LLI ACQUISITION,
INC.,
LIGHTING SCIENCE GROUP
CORPORATION,
LAMINA LIGHTING
INCORPORATED,
THE STOCKHOLDERS
(listed on the signature pages hereto)
Dated
as of July 29, 2008
This
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “
Agreement ”) is dated as of July 29, 2008,
by and among LLI Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Purchaser ”), Lighting Science Group
Corporation (“ LSG ”), Lamina Lighting
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “
Seller ”), and each of the stockholders of the
Seller set forth on the signature pages hereto (each a “
Stockholder ” and together the “
Stockholders ”).
WHEREAS , Purchaser is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lighting
Science Group Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“
LSG ”);
WHEREAS, the Seller presently conducts the
Business;
WHEREAS , the Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign to
Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to acquire and assume from the
Seller, all of the Purchased Assets and Assumed Liabilities, all as
more specifically provided herein;
WHEREAS , the Stockholders collectively own approximately
76% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Seller, and
the Stockholders and the Seller have taken all necessary corporate
and stockholder action to enter into this Agreement and to perform
their respective obligations hereunder; and
WHEREAS , certain terms used in this Agreement are defined
in Section 1.1 .
NOW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter contained, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
1.1 Certain
Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings specified in this
Section 1.1 :
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person,
any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person, and the term “
control ” (including the terms “
controlled by ” and “ under common
control with ”) means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership
of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of
this Agreement, Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P. and its portfolio
companies shall not be deemed an “ Affiliate
” of Purchaser, LSG or its subsidiaries, and the respective
portfolio companies of the Stockholders shall not be deemed an
“ Affiliate ” of the Seller.
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“
Affiliated Group ” means any affiliated group
within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code or any
comparable or analogous group under applicable Law.
“
Available Earn-Out Amount ” means the amount to
be paid in the form of the Earn-Out Payment on the Earn-Out Payment
Date, if any, less any cash paid pursuant to
Section 9.4(c)(i) or Section 9.4(d)(i)
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“
Business ” means the business of the Seller,
including the production and sale of LED light engines and other
lighting products containing such light engines and any activities
ancillary thereto.
“
Business Day ” means any day of the year other
than a Saturday or Sunday or any day on which the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York is closed.
“
CERCLA ” means the Comprehensive Environmental
Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended.
“
CK License Agreement ” means that certain OEM
License Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2007, by and between
Color Kinetics Incorporated and the Seller.
“
COBRA ” means the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended.
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
“
Combination Product ” any product that is
comprised of a combination of Substrate Technology Component Parts
and Non-Substrate Component Parts.
“
Confidential Information ” means any
information with respect to the Seller, including methods of
operation, customer lists, products, prices, fees, costs,
Technology, inventions, trade secrets, know-how, Software,
marketing methods, plans, personnel, suppliers, competitors,
markets or other specialized information or proprietary matters.
“ Confidential Information ” does not
include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect
to, information that (i) is generally available to the public
on the date of this Agreement or (ii) becomes generally
available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure not
otherwise permissible hereunder.
“
Contract ” means any contract, agreement,
indenture, note, bond, mortgage, loan, instrument, lease, license,
commitment or other arrangement, understanding or undertaking,
commitment or obligation, whether written or oral.
“
Documents ” means all files, documents,
instruments, papers, books, reports, records, tapes, microfilms,
photographs, letters, budgets, forecasts, ledgers, journals, title
policies, lists of past, present and/or prospective customers,
supplier lists, regulatory filings, operating data and plans,
technical documentation (design specifications, functional
requirements, operating instructions, logic manuals, flow charts,
etc), user documentation (installation guides, user manuals,
training materials, release notes, working papers, etc.), marketing
documentation (sales brochures, flyers, pamphlets, web pages,
etc.), and other similar
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materials
related to the Business and the Purchased Assets, in each case
whether or not in electronic form.
“
Employee ” means all individuals (including
common law employees, independent contractors and individual
consultants), immediately prior to the Closing, who are employed or
engaged by Seller in connection with the Business.
“
Environmental Law ” means any Law as now or
hereafter in effect in any way relating to protection of human
health and safety, public welfare, the environment, or natural
resources, including, without limitation, those Laws relating to
the storage, handling and use of chemicals, hazardous substances
(as that term is defined by CERCLA) and other hazardous materials,
those relating to the generation, processing, treatment, storage,
transport, disposal or other management of chemicals, hazardous
substances (as that term is defined by CERCLA), hazardous materials
or waste materials of any kind, those Laws relating to the release,
reporting, discharge, investigation, or remediation of waste
materials, hazardous substances (as that term is defined by
CERCLA), hazardous materials or waste materials of any kind, and
those Laws relating to the protection of threatened or endangered
species or environmentally sensitive areas. Environmental Law
includes, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 9601 et seq. ), the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. App. § 1801 et
seq. ), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42
U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. ), the Clean Water
Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. ), the Clean
Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq. )
the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601
et seq. ), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. § 136 et seq. ),
the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. § 651
et seq. ), and ISRA and analogous state or local
Laws, as each has been or may be amended and the regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto.
“
Environmental Permit ” means any Permit
required by Environmental Laws for the operation of the
Business.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“
ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) which is or at anytime
within the six (6) year period preceding the date of this
Agreement would have been treated as a “single
employer” with the Seller under section of 414(b),
(c), (m), or (o) of the Code.
“
Excluded Contracts ” means the following
Contracts: (i) the New Jersey Lease; and (ii) the CK License
Agreement.
“
Excluded Employee ” means any Employee who is
not offered employment by Purchaser or who does not accept an offer
of employment by Purchaser and commence work with Purchaser
immediately after the Closing.
“
Former Employee ” means all individuals
(including common law employees, independent contractors and
individual consultants) who were employed or engaged by the Seller
but who are no longer so employed immediately prior to the
Closing.
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Furniture and Equipment ” means all furniture,
fixtures, furnishings, machinery, tools, equipment, vehicles,
rolling stock, leasehold improvements, and other tangible personal
property of every kind owned, leased or used by the Seller in the
conduct of the Business (wherever located, including, without
limitation, customer locations), including all artwork, desks,
chairs, tables, Hardware, copiers, telephone lines and numbers,
telecopy machines and other telecommunication equipment, cubicles
and miscellaneous office furnishings and supplies, together with
any maintenance records and other documents relating
thereto.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States as of the Closing Date.
“
Governmental Body ” means any government or
governmental or regulatory body thereof, or political subdivision
thereof, whether foreign, federal, state, or local, or any agency,
instrumentality or authority thereof, or any court or arbitrator
(public or private).
“
Hardware ” means any and all computer and
computer-related hardware, including, but not limited to,
computers, file servers, facsimile servers, scanners, color
printers, laser printers and networks.
“
Hazardous Material ” means any substance,
material or waste which is regulated because of its effect or
potential effect on public health or the environment, including any
material, substance or waste which is recycled, or which is defined
as a “hazardous waste,” “hazardous
material,” “hazardous substance,”
“extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted
hazardous waste,” “solid waste,” “pollutant
or contaminant,” “toxic waste” or “toxic
substance” under any provision of Environmental Law, and
including petroleum or any fraction thereof, petroleum products,
natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas or
synthetic gas, asbestos, mold, asbestos-containing material, urea
formaldehyde and polychlorinated biphenyls.
“
Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without
duplication, (i) the principal, accreted value, accrued and
unpaid interest, prepayment and redemption premiums or penalties
(if any), unpaid fees or expenses and other monetary obligations in
respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed
and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or
other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is
responsible or liable; (ii) all obligations of such Person
issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all
conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of
such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding
trade accounts payable and other accrued current liabilities
arising in the Ordinary Course of Business (other than the current
liability portion of any indebtedness for borrowed money));
(iii) all obligations of such Person under leases required to
be capitalized in accordance with GAAP; (iv) all obligations
of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter
of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction;
(v) all obligations of such Person under interest rate or
currency swap transactions (valued at the termination value
thereof); (vi) the liquidation value, accrued and unpaid
dividends; prepayment or redemption premiums and penalties (if
any), unpaid fees or expenses and other monetary obligations in
respect of any redeemable preferred stock (or other equity of such
Person); (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in
clauses (i) through (vi) of any Persons for the payment
of which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or
indirectly, as obligor, guarantor, surety or otherwise, including
guarantees of such obligations; and (viii) all
obligations
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of the type
referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) of other Persons
secured by (or for which the holder of such obligations has an
existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien
on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such
obligation is assumed by such Person).
“
Intellectual Property ” means all right, title
and interest in or relating to intellectual property, whether
protected, created or arising under the Laws of the United States
or any other jurisdiction, including: (i) inventions,
discoveries, and patents and applications therefor, including
continuations, divisionals, and continuations-in-part thereof and
patents issuing thereon, along with all reissues, reexaminations
and extensions thereof, and every priority right that is or may be
predicated upon or arise from the inventions, discoveries, and
patents and applications (collectively, “
Patents ”); (ii) trademarks, service
marks, trade names, service names, brand names, trade dress rights,
corporate names, trade styles, logos and other source or business
identifiers and general intangibles of a like nature, together with
the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, along with all
applications, registrations, renewals and extensions thereof
(collectively, “ Marks ”);
(iii) Internet domain names; (iv) copyrights and mask
work, database and design rights, whether or not registered or
published, all registrations and recordations thereof and all
applications in connection therewith, along with all reversions,
extensions and renewals thereof (collectively, “
Copyrights ”); (v) trade secrets and other
proprietary Confidential Information (“ Trade
Secrets ”); (vi) other intellectual property
rights arising from or relating to Technology, and
(vii) Contracts granting any right relating to or under the
foregoing.
“
Intellectual Property Licenses ” means
(i) any grant by the Seller to another Person of any right
relating to or under the Purchased Intellectual Property and
(ii) any grant by another Person to the Seller of any right
relating to or under any third Person’s Intellectual
Property.
“
IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service and, to the extent relevant, the United States Department
of Treasury.
“
ISRA ” means the New Jersey Industrial Site
Recovery Act, N.J.S.A. 13:1K and N.J.A.C. 7:26B, and any related
NJDEP regulations, as well as any successor statute or regulations
thereto, as each has been or may be amended.
“
Knowledge of the Seller ” means the actual
knowledge, after reasonable inquiry, of the Seller’s Chief
Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of
Engineering and Vice President of Operations.
“
Law ” means any foreign, federal, state or
local law (including common law), statute, code, ordinance, rule,
regulation, Order or other requirement.
“
Legal Proceeding ” means any judicial,
administrative or arbitral action, suit, mediation, investigation,
inquiry, proceeding or claim (including any counterclaim) by or
before a Governmental Body.
“
Liability ” means any debt, loss, damage,
adverse claim, fine, penalty, liability or obligation (whether
direct or indirect, known or unknown, asserted or unasserted,
absolute or
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contingent,
accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured, determined or
determinable, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated,
or due or to become due, and whether in contract, tort, strict
liability or otherwise), and including all costs and expenses
relating thereto (including all fees, disbursements and expenses of
legal counsel, experts, engineers and consultants and costs of
investigation).
“
Lien ” means any lien, encumbrance, pledge,
mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, claim, lease, charge,
option, right of first refusal, easement, servitude, proxy, voting
trust or agreement, transfer restriction under any equity holder or
similar agreement, encumbrance or any other restriction or
limitation whatsoever, including any Contract to give any of the
foregoing.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” means any result,
occurrence, fact, change, event or effect (whether or not
constituting a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant set
forth in this Agreement) that, individually or in the aggregate
with any such other results, occurrences, facts, changes, events or
effects, is or could reasonably be expected to be materially
adverse to (i) the Seller’s or the Business’s
business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations, or (ii) the ability of
the Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or perform its duties under this Agreement or the Seller
Documents.
“
New Jersey Lease ” means that certain Lease
Agreement, dated December 12, 2001, by and between NJ Exit 5
Associates and the Seller.
“
New York Lease ” means that certain Standard
Form of Loft Lease, dated November 9, 2007, by and between IGS
Realty Co. and the Seller.
“
NJDEP ” means the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection.
“
Non-Substrate Component Parts ” means any
component part that does not directly incorporate the Substrate
Technology.
“
Order ” means any order, injunction, judgment,
doctrine, decree, ruling, writ, assessment or arbitration award of
a Governmental Body.
“
Ordinary Course of Business ” means the
ordinary and usual course of normal day-to-day operations of the
Business, as conducted by the Seller, through the Closing Date,
consistent with past practice.
“
Permits ” means any approvals, authorizations,
consents, licenses, registrations, variances, permits or
certificates granted by or obtained from a Governmental Body, and
applications therefor and renewals thereof.
“
Permitted Exceptions ” means (i) all
defects, exceptions, restrictions, easements, rights of way and
encumbrances disclosed in policies of title insurance that have
been delivered to Purchaser; (ii) statutory Liens for current
Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and
payable or the amount or validity of which is being contested in
good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided , that an
appropriate reserve has been established therefor in
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the Financial
Statements in accordance with GAAP; (iii) mechanics’,
carriers’, workers’ and repairers’ Liens arising
or incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business that are not
material to the business, operations and financial condition of the
Seller’s property so encumbered and that are not resulting
from a breach, default or violation by the Seller of any Contract
or Law; and (iv) zoning, entitlement and other land use and
environmental regulations by any Governmental Body; provided
, that such regulations have not been violated.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, firm, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, Governmental Body or other entity.
“
Plans ” shall mean (i) all “employee
benefit plans” as defined by Section 3(3) of ERISA, all
specified fringe benefit plans as defined in Section 6039D of
the Code, and all other bonus, incentive compensation, deferred
compensation, profit sharing, stock option, stock appreciation
right, stock bonus, stock purchase, employee stock ownership,
savings, severance, supplemental unemployment, layoff, salary
continuation, retirement, pension, health, life insurance, dental,
disability, accident, group insurance, vacation, holiday, sick
leave, fringe benefit or welfare plan, and any other employee
compensation or benefit plan, agreement, policy, practice,
commitment, Contract, or understanding (whether qualified or
nonqualified, written or unwritten), and any trust, escrow or other
agreement related thereto, which currently is sponsored,
established, maintained or contributed to or required to be
contributed by the Seller or for which the Seller has any
Liability, contingent or otherwise, and (ii) all
“multiemployer plans,” as that term is defined in
Section 4001 of ERISA and all “employee benefit
plans” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that are subject
to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code which the
Seller or any ERISA Affiliate has maintained or contributed to or
been required to contribute to at any time within six
(6) years prior to the Closing Date or with respect to which,
to the Seller or any ERISA Affiliate has any Liability.
“
Purchased Contracts ” means all Contracts
related to the Business other than the Excluded
Contracts.
“
Purchased Intellectual Property ” means all
Intellectual Property owned by the Seller related to or used in
connection with the Business.
“
Purchased Technology ” means all Technology
owned by the Seller related to or used in connection with the
Business.
“
Release ” means any release, spill, emission,
leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, deposit, dumping, emptying,
disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration.
“ Securities Act ” means the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended.
“
Software ” means any and all (i) computer
programs, including any and all software implementations of
algorithms, models and methodologies, whether in source code or
object code; (ii) databases and compilations, including any
and all data and collections of data, whether machine readable or
otherwise; (iii) descriptions, flow-charts and other work
product used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the
foregoing, screens, user interfaces, report formats, firmware,
development tools, templates, menus, buttons and icons; and
(iv) all
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documentation,
including user manuals and other training documentation related to
any of the foregoing.
“
Substrate Technology ” means Technology claimed
in (x) any U.S. non-provisional Patent application filed and
exclusively owned by the Seller, pending and as submitted and, in
each case as of the Closing or (y) any valid, enforceable, and
issued United States Patent exclusively owned by the Seller
immediately prior to the Closing and, in the case of each of the
forgoing, transferred to Purchaser as part of the Purchased
Intellectual Property. For the avoidance of doubt, “
Substrate Technology ” shall include all of the
Lamina products identified by the part numbers on
Schedule 1.1 hereto (the “ Listed
Products ”); provided , that if prior to
Closing, LSG or its Affiliates developed a specification associated
with a product listed on Schedule 1.1 , then such
product shall not be deemed “Substrate Technology”
solely as a result of being listed in Schedule 1.1 ;
and provided further, that if any of the Listed Products are
purchased or sourced from a third party after Closing and such
product was not developed from the Lamina specification related to
such product prior to or after Closing, then such product shall not
be deemed “Substrate Technology” as a result of being
listed in Schedule 1.1 . Notwithstanding the foregoing,
“ Substrate Technology ” shall not
encompass (i) other than any of the Listed Products, any
Technology transferred to Purchaser under this Agreement that is
both non-patented and is not the subject of a pending patent claim
as of the Closing in any U.S. non-provisional Patent application
filed and owned by the Seller as of the Closing, (ii) any
Technology licensed by the Seller and transferred to Purchaser
under this Agreement, (iii) any product sold or offered for
sale by LSG or its Affiliates prior to the Closing (“
Pre-Closing LSG Product ”), and any Pre-Closing
LSG Product sold or offered for sale after the Closing to the
extent unmodified by LSG or its Affiliates, and any product sold or
offered for sale by LSG or its Affiliates after the Closing and
which uses Technology that was commercialized by LSG or its
Affiliates prior to the Closing, or (iv) any product purchased
by LSG or its Affiliates from the Seller prior to the Closing and
held by LSG or such Affiliate in inventory as of the Closing, it
being understood that this clause (iv) shall not be construed
to include the class or type of products held in inventory but
rather the individual products held in inventory as of the
Closing.
“
Substrate Technology Component Part ” means any
component part that directly incorporates the Substrate
Technology.
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Tax ” or “ Taxes ”
means (i) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes, charges,
fees, imposts, levies or other assessments, including all net
income, gross receipts, capital, sales, use, ad valorem, value
added, transfer, franchise, profits, inventory, capital stock,
license, withholding, payroll, employment, social security,
unemployment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, property and
estimated taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments and charges of
any kind whatsoever; (ii) any interest, penalties, fines,
additions to tax or additional amounts imposed by any Taxing
Authority in connection with any item described in clause (i);
and (iii) any Liability in respect of any items described in
clauses (i) and/or (ii) payable by reason of Contract,
assumption, transferee liability, operation of Law, Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6(a) (or any predecessor or
successor thereof or any analogous or similar provision of Law) or
otherwise.
“
Taxing Authority ” means the IRS and any other
Governmental Body responsible for the administration of any
Tax.
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Tax Return ” means any return, report or
statement required to be filed with respect to any Tax (including
any elections, declarations, schedules or attachments thereto, and
any amendment thereof), including any information return, claim for
refund, amended return or declaration of estimated Tax, and
including, where permitted or required, combined, consolidated or
unitary returns for any group of entities that includes the Seller,
or any of its Affiliates.
“
Technology ” means, collectively, Software,
information, designs, source code, formulae, algorithms,
procedures, methods, techniques, ideas, know-how, research and
development, technical data, tools, specifications, processes,
inventions and discoveries (whether patentable or unpatentable and
whether or not reduced to practice), apparatus, creations,
improvements, works of authorship and other similar materials, and
all recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, and other
writings and registered domain names, website pages and other
website development, and other tangible embodiments of the
foregoing, in any form whether or not specifically listed herein,
and all related technology.
“ Transaction Expenses ” means all of the
fees and expenses of the Seller payable in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including, without
limitation, (i) fees and expenses of counsel, advisors, brokers,
investment banks, accountants, actuaries and experts engaged by or
on behalf of the Seller, and (ii) any amounts payable to any
Employee or Former Employee resulting from or arising out of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (such as
severance, termination, change of control or success
bonuses).
“
Transferred Employee ” means any Employee who
accepts an offer of employment by Purchaser and commences work with
Purchaser immediately after the Closing.
“
Treasury Regulations ” means the regulations
promulgated under the Code.
“ WARN ” means the Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended.
1.2 Terms
Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement . For purposes of this
Agreement, the following terms have meanings set forth in the
sections indicated:
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4.2
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9.2(c)
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7.5
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4.13(b)
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Introductory
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5.2
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9.1
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Term
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Section
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Tax Clearance Certificate
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10.4
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9.3(b)
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3.1
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1.1 (in
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1.3
Other Definitional and Interpretive Matters .
(a) Unless
otherwise expressly provided, for purposes of this Agreement, the
following rules of interpretation shall apply:
Calculation of Time Period . When calculating the period of
time before which, within which or following which any act is to be
done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the
reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded. If the
last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in
question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day.
Dollars . Any reference in this Agreement to $ shall mean
U.S. dollars.
Exhibits/Schedules . The Exhibits and Schedules to this
Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and are an
integral part of this Agreement. All Exhibits and Schedules annexed
hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a
part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any
capitalized terms used in any Schedule or Exhibit but not otherwise
defined therein shall be defined as set forth in this
Agreement.
Gender and Number . Any reference in this Agreement to
gender shall include all genders, and words imparting the singular
number only shall include the plural and vice versa.
Headings . The division of this Agreement into Articles,
Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are
for convenience of reference only and shall not affect or be
utilized in construing or interpreting this Agreement. All
references in this Agreement to any “Section” are to
the corresponding Section of this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
Herein . The words such as “ herein ,”
“ hereinafter ,” “ hereof ,”
and “ hereunder ” refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not merely to a subdivision in which such words appear
unless the context otherwise requires.
Including . The word “ including ” or any
variation thereof means “ including, without
limitation ” and shall not be construed to limit any
general statement that it follows to the specific or similar items
or matters immediately following it.
(b) The
parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and
drafting of this Agreement and, in the event an ambiguity or
question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall
be construed as jointly drafted by the parties hereto and no
presumption or
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burden of proof
shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the
authorship of any provision of this Agreement.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF PURCHASED
ASSETS; ASSUMPTION OF ASSUMED LIABILITIES
2.1 Purchase
and Sale of Assets . On the terms set forth in this Agreement,
at the Closing, Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from
the Seller, and the Seller shall sell, transfer, assign, convey and
deliver to Purchaser all of the Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the Purchased Assets, free and clear of
all Liens except for Permitted Exceptions. The “
Purchased Assets ” shall mean all of the
business, assets, properties, contractual rights, goodwill, going
concern value, rights and claims of the Seller related to the
Business, wherever situated and of whatever kind and nature, real
or personal, tangible or intangible, whether or not reflected on
the books and records of the Seller (other than the Excluded
Assets), including, without limitation, each of the following
assets except to the extent they constitute Excluded
Assets:
(a) all
accounts receivable of the Seller;
(b) all
inventory and supplies used or intended to be used primarily in
connection with the Business, including, without limitation, raw
materials, work in progress, finished goods, manufacturing
supplies, office supplies, packaging and related materials, other
than any such items which are below customary quality control
standards within the Seller’s industry or any applicable
governmental quality control standards, or such items that are of a
quality or quantity not usable or, in the case of finished goods,
saleable in the Ordinary Course of Business (it being understood
than any such materials not useable or saleable within six
(6) months constitute obsolete inventory);
(c) all
tangible personal property used or intended to be used primarily in
connection with the Business, including, without limitation,
Furniture and Equipment;
(d) except
with respect to any Excluded Contract, all prepaid expenses and
other deposits (including customer deposits and security for rent,
electricity, telephone or otherwise), claims for refunds, prepaid
charges, including any prepaid rent, rights of offset in respect
thereof and all retentions or holdbacks of the Seller;
(e) all
rights of the Seller under the New York Lease, together with all
improvements, fixtures and other appurtenances related thereto and
rights in respect thereof;
(f) the
Purchased Intellectual Property and the Purchased
Technology;
(g) all
rights of the Seller under the Purchased Contracts, including all
claims or causes of action with respect to the Purchased
Contracts;
(h) except
with respect to the Excluded Contracts, all Documents that are
related to the Business, including Documents relating to products,
services, marketing,
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advertising,
promotional materials, Purchased Intellectual Property, Purchased
Technology, personnel files for Transferred Employees (to the
extent permitted by applicable Law) and all files, customer files
and documents (including credit information), supplier lists,
records, literature and correspondence, whether or not physically
located on any of the premises referred to in clause (e)
above;
(i) all
Permits, including Environmental Permits, used by the Seller in the
Business (which includes all Permits necessary to conduct the
Business as currently conducted) and all rights, and incidents of
interest therein;
(j) all
rights of the Seller under non-disclosure or confidentiality,
non-compete, non-solicitation agreements, assignment agreements or
similar agreements with Former Employees, Employees and agents of
the Seller or with third parties to the extent relating to the
Business or the Purchased Assets (or any portion
thereof);
(k) all
rights of the Seller under or pursuant to all warranties,
representations and guarantees made by suppliers, manufacturers and
contractors to the extent relating to products sold or services
provided to the Seller or to the extent affecting any Purchased
Assets;
(l) except
with respect to any Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, all
third-party property and casualty insurance proceeds, and all
rights to third-party property and casualty insurance proceeds, in
each case to the extent received or receivable in respect of the
Business as of the Closing;
(m) all
claims, counterclaims, causes of action, rights or recourse of the
Seller against third parties relating to the Purchased Assets,
whether choate or inchoate, known or unknown, contingent or
non-contingent; and
(n) all
goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the Business,
including the goodwill associated with the Purchased Intellectual
Property.
2.2 Excluded
Assets . Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to sell,
transfer, assign or convey the Excluded Assets to Purchaser, and
the Seller shall retain all right, title and interest to, in and
under the Excluded Assets. The “ Excluded
Assets ” shall mean each of the following
assets:
(a) all
cash and cash equivalents in Seller’s bank accounts or on
hand on the Closing Date, together with the bank accounts
themselves;
(b) the
Excluded Contracts;
(c) all
minute books, organizational documents, stock registers and such
other books and records of the Seller as they pertain to the
ownership, organization or existence of the Seller and duplicate
copies of such records as are necessary to enable the Seller to
file tax returns and reports;
(d) all
assets of any trust attributable to Employees and Former Employees
in connection with any Plan; and
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(e) all
assets listed on Schedule 2.2(e) hereto.
2.3 Assumption
of Liabilities . On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at the Closing Purchaser shall assume,
effective as of the Closing, only the following liabilities of the
Seller (collectively, the “ Assumed Liabilities
”):
(a) all
Liabilities of the Seller under the Purchased Contracts, including
the New York Lease, that arise out of or relate to the period from
and after the Closing Date;
(b) all
trade accounts payable of the Seller incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business and listed on Schedule 2.3(b)
;
(c) subject
to Section 3.3(a) , all Liabilities for breach of any
warranty for products sold by the Seller on or before the Closing
Date (“ Pre-Closing Product Warranty Claims
”);
(d) all
Liabilities for accrued payroll and paid time off for the
Transferred Employees incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business
as of the Closing Date, up to $75,000 (“ Accrued
Payroll ”); and
(e) all
Liabilities listed on Schedule 2.3(e) hereto (the
“ Schedule 2.3(e) Liabilities
”);
(f) all
Liabilities for Taxes relating to the Purchased Assets and
allocable to Purchaser pursuant to Section 10.2 ;
and
(g) any
Liabilities arising pursuant to COBRA and assumed by Purchaser
pursuant to Section 7.11 .
2.4 Excluded
Liabilities . Notwithstanding any provision herein to the
contrary, Purchaser shall not assume, succeed to, be liable for, be
subject to, or be obligated for, nor shall the Purchased Assets be
subject to, any Excluded Liabilities. The Seller shall timely
perform, satisfy and discharge in accordance with their respective
terms all Excluded Liabilities. “ Excluded
Liabilities ” shall mean all Liabilities of the
Seller arising out of, relating to or otherwise in respect of the
Business on or before the Closing Date and all other Liabilities of
the Seller, other than the Assumed Liabilities, including but not
limited to, the following Excluded Liabilities:
(a) other
than Pre-Closing Warranty Claims, all Liabilities in respect of any
products sold and/or services performed by the Seller on or before
the Closing Date;
(b) all
Liabilities, to the extent arising out of or otherwise related to
the ownership or operation of (i) the property underlying the
New York Lease or the New Jersey Lease (or any condition thereon)
on or prior to the Closing Date, including: (A) the Release,
presence, continuing Release or the subsequent migration thereof
(if existing as of the Closing) of any Hazardous Material,
regardless of by whom; or (B) any noncompliance with
Environmental Laws, (C) the compliance or noncompliance with
ISRA arising from, related to or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the
Sublease
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Agreement) or
any prior transaction; (ii) the Business on or prior to the
Closing Date, (iii) the Excluded Assets or any other real
property formerly operated, leased or otherwise used by the Seller
or (iv) from the offsite transportation, storage disposal,
treatment or recycling of Hazardous Material generated by and taken
offsite by or on behalf of the Seller prior to and through the
Closing Date;
(c) other
than Accrued Payroll, all Liabilities arising out of, relating to
or with respect to (i) the employment, performance of services
or termination of employment or services by the Seller or any of
its Affiliates of any individual on or before the Closing Date,
(ii) any Excluded Employee, (iii) workers’
compensation claims against the Seller that relate to the period on
or before the Closing Date, irrespective of whether such claims are
made prior to or after the Closing or (iv) any
Plan;
(d) all
Liabilities arising out of, under or in connection with Contracts
that are not Purchased Contracts and, with respect to Purchased
Contracts, Liabilities in respect of a breach by or default of the
Seller accruing under such Contracts with respect to any period
prior to Closing;
(e) all
Liabilities arising out of, under or in connection with any
Indebtedness or any Transaction Expenses of the Seller;
(f) all
Liabilities for (i) Transfer Taxes, (ii) Taxes of the
Seller for any period (other than Taxes relating to the Purchased
Assets and allocable to Purchaser pursuant to
Section 10.2 ), and (iii) Taxes that relate to the
Purchased Assets allocable to the Seller pursuant to
Section 10.2 ;
(g) all
Liabilities in respect of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the
Seller, threatened Legal Proceeding, or any claim arising out of,
relating to or otherwise in connection with (i) the operation
of the Business to the extent such Legal Proceeding or claim
relates to such operation on or prior to the Closing Date, or
(ii) any Excluded Asset;
(h) except
to the extent such Liability is a Schedule 2.3(e) Liability,
all Liabilities relating to any sales commissions or similar
payments through the Closing;
(i) all
Liabilities relating to accruals and obligations with respect to
any bonuses for any period prior to January 1, 2008;
and
(j) all
Liabilities relating to any dispute with any client or customer of
the Business existing as of the Closing Date or based upon,
relating to or arising out of events, actions, or failures to act
prior to the Closing Date.
2.5 Further
Conveyances and Assumptions; Consent of Third Parties
.
(a) From
time to time following the Closing and except as prohibited by Law,
the Seller shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, make available
to Purchaser such data in personnel records of Transferred
Employees as is reasonably necessary for Purchaser to transition
such Employees into Purchaser’s records.
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(b) From
time to time following the Closing, the Seller and Purchaser shall,
and shall cause their respective Affiliates to, execute,
acknowledge and deliver all such further conveyances, notices,
assumptions, releases and aquittances and such other instruments,
and shall take such further actions, as may be necessary or
appropriate to assure fully to Purchaser and its respective
successors or assigns, all of the properties, rights, titles,
interests, estates, remedies, powers and privileges intended to be
conveyed to Purchaser under this Agreement and the Seller Documents
and to assure fully to the Seller and its Affiliates and their
respective successors and assigns, the assumption of the
liabilities and obligations intended to be assumed by Purchaser
under this Agreement and the Seller Documents, and to otherwise
make effective the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
(c) Nothing
in this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be construed as an attempt or agreement
to assign any Purchased Asset, including any Contract, Permit,
certificate, approval, authorization or other right, which by its
terms or by Law is nonassignable without the consent of a third
party or a Governmental Body or is cancelable by a third party in
the event of an assignment (“ Nonassignable
Assets ”) unless and until such consent shall have
been obtained. The Seller shall, and shall cause its Affiliates to,
use their respective best efforts to cooperate with Purchaser at
its request in endeavoring to obtain such consents promptly. To the
extent permitted by applicable Law, in the event consents to the
assignment thereof cannot be obtained, such Nonassignable Assets
shall be held, as of and from the Closing Date, by the Seller or
the Affiliate of the Seller in trust for Purchaser and the
covenants and obligations thereunder shall be performed by
Purchaser in the Seller’s or Affiliate’s name and all
benefits and obligations existing thereunder shall be for
Purchaser’s account. The Seller shall take or cause to be
taken at the Seller’s expense such actions in its name or
otherwise as Purchaser may reasonably request so as to provide
Purchaser with the benefits of the Nonassignable Assets and to
effect collection of money or other consideration that becomes due
and payable under the Nonassignable Assets, and the Seller or each
applicable Affiliate of the Seller shall promptly pay over to
Purchaser all money or other consideration received by it in
respect of all Nonassignable Assets. As of and from the Closing
Date, the Seller on behalf of itself and its Affiliates authorize
Purchaser, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and the terms
of the Nonassignable Assets, at Purchaser’s expense, to
perform all the obligations and receive all the benefits of the
Seller or its Affiliates under the Nonassignable Assets and appoint
Purchaser its attorney-in-fact to act in its respective name on its
behalf or in the name of such Affiliate of the Seller and on such
Affiliate’s behalf with respect thereto.
2.6 Bulk-Sales
Laws . Purchaser hereby waives compliance by the Seller with
the requirements and provisions of any “bulk-transfer”
Laws of any jurisdiction that may otherwise be applicable with
respect to the sale of any or all of the Purchased Assets to
Purchaser; provided , that the Seller agrees (a) to pay
and discharge when due or to contest or litigate all claims of
creditors which are asserted against Purchaser or the Purchased
Assets by reason of such noncompliance, (b) to indemnify,
defend and hold harmless Purchaser from and against any and all
such claims in the manner provided in Article IX and
(c) to take promptly all necessary action to remove any Lien
which is placed on the Purchased Assets by reason of such
noncompliance.
2.7 Purchase
Price Allocation .
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(a) Within
thirty (30) days following the Closing, Purchaser shall
deliver to the Seller a statement allocating the Cash Payment plus
other amounts treated as consideration for federal income tax
purposes among the Purchased Assets and the covenants described in
Section 7.2 (non-competition; non-solicitation;
confidentiality) in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code
and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (the “ Purchase
Price Allocation Statement ”). Purchaser and the
Seller shall agree in good faith to revisions to the Purchase Price
Allocation Statement to reflect any purchase price adjustments,
including the payment of the Earn-Out Payment pursuant to
Section 3.3 . In the event that Purchaser and the
Seller are unable to agree on the Purchase Price Allocation
Statement within thirty (30) days following Purchaser’s
delivery of such statement to the Seller, Purchaser and the Seller
shall submit such dispute to the Independent Accountant to be
resolved in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.7(b) . All Tax Returns and reports filed by
Purchaser and the Seller shall be prepared consistently with such
allocation (as revised in accordance with this
Section 2.7(a) ).
(b) If
Purchaser and the Seller are unable to reach an agreement with
respect to the Purchase Price Allocation Statement within thirty
(30) days following Purchaser’s delivery of such
statement to the Seller, they shall promptly thereafter cause a
mutually acceptable independent accounting firm (the “
Independent Accountant ”) to review this
Agreement and the disputed items or amounts contained in the
Purchase Price Allocation Statement (it being understood that in
making such calculation, the Independent Accountant shall be
functioning as an expert and not as an arbitrator). In making such
calculation, the Independent Accountant shall be instructed to
consider only those items or amounts in the Purchase Price
Allocation Statement and the Purchaser’s calculation of such
allocations as to which the Seller has disagreed. The parties shall
further instruct the Independent Accountant to deliver to Purchaser
and the Seller, as promptly as practicable (but in any case no
later than thirty (30) days from the date of engagement of the
Independent Accountant), a report setting forth such calculation.
The Independent Accountant’s report shall be final and
binding upon Purchaser and the Seller. The fees, costs and expenses
of the Independent Accountant’s review and report shall be
allocated to and borne by Purchaser and the Seller based on the
inverse of the percentage that the Independent Accountant’s
determination (before such allocation) bears to the aggregate
amount of all items of the Purchase Price Allocation Statement in
dispute. For example, should the items in dispute total in amount
to $1,000 and the Independent Accountant allocates $600 in favor of
the Seller’ position, 60% of the costs of its review would be
borne by Purchaser and 40% of the costs would be borne by the
Seller.
2.8 Proration
of Certain Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in
Section 10.2 with respect to Taxes, all expenses and
other payments in respect of all rents and other payments
(including any prepaid amounts) due under the New York Lease and
any tangible personal property leases constituting part of the
Purchased Assets shall be prorated between the Seller, on the one
hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, as of the Closing Date. The
Seller shall be responsible for all rents (including any percentage
rent, additional rent and any accrued tax and operating expense
reimbursements and escalations), charges and other payments of any
kind accruing during any period under the New York Lease or any
such tangible personal property leases up to and including the
Closing Date. Purchaser shall be responsible for all such rents,
charges and other payments accruing during any period under the New
York Lease or any such tangible personal property leases after the
Closing Date. Purchaser shall pay the full amount of any invoices
received by it and shall submit a request for reimbursement to the
Seller for the
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Seller’s
share of such expenses and the Seller shall pay the full amount of
any invoices received by the Seller and Purchaser shall reimburse
the Seller for Purchaser’s share of such expenses.
2.9
Receivables . For a reasonable period following the Closing,
the Seller shall provide reasonable assistance to Purchaser in the
collection of accounts receivable. If the Seller shall receive
payment in respect of accounts receivable that are included in the
Purchased Assets, then the Seller shall promptly forward such
payment to Purchaser.
CONSIDERATION AND CLOSING
3.1
Consideration . The aggregate consideration for the
Purchased Assets shall be (a) an amount in cash equal to
$4,500,000 (the “ Cash Payment ” and
together with the Earn-Out Payment (defined below), the “
Purchase Price ”), plus
(b) the Earn-Out Payment, if any, paid in accordance with
Section 3.3 below, subject to the indemnification
obligations of the Seller set forth in Article IX , and
(c) the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities (together with
the Purchase Price, the “ Total Consideration
”).
3.2 Payment of
Cash Payment . On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall pay the
Cash Payment to the Seller, which shall be paid by wire transfer of
immediately available funds into an account designated by the
Seller in writing not fewer than three (3) Business Days prior
to the Closing Date.
(a) Subject
to Section 3.3(e) and Section 7.8(d) , the
Seller shall receive an earn-out payment (the “
Earn-Out Payment ”), payable in accordance with
Section 3.3(c) , equal to (1) (i) the product of
85% and (ii) (x) the product of (A) 0.50 and (B) the
aggregate amount of revenue in excess of $6,000,000 realized in
accordance with GAAP by the Seller and/or LSG and its subsidiaries
and Affiliates during the year ended December 31, 2008 from
the sale of Substrate Technology Component Parts and Combination
Products plus (y) the aggregate amount of
revenue realized in accordance with GAAP by LSG and its
subsidiaries and Affiliates during the year ended December 31,
2009 from the sale of Substrate Technology Component Parts and
Combination Products, minus (2) the amount of
the Cash Payment, and minus (3) the cost to
Purchaser or its Affiliates to remedy any Pre-Closing Product
Warranty Claims; provided , that the Earn-Out Payment shall
not exceed $10,500,000.
(b) In
determining the amount of revenue attributable to Substrate
Technology Component Parts and Combination Products pursuant to
Section 3.3(a) , the parties agree that:
(i)
With respect to Combination Products:
(A) Only the
revenue attributable to a Substrate Technology Component Part shall
be included in the revenue calculation; and
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(B) The revenue
attributable to a Substrate Technology Component Part shall be
equal to: (A) if the Seller and/or LSG or its subsidiaries or
Affiliates have separately sold the applicable Substrate Technology
Component Part to an independent third party during the 180-day
period immediately preceding the applicable sale of the Combination
Product, the weighted average sales price (calculated based upon
the number of units sold) for such Substrate Technology Component
Part during such 180-day period; or (B) 143% of the production
cost of the applicable Substrate Technology Component
Part.
(ii)
With respect to all Substrate Technology Component Parts and
Combination Products, the revenue amount shall be reduced by any
sales commissions paid by the Seller and/or LSG and its
subsidiaries and Affiliates to independent sales representatives
but shall not be reduced for any royalties or other amounts due or
payable in respect of such products sold.
(c) Subject
to Section 3.3(e) and Section 7.8(d) ,
within thirty (30) days of receipt by Purchaser of its audited
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009
(such date, the “ Earn-Out Payment Date
”), Purchaser shall: (1) deliver to the Seller a
reasonably detailed calculation of the Earn-Out Payment (the
“ Calculation ”); (2) deliver to the
Seller a signed report from the then-retained independent
accounting firm of LSG, prepared in accordance with customary
accounting attestation standards, that provides that such firm has
audited the revenue and sales commissions components of the
Calculation; and (3) pay an amount equal to the Earn-Out
Payment to the Seller pursuant to the wire transfer instructions
contemplated by Section 3.2 above.
(d) If
within twenty (20) days following the delivery of the
Calculation, the Seller gives written notice to Purchaser of its
objection to the Calculation (a “ Dispute
Notice ”), then the Seller may hire an outside
accountant, at its sole cost and expense (subject to the
penultimate sentence of this Section 3.3(d) ), to
validate the Calculation in which case Purchaser shall provide
reasonable access to its books and records for such purpose. The
Seller shall, and shall cause its accountants and representatives
to, keep all nonpublic information provided or obtained pursuant to
this Section 3.3(d) strictly confidential and ensure
that such information is not disclosed to any third parties. If
within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Dispute Notice,
the Seller’s accountant delivers a report to Purchaser
indicating that the earn-out amount reflected in the Calculation is
less than the amount supported by the report of the Seller’s
accountant and stating in reasonable detail the disputed amounts,
then the parties agree to instruct their respective accountants to
attempt to resolve the disputed items or amounts contained in the
Calculation. The parties’ respective accountants shall have
thirty (30) days to attempt to resolve the disputed items (the
“ Resolution Period ”). If the
parties’ respective accountants both sign a report (the
“ Negotiated Calculation ”) establishing
that the earn-out amount reflected in the Calculation is less than
the earn-out amount supported by the Negotiated Calculation, then
within thirty (30) days after receipt of the Negotiated
Calculation, Purchaser shall pay (in accordance with
Section 3.3(c) ) the Seller an amount equal to the
earn-out amount supported by the Negotiated Calculation
minus the earn-out amount reflected in the
Calculation, and subject to the penultimate sentence of this
Section 3.3(d) , minus any of
Purchaser’s reasonable fees and expenses relating to the
resolution of the disputed Calculation. The
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Negotiated
Calculation shall be final, conclusive, non-appealable and binding
for all purposes hereunder. If at the conclusion of the Resolution
Period, the Seller’s accountant and Purchaser’s
accountant have not delivered the Negotiated Calculation and the
Seller continues to have a dispute with respect to the Calculation,
then the disputed items or amounts shall be submitted to a mutually
acceptable independent accounting firm (the “ Neutral
Auditor ”) for resolution. The Neutral Auditor shall
determine only the disputed items or amounts contained in the
Calculation, and the Neutral Auditor’s determination shall be
based upon and consistent with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement. The determination by the Neutral Auditor shall be based
solely on presentations with respect to such disputed items or
amounts by the Seller and Purchaser to the Neutral Auditor and not
on the Neutral Auditor’s independent review. Each of the
Seller and Purchaser shall use their commercially reasonable
efforts to make their presentation as promptly as practicable
following submission to the Neutral Auditor of the disputed items,
and each such party shall be entitled, as part of its presentation,
to respond to the presentation of the other party and any questions
and requests of the Neutral Auditor. The Neutral Auditor’s
determination: (i) shall be made within thirty (30) days after
its engagement (which engagement shall be made no later than ten
(10) Business Days after the end of the Resolution Period), or
as soon thereafter as possible; (ii) shall be set forth in a
written report delivered to the Seller and Purchaser (the “
Neutral Calculation ”) and (iii) shall be
final, conclusive, non-appealable and binding for all purposes
hereunder. If the Neutral Calculation indicates that the earn-out
amount reflected in the Calculation is less than the earn-out
amount supported by the Neutral Calculation, then within thirty
(30) days after receipt of the Neutral Auditor’s report,
Purchaser shall pay (in accordance with Section 3.3(c)
) the Seller an amount equal to the earn-out amount supported by
the Neutral Calculation minus the earn-out amount
reflected in the Calculation, and subject to the penultimate
sentence of this Section 3.3(d) , minus
any of Purchaser’s reasonable fees and expenses relating to
the resolution of the disputed Calculation. The Seller shall pay
all fees and expenses of Purchaser relating to the dispute of the
Calculation pursuant to this Section 3.3(d) ;
provided , that if it is ultimately determined that
Purchaser’s Calculation was more than $500,000 less than the
earn-out payment supported by the Negotiated Calculation or the
Neutral Calculation, as applicable, then Purchaser shall pay all of
its own fees and expenses and all of the fees and expenses of the
Seller relating to such dispute.
(e) On
the Earn-Out Payment Date, Purchaser shall have the right to
withhold or otherwise offset any amounts due to Purchaser, or
reasonably estimated by Purchaser to be due to Purchaser, pursuant
to Article IX of this Agreement against the Earn-Out
Payment; provided , that, prior to the termination of the
General Survival Period or the Earn-Out Payment Date, as applicable
(depending on the nature of the underlying claim or dispute),
Purchaser shall have given notice (stating in reasonable detail (to
the extent available) the basis of the claim for indemnification)
to the Seller in accordance with Section 9.3(a) . Upon
the final resolution of any dispute or claim for which an estimated
amount was withheld pursuant to this Section 3.3(e) ,
the amount due to the Seller in respect of the Earn-Out Payment, if
any, after taking into account the resolution of such dispute or
claim, shall be promptly paid to the Seller.
3.4 Tax
Treatment . Purchaser and the Seller agree to treat the
transactions under this Agreement as a taxable sale by the Seller
of the Purchased Assets in exchange for the Total Consideration
under section 1001 of the Code.
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3.5 Closing
. The consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets
and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities provided for in
Article II hereof (the “ Closing
”) shall take place at the offices of Haynes and Boone, LLP
located at 901 Main Street, Suite 3100, Dallas, Texas 75202
(or at such other place as the parties may designate in writing) at
10:00 a.m. (Dallas time) on the date hereof (the “
Closing Date ”).
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLER
The
Seller hereby represents and warrants to Purchaser as set forth in
this Article IV , except as otherwise set forth in the
Disclosure Schedules attached hereto. Any information disclosed in
a section of the Disclosure Schedules shall, should it be
reasonably apparent on its face that such information applies to
another section of the Disclosure Schedules, be deemed to be
disclosed with respect to such other section of the
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