Exhibit 10.1
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
between
BWAY CORPORATION
and
THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED AS SELLERS ON
THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
Dated as of August 20,
2009
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ARTICLE 1
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SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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Section 1.1
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Sale and Purchase of Shares
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Section 1.2
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Closing
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Section 1.3
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Purchase Price Adjustment
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Section 1.4
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Withholding
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Section 1.5
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Sellers’ Representative
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ARTICLE 2
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
SELLERS
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Section 2.1
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Corporate Status
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Section 2.2
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Corporate and Governmental
Authorization
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Section 2.3
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Non-Contravention
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Section 2.4
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Capitalization; Title to Shares
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Section 2.5
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No Subsidiary or Ownership Interests
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Section 2.6
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Financial Statements; Accounting
Controls
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Section 2.7
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No Undisclosed Material Liabilities
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Section 2.8
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Absence of Certain Changes
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Section 2.9
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Material Contracts
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Section 2.10
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Properties
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Section 2.11
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Intellectual Property
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Section 2.12
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Litigation
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Section 2.13
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Compliance with Laws; Licenses and
Permits
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Section 2.14
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Environmental, Health and Safety
Matters
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Section 2.15
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Employees, Labor Matters, etc.
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Section 2.16
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Employee Benefit Plans and Related Matters;
ERISA
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Section 2.17
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Tax Matters
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Section 2.18
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Insurance
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Section 2.19
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Finders’ Fees
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Section 2.20
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Transactions with Affiliates
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Section 2.21
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Customers
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Section 2.22
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Inventories
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Section 2.23
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Receivables
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Section 2.24
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Bank Accounts
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ARTICLE 3
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
BUYER
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Section 3.1
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Corporate Status
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Section 3.2
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Corporate and Governmental
Authorization
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Section 3.3
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Non-Contravention
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Section 3.4
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Purchase for Investment
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Section 3.5
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Litigation
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Section 3.6
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Finders’ Fees
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ARTICLE 4
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CERTAIN
COVENANTS
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Section 4.1
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Conduct of the
Business
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Section 4.2
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Confidentiality
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Section 4.3
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Further
Assurances
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Section 4.4
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Public
Announcements
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Section 4.5
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Resignations
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Section 4.6
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Mutual Release
and Waiver of Claims
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ARTICLE 5
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TAX
MATTERS
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Section 5.1
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Books and
Records; Cooperation
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Section 5.2
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Transfer
Taxes
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Section 5.3
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Tax
Agreements
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Section 5.4
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No Section
108(i) Election
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ARTICLE 6
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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Section 6.1
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Conditions to
Obligations of Buyer and the Sellers
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Section 6.2
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Conditions to
Obligations of Buyer
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Section 6.3
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Condition to
Obligations of the Sellers
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ARTICLE 7
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TERMINATION
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Section 7.1
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Termination
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Section 7.2
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Effect of
Termination
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ARTICLE 8
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INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 8.1
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Survival
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Section 8.2
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Indemnification
by the Sellers
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Section 8.3
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Indemnification
by Buyer
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Section 8.4
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Limitations on
Indemnity
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Section 8.5
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Notification of
Claims; Third Party Claims
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Section 8.6
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Exclusive
Remedy
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Section 8.7
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Treatment of
Indemnification Payments
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ARTICLE 9
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DEFINITIONS
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Section 9.1
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Certain
Terms
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Section 9.2
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Construction
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ARTICLE 10
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.1
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Notices
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Section 10.2
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Amendment;
Waivers, etc.
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Section 10.3
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Expenses
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Section 10.4
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Governing Law,
etc.
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Section 10.5
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Successors and
Assigns
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Section 10.6
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Entire
Agreement
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Section 10.7
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Severability
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Section 10.8
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Counterparts;
Effectiveness; Third Party Beneficiaries
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Schedule I
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Allocation
Schedule
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Schedule II
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Preferred Stock
Redemption Amount
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Exhibit A
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Legal Opinion
of Chuhak & Tecson, P.C.
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Exhibit B
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Landlord
Estoppel Certificate
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iii
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated
as of August 20, 2009 (this “ Agreement ”),
is made by and among BWAY Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“ Buyer ”) and each of the Persons identified
as “ Sellers ” on the signature pages hereto
(each a “ Seller ” and collectively, the “
Sellers ”). Capitalized terms used herein shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the text of this Agreement
or in Section 9.1.
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Sellers own all of the
issued and outstanding shares of common stock, having no par value
per share (the “ Common Stock ”) of Central Can
Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company
”) (the “ Shares ”); and
WHEREAS, the Sellers wish to sell
the Shares to Buyer, and Buyer wishes to purchase the Shares from
the Sellers, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
Sale and Purchase of
Shares
Section 1.1 Sale and
Purchase of Shares . Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, at the Closing, the Sellers shall sell the Shares to Buyer,
free and clear of all Liens, and Buyer shall purchase the Shares
from the Sellers, for an amount in the aggregate equal to the
Purchase Price, such Purchase Price subject to adjustment as set
forth in Section 1.3(b).
Section 1.2 Closing .
The closing of the sale and purchase of the Shares (the “
Closing ”) shall take place remotely by the exchange
of documents and signatures by facsimile or electronic mail with
originals to follow by overnight courier on August 20, 2009,
unless another time, date or place is agreed to in writing by the
parties. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to
hereinafter as the “ Closing Date ”. The
deliveries described in ARTICLE 6 shall be mutually interdependent
and shall be regarded as occurring simultaneously, and no such
delivery shall become effective or shall be deemed to have occurred
until all of the other deliveries provided for in ARTICLE 6 shall
also have occurred or been waived in writing. Such deliveries shall
be deemed to have occurred, and the Closing shall be deemed
effective as of 12:01 a.m. C.D.T. on the Closing Date. At the
Closing:
(a) Sellers shall deliver to Buyer,
one or more certificates representing all of the Shares, duly
endorsed in blank or accompanied by stock powers or other
instruments of transfer duly executed in blank, and bearing or
accompanied by all requisite stock transfer stamps;
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(b) Buyer shall pay to the Sellers,
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to accounts, which
shall be designated by the Sellers’ Representative at least
three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, a pro rata portion,
determined in accordance with the allocations set forth on
Schedule I (the “ Allocation Schedule ”),
of amounts which in the aggregate equal the sum of the Purchase
Price, minus ( i ) the amount of Estimated
Indebtedness, minus ( ii ) the amount of
Estimated Company Transaction Expenses, minus ( iii
) the amount of the DN Advisory Fee, minus
(iv) the amount of the Preferred Stock Redemption Amount and (
v ) without double-counting any amounts taken into
account in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, any amounts
paid by Buyer pursuant to Section 6.2(d) or
Section 6.2(i), (the “ Base Purchase Price
”);
(c)Buyer shall pay to each of the
Preferred Shareholders, on behalf of the Company, the Preferred
Stock Redemption Amount, in the amounts set forth on Schedule
II by wire transfer in immediately available funds to accounts
which shall be designated by each Preferred Shareholder;
and
(d) Buyer shall pay to DN Partners,
LLC, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account
which shall be designated by the Sellers’ Representative at
least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, an amount
equal to the DN Advisory Fee.
Section 1.3 Purchase Price
Adjustment .
(a) Closing of the Books on the
Closing Date . In preparation for the Closing, the Sellers
shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause a full balance
sheet closing to take place on the Closing Date as if it were the
last day of a fiscal period for the Company.
(b) Pre-Closing Adjustment .
At least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the
Sellers’ Representative shall prepare based on all available
information and deliver to Buyer a statement (the “
Estimated Closing Statement ”) consisting of (
i ) an estimated calculation in reasonable detail of
the aggregate amount of Indebtedness (other than the U.S. Steel
Note, all obligations of the Company under credit cards issued by
Fifth Third Bank, the obligations to Soudronic which are scheduled
to be paid after Closing, and the payments due to Severstal
Wheeling and Kemeny Overseas Packaging (BAO Steel), all of which
Company shall pay in accordance with their terms after the Closing)
of the Company as of immediately prior to the Closing (“
Estimated Indebtedness ”), ( ii ) an
estimated calculation in reasonable detail of the aggregate unpaid
Company Transaction Expenses as of immediately prior to the Closing
(the “ Estimated Company Transaction Expenses
”), ( iii ) the amount of the DN Advisory Fee,
and ( iv ) the amount to be paid to the holders of the
Preferred Stock as contemplated by Section 6.2(i).
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Section 1.4 Withholding
. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and for
the avoidance of doubt, ( a ) each payment made
pursuant to this Agreement shall be made net of any Taxes required
by applicable Law to be deducted or withheld from such payment and
( b ) any amounts deducted or withheld from any such
payment shall be remitted to the applicable Governmental Authority
and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having
been paid. The party making any such deduction or withholding shall
furnish to the other party official receipts (or copies thereof)
evidencing the payment of any such Taxes.
Section 1.5 Sellers’
Representative .
(a) Effective upon the execution of
this Agreement and without the further act of any Person, DN
Partners, LLC shall be irrevocably appointed as agent and
attorney-in-fact (the “ Sellers’ Representative
”) for each of the Sellers with full power of substitution
and full power and authority to represent each such Seller and his
or its successors with respect to all matters arising under this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Sellers’ Representative shall have full power and authority,
on behalf of each Seller and his, her or its successors, to
interpret all the terms and provisions of this Agreement, to
dispute or fail to dispute any claim, to assert claims, to
negotiate and compromise any dispute which may arise under this
Agreement, to sign documents with respect to any such dispute and
to authorize delivery of any payments to be made with respect
thereto. If for any reason DN Partners, LLC is unable to serve as
the Sellers’ Representative or while serving as the
Sellers’ Representative resigns as or otherwise ceases to be
the Sellers’ Representative, the Sellers, by vote of a
majority of the percentages set forth on the Allocation Schedule,
shall appoint another Seller as a substitute Sellers’
Representative.
(b) The Sellers’
Representative shall not have any duties or responsibilities,
except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary
relationship with any Person, and no implied covenants, functions,
responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of
the Sellers’ Representative shall be read into this Agreement
or otherwise be imposed on the Sellers’ Representative. In
performing his or her functions and duties under this Agreement,
the Sellers’ Representative shall act solely as the agent for
the Sellers, and the Sellers’ Representative shall not assume
nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship
of trust or agency with or for any other Person. All actions,
decisions and instructions of the Sellers’ Representative
shall be conclusive and binding upon all of the Sellers as if
expressly signed and ratified by him, her or it, and the
Sellers’ Representative shall not be liable to any of the
Sellers or to Buyer for any act done or omitted hereunder as the
Sellers’ Representative except for any loss resulting from
fraud or willful misconduct on the part of the Sellers’
Representative and arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the Sellers’
Representative’s duties hereunder.
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(c) Buyer shall be entitled to deal
exclusively with the Sellers’ Representative on all matters
relating to this Agreement, and any and all claims and notices of
Sellers shall be asserted through the Sellers’
Representative. Buyer and its Affiliates (including, after the
Closing, the Company) shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and
shall be fully protected in relying conclusively (without further
evidence or independent investigation of any kind whatsoever), on
the power and authority of the Sellers’ Representative and on
any document executed or purported to be executed on behalf of any
of the Sellers by the Sellers’ Representative, and on any
other action taken or purported to be taken on behalf of any of the
Sellers by the Sellers’ Representative, as fully binding upon
such Sellers.
(d) Buyer and its Affiliates
(including, after the Closing, the Company) shall have no liability
to any of the Sellers for any acts or omissions of the
Sellers’ Representative, or any acts or omissions taken or
not taken by any Persons at the direction of the Sellers’
Representative.
ARTICLE 2
Representations and Warranties of
the Sellers
The Sellers represent and warrant to
Buyer, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as
follows:
Section 2.1 Corporate
Status . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to
carry on its business as now conducted. The Company is duly
qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each of the jurisdictions specified in Section 2.1
of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, which includes each
jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the properties
owned, leased or operated by it makes such qualification necessary.
The Sellers have delivered to Buyer complete copies of the
Organizational Documents of the Company as currently in effect, and
the Company is not in violation of any provision of such
Organizational Documents.
Section 2.2 Corporate and
Governmental Authorization .
(a) The Sellers have all requisite
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to
perform their obligations hereunder and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the performance of the Sellers’ obligations
hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all requisite action of the
Sellers. The Sellers have duly executed and delivered this
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Sellers enforceable against the Sellers in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and
conveyance
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laws and other similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors.
(b) The execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Sellers and the performance of their
obligations hereunder require no action by or in respect of, or
filing with, any Governmental Authority, other than any
actions or filings under Laws the absence of which would not be,
individually or in the aggregate, materially adverse to the
Company, or materially impair the ability of the Sellers to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or the ability of
the Company to continue to conduct its business following the
Closing.
Section 2.3
Non-Contravention . The execution and delivery of this
Agreement by the Sellers and the performance of their obligations
hereunder do not and will not ( a ) conflict with or
breach any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Sellers
or the Company, ( b ) assuming compliance with the
matters referred to in Section 2.2(b), conflict with or breach
any provision of any applicable Law, ( c ) except as
set forth on Section 2.3 of the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter, require any consent of or other action by any Person under,
constitute a default or an event that, with or without notice or
lapse of time or both, would constitute a default under, or cause
or permit termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change
of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit under, any
provision of any material agreement or other instrument to which
any Seller or the Company is a party (including any Material
Contract) or any material Permit affecting the assets or business
of the Company or ( d ) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien other than Permitted Liens on any
Assets.
Section 2.4 Capitalization;
Title to Shares .
(a) The authorized capital stock of
the Company consists of ( i ) 10,000 shares of Common
Stock, of which 7,350 shares are issued and outstanding and (
ii ) 10,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of which 5,000
shares are issued and outstanding. The Shares have been duly
authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.
Each Seller owns the Shares set forth on Section 2.4(a) of the
Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, beneficially and of record, free
and clear of any Lien. Upon delivery of and payment for the Shares
at the Closing, Buyer will acquire good and valid title to all of
the Shares, free and clear of any Lien. As of the Closing, all
shares of Preferred Stock shall have been validly redeemed by the
Company as provided in this Agreement and no such shares shall
remain outstanding.
(b) Except as set forth in
Section 2.4(a), there are no outstanding ( i
) shares of capital stock of or other voting or equity
interests in the Company, ( ii ) securities of the
Company convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares
of capital stock of or other voting or equity interests in the
Company, ( iii ) options or other rights or agreements,
commitments or understandings of any kind to acquire from the
Company, or other obligation of the Sellers or the Company to
issue, transfer or sell, any shares of capital stock of
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or other voting or equity interests in the
Company or securities convertible into or exercisable or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock of or other voting or
equity interests in the Company, ( iv ) voting trusts,
proxies or other similar agreements or understandings to which the
Sellers or the Company is a party or by which the Sellers or the
Company is bound with respect to the voting of any shares of
capital stock of or other voting or equity interests in the Company
or ( v ) contractual obligations or commitments of any
character restricting the transfer of, or requiring the
registration for sale of, any shares of capital stock of or other
voting or equity interests in the Company (the items in clauses
(i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to collectively as the
“ Company Securities ”). There are no
outstanding obligations of the Company to repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any Company Securities.
Section 2.5 No Subsidiary or
Ownership Interests . The Company does not own any shares of
capital stock of or other voting or equity interests in (including
any securities exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into
shares of capital stock of or other voting or equity interests in)
any Person.
Section 2.6 Financial
Statements; Accounting Controls .
(a) The Sellers have delivered to
Buyer complete copies of ( i ) audited financial
statements of the Company at and for the periods ended
December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2008 (the last such
date, the “ Balance Sheet Date ”), together with
the report of the Company’s independent auditors thereon
(collectively, the “ Audited Financial Statements
”) and ( ii ) unaudited interim financial
statements of the Company at and for the period ended June 30,
2009 (the “ Unaudited Financial Statements ”),
including in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) a
balance sheet and statements of income or operations, cash flows
and retained earnings or shareholders’ equity (the Audited
Financial Statements and the Unaudited Financial Statements,
collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”). The
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles (“
GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis (except as may
be indicated in the notes thereto) and, except as set forth in
Section 2.6 (a) of Seller’s Disclosure Letter,
present fairly in all material respects the financial position,
results of operations and cash flows of the Company at and for the
respective periods indicated (subject, in the case of the Unaudited
Financial Statements, to the absence of footnotes and to normal
year-end adjustments which will not be material to the
Company).
(b) The Company has devised and
maintained systems of internal accounting controls with respect to
the Business sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (
i ) all transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorization, ( ii
) all transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the
preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain proper accountability for items, ( iii
) access to their property and assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization and ( iv ) recorded accountability for
items is compared with actual levels at
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reasonable intervals and appropriate action is
taken with respect to any differences.
Section 2.7 No Undisclosed
Material Liabilities . The Company has no material liabilities
or obligations, whether absolute, known, unknown, accrued,
contingent or otherwise and whether due or to become due, except (
a ) as set forth in Section 2.7 of the
Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, ( b ) liabilities and
obligations to the extent disclosed or reserved against in the
Reference Balance Sheet or specifically disclosed in the notes
thereto and ( c ) liabilities and obligations that were
incurred after the Balance Sheet Date in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice.
Section 2.8 Absence of
Certain Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date (or in the case
of clause (e) below, since August 1, 2009), except as set
forth in Section 2.8 of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter
and except to the extent disclosed in footnotes to the Financial
Statements, the business of the Company has been conducted in the
ordinary course consistent with past practice and there has not
been:
(a) To Seller’s Knowledge, any
event, development or state of circumstances that has had or would
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any declaration or payment of
any dividend or other distribution with respect to any Company
Securities, or (except as provided in Section 6.2(i)) any
redemption or other acquisition by the Company of any Company
Securities;
(c) any amendment or modification of
the Organizational Documents of the Company or of the terms of any
Company Securities;
(d) any incurrence of any
Indebtedness by the Company, other than pursuant to existing credit
facilities of Company, including, without limitation, all
obligations of the Company under credit cards issued by Fifth Third
Bank;
(e) any repayment of any portion of
any Indebtedness of the Company, other than daily fluctuations in
the Company’s revolving line of credit with Fifth Third
Bank;
(f) any creation or other incurrence
of any Lien on any material Asset of the Company other than
Permitted Liens;
(g) any loan, advance or capital
contribution to or investment in any Person by the
Company;
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(h) any material damage, destruction
or other casualty loss (whether or not covered by insurance)
affecting the Business or the Assets;
(i) any ( i ) change in
any method of accounting or accounting principles or practices by
the Company except for any such change required by reason of a
concurrent change in GAAP or ( ii ) revaluation of any
material Assets;
(j) any ( i ) grant or
payment of any severance or termination pay to (or amendment to any
such existing arrangement with) any current or former director,
officer, employee or independent contractor of the Company, (
ii ) increase in benefits payable under any existing
severance or termination pay policies or employment agreements, (
iii ) establishment, adoption or amendment of any
employment, severance, termination, retention or change of control,
deferred compensation or other similar agreement entered into with
any director, officer or employee of the Company, ( iv
) establishment, adoption or amendment of any collective
bargaining, bonus, profit-sharing, thrift, pension, retirement,
deferred compensation, stock option, restricted stock or other
benefit plan or arrangement covering any director, officer or
employee of the Company, ( v ) amendment, modification
or termination of any existing Company Benefit Plan in any manner
that would increase the liability of the Company, ( vi
) grant of new equity awards to any director, officer,
employee or independent contractor of the Company, ( vii
) acceleration of the vesting or payment of, or funding or in
any other way securing the payment, compensation or benefits under,
any Company Benefit Plan or ( viii ) other increases in
salaries, bonuses or other compensation or benefits payable to any
director, officer, employee or independent contractor of the
Company;
(k) any capital expenditures or
commitments for capital expenditures, in an amount in excess of
$2,000,000 in the aggregate, by the Company;
(l) any material Tax election made
or changed, any annual Tax accounting period changed, any method of
Tax accounting adopted or changed, any material amended Tax Returns
or claims for material Tax refunds filed, any material closing
agreement entered into, any material proposed Tax adjustments or
assessments, any material Tax claim, audit or assessment settled,
or any right to claim a material Tax refund, offset or other
reduction in Tax liability surrendered, in each case, by the
Company;
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(m) any material payments made to,
discounting in favor of or any other consideration extended to
customers or suppliers by the Company, other than in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(n) any failure to pay or satisfy
when due any material liability of the Company;
(o) any sale, transfer, lease,
exclusive license or other disposition of any Asset, except for
Inventory sold in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice;
(p) any acquisition of capital stock
or assets of any other Person;
(q) any amendment, cancellation,
compromise or waiver of any material claim or right of the Company;
or
(r) any agreement or commitment by
the Company to do any of the foregoing or any action or omission by
the Company that would reasonably be expected to result in any of
the foregoing.
Section 2.9 Material
Contracts .
(a) Except as disclosed in
Section 2.9 of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, the
Company is not a party to or bound by:
(i) any agreement relating to
Indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by
any asset);
(ii) any letters of
credit;
(iii) any joint venture,
partnership, limited liability company or other similar agreements
or arrangements (including any agreement providing for joint
research, development or marketing);
(iv) any agreement or series of
related agreements, including any option agreement, relating to the
acquisition or disposition of any business, capital stock or assets
of any other Person or any material real property (whether by
merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise);
(v) any Leases;
(vi) any agreement that ( A
) limits the freedom of the Company to compete in any line of
business or with any Person or in any area or that would so limit
the freedom of Buyer or its Affiliates or the Company after the
Closing or ( B ) contains
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exclusivity obligations or
restrictions binding on the Company or that would be binding on
Buyer or any of its Affiliates after the Closing;
(vii) any agreement or series of
related agreements for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods,
services, equipment or other assets (including sales, distribution,
agency and similar agreements) that provides for aggregate payments
by the Company over the remaining term of such agreement or related
agreements of $500,000 or more or under which the Company made
payments of $1,000,000 or more during the twelve-month period
ending on the Balance Sheet Date;
(viii) any sales, distribution,
agency or other similar agreement providing for the sale by the
Company of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other
assets that provides for aggregate payments to the Company over the
remaining term of the agreement of $500,000 or more or under which
payments of $1,000,000 or more were made to the Company during the
twelve-month period ending on the Balance Sheet Date; or
(ix) any agreement under which (
A ) any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed
any liabilities or obligations of the Company or ( B
) the Company has directly or indirectly guaranteed any
liabilities or obligations of any other Person (in each case other
than endorsements for the purpose of collection in the ordinary
course of business).
(b) Each agreement, commitment,
arrangement or plan disclosed in the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter or required to be disclosed therein pursuant to this
Section 2.9 or Section 2.10, 2.11, 2.15, 2.16 or 2.20
(each, a “ Material Contract ”) is a valid and
binding agreement of the Company, except as such enforcement may be
limited by: (A) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and
conveyance laws and other similar laws of general application
relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; or
(B) general principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or equity, and is in full force and effect, and
neither the Company nor, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, any other
party thereto is in default or breach in any material respect under
(or is alleged to be in default or breach in any material respect
under) the terms of, or has provided or received any notice of any
intention to terminate, any such Material Contract, and, to the
Knowledge of the Sellers, no event or circumstance has occurred
that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an
event of default thereunder or result in a termination thereof or
would cause or permit the acceleration of or other changes of or to
any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit thereunder.
Complete copies of each such Material Contract (including all
modifications and amendments thereto and waivers thereunder) have
been delivered to Buyer.
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Section 2.10 Properties
.
(a) Title to Assets . The
Company has good and valid title to, or otherwise have the right to
use pursuant to a valid and enforceable lease, license or similar
contractual arrangement, all of the assets (real and personal,
tangible and intangible), that are used or held for use in
connection with the Business or are reflected on the Reference
Balance Sheet or were acquired after the date of the Reference
Balance Sheet (collectively, the “ Assets ”)
except for Inventory sold in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, in each case free and clear of any
Lien other than Permitted Liens. Any Permitted Liens on the Assets,
individually or in the aggregate, do not materially interfere with
the current use of any such Asset by the Company or materially
detract from the value of any such Asset.
(b) Sufficiency of Assets .
The Assets constitute all of the assets required for the conduct of
the Business. To the Knowledge of the Sellers, (i) the plants,
buildings, structures and material equipment included in the Assets
are in good repair and operating condition, subject only to
ordinary wear and tear, and are adequate and suitable for the
purposes for which they are presently being used or held for use
and ( ii ) there are no facts or conditions affecting
any material Assets that would reasonably be expected, individually
or in the aggregate, to interfere with the use, occupancy or
operation of such Assets.
(c) Owned Real Property . The
Company owns no real property.
(d) Leased Real Property .
Section 2.10(d) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter lists
all real property leased by the Company (the “ Leased Real
Property ”, and the lease pursuant to which such real
property is leased, together with any amendments and modifications
thereto, the “ Lease s”). The Company has good
and valid leasehold interests in the Leases, free and clear of any
Liens other than Permitted Liens and easements, covenants and other
encumbrances and restrictions of record that do not materially
impair the current use of the Facility. The Company is not a
sublessor or grantor under any sublease or other instrument
granting to any other Person any right to the possession, lease,
occupancy or enjoyment of any Leased Real Property.
(e) Facility . To the
Knowledge of the Sellers, the Facility ( i ) is in good
operating condition and repair, subject to normal wear and tear, (
ii ) is supplied with adequate utilities and other
services necessary for the current use of the Facility, and (
iii ) except as set forth on Section 2.10(e) of
the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, is structurally sound and
free of material defects that would interfere with the current use
of the Facility, with no material unperformed alterations or
repairs by the lessor or lessee required by the applicable Lease or
any applicable Law or Permit.
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Section 2.11 Intellectual
Property .
(a) Owned Intellectual
Property . Section 2.11(a) of the Sellers’
Disclosure Letter lists all Intellectual Property owned by the
Company (the “ Owned Intellectual Property ”)
that is registered or subject to an application for registration.
The Company is the exclusive owner of the Owned Intellectual
Property set forth in Section 2.11(a) of the Sellers’
Disclosure Letter and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, of the
Trade Secrets owned by the Company. All Persons (including current
and former employees and independent contractors) who create or
contribute to material Owned Intellectual Property have validly and
irrevocably assigned to the Company in writing all of their rights
therein that did not initially vest with the Company by operation
of law.
(b) Licenses and Other
Agreements . Section 2.11(b) of the Sellers’
Disclosure Letter lists all agreements to which the Company is a
party or is otherwise bound that relate to Intellectual Property,
including ( i ) licenses of Intellectual Property to
the Company by any other Person (other than any “shrink wrap
licenses”), ( ii ) licenses of Intellectual
Property to any other Person by the Company, ( iii
) agreements otherwise granting or restricting the right to
use Intellectual Property and ( iv ) agreements
transferring, assigning, indemnifying with respect to or otherwise
relating to Intellectual Property used or held for use in the
Business, in each case to the extent material to the
Business.
(c ) No Infringement
. The conduct of the Business does
not infringe or otherwise conflict with the rights of any Person in
respect of any Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the
Sellers, none of the Owned Intellectual Property is being infringed
or otherwise used or being made available for use by any Person
without a license or permission from the Company, except as set
forth in Section 2.11(c) of the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter.
Section 2.12 Litigation
. Except as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Sellers’
Disclosure Letter, ( a ) there is no Litigation pending
or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, threatened against or
affecting the Company or any of the Assets and ( b
) there are no settlement agreements or similar written
agreements with any Governmental Authority and no outstanding
orders, judgments, stipulations, decrees, injunctions,
determinations or awards issued by any Governmental Authority
against or adversely affecting the Company or any of the
Assets.
Section 2.13 Compliance with
Laws; Licenses and Permits .
(a) The Company is, and since
January 1, 2004 have been, in compliance in all material
respects with applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, rules,
regulations, judgments, injunctions, orders and decrees (“
Laws ”) and, to the Knowledge of the Sellers, is not
under investigation with respect to any material violation of any
applicable Laws.
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(b) The Company has all licenses,
franchises, permits, certificates, approvals or other similar
authorizations issued by Governmental Authorities and affecting, or
relating to, the Assets or required for the operation of the
Business (the “ Permits ”), except for such
Permits the failure of which to hold would not be, individually or
in the aggregate, materially adverse to the Company, or materially
impair the ability of the Sellers to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or the ability of the Company to continue to
operate the Business following the Closing. Except as set forth in
Section 2.13(b) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, (
i ) the Permits are valid and in full force and effect,
( ii ) the Company is not in default under, and no
condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both would
constitute a default under, the Permits and ( iii
) none of the Permits will be terminated or impaired or become
terminable, in whole or in part, as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section 2.14 Environmental,
Health and Safety Matters . Except as set forth in
Section 2.14 of the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter:
(a) The Company has complied and is
in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
Environmental Laws and has obtained and is in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable Environmental
Permits.
(b) Since January 1, 2004, no
notice of violation or alleged violation, notification of liability
or potential liability or request for information has been received
by the Company relating to or arising out of any Environmental Law.
No order has been issued and is currently in effect, and since
January 1, 2004, no penalty or fine has been assessed,
involving the Company relating to or arising out of any
Environmental Law.
(c )No Release of Hazardous
Substances by the Company or any of its predecessors in interest
has occurred since February 1, 1990 at, on, above, under or
from any properties currently or formerly owned, leased, operated
or used by the Company or any predecessors in interest, that has
resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in any Remedial
Action.
(d) Neither the Company nor any
predecessors in interest, nor to the Knowledge of Sellers, any
other Person caused or taken any action since February 1, 1990
that would reasonably be expected to result in any material
liability or obligation relating to ( i ) the
environmental conditions at, on, above, under or about any
properties or assets currently or formerly owned, leased, operated
or used by the Company or any predecessors in interest or (
ii ) the past or present use, management, handling,
transport, treatment, generation, storage, disposal, Release or
threatened Release of, or exposure to, Hazardous
Substances.
(e) The Sellers have provided to
Buyer all environmental site assessments, audits, investigations
and studies in the possession, custody or control of the Sellers or
the Company, relating to properties or assets currently or formerly
owned, leased, operated or used by the Company.
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Section 2.15 Employees,
Labor Matters, etc .
(a) The Company is not a party to or
otherwise bound by any collective bargaining agreement, and there
are no labor unions or other organizations or groups representing,
purporting to represent, or to the Knowledge of Sellers, attempting
to represent any employees employed by the Company. Since
January 1, 2006 there has not occurred or, to the Knowledge of
the Sellers, been threatened any material strike, slowdown,
picketing, work stoppage, concerted refusal to work overtime by, or
lockout of, or other similar labor activity or organizing campaign
with respect to, any employees of the Company. The Company is in
material compliance with all applicable Laws respecting labor,
employment, fair employment practices, terms and conditions of
employment, workers’ compensation, occupational safety and
health requirements, plant closings, wages and hours, withholding
of taxes, employment discrimination, disability rights or benefits,
equal opportunity, labor relations, worker classification, employee
leave issues and unemployment insurance and related matters. Except
as disclosed in Section 2.15 of the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter and except for instances that would not be, individually or
in the aggregate, material, the Company has not received notice of
( i ) any unfair labor practice charge or complaint
against the Company pending before the National Labor Relations
Board or any other Governmental Authority, ( ii ) any
charge or complaint against the Company pending before the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission or any other Governmental
Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment
practices or ( iii ) any complaint or lawsuit against
the Company concerning employees or former employees of the Company
alleging employment discrimination or violations of occupational
safety and health requirements pending before a court of competent
jurisdiction.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, the
Company will not have incurred any liability under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or
local Law that remains unsatisfied as of the Closing
Date.
Section 2.16 Employee
Benefit Plans and Related Matters; ERISA .
(a) Disclosure .
Section 2.16(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter lists
all Company Benefit Plans (including a written description of any
oral Company Benefit Plans). With respect to each such Company
Benefit Plan, the Sellers have provided or made available to Buyer
complete and correct copies of ( i ) all related plan
documents, trust agreements, insurance contracts or other funding
arrangements, ( ii ) the two most recent actuarial and
trust reports for both ERISA funding and financial statement
purposes, ( iii ) the two most recent Forms 5500 with
all attachments required to have been filed with the IRS or the
Department of Labor, and all schedules thereto, ( iv
) the most recent IRS determination letter with respect to
each Company Benefit Plan, ( v ) all current
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plan descriptions, ( vi ) all
material communications received from or sent to the IRS, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Department of Labor or
any other Governmental Authority (including a written description
of any oral communication) and ( vii ) all current
employee handbooks and manuals. The Company has not communicated to
any current or former employee any intention or commitment to amend
or modify any Company Benefit Plan or to establish or implement any
other employee or retiree benefit or compensation plan or
arrangement.
(b) Qualification . Each
Company Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under
section 401(a) of the Code, and the trust (if any) forming a
part thereof, has received a favorable determination letter from
the IRS indicating it is so qualified and, to the Knowledge of the
Sellers, there are no existing circumstances or events that would
reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of
any plan. Each Company Benefit Plan has been operated in all
material respects in accordance with applicable Law.
(c) Liability; Compliance
.
(i) Each Company Benefit Plan that
is subject to the minimum funding standards of the Code or ERISA
satisfies such standards under sections 412 and 302 of the
Code and ERISA, respectively, and no waiver of such funding has
been sought or obtained. In addition, no such Company Benefit Plan
incurred an “accumulated funding deficiency” within the
meaning of the predecessors to sections 412 or 302 of the Code
and ERISA, respectively, whether or not waived.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any of
its ERISA Affiliates have incurred (either directly or indirectly,
including as a result of an indemnification obligation) any
liability under or pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the
penalty, excise Tax or joint and several liability provisions of
the Code relating to employee benefit plans, and no event,
transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could result
in any such liability to the Company, any of its ERISA Affiliates
or, following the Closing Date, Buyer or any of its Affiliates. All
contributions and premiums required to have been paid by the
Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates to any Company Benefit Plan
under the terms of any such plan or its related trust, insurance
contract or other funding arrangement, or pursuant to any
applicable Law (including ERISA and the Code) or collective
bargaining agreement have been paid within the time prescribed by
any such plan, agreement or applicable Law.
(iii) Other than routine claims for
benefits, there are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Sellers,
threatened or anticipated claims ( A ) by or on behalf
of any Company Benefit Plan or any employee or beneficiary covered
under any Company Benefit Plan, or otherwise involving any Company
Benefit Plan or its assets, or ( B ) by or on behalf of
any current or
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former employee of the Company
relating to his or her employment, termination of employment,
compensation or employee benefits. None of the Company Benefit
Plans is presently under audit or examination (nor has notice been
received of a potential audit or examination) by the IRS, the
Department of Labor or any other Governmental Authority, domestic
or foreign.
(iv) The Company has no liability in
respect of post-retirement health, medical or life insurance
benefits for retired, former or current employees of the Company
except as required to avoid the excise tax under section 4980B
of the Code.
(v) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation
by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
will not (alone or in combination with any other event) ( A
) except as set forth on Section 2.16(c)(v) in the
Sellers’ Disclosure Letter, entitle any current or former
employee, consultant, officer or director of the Company to
severance pay or any other payment, ( B ) except as set
forth on Section 2.16(c)(v) in the Sellers’ Disclosure
Letter, result in any payment becoming due, accelerate the time of
payment or vesting of benefits, or increase the amount of
compensation due to any such employee, consultant, officer or
director, ( C ) result in any forgiveness of
indebtedness, trigger any funding obligation under any Company
Benefit Plan or impose any restrictions or limitations on the
Company’s rights to administer, amend or terminate any
Company Benefit Plan or ( D ) result in any payment
(whether in cash or property or the vesting of property) to any
“disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in
Treasury Regulation section 1.280G-1) that could reasonably be
construed, individually or in combination with any other such
payment, to constitute an “excess parachute payment”
(as defined in section 280G(b)(1) of the Code). No Person is
entitled to receive any additional payment (including any tax
gross-up or other payment) from the Company as a result of the
imposition of the excise taxes required by section 4999 of the Code
or any taxes required by section 409A of the Code.
Section 2.17 Tax Matters
. Except as set forth in Section 2.17 of the Sellers’
Disclosure Letter:
(a) Filing and Payment . To
the Knowledge of Sellers, all Tax Returns required to be filed by,
on behalf of or with respect to the Company have been duly and
timely filed and are complete and correct in all material respects.
Section 2.17(a) of the Sellers’ Disclosure Letter lists
all of the states, territories and jurisdictions in which such
income, franchise, sales or use Tax Returns with respect to the
Company were filed for the past three years, and complete copies of
all such Tax Returns have been made available to Buyer. All Taxes
(whether or not reflected on such Tax Returns) required to be paid
with respect to, or that could give rise to a Lien
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on the Assets of, the Company have been duly and
timely paid. All Taxes owed by the Company for any taxable period
(or a portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date which
are not yet due and payable have been or will be on or prior to the
Closing Date proper