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Exhibit 2.1
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”), dated as of this
27 th day of December, 2004, is by and among MTC
Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “
Buyer) , and Dr. Paul Hsu and Majes Hsu,
husband and wife (each a “Shareholder” ,
together, the “Shareholders”
).
RECITALS
A. The Shareholders are the
registered owners of all of the issued and outstanding shares (the
“ Shares ”) of common stock, no par value
(“ Common Stock ”), of Manufacturing
Technology, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “
Company ”); and
B. The Shareholders desire to
sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer desires to purchase from the
Shareholders, all of the Shares, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement
and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I :
DEFINITIONS
“ Accrued
Dividend ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(b)(ii) .
“ Adjustment
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(b)(i) .
“
Affiliate ” of any Person means any person
directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with, any such Person and any officer, director or
controlling person of such Person. The term “
Affiliate ” also includes any child, stepchild,
grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
brother-in-law or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships,
of such Person.
“
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Ancillary
Agreements ” means the Shareholder Noncompete
Agreement, the Noncompete Agreements, the Employment Agreements,
the Escrow Agreement, and each agreement, document, instrument or
certificate contemplated by this Agreement or to be executed by
Buyer, certain of the Company’s employees or the
Shareholders, as applicable in connection with the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, in each case only
as applicable to the relevant party or parties to such Ancillary
Agreement, as indicated by the context in which such term is
used.
“ Arbitration
Firm ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(b)(ii) .
“ Audited
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.19(a) .
“ Buyer
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Cash
Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(i) .
“ Claims
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a) .
“ Closing
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3
.
“ Closing Balance
Sheet ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(c)(i) .
“ Closing
Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3 .
“ Closing
Tangible Net Worth ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(b)(i) .
“ Code
” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended.
“ Common
Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Company
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Company
Intellectual Property ” shall mean any Intellectual
Property or rights thereto, owned by the Company or used or held
for use in connection with the Ordinary Course of
Business.
“
Consents ” means any consent, approval,
authorization, qualification, or waiver of, or notice to, any third
party or Governmental Authority.
“
Contracts ” means all contracts, agreements
(including, without limitation, employment, non-disclosure,
teaming, subcontracting and non-competition agreements), leases
(whether real or personal property), commitments, instruments,
guarantees, and orders (whether written or oral) that are legally
binding.
“ Controlled
Group ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(a) .
“
Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.14 .
“ Dispute
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.1 .
“ Effective
Time ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.3 .
“ Employee
Plans ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.13(a) .
“ Employment
Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(e) .
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“
Environment ” means soil, surface waters,
groundwater, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface strata,
ambient air, indoor air or indoor air quality.
“ Environmental
Condition ” means any condition of the Environment
with respect to the Real Property, or with respect to any other
real property at which any Hazardous Material generated by the
operation of the business of the Company prior to the Closing Date
has been treated, stored or disposed of, which violates any
Environmental Law, or even though not violative of any
Environmental Law, nevertheless results in any Release, or Threat
of Release, damage, loss, cost, expense, claim, demand, order or
liability, alleged or imposed by any Person (including, without
limitation, any Governmental Authority).
“ Environmental
Law ” means any federal, state or local law,
regulation, rule, ordinance, policy or guideline relating to the
Environment implementing or otherwise dealing with the subject
matter thereof.
“ ERISA
” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended.
“ Escrow
Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(ii) .
“ Escrow
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(ii) .
“ Escrow
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(a)(ii) .
“ Escrow
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a)(ii) .
“ Excluded
Representations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3(a) .
“ Expiration
Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.3(a) .
“ Federal
Acquisition Regulations ” means the Federal
Acquisition Regulations as codified in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 48 C.F.R. Section 1 et seq.
“ Financial
Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.19(a) .
“ GAAP
” means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles,
applied on a basis consistent with the Company’s past
practice, provided, however that such past practice complies with
GAAP.
“ Governmental
Authority ” means any government or political
subdivision or regulatory authority, whether federal, state, local
or foreign, or any agency or instrumentality of any such government
or political subdivision or regulatory authority, or any federal
state, local or foreign court or arbitrator.
“
Guarantee ” by any Person means any obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly
guaranteeing or otherwise supporting in whole or in part the
payment of any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person
and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the
purchase or payment of) such
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Indebtedness or other obligation of such
other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods,
securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial
statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for the
purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such
Indebtedness or other obligations of the payment of such
Indebtedness or to protect such obligee against loss related to
such Indebtedness (in whole or in part); provided ,
however , that the term Guarantee shall not include
endorsements for deposit or collection in the Ordinary Course of
Business. The term “ Guarantee ” used as
a verb has a correlative meaning.
“ Hazardous
Material ” means any pollutant, toxic substance,
including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing
materials, hazardous waste, hazardous material, hazardous
substance, contaminant, petroleum or petroleum-containing materials
as defined in or the subject of any Environmental Law.
“HSR
Act” means the Hart Scott Rodino Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976 or any successor law, and regulations and
rules issued pursuant to that Act or any successor law.
“Indebtedness ” of any Person means:
either (a) any liability of said Person (i) for borrowed money
(including the current portion thereof), or (ii) under any
reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit,
bankers’ acceptance or note purchase facility, or (iii)
evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument
(including a purchase money obligation), or (iv) for the payment of
money relating to leases that are required to be classified as a
capitalized lease obligation in accordance with GAAP, or (v) for
all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or
services (other than trade payables), including any earn-out,
contingent or non-compete payments, or (vi) any obligations owed to
employees or affiliates outside of the Ordinary Course of Business,
(b) any liability of others described in the preceding clause (a)
that such Person has Guaranteed, that is recourse to such Person or
any of its assets or that is otherwise its legal liability or that
is secured in whole or in part by the assets of such Person. For
purposes of this Agreement, Indebtedness includes any and all
accrued interest, success fees, prepayment premiums, make-whole
premiums or penalties and fees or expenses actually incurred
(including attorneys’ fees) associated with the prepayment of
any Indebtedness.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a) .
“ Indemnifying
Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a) .
“ Initiating
Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section
8.14(a) .
“ Intellectual
Property ” shall mean any of the following: (i) U.S.
and non-U.S. patents, and with respect to either applications and
statutory invention registrations, including reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations in part, extensions and reexaminations
thereof; (ii) registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks
and other indicia of origin, pending trademark and service mark
registration applications, and intent-to-use registrations or
similar reservations of marks; (iii) registered and unregistered
copyrights and mask works, and applications for registration of
either; (iv) internet domain names, applications and reservations
therefor, universe resource locators and the corresponding Internet
sites and webpages and all intellectual property related thereto
(collectively, “ Sites ”); (v) trade
secrets and proprietary
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information not otherwise listed in (i)
through (iv) above, including unpatented inventions, invention
disclosures, moral and economic rights of authors and inventors
(however denominated), confidential information, technical data,
customer lists, corporate and business names, trade names, trade
dress, brand names, know-how, show-how, mask works, formulae,
methods (whether or not patentable), designs, processes,
procedures, technology, source codes, object codes, computer
software programs, databases, data collections and other
proprietary information or material of any type, and all
derivatives, improvements and refinements thereof, howsoever
recorded, or unrecorded; and (vi) any good will associated with any
of the foregoing.
“ Interim
Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.19(a) .
“
Investment ” means any debt or equity interest,
directly or indirectly, in any Person.
“ IRS
” means the Internal Revenue Service.
“ Law
” means common law and any law, statute, code, ordinance,
regulation or other requirement of any Governmental
Authority.
“ Leased Real
Property ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(b) .
“ Liability
Claim ” has the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(a) .
“ Lien
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1
.
“ Litigation
Conditions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.2(b) .
“ Losses
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1
.
“ Material
Customers ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.25(a) .
“ Material
Suppliers ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.25(b) .
“ MTI Internal
Tools ” has the meaning set forth in Schedule
4.17(a) .
“ Noncompete
Agreements ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(e) .
“ Order
” means any order, judgment, injunction, award, decree,
ruling, charge or writ of any Governmental Authority.
“ Ordinary Course
of Business ” means the Company’s ordinary
course of business consistent with past custom and
practice.
“ Permit
” means any permit, license, approval, consent or
authorization issued by a Governmental Authority.
“ Permitted
Liens ” means (a) Liens for current Taxes,
assessments, fees and other charges by Governmental Authorities
that are not due and payable as of the Closing Date, and (b) those
matters that are set forth on Schedule 1.1
.
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“ Person
” means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated society or
association, trust or other entity.
“ Post-Closing
Tax Period ” means any Tax period (or portion
thereof) beginning after the Closing Date.
“ Pre-Closing Tax
Period ” means any Tax period (or portion thereof)
ending on or before the Closing Date.
“ Purchase
Price ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2(a) .
“ Real
Property ” means any and all real property and
interests in real property of the Company, including the Leased
Real Property, any real property leaseholds and subleaseholds,
purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to access and rights
of way and any other real property otherwise owned, occupied or
used by the Company.
“ Real Property
Leases ” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.7(b) .
“
Receiving Party ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 8.14(a) .
“ Release
” means any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching,
disposing or dumping of a Hazardous Material into the
Environment.
“ Returns
” means all Tax returns (and schedules thereto), statements,
reports or other information (including estimated Tax or
information returns and reports) required to be supplied to any
Taxing Authority in connection with any Tax.
“ Service
Contract Act ” means the Service Contract Act of
1965, as amended, as codified in the United States Code at 41
U.S.C. Section 351 et seq.
“ Shares
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Shareholder
Noncompete Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(d) .
“
Shareholder ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Shareholder
Representative ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(c)(i) .
“ Sites
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Intellectual Property in this Section 1 .
“
Subsidiary ” means any Person of which at least
20% of the outstanding shares or other equity interests having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors or comparable
managers of such Person are at the time owned by the Company, by
one or more directly or indirectly wholly or partially owned
subsidiaries of the Company or by the Company and one or more such
subsidiaries, whether or not at the time the shares of any other
class or classes or other
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equity interests of such Person shall
have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any
contingency.
“ Tangible Net
Worth ” means the total assets of the Company minus
the total liabilities of the Company as determined in accordance
with GAAP, reduced by the amount of any intangible
assets, as determined in accordance with GAAP (which shall not have
a value greater than Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000)). All Tangible Net Worth determinations shall be
calculated in the same manner as the example set forth on
Exhibit A hereto.
“ Tangible
Personal Property ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.7(c) .
“ Target Tangible
Net Worth ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2(b)(i) .
“ Tax
” means (a) any income, alternative or add-on minimum tax,
gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added,
transfer, franchise, profits, license, withholding on amounts paid
to or by the Company, payroll, employment, excise, severance,
stamp, occupation, premium, property, environmental or windfall
profit tax, custom, duty or other tax, governmental fee or other
like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any
interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed by
any Taxing Authority, whether disputed or not, (b) any liability of
the Company for the payment of any amounts of any of the foregoing
types as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated,
combined or unitary group or being a party to any agreement or
arrangement whereby liability of the Company for payment of such
amounts was determined or taken into account with reference to the
liability of any other Person and (c) any liability of the Company
for the payment of any amounts as a result of being a party to any
Tax sharing agreements or arrangements (whether or not written)
binding on the Company or with respect to the payment of any
amounts of any of the foregoing types as a result of any express or
implied obligation to indemnify any other Person.
“ Tax
Matter ” has the meaning set forth in Section
6.4 .
“ Taxing
Authority ” means any Governmental Authority
responsible for the imposition of any Tax.
“ Threat of
Release ” means a substantial likelihood of a Release
that requires action to prevent or mitigate damage to the
Environment that might result from such Release.
“ Transaction
Expenses ” means all costs, fees and expenses of
outside professionals incurred in connection with this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without
limitation, all legal fees, accounting, tax, broker and investment
banking fees and other related expenses.
“ Truth in
Negotiations Act ” means the Truth in Negotiations
Act of 1962, as codified in the United States Code at 10 U.S.C.
Section 2306 et seq.
ARTICLE II : PURCHASE AND
SALE
2.1 Purchase and Sale
of the Shares . At the Closing (as defined in Section
2.3 below), the Buyer shall purchase from the Shareholders,
and each Shareholder shall sell,
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transfer, assign, convey and deliver to
the Buyer, all of the Shares, free and clear of any mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation, rights of others, claim, security interest,
encumbrance, title defect, title retention agreement, voting trust
agreement, interest, option, lien, charge or similar restrictions
or limitations, including, but not limited to, any restriction on
the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of the Shares
(collectively, “ Liens ”).
2.2 Purchase
Price .
(a) As consideration for the
purchase of the Shares, the Buyer shall pay to the Shareholders the
sum of Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000), subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 2.2(a)(i) and
Section 2.2(b) (the “ Purchase
Price ”). The Purchase Price shall be paid as
follows:
(i) Seventy-Three Million
Dollars ($73,000,000), less the amount of all Indebtedness
(computed in accordance with pay-off letters obtained from the
obligees thereunder, if applicable) and other items reflected on
Schedule 2.2(a) attached hereto, shall be paid to the
Shareholders and the holders of such Indebtedness in accordance
with such payoff letters at the Closing by wire transfer of
immediately available funds (“ Cash Payment
”) to an account designated in writing by the recipient
thereof, in accordance with Schedule 2.2(a)(i) ,
attached hereto; and
(ii) Two Million Dollars
($2,000,000) ( “Escrow Amount” ) shall be
deposited at Closing with National City Bank as escrow agent (
“Escrow Agent” ), and shall be held in an
interest-bearing escrow account ( “Escrow
Account”) for the benefit of the Shareholders in
accordance with an Escrow Agreement among the Buyer, the
Shareholders, and the Escrow Agent in substantially the form set
forth as Exhibit B (the “ Escrow
Agreement ”).
(b) Adjustment Amount
.
(i) The Purchase Price shall
be decreased dollar-for-dollar, as set forth in this Section
2.2(b) and Section 2.2(c) , by the amount
that the Closing Tangible Net Worth is less than the Target
Tangible Net Worth, and such adjustment shall be referred to as the
“ Adjustment Amount .” The
“Target Tangible Net Worth” is defined as
Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($9,200,000.00). The
“Closing Tangible Net Worth” is defined
as the Tangible Net Worth of the Company calculated in accordance
with Exhibit A , and based on the final Closing
Balance Sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP and the procedures
set forth in Section 2.2(c)(i) below. If the Closing
Tangible Net Worth is less than the Target Tangible Net Worth, then
the Purchase Price shall be adjusted by decreasing the Purchase
Price dollar-for-dollar by the amount by which the Target Tangible
Net Worth exceeds the Closing Tangible Net Worth. Upon the final
determination and agreement to the Adjustment Amount in accordance
with Section 2.2(c)(i) , the Buyer and the
Shareholders shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow
Agent directing payment to the Buyer from the Escrow Account of an
amount equal to such Adjustment Amount, if any, and the balance of
such Escrow Amount, if any, to the Shareholders, as provided in
such Section 2.2(c)(i) . The parties agree that there
shall be no capital contributions or distributions from October 31,
2004 through the Closing.
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(ii) If the Closing Tangible
Net Worth equals or is greater than the Target Tangible Net Worth,
the amount of such excess shall be accrued on the Closing Balance
Sheet as a dividend payable to the Shareholders (
“Accrued Dividend” ). Upon the final
determination that the Closing Tangible Net Worth equals or is
greater than the Target Tangible Net Worth in accordance with
Section 2.2(c)(i) , the Buyer and the Shareholders
shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent
directing payment to the Shareholders from the Escrow Account of
the Escrow Amount. In addition, if the Closing Tangible Net Worth
is greater than the Target Tangible Net Worth, the Buyer shall take
all actions necessary, and to meet all requirements under Part
607.06401 of the 2004 Florida Statutes, to enable and cause the
Company to pay to the Shareholders at the time of such final
determination, the amount of the Accrued Dividend, including any
necessary cash contributions to the Company.
(c) Determination and
Payment of Adjustment Amount .
(i) Within 60 days following
the Closing, the Shareholders (or Dr. Paul Hsu as the
representative of the Shareholders, and who shall have the
authority to deliver and receive communications on behalf of both
of the Shareholders in connection with the sale of the Shares) (the
“Shareholder Representative” ) shall
deliver to the Buyer an audited balance sheet as of the Closing
Date (the “ Closing Balance Sheet ”) and
the Shareholders’ calculation of the Adjustment Amount or the
Accrued Dividend determined in accordance with GAAP, based upon the
Closing Balance Sheet, and including sufficient detail to allow the
Buyer to analyze the accuracy thereof. Following the Closing, the
Buyer shall cause the Company and the Company’s officers and
employees to give access to Company records to, and to cooperate
fully with, the Shareholder Representative and his representatives
in connection with his preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet.
The Buyer and the Buyer’s accounting firm shall have 60 days
after receiving the Closing Balance Sheet and Adjustment Amount or
Accrued Dividend to review and notify the Shareholder
Representative of the Buyer’s approval or disapproval of
same. Failure of the Buyer to notify the Shareholder Representative
of Buyer’s approval or disapproval thereof within such 60-day
period shall be deemed approval of the Buyer, and the Closing
Balance Sheet shall be deemed to be the final Closing Balance
Sheet. If, within such 60-day period, the Buyer requests reasonable
additional information to complete the analysis of the Adjustment
Amount or Accrued Dividend or the Closing Balance Sheet, the Buyer
shall request such information from the Shareholder Representative,
who will deliver such information to the Buyer. If, within such
60-day period, the Buyer notifies the Shareholder Representative of
the Buyer’s disapproval of all or any portion of the Closing
Balance Sheet and the Adjustment Amount or Accrued Dividend, and
Buyer and the Shareholders are unable to agree upon a resolution,
then the issue in dispute shall be resolved in accordance with
Section 2.2(c)(ii) . On or before the fifth business
day after the Buyer’s approval of the Closing Balance Sheet
and Adjustment Amount or Accrued Dividend, or the final
determination of the Adjustment Amount or Accrued Dividend in
accordance with Section 2.2(b)(ii) , the Buyer and
the Shareholders, or a member of the Arbitration Firm (if
applicable), shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow
Agent directing payment to the Buyer from the Escrow Account of an
amount equal to such Adjustment Amount to the extent that the
Purchase Price is decreased in accordance with Section
2.2(b)(i) , or directing payment to the Shareholders in the
event that there is an Accrued Dividend in accordance with
Section 2.2(b)(ii) . The Escrow Agent shall make any
such payments in immediately available funds by wire transfer to
such bank account as the receiving party shall specify to the
Escrow Agent in writing. In the event that the amount in the
Escrow
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Account is insufficient to
pay the entire Adjustment Amount, the Buyer shall notify the
Shareholders of same, and the Shareholders shall, within five (5)
business days of such notice, pay to the Buyer the remaining
balance of such Adjustment Amount. Payments shall be made in
immediately available funds by wire transfer to such bank account
as the Buyer shall specify to the Shareholders in writing. The
Shareholders shall remain jointly and severally liable for any
portion of the Adjustment Amount not paid from the Escrow Account.
All amounts remaining in the Escrow Account after final
determination and payment of the Adjustment Amount in accordance
with this Section 2.2(c)(i) , if any, shall be
released to the Shareholders within ten (10) days thereafter. The
Buyer and the Shareholders shall deliver joint written instructions
to the Escrow Agent directing such payment, and the Escrow Agent
shall make any such payment in immediately available funds by wire
transfer to such bank account as the Shareholders shall specify to
the Escrow Agent in writing.
(ii) Disputes . If the
Buyer objects to the Closing Balance Sheet, Adjustment Amount or
the Accrued Dividend, the Buyer shall, simultaneously with such
objection, appoint a national accounting firm which, in cooperation
with the Shareholders’ accounting firm, will determine the
Adjustment Amount within 30 days of such objection. If the
Shareholders’ accounting firm and Buyer’s accounting
firm cannot agree on the Adjustment Amount within such 30-day
period, the respective accounting firms shall mutually select a
“Big Four” accounting firm (the “
Arbitration Firm ”) to determine the Adjustment
Amount, and the decision of the Arbitration Firm shall be binding
and conclusive on all parties. Buyer, on the one hand, and the
Shareholders, on the other hand, shall each pay one-half of the
costs and expenses of the Arbitration Firm.
2.3 Closing .
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the closing
of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “
Closing ”) shall take place at 10:00 a.m. as
soon as the parties agree shall be practical after the termination
of the applicable waiting period under the HSR Act occurs, or such
other date as Buyer and the Shareholders may agree (the “
Closing Date ”); provided ,
however , that notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the Closing shall occur not later than January 31, 2005.
Moreover, the Closing shall occur only upon payment of the Purchase
Price (as herein defined, and in the manner herein described), and
the exchange of signature pages to this Agreement and all Ancillary
Agreements via facsimile transmission, provided that the attorneys
for the parties hereto hold in their possession, in escrow,
original signature pages to such Closing documents and deliver such
originals to the other by overnight delivery, or at such other time
and in such other manner as the parties may agree. The Closing will
be effective as of 12:01 A.M. EDST on the Closing Date (the
“Effective Time” ).
ARTICLE III : DELIVERIES AND OTHER
ACTIONS
3.1 Deliveries by the
Shareholders . At the Closing, the Shareholders shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Buyer the following items
(provided, however, that if the Shareholders are unable to deliver
all of such items as of the time for Closing, the parties shall
agree to extend the date of Closing for a period of ten (10) days
to allow for the delivery of such items):
(a) copies of a certificate
of the Shareholders with regard to wiring instructions for each
Shareholder;
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(b) copies of an executed
receipt by each Shareholder evidencing each Shareholder’s
receipt of the amount of the Purchase Price specified on
Schedule 2.2(a)(i) hereof;
(c) (i) stock certificates
representing all of the Shares with duly executed stock powers
attached in proper form for transfer to the Buyer, and (ii) any
other documents that are necessary to transfer to the Buyer good
and valid title to the Shares, with any necessary transfer tax
stamps affixed or accompanied by evidence that all stock transfer
taxes have been paid;
(d) copies of a mutually
agreeable non-competition agreement of each of the Shareholders in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C
(the “Shareholder Noncompete Agreement”)
;
(e) copies of mutually
agreeable employment agreements containing non-competition
agreements from the individuals identified on Schedule
3.1(e)(i) in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit D (the “Employment
Agreements” ), and copies of mutually agreeable
non-competition agreements from the individuals identified on
Schedule 3.1(e)(ii) in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E (the
“Noncompete Agreements” );
(f) copies of a release, in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F ,
duly executed by each Shareholder;
(g) copies of a current good
standing certificate for the Company issued by the Secretary of
State of the State of Florida and each state in which the Company
is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation;
(h) copies of the Articles of
Incorporation of the Company, certified by the Secretary of State
of the State of Florida and copies of the Bylaws of the Company
certified by an officer of the Company;
(i) copies of an Incumbency
Certificate executed by the Secretary of the Company;
(j) the original corporate
record books and stock record books of the Company;
(k) authorization to Buyer to
extinguish all security interests related to interest-bearing
Indebtedness of the Company;
(l) copies of all of the
Consents listed on Schedule 4.6 and Schedule
4.7(b) ;
(m) copies of written
resignations of each director and officer of the Company listed on
Schedule 3.1(m) ;
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(n) copies of the Escrow
Agreement executed by the Shareholders and the Escrow
Agent;
(o) copies of a non-foreign
person affidavit that complies with the requirements of Section
1445 of the Code, executed by the Shareholders;
(p) copies of an opinion
letter containing the opinions attached hereto as Exhibit
G from the law firm of Holland & Knight, LLP;
and
(q) copies of the bringdown
certificates described in Section 3.5
hereto.
3.2 Deliveries by the
Buyer . At the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver to the
Shareholders the following items (provided, however, that if the
Buyer is unable to deliver all of such items as of the time for
Closing, the parties shall agree to extend the date of Closing for
a period of ten (10) days to allow for the delivery of such
items):
(a) the Purchase Price,
payable as set forth in Section 2.2(a) and
Schedule 2.2(a)(i) .
(b) copies of the Shareholder
Noncompete Agreement, the Noncompete Agreements, and the Employment
Agreements, duly executed by the Buyer;
(c) copies of the resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Buyer authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, certified by an appropriate officer of the
Buyer;
(d) copies of the Escrow
Agreement executed by Buyer and the Escrow Agent;
(e) copies of any consents
required for Buyer to execute and deliver this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions hereunder;
(f) copies of the bringdown
certificates described in Section 3.6 hereto;
and
(g) copies of an opinion
letter containing the opinions attached hereto as Exhibit
H from the law firm of Coolidge, Wall, Womsley &
Lombard Co., L.P.A.
3.3 Covenants of the
Shareholders Prior to Closing .
(a) Access and
Investigation . Between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date, and upon reasonable advance notice received from
Buyer, the Shareholders shall (a) afford Buyer and its
representatives full and free access, during regular business
hours, to the Company’s personnel, properties, Contracts,
Permits, books and records and other documents and data; (b)
furnish such persons with copies of all such Contracts, Permits,
books and records and other existing documents and data, and such
additional financial, operating and other relevant data and
information as such persons may reasonably request; and (c)
otherwise
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cooperate and assist with
Buyer’s investigation of the properties, assets, business,
and financial condition of the Company. In addition, Buyer and its
representatives shall have the right to perform such inspections of
the Real Property and Tangible Personal Property as deemed
necessary by Buyer and Buyer’s representatives for purposes
of determining the physical condition and legal characteristics of
such Real Property and Tangible Personal Property.
(b) Operation of the
Business of the Company . Between the date of this Agreement
and the Closing, the Shareholders shall:
(i) conduct the business of
the Company only in the Ordinary Course of Business, including, but
not limited to, making all payments and collections in accordance
with past practice;
(ii) preserve intact the
Company’s current business organization, keep available the
services of its officers, employees and agents, and maintain its
relations and goodwill with suppliers, customers, landlords,
creditors, employees, agents and others having business
relationships with it;
(iii) report periodically to
Buyer concerning the status of its business, operations and
finances;
(iv) make no material changes
in operations, management personnel, or otherwise in the business
of the Company without prior consultation with Buyer;
(v) maintain the Tangible
Personal Property in good repair and condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and in such state that complies with all applicable
Laws and is consistent with the requirements and normal conduct of
the Company’s business;
(vi) keep in full force and
effect, and otherwise maintain and protect all Company Intellectual
Property;
(vii) keep in full force and
effect, without amendment, all material rights relating to the
Company’s business;
(viii) comply with all
applicable Laws and contractual obligations applicable to the
operations of the Company’s business;
(ix) continue in full force
and effect the Company’s insurance policies;
(x) except as required to
comply with ERISA or to maintain qualification under Section 401(a)
of the Code, not amend, modify or terminate any Employee Plan
without the express written consent of Buyer, and except as
required under the provisions of any Employee Plan, not make any
contributions to or with respect to any Employee Plan without the
express written consent of Buyer, provided that the Company shall
contribute that amount of cash to each Employee Plan necessary to
fully fund all of the benefit liabilities of such Employee Plan on
a plan-termination basis as of the Closing Date;
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(xi) cooperate with Buyer and
assist Buyer in identifying the Permits by Buyer to operate the
business from and after the Closing Date and either transferring
existing Permits of the Company to Buyer, where permissible, or
obtaining new Permits for Buyer;
(xii) upon request from time
to time, execute and deliver all documents, make all truthful
oaths, testify in any proceedings and do all other acts that may be
reasonably necessary or desirable in the opinion of Buyer to
consummate the contemplated transactions, all without further
consideration; and
(xiii) maintain all books and
records of the Company relating to the Company’s business in
the Ordinary Course of Business.
(c) Negative Covenants
. Except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, between the date
of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the Company shall not, and
Shareholders shall not permit the Company to, without the prior
written Consent of Buyer, (a) take any affirmative action, or fail
to take any reasonable action within its control, as a result of
which any of the changes or events listed in Section
4.11 would be likely to occur; (b) make any modification to
any material Contract or Permit; (c) allow the levels of raw
materials, supplies or other materials included in the
Company’s inventories to vary materially from the levels
customarily maintained; or (d) enter into any compromise or
settlement of any litigation, proceeding or governmental
investigation relating to the assets, or the business of the
Company.
(d) Required Consents and
Approvals . As promptly as practicable after the date of this
Agreement, Shareholders shall make all filings required by Law to
be made by it in order to consummate the contemplated transactions
(including all filings under the HSR Act). The Shareholders also
shall cooperate with Buyer and its representatives with respect to
all filings that Buyer elects to make or, pursuant to Law, shall be
required to make in connection with the contemplated transactions.
The parties hereto agree that each party shall pay one-half of the
filing fee for the necessary filings required under the HSR Act in
connection with these transactions. The Shareholders also shall
cooperate with Buyer and its representatives in obtaining all
Consents (including taking all actions requested by Buyer to cause
early termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR
Act).
(e) Notification .
Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the
Shareholders shall, or shall cause the CEO of the Company to,
promptly notify Buyer in writing of all of the following: (a) any
material change in the financial, operating, or other condition of
the Company, (b) any material loss to any of the assets or
properties of the Company, (c) the institution of, or the threat of
institution of, any material legal, administrative, or other
proceedings against the Company or the Shareholders, (d) any fact
or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of the
Shareholders’ representations and warranties in this
Agreement, or (e) the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement,
of any fact or condition that would be reasonably likely to cause
or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty, had
that representation or warranty been made as of the time of the
occurrence of, or either Shareholders’ discovery of, such
fact or condition. During the same period, the Shareholders also
shall promptly notify Buyer of the occurrence of any breach of any
covenant of the Company or the Shareholders in this Agreement, or
of the occurrence of any event that
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may make the satisfaction of
Buyer’s conditions to the Closing set forth in this Agreement
impossible or unlikely.
(f) No Negotiation .
Until such time as this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to
Section 9 hereof, or until the Closing hereof, neither Shareholder
shall directly or indirectly solicit, initiate, encourage or
entertain any inquiries or proposals from, discuss or negotiate
with, provide any nonpublic information to or consider the merits
of any inquiries or proposals from any Person (other than Buyer)
relating to any business combination transaction involving the
Company, including the sale by the Shareholders of the Shares, the
merger or consolidation of the Company or the sale of the
Company’s business or any of the assets (other than in the
Ordinary Course of Business).
(g) Satisfaction of
Conditions . The Shareholders shall use their best efforts in
good faith to cause the conditions of Buyer to the Closing to be
satisfied. As used in this Section 3.3(g) ,
“best efforts” mean the efforts that a prudent Person
desirous of achieving a result would use in similar circumstances
to ensure that such result is achieved as expeditiously as
possible; provided , however , that the
Shareholders’ obligation to use best efforts, as set forth in
this Section 3.3(g) , does not require the
Shareholders to take actions that would result in a material
adverse change in the benefits that the Shareholders are to receive
pursuant to this Agreement.
(h) Manufacturing
Technology Inc. International . The Shareholders agree to cause
this entity, formed pursuant to Florida law, to file an amendment
or other documentation necessary to change the name of this entity
to a name which is dissimilar to the name of the Company, and to
take all actions necessary to effectuate such name change, or
alternatively to cause a dissolution of this entity.
3.4 Covenants of Buyer
Prior to Closing .
(a) Required Consents
. As promptly as practicable after the date of this Agreement,
Buyer shall make, or cause to be made, all filings required by Law
(including all filings under the HSR Act) to be made by it to
consummate the contemplated transactions. Buyer also shall
cooperate with the Shareholders (a) with respect to all filings the
Shareholders shall be required by Law to make and (b) in obtaining
all Consents; provided , however , that Buyer shall
not be required to dispose of or make any change to its business,
expend any material funds or incur any other burden in order to
comply with this Section 3.4(a).
(b) Satisfaction of
Conditions . Buyer shall use its best efforts in good faith to
cause the conditions of the Shareholders to the Closing to be
satisfied. As used in this Section 3.4(b) ,
“best efforts” mean the efforts that a prudent Person
desirous of achieving a result would use in similar circumstances
to ensure that such result is achieved as expeditiously as
possible; provided , however , that the
Shareholders’ obligation to use best efforts, as set forth in
this Section 3.4(b) , does not require the
Shareholders to take actions that would result in a material
adverse change in the benefits that the Shareholders are to receive
pursuant to this Agreement.
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3.5 Conditions
Precedent to Buyer’s Obligations to Close .
Buyer’s obligation to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to take the other actions required to be
taken by Buyer at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or
prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions (any of
which may be waived by Buyer, in whole or in part):
(a) Accuracy of
Representations . All of the Shareholders’
representations and warranties in this Agreement (considered
collectively), and each of these representations and warranties
(considered individually), shall have been accurate in all material
respects as of the date of this Agreement, and shall be accurate in
all material respects as of the time of the Closing as if then
made, without giving effect to any supplemental information
provided by the Shareholders after the date of this Agreement, and
the Shareholders shall deliver to the Buyer a certificate dated as
of the Closing Date to such effect; provided ,
however , that the accuracy of any such representations that
are expressly made as of a particular date shall be evaluated as of
said particular date.
(b) Shareholders’
Performance . All of the covenants and obligations that
Shareholders are required to perform or to comply with pursuant to
this Agreement at or prior to the Closing (considered
collectively), and each of these covenants and obligations
(considered individually), shall have been duly performed and
complied with in all material respects, and the Shareholders shall
deliver to the Buyer a certificate dated as of the Closing Date to
such effect.
(c) Consents . Each of
the Consents listed on Schedule 4.6 and
Schedule 4.7(b) shall have been obtained and shall be
in full force and effect.
(d) No Proceedings .
Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have been
commenced or threatened against Buyer, the Shareholders, or the
Company any proceeding (a) involving any challenge to, or seeking
damages or other relief in connection with, any of the contemplated
transactions, or (b) that may have the effect of preventing,
delaying, making illegal, imposing limitations or conditions on, or
otherwise interfering with, any of the contemplated
transactions.
(e) No Conflict .
Neither the consummation nor the performance of any of the
contemplated transactions will, directly or indirectly (with or
without notice or lapse of time), materially contravene or conflict
with, or result in a material violation of, or cause Buyer to
suffer any material adverse consequence under any Laws or order
that has been published, introduced or formally proposed by or
before any Governmental Authority.
(f) Governmental
Authorizations . Buyer shall have received the governmental
authorizations and Permits necessary for the operation of the
Company’s business as such business is conducted as of the
date of this Agreement. All of such governmental authorizations and
Permits are listed on Schedule 3.6(f) , attached
hereto.
(g) Ancillary
Agreements . The relevant Persons shall have entered into and
delivered the Ancillary Agreements.
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(h) Additional
Conditions . (i) The Company and the Shareholders shall have
delivered true, correct, and complete copies of all documents and
information required by this Agreement; and (ii) no material
adverse change has occurred in the financial or legal condition of
the Company, and the Company has carried on its business in the
usual, regular, and ordinary course in substantially the same
manner as heretofore conducted, and shall have used commercially
reasonable efforts consistent with past practices and policies to
preserve intact the Company’s current business operations,
the services of its current officers and employees, and its
relationships with customers, suppliers, and others having a
business relationship with the Company.
3.6 Conditions
Precedent to Shareholders’ Obligations to Close . The
Shareholders’ obligations to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to take the other actions required to be
taken by the Shareholders at the Closing is subject to the
satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following
conditions (any of which may be waived by the Shareholders in whole
or in part):
(a) Accuracy of
Representations . All of Buyer’s representations and
warranties in this Agreement (considered collectively), and each of
these representations and warranties (considered individually),
shall have been accurate in all material respects as of the date of
this Agreement and shall be accurate in all material respects as of
the time of the Closing as if then made.
(b) Buyer’s
Performance . All of the covenants and obligations that Buyer
is required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this Agreement
at or prior to the Closing (considered collectively), and each of
these covenants and obligations (considered individually), shall
have been performed and complied with in all material
respects.
(c) No Injunction .
There shall not be in effect any Law or any injunction or other
order that prohibits the consummation of the contemplated
transactions.
(d) Consents . Each of
the Consents listed on Schedule 3.6(d) , attached
hereto, shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and
effect.
ARTICLE IV : REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
Each Shareholder jointly and
severally represents and warrants to the Buyer as
follows:
4.1 Existence and Good
Standing . The Company is a corporation duly organized and
validly existing under the laws of the State of Florida and is duly
authorized, qualified or licensed to do business, or will be as of
the Closing Date duly authorized, qualified, or licensed to do
business, as a foreign corporation in each of the jurisdictions set
forth on Schedule 4.1 , which are the only
jurisdictions in which the Company is required to be so
qualified.
4.2 Power . The
Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to (a) own,
operate and lease its properties and assets as and where currently
owned, operated and leased, and (b) carry on its business as
currently conducted.
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4.3 Validity and
Enforceability . Each Shareholder has the capacity or the
requisite power and authority, as the case may be, to execute,
deliver and perform such Shareholder’s obligations under this
Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which he or she
is a party. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Shareholders, and at the Closing, each of the Ancillary
Agreements to which a Shareholder is a party shall be duly executed
and delivered by such Shareholder. Assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by the other parties to such agreements,
such agreements represent the legal, valid and binding obligation
of each Shareholder, enforceable against each Shareholder in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation,
fraudulent conveyance and other similar Laws and principles of
equity affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally. No
further corporate or authorizing actions on the part of the
Shareholders is or will be required to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements.
4.4 Capitalization of
the Company . The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 5,000
shares are issued and outstanding and all of which have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights,
calls, subscriptions, claims of any character, agreements,
obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities or other
commitments, contingent or otherwise, of any kind obligating the
Company to issue, directly or indirectly, any additional shares of
its capital stock or other equity securities. The Shares represent
the only issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company. Other than this Agreement, there are no agreements,
commitments or contracts relating to the issuance, sale, transfer
or voting of any equity securities or other securities of the
Company. Schedule 4.4 sets forth a true and complete
statement of the capitalization of the Company. Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.4 , the Company has no Subsidiaries and
no Investments.
4.5 No Conflict
. Neither the execution of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements by the Shareholders, nor the performance by each
Shareholder of his or her obligations hereunder or thereunder will
(a) violate or conflict with the Articles of Incorporation (or
equivalent document) or the Bylaws (or equivalent document) of the
Company or any Law or Order, including without limitation, the
Federal Acquisition Regulations and supplements, and the Truth in
Negotiations Act, (b) violate, conflict with or result in a breach
or termination of, or otherwise give any Person additional rights
or compensation under, or the right to terminate or accelerate, or
constitute (with notice or lapse of time, or both) a default under
the terms of any note, deed, lease, instrument, security agreement,
mortgage, commitment, Contract, agreement, license or other
instrument or oral understanding to which the Company or a
Shareholder is a party or by which any of the assets or the
properties of the Company are bound or (c) result in the creation
or imposition of any Lien with respect to, or otherwise have an
adverse effect upon, the Shares or any of the assets or properties
of the Company.
4.6 Consents .
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 , no Consent,
approval or authorization of any third party or Governmental
Authority is required in connection with the execution and delivery
by the Shareholders of either this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby.
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4.7 Property
.
(a) Title .
Each Shareholder has good and marketable title to the Shares, free
and clear of all Liens. Upon the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, the Buyer will acquire good and
valid title to the Shares, free and clear of all Liens. Except as
set forth on Schedule 4.7(a) , the Company does not
have any Real Property owned by a Governmental Authority in its
possession or under its direct or indirect control. To the extent
the Company has any Real Property owned by a Governmental Authority
in its possession or under its direct or indirect control, the
Company has possessed, controlled and maintained such Real Property
in accordance with any and all requirements of the applicable
Governmental Authorities. The Company does not own any Real
Property.
(b) Real Property
Leases . Schedule 4.7(b) sets forth a true
and complete description of all real property leased, licensed to
or otherwise used or occupied (but not owned) by the Company
(collectively, the “ Leased Real Property
”) including the address thereof, the annual fixed rental,
the expiration of the term, any extension options and any security
deposits. A true and correct copy of each such lease, license or
occupancy agreement, and any amendments thereto, with respect to
the Leased Real Property (collectively, the “ Real
Property Leases ”) has been delivered to the Buyer,
and no changes have been made to any Real Property Leases since the
date of delivery. All of the Leased Real Property is used or
occupied by the Company pursuant to a Real Property Lease. Each
Real Property Lease is in full force and effect and, as to the
Company, is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, fraudulent conveyance and
other similar Laws and principles of equity affecting
creditors’ rights and remedies generally. There are no
existing defaults by the Company or the lessor under any of the
Real Property Leases, and no event has occurred which (with notice,
lapse of time or both) could reasonably be expected to constitute a
breach or default under any of the Real Property Leases by the
Company or any party or give any party the right to terminate,
accelerate or modify any Real Property Lease. Except as set forth
on Schedule 4.7(b) , (i) no consent is required from
the lessor under any of the Real Property Leases in order to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and (ii) no Affiliate of the Company or a
Shareholder is the owner or lessor of any Leased Real
Property.
(c) Tangible Personal
Property . Schedule 4.7(c ) sets forth a true
and complete list, by category, of all equipment, machinery and
other similar tangible personal property, with an individual
original cost of $5,000.00 or more, that is owned or leased by the
Company (the “ Tangible Personal Property
”). The Company is in possession of all Tangible Personal
Property. Except as listed on Schedule 4.7(c) , the
Company does not have any tangible personal property owned by a
Governmental Authority in its possession or under its direct or
indirect control. To the extent the Company has any tangible
personal property owned by a Governmental Authority in its
possession or under its direct or indirect control, the Company has
possessed, controlled and maintained such tangible personal
property in accordance with any and all requirements of the
applicable Governmental Authorities.
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(d) Absence of
Violations .
(i) None of the Real Property
or Tangible Personal Property, nor the leasing, occupancy and/or
use of the Real Property or Tangible Personal Property is in
violation of any Law, including, without limitation, any building,
zoning, environmental or other ordinance, code, rule or
regulation.
(ii) The condition and use of
the Real Property conforms to each applicable certificate of
occupancy and all other permits required to be issued in connection
with the Real Property. The Company has obtained all permits
necessary for the operation of the business of the Company at the
Real Property, and all of such permits are listed on Schedule
4.16 hereto.
(e)
Reassessments . There is not now pending, nor to the
knowledge of the Shareholders contemplated, any reassessment of any
parcel included in the Real Property that could result in a change
in the rent, additional rent or other sums and charges payable by
the Company under any agreement relating to the Real
Property.
(f) No Condemnation
. There is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Shareholders,
threatened, condemnation, expropriation, eminent domain or similar
proceeding affecting all or any portion of the Real Property.
Neither the Company nor the Shareholders have received any written
notice or oral notice of any such proceeding, and neither
Shareholder has knowledge that any such proceeding is
contemplated.
(g) Condition of
Property . There are no material defects in, mechanical
failure of, or damage to, the Real Property, and the mechanical,
electrical and HVAC systems serving the Real Property are in good
working condition, subject to normal wear and tear.
4.8 Litigation
. There is no instance in which the Company is or has been, prior
to the date of this Agreement (a) subject to any unsatisfied Order
or (b) a party or, to the knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened
to be made a party to, any complaint, action, suit, proceeding,
hearing or investigation of any Person or Governmental Authority.
No event has occurred or circumstances exist that could give rise
to or serve as a legitimate basis for the commencement of any
complaint, action, suit, proceeding, hearing or investigation of
any Person or Governmental Authority. There are no judicial or
administrative actions, proceedings or investigations pending or,
to the knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened, that question the
validity of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, there are no pending or, to the
knowledge of the Shareholders, threatened (a) actions by any
Governmental Authority to modify the zoning classification of, or
to condemn or take by power of eminent domain (or purchase in lieu
thereof), or to classify as a landmark, or otherwise to take or
restrict in any way the right to use, develop or alter, all or any
part of the Real Property, (b) claims under or pursuant to any
warranty, whether express or implied, on products sold by the
Company prior to the date of this Agreement, (c) product recalls or
post sale warnings, or similar actions by any Governmental
Authority, on products sold by the Company, (d) claims against the
Company with respect to wrongful termination of any dealer,
distributor or any other marketing entity,
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discriminatory pricing, price fixing,
unfair competition, false advertising or any other claims relating
to the violation of any Laws relating to anti-competitive practices
or unfair trade practices of any kind, or (e) written notifications
of performance or cost issues relating to the Company’s
performance in connection with any Contract of any Governmental
Authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company is not, and
has not been, prior to the date of this Agreement, subject to any
audit or investigation of any Governmental Authority regarding the
Company’s Contracts or business that could be reasonably
likely to result in, or has resulted in, a finding or determination
on the part of the Governmental Authority that was unfavorable to
the Company or its interests.
4.9 Compliance with
Laws . The Company is now, and has been, in material
compliance with all Laws and Orders, including, without limitation,
those concerning (a) employment practices (including, without
limitation, all payroll and payroll withholding practices
associated therewith, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Service
Contract Act and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance
Programs), (b) zoning, (c) delivery practices and procedures
(including, without limitation, testing, inspection and disclosure
of product specifications), (d) intellectual property, (e)
anti-competitive practices or unfair trade practices of any kind,
(f) the prices charged by the Company in connection with the
marketing or sale of any products or services, and (g) all ITAR and
foreign activities compliance requirements. To the knowledge of the
Shareholders, there is no proposed Law or Order that would be
applicable to the Company and that would adversely affect any
assets, properties, liabilities, operations or prospects of the
Company.
4.10 Necessary Property
and Conditions of Property . The Company is the only
operation through which the Company’s business is conducted.
The assets and properties owned, leased or licensed by the Company
(other than surplus assets not currently being used by the Company,
the total value of which is less than $50,000.00, and for which
there is no value reflected in the Financial Statements) are in
good condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear
consistent with the age of the assets and properties), and
constitute all of the assets and properties necessary to conduct
the Company’s business as it is currently
conducted.
4.11 Conduct of
Business . Since October 31, 2004, t
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