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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
by and among
ICOA, INC.,
WISE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
and
SHAREHOLDERS OF WISE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Dated as of April 20, 2005
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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Stock Purchase Agreement (this "Agreement") is entered
into as of April 20, 2005 by and among (i) ICOA, Inc., a Nevada
corporation
("ICOA"), (ii) Wise Technologies, Inc., a Maryland corporation
("Wise") and
(iii) the shareholders of Wise listed in Exhibit F (together,
"Sellers").
RECITALS
A. Sellers collectively own an aggregate of 2,481,605 shares
of the common stock, with par value of $0.01 per share, of Wise
("Wise Common
Stock").
B. ICOA and Wise deem it advisable and in the best interests
of their respective shareholders for ICOA to acquire all of the
shares of Wise
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
C. Under this Agreement, the shares of Wise will be
converted
into the right to receive consideration in accordance with the
terms hereof.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
promises contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which the parties hereby acknowledge,
the parties
hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used herein, the terms below shall
have
the following meanings:
"Accountants" means Saggar, Lippman & Rosenberg,
certified
public accountants.
"Affiliate" of a Person means any other Person which
directly
or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such
Person. The term "control" (including, with correlative meaning,
the terms
"controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used with
respect to any
Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
"Ancillary Agreements" means the Employment Agreements,
Registration Rights and Shareholder Agreement and other
agreements, certificates
and documents required hereunder to consummate the Closing.
"Assets" means all of Wise's and its Subsidiaries' right,
title and interest in and to the properties, assets and rights
of any kind,
whether tangible or intangible, real or personal.
"Balance Sheet" means the balance sheet of Wise as of the
Balance Sheet Date.
"Balance Sheet Date" means September 30, 2004.
"Business" means the business of Wise and its Subsidiaries
as
conducted on the date hereof.
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"Closing" means the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement on the Closing Date.
"Closing Date" means the date to be specified by ICOA and
Wise, which shall be no later than the third business day
following the
satisfaction or waiver of all of the conditions set forth in
Articles VI and VII
hereof. It is the intent of the parties that the Closing Date be
the date which
is thirty days after the date hereof, or as promptly as
practicable thereafter.
"Closing Place" means the offices of Sack, Harris &
Martin,
P.C., 8270 Greensboro Dr., Suite 810, McLean, VA 22102 or such
other place as
agreed to by the parties.
"Closing Stock Price" means the average closing asking price
of ICOA Common Stock for the ten trading days immediately prior
to the Closing
Date.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
"Consents" means any and all licenses, permits, franchises,
approvals, authorizations, consents or waivers from third
parties (including
governmental authorities and parties to the Contracts) that are
(i) required for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or (ii)
necessary or desirable in order that ICOA and Wise can conduct
the Business
after the Closing Date in the same manner as before the Closing
Date.
"Contracts" means all agreements, contracts, leases,
purchase
orders, undertakings, covenants not to compete, employment
agreements,
confidentiality agreements, licenses, instruments, obligations
and commitments
to which Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which
Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries or any Assets are bound, whether written or
oral, express or
implied.
"Court Order" means any judgment, decision, consent decree,
injunction, ruling or order of any federal, state or local court
or governmental
agency, department or authority that is binding on any Person or
its property
under applicable law.
"Default" means (a) a breach of or default under any
Contract,
(b) the occurrence of an event that with the passage of time or
the giving of
notice or both would constitute a breach of or default under any
Contract or (c)
the occurrence of an event that with or without the passage of
time or the
giving of notice or both would give rise to a right of
termination,
renegotiation or acceleration under any Contract.
"Effective Time" means the time on the Closing Date when the
stock purchase shall become effective, which time shall be at
5:00 p.m., Eastern
time, on the Closing Date, or such other date and time as the
parties may agree
in writing.
"Encumbrance" means any claim, lien, pledge, option, charge,
easement, security interest, deed of trust, mortgage,
right-of-way,
encroachment, building or use restriction, conditional sales
agreement,
encumbrance or other right of third parties, whether voluntarily
incurred or
arising by operation of law, and includes any agreement to give
any of the
foregoing in the future, and any contingent sale or other title
retention
agreement or lease in the nature thereof; provided, however,
that Encumbrance
shall not include the security interest and liens granted by
Wise to ICOA
pursuant to the Loan Agreement (as defined herein) or Second
Loan Agreement (as
defined herein).
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974.
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"Financial Statements" means the Balance Sheet and related
unaudited statements of income for the period ended on the
Balance Sheet Date,
all of which are attached as Schedule 1.1(a).
"Fixtures and Equipment" means all of the furniture,
fixtures,
furnishings, office equipment, development tools and equipment,
lab equipment,
database tapes, test tapes, test fixtures and equipment,
computers and software
(including any source or object codes therefor or documentation
relating thereto
and computer aided design equipment and software), and other
tangible personal
property owned by Wise or its Subsidiaries, wherever located and
including any
such Fixtures and Equipment in the possession of any of its
respective suppliers
or other vendors.
"Fully Diluted Common Stock Number" means the total number
of
shares of Wise Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time
on a fully diluted basis, including (i) the exercise of all
outstanding rights
and warrants to acquire Wise Common Stock, regardless of
restrictions on
exercise or conversion and (ii) the conversion of all
outstanding securities and
notes convertible into Wise Common Stock.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board and
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or
agencies with
similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the
accounting
profession), or in such other statements by such entity as may
be in general use
by significant segments of the U.S. accounting profession, which
are applicable
to the facts and circumstances on the date of determination.
"HSR Act" means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements
Act of 1976.
"ICOA Material Adverse Effect" or "ICOA Material Adverse
Change" means any effect or change which has, or is reasonably
likely to have, a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
business, results
of operations, assets, liabilities, prospects or operations of
ICOA.
"Immediate Payment" means a cash payment of $50,000
"Immediate Shares" means 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock
of
ICOA, $.01 par value per share ("ICOA Common Stock").
"Indemnifiable Amount" means those amounts for which the
Shareholders, ICOA and the other indemnified Persons identified
under Article X
hereof are entitled to indemnity.
"Independent Contractor Agreement" means the Independent
Contractor Agreement to be entered into between ICOA and G2
Enterprises,
Incorporated, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.
"Interim Financing" means a loan from Areather T. Murray to
Wise in an amount not to exceed
$50,000.
"Inventory" means all merchandise owned and intended for
resale and all raw materials, work in process, finished goods,
wrapping, supply
and packaging items and similar items, whether or not located on
the premises,
on consignment to a third party, or in transit or storage.
"Leases" means, with respect to any Person, all leases
(including subleases, licenses, any occupancy agreement and any
other agreement)
of real or personal property, in each case to which such Person
is a party,
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whether as lessor, lessee, guarantor or otherwise, or by which
any of them or
their respective properties or assets are bound, or which
otherwise relate to
the operation of their respective business.
"Liabilities" mean any direct or indirect liability,
indebtedness, obligation, commitment, expense, claim,
deficiency, guaranty or
endorsement of or by any Person of any type, whether accrued,
absolute,
contingent, matured, unmatured, liquidated, unliquidated or
otherwise, known or
unknown.
"Major Shareholder" means Areather T. Murray, Gary S.
Murray,
Sr., Gary S. Murray, II, Human Vision LLC and Human Vision
Technology Ventures,
LLC.
"NDA" means that certain Non-Disclosure Agreement dated
September 27, 2004 between Wise and ICOA.
"Note" means a promissory note in the face amount of
$50,000,
due sixty days after the Closing Date, bearing an interest rate
of 0%,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
"Permits" mean all licenses, permits, franchises, approvals,
authorizations, consents or orders of, or filings with, any
governmental
authority, whether foreign, federal, state or local, necessary
for the conduct
or operation of the Business or ownership of the Assets.
"Person" means any person or entity, whether an individual,
trustee, corporation, limited liability company, general
partnership, limited
partnership, trust, unincorporated organization, business
association, firm,
joint venture, governmental agency or authority.
"Proprietary Rights" means all (a) U.S. and foreign patents,
patent applications, patent disclosures and improvements
thereto, including
petty patents and utility models and applications therefor, (b)
U.S. and foreign
trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names and
corporate names
and the goodwill associated therewith and registrations and
applications for
registration thereof, (c) U.S. and foreign copyrights and
registrations and
applications for registration thereof, (d) U.S. and foreign mask
work rights and
registrations and applications for registration thereof, (e)
trade secrets and
confidential business information (including ideas, formulas,
compositions,
inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or
not reduced to
practice), know-how, research and development information,
software, drawings,
specifications, designs, plans, proposals, technical data,
copyrightable works,
financial, marketing and business data, pricing and cost
information, business
and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and
information), (f) copies
and tangible embodiments thereof (in whatever form or medium)
and (g) licenses
granting any rights with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Registration Rights and Shareholder Agreement" means the
Registration Rights and Shareholder Agreement, substantially in
the form
attached as Exhibit C hereto.
"Regulations" means any laws, statutes, ordinances,
regulations, rules, notice requirements, court decisions,
binding agency
guidelines, principles of law and orders of any foreign,
federal, state or local
government and any other governmental department or agency,
including
Environmental Laws, energy, motor vehicle safety, airport,
aviation, public
utility, zoning, building and health codes, occupational safety
and health and
laws respecting employment practices, employee documentation,
terms and
conditions of employment and wages and hours.
"Related Party" means any Seller, any of the officers and
directors of Wise, any Affiliate of Wise or any Affiliate or
immediate family
member of a Seller or the respective officers and directors of
any such
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Affiliate, or any Person in which any of Wise, any Seller or any
Affiliate of
any such Person or any immediate family member of a Seller has
any direct or
material indirect interest.
"Representative" means any officer, director, principal,
attorney, agent, employee or other representative of any
Person.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Shareholders" means the holders of shares of capital stock
of
Wise on the Closing Date.
"Subsidiary" when used with respect to any party means any
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or
unincorporated, (i)
of which such party or any other Subsidiary of such party is a
general partner
(excluding partnerships, the general partnership interests of
which held by such
party or any Subsidiary of such party do not have a majority of
the voting and
economic interests in such partnership) or (ii) at least a
majority of the
securities or other interests of which having by their terms
ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or others
performing similar
functions with respect to such corporation or other organization
is directly or
indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by any one or
more of its
Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
"Tax Return" means any report, return, document, declaration
or other information or filing required to be supplied to any
taxing authority
or jurisdiction (foreign or domestic) with respect to Taxes,
including
information returns, any documents with respect to or
accompanying requests for
the extension of time in which to file any such report, return,
document,
declaration or other information.
"Taxes" mean any and all taxes, charges, fees, levies or
other
assessments, including income, gross receipts, excise, real or
personal
property, sales, withholding, social security, retirement,
unemployment,
occupation, use, service, license, net worth, payroll, franchise
and transfer
and recording, escheat/remittance or unclaimed property, or
other tax of any
kind whatsoever imposed by the Internal Revenue Service or any
taxing authority
(whether domestic or foreign, including any federal, state,
county, local or
foreign government or any subdivision or taxing agency thereof
(including a U.S.
possession)), whether computed on a separate, consolidated,
unitary, combined or
any other basis; and such term shall include any interest
whether paid or
received, fines, penalties or additional amounts attributable
to, or imposed
upon, or with respect to, any such taxes, charges, fees, levies
or other
assessments.
"To the best knowledge" or "knowledge" of a party (or
similar
phrases) means to the extent of matters (i) which are actually
known by such
party or (ii) which, based on facts of which such party is
aware, would be known
to a reasonable Person in similar circumstances; provided, that
"to the best
knowledge of Wise" or "to the knowledge of Wise" means the
extent of matters (i)
which are actually known by Gary S. Murray II or Najib Kabbani
(ii) which, based
on facts of which Gary S. Murray II or Najib Kabbani is aware,
would be known to
a reasonable Person in similar circumstances.
"Wise Material Adverse Effect" or "Wise Material Adverse
Change" means any effect or change which has, or is reasonably
likely to have, a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other),
Business, results
of operations, assets, liabilities, prospects or operations of
Wise and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole; provided, however, that Wise and
its Subsidiaries
incurring losses from operating the Business in the ordinary
course and
consistent with past practice at a rate per site substantially
similar to the
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losses incurred for the nine-month period ended September 30,
2004 shall not
constitute a Wise Material Adverse Effect or Wise Material
Adverse Change.
"Wise Options" means options to purchase Wise Common Stock
granted by Wise prior to the date hereof or other rights to or
with respect to
options to acquire Wise Common Stock granted, awarded or earned
pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or commitment entered into by Wise prior
to the date
hereof.
1.2 Other Defined Terms. The following terms shall have the
meanings defined for such terms in the Sections set forth
below:
Term Section
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Action 3.17
Agreement Preamble
Benefit Arrangement 3.19(a)
Claim 10.2(b)
Closing Statements 7.17
Damage Threshold 10.2(f)
Damages 10.2
Diligence Date 11.1(a)(ii)
Diligence Documents 11.1(a)(ii)
Dissenting Shares 2.9
Employee Plans 3.19(a)
Environmental Condition 3.30(a)
Environmental Laws 3.30(a)
ERISA Affiliate 3.19(a)
Exchange Act 4.7
Exchange Agent 2.6(a)
Expense Threshold 11.8
Extended Diligence Date 11.1(a)(ii)
Hazardous Substance 3.30(a)
ICOA Preamble
ICOA Disclosure Schedule Article IV
ICOA's Closing Certificate 6.1
JAMS 10.3(f)
Leased Real Property 3.9(a)
Letter of Transmittal 2.4(a)
MGCL 2.1
Multiemployer Plan 3.19(a)
Offset Notice 10.3(a)
Offset Shares 10.3(a)
PBGC 3.19(a)
Pension Plan 3.19(a)
Personal Property 3.9(b)
Proposed Acquisition Transaction 5.4(a)
Purchaser Representative 5.10
Release 3.30(a)
SEC Documents 4.7
Sellers Preamble
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Shareholder Representative 7.14
Stock Spreadsheet 7.18
Welfare Plan 3.19(a)
Wise Preamble
Wise Closing Certificates 7.1
Wise Disclosure Schedule Article III
Wise Warrants 3.2(b)
1.3 Interpretation Provisions.
(a) The words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words
of
similar import when used in this Agreement refer to this
Agreement as a whole
and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and
article, section,
schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless
otherwise
specified. The meaning of defined terms shall be equally
applicable to the
singular and plural forms of the defined terms. The term "or" is
disjunctive but
not necessarily exclusive. The terms "include" and "including"
are not limiting
and mean "including without limitation."
(b) References to agreements and other documents shall be
deemed
to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications
thereto.
(c) References to statutes shall include all regulations
promulgated thereunder and references to statutes or regulations
shall be
construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating,
amending or replacing the statute or regulation.
(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the
construction of this
Agreement.
(e) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to
be
the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual
intent, and no rule
of strict construction shall be applied against either
party.
(f) The schedules and exhibits to this Agreement are a
material
part hereof and shall be treated as if fully incorporated into
the body of the
Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
ACQUISITION OF SHARES
2.1 Directors and Officers. At the Effective Time, the
directors and officers of Wise shall be as set forth on Schedule
2.1 hereto,
each such director and officer to hold office from the Effective
Time until
their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified in the
manner provided in the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of
Wise and
applicable law.
2.2 Acquisition of Securities.
(a) Acquisition of Wise Common Stock.As of the Effective
Time,
all shares of Wise Common Stock shall be exchanged for the right
to receive,
upon the surrender of such certificates, (i) certificates
representing Immediate
Shares of ICOA Common Stock, and cash in lieu of any fractional
shares of ICOA
Common Stock to the extent provided in Section 2.4(c) to be
issued or paid in
connection therefor upon surrender of such certificates in
accordance with
Section 2.4, without interest.
2.3 Immediate Consideration
(a) At the Effective Time, ICOA will deliver to each holder of
a
certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the
Effective Time
represented outstanding shares of Wise Common Stock, their pro
rata portion of
the Fully Diluted Common Stock Number (as provided in Schedule
2.3(a)) of the
Immediate Shares.
(b) At the Effective Time, ICOA will waive the repayment of
that
certain Note, dated January 10, 2005 for $75,000 made by Wise in
favor of ICOA.
2.4 Exchange of Certificates.
(a) Exchange Agent and Procedures. Signature Stock Transfer,
Inc., as exchange agent (the "Exchange Agent"), shall mail as
promptly as
practicable after the Effective Time to each holder of a
certificate or
certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented
outstanding shares of Wise Common Stock (i) a letter of
transmittal (the "Letter
of Transmittal") and (ii) instructions for effecting the
surrender of the
certificates in exchange for certificates representing ICOA
Common Stock. Upon
surrender of a certificate for cancellation to the Exchange
Agent or to such
other agent or agents as may be appointed by ICOA, together with
such Letter of
Transmittal, duly executed, and such other documents as may
reasonably be
required by the Exchange Agent or ICOA, the holder of such
certificate shall be
entitled to receive in exchange therefor, no later than five
business days
following the surrender of such certificate, a certificate
representing that
number of whole shares of ICOA Common Stock which such holder
has the right to
receive pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3, and the
certificate so
surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. In the event that any
certificates
representing shares of Wise Common Stock shall have been lost,
stolen or
destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
shareholder
claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, ICOA
shall issue in
exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate the
shares of ICOA
Common Stock that such shareholder is entitled to receive
pursuant to Section
2.3 hereof; provided, however, that ICOA may in its discretion
and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, require such
shareholder to provide
ICOA with an indemnity agreement against any claim that may be
made against ICOA
with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost,
stolen or destroyed.
The shares of ICOA Common Stock that each shareholder of Wise
shall be entitled
to receive pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have
been issued at the
Effective Time. If the shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in
lieu of fractional
shares, if any, (or any portion thereof) is to be delivered to
any person other
than the person in whose name the certificate or certificates
representing
shares of Wise Common Stock surrendered in exchange therefor is
registered, it
shall be a condition to such exchange that the person requesting
such exchange
shall pay to ICOA any transfer or other taxes required by reason
of the payment
of the shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in lieu of fractional
shares, if any,
to a person other than the registered holder of the certificate
or certificates
so surrendered, or shall establish to the satisfaction of ICOA
that such tax has
been paid or is not applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
neither ICOA nor
any other party hereto shall be liable to a holder of shares of
Wise Common
Stock for any shares of ICOA Common Stock or cash in lieu of
fractional shares,
if any, delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable
abandoned
property, escheat and similar laws.
(b) Withholding. ICOA or the Exchange Agent will be entitled
to
deduct and withhold from cash paid in lieu of fractional shares,
if any, to be
delivered pursuant hereto such amounts as ICOA or the Exchange
Agent are
required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of
such payment under
Section 3406 of the Code, relating to backup withholding. To the
extent that
amounts are so withheld, such amounts will be treated for all
purposes of this
Agreement as having been paid to the former holder of the Wise
Common Stock in
respect of whom such deduction and withholding were made by ICOA
or the Exchange
Agent.
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(c) No Fractional Shares. No certificates or scrip
representing
fractional shares of ICOA Common Stock shall be issued by virtue
of this
Agreement, and no dividend, stock split or other distribution
with respect to
ICOA Common Stock shall relate to any such fractional interest,
and any such
fractional interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote
or to any
rights of a security holder.
2.5 Certificate Not Surrendered by Holders of Shares of Wise
Common Stock. Each certificate which immediately prior to the
Effective Time
evidenced shares of Wise Common Stock shall, from and after the
Effective Time
until such certificate is surrendered to Surviving Corporation
or the Exchange
Agent, be deemed, for all corporate purposes, to evidence the
right to receive
the consideration per share provided for by Section 2.3. No
interest shall be
payable upon any consideration to be delivered pursuant to this
Agreement.
2.6 No Transfers After the Effective Time. All shares of
ICOA
Common Stock issued upon the surrender of certificates
representing shares of
Wise Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this Article
II (including any
cash paid pursuant to Section 2.4) shall be deemed to have been
issued (and
paid) in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to shares of
Wise Common
Stock theretofore represented by such certificates, and after
the Effective
Time, there shall be no transfers of any shares of Wise Common
Stock on the
stock transfer books of Wise. If, after the Effective Time,
certificates
formerly representing shares of Wise Common Stock are presented
to ICOA, they
shall be canceled and exchanged for the consideration per share
provided for by
Section 2.3, subject to applicable law in the case of Dissenting
Shares.
2.7 Dissenting Shareholders. Notwithstanding anything in
this
Agreement to the contrary, shares of Wise Common Stock issued
and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time and held by a
shareholder who has not
voted in favor of this Agreement or consented thereto in writing
and who has
properly demanded dissenter's rights in accordance with MGCL
("Dissenting
Shares"), shall not be converted into the right to receive the
consideration as
provided in Section 2.3, unless and until such holder fails to
perfect or
withdraws or otherwise loses his right to appraisal and payment
under the MGCL,
but shall from and after the Effective Time represent only the
right to receive
such consideration as may be determined to be due in accordance
with MGCL. If,
after the appraisal, any such holder fails to perfect or
withdraws or loses his
right to appraisal, then such Dissenting Shares shall thereupon
be treated as if
they had been converted as of the Effective Time into the right
to receive the
consideration, if any, to which such holder is entitled. Wise
shall give ICOA
prompt notice of any demands received by Wise for appraisal of
shares and, prior
to the Effective Time, ICOA shall have the right to participate
in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. Prior
to the
Effective Time, Wise shall not, except with the prior written
consent of ICOA,
make any payments with respect to or settle or offer to settle,
any such
demands. Each holder of Dissenting Shares who becomes entitled
to payment for
such Dissenting Shares in accordance with MGCL shall receive
payment therefor in
accordance with MGCL.
2.8 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. Each of
ICOA,
Wise and Sellers shall take all such reasonable lawful action as
may be
necessary or appropriate in order to implement this Agreement.
Wise agrees that
if, at any time after the Effective Time, ICOA shall consider or
be advised that
any further deeds, assignments, or assurances are necessary or
desirable to
vest, perfect, or confirm in ICOA title to any property or
rights of Wise, ICOA
and its proper officers and directors may execute and deliver
all such proper
deeds, assignments, and assurances and do all other things
necessary or
desirable to vest, perfect or confirm title to such property or
rights in ICOA
and otherwise to carry out the purpose of this Agreement, in the
name of Wise or
otherwise.
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2.9 Wise Securities
(a) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each holder of
a
Wise Warrant shall exercise such warrant for shares of Wise
Common Stock
pursuant to the terms thereof. As of the Closing, no Wise
Warrants shall be
outstanding.
(b) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, each holder of
a
Wise Option shall exercise such warrant for shares of Wise
Common Stock pursuant
to the terms thereof. As of the Closing, no Wise Option shall be
outstanding.
ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF AND WISE AND SELLERS
Except as otherwise set forth in a disclosure schedule (the
"Wise Disclosure Schedule") referring specifically to the
representations and
warranties in this Agreement which identifies by section number
the section to
which such disclosure relates and which is delivered by Wise to
ICOA prior to or
simultaneous with the execution of this Agreement, Wise and each
Seller
severally, and not jointly, make the following representations
and warranties to
ICOA, which representations and warranties are, as of the date
hereof, and will
be, as of the Closing Date, true and correct and all of which
representations
and warranties have been and will be relied upon by ICOA in
entering into this
Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated
hereby.
3.1 Organization of Wise. Wise is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and duly authorized to transact
business in the
corporate form under the laws of the State of Maryland. Wise has
full corporate
power and authority to conduct the Business as it is presently
being conducted
and to own or lease, as applicable, its properties and the
Assets. Wise and each
of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business as a
foreign corporation
and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character
of its
properties owned or leased or the nature of its activities make
such
qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so
qualified would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have an Wise Material Adverse
Effect. Each
jurisdiction in which Wise and its Subsidiaries are qualified to
do business as
a foreign corporation is set forth on Section 3.1 of the Wise
Disclosure
Schedule.
3.2 Capitalization of Wise.
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there are 3,000,000
shares
of Wise Common Stock authorized under its Articles of
Incorporation, 2,481,605
of which are issued and outstanding. Wise has no other stock
authorized, issued
or outstanding.
(b) As of the date of this Agreement, Wise has outstanding
warrants to acquire an aggregate of 102,000 shares of Wise
Common Stock at an
exercise price of $0.01 per share, (collectively, the "Wise
Warrants"). Wise has
provided ICOA true and complete copies of the Wise Warrants.
Section 3.2(b) of
the Wise Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate
list of the Wise
Warrants, the exercise price per share and the number of shares
subject to each
Wise Warrant.
(c) As of the date of this Agreement, Wise Options
representing
the right to purchase an aggregate of zero (0) shares of Wise
Common Stock are
outstanding.
(d) Except for the Wise securities listed above and for this
Agreement, there are no outstanding options, warrants,
convertible securities or
rights of any kind to purchase or otherwise acquire any shares
of capital stock
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or other securities of Wise nor are there any other obligations
on the part of
Wise to issue any shares of capital stock or other
securities.
(e) All outstanding shares of Wise Common Stock are, and any
shares of Wise Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion,
as the case may
be, of any Wise Warrants or Wise Options will be, validly
issued, fully paid and
non-assessable and not subject to any preemptive rights created
by statute,
Wise's Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or any Contract. The
Wise securities
have been or will be issued in compliance with all federal and
state corporate
and securities laws.
(f) There is outstanding no vote, plan or pending proposal
for
any redemption of stock of Wise or merger or consolidation of
Wise with or into
any other entity.
(g) The Stock Spreadsheet will be true and correct in all
respects at and as of the Closing.
3.3 Hart-Scott-Rodino. Wise is its own ultimate parent
entity
as defined under the HSR Act. Wise is not a $10 million person
as defined
thereunder.
3.4 Authorization.
(a) Subject to the approval of the requisite number of shares
of
Wise Common Stock entitled to vote thereon in accordance with
the MGCL and
Wise's Articles of Incorporation, Wise has all necessary power
and authority and
has taken all corporate action necessary to enter into this
Agreement, and the
Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and has taken all
corporate action
necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby and to
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution
and delivery of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements by Wise and the
performance by Wise
of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation
of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by the
Board of Directors of Wise. Upon such approval of the requisite
number of shares
of Wise Common Stock entitled to vote thereon in accordance with
the MGCL and
Wise's Articles of Incorporation, this Agreement will have been
duly executed
and delivered by Wise and will be a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Wise,
enforceable against Wise in accordance with its terms, except
that
enforceability may be limited by the effect of bankruptcy,
insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or
affecting the
rights of creditors.
(b) Each Seller has all necessary power and authority to
enter
into this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements to which he is
a party and has
taken all action necessary to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby
and thereby and to perform his obligations hereunder and
thereunder. This
Agreement has been duly executed by each Seller and this
Agreement is, and upon
execution and delivery, the Ancillary Agreements to which any
Seller is a party,
will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person,
enforceable
against such Person in accordance with its terms, except that
enforceability may
be limited by the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium
or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights of
creditors.
3.5 Officers and Directors. Section 3.5 of the Wise
Disclosure
Schedule contains a list of all the officers and directors of
Wise.
3.6 Bank Accounts. Section 3.6 of the Wise Disclosure
Schedule
contains a list of all bank accounts, safe deposit boxes, and
related powers of
attorney of Wise and its Subsidiaries, and persons authorized to
draw thereon or
have access thereto. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has
outstanding
powers of attorney except as contemplated above.
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3.7 Subsidiaries, Etc. Wise does not own or hold any equity
interest of any kind in any Person.
3.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set
forth
in Section 3.8 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, since the
Balance Sheet Date
there has not been any:
(a) Wise Material Adverse Change;
(b) failure to operate the Business in the ordinary course
or
failure to use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve the
Business intact
and to preserve for ICOA the continued services of employees and
independent
contractors and the goodwill of suppliers, customers, corporate
accounts,
strategic partners/sponsors, airport officials and
administrators and others
having business relations with Wise and its Subsidiaries and
their
Representatives;
(c) resignation or termination of any officer or employee,
or
any increase in the rate of compensation payable or to become
payable to any
officer, employee or Representative of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries,
including the making of any loan to, or the payment, grant or
accrual of any
bonus, incentive compensation, service award or other similar
benefit to, any
such Person, or the addition to, modification of, or
contribution to any
Employee Plan (as defined herein) other than the extension of
coverage under
such plan to others who became eligible after the Balance Sheet
Date;
(d) any payment, loan or advance of any amount to or in
respect
of, or the sale, transfer or lease of any properties or Assets
to, or entering
into of any Contract with, any Related Party, except
compensation to employees
at the rates disclosed pursuant to Section 3.18(d);
(e) sale, assignment, license, transfer of any Assets,
tangible
or intangible, singly or in the aggregate, other than sales of
products and
services and licenses in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with
past practice;
(f) accelerations, extensions, modifications, terminations
or
renewals of any Contracts, including any Contracts with
airports;
(g) actual or threatened termination of any material
corporate
or promotional/sponsorship account or group of accounts or
actual or threatened
material reduction in purchases or royalties payable by any such
corporate or
promotional/sponsorship account or, to the knowledge of Wise and
Sellers, the
occurrence of any event that is likely to result in any such
termination or
reduction;
(h) disposition or lapsing of any Proprietary Rights of Wise
or
any of its Subsidiaries, in whole or in part or, to the
knowledge of Wise and
Sellers, any disclosure of any trade secret, process or know-how
to any Person
not an employee;
(i) change in accounting methods or practices by Wise or any
of
its Subsidiaries;
(j) revaluation by Wise of any of the Assets, including,
without
limitation, writing off notes or accounts receivable other than
for which
reserves have been established;
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(k) damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by
insurance) that has or would be reasonably likely to have a Wise
Material
Adverse Effect;
(l) declaration, setting aside or payment of dividends or
distributions in respect of any stock of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries or any
redemption, purchase or other acquisition of any equity
securities of Wise or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(m) issuance of, reservation for issuance by Wise or any of
its
Subsidiaries of, or commitment by Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries or its
directors or officers to issue or reserve for issuance, any
shares of stock or
other equity securities or obligations or securities convertible
into or
exchangeable for shares of stock or other equity securities
(other than shares
of Wise Common Stock issued upon exercise or conversion, as the
case may be, of
the Wise Securities described in Section 3.2);
(n) increase, decrease or reclassification of the stock of
Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(o) amendment of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of
Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(p) capital expenditure or execution of any lease or any
incurring of liability therefor by Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries, involving
payments in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate;
(q) delay or failure to pay any material obligation of Wise
or
any of its Subsidiaries;
(r) cancellation of any indebtedness or waiver, compromise
or
release of any rights of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
involving more than
$5,000;
(s) indebtedness incurred by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
for
borrowed money or any commitment to borrow money entered into by
Wise or any its
Subsidiaries, or any loans made or agreed to be made by Wise or
any of its
Subsidiaries, except in connection with the Interim
Financing;
(t) liability incurred by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
except
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice, or any
increase or change in any assumptions underlying or methods of
calculating any
bad debt, contingency or other reserves, except in connection
with the Interim
Financing;
(u) payment, discharge or satisfaction of any Liabilities of
Wise or any of its Subsidiaries other than the payment,
discharge or
satisfaction (i) in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past
practice of Liabilities reflected or reserved against in the
Financial
Statements or incurred in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with
past practice since the Balance Sheet Date and (ii) of other
Liabilities of Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries involving $10,000 or less in the
aggregate;
(v) acquisition by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries of any
equity
interest in any other Person;
(w) mortgage, pledge or encumbrance of any of the Assets of
Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries;
(x) execution of any Contracts (or series of related
Contracts)
or any incurring of any liability therefor, except in the
ordinary course of
business and consistent with past practice; or
(y) agreement by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries to do any
of
the foregoing.
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3.9 Title to Assets.
(a) None of Wise or its Subsidiaries owns any improved or
unimproved real property. Wise and its Subsidiaries have validly
existing and
enforceable leasehold, subleasehold or occupancy interests in
all improved or
unimproved real property leased by Wise and its Subsidiaries
(the "Leased Real
Property"), free and clear of all Encumbrances. Section 3.9(a)
of the Wise
Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the date hereof, a
complete list of the
Leased Real Property.
(b) Wise and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title
or
a valid right to use all of the all of the personal assets and
personal
properties that are necessary for the conduct of the Business
(the "Personal
Property"), free and clear of all Encumbrances. Wise has
delivered to ICOA true
and complete copies of all leases, subleases, rental agreements,
contracts of
sale, tenancies or licenses to which the Personal Property is
subject. Section
3.9(b) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule sets forth, as of the
date hereof, a
complete list of all leased Personal Property.
(c) To the knowledge of Wise and Sellers, there are no
pending
or threatened condemnation or similar proceedings against Wise
or any of its
Subsidiaries or, otherwise relating to any of the Leased Real
Property or
Personal Property and none of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
has received any
written notice of the same.
(d) Wise or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has in all
material respects performed all obligations on its part required
to have been
performed with respect to (A) all assets (other than the Leases)
leased by it or
to it (whether as lessor or lessee), and (B) all Leases and
there exists no
material default or event which, with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or
both, would become a material default on the part of Wise or any
of its
Subsidiaries or to the knowledge of Wise, of any other party,
under any Lease.
(e) Each of the Leases is valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect, and
assuming all
consents required by the terms thereof or applicable law have
been obtained, the
Leases will continue to be valid, binding and enforceable in
accordance with
their respective terms and in full force and effect immediately
following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. None of
Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries has received notice that any Lease that terminates
within two years
of the date hereof and which does not provide for a renewal term
will not be
renewed. There are no subleases, licenses, options, rights,
concessions or other
agreements or arrangements, written or oral, granting any Person
the right to
occupy the Leased Real Property or any portion thereof or
interest therein.
3.10 Sufficiency of Assets. The Assets constitute all of the
assets, rights and properties, tangible or intangible, real or
personal, which
are required for the operation of the Business as it is
presently conducted.
3.11 Fixtures and Equipment. Section 3.11 of the Wise
Disclosure Schedule contains accurate lists and summary
descriptions of all
Fixtures and Equipment as of September 30, 2004 where the value
of an individual
item exceeds $10,000 or where an aggregate of similar items
exceeds $25,000. All
tangible assets and properties which are part of the Assets are
in good
operating condition and repair, normal wear and tear excepted,
and are usable in
the ordinary course of Wise's business.
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3.12 Contracts.
(a) Disclosure. Section 3.12 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Contracts of Wise
and its
Subsidiaries of the following categories:
(i) Contracts not made in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Strategic partnership/sponsor and promotional
agreements;
(iii) License agreements or royalty agreements, whether
Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is the licensor or licensee
thereunder, other
than licenses in the nature of a lease of real property;
(iv) Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
(whether Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is the beneficiary or
the obligated
party thereunder);
(v) Contracts under which a third-party is to make a
payment to Wise or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof
of $10,000 or
more;
(vi) Contracts involving future expenditures or
Liabilities, actual or potential, in excess of $10,000 after the
date hereof or
otherwise material to the Business or the Assets;
(vii) Contracts or commitments relating to commission
arrangements with others;
(viii) Employment contracts, consulting contracts and
severance agreements, including Contracts (A) to employ or
terminate executive
officers or other personnel and other contracts with present or
former officers
or directors of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries or (B) that will
result in the
payment by, or the creation of any Liability to pay on behalf of
ICOA or Wise
any severance, termination, "golden parachute," or other similar
payments to any
present or former personnel following termination of employment
or otherwise as
a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement;
(ix) Agreements which primarily relate to the obligation
of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries to indemnify or hold harmless
a third-party
for losses or damages;
(x) Promissory notes, loans, agreements, indentures,
evidences of indebtedness, letters of credit, guarantees, or
other instruments
relating to an obligation for borrowed money, whether Wise or
any of its
Subsidiaries shall be the borrower, lender or guarantor
thereunder;
(xi) Contracts containing covenants limiting the freedom
of Wise or any officer, director, employee, Subsidiary or
Affiliate of Wise, to
engage in any line of business or compete with any Person that
relates directly
or indirectly to the Business;
(xii) Any Contract with the federal, state or local
government or any agency or department thereof including, but
not limited to,
agencies and departments regulating airports;
(xiii) Any Contract with a Related Party;
(xiv) Leases and licenses of real or personal property,
including, but not limited to, all such agreements with
airports; and
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(xv) Any other material Contract.
True, correct and complete copies of all of the Contracts listed
on Section 3.12
of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, including all amendments and
supplements
thereto, have been made available to ICOA.
(b) Absence of Defaults. All of the Contracts are valid,
binding
and enforceable in accordance with their terms and, except as
listed on Section
3.12(b) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, with no existing (or to
the knowledge
of Wise or any Seller, threatened) Default or dispute. None of
Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries is in default of any material provision of any
Contract and
each of Wise and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has taken
all action
necessary to enable it to fulfill when due, all of its material
obligations
under each of such Contracts. To the knowledge of Wise and
Sellers, all parties
to such Contracts have complied in all material respects with
the provisions
thereof, no party is in Default thereunder and no notice of any
claim of Default
has been given to Wise or any Seller. None of Wise or Sellers
has any reason to
believe that the products and services called for by any
unfinished Contract
cannot be supplied in accordance with the terms of such
Contract, including time
specifications. Except as set forth on Section 3.13 of the Wise
Disclosure
Schedule (List of Consents), no consent of any third party is
required for the
assignment of any Contract to ICOA.
(c) Product Warranty. None of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries
has committed any act, and there has been no omission, which may
result in, and
there has been no occurrence which may give rise to, product
liability or
Liability for breach of warranty (whether covered by insurance
or not) on the
part of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, with respect to
products designed,
assembled, sold, repaired, maintained, delivered or installed or
services
rendered by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries prior to or on the
Closing Date.
3.13 No Conflict or Violation; Consents. Except as disclosed
in Section 3.13 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, none of the
execution, delivery
or performance of this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, the
consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, nor compliance
by Wise or any
Seller with any of the provisions hereof or thereof, will (a)
violate or
conflict with any provision of its respective governing
documents, (b) violate,
conflict with, or result in a breach of or constitute a default
(with or without
notice or passage of time) under, or result in the termination
of, or accelerate
the performance required by, or result in a right to terminate,
accelerate,
modify or cancel under, or require a notice under, or result in
the creation of
any Encumbrance upon any of its respective assets under, any
material contract,
lease, sublease, license, sublicense, franchise, permit,
indenture, agreement or
mortgage for borrowed money, instrument of indebtedness,
security interest or
other arrangement to which Wise or any of its Subsidiaries or
any Seller is a
party or by which any Wise or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Seller is bound or
to which any of its respective assets are subject, (c) violate
any applicable
Regulation or Court Order or (d) impose any Encumbrance on any
Assets or the
Business. Except for the approval of the shareholders of Wise as
required by the
MGCL and Wise's Articles of Incorporation, or as set forth on
Section 3.13 of
the Wise Disclosure Schedule (including consent of airport
authorities), no
notices to, declaration, filing or registration with, approvals
or consents of,
or assignments by, any Persons (including any federal, state or
local
governmental or administrative authorities, airports and parties
to any
contracts) are necessary to be made or obtained by Wise or any
of its
Subsidiaries or any Seller in connection with the execution,
delivery or
performance of this Agreement.
3.14 Permits. Section 3.14 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a complete list of all Permits held by Wise and its
Subsidiaries.
Wise and its Subsidiaries have, and at all times have had, to
the best knowledge
of Wise and Sellers, all Permits required under any applicable
Regulation in the
operation of their respective businesses or in their ownership
of the Assets,
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and own or possess such Permits free and clear of all
Encumbrances. None of Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries is in material default, nor has Wise
or any of its
Subsidiaries or any Seller received any notice of any claim of
default, with
respect to any such Permit. Except as otherwise governed by law,
all such
Permits are renewable by their terms or in the ordinary course
of business
without the need to comply with any special qualification
procedures or to pay
any amounts other than routine filing fees and, except as set
forth on Section
3.14 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, will not be adversely
affected by the
completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the Ancillary
Agreements.
3.15 Financial Statements; Books and Records.
(a) The Financial Statements are complete, are in accordance
with the books and records of Wise, fairly present the Assets,
Liabilities and
financial condition and results of operations indicated thereby
in accordance
with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered
thereby.
(b) Each of Wise and its Subsidiaries maintains a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable
assurance that (i)
transactions are executed with management's authorizations, (ii)
transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of Wise's or its
Subsidiaries,
as the case may be, financial statements in accordance with GAAP
and to maintain
accountability for assets, and (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in
accordance with management's authorization.
(c) The books and records of Wise and each of its
Subsidiaries,
in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
activities of Wise or
its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and the Business and have
been made
available to ICOA for its inspection.
(d) None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in
any
transaction, maintained any bank account or used any corporate
funds except for
transactions, bank accounts or funds which have been and are
reflected in the
normally maintained books and records of Wise and its
Subsidiaries.
(e) The stock records and minute books of Wise and its
Subsidiaries heretofore made available to ICOA fully reflect all
minutes of
meetings, resolutions and other actions and proceedings of the
shareholders and
board of directors and all committees thereof of Wise and its
Subsidiaries, all
issuances, transfers and redemptions of the capital stock of
Wise and its
Subsidiaries of which Wise or Sellers are aware and contain
true, correct and
complete copies of the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws and
all amendments
thereto of Wise and its Subsidiaries through the date
hereof.
3.16 Liabilities. None of Wise or its Subsidiaries has any
Liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or
otherwise) except
(i) liabilities which are reflected and properly reserved
against in the
Financial Statements, (ii) liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of
business and consistent with past practice since the Balance
Sheet Date and
(iii) liabilities arising under the Contracts (other than
obligations which are
required to be reflected on a balance sheet prepared in
accordance with GAAP)
set forth on Section 3.12 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule.
3.17 Litigation. There is no action, order, writ,
injunction,
judgment or decree outstanding or claim, suit, litigation,
proceeding,
investigation or dispute (collectively, "Actions") pending or,
to the knowledge
of Wise or Sellers, threatened or anticipated (i) against,
relating to or
affecting Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, any of the Assets or
any of the
officers and directors of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries as
such, (ii) which
seek to enjoin or obtain damages in respect of the transactions
contemplated
hereby or by the Ancillary Agreements or (iii) with respect to
which there is a
reasonable likelihood of a determination which would prevent
Wise or any Seller
from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby and by
the Ancillary
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Agreements. Except as specified in the Wise Disclosure Schedule,
there are
presently no outstanding judgments, decrees or orders of any
court or any
governmental or administrative agency against or affecting Wise
or its Business,
any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Assets. Section 3.17 of
the Wise
Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and accurate description
of all Actions
since September 4, 2001 to which Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
has been a
party or which related to any of the Assets or the officers or
directors of Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries as such, other than Actions brought
by Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries for collection of monies owed in the ordinary
course of
business.
3.18 Labor Matters.
(a) None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to
any
labor agreement with respect to its employees with any labor
organization, group
or association and has not experienced any attempt by organized
labor or its
representatives to make Wise or any of its Subsidiaries conform
to demands of
organized labor relating to its employees or to enter into a
binding agreement
with organized labor that would cover the employees of Wise or
any of its
Subsidiaries. There is no unfair labor practice charge or
complaint against Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries pending before the National Labor
Relations Board or
any other governmental agency arising out of the activities of
Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries; and Wise and Sellers have no knowledge of any
facts or
information which would give rise thereto; there is no labor
strike or labor
disturbance pending or, to the knowledge of Wise or Sellers,
threatened against
Wise or any of its Subsidiaries nor is any grievance currently
being asserted
against it; and none of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has
experienced a work
stoppage or other labor difficulty. There are no material
controversies pending
or, to the knowledge of Wise and Sellers, threatened between
Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries and any of their employees.
(b) Wise and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance
with
all applicable Regulations respecting employment practices,
terms and conditions
of employment, wages and hours, equal employment opportunity,
and the payment of
social security and similar taxes, and is not engaged in any
unfair labor
practice. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is liable for
any claims for
past due wages or any penalties for failure to comply with any
of the foregoing.
(c) None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has entered into
any
severance or similar arrangement in respect of any present or
former employee
that will result in any obligation (absolute or contingent) of
ICOA or Wise or
any of its Subsidiaries to make any payment to any present or
former employee
following termination of employment. Neither the execution and
delivery of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will
result in the acceleration or vesting of any other rights of any
Person to
benefits under any Employee Plans.
(d) Wise has provided ICOA with a list of the names of all
present employees of Wise and its Subsidiaries and their current
salary or
hourly wages and other compensation payable by Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth in Section 3.18(d) of the Wise Disclosure
Schedule, and
except as provided by law, the employment of all persons
presently employed or
retained by Wise and its Subsidiaries is terminable at will, at
any time and
without advance notice.
3.19 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Definitions. The following terms, when used in this
Section
3.19, shall have the following meanings. Any of these terms may,
unless the
context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the
plural depending on
the reference.
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(i) "Benefit Arrangement" means any employment, consulting,
severance or other similar contract, arrangement or policy and
each plan,
arrangement (written or oral), program, agreement or commitment
providing for
insurance coverage (including any self-insured arrangements),
workers'
compensation, disability benefits, supplemental unemployment
benefits, vacation
benefits, retirement benefits, life, health, disability or
accident benefits
(including any "voluntary employees' beneficiary association" as
defined in
Section 501(c)(9) of the Code providing for the same or other
benefits) or for
deferred compensation, profit-sharing bonuses, stock options,
stock appreciation
rights, stock purchases or other forms of incentive compensation
or
post-retirement insurance, compensation or benefits which (A) is
not a Welfare
Plan, Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan, (B) is entered into,
maintained,
contributed to or required to be contributed to, as the case may
be, by Wise or
an ERISA Affiliate or under which Wise or any ERISA Affiliate
may incur any
liability, and (C) covers any employee or former employee of
Wise or any ERISA
Affiliate (with respect to their relationship with such
entities).
(ii) "Employee Plans" means all Benefit Arrangements,
Multiemployer Plans, Pension Plans and Welfare Plans.
(iii) "ERISA Affiliate" means any entity which is (or at any
relevant time was) a member of a "controlled group of
corporations" with or
under "common control" with Wise, as defined in Section 414(b)
or (c) of the .
Code.
(iv) "Multiemployer Plan" means any "multiemployer plan," as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, (A) which Wise, or any
ERISA Affiliate
maintains, administers, contributes to or is required to
contribute to, or,
after September 25, 1980, maintained, administered, contributed
to or was
required to contribute to, or under which Wise or any ERISA
Affiliate may incur
any liability and (B) which covers any employee or former
employee of Wise or
any ERISA Affiliate (with respect to their relationship with
such entities).
(v) "PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
(vi) "Pension Plan" means any "employee pension benefit
plan"
as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer
Plan) (A) which
Wise or any ERISA Affiliate maintains, administers, contributes
to or is
required to contribute to, or, within the five years prior to
the Closing Date,
maintained, administered, contributed to or was required to
contribute to, or
under which Wise or any ERISA Affiliate may incur any liability
and (B) which
covers any employee or former employee of Wise or any ERISA
Affiliate (with
respect to their relationship with such entities).
(vii) "Welfare Plan" means any "employee welfare benefit
plan"
as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, (A) which Wise or any ERISA
Affiliate
maintains, administers, contributes to or is required to
contribute to, or under
which Wise or any ERISA Affiliate may incur any liability and
(B) which covers
any employee or former employee of Wise or any ERISA Affiliate
(with respect to
their relationship with such entities).
(b) Disclosure; Delivery of Copies of Relevant Documents and
Other Information. Section 3.19 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule
contains a
complete list of Employee Plans which cover or have covered
employees of Wise or
a Subsidiary (with respect to their relationship with such
entities). To the
extent applicable, true and complete copies of each of the
following documents
have been delivered by Wise to ICOA: (i) each Welfare Plan and
Pension Plan
(and, if applicable, related trust agreements) and all
amendments thereto, all
written interpretations thereof by Wise and written descriptions
thereof by Wise
which have been distributed by Wise or a Subsidiary to the
employees of Wise or
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its Subsidiaries and all annuity contracts or other funding
instruments, (ii)
each Benefit Arrangement including written interpretations
thereof by Wise and
written descriptions thereof by Wise which have been distributed
by Wise or a
Subsidiary to Wise's employees (including descriptions of the
number and level
of employees covered thereby) and a complete description of any
such Benefit
Arrangement which is not in writing, (iii) the most recent
determination letter
issued by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each
Pension Plan, (iv)
for the three most recent plan years, Annual Reports on Form
5500 Series
required to be filed with any governmental agency for each
Pension Plan, (v) a
description of complete age, salary, service and related data as
of the last day
of the last plan year for employees and former employees of Wise
and each
Subsidiary, and (vi) a description setting forth the amount of
any liability of
Wise as of the Closing Date for payments more than 30 days past
due with respect
to each Welfare Plan.
(c) Representations.
(i) Pension Plans. No Pension Plan is subject to the minimum
funding requirements of ERISA or the Code. Each Pension Plan,
each related trust
agreement, annuity contract or other funding instrument that is
intended to be
qualified and tax-exempt under the provisions of Code Section
401(a) (or 403(a),
as appropriate) and 501(a) has received a favorable IRS
determination letter to
that effect, and to Wise's and Seller's knowledge, nothing has
occurred since
the date of the latest IRS determination letter that would
adversely affect such
qualified and tax exempt status.
(ii) Multiemployer Plans. Neither Wise nor any ERISA
Affiliate
contributes to, or within the past six years has been obligated
to contribute
to, any Multiemployer Plan.
(iii) Welfare Plans. None of Wise, any ERISA Affiliate or
any
Welfare Plan has any present or future obligation to make any
payment to or with
respect to any present or former employee of Wise or any ERISA
Affiliate
pursuant to any retiree medical benefit plan, or other retiree
Welfare Plan, and
no condition exists which would prevent Wise from amending or
terminating any
such benefit plan or Welfare Plan.
(iv) Compliance with Law. Each Pension Plan and each related
trust agreement, annuity contract or other funding instrument is
qualified and
tax-exempt under the provisions of Code Sections 401(a) (or
403(a), as
appropriate) and 501(a) and has been so qualified during the
period from its
adoption to date. Each Welfare Plan which is a "group health
plan," as defined
in Section 607(1) of ERISA, has been operated in material
compliance with
provisions of Part 6 of Title I of ERISA and Sections 162(k) and
4980B of the
Code at all times.
(v) Benefit Arrangements. Each Benefit Arrangement which
covers or has covered employees or former employees of Wise or a
Subsidiary
(with respect to their relationship with such entities) has been
maintained in
material compliance with its terms and with the requirements
prescribed by any
and all Regulations which are applicable to such Benefit
Arrangement, including
the Code.
(vi) Unrelated Business Taxable Income. No Employee Plan (or
trust or other funding vehicle pursuant thereto) is subject to
any Tax under
Code Section 511.
(vii) Deductibility of Payments. There is no Contract
covering
any employee or former employee of Wise or a Subsidiary (with
respect to their
relationship with such entities) that, individually or
collectively, provides
for the payment by Wise of any amount (i) that is not deductible
under Section
162(a)(1) or 404 of the Code or (ii) that is an "excess
parachute payment"
pursuant to Section 280G of the Code.
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(viii) Fiduciary Duties and Prohibited Transactions. To the
knowledge of Wise and Sellers, neither Wise nor any plan
fiduciary of any
Welfare Plan or Pension Plan which covers or has covered
employees or former
employees of Wise or any ERISA Affiliate, has engaged in any
transaction in
violation of Sections 404 or 406 of ERISA or any "prohibited
transaction," as
defined in Section 4975(c)(1) of the Code, for which no
exemption exists under
Section 408 of ERISA or Section 4975(c)(2) or (d) of the
Code.
(ix) No Amendments. Neither Wise nor any ERISA Affiliate has
any announced plan or legally binding commitment to create any
additional
Employee Plans or to amend or modify any existing Employee
Plan.
(x) Certain Contracts. None of the Employee Plans holds any
interest in any annuity contract, guaranteed investment contract
or any other
investment contract which is issued by an insurance company
which is the subject
of bankruptcy, receivership or conservatorship proceedings.
(xi) No Acceleration of Rights or Benefits. Neither the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
will result in
the acceleration or creation of any rights of any person to
benefits under any
of the Employee Plans, including but not limited to the
acceleration of the
exercisability of any stock options, the acceleration of the
vesting of any
restricted stock, the acceleration of the accrual or vesting of
any benefits
under any Pension Plan or the creation of rights under any
severance, parachute
or change of control agreement.
(xii) No Other Material Liability. No event has occurred in
connection with which Wise or any ERISA Affiliate or any
Employee Plan, directly
or indirectly, could be subject to any material liability (i)
under any
Regulation or governmental order relating to any Employee Plans
or (ii) pursuant
to any obligation of Wise or any Subsidiary to indemnify any
Person against
liability incurred under, any such Regulation or order as they
relate to the
Employee Plans.
3.20 Transactions with Related Parties and Shareholders.
Except for compensation arrangements in the ordinary course of
business and
consistent with past practice or as disclosed on Section 3.20 of
the Wise
Disclosure Schedule, no Related Party has (a) borrowed from or
loaned to Wise or
any of its Subsidiaries any money or other property which has
not been repaid or
returned, (b) any contractual or other claims, express or
implied, of any kind
whatsoever against Wise or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) had
any interest in
any property or assets used by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries.
None of Wise or
any of its Subsidiaries has any contracts or agreements with any
shareholder
except as set forth on Section 3.20 of the Wise Disclosure
Schedule.
3.21 Compliance with Law. Each of Wise and its Subsidiaries
has conducted its business in material compliance with all
applicable
Regulations and Court Orders. Neither Wise nor any Seller has
received any
notice to the effect that, or has otherwise been advised
(including, with regard
to SEC Regulations, the advice of counsel) that, Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries
is not in compliance with any Regulations or Court Orders, and
none of Wise or
Sellers are aware of any existing circumstances that are likely
to result in any
material violation of any of the foregoing.
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3.22 Intellectual Property.
(a) General. Section 3.22 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule
sets
forth with respect to the Proprietary Rights of Wise and its
Subsidiaries: (i)
for each patent and patent application, including petty patents
and utility
models and applications therefor, as applicable, the number,
normal expiration
date, title and priority information for each country in which
such patent has
been issued, or, the application number, date of filing, title
and priority
information for each country, (ii) for each trademark, tradename
or service mark
claimed by Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not
registered, the date
first used, the application serial number or registration
number, the class of
goods covered, the nature of the goods or services, the
countries in which the
names or mark is used and the expiration date for each country
in which a
trademark has been registered, (iii) for each copyright for
which registration
has been sought, whether or not registered, the date of creation
and first
publication of the work, the number and date of registration for
each country in
which a copyright application has been registered, (iv) for each
mask work,
whether or not registered, the date of first commercial
exploitation and if
registered, the registration number and date of registration and
(v) all such
Proprietary Rights in the form of licenses. True and correct
copies of all
Proprietary Rights (including all pending applications and
application related
documents and materials) owned, controlled or used by or on
behalf of Wise or
any of its Subsidiaries or in which Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries has any
interest whatsoever have been provided or made available to
ICOA.
(b) Adequacy. The Proprietary Rights of Wise and its
Subsidiaries are all those necessary for the normal conduct of
the Business as
presently conducted and as presently contemplated, except as set
forth in
Section 3.22(b) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Royalties and Licenses. None of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries has any obligation to compensate any Person for the
use of any of
its Proprietary Rights nor has Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
granted to any
Person any license, option or other rights to use in any manner
any of its
Proprietary Rights, whether requiring the payment of royalties
or not, except as
set forth in Section 3.22(c) of the Wise Disclosure
Schedule.
(d) Ownership. Each of Wise and its Subsidiaries owns or has
a
valid right to use its Proprietary Rights, and such Proprietary
Rights will not
cease to be valid rights of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, as
the case may be,
by reason of the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby
or thereby. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has any
patents.
(e) Absence of Claims. Except as set forth in Section 3.22(e)
of
the Wise Disclosure Schedule, none of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries or any
Seller has received any notice of (A) alleged invalidity with
respect to any of
the Proprietary Rights of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries or (B)
alleged
infringement of any rights of others due to any activity by Wise
or any of its
Subsidiaries. Wise's and its Subsidiaries' use of its
Proprietary Rights in its
past, current and, to the best knowledge of Wise or Sellers,
planned products do
not and would not infringe upon or otherwise violate the valid
rights of any
third party anywhere in the United States of America. Except as
set forth in
Section 3.22(e) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, no other Person
(i) has
notified Wise or any Seller that it is claiming any ownership of
or right to use
any of the Proprietary Rights of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
or (ii) to the
best knowledge of Wise and Sellers, is infringing upon any such
Proprietary
Rights in any way.
(f) Protection of Proprietary Rights. Except as set forth on
Section 3.22(f) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, each of Wise
and its
Subsidiaries has taken reasonable and prudent steps to protect
its Proprietary
Rights from infringement by any other Person. Except as set
forth on Section
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3.22(f) of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, each of Wise and its
Subsidiaries has
taken all appropriate actions and made all applications and
filings pursuant to
applicable laws to perfect or protect its interest in its
Proprietary Rights.
All of the pending applications for the Proprietary Rights of
Wise and its
Subsidiaries have been duly filed and all other actions to
protect such
Proprietary Rights have been taken. Except as set forth on
Section 3.22(f) of
the Wise Disclosure Schedule, each of Wise and its Subsidiaries
has taken all
reasonable steps necessary or appropriate (including, entering
into appropriate
confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with officers,
directors,
subcontractors, independent contractors, full-time and part-time
employees,
licensees and customers in connection with the Assets or the
Business) to
safeguard and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of, and
the proprietary
rights in, the Proprietary Rights material to the Business.
3.23 Tax Matters.
(a) Filing of Tax Returns. Each of Wise and its Subsidiaries
has
timely filed or filed timely extension requests with the
appropriate taxing
authorities all Tax Returns in respect of Taxes required to be
filed. The Tax
Returns filed are complete and accurate in all material
respects. Except as
specified in Section 3.23 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule, none
of Wise or any
of its Subsidiaries has requested any extension of time within
which to file Tax
Returns in respect of any Taxes. Wise has delivered to ICOA
complete and
accurate copies of the federal, state and local Tax Returns for
Wise and its
Subsidiaries for the years ended 2001, 2002 and 2003.
(b) Payment of Taxes. All Taxes in respect of periods
beginning
before the Closing Date have been timely paid or an adequate
reserve has been
established therefor, as set forth in Section 3.23 of the Wise
Disclosure
Schedule or the Financial Statements, and none of Wise or any of
its
Subsidiaries has any material Liability for Taxes in excess of
the amounts so
paid or reserves so established. All Taxes that Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries
is required by law to withhold or collect have been duly
withheld or collected
and have been timely paid over to the appropriate governmental
authorities to
the extent due and payable.
(c) Audits, Investigations or Claims. No deficiencies for
Taxes
of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries have been claimed, proposed
or assessed in
writing delivered to Wise by any taxing or other governmental
authority. There
are no pending or, to the knowledge of Wise and Sellers,
threatened audits,
assessments or other Actions for or relating to any Liability in
respect of
Taxes of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, none of Wise or any of
its
Subsidiaries has received written notice from governmental
authorities with
respect to Taxes that are likely to result in additional
Liability in respect of
Taxes of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries and there are no
matters under
discussion with any governmental authorities with respect to
Taxes that are
likely to result in an additional Liability for Taxes. Audits of
federal, state
and local Tax Returns by the relevant taxing authorities have
been completed for
the periods set forth on Section 3.23 of the Wise Disclosure
Schedule, except as
set forth in such Schedule, neither Wise nor any Seller has been
notified that
any taxing authority intends to audit a Tax Return for any other
period. No
extension of a statute of limitations relating to Taxes is in
effect with
respect to Wise or any of its Subsidiaries.
(d) Lien. There are no Encumbrances for Taxes (other than
for
current Taxes not yet due and payable) on the Assets.
(e) Tax Elections. All material elections with respect to
Taxes
affecting Wise and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof that
are required to
be set forth on the latest Tax Returns of Wise or its
Subsidiaries, as the case
may be, are set forth on the latest Tax Returns of Wise and its
Subsidiaries.
None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has made nor will
make a deemed
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dividend election under Reg. ss. 1.1502-32(f)(2) or a consent
dividend election
under Section 565 of the Code; (ii) has consented at any time
under Section
341(f)(1) of the Code to have the provisions of Section
341(f)(2) of the Code
apply to any disposition of the assets of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries; (iii)
has agreed, nor is required, to make any adjustment under
Section 481(a) of the
Code by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise;
(iv) has made an
election, nor is required, to treat any asset of Wise or any of
its Subsidiaries
as owned by another Person pursuant to the provisions of Section
168(f) of the
Code or as tax-exempt bond financed property or tax-exempt use
property within
the meaning of Section 168 of the Code; and (v) has not made any
of the
foregoing elections or is required to apply any of the foregoing
rules under any
comparable state or local Tax provision.
(f) Prior Affiliated Groups. None of Wise or any of its
Subsidiaries has ever been a member of an affiliated group of
corporations
within the meaning of Section 1504 of the Code and none of Wise
or any of its
Subsidiaries has liability for the Taxes of any other entity
under Reg. ss.
1.1502-6 of the Code or any other provision of federal, state,
local or foreign
law.
(g) Tax Sharing Agreements. There are no Tax-sharing
agreements
or similar arrangements (including indemnity arrangements) with
respect to or
involving Wise or any of its Subsidiaries, and, after the
Closing Date, none of
Wise or any of its Subsidiaries shall be bound by any such
Tax-sharing
agreements or similar arrangements (entered into prior to the
Closing) or have
any Liability thereunder for amounts due in respect of periods
prior to or after
the Closing Date.
(h) Partnerships. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to any joint venture, partnership, or other arrangement
or contract
which is treated as a partnership for federal income tax
purposes. None of Wise
or any of its Subsidiaries is a successor to any other Person by
way of merger,
reorganization or similar transaction.
(i) Foreign Person. The Wise Common Stock is not a United
States
Real Property Interest as defined in Section 897(c) of the
Code.
(j) No Withholding. The transaction contemplated herein is
not
subject to the tax withholding provisions of Section 3406 of the
Code, or of
Subchapter A of Chapter 3 of the Code or of any other provision
of law.
(k) Excess Parachute Payments; Section 162(m) of the Code.
None
of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement,
contract,
arrangement or plan (other than the Employment Agreements and
the Non-Compete
Agreements) that has resulted or could result as a result of the
transactions
contemplated hereby, separately or in the aggregate, in the
payment of any
"excess parachute payments" within the meaning of Section 280G
of the Code or
which, without regard to (i) payments in respect of Old Wise
Options or (ii)
payments or rights which may be awarded after the Effective
Date, would result
in a disallowed deduction under Section 162(m) of the Code.
(l) Other Tax Matters. None of the assets of Wise or any of
its
Subsidiaries directly or indirectly secures any debt the
interest on which is
Tax-exempt under Section 103(a) of the Code. None of the assets
of Wise or any
of its Subsidiaries is "tax-exempt use property" within the
meaning of Section
168(h) of the Code. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries has
participated in,
nor is it participating in, an international boycott within the
meaning of
Section 999 of the Code. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries
has ever had
and does not have a permanent establishment in any foreign
country, as defined
in any applicable Tax treaty or convention between the United
States and such
foreign country.
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3.24 Insurance. Section 3.24 of the Wise Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all policies or binders
of insurance
(showing as to each policy or binder the name and address of the
carrier, policy
number, coverage limits, expiration dates, annual premiums, a
general
description of the type of coverage provided and any pending
claims thereunder)
of which Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is the owner, insured
or beneficiary.
Each of such policies and binders is in full force and effect,
provides coverage
as may be required by all material Regulations to which Wise or
any of its
Subsidiaries is subject and insures Wise and its Subsidiaries in
such amounts as
are sufficient to provide reasonable protection for the
businesses of Wise and
its Subsidiaries. None of Wise or any of its Subsidiaries is in
default under
any of such policies or binders, and none of Wise or its
Subsidiaries has failed
to give any notice or to present any claim under any such policy
or binder in a
due and timely fashion. There are no facts known to Wise or
Sellers upon which
an insurer might be justified in reducing or denying coverage or
increasing
premiums on existing policies or binders. There are no
outstanding unpaid claims
under any such policies or binders.
3.25 Accounts Receivable. The accounts and notes receivable
reflected in the Balance Sheet, and all accounts receivable
arising since the
Balance Sheet Date, represent bona fide claims against debtors
for sales,
services performed or other charges arising on or before the
date of recording
thereof, and all the goods delivered and services performed
which gave rise to
said accounts were delivered or performed in accordance with the
applicable
orders or Contracts. To the knowledge of Wise and Sellers, all
such receivables
are fully collectible in the ordinary course of business within
three months
except to the extent of an amount not in excess of the reserve
for doubtful
accounts reflected on the Balance Sheet and additions to such
reserves as
reflected on the books and record
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