EXHIBIT
4.4
ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
PROCAM MACHINE
LLC
and
MONROE MACHINED PRODUCTS,
INC.
May 24,
2005
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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1.0 Purpose
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2.0 Purchase and Sale
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2.1 Equipment
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2.2 Inventories
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2.3 Contracts
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2.4 Intellectual Property
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2.5 Accounts Receivable/Cash
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2.6 Miscellaneous Assets
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2.7 Excluded Assets
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3.0 Assumption of Liabilities
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3.1 Inventory/Purchasing
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3.2 Customer Obligations
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3.3 Retained Liabilities
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4.0 Purchase Price
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4.1 Purchase Price
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4.2 Holdback
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4.3 Purchase Price Allocation
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4.4 Taxes
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5.0 Closing
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6.0 Seller’s Representations and
Warranties
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6.1 Organization
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6.2 Authorization
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6.3 No Violations
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6.4 Absence of Changes
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6.5 Taxes
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6.6 Title
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6.7 Compliance with Laws
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6.8 Litigation
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6.9 No Broker Arrangement
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6.10 Material Misrepresentations or
Omissions
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7.0 Buyer’s Representations and
Warranties
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7.1 Organization
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7.2 Authorization
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7.3 No Violations
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7.4 No Finders
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7.5 Material Representations or
Omissions
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7.6 Available Funds
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7.7 No Broker Arrangement
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8.0 Closing Conditions
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8.1 Buyer’s Conditions
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8.2 Seller’s Conditions
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9.0 Further Agreements
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9.1 Additional Documents and
Assistance
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9.2 Use of Facilities
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9.3 Non-Solicitation
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9.4 Employees
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9.5 Non-Competition
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9.6 Indemnification by Seller
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9.7 Indemnification by Buyer
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9.8 Transition Assistance
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10.0 Miscellaneous Terms
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10.1 Publicity
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10.2 Notice
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10.3 Confidentiality
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10.4 Successors and Assigns
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10.5 Titles and Subtitles
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10.6 Counterparts
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10.7 Advice of Counsel
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10.8 Expenses
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10.9 Governing Law
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10.10 Dispute Resolution
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10.11 Severability
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10.12 Survival
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10.13 Complete Agreement
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Schedule 2.1
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Equipment
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Schedule 2.3(A)
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Included
Contracts
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Schedule 2.3(B)
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Excluded
Contracts
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Schedule 3.3
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Retained
Liabilities
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Schedule 4.2
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Purchase Price
Allocation
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Schedule 6
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Seller’s
Disclosure Memorandum
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Schedule 7
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Buyer’s
Disclosure Memorandum
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Schedule 9.5
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Employees
Subject to Non-Competes
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ASSET PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Asset
Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into as of
May 24, 2005, by and between ProCam Machine LLC, a Washington
limited liability company with its principal place of business at
18421 Bothell-Everett Hwy, Suite 150, Mill Creek, WA 98012
(“Seller”), and Monroe Machined Products, Inc., a
Washington corporation with its principal offices at 1422 S.
192 nd
, Seatac, WA
98148 (“Buyer”).
1.0
Purpose
Buyer
desires to buy and Seller desires to sell all of Seller’s
rights and assets (“the Assets”) and to assume certain
liabilities (“Liabilities”) used or related to
Seller’s precision machining and tooling business (the
“Business”), and which are described in
Sections 2.0 and 3.0 below.
2.0
Purchase and Sale of Assets
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Buyer
agrees to purchase from Seller and Seller agrees to sell, transfer,
assign and deliver to Buyer at Closing, the Assets,
including:
2.1
Equipment . All machinery, equipment, tools, dies, molds,
fixtures, furniture, furnishings, and similar personal property
(the “Equipment”) related to the Business, including
without limitation the Equipment identified in
Schedule 2.1 to this Agreement.
2.2
Inventories . All finished goods, work in progress, raw
materials, spare replacement and component parts, loaners and
demonstration products, supplies and similar goods (the
“Inventories”) related to the Business.
2.3
Contracts . All contracts, purchase orders, customer orders,
quotations and agreements related to the Business, including
without limitation those identified in Schedule 2.3(A) to
this Agreement, and excluding those identified in
Schedule 2.3(B) .
2.4
Intellectual Property . All intangible assets and
intellectual property of the Seller related to or used or useful in
connection with the Business, including without limitation the
patents, trademarks, copyrights and applications therefore, and
goodwill, trade names, trade dress, logos, domain names, designs,
programs, drawings, instructions, specifications, know how, trade
secrets, in each instance related to, used or useful in connection
with the Business.
2.5
Accounts Receivable . All of Seller’s accounts
receivable and pre-paid expenses.
2.6
Miscellaneous Assets . All consents of government entities
(including applications therefor), service materials, purchasing
records, manufacturing, quality control and regulatory records,
design and development records, accounting records, customer
records, and all other books and records, warranties and
indemnities, and similar rights related to the Business, subject
only to Seller’s rights as set forth in Section 9.1
below.
2.7
Excluded Assets . With the exception of the documents
referenced in Section 9.1 hereto, all other assets are
included in the sale.
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3.0
Assumption of Liabilities
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Seller
assigns and Buyer agrees to pay, perform and otherwise discharge
certain of Seller’s liabilities related to the Business, to
the extent incurred or accrued prior to the Closing,
including:
3.1
Inventory/Purchasing . Seller’s obligations and
liabilities related to commitments for inventories for the Business
ordered by Seller in the ordinary course of business and not yet
delivered as of Closing, and to supplier and subcontractors for
services or work performed or to be performed in connection with
the Business.
3.2
Customer Obligations . Subject to the provisions of
Section 4.2 herein, Seller’s obligations and liabilities
related to customers or prospective customers for quotations,
orders or contracts for products or services of the Business, or
guarantees or warranties or other claims related
thereto.
3.3
Retained Liabilities . All other of Seller’s
liabilities, including without limitation, those identified in
Schedule 3.3 to this Agreement, are retained by
Seller.
4.0
Purchase Price
4.1
Purchase Price . In full consideration for purchase of the
Assets and assumption of the Liabilities, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including specifically
Section 4.2 herein, the Buyer shall pay to Seller the
following amounts at Closing (the “Purchase
Price”):
4.1.1
ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,300,000.00) for the
Assets other than inventory and accounts receivable.
4.1.2
The net difference, if positive, between, any accounts receivable
of the Business collected during the six (6) months subsequent
to Closing and earned by the Business prior to Closing, on the one
hand, and any accounts payable of the Business paid by Buyer during
the six (6) months subsequent to Closing, and accrued as the result
of services or products provided to the Business prior to Closing
(the “Net Accounts”). If, however, the Net Accounts
shall result in a negative number, then that amount shall be
deducted from the Purchase Price.
4.1.3
The total value of the Inventories, calculated as the sum of the
following:
4.1.3.1
For “Finished Goods” associated with the Business, the
jointly audited values at Closing of such goods, to be calculated
as follows:
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more then 18 months has passed since the last sale of such
goods, and the Finished Good is not a repeating Customer Program
part, then 5% of last offered price;
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more then 18 months has passed since the last sale of such
goods and the Finished Good is a repeating Customer Program part,
then 75% of last offered price;
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if
a Finished Good is jointly deemed by the parties to be obsolete,
useful only for purpose of research and development, or
hardware/parts without certification, then zero;
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repeating Customer Program parts with or without requirements, then
the lesser of 85% of last price or cost of production of the
part;
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all
hardware or parts usable for GD, Simula or Aerojet projects, then
75% of last purchase price;
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all
hardware not described above shall be valued at 5% of last purchase
price;
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4.1.3.2
For all “Works-In-Progress” associated with the
Business, the jointly audited value at Closing of such works, to be
calculated as follows:
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value of current jobs with open requirements shall be calculated
based on the % of completion multiplied by the proposed sale
price;
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the
value of any excess or “overbuilt” repeating Customer
Program parts and incomplete parts in stores shall be calculated
based on the % of completion multiplied by the proposed sale
price;
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all
Works-In-Progress for repeating Customer Program parts without
requirements shall be attributed a value based on the % of
completion multiplied by 50% the proposed sale price;.
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All
Works-In-Process not described above shall be attributed a value of
zero.
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4.1.3.3
For all “Raw Materials” associated with the Business,
the jointly audited value at Closing of such material, to be
calculated as follows:
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Raw Material capable of filling an open requirement shall be valued
at 100% of purchase price;
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Raw Material to be used on repeating Customer Program parts shall
be valued at 85% of purchase price;
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all
other Raw Materials not described above shall be valued at 5% of
purchase price.
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4.2
Holdback . At Closing, the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($50,000.00) (the “Holdback Amount”) shall be held back
from Seller by Buyer and transmitted to Seller’s Counsel (as
identified in Section 10.2) for retention in its trust
account. On the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing (the
“Holdback Period”), subject to the prior reasonable
mutual agreement of Seller’s Counsel and Buyer’s
Counsel (as identified in Section 10.2), Seller’s
Counsel shall transmit to Seller the Holdback Amount, as that
amount is calculated after deduction of the following
amounts:
4.2.1
any amounts reasonably paid by Buyer during the Holdback Period for
documented claims by customers against warranties or guarantees
offered by the Business or
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Seller
prior to Closing; provided that Buyer will provide Seller and
Seller’s Counsel with fax notification of any such claims,
and Seller shall provide Buyer with any objections or reasonable
requests for further information regarding any such claim within
five (5) business days of receipt of such notice, or such
claim will be deemed to have been to be allowed for payment;
and
4.2.2
the purchase price of any inventory purchased from Seller and
reasonably found by both parties to be obsolete (and not having
been profitably sold at the conclusion of the Holdback Period after
reasonable effort to do so), under Buyer’s standard, and
commercially reasonable inventory practices and
procedures.
4.3
Purchase Price Allocation . The Purchase Price shall be
allocated by the parties among the Assets in a manner which shall
be mutually agreed upon and which shall be set forth in
Schedule 4.2 to this Agreement, and shall be utilized
by the parties for purposes of completing and filing Internal
Revenue Service Form 8594 and for compliance with filing or
reporting requirements of any other taxing authority.
4.4
Taxes . Buyer shall be responsible for all sales, use or
transfer taxes, if any, due and payable to any government entity as
a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
5.0
Closing
Provided
the Closing Conditions identified in Section 8.0 below have
been satisfied, the Closing shall take place on May 31, 2005
(the “Closing”) at the offices of Leary Franke
Droppert, Suite 600, 1500 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, at
10:00 a.m., or on such other date, time and place as the
parties may mutually agree.
6.0
Seller’s Representations and Warranties
Except
as is otherwise identified in Seller’s Disclosure Memorandum,
which is attached to this Agreement as Schedule 6 ,
Seller represents and warrants to Buyer as of the date of this
Agreement, and shall represent and warrant as of the date of
Closing, that:
6.1
Organization . Seller is a limited liability company, duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of
Washington, and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Washington.
6.2
Authorization . Seller has full corporate power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated thereby. This Agreement has been, and
each document to be delivered under this Agreement, at Closing
shall be, duly executed and constitute the valid, binding
obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with
its respective terms.
6.3
No Violations . Neither the execution nor the delivery of
this Agreement or any other document or agreement contemplated by
it, will materially violate or breach any of Seller’s
(i) corporate documents, (ii) the provisions of any other
agreement to which Seller is a party, or (iii) any order,
injunction, statute, rule, regulation by which Seller is bound, and
by which any Asset may be affected or encumbered. The Sellers are
not required to give notice to, make a filing with, or obtain the
authorization, consent or approval of any third party, including
without limitation any governmental entity or court, in order for
the parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
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6.4
Absence of Changes . Seller has conducted the Business in
the ordinary course since April 1, 2005 until Closing,
including without limitation not causing or suffering any event,
change or effect that is materially adverse to the
Business.
6.5
Taxes . Seller has paid all taxes owing and filed all
returns required to be filed with respect to the Assets and
Business as of the date of this Agreement, and will have done so as
of the date of Closing, except to the extent Seller is not yet
required to do so or has, in good faith, timely filed an objection
or opposition to payment of same (with respect to which Seller
shall retain responsibility to file and pay when due, and shall
indemnify Buyer from all liability with respect thereto, including
but not limited to personal property taxes for the period prior to
Closing).
6.6
Title . Seller has, and shall deliver to Buyer at Closing,
good and marketable title to the Assets, free and clear of any
lien, security interest, encumbrance or other restriction on
transfer.
6.7
Compliance with Laws . Seller has and shall until Closing,
conduct the Business in compliance with all applicable statutes,
rules, regulations, permits, licenses and similar requirements of
any applicable government entity or court, and compliance with
hazardous material and other environmental compliance
requirements.
6.8.
Litigation . The Assets, Business, and the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement are not subject to any pending, or
to Seller’s knowledge, threatened, action, suit, proceeding,
hearing, investigation, claim, judgment, order, decree, injunction,
charge or similar requirement, in law or equity, civil, criminal or
otherwise.
6.9
No Broker Arrangement . Seller has made no arrangement,
agreement or contract with any broker or agent with respect to the
transaction contemplated by this Agreement. Sh