U.S. ENERGY SYSTEMS,
INC.
KEN COTTON, SHAWN
O’CONNELL,
SIMON BAITLER
STATIONARY POWER SERVICES,
INC.
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ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
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Certain
Definitions
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Interpretation
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Accounting
Conventions
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ARTICLE II.
PURCHASE AND SALE
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Purchase and
Sale of Assets
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Excluded
Assets
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Inability to
Assign Assumed Contracts
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Excluded
Liabilities
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Assumption of
Certain Liabilities
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Purchase
Price
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Closing
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ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS
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Organization
and Power; Stock Ownership
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Authorization
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Approvals
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Non-Contravention
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Binding
Effect
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Financial
Statements
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Title.
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Transferred
Assets
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Compliance With
Laws
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Litigation and
Claims
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Intellectual
Property
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Adequacy of
Technical Documentation
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Intellectual
Property Rights Granted to Seller
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Third-Party
Interests in Intellectual Property
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Major Vendors
and Customers
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Assumed
Contracts
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Warranties
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Taxes
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Employment
Matters
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Employee
Benefits
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Leased Real
Property
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Environmental
Matters
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Insurance
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Subsequent
Changes
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Related-Party
Transactions
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Inventory
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Finders’
Fees
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Disclosure
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Powers of
Attorney
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Books and
Records
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Shares
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ARTICLE IV.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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Organization
and Power
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Authorization
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Approvals
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Non-Contravention
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Binding
Effect
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Finders’
Fees
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Disclosure
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ARTICLE V.
COVENANTS
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Access
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Conduct of
Business
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Reasonable
Efforts; Further Assurances
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Business Name
Change
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Exclusivity
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Confidentiality
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Public
Disclosure
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Bulk
Sales
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Taxes
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Determination
and Allocation of Consideration
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Covenants Not
to Sue or Assert Rights
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Certain
Contracts
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Risk of
Loss
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Real Estate
Matters
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Employees
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Enforcement of
Rights
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Notices and
Consents
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Notice of
Developments
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S Corporation
Status
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Non-Solicitation
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ARTICLE VI.
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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Conditions to
the Obligations of Buyer, Acquisition Sub and Seller
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Further
Conditions to the Obligation of Buyer and Acquisition
Sub
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Further
Conditions to the Obligation of Seller
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ARTICLE VII.
INDEMNIFICATION
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Indemnification
by Seller and Selling Shareholders
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Indemnification
by Buyer
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Right of
Offset
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Indemnification
Procedures
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Cap
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ARTICLE VIII.
TERMINATION
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Termination
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Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE IX.
MISCELLANEOUS
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Notices
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Amendment;
Waiver
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No Assignment
or Benefit to Third Parties
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Survival
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Expenses
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Schedules,
Exhibits, Etc.
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Governing
Law
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Submission to
Jurisdiction
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Alternate
Dispute Resolution
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Specific
Performance
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Remedies
Cumulative
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Inferences
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Severability
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Entire
Agreement
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Headings
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Counterparts
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Facsimiles
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THIS
AGREEMENT is made as of October 31, 2008 by and among U.S.
Energy Systems, Inc., a California corporation (“
Seller ”), Ken Cotton, Shawn O’Connell,
Simon Baitler (together the “ Selling
Shareholders ”) and Ultralife Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (“ Buyer ”) and Stationary
Power Services, Inc., a Florida corporation (“
Acquisition Sub ”). Buyer, Seller, the Selling
Shareholders and Acquisition Sub are referred to collectively
herein as the “ Parties .”
Seller is engaged
in the business of designing, developing, installing and
maintaining backup power systems for sale to a variety of
commercial customers (the “ Business ”
).
The parties desire
that Seller sell, transfer, assign and license certain assets to
Acquisition Sub, and that Acquisition Sub purchase, license and
assume from Seller certain specified liabilities related to the
Business, all as more specifically provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and undertakings contained herein, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
Section 1.1 Certain Definitions.
The following
terms will, when used in this Agreement, have the following
respective meanings:
“
Acquisition Sub ” has the meaning set forth in
the Preface above.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to a Person,
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by,
or under common control with, such Person at any time during the
period for which the determination of affiliation is being made.
For purposes of this definition, the term “
control ” means, with respect to any Person,
the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or
cause the direction of management policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or by
contract.
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Agreement ” means this Asset Purchase
Agreement, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof, together with the
exhibits and schedules thereto.
“
Sales Allocation Agreement ” means that certain
allocation agreement by and between Buyer, Acquisition Sub, the
Selling Shareholders, and William Maher, substantially in the forms
attached hereto as Exhibit C .
“
Ancillary Agreements ” means, collectively, the
Employment Agreements attached to this Agreement as Exhibits
A-1 and A-2 , the Confidentiality Agreements attached to
this Agreement as
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Exhibit B-1 , Exhibit B-2 ,
Exhibit B-3 and Exhibit B-4 , and the Sales
Allocation Agreement attached to this Agreement as
Exhibit C each as more fully described
herein.
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Applicable Employees ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.15(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
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Approvals ” means, collectively, the consents,
approvals, waivers, authorizations, novations, notices and filings
required in connection with the consummation of the Agreement and
the Transaction (or any portion of the Transaction), which are
listed on Schedule 1.1 .
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Assumed Contracts ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1(e) of this Agreement.
“
Assumed Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.5 of this Agreement.
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Assumed License Agreements ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1(e)(i)of this Agreement.
“
Benefit Plans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.21(a) of this Agreement.
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Books and Records ” means books, ledgers, files
(including personnel files), reports, operating records, accounting
records, price lists, correspondence and other forms of
information, in any form or medium, relating in any manner to the
Business, operations or financial or statistical history of
Seller.
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Business ” has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals above.
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Buyer ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preface above.
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Buyer Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 7.1 of this Agreement.
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Buyer Losses ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1 of this Agreement.
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Claim ” means any pending or threatened
contest, claim, charge, demand, assessment, action, cause of
action, complaint, litigation, proceeding, hearing or notice
involving Seller.
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Claim Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4(b) of this Agreement.
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Closing ” means the closing and consummation of
the Transaction.
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Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.7 of this Agreement.
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Closing Documents ” means: (a) with
respect to Seller, all agreements, documents and instruments,
including the Ancillary Agreements, required to be delivered by
Seller at Closing, as set forth in Section 6.2; and
(b) with respect to Buyer and Acquisition Sub, all agreements,
documents and instruments, including the Ancillary Agreements,
required to be delivered by Buyer and Acquisition Sub at Closing,
as set forth in Section 6.3.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended and all Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder.
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Confidentiality Agreement ” means that certain
Confidentiality, Non-Compete and Non-Disparagement Agreement by and
between Buyer and the Selling Shareholders.
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Confidential Information ” means any
information concerning the businesses and affairs of the Seller or
Buyer, as the context requires, or any of their Affiliates, that is
not already generally available to the public.
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Copyrights ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c)(iv) of this Agreement.
“ Cost
of Goods Sold ” means direct materials (cost of
materials), labor (direct labor, contract labor and benefits) and
overhead (depreciation, indirect labor, tools, training, travel and
entertainment, consumables and samples) and all other costs related
to the support of manufacturing as defined by GAAP.
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Disclosing Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(a) of this Agreement.
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Employment Agreements ” means those certain
employment agreements by and between Buyer or Acquisition Sub and
Messrs. Cotton and O’Connell substantially in the forms
attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 and A-2 ,
respectively.
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Employment Laws ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.20 of this Agreement.
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Encumbrances ” means liens, charges,
encumbrances, security interests, options or any other restrictions
or third party rights.
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Environmental Law ” means, collectively, all
federal, state and local statutes, common law, authorizations,
regulations, ordinances, codes, published guidelines and policies,
directives, judgments, injunctions, decrees and orders (including
all amendments thereto) pertaining to environmental matters
including but not limited to: (A) the protection,
investigation or restoration of the environment, health, safety or
natural resources, (B) the handling, use, presence, disposal,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance, or
(C) air, indoor air, noise, employee exposure, water vapor,
surface water, groundwater, soil, natural resources, chemical use,
health, safety and sanitation, or threat of injury to persons or
property relating to any Hazardous Substance. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, “ Environmental
Laws ” include the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Medical Waste
Tracking Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean
Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Water
Drinking Act, the Toxic Substance Control Act and the Occupational
Safety and Health Act.
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ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.
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Excluded Assets ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2 of this Agreement.
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Excluded Liabilities ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.3 of this Agreement.
“
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.6 of this Agreement.
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles, methods and practices set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the
Securities and Exchange Commission or of such other Person as may
be approved by a significant segment of the U.S. accounting
profession, in each case as of the date or period at issue, and as
applied in the U.S. to U.S. companies.
“
Governmental Authorizations ” means all
licenses, permits, certificates and other authorizations and
approvals of any Governmental Entity required under any Law to
carry on the Business as currently conducted or anticipated in the
Ordinary Course.
“
Governmental Entity ” means any U.S. or
non-U.S. local, state, federal or other government, including each
of their respective branches, departments, agencies, courts,
instrumentalities or other subdivisions.
“
Gross Margin ” means Sales minus Cost of Goods
Sold.
“
Hazardous Substance ” means and includes:
(a) any hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous
substances and toxic substances as those or similar items are
defined under any Environmental Law; (b) any asbestos or any
material that contains any hydrated mineral silicate, including
chrysolite, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophylite and/or
actinolite, whether friable or non-friable; (c) any
polychlorinated biphenyls or polychlorinated biphenyl-containing
materials or fluids; (d) radon; (e) any other hazardous,
explosive, flammable, infectious, carcinogenic, mutagenic,
radioactive, toxic or noxious substance, material, pollutant,
contaminant or solid, liquid or gaseous waste; (f) any
petroleum, petroleum hydrocarbons, petroleum products, crude oil or
any fractions thereof, natural gas or synthetic gas; and
(h) any substance that, whether by its nature or its use, is
or becomes subject to regulation under any Environmental Laws or
with respect to which any Environmental Laws or Governmental Entity
requires or will require environmental investigation, monitoring or
remediation.
“
Hired Employees ” is defined in
Section 5.15(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
“
Holdback Amount ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(a)(ii) of this Agreement.
“
Improvements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement.
“
Indemnified Parties ” means, as appropriate in
the context, either the Buyer Indemnified Parties or the Seller
Indemnified Parties, which terms are defined in
Article VII.
“
Intellectual Property ” means all of the
following: (a) all inventions (whether patentable or
unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), all
improvements thereto, and all patents, patent applications, and
patent disclosures, together with all reissuances, continuations,
continuations-in-part, revisions, extensions, and reexaminations
thereof, (b) all trademarks, service marks, trade dress,
logos, slogans, trade names, corporate names, Internet domain names
and rights in telephone numbers, together with all translations,
adaptations, derivations, and combinations thereof and including
all goodwill associated therewith, and all applications,
registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, (c) all
copyrightable works, all copyrights, and all applications,
registrations, and renewals in connection therewith, (d) all
mask works and all applications,
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registrations,
and renewals in connection therewith, (e) all trade secrets
and confidential business information (including ideas, research
and development, know-how, formulas, compositions, manufacturing
and production processes and techniques, technical data, designs,
drawings, specifications, customer and supplier lists, pricing and
cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals),
(f) all computer software (including source code, executable
code, data, databases, and related documentation), (g) all
advertising and promotional materials, (h) all other
proprietary rights, and (i) all copies and tangible
embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium).
“
Inventory ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(j) of this Agreement.
“
Knowledge ” means (i) with respect to any
natural person, the actual knowledge, of such person, or
(ii) with respect to any corporation or entity, the actual
knowledge of such party’s officers provided that such persons
shall have made due and diligent inquiry of those employees and
directors of such party whom such officers reasonably believe would
have actual knowledge of the matters represented.
“
Law ” means any applicable law (including
common law), statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, code, order,
judgment, injunction, decree or judicial or administrative doctrine
that is promulgated or issued by any Governmental
Entity.
“
Leases ” means all leases, subleases, licenses,
concessions and other agreements (written or oral), including all
amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and other agreements
with respect thereto, pursuant to which Seller holds any Leased
Real Property, including the right to all security deposits and
other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of Seller
thereunder.
“
Lease Consents ” has the set forth in
Section 6.2(m)(iii).
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Leased Real Property ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement.
“
Leased Real Property Permits ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.22(f) of this Agreement.
“
Liability ” means any direct or indirect
indebtedness, liability, Claim, damage, deficiency, obligation or
responsibility, fixed or unfixed, choate or inchoate, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, accrued, absolute, contingent
or otherwise.
“
Losses ” means Liabilities, losses, interest,
penalties and reasonable costs and expenses associated therewith
(including attorneys’ fees, litigation costs, fines,
penalties and expenses of investigation), whether asserted by a
party to this Agreement or by a third party, but in no event
includes incidental or consequential damages
.
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Material Adverse Effect ” means a material
adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results
of operations or assets of the Business or on Seller’s
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
“
Measuring Period ” means the first four full
calendar years following the Closing Date.
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“ Most
Recent Financial Statements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.6 of this Agreement.
“ Most
Recent Fiscal Quarter ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.6 of this Agreement.
“ Most
Recent Fiscal Year End ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.6 of this Agreement.
“ No
Shop Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5(a) of this Agreement.
“
Ordinary Course ” means the ordinary course of
business of the Business, consistent with past
practices.
“
Patents ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c)(ii) of this Agreement.
“
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preface of this Agreement.
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means Encumbrances
that secure or constitute an Assumed Liability that is recorded on
the Books and Records of Seller as of the Closing Date.
“
Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a
partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust
or any other entity or organization.
“
Personal Property ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1(b) of this Agreement.
“
Plans ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.21(a) of this Agreement.
“
Products ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(d) of this Agreement.
“
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(a) of this Agreement.
“
Purchase Transaction ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.5(b) of this Agreement.
“
Receiving Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(a) of this Agreement.
“
Sales ” means revenues booked in accordance
with GAAP that are allocated to Seller pursuant to the Sales
Allocation Agreement, excluding all intra-company sales. Any such
sale where the Gross Margin of such sale is lower than the average
Gross Margin achieved by Buyer in the previous calendar year
(unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Buyer in its sole
discretion) shall be excluded for purposes of this
definition.
“
Sales Payments ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.6(a)(iii) of this Agreement.
“
Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the
Preface above.
“
Seller Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
“
Seller Losses ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2 of this Agreement.
“
Selling Shareholders ” means Ken Cotton, Shawn
O’Connell and Simon Baitler.
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“
Shares ” means the shares of Ultralife Common
Stock issuable upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Section 2.6(a)(iii) of this Agreement.
“
Software ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c)(i) of this Agreement.
“
Subsidiary ” means any Person, fifty percent
(50%) or more of the outstanding equity interests of which are
owned, directly or indirectly, by Seller.
“
Taxes ” means all taxes levied or imposed by
any Governmental Entity, including income, gross receipts, windfall
profits, value added, severance, production, sales, use, license,
excise, franchise, employment, environmental, real property,
personal property, transfer, alternative minimum, estimated,
withholding or other taxes, together with any interest, additions
or penalties with respect thereto and any interest in respect of
such additions or penalties, whether or not disputed or
contested.
“ Tax
Returns ” means all U.S. and non-U.S. reports and
returns required to be filed with respect to Taxes, including all
attachments thereto.
“
Technical Documentation ” means all technical
and descriptive materials in all media (other than Inventory)
relating to the acquisition, design, development, use or
maintenance of Intellectual Property or the Products, including any
compilers, tools, libraries, debuggers and higher level or
proprietary language .
“
Trademarks ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(c)(iii) of this Agreement.
“
Transaction ” means, collectively, the
purchase and sale of the Transferred Assets, the assumption of the
Assumed Liabilities and the execution and delivery of the Closing
Documents and the other transactions, all as herein
provided.
“
Transferred Assets ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
“
Transferred Intellectual Property ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of this
Agreement.
“
Ultralife Common Stock ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 2.6(a) of this Agreement.
“
Volume Weighted Average Price ” means the
volume weighted average price of the Ultralife Common Stock as
determined in accordance with the trading rules of the NASDAQ stock
market.
Section 1.2 Interpretation.
In this Agreement,
unless the express context otherwise requires:
(a) the words “ herein ,” “
hereof ” and “ hereunder ” and
words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not
to any particular provision of this Agreement;
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(b) references to “ Article ” or “
Section ” are to the respective Articles and Sections
of this Agreement, and references to “ Exhibit ”
or “ Schedule ” are to the respective Exhibits
and Schedules annexed hereto;
(c) references to a “ party ” mean a
party to this Agreement and include references to such
party’s permitted successors and permitted
assigns;
(d) references to a “ third party ” mean
a Person not a party to this Agreement;
(e) the terms “ dollars ” and “
$ ”means U.S. dollars;
(f) terms defined in the singular have a comparable meaning
when used in the plural, and vice versa;
(g) the masculine pronoun includes the feminine and the
neuter, and vice versa, as appropriate in the context;
and
(h) wherever the word “ include ,”
“ includes ” or “ including ”
is used in this Agreement, it will be deemed to be followed by the
words “without limitation.”
Section 1.3 Accounting Conventions.
Except as
expressly provided otherwise herein, all references in this
Agreement to financial terms will be deemed to refer to such terms
as they are defined under GAAP, consistently applied.
ARTICLE II. PURCHASE AND
SALE
Section 2.1 Purchase and Sale of Assets.
On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, at Closing, Seller will
sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to Acquisition Sub, and
Acquisition Sub will purchase from Seller, all of Seller’s
right, title and interest in and to the following listed assets
owned by Seller at the Closing Date that are used or useful in,
related to or arise out of the Business (except for those assets
that are defined in Section 2.2 as Excluded Assets), in each
case free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, encumbrances,
security interests, charges or other interests of other persons of
every kind whatsoever, except for Permitted Encumbrances
(collectively, the “ Transferred Assets
” ):
(a) all leasehold or subleasehold estates and other rights
to use or occupy any land, buildings, structures, improvements,
fixtures, or other interest in real property held by Seller, which
are listed on Schedule 2.1(a) (collectively, the
“ Leased Real Property ”);
(b) all tangible personal property, whether owned or leased
by Seller, including all machinery, equipment, inventories of raw
materials and supplies, manufactured and purchased parts, goods in
process and finished goods, furniture, automobiles, trucks,
tractors, trailers and tools, including all such personal property
listed on Schedule 2.1(b) (collectively, the “
Personal Property ”);
(c) all Intellectual Property, including the following
(collectively, the “ Transferred Intellectual
Property ” ) :
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(i) all source code, object code, design documentation
and procedures for product generation and testing of all computer
software and firmware, including that listed on Schedule
2.1(c)(i) and including the software rules and algorithms,
flowcharts, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, patents,
copyrights, designs, technical processes, works of authorship,
Technical Documentation, included in or relating to the same
(collectively, the “ Software
”);
(ii) all patents and patent applications, including
those listed on Schedule 2.1(c)(ii) , together with any
division, continuation, continuation-in-part, continuing
prosecution application, continued examination application,
reinstatement, reexamination, revival, reissue, extension or
substitution of any thereof, and corresponding foreign
applications, patents and rights thereto, including, in all cases,
the right to sue for past infringement thereof and to collect any
past or future royalties or other payments in connection therewith
(collectively, the “ Patents
”);
(iii) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, all
corporate names, trade dress, product names, slogans and logos,
including those listed on Schedule 2.1(c)(iii) , and
corresponding foreign applications, marks and rights thereto,
including, in all cases, the right to sue for past infringement
thereof and to collect any past or future royalties or other
payments in connection therewith (collectively, the “
Trademarks ”);
(iv) all copyrightable works, all copyrights, and all
applications, registrations, and renewals in connection therewith,
including those listed on Schedule 2.1(c)(iv) , and
foreign applications, in all cases, the right to sue for past
infringement thereof and to collect any past or future royalties or
other payments in connection therewith (collectively, the “
Copyrights ”);
(v) all product development projects ,
including those listed on Schedule 2.1(d)
;
(vi) all Internet, intranet and World Wide Web
content, sites, domain names and pages, and all HTML and other code
related thereto, including those listed on
Schedule 2.1(c)(vi) ; and
(vii) all schematics, engineering drawings,
specifications, and process work instructions in whatever form or
medium;
(d) all products related to or incorporating any
Intellectual Property, including those listed on
Schedule 2.1(d) and including all proposed or
unimplemented developments or improvements thereof, and the trade
secrets, know-how, inventions, patents, copyrights, mask works,
designs, technical processes, works of authorship and technical
data included in or relating to the same (the “
Products ”);
(e) only the following contracts and instruments, and no
others (collectively, the “ Assumed Contracts
”):
(i) those contracts, agreements, licenses (whether granted
to or by a third party) and other commitments and arrangements,
oral or written, with any Person respecting the ownership, license,
acquisition, design, development, distribution, marketing, use,
maintenance, support or enhancement of Intellectual Property,
related technical or user documentation or
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databases
(including royalty, work-for-hire, consulting, employment,
dealership and franchise agreements), which are listed on
Schedule 2.1(e)(i) (the “ Assumed License
Agreements ”);
(ii) those other agreements, contracts, subcontracts,
leases and subleases of personal property, arrangements,
commitments, licenses and sublicenses, with customers, suppliers,
resellers, distributors, current, former or prospective employees,
employee groups, or other third parties, which are listed on
Schedule 2.1(e)(ii) ; and
(iii) all leases involving the Leased Real
Property.
(f) all customer lists and documentation (in all media)
relating to the customers of the Business;
(g) all Books and Records, and all proprietary and
non-proprietary business information, including marketing and sales
materials and publications, product literature, reports, plans,
records, pricing, cost and other manuals, advertising materials,
catalogues, sales, service and maintenance records, and training
materials;
(h) to the extent their transfer is permitted by Law, all
Governmental Authorizations which are required for the conduct of
the Business, and all applications therefore, including those that
are listed on Schedule 2.1(h) ;
(i) all Claims that Seller may have against any Person
relating to or arising out of any Transferred Asset or any Hired
Employee, including rights to recover damages, settlements, rights
to refunds, Claims for compensation or benefits, insurance Claims,
Claims of infringement or past infringement of any Intellectual
Property rights and royalty or similar rights related to any
Transferred Intellectual Property, including those that are listed
on Schedule 2.1(i) ;
(j) all inventories of (i) Products; (ii) computer
program code (in all media) and materials; (iii) program
documentation, including user materials; and (iv) raw
materials and supplies, manufactured and purchased parts, goods in
process, and finished goods, including the inventory listed on
Schedule 2.1(j) (the “ Inventory
”);
(k) any other assets, if any, that are listed on
Schedule 2.1(k) ; and
(l) all goodwill of the Business associated with the
foregoing enumerated Transferred Assets.
Section 2.2 Excluded Assets.
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, from and after Closing, Seller
will retain all of its existing right, title and interest in and
to, and there will be excluded from the sale, conveyance,
assignment or transfer to Acquisition Sub hereunder, and the
Transferred Assets will not include, the following, in each case as
the same exists on the Closing Date (collectively, the “
Excluded Assets ”):
(a) all other agreements, instruments, contracts,
subcontracts, leases, subleases, arrangements, commitments,
licenses, sublicenses and independent contractor agreements,
written or oral, and sales representative agreements, written or
oral, that are not Assumed Contracts;
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(b) all employee compensation, retirement, pension,
severance, deferred compensation, health, welfare or benefit plans
and programs, and all funds and accounts held
thereunder;
(c) all real property, including land, buildings, structures
and improvements thereon, appurtenances thereto and interests
therein and all fixtures constituting part of such real
property;
(d) all accounts receivable;
(e) all notes receivable;
(f) all cash and cash equivalents, including amounts on
deposit in bank accounts;
(g) all refunds, overpayments and prepayments of Taxes and
duties paid by Seller,
(h) all Tax Returns of Seller and all other Books and
Records related thereto;
(i) all corporate minute books and stock records of Seller
and all other Books and Records related thereto;
(j) the capital stock of any Subsidiary; and
(k) the assets, if any, that are set forth on
Schedule 2.2(k) .
Section 2.3 Inability to Assign Assumed
Contracts.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement or in any Closing Document, to the extent that the
assignment or attempted assignment to Acquisition Sub of any
Assumed Contract, or any Claim, right or benefit arising thereunder
or resulting therefrom, is prohibited by any Law, or would require
any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or novation by a
Governmental Entity or a Person and such consent, approval, waiver,
authorization or novation has not been obtained prior to Closing
and in a form acceptable to Acquisition Sub in its sole discretion,
or with respect to which any attempted assignment would be
ineffective or would materially adversely affect the rights of
Seller or Acquisition Sub thereunder, then this Agreement will not
constitute an assignment or attempted assignment thereof, and the
same will not be assigned at Closing.
(b) Both prior and subsequent to Closing, the parties will
use commercially reasonable efforts, and cooperate with each other,
to obtain promptly all consents, approvals, waivers, authorizations
or novations, including all Approvals, for the Assumed Contracts on
terms acceptable to Buyer and Acquisition Sub in its sole
discretion. Buyer will bear and pay the cost of all filing,
recordation and similar fees and Taxes incurred after the date
hereof and payable to Governmental Entities in connection with
assignment of the Assumed Contracts, and any additional fees or
charges (howsoever denominated) required by any Persons in
connection with the assignment of any Assumed Contract or obtaining
any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or novation, including
any Approval.
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(c) If any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or
novation, including any Approval, which is necessary for the
effective assignment to Acquisition Sub of any Assumed Contract,
cannot be obtained or made and, as a result, the full benefits of
use of such Assumed Contract cannot be provided to Acquisition Sub
following Closing otherwise in accordance with this Agreement, then
Seller will use its best efforts to provide Acquisition Sub the
economic and operational equivalent, to the extent permitted, of
obtaining or making such consent, approval, waiver, authorization
or novation, as the case may be, and to permit Acquisition Sub to
perform Seller’s obligations and enforce Seller’s
rights under such Assumed Contract as if such Assumed Contracts had
been sold, conveyed, assigned and delivered to Acquisition Sub,
including (i) enforcing, at the Acquisition Sub’s
request and at the expense of Seller, any rights of Seller arising
with respect thereto, including the right to terminate in
accordance with the terms thereof upon the advice of Acquisition
Sub and (ii) permitting Acquisition Sub to enforce any rights
arising with respect thereto. Seller will pay to Acquisition Sub,
when received, all income, proceeds and other monies received by
Seller from third parties to the extent related to Acquisition
Sub’s intended rights under any Assumed Contract, as
contemplated by this Section 2.3(c). Once any such consent,
approval, waiver, authorization or novation is obtained or made in
a form acceptable to Acquisition Sub in its sole discretion, Seller
will assign such Assumed Contract to Acquisition Sub at no
additional cost. Any expenses incurred by Seller, and any
reasonable expenses incurred by Acquisition Sub, in connection with
the arrangements contemplated by this Section 2.3(c) will be
borne by Seller.
(d) The provisions of this Section 2.3 shall not affect
the right of the Buyer and Acquisition Sub to elect not to
consummate the Transaction contemplated by this Agreement if the
conditions to its obligations hereunder contained in
Article VI hereof have not been otherwise
fulfilled.
Section 2.4 Excluded Liabilities.
It is expressly
understood and agreed that neither Buyer or Acquisition Sub, nor
any of their Affiliates, will assume, nor will any of them be
liable for, any Liability of Seller, any Seller Subsidiary, any
Affiliate of Seller or the Business, of any kind or nature, at any
time existing or asserted, howsoever arising, whether or not
accrued, whether fixed, contingent or otherwise, whether known or
unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, due or to become due, and
whether or not recorded on the Books and Records of Seller, unless
such Liability is expressly within the definition of Assumed
Liabilities under Section 2.5. All Liabilities that are not
expressly within the definition of Assumed Liabilities under
Section 2.5 are referred to collectively as the “
Excluded Liabilities .”
Section 2.5 Assumption of Certain
Liabilities.
On the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, Acquisition Sub will
assume and agree to satisfy and discharge or perform when due only
the following Liabilities of Seller (and no others) (collectively,
the “ Assumed Liabilities ”):
(a) all Liabilities identified on
Schedule 2.5(a) , including the amount of such
Liabilities as of the Closing Date, arising under the Assumed
Contracts, excluding all warranty obligations of Seller under the
Assumed Contracts for products sold and services rendered prior
to
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Closing, to the
extent that the rights and benefits of Seller thereunder are
effectively transferred or assigned to Acquisition Sub, or novated
for the benefit of Acquisition Sub; and
(b) all Liabilities identified on
Schedule 2.5(b) , including the amount of such
Liabilities as of the Closing Date, that arise out of or relate to
the Transferred Assets (other that the Assumed Contracts) to the
extent such Liabilities are attributable to occurrences and
circumstances arising after Closing.
Section 2.6 Purchase Price.
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, and subject to adjustment, if any, as provided by
Section 2.6(a)(ii) and Section 2.6(a)(iii), the purchase
price for the Transferred Assets that Buyer will pay to Seller is
One Million Five Thousand Dollars ($1,005,000) and up to Two
Hundred Thousand (200,000) shares of the Buyer’s common
stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “ Ultralife
Common Stock ”) (collectively, the “
Purchase Price ”). The Purchase Price will be
paid as follows:
(i) On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at Closing, Buyer shall pay to Seller by
wire transfer of immediately-available funds in the amount of Nine
Hundred Thirty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($930,000);
(ii) On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, including Buyer’s right of offset
pursuant to Section 7.3, and following the notice and cure
provisions of Section 7.4, six months from the Closing Date Buyer
shall pay to Seller by wire transfer of immediately-available funds
in the amount of Seventy Five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($75,000)
(the “ Holdback Amount ”) provided that
the Seller and no Selling Shareholder has violated any material
terms of this Agreement or the Closing Documents and further
provided that Buyer does not have the right to offset the Holdback
Amount pursuant to Section 7.3. Subject to the notice and cure
provisions of Section 7.4, if the Buyer in good faith
determines that Seller or any of the Selling Shareholders has
violated any material terms of this Agreement, then Buyer will not
have to pay Seller the Holdback Amount portion of the Purchase
Price
(iii) On the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in this Agreement, including Buyer’s right of offset
pursuant to Section 7.3, following the Closing, Buyer shall
pay to Seller shares of Ultralife Common Stock if certain Sales
targets are met during the Measuring Period, as measured at the end
of each fiscal year (the “ Sales Payments
”), as follows:
(A) Thirty
Thousand (30,000) shares of Ultralife Common Stock shall be granted
to Seller on the first occasion that annual Sales during the
Measuring Period exceed Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000);
(B) Forty
Thousand (40,000) shares of Ultralife Common Stock shall be granted
to Seller on the first occasion that annual Sales during the
Measuring Period exceed Fifteen Million Dollars
($15,000,000);
(C) Sixty
Thousand (60,000) shares of Ultralife Common Stock shall be granted
to Seller on the first occasion that annual Sales during the
Measuring Period exceed Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000);
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(D)
Seventy Thousand (70,000) shares of Ultralife Common Stock shall be
granted to Seller on the first occasion that annual Sales during
the Measuring Period exceed Twenty Five Million Dollars
($25,000,000);
(E)
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall
the aggregate number of shares of Ultralife Common Stock issuable
as Sales Payments exceed 200,000 shares. In the event of a stock
split or other re-capitalization event affecting the Ultralife
Common Stock, the number of shares issuable as Sales Payments shall
be adjusted accordingly;
(F) Any
Sales Payments due from Buyer to Seller hereunder shall be made
within ten days of the completion of the audit by Buyer’s
independent public accounting firm of the Books and Records of
Buyer and its Affiliates during the Measuring Period;
and
(G)
Subject to the notice and cure provisions of Section 7.4,
Buyer will only make the Sales Payments described above to Seller
if the Buyer in good faith determines that neither Seller nor any
Selling Shareholder has violated any material terms of this
Agreement or the Closing Documents. Subject to the notice and cure
provisions of Section 7.4, if the Buyer in good faith
determines that Seller or any of the Selling Shareholders has
violated any material terms of this Agreement, then Buyer will not
have to pay Seller any Sales Payments after the occurrence of such
violation.
(iv) The following illustrates how the Sales Payments
are earned. If Sales were $12,000,000 during the fiscal year ending
on December 31, 2009, $21,000,000 during the fiscal year
ending on December 31, 2010, $22,000,000 during the fiscal
year ending on December 31, 2011 and $26,000,000 during the
fiscal year ending on December 31, 2012, then (1) Buyer
would issue to Seller 30,000 shares of Ultralife Common Stock for
the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2009 because the
$10,000,000 threshold was satisfied during the Measuring Period;
(2) Buyer would issue to Seller 100,000 shares of Ultralife
Common Stock for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010
because both the $15,000,000 and the $20,000,000 Sales thresholds
would have been satisfied during the Measuring Period;
(3) Buyer would not issue any shares of Ultralife Common Stock
to Seller for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2011
because the $10,000,000, $15,000,000 and $20,000,000 Sales
thresholds would have been already satisfied during the Measuring
Period and the additional Sales threshold (i.e., $25,000,000) would
not have been satisfied during such period; and (4) Buyer
would issue to Seller 70,000 shares of Ultralife Common Stock for
the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2012 because the
$25,000,000 threshold was satisfied during the Measuring
Period.
The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP, in Rochester, New York, commencing
at 10:00 a.m. local time on the second business day following the
satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the obligations of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (other
than conditions with respect to actions the respective Parties will
take at the Closing itself) or such other
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date as Buyer
and Seller may mutually determine (the “ Closing
Date ”); provided , however , that the
Closing Date shall be no later than November 12, 2008. The
required deliveries at Closing are set forth in
Article VII.
ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER AND SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
As of the date
hereof and (except as otherwise expressly stated herein) as of the
Closing, each of the Seller, and each Selling Shareholder, jointly
and severally, represents and warrants to Buyer as
follows:
Section 3.1 Organization and Power; Stock
Ownership.
Seller is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the Laws of the State of California. Seller has all requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and the
Closing Documents, to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder, to own, lease, operate and transfer the Transferred
Assets, and to carry on the Business as now being conducted. Seller
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where its ownership or
operation of the Transferred Assets or its conduct of the Business
requires such qualification, which jurisdictions are listed on
Schedule 3.1 .
Section 3.2 Authorization.
Seller has full
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and each Closing Document and to perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance by Seller
of this Agreement and each Closing Document have been duly and
validly authorized by Seller’s board of directors and, if
necessary, its shareholders.
Except for the
Approvals, no consent, approval, waiver, authorization or novation
is required to be obtained by Seller and no notice or filing is
required to be given by Seller to, or made by Seller with, any
Governmental Entity or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and
each Closing Document and the consummation of the
Transaction.
Section 3.4 Non-Contravention.
The execution,
delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement and each
Closing Document, and the consummation of the Transaction, do not
and will not: (a) violate any provision of the certificate of
incorporation, bylaws, or other organizational documents of Seller;
(b) assuming the receipt or making of all Approvals, conflict
with, or result in the breach of, or constitute a default under, or
result in the termination, cancellation or acceleration (whether
after the filing of notice or the lapse of time or both) of any
right or obligation of Seller under, or a loss of any benefit to
which Seller is entitled under, any Assumed Contract or any
contract to which Seller is a party, or result in the creation of
any Encumbrance (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) upon any of
the Transferred Assets; or (c) assuming the receipt or making
of all Approvals, violate or result in a breach of or
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constitute a
default under any Law, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other
restriction of any Governmental Entity to which Seller is
subject.
Section 3.5 Binding Effect.
This Agreement and
each Closing Document, when executed and delivered by Buyer,
Acquisition Sub and Seller, will constitute valid and legally
binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance
with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and
to general equity principles.
Section 3.6 Financial Statements.
Attached as
Schedule 3.6 are the following financial statements
(collectively the “ Financial Statements
”): (i) a reviewed balance sheet, statement of income
and retained earnings and cash flow statement as of and for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 (the “ Most
Recent Fiscal Year End ”) for Seller; and
(ii) unaudited balance sheets and profit and loss statements
for each fiscal quarter of Seller since December 31, 2007,
including the unaudited balance sheet and profit and loss statement
(the “ Most Recent Financial Statements
”) as of and for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008
(the “ Most Recent Fiscal Quarter ”) for
Seller. The Financial Statements are true, correct and complete in
all material respects, are consistent with Seller’s Books and
Records (which Books and Records are correct and complete) applied
on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby,
present fairly the financial condition of Seller as of such dates
and the results of operations of Seller for such
periods.
With respect to
all of the Transferred Assets, Seller has and will have at Closing:
(i) good title to all tangible property included in the
Transferred Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for
Permitted Encumbrances; and (ii) all right, title and interest
in and to all intangible property included in the Transferred
Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances except for Permitted
Encumbrances and, in the case of the Assumed Contracts, subject to
the rights of third parties thereunder. Seller will effectively
transfer such title to all of the Transferred Assets to Buyer at
Closing.
Section 3.8 Transferred Assets.
(a) The Transferred Assets, when taken together with the
Excluded Assets, constitute all properties, assets and leasehold
estates, real, personal and mixed, tangible and intangible,
comprising, used or useful in the operation of the Business on the
date hereof and immediately prior to Closing.
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8(b) ,
those Transferred Assets that are tangible and are presently being
used by Seller for manufacturing Products, are free from defects
(patent and latent), have been maintained in accordance with normal
industry practice, are in good operating condition and repair
(subject to normal wear and tear), and are suitable for the
purposes for which they are presently used and proposed to be
used.
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(c) All of the Inventory is good and marketable and, except
as set forth in Schedule 3.8(c) , all of the Software and
Products included in the Inventory are the respective current
versions thereof.
Section 3.9 Compliance With Laws.
(a) The Business has been and is being conducted in
compliance with all Laws, except for any non-compliance that would
not, individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse
Effect. The Seller has all Governmental Authorizations necessary
for the conduct of the Business as currently conducted, except for
those Governmental Authorizations the absence of which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) To Seller’s Knowledge, each of the premises of the
Business conforms to and complies with all covenants, conditions,
restrictions, reservations, land use, zoning, health, fire, water
and building codes and other similar Laws, and no such Laws
prohibit or limit or condition the use or operation of such
premises as currently used and operated. There is no pending, or to
Seller’s Knowledge, contemplated, threatened or anticipated
change in the zoning classification of any of such premises. To
Seller’s Knowledge, Seller has operated and maintained such
premises in accordance with applicable Laws.
Section 3.10 Litigation and Claims.
Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.10 : (a) there is no civil,
criminal or administrative Claim or investigation pending or, to
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, against Seller or any Seller
Affiliate with respect to or relating to the Business, any of the
Transferred Assets or Assumed Liabilities; and (b) neither the
Business, nor any of the Transferred Assets nor any Assumed
Liability is subject to any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree of any Governmental Entity or of any
arbitrator.
Section 3.11 Undisclosed Liabilities.
Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.11 , Seller has no Liability (and
to Seller’s Knowledge, there is no basis for any present or
future action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge,
complaint, claim, or demand against any of them giving rise to any
Liability), except for (i) Liabilities set forth on the face
of the Most Recent Financial Statements and (ii) Liabilities
which have arisen after the Most Recent Fiscal Quarter in the
Ordinary Course (none of which results from, arises out of, relates
to, is in the nature of, or was caused by any breach of contract,
breach of warranty, tort, infringement, or violation of
law).
Section 3.12 Intellectual Property.
(a) Seller owns or has the right to use pursuant to written
license, sublicense, agreements or permission all of the
Transferred Intellectual Property. Each item of Transferred
Intellectual Property and Seller’s rights under the Assumed
License Agreement will be owned or available for use by right by
Buyer immediately upon Closing, without the payment of any
additional amounts to any third party, other than applicable
Assumed Liabilities. Upon Closing, all available patent rights as
to any of the Transferred Intellectual Property or any of the
Products may be pursued exclusively by Buyer.
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(b) Seller owns and Buyer will receive at Closing, free and
clear of all Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances), all
Intellectual Property and other proprietary information, processes
and formulae used in, related to or arising from the Business or
otherwise necessary for the ownership, maintenance and use of the
Transferred Assets and the conduct of the Business.
(c) To Seller’s Knowledge, Seller has not interfered
with, infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise violated
(whether through the use of the Transferred Intellectual Property
or otherwise) any Intellectual Property rights of any third party,
and no Claim has been asserted by any Person as to the use of the
Transferred Intellectual Property or alleging any such
interference, infringement, misappropriation or violation
(including any Claim that Seller must license or refrain from using
any Intellectual Property rights of any third party), and Seller
does not know of any valid basis for any such Claim. To
Seller’s Knowledge, no third party has interfered with,
infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise violated any rights of
Seller with respect to the Transferred Intellectual Property.
Seller has made available to Buyer all infringement studies,
including opinions of counsel, prepared by or on behalf of
Seller.
(d) Schedule 2.1(c)(i) identifies all Software
of Seller. Seller has made available to Buyer correct and complete
copies of all Software that is Transferred Intellectual Property,
as amended to date, and has made available to Buyer correct and
complete copies of all other written documentation evidencing
ownership and prosecution (if applicable) of each such item of
Software. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(d) ,
with respect to each such item of Software:
(i) the Software is not subject to any outstanding
injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge nor, to
Seller’s Knowledge, is any of the foregoing
threatened;
(ii) no Claim or investigation is pending or, to
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, which challenges the
legality, validity, enforceability, use or ownership of the
Software; and
(iii) Seller has not agreed to indemnify any Person
for or against any interference, infringement, misappropriation or
other violation with respect to the Software.
(e) Schedule 2.1(c)(ii) ,
Schedule 2.1(c)(iii) and
Schedule 2.1(c)(iv) identify each Patent, Trademark and
Copyright of Seller. Seller has made available to Buyer correct and
complete copies of all Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights related
to such Transferred Intellectual Property, as amended to date, and
has made available to Buyer correct and complete copies of all
other written documentation evidencing ownership and prosecution
(if applicable) of each such Patent, Trademark or Copyright,
including all applications, registrations and prosecution
materials. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(e) ,
with respect to each such Patent, Trademark and
Copyright:
(i) the Patent, Trademark or Copyright is not subject
to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or
charge nor, to Seller’s Knowledge, is any of the foregoing
threatened;
(ii) no Claim or investigation is pending or, to
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, which challenges the
legality, validity, enforceability, use or ownership of the Patent,
Trademark or Copyright;
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(iii) Seller has not agreed to indemnify any Person
for or against any interference, infringement, misappropriation or
other violation with respect to the Patent, Trademark or Copyright;
and
(iv) Seller has not taken, nor does it know of, any
actions, including a sale or offer for sale, the disclosure of
which could lead to the invalidity of any resulting Patent,
Trademark or Copyright.
(f) Schedule 2.1(e) identifies each Product and
Seller has made available to Buyer correct and complete copies of
all items related to the same, as amended to date, and has made
available to Buyer correct and complete copies of all other written
documentation evidencing ownership and prosecution (if applicable)
of each such Product, including all applications, registrations and
prosecution materials. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.12(f) , with respect to each
Product:
(i) the Product is not subject to any outstanding
injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge nor, to
Seller’s Knowledge, is any of the foregoing
threatened;
(ii) no Claim or investigation is pending or, to
Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, which challenges the
legality, validity, enforceability, use or ownership of the
Product;
(iii) Seller has not agreed to indemnify any Person
for or against any interference, infringement, misappropriation or
other violation with respect to the Product.
(g) With respect to each Assumed License
Agreement:
(i) the Assumed License Agreement is legal, valid,
binding, enforceable and in full force and effect with respect to
Seller and, to Seller’s Knowledge, any other party
thereto;
(ii) the Assumed License Agreement will continue to be
legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect
with respect to Buyer and any other party thereto following the
consummation of the Transaction;
(iii) neither Seller nor to Seller’s Knowledge,
any other party to the Assumed License Agreement is in breach or
default, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of
time would constitute a breach or default or permit termination,
modification or acceleration thereunder;
(iv) neither Seller nor to Seller’s Knowledge,
any other party to the Assumed License Agreement has repudiated any
material provision thereof or threatened any breach
thereof;
(v) to the Seller’s Knowledge, (i) with
respect to each Assumed License Agreement that is a sublicense of
Intellectual Property owned by a third party, the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.12(g)(i) through
Section 3.12(g)(iv) are true and correct with respect to the
underlying license; and (ii) no Claim or investigation is
pending or threatened that challenges the legality, validity or
enforceability of the Intellectual Property owned by a third party
underlying the Assumed License Agreement, and there is no basis for
any such Claim.
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(h) Schedule 3.12(h) sets forth the form and
placement of the proprietary legends and copyright notices
displayed in or on the Software. To Seller’s Knowledge, in no
instance has the eligibility of the Software for protection under
applicable copyright law been forfeited to the public domain by
omission of any required notice or any other action.
(i) Seller has promulgated and used its commercially
reasonable efforts to enforce the trade secret protection program
set forth in Schedule 3.12(i) . To Seller’s
Knowledge, there has been no material violation of such program by
any Person. To Seller’s Knowledge, the Transferred
Intellectual Property (including any source code and system
documentation relating to the Software): (i) has at all times
been maintained in confidence; and (ii) has been disclosed by
Seller only to employees and consultants having a “need to
know” the contents thereof in connection with the performance
of their duties to Seller.
(j) To Seller’s Knowledge, all personnel, including
employees, agents, consultants and contractors, who have
contributed to or participated in the conception, reduction to
practice or development of the Technical Documentation, Transferred
Intellectual Property and Products on behalf of Seller either:
(i) have been party to a “work-for-hire”
arrangement or agreement with Seller, in accordance with applicable
federal and state law, that has accorded Seller full, effective,
exclusive and original ownership of, and all right, title and
interest in and to, all tangible and intangible property thereby
arising; or (ii) have executed appropriate instruments of
assignment in favor of Seller as assignee that have conveyed to
Seller full, effective and exclusive ownership of all right, title
and interest in and to all tangible and intangible property arising
thereby.
Section 3.13 Adequacy of Technical
Documentation.
The Technical
Documentation includes the source code, system documentation,
statements of principles of operation and schematics for all of the
Intellectual Property, as well as any pertinent commentary or
explanation, including any commentary contained in any source code,
that may be necessary to Seller’s Knowledge, to render such
materials understandable to Buyer and, with respect to any
Software, usable by a trained computer programmer.
Section 3.14 Intellectual Property Rights Granted to
Seller.
(a) Schedule 3.14(a) lists each license,
sublicense, agreement and permission by which Seller uses or has
right, prospective rights to such rights or interests in any
Intellectual Property owned by a third party. Seller has made
available to Buyer correct and complete copies of all such
licenses, sublicenses and agreements (as amended to date). The
Seller has not obtained any such rights in any Intellectual
Property under any oral license, sublicense, agreement or
permission.
(b) Seller has obtained the full, unrestricted and legal
right and license to use, make, have made, copy, publicly display,
publicly perform, modify and distribute the third-party
Intellectual Property contained in the Transferred Intellectual
Property and Technical Documentation pursuant to the Assumed
License Agreements. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.14(b) , to Seller’s Knowledge, the
Transferred Intellectual Property and the Technical Documentation
contain no other programming, materials or Intellectual Property in
which any third party may claim superior, joint or common
ownership, including any right or license. The Transferred
Intellectual Property and the Technical Documentation do not
contain derivative works, reproductions or copies of any
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programming or
materials not owned in their entirety by Seller and included in the
Transferred Assets.
Section 3.15 Third-Party Interests in Intellectual
Property.
Schedule 3.15 identifies each license, sublicense,
agreement and permission by which a third-party uses or has rights,
prospective rights to such rights or interests in any Intellectual
Property or Technical Documentation owned by Seller. Seller has
made available to Buyer correct and complete copies of all such
agreements (as amended to date). The Seller has not granted any
such rights in any Intellectual Property under any oral license,
sublicense, agreement or permission. The licenses and sublicenses
set forth on Schedule 3.15 constitute only end-user
agreements, each in a standard form previously disclosed to Buyer
and each of which grants the end-user thereunder solely the
non-exclusive right and license to use an identified Intellectual
Property and related user documentation, for internal purposes
only. There are no contracts, agreements, licenses and other
commitments and arrangements in effect with respect to the
marketing, distribution, licensing, or promotion of t
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