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BSQUARE Corporation | TestQuest, Inc

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Title: ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Washington Date: 5/7/2009
Industry: Software and Programming Sector: Technology

EXHIBIT 10.18

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of this 18th day of November, 2008, by and between BSQUARE Corporation, a Washington corporation (“ Buyer ”), and TestQuest, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Seller ”). Buyer and Seller are sometimes each referred to as a “ Party ” and collectively referred to herein as the “ Parties .”

WHEREAS, Buyer desires to acquire from Seller, and Seller desires to sell to Buyer, certain assets of Seller on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Parties have executed a term sheet dated October 28, 2008, relating to the sale of assets as contemplated herein (the “ Term Sheet ”);

Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants set forth below, the Parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this Section 1 :

“ Acquired Assets ” means all right, title and interest in and to all of the assets of Seller solely related to Seller’s business (the “ Test Business ”) which include, but are not limited to, those identified on Schedule 1-A to this Agreement, and specifically do not include the Excluded Assets. The Acquired Assets include (i) all of Seller’s equipment and other tangible assets related to the Test Business, including, any servers on which any source code relating to the Test Business resides, but excluding any leased equipment that has not been fully paid prior to Closing; (ii) all of Seller’s intangible assets related to the Test Business, including, without limitation, the intellectual property identified in Schedule 1-A (all such intangible assets shall hereinafter be collectively referred to as the “ TQ Intellectual Property ”); (iii) all personal computers and necessary personal equipment associated with Seller’s personnel, but excluding any leased computer equipment that has not been fully paid prior to Closing; (iv) all rights under the Contracts; (v) all of Seller’s rights, claims, prepays, credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties relating solely to the Acquired Assets, including, without limitation, unliquidated rights under warranties; (vi) all permits, authorizations, consents and approvals of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority affecting or relating in any way to the Test Business to the extent that they are assignable; (vii) all books, records files and papers, whether in hard copy or electronic format, used for the Test Business, including, without limitation, engineering information, sales and promotional literature, sales and purchase correspondence relating to the Acquired Assets, manuals and data, lists of present, former and prospective suppliers or customers, business contacts, personnel and employment records; (viii) all third-party computer software programs (e.g. source code server), data and associated licenses used in connection with the Test Business to the extent such licenses are assignable; (ix) all goodwill associated with the Test Business or the Acquired Assets, together with the right to represent to third parties that Buyer is the successor to the Test Business; (x) all rights to bring and defend claims or causes of action related to any of the Acquired Assets; and (xi) all Accounts Receivable.

“ Affiliate ” means any Person that directly or indirectly through one of more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by agreement or otherwise and, in any event and without limitation of the previous sentence, any Person owning fifty percent (50%) or more of the voting securities of another Person shall be deemed to control that Person.

Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this agreement. This agreement omits the information subject to the confidential treatment request. Omissions are designated as ***. A complete version of this agreement has been filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“ Assumed Liabilities ” means (a) the accrued vacation liability and commissions of each of the Employees in the amounts specified for each Employee as set forth in Schedule 3-B ; (b) the obligations and liabilities of Seller relating to the Test Business for the parties and in the amounts as set forth in Schedule 2 ; (c) any obligations and liabilities under the Contracts arising on or after the Closing.

“ Closing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) .

“ Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8(a) .

“ Consultants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(e) .

“ Contracts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(i) .

“Critical Employees” has the meaning set forth in Schedule 3 .

“ Excluded Assets ” means all Seller’s cash and investments, the Seller’s company stock of all subsidiary and branch offices and those assets whereby Seller currently has an outstanding lease agreement that will not be fulfilled at the time of Closing as set forth in Schedule 1-B.

“ Employees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(e) .

“First Installment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii) .

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“ Governmental or Regulatory Authority ” means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official or other instrumentality of the United States, any foreign country or any domestic or foreign state, county, city or other political subdivision.

“ Leases ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(l) .

“ Liability ” means any liability (whether known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or to become due), including any liability for Taxes.

“ Material Adverse Effect ” means (a) any material adverse change in or effect on the Test Business, prospects, or results of operations in respect of the Test Business, the Acquired Assets or the Assumed Liabilities or (b) any material adverse change in or effect on the ability of Seller to perform its obligations hereunder.

“ Party ” and “ Parties ” have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“ Person ” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, or a governmental entity (or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof).

“ Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) .

“ Required Consents ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(j) .

“ Schedules ” means the Schedules attached to this Agreement.

“ Second Installment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(iii) .

“ Security Interest ” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, attachment, encumbrance, charge, or other security interest.

“ Seller’s Knowledge ” and like terms as used herein mean the knowledge that any one of Martin Hahn, John Kirsten, or Richard Couch obtains using the care of a prudent business person after making due inquiries of all of Martin Hahn’s direct reports. The inclusion of these named persons notwithstanding, Buyer agrees that none of these individuals shall be held individually liable for any breach of any of Seller’s obligations under this Agreement.

“ SVB ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(ii) .

“ Tax ” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not.

“Term Sheet” has the meaning set forth in the second WHEREAS clause above.

2. Sale and Purchase .

(a) Sale and Purchase of Acquired Assets . On and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and for the consideration specified in this Section 2 , Buyer hereby purchases from Seller, and Seller hereby sells, transfers, conveys, and delivers to Buyer, the Acquired Assets.

(b) No Assumption of Liabilities. Buyer shall neither assume nor become responsible for any of Seller’s Liabilities other than the Assumed Liabilities.

(c) Purchase Price . The “Purchase Price” for the Acquired Assets shall be two million two hundred thousand US dollars ($2,200,000), subject to adjustment as set forth below in Section 5(g) . The Purchase Price shall be paid as follows:

(i) On October 30, 2008, pursuant to the provisions of the Term Sheet, Buyer delivered two hundred thousand US dollars ($200,000) to Seller as an advance against the Purchase Price (the “ Deposit ”);

(ii) At Closing, Buyer shall pay one million seven hundred thousand US Dollars ($1,700,000) (the “ First Installment ”) to be paid $413,074.73 to Seller and $1,286,925.27 to Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) pursuant to the wire instructions set forth in Section 8(c) below; and

(iii) On or prior to December 5, 2008, Buyer shall pay to Seller, three hundred thousand US dollars ($300,000) less any adjustments as provided in Section 5(g) (the “ Second Installment ”). Buyer agrees that it will not withhold payment for any amount of the Second Installment, except such amounts that are to be deducted pursuant to Section 5(g) or that are subject to a good faith dispute.

(d) Expenses . Buyer will pay up to a maximum of thirty five thousand US dollars ($35,000) to reimburse Martin Hahn or other Employees for expenses that are pre-approved by Buyer and incurred between the date the Term Sheet was signed and Closing.

3. Representations and Warranties of Seller . Except as set forth on the Seller Disclosure Schedule attached hereto as Schedule 4, Seller represents and warrants to Buyer, as of the Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Organization and Standing . Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is qualified to conduct business in each jurisdiction in which it conducts business, except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Authority, Authorization and Enforceability . Seller has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, license, lease and use the Acquired Assets as presently owned, licensed, leased and used by it. Seller has full power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, the authority to transfer the Acquired Assets to Buyer. All action by Seller necessary for the authorization, execution, deliver and performance of this Agreement, including, without limitation, all required payments to and releases from any debtors, any required approvals by Seller’s board of directors and shareholders, has been taken. This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of Seller, enforceable in accordance with its terms and conditions.

(c) ) Noncontravention . To Seller’s Knowledge neither the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, will: (i) violate any constitution, statute, regulation, rule, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, charge, or other restriction of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority to which Seller or the Acquired Assets are subject; or (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under, any agreement, contract, lease, license, instrument, or other arrangement to which Seller is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any Security Interest upon any of Seller’s assets). Seller does not need to give any notice to, make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or approval of any Governmental or Regulatory Authority or any other third party in order for the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(d) Brokers’ Fees . Seller has no Liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which Buyer could become liable or obligated.

(e) Title to Assets . Seller has good and marketable title to the Acquired Assets, free and clear of any Security Interest or restriction on transfer, and upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Buyer shall enjoy good and marketable title to all of the Acquired Assets, free and clear of any Security Interest or restriction on transfer.

(f) Litigation . No action, suit, or proceeding is pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened, that affects any of the Acquired Assets, or that would (i) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation or (iii) affect adversely the right of Buyer to own the Acquired Assets, and no such injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or charge is in effect.

g) Intellectual Property .

(i) Seller owns or possesses sufficient legal rights to all TQ Intellectual Property without any conflict with, or infringement of, the rights of others. Neither the development, manufacture, marketing, license, sale or use of any product, service or TQ Intellectual Property currently licensed, used or sold by Seller or currently under development violates or will violate any license, requirements, restrictions or agreement to which Seller is a party, or infringes or will infringe any copyright, patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret or other intellectual property or other proprietary right of any other party. All registered trademarks, service marks, patents and copyrights relating to the TQ Intellectual Property, if any, are valid and subsisting.

(ii) There are no outstanding options, licenses, agreements, claims, third-party software and/or third-party software rights, encumbrances or shared ownership interests of any kind relating to, or incorporated within, the TQ Intellectual Property, nor is Seller bound by or a party to any options, licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information, proprietary rights and processes of any other Person. No third party has any right to compensation (including, without limitation, fees or royalties) from Seller by reason of use of the TQ Intellectual Property or conduct of the Test Business, and Seller has not received any notice nor does Seller have any knowledge of any complaint, assertion, threat, or allegation inconsistent with the preceding statements in this paragraph.

(iii) Seller has obtained and possesses valid licenses to use all of the software programs present on the computers and other software-enabled electronic devices that are included in the Acquired Assets.

(iv) Seller has not embedded any open source, copyleft or community source code in the TQ Intellectual Property or any of the other Acquired Assets, including, but not limited to, any libraries or code licensed under any General Public License, Lesser General Public License or similar license arrangement (“ Publicly Available Software ”) in a manner that may subject the TQ Intellectual Property, in whole or in part, to the license obligations of any Publicly Available Software.

(v) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including, without limitation, the continued conduct by Buyer after the Closing Date of the Test Business as presently conducted by Seller and the incorporation of any TQ Intellectual Property in any products or services of Buyer) will not breach, violate or conflict with any instrument or agreement governing any TQ Intellectual Property necessary or required for, or used in, the conduct of the Test Business as presently conducted and will not cause the forfeiture or termination or give rise to a right of forfeiture or termination of any such TQ Intellectual Property or in any material way impair the right of Buyer or any of its affiliates to use, sell, license or dispose of, or to bring any action for the infringement of, any such TQ Intellectual Property or portion thereof.

(vi) There is no pending or threatened claim or litigation contesting the validity, ownership or right to use, sell, license or dispose of any of the Acquired Assets (including, without limitation, the TQ Intellectual Property) necessary or required for, or used in, the conduct of the Test Business as presently conducted nor is there any basis for any such claim, nor has Seller received any notice asserting that any such Acquired Asset (including, without limitation, the TQ Intellectual Property) or the proposed use, sale, license or disposition thereof conflicts or will conflict with the rights of any other party, nor is there any basis for any such assertion. To Seller’s knowledge, there is no material unauthorized use, infringement or misappropriation on the part of any third party of the Acquired Assets (including, without limitation, the TQ Intellectual Property).

(vii) Seller has taken all reasonable and necessary steps to maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of, and its proprietary rights in, all information or technology necessary or required for, or used in, the conduct of the Test Business as presently conducted. This includes, without limitation, entering into confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements with all officers, employees and contractors of and consultants to Seller, and customers who have had access to or knowledge of the Acquired Assets (including, without limitation, the TQ Intellectual Property). The Seller has provided to Buyer copies of the employee confidentiality agreements. To Seller’s Knowledge, these confidentiality obligations have not been breached.

(viii) All fees to maintain Seller’s rights in the TQ Intellectual Property, including, without limitation, all professional fees in connection therewith pertaining to the TQ Intellectual Property due and payable on or before the Closing Date, have been paid by Seller.

(ix) No rights in or to any of the TQ Intellectual Property used by the Seller will be lost, limited, or rendered liable to termination, by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(h) Sufficiency and Condition of the Acquired Assets . The Acquired Assets are sold “as is”. However, to Seller’s Knowledge, the Acquired Assets are free from defects (patent and latent). The Acquired Assets are suitable for the purposes for which they presently are used.

(i) Contracts; Customers .

(i) Seller has included in Section 3(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule a list of all of the contracts and agreements related to the Test Business and the Acquired Assets and all Test Business licensing, professional engineering services and other customer contracts, under which Seller is currently performing work and/or business. The Acquired Assets shall include all of the contracts set forth in Section 3(i) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule (except those designated as excluded) and shall be assigned to Buyer at Closing (the “ Contracts ”).

(ii) Seller has made available to Buyer true and complete copies of all of the Contracts, including all amendments and modifications thereto. Any and all amendments and modification to the Contracts are in writing. Except as set forth in the Seller Disclosure Schedule, (1) none of the Contracts contain any obligation of Seller to make payments of any kind, whether to the counterparty or a third party, and whether such obligation is direct, contingent, potential or actual and (2) Seller has not taken any action, or failed to take any action, that would trigger a payment obligation of Seller under any Contract. All of the Contracts are valid and binding and in full force and effect and legally enforceable in accordance with their terms upon the other parties thereto. There is no breach or default by Seller under any of the Contracts or, to the knowledge of Seller, by any other party thereto, except for such breaches and defaults which in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(iii)***

(iv) No party under any of the Contracts has cancelled or otherwise terminated its relationship with Seller or has materially decreased its usage or purchase of the services or products of Seller that are to be provided under any of the current Contracts. No party under any of the Contracts has, to Seller’s Knowledge, any plan or intention to terminate, cancel

or otherwise adversely modify its relationship, as set forth in the current Contracts with Seller (or, following the Closing, with Buyer). No party under any of the Contracts has, to Seller’s Knowledge, notified Seller that it plans or intends to decrease or limit its usage or purchase of any products or services of Seller (or, following the Closing, of Buyer) that is part of a current Contract or that Seller has represented to Buyer as being an order that is in process.

(v) Seller has not entered into any agreements, oral or written, whereby any source code related to any of the Acquired Assets has been provided or licensed to any third party.

(j) Consents . Section 3(j) of the Seller Disclosure Schedule lists each consent, notification, approval, permit or authorization of, or declaration to or filing with any governmental or regulatory authority, or any other third party that is required to consummate this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, to effect the assignment of any Contract (the “ Required Consents ”).

(k) Payroll . Employees will continue to receive their normal compensation from the Seller through the Closing Date, less ordinary withholdings as normally processed through payroll. Seller shall be responsible for all amounts of compensation accrued but not yet paid as of the Closing Date (including accrued but unpaid bonuses, royalties and commissions, but excluding accrued vacation and commissions as set forth in Schedule 3 ). Schedule 3 sets forth the accrued vacation and commissions for each Employee as of the Closing Date.

(l) Real Property . Seller leases the real property located at 8976 Lake Dr, East, Minneapolis, MN 55317 and Suite 1825, 18F China Merchants Tower, 118 Jian Guo Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing, 100022, China (the “ TQ Real Property ”) pursuant to the certain lease agreement dated February 1, 2001 by and between the Seller and the landlord, expiring as of January 31, 2009 and the lease agreement with landlord in China, dated as of August 1, 2008 and expiring December 21, 2008 (the “ Leases ”). The Seller does not occupy, lease, use or own any other real property and the Seller has not leased or otherwise granted any person or entity the right to use or occupy the TQ Real Property or any portion thereof;

(m) Disclosure . To the knowledge of Seller, the representations and warranties contained in this Section 3 do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements and information contained in this Section 3 not misleading.

4. Representations and Warranties of Buyer . Buyer represents and warrants to Seller as of the date of this Agreement and as of Closing, as follows:

(a) Organization and Standing . Buyer is a corporation, duly

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