Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of December 31,
2008
among
KIDVILLE JWT, LLC,
KIDVILLE, INC.,
JWT KIDS INC.,
JWT IP, INC.,
and
ASH ROBINSON
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT is dated as of December 31, 2008 (this
“ Agreement ”) among Kidville JWT, LLC, a New
York limited liability Company (the “ Purchaser
”), Kidville, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Kidville ”), JWT Kids, Inc., a California corporation
(“ JWT Kids ”) and JWT IP, Inc., a California
corporation (“ JWT IP ”) (JWT Kids and JWT IP
are sometimes each hereinafter referred to as a “
Seller ” and collectively as, the “
Sellers ”), and Ash Robinson (“ Robinson
” and/or “ Stockholder ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, JWT Kids is engaged in operating and
franchising the JW Tumbles Kid’s gym concept (the “
Concept ”) and JWT IP is a single purpose entity and
owner of all of the Intellectual Property relating to the Concept
(collectively, the “ Business ”); and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to purchase from
the Sellers and each Seller desires to sell to the Purchaser
certain of the business, goodwill and underlying assets in
connection with the Business, which assets are further described
herein, and each Seller desires to transfer to the Purchaser and
the Purchaser desires to assume from each Seller certain
liabilities in connection with such assets, all upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
representations, warranties and covenants contained herein and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS;
CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Certain
Definitions .
(a) The following
terms, when used in this Agreement, shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them below:
“ Action ” means any claim,
action, suit, inquiry, hearing, investigation or other
proceeding.
“ Additional Consideration ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or
indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is
Controlled by or is under common Control with, such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “
Control ” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “Controlled by” and “under common Control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of stock, as
trustee or executor, by Contract or credit arrangement or
otherwise.
“ Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Ancillary Agreements ”
means, collectively, the Bill of Sale and General Assignment, the
Assumption Agreement, the Trademark Assignment, the Copyright
Assignment, the Domain Name Assignment and the Non-Compete
Agreements.
“ Assets ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1.
“ Assigned Contracts ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
“ Assumed Liabilities ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).
“ Assumption Agreement ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(e).
“ Benefit Plan ” means any
Plan established or to which contributions have at any time been
made by a Seller or any predecessor thereof, under which any
employee, former employee or director of a Seller, or any
beneficiary thereof, is covered, is eligible for coverage or has
benefit rights in respect of service to a Seller.
“ Bill of Sale ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(d).
“ Board ” means the Board of
Directors of each Seller, respectively.
“ Business ” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals hereto.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks in New
York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.
“ Cash Purchase Consideration
” means $500,000.
“ Claim Notice ” means
written notification pursuant to Section 9.2(a) of a Third-Party
Claim as to which indemnity pursuant to Section 9.1 is sought by an
Indemnified Party, enclosing a copy of all papers served, if any,
and specifying the nature of and basis for such Third-Party Claim
and for the Indemnified Party’s claim against the
Indemnifying Party under Section 9.1, together with the amount or,
if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated amount,
determined in good faith, of the Indemnified Party’s Losses
in respect of such Third-Party Claim.
“ Closing ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.1.
“ Closing Date ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“ COBRA ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 4.17.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Common Stock ” means
Kidville’s common stock, par value $0.001 per
share.
“ Content ” means any text,
images, video, audio (including music used in time relation with
text, images or video), data, products, services, advertisements,
promotions, links, banners, signage, applets, pointers, technology
and Software.
“ Contract ” means any
agreement, Lease, debenture, note, bond, evidence of Indebtedness,
mortgage, indenture, security agreement, option or other contract
or commitment (whether written or oral).
“ Copyright Assignment ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(h).
“ Dispute Notice ” means a
written notice provided by any party against which indemnification
is sought pursuant to Section 9.1 to the effect that such
party disputes its indemnification obligation under this
Agreement.
“ Dispute Period ” means the
period ending thirty calendar days following receipt by an
Indemnifying Party of either a Claim Notice or an Indemnity
Notice.
“ Domain Name Assignment ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(f).
“ Employees ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 4.18(b).
“ Environment ” means all
air, surface water, groundwater or land (including land surface or
subsurface) including all fish, wildlife and biota and all other
natural resources.
“ Environmental Law ” means
any and all Laws, Orders or Contracts with any Governmental Entity,
relating to the protection of health and the Environment, worker
health and safety, and/or governing the handling, use, generation,
treatment, storage, transportation, disposal, manufacture,
distribution, formulation, packaging, labeling or Release of any
Hazardous Materials.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
Person who is or was a member of a controlled group (within the
meaning of section 412(n)(6)(B) of the Code) that includes, or
at any time included, a Seller or any of its respective
predecessors.
“ Exchange Act ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“ Excluded Assets ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“ Financial Statements ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.5(a).
“ Franchise Agreement ”
means, with respect to the Sellers, a Contract detailing the rights
and obligations of a franchisor of the Concept.
“ FTC Disclosures ”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.28(a).
“ GAAP ” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to
time, consistently applied throughout the specified period and all
prior comparable periods.
“ Governmental Entity ” means
any government or political subdivision thereof, whether foreign or
domestic, federal, state, provincial, county, local, municipal or
regional, or any other governmental entity, any agency, authority,
department, division or instrumentality of any such government,
political subdivision or other governmental entity, any court,
arbitral tribunal or arbitrator, and any nongovernmental regulating
body to the extent that the rules, regulations or orders of such
body have the force of Law.
“ Hazardous Material ” means
petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons or petroleum products, petroleum
by-products, radioactive materials, asbestos or asbestos-containing
materials, gasoline, diesel fuel, pesticides, radon, urea
formaldehyde, lead or lead-containing materials, polychlorinated
biphenyls and any other chemicals, materials, substances or wastes
in any amount or concentration which are now or hereafter become
defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous
substances,” “hazardous materials,”
“hazardous wastes,” “extremely hazardous
wastes,” “restricted hazardous wastes,”
“toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,”
“pollutants,” “regulated substances,”
“solid wastes” or “contaminants” or words
of similar import under any Environmental Law.
“ Indebtedness ” means, with
respect to any Person: (i) all obligations, whether
or not contingent, of such Person for borrowed money (including
reimbursement and all other obligations with respect to surety
bonds, letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, whether or
not matured), (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures, capitalized leases or similar
instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person representing
the balance of deferred purchase price of property or services,
(iv) all interest rate and currency swaps, caps, collars and
similar agreements or hedging devices under which payments are
obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon
the happening of a contingency, (v) all indebtedness created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
Contract with respect to property acquired by such Person (even
though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such
Contract in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale of such property), (vi) all indebtedness secured by any
Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person
regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have
been assumed by such Person or is non-recourse to the credit of
such Person, and (vii) all indebtedness referred to in the
immediately preceding clauses (i) through (vi) of any
other Person that is guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such
Person.
“ Indemnified Party ” means
any Person claiming indemnification under any provision of Article
IX.
“ Indemnifying Party ” means
any Person against whom a claim for indemnification is being
asserted under any provision of Article IX.
“ Indemnity and Offset Escrowed
Securities ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.4(c).
“ Indemnity Notice ” means
written notification pursuant to Section 9.2(b) of a claim for
indemnification under Article IX by an Indemnified Party,
specifying the nature of and basis for such claim, together with
the amount or, if not then reasonably ascertainable, the estimated
amount, determined in good faith, of the Indemnified Party’s
Losses in respect of such claim.
“ Independent Accounting Firm
” means (i) an independent certified public accounting firm
in the United States of international recognition mutually
acceptable to the Sellers and the Purchaser or (ii) if the
Sellers and the Purchaser are unable to agree on such a firm, then
each of the Purchaser and the Sellers shall select one such firm
and those two firms shall select a third firm, which third firm
shall be the “Independent Accounting Firm”.
“ Intellectual Property ”
means: all (i) discoveries and inventions (whether
patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice),
patents, patent applications (either filed or in preparation for
filing) and statutory invention registrations, including reissues,
divisions, continuations, continuations in part, extensions and
reexaminations thereof, all rights therein provided by
international treaties or conventions, and all improvements
thereto, (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade
names, corporate names, and other source identifiers (whether or
not registered) including all common law rights, and registrations
and applications for registration (either filed or in preparation
for filing) thereof, all rights therein provided by international
treaties or conventions, and all reissues, extensions and renewals
of any of the foregoing, (iii) Internet Rights and all Content
embodied in all World Wide Web sites and World Wide Web pages found
at URLs containing such Internet Rights, (iv) all
copyrightable works, copyrights (whether or not registered) and
registrations and applications for registration thereof, all rights
therein provided by international treaties or conventions, and all
extensions and renewals of any of the foregoing,
(v) confidential and proprietary information, trade secrets,
know-how (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not
reduced to practice), processes and techniques, and research and
development information, ideas, technical data, designs, drawings
and specifications, (vi) Software and Technology, (vii) coded
values, formats, data (including data collected from, through or
otherwise by means of the Internet Rights or the Internet) and
historical or current databases, in each case whether or not
copyrightable, (viii) other proprietary rights relating to any item
described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through
(vii), including associated goodwill, remedies against
infringements thereof and rights of protection of an interest
therein under the Laws of all jurisdictions, and (ix) copies and
tangible embodiments of any item described in the immediately
preceding clauses (i) through (viii).
“ Internet Rights ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 4.14(d).
“ Inventory ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1(j).
“ Kidville ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Knowledge ” means the
actual or constructive knowledge after due inquiry of
Robinson.
“ Laws ” means all laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances and other pronouncements
having the effect of law of the United States, any foreign country
or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political
subdivision or of any Governmental Entity.
“ Lease ” means all oral and
written leases, subleases and other use and occupancy agreements
(and any amendments, renewals, supplements, modifications or
extensions thereto), in each case affecting or relating to real
property under which either Seller is a party or to which any of
its property is bound.
“ Liability ” means all
Indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities of a Person,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise, and
whether due or to become due.
“ License Agreement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(k).
“ Lien ” means any mortgage,
pledge, assessment, security interest, lease, lien, adverse claim,
levy, charge or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntary or
involuntary (including any conditional sale Contract, title
retention Contract or Contract committing to grant any of the
foregoing).
“ Loss ” means any and all
damages, fines, fees, penalties, deficiencies, losses and expenses
(including all interest, court costs, fees and reasonable expenses
of attorneys, accountants and other experts or other expenses of
litigation or other proceedings or of any claim, default or
assessment or pursuit of rights to indemnification).
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means any material adverse effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), operations, business, prospects, assets or results of
operations of a Person.
“ Non-Compete Agreements ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(j).
“ Non-Disclosure Agreement ”
means that certain letter agreement dated September 24, 2008
between Kidville and the Sellers.
“ Options ” means all issued
and outstanding options and warrants to purchase Common
Stock.
“ Order ” means any writ,
judgment, decree, injunction or similar order of any Governmental
Entity (in each case whether preliminary or final).
“ Performance Escrowed Securities
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).
“ Performance Goals ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d).
“ Permits ” means all
permits, licenses, franchises, exceptions, registrations,
certificates, approvals, consents or other similar authorizations
affecting, or relating in any way to, the Assets or the
Business.
“ Permitted Liens ” means
(i) any Lien for Taxes which are not yet due or delinquent, or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
and, if so contested, for which adequate reserves have been
established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) any minor imperfection of
title, easement, right of way or similar Lien as normally exists
with respect to property similar in character to the property
affected thereby and which, individually or in the aggregate with
other such Liens, does not impair the value or marketability of the
property subject to such Lien or materially interfere with the use
of such property in the conduct of the Business and which does not
secure obligations for borrowed money and (iii) Liens imposed by
any Law, such as mechanic’s, materialman’s,
landlord’s, warehouseman’s and carrier’s Liens,
securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice which are not yet overdue or which
are being diligently contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and, with respect to such obligations which are being
contested, for which a Seller has established adequate reserves in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Person ” means any
individual, general or limited partnership, limited liability
company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust,
estate, joint venture, unincorporated organization, Governmental
Entity or any other entity of any kind.
“ Plan ” means any bonus,
incentive compensation, deferred compensation, pension, profit
sharing, retirement, stock purchase, stock option, stock ownership,
stock appreciation rights, phantom stock, leave of absence, layoff,
vacation, day or dependent care, legal services, cafeteria, life,
health, accident, disability, workmen’s compensation or other
insurance, severance, separation or other employee benefit plan,
practice, policy or arrangement of any kind, whether written or
oral, or whether for the benefit of a single individual or more
than one individual, including any “employee benefit
plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
(whether or not subject thereto).
“ Purchase Consideration ”
means the Cash Purchase Consideration and Shares, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Sections 2.4(c) and 2.4(d).
“ Purchaser ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Recipients ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.10.
“ Release ” means any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping or disposing of
a Hazardous Material into the Environment.
“ Representatives ” means,
with respect to any Person, the directors, officers, employees,
counsel, accountants and other authorized representatives of such
Person.
“ Resolution Period ” means
the period ending thirty days following receipt by an Indemnified
Party of a Dispute Notice.
“ Retained Liabilities ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b).
“ Robinson ” has the meaning
set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ SEC ” shall mean the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“ Seller ” and “
Sellers ” have the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereto.
“ Shares ” means the
2,000,000 shares of Common Stock comprising a portion of the
Purchase Consideration, subject to adjustment pursuant to Sections
2.4(c) and 2.4(d).
“ Site ” means any real
property currently or previously owned, leased or operated by the
Sellers or any of its or their predecessors, including all soil,
subsoil, surface water and groundwater thereat.
“ Software ” means all
computer software, including source code, object code,
machine-readable code, HTML, program listings, comments, user
interfaces, menus, buttons and icons, and all files, data, manuals,
design notes and other items and documentation related thereto or
associated therewith.
“ Stockholder ” has the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“ Stockholder Approval ”
means the approval and authorization by the Sellers’
stockholders of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the
Ancillary Agreements as required under the California Corporations
Code and the Sellers’ certificates of incorporation and
bylaws.
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture or other legal entity of any kind
of which such Person (either alone or through or together with one
or more of its other Subsidiaries), owns, directly or indirectly,
50% or more of the stock or other equity interests the holders of
which are (i) generally entitled to vote for the election of
the board of directors or other governing body of such legal entity
or (ii) generally entitled to share in the profits or capital
of such legal entity.
“ Tax Returns ” means all
returns and reports (including elections, claims, declarations,
disclosures, schedules, estimates, computations and information
returns) required to be supplied to a Tax authority in any
jurisdiction relating to Taxes.
“ Taxes ” means all federal,
state, local and foreign income, profits, franchise, gross
receipts, environmental, customs duty, capital stock, severance,
stamp, payroll, sales, employment, unemployment, disability, use,
property, withholding, excise, production, value added, occupancy
and other taxes, duties or assessments of any nature whatsoever
together with all interest, penalties, fines and additions to tax
imposed with respect to such amounts and any interest in respect of
such penalties and additions to tax.
“ Taxing Authority ” means
any governmental agency, board, bureau, body, department or
authority of any United States federal, state or local jurisdiction
or any foreign jurisdiction, having or purporting to exercise
jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
“ Technology ” means the
plans, designs, research data, inventions (whether patentable or
unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), trade secrets
and other proprietary know-how, recipes, formulae and manufacturing
production and processes, techniques, operating manuals, drawings,
technology, manuals, data, records, procedures, research and
development records, supplier lists, pricing and cost information,
business and marketing plans and proposals, and all licenses or
other rights to use any technical information, know-how and
trademarks of others developed for the Business, used or held for
use in connection with the Business or necessary to conduct the
Business.
“ Territorial Rights ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.28(j).
“ Third-Party Claim ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).
“ Trademark Assignment ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(g).
“ Transaction Proposals ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.
“ Transfer Taxes ” means
sales, use, value added, excise, registration, documentary, stamp,
transfer, real property transfer, recording, gains, stock transfer
and other similar Taxes and fees.
“ Transferred Employees ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.7(a).
“ Unearned Revenues ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(j).
(b)
Construction . For purposes of this Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context
otherwise requires: (i) words using the singular or
plural number also include the plural or singular number,
respectively, and the use of any gender herein shall be deemed to
include the other genders, (ii) references herein to
“Articles,” “Sections,”
“subsections” and other subdivisions without reference
to a document are to the specified Articles, Sections, subsections
and other subdivisions of this Agreement, (iii) a reference to
a subsection without further reference to a Section is a
reference to such subsection as contained in the same Section
in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to
other subdivisions within a Section or subsection, (iv) the
words “herein,” “hereof,”
“hereunder,” “hereby” and other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision, (v) the words “include,”
“includes” and “including” are deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation” and (vi)
all accounting terms used and not expressly defined herein have the
respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
ARTICLE
II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
2.1 Purchase and
Sale of Assets . Upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, and in consideration of the payment by the
Purchaser of the Purchase Consideration and the assumption by the
Purchaser of the Assumed Liabilities, the Sellers shall each sell,
convey, transfer, assign, grant and deliver to the Purchaser, and
the Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Sellers,
at the Closing, all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest
in and to the Concept and all assets and properties of every kind,
nature, character and description (whether tangible or intangible,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent, fixed or otherwise and
wherever situated), including the goodwill related thereto, which
either have been created in connection with the Concept or are
operated, owned, leased, used or held for use by either Seller in
connection with the Concept, other than the Excluded Assets
(collectively, the “ Assets ”), free and clear
of all Liens, other than the Permitted Liens. The Assets
include all of the Sellers’ right, title and interest in and
to the following:
(a) all Contracts and
their associated intangible rights related to the Concept,
including, but not limited to, author, producer, contributor and
work-made-for-hire Contracts, Software development Contracts,
Software licenses, site licenses, performance licenses, Franchise
Agreements, author permissions and other similar Contracts,
license, sub-license, subsidiary rights and translation rights
Contracts (including all compensation for subsidiary rights payable
to a Seller after the Closing Date), distribution agreements, art
and photography agreements and licenses, and vendor, printing and
supply agreements, and all Contracts set forth on
Schedule 2.1(a) (collectively, the “ Assigned
Contracts ”);
(b) all original and
digital artwork, film plates, film, camera-ready copy, master
tapes, CD-ROM masters, source code, documentation, archived
materials, files (in both electronic and hard copy format) and
other reproductive materials related to the Concept, including all
Software embodied in the Concept or currently being developed by or
on behalf of either Seller for use in connection with the Concept,
illustrations and any other Content and any revisions or revision
plans thereof in print or digital form;
(c) all sales, support
and promotional materials, advertising materials and production and
marketing files and records, in each case related to the
Concept;
(d) all customer lists
and credit records, adoption lists or similar records of all sales
and potential sales of the Concept, editorial, sales, promotion,
royalty, manufacturing, production and permissions and rights files
and records, and all other files and records related to the
Concept;
(e) all Intellectual
Property related to the Concept or the Business;
(f) all manuscripts
relating to the Business;
(g) all prepaid
expenses and advances paid by the Sellers prior to the Closing Date
in respect of the Concept;
(h) all production
equipment, instruments, furniture and office products, computer
hardware and other similar fixed and tangible assets;
(i) all real property
leased by the Sellers;
(j) the entire
inventory of the Sellers, including, but not limited to, all
assembled and salable or otherwise useable inventory of, all sample
materials, all materials and supplies, all work in process relating
to the Concept, whether located at either Sellers’ or
third-party facilities (collectively, the “ Inventory
”);
(k) all research data
concerning historic and current research and development efforts
related to the Concept;
(l) all cash,
commercial paper, certificates of deposit, bank deposits, treasury
bills and other cash equivalents relating to unearned fees and
other revenues relating to advanced sales of classes, parties,
memberships and franchise sales, as set forth on Schedule 2.1(l)
above (the “ Unearned Revenues ”).
(m) any other assets,
properties or rights of either Seller related to the Concept,
including JWT Kids’ 51% limited liability company membership
interest in Kids Rock, LLC, a California limited liability company
except to the extent identified herein as an Excluded
Asset.
2.2
Excluded Assets
. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the following assets
and properties of the Sellers (the “ Excluded Assets
”) shall be excluded from, and shall not constitute,
Assets:
(a) cash, commercial
paper, certificates of deposit, bank deposits, treasury bills and
other cash equivalents, other than Unearned Revenues;
(b) all insurance
policies relating to the operation of the Business;
(c) all of the
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to those items set
forth on Schedule 2.2 ;
(d) all assets owned
or held by any Benefit Plan;
(e) all receivables
with respect to Business for goods sold and shipped or services
performed prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, in the
event Purchaser shall receive any payments due Sellers with respect
to the foregoing, Purchaser shall promptly pay over to Sellers such
receivables received and, provided, further, the Sellers hereby
acknowledge that Purchaser shall not be legally responsible to
Sellers for the collection of any such receivables;
(f) all real property
owned by the Sellers;
(g) the corporate
minute books and stock transfer books of the Sellers;
and
(h) all of the
Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to this
Agreement.
2.3 Assumed and
Retained Liabilities .
(a) Assumed
Liabilities . The Purchaser shall assume and
discharge when due all obligations (A) of the Sellers under the
Assigned Contracts arising and to be performed on or after the
Closing Date, other than (i) any such obligations arising as a
result of default by either Seller or its or their agents or
Affiliates occurring prior to the Closing Date and (ii) royalty
obligations and licensing fees with respect to the Business
accruing prior to the Closing; and (B) arising from the
conduct of the Business after the Closing Date (collectively, the
“ Assumed Liabilities ”). In
particular, and not by way of limitation, Purchaser and
Purchaser’s Affiliates will honor all of Sellers’
existing franchise agreements as well as the “protected
territories” as may be set forth therein.
(b) Retained
Liabilities . Except as expressly provided in
Section 2.3(a), the Purchaser assumes no Liabilities relating to
the Business, the Assets or the Sellers. All such
Liabilities, including without limitation Liabilities of any kind
with respect to employees, compensation, Plans, current or
long-term debt, accrued interest, Taxes (including any Taxes that
may arise from the execution of this Agreement or the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby), royalty obligations and
licensing fees accruing prior to the Closing, Actions, and claims
for injuries to Persons or property or damages to the Environment
(collectively, the “ Retained Liabilities ”),
are, and shall at all times remain, the Liabilities of the
Sellers. The Sellers hereby covenant to discharge in
full in a timely manner all of the Retained Liabilities;
provided , however , that nothing contained herein
shall prevent the Sellers from contesting in good faith any of the
Retained Liabilities against any third party so long as such
contest does not result in a claim of liability or Lien against the
Purchaser or any of its assets and properties.
2.4 Purchase
Consideration; Additional Consideration; Holdbacks; Right of
Offset; Allocation .
(a) Purchase
Consideration .
(i) Payment of the
Cash Purchase Price . The Purchaser shall pay the
Cash Purchase Price at the Closing by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the Sellers as set forth in Schedule
2.4(a).
(ii) Issuance of the
Shares . At the Closing, Kidville shall deliver to
Sellers, as set forth in Schedule 2.4(a), one or more stock
certificates representing the Shares to be received by Sellers at
Closing, or, in the alternative, a copy of an irrevocable letter of
instruction from Kidville to its transfer agent concerning the
issuance and delivery of stock certificates representing the Shares
to be received by Sellers at Closing.
(b) Additional
Consideration . JWT Kids shall have the opportunity to earn
additional consideration (“ Additional Consideration
”) based upon the international franchise fees earned by
Purchaser relating directly to franchising the Concept following
the Closing Date, as follows:
(i) Purchaser shall
pay to JWT Kids fifty percent (50%) of international franchise fees
actually received by Purchaser in connection with the Concept
(1) during the 4-month period immediately following the
Closing Date as it relates to the following franchisee candidates:
Matrix Interactive and Catherine Morgan in China, and Jignesh Ved
in Dubai; and (2) during the 3-month period immediately
following the Closing Date for all other international franchise
fees.
(ii) Purchaser shall
pay to JWT Kids seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of international
franchise fees actually received by Purchaser in connection with
the Concept during the 18-month period commencing immediately
following the expiration of the 4-month period described in Section
2.4(b)(i) above.
(c) Indemnification
and Offset Holdback . As security for the
Sellers’ (i) indemnification obligations under Article IX and
(ii) obligations pursuant to Section 6.13, Purchaser shall hold
back ten percent (10.0%) of the Shares to be issued at Closing (the
“ Indemnity and Offset Escrowed Securities
”). The Indemnity and Offset Escrowed Securities
shall be held in escrow pursuant to an escrow agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Escrow
Agreement”) and released in accordance with the terms thereof
on the date that is 12 months after the Closing Date, except with
respect to a number of such Indemnity and Offset Escrowed
Securities, as applicable, reasonably determined to be necessary to
satisfy any (i) written claim made pursuant to Article IX and/or
(ii) any customer returns, rebates or refunds relating to products
sold and shipped or services performed or to be performed by
Sellers prior to the Closing Date in accordance with Section 6.13
hereto prior to such release date, which securities shall be held
pursuant to the terms hereof until such claim is fully and finally
resolved.
(d) Performance
Holdback . 500,000 of the Shares to be issued
at Closing (the “ Performance Escrowed Securities
”) shall be held in escrow pursuant to the Escrow Agreement
and released in accordance with the terms thereof on the date that
is 12 months after the Closing Date subject to the Business having
earlier achieved the domestic and international sales and financial
goals set forth on Schedule 2.4(d) (the “ Performance
Goals ”). Failure of the Business to satisfy
the Performance Goals shall result in cancellation of some or all
of the Performance Escrowed Shares by the Purchaser, in accordance
with Schedule 2.4(d).
(e) Right of
Offset . The Purchaser shall have the right to
offset against the Additional Consideration,
Indemnity and Offset Escrowed Securities, the Performance Escrowed
Securities, or both, and any amounts due and owing to the Purchaser
by the Sellers pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement.
(f) Allocation
. The sum of the Purchase Consideration and the amount
of the Assumed Liabilities shall be allocated among the Assets and
the non-competition covenant set forth in Section 6.15(a)
pursuant to the joint agreement of the Sellers and the Purchaser
prior to the Closing. Such allocation shall be done in
accordance with Section 1060 of the Code. The Sellers
and the Purchaser shall each report federal, state, local and other
Tax consequences of the purchase and sale contemplated hereby
(including the filing of Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) in a
manner consistent with such allocation, and neither of them shall
take any
position in any
Tax Return, or other filing, proceeding or audit or otherwise
inconsistent with such allocation.
2.5 Third Party
Consents . To the extent that any of the Assets is
not assignable without the consent, waiver or approval of another
Person and such consent, waiver or approval has not been obtained
before or at the Closing, this Agreement shall not constitute an
assignment or an attempted assignment of such Asset by either
Seller or an assumption or an attempted assumption of such Asset by
the Purchaser. The Sellers shall use their best efforts
to obtain such consents, waivers and approvals as soon as
practicable following the date hereof and the Purchaser shall
cooperate with and assist the Sellers to this end; provided
, however , that the Sellers shall take no action to seek
such consent, waiver or approval without prior consultation with or
approval by the Purchaser and the Purchaser shall not be required
to pay any sums in connection therewith. If any such
consent, waiver or approval shall not be obtained (including Carmel
Valley and Point Loma leases), then the Sellers shall cooperate
with the Purchaser in any reasonable arrangement designed to
provide the Purchaser with the benefits intended to be assigned to
the Purchaser with respect to the underlying Asset, including in
the case of any Asset that is a Contract, enforcement for the
account of the Purchaser of any and all rights of the Sellers
against any other party to such Contract arising out of the breach,
nonfulfillment or cancellation thereof by such other party or
otherwise.
ARTICLE
III
THE CLOSING
3.1 Closing
. The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby
(the “ Closing ”) shall take place at
Sellers’ offices at 312 South Cedros Avenue, Suite 329,
Solana Beach, California 92075 (and may be conducted by mail
or overnight delivery if the parties so elect, as long as all
required deliveries are made to on or before the Closing Date),
commencing at 10:00 a.m. P.S.T., on the first Business
Day immediately following the satisfaction or waiver of all
conditions to the obligations of the parties hereto set forth in
Article VII or such other place or date as the parties hereto may
mutually determine in writing (the day on which the Closing takes
place being the “ Closing Date ”).
3.2 Delivery of
Items by the Sellers . The Sellers shall deliver to
the Purchaser at the Closing the items listed below:
(a) a certificate,
duly executed by the Secretary of each the Seller, certifying
(i) the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 7.1(d) and copies of such resolutions adopted by the
Board and the Stockholder, (ii) the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws of the Sellers and (iii) the
then-current officers of the Sellers and their respective
positions;
(b) a certificate,
duly executed by an authorized officer of each of the Sellers,
certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections
7.1(a), (b) and (f);
(c) the consents and
approvals described in Schedule 7.1(e) ;
(d) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Sellers;
(e) a Bill of Sale and
General Assignment (the “ Bill of Sale ”) for
the Assets, duly executed by each Seller, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B ;
(f) an Assumption
Agreement (the “ Assumption Agreement ”) for the
Assumed Liabilities, duly executed by each Seller, in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C ;
(g) a Domain Name
Assignment, (the “ Domain Name Assignment ”),
duly executed by each Seller, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D ;
(h) a Trademark
Assignment (the “ Trademark Assignment ”), duly
executed by each Seller, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit E ;
(i) a Copyright
Assignment (the “ Copyright Assignment ”), duly
executed by each Seller, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit F ;
(j) the Non-Compete
Agreements (the “ Non-Compete Agreements ”),
duly executed by the Persons identified on Schedule 3.2(i) ,
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H ;
(k) a Lock-up
Agreement (the “ Lock-up Agreement ”), duly
executed on behalf of each Seller in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit I ;
(l) an Assignment of
Membership Interest (the “ Assignment of Membership
Interest ”) duly executed on behalf of JWT Kids in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit J
(m) releases (in
recordable form), pay-off letters and UCC-3 termination statements
(in recordable form) from all parties holding Liens (other than
Permitted Liens) with respect to any of the Assets;
(n) a receipt for the
portion of the Purchase Consideration paid at Closing as provided
for in Section 2.4(a); and
(o) such other
documents and instruments as the Purchaser may reasonably
request.
3.3 Delivery of
Items by the Purchaser . The Purchaser shall deliver
to the Sellers at the Closing the items listed below:
(a) a certificate,
duly executed by the Secretary of the Purchaser, certifying
(i) the satisfaction of the condition set forth in Section
7.2(e) and (ii) the then-current officers of the Purchaser and
their respective positions;
(b) a certificate duly
executed by an authorized officer of the Purchaser, certifying the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 7.2(a) and
(b);
(c) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(d) the Domain Name
Assignments, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(e) the Trademark
Assignments, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(f) the Copyright
Assignments, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(g) the Assumption
Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(h) the Non-Compete
Agreements, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(i) the Assignment of
Membership Interest, duly executed by the Purchaser;
(j) a wire transfer of
immediately available funds to an account(s) designated by the
Sellers at least five Business Days prior to the Closing Date,
constituting the payment of the Cash Purchase Price due at the
Closing;
(k) one or more stock
certificates representing the Shares, or, in the alternative, a
copy of an irrevocable letter of instruction from Kidville to its
transfer agent concerning the issuance and delivery of stock
certificates representing the Shares; and
(l) such other
documents and instruments as the Sellers may reasonably
request.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLERS AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS
Each Seller and the Stockholder represent and
warrant to the Purchaser that the statements contained in this
Article IV are true and correct as of the date hereof and will be
true and correct as of the Closing Date.
4.1 Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power . Each Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of California and has full corporate
power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted. The Seller
is duly qualified or licensed as a foreign corporation to do
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the
character of the properties or assets owned, leased or operated by
it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or
licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or
licensed, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Seller
has heretofore furnished to the Purchaser complete and correct
copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, including
all amendments thereto. Such certificate of
incorporation and bylaws are in full force and effect and no other
organizational documents are applicable to or binding upon the
Seller. The Seller is not in violation of any of the
provisions of its certificate of incorporation or
bylaws.
4.2
Subsidiaries . Other than a 51% ownership
interest in Kids Rock, LLC, neither Seller has Subsidiaries or
otherwise owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or debt
investment in any Person (other than ownership of 5% or less of any
class of securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act
”)).
4.3
Authorization . Each of the Sellers and the
Stockholder has full power and authority, and Robinson has the
requisite legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements and to perform its or his obligations
hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery
and performance by the Seller and the Stockholder of this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by the Board, and no other action, other than the
Stockholder Approval, is required on the part of the Seller or any
of its stockholders in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
have been duly executed and delivered by each of the Seller and the
Stockholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof and thereof by the Purchaser, constitute the valid
and legally binding obligations of each Seller and the Stockholder
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except that
such enforceability may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting
creditors' rights generally and (ii) equitable principles which may
limit the availability of certain equitable remedies (such as
specific performance) in certain instances.
4.4
Noncontravention; Governmental Approvals .
(a) Neither the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby will, with or without the giving of
notice or the lapse of time or both, (i) violate any provision
of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of either Seller or
the constitutive or governing documents of any Stockholder that is
not a natural person, (ii) violate any Law or Order or other
restriction of any Governmental Entity to which either Seller, the
Stockholder or the Assets may be subject or (iii) except as
set forth on Schedule 4.4 , conflict with, result in a
breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration
of any right or obligation under, create in any party the right to
accelerate, terminate, modify, cancel or require any notice under
or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the Assets under, any
Contract or Permit to which either Seller or any Stockholder is a
party or by which it is bound or to which it or any of its
properties or assets is subject.
(b) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by the
Sellers and the Stockholder do not, and the performance of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by the Sellers and the
Stockholder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby will not, require any consent, approval,
authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any
Governmental Entity.
4.5 Financial
Statements .
(a) Set forth on
Schedule 4.5 are (i) the audited Balance Sheet, Income
Statement and Cash Flow Statement of each of the Sellers for the
year ended December 31, 2007, and (ii) the unaudited Balance
Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement of each of the
Sellers for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 (collectively,
the “ Financial Statements ”). The
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
from the
books and
records of the Sellers, are complete and correct and present fairly
the financial condition of each of the Sellers as of the indicated
dates and the results of operations and cash flows of the Sellers
for the indicated periods, in each case in accordance with
GAAP.
4.6 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as and to the extent disclosed
in the Financial Statements or as set forth on
Schedule 4.6 , since December 31, 2007, there are no
Liabilities against, relating to or affecting the Sellers or the
Business or any of the Assets, other than Liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.7 Brokers’
Fees . No agent, broker, finder, investment banker,
financial advisor or other Person will be entitled to any fee,
commission or other compensation in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement on the basis of any act
or statement made or alleged to have been made by either Seller,
any of its or their Affiliates, or any investment banker, financial
advisor, attorney, accountant or other Person retained by or acting
for or on behalf of either Seller or any such Affiliate.
4.8 Absence of
Certain Changes . Except as disclosed on
Schedule 4.8 , since December 31, 2007, the Sellers
have conducted the Business in the ordinary course consistent with
past practice and there has not been (outside the ordinary course
of business):
(a) any amendment or
other modification of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of
either Seller;
(b) (i) any
incurrence, assumption or guaranty by either Seller of any
Indebtedness, (ii) any loan made by either Seller to any
Person or (iii) any voluntary purchase, cancellation,
prepayment or complete or partial discharge in advance of a
scheduled payment date with respect to, or waiver of any right of
either Seller under, any Indebtedness of or owing to either Seller,
other than (in the case of this clause (iii)) in the ordinary
course of business in amounts and on terms consistent with past
practice;
(c) any damage,
destruction or other casualty Loss (whether or not covered by
insurance) affecting the Business or any of the Assets;
(d) any revaluation in
any material respect of any of the Assets;
(e) any material
change in any pricing, investment, accounting, financial reporting,
inventory, credit or allowance practice or policy of the
Sellers;
(f) any (i) grant
of, or agreement to grant under certain circumstances, any
severance or termination pay to any director, officer or employee
of either Seller, (ii) entering into of any employment,
deferred compensation or other similar agreement (or any amendment
to any such existing agreement) with any director, officer or
employee of either Seller, (iii) increase in benefits payable
under any existing severance or termination pay policies or
employment agreements or (iv) increase in compensation, bonus
or other benefits payable to directors, officers or employees of
either Seller;
(g) any cancellation,
modification, termination or grant of a waiver of any provision of
any Permit or Contract to which either Seller is a party, or any
written or oral notification to either Seller that any party to any
such arrangement intends to cancel or not renew such arrangement
beyond its expiration date as in effect on the date
hereof;
(h) any failure to pay
or satisfy when due any obligation of either Seller;
(i) the making of any
election with respect to Taxes or the settling or compromising of
any Tax Liability;
(j) any acquisition or
disposition of any business or any asset or property from or to any
Person (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) by either
Seller;
(k) any incurrence of
any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Assets or any
other material assets or properties of either Seller;
(l) any capital
expenditure or commitment for additions to property, plant or
equipment used or held for use in the conduct of the Business
constituting capital assets in an aggregate amount exceeding
$10,000;
(m) any transaction
with any officer, director or Affiliate of either Seller (i)
outside the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice or (ii) other than on an arm’s length basis;
or
(n) the entering into
any agreement or commitment to do any of the foregoing.
4.9 Litigation
. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.9 ,
there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of either Seller,
threatened Action against or affecting either Seller or any of its
properties or assets before any Governmental
Entity. Neither Seller nor any of its or their assets or
properties is subject to any Order restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting or making illegal any action by either
Seller, this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated
hereby. No officer or director of either Seller is a
defendant in any Action commenced by any stockholder of either
Seller with respect to the performance of his or her duties as an
officer or a director of either Seller under any applicable
Law.
(a) All Tax Returns of
the Sellers required to be filed on or before the date hereof have
been duly and timely filed on or before such date, each such Tax
Return is true, complete and correct, and all Taxes upon the
Business, the Assets or the Sellers that are due and payable,
whether or not shown thereon, have been paid. There are
no Tax Liens on any of the Assets, and there is no basis for the
assertion of any such Tax Liens. There are no actions or
proceedings currently pending or, to the Knowledge of either
Seller, threatened by any Taxing Authority against either Seller or
the Assets. The Sellers have each collected and remitted
all sales and use Taxes as required by each local jurisdiction in
which it does business as of the date hereof. The
Sellers have each withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been
withheld
and paid in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third party.
(b) Neither Seller is
a party to any agreement extending the time within which to file
any Tax Return. There is no dispute or claim concerning
any Tax Liability of either Seller either (i) claimed or raised by
any Tax Authority or (ii) otherwise Known to either
Seller. No issues have been raised in any examination by
any Tax Authority with respect to either Seller which reasonably
could be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any other
period not so examined. To each of the Seller’s
Knowledge, no claim has been made by a jurisdiction in which either
Seller does not file Tax Returns that a Seller is or may be subject
to taxation by that jurisdiction.
(c) Neither Seller has
waived (and is not subject to a waiver of) any statute of
limitations in respect of the payment of Taxes and has not agreed
to any extension of time with respect to any Tax assessment or
deficiency (other than with respect to limitation periods that have
since expired).
(d) None of the Assets
is property that is required to be treated as owned by any other
person pursuant to the “safe harbor lease” provisions
of former section 168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 as
amended and in effect immediately prior to the enactment of the Tax
Reform Act of 1986 and none of the Assets is “tax-exempt use
property” within the meaning of section 168(h) of the
Code.
(e) None of the Assets
secures any debt, the interest on which is tax-exempt under section
103 of the Code.
4.11 Compliance with
Laws . Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.11 , neither Seller is in violation of, has
not violated and, to the Knowledge of each Seller, is not under
investigation with respect to any possible violation of, and has
not been threatened to be charged with any violation of, any Order
or Law applicable to either Seller, the Business or the
Assets.
4.12 Permits
. Schedule 4.12 contains a true and complete
list of all Permits used or held for use in the Business, setting
forth the function and expiration and renewal date of
each. Each such Permit is valid and in full force and
effect. Neither Seller is in default under, and no
condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default under, any such Permit. Neither
Seller has received any notice of violation in respect of any such
Permit and, to the Sellers’ Knowledge, no proceeding is
threatened to revoke or limit any such Permit. No such
Permit will be suspended, terminated, impaired, adversely modified
or become terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the
transactions contemplated hereby or by the Ancillary
Agreements. The Sellers each have all Permits necessary
to conduct the Business as currently conducted and as proposed to
be conducted.
(a)
Schedule 4.13 sets forth a true and complete list of
all material Contracts of the each Seller or the Business,
including each of the following Contracts (whether or not
material):
(i) Contracts relating
to or evidencing any Indebtedness of either Seller or the
Business;
(ii) Contracts with any
current Affiliate or current or former officer or director of
either Seller;
(iii) Contracts relating
to the Internet Rights;
(iv) partnership,
limited liability company and joint venture Contracts involving
either Seller or the Business;
(v) Contracts
providing for payments to or from either Seller of $10,000 or more
in any consecutive twelve-month period, other than purchase orders
entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(vi) license,
subsidiary rights, distribution, franchise, manufacturer’s
agent or sales agency Contracts, or Contracts in respect of similar
rights, granted to or held by or granted by either Seller or the
Business;
(vii) Contracts that
limits the freedom of either Seller or the Business to compete in
any line of business, with any Person, in any geographical area or
which could so limit the freedom of either Seller or the Business
so to compete after the Closing;
(viii) Tax sharing
Contracts or other arrangements;
(ix) confidentiality
Contracts;
(x)
stockholders’, investors’ or similar
Contracts;
(xi) Contracts relating
to the disposition or acquisition of any assets or properties,
other than dispositions or acquisitions of Inventory or purchase
orders entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice;
(xii) author, performer,
contributor and work-made-for-hire Contracts;
(xiii) employment
Contracts with any employee of either Seller, consulting Contracts
with any consultant to either Seller or Contracts pursuant to which
severance or stay payments may be payable to any employee of the
Sellers; and
(xiv) any other
Contracts not made in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice.
(b) The Sellers have
each heretofore made available to the Purchaser true and complete
copies of each of the Contracts required to be disclosed on
Schedule 4.13 , including all amendments, waivers and
modifications thereto. All Contracts required to be
disclosed on Schedule 4.13 are valid and binding
Contracts of Seller being a party thereto, are in full force and
effect in accordance with their respective terms, and neither the
Seller nor, to the
Knowledge of
the Seller, any other party thereto, is (or with notice or lapse of
time or both would be) in violation or breach of, or in default
under, the terms of any such Contract.
4.14 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Schedule
4.14(a) sets forth all domestic and foreign patents and patent
applications and all license agreements and other agreements which
relate to inventions, discoveries and Technology and any patent
applications and patents thereon, in each case used or held for use
in connection with the Business or necessary to conduct the
Business (collectively, the “ Patent Rights
”). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(a)
, (i) the Sellers own or is licensed or has a valid and subsisting
right to use the Patent Rights and the Technology, free and clear
of all Liens, equities and other restrictions, (ii) there are no
pending or, to either Seller’s Knowledge, threatened claims
challenging the validity or ownership of the Patent Rights or
Technology or either Seller’s right to own or use the Patent
Rights or Technology, (iii) there are no license or sublicense
Contracts in effect respecting any of the Patent Rights or
Technology, (iv) neither of the Sellers nor any of the Patent
Rights infringes, violates or constitutes a misappropriation of any
Intellectual Property or other right of any Person and no claim is
pending or, to the Knowledge of either Seller, threatened by or
against either Seller with respect to any of the Patent Rights or
the Technology or the use thereof and no valid basis exists for any
such claim, and (v) the Sellers have each taken reasonable
security measures to protect the security, confidentiality and
value of the Technology.
(b) Schedule
4.14(b) sets forth all trademarks, trade names and service
marks, and registrations thereof and applications therefor, and any
and all licenses or other rights to use any such marks or names, in
each case used or held for use in connection with the Business or
necessary to conduct the Business (collectively, the “
Trademark Rights ”). Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.14(b) , (i) the Sellers own or are licensed
or have a valid and subsisting right to use the Trademark Rights,
free and clear of all Liens, equities and other restrictions, (ii)
all of the Trademark Rights owned by the Sellers are free and clear
of any Liens and other encumbrances and rights of third parties
which would restrict the Purchaser’s right to use such
Trademark Rights following the Closing, (iii) there are no
license or sublicense Contracts in effect respecting any of the
Trademark Rights, and (iv) neither of the Sellers nor any of
the Trademark Rights infringes, violates or constitutes a
misappropriation of any Intellectual Property or other right of any
Person, no Person is infringing, violating or misappropriating any
of the Trademark Rights, and there is no pending or, to either
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened claim by or against either
Seller with respect to any of the Trademark Rights or the use
thereof and no valid basis exists for any such claim.
(c) Schedule
4.14(c) sets forth all copyright registrations and renewals
thereof (including registration numbers), copyright applications
(including application numbers) and all licenses or other rights to
use copyrights, in each case used or held for use in connection
with the Business or necessary to conduct the Business
(collectively, the “ Copyright Rights
”). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(c)
, (i) the Sellers own or are licensed or have a valid and
subsisting right to use the Copyright Rights, free and clear of all
Liens, equities and other restrictions, (ii) all of the
Copyright Rights owed by the Seller are free and clear of any Liens
and other encumbrances and rights of third parties which would
restrict the Purchaser’s right to use such Copyright Rights
following the Closing, (iii) there are no license or
sublicense
Contracts in
effect respecting any of the Copyright Rights, and
(iv) neither of the Sellers nor any of the Copyright Rights
infringes, violates or constitutes a misappropriation of any
Intellectual Property or other right of any Person, no Person is
infringing, violating or misappropriating any of the Copyright
Rights, and there is no pending or, to either Seller’s
Knowledge, threatened claim by or against either Seller with
respect to any of the Copyright Rights or the use thereof and no
valid basis exists for any such claim.
(d) Schedule
4.14(d) sets forth all domain name registrations used, owned or
reserved by the Seller in connection with the Business or necessary
to conduct the Business (the “ Internet Rights
”). Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.14(d)
, (i) the Sellers own, are licensed or have the right to use and
transfer the Internet Rights, free and clear of all Liens, equities
and other restrictions, (ii) all of the Internet Rights are
valid and subsisting, free and clear of any Liens or rights of
third parties which would restrict the Purchaser’s right to
use or transfer such Internet Rights following the Closing,
(iii) there are no license or sublicense Contracts in effect
respecting any of the Internet Rights, and (iv) neither of the
Sellers nor any of the Internet Rights infringes, violates or
constitutes a misappropriation of any Intellectual Property or
other right of any Person, no Person is infringing, violating or
misappropriating any of the Internet Rights, and there is no
pending or, to the Knowledge of either Seller, threatened claim by
or against either Seller with respect to any Internet R
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