EXHIBIT
99
EXECUTION
COPY
UNIT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS UNIT PURCHASE AGREEMENT
is made and entered into as of this
15 th day of March, 2007, by and among TELKONET, INC. a
Utah corporation (“ Purchaser ”), ETHOSTREAM,
LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (the “
Company ”), Jason Tienor (“ Tienor
”), Jeff Sobieski (“ Sobieski ”), Kevin
Burns (“ Burns ”), David Lau (“ Lau
”), Clocktower Properties, LLC (“ Clocktower
”), Andrew Garni (“ Andrew ”), Christina
Garni (“ Christina ”), John Maul (“
Maul ”) and Helen Gaudiosi (“ Gaudiosi
,” together with Tienor, Sobieski, Burns, Lau, Clocktower,
Andrew, Christina and Maul, the “ Members ”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in Section 1.1
hereof.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the Company is engaged in the business of
providing wireless and wired network technologies for hospitality
and other commercial and residential properties (the “
Business ”);
WHEREAS , the Members own, in the aggregate, 100% of the
issued and outstanding membership units of the Company;
WHEREAS , the Members desire to sell, and Purchaser
desires to purchase, all of the issued and outstanding membership
units (the “ Units ”) of the Company on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants,
representations, warranties and agreements hereinafter set forth,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree
as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
1.1 Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings:
“ 409A Plans ” is defined in
Section 3.20(m).
“ Adjustment Period ” is
defined in Section 2.5.
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to any specified Person, any other Person which, directly
or indirectly, controls, is under common control with, or is
controlled by, such specified Person.
“ Agreement ” means this
Agreement and the Company Disclosure Schedules hereto, as this
Agreement may be amended from time to time.
“ Anniversary Date ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“
Arbitrator ” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.4(c) hereof.
“ Baseline Net Working Capital
” means an amount equal to the amount outstanding on the Line
of Credit on the Closing Date plus $200,000.
“ Benefit Plan ” means
any collective bargaining agreement, any Pension Plan or any bonus,
profit sharing, deferred compensation, incentive compensation,
performance, retirement, vacation, severance or termination,
disability, death benefit, employment, consulting, independent
contractor, member, retention, hospitalization, fringe benefit,
medical, dental, vision or other material plan, program, policy,
arrangement or Contract (whether or not subject to the Laws of the
United States) established, maintained, contributed to or required
to be established, maintained or contributed to by the Company or
any ERISA Affiliate, in each case, providing benefits to any
employee of the Company, and in each case whether written or oral,
informal or formal, subject to ERISA or not.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which
banking institutions located in Wisconsin are permitted or required
by Law, executive order or decree of a Governmental Entity to
remain closed.
“ Cash Consideration ” is
defined in Section 2.2.
“ Certificate of Formation ”
means the certified Articles of Organization of the Company, as
filed with the Department of Financial Institutions of Wisconsin,
as amended.
“ Closing ” is defined in
Section 7.1.
“ Closing Date ” is defined
in Section 7.1.
“ Closing Date Net Working Capital
” is defined in Section 2.4.
“ Closing Date Price ” is
defined in Section 2.2.
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“ Commission ” means the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at
the time administering the Securities Act.
“ Common Stock ” is defined
in Section 2.2.
“ Company ” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“ Company Certificate ” is
defined in Section 6.2(a).
“ Company Indemnified Party ”
is defined in Section 9.3.
“ Company Intellectual Property
” means all Intellectual Property owned, used, under
development or filed by or licensed to the Company.
“ Constitutive Documents ”
means the Company’s Certificate of Formation and Operating
Agreement.
“ Contract ” means any loan
or credit agreement, bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture,
guarantee, lease or other contract, commitment, agreement,
instrument, obligation, undertaking, concession, franchise, license
or legally binding arrangement or understanding, whether written or
oral.
“ Controlled Group Liability
” means any and all liabilities under (i) Title IV of ERISA,
(ii) Section 302 of ERISA, (iii) Sections 412 and 4971 of the Code,
(iv) the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq.
of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code, (v) the portability and
nondiscrimination requirements of Section 701 et seq. of ERISA and
Section 9801 et seq. of the Code, and (vi) Section 4975 of the
Code.
“ Copyright ” means any
registered copyright (i) licensed from any third party (other than
“shrink-wrap” software), or (ii) assigned, registered
or applied for.
“ Current Assets ” means the
aggregate value of the accounts receivable of the Company, as
determined in accordance with the Company’s historic
accounting methods consistently applied in accordance with past
practice.
“ Current Liabilities ” means
the aggregate value of the accounts payable of the Company, which
shall include the following line items appearing on the Most Recent
Balance Sheet (i) accounts payable, (ii) accounts payable, credit
card, (iii) hotel use fees payable, (iii) accrued insurance
payable, and (iv) sales tax payable, each determined in accordance
with the Company’s historic accounting methods consistently
applied in accordance with past practice.
“ Delivery Date ” is defined
in Section 2.4(a).
“ Disclosure Schedule ” means
a schedule of exceptions to the representations and warranties of
the Company and the Members set forth in Article III, delivered
contemporaneously with this Agreement.
“ Disputed Matters ” is
defined in Section 2.4(c).
“ Employee Members ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Employment Agreements ”
means the employment agreements to be executed at or prior to the
Closing between Purchaser and each of Tienor and
Sobieski.
“ Encumbrances ” is defined
in Section 3.5.
“ Environment ” means any and
all environmental media, including, but not limited to, ambient
air, surface water, ground water, drinking water supply, land
surface, subsurface strata, wetlands or sediments.
“ Environmental Law ” means
any and all federal, state, local or foreign statutes, laws, codes,
regulations, rules, orders, judgments, binding judicial decisions,
permits, writs, decrees, licenses, approvals, injunctions, written
policies, ordinances and binding directives pertaining to or
relating to protection or restoration of the Environment,
pollution, health and safety, noise, radiation, or the manufacture,
generation, handling, storage, use, emission, discharge, release,
transportation, treatment, disposal or remediation of any Hazardous
Material and the health or safety of employees in the workplace
environment with respect to Hazardous Material, including the Clean
Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act, the Occupational Safety and Health
Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Emergency Planning and
Community Right-to-Know Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide,
and Rodenticide Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Act and any similar federal, state or
local law, as each is in effect as of the date hereof.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means any
Person which is (or at any relevant time was) a member of a
“controlled group of corporations” with, under
“common control” with, or a member of an
“affiliate service group” with the Company as such
terms are defined in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the
Code.
“ Exchange Act ” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any similar
successor United States statute, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission issued under such act, as they each may, from time
to time, be in effect.
“ Financial Statements ” are
defined in Section 3.9(a).
“ First Tail Period ” is
defined in Section 5.12.
“ Fourth Tail Period ” is
defined in Section 5.12.
“ Governmental Entity ” means
any nation, state, province, county, city or political subdivision
and any official, agency, arbitrator, authority, court, department,
commission, board, bureau, instrumentality or other governmental or
regulatory authority of any thereof, whether domestic or
foreign.
“ Hazardous Material ” means,
whether alone or in combination, whether solid, liquid or gaseous:
(i) any pollutant, contaminant, substance, chemical or material
that is listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law; (ii) any petroleum, petroleum product, waste
oil, crude oil and its fractions, asbestos and asbestos-containing
material, urea formaldehyde, nuclear material, natural or synthetic
gas, pesticide, or polychlorinated biphenyl; (iii) any pollutant,
contaminant, substance, material, chemical or waste that is
explosive or radioactive; or (iv) any hazardous chemical,
pollutant, contaminant, hazardous waste, toxic chemical, all as
defined as hazardous under the Environmental Law.
“ Holdback ” shall be an
amount held back from the Purchase Price determined in accordance
with Section 2.3.
“ Holdback Shares ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Indebtedness ”
of any Person means, without duplication: (i) all
indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, with respect to
deposits or advances of any kind or for the deferred purchase price
of property or services (other than current trade liabilities
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business and payable in
accordance with customary practices or being disputed in good
faith); (ii) all principal, interest, prepayment penalties and
premiums and other obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments; (iii) all Indebtedness of
third parties secured by (or for which the holder of such
Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be
secured by) any Lien or other claim on property owned or acquired
by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have
been assumed; and (iv) all guarantees by such Person of
Indebtedness of third parties.
“ Indemnified Party ” means
either a Purchaser Indemnified Party or a Company Indemnified
Party.
“ Indemnifying Party ” means
the party from which indemnification is sought pursuant to Article
IX.
“ Intellectual Property ”
means any (i) Patents, (ii) Marks, (iii) Copyrights, (iv) trade
secrets, as defined in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, including
confidential research and development, know-how, formulas,
compositions, manufacturing and production processes and
techniques, methods, schematics, technology, technical data,
designs, drawings, flowcharts, block diagrams, specifications,
customer and supply lists, pricing and cost information, and
business and marketing plans and proposals, (v) software or
computer programs, (vi) licenses and agreements pursuant to which a
Person has acquired rights in or to any of the foregoing or
licenses or agreements pursuant to which a Person has licensed or
transferred the right to use any of the foregoing, or (vii) domain
names, and (viii) unregistered rights in copyright to print or
electronic publications and content.
“ Issued Patent ” means a
Patent which has been granted by the PTO, or any patent office of
any other country, which is unexpired and which has not been held
invalid by a decision of a court or other appropriate body of
competent jurisdiction.
“ IRS ” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service.
“ Judgment ” means any
judgment, order or decree of, or issued by, any Governmental
Entity.
“ Knowledge ” means, with
respect to any matter in question, the actual knowledge of Jason
Tienor and Jeff Sobieski after reasonable inquiry. Known has a
correlative meaning.
“ Law ” means any
constitution, act, statute, law, ordinance, treaty, rule or
regulation of any Governmental Entity.
“ Legal Proceeding ” means
any action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation
before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator or mediator
or similar party, or any investigation or review by any
Governmental Entity.
“ Lien ”
means any lien, pledge, claim, charge, mortgage, encumbrance or
other security interest of any kind, whether arising by Contract or
by operation of Law.
“ Line of Credit ” means that
certain line of credit between the Company and F & M
Bank-Wisconsin, dated as of February 10, 2004.
“ Losses ” means any debts,
obligations and other liabilities (whether known or unknown,
absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, due or to
become due, accrued or not accrued, asserted or unasserted or
otherwise), losses, claims, damages, Taxes, interest obligations,
deficiencies, Judgments, assessments, fines, fees, penalties,
expenses (including amounts paid in settlement, interest, court
costs, costs of investigators, fees and reasonable expenses of
attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, consultants and other
experts, and other expenses of litigation). Losses shall not
include any incidental or consequential damages, including, but not
limited to, lost profits or business opportunities or amounts with
respect to which specific reserves have been created on the Most
Recent Balance Sheet.
“ Mark ” means any trademark,
trade name, trade dress, service mark or domain name.
“ Master Escrow Agreement ”
means that certain Master Escrow Agreement to be entered into on
the Closing Date by and among Purchaser, the Escrow Agent (as
therein defined) and the Members substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto.
“ Material Adverse Change ”
means any change, circumstance, development, state of facts, event
or effect (i) that has had or would reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse change or effect (taken alone or in the
aggregate with any other adverse change or effect) in or with
respect to the business, properties, assets, condition (financial
or otherwise), liabilities (contingent or otherwise) or results of
operations of the Business in an amount in excess of $100,000, or
(ii) that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially
impede, interfere with, hinder or delay the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
provided that none of the following shall be deemed to constitute,
and none of the following shall be taken into account in
determining whether there has been or will be a Material Adverse
Change: (a) any change relating to the United States economy or
securities markets in general, so long as any impact on the
Business is not disproportionate, (b) any adverse change, effect,
event, occurrence, state of facts or development described in
clause (i) or (ii) above resulting from conditions generally
affecting the industry in which the Company participates, (c) the
announcement or consummation of the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (d) changes in any applicable
Law.
“ Material Contract ” is
defined in Section 3.14(a).
“ Members’ Representative
” is defined in Section 11.7.
“ Most Recent Balance Sheet ”
is defined in Section 3.9(a).
“ Most Recent Balance Sheet Date
” means December 31, 2006.
“ Nonemployee Members ” is
defined in Section 2.3.
“ Notice of Disagreement ” is
defined in Section 2.4(c).
“ Operating Agreement ” means
the Operating Agreement of the Company, dated November 11, 2004, as
amended.
“ Ordinary Course of Business
” means any action taken if: (i) such action is
consistent with past practice including as to amount and frequency
and is taken in the course of normal day-to-day operations and (ii)
such action complies with Law.
“ Party ” means a party to
this Agreement.
“ Patent ” means any United
States or foreign patent, any application for a United States or
foreign patent, or any continuation, continuation-in-part,
division, renewal, extension (including any supplemental protection
certificate), reexamination or reissue thereof.
“ Pension Plan ” means any
“employee pension benefit plan,” as defined in Section
3(2) of ERISA.
“ Permit ” means any federal,
state or local, domestic or foreign, governmental consent,
approval, order, authorization, certificate, filing, notice,
permit, concession, registration, franchise, license or
right.
“ Permitted Liens ” means the
following, to the extent not securing Indebtedness: (i) statutory
Liens for Taxes not yet due or payable or being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings; (ii) Liens for assessments and
other governmental charges or Liens of landlords, carriers,
warehousemen, mechanics and repairmen incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business, in each case for sums not yet due and payable
or due but not delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings; (iii) Liens incurred in the Ordinary
Course of Business in connection with workers’ compensation,
unemployment insurance and other types of social security; and (iv)
any interest or title of a lessor under an operating lease or
capitalized lease or of any licensor under a license.
“ Person ” means an
individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
joint venture, association, trust, Governmental Entity,
unincorporated organization or other entity.
“ PTO ” means the United
States Patent and Trademark Office.
“ Purchase Price ” is defined
in Section 2.2.
“ Purchase Price Adjustment ”
is defined in Section 2.4(b).
“ Purchase Shares ” means the
shares of Common Stock issued as the Stock
Consideration.
“ Purchaser ” has the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“ Purchaser Certificate ” is
defined in Section 6.3(a).
“ Purchaser Indemnifiable Loss
” is defined in Section 9.2.
“ Purchaser Indemnified Party
” is defined in Section 9.2.
“ Put Option ” is defined in
Section 5.12.
“ Quarterly Release ” is
defined in Section 2.3(b).
“ Real Property ” is defined
in Section 3.13.
“ Representatives ” means,
with respect to a Person, such Person’s legal, financial,
internal and independent accounting and other advisors and
representatives.
“ Rule 144 ” shall mean Rule
144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
“ Second Tail Period ” is
defined in Section 5.12.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any similar successor United
States statute, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
issued under such act, as they each may, from time to time, be in
effect.
“ Stock Consideration ” is
defined in Section 2.2
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, another Person (i) of which 50.0% or more of
any class of capital stock is owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such first Person, or (ii) of which such first
Person is a general partner.
“ Tail Period ” is defined in
Section 5.12.
“ Tax ” means any United
States federal, state, local and foreign income, profits,
franchise, license, capital, transfer, ad valorem , wage,
severance, occupation, import, custom, gross receipts, payroll,
sales, employment, use, stamp, alternative or add-on minimum,
environmental, withholding and any other tax, duty, assessment or
governmental tax charge of any kind whatsoever, imposed or required
to be withheld by any taxing authority, including any interest,
additions to tax, or penalties applicable or related
thereto.
“ Tax Return ” means any
return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information
return or statement or other form relating to Taxes, including any
schedule or attachment thereto, and including any amendment
thereof.
“ Third Party Claim ” means
any suit, proceeding, claim or demand by a Person other than a
Person from which indemnification may be sought under Article
IX.
“ Third Tail Period ” is
defined in Section 5.12.
“ Trading Market ” means
whichever of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock
Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Market, the NASDAQ Capital Market or
OTC Bulletin Board on which Common Stock is listed or quoted for
trading on the date in question.
“ Triggering Event ” is
defined in Section 5.12.
“ Twenty-Day VWAP ” is
defined in Section 2.5(a)
“ Units ” has the meaning set
forth in the Recitals.
“ WARN Act ” means the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1991.
ARTICLE
II
Purchase and Sale of
UNITS
2.1 Purchase and Sale of Units
. Upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Members shall sell to
Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase from the Members, the
Units.
2.2 Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Units shall be
$11,756,097 (the “ Purchase Price ”). The
Purchase Price shall be payable by Purchaser through the delivery
to the Members of Cash (the “ Cash Consideration
”) and shares (the “ Stock Consideration
”) of Purchaser’s common stock, par value $0.001 per
share (the “ Common Stock ”), subject to the
Holdback set forth in Section 2.3 and to adjustment pursuant to
Sections 2.4 and 2.5. The Members may elect to receive the Purchase
Price entirely in shares of Common Stock or a combination of cash
and Common Stock, provided that, no Member
shall have the right to receive more than 20% of such
Member’s pro rata portion of the Purchase Price in cash and
in no event shall the aggregate amount of cash paid by Purchaser to
all Members exceed $2,000,000. The number of shares of Common Stock
issuable as the Stock Consideration shall be determined assuming a
per share price equal to the closing price of the Common Stock on
the American Stock Exchange on the trading day immediately
preceding the Closing Date (the “ Closing Date Price
”). The Cash Consideration shall be paid at the Closing, by
wire transfer to such bank account(s) designated in writing by the
Members, in immediately available United States Dollars.
2.3 Holdback . Purchaser shall withhold from the Purchase
Price the entire amount of the Stock Consideration (the “
Holdback Shares ”). The Holdback Shares shall be
maintained in an escrow account (the “ Escrow Account
”) pursuant to the Master Escrow Agreement. The Holdback
Shares then remaining in the Escrow Account, minus that number of
Holdback Shares having a value equal to the total of all demanded
(and unpaid and unresolved) obligations of the Company or the
Members required to be funded from the Holdback (collectively, the
“ Holdback Obligations ”), shall be
released:
(a)
to those Members who are not
employees of the Company on the Closing Date (the “
Nonemployee Members ”) on the first anniversary of the
Closing Date (the “ Anniversary Date ”);
and
(b)
to those Members who are employees
of the Company on the Closing Date (the “ Employee
Members ”), which Employee Members are listed on
Schedule 2.3(b) , pro rata in twelve equal installments, the
first four installments of which shall be payable on the
Anniversary Date and the remaining installments of which shall be
payable quarterly (each subsequent installment, a “
Quarterly Release ”), beginning on the last day of the
third month following the Anniversary Date and on the last day of
each third month thereafter. The Holdback shall be the sole remedy
to fund any of the obligations of the Company or the Members
pursuant to Section 9.2 hereof.
2.4 Purchase Price Adjustment
.
(a) Within sixty (60) days of the Closing (the
“ Delivery Date ”), Purchaser shall deliver to
the Members a calculation as of the Closing Date, prepared in
accordance with the Company’s historic accounting methods
consistently applied in accordance with past practice, of the
amount, if any, by which the combined Current Assets of the Company
exceed the combined Current Liabilities of the Company (“
Closing Date Net Working Capital ”).
(b) In the event Closing Date Net Working Capital
is less than Baseline Net Working Capital, the Members shall be
required to refund to Purchaser the amount by which Baseline Net
Working Capital exceeds Closing Date Net Working Capital. In the
event Closing Date Net Working Capital is more than Baseline Net
Working Capital, Purchaser shall be required to pay to the Members
the amount by which Closing Date Net Working Capital exceeds
Baseline Net Working Capital. Any amounts owed pursuant to this
Section 2.4(b) shall be due and payable within thirty (30) days of
the Delivery Date, unless disputed in accordance with Section
2.4(c). The adjustment to the Purchase Price provided for in this
Section is hereinafter referred to as the “ Purchase Price
Adjustment .”
(c) The Members’ Representative shall have
ten (10) business days from the Delivery Date to deliver a written
notice of disagreement to Purchaser (a “ Notice of
Disagreement ”). During such period, Purchaser shall make
the books and accounting records relating to the Business
(including work papers) and appropriate accounting personnel
reasonably available to the Members’ Representative. Any such
Notice of Disagreement shall specify in reasonable detail the
nature of any disagreement so asserted. If no Notice of
Disagreement is delivered within such ten (10) business day period,
the Closing Date Net Working Capital amount shall become final and
binding upon the parties. Following delivery of a Notice of
Disagreement, the parties shall attempt to resolve any differences
that they may have with respect to any matter specified in the
Notice of Disagreement. If the parties fail to reach a written
agreement with respect to all such matters within 60 days of the
Notice of Disagreement, then all such matters as specified in the
Notice of Disagreement as to which such written agreement has not
been reached (the “ Disputed Matters ”) shall be
submitted to and reviewed by an arbitrator (the “
Arbitrator ”), who shall be selected by the
Members’ Representative and Purchaser. The Arbitrator shall
act promptly (in no event to exceed 20 days) to resolve all
Disputed Matters and his or her decision with respect to all
Disputed Matters shall be final and binding upon the parties. The
fees and expenses of the Arbitrator incurred in resolving the
Disputed Matters shall be borne equally by the Members and
Purchaser. Any adjustment required pursuant to this Section 2.4(c)
shall be paid by the Members or Purchaser, as appropriate, by wire
transfer to such bank account(s) designated by the Members or
Purchaser, as appropriate, within five (5) days of final
determination thereof in immediately available United States
Dollars.
2.5 Adjustment to Number of Shares Issued as Stock
Consideration .
(a) If during the twelve months following the
Closing (the “ Adjustment Period ”), the Common
Stock has a volume-weighted average trading price, rounded to the
nearest one-hundredth of one cent (the “ Twenty Day
VWAP ”), of at least $4.50, as reported on the American
Stock Exchange, for twenty (20) consecutive trading days, the
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Members
as the Stock Consideration shall be adjusted such that the number
of shares of Common Stock issuable as the Stock Consideration shall
be determined assuming a per share price equal to $4.50. For
purposes of this Agreement, the Twenty Day VWAP shall be calculated
using the default criteria for the function known as
“Bloomberg VWAP” of the AQR function for the Common
Stock on the automated quote and analytical system distributed by
Bloomberg Financial LP.
(b) If Purchaser, at any time during the Adjustment
Period, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise
makes a distribution of any class of capital stock that is payable
in shares of Common Stock, (ii) subdivides outstanding shares of
Common Stock into a larger number of shares, or (iii) combines
outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares,
then an equitable adjustment shall be made to the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable as Stock Consideration and the calculation
of the volume-weighted average trading price of the Common
Stock.
ARTICLE
III
Representations and
Warranties of the Company and THE MEMBERS
Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule delivered to Purchaser simultaneously with the execution
hereof, the Company and the Members jointly and severally represent
and warrant to Purchaser for its reliance in the execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement that all of the
statements contained in this Article III are true and correct
as of the date of this Agreement (or, if made as of a specified
date, as of such date).
3.1 Organization and Standing
. The Company: (a) is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in current
status under the Laws of the State of Wisconsin; (b) has all
requisite limited liability company power and authority to own its
properties, carry on its business as now being conducted; and (c)
is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business
or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such
qualification or licensing necessary, which jurisdictions are
listed in Section 3.1 of the Disclosure Schedule, except to
the extent that the failure to be so qualified or licensed would
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.
The Company has made available to Purchaser complete and correct
copies of its Constitutive Documents, as amended, to date. The
Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of its
Constitutive Documents.
3.2 Power and Authority; Binding
Agreement . The Company
and each Member have all requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement, to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to perform their respective obligations
hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
the Company and each Member and, assuming due execution and
delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of the Company and each Member, enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject in each
case to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and
to general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered
in a proceeding in equity or an action at law).
(a) Other than as set forth in Section
3.3(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, the execution and delivery
by the Company of this Agreement, the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the compliance by
the Company and the Members with the provisions of this Agreement
do not and will not conflict with, or result in any violation or
breach of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time or
both) under, or give rise to a right of, or result in, termination,
cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or to a loss of a
material benefit under, or result in the creation of any Lien in or
upon any of the properties or assets of the Company under, or give
rise to any increased, additional, accelerated or guaranteed rights
or entitlements under, any provision of: (i) the Constitutive
Documents; (ii) assuming all consents set forth in Section
3.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule are obtained, any
indebtedness, loan or credit agreement, bond, debenture, note,
mortgage, indenture, guarantee, lease or other Material Contract to
which the Company or any Member is a party or bound by or its
properties or assets are bound by or subject to or otherwise under
which the Company or any Member has rights or benefits; or (iii)
any (A) Law, or (B) Judgment, in each case, applicable to the
Company or any Member, its properties or assets other than in the
cases of (ii) and (iii) above, any such conflicts, violations,
breaches, defaults, rights, entitlements, losses or Liens that have
not given rise to, or would not reasonably be anticipated to give
rise to, an event constituting a Material Adverse
Change.
(b) No consent, approval, order or authorization
of, registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to, any
Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to the Company
in connection with the execution and delivery by the Company of
this Agreement, the consummation by the Company of the transactions
contemplated hereby or the compliance by the Company with the
provisions of this Agreement, except for such consents, approvals,
orders, authorizations, registrations, declarations, filings and
notices, the failure of which to be obtained or made individually
or in the aggregate would not impair in any material respect the
ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this
Agreement and will not result in a Material Adverse
Change.
3.4 Compliance with Laws . The Company is and has been in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable Laws and Judgments of any
Governmental Entity applicable to its businesses or operations. The
Company has not received a written notice or other written
communication (or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any oral notice
or other communication) that is currently pending alleging a
possible violation by the Company of any applicable Law or Judgment
of any Governmental Entity applicable to the Company’s
businesses or operations.
3.5 Title to Units . Except as set forth in Section 3.5 of
the Disclosure Schedule, the Members have good and marketable title
to the Units, free and clear of all restrictions, Liens, voting
trusts, agreements, proxies, arrangements and encumbrances of any
kind whatsoever (collectively, “ Encumbrances
”). Upon the Closing, the Members shall transfer good and
marketable title to the Units to Purchaser free and clear of all
Encumbrances.
3.6 Capitalization . All of the issued and outstanding Units have
been duly authorized, are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and are held of record and beneficially by the
Members. As of the date hereof, the Units are, and as of the
Closing Date will be, all of the issued and outstanding membership
interests of the Company. Except as set forth in Section 3.6
of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no outstanding or authorized
options, warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion
rights, exchange rights, or other contracts or commitments that
could require the Company to issue, sell, or otherwise cause to
become outstanding any of its membership interests. There are no
outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation, or similar rights with respect to the Company. There
are no voting trusts, proxies, member agreements or other
agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of the
membership interests of the Company.
3.7 Subsidiaries . The Company has no subsidiaries. The Company
does not own or hold the right to acquire any shares of stock or
any other security or interest, directly or indirectly, of or in
any Person.
3.8 Permits . The Company validly holds and has in full
force and effect, or has taken appropriate steps to obtain or
renew, all material Permits necessary for it to own, lease or
operate its properties and assets and to carry on its businesses as
now conducted. The Company is in compliance in all material
respects with the terms and conditions of all such Permits and
there has occurred no material default (with or without notice or
lapse of time or both) or material violation of, or under, or event
giving to any other Person any right of termination, amendment or
cancellation of, any such Permit. None of such Permits will be
subject to suspension, modification, revocation or nonrenewal as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or the execution and delivery of this Agreement. No proceeding is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, seeking
the revocation or limitation of any Permit. Section 3.8 of
the Disclosure Schedule lists each Permit of a material nature
issued or granted to or held by the Company. All of the Permits
listed on Section 3.8 of the Disclosure Schedule are held in
the name of the Company, and none are held in the name of any
Company employee or agent or otherwise on behalf of the
Company.
3.9 Financial Statements .
(a) Section 3.9(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth the
unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2006 (the
“ Most Recent Balance Sheet ”), December 31,
2005 and December 31, 2004, together with the related statements of
income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, December 31,
2005 and December 31, 2004 (collectively, the “ Financial
Statements ”). The Financial Statements: (i) are
consistent with the books and records of the Company; (ii) have
been prepared in accordance with the Company’s historic
accounting methods consistently applied in accordance with past
practice; and (iii) present fairly the financial condition and
results of operations of the Company as of the respective dates
thereof and for the periods referred to therein in all material
respects.
(b) All accounts receivable of the Company, whether
reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or otherwise, are
current and arose from valid transactions in the Ordinary Course of
Business. The Company has received no written (or, to the
Company’s Knowledge, other) notice or other indication and
the Company has no Knowledge that any of the Company’s
accounts receivable will not be collectible in full, net of any
reserves shown on the Most Recent Balance Sheet.
(c) All accounts payable of the Company, whether
reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet or otherwise, are
current and arose from valid transactions in the Ordinary Course of
Business.
3.10 Absence of Changes or Events
. Except as set forth in Section
3.10 of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31,
2006:
(a) The Company has conducted its business only in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(b) there has occurred no Material Adverse Change,
nor any change, circumstance, development, state of facts, event or
effect that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change;
(c) The Company has not: (i) amended its
Constitutive Documents; (ii) issued, sold, transferred, pledged,
disposed of or encumbered any of its membership interests or any
commitments or rights of any kind to acquire any of its membership
interests; or (iii) purchased or otherwise acquired directly or
indirectly any of its membership interests, or any instrument or
security which consists of or includes a right to acquire such
membership interests;
(d) The Company has not adopted a plan of complete
or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation,
restructuring or other reorganization of the Company;
(e) The Company has not changed in any material
respect any of the accounting policies or methods used by
it;
(f) The Company has not incurred loss of, or
significant injury to, any of its assets whether as a result of any
natural disaster, labor trouble, accident, other casualty or
otherwise;
(g) The Company has not mortgaged, pledged or
subjected to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), any of its
assets;
(h) The Company has not sold, exchanged,
transferred or otherwise disposed of any of its assets, except in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) The Company has not canceled any debts or
claims;
(j) The Company has not reserved for or written
down the value of any assets or written off as uncollectible any
accounts receivable, except in the Ordinary Course of Business and
none of which, individually or in the aggregate, would result in a
Material Adverse Change;
(k) The Company has not made, or committed to make,
any capital expenditures in excess of $100,000 individually or in
the aggregate; and
(l) The Company has not made any agreement to do
any of the foregoing, other than negotiations with Purchaser and
its Representatives regarding the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.11 Undisclosed Liabilities . To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company
does not have any liabilities, obligations or commitments of any
nature (whether known or unknown, absolute, accrued, contingent,
liquidated or otherwise), except: (i) liabilities, obligations or
commitments which are appropriately reflected or reserved against
on the Most Recent Balance Sheet; (ii) liabilities, obligations or
commitments which have been incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business and consistent with past practice since the Most Recent
Balance Sheet Date; (iii) liabilities, obligations or commitments
disclosed in the Disclosure Schedule; and (iv) express performance
obligations under the contracts and agreements of the
Company.
3.12 Assets other than Real Property
.
(a) Section 3.12(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of
each tangible personal property asset owned or leased by the
Company that is material to the Company’s business,
specifying for each asset whether such asset is owned or leased.
The Company is the true and lawful owner or lessee of and has good
and valid title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all personal
property (tangible or intangible) reflected on the Most Recent
Balance Sheet or thereafter acquired, except inventory that has
been sold or otherwise disposed of in the Ordinary Course of
Business since the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date and not in
violation of this Agreement, in each case, free and clear of all
Liens (other than Permitted Liens).
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.12(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule, all material tangible personal property
of the Company is located at the offices of the Company at 10200
Innovation Drive, Milwaukee, WI 53226. Except as set forth in
Section 3.12(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all material
personal property of the Company is free from material defects and
is in good working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted. All
material tangible leased personal property of the Company is in
good working order, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
3.13 Real Property . Section 3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule
lists all real property and interests in real property owned or
leased by or to the Company (each, a “ Real Property
”). The Company has delivered to Purchaser complete and
accurate copies of all leases, including any subleases, and any
operating agreements relating to any leased Real Property. With
respect to each Real Property, except as set forth in Section
3.13 of the Disclosure Schedule: (i) the Company has good and
valid title to such Real Property or the leasehold estate relating
to any leased Real Property, free and clear of all Liens (other
than Permitted Liens and Liens which would not reasonably be
expected to materially impair the current uses or the occupancy by
the Company of such Real Property), leases, assignments, subleases,
easements, covenants, rights of way and other similar restrictions
of any nature whatsoever, other than those identified in the leases
and operating agreements provided to Purchaser; (ii) any lease
relating to any leased Real Property is in writing and is legal,
valid, binding, in full force and effect and enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms; (iii) any lease relating
to any leased Real Property will, immediately following the Closing
Date, continue to be legal, valid, binding, in full force and
effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms as in effect on
the date hereof; (iv) the Company is not and, to the Knowledge of
the Company, no other party to any lease relating to a leased Real
Property is, in breach or violation of, or in default under, such
lease; (v) all facilities included in any leased Real Property are
supplied with utilities and other services adequate for the
operation of such facilities in the manner currently used by the
Company; (vi) all rents and additional rents due on any lease
relating to a leased Real Property have been paid; (vii) to the
Knowledge of the Company, the current use by the Company of the
facilities located on all Real Property does not violate any local
zoning or similar land use requirement or other Law in any material
respect; and (viii) all necessary third party consents, approvals,
filings and registrations required to be obtained by the Company
with respect to any leases in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise, have been made or
obtained or will be made or obtained as of the Closing
Date.
(a) Section 3.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists the following
Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound
(each such Contract, whether or not set forth in such section of
the Disclosure Schedule, a “ Material Contract
”):
(i) employment or consulting Contract, or any
employee collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any
labor union or any Company employee;
(ii) Contract not to compete or otherwise
restricting the development, manufacture, marketing, distribution
or sale of any products or services by the Company;
(iii) Contract containing any
“non-solicitation” or “no-hire” provision
that restricts the Company in any manner;
(iv) Contract containing any provision that purports
to apply to or restrict the Company from engaging in any line of
business anywhere in the world;
(v) Contract with or involving the Members or any
Affiliate of the Members (other than the Company);
(vi) lease, sublease or similar Contract with any
Person under which the Company is a lessor or sublessor of, or
makes available for use to any Person (other than the Company), (A)
any Real Property, or (B) any portion of any premises otherwise
occupied by the Company;
(vii) lease or similar Contract with any Person under
which (A) the Company is lessee of, or holds or uses, any
machinery, equipment, vehicle or other tangible personal property
owned by any Person (other than any Contracts that individually do
not involve the payment by or to the Company of more than
$10,000 in any twelve-month period), or (B)
the Company is a lessor or sublessor of, or makes available for use
by any Person, any tangible personal property owned or leased by
the Company;
(viii) Contract for the purchase or sale of products
or the furnishing or receipt of services: (A) calling for
performance over a period of more than one (1) year; (B) requiring
or otherwise involving payment by or to the Company of more than
$10,000 in any twelve-month period or more than $40,000 in the
aggregate in any three year period; (C) in which the Company has
granted manufacturing rights, “most favored nation”
pricing provisions or marketing or distribution rights relating to
any products or territory; or (D) in which the Company has agreed
to purchase or sell a minimum quantity of goods or services or has
agreed to purchase or sell goods or services exclusively from a
certain party;
(ix) Contract for the disposition of any assets or
business of the Company other than sales of inventory in the
Ordinary Course of Business or any agreement for the acquisition,
directly or indirectly, of the assets or business of any other
Person;
(x) Contract for any joint venture or
partnership;
(xi) Contract granting a third party any license to
any Company Intellectual Property, or pursuant to which the Company
has been granted by a third party any license to any Intellectual
Property other than “off the shelf” or other standard
widely commercially available software products, or any other
license, option or other Contract relating in whole or in part to
Company Intellectual Property or the Intellectual Property of any
other Person;
(xii) Contract (other than trade debt incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business) under which the Company has borrowed
any money from, or issued any note, bond, debenture or other
evidence of Indebtedness to, any Person;
(xiii) Contract (including so called “take or
pay” or “keep well” agreements) under which (A)
any Person has directly or indirectly guaranteed Indebtedness,
liabilities or obligations of the Company, or (B) the Company has
directly or indirectly guaranteed Indebtedness, liabilities or
obligations of any Person (in each case other than endorsements for
the purpose of collection in the Ordinary Course of
Business);
(xiv) Contract (other than trade debt incurred in the
Ordinary Course of Business) under which the Company has, directly
or indirectly, made any advance, loan, extension of credit or
capital contribution to, or other investment in, any
Person;
(xv) mortgage or other Lien upon any Leased
Property, other than Permitted Liens and Liens which would not
materially impair the current uses or the occupancy by the Company
of such Leased Property;
(xvi) Contract providing for indemnification of any
Person by the Company other than any agreement of indemnification
entered into in connection with the sale or license of software
products in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xvii) Contract providing that the Company or any
Company employee maintain the confidentiality of any information,
or providing for any Person to maintain the confidentiality of any
information material to the Company or the Business;
(xviii) Contract involving a research or development
collaboration or similar arrangement;
(xix) Contract granting any third party a security
interest in any of the Company’s assets;
(xx) Contract giving any party the right to
renegotiate or require a reduction in price or refund of payments
previously made in connection with the business of the Company;
and
(xxi) Contract not entered into in the Ordinary
Course of Business and requiring a payment of greater than $10,000
in any twelve-month period.
(xxii) Each Contract is in full force and effect, and
is legal, valid, binding and enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms. True and complete copies of each
Material Contract (and a written summary of the terms of any oral
Material Contracts) have been delivered to Purchaser. Except as set
forth in Section 3.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there
is no material default, material violation or material breach under
any Contract by the Company or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
by any other party thereto, and no event has occurred or condition
exists that with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both
would constitute a material default, material violation or material
breach thereunder by the Company or, to the Company’s
Knowledge, any other party thereto, except to the extent such
default, violation or breach would not individually or in the
aggregate cause a Material Adverse Change. Except as set forth in
Section 3.14(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, no notice,
waiver, consent or approval is required (or the lack of which would
give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration
of, or entitle any party to accelerate, whether after the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, any obligation under the
Contracts) under or relating to any Contract in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
3.15 Intellectual Property .
(a) Section 3.15(a) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true and
complete list of all Company Intellectual Property as defined in
parts (i) through (vi) of the definition of Intellectual Property
and a true and accurate description or summary of the Intellectual
Property as defined in parts (vii) through (viii) of such
definition.
(b) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(b)
of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company owns or has valid licenses
to use, free and clear of all Liens or any other claims, including,
without limitation, any claim of ownership or other right by any
inventor on any Patent, all Company Intellectual Property that is
material to the Company or the operation of its business as
currently conducted. There are no claims or demands by any other
Person pertaining to any Company Intellectual Property, and no
proceedings have been instituted, or are pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened, which challenge the rights of
the Company in respect thereof.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(c)
of the Disclosure Schedule, all Company Intellectual Property,
other than that which is licensed to the Company and other than
Company Intellectual Property under development, has been properly
assigned to the Company.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 3.15(d)
of the Disclosure Schedule, the Company does not pay or receive any
royalty to or from anyone with respect to any Company Intellectual
Property, nor has the Company licensed anyone to use any Company
Intellectual Property.
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