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EXECUTION COPY
Exhibit 99.3
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
AMONG
CAS SYSTEMS, INC.
CERTAIN SHAREHOLDERS OF CAS SYSTEMS, INC.
BARRY HANSON, AS REPRESENTATIVE
3079028 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY
RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
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RAINMAKER SYSTEMS (CANADA) INC.
Dated January 25, 2007
Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this
exhibit. The copy filed herewith omits the information subject to
the confidentiality request. Omissions are designated "xxxxx". A
complete version of this exhibit has been filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
TABLE OF
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Sale and Transfer of Assets
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Purchase Price
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Purchase Price Adjustments; Earn Out
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Assumption of Liabilities.
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Representations and Warranties of
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Representations and Warranties of
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Covenants.
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Conditions Precedent to Buyer’s
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Conditions Precedent to Seller’s
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The Closing
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Further Assurances.
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Labour, Employment and Benefits
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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Indemnification.
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Notices.
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Entire Agreement.
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Successors
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Section Headings
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Applicable Law
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Expenses.
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Severability.
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Counterparts.
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Representative of the Shareholders; Power of
Attorney
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Actions of the Representative.
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Currency
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English Language
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
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Excluded Assets
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Assumed Liabilities
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Required Consents
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Form of Promissory Note
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Applicable US Dollar Amount for Earn-Out
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Disclosure
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Litigation; Consents
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Employees
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Intellectual Property
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Contracts
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Capital Stock; Ownership
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this 25th
day of January 2007, by and among CAS Systems, Inc., a California
corporation (" CAS "), certain shareholders of CAS listed on
the signature page hereto (each, a " Shareholder " and
collectively, the " Shareholders "), Barry Hanson, as
representative of the shareholders of CAS (in such capacity, the "
Representative "), 3079028 Nova Scotia Company, a Nova
Scotia unlimited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
CAS (" Seller " and together with CAS and the Shareholders,
collectively the " Sellers "), Rainmaker Systems, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Rainmaker") and Rainmaker Systems (Canada)
Inc., a Canadian federal corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
Rainmaker (" Buyer ").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of providing sales
lead generation and market intelligence to business customers (the
" Business ");
WHEREAS, Buyer desires to purchase and acquire from Seller, and
Seller desires to sell, assign and transfer to Buyer, certain of
the assets of Seller in consideration for the Purchase Price, and
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth;
and
WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, CAS, as seller, Rainmaker, the
sole shareholder of Buyer, as buyer, Seller, Shareholders, Buyer
and Representative are entering into an asset purchase agreement of
even date herewith (the " U.S. Asset Purchase
Agreement ") pursuant to which Rainmaker will purchase and
acquire from CAS certain assets of CAS, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth therein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
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Sale and Transfer of Assets.
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Subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth, the Seller hereby sells, assigns and transfers to the
Buyer and the Buyer hereby purchases, acquires and accepts from the
Seller, effective as of the Closing Date, all of the right, title
and interest of Seller in and to all of its assets, other than the
Excluded Assets (as defined below) (such assets, other than the
Excluded Assets, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Assets"), including, without limitation:
(a) all tangible assets identified on Schedule 5(n) ;
(b) all software products;
(c) all customer contracts relating to the Business, service
agreements with placement agencies, employment agreements with
Transferred Employees and any other contracts relating to the
Business, other than employment agreements with employees other
than Transferred Employees;
(d) all Intellectual Property rights of Seller,
and any licenses and sublicenses granted and obtained with respect
thereto and rights thereunder, remedies against infringements
thereof, and rights to protection of interests therein under the
laws of all jurisdictions. For purposes of this Agreement,
"Intellectual Property" shall mean any of the following:
(1) Canadian and non-Canadian patents, and applications for
either; (2) registered and unregistered trade-marks, service
marks and other indicia of origin, pending trade-mark and service
mark registration applications, and intent-to-use registrations or
similar reservations of marks; (3) registered and unregistered
copyrights and mask works, and applications for registration of
either; (4) internet domain names, applications and
reservations therefor, uniform resource locators (" URLs ")
and the corresponding Internet sites (collectively, the "
Sites "); (5) trade secrets and proprietary information
not otherwise listed in (1) through (4) above, including
unpatented inventions, invention disclosures, moral and economic
rights of authors and inventors (however denominated), confidential
information, technical data, customer lists, corporate and business
names, trade names, trade dress, brand names, know-how, show-how,
mask works, formulae, methods (whether or not patentable), designs,
processes, procedures, technology, source codes, object codes,
computer software programs, databases, data collections and other
proprietary information or material of any type, and all
derivatives, improvements and refinements thereof, howsoever
recorded, or unrecorded; and (6) any good will associated with
any of the foregoing;
(e) (i) all trade accounts receivable and other rights to
payment from customers of Seller and the full benefit of all
security for such accounts or rights to payment, including all
trade accounts receivable representing amounts receivable in
respect of goods shipped or products sold or services rendered to
customers of Seller, (ii) all other accounts or notes
receivable of Seller and the full benefit of all security for such
accounts or notes and (iii) any claim, remedy or other right
related to any of the foregoing;
(f) all cash, and
(g) all servers, desktop computers, laptop computers, computer
hardware and other office equipment owned or leased by Seller
(wherever located and whether or not carried on Seller’s
books), together with any express or implied warranty by the
manufacturers or sellers or lessors of any item or component part
thereof and all maintenance records and other documents relating
thereto.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, it is
understood that Seller is not selling and Buyer is not buying
(i) the minute books, stock record books, stock ledgers and
tax records of Seller; and (ii) any assets of Seller set forth
on Exhibit A (collectively, the " Excluded Assets
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(a) The consideration for the Assets (the
"Purchase Price") will be one million five hundred thousand dollars
($1,500,000). The Purchase Price shall be delivered by Buyer to
Seller as follows: (i) six hundred thousand dollars ($600,000)
by wire transfer on the Closing Date, (ii) six hundred
thousand dollars ($600,000) payable over three (3) years
pursuant to the terms of a promissory note in substantially the
form of Exhibit D (the "Promissory Note") and
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(iii) subject to the satisfaction of the
Post-Closing Earn Out Conditions or the Post-Closing Earn Out
Conditions Following a Sales Event, as the case may be, three
hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) (the "Earn Out") payable as
provided in Section 3 below. In addition, Buyer will
assume the Assumed Liabilities as provided in Section 4(b)
below. For purposes of this Agreement, "Business Day" shall mean
any day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks
located in San Francisco, California, shall be authorized or
required by law to close.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Buyer may withhold from its
payments under Sections 2(a)(ii) , 2(a)(iii) and 3(a)
the equivalent of any amounts then in dispute relating to
indemnification obligations arising under this Agreement, provided
that the withheld amount, to the extent not applied in satisfaction
of indemnification obligations, shall be delivered to Seller as
described above promptly upon resolution of such dispute.
(c) Buyer nor any attorney, accountant or other advisor of Buyer
has made, nor makes, any representations or warranties to Seller or
the Shareholders regarding the tax treatment of the transfer of the
Assets and any other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
any of the tax consequences contemplated hereby or thereby, and
Seller, CAS and the Shareholders acknowledge that Seller, CAS and
the Shareholders are relying solely on their own tax advisors in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(d) By its signature to this Agreement, Rainmaker hereby agrees
to guarantee, on a solidary basis with the Buyer, any and all of
the payment obligations of the Buyer hereunder.
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Purchase Price Adjustments; Earn
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(a) Pre-Closing Adjustments . Seller has
delivered to Buyer an estimated consolidated balance sheet for CAS
(the "Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet") and an estimated
calculation of the Current Asset Value Shortfall (as defined
below), in each case, measured as of the Closing Date after giving
effect to the payment of, or reservation for, all liabilities and
other obligations described in Section 4(a) below.
Seller shall also provide Buyer with copies of all work papers and
other documents and data as were used to prepare the Estimated
Closing Date Balance Sheet. If the Estimated Closing Date Balance
Sheet shows a Current Asset Value Shortfall, the Purchase Price
payable under Section 2(a)(i) above shall be reduced by
the aggregate amount of such Current Asset Value Shortfall
multiplied by 30%, and the aggregate Purchase Price to be paid to
Seller, as set forth in Section 2(a) above, shall be
adjusted accordingly. As used herein, "Current Asset Value
Shortfall" means the amount by which (x) current assets minus
total liabilities, excluding deferred revenue and operating leases
assumed by Buyer (in each case, determined on a consolidated basis
in U.S. dollars for CAS), is less than
(y) US$1,300,000.
(b) Post Closing Adjustments . As soon as practicable
after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause its accountants to
prepare and deliver to the Representative a consolidated balance
sheet for CAS (the "Closing Date Balance Sheet") and a calculation
of the Current Asset Value Shortfall, in each case, measured as of
the close of business on the Closing Date, prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles
("GAAP"). Buyer
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shall endeavor in good faith to cause its
accountants to deliver to the Representative the Closing Date
Balance Sheet and calculation of the Current Asset Value Shortfall
within 60 days after the Closing Date; provided, however, that if
the Closing Date Balance Sheet is not delivered to the
Representative by Buyer’s accountants within 60 days after
the Closing Date, the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet shall be
the final consolidated balance sheet of CAS for purposes of this
Section 3 . Buyer shall also make available to the
Representative copies of all work papers and other documents and
data as was used to calculate the Closing Date Balance Sheet, and
Buyer shall set out all proposed adjustments in reasonable detail
in a written statement delivered to Representative. The
Representative shall have the right to dispute the Closing Date
Balance Sheet (and any items therein) and the accompanying
calculation of the Current Asset Value Shortfall and make any
proposed adjustments thereto as provided in
Section 3(c) below. If it is determined after
completion of the time and procedure described in
Section 3(c) below that there is a Current Asset Value
Shortfall in excess of the estimated Current Asset Value Shortfall
and the Representative does not dispute such determination as
described in Section 3(c) below, an amount equal to the
excess Current Asset Value Shortfall multiplied by 30% shall
be deducted from the Purchase Price payable under Sections 2(a)(ii)
and 2(a)(iii) by Buyer (such deduction to be allocated to amounts
payable under one or both of such Sections as Buyer shall determine
in its sole discretion).
(c) Dispute Resolution Procedures . The Representative
shall have until thirty (30) days after the receipt of the
Closing Date Balance Sheet and the accompanying Current Asset Value
Shortfall calculation to review such calculation and propose any
adjustments thereto. All adjustments proposed by the Representative
shall be set out in reasonable detail in a written statement
delivered to Buyer (the "Adjustment Statement") and shall be
incorporated into the Closing Date Balance Sheet, unless Buyer
shall object in writing to such proposed adjustments (the proposed
adjustment or adjustments to which Buyer objects are referred to
herein as the "Contested Adjustments" and Buyer’s objection
notice is referred to herein as the "Contested Adjustment Notice")
within thirty (30) days of Buyer’s receipt of the
Adjustment Statement. If Buyer delivers a Contested Adjustment
Notice to the Representative, Buyer and the Representative shall
attempt in good faith to resolve their dispute regarding the
Contested Adjustments, but if a final resolution thereof is not
obtained within ten (10) days after Buyer delivers to the
Representative said Contested Adjustment Notice, either Buyer or
the Representative may retain for the benefit of all the parties
hereto a nationally recognized independent accounting firm
acceptable to both the Representative and Buyer (the "Independent
Accountant") to resolve any remaining disputes concerning the
Contested Adjustments. If the Independent Accountant is retained,
then (i) the Representative and Buyer shall each submit to the
Independent Accountant in writing not later than fifteen
(15) days after the Independent Accountant is retained their
respective positions with respect to the Contested Adjustments and
their respective calculation of the Current Asset Value Shortfall,
together with such supporting documentation as they deem necessary
or as the Independent Accountant requests, and (ii) the
Independent Accountant shall, within thirty (30) days after
receiving the positions of both the Representative and Buyer and
all supplementary supporting documentation requested by the
Independent Accountant, render its decision as to the Contested
Adjustments, which decision shall be final and binding on, and
nonappealable by, the Representative and Buyer. The fees and
expenses of the Independent Accountant shall be paid one-half by
the Shareholders and one-half by Buyer; provided, however, that if
the Current Asset Value Shortfall as finally determined by the
Independent Account and set forth in the Settlement Amount
Certificate (defined below) is
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closer to the Current Asset Value Shortfall
submitted by the Representative than to the Current Asset Value
Shortfall submitted by Buyer, then Buyer shall pay 100% of the fees
and expenses of the Independent Accountant. The decision of the
Independent Accountant shall also include a certificate of the
Independent Accountant setting forth the final Current Asset Value
Shortfall calculation measured as of the Closing Date (the
"Settlement Amount Certificate"). The Closing Date Balance Sheet
shall be deemed to include all proposed adjustments not disputed by
Buyer and those adjustments accepted or made by the decision of the
Independent Accountant in resolving the Contested
Adjustments.
(d) Settlement Date . There shall be a "Settlement Date"
after the calculation of the Current Asset Value Shortfall measured
as of the Closing Date which shall mean the following, as
applicable:
(i) If the Representative has not timely delivered an Adjustment
Statement to Buyer, thirty-five (35) Business Days after the
date the Representative receives the Current Asset Value Shortfall
calculation;
(ii) If the Representative has timely delivered an Adjustment
Statement and Buyer has not timely delivered a Contested Adjustment
Notice, thirty-five (35) Business Days after the date Buyer
receives the Adjustment Statement;
(iii) If the Representative and Buyer have any disputes
regarding Contested Adjustments and they resolve those disputes,
five (5) Business Days after such resolution;
(iv) Five (5) Business Days after the Independent
Accountant delivers the Settlement Amount Certificate, if
applicable; or
(v) Such other date as shall be mutually agreed between the
Representative and Buyer.
(e) Earn Out .
(i) As soon as practicable after December 31, 2007 (or, if
sooner, as soon as practicable after a Sales Event (as hereinafter
defined)), Buyer shall prepare and deliver to the Representative a
statement of earned revenues generated directly by the Assets and
paid or payable by all business units of xxxxx (collectively, xxxxx
and all business units of xxxxx) (the "Statement of Revenues"), in
each case, measured in U.S. dollars for (x) the full 2007
calendar year or (y) in the event of a Sales Event prior to
December 31, 2007, the portion of the 2007 calendar year
elapsed through the date of such Sales Event (including, in the
case of each of the preceding clauses (x) and (y), the portion
of such year occurring prior to the Closing Date) and, in each
case, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP"). Buyer shall endeavor in good faith
to deliver to the Representative the Statement of Revenues by
February 15, 2008, in the case of the preceding clause (x),
and within 20 Business Days after the Sales Event, in the case of
the preceding clause (y). Buyer shall also make available to the
Representative copies of all work papers and other documents and
data as was used to calculate the Statement of Revenues. The
Representative shall have the right to dispute the Statement of
Revenues (and any items therein) as provided in
Section 3(e)(iii) below.
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(ii) If (A) on the first anniversary of the
Closing Date both xxxxx are clients in good standing of Buyer in
respect of the Business associated with the Assets and (B) it
is determined, after completion of the Statement of Revenues, and
after completion of the time and procedure described in
Section 3(e)(iii) below if Representative disputes the
Statement of Revenues, that both (1) earned revenues,
recognized in accordance with GAAP, for calendar year 2007
(including the portion of such year occurring prior to the Closing
Date) generated directly by the Assets and paid or payable by xxxxx
is equal to or greater than xxxxx in the aggregate and
(2) earned revenues, recognized in accordance with GAAP, for
calendar year 2007 (including the portion of such year occurring
prior to the Closing Date) generated directly by the Assets and
paid or payable by xxxxx is equal to or greater than xxxxx ((A) and
(B) being, collectively, the "Post-Closing Earn Out
Conditions"), then Buyer shall promptly pay the Earn Out to Seller
by wire transfer, subject to Buyer’s rights under
Section 2(b) hereof and Section 15(d) of the U.S. Asset
Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that if the Post-Closing
Earn Out Conditions are not satisfied in full, then no Earn Out
shall be due and Buyer shall have no obligation to pay all or any
portion of the Earn Out to Seller, subject to Section
3(e) (iv) below.
(iii) The Representative shall have until thirty (30) days
after the receipt of the Statement of Revenues to review such
statement. If the Representative disputes Buyer’s Statement
of Revenues, he shall so notify Buyer on or prior to the expiration
of such 30-day period. Buyer and Representative shall then submit
the matter to BDO Seidman LLP ("BDO"). BDO shall submit its written
Statement of Revenues to the parties concurrently with the
completion of its audit of Buyer’s financial statements for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007. The decision of BDO
shall be final and binding on, and nonappealable by, the
parties.
(iv) If (A) prior to December 31, 2007, Buyer sells
all or substantially all of the Assets to a third party (other than
an Affiliate of Buyer) (a "Sales Event"), (B) xxxxx are
clients in good standing of Buyer in respect of the Business
associated with the Assets on the closing date of such Sales Event
and (C) it is determined, after completion of the Statement of
Revenues, and after completion of the time and procedure described
in Section 3(e)(iii) above if Representative disputes the
Statement of Revenues, that both (1) earned revenues,
recognized in accordance with GAAP, for calendar year 2007
(including the portion of such year occurring prior to the Closing
Date) through the Business Day immediately preceding the closing
date of such Sales Event generated directly by the Assets and paid
or payable by xxxxx is in the aggregate equal to or greater than
the applicable U.S. dollar amount set forth on Schedule 3(e)(iv)
and (2) earned revenues, recognized in accordance with GAAP,
for calendar year 2007 (including the portion of such year
occurring prior to the Closing Date) through the Business Day
immediately preceding the closing date of such Sales Event
generated directly by the Assets and paid or payable by xxxxx is
equal to or greater than the applicable U.S. dollar amount set
forth on Schedule 3(e)(iv) ((A), (B) and (C) being,
collectively, the "Post-Closing Earn Out Conditions Following a
Sales Event"), then Buyer shall promptly pay the Earn Out to Seller
by wire transfer, subject to Buyer’s rights under
Section 2(b) hereof and Section 15(d) of the U.S. Asset
Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that if the Post-Closing
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Out Conditions Following a Sales Event are not
satisfied in full, then no Earn Out shall be due under this
Section 3(e)(iv) and Buyer shall have no obligation under this
Section 3(e)(iv) to pay all or any portion of the Earn Out to
Seller. As used herein, the term "Affiliate" shall mean, in respect
of any specified person or entity ("Person"), any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct
or indirect common control with such specified Person (for the
purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlled by" and "under common control
with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or
otherwise).
(v) For purposes of this Section 3(e), earned revenues
generated directly by the Assets shall include all lead generation
DMID service revenues, all event support service revenues and all
telesales service revenues generated by the Assets and paid or
payable by xxxxx, without regard to the location where such
services are performed. Buyer shall not take any action in bad
faith intended to prevent Seller or Shareholders from satisfying
the conditions precedent to the payment of the Earn Out to
Seller.
(vi) If Buyer fails to pay all or any portion of the Earn Out
when due as provided above under this Section 3, and if the
conditions for such Earn Out have been fully satisfied as
determined by BDO, then the unpaid principal amount of the Earn Out
shall accrue interest until paid at the interest rate per annum
then applicable to principal outstanding under the Promissory
Note.
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Assumption of Liabilities.
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(a) Without limiting Section 4(c)
below, the parties agree and acknowledge that prior to the Closing
Date, Seller will pay or reserve against all liabilities other than
deferred revenues and operating leases assumed by Buyer under
Section 4(b) below.
(b) On the Closing Date, effective upon consummation of the
Closing, Buyer shall assume and agree to discharge only the
liabilities and obligations of Seller identified on Exhibit
B hereto (the " Assumed Liabilities "), which
liabilities shall specifically include banked vacation entitlement
or accrued vacation pay owing to Transferred Employees as at the
Closing Date.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other
writing to the contrary, Buyer shall not assume and shall not be
liable for any liabilities and obligations of Seller, the
Shareholders or the conduct of the Business by Seller of whatever
nature whether presently in existence or arising hereafter, except
for the Assumed Liabilities. All such liabilities and obligations,
other than the Assumed Liabilities, shall be retained by and remain
liabilities and obligations of Seller and the Shareholders, as the
case may be (collectively, the " Excluded Liabilities ").
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Buyer shall not
assume and shall not be liable for any of the following liabilities
or obligations of Seller or the Shareholders: (i) any and all
taxes levied by and owing to any foreign, federal, provincial,
territorial, municipal or local taxing authority with respect to
the ownership or use of the Assets by Seller or the conduct of the
Business by Seller; (ii) any liabilities or obligations
related to the Excluded Assets or
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which are not directly incident to or arising out
of or incurred with respect to the Business; (iii) all
lawsuits, claims and other liabilities or obligations arising in
connection with all actions, suits, claims, investigations or
proceedings to the extent relating to the conduct of the Business
by Seller or the ownership of the Assets by Seller;
(iv) subject to Section 12 below, all liabilities
or obligations relating to the employment, failure to employ or
termination of employment of any individual with respect to the
Business by Seller or relating to or under any labour agreements or
employee benefit or compensation arrangements, plans, programs,
policies, practices or agreements, including, without limitation,
severance or accrued vacation pay, of Seller or for the benefit of
employees of Seller, the whole to the extent that such liabilities
do not relate to Transferred Employees, as defined below;
(v) any liability arising under Environmental Laws (as such
term is defined in Section 5(j) hereof) with respect to
the conduct of the Business by Seller; (vi) any indebtedness
for borrowed money or otherwise of Seller or the Shareholders;
(vii) any amounts payable to Seller’s affiliates; or
(viii) any workers’ compensation claims relating to
employees of Seller.
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Representations and Warranties of
Sellers.
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As of the Closing Date, Sellers jointly and
severally represent and warrant to Buyer as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. Seller is an
unlimited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the Province of Nova Scotia. Seller
has the full power and authority to own its properties, to carry on
its business as presently conducted and to sell and convey the
Assets to Buyer. Seller has no subsidiaries nor does Seller
otherwise have any equity interest in any other Person.
(b) Execution and Effect of Agreement. Seller has the
requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
perform its obligations hereunder, and the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and the performance of Seller’s
obligations hereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of Seller. This Agreement has been
duly executed and delivered by Seller and each Shareholder and
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Seller and
each Shareholder, enforceable against it in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally and subject, as to
enforceability, to general principles of equity (the "
Enforceability Exceptions ").
(c) No Contravention. Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will (i) violate or conflict with any
provision of Seller’s Memorandum of Association or Articles
of Association, (ii) (with or without the giving of notice or
the lapse of time or both) violate, or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, or conflict with, or give rise to a
right of termination of, or accelerate the performance required by,
any of the terms of any agreement, lease, mortgage, indenture or
other instrument to which Seller or any Shareholder is a party or
by which it is bound, or (iii) violate or conflict with any
judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental body or
arbitrator, or, any law, rule or regulation applicable to Seller,
or any Shareholder, nor will the same result in the creation of any
Liens (as such term is defined in Section 5(d) hereof)
upon any of the Assets.
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(d) Title to Assets. Seller is the owner
of the Assets, and, by the execution and delivery on the Closing
Date of the instruments of transfer provided for herein, Buyer will
be vested with good, valid and marketable title to each of the
Assets, free and clear of all liens, mortgages, pledges, prior
claims, hypothecs, imperfections of title, security interests,
restrictions, prior assignments, encumbrances and claims of any
kind or nature whatsoever (collectively, " Liens "). There
are no Liens on any of the Assets as of the Closing
Date.
(e) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set
forth on Schedule 5(e), since December 31, 2005, there
has not been: (i) any event or circumstance which is
reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Assets
(a " Material Adverse Effect "), (ii) any damage,
destruction, or casualty loss, whether or not covered by insurance,
to any Assets (iii) any disposition or use of the Assets by
Seller other than in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practice, or (iv) any Lien created on any Asset.
(f) Compliance with Laws. The Business has been
conducted, and is presently being conducted, in compliance with all
applicable requirements of laws, ordinances, regulations and rules
and all applicable requirements of governmental bodies and agencies
having jurisdiction over Seller, except for such non-compliance as
is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) Financial Reports. Seller has delivered to Buyer the
reviewed consolidated financial statements of Seller as of and for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 and the unaudited
consolidated financial statements of Seller as of and for the nine
months ended September 30, 2006, all of which are true and
correct in all material respects. There are no material
inaccuracies, undisclosed liabilities or discrepancies contained or
reflected therein.
(h) Litigation; Consents. There is no action, suit,
litigation, administrative or arbitration proceeding or formal
governmental inquiry or investigation pending or, to the best
knowledge of Seller and Shareholders, threatened against or
affecting Seller, or any of their respective properties or rights.
There are no such actions, suits, litigation, administrative or
arbitration proceedings or formal governmental inquiries or
investigations pending or, to the best knowledge of Seller and
Shareholders, threatened which seek to restrain or prohibit or
otherwise challenge the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or the consummation, legality or validity of the
transactions contemplated hereby. Seller is not in violation of any
term of any judgment, decree, injunction or order entered by any
court or governmental authority and outstanding against it or
otherwise binding on any of its assets. No consent, approval or
authorization of or filing with any governmental authority or other
third party on the part of Seller is required in connection with
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(i) Employees. Schedule 5(i) contains the titles
or positions of all individuals who are employed by Seller to work
in the Business (" Employees "), their dates of hire and the
location of their employment, a list of all written contracts with
Employees, a summary of the terms of all oral contracts with
Employees, their remuneration, and a list of all collective
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agreements and Canadian Benefit Plans (as
hereinafter defined) applicable to each Employee. Schedule
5(i) also contains a list of all persons receiving compensation
in excess of $100 per week for work or services provided to Seller
in respect of the Business who are not Employees and particulars of
their terms of engagement. Schedule 5(i) also lists any
Employee on maternity, sick leave and/or disability leave, and the
date upon which they are expected to return to work.
(ii) Except as disclosed in Schedule 5(i) , Seller is not
a party to nor bound by or subject to any collective agreement
relating to the Employees, has not made any commitment to, or
conducted any negotiation or discussion with, any labour union or
employee association with respect to any future agreement or
arrangement, is not required to recognize any labour union or
employee association representing its Employees or any agent having
bargaining rights for its Employees and, to the knowledge of
Seller, there is no current attempt to organize, certify or
establish any labour union or employee association with respect to
any of the Employees nor has there been any attempt to do so during
the five (5) year period preceding the
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