quarterly payments in cash
or
Freely Tradable common stock of the Parent. Should the
Purchaser
elect to pay the quarterly payments in Freely Tradable
common
stock of the Parent, the Parent will execute a Guaranty
Agreement,
in form and substance satisfactory to Seller, that shall
guarantee
the Seller the underlying value of the common stock as of
the
quarterly payment due date for a period of 60 days from the
payment date. Freely Tradable common stock shall mean fully
registered securities which are not subject to any
contractual,
regulatory or other legal restrictions on their transfer, are
free
and clear of all liens and encumbrances and are freely tradable
to
members of the general public. The quarterly note payments
shall
be subject to offset to address any indemnification claims
which
may arise. Parent agrees to grant Seller piggy-back
registration
rights to all Restricted Stock issued to Seller as part of
the
Definitive Agreements and will agree to provide its transfer
agent
with an opinion letter and instructions to remove the
restricted
legend from Seller's shares in accordance with SEC Rule 144.
In accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement in Exhibit
1.4 to this
Agreement, Parent agrees to guarantee the faithful payment of
the Purchase Price
by pledging Buyer the common stock of Subsidiary back to Seller
through the date
that the Purchase Price (including all components and payment
terms of the
Purchase Price) has been paid in full.
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1.5 ASSUMED LIABILITIES; NO OTHER ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES. As
partial
consideration for the Subject Assets, Subsidiary shall deliver
to Seller at
Closing an Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to which
Subsidiary
shall assume and pay, perform or discharge, as appropriate, the
liabilities and
obligations of Seller (the "Assumed Liabilities") (i) arising in
connection with
the operation of the Business by the Subsidiary after the
Closing date, (ii)
arising after the Closing date in connection with the
performance by the
Subsidiary of the contracts and agreements associated with the
Business assigned
to Subsidiary, including the ISP Subscriber Contracts, office
lease and
utilities in effect pertaining to the Business, equipment and
tower leases, and
the Equipment Purchase, Monitoring and Maintenance Agreements in
existence with
customers, (iii) accounts payable outstanding or accrued as of
the closing date
as limited and subject to the adjustments set forth in section
1.7 - Adjustments
to Purchase Price, and (iv) the Chase Automotive Finance note
for approximately
$12,846.85. Subsidiary shall not assume or be responsible for
any such
liabilities or obligations that arise from breaches thereof or
defaults by
Seller prior to the Closing, all of which liabilities and
obligations shall
constitute "Specified Retained Liabilities" and all such
liabilities shall
either be retained by Seller or be fully paid prior to
Closing.
Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer shall not assume or be
obligated
under, or become liable for, any debt, liability, contract or
obligation
whatsoever of Seller or the Business, and Seller shall be
responsible for the
payment or performance and full discharge of all debts,
liabilities, contracts
and obligations whatsoever of Seller, including those of the
Business accruing
prior to the Closing and the Specified Retained Liabilities. In
particular (and
by way only of example and not by way of limitation), Seller
shall be and remain
solely responsible for, and shall timely pay or perform and
discharge, all
debts, liabilities, contracts and obligations with respect to
the Business other
than the Assumed Liabilities (collectively, together with those
liabilities and
obligations described in Section 2.2 as constituting the same,
"Specified
Retained Liabilities"): (i) ) any tax liability or obligation
relating to
transactions or periods prior to and including the Closing Date
(but excluding
any sales, use, transfer or other tax obligation resulting from
the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, which Subsidiary hereby agrees
to be responsible
for); (ii) any liability or obligation to Seller's employees for
salaries and
wages whether relating to the termination of their employment or
otherwise
arising, relating to periods prior to and including the
Closing,; and (iii) any
legal claim or any other liability or obligation whatsoever
incurred by Seller
relating to the Business for periods or occurrences prior to and
including the
Closing Date.
1.6 ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PRICE. Seller and Buyer shall
cooperate to determine
(in accordance with applicable U.S. Treasury regulations
promulgated under
Section 1060 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as amended, the
allocation of
the Purchase Price and the liabilities of Seller (plus other
relevant items)
among the Subject Assets as of the Closing Date. Such allocation
shall be made
in a manner consistent with the fair market value of such
assets. Each of the
parties will file all tax returns and information reports
(including the IRS
Form 8594 and any disclosures that are required under Section
1060 of the
Internal Revenue Code) in a manner consistent with such
allocation.
1.7 ADJUSTMENTS TO PURCHASE PRICE. The Purchase Price shall be
subject to the
following additional credits and adjustments (either as
additions or reductions
to the Purchase Price, as the case may be), which shall be
reflected in the
closing statements to be executed and delivered by Buyer and
Seller as
hereinafter provided: (a) Cash plus accounts receivable plus any
prepaid
expenses, (including but not limited to taxes and other similar
items directly
related to the Assumed Liabilities which shall be prorated at
Closing) less (b)
trade accounts payable. The amount of this adjustment shall be
identified as
Purchase Price Adjustment (PPA). At the end of a ninety-day
period immediately
after Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall review the PPA and
revise it as
follows:
>> Reduce or increase the PPA as the case may be by an
amount equal
to any customer accounts receivable purchased at Closing that
are
deemed uncollectible or understated;
>> Decrease or increase the PPA as the case may be by an
amount equal
to any increase in the accounts payable assumed by Purchaser
at
Closing which resulted from such accounts payable having
been
understated-yet-due by Seller as of the Closing date or
overstated.
Purchaser and Seller shall review this revision and upon mutual
agreement, the
amount of the Secured Promissory Note described in the next
section may be
increased or decreased, and the subsequent monthly note payments
shall be made
based on this revised note amount.
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ARTICLE TWO: CLOSING
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2.1 TIME AND PLACE OF CLOSING; CLOSING DELIVERIES. The closing
of the purchase
and sale contemplated herein (the "Closing") shall take place at
11:00 a.m., on
October 31, 2007 at the offices of Parent, located at League
City, Texas, or
such time and date as the parties may agree upon. The date of
Closing is
hereinafter referred to as the "Closing Date."
At the Closing, Seller shall deliver to Buyer according to
Buyer's instructions:
(a) by wire transfer or certified bank check, an amount equal to
$175,000, in
U.S. Dollars,
(b) $100,000 (free-trading) shares of Parent (associated with a
non-compete
provision to be set forth in Consulting Agreement,
(c) $475,000 of Restricted Stock of the Parent, and
(d) an executed, Secured $350,000 Promissory Note and Pledge and
Security
Agreement; and
(e) the documents, certificates, agreements and instruments
described in Section
2.2. Buyer shall deliver to Seller the documents, certificates,
agreements and
instruments described in Sections 2.2 and 2.3.
2.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO BUYER'S OBLIGATION. The obligation
of Buyer to
consummate the transactions contemplated herein is subject to
the satisfaction
(or, in Buyer's sole discretion, written waiver thereof) as of
the Closing of
the following conditions:
The representations and warranties of Seller made in this
Agreement shall be
true and correct in all material respects at Closing.
No demand, action, suit, audit, investigation, review, claim or
other legal or
administrative proceeding (collectively, a "Proceeding") by any
nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof,
including any
governmental agency, department, commission, or instrumentality
of the United
States, any State of the United States or any political
subdivision thereof or,
any self-regulatory agency or authority (collectively,
"Governmental Authority")
or other person shall have been instituted or threatened against
Seller which
seeks to enjoin, restrain or prohibit, or which questions the
validity or
legality of, the transactions contemplated hereby or which
otherwise seeks to
affect or could reasonably be expected to affect the
transactions contemplated
hereby.
Seller's shareholders shall have approved this Agreement and the
transactions
contemplated thereby.
Seller shall have performed in all material respects its
obligations described
in Section 5.1.
Seller shall have delivered audited financial statements from an
accounting firm
acceptable to Buyer at Closing that includes financial years
2005, 2006 and the
applicable year-to-date results for 2007.
Seller shall have executed and delivered, subject to Closing, a
3 year
non-competition agreement between Parent and George H. "Butch"
Kemper and except
for providing services to benefit the Buyer, that Butch Kemper
will agree not to
compete in the Internet Access industry until 3 years from the
Closing, with
commercially reasonable geographic restrictions.
Buyer shall have received from Seller all of the following:
A bill of sale including a complete listing of assets, in form
and substance
satisfactory to Buyer, duly executed by Seller (collectively,
the "Bill of
Sale"), conveying to Buyer the Subject Assets free and clear of
all pledges,
security interests, or other similar liens granted by Seller and
free and clear
of all other adverse claims of any kind whatsoever known by
Seller
(collectively, "Encumbrances"), except (i) encumbrances for
taxes, the payment
of which is not delinquent, (ii) materialmen's, warehousemen's,
mechanic's,
lender's, lessor's, or other Encumbrances arising by operation
of law in the
ordinary course of business for sums not due and which do not
materially detract
from the value of such assets or properties or materially impair
the operation
of the Business, and (iii) statutory Encumbrances incurred in
the ordinary
course of business in connection with worker's compensation,
unemployment
insurance or other forms of governmental insurance or benefits
(collectively
"Permitted Encumbrances") ;
An assignment and assumption agreement in the form of Exhibit 4
(the "Assignment
and Assumption Agreement"), duly executed by Seller;
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Trademark, copyright and other intellectual property assignment
documents
reasonably requested by Buyer to fully effectuate use or
transfer of the
intellectual property within the Subject Assets, each duly
executed by Seller;
Actual or constructive physical possession of all of the Subject
Assets and the
Records; A certificate of the Secretary of Seller certifying, as
complete and
accurate as of the Closing, attached copies of the governing
documents of
Seller, certifying and attaching all requisite resolutions or
actions of
Seller's board of directors and shareholders approving the
execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
contemplated transactions
and the change of name contemplated by Section 1.1 and
certifying to the
incumbency and signatures of the officers of Seller executing
this Agreement and
any other document relating to the contemplated transactions and
accompanied by
the requisite documents for amending the relevant governing
documents of Seller
required to effect such change of name in form sufficient for
filing with the
appropriate Governmental Body; and
A legal opinion from Seller's counsel that (1) Seller is bound
by this Agreement
and (2) subject to Closing, the Bill of Sale and Assignment and
Assumption
Agreement are in a form legally sufficient to convey to Buyer
the Subject Assets
free and clear of all Encumbrances, except Permitted
Encumbrances.
2.3 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO SELLER'S OBLIGATIONS. The obligation
of Seller to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to
satisfaction as of
the Closing of the following conditions (or, in the sole
discretion of Seller,
written waiver thereof):
The representations and warranties of Buyer made in this
Agreement shall be true
and correct in all material respects at Closing.
No proceeding by any Governmental Authority or other person
shall have been
instituted or threatened against Buyer which seeks to enjoin,
restrain or
prohibit, or which questions the validity or legality of, the
transactions
contemplated hereby or which otherwise seeks to affect or could
reasonably be
expected to affect the transactions contemplated hereby.
Buyer's operations have been in compliance with all applicable
laws and
regulations that could have a material adverse impact on the
Business.
Buyer shall have performed in all material respects its
obligations described in
Section 5.1 and elsewhere in this Agreement.
Subsidiary shall have entered, subject to Closing, a 3 month
written Consulting
Agreement with George H. "Butch" Kemper providing for a minimum
of $10,000 per
month compensation for the purpose of assisting in the
integration of Seller
into Buyer. The Consulting Agreement shall include, as partial
consideration of
the assets purchased, a 3-year non-competition agreement.
Seller shall have received from Buyer all of the following:
The Purchase Price (including the Secured Promissory Notes, and
Pledge and
Security Agreements, all duly executed by Buyer) as provided in
Sections 1.4 and
2.1; and
The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by
Subsidiary;
A certificate of the Secretary of each of Parent and Subsidiary
certifying, as
complete and accurate as of the Closing, attached copies of the
governing
documents of Parent and Subsidiary as amended and restated,
respectively, and
certifying and attaching all requisite resolutions or actions of
Buyer's board
of directors approving the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the
consummation of the contemplated transactions and certifying to
the incumbency
and signatures of the officers of Buyer executing this Agreement
and any other
document relating to the contemplated transactions; and
A legal opinion from Buyer's counsel that (1) Buyer is bound by
this Agreement
and (2) subject to Closing, Subsidiary is obligated for the
Assumed Liabilities
and Buyer is obligated under the Secured Promissory Notes,
Pledge and Security
Agreements and Stock Value Guaranty Agreements and under this
Agreement for the
balance of the Purchase Price.
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2.4 CONSENTS AND OTHER CONDITIONS TO CLOSING. It shall also be a
condition
precedent to closing that:
(a) Buyer and Seller shall have obtained all necessary
material
consents or approvals from all governmental or regulatory
authorities that are necessary to acquire the Subject Assets
and
to continue the historical operations of the Seller in the
Subsidiary;
(b) Seller shall not be involved in or threatened with any
litigation
that would have a material adverse effect on the Subject
Assets;
(c) an environmental inspection (where applicable) by a
licensed
environmental inspection firm selected and paid solely by
Parent
or Subsidiary shall have reasonably determined the Subject
Assets
to be free from significant environmental liabilities;
Seller shall have obtained all necessary consents from any
utility companies,
landlords, lenders, suppliers and other third parties in
connection with the
material contracts described in Exhibit 5 to be assumed by
Subsidiary at Closing
("Material Consents"). If there are any Material Consents that
have not yet been
obtained (or otherwise are not in full force and effect) as of
the Closing, in
the case of each Seller contract as to which such Material
Consents were not
obtained (or otherwise are not in full force and effect) (the
"RESTRICTED
MATERIAL CONTRACTS"), Buyer may waive the closing conditions as
to any such
Material Consent and either:
(i) elect to have Seller continue its efforts to obtain the
Material
Consents; or
(ii) elect to have Seller retain that Restricted Material
Contract and
all Liabilities arising therefrom or relating thereto.
If Buyer elects to have Seller continue its efforts to obtain
any Material
Consents and the Closing occurs, notwithstanding Sections 1.1
and 1.5, neither
this Agreement nor the Assignment and Assumption Agreement nor
any other
document related to the consummation of the contemplated
transactions shall
constitute a sale, assignment, assumption, transfer, conveyance
or delivery or
an attempted sale, assignment, assumption, transfer, conveyance
or delivery of
the Restricted Material Contracts, and following the Closing,
the parties shall
use Best Efforts (other than that Seller and Buyer shall have no
obligation to
offer or pay any consideration in order to obtain any such
Material Consents),
and cooperate with each other, to obtain the Material Consent
relating to each
Restricted Material Contract as quickly as practicable. Pending
the obtaining of
such Material Consents relating to any Restricted Material
Contract, the parties
shall cooperate with each other in any reasonable and lawful
arrangements
designed to provide to Buyer the benefits of use of the
Restricted Material
Contract for its term (or any right or benefit arising
thereunder, including the
enforcement for the benefit of Buyer of any and all rights of
Seller against a
third party thereunder). Once a Material Consent for the sale,
assignment,
assumption, transfer, conveyance and delivery of a Restricted
Material Contract
is obtained, Seller shall promptly assign, transfer, convey and
deliver such
Restricted Material Contract to Buyer, and Buyer shall assume
the obligations
under such Restricted Material Contract assigned to Buyer from
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