SHARE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
JAG MEDIA HOLDINGS,
INC.,
CARDIOGENICS EXCHANGECO
INC.,
CARDIOGENICS INC.
AND
YAHIA GAWAD, PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDER OF CARDIOGENICS INC.
_____________________________
MAY 22, 2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE 1
|
INTERPRETATION
|
2
|
|
|
1.1
|
Definitions
|
2
|
|
|
1.2
|
Headings and
References
|
8
|
|
|
1.3
|
Entire
Agreement
|
8
|
|
|
1.4
|
Applicable
Law
|
8
|
|
|
1.5
|
Statutes
|
8
|
|
|
1.6
|
Number and
Gender
|
8
|
|
|
1.7
|
Currency
|
9
|
|
|
1.8
|
Knowledge
|
9
|
|
|
1.9
|
Annexes
|
9
|
|
|
1.10
|
Not Joint and
Several Obligations
|
9
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
2
|
PURCHASE AND
SALE
|
9
|
|
|
2.1
|
Purchase and
Sale
|
9
|
|
|
2.2
|
Purchase
Price
|
9
|
|
|
2.3
|
Exchangeco
Consideration for JAG Common Shares
|
10
|
|
|
2.4
|
Deliveries by
Company Shareholders
|
10
|
|
|
2.5
|
Section 85
Elections
|
11
|
|
|
2.6
|
Stated Capital
Account of Exchangeco
|
11
|
|
|
2.7
|
Registration of
JAG Common Shares and Exchangeable Shares
|
11
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
3
|
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
|
11
|
|
|
3.1
|
Representations
and Warranties of the Company and the Principal
Shareholder
|
11
|
|
|
3.2
|
Representations
and Warranties of JAG
|
22
|
|
|
3.3
|
Qualification
of Representations and Warranties
|
30
|
|
|
3.4
|
Non-Waiver
|
30
|
|
|
3.5
|
Survival of
Representations and Warranties
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
4
|
OTHER
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
|
31
|
|
|
4.1
|
Access and
Investigation
|
31
|
|
|
4.2
|
Operation of
the Company's Business
|
31
|
|
|
4.3
|
Operation of
JAG's Business
|
32
|
|
|
4.4
|
Delivery of
Audited Financial Statements by Company
|
33
|
|
|
4.5
|
Preparation of
Pro Forma Financials
|
34
|
|
|
4.6
|
Support
Agreement and Exchange Rights Agreement
|
34
|
|
|
4.7
|
Preparation and
Filing of Acquisition 8-K
|
34
|
|
|
4.8
|
Delivery of
Final Form 8-K to Private Placement Investors
|
34
|
|
|
4.9
|
Preparation and
Filing of Schedule 14F-1 Information Statement
|
34
|
|
|
4.10
|
Resignation of
JAG Executives
|
34
|
|
|
4.11
|
Consulting
Agreements with Former JAG Executives
|
35
|
|
|
4.12
|
Long-Term
Incentive Plan and S-8 Registration Statement
|
35
|
|
|
4.13
|
Conversion of
Company Debentures
|
36
|
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
|
|
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.14
|
Exchange of
Company Warrants
|
36
|
|
|
4.15
|
Exchange of
Company Options
|
36
|
|
|
4.16
|
Name Change;
Post-Closing Information Statement
|
36
|
|
|
4.17
|
Exchange
Listing
|
36
|
|
|
4.18
|
Notification
|
36
|
|
|
4.19
|
Confidential
Information
|
37
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
5
|
CLOSING
|
38
|
|
|
5.1
|
Closing
|
38
|
|
|
5.2
|
Exchangeco's
and JAG’s Conditions
|
38
|
|
|
5.3
|
The
Company’s and the Principal Shareholder’s
Conditions
|
40
|
|
|
5.4
|
Waiver
|
41
|
|
|
5.5
|
Failure to
Satisfy Conditions
|
41
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
6
|
INDEMNIFICATION
|
42
|
|
|
6.1
|
Definitions
|
42
|
|
|
6.2
|
Indemnification
by the Company and the Principal Shareholder
|
42
|
|
|
6.3
|
Indemnification
by JAG and Exchangeco
|
43
|
|
|
6.4
|
Agency for
Representatives
|
43
|
|
|
6.5
|
Notice of Third
Party Claims
|
43
|
|
|
6.6
|
Defence of
Third Party Claims
|
44
|
|
|
6.7
|
Assistance for
Third Party Claims
|
44
|
|
|
6.8
|
Settlement of
Third Party Claims
|
44
|
|
|
6.9
|
Direct
Claims
|
45
|
|
|
6.10
|
Failure to Give
Timely Notice
|
45
|
|
|
6.11
|
Reductions and
Subrogation
|
45
|
|
|
6.12
|
Payment and
Interest
|
45
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARTICLE
7
|
GENERAL
|
46
|
|
|
7.1
|
Amendment
|
46
|
|
|
7.2
|
Expenses
|
46
|
|
|
7.3
|
No Finder's
Fee
|
46
|
|
|
7.4
|
Notices
|
46
|
|
|
7.5
|
Public
Announcements
|
48
|
|
|
7.6
|
Assignment and
Enurement
|
48
|
|
|
7.7
|
Independent
Legal Advice
|
48
|
|
|
7.8
|
Further
Assurances
|
48
|
|
|
7.9
|
Counterparts
|
49
|
|
|
7.10
|
Facsimile and
E-Mail Execution
|
49
|
THIS SHARE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
made the 22nd day of May,
2009
BETWEEN:
JAG MEDIA
HOLDINGS, INC.,
a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada
(hereinafter
called " JAG ")
CARDIOGENICS
EXCHANGECO INC.,
a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario,
Canada
(hereinafter
called " Exchangeco ")
a corporation
incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario,
Canada
(hereinafter
called the " Company ")
a resident of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada and principal shareholder of CardioGenics
Inc.
(hereinafter
called the “Principal Shareholder” or
“Gawad” )
RECITALS:
|
|
Exchangeco
wishes to purchase all of the issued and outstanding shares of the
Company.
|
|
|
The Principal
Shareholder is the legal and beneficial owner of 64.5% of the
issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.
|
|
|
The Principal
Shareholder has agreed to (a) sell to Exchangeco all of the
Principal Shareholder‘s shares of the Company (the “
Principal Shareholder Shares ” and (b) cause all other
shareholders of the Company (the “ Other Company
Shareholders ”) to sell and deliver to Exchangeco all of
their shares in the Company in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement (the “ Remaining Company Shares ”).
The Principal Shareholder and the Other Company Shareholders are
referred to collectively as the “ Company Shareholders
”).
|
|
|
The respective
boards of directors of JAG, Exchangeco and the Company have
approved this Agreement.
|
IN
CONSIDERATION of the
premises and the respective agreements in this Agreement, and of
other consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged by each party), the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
In this Agreement and the Recitals
hereto:
"Affiliate" means any person or entity that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control of another person or
entity; and "controlled" means ownership of an equity
interest in such entity greater than 50%;
"
Agreement " means this share purchase agreement including
all attached annexes, as the same may be supplemented, amended,
restated or replaced from time to time;
" Applicable
Law " means any domestic or foreign statute, law (including the
common law), ordinance, rule, regulation, restriction, regulatory
policy or guideline, by-law (zoning or otherwise), or Order, or any
consent, exemption, approval or license of any Governmental
Authority, that applies in whole or in part to JAG, Exchangeco, the
Company, the Company Shareholders, the Business or the way the
Business is carried on;
" Assets
" means all of the assets, real and personal, tangible and
intangible, and undertaking of the Company, including those
tangible and intangible assets reflected in the Financial
Statements;
" Benefit
Plans " means all bonus, deferred compensation, incentive
compensation, share purchase and share option, severance or
termination pay, medical or dental benefits, life or other
insurance, disability, vacation, employee assistance, pension,
retirement, and each other employee benefit plan or agreement
(whether oral or written) sponsored, maintained or contributed to
or required to be contributed to by the Company for the benefit of
any of the employees of the Business;
" Books and
Records " means the accounting records and all books, records,
books of account, sales and purchase records, lists of suppliers
and customers, credit and pricing information, formulae, business,
engineering and consulting reports and research and development
information and plans and projections of or relating to the Company
or the Business and all other documents, files, records,
correspondence, and other data and information, financial or
otherwise, which are relevant to the Company or the Business,
including all data and information stored electronically or on
computer related media;
"
Business " means the business carried on by the Company,
which includes the research, development and distribution of
products targeting the immunoassay segment of the in vitro
diagnostics testing market, such as the Company’s QL Care
Analyzer and its battery of cardiovascular tests and the
Company’s proprietary paramagnetic beads;
" Business
Day " means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or statutory
or civic holiday in Toronto, Ontario;
" Callco
" means CardioGenics Callco Inc., a corporation organized
under the laws of the province of Ontario, Canada;
" Canadian
Securities Laws " means the Securities Act (Ontario) and
any other Canadian securities rules, regulations, laws, national
instruments or policies;
"
Closing " means the completion of the sale to, and purchase
by, Exchangeco of the Shares, and the completion of all other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement which are to occur
contemporaneously with the purchase and sale of the
Shares;
" Closing
Date " means June 30, 2009 or such other date as JAG and the
Company agree in writing that the Closing shall take
place;
" Closing
Document " means any document delivered at or subsequent to the
Closing Time, including any document as provided in or pursuant to
this Agreement;
" Closing
Time " means 2:00 p.m. on the Closing Date or such other time
on that date as the parties agree in writing that the Closing shall
take place;
“Company Debenture”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 3.1.2
“Company Disclosure
Schedule” means the
disclosure schedule to be provided by the Company and the Principal
Shareholder to Exchangeco and JAG, on a date prior to the Closing
to be agreed upon by JAG and the Company;
“Company Options”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 3.1.2
“Company Shareholders”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in the Recitals;
“Company Shareholder Exchange
Election” means the
notice to be provided by each Company Shareholder in accordance
with Section 2.4.2 of this Agreement and pursuant
to which each Company Shareholder shall irrevocably
elect to receive either JAG Common Shares or Exchangeable Shares in
exchange for their Purchased Shares;
“Company Shareholder Exchange
Notice” means the
notice in the form contained in Annex 1 to be furnished by each
Company Shareholder in accordance with Section 2.4.1 of this
Agreement;
“Company Warrants”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 3.1.2.
" Condition
of the Business " means the condition of the Company including
the Assets, liabilities, operations, activities, earnings, affairs
and financial position of the Company;
"
Contracts " means any contract, arrangement, agreement,
license or equipment lease to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, or any other obligations of the Company, written
or oral, which, in each case, involve aggregate payments to or by
the Company in excess of $25,000 per annum;
"
Contractual Rights " means the full benefit of all unfilled
customer purchase orders, quotations, tenders for contracts which
remain open for acceptance, and entitlements and engagements to
which the Company is entitled, whether written or oral, including
any deposits made in connection therewith, and forward commitments
of the Company for supplies or materials entered into in the
ordinary course, which in each case involve aggregate payments to
or by the Company in connection with the Business in excess of
$25,000 per annum;
“Debenture Holder”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 4.13 of this Agreement.
“Debenture Notice”
means the notice to be furnished by
the holder of each Company Debenture in accordance with Section
4.13 of this Agreement.
" Defending
Party " has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
6.7;
"
Encumbrance " means any encumbrance of any kind whatever and
includes a security interest, mortgage, lien, hypothecation,
pledge, assignment, charge, security under Section 426 or Section
427 of the Bank Act (Canada), trust or deemed trust or any
other right or claim of others of any kind whatever affecting the
Assets and any restrictive covenant or other agreement, restriction
or limitation (registered or unregistered), on the use of the
Assets and any rights or privileges capable of becoming any of the
foregoing;
"
Equipment " means all fixed
assets and tangible personal property owned or leased by the
Company;
" Exchange
Act " means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any successor law and regulations and rules issued
pursuant to that Act or any successor law;
“Exchange Rights
Agreement” means an
agreement among JAG, Exchangeco, and the Company Shareholders
acquiring Exchangeable Shares to be entered into prior to the
Closing, but only if deemed necessary by JAG, Exchangeco and the
Company, and which enables Exchangeco to fulfil its obligations to
the Exchangeable Shares shareholders to the extent such obligations
are not addressed in the Support Agreement.
"
Exchangeable Shares " means the exchangeable shares to be
created in the capital of Exchangeco;
" Final
Determination " means, with respect to any determination made
by a Taxing Authority, a final determination after all appeal
rights with respect to that determination have been exhausted or
all time periods for appeals from that have expired without appeals
having been taken;
“Financial Statements
" means the consolidated financial
statements of the Company, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP,
consisting of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company for the
fiscal years ended October 31 st in
each of the years 2007 and 2008 and the related statements of
income and retained earnings, stockholders’ equity and cash
flow, for the years then ended and the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Company consisting of the balance sheet
of the Company as at January 31, 2009, and the related statements
of income and retained earnings, stockholders’ equity and
cash flow for the three-month period then ended;
"
Governmental Authority " means any domestic or foreign
government whether federal, provincial, state or municipal and any
governmental agency, governmental authority, governmental tribunal
or governmental commission of any kind whatever, including
securities regulators;
" GST "
means all goods and services taxes, sales taxes levied by the
federal government of Canada, value added taxes or multi-stage
taxes and all provincial sales taxes integrated with such federal
taxes, assessed, rated or charged upon the Company;
"
including " means " including without limitation "
and the term " including " shall not be construed to limit
any general statement which it follows to the specific or similar
items or matters immediately following it;
"
Intellectual Property " means the Company's
copyright, software, patents, trade-marks, rights in or to
processes, know-how, show-how, methods, trade secrets, industrial
designs, and any other industrial or intellectual property rights,
anywhere in the world, including any of the forgoing relating to
the Company’s QL Care Analyzer and any related tests (whether
or not fully developed), the Company’s proprietary
paramagnetic beads and any other devices, inventions or
intellectual property of any kind, whether or not registered or
registrable, including any reissues, divisions, continuations,
continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements, translations,
derivatives, modifications and extensions of any of the
foregoing;
"
Inventory " means all inventories of raw materials,
work-in-progress, stock-in-trade, finished goods, supplies,
packaging and advertising and publicity materials of the Company,
wherever located, and whether on consignment or not;
" JAG Common
Shares " means all classes of common stock of JAG, excluding,
however, any Series 2 Class B and Series 3 Class B common stock of
JAG;
" JAG
Disclosure Schedule " means the disclosure schedule to be
provided by JAG to the Company, on a date prior to the Closing to
be agreed upon by JAG and the Company;
“JAG
Executives” means
Thomas J. Mazzarisi and Stephen J. Schoepfer the sole directors and
executive officers of JAG.
" JAG
Financial Statements " means the audited financial
statements of JAG as contained in Form 10-K for the year ended July
31, 2008 and its interim financial statements as set forth on its
Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended January 31,
2009;
“Notice Date”
has the meaning ascribed to that
term in Section 2.1.4;
" Notice
Period " has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section
6.6;
"Order" means any written order, judgment, injunction,
decree, award or writ of any court, tribunal, arbitrator or
Governmental Authority;
" ordinary
course " when used in relation to the conduct of the Business
means any transaction which constitutes an ordinary day-to-day
business activity of the Company conducted in a commercially
reasonable and businesslike manner consistent with the Company's
past practices;
“Other
Company Shareholders” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the
Recitals.
" Per Share
Purchase Price " has the meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 2.2;
"
Pre-Closing Period " has the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(a);
" Prime
Rate " means the rate of interest per annum established by the
TD Bank from time to time as the reference rate of interest for the
determination of interest rates that the TD Bank charges customers
of varying degrees of creditworthiness in Canada for Canadian
dollar loans made by it in Canada and payable on demand and
referred to as the "Prime Rate";
“Principal Shareholder
Shares” has the
meaning ascribed to that term in the Recitals;
" Private
Placement " means the private placement for common shares of
the Company in aggregate value not less than $1,500,000 closing on
the Closing Date;
" Purchase
Price " means the purchase price to be paid by Exchangeco to
the Company Shareholders as provided in Section 2.2;
" Purchased
Shares " has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 2.1;
" Related
Party " means any one of the Company or the Company
Shareholders or, if applicable, any member of his or her immediate
family or any Affiliate of the foregoing;
“Remaining Company
Shares” has the
meaning ascribed to that term in the Recitals.
" Related
Agreements " means the Support Agreement and Exchange Rights
Agreement;
"
Representative " means officers, directors, employees,
agents, legal counsel, accountants, advisors and
representatives;
" SEC
Documents " has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2.6;
" Securities
Act " means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any
successor law and regulations and rules issued pursuant to that Act
or any successor law;
" Shivas
Shares " means the 161,269 common shares of the Company owned
by Russell Shivas;
" Support
Agreement " means an agreement between the Company Shareholders
acquiring Exchangeable Shares, Exchangeco and JAG to be entered
into prior to the Closing and which enables Exchangeco to fulfil
its obligations to provide JAG common stock pursuant
to the terms of the Exchangeable Shares;
" Taxes
" means all taxes and related governmental charges (including
assessments, charges, duties, rates, fees, imposts, levies or other
governmental charges and interest, penalties or additions
associated therewith) including Canadian federal, provincial,
municipal and local, foreign or other income, franchise, capital,
real property, personal property, tangible, withholding, payroll,
employer health, transfer, sales, use, consumption, excise,
anti-dumping, countervail and value added taxes, all other taxes of
any kind for which the Company may have any liability imposed by
Canada or any province, municipality, country or foreign government
or subdivision or agency thereof, whether disputed or not and all
Canada Pension Plan contributions and unemployment insurance
premiums;
" Taxing
Authority " means Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Excise and
Taxation, any other taxing authority or a court of competent
jurisdiction from which no further appeal may be made if the
determination of Canada Customs and Revenue Agency, Excise and
Taxation, or such other taxing authority is appealed;
"
Transmission " has the meaning ascribed to that term in
Section 7.4(c); and
"U.S.
GAAP" means generally
accepted accounting principles in the U.S., consistently
applied.
The division of this Agreement into Sections and
Subsections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof and
supersedes all prior agreements, negotiations, discussions and
understandings, written or oral, between the parties. This
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by a
written agreement signed by each party.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and
interpreted and enforced in accordance with, the laws in force in
the Province of Ontario (excluding any conflict of laws, rule or
principle which might refer such interpretation to the laws of
another jurisdiction). Each party irrevocably submits to
the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Ontario with
respect to any matter arising hereunder or related
hereto.
Unless specified otherwise, reference in this
Agreement to a statute refers to that statute as it may be amended,
or to any restated or successor legislation of comparable
effect.
In this Agreement, words in the singular include
the plural and vice versa and words in one gender include all
genders.
Unless specified otherwise, all statements of or
references to dollar amounts in this Agreement are to lawful money
of the United States.
Any reference to the knowledge of Exchangeco or
JAG shall mean the actual knowledge of either of the JAG
Executives, after reviewing all relevant records and making due
inquiries. Any reference to the knowledge of the Company
or the Principal Shareholder shall mean the actual knowledge,
information and belief of Gawad after reviewing all relevant
records and making due inquiries.
The following Annexes form a part of this
Agreement:
|
Annex
|
|
Description
of Annexes
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
Company
Shareholder Exchange Notice
|
|
2
|
|
Debenture
Notice
|
|
|
Not Joint
and Several Obligations
|
All
representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and liabilities
of the Company and the Principal Shareholder, on the one hand, and
JAG and Exchangeco, on the other hand, in this Agreement or any
Closing Document are independent representations, warranties,
covenants, obligations and liabilities of each party and are
several and not joint.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE
Exchangeco agrees to purchase all of the issued
and outstanding common shares in the capital of the Company as of
the Closing, other than the Shivas Shares (the " Purchased
Shares "), and the Principal Shareholder agrees to (a) sell
and transfer the Principal Shareholder Shares to Exchangeco and (b)
cause the Other Company Shareholders to sell and deliver to
Exchangeco the Remaining Company Shares, on the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement.
The purchase price for each Purchased Share
shall be U.S.$0.03553 per share (the " Per Share Purchase
Price ") for an aggregate purchase price of
U.S.$15,000,184.00 (the " Purchase Price ). The
Purchase Price shall be allocated, paid and satisfied by Exchangeco
issuing and delivering (or causing to be issued and delivered by
JAG’s transfer agent) to the Company Shareholders of record
as of the Closing Time their pro-rata number of Exchangeable Shares
or JAG Common Shares (as elected by each Company Shareholder) to
which they are entitled pursuant to this Agreement, which shares
shall be registered in the name of the Company Shareholders (or as
otherwise directed by the Company Shareholders in writing). The sum
of the (a) JAG Common Shares issued to the Company Shareholders and
(b) number of JAG Common Shares into which the Exchangeable Shares
may be exchanged shall not exceed 422,183,610 JAG Common
Shares.
|
|
Exchangeco
Consideration for JAG Common Shares
|
In consideration of JAG issuing JAG Common
Shares to the Company Shareholders on Closing, on Closing
Exchangeco agrees to issue one common share in its capital to or to
the order of JAG, such common share to have a value equal to the
aggregate value of JAG Common Shares issued to the Company
Shareholders, which aggregate value shall be the product of the Per
Share Purchase Price multiplied by the number of JAG Shares so
issued. JAG hereby directs Exchangeco to issue such
common share to Callco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
JAG. In consideration of JAG directing such common share
to be issued to Callco, JAG will cause Callco to issue one common
share in its capital to JAG on Closing, such common share to have a
value equal to the Per Share Purchase Price multiplied by the
number of JAG Shares so issued.
|
|
Deliveries
by Company Shareholders
|
The Company and the Principal Shareholder shall
cause:
2.4.1 The
Company Shareholders of record as of June 1, 2009 (the “
Notice Date ”) to each properly complete, execute and
deliver to the Company (which will then, in turn, deliver to JAG
and Exchangeco) the Company Shareholder Exchange Notice not later
than five (5) Business Days after the Notice Date. If any Company
Options or Company Warrants are exercised after the Notice Date and
prior to the Closing, the Company and the Principal Shareholder
shall cause such new Company Shareholders to, promptly after the
exercise of their Company Options and/or Company Warrants, deliver
a properly completed and executed Company Shareholder Exchange
Notice to the Company for further delivery to JAG and
Exchangeco.
2.4.2 Properly
complete, execute and deliver to the Company (which will then, in
turn, deliver to JAG and Exchangeco) the Company Shareholder
Exchange Election prior to the Closing Time.
2.4.3 The
Company Shareholders to each transfer and deliver to Exchangeco at
the Closing Time share certificates representing all of their
Purchased Shares duly endorsed in blank (and accompanied by a
properly completed and executed stock power in form acceptable to
JAG) for transfer against delivery of share certificates
representing that number of Exchangeable Shares or JAG Common
Shares to which they are entitled under this Agreement.
In order to defer any taxes payable under the
Income Tax Act (Canada) by any Company Shareholders in
respect of the disposition of any of the Purchased Shares for
Exchangeable Shares, each Company Shareholder and Exchangeco agree
to file any necessary joint election pursuant to subsection 85(1)
of the Income Tax Act (Canada) in the prescribed form and
within the prescribed time whereby the proceeds of disposition to
the particular Company Shareholder of the Purchased Shares and the
cost thereof to Exchangeco shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
the adjusted cost base of the Purchased Shares to the particular
Company Shareholder for the purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada) at the Closing Time. The respective Company
Shareholder‘s accountants shall prepare and file these
elections. The applicable parties agree to file
corresponding elections pursuant to any relevant provincial taxing
statutes.
|
|
Stated
Capital Account of Exchangeco
|
In connection with issuing the Exchangeable
Shares, and in accordance with subsection 24(3) of the Business
Corporations Act (Ontario), Exchangeco shall add to its stated
capital account maintained for the Exchangeable Shares, an amount
equal to the aggregate of each "agreed amount" as specified in the
elections referred to in Section 2.5.
If the parties make a determination or any
Taxing Authority makes a Final Determination that the adjusted cost
base of the Purchased Shares is an amount other than the amount set
forth in the election filed pursuant to Section 2.5 of this
Agreement, Exchangeco shall forthwith take whatever steps may be
necessary or advisable to rectify the addition to the stated
capital account in respect of the Exchangeable Shares nunc pro
tunc , as of the Closing Time, to reflect the
determination.
|
|
Registration
of JAG Common Shares and Exchangeable Shares
|
All JAG Common Shares received by any Company
Shareholders pursuant to this Agreement in exchange for their
Purchased Shares shall not be registered for resale and, therefore,
shall remain subject to the rights and restrictions of Rule 144.
All Exchangeable Shares received by any Company Shareholders
pursuant to this Agreement in exchange for their Purchased Shares
(and any JAG Common Shares into which such Exchangeable Shares may
be exchanged) shall not be registered for resale prior to six (6)
months following the Closing and, therefore, shall be subject to
the rights and restrictions of Rule 144 prior to any such
registration.
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
|
|
Representations and Warranties of the Company
and the Principal Shareholder
|
As at the date of this Agreement and as at the
Closing Date, the Company and the Principal Shareholder each
represents and warrants to JAG and Exchangeco as set forth in this
Section 3.1 and acknowledges that JAG and Exchangeco are relying on
such representations and warranties in entering into this
Agreement:
|
|
|
The Company is
a corporation duly incorporated, organized and validly existing in
good standing under the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario). No proceedings have been taken or authorized
by the Company or any of the Company Shareholders or, to the best
of the knowledge of the Company and the Principal Shareholder, by
any other person, with respect to the bankruptcy or insolvency of
the Company or any of the Company Shareholders, or the liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company.
|
|
|
|
The Company has
the power and capacity to execute and deliver, and to observe and
perform its covenants and obligations under, the Closing Documents
to which it is a party.
|
|
|
|
This Agreement
and each Closing Document to which the Principal Shareholder and/or
the Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the
Principal Shareholder and/or the Company, as the case may be, and
this Agreement and each of the Closing Documents constitute a valid
and binding obligation of the Principal Shareholder and the Company
enforceable against each of them in accordance with their
respective terms.
|
|
|
|
The Company has
all necessary power and authority to own or lease the Assets and to
carry on the Business as at present carried on. The Company
possesses all licenses, permits, authorizations and certificates
material to the conduct of the Business. The Company has
not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation
or modification of any such license, permit, authorization or
certificate which, by itself or in the aggregate, if the subject of
an unfavourable decision, ruling or finding, would have an adverse
material effect on the conduct of the business, operations,
financial condition or income of the Company. Neither
the nature of the Business nor the location or character of any of
the Assets requires the Company to be registered, licensed or
otherwise qualified as an extra-provincial or foreign corporation
or to be in good standing in any jurisdiction other than
jurisdictions where it is duly registered, licensed or otherwise
qualified and in good standing for such purpose.
|
|
|
|
A true copy of
the articles and all by-laws of the Company have or will be
delivered to Exchangeco by the Company. The articles and
such by-laws of the Company constitute all of the organizational
documents and by-laws of the Company, are complete and correct and
are in full force and effect.
|
|
|
|
The original or
true copies of all corporate records of the Company have or will be
made available to Exchangeco for review. Such corporate
records are complete and accurate. All resolutions
contained in such records have been duly passed and all such
meetings have been duly called and held. The share
certificate books, register of shareholders, register of transfer
and registers of officers and directors of the Company are complete
and accurate.
|
|
|
Authorized
and Issued Capital of the Company
|
|
|
|
The authorized
capital of the Company consists of an unlimited number of common
shares without par value. No preferred shares are authorized by the
Company. As of May 20, 2009 there were (a) 12,971,045 Company
common shares issued and outstanding; (b) outstanding Company
options to purchase 219,953 Company common shares (the “
Company Options ” ); (c) outstanding Company
Warrants to purchase 1,609,908 Company common shares (the
“ Company Warrants ” ); and (d)
outstanding debentures in the aggregate principal amount of
$2,000,000, which are convertible into 2,523,000 Company common
shares (the “ Company Debentures ”
).
|
|
|
|
All of the
issued and outstanding Company common shares, Company Options,
Company Warrants and Company Debentures are duly authorized and
validly issued and all Company common shares are fully paid and
non-assessable.
|
|
|
|
None of the
outstanding equity securities or other securities of the Company
were issued in violation of the Securities Act or any other
Applicable Law.
|
|
|
|
On Closing, the
Company Shareholders will legally and beneficially own their
respective Purchased Shares and Exchangeco shall acquire, good and
marketable title to the Purchased Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances. There are no restrictions on the transfer
of the Purchased Shares except those set forth in the Company's
articles of incorporation.
|
|
|
Options and
No Shareholders' Agreement
|
|
|
|
Except for the
Company common shares, the Company Warrants, the Company Options
and the Company Debentures, no options, warrants, debentures,
rights, privileges or any other rights entitling the holders
thereof to acquire any Purchased Shares or any other security (as
defined in the Securities Act (Ontario)) of the Company are
outstanding. The Company is not, and except as
contemplated by this Agreement will not, be contractually obligated
to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its outstanding
Purchased Shares.
|
|
|
|
Except for the
Private Placement investors pursuant to their respective
subscription agreements and the holders of the Company Warrants,
Company Options and Company Debentures, no Person has any oral or
written agreement, subscriptions, options, conversion, pre-emptive
or exchange rights, warrants, repurchase or redemption agreements,
registration rights agreements, or other agreements, claims or
commitments of any nature whatsoever or any other right capable of
becoming any of the foregoing (whether legal, equitable,
contractual or otherwise), for the subscription or issuance of any
shares or securities of the Company.
|
|
|
|
The Company is
not party to any shareholders' or other agreement affecting the
issued and outstanding shares of the Company or regulating the
Company's affairs.
|
Except for Luxspheres Inc. which is inactive and
has no material assets or liabilities, the Company does not own any
shares in any other corporate body and has no investment or
proposed investment in any person which is or would be material to
the business and affairs of the Company.
|
|
Absence of
Conflicting Agreements
|
None of the execution and delivery of, or the
observance and performance by the Company or the Principal
Shareholder of any covenant or obligation under this Agreement or
any Closing Document, or the Closing:
|
|
|
contravenes or
results in, or will contravene or result in, a violation of or a
default under (with or without the giving of notice or lapse of
time, or both) or in the acceleration of any obligation
under:
|
|
|
|
any license or
permit issued in favour of the Company;
|
|
|
|
the articles,
by-laws, directors' or shareholders' resolutions of the
Company;
|
|
|
|
the provisions
of any material agreement, lease, mortgage, security document,
obligation or instrument to which the Company or the Principal
Shareholder is a party, or by which the Company or the Principal
Shareholder is bound or affected;
|
|
|
|
the provisions
of any material Contract to which the Company or the Principal
Shareholder is a party or by which the Company, the Principal
Shareholder or the Assets are bound or affected; or
|
|
|
|
any Order
binding the Company or the Principal Shareholder or the property of
assets of the Company or the Principal Shareholder;
|
|
|
|
relieves any
other party to any Contract or Contractual Right of that party's
obligations thereunder or enable it to terminate its obligations
thereunder; or
|
|
|
|
results in the
creation or imposition of any material Encumbrance on the Company
or any of the material Assets.
|
No consent, approval, license, permit, Order,
authorization, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any
Governmental Authority or other person is required by the Company,
any of the Company Shareholders or the Principal Shareholder in
connection with (a) the Closing, or (b) the execution and delivery
by the Company, the Company Shareholders or Principal Shareholder
of, and the performance by the Company, the Company Shareholders or
Principal Shareholder of their respective obligations under, this
Agreement or the Closing Documents to which they are a
party.
Except as set out in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, there is no claim, demand, suit, action, cause of action,
dispute, proceeding, litigation, grievance, arbitration,
governmental proceeding or other proceeding including appeals and
applications for review, in progress against, by or relating to the
Company, any Company Shareholders or the Principal Shareholder or
affecting the Assets or the Business nor are any of the same
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Principal
Shareholder, threatened. There is not at present,
outstanding or pending against the Company, any of the Company
Shareholders or the Principal Shareholder, any Order that
materially and adversely affects the Business or the Assets in any
way or that in any way relates to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.
The Financial Statements will be prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP and:
|
|
|
will be
complete and accurate in all material respects;
|
|
|
|
will accurately
disclose all the Assets and liabilities (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise) of the Company and present fairly,
accurately and completely in all material respects the financial
condition of the Company, as at the date thereof;
|
|
|
|
will reflect in
all material respects all proper accruals, as at the date thereof
and for the period covered thereby; and
|
|
|
|
will contain or
reflect adequate reserves for all known liabilities and obligations
of the Company of any nature, whether absolute, contingent or
otherwise, matured or unmatured, as at the date thereof.
|
|
|
|
the Company has
conducted the Business in the ordinary course and has not incurred
any material debt, obligation or liability outside of the ordinary
course and has used its best efforts to preserve the Business and
the Assets;
|
|
|
|
there has not
been any material change in the Condition of the Business, other
than changes in the ordinary course, and such changes have not,
either individually or in the aggregate, been materially adverse or
have had or may be reasonably expected to have, either before or
after the Closing Time, a material adverse effect on the Condition
of the Business;
|
|
|
|
there has not
been any change in, or the creation of, any Applicable Law, any
termination, amendment or revocation of any material license or any
material damage, destruction, loss, labour dispute or other event,
development or condition of any character (whether or not covered
by insurance) which has had, or could have, a material adverse
affect on the Company or the Condition of the Business;
and
|
|
|
|
there has not
been any change in the accounting principles, policies, practices
or procedures of the Company or their application to the
Company.
|
|
|
Absence of
Unusual Transactions
|
Since January 31, 2009, the Company has
not:
|
|
|
transferred,
assigned, sold or otherwise disposed of any of its Assets, or
cancelled any debts or claims, except in the ordinary
course;
|
|
|
|
incurred or
assumed any obligation or liability (fixed or contingent) other
than obligations or liabilities included in the Financial
Statements, and obligations and liabilities incurred since the date
thereof in the ordinary course;
|
|
|
|
suffered
extraordinary loss;
|
|
|
|
created any
Encumbrance on any of the Assets or suffered or permitted any such
Encumbrance that has arisen on the Assets since that date to
remain, except unsecured obligations and liabilities incurred in
the ordinary course;
|
|
|
|
except as
contemplated by this Agreement, modified, amended or terminated any
Contract, agreement or arrangement to which it is or was a party,
or waived or released any right which it has or had, other than in
the ordinary course;
|
|
|
|
hired or
dismissed any employees whose annual salary exceeds
$100,000;
|
|
|
|
increased the
compensation or benefits paid to any employees other than in the
ordinary course;
|
|
|
|
paid a bonus or
other extraordinary payment to any employee other than bonus
payments made in the ordinary course of business which are
consistent with past practices of the Company;
|
|
|
|
entered into
any material contracts or arrangements other than in the ordinary
course;
|
|
|
|
incurred any
debt, liability or obligation for borrowed money, or incurred any
other debt, liability or obligation except in the ordinary course;
or
|
|
|
|
authorized or
agreed or otherwise become committed to do any of the
foregoing.
|
All material Contracts and the Contractual
Rights are in full force and effect and are in good standing and
the Company is entitled to all benefits thereunder and is not
dependent upon the guarantee of any security by a third
party. A list of material Contracts and Contractual
Rights is set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule. The Company
has complied with all material terms thereof, has paid all amounts
due thereunder, has not waived any material rights thereunder and
no default or breach exists in respect thereof on the part of any
of the parties thereto and no event has occurred which, after the
giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute
such a default or breach. All amounts payable to the
Company under the material Contracts and Contractual Rights are
still due and owing to the Company without any right of set
off. The Company is not a party to any material Contract
or Contractual Right which it does not have the capacity to
perform.
All accounts receivable have been accurately
recorded in the books of the Company are bona fide and are good and
collectible at the full face value thereof, without discount,
rebate, set-off or counterclaim, except for proper and sufficient
allowances for doubtful accounts provided for in the books of the
Company and in the Financial Statements. The Company's
rights in respect of each account receivable and under the security
related thereto will be enforced by the Company in accordance with
normal business practices and will not be waived, modified or
compromised in any manner.
All material tangible Assets of the Company are
in good working condition and good repair having regard to their
use and age.
The Company is not a party, either directly or
by operation of law, to any collective agreement. No
trade union or any person holds bargaining rights with respect to
any of the employees. There are no threatened or pending
union organizing activities involving the employees.
|
|
|
All material
obligations of the Company under any Benefit Plans have been
satisfied, and there are no outstanding material defaults or
violations thereunder by the Company.
|
|
|
|
All employer
payments, contributions or premiums required to be remitted or paid
to or in respect of each Benefit Plan, if applicable, have been
paid or remitted in material compliance with the terms thereof and
all Applicable Laws.
|
|
|
|
All material
accruals for unpaid vacation pay, premiums for unemployment
insurance, health premiums, pension plan premiums, accrued wages,
salaries and commissions and other employee Benefit Plans have been
reflected in the books and records of the Company.
|
The Company has had the Assets insured by
reputable insurers against loss or damage as is appropriate to the
Business and the Assets, in such amounts and against such risks as
are customarily carried and insured against by owners of comparable
businesses, properties and assets. All such policies of
insurance are in full force and effect and the Company is not in
material default, whether as to the payment of premium or
otherwise, under the terms of any such policy.
|
|
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
Except as set
forth in the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Intellectual Property
has been registered by or on behalf of the Company or the Principal
Shareholder, nor have any applications for registration been filed
in any jurisdiction.
The Company has
the right to use and is the owner of all Intellectual Property and,
in respect of copyrighted works, has obtained a waiver of moral
rights from all authors of such works. For greater
certainty, no Related Party other than the Company has any
ownership or other right in the Intellectual
Property. Any Intellectual Property not owned but being
used by the Company is being used only with the consent of or
license from the rightful owner thereof and all such licenses are
in full force and effect. No Seller has knowledge of any
claim of adverse ownership in the Intellectual Property.
The
Intellectual Property is sufficient and complete to enable the
Company to carry on the Business as presently
conducted. There are no issues known to the Company
affecting the Company's ability to continue to develop, maintain,
support, and exploit the Intellectual Property that would have a
material impact on the Business.
|
|
|
Infringements
by the Company
|
To the
knowledge of the Company, there is no claim that any products or
services developed, manufactured, produced, used or sold by the
Company or any process, method, packaging, advertising, or material
that the Company employs in the manufacture, marketing, or sale of
any such product, or the provision of any services by the Company,
breaches, violates, infringes or interferes with any rights of any
person.
|
|
|
Third party
Infringements
|
To the
knowledge of the Company, there are no infringements of,
passing-off related to, or other interference by third parties with
any software or inventions owned by the Company.
|
|
|
Protection of
Confidentiality
|
The Company has
taken commercially reasonable precautions and made commercially
reasonable efforts to protect the Company's trade secrets and
secure the confidentiality of its customer lists, and other
proprietary information.
No royalty or
other fee is required to be paid by the Company to any other Person
in respect of the Intellectual Property and there are no
restrictions on the ability of the Company to exploit or assign all
rights in the Intellectual Property.
|
|
Workers'
Compensation; etc .
|
There are no notices of assessment or any other
communications related thereto which the Company has received from
any workplace safety and insurance board or similar authorities and
there are no assessments which have not been paid or accrued on the
date hereof, and there are no facts or circumstances which may
result in a material increase in liability to the Company from any
applicable workers' compensation legislation or applicable employee
health and safety, training or similar legislation, regulations or
rules after the Closing Time.
There are no claims against the Company in
connection with product or service warranties or the production or
sale of defective or inferior products or the provision of inferior
services.
The Company is not a party to or bound or
affected by any commitment, agreement or document which limits the
freedom of the Company to compete in any line of business, transfer
or move any of the Assets or operations or which does or could
materially and adversely affect the business practices, operations
or Condition of the Business or the continued operation of the
Business after the Closing.
|
|
No Joint
Venture Interests, etc .
|
The Company, the Company Shareholders and the
Principal Shareholder are not partners, co-tenants, joint venturers
or otherwise a participant in any partnership, joint venture,
co-tenancy or other jointly owned business undertaking which
competes with the Company.
The Books and Records fairly and correctly set
out and disclose in all material respects the financial position of
the Company in accordance with good business practice and all
material financial transactions relating to the Business have been
accurately recorded in such Books and Records.
The Company is registered for purposes of Part
IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada).
No licenses or permits of any Governmental
Authority are necessary for the operation of the Business other
than licenses or permits required by businesses in
general.
The Company has duly filed or will duly file, on
a timely basis, all tax returns and notices required to be filed by
it and has paid all material Taxes which are due and payable or
have been alleged to be due on or prior to the date hereof (whether
or not shown on any tax return), except for Taxes being contested
in good faith. Adequate provision has been made in the Financial
Statements for all Taxes payable for the current taxation year for
which tax returns are not yet required to be filed and for all
Taxes relating to taxation years ending on or before the date
hereof. There are no material tax deficiencies or
material interest or penalties accrued or accruing, or alleged to
be accrued or accruing which have not been provided
for. There are no agreements, waivers, or other
arrangements providing for an extension of time with respect to the
filing of any tax return or the payment of any Taxes by the
Company. There are no actions, suits, proceedings,
investigations or claims, threatened or pending against the Company
in respect of Taxes, nor are there any matters under discussion
with any Governmental Authority relating to Taxes by any such
authority. The Company has duly collected and remitted
all Taxes it was required to collect and remit. The
Company has not received a refund or credit for Taxes to which it
was not entitled. The Company has withheld from each payment made
to any of its officers, directors, employees, shareholders or
creditors or any non-residents within the meaning of that term as
used in the Income Tax Act (Canada), all Taxes and other
amounts which it is required by the laws to which it is subject to
withhold or deduct and has duly remitted all Taxes and amounts so
withheld o
|