ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement” ),
is made this 10 th day of July, 2009, by and between SteelCloud,
Inc., a Virginia corporation ( “Seller” ), and
NCS Technologies, Inc., a Virginia corporation (
“Buyer” ).
1.
Purchase of Assets . Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer agrees to
purchase, and Seller agrees to sell, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to those certain assets of Seller
relating to Seller’s integration business (the
“Integration Business” ) listed on Exhibit
1 attached hereto (the “Purchased
Assets” ), free and clear of all Encumbrances (as herein
defined). The purchase price for the Purchased Assets shall be
$475,000 (the “Purchase Price” ), subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 3 hereof and/or offset
pursuant to Section 12.4 hereof.
2.
Payment of Purchase Price and Reporting .
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Buyer shall pay
Seller $150,000 at Closing, which amount shall be inclusive of
Buyer’s $50,000 good faith advance deposit (the
“Escrow Deposit” ) escrowed pursuant to that
certain Escrow Agreement dated as of July 2, 2009 by and among
Seller, Buyer and Fettmann, Tolchin & Majors PC, as escrow
agent (the “Escrow Agreement” ). This
payment is allocated $75,000 to the Purchased Assets consisting of
finished goods, work in progress, and components (the
“Goods and WIP Assets” ), and $75,000 to the
Purchased Assets consisting of service inventory (the
“Service Inventory Assets” ), all as further
specified on Exhibit 1 attached
hereto. Subject to offset pursuant to Section
12.4 hereof, the remaining $325,000 of the Purchase Price (the
“Earnout Amount” ), allocated to good will,
shall be payable solely from, and solely to the extent of, revenue
actually received by Buyer after the Closing Date until the third
(3 rd
) anniversary of the Closing Date
from the existing Integration Business clients and prospects with
respect to which Seller has had verifiable contact regarding the
Integration Business within the six-month period immediately
preceding the Closing Date, in each case as listed on Exhibit
2 attached hereto (collectively,
“Clients” ), at a rate equal to 15% of the Net
Sales Price actually received by Buyer from such
Clients. For purposes of this Agreement, “Net
Sales Price” means the aggregate amount, net of any
returns or credits against sales, that one or more Clients shall
have paid to Buyer relating to the Goods and WIP Assets or the
Service Inventory Assets, in connection with a sale transaction
accepted by Buyer and closed, less any (i) sales taxes, excise
taxes, value-added taxes and any other taxes (other than income
taxes payable by Buyer to U.S. federal or state authorities)
payable in connection with or as a result of such sale transaction
and (ii) any freight costs, insurance costs or duties payable in
connection with or as a result of such sale transaction.
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Any
post-Closing payments owed to Seller hereunder, including but not
limited to payments in respect of sales of Consigned Filter
Inventory pursuant to Section 5 hereof, are due and payable
to Seller on or before the tenth (10 th )
business day of the month following the month Buyer actually
receives the applicable payment from Clients.
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Buyer shall
keep full and complete records of sales to
Clients. Buyer shall provide to Seller a report each
month on or before the tenth (10 th )
business day of the month listing the Clients from which Buyer
actually received revenue, and the amounts and nature of such
sales, during the prior month, including but not limited to
information regarding any sales of Consigned Filter Inventory
pursuant to Section 5 hereof. Seller shall have
the right at any reasonable time to audit or review such records of
Buyer at Seller’s own cost. However, if the audit
or review shows aggregate undisputed underpayments to Seller in
excess of 5% in any calendar quarter, Buyer shall reimburse Seller
the reasonable cost of such audit or review.
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3.
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustments
. Within thirty (30) days after Closing, Seller and
Buyer shall undertake and complete a joint audit of the Goods and
WIP Assets, for purposes of identifying any missing or materially
deficient items of the Purchased Assets. In the event
that any items of the Purchased Assets are missing or are
materially deficient, the Purchase Price will be adjusted and
decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis using the values set forth
on Schedule 3 attached hereto, and the deficit amount
shall be payable by check or wire transfer of immediately available
funds by Seller to Buyer within five (5) days of the
audit. The Service Inventory Assets are not subject to
this clause.
4.
Assumption of Liabilities .
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At Closing,
Buyer shall assume and agrees to pay, discharge or perform as
necessary only the following liabilities and obligations (the
“Assumed Liabilities” ):
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Fulfillment
obligations under customer purchase orders with Clients that were
not fulfilled as of the Closing Date, as set forth on
Schedule 4.1 attached hereto; and
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Responsibilities to Clients under the terms of
existing warranties (the “Existing Warranties” )
and existing contracts (the “Existing Contracts”
).
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Except for the
Assumed Liabilities, Buyer is not assuming, nor shall it in any way
be liable or responsible for, any liabilities, obligations or debts
of Seller, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise and
whether arising out of or relating to the Purchased Assets or
otherwise, arising before or after the Closing Date, including,
without limitation, any liability of Seller or its affiliates not
specifically identified in Section 4.1 , whether known or
unknown and whether relating to the ownership or use of the
Purchased Assets, Seller’s conduct of the Integration
Business or otherwise, any product liability relating to or in
respect of the Purchased Assets, and any liability of Seller
arising out of or relating to the execution, delivery or
performance by Seller of this Agreement or any other document or
instrument in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
(collectively, the “Excluded Liabilities”
). Seller shall pay all liabilities of Seller and take
any and all actions necessary to prevent any person or governmental
authority from having recourse against any of the Purchased Assets
purchased by Buyer or against Buyer solely with respect to any such
liabilities of Seller, including, without limitation, the Excluded
Liabilities.
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5.
Consignment of Filter Inventory .
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Seller hereby
consigns to Buyer, and Buyer hereby accepts consignment from Seller
of, the Consigned Filter Inventory. The term of such
consignment arrangment shall begin on the Closing Date and shall
continue for a period of two (2) years from the Closing Date (the
“Consignment Period” ). For purposes
of this Agreement, the term “Consigned Filter
Inventory” shall mean the filter inventory of Seller set
forth on Exhibit 3 attached hereto, in the quantities
set forth thereon.
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During the
Consignment Period, Buyer generally may effect the sale of the
Consigned Filter Inventory through one or more sales or series of
sales to one or more Clients; provided, however, that the pricing
terms of any such sale or sales are within the sole and absolute
discretion of Buyer. Buyer will pay to Seller for each
item of the Consigned Filter Inventory sold to a Client the price
stated on Exhibit 3 attached hereto
corresponding to the applicable item of the Consigned Filter
Inventory (irrespective of the pricing terms of such sale, as
between Buyer and a Client), in accordance with Section 0
hereof.
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For purposes of
this Agreement, Buyer will at all times be acting as a consignee of
Seller and not as a principal with regard to the Consigned Filter
Inventory. Ownership in and title to the Consigned
Filter Inventory including ownership in and to all intellectual
proprietary rights relating to the Consigned Filter Inventory shall
at all times, before, during and after the termination of this
Agreement and until items of the Consigned Filter Inventory are
sold to a Client, remain vested in Seller. At all times,
the Consigned Filter Inventory shall be kept separately identified
and segregated from the Purchased Assets and any property of
Buyer.
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Buyer shall
return all unsold Consigned Filter Inventory to Seller within
thirty (30) days after the end of the Consignment
Period.
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6.
Covenants of Seller . Seller hereby
covenants and agrees with Buyer that:
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Seller shall
use its best efforts to maintain its current relationships with
suppliers, customers, Clients and others having business relations
with Seller in connection with the Purchased Assets or the
Integration Business and shall assist Buyer in effecting an orderly
transition of these relationships to Buyer from and after
Closing.
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Seller shall
use its best efforts to preserve the Purchased Assets and conduct
the Integration Business and all transactions with respect to the
Purchased Assets in the usual and ordinary course of business
consistent with Seller’s past practice.
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Seller shall
not, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, pledge, lease,
license, offer to sell, abandon or make any other disposition of
any of the Purchased Assets or grant or suffer to exist, or agree
to grant or suffer to exist, any Encumbrances on any of the
Purchased Assets.
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Seller shall be
responsible for, and shall indemnify Buyer from and against, any
and all accounts payable relating to the Purchased Assets arising
on or prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that none of
the foregoing of this Section 6.4 shall be deemed to limit
or waive Seller’s obligations to deliver to Buyer the
Purchased Assets free and clear of all Encumbrances.
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Buyer shall
have the first right, but not any obligation, to offer employment
from and after the Closing Date to some or all of Seller’s
employees involved with the Integration Business, at such salaries
or wages, duties and responsibilities as shall be mutually
acceptable to Buyer and such employees; provided, however, that
Buyer is not committing to the hiring of any employees, and under
no circumstances shall Buyer assume or bear any responsibility for
any severance obligations in respect of any terminated Seller
employees subsequently hired by Buyer, if any; provided, further,
that Seller shall retain all obligations and liabilities, if any,
for, and shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Buyer, in
accordance with Section 12.3 hereof, in connection with (i)
any claim (including, without limitation, any claim for unpaid
wages, accrued vacation time and employee benefits matters)
relating to any employment by Seller, (ii) any lawsuit,
administrative charge, arbitration, formal proceeding or written
demand or notice pertaining to an employee and arising out of
employment with Seller and (iii) any worker’s compensation or
other claims arising from any injury or act occurring during
employment with Seller. Without limiting any of the
foregoing, Seller shall use its best efforts to cause the
assignment to Buyer of any and all employee non-competition
agreements pertaining to any of Seller’s employees
subsequently hired by Buyer.
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Until and for
the first thirty (30) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall
cooperate in good faith with Buyer and use commercially reasonably
efforts to make available to Buyer its records, staff and such
other materials as related to the Integration Business and the
Purchased Assets.
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7.
Covenants of Buyer . Buyer hereby
covenants and agrees with Seller that:
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Buyer, at its
sole cost, will remove the Purchased Assets and Consigned Filter
Inventory from Seller’s premises within thirty (30) days of
Closing.
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Buyer shall use
its best efforts to cooperate in good faith with Seller to effect
an orderly transition to Buyer of Seller’s current
relationships with suppliers, customers, Clients and others having
business relations with Seller in connection with the Purchased
Assets or the Integration Business and shall assist Seller in
transitioning these relationships to Buyer from and after
Closing.
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Buyer shall
cooperate in good faith with Seller and use commercially reasonably
efforts to assist Seller in collecting outstanding receivables owed
to Seller by Clients for transactions effected prior to Closing;
provided, however, that in no event shall Buyer be required to
incur any cost or any material obligations or suffer the loss of
any right or benefit in connection therewith. Seller
acknowledges and agrees that attached hereto as Schedule
7.3 is a list of Seller’s receivables from
Clients. All payments received by Buyer from a Client in
respect of a receivable listed on Schedule 7.3 on or
after Closing will be credited to such receivable and remitted to
Seller. Without limiting the foregoing, Buyer shall not
knowingly take any action that materially adversely interferes with
Seller’s ability to collect said receivables.
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8.
Representations and Warranties of Seller
. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as
follows:
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Organization of Seller
. Seller is a corporation
duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Authorization; Enforceability
. Seller has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement
and each other instrument required hereby to be executed and
delivered by it, to perform its obligations hereunder and
thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. The execution and delivery by Seller of
this Agreement and each other instrument required hereby and
thereby to be executed and delivered by it, the performance by
Seller of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary
action on the part of Seller and its stockholders, board of
directors and officers, and no other proceedings on the part of
Seller or its stockholders, board of directors or officers are
required to authorize this Agreement or any of the other
instruments required hereby or thereby or for Seller to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. This
Agreement has been, and upon execution and delivery thereof by
Seller each other instrument described herein and therein and to be
executed and delivered by Seller, will be, duly and validly
executed and delivered by Seller and, assuming the due and valid
authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto,
constitutes, or in the case of each such other other instrument,
will constitute, a valid and binding obligation of Seller,
enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective
terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and by principles of equity regardless of whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in law or at
equity.
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Title to
Purchased Assets . Seller has good and marketable
title to all of the Purchased Assets, free and clear of all
Encumbrances. The Goods and WIP Assets are in good
condition and repair. Seller has complete and
unrestricted power and the unqualified right to transfer, convey
and assign the Purchased Assets, and the conveyance instrument
executed and delivered at Closing will be, when executed and
delivered by the parties thereto, valid and binding obligations of
Seller, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms,
sufficient for purposes of recordation and filing where permitted
by law, and sufficient to transfer, convey and assign to Buyer all
right, title and interest of Seller in and to the Purchased
Assets. Seller owns or licenses all the intellectual
property associated with the Purchased Assets or that Seller
otherwise uses in the Integration Business. To the
knowledge of Seller, the use of the intellectual property
associated with the Purchased Assets or used in, or necessary to,
the conduct of the Integration Business as presently conducted does
not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the rights of any
third parties. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
“Encumbrances” shall mean any defect or
imperfection in title, encumbrance, lien, pledge, security
interest, charge, limitation, commitment or claim against or with
respect to any Purchased Assets or other encumbrance of any kind or
nature whatsoever (whether absolute or contingent).
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No
Conflicts; Consents and Approvals . The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by Seller do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby by Seller will not (i) violate or
conflict with the constituent or organizational documents of
Seller, or (ii) constitute a breach or default (or an event that
with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach or
default) of any statute, regulation, judgment, order or
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