Exhibit 10.37
Confidential Materials omitted and filed
separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Asterisks
denote such omissions.
PURCHASE AND SALE
AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
(“Agreement”) is made as of November 19, 2003 by and
between Lifeline Systems, Inc. (hereinafter “Seller”),
a Massachusetts corporation with a principal place of business at
111 Lawrence Street, Framingham, MA 01702 and De Lage Landen
Financial Services, Inc. (hereinafter “Purchaser”), a
Michigan corporation with a principal place of business at 1111 Old
Eagle School Road, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087.
WITNESSETH
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WHEREAS, Seller has, in its ordinary
course of business, entered into lease agreements (each a
“Contract” and collectively, “Contracts”)
directly with lessees (each an “Obligor” and
collectively, “Obligors”) for the lease of the
equipment (“Equipment”) listed therein and as such
Contracts are more fully described on Schedule A attached
hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, Seller has agreed to sell
and assign to Purchaser and Purchaser has agreed to purchase and
accept the assignment of all of Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the Contracts listed on Schedule A
and all payments coming due thereunder; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the agreements and covenants contained herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
I. ASSIGNMENT AND PURCHASE
1.1 Agreement to Sell . Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, upon Purchaser’s
payment to Seller of the purchase price of One Million Six Hundred
Twenty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and
Seventy-Two Cents ($1,625,444.72) (“Purchase Price”),
Seller will, and hereby does without further action:
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(i)
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Assign to
Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in, to
and under the Contracts listed on Schedule A attached hereto
and made a part hereof, all payments and other amounts coming due
thereunder as of January 1, 2004 (the “Payments”) (as
identified on Schedule A ), and all related documents, and
all of the proceeds (existing then and in the future) of the
foregoing;
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(ii)
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grant and
assign to Purchaser a first, prior and paramount security interest,
or assign to Purchaser, as applicable, Seller’s first, prior
and paramount security interest, in the Equipment covered by each
Contract, prior in right to all persons and entities (other than
that of Obligor under the Contract); and
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(iii)
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assign to
Purchaser all proceeds thereof (existing then and in the
future),
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all by executing an assignment in
the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A , which is made a part
hereof (the “ Assignment ”).
Purchaser shall have, in addition to all other
rights hereunder, the right to (i) receive and retain any and
all
Payments and rights thereto under any Contract;
(ii) use or sell or dispose of Equipment (subject to
Obligor’s interest therein); and (iii) apply and use such
Payments, rights, Equipment (subject to Obligor’s interest
therein) and proceeds to satisfy any and all obligations of Seller
hereunder.
The parties hereto intend the sale, assignment
and transfer of each Contract by Seller to Purchaser hereunder to
be a true sale thereof, and not a loan secured by the granting of a
lien thereon. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any transaction of
which the sale, assignment and transfer is a part is construed by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be a loan and not a true sale
and, in addition, as security for all of Seller’s obligations
to Purchaser under this Agreement, and for Obligors’
respective obligations under the Contracts, Seller hereby grants
and assigns, as applicable, to Purchaser to the extent not
transferred a first priority security interest prior in right to
all persons and entities (other than that of Obligor under the
Contract) in and to all of the following, whether now or in the
future owned by Seller:
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(i)
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all of its
right, title and interest in and to the Contracts;
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(ii)
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all of its
right, title and interest in all Equipment covered under any
Contract; and
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(iii)
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all proceeds,
products, rents or profits of any of the foregoing items referred
to in (i) and (ii) above, of every nature whatsoever, including,
without limitation, proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or
involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or other liquid
property, including, without limitation, all proceeds consisting of
Payments and other sums payable under the Contracts, and all
present and future accounts, contract rights, goods, letters of
credit, general intangibles, chattel paper, documents, instruments,
uncertificated securities, cash and non-cash proceeds, and other
rights arising from or by virtue of, the disposition of, or
collections with respect to, or insurance proceeds payable with
respect to, or claims against other persons with respect to, all or
any part of the property referred to in (i) and (ii) above and in
this subsection (iii).
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Upon the occurrence of a default under any
Contract, Purchaser shall be entitled to exercise all rights and
remedies available to it as a secured party under all applicable
laws, including, without limitation, the Uniform Commercial Code
(“ UCC ”), and all rights and remedies under the
Contract.
1.2 No Assumption by Purchaser .
Purchaser does not assume any of Seller’s, vendor’s or
other obligations under any Contract or with respect to any
Equipment and shall have no duties in respect thereof, and, in this
regard, Seller shall indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser harmless
against any and all claims, liabilities or actions with respect
thereto.
1.3 Conditions Precedent . Purchaser
shall pay the Purchase Price upon Purchaser’s receipt of the
following: (a) a duly executed copy of this Agreement; (b) a duly
executed Assignment from Seller; (c) the originals of all Contracts
(with guarantees or other surety therefor, if any, and all related
documents) identified on Schedule A hereto and to the Assignment;
(d) a Secretary’s Certificate of Seller with specimen
signatures, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto;
and (e) UCC-1 financing statement against Seller with Purchaser as
Secured Party with respect to the Contracts sold and assigned
hereunder and Equipment subject thereto.
1.4 Servicing . Upon payment of the
Purchase Price, the parties agree that Purchaser (in the name of
Seller pursuant to Section 6.2) shall commence billing and
collecting of all Payments and other amounts coming due under each
Contract as of January 1, 2004. Purchaser shall also bill and
collect, on behalf of Seller, all property taxes owing with respect
to any Equipment subject to a Contract. Seller shall provide
Purchaser with an invoice indicating the amount of such property
taxes to be billed by Purchaser. Purchaser shall have no liability
for any property taxes owing with respect to any Equipment and
Seller hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Purchaser
harmless from and against any and all Losses (as defined in Section
4) related to such taxes
(including without limitation any fines,
interest and penalties related thereto). Further, Purchaser shall
bill and collect all sales taxes owing with respect to any
Equipment at a rate determined by Purchaser and Purchaser shall
remit such sales taxes to the appropriate taxing authorities in
Purchaser’s name. In the event Purchaser collects a Payment
that is less than the total Payment, taxes and other amounts owing
under a Contract, the amount so collected shall be applied as
follows: first, to Purchaser for any past due Payments and other
amounts owing under the Contract (including any past due sales tax)
and second, for payment of property taxes.
In the event Seller receives any Payments with
respect to any Contract that belong to Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement, Seller agrees that such Payments will be
Purchaser’s property and will be held in trust by Seller for
Purchaser. Seller shall, on a twice monthly basis, but in no event
later than 1 day prior to the last business day of the month remit
any such Payments to Purchaser via ACH. If Seller fails to remit
any Payments it collects to Purchaser pursuant to this paragraph,
Seller shall pay Purchaser interest on such Payment at ten percent
(10%) per annum until paid.
(i) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
as defined in a Contract or (ii) in the event Seller shall file or
have filed against it any action for relief under any existing or
future law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, a receiver is appointed for Seller, Seller makes
a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, Seller shall
generally not, or be unable to, pay its debts as they come due, or
Seller shall dissolve, Purchaser shall have the option to notify
the Obligor of the transfer and assignment of the Contract by
sending the Obligors a notice letter pursuant to Section 6.2 of
this Agreement. Such notice letter shall be in such form as
Purchaser deems reasonably necessary to effectuate the terms of
this paragraph. Upon sending any notice letter, Purchaser may
thereafter conduct all future activities with respect to the
Contract (including, without limitation, billing and collecting all
Payments due thereunder) in its own name and not under the name of
Seller.
In addition to the services provided above,
Purchaser agrees to assist Seller in billing and collecting past
due payments that may be owing to Seller under contracts not
assigned to Purchaser under this Agreement but which contracts are
with a customer that is also an Obligor under a Contract assigned
to Purchaser under this Agreement. The parties shall mutually agree
on the processes to be followed by Purchaser with respect to such
collection activities. In the event Purchaser bills and collects
any such past due amounts owing to Seller from a customer that is
also an Obligor under a Contract assigned to Purchaser under this
Agreement, any amounts actually collected by Purchaser from such
Obligor shall be applied as follows: first, to Purchaser for any
past due Payments and other amounts owing under Purchaser’s
Contract (including any late charges and past due sales tax) and
second, to Seller. Purchaser shall, on a twice monthly basis, (but
in no event later than 1 day prior to the last business day of the
month) remit any such Payments to Seller via ACH.
II. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
2.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties
. Seller and Purchaser each represents and warrants to the other as
follows: (a) It is a duly organized and validly existing
corporation and has full power to enter into this Agreement (and in
the case of Seller, the Assignment) and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and is in good standing in the
state of its incorporation; (b) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the performance by it of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action and do not violate the terms of it’s
articles of incorporation or organization, bylaws or any other
agreement to which it is bound and no approvals or consents are
required from any shareholders, members, government entity or any
other person or entity to consummate the transactions hereunder,
and this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms; and (c) It has
all governmental approvals, permits, certificates, inspections,
consents and franchises necessary to conduct its respective
business, substantially as now conducted and to own or finance and
operate its properties as now owned, financed or operated by it,
except where the failure to obtain any of the foregoing does not
materially and adversely impair the ability of each to operate its
business or to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
2.2 Seller’s Representations,
Warranties and Covenants .
(1) As of the date on which
Purchaser pays the Purchase Price, Seller represents and warrants
to Purchaser as follows:
(a) Seller is the sole and lawful owner of the
Contracts and all Payments coming due thereunder and has good and
marketable title to it and, upon payment of the Purchase Price,
Purchaser shall receive good and marketable right, title and
interest to the Contracts and all Payments due thereunder free and
clear or all security interests, liens, encumbrances and claims
whatsoever (other than the rights of the Obligors under the
Contracts);
(b) Each Contract evidences a valid reservation
of title to the Equipment subject thereto, subject only to the
rights of the Obligor under the Contract, or a valid, perfected
first priority security interest in the applicable Equipment and
upon the assignment of the Contracts, Purchaser shall acquire a
valid perfected first priority security interest in the Equipment
which shall have priority over all other rights, liens or security
interests with respect thereto;
(c) Seller has the absolute right to sell and
assign the Contracts and all Payments coming due thereunder and
such Contracts and Payments are capable of being freely and fully
assignable and none of the Contracts contain a prohibition against
such sale and assignment;
(d) Each Contract, together with all related
documents, are legal, valid, binding, and enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms and each such Contract and related
documents are non-cancelable for the term of the Contract as
indicated on Schedule A hereto;
(e) The obligations of each Obligor under each
Contract are absolute and unconditional and no setoffs,
counterclaims, abatements or defenses exist with respect to any
such obligations, including payment obligations, of any Obligor
under such Contract;
(f) All information in whatever form provided by
Seller to Purchaser concerning the Contracts, including, without
limitation, the information on Schedule A hereto, the legal
names and addresses of Obligors and the amount and due dates of
Payments due under Contracts, is accurate and correct and the form
of each Contract is in a substantially similar form as the form set
forth on Exhibit C attached hereto and made a part
hereof;
(g) Seller has delivered to Purchaser the
genuine sole originals of the Contracts and all documents related
thereto as, such Contracts and documents constitute the entire
agreement between the parties thereto and the transactions
contemplated by the Contracts arose out of bona fide business
transactions in the ordinary course;
(h) Seller is not holding any security deposits,
escrow, maintenance or other reserves or deposits with respect to
the Contracts or Equipment;
(i) No suit or any legal action or proceeding
has been brought or threatened to be brought by or against Seller
in connection with any Contract;
(j) The Equipment has been delivered and
unconditionally accepted by the Obligors and the Equipment is in
the possession of the Obligors and in good operating
condition;
(k) All taxes imposed prior to the date of this
Agreement by any taxing authority on the Contracts or Equipment
have been paid by Seller and the Contracts and Equipment comply
with all material applicable laws, rules and
regulations;
(l) Seller has not heretofore sold, transferred,
assigned or otherwise pledged its interest in all or any part of
the Contracts or Equipment and Seller shall not sell, transfer,
assign or otherwise encumber, or attempt to encumber, or suffer to
permit any lien, or charge upon, all or any part of the Contracts
or Equipment;
(m) No default or event of default has
occurre