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Exhibit 10.1
MEMBERSHIP UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS MEMBERSHIP UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the
“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of December 12, 2007, by and among
Auriga Laboratories, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Shareholder”), Stesso Pharmaceuticals, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “
Company ”) and
Malibu Pharma, Inc., a Delaware corporation (collectively referred
to hereinafter as “ Purchaser ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , WHEREAS,
Shareholder is the beneficial and record owner of all of the issued
and outstanding membership interests of the Company (the
“Units”);
WHEREAS , Purchaser
desires to purchase the Units from the Shareholder, and the
Shareholder desire to sell the Units to Purchaser, subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth (such purchase and sale
of the Units shall be referred to herein as the
“Acquisition”); and
WHEREAS , the payments
and agreements set forth herein constitute good and valuable
consideration to the Shareholder and the Shareholder acknowledges
that Purchaser is relying upon the promises and indemnities made by
the Shareholder herein as a material inducement to enter into this
Agreement..
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual promises
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.1
Sale and Purchase
. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereof, the Purchaser agrees to pay to the
Shareholder the following consideration (collectively, the
“Purchase Price”) for all of the Units:
(a).
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the
Closing the Shareholder hereby agrees to convey, sell, transfer and
deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser hereby agrees to purchase from
the Shareholder, all of the Units for a total of Six Million
Dollars ($6,000,000). Purchaser shall pay the Purchase Price by
executing and delivering a promissory note to the Company in the
amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000) in substantially the
form attached as Exhibit A
(the “Note”);
(b).
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
beginning with first calendar quarter after the payment of all
principal and interest under the Note has been made, Purchaser
shall pay Shareholder 5.0% of the Net Revenue Collected (as defined
below) from the sale of products by the Company. ; and
(c).
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the
Purchaser grants to the Shareholder the option to purchase the
Units for One Hundred Fifty Percent (150%) of the Purchase Price
for period of time equal to Two Hundred Seventy (270) days from the
date hereof (the “Re-Purchase Option”). Unless
otherwise agreed in writing, the Re-Purchase Option shall be
exercised by
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delivering a written notice to the Purchaser prior
to the expiration of the Re-Purchase Option, enclosing the full
amount of the exercise price.
For the purpose of this Agreement, “Net
Revenue Collected” shall mean the amount of cash actually
received by Company, pursuant to sales of Company’s products
after the date hereof less (i) any royalties payable pursuant to
existing license agreements and other arrangements; (ii) any sales
commissions payable; and (iii) reasonable reserves set aside by
Company to cover returns of its products sold after the date
hereof.
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CLOSING, DELIVERY AND PAYMENT
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The closing of the sale and purchase of the Units
under this Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall take place at
10:00 p.m. on the date set forth above at the offices of the
Company, in Los Angeles, California, or at such other time or place
as the Shareholder and Purchaser may mutually agree (the
“ Closing Date
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At the Closing, subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, the Shareholder will deliver to Purchaser, against delivery
of the Note a stock certificate(s) representing all of the Units,
duly endorsed in favor of Purchaser or accompanied by stock
power(s) duly executed in favor of, and in a form reasonably
acceptable to, Purchaser
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3 .
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND
THE SHAREHOLDER
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The Company and the Shareholder hereby jointly and
severally hereby represent and warrant to Purchaser that the
representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct
on the date of this Agreement, and shall be true on the time of
Closing, except as disclosed in a document delivered by the Company
and the Shareholder to Purchaser prior to the Closing, which shall
be organized in a manner so as to specifically refer to the
sections intended to be so qualified (the “Schedule of
Exceptions”).
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3.1
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Organization, Good Standing and
Qualification .
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The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware. The Company has all requisite corporate power and
authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute
and deliver this Agreement, to operate in accordance with the
Certificate of Incorporation and the Operating Agreement of the
Company, to carry out the provisions of this Agreement, and to
carry on its business as presently conducted and as presently
proposed to be conducted.
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3.2
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Capitalization; Voting Rights
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The authorized capital of the Company, immediately
prior to the Closing, consists of 5,000,000 membership units,
5,000,000 units of which are issued and outstanding. All issued and
outstanding Units of the Company’s capital: (a) have
been duly authorized and validly issued; and
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(b) are fully paid and nonassessable, (c) are
free of any liens; provided
, however
, that the Units shall be subject to such
restrictions on transfer under state and federal securities laws as
may be required by such laws at the time a transfer is proposed.
There are not outstanding any options, warrants, rights (including
conversion or preemptive rights) or agreements for the purchase or
acquisition from the Company of any shares of its capital stock.
The Company is not a party or subject to any agreement or
understanding and there is no agreement or understanding between
any persons and/or entities, which affects or relates to the voting
or giving of written consents with respect to any security or by a
director of the Company.
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3.3
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Authorization; Binding
Obligations .
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All corporate action on the part of the Shareholder
and the Company, their respective officers, directors and
securityholders necessary for the authorization of this Agreement,
the performance of all obligations of the Shareholders and the
Company hereunder at the Closing and the sale and delivery of the
Units pursuant hereto has been taken or will be taken prior to the
Closing. This Agreement, when executed and delivered, will contain
valid and binding obligations of the Shareholder and the Company
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except: (a) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights; and (b) general
principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable
remedies. The sale of the Units is not and will not be subject to
any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal that have not been
properly waived or complied with.
The Company has no material liabilities and, to the
best of its knowledge, knows of no material contingent liabilities
except those disclosed in the attached Schedule of Exceptions Section 3.4 .
There are no agreements, understandings,
instruments, contracts, proposed transactions, judgments, orders,
writs or decrees to which the Company is a party or to its
knowledge by which it is bound which may involve:
(i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to,
the Company in excess of $25,000 (other than obligations of, or
payments to, the Company arising from purchase or sale agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business); or
(ii) indemnification by the Company with respect to
infringements of proprietary rights (other than indemnification
obligations arising from purchase or sale or license agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business).
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3.6
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Obligations to Related Parties
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There are no obligations of the Company to officers,
directors, stockholders or employees or service providers of the
Company. The Company is not a guarantor or indemnitor of any
indebtedness of any other person, firm or corporation.
Except as disclosed in the attached
Schedule of Exceptions Section 3.7
, since September 30, 2007, there has not been to
the Company’s knowledge:
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(a)
Any change in the assets, liabilities, financial
condition or operations of the Company from that reflected in the
Financial Statements, other than changes in the ordinary course of
business, none of which individually or in the aggregate has had or
is expected to have a material adverse effect on such assets,
liabilities, financial condition, operations or prospects of the
Company;
(b)
Any material change, except in the ordinary course
of business, in the contingent obligations of the Company by way of
guaranty, endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise;
(c)
Any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not
covered by insurance, materially and adversely affecting the
properties, business or prospects or financial condition of the
Company;
(d)
Any waiver by the Company of a valuable right or of
a material debt owed to it;
(e)
Any direct or indirect loans made by the Company to
any stockholder, employee, officer or director of the
Company;
(f)
Any material change in any compensation arrangement
or agreement with any employee, officer, director or
stockholder;
(g)
Any declaration or payment of any dividend or other
distribution of the assets of the Company;
(h)
Any debt, obligation or liability incurred, assumed
or guaranteed by the Company, except those for immaterial amounts
and for current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business;
(i)
Any sale, assignment or transfer of any patents,
trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets or other intangible
assets;
(j)
Any change in any material agreement to which the
Company is a party or by which it is bound which materially and
adversely affects the business, assets, liabilities, financial
condition, operations or prospects of the Company;
(k)
Any other event or condition of any character that,
either individually or cumulatively, has materially and adversely
affected the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
operations or prospects of the Company; or
(l)
Any arrangement or commitment by the Company to do
any of the acts described in subsection (a) through (l)
above.
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3.8
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Title to Properties and Assets; Liens,
etc .
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Attached as Exhibit
B is a full and complete list of the
assets owned by the Company as of the date listed thereon (the
“Assets”). The Company has good and marketable title to
its properties and assets, and good title to its leasehold estates,
in each case subject to no mortgage, pledge, lien, lease,
encumbrance or charge, other than: (a) those resulting from
taxes which have not
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yet become delinquent; and (b) minor liens and
encumbrances which do not materially detract from the value of the
property subject thereto or materially impair the operations of the
Company.
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3.9
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No Undisclosed Liabilities
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There are no debts, liabilities (including refunds
payable), obligations or claims against the Company of any nature,
whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise (whether or not
determined or determinable) and whether due or to become due that
are not disclosed or provided for in the Company Financial
Statements or the notes thereto provided to Purchaser
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3.10
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Patents and Trademarks
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To the best of its knowledge, the Company owns or
possesses adequate legal rights (by license or otherwise) to all
patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, trade
secrets, licenses, information and other proprietary rights and
processes necessary for its business as now conducted and as
presently proposed to be conducted, without any known infringement
of the rights of others. Except as disclosed in the
Schedule of Exceptions Section 3.9
, there are no outstanding options, licenses or
agreements of any kind relating to the foregoing, nor is the
Company bound by or a party to any options, licenses or agreements
of any kind with respect to the patents, trademarks, service marks,
trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, licenses, information and
other proprietary rights and processes of any other person or
entity other than such licenses or agreements arising from the
purchase of “off the shelf” or other standard products.
The Company has not received any communications alleging that the
Company has violated or, by conducting its business as presently
proposed, would violate any of the patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights or trade secrets or other
proprietary rights of any other person or entity. The Company is
not aware that any of its employees is obligated under any contract
(including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature) or
other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or administrative agency, that would interfere with their
duties to the Company or that would conflict with the
Company’s business as presently proposed to be conducted.
Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, nor the
carrying on of the Company’s business by the employees of the
Company, nor the conduct of the Company’s business as
presently proposed, will, to the Company’s knowledge,
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, or constitute a default under, any contract,
covenant or instrument under which any employee is now
obligated.
There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the Company’s knowledge,
currently threatened against the Company that questions the
validity of this Agreement or the right of the Company to enter
into this Agreement, or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby, or which might result, either individually or in the
aggregate, in any material adverse change in the assets, condition,
affairs or prospects of the Company, financially or otherwise, or
any change in the current equity ownership of the Company, nor is
the Company aware that there is any basis for any of the foregoing.
The Company is not a party or subject to the provisions of any
order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or
government agency or instrumentality. There is no action, suit,
proceeding or investigation by the Company currently pending or
which the Company intends to initiate.
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The Company has no employees, consultants or other
service providers.
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3.13
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Compliance with Laws; Permits
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To its knowledge, the Company is not in violation of
any applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of
any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or agency
thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership
of its properties which violation would materially and adversely
affect the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
operations or prospects of the Company. No governmental orders,
permissions, consents, approvals or authorizations are required to
be obtained and no registrations or declarations are required to be
filed in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the issuance of the Units or the Conversion Units,
except such as has been duly and validly obtained or filed, or with
respect to any filings that must be made after the Closing, as will
be filed in a timely manner. Except as may be set forth in
the Schedule of Exceptions Section
3.13 , the Company has all franchises,
permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the
conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of
which could materially and adversely affect the business,
properties, prospects or financial condition of the Company and
believes it can obtain, without undue burden or expense, any
similar authority for the conduct of its business as planned to be
conducted.
Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of Purchaser contained in Section 4.2 hereof, the
sale of the Units will be exempt from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “
Securities Act ”), and will have been registered or qualified (or are
exempt from registration and qualification) under the registration,
permit or qualification requirements of all applicable state
securities laws.
The Company has provided Purchaser with all
information requested by Purchaser in connection with the decision
to purchase the Units, including all information the Company
believes is reasonably necessary to make such investment decision.
Neither this Agreement, nor any other statements or certificates
made or delivered in connection herewith or therewith contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not
misleading
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SHAREHOLDER
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Shareholder hereby represents and warrants to
Purchaser as follows:
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4.1
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Title to Company Units
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Shareholder owns the Units, beneficially and of
record, free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances,
restrictions on transfers or proprietary interests of any third
party. There is not outstanding any subscription, option, warrant,
call, right or other agreement or commitment obligating the
Shareholder or the Company to issue, sell, deliver or transfer
(including any right of conversion or exchange under any
outstanding security or other instrument) any of the Units. The
Shareholder has the absolute and unconditional right and authority
to sell the Units owned by it to Purchaser.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER
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Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the
Company as follows (such representations and warranties do not
lessen or obviate the representations and warranties of the Company
set forth in this Agreement):
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Requisite Power and Authority
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Purchaser has all necessary power and authority
under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to carry out their provisions. All action on
Purchaser’s part required for the lawful execution and
delivery of this Agreement have been or will be effectively taken
prior to the Closing. Upon its execution and delivery, this
Agreement will contain valid and binding obligations of Purchaser,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except: (a) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights; and (b) general
principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable
remedies.
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5.2
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Investment Representations
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Purchaser understands that the Units have not been
registered under the Securities Act. Purchaser also understands
that the Units are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption
from registration contained in the Securities Act based in part
upon Purchaser’s representations contained in this Agreement.
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a)
Purchaser Bears Economic Risk
. Purchaser has substantial experience in evaluating
and investing in private placement transactions of securities in
companies similar to the Company so that it is capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company
and has the capacity to protect its own interests. Purchaser must
bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely until such
time as the Units are registered pursuant to the Securities Act, or
an exemption from registration is available.
(b)
Acquisition for Own Account
. Purchaser is acquiring the Units for
Purchaser’s own account for investment only, and not with a
view towards their distribution.
(c)
Purchaser Can Protect Its Interest
. Purchaser represents that by reason of its, or of
its management’s, business or financial experience, Purchaser
has the capacity to protect its own interests in connection with
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement. Further, Purchaser
is aware of no publication of any advertisement in connection with
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(d)
Accredited Investor .
Purchaser represents that it is an “accredit
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