Exhibit 2.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement (this
“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of the
1 st day of September 2009 (the
“Effective Date”), by and between New World
Brands, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “
Company ” or “ Purchaser ”),
Aeropointe Partners, Inc., a Texas Corporation (“
Seller ”), Steve Bell, an individual and shareholder
of Seller (“ Bell ”), and Shawn Lane, an
individual and shareholder of Seller (“ Lane ,”
together with Bell, the “ Selling Shareholders
”). Purchaser, Seller and the Selling Shareholders are
referred to collectively herein as the “ Parties
.”
WHEREAS, Seller and Purchaser are
parties to that certain Joint Venture Agreement dated as of
December 10, 2008 (the “ JV Agreement
”);
WHEREAS, the Selling Shareholders
own all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Seller, are
actively involved in managing the Seller Business and the affairs
of Seller, and, accordingly, are in a position to make certain
representations, warranties and covenants in respect of Seller;
and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell, and
Purchaser desires to acquire, all of Seller’s right, title
and interest in and to the JV Agreement, as specifically set forth
in this Agreement, in accordance with the terms and conditions set
forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, the mutual premises and covenants hereinafter set
forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto
agree as follows:
Article I
Definitions
1.1
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person:
(i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or
holding with power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the
outstanding voting securities of such other Person (other than
passive or institutional investors); (ii) any Person ten
percent (10%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to
vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such other Person; and (iv) any officer, director or partner
of such other Person. “ Control ” for the
foregoing purposes shall mean the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or voting interests, by contract or
otherwise.
1.2
“
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble to this Agreement
1.3
“
Assumed Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3 below.
1.4
“ Books
and Records ” means books and records, files, lists of
past, present and qualified prospective customers, documents,
papers, employee records, agreements, books of account and other
records owned by Company, excluding the corporate records, charter
documents, minutes, stock ledger, etc., of Company.
1.5
“
Closing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
1.6
“
Closing Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
1.7
“
Closing Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
1.8
“
Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
1.9
“
Collateral Agreements ” shall mean all agreements,
documents and other instruments required to be executed by the
Parties in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including, without limitation, the Selling Shareholder
Employment Agreements, the Purchaser Employment Agreements, and the
Lock-Up Agreements.
1.10
“ Common
Stock ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
1.11
“
Contracts ” means all contracts, agreements, licenses,
warranties, guaranties, indentures, bonds, options, leases of
personal property, sales orders, purchase orders, commitments or
binding arrangements of any nature whatsoever, express or implied,
written or unwritten, and all amendments thereto, entered into by
or binding upon a Person or to which any of its properties may be
subject.
1.12
“
Excluded Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4 below.
1.13
“
GAAP ” means U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied, as in effect from time to
time.
1.14
“
Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4 below.
1.15
“
Indemnifying Party ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.4 below.
1.16
“ JV
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
1.17
“
Knowledge ” means, with respect to any Person, the
actual knowledge of such Person, the knowledge that such Person
would have a reason to acquire, and the knowledge that is imputed
to such Person by operation of law.
1.18
“
Laws ” means any statute, ordinance, law, rule,
regulation, code, injunction, judgment, order, decree, ruling, or
other requirement enacted, adopted or applied by any Regulatory
Authority, including judicial decisions applying common law or
interpreting any other Law.
1.19
“ Legal
Proceeding ” means any action, arbitration, audit,
hearing, investigation, litigation or suit (whether civil,
criminal, administrative, investigative or informal) commenced,
brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving,
any Regulatory Authority or arbitrator.
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1.20
“
Liabilities ” means any direct or indirect liability,
indebtedness, obligation, commitment, expense, claim, deficiency,
guaranty or endorsement of or by any Person of any type, whether
known or unknown, accrued, absolute, contingent, matured,
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated or otherwise.
1.21
“
Lock-Up Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7 below.
1.22
“
Loss ” means all charges, complaints, actions, suits,
proceedings, hearings, investigations, claims, demands, judgments,
orders, decrees, stipulations, injunctions, damages, dues,
penalties, fines, costs, amounts paid in settlement, liabilities,
obligations, taxes, liens, losses, expenses, and fees, including
all attorneys’ fees and court costs.
1.23
“
Material Adverse Effect ” or “ Material
Adverse Change ” with respect to a Person means a
material adverse effect on (i) the assets, liabilities,
properties, business or prospects of such Person, (ii) the
validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Collateral Agreements on such Person or (iii) the ability of
such Person to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any
of the Collateral Agreements.
1.24
“
Order ” means any writ, judgment, decree, ruling,
injunction or similar order of any Regulatory Authority (in each
such case whether preliminary or final).
1.25
“
Ordinary Course of Business ” means the ordinary
course of business consistent with past custom and practice
(including with respect to quantity and frequency).
1.26
“
Organizational Documents ” means, as applicable,
(a) the articles or certificate of incorporation, all
certificates of determination and designation, and the bylaws of a
corporation; (b) the partnership agreement and any statement
of partnership of a general partnership; (c) the limited
partnership agreement and the certificate or articles of limited
partnership of a limited partnership; (d) the operating
agreement, limited liability company agreement and the certificate
or articles of organization or formation of a limited liability
company; (e) any charter or similar document adopted or filed
in connection with the creation, formation or organization of any
other Person; and (f) any amendment to any of the
foregoing.
1.27
“
Party ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
1.28
“
Performance Shares ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1.
1.29
“
Permits and Licenses ” means all permits, approvals,
orders, authorizations, consents, licenses, certificates,
franchises, examples of, or filings or registrations with, any
court or governmental entity in any jurisdiction, which have been
issued or granted to, or are assumed or owed by, Company in
connection with the Business or use of the Purchased Assets and all
pending applications therefor.
1.30
“
Person ” means any natural person, individual, firm,
corporation, including a non-profit corporation, partnership,
trust, unincorporated organization, association, limited liability
company, labor union, Regulatory Authority or other
entity.
1.31
“
Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
above.
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1.32
“
Purchaser Business ” means the business of New World
Brands, Inc, as presently operated.
1.33
“
Purchaser Employment Agreements ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.3 below.
1.34
“
Purchaser Released Party(s) ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.10 below.
1.35
“
Purchase Price ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 below.
1.36
“
Purchased Assets ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1 below.
1.37
“
Regulatory Authority ” means: any (i) federal,
state, local, municipal or foreign government;
(ii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any
nature (including without limitation any governmental agency,
branch, department, official, instrumentality or entity and any
court or other tribunal; (iii) multi-national organization or
body; or (iv) body exercising or entitled to exercise any
administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police,
regulation or taxing authority or power of any nature.
1.38
“ Retail
Division ” means New World Brands, Inc.’s
definition of retail division as defined by NWB’s general
ledger.
1.39
“
SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1.40
“
Security Interest ” means any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, encumbrance, charge, or other lien.
1.41
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
1.42
“
Seller ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preface above.
1.43
“ Seller
Business ” means all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in and to the JV Agreement, as specifically set forth in
this Agreement, as presently operated.
1.44
“ Seller
Disclosure Schedules ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1 below.
1.45
“ Seller
Related Person(s) ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10 below.
1.46
“ Seller
Related Person Claims ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10 below.
1.47
“
Selling Shareholders ” shall have the meaning set
forth in the preface above.
1.48
“
Selling Shareholder Employment Agreements ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.2 below.
1.49
“
Shares ” means, collectively, the Closing Shares and
the Performance Shares.
1.50
“
Taxes ” means any U.S. or non U.S. federal, state,
provincial, local or foreign (i) income, corporation gross
income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment,
excise,
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severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs
duties, capital, franchise, profits, withholding, social security
(or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, intangible property, recording, occupancy, sales, use,
transfer, registration, value added minimum, ad valorem or excise
tax, estimated or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any
interest, additions to tax, penalties, fees, deficiencies,
assessments, additions or other charges of any nature with respect
thereto, whether disputed or not; and (ii) any liability for
the payment of any amount of the type described in
(i) above.
1.51
“ Tax
Returns ” means all federal, state, local, provincial and
foreign tax returns, declarations, reports, claims, schedules and
forms for refund or credit or information return or statement
relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto,
and including any amendment thereof.
Article II
Purchase and Sale of Assets
2.1
Sale and
Purchase of Assets . Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained herein, at the Closing, Seller shall sell,
assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser
shall purchase, acquire, assume, accept and take possession of, all
of Sellers’ right, title and interest in and to the following
(collectively, the “ Purchased Assets
”):
(a)
All of
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the JV
Agreement; and
(b)
$100,000 in
cash.
2.2
Assignment of
JV Agreement . In connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and upon the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, and in
reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained herein, at the Closing, Seller shall assign to
Purchaser, and Purchaser shall accept, all rights and obligations
of Seller under the JV Agreement which assignment shall be made and
accepted subject to all of the terms and conditions of the JV
Agreement as provided herein.
2.3
Assumed
Liabilities .
In
connection with the sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and
delivery of the Assumed Contract pursuant to this Agreement, at the
Closing, Purchaser shall assume and become liable for only those
Liabilities arising out of the Assumed Contract, but not including
any obligation or liability for any breach by Seller (or the
Selling Shareholders) thereof arising or occurring prior to the
Closing Date (collectively “ Assumed Liabilities
”).
2.4
Excluded
Liabilities . Except for the
Assumed Liabilities expressly assumed by the Purchaser pursuant to
Section 2.2 of this Agreement, Purchaser shall not assume by
virtue of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby,
and shall have no liability for, any debts, Liabilities or
obligations of Seller, the Selling Shareholders or the Seller
Business of any kind, character or description whatsoever,
contingent or otherwise, and regardless of whether any such debt,
Liability or obligation is disclosed in this Agreement (the “
Excluded Liabilities ”).
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2.5
Extinguishment
of Indebtedness . In connection with
the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, and in
consideration of the Purchase Price and other good and valuable
consideration provided herein, Seller hereby agrees to extinguish
any unpaid but due profits from Purchaser to Seller with respect to
the JV Agreement and any debt associated with capital purchases
under said JV Agreement (“ Purchaser Indebtedness
”) Seller agrees and acknowledges that Purchaser shall
have no obligation to repay the Purchaser Indebtedness to Seller,
and Seller shall have no right to demand Purchaser’s
repayment of such indebtedness. Seller, on behalf of Seller and
Seller’s Affiliates, heirs, successors and assigns, hereby
releases and discharges Purchaser from any and all claims, demands,
rights, causes of action, proceedings, orders, remedies,
obligations, damages and liabilities of whatsoever kind or
character arising in connection with, or out of, the Purchaser
Indebtedness.
Article III
Purchase Price and Closing
3.1
Purchase
Price . The purchase price
for the Purchased Assets shall consist of the following
(collectively, the “ Purchase Price
”):
(a)
47,658,374 shares of common stock of
Purchaser, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Stock
”), valued at $0.006333 per share (the “ Closing
Shares ”), which such Closing Shares shall be issuable to
Seller as follows:
(i)
at the
Closing: 38,836,584
shares ,
(ii)
and on
January 15, 2010: 8,821,791 shares
(b)
Performance
Shares may be issuable to the Selling Shareholders subject to and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of Article V
hereof. The Closing Shares and the Performance Shares are
collectively referred to herein as the “ Shares
.
3.2
Closing
. Subject
to the provisions of Article VIII hereof as to termination of
this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur
on the day that all the conditions to the obligations of the
Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
satisfied (or waived in writing) (the “ Closing Date
”).
3.3
Transfer
Taxes . Seller shall be
responsible for any documentary and transfer Taxes and any sales,
use or other Taxes imposed by reason of the transfers of the
Purchased Assets provided under this Agreement and any deficiency,
interest or penalty asserted with respect thereto.
3.4
Passage of
Title at Closing . At the Closing, as
contemplated in this Agreement, title to the Purchased Assets shall
pass to Purchaser. At the Closing, Seller and Selling
Shareholders will put Purchaser in full, complete and quiet
possession and enjoyment of all of the Purchased
Assets.
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Article IV
Representations and Warranties
4.1
Representations and
Warranties of Seller and Selling Shareholders
. Seller
and the Selling Shareholders, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant to Purchaser that the statements contained in this
Section 4.1 are true, accurate and complete as of the date of
this Agreement and will be true, accurate and complete as of the
Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing Date
were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout this
Section 4.1), except as set forth in the disclosure schedules
accompanying this Agreement (the “ Seller Disclosure
Schedules ”). The Seller Disclosure Schedules are
arranged in paragraphs corresponding to the lettered and numbered
paragraphs contained in this Agreement, including Article IV
hereof.
(a)
Organization,
Qualification, and Corporate Power . Seller is duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization. Seller
is duly authorized to conduct business and is in good standing
under the laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of its
businesses or the ownership or leasing of its properties requires
such qualification. Seller has full corporate power and
authority to carry on the businesses in which it is engaged and to
own and use the properties owned and used by it.
(b)
Capitalization
. All of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Seller are
owned by the Selling Shareholders. There are no other shares
of capital stock of Seller issued or outstanding.
Seller’s outstanding common stock has been duly and validly
issued and is fully paid and nonassessable. There are not
outstanding any warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of
Seller’s capital stock that would affect the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(c)
Authorization
. The
execution and delivery by Seller of this Agreement, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been
duly authorized by all necessary action of Seller (and Selling
Shareholders, as applicable). Seller and the Selling Shareholders
have full power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement, the Collateral Agreements and
any other agreements and instruments to be executed and delivered
by them in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and
to perform the obligations thereunder. This Agreement, the
Collateral Agreements and any other agreement in connection with
this Agreement, constitute the valid and legally binding obligation
of Seller and the Selling Shareholders, enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms and conditions.
(d)
Consents and
Approvals . No consent, approval,
authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice
to, any Regulatory Authority or any other Person is necessary to be
obtained, made or given by any of Seller and the Selling
Shareholders in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by them of this Agreement or any applicable Collateral
Agreement, or for the consummation by Seller and the Selling
Shareholders of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(e)
Noncontravention
. Neither
the execution and the delivery of this Agreement, the Collateral
Agreements, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, will (i) violate any statute, regulation,
rule, judgment, order, decree, stipulation, injunction, charge, or
other restriction of any Regulatory Authority,
governmental
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agency, or court to which
any of Seller and the Selling Shareholders are subject or any
provision of the charter or bylaws of Seller or (ii) conflict
with, result in a breach of, constitute a default under, result in
the acceleration of, create in any party the right to accelerate,
terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice under any
Contract, Permit and License, Security Interest, lease, sublease,
franchise, indenture, agreement, mortgage for borrowed money,
instrument of indebtedness or other obligation to which any of
Seller and the Selling Shareholders is a party or by which any of
Seller and the Selling Shareholders is bound or to which any of the
Purchased Assets is subject (or result in the imposition of any
Security Interest upon any of the Purchased Assets).
(f)
Undisclosed
Liabilities . Seller has no
liability relating to the Purchased Assets (whether known or
unknown, whether absolute or contingent, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, and whether due or to become due), including any
liability for Taxes, except as set forth in Schedule 4.1(f)
of the Seller Disclosure Schedules.
(g)
Brokers’
Fees . Except as set forth
in Schedule 4.1(g) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules,
neither Seller nor any Selling Shareholder has any liability or
obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker, finder, or
agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(h)
Legal
Proceedings . Schedule
4.1(h) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules sets forth an
accurate and complete description as of the date hereof of every
pending or threatened Legal Proceeding of any nature, domestic or
foreign, criminal or civil, at law or in equity, by or against or
otherwise affecting Seller, the Seller Business, or any of the
Purchased Assets. Except as disclosed in Schedule
4.1(h) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules, Seller is not
in default with respect to any Order by which it is bound or to
which its property is subject and there exists no Order enjoining
or requiring Seller to take any action of any kind with respect to
the Seller Business or the Purchased Assets.
(i)
Tax
Matters . Except as indicated
in Schedule 4.1(i) of the Seller Disclosure
Schedules:
(i)
Within the times
and in the manner prescribed by applicable Law, Seller has filed
all Tax Returns relating to the Purchased Assets and the Seller
Business, which Seller is required to file, has paid or provided
for all Taxes shown thereon to be due and owing by it and has paid
or provided for all deficiencies or other assessments of Taxes,
interest or penalties owed by it; no Regulatory Authority has
asserted, or will successfully assert, any claim for the assessment
of any additional Taxes of any nature with respect to any periods
covered by any such Tax Returns; all Taxes which are required to be
withheld or collected by Seller have been duly withheld or
collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper
Regulatory Authority or properly segregated or deposited as
required by Law;
(ii)
Each Tax Return
filed by Seller fully and accurately reflects its liability for
Taxes for such year or period and accurately sets forth all items
(to the extent required to be included or reflected in such Tax
Returns) relevant to its future liabilities for Taxes, including
the Tax bases of its properties and assets;
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(iii)
No audit or
unassessed Tax deficiency of any Tax Return of Seller is in
progress, proposed or threatened;
(iv)
Seller has not
waived any statute of limitations in respect of the Taxes or agreed
to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency relating to the Company;
(v)
Within the times
and in the manner prescribed by law, each Selling Shareholder has
filed all Tax Returns relating to Seller’s common stock or
other equity interests held by them (including any dividends or
capital stock distributed thereon), which such Selling Shareholder
is required to file, has paid or provided for all Taxes shown
thereon to be due and owing by him and has paid or provided for all
deficiencies or other assessments of Taxes, interest or penalties
owed by him; no Regulatory Authority has asserted, or will
successfully assert, any claim for the assessment of any additional
Taxes of any nature with respect to any periods covered by any such
Tax Returns; all Taxes which are required to be withheld or
collected by the Selling Shareholder have been duly withheld or
collected and, to the extent required, have been paid to the proper
Regulatory Authority or properly segregated or deposited as
required by law; and
(vi)
Each Tax Return
filed by each Selling Shareholder with respect to Seller’s
common stock or other equity interests held by them fully and
accurately reflects his liability for Taxes for such
year.
(j)
JV
Agreement . Except as disclosed
in Schedule 4.1(j) of the Seller Disclosure Schedules,
as of the date hereof:
(i)
The JV Agreement
is a valid and binding obligation of the other contracting party
enforceable in all material respects in accordance with its terms
against the other contracting party and is in full force and
effect. Seller is transferring all title to its interest in the JV
Agreement and all revenue derived therefrom, in the past or future,
to Purchaser free and clear of any Security Interest, obligation,
encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, and claim, whether past,
current or future; or contingent or not; and
(ii)
Seller has
fulfilled all obligations required pursuant to the JV Agreement to
have been performed by it prior to the date hereof; and
(iii)
No other
contracting party to the JV Agreement is now in breach thereof or
has breached the same in any respect within the 12-month period
prior to the date hereof; Seller and Selling Shareholders have no
Knowledge of any anticipated material breach thereof by any such
party; and there are not now, nor have there been in the 12-month
period prior to the date hereof, any disagreements or disputes
between Seller and any other party to the JV Agreement relating to
the validity or interpretation of such Contract or to the
performance by any party thereunder.
(k)
Accredited
Investor . In respect of the
Shares issuable to the Selling Shareholders as contemplated herein,
each Selling Shareholder hereby represents and warrants as
follows:
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(i)
he is an
“accredited investor” as defined in
Rule 501(a) of Regulation D, promulgated under the
Securities Act;
(ii)
he has sufficient
knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to
Purchaser so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its
investment in Purchaser and it is able financially to bear the
risks thereof, has adequate means of providing for his current
financial needs and possible contingencies that may face him and
has no need for liquidity in his investment in
Purchaser;
(iii)
it is the present
intention that the Shares issuable to him under this Agreement are
being acquired for investment and not with a present view to or for
sale in connection with any distribution thereof; and
(iv)
he does not
presently have any Contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement
with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such
person or any third person with respect to the Shares issuable
under this Agreement.
(l)
Disclosure
. No
representation or warranty of Seller and the Selling Shareholders
in this Agreement, and no information contained in the Seller
Disclosure Schedules or other writing delivered by Seller and the
Selling Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement or at the Closing
contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to
make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
4.2
Representations and
Warranties of Purchaser . Purchaser represents
and warrants to Seller and the Selling Shareholders that the
statements contained in this Section 4.2 are correct and
complete as of the date of this Agreement and will be correct and
complete as of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though
the Closing Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement
throughout this Section 4.2):
(a)
Organization
. Purchaser
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b)
Authorization
. Purchaser
has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement and the other agreements and instruments to
be executed and delivered by it in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby and to perform its obligations
thereunder. This Agreement, the Collateral Agreements and any
other agreement in connection with this Agreement shall constitute
the valid and legally binding obligation of Purchaser, enforceable
in accordance with its terms and conditions. To the Knowledge of
Purchaser, and other than as required under applicable federal
securities laws, Purchaser does not need to give any notice to,
make any filing with, or obtain any authorization, consent, or
approval of any Regulatory Authority, government or governmental
agency in order for the Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, except where the failure to give
notice, to file, or to obtain any authorization, consent, or
approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the ability of
the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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(c)
Noncontravention
. To the
Knowledge of Purchaser, neither the execution and the delivery of
this Agreement and the Collateral Agreements, nor the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will (i)
violate any statute, regulation, rule, judgment, order, decree,
stipulation, injunction, charge, or other restriction of any
government, governmental agency, or court to which Purchaser is
subject, or any provision of the charter or bylaws of Purchaser, or
(ii) conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute a default
under, result in the acceleration of, create in any party the right
to accelerate, terminate, modify, or cancel, or require any notice
under, any Contract, lease, sublease, license, franchise, permit,
indenture, agreement or mortgage for borrowed money, instrument of
indebtedness, Security Interest, or other obligation to which
Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its
assets is subject, except where the violation, conflict, breach,
default, acceleration, termination, modification, cancellation, or
failure to give notice would not have a Material Adverse Effect on
the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(d)
Brokers’
Fees . Purchaser has no
liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any
broker, finder, or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement for which Seller or the Selling
Shareholders could become liable or obligated.
Article V
Covenants
5.1
Performance
Shares . Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Section 5.1, as additional consideration for
the Purchased Assets, the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to
receive from Purchaser, and Purchaser shall be required to issue to
the Selling Shareholders, up to an additional 72,341,626 shares of Common Stock
representing the “ Performance Shares ” as
follows:
(a)
If during the
period commencing with the Closing and ending on the second
anniversary of the Date of the start of operations of the Retail
Division at a level of $20,000.00 in revenue per month (the “
Performance Period” ), Purchaser’s Retail
Division (i.e., including operation of the Purchased Assets) shall
generate revenues of at least $375,000 per month for three or more
consecutive months, the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to
receive from Purchaser 6,697,683 shares of Common Stock, which
such shares shall be issued as promptly as practicable but no later
than 30 days following the date on which Purchaser’s
accounting department finalizes Purchaser’s
internal/unaudited financial statements for such third consecutive
month;
(b)
If during the
Performance Period, Purchaser’s Retail Division (i.e.,
including operation of the Purchased Assets) shall generate
revenues of at least $750,000 per month for three or more
consecutive months, the Selling Shareholders shall be entitled to
receive from Purchaser 14,736,565 shares of Common Stock, which
such shares shall be issued as promptly as practicable but no later
than 30 days following the date on which Purchaser’s
accounting dep
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