PORTIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
IDENTIFIED BY THE SYMBOL “[***]” HAVE BEEN OMITTED AND
FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION PURSUANT TO A
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
REQUEST.
ACCEPTANCE OF COLLATERAL IN FULL
SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS AT LESS
THAN FACE VALUE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ACCEPTANCE OF COLLATERAL IN FULL
SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATIONS AT LESS THAN FACE VALUE AND PURCHASE
AGREEMENT , dated as of
July 9, 2009 (the “ Agreement ”), is entered
into by and among ProElite, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (“
Pledgor ”), Terry N. Trebilcock (“
Trebilcock ”) and Juliemae Trebilcock (together with
Trebilcock, the “ Secured Parties ”) and KOTC
Acquisition, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company wholly
owned by Secured Parties (“ Acquiror
”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS , on September 11, 2007, the Pledgor and the
Secured Parties entered into that certain Stock Purchase Agreement
(the “ KOTC Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to
which Secured Parties sold Pledgor all of the capital stock of King
of the Cage, Inc., a California corporation (the “
Company ”), and the Pledgor was obligated to make
certain contingent payments to the Secured Parties, which
obligations were secured by a pledge of the Company’s stock
in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to a Pledge Agreement
between them dated September 11, 2007 (the “ Pledge
Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, Secured Parties have assigned their rights,
powers and interests in and to, and arising under, the KOTC
Purchase Agreement and the Pledge Agreement to Acquiror, pursuant
to that certain Assignment and Consent Agreement, dated
July 9, 2009 by and among Secured Parties, Acquiror and
Pledgor;
WHEREAS , the parties hereto acknowledge that, as of the
date hereof (based upon recent financial projections and the loss
of significant sponsors), without the continued involvement of
Trebilcock the Company has essentially no value and, even with the
continuing involvement of Trebilcock, presently has little if any
value (net of debts owed, including advances recently made by
Trebilcock to the Company which were necessary in order to enable
the Company to continue its business operations );
WHEREAS , the parties hereto believe it is in their
respective best interests to avoid the cost and uncertainty
associated with a public or private sale of the Collateral (as
defined in the Pledge Agreement) and have agreed, in connection
with an overall settlement and release of all claims between them
being entered into contemporaneously herewith, that Acquiror shall
accept the Collateral in a “strict foreclosure”
pursuant to Section 9620 of the California Commercial Code, in full
satisfaction of all Obligations (as defined in the Pledge
Agreement), but at less than full value, and as a related
transaction Pledgor shall transfer certain other assets owned by
Pledgor, but related to the business of the Company, to the Secured
Parties for additional consideration;
WHEREAS , the Company, among other things, is currently
engaged principally in the business of promoting mixed martial arts
live events under the King of the Cage brand, which includes the
broadcast of such events on pay-per-view (the “
Business ”); and
WHEREAS , in order to effectuate the acceptance in full
satisfaction of the Obligation at less than face value contemplated
by this Agreement, Acquiror desires to acquire from Pledgor, and
Pledgor desires to convey to Acquiror, all of the capital stock of
the Company owned by Pledgor (the “ Shares ”),
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing Recitals
(which are hereby incorporated herein), the mutual promises and
agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS;
INTERPRETATION
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SECTION
1.1.
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Certain
Definitions . The following terms are used in
this Agreement with the meanings set forth below:
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“ Acquired Assets ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.3.
“ Acquiror ” has the meaning
assigned in the caption of this Agreement.
“ Acquiror Closing Deliverable
” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.3.
“ Acquiror Disclosure Schedule
” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.1.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person, directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with
such specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
“ control ” when used in connection with any
specified Person means the power to direct the management or
policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise; and
the terms “controlling” and “controlled”
have correlative meanings to the foregoing. For the
avoidance of doubt, it is acknowledged that the Secured
Parties and the Pledgor are not Affiliates of each
other.
“ Agreement ” means this
Agreement, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance
with Section 7.5.
“ Assignments ” mean the
assignments contemplated by Sections 5.2(b), (c) and
(f).
“ Assumed Liabilities ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.4(a).
“ Assumption Agreement ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.4(a).
“ Bully Beatdown Contracts ”
has the meaning assigned in Section 2.3(b).
“ Business ” has the meaning
assigned in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Closing ” has the meaning
assigned in Section 5.1.
“ Closing Date ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 5.1.
“ Closing Payment ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.5(b).
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
“ Company ” has the meaning
assigned in the Recitals.
“ Contract ” means, with
respect to any Person, any agreement, indenture, undertaking, debt
instrument, contract, contractual obligation, lease or other
commitment to which such Person is a party or by which such Person
is bound, or to which any of such Person’s properties is
subject.
“ Damages ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.2.
“ Dollar ” and “
$ ” shall mean United States Dollars.
“ Distributions ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.5(c)(3).
“ Earn-Out ” has the meaning
assigned in Section 2.5(c).
“ Escrow Agreement ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 6.5.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
“ Excluded Matters ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 3.2(f).
“ Final Allocation ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.6.
“ Financial Statements ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 3.2(f).
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any court, administrative agency or commission,
self-regulatory organization or other foreign, federal, state or
local governmental authority or instrumentality.
“ Indemnified Party ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 6.6.
“ Indemnification Termination Date
” has the meaning assigned in Section 6.1.
“ Indemnifying Party ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 6.6.
“ Insolvency Proceeding ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 3.2(p).
“ Intellectual Property ”
means any or all of the following and all rights in, arising out
of, or associated therewith (i) all United States, international
and foreign patents and applications therefor and all reissues,
divisions, divisionals, renewals, extensions, provisionals,
continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, and all patents,
applications, documents and filings claiming priority to or serving
as a basis for priority thereof, (ii) all inventions (whether or
not patentable), invention disclosures, improvements, trade
secrets, proprietary information, know how, computer software
programs (in both source code and object code form), technology,
business methods, technical data and customer lists, tangible or
intangible proprietary information, and all documentation relating
to any of the foregoing, (iii) all copyrights, copyrights
registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all industrial
designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout
the world, (v) all trade names, logos, common law trademarks and
service marks, trademark and service mark registrations and
applications therefor throughout the world, (vi) all databases and
data collections and all rights therein throughout the world, (vii)
all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however
denominated, throughout the world, (viii) all Web addresses, sites
and domain names and numbers, (ix) any similar or equivalent rights
to any of the foregoing anywhere in the world; and (x) the
information of a Person that has commercial value to such Person
and which is not known publicly, including know-how, trade secrets,
confidential information, customer lists, software, technical
information, data, process technology, plans, drawings and blue
prints.
“ Interim Date ” means
August 31, 2008.
“ IRS ” means the Internal
Revenue Service.
“ KOTC Purchase Agreement ”
has the meaning assigned in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Knowledge ” means the
knowledge of a Person’s officers, on a known or should have
known basis, after reasonable inquiry under the
circumstances.
“ Liens ” means any charge,
mortgage, pledge, security interest, restriction, claim, lien, or
encumbrance, other than restrictions on transfer and disposition
arising under securities laws.
“ Litigation ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 3.2(n).
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means with respect to the Company, an effect that, individually or
in the aggregate, is both material and adverse; provided
however , that “Material Adverse Effect” shall not
be deemed to include the effects of: (i) general changes in
conditions in the securities industry, or in the global or United
States economy or capital markets; (ii) changes in applicable
generally accepted accounting principles or in laws, regulations or
regulatory policies of general applicability; (iii) any change
caused by the announcement of this Agreement or the Stock
Acquisition; (iv) acts of war, major hostilities or terrorist
attacks; or (v) actions or omissions of Pledgor or Company taken in
accordance with this Agreement or with the prior written consent of
Acquiror.
“ Net Cash Flow ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.5(c)(2).
“ Net Sale Proceeds ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.5(c)(4).
“ Obligations ” has the
meaning assigned in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Objection Notice ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.6.
“ Ordinary Course of Business
” means an action taken by a Person that is taken in the
ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person,
reasonably consistent with the past practices of such
Person.
“ PE Fighter Contracts ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.3(a).
“ Person ” shall mean and
include an individual, bank, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization
and government or any department or agency thereof.
“ Pledge Agreement ” has the
meaning assigned in the recitals to this Agreement.
“ Pledgor ” has the meaning
assigned in the caption of this Agreement.
“ Pledgor Closing Deliverables
” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.2.
“ Pledgor Disclosure Schedule
” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.1.
“ Pre-Closing Income Tax Costs
” has the meaning assigned in Section 4.8(d).
“ Proposed Allocation ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.6.
“ Purchase Price ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.5.
“ Rights ” means, with
respect to any Person, securities or obligations convertible into
or exercisable or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for, redeem or acquire, or any options, calls or
commitments relating to, or any stock appreciation right or other
instrument the value of which is determined in whole or in part by
reference to the market price or value of, shares of capital stock
of such Person.
“ Secured Parties ” has the
meaning assigned in the caption of this Agreement.
“ Shares ” has the meaning
assigned in the Recitals.
“ Stock Acquisition ” has the
meaning assigned in Section 2.2.
“ Stub Income Tax Returns ”
has the meaning assigned in Section 4.8(a).
“ Subsidiary” and
Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation or other entity of which at least a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock or other ownership interests having by
the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the
board of directors (or Persons performing similar functions) of
such corporation or entity (regardless of whether or not at the
time, in the case of a corporation, stock of any other class or
classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power
by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or
more of its Subsidiaries or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
“ Taxes ” means all federal,
state, local and foreign taxes, levies or other assessments imposed
by any taxing authority, however denominated, including, without
limitation, all net income, gross income, gross receipts, sales,
use, ad valorem , goods and services, capital, transfer,
franchise, profits, license, withholding, payroll, employment,
employer health, excise, estimated, severance, stamp, occupation,
property or other taxes, and custom duties, together with any
interest and any penalties, additions to tax or additional amounts
imposed by any taxing authority.
“ Tax Returns ” means,
collectively, all returns, declarations, reports, estimates,
information returns and statements required to be filed under
federal, state, local or any foreign tax laws.
“ Trebilcock ” has the
meaning assigned in the caption of this Agreement.
“ Trebilcock Percentage ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.5(c)(1) of this
Agreement.
“ Unassumed Liabilities ” has
the meaning assigned in Section 2.4(b) of this
Agreement.
SECTION 1.2.
Interpretation . When a reference is made in this
Agreement to Recitals, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules, such
reference shall be to a Recital or Section of, or Exhibits or
Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated. The headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference purposes only and are not part of this
Agreement. Whenever the words “include,”
“includes” or “including” are used in this
Agreement, they shall be deemed followed by the words
“without limitation.” No rule against the draftsperson
shall be applied in connection with the interpretation or
enforcement of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 2.
THE PURCHASE
SECTION 2.1.
Compliance with California Commercial Code . The
parties intend that the transactions contemplated hereby comply
with the California Commercial Code and Section 9620 thereof
(“ Section 9620 ”) in particular (and any
similar applicable law). In furtherance
thereof:
(a) Pledgor
hereby agrees to the terms of the acceptance of Collateral provided
in this Agreement, intending by such agreement to comply with
Section 9620(c)(2).
(b) Acquiror
represents to Pledgor that it: (i) has obtained certified UCC
searches in the State of New Jersey with respect to the Pledgor
dated April 28, 2009, June 22, 2009 and July 6, 2009 which
identified that the Secured Parties are the only secured parties of
record with respect to the Pledgor in such jurisdiction; (ii) has
obtained a certified tax lien, judgment, civil and bankruptcy
searches with respect to the Pledgor in the County of Los Angeles,
State of California dated June 22, 2009 and July 6, 2009 which
identified that there were no lien holders (other than Bowne of Los
Angeles, Inc.) of record with respect to the Pledgor in such
jurisdiction; (iii) has not received a notification of a claim of
an interest in the Shares by any party other than the Pledgor; and
(iv) have not received from any party a notification of objection
to the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.
(c) Pledgor
hereby waives any requirement of subdivision (e) of Section 9620 to
dispose of the Collateral pursuant to a waiver under Section
9624(b) of the California Commercial Code.
(d) The
Secured Parties and Acquiror hereby consent to the acceptance of
the Collateral in full satisfaction of the Obligations and
acknowledge that the satisfaction is at less than face
value.
(e) The
additional terms of the acceptance of the Collateral shall be as
set forth in the balance of this Agreement, however to the extent
that any conflict between this Section 2.1 and the balance of this
Agreement would render the acceptance contemplated by this Section
ineffective, then this Section 2.1 shall control.
SECTION 2.2.
Stock Acquisition . In furtherance of the
acceptance of Collateral contemplated hereby, and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing, Pledgor
shall convey the Shares to Acquiror, and Acquiror shall acquire the
Shares from Pledgor (the “ Stock Acquisition
”).
SECTION 2.3.
Purchase of Certain Other Assets of Pledgor . At
the Closing, Pledgor shall sell, convey, transfer, assign and
deliver to Acquiror, and Acquiror shall purchase from Pledgor, the
following assets and property of Pledgor (collectively, the “
Acquired Assets ”):
(a) all
of Pledgor’s and its Affiliates’ interests in and to
the fighter contracts attached hereto as Annex A for Abel
Cullumn, Conor Huen, Tony Bonello, Thomas Denny, Jon Murphy, Ray
Lazama, Victor Valenzuela and Nate Carey (the “ PE Fighter
Contracts ”), most of whom were historically associated
with the business of the Company; and
(b) all
of Pledgor’s and its Affiliates’ ownership interests in
and to the bully contracts attached hereto as Annex B
for Vincent Carosso, Dennis Ilyaich, Ryan Kessman, Garrett Lee,
James Monko, Jonathan Rentie, Eric Shaw and Christian Smith who
have appeared as bullies in the Bully Beatdown series (the “
Bully Beatdown Contracts”) .
SECTION 2.4.
Liabilities Related to Acquired Assets .
(a)
Limited Assumption of Liabilities . At the
Closing, Acquiror shall assume and agree to pay, perform, and
discharge all future payment and performance obligations of Pledgor
in connection with the Acquired Assets arising after the Closing,
but specifically excluding any liabilities or obligations relating
to pre-closing breach or nonperformance (the “ Assumed
Liabilities ”). Such assumption shall be
evidenced by an Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto (the “ Assumption Agreement
”).
(b)
Unassumed Liabilities . Except for the Assumed
Liabilities, Acquiror shall not assume any liability or obligation
of the Pledgor (the “ Unassumed Liabilities
”). Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, it is expressly agreed and understood that Acquiror
shall not assume, and that Pledgor retains full responsibility to
pay, perform and discharge, all payment and performance obligations
related to the Acquired Assets arising or relating to periods prior
to the Closing. By virtue of acquiring the Shares, all
liabilities and obligations of the Company shall remain the
responsibility of the Company (subject to the representations,
warranties and covenants herein).
SECTION 2.5.
Purchase Price . In addition to the acceptance of
the Collateral in full satisfaction of the Obligations at less than
face value, Acquiror shall make the following additional payments
(the “ Purchase Price ”):
(a)
[Intentionally Omitted]
(b)
Closing Payment . Acquiror shall pay to Pledgor
[***] in cash or immediately available funds at Closing (the
“ Closing Payment ”).
(c)
Earn-Out . Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Section 2.5(c), Acquiror shall pay and/or deliver to Pledgor
in cash and/or property (as required by this Section 2.5(c)) the
sum of : (I) the product of (1) [***]
multiplied by (2) the Net Cash Flow of the Acquiror (whether
or not any dividends or distributions are actually distributed or
declared) multiplied by (3) the Trebilcock Percentage;
plus (II) the product of (1) [***] multiplied
by (2) of all Net Liquidity Proceeds of the Acquiror actually
distributed to its members, multiplied by (3) the Trebilcock
Percentage; plus (III) [***] of the net proceeds actually
received by the Secured Parties and their immediate family members
in connection with a sale or disposition by them of equity
securities of the Company or the Acquiror; provided, however
, such sum shall not exceed the maximum aggregate payments in this
Section 2.5(c) below (such amount being herein referred to as the
“ Earn-Out ”). All Earn-Out amounts
under clause (I) shall be in cash and all Earn-Out amounts under
clauses (II) or (III) shall be in the same form, and in the same
proportion, and with all related rights (such as registration
rights) as received by the Secured Parties or their assignees;
provided, that any non-cash consideration shall be valued for
purposes of calculating the amount of the Earn-Out in
Section 2.5(c)(5) at the fair market value of such non-cash
consideration at the time of receipt by Pledgor. Any
contingent or deferred payments under clauses (II) or (III) shall
be payable when received by the Secured Parties. At
Acquiror’s option, in place of some or all of any non-cash
consideration, it may instead make a cash payment equal to the fair
market value of such non-cash consideration.
(1) For
purposes of this Section 2.5(c), the term “ Trebilcock
Percentage ” shall be equal to the aggregate percentage
of the outstanding equity interests of Acquiror (or its successor)
held, directly or indirectly, by the Secured Parties and their
immediate family members as determined by a monthly average of such
percentage ownership over each twelve (12) month period in which
Net Cash Flow or Net Liquidity Proceeds are measured.
(2) For
purposes of this Section 2.5(c), the term “ Net Cash
Flow ” shall mean for any twelve (12) month period ending
on the annual anniversary of the Closing Date, the sum of
cash actually received by the Company during such period
less : (i) cash paid by the Company during such period for
costs of goods sold; (ii) cash paid by Company during such period
for costs associated with the Company as operated by Acquiror in
its good faith business judgment (including without limitation,
insurance, rent, furniture, fixtures and equipment, salaries,
employee benefits, commissions, royalties, brokerage fees, refunds,
charge–offs, costs of collection, capital expenses related
thereto and other reasonable business expenses); (iii) cash paid by
the Company for the development of one or more reality television
series related to the Business or the promotion of such reality
television series; (iv) any taxes paid on the resulting income or
business operations of the Company; (v) Net Liquidity Proceeds;
(vi) cash from sales and issuances by Acquiror of its equity
securities (or securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable
for such equity securities) the proceeds of which are not
distributed to the members of Acquiror; and (vii) an amount
necessary to maintain commercially reasonable cash reserves, not to
exceed $[***] in the aggregate (but only to the extent not already
provided for or included in the amounts in clauses (i) through (vi)
of this sentence). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the
calculation of Net Cash Flow, Acquiror cannot deduct an amount in
excess of [***] annually for compensation, royalties or dividends
paid or distributed to the Secured Parties or their immediate
family members (except market compensation may be paid to Juliemae
Trebilcock for actual services rendered, not to exceed [***]
annually). For purposes of this Section 2.5(c)(2), the
parties intend that only cash receipts and cash expenditures that
are reasonably connected to the Business will be used to calculate
Net Cash Flow and cash receipts and cash expenditures that are not
reasonably connected to the Business shall be excluded from such
calculation.
(3) For
purposes of this Section 2.5(c), the term “ Net Liquidity
Proceeds ” shall mean for any twelve (12) month period
ending on the annual anniversary of the Closing Date, the
sum of cash or cash equivalents actually received during
such period (including upon disposition of any non-cash
consideration received) arising from: (i) any sale of the Acquiror
or the Company, whether by merger, sale of all or substantially all
its assets, sale of majority of its equity securities or other
transaction that has substantially the effect of any of the
foregoing, in each case after the date hereof; plus (ii) the
sale of any material assets of Acquiror or the Company; plus
(iii) cash from sales and issuances by Acquiror or
the Company of its debt or equity securities (or securities
convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for such equity
securities), but only to the extent proceeds therefrom are
distributed to the members of Acquiror.
(4) The
Earn-Out payments shall be calculated on the annual anniversaries
of the Closing Date based on the Company’s previous twelve
(12) months’ operations, and payments shall be made within
ninety (90) days after such calculations. All
calculations shall be subject to audit rights and the objection
procedures described in Section 2.5(e) below.
(5) The
maximum aggregate Earn-Out payments shall be as
follows:
(A) The
Earn-Out shall be capped at [***] if Pledgor has been paid pursuant
to the Earn-Out [***] within one (1) year and ninety (90) days
following the Closing Date;
(B) The
Earn-Out shall be capped at [***] if Pledgor has been paid pursuant
to the Earn-Out [***] within two (2) years and ninety (90) days
following the Closing Date;
(C) The
Earn-Out shall be capped at [***] if Pledgor has been paid pursuant
to the Earn-Out [***] within three (3) years and ninety (90) days
following the Closing Date;
(D) The
Earn-Out shall be capped at [***] if Pledgor has been paid pursuant
to the Earn-Out [***] within four (4) years and ninety (90) days
following the Closing Date; and
(E) The
Earn-Out shall be capped at [***], and under no circumstances shall
Acquiror be required to pay Pledgor more than [***] in Earn-Out
payments regardless as to when it is paid, except that any Earn-Out
payment or portion thereof that is not timely paid shall bear
interest at the rate of 6% per annum accruing from its due
date.
(F) As
an example, if the Secured Parties own 50% of Acquiror, and
Acquiror has Net Cash Flow of $0 in the first 12 months after the
Closing, and Net Cash Flow of $[***] in the second 12 months after
the Closing, then Acquiror would owe $[***] to Pledgor; however, if
Acquiror sold $[***] of equity securities in the second 12 months
and made a special distribution to the Secured Parties of $[***] in
connection with such sale, then, $[***] of such amount would be Net
Liquidity Proceeds, and would be added to the Earn-Out, which if
paid in such period would result in a total payment of
$[***].
(d)
Prepayment . Acquiror may prepay any amount due
as Earn-Out payments hereunder to satisfy the as Earn-Out payments
caps set forth in Section 2.5(c).
(e)
Audit Rights and Objection Procedures .
(1) Acquiror
shall, until all Earn-Out payments have been made and there are no
pending objections related thereto, from time to time as reasonably
requested, grant Pledgor and its advisors access to and the right
to inspect (subject to reasonable confidentiality provisions) the
books and records of the Company and Acquiror reasonably requested
by Pledgor in order to verify the calculations of Acquiror’s
independent accountants referred to in Section 2.5(c) above, and
shall cause its employees and accountants to reasonably cooperate
in such effort. Such request shall be made in writing
and Acquiror shall, in a reasonable amount of time thereafter,
provide such access during reasonable business
hours. Each party shall bear its own expenses in
connection with any such audit.
(2) Pledgor
may, each year in which it has a potential to an Earn-Out payment,
object to the proposed calculation of Net Cash Flow by using the
same procedures referred to below in Section 2.6 with respect to
tax allocations, treating the delivery by the Acquiror of its
calculation of Net Cash Flow for a given period like the
“Proposed Allocation” below, and calculating all time
periods and objections accordingly, with the final result of such
procedure determining the actual Earn-Out payment for that
year.
SECTION 2.6.
Allocation of Purchase Price . Acquiror shall
deliver to Pledgor, no later than thirty (30) days after the
Closing Date, a proposed allocation, for U.S. federal income Tax
purposes and pursuant to Section 1060 of the Code and the
regulations thereunder, of the Purchase Price among the Acquired
Assets and the Shares (the “ Proposed Allocation
”). Promptly following receipt of the Proposed
Allocation, Pledgor shall review the same and, within twenty (20)
days after Pledgor’s receipt of such Proposed Allocation, may
deliver to Acquiror a certificate executed by Pledgor setting forth
objections to the proposed allocation (an “ Objection
Notice ”), together with a summary of the reasons
therefor and calculations which, in the Pledgors’ view, are
necessary to eliminate such objections. If Pledgor does
not deliver an Objection Notice within such 20-day period, the
Proposed Allocation shall be the final allocation of the Purchase
price (the “ Final Allocation ”). If
Pledgor delivers an Objection Notice within such 20-day period,
Acquiror and the Pledgors shall use their reasonable attempts to
resolve by written agreement any differences identified in the
Objection Notice within the succeeding five (5) days and, if they
are able to resolve all such differences, the allocation agreed to
shall be the Final Allocation. If any objections raised
by Pledgor in the Objection Notice are not resolved within the
5-day period next following such 5-day period, then Acquiror and
Pledgor shall submit the objections that are then unresolved
(together with any agreed adjustments) to an independent certified
public accountant mutually and reasonably agreed to by Acquiror and
Pledgor (and whose expenses shall be split equally between them),
who shall be directed by Acquiror and Pledgor to resolve the
unresolved objections within the next ten (10) days and to deliver
written notice to each of Acquiror and Pledgor setting forth its
resolution of the disputed matters. The allocation
resulting from the decision of the independent certified public
accountant shall be the Final Allocation. Any allocation
that becomes the Final Allocation pursuant to the preceding
provisions of this Section 2.6 shall be attached to this Agreement
after Closing. No party to this Agreement will take a
position on any federal or state Tax return, before any
Governmental Authority charged with the collection of any income
Tax, or in any judicial Proceeding that is in any way inconsistent
with the Final Allocation.
SECTION 2.7.
Non-Assignable Contracts . If any of the Acquired
Assets is not transferable or assignable under the provisions
thereof or under applicable law to Acquiror on the Closing Date
without the consent of any Person (a “ Required
Consent ”), and such Required Consent shall not have been
duly obtained prior to the Closing and the Closing occurs, then
notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary:
(a) the underlying Contract shall be deemed not to have been
assigned in violation of its term or applicable law, (b) Pledgor
shall have been deemed to not made any representation or warranty
that such Acquired Assets could be assigned without the consent of
such Person or without any breach or default under the underlying
Contract or applicable law and (c) Pledgor shall, for a period of
sixty (60) days after Closing use its commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain the Required Consent (and Acquiror shall
reasonably assist), and during such period, shall, to the extent
consistent with the underlying Contract and applicable law, provide
the benefits of such Contract to Acquiror provided Acquiror at the
same time pays and assumes all related post-Closing burdens and
liabilities, in each case as if the Required Consent had been
obtained and the underlying Contract had been assigned as of
Closing. If the Required Consent is obtained during such
60-day period, then the underlying Contract shall be deemed to have
been assigned as of the Closing pursuant to this Agreement. If the
Required Consent cannot be obtained during such 60-day period, then
the underlying Contract shall be deemed to have been retained by
Pledgor; provided, however , Pledgor hereby agrees that it
shall not