This Asset
Purchase Agreement (this “ Agreement ”)
is made as of December 9, 2008 (the “ Effective
Date ”), by and among Delta Design Singapore PTE.
LTD., formed pursuant to the laws of the Republic of Singapore
(“ Buyer ”), on the one hand, and Dover
German Intra-Group Service GmbH, a limited liability company formed
pursuant to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“
German Seller ”), Delaware Capital Formation,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ( “ US Seller
” ), Dover Global Trading PTE. LTD., formed pursuant to
the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the “
Company ”) and Dover Electronic Technologies,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”)
on the other hand. Each of German Seller, US Seller, the Company
and Parent is sometimes referred to herein individually as “
Seller ” and collectively as “
Sellers ”. Buyer and Sellers are sometimes
individually referred to herein as a “ Party
” and collectively as “ Parties
.”
WHEREAS, the
Company is engaged in, and the Assets (as defined herein) to be
purchased from the Company pursuant to this Agreement are used in,
the business of the manufacture, sale and service of gravity-fed
and in-strip semiconductor test handlers and related products as
conducted by a division of the Company under the name
“Rasco” and variants thereof, including, but not
limited to, “Rasco Automation Asia” (the “
Business ”);
WHEREAS, Buyer
desires to purchase the Assets and assume the Assumed Liabilities
(as defined herein) of the Business, as more particularly described
herein, and such transaction shall be consummated concurrent with
the closing of the Share Purchase Agreement (as defined
below);
WHEREAS, German
Seller is the sole shareholder of Rasco GmbH, a limited liability
company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany
(the “ German Company ”) and US Seller is
the sole shareholder of Rosenheim Automation Systems Corporation, a
California corporation (“ US Company ”);
and
WHEREAS,
concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, Buyer desires to
purchase and Sellers desire to sell all the outstanding shares of
capital stock of the US Company and the German Company pursuant to
that certain Share Purchase and Transfer Agreement dated as of
December 5, 2008 (the “ Share Purchase
Agreement ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, IN
CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE AS
FOLLOWS:
The parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
For purposes of
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified or
referred to in this Section 1, and any terms not defined
herein shall have the meanings specified in the Share Purchase
Agreement:
“
Agreement ”— as defined in the initial
paragraph of this Agreement.
“ AP
Disclosure Schedule ” — the AP Disclosure
Schedule delivered by Company to Buyer concurrently with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement.
“
Applicable Contract ” — any Contract
relating to the Business or Assets (a) under which the Company
has or may acquire any rights or (b) under which the Company,
or any Assets owned by it (or used by it pursuant to a written
agreement) may become subject or bound to any obligation or
liability.
“
Assets ” — as defined in
Section 2.1.
“
Asset Closing Documents ”— as defined in
Section 4.2.
“
Assumed Liabilities ” — as defined in
Section 2.5.
“ Best
Efforts ” — the efforts that a prudent Person
desirous of achieving a result would use in similar circumstances
to ensure that such result is achieved as expeditiously as
reasonably possible; provided, however, that an obligation
to use Best Efforts under this Agreement does not require the
Person subject to that obligation to take actions that would result
in a material adverse change in the benefits to such Person of this
Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.
“
Breach ” — a “Breach” of a
representation, warranty, covenant, obligation, or other provision
of this Agreement or any instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement will be deemed to have occurred if there is or has been
any inaccuracy in or breach of, or any failure to perform or comply
with, such representation, warranty, covenant, obligation, or other
provision, as the case may be.
“
Business ” — as defined in the Recitals
of this Agreement.
“
Buyer ” — as defined in the initial
paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Closing ” — as defined in
Section 2.7.
“
Closing Date ” — as defined in
Section 2.7.
“
Company ” — as defined in the initial
paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Company Proprietary Rights ” — any
Proprietary Rights owned by or licensed to the Company and relating
to the Business or otherwise used in the Business.
“
Consent ” — any approval, consent,
ratification, waiver, or other authorization (including any
Governmental Authorization).
“
Contemplated Transactions ” — all of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Share Purchase
Agreement, including, but not limited to:
(a) the
sale and transfer of the US Shares, the German Shares and the
Assets by US Seller, German Seller and Company, respectively, to
Buyer;
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(b) the
performance by Buyer and Sellers of their respective covenants and
obligations under this Agreement and the Share Purchase
Agreement;
(c) the
execution and delivery of employment agreements with the managing
directors as well as certain key employees of the Acquired
Companies (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement);
(d) Buyer’s
acquisition and ownership of the Shares and Assets;
(e) the
execution and delivery of the Transition Services
Agreement;
(f) the
execution and delivery of the Turret Patent License; and
(g) the
execution and delivery of the Assumption of Liabilities
Agreement.
“
German Seller ” — as defined in the
Recitals of this Agreement.
“
Interim Balance Sheet ” — an unaudited
combined balance sheet of US Company, German Company and the
Business as at August 31, 2008.
“
Knowledge ” — an individual will be
deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or
other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact or
other matter; and Sellers and the Company shall be deemed to have
“Knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if any
of the following individuals has, or at any time had, Knowledge of
such fact or other matter: Peter J. Marshall, Mark E. Miller, Alex
Waldauf, Sabine Loferer, Bernhard Feil, Christian Hellmuth, Alfred
Langer, David R. Van Loan, Christian Klimm, Roman Steiger and John
Hartner.
“
Material Adverse Effect ” — shall have
the meaning ascribed to the term in the Share Purchase Agreement
but only with respect to the Business.
“ MCE
Employees” — as defined in
Section 5.2.
“ Non
MCE Employees” — as defined in
Section 5.2.
“
Notice of Termination” — as defined in
Section 5.2.
“
Notice of Transfer” — as defined in
Section 5.2.
“
Offer of Employment” — as defined in
Section 5.2.
“
Ordinary Course of Business ” — 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 normal operations of such Person;
and
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(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 is not required to be specifically
authorized by the parent company (if any) of such
Person.
“
Properties ” — the leasehold properties,
details of which are set out in Section 3.3 of the AP
Disclosure Schedule.
“
Purchase Price ” — as defined in
Section 2.3.
“
Related Person ” — with respect to a
particular individual:
(a) each
other member of such individual’s Family (as defined
below);
(b) any
Person that is directly or indirectly controlled by such individual
or one or more members of such individual’s
Family;
(c) any
Person in which such individual or members of such
individual’s Family hold (individually or in the aggregate) a
Material Interest (defined below); and
(d) any
Person with respect to which such individual or one or more members
of such individual’s Family serves as a director, officer,
partner, executor, or trustee (or in a like capacity).
With respect to a
specified Person other than an individual:
(a) any
Person that directly or indirectly controls, is directly or
indirectly controlled by, or is directly or indirectly under common
control with such specified Person;
(b) any
Person that holds a Material Interest in such specified
Person;
(c) each
Person that serves as a director, officer, partner, executor, or
trustee of such specified Person (or in a like
capacity);
(d) any
Person in which such specified Person holds a Material
Interest;
(e) any
Person with respect to which such specified Person serves as a
general partner or a trustee (or in a similar capacity);
and
(f) any
Related Person of any individual described in clause (b) or
(c).
For purposes of
this definition, (a) the “ Family ”
of an individual includes (i) the individual, (ii) the
individual’s spouse, (iii) any parent, step-parent,
sibling, child or step-child of such individual,
(iv) mother-in law, father-in-law, son-in-law,
daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law of such
individual, and (v) any other relative who is sharing a
household with such individual, and (b) “ Material
Interest ” means direct or indirect beneficial
ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of voting securities or other
voting interests representing at least 50% plus one vote of the
outstanding voting power of a Person or equity securities or other
equity interests representing at least 50% plus one vote
of
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the outstanding
equity securities or equity interests in a Person, except in the
case of a reference to any of the Sellers, in respect to each of
which Material Interest shall mean direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of voting securities or other voting interests
representing at least 5% of the outstanding voting power of a
Person or equity securities or other equity interests representing
at least 5% of the outstanding equity securities or equity
interests in a Person.
“
Retained Liabilities ” — as defined in
Section 2.6.
“
Seller ” — as defined in the initial
paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Share Purchase Agreement ” — as defined
in the Recitals of this Agreement.
“
Subsidiary ” — with respect to any Person
(the “ Owner ”), any corporation or other
Person of which securities or other interests having the power to
elect a majority of that corporation’s or other
Person’s board of directors or similar governing body, or
otherwise having the power to direct the business and policies of
that corporation or other Person (other than securities or other
interests having such power only upon the happening of a
contingency that has not occurred) are held by the Owner or one or
more of its Subsidiaries; when used without reference to a
particular Person, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of
the Company.
“
Tax ” — any and all current taxes and
tax-related ancillary obligations under the laws of any
jurisdiction, and any levy and any other charge including, but not
limited to, all forms of taxation, duties, levies, imposts and
social security charges, whether direct or indirect including,
without limitation, corporate income tax, trade tax, real estate
transfer tax, payroll taxes, wage withholding tax, national social
security contributions and employee social security contributions,
value added tax, customs and excise duties, capital tax and other
legal transaction taxes, dividend withholding tax, land taxes,
environmental taxes and duties and any other type of taxes or
duties payable by virtue of any applicable national, regional or
local law or regulation and which may be due directly or by virtue
of joint and several liability in any relevant jurisdiction;
together with any interest, penalties, surcharges or fines relating
thereto, due, payable, levied, imposed upon or owed in any relevant
jurisdiction; no matter how they are levied or
determined.
“ US
Seller ” — as defined in the initial paragraph
of this Agreement.
2. PURCHASE
PRICE AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
2.1 Transfer of
Assets. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, at the Closing, Buyer shall purchase from the
Company, and the Company shall sell, transfer, novate, assign,
convey and deliver to Buyer, all of Company’s right, title
and interest in and to the assets of the Business, including,
without limitation, all of the assets, properties, rights,
goodwill, contracts and claims of or associated with the operation
of the Business, wherever located, whether tangible or intangible,
real or personal, known or unknown, actual or contingent, as the
same shall exist as of the Closing (such rights, title and interest
in and to all such assets, properties, rights, contracts and
claims, being collectively referred to herein as, the “
Assets ”). All right, title and interest to the
Assets shall pass to Buyer upon deposit of the Purchase Price (as
defined below) in the accounts of Sellers at Closing.
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2.2 Excluded
Assets . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 2.1 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the following
assets of the Company (collectively, the “ Excluded
Assets ”) are not part of the sale and purchase
contemplated hereunder, are excluded from the Assets and shall
remain the property of Seller after the Closing:
(a) all
cash in the bank accounts of the Company on the Closing Date
including outstanding checks and deposits presented to the
applicable depositing bank but not cleared, provided that any such
outstanding check or deposit does in the ultimate clear;
(b) any
Company intercompany accounts receivable due from Related Persons
for cross charges, advances or notes receivable, and current income
Taxes receivable; and
(c) all
assets of the Company other than those used in or associated with
the Business.
2.3 Purchase
Price . Purchase Price shall be as specified in the Share
Purchase Agreement and allocated in accordance with
Section 3.3 thereof. After the Closing, the parties shall make
consistent use of the allocation specified in Section 3.3 of
the Share Purchase Agreement for all Tax purposes and in all
filings, declarations and reports with the IRS in respect thereof,
including the reports required to be filed under Section 1060
of the Code. Buyer shall prepare and deliver IRS Form 8594 to
Seller within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date to be
filed with the IRS. In any Proceeding related to the determination
of any Tax, neither Buyer nor the Sellers shall contend or
represent that such allocation is not a correct
allocation.
2.4 Certain
Provisions Relating to the Purchased Assets .
(a) To
the extent that a contract, permit or other asset which would
otherwise be included within the definition of
“Assets,” or any claim, right or benefit arising
thereunder or resulting therefrom (each an “
Interest ” and collectively the “
Interests ”), is not capable of being sold,
novated, assigned, transferred or conveyed without the approval,
consent or waiver of the issuer thereof or the other party thereto,
or any third person (including a Governmental Body), and such
approval, consent or waiver has not been obtained prior to the
Closing, or if such sale, novation, assignment, transfer or
conveyance or attempted sale, novation, assignment, transfer or
conveyance would constitute a Breach thereof or a violation of any
law, decree, order, regulation or other governmental edict, this
Agreement shall not constitute a sale, novation, assignment,
transfer or conveyance thereof, or an attempted sale, novation,
assignment, transfer or conveyance thereof.
(b) Sellers
and Buyer shall use their Best Efforts and shall cooperate to
obtain all approvals, consents or waivers necessary to convey to
Buyer each Interest as of the Closing. The failure to obtain any
approval, consent or waiver necessary to convey any Interest to
Buyer shall not affect the obligations of the parties to close
hereunder. Subsequent to the Closing, Sellers, as applicable, shall
execute and deliver any other instruments and take any actions,
which may be reasonably required for the implementation of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby. In addition,
with respect to Material Contracts, Sellers (as applicable) and
Buyer shall at Buyer’s sole discretion enter into mutually
agreeable subcontracting or similar arrangements covering the
period between Closing and the date on which Sellers obtain
the
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applicable
third party’s (including, a Governmental Body) approval,
consent, novation or waiver necessary to convey such Material
Contract.
2.5 Assumed
Liabilities . Effective as of the Closing Date, Buyer shall
assume and agree to discharge all liabilities of the Company
associated with the Business (the “ Assumed
Liabilities ”) with the exception of the Retained
Liabilities as defined in Section 2.6.
2.6 Retained
Liabilities . The Retained Liabilities shall remain the sole
responsibility of and shall be retained, paid, performed and
discharged solely by the Company. “ Retained
Liabilities ” shall mean the following liabilities of
the Company:
(a) all
corporate income taxes, trade taxes, dividend withholding taxes or
any similar such taxes and any interest, penalties, surcharges or
fines relating thereto (i) payable, accrued or that become
payable or are incurred by the Company relating to periods prior to
the Closing Date or (ii) assessed against the Company or Buyer
as a result of the Contemplated Transactions or (iii) that result
from activities or actions of the Sellers, Buyer or the Company
following the Closing Date as a result of the Contemplated
Transactions;
(b) any
liability under any Contract assumed by Buyer that arises after the
Closing Date but that arises out of or relates to any Breach that
occurred prior to the Closing Date, provided Sellers or the Company
had Knowledge as of the Closing Date;
(c) any
liability under any Contract relating to Seller’s credit
facilities or any security interest related thereto;
(d) any
liability accrued and payable prior to Closing under the
Company’s Plans (as defined in the Share Purchase Agreement)
in respect to Company’s employees or former employees or
both;
(e) any
liability accrued and payable prior to Closing under any agreement
with any employee of Company or any of its Related Persons in
respect to employment, severance, retention or
termination;
(f) any
liability arising out of or relating to any employee grievance
existing and known by the Company prior to Closing;
(g) any
liability of Company to any shareholder or Related Person of
Company or any shareholder;
(h) any
liability to indemnify, reimburse or advance amounts to any
officer, director, employee or agent of Company (other than in
respect to reimbursement of business-related expenses of general
employees or agents of Business accrued in Ordinary Course of
Business);
(i) any
liability to distribute to any of Company’s shareholders or
otherwise apply all or any part of the consideration received
hereunder;
(j) any
liability arising out of any Proceeding pending as of the Closing
Date;
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(k) any
liability arising out of any Proceeding commenced after the Closing
Date and arising out of or relating to any occurrence or event
happening prior to the Closing Date, provided Sellers or the
Company had Knowledge of such occurrence or event as of the Closing
Date;
(l) any
liability arising out of or resulting from Company’s
noncompliance prior to Closing with any Legal Requirement or Order
of any Governmental Body, provided Sellers or the Company had
Knowledge of such noncompliance as of the Closing Date;
(m) any
liability of Company under this Agreement or any other document
executed in connection with the Contemplated Transactions;
and
(n) any
liability of Company based upon Company’s acts or omissions
occurring after the Closing Date.
2.7 Closing
. The closing of the
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