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Exhibit 2.4
MEMBERSHIP INTEREST PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
SCHOOLONE.COM, LLC
VARSITY GROUP
INC.,
AND
CAMPUS OUTFITTERS GROUP,
LLC,
Dated as of February 27,
2008
TABLE OF
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1
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Definitions |
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1.2
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Interpretation |
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PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING |
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2.1
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Purchase
and Sale of Campus Outfitters Membership Interests |
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2.2
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Purchase
Price |
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2.3
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Closing
Date |
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2.4
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Deliveries |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CAMPUS OUTFITTERS |
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3.1
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Organization and Validity Organization and Qualification;
Power |
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3.2
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Governmental Consents |
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3.3
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Financial
Statements; Liabilities |
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3.4
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Change in
Condition Since December 31, 2007 |
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3.5
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Litigation |
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3.6
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Licenses;
Compliance With Legal Requirements and Regulations |
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3.7
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Title to
and Condition of Assets; Sufficiency of Assets |
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3.8
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Taxes |
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3.9
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Certain
Contracts |
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3.10
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Intellectual Property |
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3.11
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Environmental Matters |
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3.12
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Employees |
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3.13
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Warranties |
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3.14
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Personal
and Real Property |
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3.15
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Employee
Benefits |
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3.16
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Brokers |
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3.17
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Inventory |
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3.18
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Accounts
Receivable |
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3.19
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Insurance |
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3.20
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Assets
and Properties |
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3.21
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No Other
Representations or Warranties |
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO
PURCHASER |
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4.1
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Corporate
Matters |
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4.2
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Litigation |
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4.3
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Brokers |
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[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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CERTAIN COVENANTS |
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6.1
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Liability
for Transfer Taxes |
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6.2
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Consents |
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6.3
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Campus
Outfitters Books and Records |
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6.4
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Employees |
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6.5
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Text Book
Business |
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6.6
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Payment
of Purchaser’s Receivables |
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6.7
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Payment
of Campus Outfitters’ Payables |
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MUTUAL COVENANTS |
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7.1
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Further
Assurances |
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7.2
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Access to
Information and Personnel |
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7.3
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Taxes |
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7.4
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Non-disparagement |
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7.5
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Publicity |
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[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] |
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NO SURVIVAL OF REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES |
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9.1
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Survival |
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9.2
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Indemnification |
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GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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10.1
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Governing
Law; Jurisdiction |
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10.2
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Notices |
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10.3
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Exhibits |
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10.4
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Entire
Agreement, Binding Effect |
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10.5
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Headings |
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10.6
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Expenses |
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10.7
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Amendment |
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10.8
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Waiver |
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10.9
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Time of
the Essence |
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10.10
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Assignment |
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10.11
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No Third
Party Beneficiary |
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10.12
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Severability |
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10.13
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Counterparts; Signatures |
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10.14
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Schedules |
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MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS MEMBERSHIP INTEREST
PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is dated
as of February 27, 2008, by and among Schoolone.com, LLC, an
Ohio limited liability company doing business as Fit Technology
(“ Purchaser ”),Varsity Group Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“ Varsity ”), and Campus Outfitters
Group, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Campus
Outfitters ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Varsity owns
beneficially and of record all of the Campus Outfitters Membership
Interests; and
WHEREAS, Varsity desires to
sell to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to purchase from Varsity,
the Campus Outfitters Membership Interests upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and of the mutual promises herein
made, and in consideration of the representations, warranties and
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties
hereto hereby agree as follows:
1.1 Definitions . For
purposes of this Agreement, the following definitions shall
apply:
Acquired Business
shall mean the business of marketing, distributing, servicing and
selling school uniforms and related apparel products, as conducted
by Campus Outfitters and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date,
except as otherwise provided in Section 6.5 of this
Agreement.
Action shall mean any
claim, action, cause of action, litigation or suit (in contract,
tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding, notice of noncompliance,
demand letter, audit or investigation by or before any Governmental
Authority, arbitrator or similar Person.
Affiliate shall mean,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
specified Person.
Agreement shall mean
this Membership Interest Purchase Agreement.
Benefit Arrangement
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a) of this
Agreement.
Books and Records
shall mean books, records, documents, lists, manuals, plans, files,
data and other materials directly and exclusively relating to the
Acquired Business,
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including, without
limitation, advertising materials, drawings, catalogues, price
lists, correspondence, mailing lists, lists of customers,
distribution lists, price lists, photographs, production data,
sales and promotional materials and records, purchasing materials,
records and databases, personnel records, quality control records
and procedures, blueprints, research and development files, media
materials and plates and copies of accounting records.
Business Day means any
day, other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) any
other day on which commercial banking institutions are permitted or
required to be closed in the State of New York.
Campus Outfitters
shall have the meaning specified in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
Campus Outfitters
Membership Interests shall mean all of the Equity Securities in
Campus Outfitters.
Closing shall mean the
closing of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Closing Date shall
mean the date specified in Section 2.3 of this
Agreement.
Code shall mean the
U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Consent shall mean any
material consent, approval, authorization, waiver, permit, grant,
franchise, concession, agreement, license, exemption or order of,
registration, certificate, declaration or filing with, or report or
notice to, any Person, including but not limited to any
Governmental Authority.
Contract shall mean,
with respect to any Person, any and all contracts or agreements,
whether oral or written, including, but not limited to, customer
contracts, development or developer agreements, work-for-hire
agreements, franchise agreements, covenants not to compete,
commitments, alliance agreements, purchase and sales orders,
arrangements, employment agreements, subcontracting agreements,
consulting agreements, leases, licenses, indentures, notes, bonds,
deeds (or other evidence of indebtedness) and other agreements or
contracts to which or by which such Person is legally
bound.
Debt shall mean all
obligations of a Person (i) for borrowed money including
capitalized leases, (ii) evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures, letters of credit or similar instruments,
(iii) under conditional sale, title retention or similar
agreements or arrangements with respect to the deferred purchase
price of property, or (iv) in the nature of guarantees of
obligations of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above of any other Person.
Disclosure Schedule
shall mean, collectively the Schedules attached hereto prepared and
delivered by Varsity and/or Campus Outfitters.
Employee Plan shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.15(a) of this
Agreement.
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Employees shall mean
the employees of Campus Outfitters and its Subsidiaries.
Environmental Laws
shall mean all federal, state, local or foreign laws, regulations,
ordinances or codes, without limitation, relating to pollution or
protection of human health or the environment (including, without
limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface
or subsurface strata), including, without limitation, Legal
Requirements relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of Materials of Environmental Concern, or to
the generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, use,
treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Materials of
Environmental Concern.
Equity Securities of
any Person shall mean (i) shares of capital stock, partnership
or limited liability company interests or other equity securities
of or interests in such Person, (ii) subscriptions, calls,
warrants, options or commitments of any kind or character relating
to, or entitling any Person to purchase or otherwise acquire, any
such shares of capital stock, partnership or limited liability
company interests or other equity securities of or interests in
such Person, (iii) securities convertible into or exercisable
or exchangeable for shares of capital stock, partnership or limited
liability company interests or other equity securities of or
interests in such Person, and (iv) stock options, equity
equivalents, interests in the ownership or earnings of, or stock
appreciation, phantom stock or other similar rights of, or with
respect to, such Person.
ERISA shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
the regulations issued thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a) of this
Agreement.
GAAP shall mean United
States generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from
time to time.
Governing Documents
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) of
this Agreement.
Governmental Authority
shall mean any United States federal, state or local governmental,
regulatory or administrative authority, agency or commission or any
United States court, tribunal or judicial body.
Intellectual Property
shall mean any and all of the following property of the Acquired
Business (i) inventions (whether or not patented or
patentable), (ii) patents and patent applications (including
all provisional applications, reissues, reexaminations,
divisionals, continuations and continuations in part,
(iii) copyrighted works and other works of authorship,
(iv) trademarks and service marks, trade names and all
applications for registrations of any of the foregoing,
(v) trade secrets (including, without limitation, business
plans, financial information, technical information, analyses, data
and other information which derives economic value from being
generally known), (vi) software applications and code (other
than third party shrinkwrap licenses), (vii) customer lists,
(viii) Internet websites and all underlying applications and
code, and (ix) Internet domain names.
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Intellectual Property
Rights shall mean all right, title and interest in and to the
Intellectual Property including, without limitation, the following:
(i) copyrights; (ii) pending and issued patents and
patent applications (including all provisionals, reissues,
reexaminations, divisionals, continuations and continuations
in-part); (iii) trademark rights (including pending
applications); (iv) copyrights; (v) trade secret rights,
and (vi) all other proprietary rights of any kind or
nature.
Inventory shall mean
all inventories of uniforms or related property for sale by Campus
Outfitters.
IRS shall mean the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
Knowledge of Purchaser
(and terms of similar import) shall mean the actual knowledge of
Micki Tubbs.
Knowledge of Varsity
(and terms of similar import) shall mean the actual knowledge of
Jim Craig, John Griffin or Charlotte McFarland.
Leases shall mean the
Personal Property Leases and the Real Property Leases.
Legal Requirement
shall mean any federal, state, foreign or local statute, ordinance,
code, rule or regulation, guidance, or any Governmental Order, or
any license, franchise, consent, approval, permit or similar right
granted under any of the foregoing.
Lien means any claim,
lien, pledge, option, right of first refusal, easement, security
interest, deed of trust, mortgage, right-of-way, encroachment,
building or use, restrictive covenant or other encumbrance
(including an option to purchase, right of first refusal or first
offer), whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of
law, and includes, without limitation, any agreement to give any of
the foregoing in the future, and any contingent or conditional sale
agreement or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature
thereof.
Material Adverse
Change or “Material Adverse Effect ” or
similar phrase shall mean, with respect to any Person, any event or
circumstance that has or would reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the business, results of operations,
assets, liabilities, or condition (financial or otherwise) of such
Person; provided, however, that none of the following shall be
deemed, either alone or in combination, to constitute, and no
change, event, circumstance, development, occurrence or effect
arising from or attributable or relating to any of the following
shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been a
Material Adverse Effect: (i) the execution, delivery, public
announcement or pendency of this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated herein or any actions taken in compliance
herewith, including the impact thereof on the relationships of
Campus Outfitters with customers, suppliers, distributors,
consultants, employees or independent contractors; (ii) any
change in GAAP or applicable Laws (or interpretation hereof) after
the date of this Agreement; (iii) any acts of God, calamities,
acts of war or terrorism, or national or international political or
social conditions; or (iv) any matter identified in the
Disclosure Schedule.
Materials of Environmental
Concern shall mean any substance or material that is on the
Closing Date prohibited as hazardous by any Governmental Authority
under any
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Environmental Law including,
without limitation, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes,
toxic substances, hazardous substances, petroleum, petroleum
derivatives or other hydrocarbons, petroleum products, asbestos,
PCBs, VOCs, SVOCs, dangerous substances, designated substances,
controlled products or subject waste, all as defined in or pursuant
to any Environmental Law.
Ordinary Course of
Business shall mean the ordinary course of the business,
consistent with past practices of Campus Outfitters and its
Subsidiaries over the last 12 months.
Pension Plan shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a) of this
Agreement.
Permitted Liens means
(i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s and similar Liens
with respect to any amounts not yet due and payable or which are
being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and
for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance
with GAAP, (ii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable,
(iii) Liens securing rental payments under capital lease
agreements, (iv) Liens securing lease payments under leases or
licenses for Leased Real Property, (v) Liens arising in favor
of the United States government as a result of progress payment
clauses contained in any Contract, and (vi) in the case of
Real Property, (A) any matters, restrictions, covenants,
conditions, limitations, rights, rights of way, encumbrances,
encroachments, agreements and other matters of fact or record,
(B) such state of fact or exceptions that an accurate survey
or inspection of the Real Property would show, (C) present or
future laws applicable to the Real Property, including the use or
improvement thereof, and (D) matters affecting Real Property
created by or with the written consent of Purchaser.
Person shall mean a
natural person, corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability
company, governmental entity, agency or branch or department
thereof, or any other legal entity.
Personal Property
Leases shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.14(a).
Plans shall have the
meaning specified in Section 3.15(a) .
Post-Closing Tax
Period means any taxable year or period that begins after the
Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion
of such Straddle Period beginning after the Closing
Date.
Pre-Closing Tax Period
means any taxable year or period that ends on or before the Closing
Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such
Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date.
Property Taxes shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(c) of this
Agreement.
Purchaser shall have
the meaning set forth in the Preamble to this Agreement.
Purchase Price shall
have the meaning specified in Section 2.2 of this
Agreement.
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Real Property Leases
shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.14(c)
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Representative means
any officer, director, member, shareholder, partner, principal,
attorney, agent, employee, banker, accountant, consultant or other
representative.
Straddle Period means
any taxable year or tax period that includes (but does not end on)
the Closing Date.
Subsidiary means, with
respect to any Person (the “Owner”), any other Person
of which securities or other interests having the power to elect a
majority of the governing body, or otherwise having the power to
direct the business and policies of that other Person are held by
Owner or one or more of its Subsidiaries; when used without
reference to a particular Person, “Subsidiary” means a
Subsidiary of Campus Outfitters.
Taxes shall mean with
respect to any Person, all taxes of any kind, levies or other like
assessments, customs, duties, imposts or charges, including without
limitation, income, gross receipts, ad valorem, value-added,
excise, real or personal property, asset, sales, use, license,
payroll, transaction, capital, net worth, franchise (if not based
on income), estimated taxes, withholding, employment, social
security, workers’ compensation, utility, severance,
production, unemployment compensation, occupation, premium,
windfall profits, transfer and gains taxes or other governmental
taxes imposed or payable to the United States, or any state, county
or local government or subdivision or agency thereof, and in each
instance such term shall include any interest, penalties or
additions to tax attributable to any such Tax, whether disputed or
not, for which such Person may be liable (including any such Tax
related to any other Person for which such Person is liable
pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.1502-6 or any analogous
state or local Tax provision, or as a successor, transferee, by
contract or otherwise).
Tax Returns shall mean
all returns, declarations, reports, claims for refund and
information returns and statements of any Person required to be
filed or sent by or with respect to, or in respect of, any Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment
thereof.
Transfer Taxes shall
have the meaning specified in Section 6.1 of this
Agreement.
Welfare Plan shall
have the meaning specified in Section 3.15(a) of this
Agreement.
1.2 Interpretation .
In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention
appears:
(a) a reference to a Section,
Schedule or Exhibit is a reference to a Section of, or Schedule or
Exhibit to, this Agreement and references to this Agreement include
any recital in, or Exhibit or Schedule to, this
Agreement;
(b) any agreement referred to
herein shall mean such agreement as amended, supplemented and
modified as of the Closing Date to the extent permitted by the
applicable provisions thereof, and shall include all exhibits,
schedules, and other documents or agreements attached
thereto;
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(c) the singular includes the
plural and vice versa;
(d) whenever the words
“include,” “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they are deemed
to be followed by the words “without
limitation;”
(e) any reference herein to
“dollars,” “$” or similar terms shall be to
United States dollars; and
(f) each of Purchaser and
Varsity and their respective counsel have reviewed and revised (or
requested revisions of) this Agreement and have participated in the
preparation of this Agreement, and therefore any usual rules of
construction requiring that ambiguities are to be resolved against
a particular party shall not be applicable in the construction and
interpretation of this Agreement and any schedules and exhibits
hereto.
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PURCHASE AND SALE; CLOSING . |
2.1 Purchase and Sale of
Campus Outfitters Membership Interests . Subject to and upon
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, Varsity
hereby sells, transfers, assigns, conveys and delivers to Purchaser
the Campus Outfitters Membership Interests free and clear of all
Liens (other than any restrictions to transfer under any applicable
Federal or state securities Legal Requirements).
2.2 Purchase Price .
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, the aggregate amount of the purchase price to be paid to
Varsity at Closing (the “ Purchase Price ”) for
the Campus Outfitters Membership Interests shall be equal to
$700,000 payable by Purchaser in the form of a written
acknowledgement by Purchaser that it has irrevocably released
Varsity from its obligation to make accounts payable remittances to
Purchaser in the amount of the Purchase Price (i.e.,
$700,000).
2.3 Closing Date . The
Closing of the transactions provided for herein shall take place at
the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 555 11
th
Street, NW, Suite 1000,
Washington, DC, at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on the date hereof (the
“ Closing Date ”).
2.4 Deliveries . At
the Closing:
(a) Deliveries by
Varsity . Varsity shall deliver to Purchaser (i) evidence
of the transfer of Campus Outfitters Membership Interests (which
interests are uncertificated) in form and substance satisfactory to
Purchaser, (ii) a Bill of Sale and Assignment and Assumption
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A effecting
the transfer or assignment of all of the assets used exclusively in
the Acquired Business from Varsity to Campus Outfitters and
(iii) duly signed resignations, effective as of the Closing,
of the individuals listed on Schedule 2.4 from their officer
and director positions with Campus Outfitters and/or the
Subsidiaries.
(b) Deliveries by
Purchaser . Purchaser shall deliver a written acknowledgment in
accordance with Section 2.1 as to the payment of the
Purchase Price in form and substance satisfactory to
Varsity.
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(c) Other Deliveries .
The Closing certificates and other documents and agreements
required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement with respect to
the Closing will be exchanged, including but not limited to
evidence of release of the Lien in favor of Follett
Corporation.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF CAMPUS
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Varsity represents and
warrants to the Purchaser as follows, except as otherwise set forth
in the Disclosure Schedule:
3.1 Organization and
Validity Organization and Qualification; Power .
(a) Campus Outfitters and its
Subsidiary (i) are limited liability companies duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the state of Delaware and
the state of Maryland, respectively; and (ii) are duly
qualified and in good standing in all jurisdictions in which they
are doing business as required by the laws of that particular
jurisdiction and have all necessary limited liability company power
and authority to engage in the business in which they are presently
engaged and to own, lease and operate their assets and to carry on
their business as it is now being conducted, except where the
failure to be so qualified or in good standing, or to have such
power or authority, could not individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Varsity has delivered or made available to Purchaser true, correct
and complete copies of the articles of organization and operating
agreement (collectively, the “ Governing Documents
”) of Campus Outfitters and each of its Subsidiaries, and
none of these Governing Documents have been modified, amended or
rescinded and all are in full force and effect as of the date
hereof.
(b) Authorization;
Validity . Each of Varsity, Campus Outfitters and Campus
Outfitters’ Subsidiaries has all requisite corporate or
limited liability company power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the other agreements, documents and instruments to be
executed and delivered by Varsity and Campus Outfitters pursuant
hereto and to carry out its or their obligations hereunder and
thereunder. The execution and delivery by Varsity and Campus
Outfitters of this Agreement and the other agreements, documents
and instruments to be executed by Varsity and Campus Outfitters
pursuant hereto and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by Varsity as the
sole member of Campus Outfitters. This Agreement and the related
agreements, documents and instruments referred to herein to which
Varsity or Campus Outfitters is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by such parties and constitute the valid and legally
binding obligations of such parties, enforceable against each of
them in accordance with their respective terms.
(c) No Conflict;
Compliance; Binding Effect . Except as set forth in Schedule
3.1(c), the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
related agreements, documents and instruments referred to herein,
the sale and transfer of the Campus Outfitters Membership
Interests, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby do not, and will not, in any material respect, conflict
with, contravene, result in a violation or breach of or default
under (with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time or
both), give rise to a right or claim of termination, amendment,
modification, vesting, acceleration or cancellation of
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any right or obligation or
loss of any material benefit under, or result in the creation of
any Lien upon any of the assets of Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries or the Campus Outfitters Membership Interests under
(i) any Legal Requirement, order, writ, injunction, judgment,
arbitration award or decree or other restriction to which Varsity,
Campus Outfitters or any Subsidiary are subject or bound,
(ii) Governing Documents of Campus Outfitters or its
Subsidiaries or (iii) any Contract to which Varsity or Campus
Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries is a party.
(d) Ownership of
Membership Interests . Varsity holds 100% of the limited
liability company membership interests of Campus Outfitters, free
and clear of any Liens (other than any restrictions to transfer
under any applicable Federal or state securities Legal
Requirements). There are no Equity Securities of Campus Outfitters
other than the limited liability company membership interests of
Campus Outfitters issued to Varsity.
(e) Capitalization .
All Equity Securities of the Subsidiaries are owned of record and
beneficially by Campus Outfitters. No Subsidiary has any Equity
Securities other than its limited liability company interests
issued to Campus Outfitters. The Campus Outfitters Membership
Interests and the outstanding Equity Securities of the Subsidiaries
(i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable, and (ii) were issued in compliance
with all applicable Legal Requirements. Schedule 3.1(e)
identifies all Subsidiaries of Campus Outfitters.
3.2 Governmental
Consents . No material Consent of any Governmental Authority is
required for the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement or any documents or agreements contemplated hereby by
Varsity or the consummation by Varsity or Campus Outfitters of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
3.3 Financial Statements;
Liabilities .
(a) Attached hereto as
Schedule 3.3(a) is the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of
Campus Outfitters and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007
and a statement of the accounts receivables and accounts payables
as of the Closing Date, which balance sheet and statement fairly
reflect in all material respects the assets, liabilities and
accounts receivables and accounts payables, as applicable, of
Campus Outfitters and its Subsidiaries, consistent with the books
and records of Varsity as used to prepare its financial statements
and other information filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(b) Campus Outfitters
Liabilities . To the Knowledge of Varsity, neither Campus
Outfitters nor its Subsidiaries has any liabilities, other than the
(i) liabilities reflected or reserved against on the balance
sheet referred to in Section 3.3(a) or specifically
referred to in the notes thereto, (ii) liabilities incurred
since December 31, 2007 in the ordinary course of business,
(iii) liabilities under the Contracts, and
(iv) liabilities or matters referenced in the Disclosure
Schedules.
3.4 Change in Condition
Since December 31, 2007 . Except for matters set forth in
Schedule 3.4 , since December 31, 2007, neither Campus
Outfitters nor any of its Subsidiaries has:
(a) Entered into any Contract
other than this Agreement relating to (A) the sale of any
Equity Securities of Campus Outfitters, (B) the purchase of
assets constituting a business, or (C) any merger,
consolidation, reorganization or other business
combination;
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(b) Settled or agreed to
settle any material Action;
(c) Incurred any Debt greater
than $100,000 in the aggregate (including any capital lease) other
than liability for payment of goods and services incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(d) Outside the Ordinary
Course of Business: (i) increased (or committed to increase)
the compensation payable to or the benefits afforded any employee,
or (ii) increased (or committed to increase) the rate of
benefits payable under, amended the terms of, or entered into any
new, bonus, incentive, pension, insurance, severance, deferred
compensation, retirement profit sharing or other employee benefit
plan or compensation or commission arrangement covering any
director, independent contractor, or employee of Campus Outfitters
or its Subsidiaries, other than as required by any applicable Legal
Requirement or Company Plan;
(e) Entered into any new or
amended any (or committed to entering into or amending any)
employment, severance, retention, or change in control protection
agreement for any employee, director or independent contractor of
Campus Outfitters or its Subsidiaries (other than customary offer
letters for employment at will that do not provide severance
benefits, change in control or severance agreement, consultation
agreement or other compensation agreement or independent contractor
agreements (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business that are
terminable within ninety (90) days without liability to Campus
Outfitters);
(f) Made any loan to, or
entered into any other transaction with any of its directors or
officers or entered into any collective bargaining
agreement;
(g) Added to or modified in
any material respect any of the Company Plans other than
(i) contributions made in accordance with the normal practices
of Campus Outfitters, or (ii) the extension of coverage to
other personnel who became eligible after December 31,
2007;
(h) Sold, assigned or
transferred any assets having a value in excess of $100,000 other
than in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) Cancelled, entered into,
terminated or materially amended any material Contract to which
Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries is a party outside the
Ordinary Course of Business;
(j) Made a capital
expenditure or incurred a liability therefor, involving payments in
excess of $25,000;
(k) Failed to operate its
business in the Ordinary Course of Business in any material
respect;
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(l) Changed accounting
methods or practices, other than such changes required by law or
GAAP;
(m) Experienced damage,
destruction or loss with respect to any property or assets of
Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries having a value in
excess of $100,000 (net of insurance proceeds expected) in the
aggregate;
(n) Executed, terminated or
materially amended any lease for real or personal property
involving annual payments in excess of $50,000;
(o) Entered into any
agreement, whether or not in writing, to do any of the foregoing;
or
(p) Had a Material Adverse
Change.
3.5 Litigation .
(a) There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of
Varsity, threatened against Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries or relating to the Acquired Business; and
(b) there is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of
Varsity, threatened which questions the legality, validity or
propriety of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.6 Licenses; Compliance
With Legal Requirements and Regulations .
(a) Governmental Licenses;
Notices . Campus Outfitters and each of its Subsidiaries has
all Consents of any Governmental Authority necessary to conduct its
business as conducted on the date hereof, and such Consents are in
full force and effect, except where the failure of Campus
Outfitters to have obtained such Consents or the failure of such
Consents to be in full force and effect would not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Campus Outfitters and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all such Consents of any Governmental Authority and has
received no written notice regarding any violation, termination or
suspension of any such Consents.
(b) Compliance With Legal
Requirements and Regulations . Campus Outfitters and each of
its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Legal Requirements relating to the operation of the
Acquired Business, except where the failure of Campus Outfitters or
its Subsidiaries to be in compliance would not be reasonably
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No event has occurred
and no circumstance exists that (with or without the passage of
time or the giving of notice) may result in a violation of,
conflict with or failure of Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries to comply with any Legal Requirements, except where
the violation, conflict or failure of Campus Outfitters or its
Subsidiaries would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
3.7 Title to and Condition
of Assets; Sufficiency of Assets .
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(a) Title to and
Sufficiency of Assets . Campus Outfitters and each of its
Subsidiaries owns or has a valid leasehold interest or other right
to use all property (real or personal, tangible or intangible)
necessary to operate its business in the same manner as currently
conducted, in all material respects, it being understood that
Campus Outfitters does not own the registered trademark
“Campus Outfitters.”
(b) Condition of
Assets . The material machinery, equipment and other tangible
property necessary to operate the business of Campus Outfitters and
each of its Subsidiaries as currently conducted are, taken as a
whole, in good working condition in all material respects (normal
wear and tear excluded).
3.8 Taxes .
(a) Each of Varsity, Campus
Outfitters and the Subsidiaries (i) has timely filed with the
appropriate Governmental Authority all Tax Returns required to be
filed by it as of the date of this Agreement for all periods ended
on or prior to the Closing Date insofar as such Tax Returns relate
to the Acquired Business, and (ii) has timely paid all Taxes
showing as due and payable thereon. All such Tax Returns filed by
Campus Outfitters and the Subsidiaries are correct and complete in
all material respects.
(b) Neither Varsity, Campus
Outfitters nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any written
notice from a taxing authority in a jurisdiction where it does not
file Tax Returns that it is subject to taxation by that
jurisdiction.
(c) There are no liens for
Taxes (other than (i) for current Taxes not yet due and
payable or (ii) which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings) on any assets of Campus Outfitters or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of the Campus Outfitters Membership
Interests.
(d) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.8(d), there is no claim, action, audit or other
proceeding now pending or, to the Knowledge of Varsity, threatened
relating to Taxes with respect to the Acquired Business, and no
extension or waiver of a statute of limitations relating to Taxes
with respect to the Acquired Business is in effect.
3.9 Certain Contracts
. Set forth on Schedule 3.9 is a true and complete list of
all of the following Contracts of Campus Outfitters and each of its
Subsidiaries:
(a) All collective bargaining
agreements and all written employment, severance, independent
contractor, and consulting agreements, other than
(i) customary offer letters for employment at will that do not
provide severance benefits beyond customary policies in the
Ordinary Course of Business of Campus Outfitters, and
(ii) consulting agreements and agreements with independent
contractors that are terminable within ninety (90) days
without liability to Campus Outfitters;
(b) All Contracts of Campus
Outfitters and/or its Subsidiaries to sell or otherwise dispose of
any assets having a fair market value in excess of $50,000 except
in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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(c) All Contracts between
Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their
respective Affiliates;
(d) All Contracts (including
partnership and joint venture agreements) under which
(i) Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries has any
liability or obligation for Debt or constituting or giving rise to
a guarantee of any liability or obligation of any Person (other
than Campus Outfitters), or (ii) any Person has any liability
or obligation constituting or giving rise to a guarantee of any
liability or obligation of Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(e) All joint ventures,
limited liability company or partnership agreements, or other
agreements (however named) involving a sharing of profits, losses,
costs or liabilities by Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries with any other Person, except for uniform supply
arrangements with schools involving a revenue sharing arrangement
in the Ordinary Course of Business (the “School
Contracts”); and
(f) Any agreement relating to
the sale or disposition of material assets by Campus Outfitters or
any of its Subsidiaries.
Varsity has made available to
the Purchaser true and correct copies of the School Contracts and
has delivered or made available to Purchaser true and correct
copies of the Contracts required to be disclosed on Schedule
3.9 . No material breach or material default in performance by
Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries under any of the
Contracts listed on Schedule 3.9 has occurred and is
continuing. To the Knowledge of Varsity, no material breach or
material default by any other Person under any of the Contracts
listed on Schedule 3.9 has occurred and is
continuing.
3.10 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.10(a) , all Intellectual Property owned by
Campus Outfitters is either owned by Campus Outfitters free and
clear of all Liens or validly licensed for use by Campus
Outfitters, and all Intellectual Property used in connection with
the conduct of the Acquired Business as presently conducted is
either owned by Campus Outfitters free and clear of all Liens or
validly licensed for use by Campus Outfitters.
(b) Schedule 3.10(b)
sets forth a complete and correct list of all Intellectual Property
and Intellectual Property Rights owned or licensed by Campus
Outfitters that are material to the Acquired Business.
3.11 Environmental
Matters .
(a) Campus Outfitters and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all Environmental Laws for the operation of the Acquired
Business, as now conducted.
(b) There is no Action
pending or, to the Knowledge of Varsity, threatened against Campus
Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of
(i) noncompliance
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by Campus Outfitters or any
of its Subsidiaries with any Environmental Laws, (ii) the
Release or threatened Release into the environment of any Hazardous
Substance by Campus Outfitters or any of its Subsidiaries, or
(iii) the handling, storage, use, transportation or disposal
of any Hazardous Substance by Campus Outfitters or any of its
Subsidiaries.
3.12 Employees
.
(a) Set forth on Schedule
3.12(a) is a list of each employee of Campus Outfitters and/or
its Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement, along with the
present salary of such person, accrued vacation and sick days, and
service credited for purposes of vesting and eligibility to
participate in any Benefit Arrangement.
(b) Campus Outfitters and
each of its Subsidiaries has paid or properly accrued all wages and
compensation due to any of its employees, consultants or
independent contractors, including any wages, salaries,
commissions, bonuses, other direct compensation, vacation and sick
days.
(c) Campus Outfitters and
each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable Legal Requirements res
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