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EXHIBIT 2.1
SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF 9 FEBRUARY 2005
REGARDING
INSPIRE INFRASTRUCTURE 2I AB
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
BACKGROUND.....................................................................2
1.
DEFINITIONS..............................................................2
2. SALE AND
PURCHASE.......................................................10
3. PURCHASE
PRICE..........................................................11
3.1 PURCHASE
PRICE........................................................11
3.2 DCC
SHARES............................................................12
4.
CLOSING.................................................................18
4.1 THE
CLOSING...........................................................18
4.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE
CLOSING...................................18
4.3 DELIVERIES AND ACTIONS AT THE
CLOSING.................................20
4.4 SELLERS'
WAIVER.......................................................21
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
SELLERS...............................22
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
PURCHASER.............................37
7. INDEMNIFICATIONS AND
LIMITATIONS........................................38
7.1
INDEMNIFICATION.......................................................38
7.2
LIMITATIONS...........................................................38
7.3 THIRD PARTY
CLAIMS....................................................40
7.4 EXCLUSIVE
REMEDY......................................................41
8 SPECIFIC
INDEMNITY......................................................41
9 JOINT AND SEVERAL
LIABILITY.............................................43
10
NON-COMPETE.............................................................43
11.
MISCELLANEOUS...........................................................44
11.1
NOTICES...............................................................44
11.2
COSTS.................................................................45
11.3
HEADINGS..............................................................45
11.4
ASSIGNMENT............................................................45
11.5 NO
WAIVER.............................................................46
11.6
SEVERABILITY..........................................................46
11.7
CONFIDENTIALITY.......................................................46
11.8
ANNOUNCEMENTS.........................................................47
11.9 ENTIRE AGREEMENT;
AMENDMENTS..........................................47
11.10 NO
SET-OFF............................................................47
11.11 GOVERNING
LAW.........................................................47
11.12
ARBITRATION...........................................................48
SELLERS SHAREHOLDER
GUARANTEE.................................................50
SELLERS SHAREHOLDER
GUARANTEE.................................................51
SELLERS SHAREHOLDER
GUARANTEE.................................................52
PURCHASER HOLDING COMPANY
GUARANTEE...........................................53
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LIST OF SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE A
SCHEDULE B.1
SCHEDULE B.1 A
SCHEDULE B.1 B
SCHEDULE B.1 C
SCHEDULE B.1 D
SCHEDULE B.1 E
SCHEDULE B.2
SCHEDULE B.2 A
SCHEDULE B.2 B
SCHEDULE B.2 C
SCHEDULE B.2 D
SCHEDULE B.2 E
SCHEDULE B.2 F
SCHEDULE B.2 G
SCHEDULE B.2 H
SCHEDULE 1.1
SCHEDULE 1.1 A
SCHEDULE 1.1 B
SCHEDULE 1.1 C
SCHEDULE 1.3
SCHEDULE 1.3 A
SCHEDULE 3.2
SCHEDULE 4.3.2
SCHEDULE 5.1.10
SCHEDULE 5.1.26
SCHEDULE 5.1.29
SCHEDULE 5.1.29 A
SCHEDULE 5.1.29 B
SCHEDULE 5.1.29 C
SCHEDULE 5.1.30
SCHEDULE 5.1.30 A
SCHEDULE 5.1.34
SCHEDULE 5.1.37
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THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT has been entered into on this 9th
day of February,
2005, by and between:
1. Moody Investment Group AB, org. no. 556669-3668, a
limited
company organised and existing under the laws of Sweden,
having
its registered office at Sveavagen 59, 113 59 Stockholm,
Sweden;
2. Red River Investment Group AB, org. no. 556669-3643, a
limited
company organised and existing under the laws of Sweden,
having
its registered office at Sveavagen 59, 113 59 Stockholm,
Sweden;
3. Newco 1454 Sweden AB (under change of name to Halo
Investment
Group AB), org. no. 556669-3635, a limited company organised
and
existing under the laws of Sweden , having its registered
office
at Fruangsgatan 15; 129 51 Hagersten, Sweden;
4. Bart Denny, a U.S. citizen with Swedish social security
no.
720118- 2032, having his permanent residence at Tatorpsvagen
21a
2tr, 128 31 Skarpnack, Sweden; and
5. Bernard Clark, a U.S. citizen born June 28, 1947; having
his
permanent residence at 2627 Knollwood Rd, Charlotte, NC
28211,
USA.
the parties in item 1 - 5 are hereinafter referred to
collectively as the
"SELLERS" and severally as a "SELLER"; and
6. Interchange Europe Holding Corporation, a limited company
organised and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware,
having its registered office at 24422 Avenida de la Carlota,
Suite 120, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, USA (the "PURCHASER");
and
7. solely for purposes of Section 3.3 of this Agreement,
Interchange Corporation, a corporation organised existing
under
the laws of the State of Delaware, having its registered
office
at 24422 Avenida de la Carlota, Suite 120, Laguna Hills, CA
92653, USA ("INTERCHANGE").
the parties above are hereinafter referred to collectively as
the "PARTIES" and
severally as a "PARTY".
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BACKGROUND
A. The Sellers are the owners of all the issued shares in
Inspire
Infrastructure 2i AB, org. no. 556612-9309, a Swedish limited
company
with an issued and registered share capital of SEK 100,000,
divided into
1,000 shares, each having a nominal value of SEK 100 (the
"COMPANY").
The shares of the Company are held among the Sellers as set out
in
SCHEDULE A, which also shows the ultimate ownership of the
corporate
Sellers listed as Parties 1 to 3 above.
B. The Sellers are willing to sell to the Purchaser and the
Purchaser is
willing to purchase from the Sellers all 1,000 of the issued
shares of
the Company (the "SHARES").
The Parties hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement (as defined below), unless expressly
otherwise
stated, the following terms shall have the following meanings,
the
singular (where appropriate) shall include the plural and vice
versa and
references to Schedules and Sections shall mean Schedules and
Sections
of this Agreement:
"ACCOUNTING means such accounting principles which are, and
have
PRINCIPLES" been as at the relevant dates, in accordance
with
applicable Laws, regulations and guidelines and which in
all respects conform to generally accepted accounting
principles for limited companies in Sweden (Sw. "god
redovisningssed").
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"ACCOUNTS" means the audited annual reports of the Company as
at
and for the periods ending at 31 December 2002, 31
December 2003, and 31 December 2004, respectively,
attached as SCHEDULE 1.1.
"ACCOUNTS DATE" means 31 December 2002, 31 December 2003 and 31
December
2004, as applicable.
"AGREEMENT" means this Share Purchase Agreement and the
Schedules
hereto.
"BLACKOUT PERIOD" shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.3.2.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day on which banks are open for
general
banking business in Stockholm, Sweden.
"CHANGE OF CONTROL" means (i) the acquisition, directly or
indirectly, by
any person or group of the beneficial ownership of
securities of the Company (or the corporate Seller, as
the case may be), possessing more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total combined voting power of all
outstanding voting securities of the Company (or the
corporate Seller, as the case may be); (ii) the sale,
transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a
series of transactions) of all or substantially all of
the assets of the Company (or the corporate Seller, as
the case may be); or (iii) the approval by the
shareholders of the Company (or the corporate Seller, as
the case may be) of a plan or proposal for the
liquidation or dissolution of the Company (or the
corporate Seller, as the case may be).
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"CLAIM" means a claim made by the Purchaser against any of
the
Sellers under Section 7.
"CLOSING" means the completion on the Closing Date of the
transfer
of the Shares as contemplated in Section 4.
"CLOSING DATE" shall have the meaning set out in Section
4.1.1.
"COMPANY" shall have the meaning set out in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
"CONFIDENTIAL means any and all information of any kind or
nature
INFORMATION" whatsoever, whether written or oral, including,
without
limitation, financial information, trade secrets,
customers lists and other information, regarding the
Company and which is not known to the general public.
"DCC DETERMINATION" shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.2.3.
"DCC DISPUTE NOTICE" shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.2.3.
"DCC SHARES" means 447,067 Interchange Common Shares which may
be
delivered to the Sellers in accordance with Section 3.2.
"EMPLOYEES" means Leo Sutic.
"EMPLOYMENT shall have the meaning set out in Section 4.2.1.
AGREEMENTS"
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"ENCUMBRANCE" means any claim, charge, mortgage, lien,
option,
hypothecation, usufruct, retention of title, right of
pre-emption (except the pre-emption rights stipulated in
the Company's articles of association), right of first
refusal or other third party rights or security interest
of any kind or an agreement to create any of the
foregoing.
"ESCROW AMOUNT" means USD 1,500,000 and 149,022 DCC Shares.
"GROUP COMPANIES" means the Company and the Subsidiaries.
"INDEMNIFICATION shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.1.2.
ESCROW ACCOUNT"
"INTELLECTUAL means patents, know-how, trademarks, registered
designs,
PROPERTY RIGHTS" applications for any of the foregoing,
copyrights and
registerable business names and any similar rights in
any country, and all rights under licenses and consents
in relation to any of the foregoing.
"INTERCHANGE" shall have the meaning set out in the
introductory
paragraph hereof.
"INTERCHANGE means the common stock of Interchange, par
value
COMMON SHARES" $0.00001 per share, and any securities into which
such
common stock may hereafter be reclassified.
"KEY EMPLOYEES" means Antony Waldorf, Bart Denny, Leo Sutic and
Claes
Jonsson.
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"LAWS" means laws, acts, regulations and statutes,
including,
but not limited to, applicable Swedish, EU, Spanish,
U.K. and U.S. laws and regulations.
"LIABILITY" means all indebtedness, obligations and other
liabilities of a person, whether absolute or contingent
(or based upon any contingency), known or unknown, fixed
or otherwise, due or to become due, whether or not
accrued or paid, and whether required or not required to
be reflected in financial statements under the
Accounting Principles, Spanish GAAP or UK GAAP, as
applicable.
"LOSS" means any and all damages, fines, fees, taxes,
penalties, deficiencies, losses (including lost profits
and diminution in value) and expenses, including
interest, reasonable expenses of investigation, court
costs, reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys,
accountants and other experts, and other expenses of any
legal or other action or proceeding or of any claim,
default or assessment (such fees and expenses to include
all fees and expenses, including fees and expenses of
attorneys, incurred in connection with (a) the
investigation or defense of any third party claim or (b)
asserting or disputing any right under this Agreement
against any party hereto or otherwise), net of any
insurance proceeds (if any) actually received (without
any adverse effect on the premiums paid for such
insurance).
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"MATERIAL CONTRACTS" means an agreement or commitment to which a
Group
Company is bound and which involves a commitment for
either party of more than USD 15,000 per fiscal year; or
which otherwise is material to the Group Company or its
business, but shall not include employment agreements.
"PARTY" shall have the meaning set out in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
"PURCHASE PRICE" shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.1.1.
"PURCHASER" shall have the meaning set out in the
introductory
paragraph hereof.
"REGISTRABLE shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.3.2.
SECURITIES"
"RESALE REGISTRATION shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.3.2.
STATEMENT"
"SECURITIES ACT" shall have the meaning set out in Section
5.1.62.
"SELLER" shall have the meaning set out in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
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"SELLERS KNOWLEDGE" means the actual knowledge of any of the
Sellers and any
knowledge such Seller should have had after due and
careful enquiries. "Seller" shall for the purpose of
this definition include Antony Waldorf, Bart Denny,
Claes Jonsson, Leo Sutie and Bernard Clark.
"SELLERS REGISTRABLE shall have the meaning set out in Section
3.3.2.
SECURITIES"
"SELLER means Antony Waldorf, which hereby is duly authorized
by
REPRESENTATIVE" each Seller to represent the Sellers as set out
in this
Agreement.
"SHARES" shall have the meaning set out in Recital C.
"SPANISH GAAP" means statutory accounting rules and generally
accepted
accounting principles in Spain and applicable to Inspire
Infrastructure Espana SL.
"SUBSIDIARIES" means each of Inspire Infrastructure Espana SL,
reg. no.
("Identificacion Fiscal") B83841957; and having its
registered office at CL NAVALUENGA 6, ROZAS MADRID 28230
MADRID, Spain; and Inspire Infrastructure (UK) Limited,
reg.no. 4638588 and having its registered office at 37
Warren St., London, W1T 6AD, U.K.
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"SUBSIDIARY ACCOUNTS" means the unaudited annual report for
Inspire
Infrastructure (UK) Limited as at and for the period
ending January 31, 2004, attached as SCHEDULE 1.3
hereto.
"TAXES" means, wherever arising, all direct and indirect
taxes,
charges, fees, duties and other assessments imposed by
any governmental or regulatory authority, including,
without limitation, to income (whether actual or
deemed), yield, sales, use, transfer, stamp,
transaction, real estate, investment, value added,
withholding, employment, asset holding, registration,
preliminary and deferred tax, specific salary tax on
pension costs and social security fees, together with
any interest, penalties, penalty tax, residual tax
charges, additions to tax or any other amount imposed by
any governmental or regulatory authority.
"UK GAAP" means statutory accounting rules and generally
accepted
accounting principles in the United Kingdom and
applicable to Inspire Infrastructure (UK) Ltd.
"US GAAP" means statutory accounting rules and generally
accepted
accounting principles in the United States as
promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board
and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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"US GAAP FINANCIAL means audited financial statements for the
Company that
STATEMENTS" conform to US GAAP for the fiscal years beginning
on
January 1, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2003, and
beginning on January 1, 2004, and ending on December 31,
2004.
"WARRANTIES" means the representations and warranties of the
Sellers
set out in Section 5.
2. SALE AND PURCHASE
2.1 Subject to the terms the conditions set out in this
Agreement, each of
the Sellers agrees to sell and the Purchaser agrees to purchase
the
Shares.
2.2 The Shares shall be sold free and clear of any Encumbrances
and together
with all accrued rights and benefits attaching thereto at the
Closing.
2.3 The title to the Shares, including all rights of any nature
which are
now or which may at any time become attached to the Shares or
accrue in
respect of them, including all dividends and distributions
declared or
paid in respect of the Shares on or after the Closing Date,
shall pass
from the Sellers to Purchaser at the Closing on the Closing Date
through
the fulfilment and completion of the Closing procedures set out
in
Section 4 below.
2.4 Each of the Sellers hereby waives any right of redemption,
pre-emption
or first or last refusal that it may have in connection to the
Shares
under the articles of association of the Company, any
shareholders'
agreement or otherwise with respect to the transfer of the
Shares
contemplated under this Agreement.
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3. PURCHASE PRICE
3.1 PURCHASE PRICE
3.1.1 The aggregate consideration to be paid by the Purchaser
for the Shares
shall be USD 15,000,000 (the "PURCHASE PRICE") plus the right
to
receive, as additional consideration, the DCC Shares as set
forth in
Section 3.2 below.
3.1.2 USD 13,500,000 of the Purchase Price in cash, shall be
deposited into an
escrow account with a third party escrow agent on terms
agreeable to the
Purchaser on the date of this Agreement (the "PURCHASE PRICE
ESCROW
ACCOUNT"). The Purchase Price less the cash portion of the
Escrow Amount
shall be released from the Purchase Price Escrow Account and
paid in
cash to the Sellers on the Closing Date as set out in Section
4.3.2
below.
3.1.3 The Escrow Amount shall be held by Purchaser until
deposited into an
escrow account with a third party escrow agent on terms
mutually
agreeable to Purchaser and the Seller Representative in
accordance with
Section 4.3.3 (the "INDEMNIFICATION ESCROW ACCOUNT"). After
the
Indemnification Escrow account has been established, Purchaser
shall
deposit USD 1,500,000 in cash and 149,022 of the DCC Shares into
the
Indemnification Escrow Account. The remaining DCC Shares which
have not
been deposited into the Indemnification Escrow Account shall be
held by
the Purchaser and shall be delivered (if any are earned) to the
Sellers
in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 3.2.
3.1.4 In the event that not all Shares would be effectively
delivered to the
Purchaser on the Closing Date, then Purchaser shall have the
option to
waive the closing condition set forth in Section 4.2.1 (iii) and
then
the Purchase Price shall be reduced proportionately in relation
to the
portion of the Shares not effectively delivered.
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3.2 DCC SHARES
3.2.1 If:
(i) no direct or indirect Change of Control or ownership in any
of
the corporate Sellers have occurred; and
(ii) the Company meets the financial and business
performance
criteria set forth on SCHEDULE 3.2 on or before the dates
required for such criteria as set forth on Schedule 3.2;
then, the Sellers shall be entitled to receive the number of
Interchange
Common Shares corresponding to such satisfied criteria specified
in
Schedule 3.2 (the "DCC SHARES") as soon as practicable after
such
determination. The DCC Shares (if any) shall be allocated among
the
Sellers based on their respective percentage ownership of the
Shares
immediately prior to the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule
A, which
Schedule also sets forth rounding rules (since fractional shares
cannot
be delivered).
3.2.2 The provisions of this Agreement relating to the DCC
Shares shall be
interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with Schedule
3.2.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and
the
schedules hereto, the maximum aggregate number of shares of
Interchange
Common Stock to be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2 is the
number
arrived at following the calculation set out in the definition
of DCC
Shares.
3.2.3 No later than twenty (20) Business Days following the
completion of the
audit for the calendar year ended December 31, 2005, and the
calendar
year ended December 31, 2006, the Purchaser shall provide the
Seller
Representative a statement describing which relevant conditions
have and
have not been satisfied (in whole or in part) (such statement,
including
the information required to be included therein by Schedule 3.2,
a "DCC
DETERMINATION"). The Seller Representative shall have
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twenty (20) Business Days after the DCC Determination is deemed
given
pursuant to Section 11.1 to review and consider such DCC
Determination.
At the request of the Seller Representative, representatives of
the
Purchaser and the Seller Representative shall meet to discuss
such DCC
Determination within the twenty (20) Business Days after the
DCC
Determination is deemed given pursuant to Section 11.1; provided
that if
agreement is not reached, the Seller Representative shall have
twenty
(20) Business Days after such DCC Determination is deemed given
pursuant
to Section 11.1 to notify the Purchaser in writing that the
Seller
Representative disputes such DCC Determination, setting forth
in
reasonable detail the basis for any dispute (each a "DCC
DISPUTE
Notice"). If the Seller Representative does not deliver a DCC
Dispute
Notice within twenty (20) Business Days after the DCC
Determination is
deemed given pursuant to Section 11.1 or if the Seller
Representative
accepts the DCC Determination in writing, such DCC Determination
shall
be final, binding and conclusive upon the Purchaser and each
Seller. In
the event a DCC Dispute Notice is delivered, the Seller
Representative
and representatives of Purchaser shall meet within twenty (20)
Business
Days after the DCC Dispute Notice is deemed given pursuant to
Section
11.1 and shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such dispute.
If a
final resolution of such dispute is reached, the agreed-upon
amount
shall be reduced to writing and shall be final, binding and
conclusive
upon Purchaser and each Seller. If no final resolution is
reached within
twenty-five (25) Business Days after a DCC Dispute Notice is
deemed
given pursuant to Section 11.1, the final determination of such
dispute
shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the
procedures set
forth in Section 11.12 of this Agreement. The determination of
the
arbitrators shall be final, binding and conclusive upon
Purchaser and
each Seller.
3.2.4 No interest in the DCC Shares or any portion thereof, no
right to
participate, in whole or in part, in this Section 3.2, may be
assigned
or transferred to any person (whether by operation of law or
otherwise),
and any attempt to do so shall be void. The DCC Shares and
the
provisions of this Section 3.2 are intended solely for the
benefit of
the Sellers. The right (if any) to receive distributions of DCC
Shares
pursuant to this Section 3.2 shall be personal to the
Sellers.
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3.2.5 No interest shall accrue or be paid on any portion of the
DCC Shares or
any payment or distribution pursuant to Section 3.2.
3.3 REGISTRATION RIGHTS
3.3.1 It is the intention of the parties that the DCC Shares
which may be
delivered to the Sellers pursuant to Section 3.2 will be
transferred
pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of
the
Securities Act. Accordingly, each Seller acknowledges and agrees
that:
(i) the DCC Shares issued in connection with this Agreement will
not
be registered under the Securities Act and will constitute
"restricted securities" within the meaning of the Securities
Act; and
(ii) any certificates representing the DCC Shares shall bear
appropriate legends to identify such privately placed shares
as
being restricted under the Securities Act, to comply with
applicable state securities laws and, if applicable, to
notice
the restrictions on transfer of such shares.
3.3.2 Interchange agrees to:
(i) file a registration statement on Form S-3 ("Form S-3") with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission on or before November 15,
2005 or, if Interchange is not eligible to file a
registration
statement on Form S-3 on or before November 15, 2005 then as
soon as practicable after Interchange becomes eligible to use
a
Form S-3, covering the resale of the DCC Shares which may be
delivered to the Sellers pursuant to Section 3.2 (the
"REGISTRABLE SECURITIES"). In the event that Interchange
does
not become eligible to file a registration statement on Form
S-3
prior to April 4, 2006, then by April 4, 2006, Interchange
must
file a registration statement on Form SB-2 or such other
form
for which Interchange is eligible to register the
Registrable
Securities for resale in accordance with applicable
regulations
and Interchange company policies ("Form SB-2," and together
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with the Form S-3, as applicable, the "RESALE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT"); and
(ii) use all reasonable endeavours to cause such Resale
Registration
Statement to be declared effective as promptly as reasonably
practicable thereafter and use all reasonable efforts to
comply
with the Securities Act and the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Act
of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder so as to
permit
the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance
with the intended distribution contemplated hereby; and
(iii) use all reasonable endeavours to maintain the
continual
effectiveness of the Resale Registration Statement until
such
date as is the earlier of (x) the date when all Registrable
Securities covered by such Resale Registration Statement
have
been sold or (y) as to any particular Seller, the date on
which
all such Seller's Registrable Securities may be sold without
any
restriction pursuant to Rule 144(k); provided, however, that
if
Purchaser or Interchange shall furnish to the Sellers'
Representative a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial
Officer of Interchange stating that a material corporate
development has occurred or a material corporate transaction
is
under consideration and, in the good faith judgment of
Interchange, disclosure of such development or transaction in
an
amendment or supplement to the Resale Registration Statement
(or
the related prospectus) would be seriously detrimental to
Interchange (or would deprive Interchange of the opportunity
to
pursue a significant favourable transaction), then
Interchange
shall have the right to suspend the effectiveness of such
Resale
Registration Statement and to prohibit each holder of
Registrable Securities from effecting any sale of DCC Shares
pursuant to such Resale Registration Statement (and the
related
prospectus) for not more than two periods, which shall not
exceed forty-five (45) days in any single instance or ninety
(90) days in the aggregate (each such period, a "BLACKOUT
PERIOD"). Interchange will use its commercially reasonable
endeavours to end such suspension and prohibition periods
promptly after Interchange has determined in good faith that
such suspension and prohibition is no longer required.
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Registration Procedures
3.3.3 Interchange further agrees that:
(i) In connection with the filing by Interchange of the
Resale
Registration Statement, Interchange shall furnish each holder
of
Registrable Securities a copy of the prospectus, including a
preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements
of
the Securities Act.
(ii) Interchange shall use its commercially reasonable
endeavours to
register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by
the
Resale Registration Statement under the securities laws of
each
state of the United States; provided, however, that
Interchange
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or
execute a general consent to service of process in any
jurisdiction, unless Interchange is already subject to
service
in such jurisdiction.
(iii) If Interchange has delivered preliminary or final
prospectuses
to the holders of Registrable Securities and after having
done
so the prospectus is amended or supplemented to comply with
the
requirements of the Securities Act, Interchange shall
promptly
notify such holders of Registrable Securities and, if
requested
by Interchange, such holders of Registrable Securities shall
immediately cease making offers or sales of shares under the
Resale Registration Statement and return all prospectuses to
Interchange; provided that Interchange shall promptly
provide
the holders of Registrable Securities with revised or
supplemented prospectuses and, following receipt of the
revised
or supplemented prospectuses, the holders of Registrable
Securities shall be free to resume making offers and sales
under
the Resale Registration Statement.
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Requirements of Holders of Registrable Securities
3.3.4 Interchange shall not be required to include any
Registrable Securities
in the Resale Registration Statement unless the Registrable
Security
holder has furnished to Interchange written information
regarding such
Registrable Security holder and the proposed sale of the
Registrable
Securities by such Registrable Security holder as Interchange
may
reasonably request in writing in connection with the Resale
Registration
Statement or as shall be required in connection therewith by
the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities
law
authorities; provided, however, that Interchange shall provide
all such
Registrable Security holders no later than thirty (30) days
prior to the
anticipated filing of the Resale Registration Statement with a
selling
shareholder questionnaire requesting all required information
necessary
for inclusion in the Resale Registration Statement.
Assignment of Resale Registration Rights
3.3.5 A holder of Registrable Securities may not assign any of
its
registration rights provided under this Section 3.3 without the
written
consent of Interchange.
Expenses of Registration
3.3.6 All expenses of Interchange in connection with
registration (including,
without limitation, qualification, preparation and distribution)
of
Registrable Securities incurred pursuant to this Agreement shall
be
borne by the Purchaser or Interchange. In addition, Interchange
shall
pay the actual costs and fees of one legal counsel retained by
the
holders of Registrable Securities as a group (but not in excess
of ten
thousand dollars ($10,000)). The holders of Registrable
Securities shall
be solely responsible and Interchange shall have no obligation
or
liability for all brokerage fees, selling commissions or
underwriting
discounts incurred by the holders of Registrable Securities
in
connection with sales under the Resale Registration
Statement.
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4. CLOSING
4.1 THE CLOSING
4.1.1 The Closing shall occur as soon as practically possible,
but not more
than one (1) Business Day, after the Company has delivered to
the
Purchaser the US GAAP Financial Statements. The Closing shall
occur,
however, irrespective of whether the US GAAP Financial
Statements have
been delivered or not, no later than 4 April 2005. The date on
which the
Closing occurs is called the "CLOSING DATE".
4.1.2 The Closing shall, unless otherwise agreed, take place on
the Closing
Date commencing at 9:00 a.m., Swedish time, at the offices of
Gernandt &
Danielsson Advokatbyra KB, Stockholm.
4.2 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO THE CLOSING
4.2.1 The obligations of the Purchaser to consummate the
transactions
contemplated herein shall be subject to the satisfaction, on or
before
the Closing, of each of the following conditions, subject to
Section
4.1.1 above, unless duly waived in writing by the Purchaser:
(i) the Company shall be the owner of 75 per cent of the shares
and
any other equity instruments, free of any Encumbrances, in
Inspire Infrastructure Espana SL and 100 percent of the
shares
and any other equity instruments, free of any Encumbrances,
in
Inspire Infrastructure (UK) Limited;
(ii) each Seller shall have confirmed in writing (which
confirmation
shall form an integral part of this Agreement) to the
Purchaser
that per the Closing Date there is no breach of
representation
or warranty made by the Sellers in Section 5.1.61 - 5.1.66
of
this Agreement;
(iii) the Shares represent 100 percent of the entire share
capital of
the Company and there shall have not occurred any direct or
indirect change in the
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ownership or control over (a) the Shares or (b) any of the
Sellers in comparison to what is set out in Schedule A
hereto;
(iv) the Company shall have brought its Accounts into conformity
with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of
America and delivered to the Purchaser the US GAAP Financial
Statements;
(v) the Company and the Key Employees and the individuals listed
on
SCHEDULE B.1 shall have entered into employment agreement
included in Schedule B.1 (the "EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS");
(vi) the individuals listed on SCHEDULE B.2 shall have entered
into
the personnel waivers and apartment lease guarantees included
in
Schedule B.2;
(vii) if the closing condition set out in Section 4.2.1 (iv) has
not
been satisfied or waived by Purchaser by 6 p.m. PST on the
day
falling twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of
execution
of this Agreement, then the closing condition set out in
Section
4.2.1 (iv) shall be deemed waived by Purchaser and Purchaser
shall be obligated to close the transaction contemplated by
this
Agreement if the other conditions in this Section 4.2.1 have
been satisfied or waived if, and only if, a material adverse
change in the business or operations of the Company has not
occurred since the date of execution of this Agreement (for
the
purposes of this section, "material adverse change" shall
mean
either of (i) any loss of the Company's customer base to
such
extent that such loss, would it have occurred on 1 January
2004,
would have resulted in a loss of more than 50% of the
Company's
revenues for the financial year 2004, or (ii) the filing,
notice
or threat (in writing) by a third party of a material
lawsuit,
which means a lawsuit in the amount of at least USD 500,000,
against the Company).
4.2.2 The obligations of either the Purchaser or the Sellers
(jointly, but not
severally) to consummate the Closing shall also be subject to
the
satisfaction that the completion
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of the sale and purchase of the Shares is not prohibited by
any
applicable Laws, judgment, order or injunction.
4.3 DELIVERIES AND ACTIONS AT THE CLOSING
4.3.1 At the Closing, each of the Sellers shall do, or procure
to be done, all
acts necessary in order to consummate the transactions
contemplated
herein, including but not limited to the delivery to the
Purchaser, of
the following:
(i) copies of appropriate documents evidencing completion of
the
conditions precedent set out in Section 4.2.1 above;
(ii) the share certificates representing the Shares duly
endorsed to
the Purchaser;
(iii) the Company's share register, setting forth the Purchaser
as the
owner of the Shares.
(iv) a certificate by the Seller Representative, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, certifying that the
Sellers and/or the Company have satisfied each of the
conditions
set forth in Section 4.2.1 above, as applicable.
4.3.2 At the Closing, the Purchaser shall do, or procure to be
done, all acts
necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated
herein,
including but not limited to causing the Purchase Price to be
paid to
each Seller out of the Purchase Price Escrow Account in
accordance with
the wiring instructions set forth on SCHEDULE 4.3.2. The
Purchaser shall
cause all interest amounts earned on the Purchase Price by
Purchaser
during the term the Purchase Price is held in the Purchase Price
Escrow
Account to be paid to the Sellers as additional purchase
price;
provided, however, if the Closing occurs on or after the date
which is
twenty-one (21) days after the date of this Agreement then fifty
percent
(50%) of such
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earned interest amount shall be delivered by the Purchaser to
the
Sellers as additional purchase price.
4.3.3 Purchaser shall hold the Escrow Amount until it is
deposited with a
third-party escrow agent on terms agreeable to Purchaser and
Seller
Representative. Such escrow account shall be established as soon
as
practicable, but no later than fifteen (15) Business Days from
the
Closing Date. The terms of the escrow agreement will provide
that
distributions from the escrow account will be made by the escrow
agent
upon: (i) joint written instructions from the Seller
Representative and
Purchaser, (ii) the expiration of a twenty (20) Business Day
period
following written notice from Purchaser to the escrow agent and
the
Seller Representative of a claim upon the Escrow Amount so long
as the
Seller Representative has not delivered a written notice
objecting to
the claims made by the Purchaser (such dispute will be resolved
through
negotiation or subsequent arbitration), and/or (iii) written
instructions from an arbitrator following final arbitration of
the
matter in accordance with Section 11.12.1. The escrow agreement
will
also include provisions for the distribution of the remaining
Escrow
Amount following the two-year anniversary of the Closing
including a
provision that requires the escrow agent to distribute all of
the
remaining Escrow Amount to the Sellers on the day which is
twenty (20)
Business Days following the second anniversary of the Closing
unless the
Purchaser has delivered a written notice to the escrow agent and
the
Seller Representative prior to such date that there are
outstanding
unresolved claims. Any and all interest earned on the Escrow
Amount
shall be added to the Escrow Amount and distributed to the
Purchaser to
satisfy indemnification claims or to the Sellers in accordance
with the
terms of the escrow agreement.
4.4 SELLERS' WAIVER
Subject to the Closing and what follows from the Employment
Agreements,
as applicable, each Seller hereby waives, on behalf of itself
and any
person affiliated to it, in favour of the Purchaser and the
Company, any
claim for any fees, damages
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or other compensation in respect of services provided by such
Seller or
such affiliated person at any time prior to the Closing
Date.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
5.1 Each Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser that
each of the
Warranties are true, complete and correct as of this day and,
unless
otherwise is explicitly set out in the specific Warranty, as of
the
Closing Date.
Corporate Matters
5.1.1 Each corporate Seller set out in item 1. - 3. in the
introductory
paragraph of this Agreement is a company duly incorporated and
validly
existing under the laws of Sweden and has full corporate power
and
authority to execute and perform this Agreement and consummate
the
transactions contemplated hereby.
5.1.2 Each corporate Seller set out in item 1. - 3. in the
introductory
paragraph of this Agreement is wholly owned by the individuals
as set
out in Schedule A and such ownership is free and clear of
any
Encumbrances.
5.1.3 Each Seller set out in item 4. - 5. in the introductory
paragraph of
this Agreement is an individual with legal capacity and
authority to
execute and perform this Agreement and consummate the
transactions
contemplated hereby.
5.1.4 This Agreement has been duly authorised and constitutes a
binding
obligation of and is enforceable against each Seller in
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