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EXHIBIT 10
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
THIS PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made as of the
17th
day of December, 2004 by and among TMS, INC., an Oklahoma
corporation ("TMS"),
MEASUREMENT INCORPORATED, a North Carolina corporation ("MI"),
and VSC
TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
"Company").
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, TMS is the owner of a 50% Membership Interest (the "TMS
Interest")
in the Company; and
WHEREAS, MI is the owner of the other 50% Membership Interest in
the
Company; and
WHEREAS, TMS desires to sell and MI agrees to purchase the TMS
Interest
pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, TMS is selling all of its assets, including, but not
limited to,
the TMS Rights and Non-VSC Technology (as defined in the
Operating Agreement)
excluding the TMS Interest to PIC Acquisition, Inc. an Oklahoma
Corporation, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Pegasus Imaging Corporation, a
Florida Corporation
("Pegasus"); and
WHEREAS, a condition of the sale of the other assets of TMS to
Pegasus is
the sale of the TMS Interest to MI; and
WHEREAS, Pegasus intends to hire certain employees of TMS, to
perform
certain services for MI and to agree to certain licenses and
other agreements as
set for the herein; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the purchase and sale of the TMS
Interest and in
consideration thereof, MI, TMS, and the Company desire as of the
Closing Date to
terminate certain agreements between MI, TMS and the Company and
enter into new
agreements for the licensing and performance of services by
Pegasus after
Closing; and
WHEREAS, MI, TMS and the Company are parties to the following
agreements:
1. Master Agreement dated October 10, 2002 (the "Master
Agreement").
2. Operating Agreement of VSC Technologies, LLC dated October
10, 2002
(the "Operating Agreement");
3. LLC DMR License Agreement between TMS and the Company dated
October
10, 2002 (the "LLC DMR Agreement");
4. MI DMR License and Service Agreement between TMS and MI dated
October
10, 2002 (the "MI DMR Agreement");
5. MI VSC License and Service Agreement among the Company, TMS
and MI
dated October 10, 2002 (the "MI VSC Agreement");
6. TMS VSC License Agreement between the Company and TMS dated
October
10, 2002 (the "TMS VSC Agreement"); and
7. Comprehensive Preferred Escrow Agreement among DSI Technology
Escrow
Services, Inc. ("DSI"), TMS, MI and the Company effective as
of
October 10, 2002 (the "Escrow Agreement").
The Master Agreement, the Operating Agreement, the LLC DMR
Agreement, the
MI DMR Agreement, the MI VSC Agreement, the TMS VSC Agreement
and the Escrow
Agreement are sometimes hereinafter collectively referred to as
the "VSC
Agreements"; and
WHEREAS, capitalized terms in this Agreement not otherwise
defined in this
Agreement shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Exhibit 1,
attached hereto
and incorporated by reference; and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, terms
and
conditions set forth herein, the sufficiency and adequacy of
which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND SALE OF TMS INTEREST
1.1 Purchase of TMS Interest. TMS agrees to sell and MI agrees
to purchase,
the TMS Interest upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
1.2 Consideration for TMS Interest. The purchase price for the
TMS Interest
shall be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars
($250,000) (the
"Purchase Price").
1.3 Payment for TMS Interest. Subject to performance of the
conditions to
Closing as set forth in this Agreement, the Purchase Price shall
be paid to TMS
at Closing (as hereinafter defined) in immediate available
funds.
ARTICLE II
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
2.1 Indemnity. Effective upon the purchase and sale of the TMS
Interest
under this Agreement, and subject to the following terms and
conditions, MI
shall indemnify and hold TMS harmless against all costs and
expenses and any
judgment TMS may incur as a result of any patent infringement
lawsuit, claim,
suit or action regarding the VSC Technology filed by NCS
Pearson, Inc. ("NCS")
or any of its affiliates, or any successors or assigns of NCS
(an "Action").
2.1.1 MI shall have the right in an Action to select counsel for
the
representation of any or all of MI, TMS and the Company and to
control
defense strategy and any settlements involving the Company or
TMS. TMS may
retain its own counsel other than that counsel selected by MI;
however, in
such event TMS shall be responsible for the legal costs
associated with
such additional representation, unless such additional
representation is
occasioned by: (i) the demands of MI, or (ii) the opinion by MI
counsel
that its joint representation of TMS and MI or TMS and the
Company, or TMS,
MI and the Company is impermissible or likely impermissible
under pertinent
standards of professional responsibility for the legal
profession.
Currently a matter is pending in the United States District
Court for the
Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division, Court File
No.
5:02W-778-H(3) captioned "Measurement Incorporated; TMS, Inc.
(authorized
to do business in North Carolina under the name TMSSequoia
Corp.); and VSC
Technologies, LLC vs. NCS Pearson, Inc." (the "Lawsuit"). In no
event shall
this Section 2.1 be deemed to be an admission of liability on
the part of
the Company, MI or TMS, it being understood that this Section
2.1 arises
solely as a result of general threats and allegations by NCS,
and the
counterclaims filed in the Lawsuit all of which the Company, MI
and TMS
believe to be unsubstantiated. For purposes of this Section 2.1,
the
Lawsuit is considered an Action.
2.1.2 MI shall indemnify and hold TMS harmless against the
amount of
any judgment entered against TMS in an Action, less any amounts
recovered
through other means such as insurance by TMS. MI shall be
entitled to seek
a stay and/or appeal of any judgment and shall not be obligated
to make
payment thereon unless and until such judgment has become final
and
nonappealable so long as failure to make such payment does not
result in an
execution, liens or encumbrances on assets of TMS or prevent TMS
from
making a final distribution to its shareholders. MI's obligation
to
indemnify TMS shall not extend to any sanctions imposed by a
court as a
result of TMS's noncompliance with orders of the court during
the
prosecution or defense of any Action, except those taken by or
at the
direction of MI or MI's counsel.
2.1.3. In addition to the right of MI to file motions for stay
of
judgment, TMS shall have an independent right to file a motion
in an Action
to stay any judgment, (i) at MI's cost and expense if MI has
breached its
obligations under Section 2.1.2, or (ii) otherwise, at the sole
cost and
expense of TMS, provided however that TMS may only have such
right in the
event that TMS is likely to suffer irreparable harm by such
judgment.
2.1.4 MI shall have the authority to settle all Actions on
behalf of
the Company and TMS, and TMS shall join in all settlement
agreements as
requested by the Company or MI, so long as such settlement does
not result
in any monetary obligations on the part of TMS not paid by MI or
result in
any material diminishment in the value of any asset of TMS or
its
successors . TMS shall not be responsible for settlement costs
paid to NCS.
2.1.5 TMS represents and warrants that TMS has only licensed the
VSC
Technology in three contracts which could form the basis of a
claim by NCS
against TMS; provided however, the validity of any such claim is
denied.
Specifically these three contracts are with the following
entities: (i)
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Contract Service
Agreements,
dated December 20, 2000, July 1, 2001 and May 22, 2002; (ii)
Denver Public
Schools, dated October 17, 2001, with a renewal dated August 1,
2002 and a
renewal by cash payment on March 8, 2004 and a renewal by
purchase order
dated July 30, 2004; and (iii) MI (i.e., the VSC Agreements),
dated October
10, 2002. Additionally TMS represents and warrants that TMS
performed
services to allow New York City Public Schools and Alberta
Learning in
Canada the ability to try out the VSC Technology, however such
trials did
not result in a license of the VSC Technology, nor was TMS
reimbursed for
any costs associated with performing such services.
2.1.6 TMS (by and through Deborah D. Mosier as coordinator
(the
"Coordinator")) will provide all reasonable cooperation and
assistance
needed by MI in the defense of an Action, including, without
limitation,
providing testimony, technical knowledge and Documents within
the
possession of TMS and identifying any known witnesses and their
last known
whereabouts, at no cost to the Company or MI, except for any
reasonable
travel or duplication costs, approved in advance by MI, incurred
in
connection with an Action through December 31, 2004. Beginning
January 1,
2005, Deborah D. Mosier will continue to perform services as
the
Coordinator at a rate of $75.00 per hour, plus reasonable travel
and other
administrative costs, approved in advance by MI, and incurred in
connection
with the Action. It shall be a condition to the obligation of MI
to close
the purchase and sale under this Agreement, that Pegasus shall
enter into
an agreement with MI (the "Pegasus Software Development
Services
Agreement") attached hereto as Exhibit 2. The term "Documents"
as used
herein shall have the broadest meaning ascribed to it under the
Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure
2.1.7 In the event that Deborah D. Mosier refuses to perform
the
duties of Coordinator in a manner satisfactory to MI, then TMS
shall
appoint a corporate representative of TMS to replace her as
Coordinator.
Without limiting the generality of Section 2.1.6, Coordinator
shall be
responsible for (1) assembling and organizing all Documents
necessary in
the defense and prosecution of the Action relative to TMS;(2)
responding to
discovery requests in the Lawsuit and any other Action relative
to TMS; (3)
assisting in the preparation of discovery requests in the
Lawsuit and any
other Action relative to TMS; and (4) executing on behalf of TMS
any
settlement or legal document required to be executed by TMS.
Coordinator
shall promptly and timely perform such actions on behalf of TMS
at the
request of MI and the Company.
2.1.8. TMS represents and warrants that it shall perform through
its
Coordinator monthly updates to what it previously provided in
the way of
Documents reasonably believed to be relevant to an Action,
effective
December 17, 2004 and shall deliver such update to MI during the
following
week and monthly thereafter. Should there be no updates of any
Documents
reasonably believed to be relevant to an Action, for a
particular month
,then TMS shall so indicate in its monthly update letter.
2.1.9 The obligations of the parties under this Section 2.1
shall
survive Closing.
2.2 Cancellation of Development Costs Due. At Closing, the
Company and MI
shall cancel the obligation of repayment of additional
contribution for
Development Costs in the amount of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand
and No/100
Dollars ($350,000.00) and TMS shall have no further obligation
to contribute to
past or future Development Costs.
2.3 Cancellation of Tax Preparation Obligation. At Closing, MI
shall cancel
TMS' one-half share of its obligation for payment of the
preparation of the
Company's tax return and MI shall assume responsibility for full
payment of the
preparation of the Company's tax return.
2.4 Assignment. At Closing, TMS shall assign, give, grant,
transfer, sell
and convey the TMS Interest to MI and any and all right, title
and interest
which TMS has under any provision of the Operating Agreement and
in and to any
of the assets of the Company, in form reasonably satisfactory to
MI and TMS (the
"Assignment and Agreement"). The Assignment shall provide that
MI shall assume
the obligations of TMS as of the Closing Date provided, that (i)
the
representations and warranties of TMS under Section 5.1.3 and
Section 7.1.1 of
the Operating Agreement shall remain in full force and effect,
(subject to the
Lawsuit). (ii) the grants and assignments under Section 7.1.1 of
the Operating
Agreement shall be continued and superceded by the terms of the
license in
Section 2.6 below (iii) the sublicense of rights from the
Company to TMS under
Section 7.2 of the Operating Agreement shall terminate and be of
no further
force and effect, (iv) the LLC DMR Agreement, MI DMR Agreement,
MI VSC
Agreement, and the TMS VSC Agreement, as well as the Escrow
Agreement shall be
terminated as provided in this Agreement and MI and TMS shall
enter into certain
new license agreements prior to Closing as provided in this
Agreement, (v) TMS
shall remain subject to and bound by Article XI of the Operating
Agreement, and
(vi)) TMS shall waive and release all claims against the Company
and MI, and
their respective officers, directors, and employees, and all
rights in and to
the Company, the VSC Agreements, VSC Products, VSC Services and
the VSC
Technology, except for claims against MI pursuant to an Action
and this
Agreement.
2.5 Licenses. At Closing, MI and the Company shall enter into
license
agreements with Pegasus for the Product Applications and Product
Toolkits,
attached as Exhibit 3 and Exhibit 4, respectively to this
Agreement (the "DMR
VAR Agreement" and the "Product Toolkits VAR Agreement").
2.6 Termination of Agreements. At Closing, MI, the Company and
TMS shall
terminate the following:
2.6.1 LLC DMR Agreement. The LLC DMR Agreement shall be
terminated
(the "LLC DMR Termination") and MI, the Company and Pegasus
shall enter
into the DMR VAR Agreement pursuant to Section 2.5 above.
2.6.2 MI DMR Agreement. The MI DMR Agreement shall be terminated
(the
"MI DMR Termination") and MI and Pegasus shall enter into DMR
VAR Agreement
pursuant to Section 2.5 above.
2.6.3 MI VSC Agreement. The MI VSC Agreement shall be terminated
in
its entirety and the same shall be void and of no further force
and effect
(the "MI VSC Termination").
2.6.4 TMS VSC Agreement. The TMS VSC Agreement shall be
terminated in
its entirety and the same shall be void and of no force and
effect (the
"TMS VSC Termination").
2.6.5 Escrow Agreement. DSI, TMS, MI, and the Company shall
terminate
the Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Termination"). Prior to
Closing, MI shall
provide to DSI a letter notifying of a release condition (the
"MI Release
Letter"). At Closing, TMS shall issue a letter to DSI confirming
the
release condition and authorizing the release of all Deposit
Materials and
all Deposit Updates (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) (the
"TMS Release
Letter").
2.6.6 Master Agreement. The Master Agreement shall be terminated
in
its entirety and the same shall be void and of no force and
effect (the
"Master Agreement Termination").
2.7 Consent to Termination of Agreements. As a condition to the
obligation
of MI to the close of the purchase and sale of the TMS Interest,
Pegasus shall
consent to the termination of the agreements in Section 2.6
above, in form
satisfactory to MI (the "Pegasus Termination Consent").
2.8 Employee Assignments. To the extent not already previously
provided, at
Closing, TMS shall deliver copies of all assignments of all of
its employees and
all other Persons who have worked on or contributed to in any
way the creation
or development of the VSC Technology, of their rights thereto to
TMS (the
"Employee VSC Assignments") and which supported TMS'
representation and warranty
in Section 7.1.1 (aa) of the Operating Agreement. TMS represents
and warrants
that the employees and other Persons listed in a - w below were
to its knowledge
the only employees and other Persons who worked on or
contributed in any way to
the creation or development of the VSC Technology. It is
understood and agreed
that the Company or MI will bear all out-of-pocket costs, not
otherwise
reimbursed, associated with any employee complying with any
request, except for
those internal and administrative costs incurred by TMS and/or
Pegasus.
a. Daily, Stephen R.
b. Denney, Jason
c. Fox, Sequoyah Lane
d. Goins, Peter K.
e. Henson, Vaughn
f. Hilsabeck, David A.
g. Hinchey, Chris L.
h. Housman, Coy
i. Jennings, Greg
j. Johnson, Scott
k. Kennedy, Timothy E.
l. Kinzie, Erin
m. Klarfeld, Deborah
n. McClure, Shari G.
o. Morgan, Scott
p. Mosier, Deborah D
q. Payne, Michael
r. Scanlan, Richard P.
s. Scoles, Stace
t. Shilling, Jamie
u. Taylor, Garland S.
v. Tolle, Larry
w. Zhang, Rachel
2.9 Books and Records. Pursuant to Section 5.4 of the Operating
Agreement,
TMS has the obligation to keep and maintain proper and complete
books of account
and to maintain a bank account on behalf of the Company. At
Closing, TMS shall
deliver true, complete and accurate copies of all books of
account of the
Company, shall close the bank account opened by TMS on behalf of
the Company and
shall transfer all funds in the bank account to MI. TMS shall
forward to MI all
books and records relating to the Operating Agreement and the
Program (the "TMS
Books and Records"). After Closing, TMS shall not be entitled to
the accounting
service fee set forth in Section 3.4.2 of the Operating
Agreement.
2.10 Public Announcements. Any press release or similar public
statement by
either party concerning the relationship between the parties or
this Agreement
shall not be made without the prior written consent and
participation by the
other parties; provided, however, that any party may make any
such release or
announcement which is necessary or appropriate for the releasing
party or its
affiliates to make in order to comply with applicable laws or
regulations, to
include, without limitation, any such release, announcement of
filing, required
pursuant to applicable state or federal securities laws or the
rules or
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
exchange upon
which the stock of the releasing party is listed or necessary in
connection with
any bid or proposal to a customer.
2.11 Accounting. At Closing, MI shall pay any remaining
Development Costs
owed to TMS for work performed to date pursuant to Section 5.2
of the Operating
Agreement.
2.12 Inventors. At Closing, TMS shall deliver originals of all
assignments
of its employees and all other Persons who have worked on or
contributed to the
creation or development of the TMS Patent Rights of their rights
thereto to TMS
(the "TMS Patent Assignments"). TMS agrees to cooperate and make
available,
where applicable, those inventors in its employ (the
"Inventors") of that
invention entitled "CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE SCORING SYSTEM" (the
"Invention"), for
which a United States Patent Application was filed on June 2,
2003 as Serial No.
10/452,859 and which was assigned to the Company as part of the
terms of the
Operating Agreement, upon request by the Company or MI to
execute any documents,
provide any truthful testimony, and do any lawful act deemed
reasonably
necessary by the Company or MI to prosecute or protect its
rights in the
Invention. It is understood and agreed that the Company or MI
will bear all
out-of-pocket costs, not otherwise reimbursed, associated with
Inventors
complying with any request, except for those internal and
administrative costs
incurred by TMS.
2.13 Confidentiality.
2.13.1 It is anticipated that a party may receive
confidential
information of another party ("Confidential Information").
Accordingly,
each party agrees as follows, concerning the Confidential
Information of
another party, during the pendency of this Agreement or any
license
agreements attached as an exhibit to this Agreement, and for a
period of
five (5) years following dat
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