Exhibit 2.5
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
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Dated:
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June 26,
2009
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Among:
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InPlay
Technologies, Inc.,
a Nevada
corporation
PO Box
28936
Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
Attn: Mark
Sokolowski
Email:
mark@inplaytechnologies.com
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“ InPlay
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FinePoint
Innovations, Inc.,
a Delaware
corporation
PO Box
28936
Scottsdale,
AZ 85255
Attn: Mark
Sokolowski
Email:
mark@inplaytechnologies.com
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“ FinePoint
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together, InPlay and FinePoint are
“ Sellers ”
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And:
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Wacom Co.
Ltd.,
a Japanese
corporation
Harmony Tower
21F
1-32-2 Hon-cho,
Nakano-ku
Tokyo 164-0012
Japan
Attn: Masahiko
Yamada
Email:
yamada.masahiko@wacom.co.jp
Fax: +81 (3)
5309-1503
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“ Buyer
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Sellers desire to sell, and Buyer desires to
purchase, substantially all of the ownership right, title and
interest in and to the intellectual property rights pertaining to
the digital computer pen and digitizer segment of the
Sellers’ business, including without limitation the human
interface device technology used in the Magic Point Pen and the
Write Sense products.
On the date hereof, Buyer and Sellers are
entering into the Loan Agreement pursuant to which Buyer is lending
$1,900,000 to Sellers, of which amount (a) $350,000 is being
disbursed to Sellers on the date hereof and (b) $1,550,000 is being
deposited in the Certificate of Deposit (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) on the date hereof.
In consideration of the above premise and of the
mutual promises and covenants contained in this Agreement, the
Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
1.1
Purchase and Sale . At the Closing (as defined
below), Sellers shall sell to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase from
Sellers, all of the following assets of Sellers (the “
Assets ”):
1.1.1 All
Assigned Technology, including without limitation all such items
listed on Schedule 1.1.1 ; all such items acquired by
Sellers or coming into existence after the date hereof and on or
before the Closing Date owned by Sellers and/or used by Sellers in
the Business;
1.1.2 All of
Sellers’ rights under the Assigned Contracts listed in
Schedule 1.1.2 , but not other contracts;
1.1.3 All
Promotional Materials;
1.1.4 All
equipment, materials, supplies, inventory, tooling, and spare and
replacement items therefor, including without limitation all such
items listed on Schedule 1.1.4 and all such items acquired
by Sellers after the date hereof and on or before the Closing Date,
other than to the extent inventory is disposed of by Sellers prior
to the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business;
1.1.5 All
licenses granted by or to Sellers and all other agreements to which
Sellers are a party that relate, in whole or in part, to any items
described in Section 1.1.1 or to other proprietary rights
transferred hereby, including without limitation all items listed
on Schedule 1.1.5 and all such items granted to or entered
into by Sellers after the date hereof and on or before the Closing
Date;
1.1.6 To the
extent transferable, all approvals, authorizations, certificates,
consents, licenses, permits, franchises, tariffs, variances, orders
and other registrations of any federal, state or local court or
other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality held by Sellers and required for the use of the
Assets, including without limitation all such items listed on
Schedule 1.1.6 and all such items granted or received after
the date hereof and on or before the Closing Date;
1.1.7 All
prepaid and deferred items of Sellers relating to the Assets,
including prepaid license fees;
1.1.8 All
engineering, research and development, and other similar documents,
specifications and records, and all studies, reports, summaries and
other similar documents and materials related to the
Assets;
1.1.9 All
internet web sites and internet domain names used in the conduct of
the Business, including without limitation those listed on
Schedule 1.1.9 ; and
1.1.10 All right, title
and interest in and to Trademarks and all goodwill pertaining to
such Trademarks associated with the Business.
1.2
Excluded Assets . Any assets other than the
Assets specified in Section 1.1 are “ Excluded Assets
” and are not being purchased by Buyer.
1.3
Assumption of Liabilities . Buyer will not assume
and will not be liable for any Retained Liabilities, and the Assets
shall be free of all liabilities, obligations and
Liens. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Buyer will not be responsible for any of the following:
1.3.1 liabilities,
obligations or debts of Sellers, whether fixed, contingent or mixed
and whether based on events occurring before or after the Closing,
including without limitation those based on tort, contract,
statutory or other claims or involving fines or penalties payable
to any governmental authority;
1.3.2 liabilities,
obligations or debts of Sellers for any federal, state, local,
foreign, or other tax, including without limitation income, gross
receipts, franchise, license, sales and use, transfer, value added,
customs, duties, real property, personal property, capital stock,
social security, employment, unemployment, disability, payroll,
withholding or other tax, including all associated interest,
penalties and additions (“ Taxes ”);
1.3.3 liabilities
or obligations of Sellers to employees for salaries, bonuses or
health and welfare benefits or with respect to any profit sharing,
stock bonus, pension, retirement, stock purchase, option, bonus or
deferred compensation plan or for any other benefits or
compensation (including without limitation accrued
vacation);
1.3.4 liabilities
or obligations of Sellers for employee severance payments or
arrangements resulting from termination of Sellers’
employees;
1.3.5 liabilities
or obligations of Sellers relating to issuances of securities;
and
1.3.6 liabilities
or obligations of Sellers under any Environmental Law.
1.4
Purchase Price . The purchase price for the
Assets (the “Purchase Price” ) shall be
$2,000,000, of which $100,000 was previously paid by Buyer in
connection with the Letter of Intent signed by the parties and
dated April 2, 2009. At Closing, Buyer shall forgive
Sellers’ Obligations (as defined in the Loan Agreement) under
the Loan Agreement, release the Lien of the Loan Agreement and
cause the bank holding the Certificate of Deposit (as defined in
the Loan Agreement) to disburse funds from the Certificate of
Deposit to the Persons and in the amounts set forth on Schedule
1.4 .
1.5
Allocation of Purchase Price . The Purchase Price
shall be allocated among the Assets in accordance with their
relative fair market values.
1.6
Instruments of Conveyance and Transfer . The
sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer and delivery of the Assets
shall be effected by Sellers’ execution and delivery to
Buyer, on the Closing Date, of the Assignment and Bill of Sale
(attached hereto as Exhibit A ), the Patent Assignments (a
form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B ), the
Trademark Assignments (a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit D ) and the Copyright Assignment (a form of which is
attached hereto as Exhibit E ), together with such other
general bills of sale, endorsements, assignments and other
instruments of transfer and conveyance, in form and substance
sufficient to vest in Buyer all right, title and interest in and to
the Assets, as reasonably requested by Buyer or its
counsel.
1.7
Further Assurances . Sellers agrees that, at any
time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date, it will,
upon the request of Buyer and without further consideration, take
all steps reasonably necessary to place Buyer in possession and
operating control of the Assets, and Sellers will do, execute,
acknowledge and deliver, or will cause to be done, executed,
acknowledged and delivered, all further acts, deeds, assignments,
conveyances, transfers, powers of attorney or assurances as
reasonably required to sell, assign, convey, transfer, grant,
assure and confirm to Buyer, or to aid and assist in the collection
of or reducing to possession by Buyer of, all of the Assets, or to
vest in Buyer good, valid and marketable title to the
Assets.
1.8
Closing . The Closing shall take place at the
offices of Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon, at 8:00 a.m.,
Portland time, on the date that is three business days after the
date that all conditions to the Closing are satisfied (other than
those conditions that by their terms are to occur at the Closing)
or at another date, time and place agreed upon in writing by the
parties (the “ Closing Date ”).
1.9
Transfer Taxes . Sellers shall be responsible for
and shall pay all federal, state, local, foreign, and other sales,
documentary, recording, transfer and other similar taxes or charges
arising in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (collectively, “ Transfer Taxes
”). Sellers shall promptly file all necessary
Transfer Tax returns and pay all Transfer Taxes due.
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER
Buyer represents and warrants to Sellers as
follows as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing
Date:
2.1
Authorization . Buyer is a corporation, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation and has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties and
to carry on its business as now conducted. Buyer has
taken all corporate action necessary to authorize its execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement. Buyer has
full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and
carry out the terms hereof. Buyer has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement, and this Agreement is its valid and
binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by or subject to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws, now
or hereafter in effect, relating to creditors’ rights
generally or by the availability of equitable remedies.
2.2
Compliance . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Buyer, the compliance by Buyer
with the provisions of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions described in this Agreement will not conflict with or
result in the breach of any of the terms or provisions of or
constitute a default under:
2.2.1 the
organizational documents of Buyer;
2.2.2 any
note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or
other agreement or instrument to which Buyer is a party or by which
Buyer is bound; or
2.2.3 any
statute or any order, rule, regulation or decision of any court or
regulatory authority or governmental body applicable to
Buyer.
2.3
Consents . Except as set forth in Schedule
2.3 , no consent, approval, authorization, order, designation
or declaration of any court or regulatory authority or governmental
body, federal or other, or third person is required to be obtained
by Buyer nor is any filing or registration required to be made
therewith by Buyer for the consummation of the transactions
described in this Agreement.
2.4
Brokers and Finders . Neither Buyer nor any
officer, director or employee of Buyer has employed any broker,
finder or investment banker or incurred any liability for any
commission, brokerage or investment banking fee or finder’s
fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
2.5
Financing . Buyer has, and at the Closing will
have, sufficient internal funds (without giving effect to any
unfunded financing regardless of whether any such financing is
committed) available to pay the Purchase Price.
2.6
Creditors. In completing the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, Buyer does not intend to hinder,
delay or defraud any creditor of Sellers.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLERS
To induce Buyer to enter into and perform this
Agreement, and except as is otherwise set forth in Schedule
3 (the “ Disclosure Schedule ”), which shall
constitute modifications to those representations and warranties
under this Article 3, each Seller, jointly and severally,
represents and warrants to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date as follows, it being agreed that
disclosure of a specific item in any one Section of the Disclosure
Schedule shall also be deemed a disclosure as to all other
applicable Sections of the Disclosure Schedule if either
(x) there is an explicit cross-reference in that Section of
the Disclosure Schedule to another Section or Sections of the
Disclosure Schedule, or (y) Buyer could reasonably be expected
to ascertain the scope of the modification to another
representation that expressly references the Disclosure Schedule,
notwithstanding the absence of a cross-reference in the Disclosure
Schedule.
3.1.1 InPlay
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and it has all
necessary corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted. InPlay is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each
state or other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of
the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities
conducted by it, requires such qualification.
3.1.2 FinePoint
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and it has all
necessary corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and assets and to carry on its business as now
conducted. FinePoint is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of
each state or other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or
use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the
activities conducted by it, requires such qualification.
3.2.1 InPlay
has the corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to carry out its terms. Except for the required vote
of its stockholders, InPlay has taken all corporate action
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement. InPlay has duly executed and delivered
this Agreement, and this Agreement is binding upon and enforceable
against InPlay in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited or affected by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general application
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors and except as
enforceability may be limited by rules of law governing specific
performance, injunctive relief or other equitable
remedies.
3.2.2 FinePoint
has full corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement
and to carry out its terms. FinePoint has taken all
corporate action necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by FinePoint, and is
binding upon and enforceable against FinePoint in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited or affected by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of
general application relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors and except as enforceability may be limited by rules of
law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other
equitable remedies.
3.3
No Adverse Consequences . Neither the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by Sellers nor the Closing
will
3.3.1 other
than the Lien created by the Loan Agreement, result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien on any of the Assets;
3.3.2 violate
or conflict with any provision of Sellers’ articles of
incorporation or bylaws;
3.3.3 violate any
law, judgment, order, injunction, decree, rule, regulation, ruling
or other restriction of any governmental authority applicable to
Sellers or any Affiliate of Sellers; or
3.3.4 either alone
or with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both,
conflict with; constitute grounds for termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of; result in the breach of the terms,
conditions or provisions of; require notice under, result in the
loss of any benefit to Sellers under or constitute a default under
any agreement, instrument, license, permit or other arrangement to
which Sellers are a party or by which it is bound.
3.4
Brokers and Finders . Neither Sellers nor any
affiliate of Sellers have employed any broker, finder or agent or
dealt with anyone purporting to act in such capacity or agreed to
pay any brokerage fee, finder’s fee or commission with
respect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement for which
the Buyer could become liable or obligated.
3.5
Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule
3.5 (i) none of Sellers or any Affiliate of Sellers are subject
to any outstanding injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling or
charge and (ii) there is no claim, litigation, proceeding or
investigation of any kind pending or threatened by or against
Sellers or any Affiliate of Sellers and, to the knowledge of
Sellers, there is no basis for any such claim, litigation,
proceeding or investigation. None of the claims,
litigation, proceedings or investigations set forth on Schedule
3.5 could result in any Material Adverse Change in the Assets
or result in a Lien on the Assets.
3.6
Intellectual Property . Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.6 :
3.6.1 To
Sellers’ knowledge, there are no claims or demands pending by
any other person pertaining to any of the Assigned Technology nor
has a claim or demand been made to Sellers that challenge
Sellers’ ownership or use of the Assigned
Technology.
3.6.2 With respect
to Assigned Technology that is owned by Sellers, all such Assigned
Technology is owned free and clear of all Liens other than (a) the
Lien created by the Loan Agreement and (b) Liens on the property or
assets of FinePoint in favor of InPlay, the Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements relating to which have been assigned to
Buyer. All issued Patents and pending applications,
registered Trademarks and pending applications, and registered or
material unregistered Copyrights owned by Sellers are listed in
Schedule 3.6.2 . All registered or issued IP
Rights have been duly registered in, filed in or issued by the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyrights Office or the
corresponding governmental offices of other jurisdictions as
identified in Schedule 3.6.2 , have been properly maintained
and renewed in accordance with all applicable provisions of Law and
administrative regulations of the United States or each such
jurisdiction except as listed in Schedule 3.6.2 , and no
actions are required within thirty (30) days from the Closing in
order to maintain the existing status.
3.6.3 All Third
Party Licenses (including all open source licenses) used in the
development and distribution of Sellers’ products are listed
on Schedule 3.6.3 . The use of such Third Party
Licenses in the development and distribution of Sellers’
products imposed no obligation on Sellers to disclose any source
code or trade secrets of Sellers to any other person, and Sellers
have not disclosed any such source code to another person except
for persons under obligation to provide development services to
Sellers.
3.6.4 Except for
Third Party Licenses listed in Schedule 3.6.3 and except as
otherwise listed on Schedule 3.6.4 , to Sellers knowledge
there are no patent rights or other intellectual property rights of
Third Parties needed to use Sellers’ IP Rights and Technology
for the products developed or distributed by Sellers to the date of
this Agreement.
3.6.5 Sellers have
taken all measures required to establish and preserve the IP Rights
developed by, or on behalf of, Sellers. Sellers have
obtained written assignments from the named inventors of the
patents and patent applications listed in Schedule 3.6.5
and, except for such named inventors, no other person or entity
employed, including as a consultant, by Sellers has any right or
claim with respect to the Assigned Technology. All
current executives and all current consultants and independent
contractors hired by Sellers have agreed to maintain the
confidentiality of all confidential and proprietary information of
Sellers and of any information of third parties received by Sellers
under an obligation of confidentiality.
3.6.6 To
Sellers’ knowledge, Sellers have not infringed, do not
infringe and, by using the Assigned Technology, will not infringe
or unlawfully or wrongfully use the IP Rights of any third
person. No claims have been made or proceedings
initiated that charge Sellers with infringement of any IP Rights of
any third person, and no such claim or proceeding is pending or is
likely to be filed against Sellers except as listed in Schedule
3.6.6 . There is no known unexpired patent or patent
application of others that includes claims that would be infringed
by or that would or do limit the scope of the products, activities
or business of Sellers as currently conducted.
3.6.7 To
Sellers’ knowledge, Sellers are not making
unauthorized use of any confidential information or trade secrets
of any person, including without limitation any former employer of
any past or present employee of Sellers. To
Sellers’ knowledge, neither Sellers nor any employee of
Sellers is obligated under any duty or agreement (including any
license, confidentiality agreement, covenant or commitment of any
nature), or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or administrative agency, that would interfere in any manner with
the use of their best efforts to promote the interests of Sellers
or that would impair the use of the Assigned
Technology. To Sellers’ knowledge, no employee or
consultant is in violation of any proprietary information agreement
or any similar agreement with any former employer or contractor,
and the use of the Assigned Technology will not conflict with or
result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or
constitute a default under, such agreements.
3.7
Certain Contracts and Arrangements . Schedule
3.7 contains a complete and accurate list of agreements to
which Sellers or Sellers’ Affiliates are a party to or are
bound by and that relate to or involve the Assets, including
all:
(a) contracts,
agreements, purchase orders or acknowledgment forms for the
purchase, sale, lease or other disposition of equipment, products,
materials or capital assets, or for the performance of services, by
Sellers or any of its Affiliates;
(b) contracts
or agreements for the joint performance of work or services and all
other joint venture agreements;
(c) contracts
or agreements with agents, brokers, consignees, sales
representatives or distributors relating to the sale of products or
services by Sellers or any of its Affiliates; and
(d) any
other contract, instrument, agreement or obligation not described
on any other Section to which Sellers or any of their Affiliates
are a party or by which they are bound and which contains
unfulfilled obligations of Sellers or any of their
Affiliates.
3.8
Title and Condition of Assets.
3.8.1 Sellers own
or possess a valid transferable right in, as the case may be, all
of the Assets free and clear of all Liens, except (a) Liens for
taxes (i) not yet due and payable, or (ii) being contested in good
faith and identified in Schedule 3.8.1 (but in either case
only those for which adequate accruals or reserves have been
established by Sellers and shown on the face of the latest balance
sheet), (b) the Lien created by the Loan Agreement and (c) Liens on
the property or assets of FinePoint in favor of InPlay, the Uniform
Commercial Code financing statements relating to which have been
assigned to Buyer.
3.8.2 The Assets
that constitute tangible personal property (a) are free from
defects (patent and latent), have been maintained and operated in
accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and prudent
industry practices, and are in a good state of operating condition
and repair, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (b) are in the
possession or control of Sellers.
3.8.3 At the
Closing, Buyer will acquire good title (or in the case of Assigned
Contracts and Third-Party Licenses, a valid transferred right) to
all the Assets, free and clear of all Liens.
3.9
Status of Assigned Contracts . Except as provided
in Schedule 3.9 :
3.9.1 Each of the
Assigned Contracts is valid, binding and enforceable by Sellers in
accordance with its terms and is in full force and
effect. There is no existing breach, default or
violation by Sellers under any Assigned Contract and no event has
occurred that (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or
both) would constitute a breach or default of Sellers under any
Assigned Contract or permit termination, modification or
acceleration under any Assigned Contract.
3.9.2 All Assigned
Contracts will continue to be valid, binding, and enforceable and
in full force and effect following the Closing. All
other parties to the Assigned Contracts have consented (where such
consent is necessary) to the consummation of the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement without requiring modification of
rights or obligations of Sellers under any
contract. Complete and accurate copies of all Assigned
Contracts have been delivered to Buyer.
3.9.3 To Sellers
knowledge, no breach or default by any other party to any Assigned
Contract has occurred, and no event has occurred that (whether with
or without notice, lapse of time or both) would constitute a breach
or default by any other party with respect to obligations of that
party under any Assigned Contract or permit termination,
modification or acceleration under any Contract, Sellers have no
knowledge of facts that indicate any of the Assigned Contracts may
be totally or partially terminated or suspended by, or have been
repudiated by, the other parties.
3.9.4 There are no
Assigned Contracts with respect to which:
(a) Sellers
can reasonably foresee will result in any loss to Buyers upon the
performance thereof (including any liability for penalties or
damages, whether liquidated, direct, indirect, incidental or
consequential) or
(b) is
not terminable by Sellers on sixty (60) or fewer days’ notice
at any time without penalty.
3.10
Taxes Returns and Payments . Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.10 , Sellers have filed on a timely basis all
Tax returns and reports as required by Law. Such Tax
returns and reports correctly and completely reflect in all
material respects Sellers’ liability for Taxes and all other
information required to be reported thereon. Sellers
have paid all Taxes shown as payable on such returns or otherwise
due. Sellers have adequately provided for, in their
books of account and related records, liability for all current
Taxes not yet due and payable. All Taxes which Sellers
are required to withhold or collect have been withheld and
collected and have been paid over to the proper Tax
authorities. Sellers have not received and are not aware
of any basis for any issued, pending or proposed (a) notice of any
audit, claim, deficiency, assessment, Lien or levy with respect to
Taxes or (b) claim from a Tax authority in a jurisdiction in which
Sellers do not file Tax returns that they are or may be required to
file a Tax return or otherwise be subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction. Sellers are not the beneficiaries of any
extension of time in which to file a Tax return and have not
granted any power of attorney with respect to Taxes or any
extension of time for the assessment or collection of any
Tax. Sellers are not parties to any Tax allocation or
settlement agreement or similar arrangement that could require any
payment to be made after the Closing Date. Sellers are
the subject of any pending or issued ruling from a Tax
authority.
3.11
Permits and Licenses . Schedule 1.1.6
contains a complete and correct list of all governmental licenses,
permits, franchises, easements and authorizations (collectively,
“Permits” ) held by Sellers and used in the
Business. Sellers hold, and at all times have held, all
material Permits necessary for the lawful conduct of its business
pursuant to all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and
regulations of all governmental bodies, agencies and other
authorities having jurisdiction over it or any part of its
operations. Sellers are in material compliance with all
the terms of each Permit, and there are no claims of violation by
any of Sellers or its Affiliates of any Permit. Complete
and accurate
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