Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP,
INC.,
CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT, INC. and SVG DISTRIBUTION,
INC.
and
FILLPOINT LLC
Dated as of February 10,
2009
LIST OF EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
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Exhibits
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Exhibit-Premises-
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Real
Property Lease
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Exhibit 3.1(e)
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Assumption
Agreement
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Exhibit 3.1(g) -
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Certificate
of Officer of Purchaser
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Exhibit 3.2(d)(i)
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Certificate
of Officer of Sellers
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Exhibit 3.2(d)(iv)
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Trademark
and Service Marks Agreement
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Schedules
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Referenced
in:
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License Schedule
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Section
1.1
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Assumed Contracts Schedule
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Section
2.1(a)(xvi)
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Excluded Assets Schedule
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Section
2.1(b)(ix)
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Assumed Indebtedness Schedule
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Section
2.2(a)(i)(B)
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Schedule 2.3(a)(iv)
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Section
2.3(a)(iv)
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Schedule 2.3(b)(iii)
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Section
2.3(b)(iii)
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Allocation Schedule
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Section
2.4
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Corporate Organization Schedule
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Section
4.1
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Restrictions Schedule
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Section
4.3
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Contracts Schedule
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Section
4.6(a)
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Litigation Schedule
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Section
4.7
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Compliance Schedule
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Section
4.8
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Taxes Schedule
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Section
4.9(b)
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Proprietary Rights Schedule
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Section
4.10
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Brokerage Schedule
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Section
4.11
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Employee Benefit Schedule
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Section
4.15
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Warranty Schedule
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Section
4.20
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Purchaser Disclosure Schedule
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Section
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreement ”) is made and entered into
as of February 10, 2009 by and among Crave Entertainment
Group, Inc., Crave Entertainment, Inc. and SVG Distribution, Inc.,
each a California corporation (each a “ Seller
” and collectively the “ Sellers
”), and Fillpoint LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Purchaser ”). Capitalized terms used
in this Agreement without definition shall have the meaning given
to such terms in Article 1 hereof.
The parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 When used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this
Section 1.1, or in the applicable Section of this Agreement to
which reference is made in this Section 1.1.
“ Affiliate
” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such specified Person.
“ Authorization
” means any authorization, approval, consent, certificate,
license, permit or franchise of or from any Governmental Entity or
pursuant to any Law.
“ Best Efforts
” means such commercially reasonable efforts that a prudent
person desiring to achieve a particular result would use in order
to ensure that such result is achieved as expeditiously as
possible.
“ Business
” means the full-service distribution of video game software,
hardware and related accessories, and specialty video game
publishing business of Sellers as currently conducted.
“ Capital Stock
” means (a) in the case of a corporation, its shares of
capital stock, (b) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, its partnership or membership interests or units
(whether general or limited), and (c) any other interest that
confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and
losses, or distribution of assets, of the issuing
entity.
“ Charter
Documents ” means, with respect to any entity, the
certificate of incorporation, the articles of incorporation,
by-laws, articles of organization, limited liability company
agreement, partnership agreement, formation agreement, joint
venture agreement or other similar organizational documents of such
entity (in each case, as amended).
“ Contract
” means any agreement, contract, license, lease, commitment,
arrangement or understanding, written or oral, including any sales
order or purchase order.
“ Environmental Laws
” means all foreign, federal, state and local laws, statutes,
codes, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders, standards, permits,
licenses, actions, principles of common law and requirements
(including consent decrees, judicial decisions, administrative
orders and self-implementing closure requirements) relating to the
protection, preservation or conservation of the environment and to
public or worker health and safety, all as amended, hereafter
amended or reauthorized, including, without limitation, the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (“ CERCLA ”), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et
seq. , the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“
RCRA ”), 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq. , the
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act, 42 U.S.C.
§ 11001 et seq. , the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. §
7401 et seq. , the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33
U.S.C. § 1251 et seq. , the Toxic Substances Control
Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. , the Safe Drinking Water
Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq. , and the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et
seq.
“ GAAP ”
means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied, in the United States as promulgated by all relevant
accounting authorities as of the date of this Agreement.
“ Governmental
Entity ” means any entity or body exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to United States federal, state, local,
or municipal government, including any department, commission,
board, agency, bureau, subdivision, instrumentality, official or
other regulatory, administrative or judicial authority thereof, and
any non-governmental regulatory body to the extent that the rules
and regulations or orders of such body have the force of
Law.
“ Government
Licenses ” means all permits, licenses, franchises,
orders, registrations, certificates, variances, approvals and other
authorizations obtained from federal, state or local governments or
governmental agencies or other similar rights, and all data and
records pertaining thereto, including, without limitation, those
listed on the attached “License Schedule”, but
excluding any such permits or licenses which are specifically
identified on the License Schedule as not transferable.
“ Hazardous Substances
” means (a) “hazardous substances,” as
defined by CERCLA . ; (b) “hazardous
wastes,” as defined by RCRA; (c) petroleum or petroleum
products, natural gas, synthetic gas and any mixtures thereof;
(d) radioactive material, including, without limitation, any
source, special nuclear, or by-product material, as defined in 42
U.S.C. §2011 et seq. ; (e) asbestos in any form or
condition; (f) polychlorinated biphenyls; (g) biomedical
wastes, mold spores or myotoxins; and (h) any other material,
substance or waste regarding which liabilities or standards of
conduct may be imposed under any Environmental Law.
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“ Indemnitee
” means any Person that is seeking indemnification from an
Indemnitor pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Indemnitor
” means any party hereto from which any Indemnitee is seeking
indemnification pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement.
“ Knowledge
” of Sellers or any similar phrase means, with respect to any
fact or matter, the actual Knowledge of any officer or director of
any Seller or such knowledge as would be reasonably known after
reasonable inquiry.
“ Law ”
means any statute, law (including common law), constitution,
treaty, ordinance, code, order, decree, judgment, rule, regulation
and any other binding requirement or determination of any
Governmental Entity.
“ Leased Real
Property ” means all of Sellers’ right, title
and interest under all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and
other agreements (written or oral) (the “Leases”),
pursuant to which any Seller holds a leasehold or sub-leasehold
estate in, or is granted the right to use or occupy, any land,
buildings, improvements, fixtures or other interest in real
property which is used in the operation of the Business.
“ Leasehold
Improvements ” means all buildings, improvements and
fixtures located on any Leased Real Property which are owned by any
Seller, regardless of whether such buildings, improvements or
fixtures are subject to reversion of the landlord or other third
parties upon the expiration or termination of the Lease for such
Leased Real Property. Leasehold Improvements shall include all
leasehold improvements located on the Premises.
“ Lien ”
means, with respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien,
pledge, charge, security interest, adverse claim or other
encumbrance in respect of such property or asset.
“ Operating
Subsidiaries ” means Crave Entertainment, Inc., (“
Crave ”) and SVG Distribution, Inc., (“
SVG ”)
“ Order ”
means any award, injunction, judgment, decree, order, ruling,
subpoena or verdict or other decision issued, promulgated or
entered by or with any Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means (a) Liens for current real or
personal property taxes not yet due and payable and with respect to
which Sellers maintain adequate reserves, (b) workers’,
carriers’ and mechanics’ or other like liens incurred
in the ordinary course of business with respect to which payment is
not due and that do not impair the conduct of the businesses of
Sellers or the present or proposed use of the
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affected property and (c) liens that are
immaterial in character, amount, and extent and which do not
detract from the value or interfere with the present or proposed
use of the properties they affect.
“ Person ”
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a
Governmental Entity or any agency, instrumentality or political
subdivision of a Governmental Entity, or any other entity or
body.
“ Premises
” means that certain parcel of real property which is the
subject of the real property lease attached hereto as
Exhibit-Premises.
“ Proprietary
Rights ” means all of the following owned by, issued
to, or licensed to any Seller, or used in the Business, along with
all associated income, royalties, damages and payments due from or
payable by any third party (including, without limitation, damages
and payments for past, present or future infringements or
misappropriations thereof), all other associated rights (including,
without limitation, the right to sue and recover for past, present
or future infringements or misappropriations thereof), and any and
all corresponding rights that, now or hereafter, may be secured
throughout the world: (i) patents, patent applications, patent
disclosures and inventions (whether or not patentable and whether
or not reduced to practice) and any reissues, continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisions, extensions or reexaminations
thereof; (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, internet
domain names or uniform resource locators, logos, slogans, trade
names and corporate names and all registrations and applications
for registration thereof, together with all goodwill associated
therewith; (iii) copyrights and works of authorship, and all
registrations and applications for registration thereof;
(iv) mask works and all registrations and applications for
registration thereof; (v) computer software (including,
without limitation, data, data bases, database rights and
documentation); (vi) trade secrets, confidential information
and proprietary data and information (including, without
limitation, compilations of data (whether or not copyrighted or
copyrightable), ideas, formulae, compositions, blends, processes,
know-how, manufacturing and production processes and techniques,
financial and accounting data, business and marketing plans, and
customer and supplier lists and related information).
“ Stockholder
” means Handleman Company, a Michigan corporation.
“ Subsidiary
” or “ Subsidiaries ” means any
Person of which (a) such party or any other Subsidiary of such
party is a general partner (excluding partnerships, the general
partnership interests of which held by such party or any Subsidiary
of such party do not have a majority of the voting interest in such
partnership), or (b) at least a majority of the securities or
other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing
similar functions with respect to such Person is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such party and/or by any one or
more of its Subsidiaries.
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“ Tax ” or
“ Taxes ” means any and all federal,
state, or local net or gross income, gross receipts, net proceeds,
sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, bank shares,
withholding, payroll, employment, excise, property, deed, stamp,
alternative or add-on minimum, environmental, profits, windfall
profits, transaction, license, lease, service, service use,
occupation, severance, energy, unemployment, social security,
workers’ compensation, capital, premium, and other taxes,
assessments, customs, duties, fees, levies or other governmental
charges of any nature whatever, whether disputed or not, together
with any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional
amounts with respect thereto.
“ Tax Returns
” means any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or
information return or statement relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
“ Taxing
Authority ” means any Governmental Entity having
jurisdiction with respect to any Tax.
“ $ ”
means United States dollars.
Certain other terms are defined
throughout this Agreement and shall have the meanings set forth by
such definitions.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
2.1 Purchase and Sale of
Assets .
(a) On the terms and subject to the
conditions contained in this Agreement, on the Closing Date,
Purchaser shall purchase from Sellers, and Sellers shall sell,
convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser, free and clear
of all Liens by appropriate warranty bills of sale, warranty deeds,
assignments and other instruments satisfactory to Purchaser and its
counsel, all of the following assets of Sellers (collectively, the
“ Purchased Assets ”):
(i) all accounts receivable,
including without limitation, all trade accounts receivable, notes
receivable from customers, vendor credits and accounts receivable
from employees and all other obligations from customers with
respect to sales of goods or services, whether or not evidenced by
a note and whether current or non-current (all of the foregoing are
collectively referred to herein as “ Accounts
Receivable ”);
(ii) all prepayments and prepaid
expenses that are transferable and related to exclusive
distribution or publishing contracts or to inventory;
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(iii) all inventory, including raw
materials, finished goods, and contract rights with regard to
inventory in development or in process, including finished goods
returned by customers of Sellers post-Closing (“
Inventory ”);
(iv) all furniture, equipment,
office supplies, production supplies, spare parts, other
miscellaneous supplies and other tangible property of any kind
wherever located (including all such property located in any
building, office, warehouse or other space leased, owned or
occupied by any Seller and related to the Business or in any
warehouse where any of the properties and assets related to the
Business may be located);
(v) the data processing equipment
and, to the extent assignable, related software of the
Business;
(vi) all lists, records and other
information pertaining to customer accounts (whether past or
current), suppliers, personnel and agents and all reports, studies,
plans, books, ledgers, files and financial, business and accounting
records of every kind (including all financial, business and
marketing plans), in each case whether evidenced in writing,
electronic data, computer software or otherwise (provided that
Sellers shall be entitled to keep a copy of any such
items);
(vii) all claims, deposits,
prepayments, warranties, guarantees, refunds, causes of action,
rights of recovery, rights of setoff and rights of recoupment of
every kind and nature, other than those relating exclusively to
Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities;
(viii) the right to bill and receive
payment for products shipped or delivered and/or services performed
but unbilled or unpaid as of the Closing;
(ix) all Proprietary
Rights;
(x) all goodwill as a going concern
and all other intangible property, including trademarks, copyrights
and corporate names of Sellers, and all goodwill associated with
any of them;
(xi) all Government Licenses (but
excluding any such permits or licenses which are specifically
identified on the License Schedule as not transferable);
(xii) all insurance, warranty and
condemnation proceeds received after the date hereof with respect
to damage to, nonconformance of or loss to the Purchased
Assets;
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(xiii) all rights to receive mail
and other communications addressed to Sellers including, without
limitation, Accounts Receivable payments;
(xiv) all telephone numbers (e.g.
“800” numbers) used by Sellers;
(xv) all signs and advertising,
marketing and promotional materials;
(xvi) all web sites and e-mail
accounts;
(xvii) all Contracts listed on the
attached “Assumed Contracts Schedule”; and
(xviii) all choses in action, rights
and benefits under any warranties, and rights and benefits under
any indemnity provision other than those arising under this
Agreement.
The purchase and sale of the
Purchased Assets is referred to in this Agreement as the “
Acquisition .”
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the following properties, assets, rights and interests of Sellers
are expressly excluded from the purchase and sale contemplated
hereby (the “ Excluded Assets ”) and, as
such, are not included in the Purchased Assets:
(i) Sellers’ rights under or
pursuant to this Agreement;
(ii) Sellers’ general ledger,
accounting records, minute books and corporate seal; provided that
Purchaser shall be given copies of the general ledger and
accounting records as such documents exist as of the Closing
Date;
(iii) any right to receive mail and
other communications addressed to Sellers relating exclusively to
the Excluded Assets or the Excluded Liabilities;
(iv) all contracts, agreements and
arrangements which are not listed in the Assumed Contracts
Schedule;
(v) cash, cash equivalents and
checks in Sellers’ bank accounts at the effective time of the
Closing, all of which shall be distributed to Sellers in the
ordinary course from the bank accounts;
(vi) except as provided by
Section 2.1(a)(xi), rights and benefits under all insurance
policies;
(vii) all interests in real estate
(including, without limitation, fixtures, fittings and improvements
thereon, and easements, licenses, rights of way,
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permits, and the other appurtenants
thereto, including appurtenant rights in and to public streets,
whether or not vacated), whether, owned, leased, subleased or
otherwise;
(viii) the rights to that part of
the Business which is the subject of the MLA (as hereinafter
defined); and
(ix) the properties, assets, rights
and interests listed on the attached “Excluded Assets
Schedule.”
2.2 Limited Assumption of
Liabilities .
(a) On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, in addition to the Purchase
Price payable hereunder and as additional consideration for the
Purchased Assets, as of the Closing, Purchaser shall assume and
agree to pay, defend, discharge and perform as and when due only
the following specific liabilities and obligations of Sellers that
relate exclusively to the Business (the “ Assumed
Liabilities ”):
(i) all obligations relating to any
performance obligation due after the Closing or to any fact or
circumstance arising after the Closing Date under the Contracts on
the Assumed Contracts Schedule, it being understood that any and
all performance obligations due before the Closing Date with
respect to the Contracts on the Assumed Contracts Schedule shall
remain the obligation of Sellers;
(ii) such other liabilities as are
specifically identified on the “Assumed Indebtedness
Schedule.”
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, Purchaser shall not assume or in any
way become liable for any of Sellers’ debts, liabilities or
obligations of any nature whatsoever other than the Assumed
Liabilities, whether accrued, absolute or contingent, whether known
or unknown, whether due or to become due and whether or not related
to the Business or the Purchased Assets, and regardless of when or
by whom asserted and whether or not set forth on the Schedules
hereto (collectively, the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”). Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, Purchaser shall have no obligation to accept the
return of any inventory sold by any Seller prior to the Closing
Date but, if it does so, such inventory shall be credited and paid
as provided by Section 2.3.
2.3 Purchase Price
.
(a) In addition to the assumption of
the Assumed Liabilities set forth in Section 2.2(a) above, the
purchase price for the Purchased Assets (the “ Purchase
Price ”) shall be equal to the sum of:
(i) 95% of the Accounts Receivable
aged 90 days or less from the date of the invoice on the Closing
Date (excluding such Accounts Receivable due from Kmart or Sears
(“ Kmart/Sears Current Accounts Receivable
”)) (“ Current Accounts Receivable
”) collected by Purchaser after the Closing;
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(ii) Except as set forth in
Section 2.3(b)(iii), 50% of the difference between
(x) Accounts Receivable aged over 90 days from the date of the
invoice on the Closing Date (“ Non-Current Accounts
Receivable ”) collected by Purchaser after the
Closing and (y) reasonable fees, commissions and other
collection costs paid to third-parties, if Sellers consent to the
retention of the third party, which consent Sellers shall not
unreasonably withhold;
(iii) 95% of the Kmart/Sears Current
Accounts Receivable if and as collected by Purchaser after
closing;
(iv) 95% of the Non-Current Accounts
Receivable listed on the attached Schedule 2.3(a)(iv) (“
Special Non-Current Accounts Receivable ”), if
collected by Purchaser within 14 days after the date the customer
has committed for payment, as set forth on such Schedule; provided
that, if the customer does not pay within such time frame but makes
a firm commitment for payment by a new date certain, the parties
shall attempt to agree in good faith (considering, among other
factors, the reasons why the original commitment was not met and
the anticipated costs of collection) as to whether to keep such
receivable as a Special Non-Current Account Receivable, with the
prior agreement that the account shall cease to be a Special
Non-Current Account Receivable and will be re-classified as a
Non-Current Account Receivable if it is not paid within 3 days
after the new commitment date;
(v) (X) 75% of the net appraised
value of the Inventory at Closing (the “ Inventory
Value ”) plus (Y) 75% of the net appraised value
of re-salable Inventory returned to Purchaser after the Closing,
less a 5% restocking fee. On the close of business on
the third business day prior to Closing, Sellers shall, at
Sellers’ expense, conduct a physical count of
the Inventory. Purchaser and/or its representatives shall have
the right to be present and observe the taking of such count. The
value of the Inventory shall be based on such physical count
(adjusted for transactions between the date of the count and the
Closing Date) and the appraisal by Tiger Valuation Services dated
February 9, 2009 provided that, if an item of returned
Inventory was not on the appraisal because Sellers did not have any
at the time of the appraisal, then such item shall be valued at
42.675% of Sellers’ cost of such item; and
(vi) $100,000.
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(b) The Purchase Price shall be paid
by Purchaser to Sellers as follows:
(i) At the Closing, by wire transfer
of immediately available funds, the sum of (X) $100,000,
(Y) 50% of the Inventory Value, and (Z) 75% of the
Current Accounts Receivable, net of reserves and allowances, as set
forth in an Account Receivable Statement prepared by Sellers as of
the Closing, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP and
reasonably acceptable to Purchaser; plus the amount of pre-paid
salary acquired by Purchaser, less a credit for the amount of the
accrued vacation assumed by Purchaser;
(ii) 12.50% of the Inventory Value
at each of April 10, June 10, August 10,
and October 10, 2009;
(iii) Bi-weekly on
the 10 th and 24 th day of each month commencing
March 10, 2009, during the remainder of 2009, and quarterly,
on the 10 th day of each calendar quarter
thereafter commencing with January 10, 2010 and through
April 10, 2011, Sellers’ share of the amount by which
the aggregate net amount collected by Purchaser from the Closing
Date through the end of the immediately preceding calendar month
with respect to Accounts Receivable (whether such Accounts
Receivable are Current Accounts Receivable, Non-Current Accounts
Receivable, Special Non-Current Accounts Receivable or Kmart/Sears
Current Accounts Receivable) exceeds the sum of (X) the amount
paid by Purchaser to Sellers pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i)(Z)
and (Y) Purchaser’s share of the aggregate net amount of
the Accounts Receivable collected (examples of the application of
this Section 2.3(b)(iii) are set forth on the attached
“Schedule 2.3(b)(iii)”);
(iv) Bi-weekly, the payment due
under Section 2.3(a)(v)(Y);
(v) By a credit equal to the full
amount of the selling price of any returned Inventory accepted by
Purchaser, in its discretion, if such Inventory was sold by any
Seller prior to the Closing Date and the amount of the return
exceeds the reserve establish as of the Closing; provided that, if
Purchaser has sold the identical item after the Closing to the
customer making the return, returns shall first be applied against
Purchaser’s sales and only to the extent of the excess
against Sellers. Such credit shall be applied by Purchaser to the
next payment(s) due pursuant to this Section 2.3(b);
and
(vi) Any payment not made when due
shall bear interest at a variable the rate of interest equal to two
percent (2%) in excess of the prime rate of interest as set
forth in the Wall Street Journal from time to time, from the
due date to the payment date.
(c) At the end of four months after
the Closing, if the net amount collected with respect to Accounts
Receivable has not totaled 105.263% of the amount paid to Sellers
at the Closing for Current Accounts Receivable pursuant to
Section 2.3(b)(i)(Z)
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less a $250,000 de minimus basket (such deficit,
as it may be reduced by future collections of Current Accounts
Receivable, the “ Shortfall ”), Purchaser
may withhold payments due thereafter (but not payments already due)
from Purchaser to Sellers relating to all Accounts Receivable,
Inventory and Net Publishing and Distribution Profit pursuant to
Section 2.3(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) and may, to the
extent of the then Shortfall, set off against the Shortfall the
withheld payments. Whenever the Shortfall has been eliminated
(whether by collections or by setoff), Purchaser shall resume
making payments pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(ii), (iii) and
(iv), and the amount of the setoff shall be included as a
collection of Accounts Receivable in determining the amount payable
to Sellers pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(iii). If the Shortfall
is not recouped by Purchaser within two (2) years of the
Closing Date then fifty percent (50%) of the Shortfall shall
be repaid by Sellers to Purchaser upon demand together with
interest from the Closing Date to the payment date at the rate set
forth in Section 2.3(b)(vi).
(d) For two years
following the Closing, Purchaser agrees to use its Best Efforts to
collect the Accounts Receivable; provided that, (i) Purchaser
is not obligated to (X) engage any third party collection
agency or engage any attorneys or other third parties to collect
the Accounts Receivable except for the account of Sellers and
Purchaser pro rata in proportion to the Purchase Price of an
Account Receivable and with Sellers’ express consent,
(Y) do business with any particular customer or (Z) have
or attempt to have a given sales volume with any customer and
(ii) at any time, Purchaser and Sellers may agree upon an
amount to be paid by Purchaser to Sellers in full satisfaction of
Sellers’ rights with respect to the Accounts Receivable. On
the 90 th and 180
th
days after the
Closing Date Sellers and Purchaser shall meet to review the status
of Purchaser’s collection of the Accounts Receivable and, as
a result of those meetings or otherwise may agree to transfer any
Accounts Receivable to Sellers with an appropriate adjustment in
the Purchase Price. At the end of two years following the Closing,
if there has not been an agreement pursuant to the previous
sentence, all remaining Accounts Receivable shall be transferred to
Sellers. In addition, at Sellers’ expense, there shall be a
monitor at Purchaser’s place of business for six months
following the Closing who shall advise Sellers whether Purchaser is
adhering to its sales and collections process in order to meet its
obligations to Sellers and whose approval is necessary before
Purchaser may authorize the return of any inventory for the account
of Sellers, which approval will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.
2.4 Allocation . The parties
agree to allocate the aggregate of the Purchase Price as adjusted
herein (and all other capitalizable costs) among the Purchased
Assets for all purposes (including financial accounting and tax
purposes) in the manner required by Section 1060 of the
Internal Revenue Code as shown on the attached “Allocation
Schedule”. Purchaser and Sellers agree that the form of the
transactions and the consideration provided for in this Agreement
were arrived at on the basis of arm’s length negotiation
between Purchaser, on the one hand, and Sellers, on the other hand,
and shall be respected by each of them for federal, state, local
and other tax reporting purposes, including filings on Internal
Revenue Service Form 8594, and that none of them will assert or
maintain a position inconsistent with the foregoing.
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2.5 Closing and Closing Date
. The closing of the Acquisition (the “ Closing
”) shall take place at Sellers’ offices at
10:00 a.m. simultaneously with the execution of this
Agreement. The date upon which the Closing occurs is herein
referred to as the “ Closing Date .” The
Closing shall be effective as of 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time,
on the Closing Date.
2.6 Transactions to be Effected
at the Closing .
(a) At the Closing Purchaser shall
deliver to Sellers the payment due to Sellers at the Closing
pursuant to Section 2.3(b)(i) in immediately available funds
by wire transfer to an account of Sellers designated in writing by
Sellers to Purchaser.
(b) At the Closing, each Party shall
deliver to the other Party all documents, instruments or
certificates required to be delivered by it at or prior to the
Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING
3.1 Conditions to Sellers’
Obligations . The obligation of Sellers to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions on or before the Closing
Date:
(a) The representations and
warranties set forth in Article 5 to the extent qualified by
materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and all
representations and warranties set forth in Article 5 not so
qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, at
and as of the Closing as though then made and as though the Closing
Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout
such representations and warranties.
(b) Purchaser shall have performed
in all material respects all the covenants and agreements required
to be performed by it under this Agreement prior to the
Closing.
(c) All necessary filings with
regulatory authorities shall have been made and all waiting periods
shall have expired or shall have been terminated, including all
notices and publications.
(d) No action or proceeding before
any court or government body shall be pending or threatened which,
in the reasonable judgment of Sellers, makes it inadvisable or
undesirable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by reason of the probability that the action or
proceeding will result in a judgment, decree or order that would
prevent the carrying out of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, declare unlawful the transactions
contemplated hereby or cause such transactions to be
rescinded.
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(e) Purchaser shall have delivered
the portion of the Purchase Price payable at Closing and shall have
assumed the Assumed Liabilities by delivery of an Assumption
Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1(e) (the
“ Assumption Agreement ”).
(f) Purchaser shall have subleased
from Sellers the property located at 5000 Birch Street, Suite 6500,
Newport Beach, CA 92660, for three months with an option to extend
for up to an additional three months, if notice is given within two
months after the Closing, the terms of which shall be
Purchaser’s agreement to pay all of Sellers’ verified
expenses with respect to such property. At the end of such
sublease, Purchaser shall vacate the subleased premises and shall
leave them in broom-clean condition. In addition, Purchaser shall
cease using the Canadian facility of Anderson Merchandisers-Canada,
Inc. by March 2, 2009, unless Purchaser and Anderson
Merchandisers-Canada otherwise agree.
(g) On or prior to the Closing Date,
Purchaser shall have delivered to Sellers each of the
following:
(i) a certificate from an officer of
Purchaser in the form set forth as Exhibit 3.1(g) attached hereto,
dated the Closing Date, stating that the applicable preconditions
have been satisfied;
(ii) certified copies of the
resolutions duly adopted by Purchaser’s Manager and members
authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby, and the
consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby;
(iii) such other documents or
instruments as Sellers reasonably request to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) Any condition specified in this
Section 3.1 may be waived by Sellers; provided that no such
waiver will be effective against Sellers unless it is set forth in
a writing executed by Sellers.
3.2 Conditions to
Purchaser’s Obligations . The obligation of Purchaser to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on or
before the Closing Date:
(a) The representations and
warranties set forth in Article 4 to the extent qualified by
materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and all
representations and warranties set forth in Article 4 not so
qualified shall be true and correct in all material respects, at
and as of the Closing as though then made and as though the Closing
Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout
such representations and warranties.
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(b) Sellers shall have performed in
all material respects all of the covenants and agreements required
to be performed by them under this Agreement prior to the
Closing.
(c) No action or proceeding before
any court or government body shall be pending or threatened which,
in the reasonable judgment of Purchaser, makes it inadvisable or
undesirable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement by reason of the probability that the action or
proceeding will result in a judgment decree or order that would
prevent the carrying out of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby, declare unlawful the transactions
contemplated hereby or cause such transactions to be
rescinded.
(d) On or prior to the Closing Date,
Sellers shall have delivered to Purchaser each of the
following:
(i) a certificate from an officer of
Sellers in the form set forth as Exhibit 3.2(d)(i) attached hereto,
dated the Closing Date, stating that the applicable preconditions
have been satisfied;
(ii) certified copies of the
resolutions duly adopted by Sellers’ boards of directors and
stockholders authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated hereby, and
the consummation of all transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby;
(iii) copies of all necessary
governmental and third party consents, approvals, releases and
filings required in order to effect the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the other agreements contemplated
hereby;
(iv) such instruments of sale,
transfer, assignment, conveyance and delivery, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for Purchaser, as are
required in order to transfer to Purchaser good and marketable
title to the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all Liens,
including, without limitation a Trademark and Service Marks
Agreement in the form set forth as Exhibit 3.2(d)(iv),
collectively, the “ Transfer Documents
”);
(v) such other documents or
instruments as Purchaser reasonably requests to effect the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(e) Sellers shall pay the balance
due the lessor pursuant to the Balboa Lease.
(f) All proceedings to be taken by
Sellers in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and all certificates, instruments and other
documents required to effect the transactions contemplated hereby
reasonably requested by Purchaser will be reasonably satisfactory
in form and substance to Purchaser and its counsel.
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(g) Any condition specified in this
Section 3.2 may be waived by Purchaser; provided that no such
waiver shall be effective unless it is set forth in a writing
executed by Purchaser.
3.3 Conditions to Obligations of
Purchaser and Sellers . The obligations of Purchaser and
Sellers to consummate the Acquisition are subject to the
satisfaction on or prior to the Closing Date of the following
conditions:
(a) Sellers and Purchaser shall have
entered into a mutually acceptable Transition Services Agreement
(“ TSA ”) and a mutually acceptable
Management and License Agreement (“ MLA
”).
(b) No temporary restraining order,
preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order preventing the
consummation of the Acquisition shall be in effect. No Action shall
be pending or threatened before any court or other Governmental
Entity or oth