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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
by and
among
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CP SECURE
INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LIMITED, THE STOCKHOLDERS THEREOF, and
NETGEAR, INC.
Dated as of
September 22, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS AND
TERMS
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Section
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1.1
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Certain Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Other Terms
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12
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1.3
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Interpretation of
Agreement
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ARTICLE II
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
BUSINESS
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Section
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2.1
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Purchase and Sale of
Assets
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Section
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2.2
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Excluded Assets
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2.3
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Assumption of
Liabilities
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2.4
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Excluded
Liabilities
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2.5
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Purchase Price. 15
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2.6
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Escrow Fund
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2.7
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Contingent Payment.
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Section
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2.8
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Closing
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2.9
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Ancillary
Agreements
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2.10
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Deliveries by Buyer
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2.11
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Deliveries by
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2.12
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Nonassignability of
Assets
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Section
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2.13
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Affiliate
Acquisitions
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Section
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2.14
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Post-Closing Transition
Services
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ARTICLE III
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER
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3.1
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Organization and
Qualification
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Section
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3.2
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Subsidiaries
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Section
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3.3
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Corporate
Authorization
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3.4
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Consents and
Approvals
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3.5
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Non-Contravention
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Section
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3.6
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Binding Effect
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Section
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3.7
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Financial
Statements.
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Section
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3.8
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Litigation and
Claims
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3.9
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Taxes 22
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3.10
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Reserved.
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Section
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3.11
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Compliance with
Laws
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Section
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3.12
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Intellectual
Property.
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3.13
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Reserved.
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Section
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3.14
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Contracts
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3.15
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Territorial
Restrictions
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3.16
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Absence of Changes
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Section
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3.17
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Confidentiality 27
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3.18
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Assets
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3.19
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Title to Property.
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3.20
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Operation of the
Business.
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3.21
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Absence of
Liabilities
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Section
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3.22
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Warranties/Product
Liability 28
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3.23
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Insurance 29
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Section
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3.24
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Finders’ Fees
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Section
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3.25
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Continued
Employment
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Section
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3.26
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Seller Products and
Inventory.
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Section
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3.27
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Export Controls, Trade
Sanctions and Certain Payments.
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Section
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3.28
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Disclosure 30
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ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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Section
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4.1
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Organization and
Qualification
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Section
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4.2
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Corporate
Authorization
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Section
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4.3
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Consents and
Approvals
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Section
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4.4
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Non-Contravention
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Section
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4.5
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Binding Effect
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Section
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4.6
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Finders’ Fees
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Section
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4.7
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Financial
Capability
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Section
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4.8
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Investigation.
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ARTICLE V
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COVENANTS
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Section
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5.1
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Access and
Information.
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Section
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5.2
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Conduct of Business
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5.3
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Reasonable Best
Efforts
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Section
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5.4
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Tax Matters.
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5.5
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Post-Closing Obligations
of the Business to Certain Employees.
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Section
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5.6
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Ancillary
Agreements
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Section
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5.7
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Non-Solicitation/Non-Competition.
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Section
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5.8
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Further Assurances
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Section
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5.9
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Confidentiality.
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Section
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5.10
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No Solicitation of
Prohibited Transactions.
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Section
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5.11
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Intellectual Property
Non-Assertion
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Section
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5.12
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Update to Assumed
Liabilities Schedule
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Section
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5.13
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Minimum Inventory
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Section
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5.14
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Transition Services
Agreement
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Section
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5.15
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Post-Closing Legal
Proceedings
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Section
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5.16
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Post-Closing Access to
Books and Records.
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Section
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5.17
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CP Secure Nanjing
Leases
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ARTICLE VI
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CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
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Section
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6.1
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Conditions to the
Obligations of Buyer and Seller
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6.2
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Conditions to the
Obligations of Buyer
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6.3
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Conditions to the
Obligations of Seller
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ARTICLE VII
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SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION;
CERTAIN REMEDIES
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7.1
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Survival
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7.2
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Indemnification by Seller
and Selling Stockholders. 47
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7.3
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Indemnification by
Buyer.
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7.4
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Third Party Claim
Indemnification Procedures.
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Section
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7.5
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Direct Claims
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7.6
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Payments
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7.7
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Characterization of
Indemnification Payments
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ARTICLE VIII
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TERMINATION
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8.1
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Termination 53
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Section
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8.2
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Termination
Procedures
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Section
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8.3
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Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE IX
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EMPLOYEE MATTERS
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Section
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9.1
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Employment Matters
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Section
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9.2
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No Third Party
Rights
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Section
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9.3
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Employee
Communications
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
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10.1
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Notices
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Section
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10.2
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Amendment; Waiver
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Section
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10.3
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No Assignment or Benefit
to Third Parties
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Section
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10.4
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Entire Agreement
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Section
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10.5
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Fulfillment of
Obligations
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Section
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10.6
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Public Disclosure
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10.7
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Expenses
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Section
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10.8
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Schedules
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Section
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10.9
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Bulk Sales
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Section
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10.10 Governing Law;
Submission to Jurisdiction; Selection of Forum;
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Waiver of Trial by
Jury
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10.11 Counterparts
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10.12 Headings
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Section
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10.13 Severability
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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Intellectual Property
Assignment Agreements
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Exhibit B
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Escrow Agreement
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT,
dated as of September 22, 2008, by and among CP SECURE
INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LIMITED, a corporation organized under the
laws of the Cayman Islands (“Seller”), the stockholders
of Seller listed on the signature pages hereto (collectively, the
“Selling Stockholders”) and NETGEAR, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“Buyer”).
W I T N E S
S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller is
engaged worldwide, among other things, in the business of making
and selling gateway content security appliances that provide
anti-malware, anti-spyware, anti-trojan, anti-spam, URL filtering
and other security functions (as conducted by Seller and its
Affiliates during the period through the Closing Date, the
“Business”); WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell to Buyer
and Buyer desires to purchase and assume from Seller certain assets
and liabilities of the Business, as more particularly set forth
herein; WHEREAS, on the Closing Date, Seller and Buyer will enter
into (or, as applicable, will cause one or more of their respective
Affiliates to enter into) one or more Intellectual Property
Assignment Agreements in the form of Exhibit A (the
“Intellectual Property Assignment
Agreements”);
WHEREAS, on
the Closing Date, Seller and Buyer will enter into an Escrow
Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B
(the “Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which the Escrow
Amount will be deposited into and held in escrow to offset
potential indemnification claims of the Buyer Indemnified Parties
under this Agreement; WHEREAS, CP Secure Nanjing and Buyer (or its
Affiliate) will enter into a Transition Services Agreement in the
form of Exhibit C (the “Transition Services Agreement”)
on the date specified in Section 5.14 of this Agreement; WHEREAS,
as a condition and an inducement to Buyer to enter into this
Agreement, each of the Key Employees has entered into an employment
agreement with Buyer or one of its Affiliates, dated the date
hereof, and substantially in the form previously made available to
Seller (collectively, the “Employment Agreements”),
that are conditioned on the Closing and will become effective on
the Closing Date (or in the case of Renkui Tao and Jianghao Li will
become effective on the later of (a) the Closing Date and (b) the
date that Buyer has formed the Nanjing branch of the wholly-foreign
owned enterprise of Buyer (the “Buyer WFOE”)
contemplated by Section 6.2(l) (the later of such date identified
in (a) and (b) above, the “Nanjing Effective Date”));
WHEREAS, certain of the purchase and sale transactions provided for
in this Agreement shall be effected through one or more Local
Purchase Agreements (as defined below) which will be subject to the
terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement, except as
otherwise stipulated in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and undertakings contained herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to
be legally bound, agree as follows:
Section 1.1 Certain
Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have
the meanings set forth below: “Accounts Payable” means
all trade accounts and notes payable and other miscellaneous
payable of the Business as of the Closing arising out of the
purchase or other acquisition of goods or services of the
Business.
“Accounts
Receivable” means all trade accounts and notes receivable and
other miscellaneous receivables of the Business as of the Closing
arising out of the sale or other disposition of goods or services
of the Business.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control
with, such other Person as of the date on which, or at any time
during the period for which, the determination of affiliation is
being made. For purposes of this definition, the term
“control” (including the correlative meanings of the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or
otherwise.
“Agreement”
means this Asset Purchase Agreement, as the same may be amended or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof.
“Ancillary
Agreements” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“Applicable Employees” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.1. “Assumed Liabilities” means the following
Liabilities of the Business under the Contracts to furnish goods or
services to another party after the Closing: (i) all Liabilities
arising after the Closing under the Transferred Contracts (but
excluding any Liability for any breach arising in whole or
in
part on or prior to the
Closing); (ii) all Liabilities for product warranty claims and
subscription license support with respect to the Products set forth
on Schedule 1.1(a), as it may be updated pursuant to Section 5.12;
and (iii) all Liabilities to the extent arising out of, relating to
or in connection with the ownership or operation of the Transferred
Assets after the Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Assumed
Liabilities shall not include: (a) Liabilities for refunds,
rebates, rights of return or similar obligations, with respect to
any Products sold prior to the Closing Date; (b) any Liabilities of
Seller pursuant to any Benefit Plan or as an employer related to
the employee rights, compensation and benefits arising up to and
including the Closing Date; (c) any Liabilities arising from any
breach of a Contract that occurred on or prior to the Closing; (d)
any Liabilities for Intellectual Property infringements or unpaid
royalty payments with respect to activities conducted by Seller
prior to the Closing Date, including any Products sold prior to the
Closing Date; (e) all Accounts Payable in existence as of the
Closing, (f) any Liability relating to intercompany payables, (g)
any environmental Liability, (h) any Liability for Taxes relating
to tax periods prior to the Closing Date and (i) any Indebtedness
of Seller or any of its Affiliates.
“Audited Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in
“Benefit
Plans” shall mean all benefit and compensation plans,
contracts, policies or arrangements covering Employees, including
any trust instruments and insurance contracts forming a part
thereof, any “employee benefit plans”, any deferred
compensation, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation
rights, stock based, incentive, bonus, workers’ compensation,
short term disability, vacation and severance plans and all
employment, consulting, severance and change in control agreements,
and all amendments thereto “Books and Records” means
all books, ledgers, files, databases, reports, plans, records, Tax
Records, channel and customer contact lists, manuals, assy
drawings, product schematics, build of materials, test plans, test
procedures, test programs, approved vendor lists, design validation
reports, regulatory reports, regulatory certificates and other
materials (in any form or medium) of, or maintained for, the
Business, but excluding any such items to the extent (i) they are
included in any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, (ii) any
Law prohibits their transfer, (iii) any transfer thereof otherwise
would subject Seller or any of its Affiliates to any material
liability, or (iv) they are described on Schedule
1.1(b).
“Business” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banks in New York, New York, San Francisco, California,
Beijing, China or Taipei, Taiwan are authorized or obligated by Law
or executive order to close.
“Business IT
Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(i).
“Buyer” has the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“Buyer Indemnified
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
“Buyer WFOE” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
“Cash
Closing Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(a).
“Chosen Courts” has the meaning set forth in Section
10.10.
“Contingent
Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“Claim Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.4(a). “Closing” means the closing of the Transaction
that is the subject of this Agreement.
“Closing Date”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8. “Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Confidentiality
Agreement” means the mutual nondisclosure agreement between
CP Secure, Inc. (an Affiliate of Seller) and Buyer, dated March 19,
2008.
“Consideration”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(g).
“Contracts”
means all (a) agreements, contracts and arrangements with, and
commitments and licenses from, customers of the Business except to
the extent they are immaterial and do not purport to impose a
commitment on Buyer or its Affiliates, (b) purchase orders issued
by customers of the Business which are an order for one or more
products of the Business and pursuant to which the product(s) which
are the subject of such purchase order are scheduled to be shipped
by Seller or its Affiliates after the Closing Date, (c) all other
agreements, contracts, arrangements, commitments, licenses,
purchase orders and other documents pursuant to which Seller or its
Affiliates have any rights and which are Related to the Business
except to the extent they are immaterial and do not purport to
impose a commitment on Buyer or its Affiliates, and (d) licenses
for any Transferred Assets to the extent such license is not an
Excluded Asset, in the case of each of clauses (a) through (d) of
this definition of Contracts, whether such Contracts are written or
oral.
“CP Secure
Germany” means CP Secure Deutschland GmbH, a corporation
organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of
Germany.
“CP Secure
Nanjing” means CP Secure Inc., Nanjing, a corporation
organized under the laws of the People’s Republic of
China.
“CP Secure Nanjing
Leases” means (a) the Office Lease, dated June 12, 2008, by
and between CP Secure Nanjing and Nanjing Property Development Co.,
Ltd. for a portion of the 28th floor of TouZi Building, 414 South
Zhong Shan Road, Nanjing, China 210006, comprising 160.24 square
meters and with a lease term of July 1, 2008 through March 31, 2011
and (b) the Office Lease, dated December 10, 2007, by and between
CP Secure Nanjing and Nanjing Property Development Co., Ltd. for a
portion of the 23rd floor of TouZi Building, 414 South Zhong Shan
Road, Nanjing, China 210006, comprising 580.54 square meters and
with a lease term of March 1, 2008 through March 31,
2011.
“CP Secure
Taiwan” means CP Secure Inc., a corporation organized under
the laws of the Republic of China.
“CP Secure
Group” means Seller, CP Secure Germany, CP Secure Nanjing, CP
Secure Taiwan, CP Secure Inc., a California corporation, and
Partner Plus Enterprises International Limited, a corporation
organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
“Customer
Lists” means all lists maintained as of the Closing Date by
Seller or its Affiliates of customers or potential customers of the
Business (including all channel and end customers or potential
customers).
“Direct Claim”
has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5. “Employees”
means all current employees of the Business.
“Employment
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Encumbrance” means any lien, pledge, charge, claim,
encumbrance, security interest, option, mortgage, easement, or
other restriction or third party right of any kind, including any
right of first refusal or restriction on voting.
“Escrow
Agent” means an escrow agent selected by Buyer and reasonably
acceptable to Seller.
“Escrow
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Escrow Amount” means $1,700,000.
“Escrow Fund”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“Escrow
Payment” means the remainder, if any, of the Escrow Amount
after the deduction of the aggregate amount finally determined to
be payable to Buyer Indemnified Persons pursuant to Article VII.
“Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Excluded
Liabilities” means all Liabilities of Seller or any of its
Affiliates other than the Assumed Liabilities.
“Excluded
Taxes” means (a) all Income Taxes owed by Seller or any of
its Affiliates for any period; (b) all Taxes relating to the
Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities for any period; (c) all
Taxes relating to the Business, the
Transferred Assets, or the
Assumed Liabilities imposed with respect to or otherwise
attributable to any Pre-Closing Period; (d) all Taxes of Seller or
any other Person by reason of being a member of a consolidated,
combined, unitary or affiliated group that includes any of Seller
or any of its present or past Affiliates prior to the Closing, by
reason of a Tax sharing, Tax indemnity or similar agreement entered
into by Seller or any of its present or past Affiliates prior to
the Closing (other than this Agreement) or by reason of transferee
or successor liability arising in respect of a transaction
undertaken by Seller or any of its present or past Affiliates prior
to the Closing; (e) Taxes imposed on Buyer as a result of any
breach of warranty or misrepresentation herein, or breach by Seller
of any covenant relating to Taxes; (f) all Transfer Taxes for which
Seller is liable under Section 5.4(e), except as may otherwise be
provided in a Local Purchase Agreement; and (g) all VAT for which
Seller is liable under Section 5.4(i).
“Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Fixtures and Equipment” means all furniture,
furnishings, vehicles, equipment, computers, tools, custom capital
equipment, sheet metal tooling, plastic injection molded tooling,
production test fixtures, and other tangible personal property
(other than Inventory) Related to the Business, wherever located,
including any of the foregoing purchased subject to any conditional
sales or title retention agreement in favor of any other
Person.
“GAAP” means
the generally accepted accounting principles of a Person’s
jurisdiction of organization.
“Governmental
Authorizations” means all licenses, permits, certificates and
other authorizations and approvals related to the Business and
issued by or obtained from a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory
Organization.
“Government
Entity” means any federal, state or local court,
administrative body or other governmental or quasi-governmental
entity with competent jurisdiction.
“Import
Duties” shall mean any import duties imposed by a Government
Entity on the sale of the Transferred Assets from Seller to
Buyer.
“Income
Taxes” means Taxes imposed on or measured by reference to
gross or net income or receipts, and franchise, net worth, capital
or other doing business Taxes.
“Indebtedness”
means (i) all liabilities for borrowed money, whether current or
funded, secured or unsecured, all obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments, all liabilities in
respect of mandatorily redeemable or purchasable capital stock or
securities convertible into capital stock, and any interest,
premium, fees, penalties unpaid and owing with respect to the
foregoing liabilities; (ii) all liabilities for the deferred
purchase price of property; (iii) all liabilities in respect of any
lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or
personal property, or a combination thereof, which liabilities are
required to be classified and accounted for under GAAP as capital
leases; (iv) any payment obligation in respect of interest under
any existing interest rate swap or hedge agreement entered into
with respect to any liabilities described in clauses (i) or (ii)
above; (v) any negative cash or overdraft balances; and (vi) all
liabilities for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of
credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction
securing obligations of a type described in clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii) above to the extent of the obligation secured, and all
liabilities as obligor, guarantor, or otherwise, to the extent of
the obligation secured.
“Indemnified
Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4(a). “Intellectual Property” means (i)
trademarks, service marks, brand names, certification marks,
collective marks, d/b/a’s, Internet domain names, logos,
symbols, trade dress, assumed names, fictitious names, trade names,
and
other indicia of source or
origin, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, and
all goodwill associated therewith and symbolized thereby, including
all renewals of same (“Trademarks”); (ii) inventions
and discoveries, whether patentable or not, and all patents,
registrations, invention disclosures and applications therefor,
including divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part and
renewal applications, and including renewals, extensions and
reissues; (iii) confidential information, trade secrets and
know-how, including processes, schematics, business methods,
formulae, drawings, prototypes, models, designs, and customer and
supplier lists and information (collectively, “Trade
Secrets”); (iv) published and unpublished works of
authorship, whether copyrightable or not (including databases and
other compilations of information), copyrights therein and thereto,
and registrations and applications therefor, and all renewals,
extensions, restorations and reversions thereof; (v) rights of
publicity and privacy; (vi) computer software (including object
code and source code), software platforms, Internet websites and
website content; (vii) product design specifications; (viii) all
intellectual property rights and benefits granted to or enjoyed by
the Seller and/or any of its Affiliates under the IP Contracts;
(ix) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights of any
type throughout the world; and (x) copies and tangible embodiments
of any of the foregoing, in whatever form or medium.
“Intellectual
Property Assignment Agreement” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals.
“Inventory”
means all inventory Related to the Business, wherever located,
including all finished goods whether held at any location or
facility of Seller or any of its Affiliates or in transit to Seller
or any of its Affiliates, except to the extent included in Excluded
Assets or sold by Seller in the Ordinary Course of Business during
the period between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing.
“IP
Contracts” means all contracts relating to Intellectual
Property or IT Assets to which Seller and/or any of its Affiliates
is a party as of the date hereof, including contracts granting
Seller and/or any of its Affiliates rights to use the Intellectual
Property of other Persons, non-assertion agreements, settlement
agreements, agreements granting rights to use Transferred IP,
Trademark coexistence agreements, and Trademark consent
agreements.
“IT Assets”
means computers, computer software, firmware, middleware, servers,
workstations, routers, hubs, switches, data communications lines,
all other information technology equipment and all associated
documentation.
“Key
Employees” means Shuang Ji, Renkui Tao and Jianghao Li.
“Knowledge” or any similar phrase means the collective
knowledge of employees or such persons who have primary
responsibility for the relevant matter of Seller and its
Affiliates, or of Buyer, as the case may be.
“Law” means
any law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order,
judgment, injunction or decree enacted, issued, promulgated,
enforced or entered by a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory
Organization.
“Legal
Proceeding” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.
“Liabilities” means any and all debts, liabilities,
commitments and obligations of any kind, whether fixed, contingent
or absolute, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated,
accrued or not accrued, asserted or not asserted, known or unknown,
determined, determinable or otherwise, whenever or however arising
(including, whether arising out of any contract or tort based on
negligence or strict liability) and whether or not the same would
be required by GAAP to be reflected in financial statements or
disclosed in the notes thereto.
“Limited
License” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(k).
“Local Purchase Agreements” shall mean the local
purchase agreements between the entities listed in Schedule 1.1(c),
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in
substantially the same form as Exhibit D in all material respects
and with the trade terms specified in Schedule 1.1(c),
subject to any applicable
changes related to the Laws and practice of the applicable local
jurisdiction for each such agreement and any other changes
necessary to give effect to the purchase and sale of the portion of
the Transferred Assets being transferred pursuant to each such
agreement.
“Losses” has
the meaning set forth in Section 7.2(a).
“Material Adverse
Effect” means an effect that is materially adverse to the
business, assets, financial condition, results of operations,
liquidity or prospects of the Business.
“Minimum
Inventory” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.13.
“Nanjing Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in
the Recitals. “Non-Governmental Authorizations” means
all licenses, permits, certificates and other authorizations and
approvals other than Governmental Authorizations that are (i) held
by Seller or any of its Affiliates and (ii) Related to the
Business.
“Notice
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(a).
“Offer Letter” has the meaning set forth in Section
9.1.
“Ordinary
Course” or “Ordinary Course of Business” means
the conduct of the Business in accordance with Seller’s
normal day-to-day customs, practices and procedures, consistent
with past customs, practices and procedures.
“Permitted
Encumbrances” means (i) mechanics’,
materialmen’s, warehousemen’s, carriers’,
workers’, or repairmen’s liens or other similar common
law or statutory Encumbrances arising or incurred in the Ordinary
Course and which would not materially impair the operation of the
Business or the use or value of the Transferred Assets and (ii)
liens for Taxes, assessments and other governmental charges not yet
due and payable or due but not delinquent, in each case, in an
amount that would not be material to the Business or the
Transferred Assets.
“Person”
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association,
a limited liability company, a Government Entity, a trust or other
entity or organization.
“Pre-Closing
Period” means any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending
on or prior to the Closing Date.
“Primary Core
Technology” means the following proprietary software held by
the CP Secure Group: (a) the Stream Scanning Engine and (b) the
Mini Engine.
“Product” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.22. “Prohibited
Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section
5.10(a).
“Purchase
Price” shall mean the Cash Closing Payment, the Escrow
Payment, if any, and the Contingent Payment, if any.
“Registered”
means issued by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a
pending application before any Government Entity or domain name
registrar.
“Related to the
Business” means required for, related to, or used in
connection with, the Business as conducted by Seller and its
Subsidiaries prior to the Closing.
“Self-Regulatory
Organization” means any self-regulatory body or
organization.
“Seller” has
the meaning set forth in the Preamble. “Seller Closing
Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.2(e).
“Seller Disclosure
Schedules” means any Schedules to this Agreement delivered by
Seller.
“Seller Extended
Warranties” has the meaning set forth in
“Seller
Indemnifying Parties” has the meaning set forth in
Section
7.2.
“Seller
Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in
“Seller Required
Approvals” means all consents, approvals, waivers,
authorizations, notices and filings that are required to be listed
on Schedules 3.4(i) and 3.4(ii).
“Selling
Stockholders” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Subsidiary” means any Person (i) whose securities or
other ownership interests having by their terms the power to elect
a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly,
by Seller and/or one or more Subsidiaries, or (ii) whose business
and policies Seller and/or one or more Subsidiaries have the power
to direct.
“Supplier
Lists” means all lists maintained as of the Closing Date by
Seller or its Affiliates of past or present suppliers or potential
future suppliers of the Business.
“Tax” or
“Taxes” means all federal, state, local, or foreign
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, net receipts, capital,
capital stock, net worth, sales, use, withholding, turnover, value
added, ad valorem, registration, general business, employment,
social security, disability, occupation, real property, personal
property (tangible and intangible), recording, stamp, transfer,
conveyance, severance, production, excise, and other taxes,
withholdings, duties, levies, imposts, license and registration
fees, and other similar charges and assessments, whether payable
directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing
of a Tax Return (including all fines, penalties, and additions
attributable to or otherwise imposed on or with respect to any such
taxes, charges, fees, levies, or other assessments, and all
interest thereon and any liability arising pursuant to the
provisions of any applicable state, local or foreign Tax Law)
imposed by or on behalf of any Taxing Authority, whether arising
before, on, or after the Closing Date.
“Tax Records”
means copies of all records of any kind and in whatever format,
including all documents, microfiche, microfilm and computer records
(including magnetic tape, disc storage, card forms and printed
copy) that relate to any withholding Tax imposed on or in
connection with the Transferred Assets or the Business, or any
information return required to be filed in connection with the
Transferred Assets or the Business.
“Tax
Returns” means any and all returns, reports and
forms
(including
elections, declarations, amendments, schedules, information returns
or attachments thereto) required to be filed with a Taxing
Authority with respect to Taxes.
“Taxing
Authority” means any foreign, federal, state or local
government, political subdivision or governmental or regulatory
authority, agency, board, bureau, commission, instrumentality or
court or quasi-governmental authority, body, or instrumentality
exercising any authority to impose, regulate, or administer the
imposition of Taxes.
“Termination
Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1(b).
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4(a). “Trademarks” has the meaning set forth
in the definition of “Intellectual
Property”.
“Trade
Secrets” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Intellectual Property”.
“Transaction”
means the purchase and sale of the Transferred Assets and the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities pursuant to this
Agreement.
“Transfer
Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(e).
“Transferred Assets” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1. “Transferred Contracts” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1(d). “Transferred Employees”
means those Applicable Employees who accept offers of employment
with Buyer.
“Transferred
Employees’ Records” means all personnel files related
to the Transferred Employees, provided that Transferred
Employees’ Records shall not include any files the transfer
of which would be prohibited by Law.
“Transferred Fixed
Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.1(g).
“Transferred
IP” or “Transferred Intellectual Property” shall
mean, collectively, the Transferred Patents and the Transferred
Non-Patent IP.
“Transferred IP
Contracts” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.12(d).
“Transferred
Inventory” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).
“Transferred Non-Patent IP” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1(b).
“Transferred
Patents” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“Transition Services Agreement” has the meaning set
forth in the
“Unaudited
Financial Statements” has the meaning set forth in
“UTM
Products” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7.
“VAT” shall mean Value Added Tax or any analogous tax
in any relevant jurisdiction including but not limited to business,
consumption, use, sales and local sales taxes of any
kind.
“Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary
all of the outstanding voting stock (other than directors’
qualifying shares) of which is owned by such Person, directly or
indirectly.
Section 1.2 Other Terms.
Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the text of this Agreement
and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meaning throughout
this Agreement.
Section 1.3
Interpretation of Agreement. Unless the express context otherwise
requires: (a) each party acknowledges that it has participated in
the drafting of this Agreement, and any applicable rule of
construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved
against the drafting party will not be applied in connection with
the construction or interpretation of this Agreement; (b) the table
of contents of this Agreement and the bold-faced headings contained
in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, will not
be deemed to be a part of this Agreement and will not be referred
to in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement; (c) the words “hereof”,
“herein”, and “hereunder” and words of
similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; (d) the terms defined in the singular have a comparable
meaning when used in the plural, and vice versa;
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Exhibit
shall refer, respectively, to Sections, Subsections, Schedules or
Exhibits of this Agreement; (g) wherever the word
“include”, “includes”, or
“including” is used in this Agreement, it shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation”; and (h) references herein to any gender includes
both genders.
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE
BUSINESS
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Section 2.1 Purchase and
Sale of Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall and
shall
cause each of its
Affiliates to, sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer,
and Buyer shall purchase from Seller or such Affiliates, all of the
rights, title and interests of Seller and each of its Affiliates
into and under the following, free and clear of all Encumbrances,
other than Permitted Encumbrances (which, subject to Section 2.2,
are referred to in this Agreement as the “Transferred
Assets”): (a) the patents and patent applications and patent
rights to inventions identified on Schedule 2.1(a), as well as any
foreign or multinational counterparts identified on Schedule
2.1(a)(1) (including patents, statutory invention registrations,
patent registrations, patent applications, provisional patent
applications, industrial designs and industrial models) thereof,
whether or not identified on Schedule 2.1(a), including all United
States and foreign reissues, divisions, revisions, supplementary
protection certificates, continuations, continuations in part,
extensions, renewals and reexaminations, and all rights therein
provided by multinational treaties or conventions and all
improvements to the inventions disclosed in each of the foregoing
(collectively, the “Transferred Patents”); and the
invention disclosures identified on Schedule 2.1(a) including all
rights therein as well as all improvements to the inventions
disclosed therein made by Buyer; (b) the Intellectual Property
(other than patent rights) in and to or associated with the items
identified on Schedule 2.1(b) (the “Transferred Non-Patent
IP”);
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(c)
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the Inventory (the
“Transferred Inventory”);
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(d)
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the Contracts listed on
Schedule 2.1(d) (the “Transferred
Contracts”);
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(e)
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Customer Lists;
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(f)
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Supplier Lists;
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(g)
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the prototypes, systems,
furniture, Fixtures and Equipment, masks, IT
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Assets and
other fixed assets of (i) CP Secure, Inc, Nanjing, a Subsidiary of
Seller or (ii) that are identified on Schedule 2.1(g) (the
“Transferred Fixed Assets”);
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(h)
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Books and
Records;
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(i)
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Transferred
Employees’ Records;
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(j)
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all hardware
production-related equipment and tooling;
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(k)
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all causes of action,
lawsuits, judgments, claims and demands of any
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nature
available from time to time to or being pursued by Seller or any of
its Affiliates in each case to the extent related to the
Transferred Assets, the Assumed Liabilities or the ownership, use,
function or value of any Transferred Asset, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected and whether arising by way of
counterclaim or otherwise including the right of Seller or any of
its Affiliates to pursue claims and enforce the obligations of any
party to any proprietary/confidential information agreements and
non-competition agreements to which any current or former employee,
consultant, contractor and actual or potential business partner,
counterparty or investor of or in Seller or any of its Affiliates
is a party, in each case to the extent related to the Transferred
Assets, except in each case to the extent included in the Excluded
Assets; (l) any credits, prepaid expenses, deferred charges,
advance payments, security deposits, prepaid items and duties to
the extent related to a Transferred Asset; (m) to the extent their
transfer is permitted by Law, all Governmental Authorizations and
Non-Governmental Authorizations and all applications therefor; and
(n) any guaranties, warranties, indemnities and similar rights in
favor of Seller or any of its Affiliates to the extent related to
the Transferred Assets.
Section 2.2 Excluded
Assets. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, from and
after the Closing, Seller and its Affiliates shall retain all of
their existing right, title and interest in and to, and there shall
be excluded from the sale, conveyance, assignment or transfer to
Buyer hereunder,
and the Transferred Assets
shall not include, the following (collectively, the “Excluded
Assets”): (a) any asset or class of assets excluded from the
defined terms set forth in Section 2.1(a)-(o) by virtue of the
limitations expressed or implied therein;
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(b)
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any asset identified on
Schedule 2.2(b);
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(c)
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Accounts
Receivable;
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(d)
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all rights in connection
with and assets of the Benefit Plans;
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(e)
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all credits, prepaid
expenses, deferred charges, advance payments,
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security
deposits, prepaid items and duties to the extent related to any
asset that is not a Transferred Asset; and (f) all cash and cash
equivalents.
Section 2.3 Assumption of
Liabilities. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
herein, at the Closing, Buyer shall assume and discharge or perform
when due all the Assumed Liabilities. Buyer will not assume or have
any responsibility of any nature with respect to any Liability
relating to the Business, the Transferred Assets or the Transferred
Employees that exists, or arises out of the operation or ownership
of the Transferred Assets or the Business or the employment of the
Transferred Employees, on or prior to the Closing and that is not
an Assumed Liability.
Section 2.4 Excluded
Liabilities. Seller and its Affiliates shall retain and be
responsible for all Excluded Liabilities and Excluded
Taxes.
Section 2.5
Purchase Price.
(a) On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, in consideration of the
sale of the Transferred Assets, at the Closing, in addition to the
assumption of the Assumed Liabilities, Buyer shall pay to Seller
(or shall cause its Affiliates to pay to Seller or its Affiliates
pursuant to the Local Purchase Agreements) an aggregate amount in
cash equal to $12,300,000. This amount shall be allocated and paid
pursuant to this Agreement and the Local Purchase Agreements in
accordance with Section 5.4(g) (the “Cash Closing
Payment”).
(b) The Seller shall also
be entitled to payment of the Escrow Payment, if any, at such time
and in the amount, and subject to the terms and conditions, set
forth in Section 2.6.
(c) The Seller shall also
be entitled to payment of the Contingent Payment, if any, in the
amount, and subject to the terms and conditions, set forth in
Section 2.7.
(d) Buyer shall deduct
from the Purchase Price any amounts required to be withheld and
deducted under the Code or other applicable Tax Law. As applicable,
any amounts so deducted shall be remitted by Buyer to the
appropriate Government Entity on a timely basis or at the request
of Seller, if permitted by applicable Law, paid over by Buyer to
Seller upon delivery by Seller to Buyer of an official receipt,
certification or other statement from the Government Entity that
such Taxes have been paid to the Government Entity on a timely
basis or that no such Taxes are due.
Section 2.6 Escrow Fund.
On or prior to the Closing, Seller and Buyer shall enter into the
Escrow Agreement with the Escrow Agent. Pursuant to the terms of
the Escrow Agreement, on the Closing Date, Buyer will create the
escrow fund (the “Escrow Fund”) by depositing the
Escrow Amount with the Escrow Agent. Distributions of any portion
of the Escrow Fund shall be governed by the terms and conditions of
the Escrow Agreement.
Section 2.7
Contingent Payment.
(a) Immediately following
the Closing, Buyer shall appoint Mr. Shuang Ji as the Vice
President of Engineering, Security Products, for Buyer. Mr. Shuang
Ji’s employment with Buyer will be governed by the terms and
conditions of his Employment Agreement. The specifications for the
development of the unified threat management products of Buyer for
up to 10 users and for up to 25 users (the “UTM
Products”) will be substantially similar to the
specifications set
forth in Schedule 2.7(a).
If within five years after the Closing Date, both UTM Products pass
the acceptance criteria and procedure as set forth on Schedule
2.7(a), Buyer shall pay to Seller, within 60 days of such
acceptance, an amount equal to $3,500,000 (the “Contingent
Payment”). Buyer will make available such resources for the
development of the unified threat management products as it deems
commercially reasonable. In addition, for the first eight months
after the Closing, Buyer will devote engineering resources to
develop the UTM Products at a level that is substantially similar
to the engineering team that Seller has in Nanjing, China as of the
date hereof (but in any event the engineering resources shall not
exceed the Transferred Employees who are members of the engineering
team in Nanjing, China and who have not voluntarily left the
employment of Buyer and its Affiliates during such eight month
period).
(b) Except otherwise
provided by the Section 2.7(a), the Seller acknowledges,
understands and agrees that, after the Closing, Buyer shall
exercise operational control of the Business and the Transferred
Assets without interference by Seller. The Seller understands that,
after the Closing, except as expressly provided herein (including
Section 2.7(a)), the future design, creation, manufacturing,
marketing, sales and distribution of the Business and its products
and projects shall be exercised by Buyer in accordance with its own
business judgment and in its sole and absolute
discretion.
(c) Seller will not
transfer the right to receive the Contingent Payment (including any
direct or indirect interest in the right to receive the Contingent
Payment).
Section 2.8 Closing. The
Closing shall take place at the offices of Sullivan & Cromwell
LLP, 1870 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 at 10:00
A.M., San Francisco time, on the date which is the fifth Business
Day following the date on which the conditions set forth in Article
6 (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing but subject to the fulfillment or waiver
of those conditions) have been satisfied or waived, or at such
other time and place as the parties hereto may mutually agree. For
purposes of this Agreement, “Closing Date” means the
date on which the Closing actually takes place in Palo Alto,
California.
Section 2.9 Ancillary
Agreements. At the Closing, Seller and Buyer, or their respective
Affiliates, as applicable, will execute and deliver the following
additional agreements to the extent not entered into previously
(the “Ancillary Agreements”):
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(a)
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the Escrow
Agreement;
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(b)
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the Local Purchase
Agreements;
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(c)
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the Intellectual Property
Assignment Agreements; and
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(d)
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the Transition Services
Agreement.
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Section 2.10 Deliveries
by Buyer. At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller the
following: (a) the Cash Closing Payment in immediately available
funds by wire transfer to an account or accounts which have been
designated by Seller in writing at least five Business Days prior
to the Closing Date; (b) a duly executed counterpart of each of the
Ancillary Agreements to the extent not delivered prior to the
Closing; (c) a certificate certifying that Buyer has deposited the
Escrow Amount in the Escrow Fund pursuant to Section 2.6; and (d)
the certificate to be delivered pursuant to Section
6.3(d).
Section 2.11 Deliveries
by Seller. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to Buyer the following: (a) bills of sale or other
appropriate documents of transfer, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Buyer, transferring the tangible personal property
included in the Transferred Assets to Buyer;
(b)
assignment agreements, in form and substance reasonably acceptable
to Buyer and Seller, assigning to Buyer all rights of Seller and
its Affiliates in and to all of the Transferred Contracts,
exclusive of any Excluded Liabilities; (c) assignments, in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Buyer and, if applicable, as
required by any Government Entity with which Seller’s or any
of its Affiliates’ rights to any Transferred Intellectual
Property have been filed, assigning to Buyer the Transferred
Intellectual Property;
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(d)
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the Books and
Records;
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(e)
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the Transferred
Employees’ Records;
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(f)
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an opinion of Cayman
Islands counsel to Seller reasonably satisfactory
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to Buyer
with respect to such matters as Buyer may reasonably
request;
(g) a duly executed
counterpart of each of the Ancillary Agreements to the extent not
delivered prior to the Closing; (h) evidence of the obtaining of,
or the filing with respect to, Seller Required
Approvals;
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(i)
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the certificate to be
delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(e); and
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(j)
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such other customary
instruments of transfer, assumptions, filings or
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documents,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, as may be
required to give effect to this Agreement.
Section 2.12
Nonassignability of Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that the sale,
assignment, sublease, transfer, conveyance or delivery or attempted
sale, sublease, assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery to
Buyer of any asset that would be a Transferred Asset or any claim
or right or any benefit arising thereunder or resulting therefrom
is prohibited by any applicable Law or would require any
governmental or third party authorizations, approvals, consents or
waivers, and such authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers
shall not have been obtained prior to the Closing, the Closing
shall proceed without the sale, assignment, sublease, transfer,
conveyance or delivery of such asset unless such failure causes a
failure of any of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article 6,
in which event the Closing shall proceed only if the failed
condition is waived by the party or parties entitled to the benefit
thereof. In the event that the failed condition is waived and the
Closing proceeds without the transfer, sublease or assignment of
any such asset, then following the Closing, the parties shall use
their reasonable best efforts, and cooperate with each other, to
obtain promptly such authorizations, approvals, consents or
waivers; provided, however, that Seller shall bear all of the costs
of obtaining such authorizations, approvals, consents or waivers.
Pending such authorization, approval, consent or waiver, the
parties shall cooperate with each other in any mutually agreeable,
reasonable and lawful arrangements designed to provide to Buyer the
benefits of use of such asset and to Seller the benefits, including
any indemnities, that it would have obtained had the asset been
conveyed to Buyer at the Closing. Once authorization, approval,
consent or waiver for the sale, assignment, sublease, transfer,
conveyance or delivery of any such asset not sold, assigned,
subleased, transferred, conveyed or delivered at the Closing is
obtained, Seller shall or shall cause its relevant Affiliates to,
assign, transfer, convey and deliver such asset to Buyer at no
additional cost. To the extent that any such asset cannot be
transferred or the full benefits of use of any such asset cannot be
provided to Buyer following the Closing pursuant to this Section
2.12, then Buyer and Seller shall enter into such arrangements
(including subleasing, sublicensing or subcontracting) to provide
to the parties hereto the economic (taking into account Tax costs
and benefits) and operational equivalent, to the extent permitted,
of obtaining such authorization, approval, consent or waiver and
the performance by Buyer of the obligations thereunder. Seller
shall hold in trust for and pay to Buyer promptly upon receipt
thereof, all income, proceeds and other monies received by Seller
or any of its Affiliates in connection with its use of any asset
(net of any Taxes and any
other costs imposed upon
Seller or any of its Affiliates) in connection with the
arrangements under this Section 2.12. Section 2.13 Affiliate
Acquisitions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement, Buyer may elect to have any or all of the
Transferred Assets conveyed or transferred to, or any of the
Assumed Liabilities assumed by, one or more of its Affiliates;
provided however, that no such election shall relieve Buyer of any
of its obligations to Seller and its Affiliates hereunder with
respect to the Assumed Liabilities or otherwise. The Purchase Price
shall be allocated, based on valuations performed by Duff &
Phelps Corporation or another valuation firm agreed upon by Buyer
and Seller, among those Transferred Assets to be conveyed to Buyer
and those Transferred Assets to be conveyed to the respective
Affiliates of Buyer, but in no event shall the amount of the
Purchase Price or any other items to be paid for the Transferred
Assets, the nature of the Assumed Liabilities to be assumed, the
obligation to pay Taxes (including Transfer Taxes) or the
allocation of risk and responsibility between Seller and Buyer be
modified to the detriment of Seller and/or Buyer and their
respective Affiliates as a result of the delivery of separate bills
of sale, assignments and other closing documents.
Section 2.14 Post-Closing
Transition Services. For a period of time after the Closing not to
exceed four (4) months, at Buyer’s request Seller shall, and
shall cause its Affiliates to: (a) use commercially reasonable
efforts using its then existing employees to assist Buyer in
establishing the procedure by which customers of the Business
following the Closing may make all claims related to warranty
liability and other obligations with respect to servicing,
repairing or replacing any products delivered by Seller or its
Affiliates to a customer of the Business on or prior to the Closing
Date; and (b) use commercially reasonable efforts using its then
existing employees to comply with all other reasonable requests of
Buyer which are related or incidental to the transition, or the
continued operation, of the Business by Buyer.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Seller represents and
warrants to Buyer, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as
follows: Section 3.1 Organization and Qualification. Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and is in good
standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands and has all requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets (including
any Transferred Assets) and to carry on the Business as currently
conducted. The Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where
the ownership or the operation of the Transferred Assets or the
conduct of the Business requires such qualification.
Section 3.2 Subsidiaries.
Each Affiliate of Seller which has title to any Transferred Asset
is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite
corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate
its assets and to carry on its portion of the Business as currently
conducted and is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each
jurisdiction where the ownership or operation of its assets or the
conduct of its business requires such qualification.
Section 3.3 Corporate
Authorization. Seller has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each of the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party, and to perform its obligations
hereunder and
thereunder. The execution,
delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and each of
the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party has been duly and
validly authorized and no additional corporate or shareholder
authorization or consent is required in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement or
any of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party. Each
Affiliate of Seller has full corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver each Ancillary Agreement or Closing document to
which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder. The
execution, delivery and performance by each Affiliate of Seller of
each Ancillary Agreement or Closing document to which it is a party
has been or prior to the Closing will have been duly and validly
authorized, and no additional corporate or shareholder
authorization or consent is or will be required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance by any Affiliate of Seller
of the Ancillary Agreements or Closing documents to which such
Affiliate is a party or signatory.
Section 3.4 Consents and
Approvals. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(i), no consent,
approval, waiver, authorization, notice or filing is required to be
obtained by Seller or any of its Affiliates from, or to be given by
Seller or any of its Affiliates to, or made by Seller or any of its
Affiliates with, any Government Entity or Self-Regulatory
Organization, in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by Seller or any of its Affiliates of this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements. Except as set forth on Schedule
3.4(ii), no consent, approval, waiver, authorization, notice or
filing is required to be obtained by Seller or any of its
Affiliates from, or to be given by Seller or any of its Affiliates
to, or made by Seller or any of its Affiliates with, any Person
which is not a Government Entity or Self-Regulatory Organization in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by Seller
or any of its Affiliates of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements.
Section 3.5
Non-Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by
Seller and its Affiliates of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which they are a party, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, do not and will not
(i) violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws
or other organizational documents of Seller or any of its
Affiliates, (ii) assuming the receipt of all consents, approvals,
waivers and authorizations and the making of the notices and
filings set forth on Schedule 3.4(ii), conflict with, or result in
the breach of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration (whether
after the filing of notice or the lapse of time or both) of any
right or obligation of Seller or any of its Affiliates under, or
result in a loss of any benefit to which Seller or any of its
Affiliates is entitled under, any Transferred Contract, (iii)
assuming the receipt of all consents, approvals, waivers and
authorizations and the making of notices and filings set forth on
Schedule 3.4(i) or required to made or obtained by Buyer violate or
result in a breach of or constitute a default under any Law to
which Seller or any of its Affiliates is subject, or under any
Governmental Authorization, or (iv) result in the creation of any
Encumbrance upon any of the Transferred Assets, other than, in the
case of clauses (iii) and (iv) conflicts, breaches, or violations
that would not, individually or in the aggregate, impair or delay
the ability of Seller and its Affiliates to perform their
obligations hereunder or impair the value of the Transferred
Assets.
Section 3.6 Binding
Effect. This Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements, when
executed and delivered by Buyer and the other parties thereto,
constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Seller and
each Affiliate of Seller which is a party to such agreements,
enforceable against Seller and each such Affiliate in accordance
with their respective terms.
Section 3.7
Financial Statements.
(a) Set forth on Schedule
3.7(a)(i) is (a) a copy of the balance sheet and statement of
income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for
CP
Secure Taiwan for each of
the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007, (b) a copy
of the balance sheet and statement of income, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for CP Secure Nanjing for
the year ended December 31, 2007, (c) a copy of the balance sheet
and statement of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and
cash flows for CP Secure Germany for each of the years ended
December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2006 , and (d) a copy of the
balance sheet and statement of income, changes in
stockholders’ equity and cash flows for CP Secure Germany for
each of the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007
(collectively, the “Audited Financial Statements”). The
Audited Financial Statements have been audited in accordance with
GAAP by an independent public accounting firm, and such firm has
confirmed in writing that such statements and information have been
audited in accordance with GAAP in a manner reasonably satisfactory
to Buyer. Set forth on Schedule 3.7(a)(ii) is (a) a copy of the
consolidated statement of income for CP Secure Taiwan for each of
the years ended December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2007 and a copy
of the consolidated balance sheet of CP Secure Taiwan as of
December 31, 2007 and (b) a copy of the consolidated balance sheet
and statement of income for CP Secure Taiwan for each of the three
months ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008 (the “Unaudited
Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited
Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”). The
Audited Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP consistently applied and fairly present, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations and
cash flows of such member of the CP Secure Group as of the dates
thereof or the periods then ended. The Unaudited Financial
Statements have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the
books and records of CP Secure Taiwan. There are no material off
balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations, or
relationships attributable to the Business or to which any
Subsidiary of Seller is a party that may have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) There are no credits,
prepaid expenses, deferred charges, advance payments, security
deposits, prepaid items or duties that are primarily, but not
exclusively, related to any Transferred Assets that are
individually or in the aggregate material to the
Business.
Section 3.8 Litigation
and Claims. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8: (a) There is no
civil, criminal or administrative action, suit, demand, claim,
hearing, proceeding or investigation pending, or threatened,
against or relating to Seller or any of its Affiliates in
connection with the Transferred Assets, the Business or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) None of the
Transferred Assets is subject to any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree of any court or governmental or regulatory
authority of competent jurisdiction or any arbitrator or
arbitrators.
Section 3.9 Taxes. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.9, (a) there is no lien for Taxes upon
any of the Transferred Assets nor is any Taxing Authority in the
process of imposing any lien for Taxes on any of the Transferred
Assets, other than liens for Taxes that are not yet due and payable
or for Taxes the validity or amount of which is being contested by
Seller or one of its Affiliates in good faith by appropriate action
as listed on Schedule 3.9(a), and (b) there are no Encumbrances for
Taxes upon any of the Transferred Assets nor is any Taxing
Authority in the process of or otherwise contemplating imposing any
Encumbrances for Taxes on any of the Transferred Assets.
Section
3.10 Reserved.
Section 3.11 Compliance
with Laws. Except as disclosed on Schedule 3.11, (a) the Business
has been and currently is being conducted in compliance with all
applicable Laws in all material respects, (b) neither Seller nor
any of its Affiliates has received any notice alleging any material
violation under any applicable Law, (c) the Business has all
Governmental Authorizations necessary for the conduct of the
Business as currently conducted and (d) no Governmental
Authorizations or Non-Governmental Authorizations or applications
therefor are
required to be held by
Seller or any of its Affiliates that are specific to the design,
manufacture, sale and distribution of any Products (as opposed to
other goods, products or services).
Section
3.12 Intellectual Property.
(a) Schedule 3.12(a)(i)
sets forth a true and complete list of all Registered and/or
Intellectual Property and IT Assets that are owned by Seller or any
of its Affiliates and used in or related to the Business.
The
Transferred
IP constitutes all Intellectual Property (i) used in or related to
the Business, and, immediately after the Closing, necessary for
Buyer to conduct and operate the Business as currently conducted by
Seller, and (ii) necessary to make, have made, use, import, offer
to sell and sell the products currently made or sold by the
Business. Seller and its Affiliates own all right, title and
interest in and to the Transferred IP, free and clear of all
Encumbrances. The Transferred IP is valid, subsisting and
enforceable, and is not subject to any outstanding order, judgment,
decree or agreement adversely affecting Seller’s or its
Affiliates’ use thereof or rights thereto.
(b) Immediately after the
Closing, Buyer will own or have the right to use in the operation
of the Business all of the Transferred IP and Transferred IT
Assets, on terms and conditions the same as those in effect
immediately prior to the Closing.
(c) To the Knowledge of
Seller, the operation of the Business as currently conducted, and
the products sold and services provided by Seller or any of its
Affiliates in connection therewith, do not and have not infringed,
misappropriated or otherwise violated or conflicted with the
Intellectual Property of any other Person. To the Knowledge of
Seller, there is no litigation, opposition, cancellation,
proceeding, objection or claim pending, asserted or threatened
concerning the ownership, validity, registerability,
enforceability, infringement, misappropriation, violation or use
of, or licensed right to use, any Transferred IP or Transferred IT
Assets, and no valid basis exists for any such litigation,
opposition, cancellation, proceeding, objection or claim. To the
Knowledge of Seller, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or
otherwise violating any Transferred IP. No Person has notified
Seller or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) any of such
Person’s Intellectual Property are infringed,
misappropriated, diluted, violated, or used without authorization
by Seller or any of its Affiliates in the conduct of the Business,
or (ii) Seller or any of its Affiliates requires a license to any
of such Person’s Intellectual Property in order to conduct
the Business as currently conducted. Further, neither Seller nor
any of its Affiliates has received a written offer from any Person
to license any of such Person’s Intellectual Property in
connection with its conduct of the Business by Seller and its
Affiliates.
(d) Schedule 3.12(d) sets
forth a true and complete list of all IP Contracts that are
Transferred Contracts (the “Transferred IP Contracts”).
To the Knowledge of Seller, each Transferred IP Contract is, and
will continue to be immediately following the Closing, in full
force and effect in accordance with its terms, legal, valid,
binding and enforceable against the other party thereto. Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.4(i) and (ii), no default or breach exists
under, and there has been no event, condition or occurrence that,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would give
rise or constitute a breach or default by Seller or any of its
Affiliates or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any other Person, under,
any Transferred IP Contract. To the Knowledge of Seller, no claim
has been threatened or asserted that Seller or any of its
Affiliates or any other Person has breached any Transferred IP
Contract. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4(i) and (ii), the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
conflict with, or result in the breach of, effect or give rise to
any license under, or constitute a default under, or result in the
termination, cancellation or acceleration (whether after the filing
of notice or the lapse of time or both) of any right of Seller or
any of its
Affiliates under, or a
loss of any benefit to which Seller or any of its Affiliates is
entitled under, or the imposition of any obligation under, or
Encumbrance on, any of the Transferred IP Contracts. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.4(i) and (ii),no Transferred IP Contract
contains any term that would become applicable or inapplicable or
whose scope would materially change as a result of the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) The Transferred IP
that is Registered Intellectual Property has been duly registered
with, filed in or issued by, as the case may be, the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or such other filing offices, domestic
or foreign, as are identified on Schedule 3.12(e)(i) and such
registrations, filings, issuances and other actions remain in full
force and effect, and are current and unexpired. Seller and each of
its Affiliates have properly executed and recorded all documents
necessary to perfect its title to all Intellectual Property set
forth on Schedule 3.12(e)(i), and have filed all documents and paid
all taxes, fees, and other financial obligations required to
maintain in force and effect all such items until the Closing.
Schedule 3.12(e)(ii) is a complete and accurate list of all actions
(including payment of fees) necessary within the 120 day-period
following the Closing Date, to maintain or otherwise to keep in
full force and effect the Intellectual Property set forth on
Schedule 3.12(e)(i). As of the date of this Agreement, no
interference, opposition, reissue, reexamination, or other legal
proceeding is pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened,
in which the scope, validity, ownership, right to use, or
enforceability of any Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule
3.12(e)(i) is being contested or challenged.
(f) Seller and its
Affiliates have taken all reasonable measures to protect the
secrecy, confidentiality and value of all Trade Secrets
used