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EXHIBIT 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of
February 15,
2008
by and among
PLATINUM SELECT HEALTHCARE
STAFFING, INC.,
AMN HEALTHCARE, INC. (as to
certain provisions),
PLATINUM SELECT,
L.P.,
and
the PARTNERS OF PLATINUM
SELECT, L.P.
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS |
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| 1.1 |
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Transfer of Assets |
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| 1.2 |
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Assets
Not Transferred |
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| 1.3 |
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Assumption of Certain Liabilities |
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| 1.4 |
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Other
Liabilities Not Assumed |
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| ARTICLE 2 CLOSING DATE/PURCHASE PRICE |
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| 2.1 |
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Closing Date |
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| 2.2 |
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Purchase Price |
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10 |
| 2.3 |
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Net
Working Capital Adjustment |
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| 2.4 |
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Earnout. |
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| 2.5 |
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Certain Tax Matters. |
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| ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND EACH
PARTNER |
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| 3.1 |
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Organization, Power and Authority |
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| 3.2 |
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Subsidiaries |
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| 3.3 |
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Authorization and Approval of Agreements. |
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| 3.4 |
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Effect
of Agreement |
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| 3.5 |
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Approvals |
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| 3.6 |
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Capitalization. |
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| 3.7 |
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Intellectual Property. |
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| 3.8 |
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Material Contracts |
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| 3.9 |
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Tax
Matters. |
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| 3.10 |
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Seller
Financial Statements. |
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| 3.11 |
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Legal
Proceedings |
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| 3.12 |
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Title
to Properties |
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| 3.13 |
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Absence of Certain Changes |
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| 3.14 |
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No
Default; No Restrictions. |
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| 3.15 |
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Compliance with Laws. |
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| 3.16 |
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Certain Transactions and Agreements |
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| 3.17 |
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Employees and Other Compliance. |
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| 3.18 |
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Insurance |
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| 3.19 |
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Environmental Matters |
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| 3.20 |
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No
Existing Discussions |
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| 3.21 |
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Privacy |
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| 3.22 |
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Accounts Receivable |
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| 3.23 |
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Transaction Expenses |
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| 3.24 |
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Accuracy of Information |
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| 3.25 |
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Fair
Consideration; No Fraudulent Conveyance |
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF BUYER AND GUARANTOR
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| 4.1 |
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Organization, Corporate Power and Authority |
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| 4.2 |
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Authorization of Agreement |
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| 4.3 |
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Effect
of Agreement |
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| 4.4 |
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Approvals |
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| 4.5 |
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Sufficient Funds |
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| ARTICLE 5 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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| 5.1 |
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Confidentiality |
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| 5.2 |
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Audit
Cooperation |
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| 5.3 |
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All
Reasonable Efforts |
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| 5.4 |
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Post-Closing Cooperation Relating to Assets and Excluded
Assets. |
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| 5.5 |
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No
Post-Closing Retention of Copies |
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| 5.6 |
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Post-Closing Tax Matters |
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| 5.7 |
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Continued Existence of Seller |
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| 5.8 |
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Use of
Purchase Price; Employee Matters |
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| 5.9 |
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No
Continuing Business Operations; Noncompetition |
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| 5.10 |
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Continuing Employees Confidentiality, Non-Competition and
Non-Solicitation Agreements |
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| 5.11 |
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Release of Guarantees |
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| 5.12 |
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Nonassignable Contracts |
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| 5.13 |
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Professional Liability Insurance |
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| ARTICLE 6 THE CLOSING – SELLER AND PARTNER DELIVERABLES
AND ACTIONS |
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| 6.1 |
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Performance |
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| 6.2 |
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Employees. |
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| 6.3 |
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Bank
of Texas Pay-Off |
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| 6.4 |
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Liabilities Schedule |
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| 6.5 |
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Seller
Closing Debt |
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| 6.6 |
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Partner Independent Consultant Agreements |
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| 6.7 |
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Other
Independent Consultant Agreements |
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| 6.8 |
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Insurance; Insurance Tail |
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| 6.9 |
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Transfer of A/R Bank Accounts |
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| 6.10 |
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Seller
Contracts Workbook |
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| 6.11 |
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Additional Closing Deliverables and Actions |
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| ARTICLE 7 THE CLOSING – BUYER DELIVERABLES AND
ACTIONS |
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| 7.1 |
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Performance |
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| 7.2 |
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Additional Closing Deliverables and Actions |
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| ARTICLE 8 SURVIVAL |
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| 8.1 |
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Survival of Seller’s and the Partners’
Representations and Warranties |
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| 8.2 |
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Survival of Buyer’s and Guarantor’s
Representations and Warranties |
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| 8.3 |
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Survival of Post-Closing Covenants |
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| ARTICLE 9 INDEMNIFICATION; HOLDBACK |
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| 9.1 |
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Obligations of Seller and the Partners |
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| 9.2 |
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Obligations of Buyer |
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| 9.3 |
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Limitations |
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| 9.4 |
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Notice
of Claim |
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| 9.5 |
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Defense of Third-Party Claims |
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| 9.6 |
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Contents of Notice of Claim |
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| 9.7 |
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Resolution of Notice of Claim |
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| 9.8 |
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Payment of Indemnification Claims |
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| 9.9 |
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Release of Remaining Holdback Amount |
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| 9.10 |
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Tax
Consequences of Indemnification Payments |
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| 9.11 |
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Appointment of Seller as Attorney-In-Fact |
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| 9.12 |
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Insurance Proceeds |
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| ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION |
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| 10.1 |
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Termination by Mutual Consent |
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| 10.2 |
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Procedure and Effect of Termination |
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| ARTICLE 11 GENERAL |
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| 11.1 |
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Amendments; Waivers |
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| 11.2 |
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Schedules; Exhibits; Integration |
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| 11.3 |
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Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction |
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| 11.4 |
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No
Assignment |
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| 11.5 |
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Headings |
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| 11.6 |
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Counterparts |
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| 11.7 |
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Publicity and Reports |
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| 11.8 |
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Remedies |
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| 11.9 |
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Parties in Interest |
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| 11.10 |
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Notices |
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| 11.11 |
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Expenses and Attorneys Fees |
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| 11.12 |
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Specific Performance |
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| 11.13 |
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Guaranty |
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| ARTICLE 12 DEFINITIONS |
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| List of Exhibits |
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| Exhibit A |
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Operating
and Integration Plan |
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Form of
Partner Independent Consultant Agreement |
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Form of
Independent Consultant Agreement between Seller and each of
Barrett Alley, Wil Batchler, Carlos Mendez and Verve
Communications |
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Legal
Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP |
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Consent of
Spouse |
| Exhibit F |
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Assignment
of Intellectual Property |
| Exhibit G |
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Assignment
and Assumption of Office Lease |
| Exhibit H |
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Assignment
and Assumption of Office Sublease |
| Exhibit I |
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Assignment
and Assumption of Temporary Storage Agreement |
| Exhibit J |
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Bill of Sale
and Assignment of Contract Rights |
| Exhibit K |
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Confidentiality, Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation
Agreement |
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List of Required
Schedules
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Schedule 1.1(d)
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Transferable
Permits and Approvals |
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Schedule 1.1(g)
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Deposits and
Prepaid Expenses |
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Schedule 1.1(h)
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Contracts |
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Schedule 1.3
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Assumed
Liabilities |
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Schedule 2.2(b)
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Liability
Payments |
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Schedule 2.4
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Earnout
Calculation |
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Schedule 3.10(d)
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Debt |
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Schedule 5.8(b)
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Healthcare
Employee Payroll Amount and Undetermined Commissions |
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Schedule 5.11
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Partner
Guarantees |
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Schedule 5.12
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Nonassignable Contracts |
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Schedule 6.10(m)
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Marital
Status of the Limited Partners |
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Schedule 12-1
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Assumed
Working Capital Obligations |
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Schedule 12-2
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Logo |
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Schedule 12-3
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Permitted
Encumbrances |
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Disclosure Schedule
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Section 3.1
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Jurisdictions Where Seller is Qualified to do
Business |
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Section 3.4
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Effect of
Agreement |
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Section 3.5
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Approvals |
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Section 3.6(a)
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Capitalization of Seller |
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Section 3.7(a)
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Intellectual
Property |
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Section 3.7(b)
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Information
Regarding Seller Licenses |
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Section 3.7(e)
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Software
Licenses |
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Section 3.7(f)
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Source Code
in Escrow |
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Section 3.7(i)
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Certain
Communications and Rights |
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Section 3.7(k)
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Owned
Intellectual Property Not Developed Internally |
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Section 3.7(l)
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Proprietary
Information and Assignment of Inventions |
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Section 3.7(n)
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Open Source
Materials |
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Section 3.7(o)
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Servers and
Internet Information |
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Section 3.8
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Material
Contracts |
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Section 3.9(a)
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Tax
Returns |
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Section 3.9(b)
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Liability
For Taxes |
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Section 3.9(c)
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Payment and
Withholding of Taxes |
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Section 3.9(e)
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Claims that
Seller may be Subject to Taxation in Additional
Jurisdictions |
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Section 3.9(f)
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Audits |
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Section 3.9(i)
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Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation Plans |
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Section 3.10(a)
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Financial
Statements |
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Section 3.10(b)
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Alleged
Deficiencies |
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Section 3.10(c)
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Bank Account
Information |
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Section 3.11
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Legal
Proceedings |
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Section 3.12
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Real and
Personal Property |
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Section 3.13
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Absence of
Certain Changes |
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Section 3.14(a)
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Defaults |
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Section 3.15(a)
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Compliance
With Applicable Law |
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Section 3.15(b)
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Disclosures |
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Section 3.15(c)
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Permits and
Approvals |
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Section 3.17(a)
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Seller
Benefit Arrangements |
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Section 3.17(d)
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Contributions and Payments |
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Section 3.17(f)
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Participation in Seller Benefit Arrangements |
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Section 3.17(j)
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Certain
Contracts and Benefits |
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Section 3.17(k)
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Seller
Employees |
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Section 3.17(l)
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Disputes and
Labor Issues |
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Section 3.18
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Insurance |
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Section 3.21
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Privacy
Policy |
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Section 3.22
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Accounts
Receivable |
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Section 3.23
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Legal and
Accounting Advisors |
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Attachment 3.10(a)-1
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Seller
Financial Statements |
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Attachment 3.11-1
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Workers
Compensation Claims Log |
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Attachment 3.12-1
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Fixed Assets
included in Seller Balance Sheet |
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Attachment 3.17(k)-1
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Corporate
Employees |
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Attachment 3.17(k)-2
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Healthcare
Employees |
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Attachment 3.17(k)-3
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Platinum
Select Work Order End Date Report |
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Attachment 3.17(k)-4
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Corporate
Employee Bonus Arrangements |
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Attachment 3.22-1
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Accounts
Receivable as of December 31, 2007 |
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Attachment 3.22-2
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Accounts
Receivable as of February 11, 2008 |
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement
(this “Agreement”) is entered into as of
February 15, 2008, among Platinum Select Healthcare Staffing,
Inc., a Texas corporation (“ Buyer ”), Platinum
Select, L.P., a Texas limited partnership (“ Seller
”), Platinum Select Management, L.L.C., a Texas limited
liability company and general partner of Seller (“ General
Partner ”), Patrick Aunkst (“ Aunkst
”), Kristi Bomar (“ Bomar ”), Robert
Quigley (“ Quigley ”), Stephanie Houston
(“ Houston ”) and Lyle Seedig (“
Seedig ”) (each of Aunkst, Bomar, Quigley, Houston and
Seedig, a “ Limited Partner ” and, together, the
“ Limited Partners ,” and, together with General
Partner, the “ Partners ”), and, with respect to
Article 4, Section 7.2(f), Section 8.2 and
Section 11.13 only, AMN Healthcare, Inc., a Nevada corporation
(“ Guarantor ”). Capitalized terms used herein
that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in
Article 12.
R E C I T A L
S
WHEREAS , Seller is
engaged in the Business.
WHEREAS , the Partners
are the only partners of Seller and collectively own 100% of the
rights and interest in Seller, including rights to receive
distributions of revenues, allocations of income and loss and
distribution of liquidation proceeds and all management rights,
voting rights and rights to consent.
WHEREAS , Buyer
desires to purchase and acquire certain assets, properties and
contractual rights of Seller used in connection with the Business,
and Seller desires to sell, transfer, assign and convey such
assets, properties and contractual rights to Buyer, and in
conjunction therewith, Buyer desires to assume certain identified
obligations and liabilities associated with such assets so
purchased, all on the terms and subject to the conditions described
herein.
WHEREAS , concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and as a
condition and material inducement to Buyer’s willingness to
enter into this Agreement, Landry Seedig is executing and
delivering to Buyer an employment offer letter (including the
non-competition and non-solicitation covenants set forth therein
and the related Confidentiality and Assignment of Inventions
Agreement attached as an exhibit thereto) (the “
Employment Agreement ”), which Employment Agreement
shall become effective only at the Closing.
WHEREAS , as a further
condition and inducement for Buyer to enter into this Agreement,
concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Partners have, by resolutions duly adopted by the Partners,
approved and adopted the terms of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.
A G R E E M E N
T
In consideration of the
mutual promises contained herein and intending to be legally bound,
the parties agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
The transactions contemplated
by this Agreement are as follows:
1.1 Transfer of Assets
. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller
hereby sells, transfers, irrevocably assigns and delivers to Buyer,
and Buyer hereby purchases from Seller, free and clear of any
Encumbrances, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to all of Seller’s property and assets, real, personal or
mixed, tangible and intangible, of every kind and description,
wherever located, including, without limitation, the following (but
excluding the Excluded Assets):
(a) all intellectual property
which is used in the Business or is necessary for the operation of
the Business as presently conducted or as contemplated to be
conducted, including any or all of the following and all rights in,
arising out of, or associated therewith, including, without
limitation, all such rights used in the operation of the Business:
(i) any and all patents and/or patent applications which may
be granted on or claim priority of (or serve as the basis for a
priority claim by) and all reissues, divisions, renewals,
extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part
thereof, together with all priority rights and counterpart
applications under any existing or future international patent
conventions, agreements or treaties; (ii) all inventions
(whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements,
trade secrets, proprietary information, know-how, technology,
technical information, data and Customer lists, engineering
procedures and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing;
(iii) all Trademarks, Domain Names, Trade Secrets and all
other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world;
(iv) all copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications
therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world; (v) all Software, including, without limitation, source
code (but excluding “shrink wrapped” software which is
generally available to the public); (vi) all works of
authorship, databases and data collections and all rights therein
throughout the world; and (vii) any similar or equivalent
rights to any of the foregoing anywhere in the world, together with
the goodwill and the business appurtenant thereto and the right to
sue third parties for infringement (including, without limitation,
damages and injunctive relief) of any of the foregoing based on
activities occurring prior to and including the Closing Date, and
any current or future right to receive royalties based on any of
the foregoing, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown,
contingent or non-contingent (collectively, the “
Intellectual Property ”), including, without
limitation, the specific items identified in
Section 3.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule;
(b) all existing
documentation relating to the development, use, maintenance and
operation of the Intellectual Property;
(c) all Tangible Personal
Property, including those items described in
Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, and all rights
and interests in, or benefits under, any leases of Tangible
Personal Property;
(d) all permits, licenses,
franchises, consents and other approvals and operating rights
relating to the Assets that are assignable or transferable,
including those permits, licenses, franchises, consents and other
approvals and operating rights described in
Schedule 1.1(d) ;
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(e) all data and records in
Seller’s or any of the Partner’s possession related to
the Assets or the operation of the Business, including financial
and accounting records, creative materials, advertising materials,
promotional materials, studies, reports, correspondence and other
similar documents;
(f) all claims of Seller
against third parties relating to the Assets or the operation of
the Business, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown,
contingent or noncontingent;
(g) all rights of
Seller’s relating to deposits and prepaid expenses, claims
for refunds and rights to offset in respect thereof relating to the
Assets or the operation of the Business, including those rights
described in Schedule 1.1(g) ;
(h) all rights and interests
in and to the Contracts of Seller, including, without limitation,
the Contracts of Seller listed in Schedule 1.1(h) and
the Seller Contracts Workbook;
(i) all other tangible and
intangible assets of Seller used in the Business which are not
identified as “Excluded Assets” pursuant to
Section 1.2;
(j) all data and information
that is collected from, or on behalf of, visitors or users of
Seller’s website (or the services provided by Seller’s
website), including, without limitation, user names, passwords,
account recovery detail, aggregate information, web analytics, all
information collected, processed and/or stored through use of TKO
software, and any other information necessary for operating the
services provided by Seller’s website following the Closing
as such website was running as of the date hereof and immediately
prior to the Closing;
(k) all accounts receivable
related to the Business and relating to services rendered
(i) by Seller prior to the Closing or (ii) by Buyer after
the Closing pursuant to any Contract not assigned to Buyer at the
Closing by operation of Section 5.12 hereto;
(l) all A/R Bank Accounts;
and
(m) all routing and billing
information and components used in connection with the Business,
including, without limitation, all routing and billing computer
software and programs containing any Customer
information.
All of the property and
assets to be transferred to Buyer hereunder are herein referred to
collectively as the “ Assets ”.
1.2 Assets Not
Transferred . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in Section 1.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the
following assets of Seller (collectively, the “ Excluded
Assets ”) are not part of the sale and purchase
contemplated in Section 1.1, are excluded from the Assets and
shall remain the property of Seller after the Closing:
(a) all minute books, stock
records, ownership records, corporate seals, partnership seals and
tax returns;
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(b) all personnel records and
other records that Seller is required by Law to retain in its
possession; provided , however , that Buyer has been
provided copies of all personnel records for all Continuing
Employees;
(c) all purchased tickets for
the 2007-2008 National Basketball Association season to Dallas
Mavericks basketball games (both regular and post-regular season
games) and all rights to purchase tickets for future National
Basketball Association seasons;
(d) all insurance policies of
Seller other than those included in the Assumed Seller Benefits
Arrangements;
(e) the laptop computers used
by the Limited Partners; provided , however , that
there shall be no more than five (5) of such computers and
only one (1) computer per Limited Partner, and provided
, further , that all data, records and other information
related to the Assets shall be entirely and permanently deleted
from each Limited Partner’s computer at or before the later
of (i) the Closing and (ii) the termination of any
consulting or employment arrangement between such Limited Partner
and Buyer; and
(f) all rights of Seller and
the Partners under the Transaction Documents.
1.3 Assumption of Certain
Liabilities . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Buyer hereby assumes, takes the Assets subject to and
shall be liable for, only those liabilities and obligations
identified on Schedule 1.3 (collectively, the “
Assumed Liabilities ”).
1.4 Other Liabilities Not
Assumed . Except for the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer does not
and shall not be deemed to assume any other liabilities or
obligations of Seller in connection with the Transactions. All
liabilities and obligations of Seller other than the Assumed
Liabilities are referred to herein as the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”. The Excluded Liabilities will include,
without limitation, the following (but, for avoidance of doubt,
will not include any Assumed Liabilities):
(a) any liabilities or
obligations (whether assessed or unassessed) of Seller for any
Taxes, any Transfer Taxes (whether imposed on Seller or Buyer) and
any Taxes of the Business for any period (or portion thereof)
ending on or prior to, the Closing Date;
(b) any and all liabilities
or obligations of Seller or the Partners payable to any Person
identified on Schedule 2.2(b) hereto, whether or not
such liabilities are set forth on Schedule 2.2(b) and
whether or not such liabilities are accrued in connection with, or
with respect to, any Asset or the Business;
(c) except for the Healthcare
Employee Payroll Amount and any Undetermined Commissions set forth
on Schedule 5.8(b) hereto, any liabilities or obligations
arising out of or related to (i) the employment or other
service relationship with Seller, and (ii) the termination or
compensation by Seller of any Seller Employee or other current or
former service provider of Seller, including, without limitation,
any Taxes (including, without limitation, any employer withholding
and similar
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obligations), compensation claims,
workers’ compensation benefits or 401(k) Matching Payments,
whether or not such liabilities are accrued in connection with, or
with respect to, the Business or the sale of the Assets pursuant
hereto; provided that any liability or obligation under or
relating to any Assumed Seller Benefit Arrangement (other than any
liability or obligation related to Seller’s 401(k) plan,
including the 401(k) Matching Payments) with respect to an event or
circumstance first occurring or arising after the Closing Date
shall not be an Excluded Liability;
(d) any liabilities or
obligations of Seller or the Partners incurred, arising from or out
of or in connection with this Agreement or the events or
negotiations leading up to this Agreement;
(e) all liabilities or
obligations of Seller or the Partners in respect of any of the
Excluded Assets, including, without limitation, liability for any
breaches or nonfulfillments of representations, warranties and
covenants (including support requirements and indemnification
provisions);
(f) any liabilities or
obligations under or relating to any Seller Benefit Arrangement,
whether or not such liability or obligation arises prior to or
after the Closing Date; provided that any liability or
obligation under or relating to any Assumed Seller Benefit
Arrangement (other than any liability or obligation related to
Seller’s 401(k) plan, including the 401(k) Matching Payments)
with respect to an event or circumstance first occurring or arising
after the Closing Date shall not be an Excluded Liability;
and
(g) any other liability or
obligation to which a Seller Employee becomes entitled under any
compensatory, benefit or severance policy, plan, agreement,
arrangement or program which exists or arises, or may be deemed to
exist or arise, under any Law or otherwise, as a result of, or in
connection with, the sale of the Business hereunder.
ARTICLE 2
CLOSING DATE/PURCHASE
PRICE
2.1 Closing Date . The
closing of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement (the
“ Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of
Heller Ehrman LLP, 275 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California
94025 concurrently with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement by all of the parties hereto (the “ Closing
Date ”). All transactions shall be deemed to take place
simultaneously and none of them shall be deemed to have occurred
until all shall have occurred.
2.2 Purchase Price .
As consideration for the sale to Buyer of the Assets, subject to
the provisions of Section 2.4 hereof, Buyer shall pay to
Seller cash in the amount of (i) thirty two million, eight
hundred eighty four thousand, six hundred dollars ($32,884,600),
less (ii) the amounts, if any, set forth on Schedule
2.2(b) hereto, plus (iii) the Net Working Capital
Increase, if any, less (iv) the Net Working Capital
Decrease, if any (“ Purchase Price ”). The
Purchase Price shall be paid as follows:
(a) An amount in cash (the
“ Initial Cash Payment ”) equal to
(i) thirty two million, eight hundred eighty four thousand,
six hundred dollars ($32,884,600), less (ii) the
amounts, if any, set forth on Schedule 2.2(b) hereto,
less (iii) the Holdback Amount to be paid to Seller at
Closing in cash by wire transfer of immediately available
funds;
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(b) The Transaction Expenses
and Seller Closing Debt (including, without limitation, any Debt
outstanding and payable to Bank of Texas and set forth in the
Pay-Off Letter) set forth on Schedule 2.2(b) which shall be
paid to those Persons identified on Schedule 2.2(b)
hereto (which Schedule 2.2(b) hereto shall be delivered to
Buyer immediately prior to the Closing) at Closing in cash by wire
transfers of immediately available funds (the “ Liability
Payments ”);
(c) Two million five hundred
thousand dollars ($2,500,000) (the “ Holdback Amount
”) to be paid to Seller, if at all, subject to the provisions
of Article 9 hereof; and
(d) The Net Working Capital
Increase, if any, to be paid to Seller, if at all, subject to the
provisions of Section 2.3 hereof.
2.3 Net Working Capital
Adjustment . Within ten (10) Business Days after the
Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Buyer an unaudited balance
sheet of Seller as of the close of business on the Closing Date
(the “ Closing Balance Sheet ”), together with a
certificate signed by Aunkst and Bomar (i) certifying that the
Closing Balance Sheet fairly presents, on a good faith basis and
using Seller’s commercially reasonable efforts, the financial
position of Seller as of the Closing Date, (ii) setting forth
the amount of Seller’s Net Working Capital as of the Closing
Date, (iii) setting forth an accurate and complete list of
Seller’s accounts receivable as of the Closing Date which
indicates the aging of such accounts receivable and
(iv) including Seller’s calculation of the Net Working
Capital (the “ Closing Balance Sheet Certificate
”). Following the delivery by Seller of the Closing Balance
Sheet Certificate, Buyer and its representatives shall be given all
such access as they may reasonably require to those books and
records of Seller in the possession of, and/or under the control
of, Seller and/or the Partners, and access to such current or
former Seller Employees or representatives of Seller as they may
reasonably require for the purposes of resolving any disputes or
responding to any matters or inquiries raised concerning the
Closing Balance Sheet and/or the contents of the Closing Balance
Sheet Certificate. Buyer shall have ten (10) Business Days
following receipt of the Closing Balance Sheet Certificate to
notify Seller in writing either that (i) the Net Working
Capital as proposed by Seller is acceptable (“
Confirmation Certificate ”) or (ii) the Net
Working Capital as proposed by Seller is not acceptable (a “
Balance Sheet Dispute Notice ”). If a Confirmation
Certificate is delivered by Buyer, then the Net Working Capital set
forth in the Closing Balance Sheet Certificate shall be the Net
Working Capital for purposes of this Agreement. If a Balance Sheet
Dispute Notice is delivered by Buyer, the Net Working Capital shall
be determined by negotiation between Buyer and Seller. If Buyer and
Seller shall be unable to reach agreement with respect to such
calculation within thirty (30) days after delivery of a
Balance Sheet Dispute Notice to Seller by Buyer, the determination
of such amount shall be submitted to the San Diego office of
Ernst & Young LLP, independent certified public
accountants (the “ Independent Accountant ”),
for review and such review by the Independent Accountant shall be
limited to (a) such items and calculations as were addressed
in the written notice of objection of Buyer that have not been
resolved by the parties and (b) any factual or mathematical
errors contained in the information provided by Seller. In the
event that Buyer and Seller shall submit any dispute to the
Independent Accountant, each such party may submit a
“position paper” to the Independent Accountant setting
forth the position of such party with respect to such dispute, to
be considered
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by such Independent Accountant as it
deems fit. The parties shall cause the Independent Accountant to
review, subject to limitations of the previous sentence, as
promptly as practicable, the calculation of Net Working Capital and
to make, subject to the limitations of the previous sentence, such
corrections thereto as it deems appropriate consistent with the
terms of this Agreement. The Independent Accountant shall issue a
written report of its review, setting forth in reasonable detail
its calculation of Net Working Capital, which calculation shall be
conclusive and binding on the parties to this Agreement and shall
be the sole and exclusive means of resolving such disputes. If
requested by the Independent Accountant, Buyer and Seller (on its
own behalf and on behalf of the General Partner and the Limited
Partners) shall execute an engagement letter with the Independent
Accountant setting forth the terms and conditions of such
engagement, which shall be consistent with the terms of this
Section 2.3. If the Independent Accountant is engaged pursuant
to this Section 2.3, Buyer and Seller shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accountant to complete
its review and written report as soon as reasonably practicable
following such engagement. All fees and expenses relating to the
engagement of the Independent Accountant shall be borne equally by
Buyer and Seller, and the portion of such fees and expenses payable
by Seller shall be “Seller Expenses” which Buyer may,
in its sole discretion, elect to pay to the Independent Accountant,
in which case the amount of Seller Expenses shall be
“Losses” for purposes of Article 9 without regard to
the Basket and shall, among other remedies available to Buyer, be
subject to Buyer’s Rights of Set-Off. Following the
determination of the Net Working Capital in accordance with this
Section 2.3, (i) the Net Working Capital Increase, if
any, shall be paid to Seller on the fifth (5th) Business Day
following the date that the determination of the Net Working
Capital shall become conclusive and binding on the parties to this
Agreement in accordance with this Section 2.3 or (ii) the
Net Working Capital Decrease, if any, shall, at the sole election
of Buyer, be “Losses” for purposes of Article 9 without
regard to the Basket and be deducted from the Holdback Amount
and/or be subject to Buyer’s Rights of Set-Off.
2.4 Earnout
.
(a) Earnout Payment .
In addition to the Purchase Price payable to Seller pursuant to
Section 2.2 hereof, Seller shall, subject to and contingent
upon achievement of the EBITDA and revenue threshold (for the
Business as conducted by Buyer following the Closing) set forth on
Schedule 2.4 hereto and measured for the 12 months
ending at the close of business on December 31, 2008 (the
“ Earnout Period ”), be entitled to receive an
amount of cash equal to the Applicable Earnout Amount set forth on
Schedule 2.4 . The provisions of this
Section 2.4(a) are subject to the provisions of
Section 2.4(c) (regarding Buyer’s Rights of Set-Off)
below.
(b) Time for
Determination .
(i) As soon as reasonably
practicable following December 31, 2008 and no earlier than
the completion of Buyer’s annual audit, Buyer shall determine
(A) the Earnout Period EBITDA, (B) the Earnout Period
Total Revenue and (C) the resulting Applicable Earnout Amount.
A copy of Buyer’s computation of the Earnout Period EBITDA,
the Earnout Period Total Revenue, and the resulting Applicable
Earnout Amount, in each case as set forth in, and (in the case of
the Applicable Earnout Amount) calculated in accordance with,
Schedule 2.4 hereto, shall be delivered to Seller on or
prior to March 3, 2009 and, unless Seller shall object to such
computation within ten (10) Business Days after receipt
thereof in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.4(b)(ii) below, the computations shall be binding
and conclusive on the parties to this Agreement for purposes of
this Agreement.
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(ii) If Seller shall object
to Buyer’s computations by notifying Buyer in writing within
ten (10) Business Days after receipt of Buyer’s
computations pursuant to Section 2.4(b)(i), the amount of
Earnout Period EBITDA or Earnout Period Total Revenue and/or the
resulting Applicable Earnout Amount shall be determined by
negotiation between Buyer and Seller. If Buyer and Seller shall be
unable to reach agreement with respect to such computations within
thirty (30) days after such notification to Buyer by Seller,
the determination of such amounts shall be submitted to the
Independent Accountant for review, and such review by the
Independent Accountant shall be limited to (A) such items and
calculations as were addressed in the written notice of objection
of Seller that have not been resolved by the parties and
(B) any factual or mathematical errors contained in the
information provided to or by Buyer. The parties shall cause the
Independent Accountant to review, subject to limitations of the
previous sentence, as promptly as practicable, the calculation of
the Earnout Period EBITDA and the Earnout Period Total Revenue and
to make, subject to the limitations of the previous sentence, such
corrections thereto as it deems appropriate consistent with the
terms of this Agreement. The Independent Accountant shall issue a
written report of its review, setting forth in reasonable detail
its calculation of the Earnout Period EBITDA and the Earnout Period
Total Revenue, which calculation with respect to matters solely
involving the application of accounting principles or Tax rules
shall be conclusive and binding on the parties to this Agreement
and shall be the sole and exclusive means of resolving such
disputes. If requested by the Independent Accountant, Buyer and
Seller (on its own behalf and on behalf of the General Partner and
the Limited Partners) shall execute an engagement letter with the
Independent Accountant setting forth the terms and conditions of
such engagement, which shall be consistent with the terms of this
Section 2.4. If the Independent Accountant is engaged pursuant
to this Section 2.4(b)(ii), Buyer and Seller shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accountant
to complete its review and written report as soon as reasonably
practicable following such engagement. All fees and expenses
relating to the engagement of the Independent Accountant shall be
borne equally by Buyer and Seller. Buyer may, in its sole
discretion, elect to (but under no circumstances shall be obligated
to) pay to the Independent Accountant the fees and expenses for
which Seller is responsible pursuant to this
Section 2.4(b)(ii) (the “ Seller Expenses
”), in which case Buyer shall be reimbursed for such payment
by deduction of the amount of the Seller Expenses from the Rights
of Set-Off or the amounts due pursuant to this Section 2.4, if
any, as “Losses” for purposes of Article 9;
provided , however, that if and only if the Independent
Accountant enters into an engagement letter with Buyer and Seller
which provides that Buyer and Seller are severally and not jointly
liable for equal portions of all of the Independent
Accountant’s fees and expenses in excess of $30,000, Buyer
will not deduct from the amounts due pursuant to Section 2.4
pursuant to Buyer’s Rights of Set-Off any amount of Seller
Expenses which exceed $15,000 without Seller’s prior written
consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(iii) The Applicable Earnout
Amount, if any, shall be paid to Seller on the later of
(A) March 17, 2009 and (B) the fifth (5
th
) Business Day following
the date that the determination of the Applicable Earnout Amount
shall become binding and conclusive on the parties to this
Agreement in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(i) or 2.4(b)(ii)
above, as the case may be.
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(c) Right of Set-Off .
Buyer shall have the right to withhold and set off against any
amount otherwise due to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.4
the amount of (i) any Net Working Capital Decrease and
(ii) any Losses to which any Buyer Indemnified Party may be
entitled under Article 9 of this Agreement or any other agreement
entered into pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Rights of
Set-Off ”).
(d) Conduct of the
Business . For the period commencing on the Business Day
immediately following the Closing Date and ending on the close of
business on December 31, 2008, Buyer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to (i) conduct the Business in accordance
with the operating and integration plan (the “ Operating
and Integration Plan ”), which Operating and Integration
Plan has been agreed upon by Buyer and Seller and is attached
hereto as Exhibit A , and (ii) for each quarterly
period of fiscal 2008, provide to the Partners financial
information for the Business consisting of an income statement, a
cash flow statement, a statement of budget versus actual results
and a trial balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the
Closing Date, Buyer and Seller may, but shall not be obligated to,
amend the Operating and Integration Plan, which amendment shall be
binding on the parties to this Agreement and the
Partners.
(e) Acknowledgement of
Seller and the Partners . Seller and each Partner acknowledges
that (i) upon the Closing and except as expressly provided to
the contrary in Section 2.4(d) of this Agreement, Buyer has
the right to operate the Business and Buyer’s other
businesses in any way that Buyer deems appropriate in Buyer’s
sole discretion, (ii) Buyer has no obligation to operate the
Business in order to achieve any Applicable Earnout Amount or to
maximize the amount of any Applicable Earnout Amount,
(iii) there is no assurance that Seller will receive any
Earnout Amount and Buyer has not promised or projected any Earnout
Amount, (iv) Buyer has no fiduciary duty or express or implied
duty to Seller or any Partner, including any implied duty of good
faith and fair dealing, (v) the parties solely intend the
express provisions of this Agreement to govern their contractual
relationship, (vi) the right of Seller to payment of the
Earnout Amount, if any, shall not bear any interest and
(vii) the right of Seller to a portion of the Earnout Amount,
if any, shall not be represented by a certificate or other
instrument, shall not represent an ownership interest in Buyer or
the Business and shall not entitle Seller to any rights common to
any holder of any equity security of Buyer. Each of Seller and each
Partner hereby waives any fiduciary duty or express or implied duty
of Buyer to Seller or such Partner, including any implied duty of
good faith and fair dealing, with respect to the matters
contemplated by this Section 2.4.
2.5 Certain Tax
Matters .
(a) Seller shall be
responsible for paying, shall promptly discharge when due, and
shall reimburse, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer and any Buyer
subsidiary from, any sales or use, transfer, real property gains,
excise, stamp or other similar Taxes resulting from the sale of
Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities contemplated
by this Agreement (the “ Transfer Taxes ”).
Buyer and Seller agree to cooperate to the extent commercially
reasonable and legally permitted to minimize any Transfer
Taxes.
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(b) For purposes of complying
with the requirements of Section 1060 of the Code, the
Purchase Price and any other amounts that may be treated as part of
the total consideration for the Assets, as determined for Tax
purposes, shall be allocated among the Assets in accordance with
fair market value of the Assets as provided in the purchase price
allocation schedule to be prepared by Buyer in its reasonable
discretion after consultation with Seller (the “ Purchase
Price Allocation Schedule ”). Each of Buyer and Seller
agrees to prepare its federal, state and foreign income Tax Returns
for all current and future tax reporting periods and file Form 8594
(and corresponding state forms) with respect to transfer of the
Assets to Buyer in a manner consistent with such allocation. If any
state, federal or foreign taxing authority challenges such
allocation, the party receiving notice of such challenge shall give
the other prompt written notice of such challenge, and the parties
shall cooperate in good faith in responding to it in order to
preserve the effectiveness of the allocation.
(c) Buyer shall be entitled
to deduct and withhold from any payment made under this Agreement
such amounts as may be required to be deducted and withheld under
the Tax Laws of the United States, any state, or any political
subdivision of either. To the extent amounts are so withheld and
paid to any appropriate taxing authority, Buyer shall be treated as
though it had paid that amount directly to the party entitled to
receive such payment.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND EACH PARTNER
Except as otherwise indicated
in the Disclosure Schedule attached hereto (it being understood
that Disclosure Schedule statements and information referenced in
the Disclosure Schedule shall be organized under sections and
subsections that correspond to those contained in this Agreement
and that a statement or reference under a particular section or
subsection of the Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed an exception
only to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of only)
(a) the representations and warranties of Seller and/or the
Partners, as applicable, that are contained in the corresponding
section or subsection of this Agreement and (b) any other
representations and warranties of Seller and/or the Partners that
are contained in this Agreement, but only, in each case, if the
relevance of that statement or reference as an exception to (or
disclosure for purposes of) such other representations and
warranties is reasonably apparent on its face), Seller hereby
represents and warrants to Buyer, and each Partner (severally and
not jointly) hereby represents and warrants to Buyer, as
follows:
3.1 Organization, Power
and Authority . Seller is a limited partnership duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Texas. Section 3.1 of the Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of any other jurisdiction in
which Seller is qualified to do business. Seller is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing under the laws of each
jurisdiction in which either ownership or use of the properties
owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by
it, requires such qualification. Seller has all requisite
partnership power and authority to own, operate and lease the
Assets and to conduct the Business, to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its
obligations thereunder. Seller is not in violation of its
certificate of limited partnership or the Limited Partnership
Agreement. Seller has provided Buyer with true, correct and
complete copies of its certificate of limited partnership and the
Limited Partnership Agreement. The Limited Partnership Agreement is
in full force and effect, has not been amended since the date
thereof and is the only agreement in effect governing the
respective rights and obligations of the Partners with respect to
Seller.
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3.2 Subsidiaries .
Seller does not have any subsidiaries or any equity or ownership
interest (or any interest convertible or exchangeable for any
equity or ownership interest), whether direct or indirect, in any
Person. Seller is not obligated to make nor is it bound by any
agreement or obligation to make any investment in or capital
contribution in or on behalf of any other Person.
3.3 Authorization and
Approval of Agreements .
(a) The execution, delivery
and performance by Seller of the Transaction Documents, and the
consummation by it of the Transactions, has been duly authorized by
Seller and the Partners. This Agreement has been, and each other
Transaction Document will be at the Closing, duly executed and
delivered by Seller and constitute, or will constitute, when
delivered, the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective
terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, and other similar laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of
equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or an action at law).
(b) This Agreement has been,
and each other Transaction Document to which any Partner is a party
will be at the Closing, duly executed and delivered by each such
Partner and constitute, or will, when delivered, constitute the
legal, valid and binding obligation of such Partner, enforceable
against such Partner in accordance with their respective terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or an
action at law).
3.4 Effect of
Agreement . The execution and delivery of the Transaction
Documents to which Seller or any Partner is a party and each
instrument required hereby to be executed and delivered by Seller
or any Partner and the performance and consummation by Seller or
any Partner of the Transactions will not (a) conflict with or
violate the Limited Partnership Agreement or any Law to which
Seller or any Partner is subject, or any judgment, award or decree
applicable to Seller or any of the Assets, (b) 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, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify
or cancel, or require any notice, consent or waiver under, or
result in any loss of any benefit to which Seller is entitled
under, any Material Contract or Permit, or (c) result in the
creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon the Business or any
Asset.
3.5 Approvals . No
Approval or Order or action of or filing with any Governmental
Entity or other Person is required to be obtained by Seller or any
Partner for the execution and delivery by Seller or any Partner of
the Transaction Documents to which Seller or any Partner is a party
or the consummation of the Transactions, including, without
limitation, the sale, transfer, assignment and conveyance of all of
Seller’s right, title and interests in and to the Assets to
Buyer.
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3.6 Capitalization
.
(a)
Section 3.6(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the name, address, and percentage ownership interest of each
Partner of Seller. All outstanding limited partnership ownership
interests in Seller have been duly authorized and validly issued,
are fully paid and nonassessable, were not issued in violation of
and are not subject to any right of rescission, right of first
refusal or preemptive right, have been offered, issued and sold and
delivered by Seller in compliance with all requirements of
applicable Law and all requirements set forth in applicable
contracts and Seller has received all consideration due to it in
connection with the sale and issuance of such limited partnership
ownership interests.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 3.6(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
ownership appreciation rights, options, warrants, calls, rights,
commitments, conversion privileges or preemptive or other rights or
Contracts outstanding to purchase or otherwise acquire any
ownership interests of Seller or any securities or debt convertible
into or exchangeable for Seller ownership interests or obligating
Seller to grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant,
call, right, commitment, conversion privilege or preemptive or
other right or Contract. There are no voting agreements,
registration rights, rights of first refusal, preemptive rights,
co-sale rights or other restrictions applicable to any outstanding
ownership interests or securities of Seller.
3.7 Intellectual
Property .
(a)
Section 3.7(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all of
the Intellectual Property owned, used or held by or licensed by or
to Seller, including, without limitation:
(i) all patents and pending
patent applications owned by Seller, including for each such patent
or patent application the patent or serial number, country, filing
date and title;
(ii) all registered
trademarks and service marks of Seller, and all pending
applications for registration by Seller of trademarks, including
for each such trademark or service mark, the registration or
application number, country, filing and expiration date;
(iii) to the Knowledge of
Seller, all worldwide common law trademarks and service marks of
Seller;
(iv) all registered
copyrights of Seller and all applications by Seller for
registration of copyrights, including the registration number,
country and filing and expiration date of each such
copyright;
(v) all Domain Names owned or
used by Seller;
(vi) to the Knowledge of
Seller, all unregistered Intellectual Property owned or used by
Seller;
(vii) all material Software
used in connection with the Business;
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(viii) all licenses or
sublicenses by Seller to any person or entity of (A) any of
the rights identified in subparagraphs (i) through
(vii) above, and (B) any of Seller’s other
proprietary information;
(ix) all licenses or
sublicenses by any other person or entity to Seller of any other
material Intellectual Property; and
(x) any other instrument or
other Contract governing any Intellectual Property
Right.
(b) Each license, sublicense
or other agreement identified in Section 3.7(a)(viii)
and Section 3.7(a)(ix) of the Disclosure Schedule (each
a “ Seller License ”) is a valid and binding
obligation of Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium, and other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and to the principles of equity
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or an
action at law). With respect to each Seller License, there is no
default (or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time
would constitute a default) by Seller or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, the other party thereto. Seller has not received any
written notice (and Seller has no knowledge) of claims asserted by
any person related to the use of any patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how or processes
licensed by or to Seller or challenging or questioning the validity
or effectiveness of any Seller License. Neither the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents to which Seller is a party nor the consummation of the
Transactions (i) constitute a material breach of or default
under any Seller License; (ii) cause the forfeiture or
termination of, or give rise to a right of forfeiture or
termination of, any Intellectual Property Right; or
(iii) materially impair the right of Seller to use, make,
market, license, sell, copy, distribute or dispose of any
Intellectual Property Right or portion thereof. There are no
royalties, honoraria, fees or other payments payable by Seller to
any third Person (other than salaries payable to employees and
independent contractors not contingent on or related to use of
their work product) as a result of the ownership, use, manufacture,
marketing, license-in, sale, copying, distribution or disposition
of any Intellectual Property Right by Seller, and none shall become
payable as a result of the consummation of the
Transactions.
(c) Seller has good and valid
title to, or otherwise possesses adequate rights to use pursuant to
the licenses listed in Section 3.7(a)(ix) of the
Disclosure Schedule, all Intellectual Property necessary to permit
Seller to conduct the business and operations of Seller in
substantially the same manner as it had been conducted during the
last fiscal year and immediately prior to the date hereof and the
Assets include all such Intellectual Property.
(d) With respect to any
Trademark used by Seller in the Business (each, a “ Seller
Mark ”), to the Knowledge of Seller, (i) other than
with respect to the Primary Marks, Seller has made prior use in
commerce throughout the Territory of any Seller Mark as to any
third party, (ii) other than with respect to the Primary
Marks, such use by Seller has been continuous throughout the
Territory since the initial use through to the present,
(iii) each Seller Mark is valid, subsisting and enforceable,
and (iv) Seller’s rights to each Seller Mark are
superior to and enforceable against the rights of any third party.
With respect to the Primary Marks, (A) Seller has made
continuous use in commerce throughout the Territory of Primary Mark
“A” since January 9, 2002 through to the
present,
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(B) Seller has made continuous use
in commerce throughout the Territory of Primary Mark
“B” since January 22, 2003 through to the present,
and (C) Seller has made continuous use in commerce throughout
the Territory of the Logo since May 20, 2004 through to the
present.
(e)
Section 3.7(a)(ix) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all
licenses by any other person or entity to Seller of any
Intellectual Property which is used in or related to the Business
or is necessary for the operation of the Business as presently
conducted or as proposed to be conducted (including, without
limitation, any “shrink wrapped” software ) and such
licenses are assignable to Buyer without third party consent and
shall be assigned to Buyer as of the Closing, except the
“shrink wrapped” software, which is generally available
to the public.
(f) Except as set forth in
Section 3.7(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither
Seller nor any other party authorized to act on its behalf has
disclosed or delivered to any party, or permitted the disclosure or
delivery to any escrow agent or other party of, any Seller Source
Code. No event has occurred, and no circumstance or condition
exists, that (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both)
shall, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure
or delivery by Seller or any other party authorized to act on its
behalf to any party of any Seller Source Code.
Section 3.7(f) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies
each Contract pursuant to which Seller has deposited, or is or may
be required to deposit, with an escrow agent or other party, any
Seller Source Code and further describes whether the execution of
this Agreement or the Transaction Documents or the consummation of
the Transactions, in and of itself, would reasonably be expected to
result in the release from escrow of any Seller Source Code. As
used in this Section 3.7, “ Seller Source Code
” means, collectively, any human readable software source
code, or any material portion or aspect of the software source
code, or any material proprietary information or algorithm
contained in or relating to any software source code, that
constitutes Seller-owned Intellectual Property Rights or any other
Seller product or service marketed or currently proposed to be
marketed by Seller.
(g) The Seller Employees have
taken all actions necessary, appropriate or desirable to
irrevocably assign or otherwise transfer to Seller all of their
respective right, title and interest in and to any Intellectual
Property Rights owned by them which are necessary to permit Seller
to conduct the business and operations of Seller in substantially
the same manner as it has been conducted during the last fiscal
year and immediately prior to the date hereof. To the Knowledge of
Seller, no current or former Seller Employee: (i) is in
material violation of any term or covenant of any employment
contract, patent disclosure agreement, invention assignment
agreement, nondisclosure agreement, noncompetition agreement or any
other Contract with any other party by virtue of such Seller
Employee’s being employed by, or performing services for,
Seller or using trade secrets or proprietary information of others
without permission; (ii) has developed any technology,
Software, or other copyrightable, patentable or otherwise
proprietary work for Seller that (A) is subject to any
Contract (written or oral) under which such Seller Employee has
assigned or otherwise granted (or may be required to assign or
grant) to any third party any rights (including Intellectual
Property Rights) in or to such technology, Software or
copyrightable, patentable or otherwise proprietary work,
(B) was developed during the hours for which such Seller
Employee was legally, contractually or otherwise required to be
working for any third party, (C) was developed on any
computers or other equipment owned by any third party or
(D) is substantially similar or related to any technology,
Software, or other
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copyrightable, patentable or otherwise
proprietary work of any third party which has employed or hired
such Seller Employee. To the Knowledge of Seller, neither the
employment of any employee of Seller, nor the use by Seller of the
services of any consultant or Partner subjects Seller to any
liability to any third party (including for improperly soliciting
such employee or consultant to work for Seller). Any Partner who
was employed by another party during the time when such Partner
provided services to Seller represents that he or she has informed
and received approval from such other party with respect to such
Partner’s involvement with Seller.
(h) Neither the operation of
the Business nor the use, development, manufacture, marketing,
license, sale, distribution or furnishing of any Seller product or
service currently used, developed, made, marketed, licensed, sold,
distributed or furnished by Seller (i) violates any Contract
between Seller and any third party, or (ii) to the Knowledge
of Seller, infringes or misappropriates any third party rights,
including without limitation, property rights, intellectual
property rights, moral rights and privacy rights. To the Knowledge
of Seller, none of the Primary Marks infringes or misappropriates
any third party rights, including without limitation, property
rights, intellectual property rights, moral rights and privacy
rights. Neither the use, development, manufacture, marketing,
license, sale, distribution or furnishing of any Seller product or
service currently under development by Seller (i) violates any
Contract between Seller and any third party, or (ii) infringes
or misappropriates any third party rights, including without
limitation, property rights, intellectual property rights, moral
rights and privacy rights.
(i) Seller has not received
any written threat, demand or notice of any claim from any person
or entity asserting that Seller’s use of any of the
Intellectual Property or the registration thereof constitutes any
infringement, interference, violation, misappropriation, breach or
wrongful use of the intellectual property rights of any other
person or entity and Seller is not a party to any proceeding or
outstanding Order, agreement or stipulation restricting in any
manner the use, transfer, sale, assignment and/or licensing by
Seller of any Intellectual Property, or which may affect the
validity, use or enforceability of such Intellectual Property by
Seller. All Intellectual Property used by Seller in the Business is
valid and enforceable. Seller has received no communications from
any third parties raising the possibility of licensing discussions
for intellectual property rights held by such third party, which
Seller reasonably suspects or believes are made due to the third
party’s belief that Seller has infringed or misappropriated
such party’s intellectual property rights.
(j) The disclosure by Seller,
and the use and further disclosure by Buyer to Affiliates of Buyer
or other Persons, of the Intellectual Property assigned to Buyer
hereunder will not violate any privacy policy, data-sharing
agreement, confidentiality agreement or non-disclosure agreement of
which Seller is a party, or infringe or violate the privacy rights
of any party.
(k) Except as set forth in
Section 3.7(k) of the Disclosure Schedule, all of the
Intellectual Property, other than the licensed Intellectual
Property identified in Section 3.7(a)(ix) of the
Disclosure Schedule, was entirely internally-developed by employees
of Seller or validly transferred by such employees to Seller, and
all inventorship, ownership, authorship, patent, copyright,
trademark, trade secret and other rights relating to such
Intellectual Property are owned by Seller free and clear of any
obligation or agreement to any other person and will not, as a
result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, be the
subject of any obligation or agreement to any third party. Seller
has not transferred, sold, and/or assigned any of its ownership
rights in such Intellectual Property to any person or
entity.
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(l) Seller has taken all
steps necessary, appropriate or desirable (including, without
limitation, entering into appropriate confidentiality,
non-disclosure and non-competition agreements with all officers,
employees and consultants of Seller with access to or knowledge of
Seller’s patents, Trademarks, copyrights, inventions, Trade
Secrets, Software licenses and other proprietary information) to
safeguard and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of, and its
proprietary rights in, all of Seller’s Intellectual Property.
All current and former Seller Employees having access to
proprietary information of Seller, its Customers or business
partners and inventions owned by Seller have executed and delivered
to Seller an agreement regarding the protection of such proprietary
information and the assignment of inventions to Seller (in the case
of proprietary information of Seller’s Customers and business
partners, to the extent required by such Customers and business
partners); and copies of all such agreements have been delivered to
Buyer and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no such individual is in
breach of such agreement. Section 3.7(l) of the
Disclosure Schedule lists all agreements relating to the protection
of such proprietary information and the assignment of inventions.
Seller has secured valid written assignments from all current and
former Seller Employees who were involved in, or who contributed
to, the creation or development of any Intellectual Property
Rights, of the rights to such contributions that may be owned by
such persons or that Seller does not already own by operation of
law. No current or former Seller Employee has any right, license,
claim or interest whatsoever in or with respect to any Intellectual
Property Rights. No current or former Seller Employee has
(i) excluded works or inventions made prior to his or her
employment with Seller from his or her assignment of inventions
pursuant to such employee, officer or consultant’s
proprietary information and inventions agreement or
(ii) failed to affirmatively indicate in such proprietary
information and inventions agreement that no such works or
inventions made prior to his or her employment with Seller
exist.
(m) Seller has not disposed
of or abandoned or permitted to lapse any Intellectual Property
Rights or disclosed to any person other than
(i) representatives of Buyer or (ii) third parties
subject to confidentiality or non-disclosure agreements, copies of
which have been delivered to Buyer, any Trade Secret, proprietary
information, formula, process or know-how of Seller not theretofore
a matter of public knowledge.
(n)
Section 3.7(n) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all
software, documentation or other material that is distributed as
“free software”, “open source software” or
under a similar licensing or distribution model (including, without
limitation, the GNU General Public License (GPL), GNU Lesser
General Public License (LGPL), GNU Free Documentation License
(FDL), 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), the
Apache License, or any Creative Commons License) (collectively,
“ Open Source Materials ”) used by Seller in any
way, and describes the manner in which such Open Source Materials
were used (such description shall include, without limitation,
whether (and, if so, how) the Open Source Materials were modified
and/or distributed by Seller). Seller has not (i) incorporated
Open Source Materials into, or combined Open Source Materials with,
any Intellectual Property; (ii) distributed Open Source
Materials in conjunction with or for use with any Intellectual
Property; (iii) acquired any software from a third party that
was or has become or that includes, as a result of such
acquisition, Open Source Materials; or (iv) incorporated into
Intellectual Property,
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combined or distributed with
Intellectual Property, acquired or used any Open Source Materials
that create, or purport to create, obligations for Seller with
respect to Intellectual Property, or grant, or purport to grant, to
any third party, any rights or immunities under Intellectual
Property (including, without limitation, having incorporated into,
combined or distributed with, acquired or used any Open Source
Materials that require, as a condition of use, modification and/or
distribution of such Open Source Materials or other software
incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such Open
Source Materials, that it be (x) disclosed or distributed in
source code form, (y) be licensed for the purpose of making
derivative works, or (z) be redistributable at no charge or
with any restriction on the consideration charged
therefor).
(o)
Section 3.7(o) of the Disclosure Schedule sets out the
physical location of the computer servers that are currently
hosting Seller websites. Such servers are validly owned or leased
by Seller. Section 3.7(o) of the Disclosure Schedule
also sets out any applicable Internet hosting Contract including
the term of the Contract, associated costs, corporate information
of the host and amount of bandwidth to which the server is
connected to the Internet. In addition, Section 3.7(o)
of the Disclosure Schedule sets out the name and IP address of
Seller’s Internet web homepage and lists all similar names
and addresses owned by Seller, the date the homepage was granted
and the date of the next annual payment. Seller’s websites
contain all legal disclaimers that, in accordance with industry
practice, are customarily contained on websites similar to
Seller’s websites.
(p) Seller has entered into
appropriate agreements, provided legally enforceable disclaimers
and has otherwise conducted the Business and taken all actions
necessary to eliminate its liability for software or other content
developed by third parties that is posted on its website (“
Uploaded Materials ”). No claim has been made against,
and no communication has been received by, Seller from any use of
the Seller services or content alleging that Seller is liable to
such user for any Uploaded Materials under any theory of liability,
from third parties alleging that Seller is liable for infringement
or misappropriation of its Intellectual Property Rights.
3.8 Material Contracts
. Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule lists each
Contract to which the Assets are subject, by which the Assets are
bound or to which Seller is a party which involves the expenditure
or receipt by Seller, (a) with respect to any such Contract
with a healthcare facility Customer, of $50,000 or more annually
(each, a “ Facility Contract ”), or
(b) with respect to all other such Contracts, of $10,000 or
more annually (each such Contract, including any Facility Contract,
a “ Material Contract ”). Each Material Contract
is valid and subsisting; Seller has duly performed all its
obligations thereunder to the extent that such obligations to
perform have accrued; and, subject to the receipt of those third
party waivers and/or consents identified on Schedule 5.12
hereto, no breach or default, alleged breach or default, or event
which would (with the passage of time, notice or both) constitute a
breach or default thereunder by Seller, or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, any other party or obligor with respect thereto, has
occurred or as a result of the Transactions will occur. True copies
of all Material Contracts listed in Section 3.8 of the
Disclosure Schedule, including all amendments and supplements
thereto but excluding Facility Contracts to which Seller is a party
which involve the receipt by Seller of less than $100,000 annually,
have been delivered to Buyer. All Material Contracts are in written
form. Other than the Material Contracts identified in
Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Material Contracts to which the Assets are subject, by which the
Assets are bound or to which Seller is a party.
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3.9 Tax Matters
.
(a) All Tax Returns required
to be filed by or on behalf of Seller have been duly and timely
filed with the appropriate Tax authority in all jurisdictions in
which such Tax Returns are required to be filed (after giving
effect to any valid extensions of time in which to make such
filings), and all such Tax Returns are true, complete and correct
in all material respects. All Taxes payable by or on behalf of
Seller (whether or not shown on a Tax Return) have been fully and
timely paid. With respect to any period for which such Tax Returns
have not yet been filed or for which such Taxes are not yet due or
owing, Seller has made due and sufficient accruals for such Taxes
on the Seller Balance Sheet. All required estimated Tax payments
have been timely made by or on behalf of Seller.
(b) As of the Balance Sheet
Date, Seller has no liability for unpaid Taxes, other than Taxes
for which adequate reserves have been established. Since the
Balance Sheet Date, Seller has not incurred any liability for Taxes
arising from extraordinary gains or losses, as that term is used in
GAAP, outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice.
(c) Seller has complied with
all applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of
Taxes and has duly and timely withheld and paid over to the
appropriate Tax authority all amounts required to be so withheld
and paid under all applicable Legal Requirements.
(d) Buyer has received
complete copies of (i) all material Tax Returns of or
including Seller for Tax periods ending after December 31,
2002, and (ii) any audit, report or other similar
correspondence issued relating to Taxes of Seller for such
periods.
(e) No claim has been made by
a Tax authority in a jurisdiction where Seller does not file a Tax
Return that it is or may be subject to taxation in that
jurisdiction.
(f) No Tax Return of Seller
has ever been audited by the Internal Revenue Service or any other
Tax authority, no such audit is in progress and Seller has not been
notified of any request for such an audit or other examination. No
deficiencies for any Tax have been threatened, claimed, proposed or
assessed against Seller which have not been settled or paid. No
federal, state, local or foreign audits, examinations,
investigations or other administrative proceedings or court
proceedings are presently pending with regard to any Taxes or Tax
Returns filed by or on behalf of Seller. No issue has been raised
by any Tax authority in any prior examination of Seller which, by
application of the same or similar principles, could reasonably be
expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any subsequent Tax
period. No adjustment relating to any Tax Returns filed by Seller
has been proposed in writing by a Tax authority to Seller (or any
representative thereof).
(g) There is not in effect
any waiver by Seller of any statute of limitations with respect to
any Taxes. Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of
Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.
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(h) There are no liens (other
than Permitted Encumbrances) as a result of any unpaid Taxes upon
any of the assets of Seller.
(i) There are no
“nonqualified deferred compensation plans” (within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Code) to which Seller is a
party and that Buyer will assume or become obligated to make
payments under as a result of the Transaction. No event has
occurred that would be treated by Section 409A(b) as a
transfer of property for purposes of Section 83 of the
Code.
3.10 Seller Financial
Statements .
(a)
Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule includes the
Seller Financial Statements. The Seller Financial Statements:
(i) are derived from and are in accordance with the books and
records of Seller; and (ii) fairly present the financial
condition of Seller at the dates therein indicated and the results
of operations and cash flows of Seller for the periods therein
specified. The reserves, if any, reflected on the Seller Financial
Statements are adequate in light of the contingencies with respect
to which they were made and, without limiting the foregoing, Seller
has established adequate reserves for medical malpractice liability
and tax liability on the Seller Balance Sheet. Seller has no
liabilities, except for (A) liabilities included in the Seller
Balance Sheet, (B) liabilities that were incurred after the
Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of Seller’s
business consistent with its past practices, and
(C) liabilities which are set forth in
Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Seller has established
and maintains a system of internal accounting controls that is
appropriate for a privately-held corporation similarly situated
with Seller in size and scope of operations. Neither Seller, nor to
the Knowledge of Seller, any Seller Employee, has identified or
been made aware of any fraud, whether or not material, that
involved Seller’s management or other Seller Employees who
have a role in the preparation of the financial statements or the
internal accounting controls utilized by Seller, or any claim or
allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Neither Seller nor, to
the Knowledge of Seller, any Seller Employee, auditor, accountant
or representative of Seller has received or otherwise had or
obtained knowledge of any material complaint, allegation, assertion
or claim, whether written or oral, in each case, regarding
deficient accounting or auditing practices, procedures,
methodologies or methods of Seller or its internal accounting
controls or any material inaccuracy in Seller’s financial
statements. No attorney representing Seller, whether or not
employed by Seller, has reported to the management of Seller or any
Partner or any committee thereof evidence of a material violation
of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation
by Seller or any of its respective Partners, officers, managers,
employees or agents. At the Balance Sheet Date, there were no
material loss contingencies (as such term is used in Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 5 (“ Statement
No. 5 ”) issued by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board in March 1975) that are not adequately provided for
in the Seller Balance Sheet as required by Statement No. 5.
There has been no change in the Seller accounting policies since
the Balance Sheet Date.
(c)
Section 3.10(c) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
the names and locations of all banks, trust companies, savings and
loan associations and other financial institutions or third parties
including related parties at which Seller maintains accounts of any
nature and the names of all persons authorized to draw thereon or
make withdrawals therefrom.
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(d) Schedule 3.10(d)
of this Agreement lists all Debt of Seller, including, for each
item of Debt, the Contract governing the Debt and the interest
rate, maturity date and any assets or properties securing such
Debt. All Debt may be prepaid at or prior to the Closing without
penalty under the terms of the Contracts governing such
Debt.
3.11 Legal Proceedings
. Except as set forth in Section 3.11 of the Disclosure
Schedule, there is no Order or Action pending, or, to the Knowledge
of Seller, threatened, against or affecting Seller, the Assets or
the Business. Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists each Order and each Action that involves a claim or potential
claim against, or that enjoins or seeks to enjoin, prevent, delay,
make illegal or impose limitations or conditions or otherwise
interfere with any activity or action by Seller or any Affiliate,
including, without limitation, execution and delivery of the
Transaction Documents and performance of Seller’s or the
Partners’ obligations thereunder. There is no matter as to
which Seller or any Affiliate has received any notice, claim or
assertion, or which otherwise has been threatened or is reasonably
expected to be threatened or initiated, against or affecting
Seller, the Assets or the Business.
3.12 Title to
Properties . Seller has good and marketable title to all of the
Assets (including those shown on the Seller Balance Sheet) free and
clear of all Encumbrances. Such Assets are sufficient for the
continued operation of the Business. Section 3.12 of
the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of each fixed asset of
Seller included in the Seller Balance Sheet. All properties used in
the operations of the Business are reflected on the Seller Balance
Sheet. All Tangible Personal Property owned or leased by Seller or
used in the Business is in good condition and repair, normal wear
and tear excepted. All leases of real and personal property to
which Seller is a party are fully effective and afford Seller a
valid leasehold possession of the real or personal property that is
the subject of the lease. Section 3.12 of the
Disclosure Schedule also sets forth a complete and accurate list of
Contracts governing the lease of any personal property by Seller,
including the title, date of and the parties to each such Contract
and, if reasonably necessary for understanding, a brief description
of the item(s) of personal property leased thereby.
Section 3.12 of the Disclosure Schedule also identifies
each parcel of real property leased or sub-leased by Seller and the
Contract pursuant to which such real property is leased or
sub-leased. Seller has adequate ingress and egress into any real
property used in the operation of the Business. A true and complete
copy of each Contract under which Seller uses or occupies or has
the right to use or occupy, now or in the future, any real property
or facility, has been delivered to Buyer. Each such Contract is in
written form. Seller does not own any real property. Following the
Closing and upon delivery of the Bill of Sale and Assignment of
Contract Rights, Buyer will have good and marketable title to, free
of Encumbrances, all of the Assets.
3.13 Absence of Certain
Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date, there has not been with
respect to Seller any:
(a) Material Adverse Change
or any change, event, circumstance, condition or effect that would
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change;
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(b) amendment to or change in
its certificate of limited partnership or the Limited Partnership
Agreement;
(c) incurrence, creation or
assumption of (i) any Encumbrance on any of its assets or
properties, (ii) any liability for borrowed money other than
Seller Closing Debt identified on Schedule 2.2(b) , or
(iii) any liability as a guarantor or surety with respect to
the obligations of others;
(d) payment or discharge of
any Encumbrance on any of its assets or properties, or payment or
discharge of any of its liabilities, in each case that was not
shown on the Seller Balance Sheet;
(e) purchase, license, sale,
grant, assignment or other disposition or transfer, or any
agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license, sale,
assignment or other disposition or transfer, of any of its assets
(including Seller’s right in its Intellectual Property and
other intangible assets), properties or goodwill other than the
sale or non-exclusive license of its products or services to its
Customers in the ordinary course of its business consistent with
its past practices;
(f) material damage,
destruction or loss of property or assets, whether or not covered
by insurance;
(g) change or increase in the
compensation payable or to become payable to any current employee
of Seller or any Partner, or in any bonus, pension, severance,
retention, insurance or other benefit payment or arrangement made
to or with any employee of Seller or any Partner, other than such
change or increase made with respect to a non-officer employee of
Seller in the ordinary course of Seller’s business consistent
with its past practices;
(h) change with respect to
its management, supervisory or other key personnel, any termination
of employment of a material number of employees, or any labor
dispute or claim of unfair labor practices;
(i) liability incurred by it
to any Seller Employee, except for normal and customary
compensation and expense allowances payable to Seller Employees in
the ordinary course of its business consistent with its past
practices;
(j) making by it of any loan,
advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any
Seller Employee or any firm or business enterprise in which any
such person had a direct or indirect material interest at the time
of such loan, advance, capital contribution or
investment;
(k) entering into, amendment
of, relinquishment, termination or nonrenewal by it of any Contract
(or any other right or obligation), any default by it under such
Contract (or other right or obligation), or any written or oral
indication or assertion by the other party thereto of any material
problems with its services or performance under such Contract (or
other right or obligation) or such other party’s desire to so
amend, relinquish, terminate or not renew any such Contract (or
other right or obligation);
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(l) change in the manner in
which it extends discounts, credits or warranties to Customers or
otherwise deals with its Customers;
(m) any labor trouble or
adverse relations with Seller Employees;
(n) any deferral of the
payment of any accounts payable;
(o) any change which would
adversely affect the validity, use, priority or enforceability of
Seller’s rights to any Seller Mark; or
(p) announcement of, any
negotiation with respect to or any entry into any Contract to do
any of the things described in the preceding clauses
(a) through (o) (other than negotiations and agreements
with Buyer and its representatives regarding the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement).
3.14 No Default; No
Restrictions .
(a) Each of the Material
Contracts is in full force and effect. There exists no material
default or event of default or event, occurrence, condition or act,
with respect to Seller or, to the Knowledge of Seller, with respect
to any other contracting party, which, with the giving of notice,
the lapse of time or the happening of any other event or
conditions, would reasonably be expected to (i) become a
default o
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