DATED AS OF OCTOBER 2,
2009
ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH,
INC.
(a Colorado corporation),
MISONIX, INC.
(a New York corporation),
MEDICAL IMAGING HOLDINGS,
INC.
(a Delaware corporation)
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE
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2.1 Purchase and Sale of the Purchased
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2.7 Net Working Capital Adjustment
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER AND PARENT
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3.1 Organization and Good Standing
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3.2 Authority and Enforceability
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3.3 No Conflicts; Consents
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3.8 Business Authorizations
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3.10 Condition of Tangible Assets
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3.11 Intellectual Property
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3.12 Absence of Certain Changes or
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3.14 Sufficiency of Purchased Assets
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3.17 Labor and Employment Matters
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3.19 Suppliers and Customers
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3.25 Completeness of Disclosure
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
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4.1 Organization and Good Standing
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4.2 Authority and Enforceability
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS OF SELLER AND
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5.2 Confidentiality; Books and
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS OF SELLER, PARENT AND
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6.6 Discharge of Business Obligations After
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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7.1 Conditions to Obligations of Buyer and
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ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION
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9.2 Indemnification by Seller and
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9.4 Indemnification Procedures for Third Party
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9.5 Indemnification Procedures for Non-Third
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10.2 Amendments and Waivers
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ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
October 2, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), among
Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. (doing business as Sonora Medical
Systems), a Colorado corporation (“ Seller ”),
MISONIX, INC., a New York corporation and majority stockholder of
Seller (“ Parent ”), and Medical Imaging
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Buyer
”).
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of
(i) selling, repairing and servicing new and used diagnostic
ultrasound systems and consumable accessories used in conjunction
therewith, (ii) selling, repairing, servicing and testing
diagnostic ultrasound transducers, (iii) developing and
selling equipment for testing ultrasound transducers,
(iv) selling equipment used for cleaning and disinfecting
ultrasound transducers including, but not limited to,
transesophogeal echocardiography probes, (v) selling equipment
used for testing endoscopic probes, (vi) repairing and
servicing MRI systems and parts and subsystems used therein, and
(vii) performing training for the service and maintenance of
diagnostic ultrasound and MRI systems, in each instance throughout
the world (the “ Business ”);
WHEREAS, the parties desire that Seller sells,
assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers to Buyer, and that Buyer
purchases and acquires from Seller, all of Seller’s right,
title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets (as hereinafter
defined), and that Buyer assumes the Assumed Liabilities (as
hereinafter defined), upon the terms and subject to the conditions
of this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing premises and the respective representations and
warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1.1 Definitions . When used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article I or in the applicable Section of this
Agreement to which reference is made in this
Article I.
“ Accounts Receivable ” means
(a) any trade accounts receivable and other rights to payment
from customers or any factor of the Business, and (b) any
other account or note receivable related to the Business, together
with, in each case, the full benefit of any security interest of
Seller therein, in each case excluding accounts receivable owing
from Affiliates.
“ Action ” is defined in
Section 3.15(a).
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such specified Person.
“ Agreement ” is defined in
the Preamble.
“ Ancillary Documents ” means
the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the
Domain Name Assignment, the Patent Assignment, the Trademark
Assignment, the Transition Services Agreement and the other
agreements, instruments and documents delivered at the
Closing.
“ Asset Allocation ” is
defined in Section 2.8.
“ Assigned Contracts ” is
defined in Section 2.1(c).
“ Assignment and Assumption
Agreement ” means the Bill of Sale, Assignment and
Assumption Agreement in the form and substance acceptable to
Buyer.
“ Assumed Liabilities ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Audited Financial Statements
” is defined in Section 3.4(a).
“ Authorization ” means any
authorization, approval, consent, certificate, license, permit or
franchise of or from any Governmental Entity or pursuant to any
Law.
“ Balance Sheet ” is defined
in Section 3.4(b).
“ Balance Sheet Date ” is
defined in Section 3.4(b).
“ Books and Records ” means
books of account, general, financial, warranty and shipping
records, invoices, supplier lists, product specifications, product
formulations, drawings, correspondence, engineering, maintenance,
operating and production records, advertising and promotional
materials, credit records of customers and other documents, records
and files, in each case related to the Business, including books
and records relating to Seller’s Intellectual Property and
the employee and personnel records of the Transferred
Employees.
“ Business ” is defined in
the Recitals.
“ Business Day ” means a day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks located
in New York City are authorized or required by Law to
close.
“ Buyer ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Buyer Indemnitees ” is
defined in Section 9.2(a).
“ CERCLA ” is defined in
Section 3.18(a)(ix).
“ Charter Documents ” means,
with respect to any entity, the certificate of incorporation, the
articles of incorporation, by-laws, articles of organization,
limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement,
formation agreement, joint venture agreement or other similar
organizational documents of such entity (in each case, as
amended).
“ Closing ” is defined in
Section 2.6.
“ Closing Date ” is defined
in Section 2.6.
“ Closing Net Working Capital
” is defined in Section 2.7(b).
“ Closing Net Working Capital
Statement ” is defined in Section 2.7(b).
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986.
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“ Confidentiality Agreement ”
is defined in Section 5.2(a).
“ Consents ” is defined in
Section 3.3(a).
“ Contract ” means any
agreement, contract, license, lease, commitment, arrangement or
understanding, written or oral, including any sales order or
purchase order.
“ Copyrights ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Disclosure Schedule ” is
defined in the Preamble to Article III.
“ Domain Name Assignment ”
means the domain name assignment in the form and substance
acceptable to Buyer.
“ Employee ” means any
individual employed by Seller.
“ Environmental Claims ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Environmental Laws ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Environmental Permit ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ Equipment ” means
laboratory equipment, machinery, fixtures, furniture, supplies,
accessories, materials, equipment, parts, automobiles, trucks,
vehicles, tooling, tools, molds, office equipment, computers,
telephones and all other items of tangible personal property owned
or leased by Seller, in each case related to the
Business.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
Person that together with the Seller, is or was at any time treated
as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or
Section 4001 of ERISA.
“ Escrow Agent ” means the
escrow agent appointed pursuant to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
“ Escrow Agreement ” means
the Escrow Agreement to be entered into as of the Closing among
Buyer, Seller and the Escrow Agent.
“ Escrow Amount ” is defined
in Section 2.5(a).
“ Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital” is defined in Section 2.7(a).
“ Excluded Assets ” is
defined in Section 2.2.
“ Excluded Liabilities ” is
defined in Section 2.4.
“ Federal Prime Government
Contract” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ Federal Prime Government
Contractor” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
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“ Financial Statements ” is
defined in Section 3.4(a).
“ GAAP ” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
“ Government Contract ” means
any contract, basic ordering agreement, letter contract, purchase
order, delivery order, change order, or other commitment of any
kind, between (i) Seller and the United States Government (a
“ Federal Prime Government Contract ”),
(ii) Seller and any state, county, township or municipal
government (a “ State/Local Prime Government Contract
”), (iii) Seller and any prime contractor to the United
States Government (a “ Federal Prime Government
Contractor ”) with respect to a Federal Prime Government
Contract of such Federal Prime Government Contractor,
(iv) Seller and any prime contractor to any state, county,
township or municipal government (“ State/Local Prime
Government Contractor ”) with respect to a State/Local
Prime Government Contract, (v) Seller and any direct
subcontractor to a Federal Prime Government Contractor with respect
to a Federal Prime Government Contract, or (vi) Seller and any
direct subcontractor to a State/Local Prime Government Contractor
with respect to a State/Local Prime Government Contract.
“Government Contract” shall also include any
“Contractor team arrangement” as defined in Federal
Acquisition Regulation 9.601.
“ Governmental Entity ” means
any entity or body exercising executive, legislative, judicial,
regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to United
States federal, state, local, or municipal government, foreign,
international, multinational or other government, including any
department, commission, board, agency, bureau, subdivision,
instrumentality, official or other regulatory, administrative or
judicial authority thereof, and any non-governmental regulatory
body to the extent that the rules and regulations or orders of such
body have the force of Law.
“ Hazardous Materials ” is
defined in Section 3.18(b).
“ In-Bound Licenses ” is
defined in Section 3.11(c).
“ Indebtedness ” means any of
the following: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money,
(b) any obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or
other similar instruments, (c) any obligations to pay the
deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade
accounts payable and other current Liabilities arising in the
ordinary course of the Business, (d) any indebtedness created
or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to acquired property, (e) any
obligations, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance credit,
letters of credit or similar facilities, and (f) any guaranty
of any of the foregoing.
“ Independent Expert ” is
defined in Section 2.7(d).
“ Indemnitee ” means any
Person that is seeking indemnification from an Indemnitor pursuant
to the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Indemnitor ” means any
party hereto from which any Indemnitee is seeking indemnification
pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Intellectual Property ” is
defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Intellectual Property Rights
” is defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Inventory ” means all raw
materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies, spare parts
and other inventories related to the Business, including all such
items (a) in transit from suppliers of the Business,
(b) held for delivery by suppliers of the Business, or
(c) held on consignment by third parties.
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“ Knowledge ” of Seller or
any similar phrase means, with respect to any fact or matter, the
actual knowledge of the directors and executive officers of Seller,
together with such knowledge that such directors or executive
officers could be expected to discover after due investigation
concerning the existence of the fact or matter in
question.
“ Landlord ” is defined in
Section 6.7.
“ Law ” means any statute,
law (including common law), constitution, treaty, ordinance, code,
order, decree, judgment, rule, regulation and any other binding
requirement or determination of any Governmental Entity.
“ Lease Assignment Agreement
” means the lease assignment agreement substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto.
“ Liabilities ” is defined in
Section 3.5.
“ Lien ” means, with respect
to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge,
security interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance in respect of
such property or asset.
“ Longmont Lease ” means that
Building Lease, dated as of July 30, 2004, by and between
Seller and Diagonal Tech Center, LTD.
“ Losses ” is defined in
Section 9.2(a).
“ Marks ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Material Contract ” is
defined in Section 3.13(b).
“ Moore” means G. Wayne
Moore, an individual.
“ Names ” is defined in
Section 6.2.
“ Net Working Capital ”
means, without duplication, current assets (including Accounts
Receivable, Inventory and ordinary course prepaid expenses but
excluding any current or deferred Tax assets and cash and cash
equivalents) of Seller, minus current liabilities of Seller
incurred in the ordinary course of Seller’s Business
(including accounts payable and ordinary course accrued expenses
but excluding any Indebtedness, current or deferred Tax liabilities
and any obligations with respect to any Seller Benefit Plans or
compensation owed to Employees); in each case determined in
accordance with GAAP and as calculated in accordance with and in a
manner consistent with the illustration set forth on
Schedule 2.7.
“ Noncompetition Period ” is
defined in Section 5.3(a).
“ Notice of Claim ” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“ Notice of Objection ” is
defined in Section 2.7(c).
“ Order ” means any award,
injunction, judgment, decree, order, ruling, subpoena or verdict or
other decision issued, promulgated or entered by or with any
Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction.
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“ Out-Bound Licenses ” is
defined in Section 3.11(d).
“ Parent ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Patent Assignment ” means
the patent assignment in the form and substance acceptable to
Buyer.
“ Patents ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ Person ” means an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
company, a trust, an unincorporated association, a Governmental
Entity or any other entity or body.
“ Policy ” is defined in
Section 3.20(a).
“ Premises ” is defined in
Section 6.7.
“ Products ” is defined in
Section 3.21(a).
“ Proprietary Information ”
is defined in Section 3.11(a).
“ Purchase Price ” is defined
in Section 2.5(a).
“ Purchased Assets ” is
defined in Section 2.1.
“ Release ” is defined in
Section 3.18(b).
“ Restricted Business ” is
defined in Section 5.3(a).
“ Restricted Contract ” is
defined in Section 2.9(a).
“ Review Period ” is defined
in Section 2.7(c).
“ Seller ” is defined in the
Preamble.
“ Seller Benefit Plans ”
means (a) any “employee benefit plan” as defined
in ERISA Section 3(3), including any (i) employee pension
benefit plan (as defined in ERISA Section 3(2)), and (ii)
employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in ERISA
Section 3(1)), and (b) any stock purchase, stock option,
phantom equity, severance pay, employment, change-in-control,
vacation pay, company awards, salary continuation, fringe benefit
plan or program, nonqualified deferred compensation plan, sick
leave, medical plan, dental plan, excess benefit, bonus or other
incentive compensation, life insurance, or other employee benefit
plan, contract, program, policy or other arrangement, whether or
not subject to ERISA that (x) is contributed to, maintained,
or sponsored by the Seller or an ERISA Affiliate or to which the
Seller or an ERISA Affiliate has or may have any Liability,
contingent or otherwise, either directly or as a result of an ERISA
Affiliate and (y) provides benefits of economic value to any
present or former employee, consultant or director of Seller, or
present or former beneficiary of any such Person.
“ Seller Group ” means any
affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary or similar group of
which Seller is or was a member.
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“ Seller Indemnitees ” is
defined in Section 9.3(a).
“ Seller Intellectual Property
” is defined in Section 3.11(e).
“ Seller Interim Financial
Statements ” is defined in
Section 3.4(a).
“ Seller Owned Intellectual
Property ” is defined in Section 3.11(b).
“ Seller Registered Items ”
is defined in Section 3.11(f).
“ Software ” is defined in
Section 3.11(a).
“ State/Local Prime Government
Contract ” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ State/Local Prime Government
Contractor ” is defined in the definition of
“Government Contract” in this
Section 1.1.
“ Target Net Working Capital
” means $2,688,309.
“ Tax ” or “
Taxes ” means any and all federal, state, local, or
foreign net or gross income, gross receipts, net proceeds, sales,
use, escheat, unclaimed property, ad valorem, value added,
franchise, bank shares, withholding, payroll, employment, excise,
property, deed, stamp, alternative or add-on minimum,
environmental, profits, windfall profits, transaction, license,
lease, service, service use, occupation, severance, energy,
unemployment, social security, workers’ compensation,
capital, premium, abandoned or unclaimed property and other taxes,
assessments, customs, duties, fees, levies, or other governmental
charges of any nature whatever, whether disputed or not, together
with any interest, penalties, additions to tax, or additional
amounts with respect thereto, and including any liability for the
payment of the foregoing obligations of another Person as a result
of (a) being or having been a member of an affiliated,
consolidated, combined, unitary or aggregate group of corporations;
(b) being or having been a party to any tax sharing agreement
or any express or implied obligation to indemnify any Person; and
(c) being or having been a transferee, successor, or otherwise
assuming the obligations of another Person to pay the foregoing
amounts.
“ Tax Returns ” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information
return or statement relating to Taxes, including any schedule or
attachment thereto, and including any amendment thereof.
“ Taxing Authority ” means
any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction with respect to any
Tax.
“ Third Party Claim ” is
defined in Section 9.4(a).
“ Third Party Defense ” is
defined in Section 9.4(b).
“ TINA ” is defined in
Section 3.13(d)(vi).
“ Trademark Assignment ”
means the trademark assignment in the form and substance acceptable
to Buyer.
“ Transition Services Agreement
” means the transition services agreement in the form and
substance acceptable to Buyer.
“ Transferred Employees ” is
defined in Section 6.3.
“ Unaudited Financial Statements
” is defined in Section 3.4(a).
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2.1 Purchase and Sale of the Purchased
Assets . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer,
convey and deliver, and Parent shall cause Seller to sell, assign,
transfer, convey and deliver, to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase,
acquire and accept from Seller, free and clear of Liens, the entire
right, title and interest of Seller in, to and under all of the
assets, properties and rights of every kind and description, real,
personal and mixed, tangible and intangible, wherever situated,
that are related to the Business, other than the Excluded Assets
(collectively, the “ Purchased Assets ”),
including without limitation the following assets, properties and
rights:
(c) all Contracts related to the Business
including, without limitation, those set forth on
Schedule 2.1(c) (other than those Contracts which are Excluded
Assets) (the “ Assigned Contracts ”);
(d) all Accounts Receivable;
(e) all Books and Records (copies of which
may be retained by Seller, subject to the confidentiality
obligations set forth herein);
(f) all claims, causes of action, choses in
action, rights of recovery and rights under all warranties,
representations and guarantees made by suppliers of products,
materials or equipment, or components thereof, arising from or
relating to the other Purchased Assets or the Assumed
Liabilities;
(g) all insurance benefits, including
rights and proceeds, arising from or relating to the other
Purchased Assets or the Assumed Liabilities prior to the Closing,
unless expended in accordance with this Agreement;
(h) all rights under any permits or
certifications from any Governmental Entity that have been issued
or applied for;
(i) all prepaid expenses of the
Business;
(j) all rights of Seller to its corporate
name and derivatives and variants thereof;
(k) all Intellectual Property owned by
Seller;
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(l) all security deposits, earnest deposits
and all other forms of deposit or security placed with or by Seller
for the performance of an Assigned Contract; and
(m) all goodwill of the
Business.
2.2 Excluded Assets . The Purchased
Assets do not include, and Seller is not selling, assigning,
transferring, conveying or delivering, and Buyer is not purchasing,
acquiring or accepting from Seller any of the assets, properties or
rights set forth in this Section 2.2 (collectively, the
“ Excluded Assets ”):
(a) all cash, cash equivalents and bank
accounts of Seller;
(b) the corporate seals, Charter Documents,
minute books, stock books, Tax Returns, books of account or other
records having to do with the corporate organization of
Seller;
(c) the rights which accrue or will accrue
to Seller under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Documents;
(d) each Seller Benefit Plan;
(e) all accounts receivable owing from
Affiliates;
(f) that certain Employment Agreement,
dated as of November 1, 1999, by and between Seller and
Moore;
(g) that certain Agreement for Ultrasound
Technical Services, entered into on May 10, 2007, by and
between Seller and Axess Ultrasound, LLC (as successor in interest
to TriMedx, LLC);
(h) the Longmont Lease; and
(i) all rights to Tax refunds.
2.3 Assumed Liabilities . Upon the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer shall assume
effective as of the Closing, and from and after the Closing Buyer
shall pay, discharge or perform when due, as appropriate, only the
following Liabilities and obligations of Seller (excluding the
Liabilities and obligations retained by Seller in accordance with
Section 2.4, the “ Assumed Liabilities
”):
(a) the Liabilities and obligations of the
Business that are included in the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital;
(b) all Liabilities and obligations of
Seller in respect of the Assigned Contracts which Liabilities or
obligations (i) relate solely to the period after the Closing
or (ii) remain to be performed by Seller as of the Closing so
long as such obligations (y) arise in the ordinary course of
the Business and (z) do not arise with respect to a prepayment
of services by any third parties (in each case with respect to
(i) and (ii), other than obligations or Liabilities thereunder
arising as a result of the breach thereof at or prior to the
Closing or those Contracts which are included as an Excluded
Asset); and
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(c) Liabilities arising under
Seller’s standard product warranties relating solely to the
repair of any products sold by Seller in the ordinary course of its
business prior to the Closing Date.
2.4 Excluded Liabilities . Neither Buyer
nor any of its Affiliates shall assume any Liabilities of Seller
(such unassumed Liabilities, the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”) other than those specifically set forth in
Section 2.3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall
Buyer or any of its Affiliates assume or incur any Liability in
respect of, and Seller shall remain bound by and liable for, and
shall pay, discharge or perform when due, the following Liabilities
of Seller:
(a) all Liabilities arising from or related
to the Business or Purchased Assets prior to or on the Closing Date
except to the extent any such Liability is specifically included as
an Assumed Liability;
(b) all Liabilities for Taxes of Seller or
any Affiliate of Seller;
(c) all Liabilities in respect of Excluded
Assets;
(d) all Indebtedness of the
Business;
(e) all Liabilities and obligations of
Seller with respect to accrued employee wages, salaries, payroll
and withholding taxes;
(f) all intercompany accounts payables due
to Parent from Seller; and
(g) all Liabilities arising out of or
incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and
execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including Taxes and fees and
expenses of counsel, accountants and other experts.
(a) The aggregate amount to be paid by
Buyer on the Closing Date with respect to the Purchased Assets
shall be Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) (the “
Purchase Price ”). The Purchase Price is subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.7. Buyer shall pay the
Purchase Price as follows: (i) an aggregate amount of Four Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($400,000) in cash (the “ Escrow
Amount ”) shall be deposited on the Closing Date by wire
transfer of immediately available funds with the Escrow Agent in
accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, and
(ii) the balance shall be paid in cash to Seller on the
Closing Date.
(b) All amounts payable under this
Section 2.5 shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an account designated in writing by Seller or
the Escrow Agent, as applicable, no later than three Business Days
prior to the applicable payment date.
2.6 Closing Date . The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at the offices of Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, at 10:00 a.m. on a
date to be specified by the parties. The date on which the Closing
occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing
Date .”
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2.7 Net Working Capital Adjustment
.
(a) At least five (5) business days
prior to the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to
Buyer a good faith estimate calculation of Seller’s Net
Working Capital as of the close of business on the Closing Date
determined in accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with
the illustration set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) hereto (the
“ Estimated Closing Net Working Capital ”). At
the Closing:
(i) if the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital is less than the Target Net Working Capital, the Purchase
Price shall be reduced by an amount equal to such deficiency;
and
(ii) if the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital exceeds the Target Net Working Capital, the Purchase Price
shall be increased by an amount equal to such excess.
(b) Within 90 days after the Closing
Date, Buyer will prepare, or cause to be prepared, and deliver to
Seller a statement (the “ Closing Net Working Capital
Statement ”), which shall set forth Buyer’s
calculation of Net Working Capital as of the Closing Date (“
Closing Net Working Capital ”) determined in
accordance with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the
illustration set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) hereto.
(c) Upon receipt from Buyer, Seller shall
have 15 days to review the Closing Net Working Capital
Statement (the “ Review Period ”). If Seller
disagrees with Buyer’s computation of Closing Net Working
Capital, Seller may, on or prior to the last day of the Review
Period, deliver a notice to Buyer (the “ Notice of
Objection ”), which sets forth its objections to
Buyer’s calculation of Closing Net Working Capital;
provided that the Notice of Objection shall include
only objections based on (i) non-compliance with the standards
set forth in Schedule 2.7(a) for the preparation of the
Closing Net Working Capital Statement and (ii) mathematical
errors in the computation of Closing Net Working Capital. Any
Notice of Objection shall specify those items or amounts with which
Seller disagrees, together with a detailed written explanation of
the reasons for disagreement with each such item or amount, and
shall set forth Seller’s calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital based on such objections. Further, if independent auditors
are engaged by Seller in connection with the preparation of the
Notice of Objection, such Notice of Objection should also be
accompanied by a certificate of the independent auditors of Seller
setting forth that they concur with each of the positions taken by
Seller in the Notice of Objection. To the extent not set forth in
the Notice of Objection, Seller shall be deemed to have agreed with
Buyer’s calculation of all other items and amounts contained
in the Closing Net Working Capital Statement.
(d) Unless Seller delivers the Notice of
Objection to Buyer within the Review Period, Seller shall be deemed
to have accepted Buyer’s calculation of Closing Net Working
Capital and the Closing Net Working Capital Statement shall be
final, conclusive and binding. If Seller delivers a Notice of
Objection to Buyer complying with the requirements set forth in
Section 2.7(c) within the Review Period, Buyer and Seller
shall, during the 30 days following such delivery or any
mutually agreed extension thereof, use their commercially
reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items and
amounts in order to determine the amount of Closing Net Working
Capital. If, at the end of such period or any mutually agreed
extension thereof, Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve their
disagreements, they shall jointly retain and refer their
disagreements to an independent valuation firm or independent
accounting firm mutually reasonably acceptable to Buyer and Seller
(the “ Independent Expert ”). The parties shall
instruct the Independent Expert promptly to review this
Section 2.7 and to determine solely with respect to the
disputed items and amounts so submitted whether and to what extent,
if any, the Closing Net Working Capital set forth in the Closing
Net Working Capital Statement requires adjustment. The Independent
Expert shall base its determination solely on written submissions
by Buyer and Seller and not on an independent review. Buyer and
Seller shall make available to the Independent Expert all relevant
books and records and other items reasonably requested by the
Independent Expert. The parties shall request that the Independent
Expert deliver to Buyer and Seller, as promptly as practicable but
in no event later than 45 days after its retention, a report
which sets forth its resolution of the disputed items and amounts
and its calculation of Closing Net Working Capital. The decision of
the Independent Expert shall be final, conclusive and binding on
the parties. The costs and expenses of the Independent Expert shall
be shared equally by Buyer and Seller.
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(e) Within five (5) business days
after the Closing Net Working Capital is finally determined
pursuant to this Section 2.7:
(i) if the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital is less than the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital, Seller shall pay to Buyer an amount equal to such
deficiency; and
(ii) if the finally determined Closing Net
Working Capital is greater than the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital, Buyer shall pay to Seller an amount equal to such
excess.
(f) Any such payment made by Buyer or
Seller pursuant to Section 2.7(e) shall be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in
writing by Buyer or Seller, as the case may be, at least one
Business Day prior to such transfer.
(g) Any rights accruing to a party under
this Section 2.7 shall be in addition to and independent of
the rights to indemnification under Article IX. Any payments
made to any party under this Section 2.7 shall not be subject
to the terms of Article IX.
2.8 Allocation . The Purchase Price (as
increased by the amounts treated as Assumed Liabilities for federal
income tax purposes and other amounts treated as taxable sales
consideration for federal income tax purposes) shall be allocated
among the covenants set forth in Section 5.3 and the Purchased
Assets for all purposes (including Tax and financial accounting
purposes) in accordance with their respective fair market values
pursuant to an allocation schedule prepared by Buyer after the
Closing in accordance with Section 1060 of the Code and the
regulations adopted thereunder (the “ Asset Allocation
”). As soon as practicable after the Closing Date and in any
event no later than 90 days prior to the latest date for
filing of the U.S. federal Tax Return by Seller for the period
ending on the Closing Date, Buyer shall deliver a copy of its
initial determination of the Asset Allocation to Seller. Seller
shall, within 30 days of receipt of Buyer’s initial
determination of the initial Asset Allocation, notify Buyer if
Seller disagrees with Buyer’s initial determination, and if
Seller does not so notify Buyer within such 30 days, the
initial Asset Allocation shall be final and binding on the parties.
If Seller disagrees with such initial Asset Allocation, Buyer and
Seller shall make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute. If
Buyer and Seller are unable to resolve their differences within
30 days after Buyer has been notified of Seller’s
disagreement with the initial Asset Allocation, then any remaining
disputed issues shall be submitted to the Independent Expert, which
shall resolve the disagreement in a final binding manner after
hearing the views of the parties. The fees and expenses of the
Independent Expert shall be shared equally between Buyer and
Seller. Except as may be required by Law, Buyer and Seller will
(a) file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns (including
Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) in a manner consistent
with the Asset Allocation (as determined pursuant to this
Section 2.8) and (b) not take any action inconsistent
therewith. Any subsequent adjustments to the Purchase Price shall
be reflected in the Asset Allocation hereunder in a manner
consistent with Regulation Section 1.1060-1.
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(a) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement shall not constitute an
agreement to sell, assign, transfer, convey or deliver any
Purchased Asset or any benefit arising under or resulting from such
Purchased Asset if the sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or
delivery thereof, without the Consent of a third party,
(i) would constitute a breach or other contravention of the
rights of such third party, (ii) would be ineffective with
respect to any party to a Contract concerning such Purchased Asset,
or (iii) would, upon transfer, materially adversely affect the
rights of Buyer under such Purchased Asset. If the sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or delivery by Seller to, or any
assumption by Buyer of, any interest in, or Liability under, any
Purchased Asset requires the consent of a third party, then such
sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption
shall be subject to such Consent being obtained. Without limiting
Section 2.9(b), to the extent any Assigned Contract may not be
assigned to Buyer by reason of the absence of any such Consent
(“ Restricted Contract ”), Buyer shall not be
required to assume any Assumed Liabilities arising under such
Restricted Contract.
(b) To the extent that any Consent in
respect of a Restricted Contract or any other Purchased Asset shall
not have been obtained on or before the Closing Date, Buyer may
elect to proceed with the Closing, in which case, Seller shall
continue to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain any such
Consent after the Closing Date until such time as it shall have
been obtained. Seller shall, and Parent shall cause Seller to,
cooperate with Buyer in any economically reasonable arrangement
proposed by Buyer to provide that Buyer shall receive the interest
of Seller in the benefits under such Restricted Contract or other
Purchased Asset. Seller shall pay and discharge, and shall
indemnify and hold harmless, Buyer and its Affiliates from and
against any and all reasonable out-of-pocket costs of seeking to
obtain or obtaining any such Consent whether before or after the
Closing Date. As soon as a Consent for the sale, assignment,
transfer, conveyance, delivery or assumption of a Restricted
Contract or other Purchased Asset is obtained, Seller shall
promptly assign, transfer, convey and deliver such Restricted
Contract or Purchased Asset to Buyer, and Buyer shall assume the
Assumed Liabilities under any such Restricted Contract from and
after the date of assignment to Buyer pursuant to a special-purpose
assignment and assumption agreement substantially similar in terms
to those of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement.
(c) Nothing contained in this
Section 2.9 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed a
waiver by Buyer of its rights to have received on the Closing Date
an effective assignment of all of the Purchased Assets or of the
covenant of Seller to obtain all Consents, nor shall this Section
2.9 or any other provision of this Agreement be deemed to
constitute an agreement to exclude from the Purchased Assets any
Assigned Contracts or other Purchased Asset as to which a Consent
may be necessary.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLER AND PARENT
Seller and Parent jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Buyer as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing Date that the statements contained in this Article III
are true and correct, except as set forth in the disclosure
schedule dated and delivered as of the date hereof by Seller and
Parent to Buyer (the “ Disclosure Schedule ”),
which is attached to this Agreement and is designated therein as
being the Disclosure Schedule. The Disclosure Schedule shall be
arranged in paragraphs corresponding to each representation and
warranty set forth in this Article III. Each exception to a
representation and warranty set forth in the Disclosure Schedule
shall qualify the specific representation and warranty which is
referenced in the applicable paragraph of the Disclosure Schedule,
and no other representation or warranty.
3.1 Organization and Good Standing
.
(a) Seller is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the State of Colorado, has all requisite power to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on the Business as now being
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and is duly qualified to
do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
it owns or leases property or conducts any business so as to
require such qualification except for those jurisdictions where the
failure to be so qualified and in good standing could not
individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on
the Purchased Assets or the condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, prospects or results of operations of the Business or
Seller. Seller is not in default under its Charter Documents. The
Charter Documents of Seller in the forms provided to Buyer are the
Charter Documents of Seller as in effect on the date of this
Agreement.
(b) Parent is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the State of New York. The Charter Documents of Parent in the
forms provided to Buyer are the Charter Documents of Parent as in
effect on the date of this Agreement.
(c) Parent owns 95% of Seller’s
issued and outstanding equity.
(d) Seller has no subsidiaries or
investments in any other Person.
3.2 Authority and Enforceability
.
(a) Each of Seller and Parent has the
requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to perform
their obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
and the performance of the obligations hereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of Seller and Parent
and no other consent, action or proceedings on the part of Seller
and Parent or any holder of Parent’s equity is required to
authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. Seller and Parent have duly executed and
delivered this Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the valid and
binding obligation of Seller and Parent, enforceable against them
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating to
creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) the availability
of injunctive relief and other equitable remedies.
(b) Each of Seller and Parent, as
applicable, has the requisite power and authority to enter into
each Ancillary Document to which it is, or specified to be, a
party, to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby and to
perform their respective obligations thereunder. The execution and
delivery by each of Seller and Parent of each Ancillary Document to
which it is, or specified to be, a party, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby and the performance of their
respective obligations thereunder have been duly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of Seller and the Parent and no other
proceedings on the part of Seller and Parent or any holder of
Parent’s equity is required to authorize each Ancillary
Document or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby.
The Ancillary Documents, upon execution and delivery by Seller and
Parent, as applicable, and, assuming due authorization, execution
and delivery by Buyer, constitute the valid and binding obligation
of each of Seller and Parent, as applicable, enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar Laws affecting or relating to
creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) the availability
of injunctive relief and other equitable remedies. The Ancillary
Documents effectively vest in Buyer good, valid and marketable
title to all the Purchased Assets free and clear of all Liens,
other than with respect to Purchased Assets that are leased by
Seller.
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3.3 No Conflicts; Consents .
(a) Except as set forth on
Section 3.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement by Seller and Parent does
not, and the performance by Seller and Parent of their obligations
hereunder and the consummation by Seller and Parent of the
transactions contemplated hereby (in each case, with or without the
giving of notice or lapse of time, or both) will not, directly or
indirectly, (i) violate the provisions of any of the Charter
Documents of Seller or Parent, (ii) violate or constitute a
default, an event of default or an event creating rights of
acceleration, termination, cancellation, imposition of additional
obligations or loss of rights, or require a consent to assignment,
under any Contract (A) to which Seller or Parent is a party,
(B) of which Seller or Parent is a beneficiary or (C) by
which Seller, Parent or any of their assets are bound,
(iii) violate or conflict with any Law, Authorization or Order
applicable to Seller or Parent, or give any Governmental Entity or
other Person the right to challenge any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy, obtain
any relief under or revoke or otherwise modify any rights held
under, any such Law, Authorization or Order, or (iv) result in the
creation of any Liens upon any of the assets owned or used by
Seller. Section 3.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth
all consents, waivers, assignments and other approvals and actions
that are required in connection with the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement under any Contract to which Seller is a party
(collectively, “ Consents ”) in order to
preserve all rights of, and benefits to, Seller
thereunder.
(b) No Authorization or Order of,
registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any
Governmental Entity or other Person is required by or with respect
to Seller or Parent in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.4 Financial Statements .
(a) Section 3.4(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule contains true and complete copies of
(collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”)
(i) the audited financial statements of Parent as of
June 30, 2007, June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and
the related statements of income and cash flows for the years then
ended (the “ Audited Financial Statements ”);
(ii) the unaudited balance sheet of Seller as of June 30,
2007, June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2009 and the related
statements of income for the years then ended (the “
Unaudited Financial Statements ”); and (iii) the
unaudited balance sheet and the related statement of income of
Seller as of and for the two-month period ended August 31, 2009
(the “ Seller Interim Financial Statements
”).
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(b) The Financial Statements are true,
complete and correct in all material respects and have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved, subject, in the case of the Seller
Interim Financial Statements, to normal year-end adjustments (the
effect of which will not be materially adverse) and the absence of
notes. The Financial Statements are based on the books and records
of Parent and Seller, as applicable, and fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition of the business of Parent
and the Business, as applicable, as of the respective dates they
were prepared and the results of the operations of the business of
Parent and the Business, as applicable, for the periods indicated.
The balance sheet of Seller as of June 30, 2009 is referred to
herein as the “ Balance Sheet ” and the date
thereof as the “ Balance Sheet Date.
”
3.5 No Undisclosed Liabilities . Seller
has no liabilities, obligations or commitments of any nature
whatsoever, asserted or unasserted, known or unknown, absolute or
contingent, accrued or unaccrued, matured or unmatured or otherwise
(collectively, “ Liabilities ”), except those
which (a) are adequately reflected or reserved against in the
Balance Sheet as of the Balance Sheet Date, and (b) have been
incurred in the ordinary course of the Business and consistent with
past practice since the Balance Sheet Date and which are not,
individually or in the aggregate, material in amount.
(a) All Tax Returns required to have been
filed by or with respect to Seller have been duly and timely filed
(or, if due between the date hereof and the Closing Date, will be
duly and timely filed), and, to the Knowledge of Seller, each such
Tax Return correctly and completely reflects Liability for Taxes
and all other information required to be reported thereon. All
Taxes owed by Seller and each member of the Seller Group (whether
or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid (or, if due
between the date hereof and the Closing Date, will be duly and
timely paid). Seller has adequately provided for, in their books of
account and related records, Liability for all unpaid Taxes, being
current Taxes not yet due and payable.
(b) No Tax Return of any member of the
Seller Group has been audited and there is no action or audit now
pending nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, proposed or threatened
against, or with respect to, any member of the Seller Group in
respect of any Taxes. Except as set forth on Section 3.6(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule, no member of the Seller Group is the
beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax
Return, nor has Seller made (or had made on their behalf) any
requests for such extensions. No claim has ever been made by an
authority in a jurisdiction where Seller does not file Tax Returns
that Seller is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction
or that any of them must file Tax Returns. There are no Liens on
any of the stock or assets of Seller with respect to
Taxes.
(c) Seller has withheld and timely paid all
Taxes required to have been withheld and paid and has complied with
all information reporting and backup withholding requirements,
including maintenance of required records with respect
thereto.
(d) There is no dispute or claim concerning
any Liability for Taxes with respect to any member of the Seller
Group for which notice has been provided, or which is asserted nor,
to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened, or which is otherwise known
to Seller. No issues have been raised in any Tax examination with
respect to Seller which, by application of similar principles,
could reasonably be expected to result in Liability for Taxes for
any member of the Seller Group, the Business or the period not so
examined. Seller has delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies
of all federal income Tax Returns, examination reports, and
statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by any
member of the Seller Group with respect to Seller since 2003. No
member of the Seller Group has waived (nor is subject to a waiver
of) any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes nor has agreed
to (or is subject to) any extension of time with respect to a Tax
assessment or deficiency.
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(e) Seller
is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of
Section 1445 of the Code.
(f) The Seller Group has disclosed on its
federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could
give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax
within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code.
(g) Seller is not a party to any Tax
allocation or sharing agreement. Seller has no Liability for the
Taxes of any Person, other than under Section 1.1502-6 of the
Treasury regulations (or any similar provision of state, local, or
foreign Law) with respect to any member of the Seller Group of
which Seller currently is a member, (i) as a transferee or
successor, (ii) by contract, (iii) under Section 1.1502-6
of the Treasury regulations (or any similar provision of state,
local or foreign Law), or (iv) otherwise.
(h) No Member of the Seller Group has
entered into any transaction that is a “reportable
transaction” (as defined in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4, as modified by periodically
issued IRS guidance).
3.7 Compliance with Law . Since
November 16, 1999: (i) Seller has conducted, and is
conducting, the Business in compliance with all applicable Laws,
(ii) to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has occurred and no
circumstances exist that (with or without the passage of time or
the giving of notice) may result in a violation of, conflict with
or failure on the part of Seller to conduct the Business in
compliance with, any applicable Law, and (iii) Seller has not
received notice regarding any violation of, conflict with, or
failure to conduct the Business in compliance with, any applicable
Law.
3.8 Business
Authorizations .
(a) Seller owns, holds or lawfully uses in
the operation of the Business all Authorizations which are
necessary for it to conduct the Business as currently conducted or
for the ownership and use of the assets owned or used by Seller in
the conduct of the Business free and clear of all Liens, which
authorizations are valid and in full force and effect and listed in
Section 3.8(a) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(b) No event has occurred and no
circumstances exist that (with or without the passage of time or
the giving of notice) may result in a violation of, conflict with,
failure on the part of Seller to comply with the terms of, or the
revocation, withdrawal, termination, cancellation, suspension or
modification of any Authorization. Seller has not received any
notice regarding any violation of, conflict with, failure to comply
with the terms of, or any revocation, withdrawal, termination,
cancellation, suspension or modification of, any Authorization.
Seller is not in default, nor has Seller received notice of any
claim of default, with respect to any Authorization.
(c) No Person other than Seller owns or has
any proprietary, financial or other interest (direct or indirect)
in any Authorization which Seller owns or uses in the operation of
the Business as conducted over the past 24 months or as
currently conducted.
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3.9 Title to Properties . With respect to
property and assets that Seller purports to own which are included
in the Purchased Assets, Seller has good and transferable title to
all such personal property, free and clear of all Liens. All leases
under which personal property and assets are leased are in full
force and effect and constitute valid and binding obligations of
the other party(ies) thereto, and Seller is not nor, to the
Knowledge of Seller, is any other party thereto, in breach of any
of the terms of any such lease. Except for the Excluded Assets,
there are no assets or properties used in the operation of the
Business that are owned by any Person other than Seller that will
not be licensed or leased to Buyer under valid, current license
arrangements or leases. Seller owns no real property.
3.10 Condition of Tangible Assets . To
the Knowledge of Seller, (i) all Purchased Assets that are
tangible property are structurally sound, are in good operating
condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear given the use
and age of such assets), are usable in the ordinary course of the
Business and (ii) conform to all Laws and Authorizations
relating to their construction, use and operation. To the Knowledge
of Seller, there are no facts or conditions affecting such
Purchased Assets that could interfere in any material respect with
the use or operation thereof as used or operated for the
12 months preceding the date of this Agreement.
3.11
Intellectual Property .
(a) As used in this Agreement, “
Intellectual Property ” means all (i) inventions
(whether or not patentable), trade secrets, technical data,
databases, customer lists, designs, technology, ideas, know-how and
other proprietary information (“ Proprietary
Information ”); (ii) trade names, trademarks and
service marks, logos, and trade dress, whether registered or
recognized under the common law, domain names, URLs, addresses and
other designations and the goodwill associated therewith (“
Marks ”); (iii) copyrights and copyrightable
works, moral rights or other literary property or author’s
rights, documentation, websites, mask works and other works of
authorship (“ Copyrights ”); (iv) computer
software (in source code and/or object code form), including any
and all software implementations, models and methodologies, user
manuals and training materials relating thereto (“
Software ”); (v) patent, patent applications,
provisional patents, design patents, PCT filings, invention
disclosures and other rights to inventions or designs (“
Patents ”); (vi) forms of legal rights and
protections that may be obtained for, or may pertain to, the
Intellectual Property set forth in clauses (i) through
(v) in any country of the world (“ Intellectual
Property Rights ”), including all applications,
registrations, issuances, divisions, continuations, renewals,
reissuances and extensions of the foregoing; (vii) copies and
tangible embodiments of all of the foregoing, as well as related
documentation, in whatever form or medium; and (viii) all
rights to sue or recover and retain damages and costs and
attorney’s fees for present and past infringement of any of
the foregoing.
(b) Section 3.11(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule lists (by name, owner and, where applicable,
registration number and jurisdiction of registration, application,
certification or filing) all Intellectual Property that is owned by
Seller (whether exclusively, jointly with another Person or
otherwise) (“ Seller Owned Intellectual Property
”). Except as described in Section 3.11(b) of the
Disclosure Schedule, Seller owns the entire right, title and
interest to all Seller Owned Intellectual Property free and clear
of all Liens and all such Seller Owned Intellectual Property is
valid and enforceable.
(c) Section 3.11(c) of the
Disclosure Schedule lists, other than commercially available
Software and other licenses, sublicenses and agreements for which
Seller has paid or is obligated to pay a one-time payment of less
than $5,000 or continuing annualized payments of less than $1,000,
all current licenses, sublicenses and other agreements and all
prior agreements with surviving obligations (“ In-Bound
Licenses ”) pursuant to which a third party (including
Parent) authorizes Seller to use, practice any rights under, or
grant sublicenses with respect to, any Intellectual Property
related to the Business owned by such third party, including the
incorporation of any such Intellectual Property into products of
Seller and, with respect to each such In-Bound License, whether
such In-Bound License is exclusive or non-exclusive. The Software
that is used or relied upon by Seller in the conduct of its
business, including any embedded or integrated third party
software, does not contain any open source or freeware and the sale
or licensing of the Software in the ordinary course of business is
not governed, in whole or in part, by the terms of the GNU General
Public License or any other license requiring (as a license
condition or otherwise) the Seller to disclose source code to any
of the Software and any other software for which a reasonably
prudent person would hold in confidence. The computer software,
computer firmware, computer hardware (whether general purpose or
special purpose), and other similar or related items of automated,
computerized and/or software system(s) that are used or relied upon
by the Seller in the conduct of its business is sufficient in all
material respects for the current needs of such
business.
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(d) Section 3.11(d) of the
Disclosure Schedule lists, other than licenses, sublicenses and
agreements for which Seller has received or is entitled to receive
a one-time payment of less than $5,000 or continuing annualized
payments of less than $1,000, all current licenses, sublicenses and
other agreements and all prior agreements with surviving
obligations (“ Out-Bound Licenses ”), pursuant
to which Seller authorizes a third party (including Parent) to use,
practice any rights under, or grant sublicenses with respect to,
any Seller Owned Intellectual Property or pursuant to which Seller
grants rights to use or practice any rights under any Intellectual
Property owned by a third party and, with respect to each such
Out-Bound License, whether such Out-Bound License is exclusive or
non-exclusive.
(e) Seller (i) exclusively owns the
entire right, interest and title to all Intellectual Property that
is used in or necessary for the Business as is currently conducted
or proposed to be conducted (including the design, refurbishment,
license and sale of all products currently under development or in
production) free and clear of Liens, except as described in
Section 3.11(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, or
(ii) otherwise rightfully uses or otherwise enjoys such
Intellectual Property pursuant to a valid and enforceable In-Bound
License that is listed in Section 3.11(c) of the
Disclosure Schedule. The Seller Owned Intellectual Property,
together with Seller’s rights under the In-Bound Licenses
listed in Section 3.11(c) of the Disclosure Schedule
(collectively, the “ Seller Intellectual Property
”), constitutes all the Intellectual Property used in or
necessary for the operation of the Business as is currently
conducted and as proposed to be conducted (including the design,
refurbishment, license and sale of all products currently under
development or in production).
(f) No registration, maintenance and
renewal fees related to Intellectual Property or other
certifications, filings or registrations that are owned by Seller
and related to the Business (“ Seller Registered Items
”) are currently overdue and all requisite documents and
certificates related to such Seller Registered Items have been
filed with the relevant Governmental Entity or other relevant
authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the
case may be, for the purposes of maintaining such Seller Registered
Items. All Seller Registered Items are in good standing and held in
compliance with all applicable legal requirements. Seller also owns
valid record title for all Seller Registered Items, as recorded
with the relevant Governmental Entity or other authorities in the
United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the
purposes of asserting ownership and/or the assignment
thereof.
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(g) Except as set forth on
Section 3.11(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are
no challenges (or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any basis therefor)
with respect to the validity or enfo
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