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Exhibit 2.1
Execution
Copy
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
by and
among
Global Healthcare
Exchange, LLC,
Global Healthcare
Exchange, Inc.
and
I-many Validation
Corporation
January 5,
2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I ASSET
PURCHASE
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1 |
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1.1
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Purchase
and Sale of Assets; Assumption of Liabilities |
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1.2
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Purchase
Price and Related Matters |
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1.3
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The
Closing |
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3 |
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1.4
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Deferred
Revenue Adjustmen |
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1.5
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Consents
to Assignment |
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1.6
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Further
Assurances |
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
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5 |
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2.1
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Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power |
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2.2
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Authority |
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2.3
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Noncontravention |
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2.4
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Pro Forma
Income Statements |
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2.5
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Absence
of Certain Changes |
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2.6
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Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.7
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Tax
Matters |
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2.8
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Tangible
Personal Property |
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2.9
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Real
Property |
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9 |
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2.10
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Intellectual Property |
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2.11
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Contracts |
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12 |
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2.12
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Litigation |
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2.13
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Employment Matters |
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2.14
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Employee
Benefits |
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2.15
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Environmental Matters |
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14 |
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2.16
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Legal
Compliance |
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15 |
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2.17
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Permits |
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15 |
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2.18
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Business
Relationships with Affiliates |
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2.19
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Brokers’ Fees |
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2.20
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Warranties |
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2.21
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Customers
and Suppliers |
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2.22
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Disclosure |
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
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3.1
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Organization |
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3.2
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Authority |
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3.3
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Noncontravention |
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3.4
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Litigation |
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3.5
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Financing |
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ARTICLE IV
PRE-CLOSING COVENANTS
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4.1
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Closing
Efforts |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS,
continued
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4.2
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Operation
of Business |
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4.3
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Access |
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4.4
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Exclusivity |
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4.5
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Notice of
Breach |
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4.6
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Offers of
Employment |
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ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CLOSING
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5.1
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Conditions to Obligations of the Buyer |
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5.2
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Conditions to Obligations of the Sellers |
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ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1
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Indemnification by the Sellers |
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6.2
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Indemnification by the Buyer |
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6.3
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Claims
for Indemnification |
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6.4
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Survival |
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6.5
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Limitations |
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6.6
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Treatment
of Indemnification Payments |
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ARTICLE VII
TAX
MATTERS
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7.1
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Cooperation on Tax Matters; Tax Audits |
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7.2
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Termination of Tax Sharing Agreements |
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
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8.1
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Termination of Agreement |
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8.2
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Effect of
Termination |
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ARTICLE IX
OTHER POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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9.1
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Access to
Information; Record Retention; Cooperation |
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9.2
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Covenant
Not to Compete |
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9.3
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Use of
Name for Transition Period |
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9.4
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Use of
Retained Marks in Transferred Technology |
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9.5
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Certain
Payments |
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9.6
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Payment
of Assumed Liabilities |
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ARTICLE X
DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1
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Press
Releases and Announcements |
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11.2
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No Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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11.3
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Action to
be Taken by Affiliates |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS,
continued
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11.4
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Entire
Agreement |
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11.5
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Succession and Assignment |
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11.6
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Notices |
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11.7
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Appointment of GHX LLC as Attorney-in-fact of GHX Inc.,
etc |
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11.8
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Amendments and Waivers |
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11.9
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Severability |
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11.10
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Expenses |
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11.11
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Specific
Performance |
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11.12
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Governing
Law |
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11.13
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Submission to Jurisdiction |
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11.14
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Construction. |
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11.15
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Foreign
Exchange Conversions |
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11.16
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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11.17
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Incorporation of Exhibits and Schedules |
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11.18
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Counterparts and Facsimile Signature |
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TABLE OF SCHEDULES AND
EXHIBITS
Schedules:
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| Disclosure Schedule |
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Schedule 1.1(e)
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Excluded
Liabilities |
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Schedule 4.3
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Representatives of the Buyer |
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Schedule 5.1(e)
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Required
Consents and Governmental Filings |
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Schedule 5.2(e)
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Required
Release |
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Schedule 10(a)
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Acquired
Assets |
Exhibits:
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Bill of Sale |
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Copyright Assignment |
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Exhibit C
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Form of
Assumption 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
Letter Agreement |
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Exhibit F
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Business
Employee Retention Plan |
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Exhibit G-1
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Certain
Customers – 1 |
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Exhibit G-2
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Certain
Customers – 2 |
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
January 5, 2008 among Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ GHX LLC ”), Global
Healthcare Exchange, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ GHX
Inc. ” and, together with GHX LLC, the “
Sellers ”) and I-many Validation Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Buyer ”). The
Sellers and the Buyer are referred to collectively herein as the
“ Parties .”
INTRODUCTION
1. The Sellers are engaged,
among other matters, in the Business.
2. The Buyer desires to
purchase from the Sellers, and the Sellers desire to sell to the
Buyer, certain assets of the Sellers relating to the Business as
described herein, subject to the assumption of specified
liabilities and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth herein.
3. Capitalized terms used in
this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Article
X.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ASSET
PURCHASE
1.1 Purchase and Sale of
Assets; Assumption of Liabilities .
(a) Acquired Assets .
On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Sellers
shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to the Buyer, and
the Buyer shall purchase and acquire from the Sellers, the Acquired
Assets.
(b) Assumed
Liabilities . On the basis of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver
of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the
Buyer shall assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge when due
the Assumed Liabilities.
(c) Excluded
Liabilities . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, the Assumed Liabilities shall not include the Excluded
Liabilities.
1.2 Purchase Price and
Related Matters .
(a) Purchase Price .
In consideration for the sale and transfer of the Acquired Assets,
the Buyer shall at the Closing assume the Assumed Liabilities as
provided in Section
1.1(b) and shall pay to the
Seller the Adjusted Purchase Price, less the Holdback and any
amount deducted pursuant to Section 1.2(c), in cash by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by
the Seller.
(b) Holdback . To
secure obligations of the Sellers under Article VI and to confirm
the Buyer’s expectations with respect to the Business, the
Buyer, pursuant to Section 1.2(a), will withhold the Holdback
from the payment of the Adjusted Purchase Price at Closing. After
the Closing, the Holdback shall be paid to Sellers in the following
amounts, at the following times, and pursuant to the following
conditions:
(i) Upon recognizing
$1,000,000 in First Year Business Revenue, the Buyer shall promptly
pay to the Sellers, out of the Holdback, an amount equal to
$200,000 (the “First Level Payment”).
(ii) Upon recognizing
$2,000,000 in First Year Business Revenue, the Sellers shall be
entitled to receive from Buyer, out of the Holdback, an amount
equal to $200,000 (the “Second Level Payment”) and
Buyer shall promptly pay the Second Level Payment to the Sellers;
provided, however, that Buyer shall only pay the Second
Level Payment to the Sellers to the extent of the excess of the
Second Level Payment over the amount of any Damages for which Buyer
has made claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1
(but only to the extent such claims have not been resolved in favor
of the Sellers or paid).
(iii) Upon recognizing
$2,200,000 in First Year Business Revenue, the Sellers shall be
entitled to receive from Buyer, out of the Holdback, a payment of
$200,000 (the “Third Level Payment”); provided,
however, that Buyer shall not make such Third Level Payment
until the 15-month anniversary of the Closing Date; and provided
further that Buyer shall only then pay such Third Level Payment
to the Sellers to the extent of the excess of the Third Level
Payment over the amount of any Damages for which Buyer has made
claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1 (but only
to the extent such claims have not been resolved in favor of the
Sellers or paid).
(iv) With respect to any
amount of the Second Level Payment and Third Level Payment that is
not promptly paid pursuant to Sections 1.2(b)(ii) and (iii),
respectively, because it was not in excess of pending Damages
claimed by the Buyer (such unpaid amounts, collectively, the
“Withheld Revenue Payments”), if at any time thereafter
the aggregate balance of Withheld Revenue Payments exceeds the
amount of any Damages for which Buyer has made claims for
indemnification pursuant to Section 6.1 (but only to the
extent such claims have not been resolved in favor of the Sellers
or paid), Buyer shall promptly pay such excess to the
Sellers.
(v) Buyer shall deliver to
Sellers within 15 days of the end of each three month period
following the Closing Date a certificate signed by the chief
executive officer, chief financial officer or chief accounting
officer or Buyer (the “Revenue Certificate”) setting
forth both the First Year Business Revenue earned during such
quarter and the First Year Business Revenue earned from the Closing
Date to the end of such quarter (such amounts, the “First
Year Business Revenue Calculations”). To the extent not
already provided, Buyer shall promptly provide Sellers with copies
of any of its books and records relating to the First Year Business
Revenue that the Sellers may reasonably request to verify the First
Year
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Business Revenue
Calculations. The Sellers may, within 15 days of receipt of the
Revenue Certificate, object to the Revenue Certificate and the
First Year Business Revenue Calculations contained therein by
providing written notice of such objection. The Sellers and the
Buyer shall use reasonable efforts to resolve any objections to the
Revenue Certificate and the First Year Business Revenue
Calculations. If any such objections are not resolved within 15
days after receipt of the Sellers’ notice of objection, the
Parties shall appoint an independent accounting firm of national
reputation acceptable to both the Buyer and the Sellers to perform
an audit of the Business sufficient to determine the First Year
Business Revenue Calculations and otherwise determine the accuracy
of the Revenue Certificate. Such independent accounting firm shall
promptly resolve any of the Sellers’ unresolved objections,
determine the First Year Business Revenue Calculations and deliver
a final Revenue Certificate to the Buyer and the Sellers. The
determination of the independent accounting firm shall be final and
binding on all Parties. The fees and expenses of the independent
accounting firm shall be paid proportionately by the Buyer and the
Sellers based on the determination of the independent accounting
firm of the unresolved objections submitted to it pursuant to this
Section 1.2(b). The calculation of such proportionate payments
shall be based on the relative position of the determination of the
independent accounting firm in comparison to the positions
submitted to it by the Buyer and the Sellers pursuant to this
Section 1.2(b).
(c) Tax Withholding and
Tax Forms . The Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold
from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement
such amounts as it reasonably determines that it is required to
deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment
under the Code, or any other provision of federal, state, local or
foreign law, rule or regulation. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld, such withheld amounts shall be paid to the relevant
Governmental Entity and treated for all purposes of this Agreement
as having been paid to such person in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made. The Buyer shall also have the
right to collect any necessary Tax forms, including Forms W-8 or
W-9, as applicable, or any similar information, from any recipients
of payments hereunder.
1.3 The Closing
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(a) Time and Location
. The Closing shall take place commencing at 10:00 a.m., Eastern
Standard Time, remotely by electronic exchange of
documents.
(b) Actions at the
Closing .
At the Closing:
(i) each Seller shall deliver
(or cause to be delivered) to the Buyer the various certificates,
instruments and documents required to be delivered under
Section 5.1;
(ii) the Buyer shall deliver
(or cause to be delivered) to the Sellers the various certificates,
instruments and documents required to be delivered under
Section 5.2;
(iii) each Seller shall
execute and deliver a Bill of Sale in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A ;
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(iv) GHX LLC shall execute
and deliver a Copyright Assignment in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B ;
(v) the Sellers shall execute
and deliver such other instruments of conveyance as the Buyer may
reasonably request in order to effect the sale, transfer,
conveyance and assignment to the Buyer of valid ownership of the
Acquired Assets;
(vi) the Buyer shall execute
and deliver to the Sellers an Assumption Agreement in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit C ;
(vii) each Party shall
execute and deliver to the others a Transition Services Agreement
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D
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(viii) each Party shall
execute and deliver to the others a letter agreement substantially
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E ;
(ix) the Buyer shall execute
and deliver such other instruments as the Sellers may reasonably
request in order to effect the assumption by the Buyer of the
Assumed Liabilities;
(x) the Sellers shall
transfer to the Buyer all the books, records, files and other data
(or copies thereof) respectively within their possession relating
to the Acquired Assets and reasonably necessary for the continued
operation of the Business by the Buyer;
(xi) the Buyer shall pay to
the Sellers the Adjusted Purchase Price, less the Holdback and any
amount deducted pursuant to Section 1.2(c), in cash by wire
transfer of immediately available funds into an account designated
by GHX LLC;
(xii) in addition to the
above deliveries, the Sellers shall take such steps and actions as
Buyer may reasonably request to put the Buyer in possession or
control of all of the Acquired Assets of a tangible nature;
and
(xiii) the Parties shall
execute and deliver to each other cross-receipts evidencing the
transactions referred to above.
1.4 Deferred Revenue
Adjustment .
(a) Not less than two days
prior to the Closing, GHX LLC shall deliver to the Buyer (a) a
certificate (the “Deferred Revenue Certificate”) of its
chief executive officer, chief financial officer or chief
accounting officer setting forth with respect to each Assigned
Contract to which any portion of the Deferred Revenue Amount
relates such portion or portions of the Deferred Revenue Amount
attributable to such Assigned Contract, as well as the delivery or
deliveries associated therewith; (b) a reasonably detailed
description of how Sellers calculated such Deferred Revenue Amount;
and (c) a statement of the portion of the Deferred Revenue
Amount for which the Sellers have received payment from the
applicable customer (the “Paid Deferred Revenue
Amount”) and the portion of the Deferred Revenue Amount for
which the Sellers have not yet received payment from the applicable
customer (the “Billed Deferred
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Revenue Amount”). To
the extent Buyer reasonably requests, Sellers shall provide Buyer
with copies of its books and records as they relate to the
Sellers’ calculation of the Deferred Revenue Amount under
this Section 1.4.
(b) The Paid Deferred Revenue
Amount shall be deducted from the Purchase Price at the
Closing.
(c) Upon receipt of payments
from customers for any amounts comprising the Billed Deferred
Revenue Amount, the Sellers shall promptly pay to the Buyer the
amounts so received.
1.5 Consents to
Assignment . Anything in this Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement
to assign or transfer any Assigned Contract, Permit, or any claim,
right or benefit arising under any such Assigned Contract or
Permit, or resulting therefrom, if an attempted assignment or
transfer thereof, without the consent of a third party thereto or
of the issuing Governmental Entity, as the case may be, would
constitute a breach thereof. If any Assigned Contract or Permit is
not assigned or transferred pursuant to the preceding sentence, or
if an attempted assignment or transfer thereof would be ineffective
or would affect the rights thereunder so that the Buyer would not
receive all such rights, then, in each such case, (a) such
Deferred Item shall be withheld from sale pursuant to this
Agreement without any reduction in the Purchase Price,
(b) from and after the Closing, the Sellers and the Buyer will
cooperate, in all reasonable respects, to obtain the Deferred
Consent applicable to such Deferred Item as soon as practicable
after the Closing, and (c) until such Deferred Consent is
obtained, the Sellers and the Buyer will cooperate, in all
reasonable respects, to provide to the Buyer the benefits under
each Deferred Item to which such Deferred Consent relates (with the
Buyer entitled to all the gains and responsible for all the losses,
Taxes, liabilities and/or obligations thereunder). In particular,
with respect to each Deferred Item and until the applicable
Deferred Consent is obtained, the Buyer and the Sellers shall enter
into such reasonable arrangements (including subleasing or
subcontracting if permitted) to provide to the Parties the economic
and operational equivalent of obtaining such Deferred Consent and
assigning or transferring such Deferred Item, including enforcement
for the benefit of the Buyer of all claims or rights arising
thereunder, and the performance by the Buyer of the obligations
thereunder on a prompt and punctual basis.
1.6 Further Assurances
. At any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, as and
when requested by any Party hereto and at such Party’s
expense, each other Party shall promptly execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments
and certificates and shall take, or cause to be taken, all such
further or other actions as are reasonably necessary to evidence
and effectuate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
Each of the Sellers jointly
and severally represents and warrants to the Buyer that the
statements contained in this Article II are true and correct as of
the date hereof, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule.
The Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in sections
and
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subsections corresponding to the
numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this
Article II. The disclosures in any section or subsection of the
Disclosure Schedule shall qualify other sections and subsections in
this Article II to the extent it is reasonably clear from a reading
of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
sections and subsections. The inclusion of any information in the
Disclosure Schedule (or any update thereto) shall not be deemed to
be an admission or acknowledgment, in and of itself, that such
information is required by the terms hereof to be disclosed, is
material to the Business or is outside the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice. For purposes of this
Agreement, the phrase “to the knowledge of the Sellers”
or any phrase of similar import shall mean and be limited to the
knowledge of the following individuals: Bruce Johnson, Rob
Gillespie, Richard Hunt, Wendi Welton, Chris Petersen, Christopher
Biddle and Thomas Baker, respectively the Chief Executive Officer
of GHX LLC, Chief Financial Officer of GHX LLC, Interim Chief
Financial Officer of GHX LLC, Vice President, Human Resources of
GHX LLC, General Counsel of GHX LLC, Vice President of Solution
Architecture of the Business and General Manager of the
Business.
2.1 Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power .
(a) GHX LLC . GHX LLC
is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is
duly qualified to conduct business under the laws of each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its activities, in each case as
they relate to the Business, makes such qualification necessary,
except for any such failure to be qualified that neither is, nor
would reasonably be expected to be, material to the Business. GHX
LLC has all requisite limited liability company power and authority
to carry on the business in which it is now engaged and to own and
use the properties now owned and used by it.
(b) GHX Inc . GHX Inc.
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is duly
qualified to conduct business under the laws of each jurisdiction
where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of its activities, in each case as they relate to
the Business, makes such qualification necessary, except for any
such failure to be qualified that neither is, nor would reasonably
be expected to be, material to the Business. GHX Inc. has all
requisite corporate power and authority to carry on the business in
which it is now engaged and to own and use the properties now owned
and used by it.
2.2 Authority . Each
of the Sellers has all requisite power and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it
will be a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery by the each of the Sellers
of this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements and the
consummation by each of the Sellers of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby have been validly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of each of the Sellers. This Agreement
has been, and such Ancillary Agreements will be, validly executed
and delivered by each of the Sellers and, assuming this Agreement
and each such Ancillary Agreements constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Buyer, constitutes or will constitute a valid and
binding obligation of each of the Sellers, enforceable against each
of the Sellers in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other
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similar laws relating to or affecting
the rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles,
including those limiting the availability of specific performance,
injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing
for equitable defenses.
2.3 Noncontravention .
Neither the execution and delivery by any of the Sellers of this
Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to any of the Sellers will be
a party, nor the consummation by any of the Seller of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, will:
(a) conflict with or violate
any provision of the charter or bylaws of any of the
Sellers;
(b) require on the part of
any of the Sellers any filing with, or any permit, authorization,
consent or approval of, any Governmental Entity, except for any
filing, permit, authorization, consent or approval which if not
obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to be, material
to the Business;
(c) conflict with, result in
a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of
obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate or
modify, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, any
contract, lease, sublease, license, sublicense, franchise, permit,
indenture, agreement or mortgage for borrowed money, instrument of
indebtedness or Security Interest to which any of the Sellers is a
party or by which any of the Sellers is bound or to which any of
any of the Sellers’ respective assets is subject, except for
(i) any conflict, breach, default, acceleration or right to
terminate or modify that neither is, nor would reasonably be
expected to be, material to the Business or (ii) any notice,
consent or waiver the absence of which neither is, nor would
reasonably be expected to be, material to the Business
(d) conflict with, result in
a breach of, constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of
time or both) a default under, result in the acceleration of
obligations under, create in any party the right to terminate or
modify, or require any notice, consent or waiver under any Assigned
Contract; or
(e) violate any order, writ,
injunction or decree specifically naming, or statute, rule or
regulation applicable to any of the Sellers or any of their
respective properties or assets, except for any violation that
neither is, nor would reasonably be expected to be, material to the
Business.
2.4 Pro Forma Income
Statements . The pro forma income statements set forth in
Section 2.4 of the Disclosure Schedule fairly and accurately
present the operations of the Business for the periods to which
they purport to relate.
2.5 Absence of Certain
Changes . Except as contemplated by this Agreement, between the
Reference Date and the date of this Agreement, there have not been
any changes in the financial condition or results of operations of
the Business, except for any changes that neither are, nor would
reasonably be expected to be, material to the Business. Except as
contemplated by this Agreement, between the Reference Date and the
date of this Agreement, none of the Sellers has taken any of the
following actions (or permitted any of the following events to
occur):
(a) sold, assigned or
transferred any portion of the Acquired Assets;
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(b) suffered any
extraordinary losses (whether or not covered by insurance) relating
to, and material to, the Business;
(c) granted or amended any
rights to severance benefits, “stay pay” or termination
pay to any Business Employee or increased benefits payable or
potentially payable to any such Business Employee under any
previously existing severance benefits, “stay-pay” or
termination pay arrangements, in each case (i) except as
required by law, (ii) except for grants or amendments that are
substantially consistent with the past practice of the Business and
(iii) except for obligations that will not constitute an
Assumed Liability;
(d) made any capital
expenditures or commitments therefor relating primarily or
exclusively to the Business in an amount in excess of $10,000,
except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice;
(e) acquired any operating
business, whether by merger, stock purchase or asset purchase,
except for any such business which did not become a part of the
Business;
(f) incurred or guaranteed
any indebtedness for borrowed money that relates primarily to the
Business or creates a Security Interest in any of the Acquired
Assets, except in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practice;
(g) entered into any
employment, compensation or deferred compensation agreement (or any
amendment to any such existing agreement) with any Business
Employee, except as required by law;
(h) materially changed its
accounting principles, methods or practices, as each relates to the
Business, except in each case to conform to changes in GAAP or
applicable local generally accepted accounting principles;
or
(i) entered into any
agreement or commitment with respect to any of the matters referred
to in paragraphs (a) through (h) of this
Section 2.5.
2.6 Undisclosed
Liabilities . To the knowledge of the Sellers, the Business
does not have any liability of a nature which is material to the
Business, except for (a) payables incurred in the ordinary
course of business and (b) liabilities under contracts which
are not required by GAAP to be reflected on a balance
sheet.
2.7 Tax Matters
.
(a) Each of the Sellers has
filed or had filed on it behalf all Tax Returns with respect to the
Business that it was required to file (separately or as part of a
consolidated, combined or unitary group) and all such Tax Returns
were correct and complete in all material respects. Each of the
Sellers has paid (or had paid on its behalf) all material Taxes
that are due and payable with respect to the Business. All Taxes
attributable to the period commencing on the day following the
Reference Date and continuing through the Closing Date have arisen
in the
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ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practice. To the extent they relate to the
Business, all Taxes that any of the Sellers is or was required by
law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected
and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper
Governmental Entity, except for any such Taxes with respect to
which the failure to withhold, collect or pay neither is, nor would
reasonably be expected to be, material to the Business.
2.8 Tangible Personal
Property . The Sellers have good title to, a valid leasehold
interest in or a valid license or right to use, all of the material
tangible personal property included among the Acquired Assets, free
and clear of all Security Interests. Such material tangible
personal property is (a) free from material defects and is in
good operating condition and repair (normal wear and tear excepted)
and (b) suitable for the purposes for which it presently is
used.
2.9 Real Property .
There is no Owned Real Property or Leased Real Property.
2.10 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Section 2.10(a) of
the Disclosure Schedule lists all Business Registrations, in each
case enumerating specifically the applicable filing or registration
number, title, jurisdiction in which filing was made or from which
registration issued, date of filing or issuance, names of all
current applicant(s) and registered owners(s), as applicable. All
assignments of Intellectual Property Registrations to any of the
Sellers that are among the Acquired Assets have been properly
executed and recorded. To the knowledge of the Sellers, all
Business Registrations are valid and enforceable and all issuance,
renewal, maintenance and other payments that are or have become due
with respect thereto have been timely paid by or on behalf of the
Seller.
(b) The Business
Registrations do not include any Patent Rights, Trademark
registrations or Trademark applications.
(c) (i)
Section 2.10(c)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
true and complete list of all Customer Offerings under the heading
“Customer Offerings” and Internal Systems under the
heading “Internal Systems.” (ii) Subject to
obtaining the consents set forth in Section 2.10(c)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule, each item of Business Intellectual Property
will be owned or available for use by the Buyer immediately
following the Closing on substantially identical terms and
conditions as it was immediately prior to the Closing.
(iii) Except as set forth in Section 2.10(c)(iii) of the
Disclosure Schedule, GHX LLC is the sole and exclusive owner of all
Business Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of any
Security Interests, and all joint owners of the Business Owned
Intellectual Property are listed in Section 2.10(c)(iii) of
the Disclosure Schedule. (iv) The Business Owned Intellectual
Property includes all object code, source code and Documentation
for any Software included in the Customer Offerings and all other
confidential information constituting, embodied in or pertaining to
such Software. (v) The Development Tools include all
development tools utilized in connection with the Customer
Offerings prior to the date of this Agreement. (vi) Following
the Closing Date, none of the Sellers will retain any Intellectual
Property rights that would, as a matter of U.S. or foreign
Intellectual Property law, require Buyer to obtain any of the
Sellers’ consent to Exploit the Customer
Offerings.
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(d) The Sellers have taken
reasonable measures to protect the proprietary nature of each item
of Business Owned Intellectual Property, and to maintain in
confidence all trade secrets and confidential information
comprising a part thereof. The Sellers have complied with all
contractual and legal requirements pertaining to information
privacy and security applicable to the Business. No complaint
relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the
security of, any such information with respect to the Business has
been made or, to the knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against
any of the Sellers. To the knowledge of the Sellers, there has been
no (i) unauthorized disclosure of any third party proprietary
or confidential information in the possession, custody or control
of any of the Sellers with respect to the Business or
(ii) breach of any of the Sellers’ security procedures
with respect to the Business whereby confidential information has
been disclosed to a third person. None of the Sellers has granted a
sublicense to any of the Trademarks included among the Acquired
Assets.
(e) None of the Customer
Offerings (except for Customer Offerings that are not yet under
development), or the Exploitation thereof by any of the Sellers or
by any customer or user thereof in accordance with such
customer’s or user’s license agreement therefor,
infringes or violates, or constitutes a misappropriation of, any
Intellectual Property rights of any third party. The Sellers have
not, directly or indirectly, distributed any Customer Offerings
through a reseller or distributor. Except as set forth on
Section 2.10(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, there has been no
complaint, claim or notice, or threat of any of the foregoing
(including any notification that a license under any patent is or
may be required), received by any of the Sellers alleging any such
infringement, violation or misappropriation or request or demand
for indemnification or defense received by the Seller from any
customer, user or any other third party. The Sellers have provided
to the Buyer copies of all such complaints, claims, notices,
requests, demands or threats, as well as any studies, market
surveys and analyses relating to any alleged or potential
infringement, violation or misappropriation.
(f) To the knowledge of the
Sellers, no person (including any current or former employee or
consultant of any of the Sellers) is infringing, violating or
misappropriating any of the Business Owned Intellectual Property or
any Business Licensed Intellectual Property which is exclusively
licensed to the Sellers (or any of them). The Sellers have provided
to the Buyer copies of all written correspondence, analyses,
complaints, claims, notices or threats concerning the infringement,
violation or misappropriation of any Business Owned Intellectual
Property.
(g) Section 2.10(g) of
the Disclosure Schedule identifies each license, covenant or other
agreement that remains in effect and has not been terminated or
expired by its terms pursuant to which any of the Sellers has
assigned, transferred, licensed, distributed or otherwise granted
any right or access to any person, or covenanted not to assert any
right, with respect to any past, existing or future Business
Intellectual Property. Except as set forth on Section 2.10(g)
of the Disclosure Schedule, none of the Sellers has agreed to
indemnify any person against any infringement, violation or
misappropriation of any Intellectual Property rights with respect
to any Customer Offerings. None of the Sellers is a member of or
party to any patent pool, industry standards body, trade
association or other organization pursuant to the rules of which it
is obligated to license any existing or future Business
Intellectual Property to any person.
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(h) (i)
Section 2.10(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies
(A) each item of Business Licensed Intellectual Property and
the license or agreement pursuant to which any of the Sellers
Exploits it (excluding currently-available, off the shelf software
programs that are part of the Internal Systems and are licensed by
any of the Sellers pursuant to “shrink wrap” licenses,
the total fees associated with which are less than $2,500 (each, a
“ Shrink Wrap License ”) and (B) each
agreement, contract, assignment or other instrument pursuant to
which any of the Sellers has obtained any joint or sole ownership
interest in or to each item of Business Owned Intellectual
Property. (ii) Except as set forth on Section 2.10(h)(ii)
of the Disclosure Schedule, no third party inventions, methods,
services, materials, processes or Software are included in or
required to Exploit the Customer Offerings. (iii) None of the
Customer Offerings or Internal Systems includes
“shareware,” “freeware” or other Software
or other material that was obtained by any of the Sellers from
third parties other than pursuant to the license agreements listed
in Section 2.10(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule or a Shrink
Wrap License.
(i) None of the Sellers has
licensed, distributed or disclosed, or knows of any distribution or
disclosure by others (including its employees and contractors) of,
the Business Source Code to any person, except pursuant to the
agreements listed in Section 2.10(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule, and each of the Sellers has taken reasonable physical and
electronic security measures to prevent disclosure of such Business
Source Code. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or
condition exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or
both) will, or would reasonably be expected to, nor will the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, result in the
disclosure or release of such Business Source Code by any of the
Sellers, any escrow agent or any other person to any third party.
None of the Sellers has any rights to access or view the source
code of any Software included in the Internal Systems.
(j) All of the Software and
Documentation comprising, incorporated in or bundled with the
Customer Offerings have been designed, authored, tested and
debugged by regular employees of one of the Sellers within the
scope of their employment or by independent contractors of one of
the Sellers who have executed valid and binding agreements
expressly assigning all right, title and interest in such
copyrightable materials to the GHX LLC, waiving their
non-assignable rights in favor of GHX LLC and its permitted assigns
and licensees, and have no residual claim to such materials to the
extent legally permissible.
(k) None of the Sellers has
(i) incorporated Open Source Materials into, or combined Open
Source Materials with, the Customer Offerings;
(ii) distributed Open Source Materials in conjunction with any
other Software developed or distributed by any of the Sellers in
connection with the Business; or (iii) used in connection with
the Business any Open Source Materials that create, or purport to
create, obligations for any of the Sellers with respect to the
Customer Offerings or grant, or purport to grant, to any third
party, any rights or immunities under Intellectual Property rights
(including, but not limited to, using any Open Source Materials
that require, as a condition of Exploitation of such Open Source
Materials, that other Software incorporated into, derived from or
distributed with such Open Source Materials be (x) disclosed
or distributed in source code form, (y) licensed for the
purpose of making derivative works, or (z) redistributable at
no charge or minimal charge).
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(l) Each current or former
employee or independent contract or any of the Sellers that has
performed work relating to the Business has executed a valid and
binding written agreement expressly assigning to one of the Sellers
all right, title and interest in any inventions and works of
authorship, whether or not patentable, invented, created,
developed, conceived and/or reduced to practice during the term of
such employee’s employment or such independent
contractor’s work for such Seller, and all Intellectual
Property rights therein, to the extent legally permissible. Each
current and former employee or independent contractor of each prior
owner of the Customer Offerings (each, a “ Prior Owner
”) performed work relating to the Business has executed a
valid and binding written agreement expressly assigning to such
Prior Owner all right, title and interest in any inventions and
works of authorship, whether or not patentable, invented, created,
developed, conceived and/or reduced to practice during the term of
such employee’s employment or such independent
contractor’s work for such Prior Owner, and all Intellectual
Property rights therein, to the extent legally permissible, and all
such rights have been properly assigned by such Prior Owner to one
of the Sellers.
(m) With respect to the
Business, each of the Sellers has maintained reasonable computer
hardware and network security controls intended to safeguard the
Business (including the Customer Offerings and the Internal System)
against the risk of business disruption arising from virus attacks,
unauthorized activities or any employee or contractor, hackers or
any other person. To the knowledge of the Sellers, the Customer
Offerings and the Internal Systems do not contain any virus, worm,
Trojan horse or other malicious code that may or are intended to
impair their intended performance or otherwise permit unauthorized
access to, hamper, delete or damage any computer system, software,
network or data. The Customer Offerings and the Internal Systems do
not contain any disabling device, back door or other disruptive
code that may or are intended to impair their intended performance
or otherwise permit unauthorized access to, hamper, delete or
damage any computer system, software, network or data. None of the
Sellers has received any warranty claims (other than requests for
maintenance and support in the ordinary course), contractual
terminations or requests for settlement or refund due to the
failure of the Customer Offerings to meet their specifications or
otherwise to satisfy end user needs or for harm or damage to any
third party.
(n) None of the Sellers has
sought, applied for or received any support, funding, resources or
assistance from any federal, state, local or foreign governmental
or quasi-governmental agency or funding source in connection with
the Exploitation of the Customer Offerings, the Internal Systems or
any facilities or equipment used in connection
therewith.
2.11 Contracts
.
(a) The Disclosure Schedule
lists all of the Assigned Contracts and each of the following
contracts or agreements to which any of the Sellers is a party and
that relate exclusively or primarily to the Business:
(i) each agreement (or group
of related agreements with the same party) for the lease of
personal property from or to third parties providing for lease
payments the remaining unpaid balance of which is in excess of
$5,000;
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(ii) each agreement (or group
of related agreements with the same party) for the purchase of
products or services under which the undelivered balance of such
products and services is in excess of $5,000;
(iii) each agreement (or
group of related agreements with the same party) which involves
payments to be made to any of the Sellers in excess of $5,000,
either pursuant to a contract with a customer or pursuant to any
other contract or agreement for the sale of goods and services
outside of the ordinary course of business, consistent with past
practice;
(iv) each agreement for the
acquisition of any operating business, whether by merger, stock
purchase or asset purchase, except for any such business which did
not become a part of the Business;
(v) each agreement
establishing a partnership or joint venture;
(vi) each agreement (or group
of related agreements with the same party) under which it has
created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may create, incur,
assume or guarantee) indebtedness the outstanding balance of which
is more than $5,000 or under which it has imposed a Security
Interest on any of the Acquired Assets;
(vii) each agreement that
restricts where any of the Sellers may conduct the Business, the
type or line of business in which the Business may engage or the
parties with whom any of the Sellers may engage in the
Business;
(viii) each agreement
involving the compensation of the Business Employees;
and
(ix) each severance,
“stay pay” or termination agreement relating to a
Business Employee;
provided , however , that
no agreement referred to in clauses (i) through
(ix) above need be disclosed unless any of the Sellers
currently has, or may in the future have, any rights or obligations
thereunder.
(b) The Sellers have made
available to the Buyer a complete and accurate copy of each
Designated Contract that is an Assigned Contract or has been
requested by the Buyer. Each Designated Contract is a valid and
binding obligation of each the Sellers that is a Party thereto and,
to the knowledge of the Sellers, of each other party thereto,
except for any such failure to be valid and binding that neither
is, nor would reasonably be expected to be, material to the
Business.
2.12 Litigation . The
Disclosure Schedule lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each
(a) judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction of any
Governmental Entity naming any of the Sellers that relates to the
Business, and (b) action, suit or proceeding by or before any
Governmental Entity to which any of the Sellers is party that
relates to the Business.
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2.13 Employment
Matters .
(a) The Disclosure Schedule
contains a list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Business
Employees, along with the position and the annual rate of
compensation of each such person. Each current Business Employee
has entered into an Employee Confidentiality, Noncompetition and
Developments Agreement with one of the Sellers, a copy or form of
which has previously been delivered to the Buyer. The Disclosure
Schedule contains a list of all Business Employees who are a party
to a non-competition agreement with any of the Sellers; copies of
such agreements have previously been delivered to the
Buyer.
(b) None of the Sellers is,
with respect to the Business, a party to or bound by any collective
bargaining agreement and none of the Sellers has, with respect to
the Business, experienced any material strikes, grievances, claims
of unfair labor practices or other collective bargaining
disputes.
2.14 Employee
Benefits.
(a) A list of all Business
Benefit Plans has been made available to the Buyer.
(b) The Business Benefit
Plans that are intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code have received determination letters from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that such Business Benefit Plans are
qualified and the plans and the trusts related thereto are exempt
from federal income Taxes under Sections 401(a) and 501(a),
respectively, of the Code, or the period for obtaining such a
determination letter has not yet closed.
(c) None of the Sellers and
no ERISA Affiliate during the six most recent years has maintained
or been required to contribute to any Employee Benefit Plan subject
to Title IV of ERISA or to any Multiemployer Plan.
(d) No act or omission has
occurred and no condition exists with respect to any Business
Benefit Plan maintained by any of the Sellers, any of its
Affiliates or any ERISA Affiliate that would subject the Buyer to
any fine, penalty, Tax or liability of any kind imposed under ERISA
or the Code, except for any fine, penalty, Tax or liability that
neither is, nor would reasonably be expected to be, material to the
Business.
2.15 Environmental
Matters . Except as described or identified in the Disclosure
Schedule or in a document listed in the Disclosure
Schedule:
(a) the Business’
operations are in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws,
except for any failure to comply with Environmental Laws that
neither is, nor would reasonably be expected to be, material to the
Business;
(b) there is no pending civil
or criminal litigation, written notice of violation or formal
administrative proceeding, investigation or claim relating to any
Environmental Law involving any property formerly owned or operated
by the Business;
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(c) each of the Sellers has
those permits, licenses and approvals required under Environmental
Law to operate all properties relating to the Business as currently
operated by such Seller; and
(d) no Materials of
Environmental Concern have been Released by the Business in
violation of applicable Environmental Law.
2.16 Legal Compliance
. Each of the Sellers, with respect to the Business, is, and since
March 10, 2006 has been, in compliance with all applicable
laws (including rules and regulations thereunder) of any federal,
state or foreign government, or any Governmental Entity, currently
in effect with respect to the Business, except where the failure to
comply therewith neither is, nor would reasonably be expected to
be, material to the Business. None of the Sellers has received
written notice of any pending action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
investigation, claim, demand or notice relating to the Business
alleging any failure to so comply, except for any that neither is,
nor would reasonably be expected to be, material to the
Business.
2.17 Permits . The
Disclosure Schedule lists all Permits held by any of the Sellers.
To the knowledge of the Sellers, (a) each Permit listed in the
Disclosure Schedule is in full force and effect and none of the
Sellers is in violation of or default under any such Permit,
(b) no suspension or cancellation of any such Permit has been
threatened and (c) the Permits listed on the Disclosure
Schedule are all Permits used by any of the Sellers in the
operation of the Business.
2.18 Business
Relationships with Affiliates . The Disclosure Schedule lists
any agreements with respect to the Business whereby any of the
Sellers or any of their respective Affiliates supplies or otherwise
makes available to the Business any product or service that is not
generally commercially available from other parties (other than
accounting, finance, human resource, legal and similar
administrative services that the Sellers generally provide for
their business operations).
2.19 Brokers’
Fees . None of the Sellers has any liability or obligation to
pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder or agent with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement that
would constitute an Assumed Liability.
2.20 Warranties . The
Designated Contracts contain all warranties offered or otherwise in
force with respect to the Business (other than warranties under
applicable law). The Disclosure Schedule sets forth the aggregate
expenses incurred by the Business in fulfilling warranty
obligatio
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