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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND
AMONG
UNION STREET ACQUISITION
CORP.,
RAZOR BUSINESS STRATEGY
CONSULTANTS LLC,
AND
THE MEMBERS OF RAZOR
BUSINESS STRATEGY
CONSULTANTS
LLC
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 26,
2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE |
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1.1
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Purchase and Sale of the Membership
Interests |
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1.2
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Closing Date |
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1.3
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Transactions to be Effected at the Closing |
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1.4
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Sellers’ Representatives |
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1.5
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Closing Working Capital |
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1.6
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Adjustment of Purchase Price |
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1.7
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Escrow |
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| ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO 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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Subsidiary |
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2.3
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Capitalization |
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2.4
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Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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2.5
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
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2.6
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Compliance |
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2.7
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Financial Statements |
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2.8
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities |
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2.9
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Absence of Certain Changes or Events |
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2.10
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Litigation |
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2.11
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Employee Benefit Plans and Compensation |
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2.12
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Labor
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2.13
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Restrictions on Business Activities |
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2.14
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Title
to Properties; Absence of Liens and Encumbrances |
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2.15
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Accounts Receivable |
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2.16
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Condition of Tangible Assets |
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2.17
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Suppliers and Customers |
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2.18
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Taxes |
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2.19
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Environmental Matters |
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2.20
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Brokers; Third Party Expenses |
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2.21
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Intellectual Property |
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2.22
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Agreements, Contracts and Commitments |
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2.23
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Insurance |
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2.24
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Governmental Actions/Filings |
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2.25
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Interested Party Transactions |
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2.26
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Proxy
Statement |
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2.27
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Bank
Accounts |
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2.28
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Powers
of Attorney |
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Representations and Warranties Complete |
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| ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE
SELLERS |
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3.1
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Authorization |
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3.2
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The
Membership Interests |
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3.3
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Consents and Filings |
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3.4
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Noncontravention |
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3.5
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No
Legal Proceedings |
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3.6
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Receipt of Stock Consideration for Seller’s Own
Account |
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3.7
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Accredited Investor |
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3.8
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Disclosure of Information |
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3.9
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Restricted Securities |
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3.10
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Legends |
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| ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER |
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4.1
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Organization and Qualification |
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4.2
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Authority Relative to this Agreement |
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4.3
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents |
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4.4
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements |
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4.5
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Litigation |
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4.6
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Brokers |
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4.7
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Board
Approval |
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4.8
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Trust
Fund |
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4.9
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Purchase for Investment |
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4.10
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Valid
Issuance of Buyer Common Stock |
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Representations and Warranties Complete |
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| ARTICLE V CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING |
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Conduct of Business by Company and Buyer.: |
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5.2
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Guarantees |
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| ARTICLE VI ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS |
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6.1
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Proxy
Statement; Buyer Stockholders’ Meeting |
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6.2
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Other
Actions |
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6.3
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Required Information |
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6.4
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Confidentiality; Access to Information |
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6.5
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Public
Disclosure |
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6.6
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Reasonable Efforts |
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6.7
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No
Securities Transactions |
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6.8
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No
Claim Against Trust Fund |
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6.9
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Disclosure of Certain Matters |
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6.10
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No
Solicitation |
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6.11
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Noncompetition |
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6.12
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Tax
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6.13
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Sellers and Buyer Actions |
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6.14
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Financing |
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Restricted Stock |
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| ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS TO THE ACQUISITION |
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7.1
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Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Consummate the
Acquisition |
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7.2
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Additional Conditions to Obligations of
Sellers |
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7.3
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Additional Conditions to the Obligations of
Buyer |
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| ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION |
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Indemnification for Buyer’s Benefit |
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8.2
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Indemnification for Seller’s Benefit |
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8.3
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Indemnification of Third Party Claims |
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8.4
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Priority of Indemnification and Insurance
Effect |
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8.5
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Limitations on Indemnification |
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8.6
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Exclusive Remedy |
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| ARTICLE IX TERMINATION |
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Termination |
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9.2
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Notice
of Termination; Effect of Termination |
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9.3
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Fees
and Expenses |
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| ARTICLE X DEFINED TERMS |
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| ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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11.1
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Notices |
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11.2
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Interpretation |
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11.3
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Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures |
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11.4
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Entire
Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries |
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11.5
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Severability |
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11.6
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Other
Remedies; Specific Performance |
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11.7
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Governing Law |
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11.8
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Rules
of Construction |
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11.9
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Assignment |
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11.10
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Amendment |
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11.11
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Extension; Waiver |
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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of February 26, 2008, by and among Union
Street Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, or its designee
(“Buyer”), Razor Business Strategy Consultants LLC, a
Texas limited liability company (the “Company”), the
undersigned members of the Company (each, a “Seller”
and collectively, the “Sellers”) and the
Representatives (as defined in Section 1.4), solely in their
capacity as Representatives to acknowledge their duties and
obligations related to the same.
R E C I T A L
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WHEREAS, Sellers own, in the
aggregate, 100% of the membership interests in the Company
(collectively, the “Membership Interests”), with each
Seller individually owning the percentage of Membership Interests
set forth on Schedule A; and
WHEREAS, Sellers desire to
sell the Membership Interests to Buyer, and Buyer desires to
purchase the Membership Interests from Sellers, in each case upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement
(the purchase and sale of the Membership Interests is referred to
in this Agreement as the “Acquisition”); and
WHEREAS, the Board of
Directors of the Buyer has unanimously (i) determined that the
Acquisition is fair to, and in the best interests of, Buyer and its
stockholders, (ii) approved this Agreement, the Acquisition,
the Escrow Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and (iii) determined to recommend that the
stockholders of Buyer adopt and approve this Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and approve the Acquisition.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the covenants, promises and representations set
forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties agree as follows (defined terms used in this Agreement are
listed alphabetically in Article X, together with the Section and,
if applicable, paragraph number in which the definition of each
such term is located):
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND
SALE
1.1 Purchase and Sale of
the Membership Interests .
(a) At the Closing (as
defined in Section 1.2 ) and subject to and upon the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, Sellers agree to sell,
transfer, assign and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer agrees to purchase
from Sellers, the Membership Interests free and clear of all
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(b) Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein, the aggregate purchase price to be
paid to the Sellers for the Membership Interests is $30,000,000
(the “Purchase Price”), which shall consist of the
following:
(i) $20,000,000 in cash (the
“Cash Consideration”); and
(ii) 1,315,789 shares of
common stock of Buyer, par value $0.0001 per share (“Buyer
Common Stock”), which shall equal approximately $10,000,000,
calculated based on a fixed price of $7.60 per share (as equitably
adjusted to appropriately reflect the effect of any stock split,
reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization,
recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares
or other like change with respect to Buyer Common Stock occurring
on or after the date hereof and prior to the Closing Date) (the
“Stock Consideration”), of which 394,736 shares shall
be placed in escrow as provided in Section 1.7
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The Purchase Price shall be paid as
provided in Section 1.3 and shall be subject to
adjustment as provided below and in Section 1.6
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(c) The Cash Consideration
shall be reduced on a dollar for dollar basis to account for any
Indebtedness of the Company existing at the time of the
Closing.
(d) The parties acknowledge
the Razor Business Strategy Consultants, LLC Bonus Plan
(“Razor Bonus Plan”), to be adopted by the Company
prior to Closing, pursuant to which certain employees of the
Company are entitled to receive bonus compensation aggregating
65,790 shares of Buyer Common Stock and $265,000 in cash. At
the Closing, Buyer shall deliver stock and cash to such employees
in satisfaction of the Company’s obligation under said
Plan. Correspondingly, the Stock Consideration otherwise
payable at Closing for the Membership Interests shall be reduced by
65,790 shares and the Cash Consideration otherwise payable at
Closing shall be reduced by $265,000, said reductions apportioned
among the Sellers as set forth in the Plan. Any withholding
taxes required to be withheld from payments made to employees shall
reduce the cash payable to the respective employees and shall be
retained by Buyer for use in satisfying the Company’s
withholding obligations.
1.2 Closing Date . The
closing of the Acquisition (the “Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and
Popeo, P.C. (“Mintz Levin”), counsel to Buyer, at 666
Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, at a time and date to be
specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the second
Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set
forth in Article VII, or at such other time, date and location as
the parties hereto agree in writing (the “Closing
Date”). Closing signatures may be transmitted by
facsimile.
1.3 Transactions to be
Effected at the Closing .
(a) At the Closing Buyer
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered:
(i) to each Seller, in the
amounts as set forth on Schedule A, such Seller’s Cash
Consideration in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an
account designated by such Seller to Buyer in writing no later than
three Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
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(ii) to each Seller, duly
executed stock certificates representing each Seller’s Stock
Consideration, in the amounts as set forth on Schedule
A;
(iii) duly executed
employment agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit
A , for each of David Kirwan and Thomas Cole;
(iv) to SunTrust Bank as
escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), under an escrow
agreement to be entered into at Closing, by and among Buyer, the
Representatives (as defined in Section 1.4 ) and the
Escrow Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto (the “Escrow Agreement”), duly executed
stock certificates representing 394,736 shares of Buyer Common
Stock to be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, as provided in
Section 1.7 ; and
(v) all other documents,
instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Buyer at or
prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
(b) At the Closing Sellers
shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to Buyer:
(i) receipt for the payment
of each Seller’s cash consideration;
(ii) duly executed employment
agreements, substantially in the form of Exhibit A , for
each of David Kirwan and Thomas Cole;
(iii) certificates, if any,
representing each Seller’s Membership Interests,
together with signed stock powers evidencing the sale of each
Seller’s Membership Interests to Buyer, and such other
documents or instruments of transfer, if any, in such form as
shall be necessary or appropriate to vest in the Buyer good and
marketable title to each Seller’s Membership Interests;
and
(iv) all other documents,
instruments or certificates required to be delivered by Seller at
or prior to the Closing pursuant to this Agreement.
1.4 Sellers’
Representatives .
(a) In order to administer
efficiently (i) the implementation of the Agreement on behalf
of the Sellers and (ii) the settlement of any dispute with
respect to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, the Company and
the Sellers hereby designate David Kirwan and Thomas Cole as the
Sellers’ representatives (the “Representatives”),
and authorize the Representatives to enter into the Escrow
Agreement on their behalf in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(b) From and after the
Closing, the Company and the Sellers hereby authorize the
Representatives (i) to take all action necessary in connection
with the implementation of the Agreement on behalf of the Sellers
or the settlement of any dispute, including, without limitation,
with regard to matters pertaining to the indemnification provisions
of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, (ii) to give and
receive all notices required to be given under the Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement and (iii) to take any and all additional
action as is contemplated to be taken by or on behalf of the
Sellers by the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement.
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(c) In the event that both
Representatives die, become legally incapacitated or resign from
such position, another individual designated by the Sellers, who
shall be identified to Buyer as soon as practicable, shall fill
such vacancy and shall be deemed to be the Representative for all
purposes of this Agreement; provided, however, that no change in
the Representative shall be effective until Buyer is given written
notice of such change by the Sellers.
(d) All decisions and actions
by the Representatives as provided in this Section 1.4
or under the Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon all of the
Sellers, and no Seller shall have the right to object, dissent,
protest or otherwise contest the same.
(e) By their execution and/or
approval of this Agreement and the Acquisition, Company and the
Sellers agree that:
(i) Buyer shall be able to
rely conclusively on the instructions and decisions of the
Representatives as to any actions required or permitted to be taken
by the Sellers or the Representatives hereunder and under the
Escrow Agreement, and no party hereunder shall have any cause of
action against Buyer for any action taken by Buyer in reasonable
reliance upon the instructions or decisions of the
Representatives;
(ii) all actions, decisions
and instructions of the Representatives shall be conclusive and
binding upon all of the Sellers and no Seller shall have any cause
of action against the Representatives for any action taken,
decision made or instruction given by the Representatives under
this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, except for fraud or willful
breach of this Agreement by the Representatives; and
(iii) the provisions of this
Section 1.4 are independent and severable, shall
constitute an irrevocable power of attorney, coupled with an
interest and surviving death, granted by the Company and the
Sellers to the Representatives and shall be binding upon the
executors, heirs, legal representatives and successors of each
member of the Company.
(f) All fees and expenses
incurred by the Representatives shall be paid by the Sellers
severally to the extent of their pro rata interest in the aggregate
of the Purchase Price.
(g) In taking any action
hereunder and under the Escrow Agreement, the Representatives shall
be protected in relying upon any notice, paper or other document
reasonably believed by it to be genuine, or upon any evidence
reasonably deemed by it, in its good faith judgment, to be
sufficient; provided, however, that the Representatives shall not
waive any rights with respect to any individual Seller’s
interest(s) if such waiver would have the effect of
disproportionately and adversely affecting such individual Seller
as compared to the interests of the other Sellers, without the
prior consent of two thirds of the Sellers based on their
membership interest immediately prior to the Closing. The
Representatives shall not be liable to Buyer or the Sellers for any
act performed or omitted to be performed by it in the good faith
exercise of its duties and shall be liable only in the case of bad
faith or willful misconduct or
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gross negligence. The Representatives
may consult with counsel in connection with its duties hereunder
and shall be fully protected in any act taken, suffered or
permitted by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of
counsel. The Representatives shall not be responsible for
determining or verifying the authority of any person acting or
purporting to act on behalf of any party to this Agreement. The
Representatives may be replaced at any time by affirmative vote or
written consent of two thirds of the Sellers based on their
membership interest immediately prior to the Closing.
1.5 Closing Working
Capital .
(a) Within 75 days after the
Closing Date, Buyer will prepare, or cause to be prepared, and
deliver to the Representatives an unaudited Closing Working Capital
Statement (the “Closing Working Capital Statement”),
which shall set forth Buyer’s calculation of Working Capital
as of the Closing Date (“Closing Working Capital”). The
Closing Working Capital Statement shall be prepared in accordance
with United States generally accepted accounting principles
(“GAAP”) applied on a basis substantially consistent
with those used in the preparation of the Balance Sheet and will
include the accounts identified on Schedule 1.5. In
determining Closing Working Capital, the amount will be adjusted to
account for the difference between the 2008 budgeted capital
expenditures through the Closing Date detailed on Schedule 1.5(a)
(the “Budgeted Capital Expenditures”), and the actual
capital expenditures made with respect to the items detailed on
Schedule 1.5(a) through the Closing Date (the “Actual Capital
Expenditures”). To the extent the amount of the Budgeted
Capital Expenditures exceeds the Actual Capital Expenditures
incurred, the Closing Working Capital will be reduced in accordance
with this Section 1.5(a). To the extent the Actual
Capital Expenditures incurred exceeds the amount of Budgeted
Capital Expenditures, and such excess is approved in writing by
Buyer, then the Closing Working Capital will be increased in
accordance with this Section 1.5(a).
(b) Upon receipt from Buyer,
the Representatives shall have 45 days to review the Closing
Working Capital Statement (the “Review Period”). If
Sellers disagree with Buyer’s computation of Closing Working
Capital, the Representatives may, on or prior to the last day of
the Review Period, deliver a notice to Buyer (the “Notice of
Objection”), which sets forth its objections to Buyer’s
calculation of Closing Working Capital. Any Notice of Objection
shall specify those items or amounts with which Sellers disagree,
together with a detailed written explanation of the reasons for
disagreement with each such item or amount, and shall set forth the
Representatives’ calculation of Closing Working Capital based
on such objections. To the extent not set forth in the Notice of
Objection, Sellers shall be deemed to have agreed with
Buyer’s calculation of all other items and amounts contained
in the Closing Working Capital Statement.
(c) Unless the
Representatives deliver the Notice of Objection to Buyer within the
Review Period, Sellers shall be deemed to have accepted
Buyer’s calculation of Closing Working Capital and the
Closing Working Capital Statement shall be final, conclusive and
binding. If the Representatives deliver the Notice of Objection to
Buyer within the Review Period, Buyer and the Representatives
shall, during the 45 days following such delivery or any mutually
agreed extension thereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts
to reach agreement on the disputed items and amounts in order to
determine the amount of Closing Working Capital.
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If, at the end of such period or any
mutually agreed extension thereof, Buyer and the Representatives
are unable to resolve their disagreements, they shall jointly
retain and refer their disagreements to Grant Thornton LLP (or, if
such firm shall decline or is unable to act, or has a material
relationship with Buyer or Sellers or any of their respective
Affiliates or any other material conflict of interest) another
nationally recognized independent accounting firm mutually
acceptable to Buyer and the Representatives (the “Independent
Expert”). The parties shall instruct the Independent Expert
promptly to review this Section 1.5 and to determine
solely with respect to the disputed items and amounts so submitted
whether and to what extent, if any, the Closing Working Capital set
forth in the Closing Working Capital Statement requires adjustment.
The Independent Expert shall base its determination solely on
written submissions by Buyer and the Representatives and not on an
independent review. Buyer and Sellers shall make available to the
Independent Expert all relevant books and records and other items
reasonably requested by the Independent Expert. As promptly as
practicable but in no event later than 45 days after its retention,
the Independent Expert shall deliver to Buyer and the
Representatives a report which sets forth its resolution of the
disputed items and amounts and its calculation of Closing Working
Capital; provided that in no event shall Closing Working
Capital as determined by the Independent Expert be less than
Buyer’s calculation of Closing Working Capital set forth in
the Closing Working Capital Statement nor more than the
Representatives’ calculation of Closing Working Capital set
forth in the Notice of Objection. The decision of the Independent
Expert shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties. The
costs and expenses of the Independent Expert shall be borne by the
party that has the greatest differential from the binding
Independent Expert decision.
1.6 Adjustment of Purchase
Price . (a) “Final Working Capital” means the
Closing Working Capital (i) as shown in the Closing Working
Capital Statement delivered by Buyer to the Representatives
pursuant to Section 1.5(a) , if no Notice of Objection
with respect thereto is timely delivered by the Representatives to
Buyer pursuant to Section 1.5(b) ; or (ii) if a
Notice of Objection is so delivered, (A) as agreed by Buyer
and Sellers pursuant to Section 1.5(c) or (B) in
the absence of such agreement, as shown in the Independent
Expert’s calculation delivered pursuant to
Section 1.5(c) . If Final Working Capital is less than
$1,350,000, Sellers shall pay to Buyer, as an adjustment to the
Purchase Price, in the manner and with interest as provided in
Section 1.6(b) , an amount equal to the difference
between $1,350,000 and Final Working Capital (the “Deficit
Amount”). If Final Working Capital exceeds $1,350,000, Buyer
shall pay to Sellers, in the manner and with interest as provided
in Section 1.6(b) , an amount equal to the difference
between Final Working Capital and $1,350,000 (the “Excess
Amount”), in proportion to each Seller’s membership
interest immediately prior to the Closing.
(b) Within three Business
Days after Final Working Capital has been finally determined
pursuant to Section 1.5 , (i) if there is a
Deficit Amount, Sellers shall pay to Buyer, in proportion to each
Seller’s membership interest immediately prior to the
Closing, an amount equal to such Deficit Amount, together with
interest calculated as set forth below, and (ii) if there is
an Excess Amount, Buyer shall pay to Sellers, in proportion to each
Seller’s membership interest immediately prior to the
Closing, an amount equal to such Excess Amount, together with
interest calculated as set forth below. Any such payment shall be
made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
designated in writing by Buyer or Sellers, as the case may be, at
least one Business Day prior to such transfer. The amount of any
payment to be made pursuant to this Section 1.6 shall
bear interest from and
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including the Closing Date to but
excluding the date of payment at a rate per annum equal to the
federal funds rate as published by the Wall Street Journal in
effect from time to time during the period from the Closing Date to
the date of payment. Such interest shall be calculated daily on the
basis of a year of 365 days and the actual number of days elapsed,
without compounding.
(c) Any rights accruing to a
party under this Section 1.6 shall be in addition to
and independent of the rights to indemnification under Article VIII
and any payments made to any party under this
Section 1.6 shall not be subject to the terms of
Article VIII.
1.7 Escrow . At the
Closing Buyer shall deposit in escrow, to be held during the period
ending 45 days immediately following the first date of filing of
Buyer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which audited financial
statements include the financial statements of the Company on a
consolidated basis (“Escrow Period”), 394,736 shares of
Buyer Common Stock from the Stock Consideration to be received by
Sellers as a result of the Acquisition (the “Escrow
Amount”), which such shares shall be allocated to the Sellers
in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Escrow
Agreement. Subject to Article VIII, on the first business day
following the conclusion of the Escrow Period, the Escrow Agent
shall deliver the Escrow Amount, less any amount applied in
satisfaction of a claim for indemnification and any amount then in
dispute related to the indemnification obligations set forth in
Article VIII, to the Sellers. The remaining Escrow Amount, to the
extent not applied in satisfaction of a claim for indemnification,
will be distributed to Sellers promptly upon resolution of the
dispute or claim.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES RELATING TO THE COMPANY
A. Subject to the exceptions
set forth in the schedules attached hereto (the “Company
Schedule”), the Company and the Sellers jointly and severally
represent and warrant to Buyer, as follows (as used in this Article
II and elsewhere in this Agreement, the term “Company”
includes the Subsidiaries, as hereinafter defined, unless the
context clearly otherwise indicates):
2.1 Organization and
Qualification . (a) The Company is a limited liability
company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of Texas and has the requisite limited liability company
power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and
properties and to carry on its business as it is now being or
currently planned by the Company to be conducted. The Company is in
possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses,
permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders
(“Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate the
properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its
business as it is now being or currently planned by Sellers or the
Company to be conducted, except where the failure to have such
Approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Complete and correct copies of the articles of organization and
limited liability regulations (or other comparable governing
instruments with different names) (collectively referred to herein
as “Charter Documents”) of the Company, as amended and
currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to Buyer or
Buyer’s counsel. The Company is not in violation of any of
the provisions of its Charter Documents.
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(b) The Company is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and
is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the
properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its
activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except
for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good
standing that could not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the
Company. Each jurisdiction in which the Company is so qualified or
licensed is listed in Schedule 2.1.
(c) The minute books of the
Company contain records of all meetings and consents in lieu of
meetings of its managers (and any committees thereof), similar
governing bodies and members (“Company Records”) since
January 1, 2003 which are true, complete and accurate in all
material respects. Copies of such Company Records of the Company
have been heretofore made available to Buyer or Buyer’s
counsel.
(d) The membership interest
transfer, warrant and option transfer and ownership records of the
Company contain true, complete and accurate records of the
securities ownership as of the date of such records and the
transfers involving the membership interests and other securities
of the Company since January 1, 2003. Copies of such records
of the Company have been heretofore made available to Buyer or
Buyer’s counsel.
2.2 Subsidiary .
(a) The Company has only one subsidiary that is listed on
Schedule 2.2 (the “Subsidiary”). Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.2, the Subsidiary is inactive and has no assets or
liabilities. Except for the Subsidiary, the Company does not own,
directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or voting
interest in any Person or have any agreement or commitment to
purchase any such interest, and has not agreed and is not obligated
to make nor is bound by any written, oral or other agreement,
contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, instrument,
note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense,
insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any
nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect
under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment
in or capital contribution to any other entity.
(b) The Subsidiary is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization (as
listed on Schedule 2.2) and has the requisite corporate power and
authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and
to carry on its business as it is now being or currently planned by
the Company to be conducted. The Subsidiary is in possession of all
Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it
purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as
it is now being or currently planned by the Company to be
conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals could
not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or such Subsidiary.
Complete and correct copies of the Charter Documents of each
Subsidiary, as amended and currently in effect, have been
heretofore delivered to Buyer or Buyer’s counsel. The
Subsidiary is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
Charter Documents.
(c) The Subsidiary is duly
qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation or
foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or
operated by it or the nature of its
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activities makes such qualification or
licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly
qualified or licensed and in good standing that could not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Subsidiary. Each
jurisdiction in which Subsidiary is so qualified or licensed is
listed in Schedule 2.2.
(d) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.2(d), the minute books of the Subsidiary contain records
of all meetings and consents in lieu of meetings of its directors
(and any committees thereof), similar governing bodies and
shareholders since April 8, 2005, which are true, complete and
accurate in all material respects. Copies of the Company Records of
the Subsidiary have been heretofore made available to Buyer or
Buyer’s counsel.
2.3 Capitalization .
(a) The authorized, issued and outstanding membership or
percentage interests of the Company consist of membership
interests, of which 100% are issued and outstanding and owned by
the Sellers as set forth on Schedule A. Neither the Company nor any
Seller has any liability relating to membership or percentage
interests of the Company owned previously by any third party.
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3(a), each Seller individually
represents and warrants that such Seller owns his or her Membership
Interests free and clear of all Liens. All such Membership
Interests are duly authorized, validly issued, and were issued in
compliance with all federal, state and local rules, laws and
regulations. The designations, powers preferences, rights,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions, if any, in respect of
such Membership Interests are set forth in the Company’s
Limited Liability Company Regulations (the “LLC
Regulations”), a copy of which has been provided to the
Buyer, and all such designations, powers, preferences, rights,
qualifications, limitations and restrictions are valid, binding and
enforceable in accordance with all applicable laws. There are no
outstanding warrants, options, rights, agreements, convertible
securities, appreciation rights, joint venture, partnership or
other commitments of any nature relating to the Membership
Interests of the Company. There are no voting trusts or other
similar agreements with respect to the voting of any of the
Membership Interests.
(b) Except as contemplated by
this Agreement and except as set forth in
Section 2.3(a) hereof, there are no subscriptions,
options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or
similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive
rights), commitments or agreements of any character to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the Company
to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or
sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause the
repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any membership interests,
partnership interests or similar ownership interests of the Company
or obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting
of or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, equity
security, call, right, commitment or agreement.
(c) Except as contemplated by
this Agreement and except as set forth on Schedule 2.3(c) hereto,
there are no registration rights, and there is no voting trust,
proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other agreement or
understanding to which the Company is a party or by which the
Company is bound with respect to any equity security of any class
of the Company.
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(d) The authorized and
outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary is set forth in
Schedule 2.3(d) hereto. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3(d), the
Company owns all of the outstanding capital stock of the
Subsidiary, free and clear of all Liens. There are no outstanding
options, warrants or other rights to purchase securities of the
Subsidiary.
2.4 Authority Relative to
this Agreement . The Company has all necessary limited
liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Acquisition).
The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including
the Acquisition) have been duly and validly authorized by all
necessary action on the part of the Company, and no other
proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize
this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby pursuant to the Texas Limited Liability Company Act and the
terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement has been
duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and,
assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by
the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity.
2.5 No Conflict; Required
Filings and Consents . (a) The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of this
Agreement by the Company shall not, (i) conflict with or
violate the Company’s or Subsidiary’s Charter
Documents, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal
Requirements (as defined in Section 11.2(b) ),
(iii) except as set forth in Schedule 2.5, result in any
breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or
lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially
impair the Company’s rights or alter the rights or
obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights
of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or
result in the creation of a lien or encumbrance on any of the
properties or assets of the Company or pursuant to, any Company
Contracts or (iv) except as set forth in Schedule 2.5, result
in the triggering, acceleration or increase of any payment to any
Person pursuant to any Company Contract, including any
“change in control” or similar provision of any Company
Contract, except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv),
for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults,
triggerings, accelerations, increases or other occurrences that
would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company.
(b) The execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the
performance of its obligations hereunder will not, require any
consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or
notification to, any court, administrative agency, commission,
governmental or regulatory authority, domestic or foreign
governmental entity (a “Governmental Entity”), except
(i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)
or Blue Sky Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and
appropriate documents received from or filed with the relevant
authorities of other jurisdictions in which the Company is licensed
or qualified to do business, (ii) where the failure to obtain
such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make
such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
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Effect on the Company or, after the
Closing, the Buyer, or prevent consummation of the Acquisition or
otherwise prevent the parties hereto from performing their
obligations under this Agreement.
2.6 Compliance . The
Company and its Subsidiary have complied with and are not in
violation of any Legal Requirements with respect to the conduct of
their businesses, or the ownership or operation of its business,
except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or
in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Subsidiary.
The Company and its Subsidiary are not in default or violation of
any term, condition or provision of any applicable Charter
Documents. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.6, no written notice
of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received by
the Company or its Subsidiary (and the Company has no knowledge of
any such notice delivered to any other Person). The Company and its
Subsidiary are not in violation of any term of any Company
Contract, except for failures to comply or violations which,
individually or in the aggregate, have not had and are not
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
or its Subsidiary.
2.7 Financial
Statements . (a) Sellers have provided to Buyer a correct
and complete copy of the audited consolidated financial statements
(including any related notes thereto) of the Company and its
Subsidiary for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2006 (the “Audited Financial
Statements”). The Audited Financial Statements were prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout
the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes
thereto), and each fairly presents in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiary at the
respective dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash
flows for the periods indicated.
(b) Sellers have provided to
Buyer a correct and complete copy of the unaudited consolidated
financial statements (including, in each case, any related notes
thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiary for the quarterly period
ended December 31, 2007 (the “Unaudited Financial
Statements”). The Unaudited Financial Statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the
notes thereto), and fairly present in all material respects the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiary at the date
thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the
period indicated, except that such statements do not contain notes
and are subject to normal adjustments that are not expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
(c) Since January 1,
2004, the books of account, minute books, membership interest or
stock certificate books and membership interest or stock transfer
ledgers and other similar books and records of the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been maintained in accordance with good business
practice, are complete and correct in all material respects and
there have been no material transactions that are required to be
set forth therein and which are not so set forth.
(d) Except as otherwise noted
in the Audited Financial Statements or the Unaudited Financial
Statements, or as set forth in Schedule 2.7(d), the accounts and
notes receivable of the Company and its Subsidiaries reflected on
the balance sheets included in the
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Audited Financial Statements and the
Unaudited Financial Statements (i) arose from bona fide
transactions in the ordinary course of business and are payable on
ordinary trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and binding
obligations of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance
with their terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable
principles, (iii) are not subject to any valid set-off or
counterclaim except to the extent set forth in such balance sheet
contained therein, and (iv) except as set forth in Schedule
2.7(d), are not the subject of any actions or proceedings brought
by or on behalf of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(e) Significant deficiencies
in the financial reporting of the Company and its Subsidiaries
which are reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information, and any fraud whether or not material that involves
management or other employees who have a significant role in
financial reporting, have been adequately and promptly disclosed to
the independent accountants and management of the Company as
required by applicable Legal Requirements.
(f) Sellers have provided to
Buyer a complete and correct copy of the unaudited balance sheet of
the Company as of December 31, 2007. As part of the
recording of the purchase of production materials for its
customers, the Company records entries to its balance sheet to
record the receivable from such customer, as well as the associated
liability to its vendor. As of December 31, 2007, all
such entries are fully reconciled such that upon closing of all of
the projects included in these accounts, the Company will not
realize an expense in excess of $50,000.00 to be recognized in the
Company’s income statement.
2.8 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.8 hereto, to
the knowledge of Sellers, the Company and its Subsidiary have no
liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a
nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the
related notes to the Unaudited Financial Statements which are,
individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results
of operations or financial condition of the Company, except:
(a) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in the
balance sheet included in the Unaudited Financial Statements, and
(b) such liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the
Company’s and its Subsidiary’s business since
December 31, 2006, none of which would have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or its Subsidiary.
2.9 Absence of Certain
Changes or Events . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.9 hereto
or in the Unaudited Financial Statements, or as otherwise provided
in this Agreement, since November 30, 2007, there has not
been: (a) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company or its
Subsidiary, (b) any declaration, setting aside or payment of
any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash or
property) in respect of, any of membership interest, or any
purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company or its
Subsidiary of any of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s
membership interests, capital stock or any other securities of the
Company or its Subsidiary or any options, warrants, calls or rights
to acquire any such shares or other securities, (c) any split,
combination or reclassification of any of the Company’s or
its Subsidiary’s membership interests, capital stock,
(d) any granting by the Company or its Subsidiary of any
increase in compensation or fringe benefits, except for normal
increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, or any payment by the Company or its
Subsidiary of any bonus, except for bonuses made in the ordinary
course of business
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consistent with past practice, or any
granting by the Company or its Subsidiary of any increase in
severance or termination pay or any entry by Company or its
Subsidiary into any currently effective employment, severance,
termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the
benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are
materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving
the Company or its Subsidiary of the nature contemplated hereby,
(e) entry by the Company or its Subsidiary into any licensing
or other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of
any Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 2.21
hereof) other than licenses in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent with
respect to any licensing agreement filed or required to be filed by
the Company or its Subsidiary with respect to any Governmental
Entity, (f) any material change by the Company or its
Subsidiary in its accounting methods, principles or practices,
(g) any change in the auditors of the Company or its
Subsidiary, (h) any issuance of capital stock of the Company
or its Subsidiary, (i) any revaluation by the Company or its
Subsidiary of any of its assets, including, without limitation,
writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off
notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company
or its Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business, or
(x) any agreement, whether written or oral, to do any of the
foregoing.
2.10 Litigation .
Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.10 hereto, there are no claims,
suits, actions or proceedings pending or to Sellers’
knowledge, threatened against the Company or its Subsidiary, before
any court, governmental department, commission, agency,
instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator that seeks to
restrain or enjoin the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or which could reasonably be
expected, either singularly or in the aggregate with all such
claims, actions or proceedings, to have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company or its Subsidiary or have a Material Adverse Effect
on the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the
Acquisition.
2.11 Employee Benefit
Plans and Compensation . (a) Definitions . With
the exception of the definition of “Affiliate” set
forth in this Section 2.11(a) below (which definition
shall apply only to this Section 2.11 ), for purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
respective meanings:
“Affiliate” shall
mean any other person or entity under common control with the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries within the meaning of
Section 414(b) , (c) , (m) or
(o) of the Code and the regulations issued
thereunder.
“Company Employee
Plan” shall mean any material plan, program, policy,
practice, contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for
compensation, severance, termination pay, deferred compensation,
performance awards, membership interests, stock or stock-related
awards, fringe benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration
of any kind, whether written or unwritten, funded or unfunded,
including without limitation, each “employee benefit
plan,” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which
is or has during the six years preceding the Closing Date been
maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate for the
benefit of any Employee, or with respect to which the Company, any
of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate has or would reasonably be
expected to have any liability or obligation, and any International
Employee Plan.
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“COBRA” shall
mean the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
“Code” shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury
Regulations, as defined hereinafter.
“DOL” shall mean
the United States Department of Labor.
“Employee” shall
mean any current or former employee, consultant, officer, director,
or manager of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Affiliate.
“Employee
Agreement” shall mean each management, employment, severance,
consulting, relocation, repatriation, expatriation, or similar
agreement or contract (including, without limitation, any offer
letter or any agreement providing for acceleration of company
membership interests or stock options, or any other material
agreement providing for compensation or benefits) between the
Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliate and any
Employee.
“ERISA” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“FMLA” shall mean
the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, as amended.
“HIPAA” shall
mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996, as amended.
“International Employee
Plan” shall mean each Company Employee Plan or Employee
Agreement that is maintained by the Company, any of its
Subsidiaries or any Affiliate, whether formally or informally or
with respect to which the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
Affiliate will or may have any liability with respect to employees
who perform services for the Company, any Subsidiary or any
Affiliate outside the United States.
“IRS” shall mean
the United States Internal Revenue Service.
“PBGC” shall mean
the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
“Pension Plan”
shall mean any Company Employee Plan that is an “employee
pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA.
(b) Schedule 2.11(b) hereto
sets forth a complete and accurate list of each Company Employee
Plan and each Employee Agreement. Neither the Company nor its
Subsidiary has made any plan or commitment to establish any new
Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, to modify any Company
Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to the extent required
by law or to conform any such Company Employee Plan or Employee
Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case
as previously disclosed to Buyer in writing, or as required by this
Agreement), or to enter into any Company Employee Plan or Employee
Agreement, nor does it have any intention or commitment to do any
of the foregoing. Schedule 2.11(b) hereto sets forth a table
setting forth the name, position and salary of each employee of the
Company and each Subsidiary.
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(c) Documents . The
Sellers have provided to Buyer: (i) correct and complete
copies of all material documents embodying each Company Employee
Plan and each Employee Agreement including, without limitation, all
amendments thereto and written interpretations thereof and all
related trust documents; (ii) the recent annual report (Form
Series 5500 and all schedules and financial statements attached
thereto), if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection
with each Company Employee Plan, as applicable; (iii) if the
Company Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and
periodic accounting of Company Employee Plan assets; (iv) the
most recent summary plan description together with the summary(ies)
of material modifications thereto, if any, required under ERISA
with respect to each Company Employee Plan that is subject to such
requirements; (v) all material written agreements and
contracts relating to each Company Employee Plan, including,
without limitation, administrative service agreements and group
insurance contracts; (vi) all communications material to any
Employee or Employees relating to any Company Employee Plan and any
proposed Company Employee Plan, in each case, relating to any
amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in
benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other
events which would result in any material liability to the Company
or its Subsidiary; (vii) all correspondence to or from any
governmental agency relating to any Company Employee Plan;
(viii) all COBRA forms and related notices; (ix) all
policies pertaining to fiduciary liability insurance covering the
fiduciaries for each Company Employee Plan; (x) all
discrimination tests for each Company Employee Plan for the three
(3) most recent plan years; (xi) all registration
statements, annual reports (Form 11-K and all attachments thereto)
and prospectuses prepared in connection with each Company Employee
Plan, as applicable; and (xii) the most recent IRS
determination or opinion letter issued with respect to each Company
Employee Plan, as applicable.
(d) Employee Plan
Compliance . The Company and its Subsidiary has performed in
all material respects with the obligations required to be performed
by it under, is not in default or violation of, and Sellers have no
knowledge of any default or violation by any other party to, any
Company Employee Plan, and each Company Employee Plan has been
established and maintained in accordance with its terms and in
compliance with applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including but not limited to ERISA or the Code. Any
Company Employee Plan intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code and any trust intended to qualify
under Section 501(a) of the Code has obtained a favorable
determination letter (or opinion letter, if applicable) as to its
qualified status under the Code. To the knowledge of the Sellers,
no “prohibited transaction,” within the meaning of
Section 4975 of the Code or Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA, and
not otherwise exempt under Section 408 of ERISA, has occurred
with respect to any Company Employee Plan. There are no actions,
suits or claims pending or, to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened
(other than routine claims for benefits) against any Company
Employee Plan or against the assets of any Company Employee Plan.
Each Company Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise
discontinued after the Closing in accordance with its terms,
without material liability to Buyer, the Company, its Subsidiary or
any Affiliate (other than ordinary administration expenses). There
are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of Sellers, threatened by the IRS, DOL, or any other
Governmental Entity with
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respect to any Company Employee Plan. To
the knowledge of the Sellers, neither the Company, nor its
Subsidiary nor any Affiliate is subject to any penalty or tax with
respect to any Company Employee Plan under Section 502(i) of
ERISA or Sections 4975 through 4980 of the Code. The Company and
its Subsidiary has made or accrued all contributions and other
payments required by and due under the terms of each Company
Employee Plan.
(e) No Pension Plan .
Neither the Company, its Subsidiary nor any Affiliate has, during
the six years preceding the Closing Date, maintained, established,
sponsored, participated in, or contributed to, any Pension Plan
that is subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the
Code.
(f) No Self-Insured
Plan . Neither the Company, its Subsidiary nor any Affiliate
has, during the six years preceding the Closing Date, maintained,
established sponsored, participated in or contributed to any
self-insured “welfare plan” (as defined in
Section 3(1) of ERISA) that provides benefits to employees
(including, without limitation, any such plan pursuant to which a
stop-loss policy or contract applies).
(g) Collectively
Bargained, Multiemployer and Multiple-Employer Plan . At no
time during the six years preceding the Closing Date has the
Company, its Subsidiary or any Affiliate contributed to or been
obligated to contribute to any “Multiemployer Plan” as
defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA. Neither the Company, its
Subsidiary, nor any Affiliate has at any time during the six years
preceding the Closing Date maintained, established, sponsored,
participated in or contributed to any “multiple employer
plan” within the meaning of Section 210(a) of ERISA or
to any plan described in Section 413 of the Code.
(h) No Post-Employment
Obligations . No Company Employee Plan or Employee Agreement
provides, or reflects or represents any material liability to
provide, retiree life insurance, retiree health or other retiree
employee welfare benefits to any Employee or any dependent of any
Employee, except as may be required by COBRA or other applicable
statute, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has ever
represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written
form) to any employee (either individually or to employees as a
group) that such employee(s) or their dependents would be provided
with retiree life insurance, retiree health or other retiree
employee welfare benefits, except to the extent required by
statute.
(i) COBRA; FMLA; HIPAA
. The Company, each Subsidiary and each Affiliate has, prior to the
Closing, complied in all material respects with the requirements of
COBRA, FMLA, HIPAA, the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act
of 1998, the Newborns’ and Mothers’ Health Protection
Act of 1996, and any similar provisions of state law applicable to
its employees. To the knowledge of the Sellers, neither the Company
nor its Subsidiary has unsatisfied obligations to any employees or
qualified beneficiaries pursuant to COBRA, HIPAA or any state law
governing health care coverage or extension.
(j) Effect of
Transaction . The execution of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
(either alone or upon the occurrence of any additional or
subsequent events) constitute an event under any Company Employee
Plan or Employee Agreement that will or may result in any payment
(whether of
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severance pay or otherwise),
acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution,
increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits or be deemed a
“parachute payment” under Section 280G of the Code
with respect to any Employee.
(k) Employment Matters
. The Company and its Subsidiary: (i) is in compliance in all
material respects with applicable foreign, federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment, termination of
employment, employee safety and wages and hours, and in each case,
with respect to Employees; (ii) has withheld and reported all
amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld and reported
with respect to wages, salaries and other payments to Employees;
(iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages, severance pay or
any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the
foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust
or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any
governmental authority, with respect to unemployment compensation
benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for
Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal
course of business and consistent with past practice). There are no
actions, suits, claims or administrative matters pending,
threatened or reasonably anticipated against the Company, its
Subsidiary, or any of its Employees relating to any Employee,
Employee Agreement or Company Employee Plan. There are no pending
or to Sellers’ knowledge, threatened or reasonably
anticipated claims or actions against Company, its Subsidiary, any
Company trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any
worker’s compensation policy. To Sellers’ knowledge, no
employee of the Company or its Subsidiary has violated any
employment contract, nondisclosure agreement, non-competition or
non-solicitation agreement by which such employee is bound due to
such employee (i) being employed by the Company or its
Subsidiary, and (ii) disclosing to the Company or its
Subsidiary, or using, trade secrets or proprietary information of
any other person or entity. The services provided by each of the
Company’s, each Subsidiary’s and their
Affiliates’ Employees is terminable at the will of the
Company and its Affiliates.
(l) No Interference or
Conflict . To the knowledge of Sellers, no member or Employee
of the Company or its Subsidiary is obligated under any contract or
agreement, subject to any judgment, decree, or order of any court
or administrative agency that would interfere with such
person’s efforts to promote the interests of the Company or
its Subsidiary or that would interfere with the Company’s or
its Subsidiary’s business. Neither the execution nor delivery
of this Agreement, nor the carrying on of the Company’s or
any of its Subsidiary’s business as presently conducted or
proposed to be conducted nor any activity of such members or
Employees in connection with the carrying on of the Company’s
business or any of its Subsidiary’s businesses as presently
conducted or currently proposed to be conducted will, to the
knowledge of Sellers, conflict with or result in a breach of the
terms, conditions, or provisions of, or constitute a default under,
any contract or agreement under which any of such members or
Employees is now bound.
(m) International Employee
Plan . Neither the Company, its Subsidiary, nor any Affiliate
has an obligation to maintain, establish, sponsor, participate in,
be bound by or contribute to any International Employee
Plan.
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2.12 Labor Matters .
Neither the Company, nor its Subsidiary is a party to any
collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract
applicable to persons employed by the Company or its Subsidiary,
nor do Sellers know of any activities or proceedings of any labor
union to organize any such employees.
2.13 Restrictions on
Business Activities . Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.13
hereto, to Sellers’ knowledge, there is no agreement,
commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the
Company, its Subsidiary, its assets or to which the Company or its
Subsidiary is a party which has or could reasonably be expected to
have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business
practice of the Company or its Subsidiary, any acquisition of
property by the Company and its Subsidiary, or the conduct of
business by Company or its Subsidiary as currently conducted other
than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not
had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or its Subsidiary.
2.14 Title to Properties;
Absence of Liens and Encumbrances . (a) Real Property
Owned or Leased by the Company . Schedule 2.14(a) hereto lists
each parcel of real property currently owned, leased, subleased or
licensed by the Company or its Subsidiary.
(b) Owned Real
Property . Set forth in Schedule 2.14(b) hereto is a complete
list of all real property and interests in real property owned in
fee simple by the Company or its Subsidiary (the “Owned Real
Property”). The Company and the Subsidiary of the Company
have good and valid fee simple title, free of any Liens, except
Permitted Liens, to the Owned Real Property.
(c) Leases . True,
correct and complete copies of all leases, subleases or licenses
for each parcel of real property currently leased, subleased or
licensed by the Company or its Subsidiary (the “Leased Real
Property”), together with any assignments, guaranties or
amendments thereto (collectively, the “Lease
Documents”) have been delivered or made available to Buyer.
Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, all
such current leases, subleases and licenses are in full force and
effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their respective
terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing
default or event of default (or event which, with notice or lapse
of time, or both, would constitute a default) by the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or, to Sellers’ knowledge, by the other
party to such lease, sublease or license.
(d) Liens . Except as
disclosed in Schedule 2.14(a) or Schedule 2.14(b) hereto, the
Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has valid leasehold
fee interests in all of their respective properties and assets
(other than assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business
since December 31, 2006), free and clear of all encumbrances
except for defects in title, easements, encroachments, restrictive
covenants and similar encumbrances or impediments that would not,
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.14(a) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to or obligated under any option, right of
first refusal or other contractual right to sell, dispose of or
lease any of the Real Property or any portion thereof or interest
therein to any Person (other than pursuant to this Agreement).
Neither the Company nor
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any of the Subsidiaries is a party to
any agreement or option to purchase any real property or interest
therein other than options for renewal of Leased Real Property for
the benefit of the Company or its applicable Subsidiary.
(e) Entire Interest .
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.14(e) hereto, neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries has leased or otherwise granted to any
Person (other than pursuant to this Agreement) any right to occupy
or possess or otherwise encumber any portion of the Real Property
other than in the ordinary course of business. Except as set forth
in Schedule 2.14(e) hereto, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has vacated or abandoned any portion of the Real
Property or given notice to any third party of their intent to do
the same.
(f) Condemnation .
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.14(g) hereto, neither the Company
nor any applicable Subsidiary of the Company has received written
notice of an expropriation or condemnation proceeding pending,
threatened or proposed against the Real Property.
2.15 Accounts
Receivable . The accounts receivable of the Company and its
Subsidiary as set forth on the Interim Balance Sheet or arising
since the date thereof are, to the extent not paid in full by the
account debtor prior to the date hereof, (a) valid and genuine
and have arisen solely out of bona fide sales and deliveries of
goods, performance of services and other business transactions in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and
(b) not subject to valid defenses, set-offs or counterclaims.
The allowance for collection losses on the consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31,
2007 (the “Interim Balance Sheet”) has been determined
in accordance with GAAP consistent with past practice.
2.16 Condition of Tangible
Assets . All buildings, plants, leasehold improvements,
structures, facilities, equipment and other items of tangible
property and assets which are owned, leased or used by the Company
or its Subsidiary are structurally sound, are in good operating
condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear given the use
and age of such assets), are usable in the regular and ordinary
course of business and conform in all material respects to all laws
and authorizations relating to their construction, use and
operation. No Person other than the Company, the Subsidiary of the
Company and holders of Permitted Liens, but solely to the extent of
such Permitted Liens, owns, or has any interest in, any equipment
or other tangible assets or properties owned, leased or used by the
Company or its Subsidiary.
2.17 Suppliers and
Customers . Schedule 2.17 sets forth with respect to each of
the Company and its Subsidiary (a) each supplier, other than
those for which the amount procured is re-billed to the
Company’s customer, from whom purchases exceeded $300,000 in
the year ended December 31, 2006 or December 31, 2007 or
that is otherwise material to the Company or its Subsidiary;
(b) each supplier for which the amount procured is re-billed
to the Company’s customer, from whom purchases exceeded
$2,000,000; (c) each supplier who constitutes a sole source of
supply to the Company or its Subsidiary; and (d) with respect
to each year ended December 31, 2006 or December 31, 2007
and the one-month period ended January 31, 2008, each customer
that has contributed in excess of 4% percent of the Company’s
revenues on a consolidated basis for such year or period. The
relationships of each of the Company and its Subsidiary with each
such supplier and customer are good commercial working
relationships.
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No such supplier or customer has
canceled or otherwise terminated, or threatened to cancel or
otherwise terminate, its relationship with the Company or its
Subsidiary. None of Sellers, the Company or the Subsidiary of the
Company has received notice that any such supplier or customer may
cancel or otherwise materially and adversely modify its
relationship with the Company or the Subsidiary of the Company or
limit its services, supplies or materials to the Company or the
Subsidiary of the Company, either as a result of the Acquisition or
otherwise.
2.18 Taxes
.
(a) Definitions. For the
purposes of this Agreement,
(i) “Tax” or
“Taxes” refers to (i) any federal, state, county,
local, foreign, or other ad valorem, alternative or add-on minimum,
capital stock, communications, custom, disability, duty,
employment, environmental, escheat, estimated, excise, franchise,
gross income, gross receipts, license, net income, occupation,
payroll, premium, profits, property, registration, sales,
severance, social security, stamp, transfer, unclaimed property,
unemployment, use, utility, value-added, wage, windfall profits,
withholding, and other taxes, government fees, or other assessments
of any kind whatsoever; (ii) any interest, penalties,
additions to tax, or additional amount imposed by any Taxing
Authority with respect thereto, whether disputed or not; and
(iii) any amount described in clauses (i) or
(ii) for which a person is liable by reason of Treasury
Regulation § 1.1502-6, as a transferee or successor, or
by contract, indemnity, or otherwise.
(ii) “Taxing
Authority” means any governmental authority or entity
responsible for the administration or imposition of any
Tax.
(iii) “Treasury
Regulations” means the United States Treasury Regulations
promulgated under the Code.
(b) Tax Returns and
Audits . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.18
hereto:
(i) Throughout its existence,
the Company has been a partnership and not been treated as a
corporation or association for federal income tax purposes under
Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-2.
(ii) The Company, and the
Subsidiary, as applicable, has timely filed all federal, state,
local and foreign returns, estimates, information statements and
reports relating to Taxes (“Returns”) required to be
filed by the Company and its Subsidiary with any Tax authority
prior to the date hereof. To Seller’s knowledge, all such
Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.
The Company and its Subsidiary has paid all Taxes shown to be due
on such Returns.
(iii) All Taxes that the
Company and its Subsidiary are required by law to withhold or
collect have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely
paid over to the proper governmental authorities to the extent due
and payable.
(iv) Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiary have been delinquent in the payment of any material
Tax nor is there any material Tax deficiency outstanding,
proposed
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or assessed against the Company or its
Subsidiary, nor has the Company or its Subsidiary executed any
unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending the
period for the assessment or collection of any Tax.
(v) Schedule 2.18 lists all
Returns that have been audited by any Taxing Authority. All
deficiencies asserted by any Taxing Authority arising from audits
have been paid in full. Sellers have delivered to Buyer correct and
complete copies of all correspondence, examination reports,
statements of deficiency, notices of proposed adjustment, and all
responses thereto, relating to any audit. No adjustment relating to
any Returns filed by the Company or its Subsidiary have been
proposed in writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority
to the Company, its Subsidiary or any representative thereof. To
Sellers’ knowledge, no audit or other examination of any
Return of the Company or its Subsidiary by any Tax authority is
presently in progress. The Company and its Subsidiary has not been
notified of any request for such an audit or other
examination.
(vi) Neither the Company nor
its Subsidiary has liability for any unpaid Taxes which have not
been accrued for or reserved on the Company’s balance sheets
included in the Audited Financial Statements or the Unaudited
Financial Statements, whether asserted or unasserted, contingent or
otherwise, which is material to the Company, other than any
liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of
the most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the
business of the Company or its Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business.
(vii) Affiliated
Groups . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has ever been a
member of any affiliated, consolidated, combined, or unitary group
or participated in any other arrangement whereby any income,
revenues, receipts, gains, credits, expenses, or losses were
determined or taken into account for Tax purposes with reference to
or in conjunction with any income, revenues, receipts, gains,
credits, expenses, or losses of any other person.
(viii) Tax Sharing
Agreements . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party
to or bound by any Tax sharing or allocation agreement.
(ix) Liability for
Others’ Taxes . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is
presently liable for the Taxes of any other person, including but
not limited to: (A) by reason of Treasury Regulation
§ 1.1502-6; (B) as a transferee or successor; or
(C) by contract or indemnity.
(x) Liens . There are
no Liens for Taxes upon the Company’s or its
Subsidiary’s assets, other than for current Taxes not yet due
and payable.
(xi) Tax Jurisdictions
. Schedule 2.18 contains a list of all jurisdictions in which the
Company and its Subsidiary are or may be subject to any Tax. No
Taxing Authority has claimed, asserted, or investigated whether the
Company or its Subsidiary is subject to Tax in any other
jurisdiction.
(xii) Post-Closing
Changes . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary will be
required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of
deduction from, taxable
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income for any taxable period ending
after the Closing Date as a result of any: (A) adjustment
pursuant to Section 481 of the Code associated with a change
of accounting method that is effective on or before the Closing
Date; (B) closing agreement or other agreement with any Taxing
Authority executed on or before the Closing Date; or
(C) transaction entered into on or before the Closing Date and
treated under the installment method, long-term contract method,
cash method, or open transaction method of accounting.
(xiii) Letter Rulings
. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is the subject of any
private letter ruling or similar ruling issued by any Taxing
Authority.
(xiv) Certain Property
. None of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s assets:
(A) is property required to be treated as owned by another
person pursuant to former Section 168(f)(8) of the Code;
(B) is “tax-exempt use property” within the
meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code; or (C) directly or
indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is excludable
from gross income under Section 103(a) of the Code.
(xv) Reportable
Transactions . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has
participated (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4(c)(3)) in a reportable transaction (within
the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.6011-4(b)(1)).
(xvi)
Section 280G . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary
has made any payment or incurred any liability, and neither the
Company nor its Subsidiary are or will become obligated to make any
payment or incur any liability (under any agreement entered into on
or before the Closing Date) that would be, separately or in the
aggregate an “excess parachute payment” within the
meaning of Section 280G of the Code.
(xvii) Incentive Stock
Options . Each option designated as an “incentive stock
option” on the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s
books and records qualifies as an incentive stock option within the
meaning of Section 422 of the Code.
(xviii)
Section 355 . Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary
has ever distributed the stock or another person, or had its stock
distributed by another person, in a transaction that was intended
to be governed in whole or in part by Section 355 of the
Code.
(xix) Foreign Persons
. Each Seller is not a foreign person within the meaning of
Section 1445 and regulations thereunder and, upon
request, will provide appropriate certification to this
effect.
2.19 Environmental
Matters . (a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.19 hereto
and except for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate,
are not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect:
(i) the Company and its Subsidiary have complied with all
applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) the properties currently
operated by the Company and its Subsidiary (including soils,
groundwater, surface water, buildings or other structures) have not
been contaminated with any Hazardous Substances by any action of
the Company or its Subsidiary; (iii) the properties formerly
owned by the Company and its Subsidiary were not contaminated with
Hazardous Substances during the period of ownership or operation by
the Company and its Subsidiary; (iv) the Company and its
Subsidiary is not subject to any claim for liability for any
Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party
property; (v) the Company
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and its Subsidiary has not received any
notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging
that the Company or its Subsidiary may be in violation of or liable
under any Environmental Law; and (vi) the Company and its
Subsidiary are not subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions or
other similar arrangements with any Governmental Entity or subject
to any outstanding obligations under indemnity or other agreement
with any third party relating to liability under any Environmental
Law or relating to Hazardous Substances.
(a) As used in this
Agreement, the term “Environmental Law” means any
federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation, order, decree,
permit, authorization, opinion, or agency requirement relating to:
(i) the protection, investigation or restoration of the
environment, or natural resources; (ii) the handling, use,
presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous
Substance or (iii) noise, odor, wetlands, pollution,
contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or
property by any Hazardous Substance.
(b) As used in this
Agreement, the term “Hazardous Substance” means any
substance that is: (i) listed, classified or regulated
pursuant to any Environmental Law; (ii) any petroleum product
or by-product, asbestos, lead, polychlorinated biphenyls,
radioactive materials or radon; or (iii) any other substance
which is the subject of regulatory action by any Governmental
Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(c) The Company and its
Subsidiary have obtained all Approvals and have made all material
filings and maintained all material data, documentation and records
required of them for owning and operating the Properties and the
Leased Real Property under applicable Environmental Law, and all
such Approvals and filings remain in full force and
effect.
(d) There are no pending or,
to the knowledge of Sellers, threatened claims, demands, actions,
administrative proceedings, lawsuits or inquiries relating to
(i) the Properties and the Leased Real Property under
Environmental Law, or (ii) the restoration, remediation or
reclamation of any Properties or Leased Real Property, except in
either case as set forth on Schedule 2.19.
(e) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2.19, there are no environmental investigations, studies
or audits with respect to any of the Properties or Leased Real
Property owned or commissioned by, or in the possession of, the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.20 Brokers; Third Party
Expenses . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.20 hereto, neither
the Company nor its Subsidiary have incurred, nor will they incur,
directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage, finders’
fees, agent’s commissions or any similar charges in
connection with this Agreement or any transactions contemplated
hereby. Except as provided in this Agreement, no shares of common
stock, membership interests, options, warrants or other securities
of the Company, its Subsidiary or Buyer are payable to any third
party by the Company as a result of the Acquisition.
2.21 Intellectual
Property . For the purposes of this Agreement, the following
terms have the following definitions:
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“Intellectual
Property” shall mean any or all of the following and all
worldwide common law and statutory rights in, arising out of, or
associated therewith: (i) patents and applications therefor
and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof
(“Patents”); (ii) inventions (whether patentable
or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets,
proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data and
customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of the
foregoing; (iii) copyrights, copyrights registrations and
applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto
throughout the world; (iv) software and software programs;
(v) domain names, uniform resource locators and other names
and locators associated with the Internet; (vi) industrial
designs and any registrations and applications therefor;
(vii) trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service
marks, trademark and service mark registrations and applications
therefor (collectively, “Trademarks”); (viii) all
databases and data collections and all rights therein;
(ix) all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors,
however denominated, and (x) any similar or equivalent rights
to any of the foregoing (as applicable).
“Company Intellectual
Property” shall mean any Intellectual Property that is owned
by, or exclusively licensed to, Company and its Subsidiary,
including software and software programs developed by or
exclusively licensed to the Company and to its Subsidiary
(specifically excluding any off the shelf or shrink-wrap
software).
“Registered
Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that
is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration
or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by any private,
state, government or other legal authority.
“Company Registered
Intellectual Property” means all of the Registered
Intellectual Property owned by, or filed in the name of, Company or
its Subsidiary.
“Company
Products” means all current versions of products or service
offerings of Company or its Subsidiary.
(a) Except as disclosed on
Schedule 2.21 hereto, no Company Intellectual Property or Company
Product is subject to any material proceeding or outstanding
decree, order, judgment, contract, license, agreement or
stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or
licensing thereof by the Company or its Subsidiary, or which may
affect the validity, use or enforceability of such Company
Intellectual Property or Company Product, which in any such case
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on
the Company or its Subsidiary.
(b) Except as disclosed on
Schedule 2.21 hereto, the Company and its Subsidiary own and have
good and exclusive title to each material item of Company
Intellectual Property owned by it free and clear of any liens and
encumbrances (excluding non-exclusive licenses and related
restrictions granted by it in the ordinary course of business); and
the Company and its Subsidiary are the exclusive owners of all
material registered Trademarks used in connection with the
operation or conduct of the business of the Company including the
sale of any products or the provision of any services by the
Company or its Subsidiary.
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(c) The operation of the
business of the Company and its Subsidiary as such business
currently is conducted, including (i) the design, development,
manufacture, distribution, reproduction, marketing or sale of the
Company Products and (ii) the Company’s or the
Subsidiary’s use of any product, device or process has not
and does not infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property
of any third party or constitute unfair competition or trade
practices under the laws of any jurisdiction.
2.22 Agreements, Contracts
and Commitments . (a) Schedule 2.22 hereto sets forth a
complete and accurate list of all Material Company Contracts (as
hereinafter defined), other than those for which the amount
procured is re-billed to the Company’s customer, to which the
Company or its Subsidiary is a party or is subject or by which any
of their respective assets are bound. For purposes of this
Agreement, (i) the term “Company Contracts” shall
mean all contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures,
notes, bonds, licenses, permits, franchises, purchase orders, sales
orders, and other understandings, commitments and obligations of
any kind, whether written or oral, to which the Company or its
Subsidiary is a party or by or to which any of the properties or
assets of Company or its Subsidiary may be bound, subject or
affected (including without limitation notes or other instruments
payable to the Company or its Subsidiary), and (ii) the term
“Material Company Contracts” shall mean (x) each
Company Contract and (I) which provides for payments (present
or future) to the Company or its Subsidiary in excess of $200,000
in the aggregate or (II) under which or in respect of which the
Company presently has any liability or obligation of any nature
whatsoever (absolute, contingent or otherwise) in excess of
$200,000, (y) each Company Contract that otherwise is or may
be material to the businesses, operations, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company or its
Subsidiary and (z) without limitation of subclause (x) or
subclause (y), each of the following Company Contracts, the
relevant terms of which remain executory:
(i) any mortgage, indenture,
note, installment obligation or other instrument, agreement or
arrangement for or relating to any borrowing of money by or from
the Company or its Subsidiary, or any officer, director, manager or
member (“Insider”) of the Company or its
Subsidiary;
(ii) any guaranty, direct or
indirect, by the Company, its Subsidiary or any Insider of the
Company of any obligation for borrowings, or otherwise, excluding
endorsements made for collection in the ordinary course of business
and guarantees by the Subsidiary of Company obligations;
(iii) any Company Contract of
employment;
(iv) any Company Contract
made other than in the ordinary course of business or
(x) providing for the grant of any preferential rights to
purchase or lease any asset of the Company or its Subsidiary or
(y) providing for any right (exclusive or non-exclusive) to
sell or distribute, or otherwise relating to the sale or
distribution of, any product or service of the Company or its
Subsidiary;
(v) any obligation to
register any shares of the capital stock, membership interests or
other securities of the Company or its Subsidiary with any
Governmental Entity;
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(vi) any obligation to make
payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior
acquisition of the business, assets or stock of other
Persons;
(vii) any collective
bargaining agreement with any labor union;
(viii) any lease or similar
arrangement for the use by the Company or its Subsidiary of
personal property (other than leases of vehicles, office equipment
or operating equipment where the annual lease payments are less
than $100,000 in the aggregate); and
(ix) any Company Contract to
which any Insider of the Company or its Subsidiary is a
party.
(b) Each Company Contract was
entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course, is
in full force and effect and is valid and binding upon and
enforceable against each of the parties thereto. True, correct and
complete copies of all Material Company Contracts (or written
summaries in the case of oral Material Company Contracts) have been
heretofore made available to Buyer or Buyer’s
counsel.
(c) Except as set forth in
Schedule 2.22, neither the Company, its Subsidiary, nor, to the
best of Sellers’ knowledge, any other party thereto is in
breach of or in default under, and no event has occurred which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default
under, any Material Company Contract. No party to any Company
Contract has given any written notice of any claim of any breach,
default or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are
reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company
or its Subsidiary. Each Material Company Contract to which the
Company or its Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound that
has not expired by its terms is in full force and
effect.
(d) None of the rights of the
Company or its Subsidiary under any Material Company Contract will
be terminated or impaired in any material respect by the
consummation of the Acquisition, and all such rights contained in
such Material Company Contract will be enforceable by the Company
or the Subsidiary of the Company after the Acquisition without the
consent or agreement of any other Person and without payment of any
kind. The Company Schedule sets forth an accurate and complete list
of all Material Contracts that require the consent of any third
party to the Acquisition, a consent to assignment in connection
with the Acquisition or that are otherwise subject to termination,
cancellation, imposition of additional obligations or loss of
rights in connection with the Acquisition.
2.23 Insurance .
(a) Schedule 2.23 (a) sets forth each insurance policy
(including fire, theft, casualty, general liability, workers
compensation, business interruption, environmental, product
liability and automobile insurance policies and bond and surety
arrangements) to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party
(the “Insurance Policies”). The Insurance Policies are
in full force and effect. All premiums due and payable under the
Insurance Policies have been paid on a timely basis and the Company
and any of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all other terms thereof. No notice of cancellation or
non-renewal with respect to or dissallowance of any claim, under
such policy has been received by the Company or its Subsidiary.
True, complete and correct copies of the Insurance Policies have
been made available to Buyer.
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(b) There are no material
claims pending as to which coverage has been questioned, denied or
disputed. All material claims thereunder have been filed in a due
and timely fashion and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries have
not been refused insurance for which they have applied or had any
policy of insurance terminated (other than at its request), nor has
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries received notice from any
insurance carrier that: (i) such insurance will be canceled or
that coverage thereunder will be reduced or eliminated; or
(ii) premium costs with respect to such insurance will be
increased, other th
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