Exhibit 10.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (the
“ Agreement ”) is made as of May 1,
2009 (the “Effective Date”), by and between Asempra
(Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC, in its sole and
limited capacity as Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of
Asempra Technologies, Inc. (the “ Seller
”), with principal offices located at 1100 La Avenida,
Mountain View, CA 94043, and BakBone Software, Inc., a California
corporation (the “ Buyer ”), with
principal offices located at 9540 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA
92121.
RECITALS
A. By resolution of the board of
directors (the “ Board ”) of Asempra
Technologies, Inc., a California corporation (the “
Assignor ”), as memorialized in the duly
executed minutes, Assignor has transferred ownership of all its
right, title and interest in and to tangible and intangible assets
(the “ Assets ”) to Seller, and in so
doing has also designated Seller to act, pursuant to California
law, as the Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of Assignor. The
General Assignment agreement (the “ General
Assignment ”) between Assignor and Seller, as
assignee, is attached hereto as Exhibit A .
B. Seller and Buyer have identified
a subset of the Assets that Buyer desires to purchase from Seller
(the “Required Assets” ). The Required
Assets are listed in Section 1.2 below. After consummation of
the Closing contemplated under this Agreement, Seller will
liquidate any remaining Assets that are not Required Assets (the
“ Remaining Assets” ), and will undertake
the winding down of Assignor, which shall ultimately include, but
shall not be limited to, the distribution of net funds, after
payment of fees and costs associated with the liquidation and
winding down, to Assignor’s creditors, which are generated
from the sale of the Assets.
C. Seller desires to sell to Buyer,
and Buyer desires to purchase from Seller, the Required Assets, on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the above recitals and the mutual covenants hereinafter set forth,
Buyer and Seller hereby agree as follows:
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1.
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PURCHASE
AND SALE OF REQUIRED ASSETS .
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1.1 Agreement to Sell and
Purchase Required Assets . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, and in reliance on the representations, warranties and
covenants set forth in this Agreement, Seller agrees to sell,
assign, transfer and convey to Buyer at the Closing (as defined in
Section 2.2 below), and Buyer agrees to purchase and acquire
from Seller at the Closing, all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to all of the Required Assets. The Required Assets
will be sold, assigned, transferred and conveyed to Buyer (subject
to Section 1.3) on the Closing Date “as is” and
“where is”, with no representations or warranties other
than those specifically set forth below, and subject to any and all
pledges, liens, licenses, rights of possession, security interests,
restrictions, encumbrances, charges, title retention, conditional
sale or other security arrangements of any nature whatsoever
(collectively, “Encumbrances”
).
1.2 Required Assets
Defined . As used in
this Agreement, the term “ Required Assets
” means, collectively, Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to (a) all intellectual property rights or
interests relating in any way to all or any part of the Asempra BCS
product family, including, without limitation, any software,
hardware and firmware relating thereto, in object and source code
form; all patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and other
applications therefore; all user manuals, reference manuals and
other documentation and materials relating to any Required Assets;
and any derivative works, foreign language versions, fixes,
upgrades, updates, enhancements and new versions thereof;
(b) any and all rights, claims and interests relating to the
Required Assets, any employee or third party confidentiality
nondisclosure, intellectual property or other proprietary rights
assignment agreement, or any claims or rights for breach thereof,
as the same relate to Required Assets; and (c) those assets
listed in Exhibit B attached hereto, provided, however, that
the Required Assets shall not, under any circumstances, include
Seller’s or Assignor’s (i) cash,
(ii) accounts receivable, (iii) claims or preference or
fraudulent conveyance recoveries under applicable law,
(iv) state or federal tax refunds, (v) insurance refunds
or recoveries, (vi) utility or leasehold security deposits,
(vii) customer contracts, and (viii) real property
leases.
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However, the remaining assets of Seller shall be
stripped of all Required Assets, including the removal of all
software and documentation from such assets besides Required
Assets, with no trace of any Required Assets left behind at Seller.
Buyer shall promptly execute and deliver to Seller any and all such
further assignments, endorsements and other documents as Seller may
reasonably request for the purpose of effectuating the terms and
conditions of this Section.
1.3 Asset Transfer; Passage of
Title; Delivery .
(a) Title Passage . Except as
otherwise provided in this Section, upon the Closing, title to all
of the Required Assets shall pass to Buyer; and Seller shall make
available to Buyer possession of all of the Required Assets as
provided in subsection 1.3(b), and shall further, upon
Buyer’s request, execute assignments, conveyances and/or
bills of sale reasonably requested to convey to Buyer title to all
the Required Assets, subject to the Encumbrances not discharged
pursuant to this Agreement, in accordance with Section 1.1 of
this Agreement, as well as such other instruments of conveyance as
counsel for Buyer may reasonably deem necessary to effect or
evidence the transfers contemplated hereby; provided that, as
provided in Section 8.1, Buyer’s obligation to close
shall be subject to the Buyer’s satisfaction with the
elimination of the lien by ATEL Ventures, Inc. (“
ATEL ”) on the Required Assets. The intent of
the parties is that the first goal of the use of the Purchase Price
is to discharge ATEL’s lien, but that, once Buyer closes, the
balance of the Purchase Price can be retained by Seller, except as
the parties hereto may otherwise agree in any amendment hereto at
or before the closing.
(b) Delivery of Required
Assets . On the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2.2),
Seller shall make available to Buyer possession of the Required
Assets, provided however, that the expenses of retrieving, removing
and transferring the Required Assets shall be borne exclusively by
Buyer.
(c) Release of Encumbrances .
On the Closing Date Seller shall deliver to Buyer in form
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer (the “Encumbrance Release
Arrangements”) a release of the lien by ATEL on the
Required Assets.
(d) Retention of Documents .
As Assignee, Seller is responsible for maintaining business records
during the assignment process and, among other things, will have to
prepare and file final tax returns. To the extent Buyer requires
business records of Assignor that Seller requires to administer the
assignment estate, Buyer shall, at its own expense, arrange to
obtain copies of such records from Seller.
1.4 Release
. Seller shall execute and perform
the Release in the form of Exhibit E hereto (the “
Release ”).
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2.
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PURCHASE
PRICE; PAYMENTS .
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2.1 Purchase Price
. In consideration of the
sale, transfer, conveyance and assignment of all the Required
Assets to Buyer at the Closing, Buyer shall: (a) pay Three
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000) in cash consideration,
which shall be paid to Seller by wire transfer at the Closing less
the amount required to discharge or satisfy the claim of ATEL
pursuant to its agreement with Seller as set forth on Exhibit
D hereto; and (b) cause BakBone Software Incorporated, a
Canadian corporation (“ Parent ”) to
issue Three Million Eight Hundred Forty-Six Thousand One Hundred
Fifty-Four (3,846,154) common shares of Parent (the “
Parent Common Shares ”), which shall be issued
to Seller less the amount required to discharge or satisfy the
claim of ATEL pursuant to its agreement with Seller as set forth on
Exhibit D hereto (collectively, the “ Purchase
Price ”). ”
2.2 Closing.
The consummation of the purchase and
sale of the Required Assets contemplated hereby will take place at
a closing to be held at the offices of Morrison & Foerster
LLP, 12531 High Bluff Drive, San Diego, California (the
“Closing” ), on May 1, 2009 (the
“Closing Date” ), or at such other time
or date, and at such place, or by such other means of exchanging
documents, as may be agreed to by the parties hereto. If the
Closing does not occur on or prior to May 1, 2009, or such
later date upon which Buyer and Seller may agree in writing, this
Agreement shall terminate upon written notice of termination given
by either party hereto that is not in default of its obligations
hereunder, and thereupon this Agreement shall become null and void
and no party hereto will have any further rights or obligations
hereunder, except that Sections 6.1 and 7.3 shall survive such
termination.
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2.3 Termination of License
Agreement. On the
Closing Date, Buyer shall pay One Hundred Twenty Five Thousand
Dollars ($125,000) to Seller by wire transfer, in full payment of
accrued royalties owed by Buyer to Assignor or Seller as of the
Closing Date pursuant to that certain Technology Development and
License Agreement dated February 8, 2008 by and between
Assignor and Buyer (the “ License Agreement
”). Upon receipt of such payment by Seller, the License
Agreement shall terminate and shall be of no further force or
effect.
3.1 Liabilities and
Obligations Not Assumed . Buyer shall not assume or become obligated in
any way to pay any liabilities, debts or obligations of Seller or
of Assignor whatsoever, including but not limited to any
liabilities or obligations now or hereafter arising from
Assignor’s business activities that took place prior to the
Closing or any liabilities arising out of or connected to the
liquidation and winding down of Assignor’s business. All
liabilities, debts, and obligations of Seller and of Assignor not
expressly assumed by Buyer hereunder are hereinafter referred to as
the “ Excluded Liabilities .”
3.2 No Obligations to Third
Parties . The
execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not be deemed to
confer any rights upon any person or entity other than the parties
hereto, or make any person or entity a third party beneficiary of
this Agreement, or to obligate either party to any person or entity
other than the parties to this Agreement.
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4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER .
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Buyer hereby represents and warrants
to Seller that all the following statements are true, accurate and
correct:
4.1 Due Organization
. Buyer is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the
laws of California. Buyer has all necessary power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and all other documents that Buyer is
required to execute and deliver hereunder, and holds or will timely
hold all permits, licenses, orders and approvals of all federal,
state and local governmental or regulatory bodies necessary and
required therefore.
4.2 Power and Authority; No
Default . Buyer has
all requisite power and authority to enter into and deliver this
Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The signing,
delivery and performance by Buyer of this Agreement, and the
consummation of all the transactions contemplated hereby, have been
duly and validly authorized by Buyer. This Agreement, when signed
and delivered by Buyer, will be duly and validly executed and
delivered and will be the valid and binding obligation of Buyer,
enforceable against Buyer in accordance with its terms, subject to
the laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and relief of debtors,
and rules and laws governing specific performance, injunctions,
relief and other equitable remedies.
4.3 Authorization for this
Agreement . No
authorization, approval, consent of, or filing with any
governmental body, department, bureau, agency, public board,
authority or other third party is required for the consummation by
Buyer of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
4.4 Litigation
. To the best of
Buyer’s knowledge, there is no litigation, suit, action,
arbitration, inquiry, investigation or proceeding pending or, to
the knowledge of Buyer, threatened, before any court, agency or
other governmental body against Buyer (or any corporation or entity
affiliated with Buyer) which seeks to enjoin or prohibit or
otherwise prevent the transactions contemplated hereby.
4.5 Validity of Parent Common
Shares. The Parent
Common Shares, when issued, sold and delivered in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully
paid, and nonassessable, and will be free of liens, encumbrances or
restrictions on transfer, other than encumbrances or restrictions
on transfer under this Agreement and under applicable state
and
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federal securities laws. The offer, sale and
issuance of the Parent Common Shares pursuant to this Agreement are
exempt from the registration requirements of applicable state and
federal securities laws, and neither Parent nor any authorized
agent acting on its behalf will take any action hereafter that
would cause the loss of such exemption.
4.6 Parent Periodic
Reports . Each of
Parent’s (a) Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2008 (the “ 10-K ”),
(b) Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30,
2008, September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2008
(together, the “ 10-Qs ”), (c) Proxy
Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(“ SEC ”) on February 25, 2009, and
(d) Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 28, 2008 does
not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state a material fact. Parent’s financial statements included
in the 10-K and the 10-Qs have been prepared in accordance with
U.S. GAAP, are true and correct in all material respects and
present fairly the financial condition and operating results of
Parent.
4.7 No Conflicts
. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in (a) a
violation or constitute, with or without the passage of time and
giving of notice, a default under any provision of Buyer’s
constitutive documents, or (b) a breach or violation in any
material respect of any material agreement, judgment, order, writ,
decree, or (c) the creation of any material lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any assets of Buyer, or (d) the suspension,
revocation, impairment, forfeiture, or non-renewal of any material
permit, license, authorization, or approval applicable to Buyer,
its business or operations or any of its assets or
properties.
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5.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER .
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Seller represents and warrants to
Buyer that all of the following statements are true, accurate and
correct:
5.1 Corporate Organization
. Seller is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of California.
5.2 Power and Authority; No
Default Upon Transfer . As Assignee, Seller has all requisite power and
authority to enter into and deliver this Agreement and to perform
its obligations hereunder and under the General Assignment. The
signing, delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement, and
the consummation of all the transactions contemplated hereby, have
been duly and validly authorized by Seller. To the best of
Seller’s knowledge, the General Assignment was duly
authorized by Assignor’s Board and is a valid agreement
binding on the Assignor and Seller. This Agreement, when signed and
delivered by Seller, will be duly and validly executed and
delivered and will be the valid and binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable against Seller, as Assignee, in accordance with its
terms as governed by applicable law, regulations and rules. Neither
the signing and delivery of this Agreement by Seller, nor the
performance by Seller of its obligations under this Agreement, will
(i) violate Seller’s Articles of Incorporation or
Bylaws, or (ii) to the best of Seller’s knowledge,
violate any law, statute, rule or regulation or order,