Exhibit 2
AGREEMENT FOR PURCHASE AND SALE OF
ASSETS
THIS AGREEMENT FOR
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS (this “Agreement”) is made
and entered into this 17th day of September, 2007 by and between,
ECOTALITY, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Buyer”),
INNERGY POWER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(“Innergy”), and its fully-owned subsidiary, PORTABLE
ENERGY DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V., a Mexican corporation
(collectively, “Seller”).
RECITALS:
Seller is the
owner of the business known as INNERGY POWER located at 9375
Customhouse Plaza, Bldg. A, Suite J, San Diego, California
92154, which is an active business (the
“Business”).
Seller is the
owner of certain tangible and intangible personal property used in
connection with the Business, which are defined below as the
“Acquired Assets.”
Certain of
Seller’s executive employees possess expertise in the
operation of the Business, which Seller wishes to impart to Buyer,
and Buyer has agreed to employ Darrell Musick and Jerry Cooper,
upon consummation of this transaction.
Buyer desires to
purchase and Seller desires to sell all of its right, title, and
interest in the Business and the Acquired Assets upon the
occurrence of certain conditions and other terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
In consideration
of the mutual terms, conditions and covenants hereinafter set forth
Seller and Buyer agree as follows:
AGREEMENTS:
ARTICLE I
Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets
1.1
Purchase and Sale . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Buyer shall purchase from the Seller
and the Seller shall sell all right, title and interest in and to
the assets and properties of every kind, character and description
(other than property and rights specifically excluded in this
Agreement), used in or for the benefit of Seller’s Business,
whether tangible, intangible, real, personal or mixed, and wherever
located (collectively referred to hereinafter as the
“Acquired Assets”), including but not limited to the
assets set forth on Exhibit A and
Exhibit B to be completed
and agreed to prior to the Closing Date and attached hereto, but
specifically excluding the Excluded Assets (as defined in Section
1.4).
1.2
Closing . The purchase and sale (the
“Closing”) shall occur on October 1, 2007 (affective as
of the close of business on September 30, 2007), or such other date
as the parties may mutually agree (the “Closing Date”)
and shall take place at the office of Buyer’s attorney,
Jeffrey A. Ekbom, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, 1850 N. Central
Avenue, Suite 2100, Phoenix, Arizona.
1.3
Acquired Assets . Except for the Excluded Assets, the
Acquired Assets shall include all of Seller’s cash and cash
equivalents in excess of $125,000, Accounts Receivable, tangible
property, equipment, inventories, tenant improvements (regardless
of whether they are accounted for as an asset on the books of
Seller, or of a landlord or other third party), vendor and customer
lists, goodwill, software, intellectual property, prepaid expenses
and deposits, Assigned Contracts, Assigned Personal Property
Leases, books and records, web sites and domain names, e-mail
addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, and all licenses and
permits to the extent transferable to Buyer. For purposes
hereof, the term “Accounts Receivable” means all of the
accounts receivable of Seller, of whatever kind or nature, and all
current or deferred rights to payment for projects completed or
commenced or services rendered on or prior to the Closing Date,
whether or not such services have been billed by Seller as of the
Closing Date, including work in process of Seller.
1.4
Excluded Assets . Notwithstanding anything contained
in this Article I, Buyer is not purchasing and Seller is retaining
the following: (a) the charter, qualifications to
conduct business, and similar items of a unique nature to the
Seller as a corporation, including documents relating to the
organization, maintenance, and existence of the Seller as a
corporation; (b) any of the rights of the Seller under this
Agreement or under any other agreement, document or instrument
between the Seller on the one hand and Buyer on the other hand; (c)
all contracts other than the Assigned Contracts; (d) all Personal
Property Leases other than Assigned Personal Property Leases;
(e) any assets or properties expressly set forth on
Exhibit C to be completed
and agreed to prior to the Closing Date; (f) cash in the amount of
$125,000 (and, to the extent of any shortfall in cash from
$125,000, cash equivalents as necessary to achieve such dollar
amount); and (g) the tax benefit of any net operating loss of
Innergy (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Excluded
Assets”).
1.5
Assumed Liabilities . As of the Closing Date, the
Seller shall assign to the Buyer and the Buyer shall assume all of
the following: (a) Seller’s obligations arising from events
occurring on or after the Closing Date under those agreements and
contracts designated specifically on Exhibit D to be completed
and agreed to prior to the Closing Date as Assigned Personal
Property Leases or as Assigned Contracts; (b) all Accounts Payable;
(c) all product warranty claims (excluding claims of personal
injury and/or consequential damages) (c) all employee benefits
designated specifically on Exhibit
D to be completed and agreed to prior to the Closing Date;
(d) all principal and interest due from Seller to Silicon Valley
Bank (“SVB”), provided, however, that the aggregate
amount of such amount payable to SVB shall not exceed $168,000 (the
“SVB Debt”); and any other liability or obligation of
Seller designated specifically on Exhibit D to be completed and agreed to
prior to the Closing Date (collectively, the “Assumed
Liabilities”). For the purposes of this Agreement, the
term “Accounts Payable” means all of the accounts
payable of Seller relating to the Business incurred in the ordinary
course of business on or prior to the Closing Date whether or not
actually billed to Seller as of the Closing Date.
1.6
Excluded Liabilities . EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET
FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, BUYER DOES NOT ASSUME AND SHALL NOT BE
LIABLE FOR ANY OF THE DEBTS, OBLIGATIONS OR LIABILITIES OF SELLER,
SELLER’S BUSINESS, ANY SHAREHOLDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF
SELLER, WHENEVER ARISING AND OF WHATEVER TYPE OR NATURE.
In particular, but without limiting the foregoing, Buyer shall not
assume, and shall not be deemed by anything contained in
this
Agreement (other than Section 1.5 - Assumed
Liabilities) to have assumed and shall not be liable for any debts,
obligations or liabilities of Seller or Seller’s Business
whether known or unknown, contingent, absolute or otherwise (the
“Excluded Liabilities”). Without limitation of
the foregoing, the Excluded Liabilities shall include debts,
liabilities and obligations: (a) under any real estate lease
or any contract or agreement to which Seller is a party or by which
Seller or Seller’s Business is bound that has not been listed
as an Assigned Contract on Exhibit D hereof or any
personal property lease by which Seller or Seller’s Business
is bound that has not been listed as an Assigned Personal Property
Lease on Exhibit D hereof; (b) with
respect to any Assigned Contract or Assigned Personal Property
Lease, arising from the period prior to the Closing Date, to the
extent such debt, liability, or obligation does not constitute an
Account Payable; (c) for any employee pension plan or any
retirement obligations not set forth on Exhibit D ; (d) for any obligation for
taxes; (e) for any liability for local or state sales, use or
transfer tax and taxes that may be imposed upon the sale or
assignment of the Acquired Assets pursuant to this Agreement,
regardless of when such obligations may become known and due; (f)
for any damages or injuries to persons or property or for any tort
or strict liability arising from events, actions or inactions in
Seller’s Business or the operation of Seller’s Business
prior to the Closing Date; (g) arising out of any litigation
arising with respect to the period prior to the Closing Date,
whether or not threatened or pending on or before the Closing Date;
and (h) incurred by Seller or by Seller’s Business for
borrowed money, other than Accounts Payable and the SVB Debt.
The intent and objective of Buyer and Seller is that, except for
liabilities explicitly assumed by Buyer hereunder, Buyer does not
assume, and no transferee liability shall attach to Buyer
pertaining to, any of the Excluded Liabilities.
1.7
Employees . Effective as of the Closing Date, (a)
Buyer shall offer employment to each employee of Seller who is
principally employed in Seller’s Business (collectively, the
“Seller Employees”) provided that such employee (i) is
listed on Exhibit E to be completed
and agreed to prior to the Closing Date and attached hereto, and
(ii) agrees to the release of his or her employment files to Buyer
prior to the Closing; and (b) Seller will terminate the employment
of the Seller Employees who have accepted Buyer’s offer of
employment. Those Seller Employees who accept Buyer’s
offer of employment as of the Closing Date shall be designated as
“Transferring Employees” and referred to hereinafter as
such. Except as set forth on Exhibit D as Assumed Liabilities,
Seller acknowledges and agrees that it is responsible for paying to
the Transferring Employees all compensation and benefits accrued up
to the Closing Date, including without limitation payroll and
accrued vacation, sick and other paid time off, which Seller shall
pay to each Transferring Employee in the next Seller payroll
disbursed, whether at or following the Closing Date, but in any
event no more than fourteen (14) business days following the
Closing Date. Unless otherwise agreed to by Buyer and any
such Transferring Employee, all Transferring Employees shall be
employees at will, subject to Buyer’s employment policies.
Except as provided in Article III, nothing herein shall obligate
Buyer to employ the Transferring Employees for any specific time
period. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to grant
any employee any rights as third party beneficiary. Except as
set forth on Exhibit D as
Assumed Liabilities, Seller shall retain all liabilities with
respect to any and all Seller Employees who are not Transferring
Employees.
1.8
Instruments of Transfer . The sale of the Acquired
Assets and the assumption of the Assumed Liabilities as herein
provided shall be effected at Closing by the General Assignment and
Assumption and Bill of Sale , the Trademark, Trade Name, and
Domain Name
Assignment Agreement and the Patent/Invention
Disclosure and Assignment Agreement in the forms to be agreed to
prior to the Closing Date and to be attached hereto as Exhibit F .
ARTICLE II
Purchase Price
2.1
Purchase Price and Purchase Price Assurances . The
Purchase Price for the Business and Acquired Assets shall be Three
Million (3,000,000) shares (the “Purchase Shares”) of
Buyer. Buyer hereby assures Seller that the average closing
bid price of the Purchase Shares for the 30 calendar days (the
“Average Price”) prior to the first anniversary of the
Closing Date (the “Anniversary Date”) shall not be less
than one dollar ($1.00) per share and that the aggregate value
shall not be less than $3,000,0000 based on such average closing
bid price (the “Anniversary Value”). In the event
the Average Price as of the Anniversary Date is less than one
dollar ($1.00) per share, then Buyer shall, at Buyer’s sole
election: (i) issue additional Buyer shares to Seller (the
“Additional Shares”) such that either: (A) the market
value of the Purchase Shares and the Additional Shares (based on
the Average Price on the Anniversary Date) shall equal the
Anniversary Value as of the Anniversary Date; or (B) Buyer has
issued 4,000,000 Additional Shares to Seller; or (ii) purchase
from Seller the Purchase Shares for a $3,000,000 purchase
price to be paid in cash. If Buyer elects to repurchase the
Purchase Shares, such purchase price shall be paid by wire transfer
to Seller within thirty (30) days after the Anniversary Date.
If Buyer elects to issue Additional Shares to Seller hereunder,
upon such issuance, such Additional Shares shall be deemed to be
and shall constitute “Purchase Shares”
hereunder.
2.2
Disclosure Regarding Purchase Shares . Buyer is
registered with the Securities Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) under Commission File No. 000-50983, and
information on Buyer is available on the SEC web site
www.sec.gov. However, Seller understands and acknowledges
that the Purchase Shares to be issued by Buyer to Seller in
connection with this Agreement are restricted stock that have not
been registered with the SEC and, accordingly cannot be sold unless
registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
“Securities Act”) or is the subject of an exemption
under the Securities Act, reasonably satisfactory to Buyer’s
counsel. Such exemptions include the exemption provided by
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, which allows for the sale, under
certain circumstances, of shares held for a period of at least one
year. For purposes of any sale by Seller (or its shareholders)
under such Rule 144, Buyer acknowledges and agrees that any
issuance of Additional Shares to Seller under Section 2.1 above
shall be deemed to constitute a contingent issuance of securities
under Rule 144(b)(3)(iii) (or any successor rule) and that the
holding period for such shares for Rule 144 purposes shall be
deemed to have commenced as of the Closing Date.
2.3
Piggyback Registration Rights . As a part of the
Closing, Buyer and Seller shall enter into a Registration of Rights
Agreement in the form to be agreed to prior to the Closing
Date and to be attached hereto as Exhibit L .
2.4
Lock-Up Agreement . As part of the Closing, Seller
will enter into a Lock-Up Agreement in the form to be agreed to
prior to the Closing Date and to be attached hereto as Exhibit M .
2.5
Allocation of Purchase Price . The actual value of the
Purchase Price shall equal the market value of the Purchase Shares
as of the Closing Date, based on the Average Price as
of
the
Closing Date. Buyer and Seller acknowledge and agree that the
Purchase Price shall be allocated to the Acquired Assets in
accordance with Exhibit G to be agreed to
prior to the Closing Date and to be attached hereto. Buyer
and Seller agree to report the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement for federal and state income tax purposes in accordance
with such allocation. The parties shall execute all forms
required to be filed for tax purposes with any taxing authority in
a manner consistent with the allocation on Exhibit G
hereto.
ARTICLE III
Executive Employment Agreement
In consideration
for this transaction, Buyer agrees to employ Darrell Musick and
Jerry Cooper pursuant to the terms of an Executive Employment
Agreement substantially in the form to be agreed to prior to the
Closing Date and to be attached as Exhibit H
hereto.
ARTICLE IV
Representations And Warranties Of Seller
Except as set
forth in the disclosure schedules delivered by Seller to Purchaser
prior to the Closing Date (the “Disclosure Schedules”),
Seller hereby represents and warrants to Buyer, as of the date
hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
4.1
Organization, Good Standing and Qualification . Seller
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the provisions of the laws of the state of its
formation, and is qualified and licensed to do business in every
other jurisdiction in which it conducts business or the nature of
its business and operations would require qualification as a
foreign corporation. Seller has all requisite power and
authority to own and operate its properties and to carry on its
business as now conducted.
4.2
Authorization; Binding Obligation . Seller has full
legal and corporate right, power, and authority to execute and
deliver this Agreement to which Seller is a party, and to carry out
the transactions contemplated thereby. The execution and
delivery by Seller of this Agreement and all of the documents and
instruments required thereby and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all
requisite action on the part of Seller. This Agreement and
each of the other documents and instruments required thereby or
delivered in connection therewith have been duly executed and
delivered by the Seller, and constitute the legal, valid and
binding obligations of Seller, enforceable against it in accordance
with their respective terms.
4.3
Consents and Approvals .
(a)
Governmental Consents and Approvals . Except as
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedules, no registration or filing
with, or consent or approval of, or other action by, any federal,
state or other governmental agency or instrumentality (including
Mexican agencies or instrumentalities) is or will be necessary for
the valid execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by
Seller, the transfer of the Acquired Assets to Buyer, the operation
of the Acquired Assets by Buyer after Closing and the Buyer’s
receipt of continued reimbursement for the Seller’s Business
without change following Closing (each, a “Governmental
Approval”).
(b)
Third Party Consents . Except as disclosed in the
Disclosure Schedules, no consent, approval or authorization of any
non-governmental third party is required in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby or to vest full right, title and
interest in the Acquired Assets free and clear of any lien upon
Buyer, all without any change in the Acquired Assets and all rights
therein after Closing (each, a “Third Party
Consent”).
4.4
No Violation . Except as set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules, the execution, delivery, compliance with and performance
by Seller of this Agreement and each of the other documents and
instruments delivered in connection therewith do not and will not
(a) violate or contravene the organizational certificates,
documents and agreements, as amended to date, of Seller, (b)
violate or contravene any law, statute, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree to which Seller is subject, or (c) conflict with
or result in a breach of or constitute a default by any party under
any contract, agreement, instrument or other document to which
Seller is a party or by which Seller or any of its assets or
properties are bound or subject or to which any entity in which
Seller has an interest, is a party, or by which any such entity is
bound.
4.5
No Subsidiaries . Seller does not own and has not
owned, either directly or indirectly, any interest or investment
(whether debt or equity) in or been a member of any corporation,
partnership, joint venture, business trust or other entity, except
for Portable Energy de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation,
and as set forth on Exhibit I to be completed
prior to the Closing Date and attached hereto.
4.6
Title to Acquired Assets. Seller is the sole and
exclusive legal and equitable owner of all right, title and
interest in, and has good, clear, indefeasible, insurable and
marketable title to, all of the Acquired Assets free of all
liens. All of the Acquired Assets have been maintained in
accordance with normal industry practice, and are in good operating
condition and repair, ordinary wear excepted. During the past
three (3) years, there has not been any interruption of the
operations of the Seller’s Business due to the condition of
any of the Acquired Assets. The Acquired Assets include all
assets, properties and rights used or found useful by the Seller in
connection with the Seller’s Business and which are necessary
or desirable in order for Buyer to continue the Seller’s
Business as historically and currently conducted following
Closing. Seller will convey to Buyer on the Closing Date all
of the Acquired Assets free and clear of any lien, including the
conveyance to Buyer of any item not owned by Seller on the date
hereof or not owned free of any lien by Seller on the date
hereof.
4.7
Leases of Personal Property . For the purposes of this
Agreement, “Personal Property Leases” means any lease,
conditional or installment sale contract, lien or similar
arrangement to which any tangible personal property used by Seller
in connection with the operation of Seller’s Business is
subject. Except as set forth on Exhibit D , none of the
tangible personal property used by Seller in connection with the
operation of Seller’s Business is subject to a Personal
Property Lease. Seller has delivered to Buyer a complete and
correct copy of each Personal Property Lease listed on Exhibit D . All of
such Personal Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms and are in full force and
effect. Seller is not in default under any of such Personal
Property Leases and there has not been asserted, either by or
against Seller under any of such Personal Property Leases, any
notice of default, set-off or claim of default. The parties
to such Personal Property Leases other than Seller are not in
default of their respective obligations under any of such Personal
Property Leases. There has not occurred any event which, with
the passage of time or giving of notice (or
both), would constitute such a default or
breach under any of such Personal Property Leases by any party
thereto.
4.8
Legal Proceedings . Except as set forth on
Exhibit J to be completed
prior to the Closing Date and attached hereto, there is no action,
suit, litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened
by or against
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