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Exhibit
2.1
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
MARCHEX, INC.
PIKE STREET INDUSTRIES,
INC.
AND THE STOCKHOLDERS OF PIKE
STREET INDUSTRIES, INC.
DATED April 26,
2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS |
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1.1 |
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P
URCHASE OF A
SSETS |
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1.2 |
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ETAINED A SSETS |
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1.3 |
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SSUMED L IABILITIES |
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1.4 |
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R
ETAINED L IABILITIES |
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1.5 |
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P
URCHASE P RICE |
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1.6 |
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D
ISTRIBUTION OF P
URCHASE P RICE |
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1.7 |
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E
SCROW |
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1.8 |
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A
LLOCATION OF P URCHASE
P RICE |
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1.9 |
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C
LOSING |
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1.10 |
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XECUTION AND D ELIVERY
OF D OCUMENTS OF T
ITLE BY THE P
ARTIES |
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1.11 |
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W
ITHHOLDING |
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| ARTICLE II |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS |
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2.1 |
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C
ORPORATE O RGANIZATION |
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2.2 |
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A
UTHORIZATION |
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2.3 |
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C
ONSENTS AND A PPROVALS
; N O V IOLATIONS |
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2.4 |
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C
APITALIZATION |
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2.5 |
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F
INANCIAL S TATEMENTS ; B
USINESS I NFORMATION |
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2.6 |
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A
BSENCE OF U NDISCLOSED
L IABILITIES |
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2.7 |
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A
BSENCE OF C ERTAIN C
HANGES OR E
VENTS |
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2.8 |
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L
EGAL P ROCEEDINGS ,
ETC . |
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2.9 |
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T
AXES |
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2.10 |
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ITLE TO P ROPERTIES
AND R ELATED M
ATTERS |
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2.11 |
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NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY ; P
ROPRIETARY R IGHTS ; E
MPLOYEE R ESTRICTIONS |
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2.12 |
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C
ONTRACTS |
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2.13 |
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MPLOYEES ; E MPLOYEE B
ENEFITS . |
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2.14 |
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C
OMPLIANCE WITH A
PPLICABLE L AW |
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2.15 |
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A
BILITY TO C ONDUCT B
USINESS |
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2.16 |
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M
AJOR P ARTNERS |
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2.17 |
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I
NSURANCE |
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2.18 |
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B
ROKERS ; P AYMENTS |
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2.19 |
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D
ISCLOSURE |
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| ARTICLE III |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDERS |
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| ARTICLE IV |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PARENT AND
BUYER |
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4.1 |
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C
ORPORATE O RGANIZATION |
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4.2 |
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A
UTHORIZATION |
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4.3 |
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C
ONSENTS AND A PPROVALS
; N O V IOLATIONS |
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4.4 |
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SEC R
EPORTS AND F INANCIAL
S TATEMENTS |
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4.5 |
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B
ROKERS ; P AYMENTS |
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4.6 |
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C
APITALIZATION |
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4.7 |
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C
OMPLIANCE WITH A
PPLICABLE L AW |
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4.8 |
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ALIDITY OF S
HARES |
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4.9 |
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S-3 E
LIGIBILITY |
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4.10 |
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D
ISCLOSURE |
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| ARTICLE V |
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CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE |
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5.1 |
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ONDUCT OF B USINESS
OF THE C
OMPANY |
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5.2 |
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ETAINED L IABILITIES |
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5.3 |
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THER N EGOTIATIONS |
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| ARTICLE VI |
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ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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6.1 |
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CCESS TO P ROPERTIES
AND R ECORDS |
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6.2 |
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EASONABLE E FFORTS ;
ETC . |
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6.3 |
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ATERIAL E VENTS |
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6.4 |
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F
EES AND E
XPENSES |
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6.5 |
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UPPLEMENTS TO D
ISCLOSURE S CHEDULES |
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6.6 |
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T
AX M ATTERS |
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6.7 |
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P
OST -C LOSING A
DJUSTMENT |
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6.8 |
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ESTRICTED S TOCK G
RANTS |
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6.9 |
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R
EPURCHASE R IGHT |
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6.10 |
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C
HANGE OF N AME ; U
SE OF N
AME |
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6.11 |
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F
INANCIAL S TATEMENTS |
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| ARTICLE VII |
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COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARENT AND
BUYER |
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8.1 |
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EPRESENTATIONS AND W
ARRANTIES T RUE |
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8.2 |
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P
ERFORMANCE |
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8.3 |
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A
BSENCE OF L
ITIGATION |
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8.4 |
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P
URCHASE P ERMITTED BY
A PPLICABLE L AWS ; L
EGAL I NVESTMENT |
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8.5 |
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P
ROCEEDINGS S ATISFACTORY |
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8.6 |
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C
ONSENTS |
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8.7 |
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A
DDITIONAL A GREEMENTS |
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8.8 |
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M
ATERIAL A DVERSE E
FFECT |
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8.9 |
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PPROVAL |
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8.10 |
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UPPORTING D OCUMENTS |
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8.11 |
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ELEASE OF L
IENS |
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8.12 |
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RANSFER OF P URCHASED
A SSETS |
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| ARTICLE IX |
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CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS |
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9.1 |
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EPRESENTATIONS AND W
ARRANTIES T RUE |
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9.2 |
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P
ERFORMANCE |
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9.3 |
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A
BSENCE OF L
ITIGATION |
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9.4 |
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P
ROCEEDINGS S ATISFACTORY |
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9.5 |
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C
ONSENTS |
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9.6 |
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A
DDITIONAL A GREEMENTS |
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9.7 |
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ASH C ONSIDERATION , E
QUITY C ONSIDERATION
AND R ESTRICTED E
QUITY C ONSIDERATION ; E
SCROW D EPOSIT |
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9.8 |
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S
UPPORTING D OCUMENTS |
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| ARTICLE X |
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TERMINATION |
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10.1 |
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T
ERMINATION |
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10.2 |
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E
FFECT OF T
ERMINATION |
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| ARTICLE XI |
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INDEMNIFICATION; SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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11.1 |
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NDEMNITY O BLIGATIONS |
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11.2 |
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OTIFICATION OF C
LAIMS |
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11.3 |
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D
URATION |
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11.4 |
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E
SCROW |
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11.5 |
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N
O C ONTRIBUTION |
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11.6 |
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EGISTRATION R IGHTS |
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11.7 |
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T
REATMENT OF I NDEMNITY
P AYMENTS |
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ARTICLE XII
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12.1 |
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EGISTRABLE S HARES |
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12.2 |
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EQUIRED R EGISTRATION |
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12.3 |
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FFECTIVENESS ; S USPENSION R
IGHT |
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12.4 |
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E
XPENSES |
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12.5 |
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NDEMNIFICATION |
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12.6 |
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ROCEDURES FOR S ALE
OF S HARES U NDER R
EGISTRATION S TATEMENT |
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ARTICLE XIII
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MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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13.1 |
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A
MENDMENT |
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13.2 |
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W
AIVER OF C
OMPLIANCE |
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13.3 |
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N
OTICES |
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13.4 |
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B
INDING E FFECT ; A
SSIGNMENT |
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13.5 |
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N
O T HIRD P ARTY B
ENEFICIARIES |
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13.6 |
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P
UBLIC A NNOUNCEMENTS |
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13.7 |
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C
OUNTERPARTS |
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13.8 |
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H
EADINGS |
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13.9 |
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NTIRE A GREEMENT |
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13.10 |
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G
OVERNING L AW |
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13.11 |
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S
EVERABILITY |
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13.12 |
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S
PECIFIC P ERFORMANCE |
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13.13 |
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W
AIVER OF J URY T
RIAL |
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Exhibits and Schedules to the
Asset Purchase Agreement have been omitted. The following is a list
of omitted Exhibits and Schedules which the Registrant agrees to
furnish supplementally to the Commission upon request:
EXHIBITS
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Form of Escrow Agreement |
| B |
Form of Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption
Agreement |
| C |
Form of Executive Employment Agreement |
SCHEDULES
| 11.4 |
Percentage of Purchase Price |
DISCLOSURE
SCHEDULES
| 2.1 |
Corporate Organization |
| 2.3 |
Consents and Approvals; No Violations |
| 2.5 |
Financial Statements; Business Information |
| 2.6 |
Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities |
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| 2.7 |
Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
| 2.8 |
Legal Proceedings, etc. |
| 2.10 |
Title to Properties and Related Matters |
| 2.11 |
Intellectual Property; Proprietary Rights; Employee
Restrictions |
| 2.13 |
Employees; Employee Benefits |
| 2.15 |
Ability to Conduct Business |
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“ Agreement ”) dated as of April 26, 2005, by
and among Marchex, Inc., a Delaware Corporation (the “
Parent ” and “ Buyer ”), Pike
Street Industries, Inc., a Washington corporation (the “
Seller ” or the “ Company ”), and
the undersigned holders of all of the issued and outstanding
capital stock of the Company (collectively, the
“Stockholders ”).
This Agreement sets forth the
terms and conditions upon which the Buyer will purchase from the
Company, and the Company will sell to the Buyer, all of the assets
of the Company (other than the Retained Assets, as hereinafter
defined) and the business and goodwill of the Company as a going
concern, subject to those liabilities of the Company which are
specifically hereinafter described, for the consideration provided
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual covenants, representations, warranties
and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound
hereby, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
1.1 Purchase of Assets
. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement, at the Closing (as defined in Section 1.9 below), the
Company shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer
shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Company all of the
Company’s assets of every kind and description that are used
or useful in the Company’s business, free and clear of any
liens whatsoever (the “ Purchased Assets ”)
(other than those assets included in the Retained Assets as defined
in Section 1.2 below) and subject only to the liabilities and
obligations of the Company which are defined in Section 1.3 (the
“ Assumed Liabilities ”). The Purchased Assets
include without limitation:
(a) all of the
Company’s rights under all licenses, permits, authorizations,
orders, registrations, certificates, approvals, consents and
franchises, or any pending applications for any of the foregoing,
to the extent such rights relate to the conduct of the
Company’s Business (as defined in Section 1.1) and in each
case to the extent transferable or assignable;
(b) all of the interest of
the Company and the Stockholders (whether held directly or
indirectly through any other person or entity) in intellectual
property, patents, copyrights, trade names, service marks,
trademarks, domain names, websites, licenses and sublicenses
granted in respect thereto and rights thereunder, used in the
conduct of the Company’s Business, remedies against
infringement thereof and rights of protection of interests therein
and all related goodwill;
(c) all of the rights of the
Company and the Stockholders (whether held directly or indirectly
through any other person or entity) to any domain names, universal
resource locators (URLs), websites, webpages and booking engines to
the extent used in the conduct of the Company’s Business as
set forth on Schedule 1.1(c) ;
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(d) all of the
Company’s rights under those contracts, agreements, licenses,
leases, commitments, undertakings, arrangements, understandings or
such other documents or instruments as set forth on Schedule
1.1(d) , to the extent such rights relate to the conduct of the
Company’s Business (the “ Purchased Contracts
”);
(e) all of the
Company’s claims, customer deposits, prepayments, prepaid
expenses, refunds, causes of action, choses in action, rights of
recovery, rights of setoff and rights of recoupment, to the extent
any of the foregoing relate to the conduct of the Company’s
Business after the Closing and whether or not recorded in the books
and records of the Company;
(f) all of the
Company’s (i) advertiser and customer lists and all other
sales and marketing information, (ii) know-how, technology,
drawings, engineering specifications, bills of materials, (iii)
software, database and related programs used in the conduct of the
Company’s Business, and (iv) other intangible assets of the
Company;
(g) all tangible property,
machinery, computers, printers, servers and equipment owned or
leased by the Company;
(h) all records which relate
to the operations and finance of the Company, including, without
limitation, books, records, ledgers, files, documents,
correspondence, computer discs, diagrams, construction data,
blueprints, instruction manuals, maintenance manuals, reports and
similar documents used or useful in connection with the
Company’s Business (the “ Records
”);
(i) the Company’s
corporate name and any trade names (current and any former, if
applicable) and any and all goodwill associated therewith;
and
(j) all other assets of the
Company of every kind and description, tangible or intangible, to
the extent used in the conduct of the Company’s Business not
provided for above.
For the purposes of this
Agreement, the Company’s Business shall mean the development,
operation and/or management of websites, content services or
directory services in the following markets:
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Local or geographical search and content; and |
1.2 Retained Assets .
The Company will retain ownership of only the following assets
(collectively, the “ Retained Assets
”):
(a) all of the
Company’s minute and stock record books;
(b) all of the
Company’s trade and accounts receivable (billed and unbilled)
immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined
herein);
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(c) the Company’s cash
and cash equivalents immediately prior to the Closing
Date;
(d) all of the
Company’s rights under the insurance policies issued on the
life of any of its officers, directors, employees or consultants;
and
(e) all of the assets set
forth on Schedule 1.2 .
1.3 Assumed
Liabilities . The Assumed Liabilities shall consist only of the
liabilities of the Company specifically listed on Schedule
1.3 attached hereto, including without limitation all
obligations under the Purchased Contracts to the extent such
obligations accrue at the time of consummation of and after the
Closing (the “ Assumed Liabilities ”). The Buyer
shall assume and agree to pay, perform and discharge the Assumed
Liabilities, and will pay, perform and discharge the Assumed
Liabilities as they become due.
1.4 Retained
Liabilities . The liabilities and obligations which shall be
retained by the Company (the “ Retained Liabilities
”) shall consist of all liabilities of the Company other than
Assumed Liabilities, including, without limitation, the
following:
(a) all liabilities of the
Company relating to indebtedness for borrowed money whether or not
such liabilities are reflected on the unaudited balance sheet of
the Company as of March 31, 2005, included in the Financial
Statements (as defined herein);
(b) all liabilities of the
Company or the Stockholders resulting from, constituting or
relating to a breach of any of the representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements of the Company or the Stockholders under
this Agreement;
(c) all of the
Company’s trade and accounts payable (billed and
unbilled);
(d) all liabilities of the
Company for Taxes (as hereinafter defined) incurred in respect of
or measured by the income of the Company earned or realized on or
prior to the Closing Date, including any gain and income from the
sale of the Purchased Assets and other transactions contemplated
herein;
(e) all liabilities for all
environmental, ecological, health, safety, products liability
(except as specifically referred to herein) or other claims
pertaining to the Company’s business or the Purchased Assets
which relate to time periods or events occurring on or prior to the
Closing Date;
(f) all liabilities of the
Company arising in connection with its operations unrelated to the
Company’s Business and all liabilities (including any
liability pursuant to any claim, litigation or proceeding) in
connection with the operation of the Company’s Business prior
to the Closing except as otherwise specifically provided
herein;
(g) any liability of the
Company based on its tortious or illegal conduct;
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(h) any liability or
obligation incurred by the Company in connection with the
negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, including,
without limitation, all legal, accounting, brokers’,
finders’ and other professional fees and expenses;
(i) all liabilities incurred
by the Company after the Closing Date; and
(j) all liabilities or
obligations associated with the employees, consultants, contractors
or agents of the Company, including but not limited to accrued
vacation for all employees, consultants, contractors or agents, any
liability or obligation under or with respect to any employment,
consulting, independent contractor, agency or similar agreement any
plan, unemployment or workers’ compensation laws, sales
commissions, or any liability or obligation arising from the
termination of any employee, consultant, contractor or agent by the
Company or any decision by the Buyer not to offer employment or
continued service to any employee, consultant, contractor or agent
of the Company.
1.5 Purchase Price .
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this
Agreement, in reliance upon the representations, warranties and
agreements of the Company and the Stockholders contained herein,
and in consideration of the sale, assignment, transfer and delivery
of the Purchased Assets and in addition to the assumption by Buyer
of the Assumed Liabilities, subject to Sections 1.6 and 1.7 below,
Buyer will pay or issue the following (a) an amount of cash at
Closing equal to Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($12,500,000.00) (the “ Cash Consideration ”),
(b) that number of shares of Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value
per share, of the Parent (the “ Parent Common Stock
”) as shall be obtained by dividing $4,000,000 by the Closing
Market Price (as hereinafter defined) (the “ Equity
Consideration ”), and (c) that number of shares of Parent
Common Stock as shall be obtained by dividing $3,500,000 by the
Closing Market Price (the “ Restricted Equity
Consideration ”) as provided in Section 6.8. Such Cash
Consideration, Equity Consideration and Restricted Equity
Consideration which shall be issuable or payable at the Closing, as
the case may be, as provided herein shall in the aggregate be
referred to as the “ Purchase Price .” For
purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Closing Market
Price” shall mean the average of the last quoted sale
price for shares of Parent Common Stock on The Nasdaq National
Market for the ten (10) trading days immediately prior to the
Closing Date.
1.6 Distribution of
Purchase Price . After payment of all fees and expenses
incurred by the Company in connection with the this Agreement in
accordance with Section 6.4 of this Agreement, at the Closing the
Purchase Price shall be distributed as follows: (a) the Cash
Consideration shall be wired to an account designated by the
Company, less $1,250,000 which shall be placed in escrow to satisfy
the obligations pursuant to Article XI hereof (the “ Cash
Escrow ), (b) the Equity Consideration shall be distributed to
the Stockholders on behalf of the Company, less that number of
shares of Parent Common Stock issued as part of the Equity
Consideration as shall be obtained by dividing $400,000 by the
Closing Market Price which shall be placed in escrow to satisfy the
obligations pursuant to Article XI hereof (the “ Equity
Escrow ), and (c) the Restricted Equity Consideration shall be
distributed to the Stockholders on behalf of the Company, less that
number of shares of Parent Common Stock issued as part of the
Restricted Equity Consideration as shall be obtained by dividing
$1,350,000 by the Closing Market Price which shall be placed in
escrow to satisfy the obligations pursuant to Article XI hereof
(the “ Restricted Equity Escrow ” and together
with the Equity Escrow, the “ Stock Escrow
”).
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1.7 Escrow . At
Closing, Parent will deposit in escrow for the benefit of the
Company and the Stockholders the Cash Escrow and as soon as
practicable after the Closing and in any event within two (2)
business days after the Closing Parent will deposit in escrow for
the benefit of the Company and the Stockholders the Stock Escrow
(the Stock Escrow, together with the Cash Escrow, the “
Escrow Deposit ”). The Escrow Deposit shall be held by
and registered in the name of U.S. Bank National Association, as
escrow agent (the “ Escrow Agent ”), as security
for the indemnification obligations under Article XI pursuant to
the provisions of an Escrow Agreement (the “ Escrow
Agreement” ) in substantially the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto.
1.8 Allocation of Purchase
Price . Buyer shall prepare an allocation of the Purchase Price
(and all other capitalized costs) among the Purchased Assets in
accordance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“ Code ”), Section 1060 and the Treasury
regulations promulgated thereunder (and any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law, as appropriate) for Seller’s
review and reasonable approval, not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed. Buyer shall deliver such allocation to Seller within
ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. Buyer and Seller and their
affiliates shall report, act, and file Tax Returns (including, but
not limited to Internal Revenue Service Form 8594) in all respects
and for all purposes consistent with such allocation prepared by
Buyer. Seller shall timely and properly prepare, execute, file and
deliver all such documents, forms and other information as Buyer
may reasonably request to prepare such allocation. Neither Buyer
nor Seller shall take any position (whether in audits, Tax Returns
or otherwise) which is inconsistent with such allocation unless
required to do so by applicable law.
1.9 Closing . Unless
this Agreement shall have been terminated and the transactions
herein contemplated shall have been abandoned pursuant to Article X
and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Articles VIII and IX, the closing of the transactions
described herein (the “ Closing ”) will take
place as promptly as practicable (and in any event within two (2)
business days) after satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Articles VIII and IX, at the offices of Marchex, Inc., 413
Pine Street, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98101, unless another date,
time or place is agreed to in writing by the parties hereto. The
date of such Closing is referred to herein as the “
Closing Date .”
1.10 Execution and
Delivery of Documents of Title by the Parties . At the Closing,
the Company and the Buyer shall execute and deliver to Buyer the
Bill of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement, which is
attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Bill of
Sale ”). The Company shall also deliver such deeds,
conveyances, bills of sale, certificates of title, assignments,
assurances and other instruments and documents as Buyer may
reasonably request in order to effect the sale, conveyance, and
transfer of the Purchased Assets from the Company to the Buyer.
Such instruments and documents shall be sufficient to convey to
Buyer good and merchantable title in all of the Purchased Assets,
free and clear of all liens. The Company will, from time to time
after the Closing Date, take such additional actions and execute
and deliver such further documents as Buyer may reasonably request
in order more effectively to sell, transfer and convey the
Purchased Assets to Buyer and to place Buyer in position to operate
and
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control all of the Purchased Assets. At
the Closing, Buyer shall execute and deliver to the Company such
other documents as the Company may reasonably request in order to
evidence Buyer’s assumption of the Assumed Liabilities. Buyer
will, from time to time after the Closing Date, take such
additional action and deliver such further documents as the Company
may reasonably request in order effectively to assume the Assumed
Liabilities.
1.11 Withholding .
Parent or Buyer shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the
Purchase Price payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this
Agreement or the Stockholders shall remit to the Parent, such
amounts as Parent or Buyer may be required to pay, deduct or
withhold therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state,
local or foreign Tax law, including withholding taxes due, if any,
with respect to the issuance and vesting of the Restricted Equity
Consideration. To the extent such amounts are so paid, deducted or
withheld, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this
Agreement as having been paid to the person to whom such amounts
would otherwise have been paid.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY AND THE
STOCKHOLDERS
The Company and the
Stockholders jointly and severally represent and warrant to the
Parent and Buyer as set forth below, subject to the exceptions set
forth in the disclosure schedules hereto (the “ Company
Disclosure Schedules ”), the section numbers and letters
of which correspond to the section and subsection numbers and
letters of this Agreement.
2.1 Corporate
Organization .
The Company is a corporation
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Washington. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own, operate and lease the properties and assets it
now owns, operates and leases and to carry on its Business as
presently conducted. The Company is duly qualified to transact
business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in the
jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 2.1(a) hereto, which are
the only jurisdictions where such qualification is required by
reason of the nature of the properties and assets currently owned,
operated or leased by it or the Business currently conducted by it,
except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified
would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined
below). The Company has previously delivered to the Parent complete
and correct copies of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company
(certified by the secretary of state for the State of Washington as
of a recent date) and the By-Laws of the Company (certified by the
Secretary of the Company as of a recent date). Neither the
Company’s Articles of Incorporation nor its By-Laws have been
amended since the date of certification thereof, nor has any action
been taken for the purpose of effecting any amendment of such
instrument. The term “ Company Material Adverse Effect
” means, for purposes of this Agreement, any change, event or
effect that is, or that is reasonably likely to be, materially
adverse to the business, operations, assets, liabilities, financial
condition or results of operations of the Company, taken as a
whole.
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2.2 Authorization .
The Company has full corporate power and authority to enter into
this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Stockholders have the legal capacity to enter into this
Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the
Company and the Stockholders have been duly and validly authorized
and approved by all necessary corporate actions. This Agreement
constitutes the legal and binding obligation of the Company and the
Stockholders, enforceable against each of them in accordance with
its terms, except to the extent that enforceability may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in law or
in equity.
2.3 Consents and
Approvals; No Violations . Except as set forth on Schedule
2.3 , the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including
specifically the transfer of the Purchased Assets to Buyer by the
Company, will not: (i) violate or conflict with any provision of
the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company, (ii)
breach, violate or constitute an event of default (or an event
which with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would
constitute an event of default) under, give rise to any right of
termination, cancellation, modification or acceleration under, or
require any consent or the giving of any notice under, any note,
bond, indenture, mortgage, security agreement, lease, license,
franchise, permit, agreement or other instrument or obligation to
which the Company is a party, or by which the Company or any of its
properties or assets may be bound, or result in the creation of any
lien, claim or encumbrance or other right of any third party of any
kind whatsoever upon the properties or assets of the Company
pursuant to the terms of any such instrument or obligation, (iii)
violate or conflict with any law, statute, ordinance, code, rule,
regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or other
instrument of any federal, state, local or foreign court or
governmental or regulatory body, agency, association, organization
or authority applicable to the Company or by which its properties
or assets may be bound, except for such violations and conflicts
which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (iv)
require, on the part of the Company, any filing or registration
with, or permit, license, exemption, consent, authorization or
approval of, or the giving of any notice to, any governmental or
regulatory body, agency or authority, other than any filing,
registration, permit, license, exemption, consent, authorization,
approval or notice which if not obtained would not have a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
2.4 Capitalization
.
(a) The authorized capital
stock of the Company consists of 200,000 shares of Common Stock,
$0.01 par value per share (the “ Stock ”) of
which 200,000 shares of Stock are issued and outstanding. The
beneficial and record ownership of all of the outstanding shares of
Stock is set forth on Schedule 2.4(a ) attached hereto. All
outstanding shares of Stock (i) are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable; (ii) were not issued in
violation of any pre-emptive rights or federal or state securities
laws; and (iii) are not subject to preemptive rights created by
statute, the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or
any agreement or document to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
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Except as set forth above, as
of the date of this Agreement no shares of Stock, other equity
securities, partnership interests or similar ownership interests or
other voting securities of the Company or any securities
exchangeable or convertible into or exercisable for such capital
stock, other equity securities, partnership interests or similar
ownership interests or other voting securities of the Company, were
issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. There are no
outstanding stock appreciation rights with respect to shares of
Stock. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness
of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or
exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any
matters on which stockholders of the Company may vote. Except as
set forth above, there are no securities, partnership interests or
similar ownership interests, options, warrants, calls, rights
(including pre-emptive rights) or commitments, understandings,
arrangements, agreements or contracts (either written or oral) of
any kind to which the Company is a party, or by which the Company
is bound, obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or
cause to be issued, delivered or sold, any shares of capital stock
or other securities of the Company or obligating the Company to
issue, grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of or enter into any
such security, partnership interest or similar ownership interest,
option, warrant, call, right, commitment, understanding,
arrangement, agreement or contract (either written or
oral).
The Company has never
repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or caused the
repurchase, redemption or acquisition of any shares of capital
stock or other securities of the Company, and there are no amounts
owed or which may be owed to any person by the Company as a result
of any repurchase, redemption or acquisition of any shares of Stock
or other securities of the Company. There is no claim or basis for
such a claim to any portion of the Purchase Price except as
provided in Section 1.5 hereto by any current or former
stockholder, option holder or warrant holder of the Company, or any
other person.
There are no registration
rights and there are no voting trusts, proxies or agreements or
understandings with respect to any equity security of any class of
securities of the Company.
(b) Since its date of
incorporation, the Company has not owned, directly or indirectly,
any equity securities, or options, warrants or other rights to
acquire equity securities, or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for equity securities, of any other corporation, or
any partnership interest in any general or limited partnership or
unincorporated joint venture.
2.5 Financial Statements;
Business Information . (a) Attached hereto as Schedule
2.5(a) are (i) the balance sheets of the Company as of December
31, 2003 and December 31, 2004 and the statements of operations for
the fiscal periods then ended, and (ii) the balance sheet of the
Company as of March 31, 2005 (the “ Balance Sheet
”) and the statements of operations of the Company for the
three (3) months then ended (hereinafter collectively referred to
as the “ Financial Statements ”). Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.5 , the Financial Statements (i) have
been prepared on a tax basis from the books and records of the
Company and (ii) have been prepared consistently during the periods
covered thereby.
(b) Schedule 2.5(b)
attached hereto sets forth certain statistics regarding the
Company’s Business including, but not limited to, information
related to the Company’s products, services and websites such
as (i) the number of domains registered as of the date
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hereof, (ii) the number of accepted or
valid click-throughs for the months of December 2004 and January
and February 2005 for certain partners, and (iii) the number of
searches for the months of December 2004 and January and February
2005 billed to the major partners for yellow page or white page
searches (collectively, the “ Data ”) which are
true and correct in all material respects as of the dates stated in
the schedule. Without limiting the materiality of any other
representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the
Stockholders contained herein, the Company and the Stockholders
specifically acknowledge that the accuracy in all material respects
of such Data is material to Parent’s decision to enter into
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to pay the
Purchase Price.
(c) To the best of its
knowledge, the Company has not directly or indirectly installed,
imbedded or derived any traffic from any Spyware or Malware
Software sources. For the purposes hereof, “ Malware
Software ” is any program or file that is harmful to a
computer user, including without limitation, computer viruses,
worms, and Trojan horses, and “ Spyware ” is
programming that gathers information about a computer user without
permission.
2.6 Absence of Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except (i) as set forth or reserved against in
the Balance Sheet and (ii) for obligations and liabilities incurred
since March 31, 2005 in the ordinary course of business, which do
not individually or in the aggregate exceed $10,000, the Company
does not, except as set forth on Schedule 2.6 , have any
liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise. Schedule 2.6 sets forth a
true and correct aged list of all accounts payable of the Company
as of March 31, 2005. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.6 ,
no part of the Assumed Liabilities or the Purchased Assets consists
of or involves, directly or indirectly, any loan or other
obligation outstanding from, or contract in effect with any
stockholder or for which any stockholder is or may be liable under
guaranty or otherwise, or any loan, obligation or contract with any
of the stockholders, officers or directors of the Company or any
affiliate of any of them.
2.7 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events . Except as set forth on Schedule 2.7
hereto, since December 31, 2004, the Company has carried on its
Business in all material respects in the ordinary course and
consistent with past practice. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.7 or as set forth or reserved against in the Balance Sheet,
since December 31, 2004, the Company has not: (i) incurred any
material obligation or liability (whether absolute, accrued,
contingent or otherwise) except in the ordinary course of Business
and consistent with past practice; (ii) experienced any Company
Material Adverse Effect; (iii) made any change in accounting
principle or practice or in its method of applying any such
principle or practice, (iv) suffered any material damage,
destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, affecting
its properties, assets or Business; (v) mortgaged, pledged or
subjected to any lien, charge or other encumbrance, or granted to
third parties any rights in, any of its properties or assets,
tangible or intangible; (vi) sold or transferred any of its assets,
except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice, or canceled or compromised any debts or waived any claims
or rights of a material nature; (vii) issued any additional Company
securities, other equity securities, partnership interests or
similar equity interests, or any rights, options or warrants to
purchase, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for,
Company securities; (viii) declared or paid any dividends on or
made any distributions (however characterized) in
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respect of Company securities; (ix)
repurchased or redeemed any Company securities; (x) terminated,
amended or waived with respect to any material contract, any
material right, except in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice; (xi) granted any general or specific
increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any of
its Employees (as that term is hereinafter defined) or any bonus or
service award or other like benefit, or instituted, increased,
augmented or improved any Benefit Plan (as that term is hereinafter
defined); or (xii) entered into any agreement to do any of the
foregoing.
2.8 Legal Proceedings,
etc. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8 , there are no
suits, actions, claims, proceedings (including, without limitation,
arbitral or administrative proceedings) or investigations pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Stockholders, threatened
against the Company or its properties, assets or Business or, to
the knowledge of the Company or the Stockholders, pending or
threatened against any of the officers, directors, partners,
managers, employees, agents or consultants of the Company in
connection with the business of the Company. There are no such
suits, actions, claims, proceedings or investigations pending
against the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Stockholders, threatened against the Company challenging the
validity or propriety of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. There is no judgment, order, injunction, decree or award
(whether issued by a court, an arbitrator or an administrative
agency) to which the Company is a party, or involving the
properties, assets or Business of the Company, which is unsatisfied
or which requires continuing compliance therewith by the Company.
Schedule 2.8 hereto sets forth all settlements, judgments,
orders, injunctions, decrees and awards entered into or imposed
which the Company is a party to or by which the Company is bound,
and the Company is and has been at all times in material compliance
with the terms of such settlements, judgments, orders, injunctions,
decrees and awards. Schedule 2.8 hereto sets forth all
suits, actions, claims, proceedings or investigations regarding any
equity security of the Company which the Company or the
Stockholders has ever been involved in or received notice
of.
2.9 Taxes .
(a) The Company has properly
and timely filed all Tax Returns (as hereinafter defined) and other
filings in respect of Taxes (as hereinafter defined) required to be
filed by it on or prior to the date hereof, and has in a timely
manner paid all Taxes which are (or will be) due for all periods
ending on or before the date hereof, whether or not shown on such
Tax Returns, except to the extent the Company has established
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP (excluding accruals and
reserves for deferred Taxes established to reflect timing
differences between book and Tax income) on the Balance Sheet for
such Taxes and disclosed the dollar amount and the components of
such reserves on Schedule 2.9(a) hereof. The Company will
establish, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
its past practices, any reserves (other than reserves for deferred
Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and
Tax income) necessary for the payment of all Taxes of the Company
for the period from date of the Balance Sheet through the Closing
Date, and the Company will disclose the dollar amount of such
reserves to Parent on or prior to the Closing Date. Since the date
of the Balance Sheet, the Company has not incurred any liability
for Taxes arising from extraordinary gains or losses, as that term
is used in GAAP, outside the ordinary course of business consistent
with past custom and practice. All such Tax Returns have been
accurately and completely prepared in all material respects in
compliance with all laws, rules and regulations.
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(b) There are no actions or
proceedings currently pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
or the Stockholders, threatened against the Company by any
governmental authority for the assessment or collection of Taxes,
no claim for the assessment or collection of Taxes has been
asserted against the Company and there are no matters under
discussion by the Company with any governmental authority regarding
claims for the assessment or collection of Taxes. Any Taxes that
have been claimed or imposed as a result of any examinations of any
Tax Return of the Company by any governmental authority have been
paid or are being contested in good faith and have been disclosed
in writing to the Parent. There are no agreements or applications
by the Company for an extension of time for the assessment or
payment of any Taxes nor any waiver of the statute of limitations
in respect of Taxes. There are no Tax liens on any of the assets of
the Company, except for liens for Taxes not yet due or
payable.
(c) For the purposes of the
Agreement, “ Tax ” or “ Taxes
” means all federal, state and local, territorial and foreign
taxes, levies, deficiencies or other assessments and other charges
of whatever nature (including income, gross receipts, license,
payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium,
windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, capital stock,
franchise, profits, withholding, backup withholding, social
security, unemployment, disability, real property, personal
property, sales, use, transfer, real property gains, registration,
value added, alternative or add-on minimum, and estimated taxes and
workers’ compensation premiums and other governmental
charges, and other obligations of the same nature as or of a nature
similar to any of the foregoing) imposed by any taxing authority,
as well as any obligation to contribute to the payment of Taxes
determined on a consolidated, combined or unitary basis with
respect to the Company or any affiliate, and including any
transferee liability in respect of any tax (whether imposed by law,
contractual agreement or otherwise) and any liability in respect of
any tax as a result of being a member of any affiliated,
consolidated, combined unitary or similar group including any
liability pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6,
including any interest, penalty (civil or criminal), or addition
thereto, whether disputed or not, as well as any expenses incurred
in connection with the determination, settlement or litigation of
any liability.
For purposes of this
Agreement, the term “Tax Return” means any federal,
state, local and foreign return, declaration, report, claim for
refund, amended return, declarations of estimated Tax or
information return or statement relating to Taxes, and any schedule
or attachment thereto, filed or maintained, or required to be filed
or maintained in connection with the calculation, determination,
assessment or collection of any Tax, and including any amendment
thereof, as well as, where permitted or required, combined or
consolidated returns for any group of entities that include the
Company or any affiliate; and reports with respect to backup
withholding and other payments to third parties.
(d) The Company is not and
has not been a party to or bound by any tax indemnity agreement,
tax sharing agreement, tax allocation agreement or similar
agreement or arrangement and the Company does not have any
liability for Taxes of any person (other than the
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Company) and any liability in respect of
any tax as a result of being a member of any affiliated,
consolidated, combined unitary or similar group under Treasury
Regulation 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign law) or a transferee, successor or guarantor or by
contract, indemnification or otherwise.
(e) The Company has withheld
all amounts from its respective employees and other persons
required to be withheld under the tax, social security,
unemployment and other withholding provisions of all federal,
state, local and foreign laws, and has complied with all
information reporting and back-up withholding requirements,
including maintenance of required records with respect thereto, in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, creditor,
independent contractor, or other third party.
(f) No amount will be
required to be withheld under Section 1445 of the Code in
connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(g) No power of attorney has
been granted by the Company or is currently in force with respect
to any matter relating to Taxes.
(h) The Company is not a
party to any joint venture, partnership or other arrangement that
is treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes.
(i) The Company has not
received any written ruling of a taxing authority relating to Taxes
or entered in any written and legally binding agreement with a
taxing authority relating to Taxes, including any closing
agreements under Section 7121 of the Code.
(j) No claim has ever been
made in writing to the Company by any authority in a jurisdiction
where the Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be
subject to taxation by that jurisdiction, and the Company neither
does business in nor derives income from within or allocable to any
state, local, territorial or foreign taxing jurisdiction other than
those for which all Tax Returns have been furnished to the
Parent.
(k) The Company has not
waived any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed
to any extension of time with respect to any Tax assessment or
deficiency, or the collection of any Tax, which remains
outstanding; and the Company has delivered or made available to the
Parent for inspection true and complete copies of (i) all private
letter rulings, revenue agent reports, information document
requests, audit reports, notices of proposed deficiencies,
deficiency notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements,
settlement agreements, pending ruling requests and any similar
documents submitted by, received by or agreed to by or on behalf of
the Company relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for which the
applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired, and (ii) all
federal, state, local and foreign income or franchise Tax Returns
for the Company for all periods for which the statute of
limitations has not run.
(l) The Company has not made
any payments, is not obligated to make any payment, and is not a
party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or plan that under
any circumstances could obligate it to make any payment that will
not be deductible under Section 280G of the Code, or that would be
subject to an excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code.
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(m) The Company has not
engaged in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. §1.6011-4T(b).
(n) The Company has not
participated in or cooperated with an international boycott within
the meaning of Section 999 of the Code. The Company has proper
receipts (which will be delivered to Buyer at the Closing), within
the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.905-2 for any foreign
Tax that has been or in the future may be claimed as a foreign tax
credit for United States federal income tax purposes.
(o) The Company is not a
party to any gain recognition agreement under Section 367 of the
Code.
(p) Schedule 2.9(p)
attached hereto sets forth each jurisdiction in which the Company
files, or is required to file or has been required to file a Tax
Return or is or has been liable for Taxes on a “nexus”
basis.
(q) The Company does not have
any obligations to employees with respect to deferred compensation
arrangements which might be subject to excise tax under Section
409A of the Code.
(r) At all times since its
incorporation, the Company (and any predecessor of the Company) has
been a validly electing S corporation within the meaning of
Sections 1361 and 1362 of the Code, as well as for any state or
local income tax purposes, and the Company will be an S corporation
up to and including the day of the Closing Date.
(s) The Stockholders have
timely reported their distributive share of the Company’s
income, gain, loss, deduction and other tax items on his, her or
its Tax Returns and paid all taxes due with respect to all income,
gain, loss, deduction and other tax items of the Company for
periods ending on or before December 31, 2003 and will do so with
respect to all income, gain, loss, deduction and other tax items of
the Company for calendar year 2004 and for the period ending on the
Closing Date.
(t) The Company would not be
liable for any Tax under Section 1374 if its assets were sold at
their fair market value at the Closing Date, and the Company has
not in the past ten (10) years (i) acquired assets from another
corporation in a transaction in which the Company’s Tax basis
for the acquired assets was determined, in whole or in part, by
reference to the Tax basis of the acquired assets (or any other
property) in the hands of the transferor, or (ii) acquired the
stock of any corporation which is a “qualified subchapter S
subsidiary”.
(u) The Company does not
engage in a non-United States trade of business and does not have a
permanent establishment outside the United States.
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2.10 Title to Properties
and Related Matters . (a) The Company has good and marketable
title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of the Purchased
Assets, free and clear of any claims, liens, pledges, security
interests or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever (other than (i)
purchase money security interests and common law vendor’s
liens, in each case for goods purchased on open account in the
ordinary course of business and having a fair market value of less
than $10,000 in each individual case and (ii) liens for Taxes not
yet due and payable) and the sale and purchase of the Purchased
Assets to Buyer pursuant hereto shall vest in Buyer good and
marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all of the
Purchased Assets, free and clear of any claims, liens, pledges,
security interests or encumbrances of any kind whatsoever subject
to the above exceptions.
(b) The Company does not own
any real property or any interest in real property.
(c) Schedule 2.10(c)
hereto sets forth a list, which is correct and complete in all
material respects, of all equipment, machinery, instruments,
vehicles, furniture, fixtures and other items of personal property
currently owned or leased by the Company with a book value as of
February 28, 2005, in each case of $10,000 or more, other than
Retained Assets. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(c)
hereto, all such personal property is in suitable operating
condition (ordinary and reasonable wear and tear excepted) and is
physically located in or about one of the places of Business of the
Company and is owned by the Company or is leased by the Company
under one of the leases set forth in Schedule 2.10(d)
hereto. None of such personal property is subject to any agreement
or commitment for its use by any person other than the Company.
There are no assets leased by the Company or used in the operation
of the Company that are owned, directly or indirectly, by any
Related Person. For the purposes hereof, Related Person shall mean
any of the following (i) the Stockholders; (ii) the spouses and
children of any of the Stockholders (collectively, “ Near
Relatives ”); (iii) any trust for the benefit of any of
the Stockholders or any of their respective Near Relatives; or (iv)
any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity or
enterprise owned or controlled by the Stockholders or by any of
their respective Near Relatives.
(d) Schedule 2.10(d)
sets forth a complete and correct list of all real property and
personal property leases to which the Company is a party. The
Company has previously delivered to the Parent complete and correct
copies of each lease (and any amendments or supplements thereto)
listed in Schedule 2.10(d) hereto. Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(d) hereto, (i) each such lease is valid and
binding, and in full force and effect; except to the extent that
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or
other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights may
affect such validity or enforceability, (ii) neither the Company
nor (to the knowledge of the Company or the Stockholders) any other
party is in default under any such lease, and no event has occurred
which constitutes, or with the lapse of time or the giving of
notice or both would constitute, a default by the Company or (to
the knowledge of the Company or the Stockholders) a default by any
other party under such lease; (iii) to the knowledge of the Company
or the Stockholders, there are no disputes or disagreements between
the Company and any other party with respect to any such lease; and
(iv) except as set forth on Schedule 2.10(d), there is no
requirement under any such lease that the Company either obtain the
lessor’s consent to, or notify the lessor of, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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2.11 Intellectual
Property; Proprietary Rights; Employee Restrictions . For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the following
definitions:
“ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean any or all of the following and all
rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) all United
States, international and foreign patents and applications therefor
and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof; (ii) all
inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures,
improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how,
technology, technical data and customer lists, computer programs
and other computer software, user interfaces, processes and
formulae, source code, object code, algorithms, architecture,
structure, display screens, layouts, development tools,
instructions, templates and marketing materials, designs and all
documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (iii) all
copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications therefor, and
all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world; (iv)
all industrial designs and any registrations and applications
therefor throughout the world; (v) all trade names, logos, common
law trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark
registrations, intent-to-use applications and other registrations
and applications therefor throughout the world; (vi) all databases
and data collections and all rights therein throughout the world;
(vii) all domain names; (viii) all moral and economic rights of
authors and inventors, however denominated, throughout the world,
and (ix) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing
anywhere in the world.
“ Company
Intellectual Property ” shall mean any Intellectual
Property that is owned by, or exclusively licensed to, the
Company.
(a) Set forth on Schedule
2.11(a) hereto is a list of all Company Intellectual Property
or other Intellectual Property required to operate the
Company’s Business as currently conducted (other than
generally available software such as Microsoft Word and the like).
True and correct copies of all licenses, assignments and releases
relating to such Intellectual Property have been provided to Parent
prior to the date hereof, all of which are valid and binding
agreements of the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with
their terms. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(a) , the
Company owns and has good and exclusive right, title and interest
to, or (x) has exclusive license to, each item of Company
Intellectual Property and (y) has non-exclusive license to other
Intellectual Property required to operate the Company’s
Business as currently conducted, free and clear of any lien or
encumbrance; and all such Intellectual Property rights are in full
force and effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(a) ,
the Company is the exclusive owner of all trademarks and trade
names used in connection with the operation of the Company’s
Business as currently conducted, including the sale of any products
or the provision of any services by Company. Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(a) , the Company owns exclusively, and has
good title to, all copyrighted works that are Company products or
which Company otherwise expressly purports to own. Except as set
forth on Schedule 2.11(a) , no university, government agency
(whether federal or state) or other organization has sponsored
research and development conducted by the Company or has any claim
of right to or ownership of or other encumbrance upon the
Intellectual Property rights of the Company.
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(b) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(b) , no Company Intellectual Property or
product or service of the Company is subject to any proceeding or
outstanding decree, order, judgment, contract, license, agreement,
or stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer, or
licensing thereof by Company or which may affect the validity, use
or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property.
(c) All patents, patent
applications, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, mask work
rights and domain names of the Company have been duly registered
and/or filed with or issued by each appropriate governmental entity
in the jurisdictions indicated on Schedule 2.11(c) hereto,
all necessary affidavits of continuing use have been filed, and all
necessary maintenance fees have been paid to continue all such
rights in effect.
(d) To the extent that any
Intellectual Property (including without limitation software,
hardware, copyrightable works and the like) has been developed,
created, modified or improved by a third party for the Company,
except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(d) , the Company has a
written agreement with such third party that assigns to the Company
exclusive ownership of such Intellectual Property, each of which is
a valid and binding agreement of the parties thereto, enforceable
in accordance with its terms. Except as set forth on Schedule
2.11(d) , the Company has the right to use all trade secrets,
data, customer lists, log files, hardware designs, programming
processes, software and other information required for or incident
to its products or Business (including, without limitation, the
operation of their respective Web sites) as presently conducted and
has received no notice that any of such information that is
provided to the Company by third parties will not continue to be
provided to the Company on the same terms and conditions as
currently exist.
(e) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(e) , the Company has not transferred ownership
of, or granted any exclusive license with respect to, any
Intellectual Property that is or was Company Intellectual Property
to any third party.
(f) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(f) , the operation of the business of Company
as such Business currently is conducted, including Company’s
design, development, manufacture, marketing and sale of the
products or services of the Company has not and does not, and with
respect to products currently under development to the
Company’s knowledge will not, infringe or misappropriate the
Intellectual Property of any third party or, to its knowledge,
constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of
any jurisdiction.
(g) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(g) , the Company has not received any notice
or other claim from any third party that the operation of the
Business of the Company or any act, product or service of the
Company infringes, may infringe or misappropriates the Intellectual
Property of any third party or constitutes unfair competition or
trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction.
(h) To the knowledge of the
Company or the Stockholders, no person has infringed or is
infringing or misappropriating any Company Intellectual Property or
other Intellectual Property rights in any of its products,
technology or services, or has or is violating the confidentiality
of any of its proprietary information.
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(i) The Company has taken
reasonable steps to protect the Company’s rights in the
Company’s proprietary and/or confidential information and
trade secrets or any trade secrets or confidential information of
third parties provided to the Company, and, without limiting the
foregoing, the Company has enforced a policy requiring each
employee and contractor to execute a proprietary
information/confidentiality agreement substantially in the form
provided to Parent, and all current and former employees and
contractors of Company have executed such an agreement. To the
knowledge of the Company and the Stockholders, all trade secrets
and other confidential information of the Company are not part of
the public domain nor, have they been misappropriated by any person
having an obligation to maintain such trade secrets or other
confidential information in confidence for the Company. To the
knowledge of the Company and the Stockholders, no employee or
consultant of the Company has used any trade secrets or other
confidential information of any other person in the course of their
work for the Company nor is the Company making unlawful use of any
confidential information or trade secrets of any past or present
employees of the Company.
Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(i) , all Intellectual Property rights
purported to be owned by the Company which were developed, worked
on or otherwise held by any employee, officer or consultant are
owned free and clear by the Company by operation of law or have
been validly assigned to the Company and such assignments have been
provided to Parent and are valid binding agreements of the parties
thereto, enforceable in accordance with their terms. All of the
rights of the Company and the Stockholders, as the case may be, in
any of the Company Intellectual Property which is used or is useful
in the Company’s Business, have been validly assigned,
transferred and/or conveyed to the Buyer as part of the Purchased
Assets hereunder and neither the Company and the Stockholders, as
the case may be, has retained any rights with respect thereto.
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.11(i) , neither the
Company, the Stockholders, nor, to the knowledge of the Company and
the Stockholders, any of the employees of the Company, have any
agreements or arrangements with current or former employers
relating to (i) confidential information or trade secrets of such
employers, or (ii) the assignment of rights to any inventions,
know-how or intellectual property of any kind nor are any such
persons bound by any consulting agreements relating to confidential
information or trade secrets of another entity that are being
violated by such persons. The activities of the employees and
consultants of the Company on behalf of the Company do not violate
in any material respects any agreements or arrangements known to
the Company, or any of the Stockholders which any such employees or
consultants have with former employers or any other entity to whom
such employees or consultants may have rendered consulting
services.
(j) To the knowledge of the
Company and the Stockholders, all information and content of the
World Wide Web sites of the Company (other than information
provided by users, customers and advertisers) is accurate and
complete in all material respects.
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2.12 Contracts . (a)
Except as set forth on Schedules 2.12(a)-(d) hereto, the
Company is not a party to, or subject to:
(i) any contract, arrangement
or understanding, or series of related contracts, arrangements or
understandings, which involves annual expenditures or receipts by
the Company of more than $10,000;
(ii) any note, indenture,
credit facility, mortgage, security agreement or other contract,
arrangement or understanding relating to or evidencing indebtedness
for money borrowed or a security interest or mortgage in the assets
of the Company;
(iii) any guaranty issued by
the Company;
(iv) any contract,
arrangement or understanding relating to the acquisition, issuance
or transfer of any securities, including, without limitation,
convertible securities;
(v) any contract, arrangement
or understanding relating to the acquisition, transfer,
distribution, use, development, sharing or license of any
technology or Company Intellectual Property, other than licenses
granted in the ordinary course of business with a term of less than
one (1) year;
(vi) any contract,
arrangement or understanding granting to any person the right to
use any property or property right of the Company other than
licenses granted in the ordinary course of business with a term of
less than one (1) year;
(vii)
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