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Exhibit 2.1
EXECUTION
VERSION
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND
BETWEEN
CNET NETWORKS, INC., as
Acquirer
AND
LOOKSMART, LTD., as
Company
Dated as of
November 5, 2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 PURCHASE & SALE OF PURCHASED
ASSETS |
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1.1 |
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Purchased
Assets |
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1.2 |
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Excluded
Assets |
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3 |
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1.3 |
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Assumed
Liabilities |
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3 |
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1.4 |
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Excluded
Liabilities |
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1.5 |
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Purchase
Price; Payment of Purchase Price |
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1.6 |
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Closing |
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1.7 |
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Transfer
Taxes |
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5 |
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1.8 |
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Tax
Treatment |
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1.9 |
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Taking of
Necessary Action; Further Action |
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| ARTICLE 2 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY |
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2.1 |
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Organization and Qualification |
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2.2 |
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Authority
Relative to this Agreement |
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2.3 |
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Financial
Statements of the Business |
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2.4 |
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Books and
Records; Organizational Documents |
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2.5 |
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.6 |
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Absence
of Changes |
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2.7 |
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Real
Property |
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10 |
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2.8 |
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Valid
Title |
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10 |
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2.9 |
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Intellectual Property |
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10 |
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2.10 |
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Contracts |
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2.11 |
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Employees |
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2.12 |
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Compliance, Licenses and Consents |
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21 |
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2.13 |
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Substantial Customers and Suppliers |
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22 |
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2.14 |
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Accounts
Receivable |
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22 |
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2.15 |
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Accounts
Payable |
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2.16 |
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Warranty
Obligations |
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2.17 |
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Performance of Services |
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2.18 |
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Approvals |
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2.19 |
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Tax |
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2.20 |
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Environmental Matters |
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25 |
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2.21 |
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Absence
of Litigation |
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2.22 |
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Export
Control Laws |
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2.23 |
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Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act |
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2.24 |
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Insurance
Coverage |
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26 |
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2.25 |
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Related
Party Transactions |
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2.26 |
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Brokers
or Finders |
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2.27 |
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Solvency |
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2.28 |
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No
Conflict with Other Instruments |
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2.29 |
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No
Solicitation |
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27 |
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2.30 |
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Disclosure |
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| ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
ACQUIRER |
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3.1 |
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Organization |
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3.2 |
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Authority |
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3.3 |
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No
Conflict with Other Instruments |
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3.4 |
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Governmental Consents |
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3.5 |
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Financial
Sufficiency |
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| ARTICLE 4 CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE |
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4.1 |
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Conduct
of the Business by the Company |
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4.2 |
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No
Solicitation |
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| ARTICLE 5 ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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5.1 |
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Access to
Information |
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5.2 |
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Confidentiality |
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5.3 |
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Approvals |
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5.4 |
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Notification of Certain Matters |
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5.5 |
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Additional Documents and Further Assurances;
Cooperation |
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5.6 |
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Intellectual Property |
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5.7 |
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Expenses |
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5.8 |
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Company’s Auditors |
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5.9 |
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Employees |
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5.10 |
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Public
Disclosure |
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ARTICLE 6 SURVIVAL OF
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS;
INDEMNIFICATION ESCROW PROVISIONS
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6.1 |
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and
Agreements |
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6.2 |
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Indemnification Provisions |
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| ARTICLE 7 CONDITIONS TO THE CLOSING |
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7.1 |
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Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the
Closing |
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7.2 |
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Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company |
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7.3 |
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Additional Conditions to the Obligations of
Acquirer |
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| ARTICLE 8 TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER |
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8.1 |
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Termination |
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8.2 |
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Effect of
Termination |
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8.3 |
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Amendment |
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8.4 |
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Extension; Waiver |
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| ARTICLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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9.1 |
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Notices |
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9.2 |
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Entire
Agreement |
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9.3 |
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Further
Assurances; Post-Closing Cooperation |
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9.4 |
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Remedies |
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9.5 |
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Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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9.6 |
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Invalid
Provisions |
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9.7 |
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Governing
Law |
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9.8 |
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Arbitration |
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9.9 |
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Headings |
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9.10 |
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Counterparts |
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9.11 |
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Specific
Performance |
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| ARTICLE 10 DEFINITIONS |
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10.1 |
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Definitions |
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Exhibits
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| Exhibit A |
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Form of
Escrow Agreement |
| Exhibit B |
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Form of
Acquirer Officers’ Certificate |
| Exhibit C-1 |
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Form of
the Company Officers’ Certificate |
| Exhibit C-2 |
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Form of
the Company Secretary’s Certificate |
| Exhibit D |
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Form of
Heller Ehrman LLP Opinion |
| Exhibit E |
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Form of
Non-Competition Agreement |
| Exhibit F |
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Form of
Employment Offer Letter |
| Exhibit G |
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Form of
Bill of Sale |
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Form of
Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
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Form of
Transition Services Agreement |
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
is made and entered into as of November 5, 2007, by and
between CNET NETWORKS, INC. , a Delaware corporation
(“ Acquirer ”) and LOOKSMART, LTD. , a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”).
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in Article 10.
RECITALS:
Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the Company desires to sell, convey,
transfer, assign and deliver to Acquirer, and Acquirer desires to
purchase and acquire from the Company, free and clear of all Liens
(other than those Liens included in the Assumed Liabilities), all
of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to all of
the Purchased Assets (the “ Acquisition
”):
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the covenants, promises, representations and
warranties set forth herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged by the parties), intending to be legally bound hereby,
the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE & SALE OF
PURCHASED ASSETS
1.1 Purchased Assets .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in
reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements of the Company contained herein, at the Closing, the
Company shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and deliver to
Acquirer, and the Company shall cause Acquirer to purchase and
acquire from the Company, free and clear of all Liens (other than
those Liens included in the Assumed Liabilities), all of the
Company’s right, title and interest in and to all of the
following assets which the Company owns or in which the Company has
any right, title or interest, other than those assets specified as
Excluded Assets (collectively, the “ Purchased Assets
”):
(a) All Company Intellectual
Property owned or used in connection with the conduct of the
Business, including, but not limited to:
(i) All Company Registered
Intellectual Property listed on Section 2.9(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule;
(ii) All right, title and
interest in the unregistered trademark listed on
Section 1.1(a)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule,
including all goodwill associated therewith;
(iii) All trade secrets of
the Company owned or used in connection with conduct of the
Business, including, but not limited to, disks, designs, files,
drawings, data and related documentation, and all similar property
of any nature, tangible or intangible, owned or used in connection
with the Company Intellectual Property; and
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(iv) all claims (including
claims for past infringement or misappropriation of Company
Intellectual Property) and causes of action of the Company against
other Persons (regardless of whether or not such claims and causes
of action have been asserted by the Company) arising in connection
with the conduct of the Business, and all rights of indemnity,
warranty rights, rights of contribution, rights to refunds, rights
of reimbursement and other rights of recovery possessed by the
Company (regardless of whether such rights are currently
exercisable) which have arisen in connection with the conduct of
the Business;
(b) All rights to sue for or
assert claims against and remedies against past, present or future
infringements of any or all of the Company Intellectual Property
owned or used in connection with the conduct of the Business and
rights of priority and protection of interests therein and to
retain any and all amounts therefrom;
(c) All other Assets and
Properties of the Company owned or used in connection with the
conduct of the Business, including, but not limited to:
(i) all inventories and
work-in-progress of the Company including, but not limited to,
those inventories and works-in-progress set forth on
Section 1.1(c)(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule;
(ii) all equipment,
materials, prototypes, tools, supplies, vehicles, furniture,
fixtures, improvements and other tangible assets of the Company
owned or used in connection with the conduct of the Business
including, but not limited to, the tangible assets set forth on
Section 1.1(c)(ii) of the Disclosure
Schedule;
(iii) all advertising and
promotional materials possessed by the Company relating to the
Business;
(iv) all rights of the
Company under the Contracts set forth on
Section 1.1(c)(iv) of the Disclosure
Schedule;
(v) the domain names of the
Company set forth on Section 1.1(c)(v) of the
Disclosure Schedule;
(vi) all Governmental or
Regulatory Authorizations held by the Company in connection with
the conduct of the Business;
(vii) all books, records,
files (including all electronic files and back-up copies thereof),
customer lists and data of the Company relating to the Business;
and
(viii) source code
repository.
(d) All goodwill incident to
the items listed in Sections 1.1(a), 1.1(b) and 1.1(c) above;
and
(e) All other assets used in
or useful to the conduct of the Business.
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1.2 Excluded Assets .
The Company shall retain, and Acquirer shall not purchase, any of
the following (collectively, the “ Excluded Assets
”):
(a) assets, properties,
rights or interests of the Company which are not owned or used in
connection with the conduct of the Business;
(b) the license held by the
Company to the enterprise search software utilized by the
Business;
(c) the hosting agreement
between the Company and SAVVIS providing for the collocation of the
servers utilized by the Business;
(d) the agreement between the
Company and Visual Sciences which provides web analytics for the
Business;
(e) the computer equipment,
software and related license and service agreements of the Company,
which are used in the conduct of the Business, set forth on
Section 1.2(e) of the Disclosure Schedule;
and
(f) cash and accounts
receivable earned or accrued with respect to the conduct of the
Business prior to the Closing Date.
1.3 Assumed
Liabilities . In connection with the purchase of the Purchased
Assets, Acquirer shall assume and become responsible for the
following Liabilities, in each case other than the Excluded
Liabilities (collectively, the “ Assumed Liabilities
”):
(a) all Liabilities arising
from the conduct of the Business following the Closing Date,
including but not limited to:
(i) all Liabilities and
obligations of the Business arising under the Contracts set forth
on Section 1.1(c)(iv) of the Disclosure Schedule,
relating to or arising out of the conduct of the Business after the
Closing Date;
(ii) all Liabilities and
obligations relating to any products and services sold by the
Business, including without limitation warranty obligations,
arising out of the conduct of the Business after the Closing
Date;
(iii) all Liabilities and
obligations relating to employee severance, employee benefits or
compensation arrangements relating to or arising out of the conduct
of the Business after the Closing Date;
(iv) any Liability for Tax
set forth in Section 1.7 hereof; and
(b) the following Liabilities
of the Company which have arisen from the conduct of the Business
on or prior to the Closing Date:
(i) all Liabilities and
obligations of the Business arising under the accounts payable set
forth on Section 1.3(b)(i) of the Disclosure
Schedule;
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URCHASE A GREEMENT
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(ii) all Liabilities and
obligations for products and services committed to be purchased by
the Business in the ordinary course of business on or prior to the
Closing Date set forth on Section 1.3(b)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule; and
(iii) all Liabilities and
obligations for all of the employees of the Business relating to
accrued employee paid time off for those employees of the Business
who become Transferred Employees hereunder, set forth on
Section 1.3(b)(iii) of the Disclosure
Schedule.
1.4 Excluded
Liabilities . Notwithstanding Section 1.3 hereof, the
Company shall retain, and Acquirer shall not assume and become
responsible for, and the Assumed Liabilities shall not include, any
of the following (collectively, the “ Excluded
Liabilities ”):
(a) any Liabilities or
obligations relating to or arising in connection with any Excluded
Asset;
(b) (i) any Liability of the
Company for Taxes (with respect to operation of the Business or
otherwise), (ii) except as provided in Section 1.7
hereof, any Liability of the Company for income, transfer, sales,
use, and other Taxes arising in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby (including any income Taxes
arising because the Company is transferring the Purchased Assets),
(iii) any Liability of the Company for the unpaid Taxes of any
Person under Income Tax Regulations section 1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee
or successor, by contract or otherwise; !
(c) any Liabilities of the
Company to indemnify any Person by reason of the fact that such
Person was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company
(whether or not in connection with the conduct of the
Business);
(d) any Liabilities of the
Company for costs and expenses incurred in connection with this
Agreement;
(e) any Liabilities or
obligation of the Company under this Agreement;
(f) except as set forth on
Section 1.3(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, any
Liabilities or obligations relating to any Company Plan, employee
severance, claims relating to employment, employee benefits
(including employer taxes or tax withholding from employees) or
compensation arrangements relating to or arising out of the conduct
of the Business prior to and including the Closing Date, with
respect to any employee or former employee of the Business;
and
(g) the matters set forth in
Section 2.21(a) of the Disclosure Schedule as they
relate to the conduct of the Business prior to the Closing
Date.
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1.5 Purchase Price;
Payment of Purchase Price .
(a) The aggregate
consideration for the Purchased Assets and the Business related
thereto shall be Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($20,500,000) (the “ Purchase Price
”).
(b) The Purchase Price, less
the Escrow Amount, shall be paid by Acquirer to the Company at the
Closing, and such payment shall be made via wire transfer of
immediately available funds from Acquirer to an account specified
by the Company no less than one (1) Business Days prior to the
Closing.
1.6 Closing . The
consummation of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets in
accordance with this Agreement (the “ Closing ”)
shall take place at 10:00 a.m., California time, at the offices of
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 2475 Hanover Street, Palo
Alto, CA 94304, on the third (3 rd ) Business Day after all of the conditions precedent to
Closing hereunder shall have been satisfied or waived, or at such
other date, time and place as the Company and Acquirer shall
mutually agree upon. The date of the Closing shall be referred to
as the “ Closing Date .” The Company and
Acquirer hereby agree to deliver at the Closing such documents,
certificates of officers and other instruments as are set forth in
Article 7 hereof and as may reasonably be required to effect the
transfer by the Company of the Purchased Assets pursuant to and as
contemplated by this Agreement and to consummate the Acquisition.
All events which shall occur at the Closing shall be deemed to
occur simultaneously.
1.7 Transfer Taxes .
Acquirer shall be responsible for the payment of any transfer taxes
arising out of or in connection with the Acquisition; provided that
the Company shall remain responsible for any other Taxes (including
any Taxes based on income, sales Taxes, use Taxes or VAT) incurred
by it from the conduct of the Business prior to the Closing Date
and the Acquisition.
1.8 Tax Treatment .
Effective as of the Closing, Acquirer and the Company recognize
their mutual obligations pursuant to Section 1060 of the Code
to timely file IRS Form 8594 with each of their respective federal
income Tax returns. Acquirer and the Company further agree to
cooperate with each other in the preparation of such form for
timely filing with each of their respective federal income Tax
returns and to complete the final allocation of the purchase price
within ninety (90) days of the Closing Date. Each of Acquirer
and the Company further agrees to file all of its other Tax returns
in a manner consistent with such allocation and not to make any
allocation or take any Tax position that is contrary to such
allocation, unless required to do so by applicable law and after
prior written notice thereof to the other party. Acquirer and the
Company further agree to consult with each other with respect to
all issues related to such allocation in connection with any Tax
audits, controversies or litigation.
1.9 Taking of Necessary
Action; Further Action . If, at any time after the Closing
Date, any such further action is necessary or desirable to carry
out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest Acquirer after the
Closing Date with full right, title and possession to all Purchased
Assets, the parties hereto shall use their best efforts to take
such action.
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URCHASE A GREEMENT
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ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to the exceptions set
forth in the Disclosure Schedule (each of which exceptions, shall
indicate the Section and, if applicable, the Subsection of this
Article 2 to which it relates, provided, however, if it is
readily apparent from a reading of the disclosure that such
disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections of
this Agreement, then such reference shall be deemed to apply to
such other sections and subsections contained in this Agreement),
delivered herewith and dated as of the date hereof, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to Acquirer as follows:
2.1 Organization and
Qualification . The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
jurisdiction of its incorporation, and has full corporate power and
authority to (i) conduct the Business as is now conducted and
as currently proposed to be conducted, (ii) to own, use,
license and lease the Assets and Properties owned or used in
connection with the conduct of the Business, and (iii) to
perform its obligations under all Contracts relating to the
Business to which it is a party. The Company is duly qualified,
licensed or admitted to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the ownership,
use, licensing or leasing of the Assets and Properties owned or
used in connection with the conduct of the Business makes such
qualification, licensing or admission necessary. No Subsidiary of
the Company has any ownership, leasehold or other interest in any
of the Purchased Assets.
2.2 Authority Relative to
this Agreement . The Company has full corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other
agreements which are attached (or forms of which are attached) as
exhibits hereto (the “ Ancillary Agreements ”)
to which the Company is a party, to perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company’s board of
directors has unanimously approved this Agreement and declared its
advisability. The execution and delivery by the Company of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a
party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, and the performance by the Company
of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary action by the board of
directors of the Company, and no other action on the part of the
board of directors of the Company or by any officer, director or
equity holder is required to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which
the Company is a party and the consummation by the Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is a party have been
or will be, as applicable, duly and validly executed and delivered
by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and
delivery hereof (and, in the case of the Ancillary Agreements to
which Acquirer is a party, thereof) by Acquirer, each constitutes
or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its respective terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws
relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally
and by general principles of equity.
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2.3 Financial Statements
of the Business .
(a) The financial models and
allocated profit and loss statement of the Company relating to the
conduct of the Business, at and for the periods ended
December 31, 2005 and 2006 and the financial models and
allocated profit and loss statement of the Company relating to the
conduct of the Business, for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007 (collectively, the “ Business
Financials ”) are set forth on Section 2.3(a)
to the Disclosure Schedule, which models and allocated profit and
loss statement were derived from accounting records that were used
in the preparation or the Company’s financial statements for
the periods to which they relate, which statements were prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent throughout the
periods indicated and consistent with each other and which
statements have been provided to the Acquirer. The Business
Financials present fairly and accurately, in all material respects,
the financial condition and operating results of the Company and
its Subsidiaries with respect to the conduct of the Business as of
the dates and during the periods indicated therein.
(b) As of September 30,
2007 and as of the Closing Date, except as set forth on
Section 2.3(b) to the Disclosure Schedule, the Assumed
Liabilities will not include any liabilities or obligations,
secured or unsecured (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise other than (ii) accounts payable or accrued paid
time off that have been incurred by the Company since
September 30, 2007 in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with the Company’s or such Subsidiaries’
past practices; (ii) liabilities under the Contracts
identified in Section 2.10 of the Disclosure Schedule,
to the extent the nature and magnitude of such liabilities can be
reasonably ascertained by reference to the text of such Contracts;
and (iii) liabilities disclosed on Section 2.5 of
the Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Since December 31,
2006, the Company has not received or otherwise had or obtained
knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim
regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures,
methodologies or methods of Company or its internal accounting
controls relating to the preparation of the Business
Financials.
2.4 Books and Records;
Organizational Documents . The minutes of the Company’s
Board of Directors relating to the conduct of the Business have
been provided or made available to Acquirer or its counsel prior to
the execution of this Agreement, are complete and correct in all
respects and have been maintained in accordance with sound and
prudent business practices. Such minutes contain a true and
complete record of all actions taken at all meetings and by all
written consents in lieu of meetings of the directors, shareholders
and committees of the board of directors of the Company relating to
the conduct of the Business. The Company has prior to the execution
of this Agreement delivered to Acquirer true and complete copies of
its Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, both as amended
through the date hereof. The Company is not in violation of any
provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws.
2.5 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as disclosed in Section 2.5 of
the Disclosure Schedule, there are no Liabilities relating to the
conduct of the Business or affecting the Assets
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and Properties owned or used in
connection with the conduct of the Business, other than Liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice since the September 30, 2007 and in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement which, individually and in the
aggregate, are not material (financial or otherwise) to the
Business and are not for tort or for breach of contract.
2.6 Absence of Changes
.
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 2.6 of the Disclosure Schedule, since
September 30, 2007:
(i) there has not been any
material adverse change in the condition, assets, liabilities,
operations, financial performance or prospects of the Business, and
no event has occurred that will, or could reasonably be expected
to, have a material adverse effect on the Business;
(ii) there has not been any
material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material
interruption in the use of, any of the assets (whether or not
covered by insurance) owned or used in the conduct of the
Business;
(iii) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has (i) entered into or permitted any of its
material assets owned or used by it in connection with the conduct
of the Business to become bound by any Contract or
(ii) amended or prematurely terminated, or waived any material
right or remedy under, any Contract applicable to the
Business;
(iv) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has (i) acquired, leased or licensed any right or
other asset of the Business from any other Person, (ii) sold
or otherwise disposed of, or leased or licensed, any right or other
asset of the Business to any other Person, or (iii) with
respect to the Business, waived or relinquished any right, except
for immaterial rights or other immaterial assets acquired, leased,
licensed or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with the Company’s past practices;
(v) neither the Company nor a
Subsidiary has written off as uncollectible, or established any
reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness of the Business, except in the ordinary course of
business;
(vi) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has made any pledge of any of the assets owned or used
in connection with the conduct of the Business or otherwise
permitted any of such assets to become subject to any Liens, except
for pledges of immaterial assets made in the ordinary course of
business and consistent with the Company’s or such
Subsidiary’s past practices;
(vii) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has incurred or guaranteed any indebtedness for
borrowed money in connection with the conduct of the
Business;
(viii) neither the Company
nor a Subsidiary has in connection with the conduct of the Business
(i) paid any bonus or made any profit sharing or similar
payment to, or
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increased the amount of the
wages, salary, commissions, fringe benefits or other compensation
or remuneration payable to, any of its employees or consultants, or
(ii) hired any new employee or consultant;
(ix) the Company has not
changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices
relating to the Business in any respect;
(x) neither the Company nor a
Subsidiary has made any Tax election with respect to the Assets or
Properties of the Business;
(xi) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has commenced or settled any Legal Proceeding, or
received any notice, whether written or otherwise, that any Person
was commencing or threatening to commence a Legal Proceeding
involving the Business;
(xii) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has, in connection with the conduct of the Business,
entered into any material transaction or taken any other material
action outside the ordinary course of business or inconsistent with
past practices;
(xiii) there has not
occurred, in connection with the conduct of the Business, any
increase in or modification of the compensation or benefits payable
or to become payable by the Company to any of its employees or
consultants (other than increases in the base salaries of employees
who are not officers in an amount that does not exceed 10% of such
base salaries) or any new loans or extension of existing loans to
any such Persons (other than routine expense advances to employees
of the Company consistent with past practice), and the Company has
not, in connection with the conduct of the Business, entered into
any Contract to grant or provide (nor has granted any) severance or
other similar benefits to any such Persons; and
(xiv) neither the Company nor
a Subsidiary has agreed or committed to take any of the actions
referred to in clauses “(iii)” through
“(xiii)” above.
(b) The Company has made
available to Acquirer any documents requested by Acquirer and
relating to indebtedness, loan and other financial facilities,
entered into in connection with the conduct of the Business, and
the Company has not received any notice that the continuance of any
of those facilities might be materially adversely affected or
prejudiced.
(c) Neither the Company nor a
Subsidiary is in default under, or in breach of, any of the
material terms of any loan capital, borrowing, debenture or
financial facility of the Company or such Subsidiary entered into
in connection with the conduct of the Business.
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.6(d) to the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor a Subsidiary is, nor has the Company or a Subsidiary
agreed to become, bound by any guarantee, indemnity, surety or
similar commitment in connection with the conduct of the Business
which has not been reflected in the Business Financials.
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2.7 Real Property
.
(a) The Purchased Assets do
not include any owned, leased, licensed or subleased real
property.
2.8 Valid Title .
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8 to the Disclosure
Schedule, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have good,
marketable and valid title to, or, in the case of leased Assets and
Properties used or owned in connection with the conduct of the
Business, valid leasehold interests in, all of their material
tangible Assets and Properties used or owned in connection with the
conduct of the Business, real, personal and mixed, reflected in the
latest Business Financials, free and clear of any Liens except
(a) with respect to Liens securing obligations reflected in
the Business Financials, (b) (i) statutory liens for
Taxes or other payments that are not yet due and payable;
(ii) statutory liens to secure obligations to landlords,
lessors or renters under leases or rental agreements;
(iii) deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to
secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment
insurance or similar programs mandated by Legal Requirements;
(iv) statutory liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen,
mechanics and materialmen, to secure claims for labor, materials or
supplies and other like liens; and (v) statutory purchase
money liens and (c) such imperfections of title and Liens, if
any, which do not materially impair the continued use of the
properties or assets subject thereto or affected thereby, or
otherwise materially impair business operations at such properties.
The rights, properties and assets presently owned, leased or
licensed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with the
conduct of the Business include all rights, properties and assets
necessary to permit the Company and its Subsidiaries to conduct the
Business in all material respects in the same manner as the
Business has been conducted prior to the date hereof.
2.9 Intellectual
Property .
(a)
Section 2.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists
(i) all Company Registered Intellectual Property (including
all trademarks and service marks that the Company has owned or used
with the intent of creating or benefiting from any common law
rights relating to such marks), (ii) the jurisdiction in which
such item of Company Registered Intellectual Property has been
registered or filed and the applicable registration or serial
number; (iii) any other Person that has an ownership interest
in such item of Company Registered Intellectual Property and the
nature of such ownership interest; and (iv) each product or
service identified in Section 2.9(b) of the Disclosure
Schedule that embodies, utilizes or is based upon or derived from
(or, with respect to products and services under development, that
is expected to embody, utilize or be based upon or derived from)
such item of Company Registered Intellectual Property, and lists
any proceedings or actions pending as of the date hereof before any
Governmental or Regulatory Authority (including the PTO or
equivalent authority anywhere in the world) related to any of the
Company Registered Intellectual Property.
(b)
Section 2.9(b) of the Disclosure Schedule lists each
proprietary product or service developed, manufactured, marketed,
or sold in or as a part of the Business at any time since inception
and any product or service currently under development by the
Company in connection with the conduct of the Business.
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(c) The Company has all
requisite right, title and interest in or valid and enforceable
rights under Contracts or Licenses to use all Company Intellectual
Property necessary to the conduct of the Business as currently
conducted.
(i) Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(c)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, each item
of Company Intellectual Property, including all Company Registered
Intellectual Property listed in Section 2.9(a) of the
Disclosure Schedule, is owned exclusively by the Company (excluding
Intellectual Property licensed to the Company under any License
disclosed under Section 2.9(g) of the Disclosure
Schedule) and is free and clear of any Liens. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company owns exclusively all
trademarks, service marks and trade names used by the Company in
connection with the operation or conduct of the Business as
currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be conducted;
provided, however , that the Company may use trademarks,
service marks and trade names of third parties which are licensed
to the Company, as disclosed under Section 2.9(g) of
the Disclosure Schedule, or are in the public domain.
(ii) Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Company owns exclusively, and has
good title to, each copyrighted work that is a Company product and
each other work of authorship that the Company otherwise purports
to own or is used by the Company in connection with the operation
or conduct of the Business as currently conducted or provision of
services by the Company with respect to the Business, other than
works disclosed under Section 2.9(g) of the Disclosure
Schedule.
(d) To the extent that any
Company Intellectual Property has been developed or created by any
Person other than the Company, the Company has a written agreement
with such Person with respect thereto and the Company has either
(i) obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, all
such Intellectual Property by operation of law or by valid
assignment of any such rights or (ii) has obtained a License
under or to such Intellectual Property as disclosed under
Section 2.9(g) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(e) Except pursuant to
agreements described in Section 2.9(e) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company has not transferred ownership of
any Intellectual Property that is Company Intellectual Property, to
any other Person.
(f) Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
Intellectual Property constitutes all the Intellectual Property
owned or used in and/or necessary to the conduct of the Business as
it currently is conducted and as is currently contemplated to be
conducted, including the design, development, distribution,
marketing, manufacture, use, import, license, and sale of the
products, technology and services of the Company (including
products, technology, or services currently under
development).
(g)
Section 2.9(g)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all
Contracts (including all inbound Licenses) to which the Company is
a party that grant licenses to Intellectual Property which are used
or owned in connection with the conduct of the Business, other than
standard Licenses for off-the-shelf, shrink-wrap software or Open
Source Code that is commercially
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available on reasonable terms to any
Person for a license fee of no more than $15,000 dollars.
Section 2.9(g)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies
(i) each item of Open Source Code that is incorporated into,
integrated or bundled with, or used in the development of the
Intellectual Property of the Company; (ii) the applicable
license terms for each such item of Open Source Code; and
(iii) the Intellectual Property of the Company to which each
such item of Open Source Code relates. Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(g)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Intellectual
Property of the Company contains, is derived from, is distributed
with, or is being or was developed using Open Source Code that is
licensed under any terms that: (i) impose or could impose a
requirement or condition that any Intellectual Property of the
Company part thereof: (a) be disclosed or distributed in
source code form; (b) be licensed for the purpose of making
modifications or derivative works; or (c) be redistributable
at no charge; or (ii) otherwise impose or could impose any
other material limitation, restriction, or condition on the rights
or abilities of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement,
“Open Source Code” means any software code that is
distributed as “free software” or “open source
software” or is otherwise distributed publicly in source code
form under terms that permit modification and redistribution of
such software (including software code that is licensed under the
GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License,
Mozilla License, Common Public License, Apache License, BSD
License, Acquireric License or Sun Community Source License).
Except as set forth in Section 2.9(g)(ii) of the
Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not in breach of, nor has it
failed to perform under any of the foregoing Contracts and Licenses
and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no other party to such
Contracts and Licenses is in material breach of or has materially
failed to perform thereunder. Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
is not obligated to compensate any other Person (including any
current or former employee of the Company) in connection with the
use of any Intellectual Property (including any Company
Intellectual Property) in the conduct of the Business.
(h)
Section 2.9(h)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all
Contracts, Licenses and agreements between the Company and any
other Person used in connection with the conduct of the Business,
other than standard Licenses for off-the-shelf, shrink-wrap
software or “open source” code that is commercially
available on reasonable terms to any Person for a license fee of no
more than $15,000 dollars, wherein or whereby the Company has
agreed to, or assumed, any obligation or duty to warrant,
indemnify, reimburse, hold harmless, guaranty or otherwise assume
or incur any obligation or Liability or provide a right of
rescission with respect to the infringement or misappropriation by
the Company or such other Person of the Intellectual Property of
any Person other than the Company. Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(h)(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule, the
Company is not in breach of, nor has it failed to perform under any
of the foregoing Contracts, Licenses and agreements and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, no other party to such Contracts,
Licenses and agreements is in breach of or has failed to perform
thereunder.
(i) Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, the
operation of the Business (i) as currently conducted or
(ii) as currently contemplated to be conducted, including the
Company’s design, development, use, import, manufacture and
sale of the products, technology or services (including products,
technology or services currently under development) of the Company,
does not (A) to the Company’s Knowledge, infringe or
misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any Person,
(B) violate any term or provision of any
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License or Contract concerning such
Intellectual Property or (C) constitute unfair competition or
an unfair trade practice under any Law, and the Company has not
received notice from any Person claiming that such operation or any
act, product, technology or service (including products, technology
or services currently under development) of the Company infringes
or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any Person or
constitutes unfair competition or trade practices under any Law,
including notice of third party patent or other Intellectual
Property rights from a potential licensor of such rights, nor is
the Company aware of any basis for any such claim.
(j) Each item of Company
Registered Intellectual Property is valid and subsisting, and all
necessary registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity fees and
taxes in connection with such Registered Intellectual Property have
been paid and all necessary documents and certificates in
connection with such Company Registered Intellectual Property have
been filed with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark or other
authorities in the United States or foreign jurisdictions where the
Company has filed documents for such purpose, as the case may be,
for the purposes of maintaining such Registered Intellectual
Property. Section 2.9(j) of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all actions that must be taken by the Company within one
hundred eighty (180) days from the date hereof, including the
payment of any registration, maintenance, renewal fees, annuity
fees and taxes or the filing of any documents, applications or
certificates for the purposes of maintaining, perfecting or
preserving or renewing any Company Registered Intellectual
Property. In each case in which the Company has acquired ownership
of any Company Intellectual Property rights owned or used in
connection with the conduct of the Business from any Person, the
Company has obtained a valid and enforceable assignment sufficient
to irrevocably transfer all rights in such Intellectual Property
(including the right to seek past and future damages with respect
to such Intellectual Property) to the Company and, to the maximum
extent provided for by and required to protect the Company’s
ownership rights in and to such Intellectual Property in accordance
with applicable Laws, the Company has recorded each such assignment
of Registered Intellectual Property with the relevant Governmental
or Regulatory Authority, including the PTO, the U.S. Copyright
Office, or their respective equivalents in any foreign jurisdiction
where the Company has filed documents for such purpose, as the case
may be. To the Company’s Knowledge: (i) the Intellectual
Property owned by the Company and used in connection with the
conduct of the Business, is subsisting, in full force and effect,
is valid and enforceable, and (in the case of Company Registered
Intellectual Property) has not expired or been cancelled or
abandoned; and (ii) all necessary prosecution, registration,
maintenance and renewal fees due on or before the Closing Date have
been made, and all documents, recordations and certificates,
required as of the Closing Date for the purposes of maintaining
such Company Registered Intellectual Property have been filed.
Without limiting the foregoing, to the Company’s Knowledge,
no information, materials, facts, or circumstances exists,
including any information or fact that would constitute prior art,
that would render any of the Company Registered Intellectual
Property invalid or unenforceable, or would adversely effect any
pending application for any Company Registered Intellectual
Property. The Company has not misrepresented, or failed to
disclose, and is not aware of any misrepresentation or failure to
disclose, any fact or circumstances in any application for any
Company Registered Intellectual Property that would constitute
fraud or a willful misrepresentation with respect to such
application.
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(k) Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(k) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
Contracts or Licenses between the Company and any other Person with
respect to Company Intellectual Property under which there is any
dispute (or, to the Company’s Knowledge, facts that may
reasonably lead to a dispute) known to the Company, including any
dispute or facts that may reasonably lead to a dispute regarding
the scope of the Intellectual Property rights granted in such
Contract or License, or performance under such Contract or License,
including with respect to any payments to be made or received by
the Company thereunder.
(l) Neither the Company nor
any of Subsidiary (i) has asserted or threatened in writing or
orally any claim against any Person, (ii) has had any Person
assert or threaten in writing or orally any claim against the
Company or any Subsidiary alleging any infringement,
misappropriation or violation of any Intellectual Property owned by
the Company or (iii) is aware of any facts or circumstances
which could give rise to a such claims.
(m) The Company has taken all
commercially reasonable steps to protect the Company’s rights
in confidential information and trade secrets of the Company, owned
or used in connection with the conduct of the Business, or provided
by any other Person to the Company subject to a duty of
confidentiality. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Company and its Subsidiaries have, and enforce, a policy
requiring each employee, consultant and independent contractor
providing services in connection with the conduct of the Business,
to execute proprietary information, confidentiality and invention
and copyright assignment agreements and all such current and former
employees, consultants and independent contractors of the Company
and its Subsidiaries, except as set forth in
Section 2.9(m) of the Disclosure Schedule, have
executed such an agreement and copies of all such agreements have
been provided to Acquirer or made available to Acquirer for
review.
(n) No Company Intellectual
Property owned by the Company, or any product, technology or
service of the Business, or to the Company’s Knowledge, any
other Company Intellectual Property, is subject to any Order,
Action or Proceeding or “march in” rights that
restricts, or that is reasonably expected to restrict in any
manner, the use, transfer or licensing of any Company Intellectual
Property by the Company or that may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property.
(o) Except as set forth in
Section 2.9(o) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
(i) product, technology, service or publication of the
Business, (ii) material published or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, distributed by the Company in connection with the
conduct of the Business, or (iii) conduct or statement of
Company with respect to the conduct of the Business constitutes
obscene material, a defamatory statement or material, false
advertising or otherwise violates any Law.
(p) Neither this Agreement
nor any transactions contemplated by this Agreement will result in
the granting any rights or licenses with respect to the
Intellectual Property of Acquirer or the Company after the Closing
Date, to any Person pursuant to any Contract to which the Company
is a party or by which any of the Assets and Properties owned or
used in connection with the conduct of the Business are bound.
Neither this Agreement nor any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement will result in the loss of any ownership or License
rights of Acquirer from and after the Closing Date in any of the
Company Intellectual Property or require
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or obligate Acquirer after the Closing
Date (i) to grant to any third party any rights or licenses
with respect to any Company Intellectual Property; or (ii) to
pay any royalties or other amounts. Neither this Agreement nor any
transaction contemplated by this Agreement will give to any third
party the right to terminate, in whole or in part, any Contracts or
Licenses to which the Company is a party with respect to any
Intellectual Property owned or used in connection with the conduct
of the Business, except for the Contracts or Licenses set forth in
Section 2.9(p) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(q)
Section 2.9(q) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a
list of (i) all software which the Company has licensed from
any third party which is used by the Company in the products of the
Business, in providing services or otherwise in the Business (other
than standard off-the-shelf, shrink-wrap software that is
commercially available on reasonable terms to any Person for a
license fee of no more than $15,000 dollars) and (ii) a list
of all “freeware,” “shareware” and
“open source” code incorporated into any product of the
Business. The Company has all rights necessary to the use of such
software, “freeware,” “shareware” and
“open source” code.
(r)
Section 2.9(r) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies
each Contract applicable to the conduct of the Business pursuant to
which the Company has deposited with an escrow agent or any other
Person, any of its RTL code or computer software and code, in a
form other than object code form, including related programmer
comments and annotations, which may be printed out or displayed in
readily human readable form (“ Source Code ”).
The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in a release of
any Source Code owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
applicable to the conduct of the Business or the grant of
incremental rights to a Person with regard to such Source Code.
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has taken any action that
will, or would reasonably be expected to, result in the disclosure
or delivery of any Source Code applicable to the conduct of the
Business owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any
Contract. To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred,
and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without
notice or lapse of time, or both) will, or would reasonably be
expected to, result in the disclosure or delivery by the Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any Person acting on their behalf to any
Person of any Source Code applicable to the conduct of the Business
owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Contract,
and no such Source Code has been disclosed, delivered or licensed
to a third party.
(s) The Company has and
follows a written policy for tracking material bugs, errors and
defects of which it becomes aware, in the conduct of the Business
and maintains and keeps current a computerized database for such
purpose. That written policy is adequate to properly protect the
Business against viruses, so-called “hackers” and
“crackers,” denial-of-service attacks, and other
threats to the integrity, availability, or confidentiality thereof,
and the Company’s actual practices have consistently
conformed to its written policy. The Company has not concealed or
intentionally withheld from Acquirer any documentation relating to
the testing of products or services of the Business, or any plans
and specifications for products or services currently under
development by the Company for use in connection with the conduct
of the Business. The Company has implemented any and all material
security patches or material security upgrades that to the
Knowledge of the Company are generally available for the Business.
The term “material security patches or material security
upgrades” means, for
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purposes of the foregoing sentence,
security patches and security upgrades the implementation of which
other companies developing, marketing and/or using similar software
would reasonably consider prudent.
(t) The Company has
established and strictly follows (and has made available to
Acquirer a copy of) a written policy adequate to properly:
(i) protect the privacy of end users (and any personally
identifiable information pertaining thereto) of the products and
services of the Business; (ii) promptly respond to allegations
by third parties of defamatory or otherwise illegal or improper
acts with respect to communications, postings or other activities
attributable to such end users; (iii) promptly respond to
allegations of infringement or misappropriation of a third
party’s Intellectual Property attributable to such end users;
and (iv) cooperate with any governmental investigation or
directive, including requests for identification of and access to
end user information. The Company’s policy and practices with
respect to the foregoing are: (A) in full compliance with any
applicable Law or regulation of any governmental authority in any
jurisdiction; and (B) substantially consistent with the best
practices currently observed within the industry. The execution,
delivery, and performance of this Agreement, and Acquirer’s
possession or use of any data or information of the Company, will
not result in any material violation of any privacy policy of the
Company or any law pertaining to privacy, user data, or personal
data.
2.10 Contracts
.
(a)
Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (with
paragraph references corresponding to those set forth below)
contains a true and complete list of each of the following
Contracts or other arrangements applicable to the conduct of the
Business (true and complete copies of which or, if none, reasonably
complete and accurate written descriptions thereof, together with
all amendments and supplements thereto and all waivers of any terms
thereof, have been provided to Acquirer prior to the execution of
this Agreement), to which the Company or a Subsidiary is a party or
by which any of the Assets and Properties owned or used in
connection with the conduct of the Business is bound:
(i) (A) all Contracts
(excluding Plans) providing for a commitment of employment or
consultant services for a specified or unspecified term, the name,
position and rate of compensation of each Person party to such a
Contract and the expiration date of each such Contract; and
(B) any written or unwritten representations, commitments,
promises, communications or courses of conduct involving an
obligation of the Company or a Subsidiary to make payments (with or
without notice, passage of time or both) to any Person in
connection with, or as a consequence of, the transactions
contemplated hereby or to any employee who is disclosed in
Section 2.10(a)(i) of the Disclosure Schedule, other
than with respect to salary or incentive compensation payments in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(ii) all partnership, joint
venture, shareholders’ or other similar Contracts;
(iii) except as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(a)(iii) to the Disclosure Schedule, all
Contracts relating to Indebtedness in an amount of $15,000 dollars
or more;
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(iv) except as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(a)(iv) to the Disclosure Schedule, any trust
indenture, mortgage, promissory note, loan agreement or other
Contract for the borrowing of money, any currency exchange,
commodities or other hedging arrangement or any leasing transaction
of the type required to be capitalized in accordance with
GAAP;
(v) all Contracts entered
into outside the ordinary course of business (A) with
independent contractors, distributors, dealers,
manufacturers’ representatives, sales agencies or
franchisees, (B) with aggregators, manufacturers and equipment
vendors, and (C) with respect to the sale of services,
products or both, to customers;
(vi) all guarantees of any
Indebtedness or other obligations to any Person, including, but not
limited to, any agreement of guarantee, support, indemnification,
assumption or endorsement of, or any similar commitment with
respect to, the obligations, Liabilities or Indebtedness of any
other Person;
(vii) all Contracts between
or among the Company or a Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any
current or former officer, director, shareholder, Affiliate or
Associate of the Company or any Associate of any such officer,
director, shareholder or Affiliate, on the other hand, other than
Contracts disclosed pursuant to Section 2.10(a)(vii) of
the Disclosure Schedule;
(viii) all collective
bargaining or similar labor contracts;
(ix) all Contracts that,
after giving effect to the assignment of the Contracts to Acquirer,
would (A) limit or contain restrictions on the ability of
Acquirer to declare or pay dividends on, to make any other
distribution in respect of or to issue or purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire its capital stock, to incur Indebtedness, to
incur or suffer to exist any Lien, to purchase or sell any Assets
and Properties, to change the lines of business in which it
participates or engages, (B) require the Acquirer to maintain
specified financial ratios or levels of net worth or other indicia
of financial condition or (C) require the Acquirer to maintain
insurance in certain amounts or with certain coverages;
(x) all Contracts that
provide for continuing research and development and/or design or
other services after the Closing Date;
(xi) any Contract that
expires or may be renewed at the option of any Person other than
the Company or a Subsidiary, so as to expire more than one
(1) year after the date of this Agreement;
(xii) any Contract that is
not terminable by the Company or a Subsidiary upon thirty
(30) days (or less) notice by the Company or such Subsidiary
without penalty or obligation to make payments based on such
termination and which (i) requires payments by the Company or
a Subsidiary in excess of $15,000 dollars (either alone or pursuant
to a series of related contracts) or (ii) requires the
provision of services to any Person after the Closing;
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(xiii) any Contract
containing any covenant (A) limiting in any material respect
the right of the Company or a Subsidiary to engage or compete in
any line of business, to make use of any material Intellectual
Property owned by the Company or a Subsidiary or to compete with
any Person, (B) granting any exclusive distribution rights,
(C) providing “most favored nations” terms for
Company products or services, or (D) which otherwise adversely
affects or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
right of the Company or any Subsidiary to sell, distribute or
manufacture any Company products or services or material
Intellectual Property owned by the Company or a Subsidiary or to
purchase or otherwise obtain any material software, components,
parts or subassemblies;
(xiv) all powers of attorney
and comparable delegations of authority; and
(xv) all other Contracts not
otherwise required to be disclosed above in
Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule which are
material to the Business.
(b) Each Contract required to
be disclosed in Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule is in full force and effect and constitutes a legal, valid
and binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms,
and to the Knowledge of the Company, each other party
thereto.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.10(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, with
respect to each Contract required to be disclosed in
Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule:
(i) neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries have violated or breached, or committed any
default under, any such Contract to which it is a party, and, to
the best of the Knowledge of the Company, no other Person has
violated or breached, or committed any default under, any such
Contract;
(ii) no event has occurred,
and no circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without
notice or lapse of time) will, or could reasonably be expected to,
(A) result in a violation or breach of any of the provisions
of any such Contract, (B) give any Person the right to declare
a default or exercise any remedy under any such Contract,
(C) give any Person the right to accelerate the maturity or
performance of any such Contract, or (D) give any Person the
right to cancel, terminate or modify any such Contract;
(iii) to the Knowledge of the
Company, each Person against which the Company had, has or may
acquire any rights under any such Contract is solvent and is able
to satisfy all of such Person’s current and future monetary
obligations and other obligations and Liabilities
thereunder.
(iv) since December 31,
2006, neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries have received any
notice or other communication regarding any actual or possible
violation or breach of, or default under, any such Contract;
and
(v) neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries have waived any of its material rights under any
such Contract.
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(d) Except as set forth in
Section 2.10(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company
has never guaranteed or otherwise agreed to cause, insure or become
liable for, nor pledged any of the Purchased Assets to secure, the
performance or payment of any obligation or other Liability of, any
other Person.
(e) No Person is
renegotiating, or has a right pursuant to the terms of any Contract
applicable to the conduct of the Business to renegotiate, any
amount paid or payable under any such Contract or any other term or
provision of any such Contract.
(f) The Company has no
Knowledge of any basis upon which any party to any Contract
applicable to the conduct of the Business may object to
(i) the assignment to Acquirer of any right under such
Contract, or (ii) the delegation to or performance by Acquirer
of any obligation under such Contract.
(g) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(g) to the Disclosure Schedule, the Contracts
identified in Section 2.10(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule collectively constitute all of the Contracts necessary to
enable the Company to conduct the Business in the manner in which
it is currently being conducted.
2.11 Employees
.
(a) The Company has provided
the Acquirer all information requested (which information is
complete and accurate in all material respects) on all employees,
contractors and consultants of the Company and the Subsidiaries
providing services in connection with the conduct of the Business
as of the date hereof as set forth in Section 2.11(a)
Disclosure Schedule, including information with respect to their
titles or positions, dates of hire, regular work location and
current compensation (including stock option or equity grants),
current salary and benefits, age, notice period, and information on
all employment contracts or other agreements between the Company or
a Subsidiary and any employee or any other contractor, consultant
or person relating to the performance of services. The completion
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not result
in any payment or increased payment becoming due to any current or
former employee of, or consultant to, the Company or a Subsidiary
providing services in connection with the conduct of the
Business.
(b) There are no outstanding
offers of employment or engagement made to any person by the
Company or a Subsidiary relating to the Business and there is no
one who has accepted an offer of employment or engagement made by
the Company or a Subsidiary relating to the Business who has not
yet taken up that employment or engagement.
(c) Except as set forth in
Section 2.11(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no
employee, contractor or consultant of the Company or a Subsidiary
providing services in connection with the conduct of the
Business:
(i) has given or received
notice terminating his or her employment or engagement or altering
its terms, and no such person will be entitled as a result of the
entering into of this Agreement and the sale of the Assets and
Properties of the Business to Acquirer to give notice of
termination or to claim for any payment or benefit or to treat
himself as being released from any obligation and no such person is
planning to terminate his or her employment as of or shortly after
the Closing; or
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(ii) is currently on sick
leave which (as of the date of this Agreement) has been for more
than 14 consecutive days; or
(iii) is currently on
sabbatical or parental leave.
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(d) to the Disclosure Schedule, since
December 31, 2006 (i) no change has been made in the rate
or basis of remuneration, fee or other benefits provided for or
paid to any employee, consultant or contractor of the Company or a
Subsidiary providing services in connection with the conduct of the
Business, and (ii) no change has been made in any other terms
of employment or engagement of any such employee, consultant or
contractor other than in the ordinary course of business and which
is reflected in Section 2.11(a) of the Disclosure
Schedule.
(e) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(e) to the Disclosure Schedule, neither the
Company nor its Subsidiaries has entered into any agreement or
given any assurance (whether legally binding or not) regarding any
future variation in any contract of employment or other agreement
in respect of any of their employees, consultants or contractors
providing services in connection with the conduct of the Business
or any agreement imposing an obligation on the Company or a
Subsidiary to increase the basis and/or rates of remuneration or
payment and/or the provision of other benefits to or on behalf of
its employees, consultants or contractors at any future
date.
(f) The Company is not aware
of any facts or matters affecting any employee of the Company
providing services in connection with the conduct of the Business
which might reasonably be considered grounds for dismissing such
employee or warning such employee that the continuation of any
conduct or behavior may lead to dismissal.
(g) No grievance or complaint
of sex, race or disability discrimination, whether formal or
informal, is pending in an administrative or litigation proceeding
nor has been raised by any employee or consultant or former
employee or consultant of the Company providing services in
connection with the conduct of the Business in the twelve months
prior to Closing.
(h) Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries has made any loans to or entered into any credit
transaction with any employee which has not been reflected in the
Business Financials.
(i) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.11(i) to the Disclosure Schedule, there are no
controversies or labor or trade disputes or union organization
activities pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
between the Company or a Subsidiary and any of its respective
employees providing services in connection with the conduct of the
Business nor are there facts known to the Company or its
Subsidiaries which might indicate that there may be any such
dispute or activities.
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(j) No collective agreements
relating to the Business are binding on the Company or its
Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date. As of the date hereof, none of
the Company’s or the Subsidiaries’ employees providing
services in connection with the conduct of the Business are
employed by any other employer. Each of the Company’s
employees providing services in connection with the conduct of the
Business has a permanent right to reside and work in the
jurisdiction in which they are employed.
(k) Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiaries have any consultants, and has not at any time had
any consultant, providing services in connection with the conduct
of the Business, which under labor laws or tax laws would be deemed
as an employee.
(l) Except as set
forth
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