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EXHIBIT 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 11,
2008
Between
VERIDEX, LLC
and
IMMUNICON
CORPORATION,
IMMUNIVEST
CORPORATION,
IMMC HOLDINGS,
INC.,
and
IMMUNICON EUROPE,
INC.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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THE ASSET SALE
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Section
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1.01. |
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The Asset Sale
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Section
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1.02. |
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Purchased Assets and Excluded
Assets
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Section
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1.03. |
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Assumed Liabilities and Excluded
Liabilities
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Section
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1.04. |
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Assigned Contracts
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Section
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1.05. |
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Closing
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ARTICLE II
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THE PURCHASE PRICE
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Section
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2.01. |
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Purchase Price
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Section
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2.02. |
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Escrow Accounts
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Section
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2.03. |
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Foreign Implementing
Agreements
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Section
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2.04. |
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Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustment
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section
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3.01. |
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Representations and Warranties of the
Seller Corporations
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Section
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Representations and Warranties of
Buyer
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ARTICLE IV
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COVENANTS RELATING TO THE
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
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Section
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4.01. |
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Conduct of Business by the Seller
Corporations
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Section
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4.02. |
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Other Actions
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Section
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4.03. |
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Advice of Changes; Filings
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Section
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4.04. |
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Certain Tax Matters
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Section
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4.05. |
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Certain Bankruptcy Matters
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Section
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4.06. |
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No Solicitation
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ARTICLE V
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ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS
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Access to Information;
Confidentiality
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Section
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5.02. |
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Commercially Reasonable
Efforts
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Section
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5.03. |
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Public Announcements
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Section
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5.04. |
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Fees and Expenses
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Section
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5.05. |
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Additional Agreements
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Section
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5.06. |
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Employee Matters
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Section
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5.07. |
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Corporate Name
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Section
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5.08. |
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Kreatech Capital Stock
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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Section
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6.01. |
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Conditions to Each Party’s
Obligation to Effect the Asset Sale
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Section
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Conditions to the Obligations of
Buyer
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Conditions to the Obligations of the
Seller Corporations
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Frustration of Closing
Conditions
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ARTICLE VII
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TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND
WAIVER
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Section
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7.01. |
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Termination
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Section
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Effect of Termination
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Section
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Break-up Fee and Expense
Reimbursement
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Conditions for Payment of Break-up Fee
and Expense Reimbursement
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Section
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7.05. |
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Credit Bid
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Payment of Break-up Fee and Expense
Reimbursement
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Payment of Deposit
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7.08. |
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Amendment
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Extension; Waiver
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ARTICLE VIII
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.01. |
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Notices
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Section
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8.02. |
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Definitions
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8.03. |
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Assignment
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Entire Agreement; No Third-Party
Beneficiaries
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8.05. |
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Confidentiality; Return of
Information
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8.06. |
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Release
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8.07. |
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Governing Law
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8.08. |
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Specific Enforcement
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Consent to Jurisdiction
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Waiver of Jury Trial
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Interpretation
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Consents and Approvals
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Counterparts
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Severability
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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| SCHEDULES |
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Schedule A
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Assigned Contracts
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Schedule B
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Excluded Assets
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Bill of Sale
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Exhibit B
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Assignment & Assumption
Agreement
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Exhibit C
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Bidding Procedures
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Exhibit D
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Sale Order
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Exhibit E
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Bidding Procedures Order
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Exhibit F
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Consulting Agreement
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) dated as of June 11,
2008, by and between VERIDEX, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ Buyer ”), IMMUNICON CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), as a
debtor and debtor-in-possession under chapter 11 of
title 11 of the United States Code, §§101, et
seq. (as amended, the “ Bankruptcy Code ”),
IMMUNIVEST CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned
Subsidiary of the Company, as a debtor and debtor-in-possession
under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, IMMC HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company, as a debtor and debtor-in-possession under chapter 11
of the Bankruptcy Code and IMMUNICON EUROPE, INC., a Delaware
corporation and a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, as a
debtor and debtor-in-possession under chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code.
WHEREAS the Company and its
Subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Seller Corporations
”) are engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing,
marketing and selling cell-based diagnostic and research
products;
WHEREAS on June 11,
2008, each of the Seller Corporations filed a voluntary petition
for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the “
Bankruptcy Cases ”) in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Delaware (the “ Bankruptcy
Court ”);
WHEREAS the Seller
Corporations own the Purchased Assets and, upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, each of the
Seller Corporations desires to transfer, sell, convey, assign and
deliver to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase, acquire and
accept, the Purchased Assets free and clear of all Liabilities
(other than the Assumed Liabilities and Permitted
Encumbrances);
WHEREAS upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement and pursuant to
Sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, Buyer is willing
to assume, and each of the Seller Corporations desires to assign
and transfer to Buyer, the Assumed Liabilities;
WHEREAS Buyer and each of the
Seller Corporations contemplates that this Agreement shall serve as
the “Stalking Horse Bid” in each of the Bankruptcy
Cases and be subject to higher or otherwise better offers pursuant
to the Bidding Procedures; and
WHEREAS Buyer and each of the
Seller Corporations desires to consummate the Asset Sale as
promptly as practicable after the commencement of the Bankruptcy
Cases and the entry of the Sale Order by the Bankruptcy
Court.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement, and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
The Asset
Sale
Section 1.01. The
Asset Sale. (a) Pursuant to Sections 363 and 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing the Seller Corporations
shall transfer, sell, convey, assign and deliver to Buyer, and
Buyer shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Seller
Corporations, free and clear of all Liabilities (other than the
Assumed Liabilities and Permitted Encumbrances), all of the Seller
Corporations’ right, title and interest in, to and under the
Purchased Assets for (i) the Total Consideration and
(ii) the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities. The purchase
and sale of the Purchased Assets (including the assumption and
assignment of the Assigned Contracts) and the assumption of the
Assumed Liabilities are collectively referred to in this Agreement
as the “ Asset Sale ”.
(b) The transfer, sale,
conveyance and assignment of the Purchased Assets shall be
effectuated by the execution and delivery at the Closing by the
Seller Corporations of one or more bills of sale, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Bills of
Sale ”), together with any reasonably necessary transfer
declarations or other filings, and such other instruments of
transfer, conveyance and assignment as Buyer shall reasonably
request to vest in Buyer good and valid title to the Purchased
Assets, in form and substance as Buyer shall reasonably request,
including assignments regarding all Intellectual Property Rights of
the Seller Corporations (including the execution and delivery at
the Closing by the Seller Corporations of (x) a general
assignment of all patents and patent applications to Buyer and
(y) a general assignment of all trademarks and trademark
applications to Buyer or an Affiliate of Buyer as may be specified
by Buyer). Pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller Corporations will
not sell to Buyer, and Buyer will not purchase, any of the Excluded
Assets.
(c) At the Closing, the
Seller Corporations shall assign and transfer to Buyer, and Buyer
shall assume, the Assumed Liabilities by the execution and delivery
at the Closing by Buyer and the Seller Corporations of one or more
assignment and assumption agreements, substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Assignment and
Assumption Agreements ”). Notwithstanding any other
provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Buyer will assume only
the Assumed Liabilities and will not assume any other Liability of
the Seller Corporations (or any predecessor of the Seller
Corporations or any prior owner of all or part of the Seller
Corporations’ businesses, assets or properties) of whatever
nature, whether presently in existence or arising
hereafter.
(d) At least five business
days prior to the Closing Date, Buyer and the Company (on behalf of
itself and the other Seller Corporations) shall mutually agree on a
reasonable and good faith estimate of the Net Settlement Amount
(the “ Estimated Net Settlement Amount
”).
Section 1.02.
Purchased Assets and Excluded Assets. (a) The term
“ Purchased Assets ” means all the business,
properties, assets, goodwill, rights and claims of the Seller
Corporations, of whatever kind and nature, real or personal,
tangible or intangible, owned, leased, used or licensed by the
Seller Corporations on the Closing Date, other than the Excluded
Assets, including:
(i) all leaseholds interests
and all prepaid rent, security deposits and options to renew or
purchase, in each case with respect to the properties set forth on
Section 1.02(a)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
(collectively, the “ Transferred Leases
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(ii) all inventory, wherever
located, including raw materials, packaging materials and supplies,
work-in-progress and finished goods that are owned, leased or
licensed by the Seller Corporations, including inventory held at
any location controlled by any of the Seller Corporations,
inventory previously purchased and in transit and any inventory
paid for but not yet delivered or received by any of the Seller
Corporations (collectively, the “ Transferred
Inventory ”);
(iii) all other tangible
property and interests therein, wherever located, including all
apparatus, materials, furniture, office supplies, fixtures,
furnishings, equipment, vehicles, tools, toolings, machinery,
manufactured and purchased parts, spare parts and accessories and
other items of tangible personal property owned, leased, used or
licensed by the Seller Corporations, including the assets set forth
on Section 1.02(a)(iii) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
and including tangible property held at any location controlled by
any of the Seller Corporations, tangible property previously
purchased and in transit and any tangible property held by a
customer or prospective customer of any of the Seller
Corporations;
(iv) all accounts, accounts
receivable and other rights to payment (including notes receivable)
of the Seller Corporations, pre-paid expenses, advance payments,
prepayments, security deposits, deferred charges, letters of credit
and other deposits included in pre-paid assets (excluding deposits
related to Contracts that are not Assigned Contracts) or rights of
payment (including rights to insurance proceeds in respect of any
Purchased Asset or Assumed Liability), in each case, of the Seller
Corporations, and any claim, cause of action, remedy or right
related to the foregoing;
(v) all Intellectual Property
Rights of the Seller Corporations (including all related
documentation and data in all forms and formats in which it
exists), including, for the avoidance of doubt, all rights in the
name “Immunicon”;
(vi) all computers, computer
hardware, computer support equipment and software, telephone and
communication systems, security systems, accounting systems, email
addresses, databases, source codes, user manuals and master disks
of source codes and other proprietary information, whether for
general business usage (e.g., accounting, word processing,
graphics, spreadsheet analysis) or specific, unique-to-the-business
usage, in each case owned, leased, used or licensed by any of the
Seller Corporations;
(vii) all Permits issued to,
owned, used or possessed by the Seller Corporations, including any
pending application of any of the Seller Corporations to a
Governmental Entity for or with regard to a Permit, in each case to
the extent transferable under applicable law;
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(viii) all Contracts set
forth on Schedule A hereto (as such Schedule may be amended
pursuant to Section 1.04) (the “ Assigned
Contracts ”);
(ix) all rights in and to
products sold (including products returned after the Closing and
rights of rescission, replevin and reclamation) by the Seller
Corporations;
(x) all rights, claims,
credits, causes of action or rights of set-off of any of the Seller
Corporations to the extent relating to any Purchased Asset or any
Assumed Liability, whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown,
contingent or non-contingent, including, to the extent
transferable, all claims pursuant to guarantees, representations,
warranties, indemnities and similar rights made by suppliers,
manufacturers, contractors and other third parties in favor of any
of the Seller Corporations in respect of any other Purchased Asset
or any Assumed Liability;
(xi) all customer, vendor and
supplier lists, other distribution lists, files, documents and
correspondence relating to customers, suppliers and vendors of the
business, sales and promotional literature, manuals, equipment and
products drawings, blueprints and schematics and all other
business, financial, accounting and tax records, files, books and
documents (including books of account, ledgers, general records,
files, invoices, billing records and regulatory records), in each
case, in any form or medium, of the Seller Corporations;
(xii) all Registration
Information (including in relation to pending applications and
applications that are in the process of being prepared by any of
the Seller Corporations or their respective Affiliates for Product
Registrations) of the Seller Corporations, in each case to the
extent transferable under applicable law;
(xiii) all assets of or
relating to any Company Benefit Plan that (A) are transferred
to any employee benefit plan maintained by Buyer or any of its
Affiliates as expressly provided in Section 5.06 or
(B) transfer automatically to Buyer or any of its Affiliates
either pursuant to applicable law or in connection with the
assumption of any Assumed Benefit Plan (collectively, the “
Transferred Benefit Plan Assets ”); and
(xiv) (A) if any or all
of the legal or beneficial interests in the share capital of
Kreatech Holding B.V. held by any Seller Corporation and any rights
or claims associated therewith (the “ Kreatech Capital
Stock ”) are sold, transferred, assigned or otherwise
disposed of on or prior to the Closing Date, 75% of the proceeds
(in whatever form received) from such sale, transfer, assignment or
other disposition and (B) if any or all of the Kreatech
Capital Stock is owned by any Seller Corporation following the
Closing Date, the right to receive 75% of the proceeds (in whatever
form received) from any sale, transfer, assignment or other
disposition of such Kreatech Capital Stock at any time and from
time to time after the Closing Date (the proceeds in clauses
(a) and (b) collectively, the “ Acquired
Kreatech Sale Proceeds ”).
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(b) The term “
Excluded Assets ” means:
(i) any legal or beneficial
interests in the share capital of any Affiliate of any Seller
Corporation (including the capital stock of any Seller
Corporation), including associated stock registers and similar
records;
(ii) all rights, title and
interests of the Seller Corporations in the Kreatech Capital Stock,
other than the Acquired Kreatech Sale Proceeds;
(iii) all tax losses and tax
loss carry forwards of the Seller Corporations and rights to
receive refunds, credits and credit carry forwards with respect to
any taxes of the Seller Corporations;
(iv) any Contract that is not
an Assigned Contract;
(v) any leasehold interest or
other interest in real property of the Seller Corporations that is
not in respect of the Transferred Leases;
(vi) the properties and
assets listed or described on Schedule B;
(vii) all assets of or
relating to any Company Benefit Plan, other than the Transferred
Benefit Plan Assets;
(viii) all actions arising
under Sections 544-550 of the Bankruptcy Code and all proceeds
thereof;
(ix) all cash, cash
equivalents and short-term investments as of the Closing Date,
other than the Acquired Kreatech Sale Proceeds; and
(x) all rights of the Seller
Corporations under this Agreement and the other agreements and
instruments executed and delivered in connection with this
Agreement, including the Foreign Implementing Agreements (the
“ Transaction Documents ”).
Section 1.03. Assumed
Liabilities and Excluded Liabilities. (a) Assumed
Liabilities . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement, Buyer agrees, effective at the Closing, to assume
only the following Liabilities of the Seller Corporations, in each
case, except to the extent any of such Liabilities are Excluded
Liabilities (the “ Assumed Liabilities
”):
(i) all Liabilities under the
Assigned Contracts (A) relating to periods beginning after the
Closing Date or (B) arising after the Closing;
(ii) all Liabilities relating
to or arising from the ownership of the Purchased Assets after the
Closing Date;
(iii) all Liabilities of the
Seller Corporations in respect of trade credit (other than trade
credit that was not paid within 60 days of being incurred) relating
to the Transferred Inventory or research and development supplies
constituting Purchased Assets, in each case incurred in the
ordinary course of business prior to the Closing (the “
Assumed Inventory Trade Credit ”); and
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(iv) all Liabilities with
respect to the Transferred Employees relating to employment or
employee benefits that Buyer has specifically agreed to assume
pursuant to this Agreement (the “ Covered Employee
Liabilities ”).
(b) Excluded
Liabilities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, Buyer shall not assume or be liable for any Liabilities
of the Seller Corporations, of any kind (whether or not asserted,
accrued, contingent, at law or in equity or otherwise (including
any Liability based on successor liability theories), scheduled or
evidenced by a filed proof of claim or other form of writing
evidencing such claim filed in the Bankruptcy Cases, secured,
unsecured, priority or administrative), other than the Assumed
Liabilities (the “ Excluded Liabilities ”),
including any of the following:
(i) all Liabilities of the
Seller Corporations under Assigned Contracts (A) relating to
periods ending on or prior to the Closing Date or (B) arising
prior to the Closing;
(ii) any Liability of any of
the Seller Corporations to the extent that it relates to, or to the
extent that it arises out of, any Excluded Asset (including
Liabilities under any Contract of any of the Seller Corporations
that is not an Assigned Contract), whether accruing prior to, at or
after the Closing;
(iii) all Liabilities of any
of the Seller Corporations for taxes (including, for the avoidance
of doubt, all sales, value added, transfer and similar taxes
imposed by reason of the Asset Sale);
(iv) all Liabilities for
Indebtedness of the Seller Corporations;
(v) all fees, commissions,
expenses and other Liabilities owing to any broker, investment
banker, financial advisor, outside counsel, auditing firm or
consultant retained by or on behalf of any Selling Corporation,
whether relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or otherwise;
(vi) all Liabilities relating
to employment or employee benefits, other than the Covered Employee
Liabilities;
(vii) all suits, claims,
actions, arbitrations, investigations or proceedings (“
Litigation ”) and all Liabilities arising in
connection therewith in respect of the conduct of the business of
any of the Seller Corporations prior to the Closing (including any
Litigation in respect of any workers’ compensation matters
and all Liabilities arising in connection therewith);
(viii) all Liabilities of the
Seller Corporations in respect of accounts payable or trade credit
that does not constitute Assumed Inventory Trade Credit;
and
(ix) except to the extent
expressly assumed under Section 1.03(a), all Liabilities
relating to or arising from the ownership of the Purchased Assets
before the Closing Date.
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Section 1.04.
Assigned Contracts. (a) At the Closing, the Seller
Corporations shall, pursuant to the Sale Order, the Assignment and
Assumption Agreements and other transfer and assignment documents
reasonably requested by Buyer, assume and sell and assign to Buyer,
the Assigned Contracts.
(b) Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, (i) at any time during the period
commencing on the date of this Agreement and ending on the date
that is 45 days after the date of this Agreement (the “
Designation Period ”), Buyer may (A) amend
Schedule A hereto and, by doing so, designate any Pending
Contract not then listed on Schedule A as an Assigned Contract
and (B) designate any Pending Contract as an Excluded Asset,
in either case by notifying the Company in writing of such
designation at any time on or before the last day of the
Designation Period and (ii) in the event an Auction is
conducted in accordance with the Bidding Procedures, at any time
during the Auction Buyer may further amend Schedule A hereto to
designate any Contract previously designated as an Excluded Asset
as an Assigned Contract. Any Pending Contract not designated by
Buyer as an Assigned Contract or an Excluded Asset on or before the
last day of the Designation Period shall be deemed to be an
Excluded Asset for all purposes under this Agreement (unless such
Contract is later designated by Buyer as an Assigned Contract
during the Auction in accordance with clause (ii) of the
immediately preceding sentence). Any Pending Contract designated as
an Assigned Contract or an Excluded Asset, as applicable, under
this Section 1.04(b) shall be understood and agreed to be an
Assigned Contract or Excluded Asset, as applicable, for all
purposes under this Agreement as if such Pending Contract were an
Assigned Contract or Excluded Asset, as applicable, on the date of
this Agreement.
(c) The Bidding Procedures
Order shall provide that the counterparty to each Assigned Contract
and Pending Contract to which any Seller Corporation is a party or
by which any Seller Corporation or any of its assets or properties
are bound shall be provided adequate notice of assignment and
assumption and the proposed Cure Amount as set forth in such Seller
Corporation’s books and records.
(d) Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not
constitute an agreement to assign any Assigned Contract which,
after giving effect to the provisions of Section 365 of the
Bankruptcy Code, is not assignable or transferable without the
consent of any Person, other than the Seller Corporations, any of
their respective Affiliates or Buyer, to the extent that such
consent shall not have been given prior to the Closing,
provided , however , that each Seller Corporation
shall use, whether before or after the Closing, reasonable best
efforts to obtain all necessary consents to the assignment and
transfer thereof, it being understood that, to the extent the
foregoing shall require any action by any Seller Corporation that
would, or would continue to, have an adverse effect on the business
of Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing, such action
shall require the prior written consent of Buyer.
(e) With respect to any
Assigned Contract that is not included in the Purchased Assets or
assigned to Buyer by reason of Section 1.04(d) (the “
Nonassigned Contracts ”), the applicable Selling
Corporation shall continue after the Closing to use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain the requisite consents to the assignment and
transfer thereof as provided in Section 1.04(d);
provided that until such requisite consents are obtained and
the foregoing is transferred and assigned to Buyer or until such
Nonassigned Contract becomes an Excluded Asset pursuant to this
Section 1.04(e), the Seller Corporations shall (and shall
cause their respective
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Affiliates to) cooperate in any lawful
or reasonable arrangement reasonably proposed by Buyer under which
Buyer shall enjoy the beneficial interest of the economic claims,
rights and benefits and perform the obligations under the asset,
claim or right with respect to which the consent has not been
obtained in accordance with this Agreement. Upon obtaining the
requisite third-party consents with respect to any Nonassigned
Contracts, such Contracts shall be transferred and assigned to
Buyer hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein, to the extent that any Assumed Liability relates to any
Nonassigned Contract, such Assumed Liability shall be deemed to be
an Excluded Liability unless and until such Nonassigned Contract is
transferred and assigned to Buyer, or unless Buyer obtains the
benefit (but solely to the extent of such benefit) of such
Nonassigned Contract under this Section 1.04(e).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Final Order provides that any
Nonassigned Contract shall not be transferable and assignable to
Buyer, such Nonassigned Contract shall be deemed to be an Excluded
Asset for all purposes under this Agreement.
Section 1.05.
Closing. The closing of the Asset Sale (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on a date to be specified by the parties hereto,
which shall be no later than the second business day after
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in
Article VI (other than those conditions that by their terms
are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction
or waiver of those conditions), at the offices of Cravath,
Swaine & Moore LLP, 825 Eighth Avenue,
New York, New York 10019, unless another time, date
or place is agreed to in writing by the Company and Buyer. The date
on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the
“ Closing Date ”.
ARTICLE II
The Purchase Price
Section 2.01.
Purchase Price. Promptly following the execution of this
Agreement, Buyer shall deposit $3,308,750 (the “
Deposit ”) by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to a commercial bank account with a commercial bank selected
by Buyer and reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “
Escrow Agent ”) under the escrow agreement entered
into by and among Buyer, the Company and the Escrow Agent on the
date hereof (the “ Escrow Agreement ”). At the
Closing, Buyer shall (a) pay an amount equal to (x) the
Closing Date Consideration less (y) the Deposit and all
interest accrued thereon (the “ Deposit Property
”) to the Company by wire transfer in immediately available
funds in accordance with written instructions given by the Company
to Buyer not less than three business days prior to the Closing,
(b) direct the Escrow Agent to release the Deposit and all
interest accrued thereon to the Company in accordance with the
terms of the Escrow Agreement, (c) pay the applicable portion
of the Closing Cure Liability Amount payable to each of the
Resolved Cure Parties by wire transfer in immediately available
funds in accordance with written instructions given by the Company
to Buyer not less than three business days prior to Closing and
(d) deposit an aggregate amount equal to the amount asserted
as being required to cure all defaults under all Assigned Contracts
in accordance with Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code in a
writing or writings filed in the Bankruptcy Court on or before the
deadline set forth in the Bidding Procedures Order by the Cure
Parties to all such Assigned Contracts for which the Cure Amounts
with respect to such Assigned Contracts were not paid on the
Closing Date pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 2.01
(the aggregate amount specified in this clause (d) being
referred to as the
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“ Post-Closing Cure Reserve
Amount ”) by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to a commercial bank account (the “ Cure Payment Escrow
Account ”) with the Escrow Agent under the Escrow
Agreement.
Section 2.02. Escrow
Accounts . (a) Buyer and the Company have engaged the
Escrow Agent to hold and distribute (in accordance with this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement) (i) the Deposit and
(ii) the Post-Closing Cure Reserve Amount.
(b) The Post-Closing Cure
Reserve Amount will be held by the Escrow Agent in the Cure Payment
Escrow Account as a source of payment of Cure Amounts owed by any
Seller Corporation, and no portion of the Post-Closing Cure Reserve
Amount shall be released by the Escrow Agent to a Cure Party or any
Seller Corporation except as Buyer (or an Affiliate of Buyer) may
instruct from time to time in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth in the Escrow Agreement.
Section 2.03. Foreign
Implementing Agreements . At or prior to the Closing, the
Seller Corporations will execute and deliver to Buyer all Foreign
Implementing Agreements required to transfer and vest good and
valid title to the Purchased Assets located outside of the United
States to Buyer or its designated Affiliates free and clear of all
Liabilities (other than the Assumed Liabilities and Permitted
Encumbrances), and to effect the assumption by Buyer or its
designated Affiliates of the Assumed Liabilities related to
jurisdictions outside the United States.
Section 2.04.
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment. (a) Within 10
business days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and
deliver to the Company (on behalf of itself and the other Seller
Corporations) a statement (the “ Statement ”)
setting forth the actual Net Settlement Amount as of the Closing
Date (the “ Closing Net Settlement Amount
”).
(b) During the 10-business
day period following the Company’s receipt of the Statement,
the Seller Corporations and their advisors (including their
accountants) shall be permitted to review the working papers of
Buyer relating to the Statement. The Statement shall become final
and binding upon the parties on the 10th business day following
delivery thereof, unless the Company (on behalf of itself and the
other Seller Corporations) gives written notice of its disagreement
with the Statement (the “ Notice of Disagreement
”) to Buyer prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement
shall be signed by each of the Seller Corporations and shall
(i) specify in reasonable detail and specificity the nature of
any disagreement so asserted and (ii) specify what the Seller
Corporations reasonably believe is the correct amount of the
Closing Net Settlement Amount based on the disagreements set forth
in the Notice of Disagreement, including a reasonably detailed
description of the adjustments applied to the Statement in
calculating such amount. If the Notice of Disagreement is received
by Buyer within the aforementioned 10-business day period, then the
Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence) shall
become final and binding upon Buyer and the Seller Corporations on
the earlier of (i) the date Buyer and the Company (on behalf
of itself and the other Seller Corporations) resolve in writing any
differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the
Notice of Disagreement or (ii) the date any disputed matters
are finally resolved in writing by an independent public accounting
firm as shall be agreed upon by Buyer and the Company other than
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte & Touche LLP (the
“ Accounting Firm ”). During the 10-business day
period following the delivery of the Notice of
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Disagreement, Buyer and the Company (on
behalf of itself and the other Seller Corporations) shall seek in
good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have
with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of
Disagreement. During such period, Buyer and its advisors (including
its accountants) shall have access to the working papers of the
Seller Corporations prepared in connection with the Notice of
Disagreement. At the end of such 10-business day period, Buyer and
the Company (on behalf of itself and the other Seller Corporations)
shall submit to the Accounting Firm for resolution any matters that
remain in dispute and which were properly included in the Notice of
Disagreement, in the form of a written brief. Buyer and the Company
(on behalf of itself and the other Seller Corporations) shall
jointly instruct the Accounting Firm that it (i) shall review
only the matters that were properly included in the Notice of
Disagreement and which remain unresolved and (ii) shall to the
extent practicable render its decision within 10 business days from
the submission of such matters. Judgment may be entered upon the
determination of the Accounting Firm in any court having
jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to
be enforced. The fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm
incurred pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall be shared equally
by Buyer and the Seller Corporations. The fees, costs and expenses
of Buyer incurred in connection with its preparation of the
Statement, its review of any Notice of Disagreement and its
preparation of its written brief submitted to the Accounting Firm
shall be borne by Buyer, and the fees, costs and expenses of the
Seller Corporations incurred in connection with their review of the
Statement, their preparation, review and certification of the
Notice of Disagreement and their preparation of their written brief
submitted to the Accounting Firm shall be borne by the Seller
Corporations.
(c) The Closing Date
Consideration shall be increased by the amount by which the Closing
Net Settlement Amount exceeds the Estimated Net Settlement Amount,
and the Closing Date Consideration shall be decreased by the amount
by which the Closing Net Settlement Amount is less than the
Estimated Net Settlement Amount (the Closing Date Consideration as
so increased or decreased shall hereinafter be referred to as the
“ Final Closing Date Consideration ”). If the
Closing Date Consideration is less than the Final Closing Date
Consideration, Buyer shall, and if the Closing Date Consideration
is more than the Final Closing Date Consideration, the Company
shall, in either case within five business days after the Statement
becomes final and binding on the parties, make payment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds of the amount of such
difference, together with interest thereon at a rate equal to the
rate of interest from time to time announced publicly by Citibank,
N.A., as its prime rate, calculated on the basis of the actual
number of days elapsed divided by 365, from (and including) the
Closing Date through (but not including) the date of
payment.
(d) The scope of the disputes
to be resolved by the Accounting Firm shall be limited to the
matters set forth in the Notice of Disagreement, and the Accounting
Firm is not to make any other determination. Any determinations by
the Accounting Firm, and any work or analyses performed by the
Accounting Firm in connection with its resolution of any dispute
under this Section 2.04, shall not be admissible in evidence
in any suit, action or other proceeding between the parties, other
than to the extent necessary to enforce payment obligations under
Section 2.04.
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ARTICLE III
Representations and
Warranties
Section 3.01.
Representations and Warranties of the Seller Corporations.
Except as set forth in the disclosure schedule (with specific
reference to the particular Section or subsection of this Agreement
to which the information set forth in such disclosure schedule
relates; provided , however , that any information
set forth in one section of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall
be deemed to apply to each other Section or subsection thereof or
hereof to which its relevance is readily apparent on its face)
delivered by the Company to Buyer at least three days prior to the
execution of this Agreement (the “ Company Disclosure
Schedule ”), each of the Seller Corporations represents
and warrants to Buyer as follows:
(a) Organization, Standing
and Corporate Power. Each of the Seller Corporations has been
duly organized, and is validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, as
the case may be, and has all requisite power and authority to own,
lease or otherwise hold and operate its properties and other assets
and to carry on its business. Each of the Seller Corporations is
duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the
ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure
to be so qualified or licensed individually or in the aggregate
would not reasonably be expected to prevent or materially impede,
interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation of the Asset Sale
or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
(b) Subsidiaries.
Section 3.01(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each
of the Subsidiaries of the Company and, for each such Subsidiary,
its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation and, as of the date
hereof, each jurisdiction in which such Subsidiary is qualified or
licensed to do business. All the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of, or other equity interests in, each such
Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company
free and clear of all liens (statutory or otherwise), pledges,
assessments, easements, rights of way, charges, defects of title,
encumbrances, adverse claims of ownership or use, restrictions on
transfer, security interests or other encumbrances of any kind or
nature whatsoever (collectively, “ Liens ”), and
free of any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise
dispose of such capital stock or other equity interests. Except for
the capital stock of, or voting securities or equity interests in,
its Subsidiaries and except as set forth on Section 3.01(b) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not own, directly
or indirectly, any capital stock of, or other voting securities or
equity interests in, any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association or other entity. No Subsidiary of the Company owns,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock of, or other voting
securities or equity interests in, any corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association or other entity.
(c) Authority;
Noncontravention. (i) Each Seller Corporation has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents by
each Seller Corporation and the
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consummation by each Seller Corporation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such
Seller Corporation, and no other corporate proceedings on the part
of such Seller Corporation is necessary to authorize this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered
by each of the Seller Corporations and, assuming the due
authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties
hereto and thereto and subject only to Bankruptcy Court approval
pursuant to the Sale Order, constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of each of the Seller Corporations, enforceable against
each of the Seller Corporations in accordance with their terms. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and compliance with the provisions
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents will not,
conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give
rise to a right of, or result in, termination, right of first
refusal, amendment, revocation, cancellation or acceleration of any
obligation or to the loss of a benefit under, or result in the
creation of any Lien in or upon any of the properties or other
assets of any of the Seller Corporations under, (x) the
organizational documents of any of the Seller Corporations,
(y) any loan or credit agreement, bond, debenture, note,
mortgage, indenture, lease, supply agreement, license agreement,
development agreement, distribution agreement or other contract,
agreement, obligation, commitment, arrangement, understanding,
instrument, permit, franchise or license, whether oral or written
(each, including all amendments thereto, a “ Contract
”), to which any of the Seller Corporations is a party or any
of their respective properties or other assets is subject or
(z) subject to the entry of the Sale Order, any
(A) statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to
any of the Seller Corporations or their respective properties or
other assets or (B) order, writ, injunction, decree, judgment
or stipulation, in each case applicable to any of the Seller
Corporations or their respective properties or other assets, other
than, in the case of clauses (y) and (z), any such conflicts,
violations, breaches, defaults, rights, losses or Liens that
individually or in the aggregate have not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except
for the Sale Order, no material consent, approval, order or
authorization of, action by or in respect of, or registration,
declaration or filing with, any Federal, state, local or foreign
government, any court, administrative, regulatory or other
governmental agency, commission or authority or any
non-governmental self-regulatory agency, commission or authority
(each, a “ Governmental Entity ”) is required by
or with respect to any of the Seller Corporations in connection
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the
other Transaction Documents by the Seller Corporations or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby.
(ii) The Board of Directors
of each of the Seller Corporations, at meetings duly called and
held at which all directors of each of the Seller Corporations were
present (or, with respect to any Seller Corporation other than the
Company, by unanimous written consent), duly and unanimously
adapted resolutions (A) approving the filing of such Seller
Corporation’s Bankruptcy Case, (B) approving this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
(C) declaring that it is in the best interests of such Seller
Corporation that such Seller Corporation file its Bankruptcy Case
and enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby on
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
and the
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other Transaction Documents
and (D) declaring that the consideration to be exchanged
between the parties under this Agreement constitutes fair and
adequate consideration and a reasonably equivalent
exchange.
(d) Company SEC
Documents. (i) As of the date of this Agreement, the
Company has filed its 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “
Annual Report ”) and all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents (including exhibits and other
information incorporated therein) with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) required
to be filed since January 1, 2008 (such documents, together
with any documents filed during such period by the Company with the
SEC on a voluntary basis on Form 8-K and together with the Annual
Report, the “ Company SEC Documents ”). As of
their respective filing dates, the Company SEC Documents complied
in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (including the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder), the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (including the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) applicable to such
Company SEC Documents, and none of the Company SEC Documents
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. Except to the extent
that information contained in any Company SEC Document has been
revised, amended, supplemented or superseded by a later-filed
Company SEC Document, none of the Company SEC Documents contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.
(ii) Each of the financial
statements (including the related notes) of the Company included in
the Company SEC Documents complied at the time it was filed as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC
with respect thereto in effect at the time of filing, has been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”)
(except, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the
rules and regulations of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto) and fairly presented in all material respects the
consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated
Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated results
of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments).
(e) Absence of Certain
Changes or Events. Except (i) for the filing of the
Bankruptcy Cases, (ii) as disclosed in the Company SEC
Documents filed by the Company and publicly available prior to the
date of this Agreement (the “ Filed Company SEC
Documents ”) or (iii) as expressly permitted
pursuant to Section 4.01(a) through (q), since March 31,
2008, each Seller Corporation has conducted its business only in
the ordinary course consistent with past practice, and there has
not been any Material Adverse Change, and from March 31, 2008
until the date hereof there has not been (A) any sale, lease,
license, mortgage, sale and leaseback or any other disposal of, or
the occurrence of any encumbrance or Lien on, any of the assets of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
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or any interests therein (including
securitization or factoring arrangements) except for sales of
inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice, (B) any action by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries that is prohibited by Section 4.01(m), other
than, solely in the case of clause (ii) of that Section, any
such action that is taken in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice, (C) any damage, destruction or
loss to any material asset of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether or not covered by insurance, (D) any
change in accounting methods, principles or practices by the
Company materially affecting its assets, liabilities or businesses,
except insofar as may have been required by a change in GAAP,
(E) any revaluation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any of their respective assets or (F) any licensing or
other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of
any Intellectual Property Rights of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(f) Litigation. Except
for the Bankruptcy Cases, there is no material Litigation pending
or, to the Knowledge of each of the Seller Corporations, threatened
against or affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their respective assets, nor is there any material judgment,
decree, injunction, rule or order of any Governmental Entity or
arbitrator outstanding against, or, to the Knowledge of each of the
Seller Corporations, investigation by any Governmental Entity
involving, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their
respective assets.
(g) Contracts.
Section 3.01(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a list of all Contracts to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or bound or to which any of their
respective properties or assets are subject (collectively, the
“ Company Contracts ”). Each Company Contract is
in full force and effect and is a valid and binding agreement of
the Company or its Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the
Company and each other Seller Corporation party to such Company
Contract, of each other party thereto, enforceable against the
Company or such Subsidiary and, to the Knowledge of the Company and
each other Seller Corporation party to such Company Contract,
against the other party or parties thereto, in each case, in
accordance with its terms. Other than as provided in
Section 3.01(g) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, each of
the Company and its Subsidiaries has performed or is performing all
material obligations required to be performed by it under each
Company Contract and is not (with or without notice or lapse of
time or both) in breach or default thereunder, and, to the
Knowledge of the Company and each other Seller Corporation party to
such Company Contract, no other party to any Company Contract is
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) in breach or
default thereunder. The aggregate amount required to cure all
defaults under the Assigned Contracts as of the Closing Date shall
not exceed $3,000,000. Each Company Contract with (A) any
stockholder of the Company, (B) any other Affiliate of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (C) any current or
former director, officer or employee, contractor or consultant of
any Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
employment Contracts and Company Benefit Plans) was entered into in
the ordinary course of business, is consistent with past practice
and is on an arm’s-length basis.
The Company has delivered to
Buyer complete and correct copies of all Company Contracts at least
three business days prior to the execution of this Agreement, and
no Company Contract has been modified, rescinded or terminated, and
no party other than the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Company
Contract has failed to renew or requested any amendment to any
Company Contract.
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(h) Compliance with Laws;
Permits. (i) Except with respect to Environmental Laws,
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ ERISA ”), and taxes, which are the subjects
of Sections 3.01(h)(ii), 3.01(i) and 3.01(j),
respectively, and except as set forth in the Filed Company SEC
Documents, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is in
compliance in all material respects with all material statutes,
laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, judgments, orders, writs,
injunctions, stipulations and decrees of any Governmental Entity
applicable to it, its properties or other assets or its business or
operations (collectively, “ Legal Provisions ”).
Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has in effect all material
approvals, authorizations, certificates, filings, franchises,
licenses, notices and permits of or with all Governmental Entities
(collectively, “ Permits ”), including all
Permits under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as
amended (including the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, the “ FDCA ”), and the regulations
of the Federal Food and Drug Administration (the “ FDA
”) promulgated thereunder, necessary for it to own, lease or
operate its properties and other assets and to carry on its
business and operations as presently conducted.
Section 3.01(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth
a complete and correct list of all Permits and all pending
applications thereto obtained by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. There has occurred no material default under, or
violation of, any such Permit.
(ii) Except for those matters
disclosed in the Filed Company SEC Documents, (A) each of the
Company and its Subsidiaries is, and has been, in compliance in all
material respects with all Environmental Laws and has obtained and
complied with all material Permits required under any Environmental
Laws to own, lease or operate its properties or other assets and to
carry on its business and operations as presently conducted;
(B) there have been no Releases or threatened Releases of
Hazardous Materials in, on, under or affecting any properties
currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries that would require investigation or
clean-up under Environmental Laws; (C) there is no material
Litigation pending, or to the Knowledge of each of the Seller
Corporations, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries relating to or arising under Environmental Laws,
and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received
any notice of any such Litigation; (D) neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is subject to material restrictions on the
sale or distribution of its products as a result of any existing,
pending or proposed requirement of Environmental Law and such
products are not subject to material restrictions regarding
post-consumer use handling or recycling; (E) neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or assumed by
contract or operation of law or otherwise, any material Liability,
order, settlement, judgment, injunction or decree relating to or
arising under Environmental Laws; and (F) there are no facts,
circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to
form the basis for any material Litigation or Liability against or
affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to or
arising under Environmental Laws. The term “ Environmental
Laws ” means all applicable Federal, state, local and
foreign laws (including common law), statutes, rules, regulations,
codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions,
notices, Permits, treaties or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Entity, relating in
any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation
of
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natural resources or
endangered species, the presence, management, Release or threat of
Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous Materials (including any
requirements related to the sale, labeling or recycling of
electronic equipment) or to human health and safety. The term
“ Hazardous Materials ” means (1) metals
(including lead, mercury or cadmium), petroleum products and
by-products, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, urea
formaldehyde foam insulation, medical or infectious wastes,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, radioactive substances,
chlorofluorocarbons and all other ozone-depleting substances or
(2) any chemical, material, substance, waste, pollutant or
contaminant that is prohibited, limited or regulated by or pursuant
to any Environmental Law. The term “ Release ”
means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing or
migrating into or through the environment or any natural or
man-made structure.
(i) Employee Benefits
. (i) Section 3.01(i)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of each individual employment, retention,
indemnification, severance, change of control and consulting
agreement with any Business Employee to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party and each “employee benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, and
each severance, retention, employment, consulting, “change of
control”, bonus, incentive (equity-based, equity-related or
otherwise), deferred compensation, employee loan, welfare benefit,
fringe benefit and other benefit plan, agreement, program, policy,
commitment or other arrangement, whether or not subject to ERISA,
in each case sponsored, maintained or contributed to, or required
to be sponsored, maintained or contributed to, by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person that, together with the
Company, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b),
(c), (m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “ Code ”) (each, a “
Commonly Controlled Entity ”), or with respect to
which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Commonly
Controlled Entity has any liability, in each case providing any
compensation or benefits to any Business Employee (each such
arrangement described in this sentence is referred to herein as a
“ Company Benefit Plan ”). Each Company Benefit
Plan or portion thereof that Buyer or any of its Affiliates has
explicitly agreed to assume pursuant to this Agreement is referred
to herein as an “ Assumed Benefit Plan ”. The
Company has delivered to Buyer true, complete and correct copies of
(A) each Company Benefit Plan (or, in the case of any
unwritten Company Benefit Plans, written descriptions thereof),
(B) any related trust agreement or funding instrument with
respect to any Assumed Benefit Plan, (C) the most recent
annual report on Form 5500 (including all schedules and attachments
thereto) filed with the Internal Revenue Service (“
IRS ”) with respect to each Assumed Benefit Plan (if
any such report was required by applicable law) and (D) the
most recent IRS determination or opinion letter, if applicable,
with respect to each Assumed Benefit Plan.
(ii) Section 3.01(i)(ii)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and
correct list, as of the date of this Agreement, of all Business
Employees, including their respective titles, current compensation,
date of birth, work location, whether or not such employee is on
leave of absence, and whether or not any such employee was, to the
Knowledge of any of the Seller Corporations, formerly an employee
of Buyer.
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(iii) Each Assumed Benefit
Plan has been administered in accordance with its terms and in
compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, all
other applicable laws and the terms of all applicable collective
bargaining agreements. The Company has not received written notice
of any pending or in progress, and, to the Knowledge of any of the
Seller Corporations, there are no threatened
(A) investigations by any Governmental Entity, termination
proceedings or other claims with respect to an Assumed Benefit Plan
(except routine claims for benefits payable under the Assumed
Benefit Plans) or (B) Litigation against or involving any
Assumed Benefit Plan or asserting any rights to or claims for
benefits under any Assumed Benefit Plan.
(iv) No Company Benefit Plan
is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or
is otherwise a defined benefit pension plan. Neither Buyer nor any
of its Subsidiaries will incur any liability (A) under
Section 302 of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of
the Code or the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992,
as amended, or (B) for violation of the continuation coverage
requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and
Section 4980B of the Code (collectively, “ COBRA
”) or the group health requirements of Sections 9801 et
seq. of the Code and Sections 701 et seq. of ERISA, in
each case, in connection with any of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
(v) Neither Buyer nor any of
its Affiliates will incur any unfunded liabilities in relation to
any Company Benefit Plan or any employee of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, and all payments, benefits, contributions and
premiums relating to each Assumed Benefit Plan have been timely
paid or made in accordance with the terms of such Assumed Benefit
Plan and the terms of all applicable laws or have been accrued in
accordance with GAAP.
(vi) (A) No Assumed
Benefit Plan (1) provides for deferred compensation,
(2) provides any welfare benefits (other than on a self-pay
basis) following termination of service or employment or
(3) is a “multiple employer welfare arrangement”
(as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA) and (B) no
Business Employee (1) is a member of a labor union or any
other similar employee organization, (2) is currently
receiving any disability benefits, (3) has entered into or is
covered by any individual agreement or arrangement with the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (4) has received any loan from the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries that has an outstanding balance,
(5) has a right, contingent or otherwise, to receive any
guaranteed bonus (including any retention bonus) from the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, (6) has the right to receive any
severance or separation pay or benefits from the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, (7) could reasonably be expected to receive
any payment or benefit from Buyer or any of its Affiliates that
would not be deductible to Buyer or such Affiliates as a result of
Section 280G of the Code, (8) is entitled to any tax
indemnification or tax gross-up from the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (9) is, or at any time will become, entitled
to any payment, benefit or right, or any increased and/or
accelerated payment, benefit or right, as a result of (x) such
Business Employee’s termination of employment with, or
services to, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
successor to the Company or (y) the execution of this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
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(vii) The Company and its
Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable laws with respect to labor relations, employment and
employment practices, occupational safety and health standards,
terms and conditions of employment, payment of wages,
classification of employees, immigration, visa, work status, human
rights, pay equity and workers’ compensation, and are not
engaged in any unfair labor practices. There is no unfair labor
practice charge or complaint against the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries pending or, to the Knowledge of the Seller
Corporations, threatened before the National Labor Relations Board
or any comparable Governmental Entity.
(j) Taxes. Each Seller
Corporation has filed, or has caused to be filed, in a timely
manner (within any applicable extension period) all tax returns
required to be filed with any taxing authority pursuant to the Code
(and any applicable U.S. Treasury regulations) or applicable state,
local or foreign tax laws. All such tax returns are true, complete
and accurate in all material respects and have been prepared in
material compliance with all applicable laws. Each Seller
Corporation has timely paid or caused to be paid (or the Company
has paid on its behalf) all taxes due and owing (whether or not
shown as due on such returns).
As used in this Agreement
“tax” means (y) all forms of taxation or duties
imposed, or required to be collected or withheld, including
charges, together with any related interest, penalties or other
additional amounts and (z) any liability in respect of amounts
described in clause (y) hereof arising by contract, as a
successor or under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision of law).
(k) Title to Properties
and Purchased Assets. (i) Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries has good and valid title to or valid leasehold or
sublease interests or other comparable contract rights in or
relating to all of the Purchased Assets. At the Closing, all the
Purchased Assets shall be free and clear of all Liabilities (other
than the Assumed Liabilities and Permitted
Encumbrances).
(ii) The Purchased Assets
include all the tangible and intangible assets, property and rights
reasonably necessary for the operation of the Company’s and
its Subsidiaries’ respective businesses as currently
conducted. All of the tangible personal property included in the
Purchased Assets is in good working condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted.
(iii) None of the Seller
Corporations owns any real property. Each of the Company and its
Subsidiaries is in possession of the properties or assets purported
to be leased under all its material leases.
(l) Intellectual
Property. (i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries
owns, or is validly licensed or otherwise has the rights to use,
and has the rights to make, use and sell products and services in
connection with, all Intellectual Property Rights, in each case
free and clear of all Liabilities (other than the Assumed
Liabilities and Permitted Encumbrances). Each Seller Corporation
has the legal power to convey the rights granted to it under any
license for any Intellectual Property Right taken by such Seller
Corporation. None of the Seller Corporations are subject to any
contractual, legal or other restriction on the use of any
Intellectual Property Rights that are owned by or licensed to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(ii) Neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has infringed or is infringing (including
with respect to the development, clinical testing, manufacture, use
or sale by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of their
respective products (whether or not such products are
commercially available or under development) or of their respective
Intellectual Property Rights) in any material respect the valid
rights of any Person with regard to any Intellectual Property
Right. To the Knowledge of each Seller Corporation, no Person or
Persons has infringed or are infringing in any material respect the
rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to
any Intellectual Property Right.
(iii) No material claims are
pending or, to the Knowledge of each Seller Corporation, threatened
with regard to the ownership or licensing by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries of any of their respective Intellectual Property
Rights.
(iv) Section 3.01(l)(iv)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date
hereof, a complete and accurate list of all patents and
applications therefor, registered trademarks and applications
therefor, domain name registrations (if any) and copyright
registrations (if any), that, in each case, are owned by or
licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. All patents and
patent applications required to be listed in
Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule are
either (a) owned by, or are subject to an obligation of
assignment to, the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company free and
clear of all Liabilities (other than the Assumed Liabilities and
Permitted Encumbrances) or (b) licensed to the Company or a
Subsidiary of the Company free and clear of all Liabilities (other
than the Assumed Liabilities and Permitted Encumbrances). The
patent applications listed in Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule that are owned by or licensed to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries are pending and have not been
abandoned, and have been and continue to be timely prosecuted. All
patents, registered trademarks and applications therefor owned by
or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have been
duly registered and/or filed with or issued by each appropriate
Governmental Entity in the jurisdiction indicated in
Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all
necessary affidavits of continuing use have been timely filed, and
all necessary maintenance fees have been timely paid to continue
all such rights in effect. None of the patents listed in
Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule that
are owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
has expired or been declared invalid, in whole or in part, by any
Governmental Entity. There are no material ongoing oppositions or
cancellations or other proceedings involving any of the trademarks
or trademark applications listed in Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule and owned by or licensed to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no material ongoing
interferences, oppositions, reissues, reexaminations or other
proceedings involving any of the patents or patent applications
listed in Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, including ex parte and post-grant proceedings, in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any foreign patent
office or similar administrative agency. To the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no published patents, patent applications,
articles or other prior art references that could adversely affect
the validity of any patent
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listed in
Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule in a
material way. Each of the patents and patent applications listed in
Section 3.01(l)(iv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule that
are owned by or licensed to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
properly identifies each and every inventor of the claims thereof
as determin
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