Exhibit 10.30
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is made this 13th day of August, 2008, by
and among IP Solutions, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“
Buyer ”), IPtimize, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”) and American Fiber Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Seller ” or the “
Company ”), each a “party” and
collectively the “parties”. The Disclosure Memorandum,
together with any supplements to the Disclosure Memorandum, is
hereby incorporated in this Agreement, and made a part hereof, by
this reference.
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell and
Buyer desires to purchase substantially all of the operating assets
and properties of the Company with respect to the Business (as
hereinafter defined) on the terms and conditions set forth
herein,
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the mutual covenants of the parties set forth in this Agreement and
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms are defined terms and shall have the meanings set
forth below:
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to a specified person, any Person that,
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the
specified person.
“ Agreement ”
refers to this entire Agreement, including the Disclosure
Memorandum, exhibits, schedules and certificates referred to
herein.
“ Ancillary Agreements
” means the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and other
documents to be executed by the Parties as listed in
Exhibit1.
“ Assets ” means
all of the tangible property exclusively relating to and used in
the operation of the Business, deposits and prepayments on customer
contracts or other payments to the Seller for products or services
of the Business that have not been completed and delivered prior to
the Closing Date, the Receivables arising after the Closing Date,
Pre-Paids, the Equipment, the Contracts, the Intellectual Property,
and the Covenant Not to Compete, and also including all intangible
property exclusively related to and used in the operation of the
Business, to the extent listed on Exhibit 2 attached hereto as
supplemented, subject to Buyer’s approval.
“ Assumed Liabilities
” shall mean (and is expressly limited to):
(a) all obligations of Seller to be
performed or satisfied after the Closing under the Contracts, but
not liabilities or obligations resulting from any default or breach
by Seller thereunder prior to the Closing;
(b) those (and only those)
non-delinquent Trade Accounts payable by Seller incurred in the
Business prior to Closing and which are disclosed in the Disclosure
Memorandum as supplemented;
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(c) those (and only those)
non-delinquent Trade Accounts payable incurred by Seller in the
Ordinary Course of Business (as hereinafter defined) of the
Business between the date of the full execution of this Agreement
and the Closing Date which remain unpaid at the Closing Date and
which are disclosed in the Disclosure Memorandum as
supplemented;
(d) any liability to a customer of
Seller for claims asserted under written warranties provided by
Seller to customers that arise after the Closing Date, except
that Seller shall retain any liability to a customer of Seller:
(i) for claims asserted under written warranties provided by
Seller to customers that arise prior to the Closing Date, but for
which a written claim from a customer is received by Seller
for up to and including the period no later than 120 days after the
Closing Date and (ii) for liabilities arising out of any
failure by Seller to perform warranty obligations prior to the
Closing Date.
“ Business ”
shall mean the business of the Company with respect to the
provision of Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) and
broadband data services to commercial customers as currently
conducted.
“ Business Information and
Records ” means all records, information, files and
papers reasonably necessary for Buyer to review, assess and
understand the Business and the Assets, including but not limited
to those used materially or exclusively in or prepared materially
or exclusively in connection with the Business, including, without
limitation, product designs, blueprints, specifications, drawings,
recorded knowledge, engineering reports, test reports, instruction
manuals, performance standards, catalogues, research data,
formulae, inventions, processes, quality control information,
trouble ticket records, proprietary information, know-how,
technical data, performance data, equipment service information,
trade and business secrets, sales data and other information
relating materially or exclusively to the Business and/or Assets of
the Company, all art work, photographs, slides, color separations,
plates and other back-up material relating to product brochures,
literature and similar materials relating to the products or
services of the Business, and with respect thereto, all sales and
advertising materials, customer and supplier lists, including
addresses, telephone numbers and principal contacts, records of
products and services and quantities purchased or supplied to or by
each customer and supplier, other customer and supplier records and
files, sales and purchase correspondence, sales reports, copies of
sales and use tax resale certificates, and books of account, but
excluding books and records of incorporation or organization,
shareholder and member meetings, and similar materials of a
corporate nature; and information and records relating to
businesses or operations other then those related to the
Business.
“ Closing ” shall
mean the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ Closing Date ”
shall mean the date of the Closing.
“ Code ” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Consent or Consents
” means any consent, waiver, approval, permit, license or
authorization of, or notice, declaration or filing with,
(a) any governmental body, and (b) any other Person
(including, but not limited to, any party to a lease or other
agreement or commitment of the Company exclusively related to the
Business) required to be obtained or given in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.
“ Contemplated
Transactions” means all of the transactions contemplated
by or provided for in this Agreement.
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“ Contracts ”
means those contracts and agreements of the Company materially or
exclusively related to the Business that are described in
Section 3.13 or elsewhere in this Agreement and including but
not limited to (a) the contracts evidencing the broadband and
VoIP customer lists attached hereto in Exhibit 3; (b) sales
and marketing records and materials; problem lists, whether related
to the Business customers or select third party vendor software
licenses; equipment leases, and other contracts or business records
relating materially or exclusively to the Business; and
(c) select software licenses and select software and hardware
maintenance agreements; voice termination and transport agreements
with providers other than AFS that are to be conveyed to Buyer
hereunder, if any; and select outstanding contracts with vendors
and suppliers, all as set forth on Exhibit 4.
“ Cut-off Date ”
means June 30, 2008.
“ Disclosure Memorandum
” means the disclosure memorandum, dated the date of this
Agreement, delivered by Seller to Buyer.
“ Encumbrance ”
means any claim, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, equitable
interest, option, right of first refusal, condition, or other
restriction or adverse claim of rights of any kind, including any
restriction on use, transfer, voting (in the case of a security),
receipt of income, or exercise of any other attribute of
ownership.
“ Equipment ”
means all rights of the Company which relate materially or
exclusively to the Business in any machinery, equipment, spare
parts, switches and switching systems, equipment located at
customer premises, tools, supplies and drawings owned, or licensed
by the Company, and any manuals, product literature, and
manufacturer’s warranties and representations that relate to
the foregoing, as set forth in the hardware, inventory and customer
premise equipment lists attached hereto as Exhibit 5.
“ Excluded Assets
” means all assets of Seller except for the Assets to be
conveyed to Buyer hereunder as set forth on Exhibit 6 and:
(a) books and records of incorporation, board meetings and
shareholder meetings and similar materials of a corporate nature;
(b) assets and properties sold, transferred or disposed of in
the Ordinary Course of Business prior to the Closing; (c) all
federal, state, county and local income, excise, franchise,
property and other tax returns, reports and declarations of the
Seller; (d) all tax refunds due and owing to the Seller in
respect of all periods up to the Closing Date; (e) any Company
assets and properties, including all fiber network, laterals, and
IP core network equipment which are not exclusively related to the
Business, and (f) Accounts Receivables existing as of or prior
to the Closing Date.
“ Financial Statements
” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.6.
“ Intellectual Property
” means all rights to be conveyed hereunder, if any,
exclusively related to the Business as set forth in Exhibit 7 in
all United States and foreign trademarks (common law and
registered) and service marks, trademark and service mark
registrations and applications, trade names, copyrights, copyright
registrations, proprietary technology, Trade Secrets, know-how,
licenses, computer software, inventions, and patents, patent
applications, utility models, utility model applications, and all
software in which the Company has an interest including source and
object codes; all causes of action, judgments, claims, and demands
of any nature related to such software and any and all other
intellectual property rights, including those derived, if any, from
services previously rendered to customers of the Business and the
right to sue for past infringements thereof exclusively related to
the Business as set forth in Exhibit 8.
“ Inventory ”
means all inventories used or prepared for use in connection with
the Business wherever located, including without limitation,
equipment for resale, spare parts, and containers, and excluding
such inventories sold, transferred, disposed of or consumed prior
to the Closing Date in the Ordinary Course of Business or otherwise
with the written consent of Buyer.
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“ IRS ” means the
United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency,
and, to the extent relevant, the United States Department of the
Treasury.
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“ Knowledge of
Company,” “Company’s Knowledge,”
“Knowledge of Seller,” “Seller’s
Knowledge,” “Known to Seller ” and similar
phrases mean the actual knowledge of Dave Rusin, Dave Danchak, Rich
Coyle or Gita Ramachandran or that a prudent individual in the
position of any of the foregoing could be expected to become aware
of in the course of conducting a reasonable investigation regarding
the accuracy of any representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement.
“ Loss ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.1
hereof.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” shall mean, (a) with respect to Seller, a
change or effect which individually or in the aggregate with other
changes or effects is or is reasonably likely to be materially
adverse to (i) the Assets, liabilities, business, operations,
results of operations, regulatory status, or condition (financial
or otherwise) of the Business, taken as a whole or in any
geographic market, or (ii) on the ability of Seller to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions and (b) with respect
to Buyer, a change or effect which individually or in the aggregate
with other changes or effects is or is reasonably likely to be
materially adverse to the ability of Buyer or Parent to consummate
the Contemplated Transactions.
“ Non-Competition
Agreements ” means the Non-Competition Agreements between
Buyer and the Company, each effective as of the Closing Date and in
substantially the form of Exhibit 9 hereto.
“ Ordinary Course of
Business ” means an action taken by a Person will be
deemed to have been taken in the “Ordinary Course of
Business” only if:
(a) such action is consistent with
the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary
course of the normal day-to-day operations of such
Person;
(b) such action is not required to
be authorized by the board of directors of such Person (or by any
Person or group of Persons exercising similar authority);
and
(c) such action is similar in nature
and magnitude to actions customarily taken, without any
authorization by the board of directors (or any Person or group of
Persons exercising similar authority), in the ordinary course of
the normal day-to-day operations of other Persons that are in the
same line of business as such Person.
“ Parent ” shall
mean IPtimize, Inc., a publicly traded Delaware corporation and
parent of IP Solutions, Inc., a Colorado corporation.
“ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means only those encumbrances which are
specifically identified on Exhibit 10.
“ Person ” means
any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation),
general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, estate, trust, association, organization, labor union, or
other entity or governmental body.
“ Pre-Paids ”
means those certain contracts for equipment and software
maintenance or other contracts necessary for the operation of the
Business, including without limitation Telica, ACME Packet,
Broadsoft, and SUN, all as set forth on Exhibit 11, as supplemented
by Seller after execution of this Agreement, which Seller has paid
for in advance, which contracts will inure to the benefit of the
Buyer for a period of time after the Closing Date.
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“Proceeding
” means any suit, litigation,
arbitration, hearing, audit, investigation, or other action
(whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative)
commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise
involving, any governmental body or arbitrator.
“ Purchase Price
” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3
of this Agreement.
“ Receivables ”
means all trade accounts receivable and other receivables of the
Company with respect to and arising exclusively out of the Business
to the extent to which the same is outstanding for services not yet
rendered or products not delivered by Seller under any customer
contract or with respect to an Asset being transferred to Buyer
hereunder.
“ Retained Liabilities
” means any and all liabilities of Seller of any kind or
nature, including but not limited to Accounts Payable incurred on
or prior to the Closing Date, excluding only the Assumed
Liabilities. Further, Seller shall retain any liability to
customers of Seller under written warranties given by Seller to
customers for claims arising prior to the Closing Date, provided
such customers make a written claim and such claim is received by
Seller no later than one hundred and twenty (120) days after
the Closing Date.
“ Returns ” means
all returns, declarations, reports, statements, schedules and other
documents required to be filed with regard to Taxes, whether timely
or delinquent, and all amendments thereof.
“ Taxes ” means
all federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, assessments or
other governmental charges, including, without limitation, income,
business, sales, use, transfer, franchise, license, withholding,
employment, excise, occupation or property taxes, together with any
interest, penalties or additions in connection therewith, for which
the Company is or may be liable arising exclusively in connection
the Business.
“ Trade Accounts
” means accounts payable by Seller, as of the Closing Date
and to be assigned to and assumed by Buyer hereunder, arising
materially or exclusively from or incurred in connection with the
Business by Seller and as set forth in Exhibit 12 attached hereto,
as supplement by Seller and agreed to by Buyer.
“ Trade Secrets ”
means all licenses, processes, algorithms, formulae, designs,
methods, trade secrets, inventions, proprietary or technical
information, design documentation and data covering or embodied in
any software or other assets owned by the Company and used
exclusively in the conduct of the Business.
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ARTICLE 2. PURCHASE AND SALE
2.1 Closing . The Closing
shall take place at the offices of Buyer at a mutually agreed date
and time, conducted via facsimile or other electronic transmission
among the parties of final, signed copies of all relevant closing
documents (with originals to follow via overnight delivery wherever
possible) (the “Closing Date”). All documents to be
delivered at the Closing and acts to be performed thereat shall be
deemed to have been delivered and taken simultaneously, and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed effective as of
the Closing Date. The Purchase Price shall be delivered to Seller
by way of wire transfer of U.S. funds to the following
account:
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Comerica
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AMERICAN FIBER
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(b) Upset Date . In the event
that the Closing shall not have occurred on or prior to
August 13, 2008, then, except as otherwise provided herein or
otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties hereto, this
Agreement shall terminate on or following such date (as such date
may be postponed pursuant hereto), upon written notice given by one
party to the other, unless the absence of such occurrence shall be
due to the material breach of the party seeking to terminate this
Agreement.
2.2 Conveyance . Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date,
Seller shall sell, transfer, convey and assign to Buyer, and Buyer
shall purchase from Seller, all of the Assets including those set
forth on Exhibits 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, and 15 but not the Excluded
Assets. Seller shall transfer good and marketable title to the
Assets to Buyer, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for
Permitted Encumbrances.
2.3 Purchase Price . The
Purchase Price for the Assets shall equal One Million Dollars
($1,000,000), plus the assumption of any Assumed Liabilities with
no adjustments to Seller for Pre-Paids (the “Purchase
Price”). The Purchase Price shall include a downward
adjustment for deposits and prepayments, if any, on customer
contracts or other payments to the Seller for products or services
of the Business that have not been completed and delivered prior to
the Closing Date.
2.3.1 Reimbursement for
Expenses & Accounts Receivables . Except with regard
to Pre-Paids as set forth above, in the event: (a) Seller pays
any invoice for other products or services related to the Business
or Assets after the date hereof in the Ordinary Course of Business
which invoice covers any period of time after the Closing Date,
then Buyer shall reimburse Seller on a per diem basis for the
portion of the cost associated with the number of days after the
Closing Date, within ten (10) days of receipt of
Seller’s invoice for the same, (b) Seller receives any
payment from a customer related to the Business, which payment
covers any period of time after the Closing Date, then Seller shall
reimburse Buyer on a per diem basis for the portion of the payment
associated with the number of days after the Closing Date, within
ten (10) days of receipt of such payment; (c) Buyer pays
any invoice for products or services related to the Business or
Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business which invoice covers any
period of time prior to the Closing Date, then Seller shall
reimburse Buyer on a per diem basis for the portion of the cost
associated with the number of days prior to the Closing Date,
within ten (10) days of receipt of Buyer’s invoice for
the same, and (d) Buyer receives any payment from a customer
related to the Business, which payment covers any period of time
prior to the Closing Date, then Buyer shall reimburse Seller on a
per diem basis for the portion of the payment associated with the
number of days prior to the Closing Date, within ten (10) days
of receipt of such payment.
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2.3.2 Reconciliation, Final
Adjustment & Final Payment . Within one hundred and
twenty (120) days after the Closing Date (“Adjustment
Date”), the parties shall make a final adjustment to the
Purchase Price for any reimbursements not made between the parties
pursuant to Section 2.3.1 above, such that in the event:
(a) Seller has paid any invoice after the date hereof
associated with the Business or the Assets in the Ordinary Course
of Business, other than a Pre-Paid, covering a period of time after
the Closing Date, then Buyer shall reimburse Seller on a per diem
basis for the portion of the cost associated with the number of
days after the Closing Date; (b) Seller receives any payment
from a customer related to the Business, which payment covers any
period of time after the Closing Date, then Seller shall reimburse
Buyer on a per diem basis for the portion of the payment associated
with the number of days after the Closing Date; (c) Buyer has
paid any invoice for products or services related to the Business
or the Assets in the Ordinary Course of Business which invoice
covers any period of time prior to the Closing Date, then Seller
shall reimburse Buyer on a per diem basis for the portion of the
cost associated with the number of days prior to the Closing Date;
and (d) Buyer receives any payment from a customer related to
the Business, which payment covers any period of time prior to the
Closing Date, then Buyer shall reimburse Seller on a per diem basis
for the portion of the payment associated with the number of days
prior to the Closing Date. Any amounts due from one party to the
other under this Section 2.3.2 may be offset against other
amounts owed or due and payable between the parties. Any final
payments due under this Section 2.3.2 net of off-sets shall be
delivered to the party to which it is owed within five business
days of the Adjustment Date.
2.4 Deliveries of Seller . At
the Closing, Seller shall deliver the following documents to
Buyer:
2.4.1 Bills of sale, assignments of
Assets, including but not limited to assignments of any outstanding
software licenses and maintenance agreements related to software or
hardware assets, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to
counsel for Buyer.
2.4.2 The Non-Competition
Agreement.
2.4.3 The executed Ancillary
Agreements, if any, to which the Seller is a party.
2.4.4 Original documents to the
extent available, copies of which have been previously provided by
Seller and listed in the Disclosure Memorandum, or as otherwise as
provided herein.
2.4.5 Other documents as provided
herein or such other documents, instruments, and certificates as
Buyer may reasonably request for the purpose of consummating the
Contemplated Transactions under this Agreement.
2.4.6 A certificate of an officer of
Company to the effect that the conditions set forth in
Section 8 with respect to Seller have been satisfied unless
waived in writing by the Buyer.
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2.5 Deliveries of Buyer . At the Closing,
Buyer shall deliver to Seller the following:
2.5.1 (a) The Purchase Price, as
follows: the payment of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) by wire
transfer of immediately available United States funds to the
account set forth in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement or such
other account as Seller and Buyer shall agree in writing
immediately following the execution of this Agreement; and
(b) an instrument of assumption with respect to any Assumed
Liabilities in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
counsel to Seller.
2.5.2 A certificate signed by an
officer of Buyer to the effect that the conditions set forth in
Section 9 have been satisfied unless waived in writing by the
Seller.
2.5.3 The executed Ancillary
Agreements, if any, to which the Buyer is a party.
2.5.4 Other documents as provided
herein or such other documents, instruments, and certificates as
Seller may reasonably request for the purpose of consummating the
transactions contemplated under this Agreement.
2.6 (INTENTIONALLY
DELETED)
2.7 Timing of Transactions .
The deliveries provided in this Section 2 shall be deemed to
be to occur simultaneously.
2.8 (INTENTIONALLY
DELETED)
2.9 Allocation of Purchase
Price . The Purchase Price for the Assets shall be allocated
among the Assets in accordance with the Allocation Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit 13 attached hereto. Buyer, Parent
and Seller shall adhere to such allocation for the purposes of all
tax returns, whether federal, state or local, of whatever kind
filed by or on behalf of either of them or by or on behalf of their
Affiliates.
2.10 Further Assurances .
Each party shall, at any time and from time to time after the
Closing Date, upon the request of the other party do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be done, executed,
acknowledged and delivered, all such further acts, deeds,
assignments, transfers, conveyances and assurances as may be
reasonably required for the proper assigning, transferring,
granting, conveying, assuring and confirming of the Contemplated
Transactions to the respective benefit of each party or to its
successors and assigns. In addition, and as soon after the
execution of this Agreement as is reasonably possible, but in no
event later than 45 days after the execution of this Agreement,
Seller shall deliver to Buyer, all documents, consents, disclosures
and information required from Seller by this Agreement but not
already delivered to Buyer at the time of the execution
hereof.
2.11 Liabilities Assumed .
Other than the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer shall not assume, or
become obligated to pay or perform under, any of the liabilities,
obligations or contracts of Seller of any nature whatsoever. Seller
shall remain liable for all Retained Liabilities. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, Buyer will not assume any
liabilities or obligations of the Company if the existence of such
liabilities or obligations either are, or give rise to or result
from, facts or circumstances that constitute a misrepresentation or
breach of the representations and warranties in Section 3,
provided any such misrepresentation or breach of the
representations or warranties in this Section 3 has a Material
Adverse Effect on the Business or Assets either as of the date of
this Agreement or as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing
Date. The Assumed Liabilities are the only liabilities and
obligations of the Company that Buyer will assume in connection
with this Agreement.
2.12 Expenses . Buyer and
Seller shall each pay their own expenses, fees and charges
(including broker or finder fees, attorneys’ fees and
accountants’ fees) in connection with the preparation and
negotiation of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated herein.
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2.13 Consent of Third Parties . This
Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign any interest
in any instrument, Contract, lease, or other agreement or
arrangement or any claim, right or benefit arising thereunder or
resulting therefrom, if an assignment or agreement to assign
without the consent of a third party would constitute a breach or a
violation thereof or affect adversely the rights of Buyer or Seller
thereunder. If a Consent that is required to be obtained by Seller,
as designated in Exhibit 14, in order to assign any such interest
is not obtained by Seller prior to the Closing Date, or if an
attempted assignment would be ineffective or would adversely affect
the ability of Seller to convey its interest to Buyer, Seller will
cooperate with Buyer in any lawful and reasonable arrangement, to
the extent practicable, to provide that Buyer shall receive
substantially the same benefit in respect of such interest of
Seller under any such instrument, contract, lease, permit or other
agreement or arrangement, including performance by Seller as agent
except where prohibited by law; and any transfer or assignment to
Buyer or by Seller of any interest under any such instrument,
contract, lease, permit or other agreement or arrangement that
requires the Consent of a third party shall be made subject to such
Consent or approval being obtained. Seller is only responsible for
obtaining third party consents for those designated in Exhibit 14.
Any cost of obtaining such designated consents set forth on Exhibit
14 shall be paid for by the Seller. This Section 2.13 shall
not constitute a waiver under Section 8.3. Buyer shall be
responsible for obtaining at its cost any third party consents for
all other Contracts other than the agreements designated as Seller
responsibilities on Exhibit14.
ARTICLE 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller represents and warrants to
Buyer as follows:
3.1 Organization and Good
Standing of the Company . Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware. Company has all requisite corporate power to
own, operate and lease its Business properties and carry on the
Business as the same is now being conducted. Company is qualified
to do the Business and in good standing as a foreign corporation in
each state or other jurisdiction wherein the Company is required by
law to qualify as a foreign corporation, except where the failure
to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business or Assets taken as a whole.
3.2 Authorization . Seller
has all requisite power to execute, deliver, and perform its
obligations under this Agreement. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the consummation by Seller of the
Contemplated Transactions and the Ancillary Agreements, have been
duly authorized by all requisite action of Seller. Upon execution
and delivery by the Company of the Ancillary Agreements, they will
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against it in accordance with their terms.
3.3 Records . The Business
Information and Records of the Company, all of which have been made
available to Buyer, are to Seller’s Knowledge true, complete
and correct, except for such items as would not have a Material
Adverse Effect. At the Closing, all of those Business Information
and Records will be in the possession of the Company.
3.4 Authority; No Conflict
.
3.4.1 This Agreement constitutes the
legal, valid, and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as the
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general principles
of equity. The Company has the absolute and unrestricted right,
power, authority, and capacity to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
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3.4.2 Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation or performance of
any of the this transaction will, directly or
indirectly:
(a) contravene, conflict with, or
result in (with or without notice or lapse of time) a violation or
breach of (i) any provision of the organizational documents of
the Company, (ii) any resolution adopted by the board of
directors (or any person or group of persons exercising similar
authority), (iii) any legal requirement or any order to which
the Business, or any of the Assets may be subject, or give any
governmental body or other person the right (with or without notice
or lapse of time) to challenge any of the contemplated transactions
or to exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under any such legal
requirement or order; (iv) any of the terms or requirements
of, or give any governmental body the right (with or without notice
or lapse of time) to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate,
or modify, any governmental authorization that is held by the
Company and exclusively related to the Business or any of the
Assets, or (v) any provision of, or give any person the right
(with or without notice or lapse of time) to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under, including the release of any Asset of
the Company held in escrow, or to accelerate the maturity or
performance of, or to cancel, terminate, or modify, any
Contract;
(b) result in (with or without
notice or lapse of time) the imposition or creation of any
Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the Assets;
or
(c) except as disclosed in
Section 3.5 of the Disclosure Memorandum and Exhibit 14,
require any notice to or Consent from any person, which consent
Seller is obligated to obtain.
3.5 Consents and Approvals .
Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of the Disclosure
Memorandum and Exhibit 14, to Seller’s Knowledge, no consent,
waiver, approval, permit, license or authorization of, or notice,
declaration or filing that is the Seller’s responsibility to
obtain per this Agreement with (a) any governmental body or
(b) any other Person (including, but not limited to, any party
to a lease or license, or other agreement or commitment of the
Company exclusively related to the Business), is required which has
not been obtained or will not be obtained by the Closing Date, the
failure of which to obtain would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.6 Financial Information
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3.6.1 The Company has delivered to
Buyer the following unaudited financial statements (the
“Financial Statements”) with respect to the Business:
(a) Seller’s income statements and selected balance
sheet items for the fiscal year ending on Dec. 31, 2007 and
(b) income statements and selected balance sheet items of the
Business as of (“the Cut-off Date”) (the “Balance
Sheet”). Except as set forth in Section 3.6 of the
Disclosure Memorandum, the Financial Statements are complete and
correct in all material respects, are substantially in accordance
with all books, records and accounts of the Business, have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied throughout the
periods indicated, and fairly present in all material respects the
financial condition of the Business as of the respective dates
thereof and the results of its operations for the respective
periods covered thereby.
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3.7 Taxes . There are no unpaid taxes or
assessments that are or could become a lien on any of the Assets.
Seller has paid when due all sales or other excise taxes required
to be paid and timely filed all returns required to be filed with
respect thereto, or has obtained extensions of or is contesting
same in good faith. Such returns are true, correct and complete in
all material respects.
3.8 Inventories . Inventories
of the Company exclusively related to the Business and conveyed
hereunder as part of the Assets are set forth in Exhibit 15
attached hereto. There is no material discrepancy between the items
identified on Exhibit 15 and the items that would be determined by
a physical inventory.
3.9 Accounts Receivable . All
Receivables exclusively with respect to the Business that are
reflected on the Financial Statements or on the accounting records
of the Business as conducted, provided to Buyer as of the Closing
Date shall be retained as assets of the Seller. All Receivables
exclusively with respect to the Business that arise after the
Closing Date are part of the Assets.
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3.11 Title and Sufficiency of
Assets . Except for the interests disclosed in
Section 3.11 of the Disclosure Memorandum and Permitted
Encumbrances, the Company has good and marketable title to the
Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for immaterial
Encumbrances which would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.12 Absence of Changes .
Except as disclosed in Section 3.12 of the Disclosure
Memorandum and except in th