ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of
September 29, 2009 (this “Agreement”), is entered into
by and among Resorbable Orthopedic Products LLC, a New Jersey
limited liability company (the "Company"), Wound Management
Technologies, Inc., a Texas corporation ("WMT"), RSI-ACQ
Acquisition, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and wholly
owned subsidiary of WMT ("RSI”), and the undersigned members
of the Company (each a "Member," collectively, the
"Members").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to RSI, and
RSI desires to purchase from the Company, substantially all of the
assets of the Company, as defined in Exhibit A attached
hereto (the “Assets”);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual
representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, and on
the terms and subject to the conditions herein set forth, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
Certain terms used in this Agreement but not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in
Exhibit A attached hereto.
2.1 Purchase
and Sale of Assets . Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions contained herein, at the Closing, the Company shall
sell, transfer, assign, convey and deliver to RSI, free and clear
of all security interests, liens, claims and encumbrances, and RSI
shall purchase, accept and acquire from the Company, the
Assets.
2.2 Purchase
Price. The total purchase price for the Assets shall
consist of:
(a) 500,000 shares
of duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable
shares of WMT Common Stock;
(b) The royalties
provided for under the Royalty Agreement; and
(c) the assumption by
RSI of the Assumed Liabilities.
The
parties acknowledge and agree that, except for the Assumed
Liabilities, RSI shall not assume or agree to pay, perform or
discharge any liabilities or obligations of the Company or of any
of the Members, whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise.
2.3 Allocation
of Purchase Price . The above purchase price shall be allocated
among the Assets as reasonably determined by RSI, such allocation
to be made as provided in Section 1060 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (the “Code”). RSI and the Company shall each
file Form 8594 (Asset Acquisition Statement Under Section 1060) on
a timely basis reporting the allocation of such purchase price
consistent with the above allocation.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND
THE
MEMBERS
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The Company and each of the Members, jointly but
not severally, represent and warrant to RSI and WMT that the
statements contained in this Article III are true and correct as of
the date hereof and will be true and correct as of the Closing Date
as if made on such date, except as set forth in the Schedules
delivered by RSI to WMT concurrently herewith and which are
attached hereto. Any representation or warranty given by a Member
in this Article III with respect to the Members shall be given only
with respect to such Member and not with respect to any other
Member.
3.1
Organization . The Company is a limited liability company,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of New Jersey. The Company (a) is qualified or
licensed in all jurisdictions where such qualification or license
is required to own and operate its properties and conduct its
business in the manner and at the places presently conducted; (b)
holds all franchises, grants, licenses, certificates, permits,
consents and orders, all of which are valid and in full force and
effect, from all applicable United States and foreign regulatory
authorities necessary to own and operate its properties and to
conduct its business in the manner and at the places presently
conducted; and (c) has full power and authority (corporate and
other) to own, lease and operate its respective properties and
assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as
proposed to be conducted, except, in each case, where the failure
to be so qualified or licensed or to hold such franchises, grants,
licenses, certificates, permits, consents and orders or to have
such power and authority would not, when taken together with all
other such failures, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect with respect to the Company, as the case may be. The
Company does not directly or indirectly own any equity or similar
interest in, or any interest convertible into or exchangeable or
exercisable for, any equity or similar interest in, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business
association or entity.
3.2
Authorization and Validity . The Company and each
Member has the appropriate power and authority and legal right to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform their respective
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery by the Company
and each Member of this Agreement and the performance of their
respective obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by
proper corporate or other proceedings, and this Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company
and each Member, enforceable against each in accordance with their
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
rights generally.
3.3 No Conflict;
Consent . Neither the execution and delivery by the
Company and the Members of this Agreement, nor the consummation of
the transactions therein contemplated, nor compliance with the
provisions thereof will, to the best of the Company and each
Member’s knowledge, violate (a) any law, rule, regulation,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on the
Company or such Member, or (b) the Company's articles of
organization or
regulations or similar documents, or (c) the
provisions of any indenture, instrument or agreement to which the
Company is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its Property,
is bound, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, or
result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien in,
of or on the Property of the Company pursuant to the terms of any
such indenture, instrument or agreement. No order, consent,
adjudication, approval, license, authorization, or validation of,
or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, or
other action in respect of any governmental or public body or
authority, or any subdivision thereof, which has not been obtained
by the Company or a Member is required to be obtained by the
Company or a Member in connection with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement, or the legality, validity, binding effect or
enforceability of any of this Agreement. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.3, no consent, approval or authorization of, or notice
to, any other person or entity, including, without limitation,
parties to loans, contracts, leases or other agreements, is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement by WMT or RSI or the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
3.4 The
Company’s Financial Information .
(a) The Company has
delivered to WMT the following financial statements (the "Financial
Statements") of the Company: (i) unaudited balance sheet of the
Company as of December 31, 2008 and the related statements of
operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and (ii) unaudited balance sheets of the Company
as of June 30, 2009 (the "Company's Latest Balance Sheet") and the
related statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash
flows for the three months then ended.
(b) Each of the
unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP, applied on a consistent basis during the
relevant periods (except as may be disclosed in the notes thereto),
and present fairly the consolidated financial position and
consolidated results of operations and changes in cash flows of the
Company as of the respective dates or for the respective periods
reflected therein, except, in the case of the unaudited interim
financial statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments
that are not material.
(c) Except as set forth
in Exhibit A-2 and on the Company's Latest Balance Sheet, or in the
notes thereto, the Company does not have any liabilities, debts,
claims or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute,
direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, whether due or to
become due), and there is no existing condition or set of
circumstances which would reasonably be expected, individually or
in the aggregate, to result in such a liability.
3.5 Liabilities
and Obligations . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.5, the
Financial Statements reflect all liabilities of the Company,
accrued, contingent or otherwise (known or unknown and asserted or
unasserted), arising out of transactions effected or events
occurring on or prior to the date hereof. All reserves shown in the
Financial Statements are appropriate, reasonable and sufficient to
provide for losses thereby contemplated. Except as set forth in the
Financial Statements, the Company is not liable upon or with
respect to, or obligated in any other way to provide funds in
respect of or to guarantee or assume in any manner, any debt,
obligation or dividend of any person, corporation, association,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity.
3.6 Employee
Matters .
(a) The Company has
no employees and has not paid any wages, salaries, bonuses
(discretionary and formula) or other cash compensation (the "Cash
Compensation") at any time.
(b) The Company has no
compensation plans, arrangements or practices (the "Compensation
Plans") sponsored by the Company or to which the Company
contributes on behalf of its employees. The Compensation Plans
referred to in the previous sentence include, without limitation,
plans, arrangements or practices that provide for severance pay,
deferred compensation, incentive, bonus or performance awards, and
stock ownership or stock options.
(c) There are no
employment agreements (the "Employment Agreements") to which the
Company is a party with respect to its employees or is otherwise
obligated.
(d) There are no
employee manuals, policies, procedures and work-related rules (the
"Employee Policies and Procedures") that apply to employees of the
Company.
(e) The Company: (i) has
been and is in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and
ordinances respecting employment and employment practices, terms
and conditions of employment and wages and hours; and (ii) is not
liable for any arrears of wages or penalties for failure to comply
with any of the foregoing. The Company has not engaged in any
unfair labor practice or discriminated on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap in its employment
conditions or practices. There are no: (i) unfair labor practice
charges or complaints or racial, color, religious, sex, national
origin, age or handicap discrimination charges or complaints
pending or threatened against the Company before any federal, state
or local court, board, department, commission or agency nor does
any basis therefor exist; or (ii) existing or threatened labor
strikes, disputes, grievances, controversies or other labor
troubles affecting the Company, nor does any basis therefor
exist.
(f) The Company has
never been a party to any agreement with any union, labor
organization or collective bargaining unit.
3.7 Employee
Benefit Plans .
(a) There are no
employee benefit plans (the "Employee Benefit Plans") (within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")) sponsored by the Company or to
which the Company contributes or contributed or may be obligated to
contribute on behalf of its employees.
(b) Neither the Company
or any member of a controlled group (within the meaning of Section
412(n)(6)(B) of the Code) in which the Company is a member (a
"Controlled Group") has any liability to pay excise taxes with
respect to any Employee Benefit Plan under applicable provisions of
the Code or ERISA. Neither the Company nor any member of a
Controlled Group is or ever has been obligated to contribute to a
multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA.
(c) The Company is not
aware of any facts or circumstances which exist that would result
in the imposition of liability against RSI by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation as a result of any act or omission by the
Company or any member of a Controlled Group. The Company has no
obligation or commitment to provide medical, dental or life
insurance benefits to or on behalf of any of its employees who may
retire or any of its former employees who have retired from
employment with the Company.
(d) No medical or dental
care plans or commitments have been offered by the Company to its
employees involving hospitalization, medical or dental care claims
that have exceeded $5,000 per year for an individual during the
Company's current fiscal year or any of Member three fiscal years
preceding the date hereof.
3.8 Title;
Leased Assets . The Company does not own or have title to or
other interests in any real property (c "Real Property"). Except
for the Proprietary Rights, the Company does not own or have title
to or other interests in any tangible and intangible personal
property ("Personal Property"). The Company is not a party, either
as lessor or lessee, to any leases of real or personal property.
Except for those assets acquired since September 30, 2008, all
tangible and intangible assets used in the conduct of the business
of the Company are reflected in the Financial Statements in a
manner that is in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis with prior periods. The
Company owns, leases or otherwise possesses a right to use all
assets used in the conduct of the business of the Company, which
will not be impaired by the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
3.9
Commitments .
(a) Except as set
forth in Schedule 3.9, the Company has not entered into, nor are
the membership interest in the Company, or the assets of the
Company bound by, whether or not in writing, any (i) partnership or
joint venture agreement; (ii) deed of trust or other security
agreement; (iii) guaranty or suretyship, indemnification or
contribution agreement or performance bond; (iv) employment,
consulting or compensation agreement or arrangement, including the
election or retention in office of any director or officer; (v)
labor or collective bargaining agreement; (vi) debt instrument,
loan agreement or other obligation relating to indebtedness for
borrowed money or money lent or to be lent to another; (vii) deed
or other document evidencing an interest in or contract to purchase
or sell real property; (viii) agreement with dealers or sales or
commission agents, public relations or advertising agencies,
accountants or attorneys; (ix) lease of real or personal property,
whether as lessor, lessee, sublessor or sublessee; (x) agreement
between the Company and any affiliate of the Company; (xi)
agreement relating to any material matter or transaction in which
an interest is held by a person or entity that is an affiliate of
the Company; (xii) any agreement for the acquisition of services,
supplies, equipment or other personal property and involving more
than $25,000 in the aggregate; (xiii) powers of attorney; (xiv)
contracts containing noncompetition covenants; (xv) any other
agreement or commitment not made in the ordinary course of business
or that is material to the business or financial condition of the
Company.
All of the foregoing are hereinafter
collectively referred to as the "Commitments." There are no
existing defaults, events of default or events, occurrences, acts
or omissions that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would constitute defaults by the Company, and no penalties
have been incurred nor are amendments pending, with respect to the
Commitments, except as described in Schedule 3.9. The Commitments
are in full force and effect and are valid and enforceable
obligations of the parties thereto in accordance with their
respective terms, and no defenses, off-sets or counterclaims have
been asserted or, to the best knowledge of the Company and Members,
may be made by any party thereto, nor has the Company waived any
rights thereunder. The Company has not received notice of any
default with respect to any Commitment.
(b) Except as
contemplated hereby, neither the Company nor the Members have
received notice of any plan or intention of any other party to any
Commitment to exercise any right to cancel or terminate any
Commitment, and neither the Company nor the Members know of any
fact that would justify the exercise of such a right. Neither the
Company nor the Members currently contemplate, or have reason to
believe any other person or entity currently contemplates, any
amendment or change to any Commitment. Except as listed in Schedule
3.9, none of the customers or suppliers of the Company has refused,
or communicated that it will or may refuse, to purchase or supply
goods or services, as the case may be, or has communicated that it
will or may substantially reduce the amounts of goods or services
that it is willing to purchase from, or sell to, the
Company.
3.10 Adverse
Agreements . The Company is not a party to any agreement or
instrument or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction
or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, rule or
regulation that materially and adversely affects, or so far as the
Company or Members can now foresee, may in the future materially
and adversely affect, the condition (financial or otherwise),
operations, assets, liabilities, business or prospects of the
Company.
3.11
Insurance . The Company does not have any
insurance policies.
3.12 Patents,
Trade-marks, Service Marks and Copyrights .
(a) The Company
owns all patents, trade-marks, service marks and copyrights, if
any, necessary to conduct its business, or possesses adequate
licenses or other rights, if any, therefor, without conflict with
the rights of others. Set forth in Schedule 3.12 is a true and
correct description of the following (the "Proprietary Rights"):
(i) all trade-marks, trade-names, service marks and other trade
designations, including common law rights, registrations and
applications therefor, and all patents, copyrights and applications
currently owned, in whole or in part, by the Company with respect
to the business of the Company, and all licenses, royalties,
assignments and other similar agreements relating to the foregoing
to which the Company is a party (including expiration date if
applicable); and (ii) all agreements relating to technology,
know-how or processes that the Company is licensed or authorized to
use by others, or which it licenses or authorizes others to use.
;
(b) To the best
knowledge of the Company and without independent investigation: (i)
it has the sole and exclusive right to use the Proprietary Rights
without infringing or violating the rights of any third parties;
(ii) the use of the Proprietary Rights does not require the consent
of any other person and the Proprietary Rights are freely
transferable. No claim has been asserted by any person to the
ownership of or right to use any Proprietary Right or challenging
or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any license or
agreement constituting a part of any Proprietary Right, and neither
the Company nor any Member knows of any valid basis for any such
claim. Each of the Proprietary Rights is, to the Company’s
best knowledge and without independent investigation, valid and
subsisting, has not been cancelled, abandoned or otherwise
terminated and, if applicable, has been duly issued or
filed.
(c) The Company and the
Members have no knowledge of any claim that, or inquiry as to
whether, any product, activity or operation of the Company
infringes upon or involves, or has resulted in the infringement of,
any proprietary right of any other person, corporation or other
entity; and no proceedings have been instituted, are pending or are
threatened that challenge the rights of the Company with respect
thereto.
3.13 Trade
Secrets and Customer Lists . The Company has the right to use,
free and clear of any claims or rights of others, all trade
secrets, customer lists and proprietary information required for
the marketing of all merchandise and services formerly or presently
sold or marketed by the Company ( “Trade Secrets”). The
Company is not using or in any way making use of any confidential
information or trade secrets of any third party, including without
limitation any past or present employee of the Company.
3.14 Material
Adverse Change . Since December 31, 2008, there has been
no change in the business, property, condition (financial or
otherwise) or results of operations of the Company which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect with
respect to the Company.
3.15
Taxes . The Company has filed all United States
federal tax returns and all other tax returns which are required to
be filed and have paid all taxes due pursuant to said returns or
pursuant to any assessment received by the Company, except such
taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and as to which
adequate reserves have been provided on the Company's Latest
Balance Sheet and as to which no Lien exists. No tax liens have
been filed and no claims are being asserted with respect to any
such taxes. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the
Company in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are
adequate.
3.16 Litigation
and Contingent Obligations . There is no litigation,
arbitration, governmental investigation, proceeding or inquiry
pending or, to best knowledge of any of its Members, threatened
against or affecting the Company which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company. The
Company has no contingent obligations not provided for or disclosed
in the Company's Latest Balance Sheet.
3.17 Material
Agreements . Schedule 3.17 lists all agreements,
contracts, leases, licenses and other instruments to which the
Company is a party.
3.18 Compliance
With Laws . The Company has complied with all applicable
statutes, rules, regulations, orders and restrictions of any
domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency
thereof having jurisdiction over the conduct of its businesses or
the ownership of its Property except for any failure to comply with
any of the foregoing which could not reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company.
3.19 Information
Furnished to the Company and the Members . The Company and
each of the Members have been provided with, and is familiar with,
the financial and other information regarding the business and
operations of WMT and RSI that the Company and the Members deem
necessary for evaluating the merits and risks of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Each of the Members is
knowledgeable and experienced in financial and business matters and
is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.20 Investment
Purposes . Each of the Members is acquiring the WMT Common
Stock for investment purposes and not with a view toward resale or
distribution thereof, and has no present intention of selling,
granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the WMT
Common Stock.
3.21 Restricted
Securities . Each of the Members understands that the
shares of WMT Common Stock will be issued by WMT pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act,
and are characterized as "restricted securities" under the
Securities Act and may be resold without registration under the
Securities Act only in limited circumstances. In connection with
the foregoing, each of the Stockholders is familiar with Rule 144
and understands the resale limitations imposed thereby on the WMT
Common Stock.
3.22
Broker's or Finder's Commissions . No broker's or
finder's or placement fee or commission will be payable to any
broker or agent engaged by the Company or any of its officers,
directors or agents or Member with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.