Exhibit 2.1
ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND
AMONG
TELETECH HOLDINGS, INC. (solely with respect to
Sections 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, and 5.7 and ARTICLE X),
NEWGEN
RESULTS CORPORATION,
CARABUNGA.COM, INC.,
NEWGEN
RESULTS CANADA, LTD.,
ASPEN
MARKETING SERVICES, INC.
AND
ASPEN
ACQUISITION HOLDINGS LLC
(solely with respect to ARTICLE X)
DATED
AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2007
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| ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1 |
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Certain Defined Terms |
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| ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND
SALE OF STOCK AND ASSETS; CLOSING |
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Section 2.1 |
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Purchase and Sale of Assets |
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Section 2.2 |
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Assumed Liabilities |
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Section 2.3 |
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Closing |
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Section 2.4 |
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Purchase Price |
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Section 2.5 |
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Closing Deliveries by Seller |
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Section 2.6 |
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Closing Deliveries by Buyer |
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Section 2.7 |
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Allocation of Purchase Price |
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Section 2.8 |
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New Employees |
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| ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER |
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Section 3.1 |
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Organization, Good Standing,
Qualification and Authority |
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Section 3.2 |
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No Conflict or Violation |
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Section 3.3 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 3.4 |
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Title to Assets; Sufficiency |
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Section 3.5 |
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Real Property |
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Section 3.6 |
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Financial Statements |
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Section 3.7 |
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Events Subsequent to Most Recent
Fiscal Year End |
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Section 3.8 |
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Undisclosed Liabilities |
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Section 3.9 |
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Legal Compliance |
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Section 3.10 |
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Tax Matters |
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Section 3.11 |
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Insurance |
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Section 3.12 |
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Intellectual Property |
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Section 3.13 |
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Employees |
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Section 3.14 |
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Legal Compliance |
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Section 3.15 |
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Contracts |
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Section 3.16 |
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Litigation |
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Section 3.17 |
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Brokers’ and Finders’
Fees |
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Section 3.18 |
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Notes and Accounts Receivable |
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Section 3.19 |
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Employee Benefit Plans |
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Section 3.20 |
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Environmental, Health, and Safety
Matters |
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Section 3.21 |
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Certain Business Relationships with
Seller |
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Section 3.22 |
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Customers and Suppliers |
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Section 3.23 |
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Limitation of Representations and
Warranties |
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| ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER |
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Section 4.1 |
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Organization of Buyer |
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Section 4.2 |
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Authorization; Validity |
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Section 4.3 |
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No Conflict or Violation |
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Section 4.4 |
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Consents and Approvals |
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Section 4.5 |
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No Brokers |
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Section 4.6 |
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Financing |
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Section 4.7 |
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Certain Litigation |
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| ARTICLE V COVENANTS |
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Section 5.1 |
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Access to Information and
Records |
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Section 5.2 |
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Confidentiality |
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Section 5.3 |
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Conduct of Business |
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Section 5.4 |
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Consents |
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Section 5.5 |
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Exclusivity |
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Section 5.6 |
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Notice of Developments |
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Section 5.7 |
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Covenant Not to Compete |
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| ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION |
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Section 6.1 |
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Termination |
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Section 6.2 |
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Effect of Termination |
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| ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO
SELLER’S OBLIGATIONS |
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Section 7.1 |
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Representations, Warranties |
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Section 7.2 |
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Performance by Buyer |
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Section 7.3 |
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No Injunction |
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Section 7.4 |
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Payments |
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Section 7.5 |
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Transaction Documents |
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Section 7.6 |
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Documents to be Delivered by
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| ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS
TO BUYER’S OBLIGATIONS |
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Section 8.1 |
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Representations, Warranties |
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Section 8.2 |
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Performance by Seller |
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Section 8.3 |
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No Injunction |
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Section 8.4 |
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Documents to be Delivered by
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Section 8.5 |
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Transaction Documents |
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Section 8.6 |
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Absence of Litigation |
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| ARTICLE IX POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS |
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Section 9.1 |
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Further Assurances |
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Section 9.2 |
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Transition |
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Section 9.3 |
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Wage Reporting |
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Section 9.4 |
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Cooperation |
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| ARTICLE X
INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 10.1 |
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Indemnification |
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Section 10.2 |
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Limitations of Indemnity |
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Section 10.3 |
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Indemnification Procedures —
Third Party Claims |
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Section 10.4 |
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Indemnification Procedures —
Other Claims, Indemnification Generally |
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Section 10.5 |
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Exclusive Remedy |
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| ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 11.1 |
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Assignment |
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Section 11.2 |
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Notices |
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Section 11.3 |
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Choice of Law; Waiver of Jury
Trial |
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Section 11.4 |
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Entire Agreement; Amendments and
Waivers |
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Section 11.5 |
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Counterparts |
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Section 11.6 |
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Invalidity |
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Section 11.7 |
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Headings |
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Section 11.8 |
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Expenses |
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Section 11.9 |
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Interpretation |
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Section 11.10 |
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Incorporation of Exhibits and
Schedules |
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Section 11.11 |
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Business Days |
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Section 11.12 |
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Bulk Transfer Laws |
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EXHIBITS
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of Assumption
Agreement
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| Exhibit B |
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Form of Bill of
Sale
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| Exhibit C |
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Form of Software
License Agreement
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| Exhibit D |
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Form of Transition
Services Agreement
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| Exhibit E |
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Form of Master
Services Agreement
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| Exhibit F |
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Form of Trademark
License Agreement
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| Exhibit G |
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Financial
Statements
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| Exhibit H |
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Accounts Receivable
Aging Report
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| Exhibit I |
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Form of Carabunga IP
Assignment Agreement
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| Exhibit J |
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Form of Newgen IP
Assignment Agreement
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1
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Excluded Assets |
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Schedule 1.2
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Excluded Liabilities |
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Schedule 1.3
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Severance Liabilities
Employees |
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Schedule 1.4
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Commissions |
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Schedule 2.7
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Purchase Price Allocation |
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Schedule 2.8
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Seller’s Severance
Policy |
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Schedule 3.1(a)
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Capitalization |
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Schedule 3.5
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Real Property |
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Schedule 3.7
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Events Subsequent to Most
Recent Fiscal Year End |
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Schedule 3.10
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Taxes |
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Schedule 3.11
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Insurance |
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Schedule 3.12(a)
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Seller Intellectual
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Schedule 3.12(b)
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Parent Intellectual Property
Used by Seller |
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Schedule 3.12(c)
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Third Party Intellectual
Property Previously Provided Through Parent to Seller |
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Schedule 3.12(f)(5)
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Seller Intellectual Property
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Schedule 3.12(h)
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Third Party IP |
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Schedule 3.12(f)
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Patents |
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Schedule 3.13
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Employees |
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Schedule 3.15
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Contracts |
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Schedule 3.16
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Litigation |
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Schedule 3.19
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Employee Benefit Plan |
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Schedule 3.22
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Customers and Suppliers |
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Schedule 5.4
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Required Consents |
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
September 27, 2007, by and among (i) Aspen Marketing
Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer
”), (ii) solely with respect to ARTICLE X, Aspen
Acquisition Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Holdings”), (iii) Newgen Results Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“ Newgen ”),
Carabunga.com, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Carabunga ”), and Newgen Results Canada, Ltd., a
Canadian corporation (“ NG Canada ,” and
together with Newgen and Carabunga, “ Seller ”)
and, (iv) solely with respect to Section 5.2,
Section 5.4, Section 5.5, Section 5.7, and ARTICLE X,
Teletech Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Parent ”). Buyer, Holdings, Seller and Parent are
referred to collectively as the “ Parties ” and
individually as a “ Party .”
RECITALS
A. Seller is engaged in the
business of providing customer loyalty and satisfaction programs,
direct marketing and promotions, service bay scheduling, sales lead
management, and database and marketing services for automotive
dealerships and manufacturers in the United States and Canada (the
“ Business ”).
B. Seller desires to sell,
transfer and assign, and Buyer desires to purchase and acquire, all
of the Transferred Assets (as defined herein), subject to the
assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities (as defined herein)
relating to the Business, on the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, representations,
warranties, conditions and agreements contained herein, the Parties
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain Defined
Terms . As used herein, the terms below shall have the
following meanings:
“ Accrued Vacation
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4.
“ Action ” means
any judicial or administrative action, claim, suit, investigation,
hearing, demand or proceeding by or before any Governmental
Authority.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person who directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. The
term “ control ” means the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms
“controlled” and “controlling” have
meanings correlative thereto.
“ Agreement ” has
the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Allocation ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.7.
“ Assumed Liabilities
” means (a) all liabilities of Seller set forth on the
face of the Most Recent Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes
thereto), (b) all liabilities of Seller of the type that would
be required under GAAP to be set forth on the face of the balance
sheet of Seller that have arisen after the Most Recent Fiscal Month
End in the Ordinary Course of Business (including, without
limitation, all trade payables incurred after the Most Recent
Fiscal Month End in the Ordinary Course of Business through the
Closing Date, whether or not invoiced as of the Closing Date but
excluding any liability resulting from, arising out of, relating
to, in the nature of, or caused by any breach of contract, breach
of warranty, tort, infringement, violation of law, or environmental
matter) (c) all obligations of Seller under the Contracts
referred to in the definition of Transferred Assets arising after
the Closing Date and relating to post-Closing Date matters or
events, including, without limitation, all obligations to pay any
commissions to employees or consultants as set forth on
Schedule 1.4 due or payable after the Closing Date
based on revenue generated after the Closing Date, and
(d) accrued vacation obligations to Hired Employees;
provided , however , that, notwithstanding the above,
the following shall not be Assumed Liabilities: (i) any
Liability (whether direct or as a result of transferee liability,
joint and several liability, or contractual liability) of Seller
for Taxes (including all income Taxes incurred on, after, or before
the Closing Date) that are unrelated to the Business, Transferred
Assets, or Hired Employees (whether accrued or payable on, after,
or before the Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the
Most Recent Balance Sheet), and any liability (whether direct or as
a result of transferee liability, joint and several liability, or
contractual liability) of Seller for Taxes relating to or arising
from the Business, Transferred Assets, or Hired Employees with
respect to any period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to
the Closing Date (whether accrued or payable on, after, or before
the Closing Date and whether or not reserved for on the Most Recent
Balance Sheet), or Transfer Taxes (as defined in Section 11.8)
arising in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (including any income Taxes arising
because Seller is transferring the Business or Transferred Assets),
or any Liability of Seller for the unpaid Taxes of any Person under
Reg. §1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or
foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or
otherwise), (ii) except with respect to obligations arising
after and relating to the period following the Closing Date
relating to Transferred Assets, any Liability of Seller to any
Person (in respect of indemnification or otherwise) by reason of
the fact that such Person was a director, officer, employee, or
agent of Seller or was serving at the request of any such entity as
a partner, trustee, director, officer, employee, or agent of
another entity (whether for judgments, damages, penalties, fines,
costs, amounts paid in settlement, losses, expenses, or otherwise
and whether pursuant to any statute, charter document, bylaw,
agreement, or otherwise), (iii) any Liability of Seller for
costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby, (iv) any Severance
Liabilities, (v) any Liability of any Seller that arises with
respect to Employee Benefit Plans (whether or not terminated) of
Sellers or Sellers’ ERISA Affiliates (other than accrued
vacation obligations for Hired Employees), (vi) any Liability
under any Contract between Seller and any employee of Seller,
(vii) any Liability or obligation of Seller under this
Agreement, and (viii) the Excluded Liabilities.
“ Assumption Agreement
” means that certain Assumption Agreement by and between
Seller and Buyer in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
“ Basket ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.2.
“ Bill of Sale ”
means that certain Bill of Sale from Seller to Buyer in the form of
Exhibit B hereto.
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“ BofA ” means
Bank of America.
“ BofA Account ”
means the account no. 86661-10670 maintained in the name of Newgen
with BofA in Chicago, Illinois.
“ Business ” has
the meaning specified in the Recitals.
“ Buyer ” has the
meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Buying Party
Indemnitee ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.1(a).
“ Cap ” has the
meaning specified in Section 10.2.
“ CA WARN ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c).
“ Carabunga ” has
the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Carabunga IP Assignment
Agreement ” means that certain Intellectual Property
Assignment by and between Carabunga and Buyer in the form of
Exhibit I hereto.
“ Closing ” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“ Closing Date ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“ Confidential
Information ” means any information concerning the
businesses and affairs of a Party and its subsidiaries that is not
already generally available to the public; provided ,
however , “Confidential Information” shall not
include information that (a) becomes publicly available
through no fault of the applicable Party, (b) is already in a
third party’s possession prior to the Closing, or (c) is
independently developed by a third party.
“ Contract ” means
any written contract, lease, license, purchase order, sales order
or other agreement or binding commitment, whether written or
oral.
“ Employee Benefit Plan
” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term
is defined in ERISA Section 3(3)) and any other employee
benefit plan, program or arrangement of any kind, whether or not
subject to ERISA and whether or not funded.
“ Encumbrance ”
means any lien, charge, security interest, mortgage, pledge or
other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever granted against specific
property, whether real or personal.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ ERISA Affiliate
” means each entity that is treated as a single employer with
Seller for purposes of Code Section 414.
“ Excluded Assets
” means any assets of Seller which are not a Transferred
Asset, including any Excluded Assets set forth on
Schedule 1.2 hereof.
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“ Excluded Liabilities
” means those Liabilities not included in the definition of
Assumed Liabilities and any Liabilities set forth on
Schedule 1.1 hereof.
“ Financial Statements
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.6.
“ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principals as in effect in the United
States on the date of this Agreement, applied on a consistent basis
by Seller.
“ GigaPop ” means
Parent’s centralized data center which hosts all core service
delivery center technologies such as the automatic call
distributor, quality assurance, workforce management and
reporting.
“ Governmental Authority
” means any United States federal, state or local, or any
foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or
administrative agency, governmental commission, court or tribunal
(or any department, bureau or division thereof).
“ Hired Employees
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a).
“ Indemnification
Acknowledgement ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.3(a)(ii).
“ Indemnitee ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.3(a).
“ Indemnitor ” has
the meaning specified in Section 10.3(a).
“ Intellectual Property
” means all of the following in any jurisdiction throughout
the world: (a) all inventions (whether patentable or
unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all
improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications, and
patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisionals, extensions, reexaminations,
utility models, certificates of invention, industrial designs, and
design patents, as well as the rights to file for, and to claim
priority to, any such patent rights, (b) all trademarks,
service marks, trade dress, logos, slogans, trade names, corporate
names, Internet domain names, and rights in telephone numbers,
together with all translations, adaptations, derivations, and
combinations thereof and including all goodwill associated
therewith, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in
connection therewith, (c) all copyrightable works, all
copyrights, and all applications, registrations, and renewals in
connection therewith, (d) all mask works and all applications,
registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, (e) all
trade secrets and confidential business information (including
ideas, research and development, know-how, formulas, compositions,
manufacturing and production processes and techniques, technical
data, designs, drawings, specifications, customer and supplier
lists, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing
plans and proposals), (f) all computer software (including
source code, executable code, data, databases, and related
documentation), (g) all advertising and promotional materials,
(h) all other proprietary rights, (i) all copies and
tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium); and
(j) all income, royalties, damages and payments related to any
of the foregoing (including damages and payments for past, present
or future infringements, misappropriations or other conflicts with
any intellectual property), and the right to sue and recover for
past, present or future infringements, misappropriations or other
conflict with any intellectual property.
“ Knowledge ”
means (i) in the case of Seller, the actual knowledge or
awareness of Dan Powell, Chris Howie, Bob Kurilko, Dustin Gallegos,
Tim Wilcox, Randy Salzer, Kristin Dixon and Tim Hall, (ii) in
the case of Parent, the actual knowledge or awareness of Dustin
Gallegos, and
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(iii) in the case of Buyer, the actual knowledge or awareness
of Patrick O’Rahilly or Fiore DiNovi.
“ Laws ” means all
laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes, injunctions, judgments,
orders, decrees, rulings, interpretations, constitutions,
ordinances, or common law of any federal, state, local or municipal
Governmental Authority.
“ Liability(ies) ”
means any liability or obligation (whether known or unknown,
whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent,
whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated,
whether incurred directly or consequential and whether due or to
become due), including any Tax or other liability arising out of
applicable statutory, regulatory or common law, any contractual
obligation and any obligation arising out of tort which liability
or obligation relates directly to the Business or the Transferred
Assets.
“ Losses ” means
any claims, Liabilities, losses, damages (excluding consequential
damages, punitive damages and lost profits), deficiencies,
assessments, judgments, remediations and costs or expenses
(including out-of-pocket expenses for reasonable attorneys).
“ Master Services
Agreement ” means that certain Master Services Agreement
by and between Buyer and Teletech Services Corporation in the form
of Exhibit E hereto.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means any effect or change that would be (or
could reasonably be expected to be) materially adverse to the
Transferred Assets taken as a whole or, on each of Seller’s
ability to consummate timely the transactions contemplated hereby
(regardless of whether or not such adverse effect or change can be
or has been cured at any time or whether Buyer has knowledge of
such effect or change on the date hereof). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, neither the continued decline of the financial condition
and performance of Seller, as properly reflected on the Financial
Statements, nor general economic conditions shall be considered a
Material Adverse Effect for purposes of this Agreement.
“ Most Recent Balance
Sheet ” means the balance sheet contained within the Most
Recent Financial Statements.
“ Most Recent Financial
Statements ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.6.
“Most Recent Fiscal Month
End ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.6.
“ Most Recent Fiscal Year
End ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.6.
“ Newgen ” has the
meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Newgen IP Assignment
Agreement ” means that certain Intellectual Property
Assignment by and between Newgen and Buyer in the form of
Exhibit J hereto.
“ Non-Hired Employee
” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(a).
“ NG Canada ” has
the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Notice Laws ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.8(c).
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“ Notice of Claim
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.3(a).
“ Ordinary Course of
Business ” means the ordinary course of business
consistent with past custom and practice.
“ Parent ” has the
meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Party(ies) ” has
the meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Percepta ” has
the meaning specified in Section 5.7.
“ Percepta Activities
” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7.
“ Permitted Liens
” means (i) liens for Taxes, fees, levies, duties or
other governmental charges of any kind which are not yet delinquent
or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
which suspend the collection thereof and for which appropriate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; and
(ii) liens for mechanics, material, laborers, employees,
suppliers or similar liens arising by operation of law for sums
which are not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings or with respect to which
arrangements for payment or release have been made and for which
appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Person ” means
an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
joint stock company, unincorporated organization or association,
trust, joint venture, association or other organization, whether or
not a legal entity, or a Governmental Authority.
“ Prepaid Sales Tax
Amount ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.4.
“ Purchase Price ”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.4.
“ Schedule ” means
the disclosure schedules delivered by one of the Parties to the
other Party on the date hereof.
“ Seller ” has the
meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Severance Liabilities
” means any pension, retirement, deferred compensation,
profit sharing, incentive compensation, bonus, stock purchase,
stock option, welfare, hospitalization or insurance plan or
arrangement or any vacation pay, severance costs, COBRA benefit,
obligations or responsibilities, or any other employee benefit
arrangement relating to Seller’s employees listed on
Schedule 1.3 hereto and all former employees of
Seller.
“ Seller ” has the
meaning specified in the introduction of this Agreement.
“ Seller Employee Benefit
Plan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.19(a).
“ Software License
Agreement ” means that certain Software License Agreement
by and between Buyer and Parent in the form of
Exhibit C hereto.
“ Tax(es) ” means
any taxes, charges, fees, duties, levies, or other assessments,
including income, capital gains, gross receipts, license, payroll,
employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall
profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of
the Code), custom duties, capital stock, franchise, profits,
withholding, social security (or
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similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added,
alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other taxes, charges,
or fees of any kind whatsoever assessed by any federal, state,
local, or foreign governmental authority, including any interest,
penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not, and any
amounts payable pursuant to the determination or settlement of an
audit.
“ 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.
“ Termination Date
” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(b).
“ Trademark License
Agreement ” means that certain Trademark License
Agreement by and between Parent and Buyer in the form of
Exhibit F hereto.
“ Transaction Documents
” means this Agreement, the Bill of Sale, the Assumption
Agreement, the Transition Services Agreement, the Software License
Agreement, the Master Services Agreement, the Trademark License
Agreement, the Carabunga IP Assignment Agreement, the Newgen IP
Assignment Agreement and the other documents and instruments to be
executed and delivered and as contemplated by this Agreement in
connection with this transaction.
“ Transfer Taxes ”
has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.
“ Transferred Assets
” means all right, title, and interest in and to all of the
assets of the Seller, including all of its (a) tangible
personal property (such as machinery, equipment, inventories of raw
materials and supplies, manufactured and purchased parts, goods in
process and finished goods, furniture, automobiles, trucks,
tractors, trailers, tools, jigs, and dies), (b) Intellectual
Property, goodwill associated therewith, licenses and sublicenses
granted and obtained with respect thereto, and rights thereunder,
remedies against infringements thereof, and rights to protection of
interests therein under the laws of all jurisdictions,
(c) Contracts, indentures, mortgages, instruments,
Encumbrances, guaranties, other similar arrangements, and rights
thereunder, (d) accounts, notes, and other receivables,
(e) securities, (f) claims, deposits, prepayments,
refunds, causes of action, choses in action, rights of recovery,
rights of set off, and rights of recoupment (including any such
item relating to the payment of Taxes), (g) franchises, approvals,
permits, licenses, orders, registrations, certificates, variances,
and similar rights obtained from governments and governmental
agencies, (h) books, records, ledgers, files, documents,
correspondence, lists, plats, architectural plans, drawings, and
specifications, creative materials, advertising and promotional
materials, studies, reports, and other printed or written
materials; and (i) the BofA Account; provided, however, that
the Transferred Assets shall not include (i) the corporate
charter, qualifications to conduct business as a foreign
corporation, arrangements with registered agents relating to
foreign qualifications, taxpayer and other identification numbers,
seals, minute books, stock transfer books, blank stock
certificates, and other documents relating to the organization,
maintenance, and existence of Seller as a corporation;
(ii) any of the rights of Seller under this Agreement (or
under any side agreement between Seller on the one hand and Buyer
on the other hand entered into on or after the date of this
Agreement); (iii) investments in any subsidiaries of Seller;
(iv) any intercompany records and accounts receivable and
payable; or (v) all equipment known as “GigaPop”
owned by Parent located in San Diego, California.
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“ Transition Services
Agreement ” means that certain Transition Services
Agreement by and among Buyer, Newgen and Parent in the form of
Exhibit D hereto.
“ WARN ” has the
meaning specified in Section 2.8(c).
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF STOCK AND ASSETS; CLOSING
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale
of Assets . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement, on the Closing Date, Seller agrees to sell,
transfer, assign, and convey to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase
from Seller, all the Transferred Assets, free and clear of all
Encumbrances except for Permitted Liens.
Section 2.2 Assumed
Liabilities . At the Closing, Buyer will assume and agree to
pay or perform, as the case may be, the Assumed Liabilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer will not assume or agree to
pay or perform the Excluded Liabilities.
Section 2.3 Closing .
Subject to ARTICLES VII and VIII, the closing (the “
Closing ”) of the transactions contemplated herein
shall be held at 10:00 a.m., Mountain time, on the later of
(i) September 28, 2007 or (ii) three business days
after the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to Closing
contained in ARTICLES VII and VIII, at the offices of Brownstein
Hyatt Farber Schreck, P.C., located at 410 17 th Street,
Suite 2200, Denver, Colorado 80202, or such other time or
place as the Parties otherwise agree (the “ Closing
Date ”).
Section 2.4 Purchase
Price . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained
herein, as consideration for the purchase of the Transferred Assets
and in consideration for the agreements contained herein, at the
Closing, Buyer shall pay an aggregate of $2,775,000 in cash (the
“ Purchase Price ”) in immediately available
funds at Closing by wire transfer to Seller. In addition to the
Purchase Price, Buyer agrees to pay to Seller (i) the amounts
paid by Seller on its July 2007 and August 2007 sales tax
returns, which Seller represents are $5,448.57 and $8,601.75
respectively (collectively, the “ Prepaid Sales Tax
Amount ”), and (ii) the amount to be paid by Seller
on the Closing Date for accrued vacation obligations due to Hired
Employees, which Seller represents is approximately $432,000 (the
“ Accrued Vacation Amount ”).
Section 2.5 Closing
Deliveries by Seller .
(a) To
effect the transfer referred to in Section 2.1 and the
delivery of the consideration described in Section 2.4, at the
Closing, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
specified in ARTICLE VII below, Seller shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Buyer, the following:
(i) a
Bill of Sale and such other instruments of transfer and conveyance
as shall be effective to vest in Buyer good and marketable title to
the tangible personal property included in the Transferred Assets
held by Seller free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
Permitted Liens;
(ii)
the Assumption Agreement;
(iii)
the Software License Agreement;
(iv)
the Transition Services Agreement;
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(v) the
Master Services Agreement;
(vi)
the Trademark License Agreement;
(vii)
the Carabunga IP Assignment Agreement;
(viii)
the Newgen IP Assignment Agreement;
(ix)
all other documents required to be delivered pursuant to ARTICLE
VII not specifically mentioned in this Section 2.5; and
(x)
such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) All
instruments and documents executed and delivered to Buyer pursuant
hereto shall be in form and substance, and shall be executed in a
manner, reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and its counsel.
Section 2.6 Closing
Deliveries by Buyer .
(a) To
effect the transfer referred to in Section 2.1 and the
delivery of the consideration described in Section 2.4, at the
Closing, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions
specified in ARTICLE VII, Buyer shall tender or cause to be
tendered, the following:
(i) the
Purchase Price, the Prepaid Sales Tax Amount and the Accrued
Vacation Amount, by wire transfer of immediately available
funds;
(ii)
the Assumption Agreement;
(iii)
the Software License Agreement;
(iv)
the Transition Services Agreement;
(v) the
Master Services Agreement;
(vi)the
Trademark License Agreement;
(vii)
the Carabunga IP Assignment Agreement;
(viii)
the Newgen IP Assignment Agreement;
(ix)
all other documents required to be delivered pursuant to
Article VIII and not specifically mentioned above in this
Section 2.6; and
(x)
such other documents as may be reasonably necessary to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) All
instruments and documents executed and delivered to Seller pursuant
hereto shall be in form and substance, and shall be executed in a
manner, reasonably satisfactory to Seller and their counsel.
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Section 2.7 Allocation of
Purchase Price . No later than 30 days after the Closing
Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer for approval a
schedule allocating the Purchase Price (and Assumed Liabilities and
other relevant items) among the Transferred Assets and the Covenant
Not to Compete set forth in Section 5.7 (the “
Allocation ”), which Allocation shall be prepared in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the Code. Within
30 days after the day the Allocation is delivered to Buyer by
Seller, Seller and Buyer agree to negotiate in good faith the
resolution of any disagreement they may have on the Allocation. If
Seller and Buyer cannot agree on the Allocation during such time,
each Party shall not be obligated to report the transaction
completed pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the
Allocation. If Seller and Buyer agree on the Allocation, each Party
agrees for all tax reporting purposes to report the transaction
completed pursuant to this Agreement in accordance with the
Allocation and will file all returns and reports with respect to
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including all
federal, state and local Tax Returns, on a basis consistent with
such Allocation and not take any position during the course of any
audit or other proceeding inconsistent with such Allocation unless
required by a determination of the applicable taxing authority that
is final. The Parties shall make appropriate adjustments to the
Allocation to reflect changes in the Purchase Price.
Section 2.8 New Employees
.
(a)
Offer to Employees . On the Closing Date, Buyer shall make
an offer of employment to each current employee of Seller (other
than those set forth on Schedule 1.3 hereto), on
substantially the same terms and conditions provided by Seller
taken as a whole, which offer shall remain open until the Closing
Date. Each of Seller’s employees who receive and accept an
offer of employment from Buyer (the “ Hired Employees
”) on or before the Closing Date shall become employed by
Buyer effective as of the date immediately following the Closing
Date. Each Hired Employee shall be an employee-at-will, and nothing
in this Section 2.8 shall be construed to interfere with any
rights of either Buyer or the Hired Employee to sever or alter the
employment relationship at any time. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
to the extent any Hired Employee’s employment with Buyer is
subject to an employment agreement with Buyer, the terms of such
employment agreement shall govern to the extent they conflict with
the provisions of this Section 2.8. Any liability for severance pay
to terminated employees under Seller’s informal severance
policy more particularly described on Schedule 2.8
incurred in connection with any current employee of Seller who
receives an offer of employment pursuant to this
Section 2.8(a) and who does not become a Hired Employee (each,
a “ Non-Hired Employee ”), shall be retained by
Buyer, and Seller shall have no obligations with respect to such
employee, including with respect to such liabilities. Buyer shall
indemnify Seller for any Losses arising from or relating to any
breach of this Section 2.8(a). Any liabilities incurred in
connection with any employee of Seller listed on
Schedule 1.3 hereto or any former employee of Seller
shall be retained by Seller and Buyer shall have no obligations
with respect to such employees, including Severance Liabilities. In
addition, any severance obligations due to any Hired Employees for
any periods on or prior to the Closing Date shall be retained by
Seller, and Buyer shall have no obligation with respect to such
severance obligations. Seller shall indemnify Buyer for any Losses
arising from or relating to any breach of this Section 2.8(a).
.
(b)
Non-Competition . Seller agrees to waive any and all rights
under, and not to enforce, any agreement restricting disclosure,
competition, and/or confidentiality entered into with any Hired
Employee with respect to Hired Employee’s employment with
Buyer to the extent it relates to the Business.
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(c)
WARN and Notice Laws . Seller shall comply with any
severance payment, notice period or other obligation required under
the Worker Adjustment Retaining and Notification Act, 29 U.S.C.
section 2101, et seq. (“ WARN ”), the California
Worker Adjustment Retaining and Notification Act, Ch. 4, Pt. 4,
section 1400, et seq., California Labor Code (“ CA
WARN ”) and any other applicable state, local or other
laws requiring notifications in advance of employment separations
or similar actions (collectively, “ Notice Laws
”) to the extent required relative to any employment losses
or other action relative to those individuals identified on
Schedule 1.3 attached hereto and any other employees of
Seller other than the Hired Employees, which actions take place on
or prior to the Closing Date. Seller shall indemnify Buyer for any
Losses arising from or relating to any breach of this
Section 2.8(c). Buyer shall be responsible for providing
timely notice under WARN, CA WARN and any other Notice Laws to the
extent required relative to any employment loss or other actions
which take place on or after the Closing (except with respect to
any employee listed on Schedule 1.3 and any employee
terminated prior to the Closing Date). In the event Buyer
terminates the employment of any Hired Employee on or after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall comply with any severance payment, notice
period or other obligation required under WARN, CA WARN and any
other Notice Laws, and Buyer shall indemnify Seller for any Losses
arising from or relating to any breach of this
Section 2.8(c).
(d)
No Hire . Buyer or any of its Affiliates shall not hire as
an employee or a consultant any employee listed on
Schedule 1.3 for a period of 90 days following the
Closing Date, unless Buyer agrees in writing to indemnify Seller
for any Severance Liabilities paid by Seller for such employee in
accordance with this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
As a material inducement to Buyer to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated herein, Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer
that, as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing,
except as set forth on the Schedules attached hereto which
exceptions shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the
following representations and warranties as if set for herein. The
Schedules will be arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the
lettered and numbered paragraphs contained in this ARTICLE III and
disclosures in the Schedule will be subject to the terms of
Section 11.9.
Section 3.1 Organization,
Good Standing, Qualification and Authority . Schedule
3.1(a) sets forth for Seller and each subsidiary of Seller
(i) its name and jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) the
number of shares of authorized capital stock of each class of its
capital stock, (iii) the number of issued and outstanding
shares of each class of its capital stock, the names of the holders
thereof, and the number of shares held by each such holder,
(iv) the number of shares of its capital stock held in
treasury, and (v) its directors and officers. Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (or Canada, with respect to
NG Canada), with all requisite corporate power and authority to
own, lease and use the Transferred Assets as they are currently
owned, leased and used and to conduct the Business as it is
currently conducted. Seller is qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character of
the properties owned, leased or operated by the Business make such
qualification necessary except where the absence of such
qualification could not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
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Seller has the requisite corporate
power and authority to execute, deliver and carry out the terms of
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party. The execution, delivery and consummation of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of Seller. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, upon due execution and delivery thereof, shall
constitute the valid and binding obligations of Seller, enforceable
against Seller in accordance with their respective terms, except as
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity.
Section 3.2 No Conflict or
Violation . Neither the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the other Transaction Document to which Seller is a
party, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, will result in:
(a) a
violation of or a conflict with any provision of the organizational
documents of Seller;
(b) a
breach of, or a default under or result in the acceleration of,
create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or
cancel, or require any notice under, any term or provision of, any
Contract which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect; or
(c) a
violation by Seller of any Law, which violation would reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.3 Consents and
Approvals . No consent, approval or authorization of, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any Governmental
Authority, or any other Person is required to be made or obtained
by Seller in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, except for consents, approvals or
authorizations, declarations, filings or registrations, the failure
of which to obtain would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. Seller does not need to give any notice
to, make any filing with any government or governmental agency in
order for the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (including the assignments and assumptions
referred to herein), except where the failure to give any such
notice or make any such filing would reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 3.4 Title to Assets;
Sufficiency . Seller has good and marketable title to, or a
valid leasehold interest in, the Transferred Assets owned, used and
leased by it, free and clear of all Encumbrances. Except as
provided in the Transition Services Agreement, the Transferred
Assets are suitable for the purposes for which they are presently
used and when taken together, are sufficient to operate the
Business as currently operated.
Section 3.5 Real Property
. Schedule 3.5 sets forth a complete and correct list
of all real properties or premises that the Seller leases or
utilizes in whole or in part in connection with the Business.
Seller does not own in whole or in part any real property or
premises in connection with the Business.
Section 3.6 Financial
Statements . Attached hereto as Exhibit G are the
following financial statements (collectively the “
Financial Statements ”): (i) balance sheets and
statements of income as of and for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2006 of Seller (the “ Most
Recent
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Fiscal Year End ”) as included in the Parent’s
audited financial statements for the same period, as a reportable
segment; and (ii) unaudited balance sheets and statements of
income (the “Most Recent Financial Statements”) as of
and for the month ended August 31, 2007 of Seller (the “
Most Recent Fiscal Month End ”). The Financial
Statements (including the notes thereto) have been prepared in all
material respects in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent
basis throughout the periods covered thereby, present fairly the
financial condition of Seller as of such dates and the results of
operations of Seller for such periods, are correct and complete,
and are consistent with the books and records of Seller (which
books and records are correct and complete). Seller maintains a
separate cash account or accounts for the Business (into which
Seller deposits all of the receipts of the Business and out of
which Seller makes all of the disbursements of the Business).
Section 3.7 Events Subsequent
to Most Recent Fiscal Year End . Since the Most Recent Fiscal
Year End, there has not been any Material Adverse Effect. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth on
Schedule 3.7 attached hereto, since that date:
(a) Seller
has not sold, leased, transferred, or assigned any of its assets,
tangible or intangible, other than for a fair consideration in the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) Seller
has not entered into any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or
series of related agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses)
either involving more than $175,000 or outside the Ordinary Course
of Business;
(c) no
party (including Seller) has accelerated, terminated, modified, or
cancelled any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or series of
related agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses) involving more
than $100,000 to which Seller is a party or by which it is
bound;
(d) Seller
has not imposed or permitted to exist any Encumbrance upon any of
the Transferred Assets, tangible or intangible;
(e) Seller
has not made any capital expenditure (or series of related capital
expenditures) either involving more than $100,000 or outside the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(f) Seller
has not made any capital investment in, any loan to, or any
acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other Person (or
series of related capital investments, loans, and acquisitions)
either involving more than $100,000 or outside the Ordinary Course
of Business;
(g) Seller
has not issued any note, bond, or other debt security or created,
incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed
money or capitalized lease obligation either involving more than
$50,000 singly or $100,000 in the aggregate;
(h) Seller
has not delayed or postponed the payment of accounts payable and
other Liabilities outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) Seller
has not cancelled, compromised, waived, or released any right or
claim (or series of related rights and claims) either involving
more than $100,000 or outside the Ordinary Course of
Business;
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(j) Except
for the Intellectual Property covered under the Software License
Agreement and the Trademark License Agreement, Seller has not
transferred, assigned, or granted any license or sublicense of any
rights under or with respect to any Intellectual Property;
(k) there
has been no change made or authorized in the charter or bylaws of
Seller;
(l) Seller
has not experienced any damage, destruction, or loss (whether or
not covered by insurance) to its property;
(m) Seller
has not made any loan to, or entered into any other transaction
with, any of the directors, officers, and employees of Seller
outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(n) Seller
has not entered into any employment contract, written or oral, or
modified the terms of any existing such contract or agreement for
current employees paid in excess of $100,000 per year;
(o) Seller
has not granted any increase in the base compensation of any of the
directors, officers, and employees of Seller outside the Ordinary
Course of Business;
(p) Seller
has not made any other change in employment terms for any of the
directors, officers, and employees of Seller outside the Ordinary
Course of Business;
(q) there
has not been any other occurrence, event, incident, action, failure
to act, or transaction (including payments to third parties)
outside the Ordinary Course of Business involving Seller, except
for occurrences, events, incidents, actions, failures to act, or
transactions which would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect;
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