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Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into
as of
[October 31], 2007 (the "Agreement Date") by and between 3Q
Holdings Limited ACN
089 058 293 ("3Q"), Island Pacific (UK) Limited Company No.
6409686 ("UK Sub")
and Applied Retail Solutions, Inc. ("ARS" and together with 3Q
and UK Sub,
"Buyer") on the one hand, and Island Pacific, Inc., a Delaware
corporation
("Seller") on the other hand. Buyer and Seller are sometimes
referred to
collectively herein as the "Parties" or individually as a
"Party". The Parties
agree as follows:
RECITALS
A. Seller owns and operates a portion of its business through a
division of
Seller commonly known as the IPMS division (the "Division").
B. Seller desires to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to
purchase from
Seller, certain of the assets used in connection with the
Division pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement.
C. The Parties agree to make certain representations,
warranties, and
covenants as set forth below.
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall
have the meanings indicated below.
"Accounts Receivable" means the trade debts owed to the Seller
at
Closing in respect of the Division Business.
"Acquired Assets" means all of the right, title, and interest in
and
to all the assets used predominately in connection with the
Division including
(a) the Division Software, (b) the Division Documentation, (c)
the Division
Intellectual Property Rights, (d) the Accounts Receivable, (e)
the Prepaid
Expenses and deposits, (f) the Division Technology Deliverables,
(g) the
Division Inventory, (h) the Division Plant and Equipment (i) the
Assigned
Agreements, (j) the Business Records, (k) the Governmental
Permits, (l) the
Goodwill, (m) each Product Warranty, (n) the Deferred Revenue,
(o) all credit
for the UK Employee Advances and rights to recoup from each of
the UK Employees
such employees' respective UK Employee Advances, and (p) all
other tangible and
intangible assets owned, leased or licensed by the Seller and
used predominately
in connection with the Division Business, but does not include
the excluded
assets listed on EXHIBIT A as "Excluded Assets" (the "Excluded
Assets").
"Affiliate" of a specified Person means a Person who, directly
or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is
under common control with, such specified Person.
"Agreed Form" means, in respect of a document, that document in
the
form, or substantially in the form, which has been agreed by the
Parties and
initialed by them for the purposes of identification.
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"Ancillary Agreements' has the meaning given to it in
Subsection
3(a).
"Asset Purchase" means the sale and purchase of the Acquired
Assets
and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities in accordance with
this Agreement.
"Assigned Agreements" means: (a) all customer contracts
relating
predominantly to the Division Business outstanding as of the
Agreement Date
including those listed on EXHIBIT B; (b) all other contracts
relating
predominantly to the Division Business outstanding as of the
Agreement Date as
listed on EXHIBIT B; (c) all licenses or other agreements for
the sale of
product to new or existing customers of the Division Business
(to the extent
such licenses and agreements relate predominately to the
Division Business)
between the Agreement Date and Closing ("Relevant Post Agreement
Date
Contracts"); and (d) such contracts (other than the Relevant
Post Agreement Date
Contracts) that Seller enters into between the Agreement Date
and Closing
relating predominately to the Division Business, providing such
agreements are
on commercially reasonable terms consistent with Seller's past
practice,
including for each of clause (a) - (d) above any right to renew
such contracts
or solicit a new contract with such third parties after the
Closing.
"Balance Sheet Date" means March 31, 2007.
"Benefit Plan" means any plan, program, policy, practice,
contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation,
severance,
termination pay, deferred compensation, performance awards,
stock or
stock-related awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits
or remuneration
of any kind, whether written or unwritten or otherwise, funded
or unfunded,
including without limitation, each "employee benefit plan"
within the meaning of
Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or has been maintained,
contributed to, or
required to be contributed to, by Seller or any of its ERISA
affiliates for the
benefit of any employee of Seller or with respect to which
Seller or any of its
ERISA affiliates have or may have any liability or
obligation.
"Business Day" means a day on which banks are open for business
in
Irvine, California, other than a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday in Irvine,
California.
"Business Records" means copies of all of Seller's general
and
financial records, financial information, correspondence and
records relating to
Accounts Receivable, systems and software, marketing and sales
information,
pricing, marketing plans, business plans, books of account and
accounting
records, financial and business projections, customer and
supplier lists,
mailing lists, brochures, advertising materials, customer
contracts (in whatever
form), personnel records, test reports, invoices, purchase
orders, operating
records and all other files and records (or applicable portions
thereof),
pertaining to the Acquired Assets, the Division Business, the
Assumed
Liabilities and the Division Employees and Division Contractors,
it being
understood that Seller may retain the original copies of such
Business Records
for purposes of its internal record-keeping, financial
statements and any Tax
related matters.
"Buyer Group" means the Buyer and each of its Affiliates and
Buyer
Group Member means any member of the Buyer Group.
"Closing" has the meaning given to it in Subsection 2(e).
"Closing Date" has the meaning given to it in Subsection
2(e).
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"Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value" means the Division
Net
Tangible Asset Value as of the Closing Date as specified in the
Division Net
Tangible Assets Certificate.
"Closing Payment" has the meaning given to it in Subsection
2(d)(i).
"Cobra" means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
of
1985, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Confidential Information" means any information concerning
the
Division Business and affairs of Seller and its Affiliates that
is not already
generally available to the public, including but not limited to
the Seller's
Confidential Information (as defined in Subsection 5(q)).
"Confidentiality Agreement" means the confidentiality and
non-disclosure agreement between Seller and Buyer dated 3 August
2006.
"contract" means any written or oral legally binding
contract
(including active and inactive customers), agreement,
instrument, obligation,
commitment or undertaking of any nature (including leases,
licenses, loans,
mortgages, notes, guarantees, letters of credit, sublicenses,
subcontracts,
covenants not to compete, employment agreements, letters of
intent and purchase
orders) as of the Agreement Date or as may hereafter be in
effect.
"control" (including the terms "controlled by" and "under
common
control with") means the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a
Person, whether
through the ownership of stock, as an officer, director, trustee
or executor, by
contract or otherwise.
"Deferred Revenue" means the obligation to supply goods or
provide
maintenance after Closing in respect of which Seller invoiced
income in advance
of Closing in relation to the Division Business.
"Disclosure Materials" means the written information provided by
the
Seller of any of its agents, advisers or representatives to
Buyer or any of its
agents, advisers or representatives in connection with the
negotiations for the
Asset Purchase which are referred to in the index of Disclosure
Materials in the
Agreed Form (as updated, if applicable, before Closing pursuant
to Subsection
5(s)), and includes without limitation the Seller Disclosure
Letter.
"Division" has the meaning given to it in Recital A.
"Division Business" means the business carried out by the
Division
of developing, selling, implementing and integrating retail
technology
solutions.
"Division Domain Names" means the domain names used
predominately in
relation to the Division, including the domain name listed in
Part 1 of EXHIBIT
O.
"Division Documentation" means, collectively, all programmers'
notes
or logs, source code annotations, user guides, manuals,
instructions, software
architecture designs, layouts, any know-how, and any other
designs, plans,
drawings, documentation or materials that relate to any Division
Software or any
Division Intellectual Property Rights, whether in tangible or
intangible form.
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"Division Employees and Division Contractors" means all
employees
and contractors who provide services to the Division Business
including those
employees and contractors listed in Parts A, B, C and D of
Exhibit L.
"Division Intellectual Property Rights" means, collectively,
all
worldwide Intellectual Property Rights related predominately to:
(i) the
Division Software or any aspect or part thereof; (ii) the
Division Documentation
or any aspect or part thereof; (iii) the Division Products (iv)
the Division
Trade Marks; (v) the Division Domain Names; (vi) the Acquired
Assets; (vii) the
Division Registered Intellectual Property; and/or (viii) the
Division, including
as set out in Part 1 of EXHIBIT O, but excluding Third Party
Intellectual
Property.
"Division Net Tangible Asset Value" has the meaning given to it
in
Subsection 2(d)(v).
"Division Net Tangible Assets Certificate" means a
certificate
executed by the Chief Executive Officer of Seller which sets out
Seller's
calculation of the Closing Division Net Tangible Asset
Value.
"Division IP and Technology" has the meaning given to it in
Subsection 2(a)(i).
"Division Plant and Equipment" means all assets (including
without
limitation workstations and personal computers and their
associated third-party
software programs and licenses thereto, logbooks, notebooks,
furniture, file
cabinets, white boards, personal office supplies and equipment
and motor
vehicles and including the spare parts and accessories relating
to those items)
used predominately in connection with the Division Business
including those
items listed in Part 2 of EXHIBIT C.
"Division Products" has the meaning given to it in
Subsection
3(k)(vii).
"Division Software" means, collectively, all of the software and
any
other systems used predominately in connection with the Division
Business
(including all programs, objects, modules, routines, algorithm
and code, in both
source code and object code form), and includes, without
limitation, (i) the
components of such software and systems; (ii) the development or
utilization of
the software and systems described in this paragraph; and (iii)
all derivative
works of any of the software and systems described in this
paragraph, including
as set out in EXHIBIT O.
"Division Inventory" means any Division Business inventory owned
by
Seller as of the close of business on the Closing Date described
as inventory on
the Division Net Tangible Assets Certificate, including all
merchandise, raw
materials work in progress and in respect of which Seller holds
a matching
purchase order and/or components, spare parts, equipment,,
documentation,
marketing materials, promotional literature, other sales or
marketing-related
materials and other consumables held by the Seller in connection
with such
purchase orders;
"Division Technology Deliverables" means all copies in a
tangible
medium and other tangible embodiments of (i) the Division
Software (in source
code and object code form); (ii) the Division Documentation
(iii) the Division
Products, and (iv) any other Intellectual Property Rights
related to the
Division
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"Division Trade Marks" means all logos, symbols, get up,
trademarks,
trade names, service marks, brand names and similar rights that
are used
predominately in the Division Business, whether registered or
unregistered, and
all associated goodwill, including the trade marks and
registrations or
applications of the trade marks listed in Part 1 of EXHIBIT
O.
"Division UK Employees" means those Division Employees and
Contractors who are providing services to the U.K. operations of
the Division
Business including those listed in Part A of EXHIBIT L.
"Division US Employees" means those Division Employees and
Contractors who are providing services to the U.S. operations of
the Division
Business including those listed in Part B of EXHIBIT L.
"Employee Benefit Plan" means any "employee benefit plan" (as
such
term is defined in ERISA Section 3(3)) and any other material
employee benefit
plan, program or arrangement.
"Employee Pension Benefit Plan" has the meaning set forth in
ERISA
Section 3(2).
"Employee Welfare Benefit Plan" has the meaning set forth in
ERISA
Section 3(1). "Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements"
means all
federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, regulations, and
ordinances
concerning public health and safety, worker health and safety,
pollution, or
protection of the environment, including all those relating to
the presence,
use, production, generation, handling, transportation,
treatment, storage,
disposal, distribution, labeling, testing, processing,
discharge, release,
threatened release, control, or cleanup of any hazardous
materials, substances,
or wastes, as such requirements are enacted and in effect on or
prior to the
Closing Date.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"ERISA Affiliate" means any person or entity under common
control
with Seller within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code.
"Escrow Amount" means $1,000,000.
"Exclusivity Deposit" has the meaning given to it in
Subsection
2(d)(i).
"GAAP" means United States generally accepted accounting
principles
applied on a consistent basis.
"Goodwill" means the goodwill of the Division Business and
includes
the exclusive right for the Buyer to represent itself as
carrying on the
Division Business as the Seller's successor.
"Governmental Permits" means all licenses, franchises,
permits,
agreements, waivers and authorizations issued by governmental
authorities in
connection with Seller's conduct of the Division Business
(whether foreign,
federal, state or local) held by Seller that are necessary for
the past or
present conduct of the Division.
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"Governmental Entity" means any supranational, national,
state,
municipal, local or foreign government, any court, tribunal,
arbitrator,
administrative agency, commission or other governmental
official, authority or
instrumentality, in each case whether domestic or foreign, any
stock exchange or
similar self regulatory organization or any quasi governmental
or private body
exercising any regulatory, Taxing or other governmental or quasi
governmental
authority and any political or other subdivision, department or
branch of any of
the foregoing.
"Immediately Available Funds" means cash, bank check or
telegraphic
or other electronic means of transfer of immediately available
and cleared funds
into a bank account nominated in advance by the payee.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means, collectively, all
intellectual
and industrial property rights throughout the world including
the following
intangible worldwide legal rights, whether or not filed,
perfected, registered
or recorded to the extent used by the Seller predominately
(except for the name
"Island Pacific" which is not subject to the predominant
limitation) in
connection with the Division Business: (i) patents, patent
applications, and
patent rights, including any and all continuations,
continuations-in-part,
divisions, reissues, reexaminations or extensions thereof,
whether now existing
or hereafter filed, issued or acquired; (ii) rights associated
with works of
authorship (including audiovisual works), including copyrights,
copyright
applications, and copyright registrations, moral rights, mask
work rights, mask
work applications, mask work registrations and circuit layouts;
(iii) rights
relating to trade secrets, know-how and confidential
information, including the
protection thereof; (iv) design rights and industrial property
rights; (v) any
rights analogous to those set forth in the preceding clauses and
any other
proprietary rights relating to intangible property including
trademarks, service
marks, trademark and service mark registrations and applications
therefore,
trade names, business names and business name registrations
domain names and
websites (including with respect to the Division, the domain
www.islandpacific.com and the related website and including the
"Island Pacific"
name and related trademarks, service marks and trade names),
rights in trade
dress and packaging and all goodwill associated with the same;
(vi) rights in
customer and prospect lists, trade secrets, know-how,
inventions, designs, plans
and specifications and rights in the Seller's Confidential
Information (as
defined in Subsection 5(o)); and (vii) all rights to sue for any
past, present
or future infringement of any of the foregoing rights and the
right to all
income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or
payable with
respect to any of the foregoing rights, including without
limitation damages for
past, present or future infringement thereof.
"Internal Revenue Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as
amended, and the rulings and regulations promulgated
thereunder.
"Invention Assignment Agreements" has the meaning given to it
in
Subsection 3(K)(xvi).
"Irvine Lease" means the lease between Seller and Brin-Mar,
LLC
dated 29 March 1995, as amended by Amendment No.1 dated 31
January 1998,
Amendment No.2 dated 30 December 1999 and Amendment No.3 dated
10 February 2005
in respect of the property located at Newport Gateway Tower I,
Suite 1200, 19800
MacArthur Boulevard, Irvine, California 92715.
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"Key Employees" has the meaning given to it in Subsection
2(f)(vii).
"Knowledge" of the Seller in relation to the warranties and
representations given by the Seller under Section 3 of this
Agreement and the
Seller Disclosure Letter means, with respect to any fact,
circumstance, event or
other matter in question, the actual knowledge of the executive
officers of the
Seller who are involved with the conduct of the Division and
Seller's directors
on the date the warranty or representation is given, or the
knowledge which such
officers and directors of the Seller could be reasonably
expected to have on the
date in respect of which the warranty or representation is given
as the result
of their specific position and duties with the Seller.
"Leased Real Property" means all leasehold or subleasehold
estates
and other rights to use or occupy any land, buildings,
structures, improvements,
fixtures or other interest in real property that is exclusively
used in the
Division as listed on part 2 of EXHIBIT C.
"Leases" means all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions
and
other agreements (written or oral), including all amendments,
extensions,
renewals, guaranties, and other agreements with respect thereto,
pursuant to
which Seller holds any Leased Real Property.
"Leave Benefits" means annual leave and leave loading, sick
leave
and long service leave.
"Legal Requirement" means any federal, state, foreign,
local,
municipal or other law, statute, constitution, principle of
common law,
resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation,
ruling or
requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented
or otherwise put
into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity
and any orders,
writs, injunctions, awards, judgments and decrees applicable to
Seller or to any
of its assets, properties or the Division Business.
"Liabilities" means with respect to any Person, any debts,
liabilities or obligations of such Person, of any kind,
character or
description, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent,
matured or
unmatured, executory, determined or determinable, known or
unknown, asserted or
unasserted, joint or several, vested or unvested, due or to
become due,
including those arising under any Legal Requirement, those
arising under any
contract or those arising in connection with any product
delivered by such
Person or any service performed by such Person.
"Lien" means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
encumbrance,
charge, security interest, collateral assignment, claim, charge,
adverse claim
of title, restriction or encumbrance of any kind (including any
restriction on
(a) the voting of any security or the transfer of any security
or other asset,
(b) the receipt of any income derived from any asset, (c) the
use of any asset,
or (d) the possession, exercise or transfer of any other
attribute of ownership
of any asset).
"Material Adverse Effect" or "Material Adverse Change" means
any
effect or change that would be materially adverse to the
business, assets,
Liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), operating
results, operations,
public image or business prospects of the Division, or to the
ability of any
party to consummate timely the transactions contemplated hereby
or any event or
condition which would, with the passage of time, constitute a
"Material Adverse
Effect" or "Material Adverse Change."
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"ordinary course of business" means, with respect to the
Division,
the ordinary course of business consistent with Seller's past
custom and
practice (including with respect to quantity and frequency).
"Pension Scheme" means the group personal pension scheme
provided
through Friends Provident which is registered in the United
Kingdom under
Chapter 2 Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004.
"Person" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation,
a
limited liability company, an association, a joint stock
company, a trust, a
joint venture, an unincorporated organization, any other
business entity, or a
governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political
subdivision
thereof).
"Prepaid Expenses" means amounts paid in advance for goods
or
services, to be supplied to the Division Business in the
ordinary course of
business after Closing, plus the amount of the UK Employee
Advances.
"Product Warranty" means a guarantee, warranty, undertaking,
representation or promise made by a third party in connection
with the quality ,
performance, promotion, supply or repair of goods included in
the Acquired
Assets or affixed to or attached to the Leased Real Property or
the provision of
services in respect of those goods.
"Purchase Price" means $16,000,000 as adjusted in accordance
with
Section 2.
"Restricted Period" means the date from Closing up to the
expiration
of 3 years from the Closing Date.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
"Seller Disclosure Letter" means the letter prepared and
delivered
by Seller to Buyer as of the date hereof which sets forth the
exceptions to the
representations and warranties contained in Section 3 hereof and
certain other
information called for by this Agreement.
"Seller Indebtedness" means all debts (i) owing by the Seller
and
its Affiliates on the one hand, to the Buyer and its Affiliates
on the other
hand, which are set out in Exhibit F and (ii) all amounts of any
nature
whatsoever owing by the Seller and its Affiliates on the one
hand, to the Buyer
and its Affiliates on the other hand, at Closing, but only to
the extent (i) and
(ii) arise from subcontract services for implementation of the
planning product
commonly referred to as IP Planning.
"Specified Current Assets" means Accounts Receivable, plus
Prepaid
Expenses plus Division Inventory.
"Sub-Lease" means the sub-Lease between the Seller and UK Sub
in
respect of the UK Lease in the Agreed Form.
"Tax" or "Taxes" means any federal, state, local, or foreign
income,
gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance,
stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including
taxes under Code
Section 59A), 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, whether
computed on a
separate or consolidated, unitary or combined basis or in any
other manner,
including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether
disputed or not.
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"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.
"Third Party Intellectual Property" means the Intellectual
Property
Rights listed in Part 2 of Exhibit O.
"Threatened" means a claim, proceeding, dispute, action, or
other
matter will be deemed to have been "threatened" if any demand or
statement has
been made (in writing) or any notice has been given (in
writing), or if any
other event has occurred or any other circumstances exist, that
would lead a
prudent Person to conclude that such a claim, proceeding,
dispute, legal action,
or other matter is likely to be asserted, commenced, taken, or
otherwise pursued
in the future.
"Transferring Employees" means the US Transferring Employees and
the
UK Transferring Employees.
"Unaudited Financial Statements" means the balance sheets
and
statement of operations referred to in Subsection 3(n)(i)
(Financial Statements
of the Division; Accounts Receivable).
"UK Assets" means those Acquired Assets which are owned, leased,
or
licensed by Seller and used predominantly in connection with the
Division
Business and which are located in the United Kingdom.
"UK Employee Advances" means the amount of remuneration advanced
by
the Seller to the UK Transferring Employees as set forth on
Exhibit Q.
"UK Lease" means the lease between Seller and Mannix
Properties
Limited in respect of the property located at Old Building Mill
House Mill Lane
Wendens Ambo, Essex.
"UK Transferring Employees" means the Division UK Employees
who
continue employment with the Division Business following
Closing.
"US Transferring Employees" means the Division US Employees
who
accept an offer of employment made by the Buyer under Subsection
5(n)(ii) of
this Agreement.
"Vendor Finance" means the finance which may be made available
by
Seller to Buyer as contemplated by the provisions of Section
2(d)(ii).
Other capitalized terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement and
not
defined in this Section 1 shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in this
Agreement.
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2. Transaction.
(a) Purchase and Sale of Assets. On and subject to the terms
and
conditions of this Agreement:
(i) Seller agrees to sell, transfer, convey, and
deliver to 3Q and 3Q agrees to purchase all right, title and
interest in and to the Division Software, the Division
Documentation, the Division Intellectual Property Rights
(including
Seller's right and interest in all Third Party Intellectual
Property) and the Division Technology Deliverables ("Division IP
and
Technology");
(ii) Seller agrees to sell, transfer, convey, and
deliver to ARS, and ARS agrees to purchase the right, title
and
interest in and to the Acquired Assets (other than the Division
IP
and Technology and the UK Assets); and
(iii) Seller agrees to sell, transfer, convey, and
deliver to UK Sub, and UK Sub agrees to purchase the right,
title
and interest in and to the UK Assets (other than the Division IP
and
Technology), in each case free and clear of all Liens on and as
of
the Closing for the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities and
the
payment of the consideration specified below in this Section
2.
(b) Title and Risk. Title and risk in the Acquired Assets
passes
to Buyer on Closing.
(c) Assumption and Exclusion of Liabilities.
(i) Assumed Liabilities. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Buyer, upon the successful
consummation of the sale and purchase of the Acquired Assets
pursuant hereto on the Closing Date, will assume and pay,
perform
and discharge when due those, and only those, obligations
and
liabilities of Seller under and with respect to (A) any
Assigned
Agreements, to the extent that such obligations and
liabilities
first accrued or arose after the Closing Date for reasons other
than
any breach, violation or default by Seller of the terms of
the
Assigned Agreements and (B) those liabilities and obligation
of
Seller specified on EXHIBIT D, attached hereto ((A) and (B)
together, the "Assumed Liabilities").
(ii) No Other Liabilities Assumed. Notwithstanding
anything else, as a material consideration and inducement to
Buyer
to enter into this Agreement, Seller will retain, and will be
solely
responsible for paying, performing and discharging when due,
and
Buyer will not assume or otherwise have any responsibility
or
liability for, any and all Liabilities of Seller (whether
now
existing or hereafter arising) other than the Assumed
Liabilities
(the "Excluded Liabilities").
(d) Exclusivity Deposit; Purchase Price; Closing Division
Net
Tangible Asset Value.
(i) Exclusivity Deposit. Buyer has paid Seller the sum
of $100,000 as a refundable deposit ("Exclusivity Deposit")
in
consideration for Seller's Exclusivity Covenant set forth in
Section
7(b). On the date on which the parties execute this Agreement,
the
amount of the Exclusivity Deposit together with all interest
accrued
thereon shall be refunded to Buyer in Immediately Available
Funds.
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(ii) Purchase Price. Subject to Seller complying in
full with its obligations under Subsection 2(f), Buyer agrees to
pay
to Seller at the Closing an amount (the "Closing Payment") equal
to
Sixteen Million dollars ($16,000,000) less (A) any Vendor
Finance
and (B) the Escrow Amount, by wire or such other means as
the
Buyer's financiers may require of Immediately Available Funds to
an
account designated by Seller. At Closing, Buyer agrees to
deliver
the Escrow Amount on account of Seller by wire or such other
means
the Buyer's financiers may require of Immediately Available
Funds to
an account designated by California Bank & Trust, as escrow
agent
("Escrow Agent") to be held by Escrow Agent pursuant to an
escrow
agreement in substantially the form of EXHIBIT E attached
hereto
(the "Escrow Agreement"). Buyer acknowledges that the Escrow
Amount
is the property of Seller and will be held by Escrow Agent as a
fund
from which Buyer may be reimbursed for breach of Seller's
indemnification obligations as set forth in Section 8 below and
for
any Downward Adjustment Amount as set forth in Subsection
2(d)(viii)
below.
(iii) Vendor Finance. Seller agrees to grant Buyer
Vendor Finance up to an amount equal to three million
dollars
($3,000,000) should the Buyer require, on such arms length terms
and
conditions acceptable to Seller in Seller's sole and
absolute
discretion.
(iv) Preparation of the Division Net Tangible Assets
Certificate. The Seller no later than 30 Business Days after
the
date of Closing will prepare and deliver the Division Net
Tangible
Assets Certificate to Buyer. Seller must provide to Buyer
and
Buyer's representatives access to all the information,
books,
records and working papers which Buyer may reasonably require
and
request from Seller in writing relating to the calculation of
the
Specified Current Assets and the preparation of the Division
Net
Tangible Assets Certificate.
(v) Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value
Agreement. The Buyer must complete its examination and review of
the
Division Net Tangible Assets Certificate within twenty (20)
Business
Days of receiving the Division Net Tangible Assets
Certificate
pursuant to Subsection 2(d)(iii), and notify Seller in
writing
during this twenty (20) Business Day period if it disagrees in
good
faith with the amount of the Closing Division Net Tangible
Asset
Value specified in the Division Net Tangible Assets Certificate.
If
Buyer does not notify Seller during this twenty (20) Business
Day
period that it disagrees with the amount of the Closing Division
Net
Tangible Asset Value specified in the Division Net Tangible
Assets
Certificate then the Division Net Tangible Asset Certificate
will be
deemed to be final and will be conclusive, final and binding on
the
parties. For purposes of this Agreement "Division Net Tangible
Asset
Value" shall mean the Specified Current Assets as of the Closing
and
in accordance with GAAP (excluding cash and cash equivalents)
less
the Leave Benefits in respect of the UK Transferring
Employees.
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(vi) Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value
Disputes. If Buyer disagrees with any item within the Division
Net
Tangible Assets Certificate, Buyer shall deliver a written
notice to
the Seller within twenty (20) Business Days following the
Closing
Date pursuant to Subsection 2(d)(iv) disagreeing with such item
and
setting forth Buyer's calculation of such item (a "Notice of
Disagreement"). Any such Notice of Disagreement shall, to the
extent
reasonably practicable, specify in reasonable detail those items
or
amounts as to which Buyer disagrees, and, to the extent
practicable,
shall set forth in reasonable detail Buyer's calculation of
those
items or amounts, together with an explanation of the
disagreement.
If Buyer delivers a Notice of Disagreement pursuant to this
Subsection 2(c)(vi), Buyer and Seller shall, during the 30
days
following such delivery, use reasonable efforts to reach
agreement
on the disputed items or amounts (with such agreement,
sometimes
referred to herein as the "Closing Division Net Tangible Asset
Value
Resolution").
(vii) Independent Accounting. If Buyer and Seller are
unable to reach a Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value
Resolution during the 30 day period following the delivery of
a
Notice of Disagreement pursuant to Subsection 2(d)(iv), Buyer
and
Seller shall promptly thereafter cause independent
accountants
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer and Seller (the
"Independent
Accountants") to review the disputed items or amounts for the
sole
purpose of calculating the Closing Division Net Tangible Asset
Value
and for the sole purpose of determining whether there should be
an
adjustment to the Purchase Price based on the Closing Division
Net
Tangible Asset Value (the "Independent Accountants' Closing
Division
Net Tangible Asset Value Analysis"). In calculating the
Independent
Accountants' Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value
Analysis,
such Independent Accountants shall consider only those items
or
amounts in the calculation of Closing Division Net Tangible
Asset
Value as to which Buyer and Seller have disagreed. Such
Independent
Accountants shall deliver to Buyer and Seller, as promptly
as
practicable (and in any event within 30 days following the
delivery
of the Notice of Disagreement to Seller), a report that explains
any
discrepancies and sets forth the Independent Accountants'
calculation of the Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value.
Such
report and the calculations set forth therein shall be final
and
binding upon Buyer, Seller and their respective Affiliates and
shall
not be subject to challenge in a court of law or otherwise. The
cost
of such review and report shall be borne equally by the Buyer
and
the Seller.
(viii) Purchase Price Adjustments. If the Closing
Division Net Tangible Asset Value is less than $800,000 then
within
ten (10) days of the date on which the Closing Division
Tangible
Asset Value is agreed or determined in accordance with
Subsections
2(d)(iv), (v) or (vi) respectively, the Parties shall
mutually
instruct the Escrow Agent to distribute from the Escrow Fund
to
Buyer an amount equal to the shortfall, as a downwards
adjustment to
the Purchase Price ("Downward Adjustment Amount"). To the
extent
that the Downward Adjustment Amount exceeds the Escrow
Amount,
Seller shall immediately deliver to Buyer in cash the amount
by
which the Downward Adjustment Amount exceeds the Escrow
Amount.
Conversely, if the Closing Division Net Tangible Asset Value
is
greater than $800,000, then Buyer shall deliver in cash to
Seller
the amount of any such excess as an upwards adjustment to
the
Purchase Price ("Upwards Adjustment") on the later of the date
which
is ten (10) days from the date on which the Closing Division
Net
Tangible Asset Value is agreed or determined in accordance
with
Subsections 2(d)(iv), (v) or (vi) respectively and the date on
which
Accounts Receivable to the value of the Upwards Adjustment have
been
collected by the Buyer Group. Buyer will use its best
efforts
collect each of the Accounts Receivable immediately upon
such
Accounts Receivable becoming due, provided that nothing in
this
Subsection 2(d)(viii) will oblige the Buyer to institute
legal
proceedings.
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(e) The Closing. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the closing of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (the
"Closing", with the date upon which the Closing occurs,
sometimes referred to
herein as the "Closing Date") shall take place at the offices of
Solomon Ward
Seidenwurm & Smith LLP, 401 B Street, Suite 1200, San Diego,
California,
commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on the third Business Day
following the
satisfaction or waiver of all conditions specified in Section 6
and when each of
the events in Subsections 2(f) and 2(g) must take place or in
such other manner,
time and date as the parties may mutually agree in writing.
(f) Certain Closing Deliveries of Seller. At the Closing,
(in
addition to Seller's delivery of the items, documents and
certificates to be
delivered by Seller at the Closing pursuant to Section 6(b),
Seller will deliver
or cause to be delivered to Buyer all of the following
items:
(i) counterparts of one or more Bill of Sale in
substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto (the "Bill
of
Sale") conveying in the aggregate all of Seller's ownership
in
personal property included in the Acquired Assets and executed
on
Seller's behalf by a duly authorized officer of Seller;
(ii) counterparts of the assignment and assumption
agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached
hereto
(the "Assumption Agreement") with respect to the Assigned
Agreements
and executed by a duly authorized officer of Seller;
(iii) a receipt for the Closing Payment, executed by a
duly authorized officer of Seller;
(iv) counterparts of the Escrow Agreement executed by a
duly authorized officer of Seller;
(v) assignments from Seller to Buyer of all registered
and unregistered copyrights, trademarks and service marks
included
in the Acquired Assets, duly executed on behalf of Seller by a
duly
authorized officer of Seller and notarized, and in a form
acceptable
for recording with the United States Copyright Office or the
United
States Patent and Trademark Office, as applicable, and in
substantially the form of EXHIBIT J hereto (the "Mark
Assignment");
(vi) assignment from Seller to Buyer of all Domain
Names and other Intellectual Property Rights (other than
those
assigned above) included in the Acquired Assets, duly executed
on
behalf of Seller by a duly authorized officer of Seller;
(vii) written evidence that at least 80% of the Division
Employees and Division Contractors, including all of the key
Division Employees and Division Contractors listed in EXHIBIT N
and
any other Division Employees and Division Contractors that
Buyer
notifies to Seller as being, in its sole and absolute
discretion,
"key" employees or contractors ("Key Employees"), in the case
of
Division US Employees have accepted the Buyer's offer of
employment
made under Subsection 5(n)(ii) or, in the case of Division
UK
Employees who transfer pursuant to TUPE have agreed to transfer
to
Buyer;
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(viii) written evidence in the form reasonably
satisfactory to Buyer, of full discharge of all Liens over any
of
the Acquired Assets;
(ix) duly executed counterparts of the Sub-Lease;
(x) duly executed counterparts of the Transitional
Services Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit M
attached
hereto; and
(xi) subject to Subsection 5(t), duly executed
counterparts of, a deed of assignment in respect of the Irvine
Lease
or a written sublease for the Irvine Lease, in a form
mutually
agreeable to the Parties.
(g) Certain Closing Deliveries of Buyer. Subject to Seller
complying with its obligations under Subsection 2(f), in
addition to Buyer's
delivery of the items, documents and certificates to be
delivered by Buyer
pursuant to Section 6(c)), Buyer will deliver or cause to be
delivered to Seller
all of the following items:
(i) the Closing Payment in Immediately Available
Funds;
(ii) counterparts to the Assumption Agreement, executed
on behalf of Buyer by a duly authorized officer of Buyer;
(iii) counterparts of the Sub-Lease and, subject to
Subsection 5(t), duly executed counterparts of, a deed of
assignment
in respect of the Irvine Lease or a written sublease for the
Irvine
Lease, in a form mutually agreeable to the Parties;
(iv) counterparts of the Escrow Agreement, executed on
Buyer's behalf by a duly authorized representative of Buyer.
(h) Assignment of Division Intellectual Property Rights.
With
effect from Closing, the Seller assigns the Division
Intellectual Property
Rights to the Buyer.
(i) Closing Simultaneous. Subject to the right of either party
to
waive any or all of the actions that the other party is required
to perform
under Subsections 2(f) or (g) above (as applicable), the actions
to take place
as contemplated by Subsections 2(f) and (g) above are
interdependent and must
take place, as nearly as possible, simultaneously. If one action
does not take
place, then without prejudice to any rights available to any
party as a
consequence: (A) there is no obligation on any party to
undertake or perform any
of the other actions; (B) to the extent that such actions have
already been
undertaken, the parties must do everything reasonably required
to reverse those
actions; and (C) Seller and Buyer must each return to the other
all documents
delivered to it under Subsections 2(f) and (g) and must each
repay to the other
all payments received by it under Subsections (2)(f) and (g),
without prejudice
to any other rights any party may have in respect of that
failure.
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(j) Method of Delivery; Transfer Taxes. At the Closing,
Seller
shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Buyer or an Affiliate
of Buyer, as
applicable, all of the Acquired Assets, which shall be delivered
to 3Q, UK Sub
and ARS in the manner directed by Buyer consistent with Section
2(a)(i), (ii)
and (iii) above in the form and to the location to be determined
by Buyer in its
reasonable discretion on or before the Closing Date at Buyer's
cost and expense;
provided, however, that to the extent practicable, Seller shall
deliver all of
the Acquired Assets through electronic delivery. Buyer will pay
all sales,
transfer, bulk sales, stamp, income, capital gains, use or other
Taxes
(excepting income taxes) associated with the transactions
contemplated by this
Agreement.
3. Seller's Representations and Warranties. The Seller
represents and
warrants to Buyer as follows, in each case subject to such
exceptions as are set
forth in the Seller Disclosure Letter:
(a) Incorporation and Authority. Seller is a corporation
duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State
of Delaware and has all necessary corporate power and authority
to own the
Acquired Assets and carry on the Division Business as it is
being carried on
prior to Closing, to perform all of its obligations under the
Assigned
Agreements and to enter into this Agreement, the Bill of Sale,
the Assumption
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Sub-Lease, the Invention
Assignment
Agreements the Transitional Services Agreement (the Bill of
Sale, the Escrow
Agreement, the Assumption Agreement, the Sub-Lease, the
Invention Assignment
Agreements, the Transitional Services Agreement, together with
all other
assignments and documents that Seller is to execute and deliver
pursuant to this
Agreement being hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Ancillary
Agreements"), to carry out and perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder
and to consummate all of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement
and the
Ancillary Agreements, and the sale of the Acquired Assets to
Buyer and
consummation of all the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby on the
terms and conditions set forth herein and therein, have been
duly and validly
authorized by Seller by all necessary corporate action of
Seller's Board of
Directors. No action on the part of Seller's stockholders is
necessary to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or pursuant to
the Ancillary
Agreements. This Agreement has been, and at the Closing the
Ancillary Agreements
will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by Seller, and
(assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery by Buyer) this Agreement
constitutes and,
upon the execution of each of the Ancillary Agreements by the
parties thereto,
the Ancillary Agreements will constitute, legal, valid and
binding obligations
of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with their
respective terms,
except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy,
moratorium, and other laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights
generally and by principles of equity. Notwithstanding the
forgoing, Seller
makes no representation nor warranty regarding Buyer's ability
to require Seller
to provide Vendor Finance as set forth in Section 2(d)(iii).
(b) Non-contravention; Consents; and Approvals. Except as
set
forth on Schedule 3(b) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, the
execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
by Seller, do not
and will not: (i) conflict with or violate the Certificate of
Incorporation or
By-laws of Seller; (ii) conflict with or violate any law, rule,
regulation,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award applicable to
the Acquired Assets or Assumed Liabilities; (iii) result in any
breach of, or
constitute a default (or event which with the giving of notice
or lapse of time,
or both, would become a default) under, or give to others any
rights of
termination, rescission, amendment, acceleration or cancellation
of, any of the
Assigned Agreements or any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
contract, agreement,
lease, license, permit, franchise or other instrument relating
to any of the
Acquired Assets to which Seller is a party or is bound or by
which any of the
Acquired Assets are bound or affected; or (iv) result in the
creation of any
Lien on any of the Acquired Assets. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3(b), the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements by Seller
do not, and the performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements by
Seller (including Seller's assignment of any Assigned Agreements
to Buyer) will
not, require any consent, approval, authorization or other
action by, or filing
with or notification to, any third party, including but not
limited to any
governmental or regulatory authority.
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(c) Title to and Condition of Acquired Assets. Seller legally
and
beneficially owns all the Acquired Assets and Seller has good
and marketable
title in and to all the Acquired Assets, and will transfer the
Acquired Assets
to Buyer at the Closing free and clear of all Liens whatsoever.
Except as set
forth in Schedule 3(c) of the Sellers Disclosure Letter, none of
the Acquired
Assets is licensed from any third party and none of the Acquired
Assets is
licensed to any third party or the subject of any agreements or
arrangements to
dispose or not to dispose or which otherwise restrict their use
or disposal.
Except as set forth in Schedule 3(c), the Acquired Assets are
sufficient for the
continued conduct of the Division Business after the Closing in
substantially
the same manner as conducted prior to the Closing. Seller will
not own or have
the right to use any of the Acquired Assets after the Closing.
No third party
has claimed to be entitled to a Lien in relation to any of the
Acquired Assets.
All of the tangible personal property included in the tangible
Acquired Assets
is in good working condition and repair, ordinary wear and tear
excepted.
(d) Division Inventory. The Division Inventory was created
in
accordance with the Seller's past practices and consists of
items of
merchantable quality and quantity usable or saleable in the
ordinary course of
the Division Business, and is saleable in the usual course of
business in
accordance with Seller's current price list, and are not
obsolete, damaged,
slow-moving or defective and have been regularly and properly
serviced and
maintained in a manner that would not void, limit or otherwise
adversely affect
the coverage of any warranty thereon.
(e) Plant and equipment. All plant, machinery, vehicles,
furniture
and equipment owned or used by Seller in the Division Business
and included in
the Acquired Assets: (i) are listed on part 1 of EXHIBIT C, (ii)
to Seller's
Knowledge are in good working order subject to ordinary wear and
tear and have
been regularly and properly maintained; (iii) are capable of
performing the
functions for which they are used; (iv) are properly recorded in
the books of
the Division Business in accordance with GAAP; (v) to the
Seller's Knowledge
comply and conform in all material respects with all applicable
laws and all
standards, and have not been repaired, altered, modified,
operated or maintained
in a way that would void, limit or otherwise adversely affect
any warranty
provided thereon; and (vi) are not dangerous, inefficient,
out-of-date,
unsuitable or in need of renewal or replacement.
(f) Legal Compliance.
(i) Seller has complied in all material respects with
By-laws of Seller and has complied in all material respects
with, is
not in material violation of, and has not received any notices
of
violation with respect to, any Legal Requirement, with respect
to
the Division Business. To Seller's Knowledge, no event has
occurred
or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse
of
time) (A) may constitute or result in a violation by Seller or
a
failure on the part of Seller to comply with, any Legal
Requirement,
or (B) may give rise to any obligation on the part of Seller
to
undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any
remedial action of any nature relating to a Legal
Requirement.
Neither Seller nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, any
director,
officer, Affiliate or employee of Seller (in their capacities
as
such or relating to their employment, services or relationship
with
Seller), has given, offered, paid, promised to pay or
authorized
payment of any money, any gift or anything of value, with
the
purpose of influencing any act or decision of the recipient in
his
or her official capacity or inducing the recipient to use his or
her
influence to affect an act or decision of a government official
or
employee, to any (i) governmental official or employee, (ii)
political party or candidate thereof, or (iii) Person while
knowing
that all or a portion of such money or thing of value would be
given
or offered to a governmental official or employee or political
party
or candidate thereof.
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(ii) Seller has obtained each federal, state, county,
local or foreign governmental consent, license, permit, grant,
or
other authorization of a Governmental Entity (i) pursuant to
which
Seller currently operates or holds any interest in any of
the
Acquired Assets or (ii) that is required for the operation of
the
Division Business or the holding of any such interest in the
Acquired Assets (all of the foregoing consents, licenses,
permits,
grants, and other authorizations, collectively, the "Seller
Authorizations"), and all of the Seller Authorizations are in
full
force and effect (except where a failure would have no
Material
Adverse Effect). Seller has not received any written notice from
any
Governmental Entity regarding (i) any actual or possible
violation
of law or any Seller Authorization or any failure to comply with
any
term or requirement of any Seller Authorization, (ii) any actual
or
possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation,
termination or modification of any Seller Authorization. To
Seller's
Knowledge, Seller has materially complied with all of the terms
of
the Seller Authorizations. Seller has not undertaken any
investigation of whether any thing would adversely and
materially
affect the continuance, renewal or extension of the Seller
Authorizations in favor of Buyer, but has no Knowledge that
any
thing would adversely and materially affect the continuance,
renewal
or extension of the Seller Authorizations in favor of Buyer.
(g) Full Force and Effect. Each permit, franchise or other
instrument assigned to or assumed by Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement or any of
the Ancillary Agreements is in full force and to the Knowledge
of Seller is not
subject to any breach or default thereunder by any party
thereto.
(h) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(h) of the
Seller
Disclosure Letter, there is no private or governmental action,
suit, proceeding,
claim, arbitration, mediation or investigation pending before
any Governmental
Entity, or, to Seller's Knowledge, Threatened against Seller
with respect to the
Division or any of the Acquired Assets or to Seller's Knowledge
any of Seller's
directors, officers or employees (in their capacities as such or
relating to
their employment, services or relationship with the Division)
nor has Seller
been involved in any such action or been Threatened with such
action in the
preceding 3 years. There is no judgment, decree, injunction,
rule or order
against Seller, any of the Acquired Assets or, to Seller's
Knowledge, any of
Seller's directors, officers or employees (in their capacities
as such or
relating to their employment, services or relationship with the
Division). To
Seller's Knowledge, there is no basis for any Person to assert a
claim against
Seller or any of the Acquired Assets based upon: (a) Seller
entering into this
Agreement or any of the other transactions or agreements
contemplated hereby;
(b) any confidentiality or similar agreement entered into by
Seller regarding
the Acquired Assets; or (c) any claim that Seller has agreed to
sell or dispose
of the Acquired Assets to any party other than Buyer, whether by
way of merger,
consolidation, sale of assets or otherwise. Seller has no
action, suit,
proceeding, arbitration, mediation or claim pending or
Threatened by it against
any other Person relating to the Acquired Assets.
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(i) Brokers. Except as set forth on Schedule 3(i) of the
Seller
Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder or investment banker is
entitled to any
brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection
with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon
arrangements made by or
on behalf of Seller or its Affiliates.
(j) Real Property. Seller does not own fee title to any real
property used in the Division, nor has Seller ever owned fee
title to any real
property used in the Division. Part 2 of EXHIBIT C sets forth
the address of
each parcel of Leased Real Property, and a true and complete
list of all Leases
for each such parcel of Leased Real Property. Seller has
provided Buyer true,
correct and complete copies of all Leases for each Leased Real
Property. All
such Leases are currently, and will at the Closing remain, valid
and effective
in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not now
nor at the
Closing will there be, under any of such Lease agreements, any
existing default
or event of default (or event which with notice or lapse of
time, or both, would
constitute a default). Seller has not received any written
notice of a default,
alleged failure to perform, or any offset or counterclaim with
respect to any
such Leases, which has not been fully remedied and withdrawn.
Except as
explicitly set forth on Section 3(j)-1 of the Seller Disclosure
Letter, (A) the
contracts governing each Leased Real Property permit the Seller
to freely enter
into subleases and licenses (subject to any consents or
approvals required by
such Leases) with respect to the properties; and (B) the Closing
will not affect
the enforceability against any Person of any such Leases or the
rights of Seller
to the continued use and possession of any of the Leased Real
Property for the
conduct of business as presently conducted, and (C) there are no
other Persons
occupying, and Seller has not granted any other Persons a right
to occupy any of
the Leased Real Property.
(i) To Seller's Knowledge (A) the Leased Real Property
is in good operating condition and repair and is reasonably
sufficient and otherwise suitable for the conduct of the
business as
presently conducted therein, (B) there are no structural,
electrical, mechanical, plumbing, roof, paving or other defects
in
any improvements located on the Leased Real Property that
could,
either individually or in the aggregate, have an adverse effect
on
the use, occupancy or operation thereof as presently
contemplated,
(C) there are no Laws, covenants or restrictions, or any
change
contemplated therein, or any judicial or administrative action,
or
action by adjacent landowners, or natural or artificial
conditions
upon any Leased Real Property or any other facts or conditions
which
could, in the aggregate, have an adverse effect on the
licensing,
subleasing, use, occupancy or operation of any such real
property,
(D) all utilities required for the conduct of the business
as
presently conducted are installed and legally available for use
at
Leased Real Property upon payment at market rate consumption
charges, and (E) Seller has obtained all licenses, permits,
variances, approvals, authorizations, easements and rights of
way,
required from all Governmental Entities having jurisdiction over
any
of the Leased Real Property, or from private parties, for
the
intended use, operation and occupancy of such Leased Real
Property.
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(ii) To Seller's Knowledge there are no circumstances
which would entitle any landlord, licensor or other Person
to
currently terminate any such Lease of the Leased Real Property
or
would otherwise restrict or terminate the continued possession
or
occupation of the Leased Real Property.
(iii) To Seller's Knowledge there are no: (A)
outstanding disputes with, or complaints by, third parties
relating
to the Leased Real Property or likely to affect the present or
any
other proposed use or enjoyment of the Leased Real Property; or
(B)
notices, orders or planning proposals which have been served on
the
Seller or otherwise notified by any local or territorial
authority
which affects adversely or is likely to affect adversely the
Leased
Real Property directly or indirectly; or (C) covenants,
restrictions, stipulations or conditions affecting the Leased
Real
Property which are of an unusual or onerous nature or which
adversely affect the value or the present or any other proposed
use
of the Leased Real Property; or (D) conditions affecting the
Leased
Real Property or the operation of the Seller which might give
rise
to any liability or obligation on the part of the Buyer under
any
Environmental and Safety Laws. Seller has valid leasehold
and
subleasehold estates and license agreements, as applicable, in
all
of the Leased Real Property, free and clear of any Liens on
account
of Seller, except (E) Liens on account of Seller that will
be
removed at or prior to Closing, (F) Liens on account of Seller
for
Taxes not yet due and payable, and (G) such imperfections of
title
and encumbrances on account of Seller, if any, which do not
detract
from the value or interfere with the present access to and use
of
the property subject thereto or affected thereby.
(k) Intellectual Property.
(i) Seller has fully disclosed in the Disclosure
Materials all Division Intellectual Property Rights and all
arrangements relating to any Third Party Intellectual
Property
owned, licensed or used by Seller in connection with the
Division
Business.
(ii) The Acquired Assets include all Intellectual
Property Rights necessary to enable Buyer to conduct the
Division
Business in the manner in which such business has been and
is
currently conducted without the need for any license from any
Person
(other than for Third Party Intellectual Property or permits
which
Buyer may need to operate under applicable law).
(iii) Seller has an enforceable right to use all Third
Party Intellectual Property and these rights are comprised in
the
Assigned Agreements. Upon consummation of the Asset Purchase,
except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, Buyer will be entitled to
use
all Third Party Intellectual Property on terms no less
favorable
than those which applied to Seller immediately prior to the
Closing.
The Acquired Assets and the conduct of the Division Business,
as
currently conducted, do not infringe upon any Intellectual
Property
Rights of any third party to Seller's Knowledge and no third
party
has asserted or Threatened to assert against Seller any claim
of
infringement of Intellectual Property Rights. Seller has not
received any opinion of counsel that any Division Products
(as
defined below) or the operation of the Division Business
infringes
or misappropriates any Intellectual Property Rights of any
third
party.
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(iv) To Seller's Knowledge, there is no unauthorized
use, unauthorized disclosure, infringement or misappropriation
of
any Intellectual Property Rights included in the Acquired
Assets, by
any employee of Seller or to Seller's Knowledge by any
former
employee of Seller or by any other third party. Seller has
not
brought any action, suit or proceeding for infringement or
misappropriation of any Intellectual Property Rights included in
the
Acquired Assets.
(v) Seller is sole legal and beneficial owner of,
possesses, has the exclusive right to make, use, sell, license,
has
the right to bring actions for the infringement of, and where it
has
deemed necessary, has made timely and proper applications for,
the
Intellectual Property Rights that are included in the
Acquired
Assets, free and clear of all Liens and third party
interests.
(vi) Except as set forth in Section 3(k)(vi) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter, Seller has not granted any third party
any
licenses or other rights to any of the Acquired Assets.
(vii) EXHIBIT P lists all products and services
produced, marketed, licensed, sold, distributed or performed by
or
on behalf of the Division and all products and services
currently
under development by the Division by name, and if applicable,
by
version number (collectively, the "Division Products") and
each
Division Product performs its intended functions (as set out
in
Exhibit P), and is designed and manufactured in accordance with
the
Seller's standard procedure.
(viii) Part 1(C) of EXHIBIT O lists all Division
Registered Intellectual Property (as defined below) including
the
jurisdictions in which each such item of Division Registered
Intellectual Property has been issued or registered or in which
any
application for such issuance and registration has been filed,
or in
which any other filing or recordation has been made. For
purposes
hereof "Division Registered Intellectual Property" means all
United
States, international and foreign: (A) patents and patent
applications (including provisional applications); (B)
registered
trademarks, applications to register trademarks,
intent-to-use
applications, or other registrations or applications related
to
trademarks; (C) registered Internet domain names including
www.islandpacific.com and any other domain names used by the
Division; (D) registered copyrights and applications for
copyright
registration; and (E) any other Intellectual Property Right that
is
the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration
or
other document issued, filed with, or recorded by any
Governmental
Entity owned by, registered or filed in the name of, Seller (or
any
Affiliate of Seller) and that is part of the Acquired
Assets.
(ix) Each item of Division Registered Intellectual
Property is valid (or in the case of applications, applied for),
all
registration, maintenance and renewal fees currently due in
connection with such Division Registered Intellectual Property
have
been paid and all documents, recordations and certificates
in
connection with such Division Registered Intellectual
Property
currently required to be filed have been filed with the
relevant
patent, copyright, trademark or other authorities in the
United
States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of prosecuting, maintaining and perfecting such
Division
Registered Intellectual Property and recording Sellers's
ownership
interests therein, except where a failure to do so would not
have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(x) Seller has not transferred ownership of any
Intellectual Property Right that is included in the Acquired
Assets
to any third party, or permitted Seller's rights in any such
Intellectual Property Right that is included in the Acquired
Assets
to enter the public domain.
(xi) Seller has held the source code for the Division
Software and Division Products as confidential and except as
disclosed in Section 3(k)(xi) of the Seller's Disclosure Letter,
has
not given any third party access to or a copy of any source code
for
any part of the Division Products or Division Software.
(xii) The source code and documentation for the Division
Software and Division Products is: (A) in the possession of
Seller
and all versions thereof (including the latest version) will
be
delivered to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; and (B) will
be
sufficient to enable Buyer to use, modify and develop the
Division
Software and Division Products in a manner consistent with
the
Seller's past use, modification, and development.
(xiii) None of the Acquired Assets is held or used
pursuant to a license or similar grant of rights from any
third
party other than "off-the-shelf" software.
(xiv) No agreement or contract with respect to any of
the Acquired Assets grants any third party rights to or under
any
Intellectual Property Right included in the Acquired Assets
(other
than the sale or nonexclusive license of products to
Division
customers in the ordinary course of business) or grants any
third
party the right to sublicense any Intellectual Property
Right
included in the Acquired Assets.
(xv) Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates is liable
for, nor has made any contract or arrangement whereby it may
become
liable to, any Person for any royalty, fee or other compensation
for
the ownership, use, license, lease, sale, distribution,
manufacture,
reproduction or disposition of any Acquired Asset.
(xvi) All employees and consultants of Seller, and any
other third parties who have been involved in the product
development of the Division or Division Software or who were
otherwise involved in the creation and/or development of any
Division Software, the Division Documentation, the Division
Intellectual Property Rights and/or the Division Technology
Deliverables, have executed (or will execute prior to the
Closing)
Seller's standard form invention assignment agreements (the
"Invention Assignment Agreements") or other agreement
addressing
such matter, all of which have been delivered to Buyer's
counsel
prior to Closing and all employees and consultants of Seller
who
have access to confidential information or trade secrets of
the
Division and/or which relate to Acquired Assets or the
Seller's
Confidential Information have executed appropriate
nondisclosure
agreements which have been delivered to Buyer's counsel prior
to
Closing.
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(xvii) Part 2(A) of Exhibit O lists all software or
other material that is distributed as "free software", "open
source
software" or under similar licensing or distribution terms
(including but not limited to the GNU General Public License
(GPL),
GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), Mozilla Public
License
(MPL), BSD licenses, the Artistic License, the Netscape
Public
License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL) the Sun
Industry
Standards License (SISL) and the Apache License) ("Open
Source
Materials") used by Seller in the Division in any way, and
describes
the manner in which such Open Source Materials were used
(such
description shall include whether (and, if so, how) the Open
Source
Materials were modified and/or distributed by Seller). Seller is
in
compliance with the terms and conditions of all licenses for
the
Open Source Materials.
(xviii) Seller has not (i) incorporated Open Source
Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with, the
Division
Intellectual Property Rights or any of the Division Products;
(ii)
distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any
Division
Intellectual Property Rights or any of the Division Products;
or
(iii) used Open Source Materials, in such a way that, with
respect
to (i), (ii), or (iii), creates, or purports to create
obligations
for Seller with respect to any Division Intellectual Property
Rights
or grant, or purport to grant, to any third party, any rights
or
immunities under any Division Intellectual Property Rights
(including using any Open Source Materials that require, as
a
condition of use, modification and/or distribution of such
Open
Source Materials that other software incorporated into, derived
from
or distributed with such Open Source Materials be (A) disclosed
or
distributed in source code form, (B) be licensed for the purpose
of
making derivative works, or (C) be redistributable at no
charge).
(xix) Seller has not entered into any settlement,
release, co-existence or other agreement, and to Seller's
Knowledge
there are no other circumstances that would adversely affect
the
Seller's right to use, enforce or assign any of the Division IP
and
Technology or Third Party Intellectual Property.
(xx) To Seller's Knowledge no trade secret or other
confidential information included in the Division IP and
Technology
has been disclosed or made available to any third party or
Seller's
Affiliate except in the ordinary course of business and subject
to a
binding obligation of confidentiality on the part of the
recipient.
(xxi) Seller does not carry on the Division Business
under any name other than its corporate name or the business
names
listed in Part 1 of Exhibit O. Seller is validly licensed to
use
each of the domain names which are the subject of the
Division
Domain Names. The Division Domain Names are freely transferable
to
Buyer and are in good standing. All domain names used in the
Business are listed in Part 1 of Exhibit O.
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(l) Information Technology.
(i) Seller owns or is licensed to use all the
information technology and telecommunications systems, hardware
and
Division Software used in or reasonably necessary for the
conduct of
the Division Business as conducted prior to and at Closing.
(ii) All Division Software used by Seller is not wholly
or partly dependent on any facilities that are not under the
ownership, operation and control of Seller.
(iii) Seller creates and maintains accurate back-ups of
all data stored on or processed by the Division Software used
by
Seller at least as frequently as every 24 hours.
(iv) Seller has up to date disaster recovery plans for
the Division Software which are designed to minimise the impact
of
any loss of, damage to or material interruption in use of
any
Division Software on the conduct of the Division Business and
which
comply with best information technology industry practice.
(m) Product Warranties; Defects. Each Division Product has been
in
substantial conformity with all applicable contractual
commitments and all
express warranties made by the Seller and there is, to Seller's
Knowledge, no
basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding,
hearing,
investigation, charge, complaint, claim, or demand against any
such contractual
commitments or express warranties for replacement or repair
thereof or other
damages in connection therewith. No Division Product is subject
to any guaranty,
warranty, or other indemnity beyond the Seller's applicable
standard terms and
conditions of sale, lease or licensing (as set forth in written
agreements that
Seller has delivered to Buyer) or beyond that imposed by
applicable law.
(n) Financial Statements of the Division; Accounts
Receivable.
(i) Seller has delivered to Buyer unaudited balance
sheets of the Division as of March 31, 2007 and as of August
31,
2007 (the "Unaudited Balance Sheet") and an unaudited statement
of
operations of the Division for the fiscal years ended March
31,
2005, March 31, 2006, March 31, 2007 and in respect of the
period
from March 31, 2007 to the last day of August, 2007
(collectively,
the "Unaudited Financial Statements"), a copy of each of which
is
included in Section 3(n)(i)-1 of the Seller Disclosure
Letter.
(ii) The Financial Statements: The Unaudited Financial
Statements (A) are derived from and in accordance with the books
and
records of the Division, (B) comply in all material respects
with
applicable accounting requirements with respect thereto as of
their
respective dates, (C) have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP
applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated
and
consistent with each other, and (D) give a true and fair view of
the
financial condition of the Division at the dates therein
indicated
and the results of operations of the Division for the
periods
therein specified, including and as adjusted for all costs
that
would be incurred as if the Division would have operated
independent
of the Seller and all appropriate adjusted allocations for all
costs
and obligations shared or conducted jointly with the Seller and
its
other businesses and the Division. Seller does not have any
obligations or Liabilities with respect to the Division of
any
nature other than (i) those set forth or adequately provided for
in
the Unaudited Financial Statements, and (ii) those incurred in
the
conduct of Seller's operation of the Division since the
Balance
Sheet Date in the ordinary course of business, which are of the
type
that ordinarily recur and, individually or in the aggregate, are
not
material in nature or amount. Seller has delivered to Buyer and
has
included as Schedule 3(n) of the Seller Disclosure Letter a
detailed
list (the "Liabilities List") of (i) Seller's outstanding
Liabilities with respect to the Division as of the Agreement
Date
and (ii) Seller's best good faith estimate of its Liabilities
with
respect to the Division as of, and giving effect to, the
Closing.
Seller has no Liabilities that are, individually or in the
aggregate, material to the Division, the Acquired Assets, or
the
results of operations of Seller or the financial condition
of
Seller, except for Liabilities set forth on the Liabilities
List.
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(1) The earnings of the Division as shown in the
Unaudited Financial Statements: (A) were generated in the
ordinary course of
carrying on the Division Business; and (B) do not contain any
exceptional or
extraordinary items or items of which the Seller is aware is of
a one-off
nature.
(2) In the Unaudited Financial Statements, Division
Inventory was valued on a consistent basis with the two (2)
preceding financial
years and on the basis of the lower of cost and net realizable
value and all
redundant and obsolete stock was written off or written down as
appropriate and
full provision was made for all slow-moving and damaged
stock.
(3) The rate of depreciation applied in the Unaudited
Financial Statements for each fixed asset has been consistently
applied over the
preceding 5 financial years of the Division Business and is
adequate to write
down the value of each fixed asset to its net realizable value
at the end of its
useful working life.
(4) All of the fixed assets of the Seller as shown in
the Unaudited Financial Statements are valued at cost less
depreciation deducted
from time to time in a consistent manner and there has been no
revaluation of
those fixed assets since their acquisition. The Accounts
Receivable shown on the
Division Net Tangible Assets Certificate arose in the ordinary
course of
business, consistent with past practice, and have been collected
or are
collectible in the book amounts thereof, less an amount not in
excess of the
allowance for doubtful accounts provided for on the Division Net
Tangible Assets
Certificate. Allowances for doubtful accounts and warranty
returns are adequate
and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied and in
accordance with Seller's past practices. The Accounts Receivable
of the Division
arising after the Balance Sheet Date and before the Closing Date
arose or will
arise in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice, and
have been collected or are collectible in the book amounts
thereof, less
allowances for doubtful accounts and warranty returns determined
in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied and in accordance with Seller's
past practices.
None of the accounts receivable of the Division is subject to
any material claim
of offset, recoupment, setoff or counterclaim, and Seller has no
Knowledge of
any specific facts or circumstances (whether asserted or
unasserted) that could
give rise to any such claim. The Accounts Receivable of the
Division are not
contingent upon the performance by Seller or Buyer of any
obligation or contract
other than normal warranty repair and replacement. Except as set
forth on
Schedule 3(n)(iii) of the Seller Disclosure Letter, no Person
has any Lien on
any of such Accounts Receivable, and no agreement for deduction
or discount has
been made with respect to any of such accounts receivable.
Schedule 3(n) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth the amounts of Accounts
Receivable of the
Division which are subject to asserted warranty claims by
customers and
reasonably detailed information regarding asserted warranty
claims made during
the twelve (12) months preceding the Agreement Date, including
the type and
amounts of such claims. No Accounts Receivable has been
factored, sold or agreed
to be sold by Seller to
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