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Exhibit
10.1
STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
BY AND
AMONG
THE SELLING
STOCKHOLDERS,
PINNACLE PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC.
AND
NEW RIVER MANAGEMENT IV,
LP
May 10,
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1.
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Accounts . |
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Section 1.2.
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Affiliate . |
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Section 1.3.
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Agreement . |
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Section 1.4.
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Assets . |
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Section 1.5.
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Balance Sheet . |
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Section 1.6.
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Books
and Records . |
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Section 1.7.
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Buyer . |
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Section 1.8.
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Closing . |
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Section 1.9.
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Closing Date . |
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Section 1.10.
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Code . |
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Section 1.11.
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Common
Stock Per Share Purchase Price . |
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Section 1.12.
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Company Common Stock . |
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Section 1.13.
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Company Preferred Stock . |
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Section 1.14.
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Company Stock Options . |
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Section 1.15.
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Consulting Agreement . |
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Section 1.16.
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Contracts . |
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Section 1.17.
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Effective Time . |
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Section 1.18.
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Employee Benefit Plan . |
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Section 1.19.
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Employment Agreement . |
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Section 1.20.
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Environmental Laws . |
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Section 1.21.
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ERISA . |
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Section 1.22.
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ERISA
Affiliate . |
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Section 1.23.
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Financial Statements . |
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Section 1.24.
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GAAP . |
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Section 1.25.
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Governmental Authority . |
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Section 1.26.
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Hazardous Materials . |
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Section 1.27.
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Intellectual Property . |
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Section 1.28.
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Inventory . |
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Section 1.29.
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IRS . |
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Section 1.30.
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Key
Employees . |
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Section 1.31.
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Knowledge of the Company . |
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Section 1.32.
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Law . |
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Section 1.33.
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Lease . |
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Section 1.34.
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Liens . |
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Section 1.35.
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Material Adverse Effect . |
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Section 1.36.
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Material Contracts . |
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Section 1.37.
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Opinion of Company Counsel . |
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Section 1.38.
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Pension Plans . |
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Section 1.39.
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Permits . |
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Section 1.40.
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Permitted Liens . |
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(i)
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Section 1.41.
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Petroleum Products . |
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Section 1.42.
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Preferred Stock Per Share Purchase Price . |
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Section 1.43.
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Purchased Stock . |
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Section 1.44.
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Real
Property . |
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Section 1.45.
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Required Consents . |
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Section 1.46.
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Tax
and Taxes . |
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Section 1.47.
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Tax
Return . |
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND
SALE
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Section 2.1.
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Sale
of Purchased Stock . |
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Section 2.2.
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Purchase of Purchased Stock . |
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Section 2.3.
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Payment for Company Stock Options . |
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Section 2.4.
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Closing Deliveries . |
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Section 2.5.
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Other
Closing Payments . |
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
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Section 3.1.
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Organization of the Company . |
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Section 3.2.
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Authorization; Enforceability . |
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Section 3.3.
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No
Violation or Conflict by the Company . |
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Section 3.4.
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No
Consents . |
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Section 3.5.
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Capitalization . |
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Section 3.6.
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Subsidiaries . |
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Section 3.7.
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Litigation . |
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Section 3.8.
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Title
to, Sufficiency and Condition of Assets . |
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Section 3.9.
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Contracts . |
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Section 3.10.
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Accounts . |
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Section 3.11.
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Inventory . |
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Section 3.12.
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Financial Statements . |
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Section 3.13.
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Absence of Undisclosed Liabilities . |
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Section 3.14.
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Permits . |
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Section 3.15.
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Real
Properties . |
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Section 3.16.
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Intellectual Property . |
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Section 3.17.
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Orders, Commitments and Returns . |
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Section 3.18.
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Books
and Records . |
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Section 3.19.
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Affiliated Transactions . |
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Section 3.20.
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Insurance . |
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Section 3.21.
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Tax
Matters . |
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Section 3.22.
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Compliance with Law . |
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Section 3.23.
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Environmental Conditions . |
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Section 3.24.
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Labor
Matters . |
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Section 3.25.
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No
Adverse Change . |
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Section 3.26.
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Employee Benefit Plans . |
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Section 3.27.
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Warranties and Service Payment Obligations . |
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Section 3.28.
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Bank
Accounts . |
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(ii)
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Section 3.29.
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Customers and Suppliers . |
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Section 3.30.
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Fees
and Expenses of Brokers and Others . |
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Section 3.31.
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Disclosure . |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
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Section 4.1.
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Authorization; Enforceability . |
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Section 4.2.
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Title
to Purchased Stock . |
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Section 4.3.
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Disclosure . |
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Section 4.4.
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No
Consents . |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
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Section 5.1.
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Organization of Buyer . |
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Section 5.2.
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Authorization; Enforceability . |
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Section 5.3.
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No
Violation or Conflict . |
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Section 5.4.
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No
Consents . |
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Section 5.5.
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Litigation . |
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Section 5.6.
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Fees
and Expenses of Brokers and Others . |
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ARTICLE VI
[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BUYER
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Section 7.1.
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Compliance with Agreement . |
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Section 7.2.
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Proceedings, Instruments and Due Diligence Satisfactory
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Section 7.3.
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No
Litigation . |
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Section 7.4.
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Representations and Warranties . |
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Section 7.5.
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Material Damage to Assets; Material Adverse Effect
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Section 7.6.
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Employment Agreements with Key Employees . |
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Section 7.7.
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Consulting Agreement . |
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Section 7.8.
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Deliveries at Closing . |
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Section 7.9.
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Consents from Holders of Company Stock Options
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ARTICLE VIII CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF SELLERS AND THE
COMPANY
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Section 8.1.
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Compliance with Agreement . |
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Section 8.2.
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Proceedings and Instruments Satisfactory . |
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Section 8.3.
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No
Litigation . |
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Section 8.4.
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Representations and Warranties . |
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Section 8.5.
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Deliveries at Closing . |
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(iii)
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ARTICLE IX POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
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Section 9.1.
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Additional Instruments . |
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Section 9.2.
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Access
to Books and Records . |
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Section 9.3.
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Certain Tax Matters . |
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ARTICLE X
[RESERVED]
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ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 11.1.
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Entire
Agreement; Amendment; Waiver . |
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Section 11.2.
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Expenses . |
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Section 11.3.
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Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction . |
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Section 11.4.
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Further Assurances . |
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Section 11.5.
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Termination and Survival of Representations and
Warranties . |
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Section 11.6.
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Assignment . |
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Section 11.7.
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Notices . |
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Section 11.8.
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Counterparts . |
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Section 11.9.
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Interpretation . |
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Section 11.10.
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Severability . |
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Section 11.11.
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No
Third Party Rights . |
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Section 11.12.
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Specific Performance . |
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Section 11.13.
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Counsel to Company . |
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| SCHEDULES |
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Schedule 1.40
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Permitted
Liens |
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Schedule 1.45
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Required
Consents |
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Schedule 2.2
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Sellers’ Accounts |
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Schedule 2.3
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Option
Holders’ Accounts |
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Schedule 2.5
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Closing
Amounts Payable |
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Schedule 3.12
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Financial
Statements |
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Schedule 3.16
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Intellectual
Property |
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| EXHIBITS |
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Exhibit A
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Selling
Stockholders |
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Exhibit 1.15
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Consulting
Agreement |
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Exhibit 1.19
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Employment
Agreement |
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Exhibit 1.37
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Opinion of
Company Counsel |
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STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), made as of May
, 2007, by and among Pinnacle
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the selling stockholders listed on
Exhibit A hereto (each a “Seller” and together,
“Sellers”), and New River Management IV, LP, a Virginia
partnership (“Buyer”), recites and provides as
follows:
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Sellers
collectively own all of the issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Company; and
WHEREAS, Sellers
desire to sell, and Buyer desires to purchase, all of the issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the promises and agreements set forth in this
Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
When used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the meanings specified:
Section 1.1.
Accounts .
“Accounts” shall
mean all accounts receivable, notes receivable and associated
rights as of the Effective Time (including, without limitation,
amounts due from vendors, all security deposits, letters of credit
and security interests in collateral) arising from the sale of
goods and services in the ordinary course of the business of the
Company, together with any notes or other amounts due to the
Company from its officers, employees or Affiliates.
Section 1.2.
Affiliate .
“Affiliate” shall
mean, as applied to any person, (a) any other person directly
or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control
with, that person, (b) any other person that owns or controls
ten percent (10%) or more of any class of equity securities of
that person or any of its Affiliates or (c) as to a
corporation, each director and officer thereof, and as to a
partnership, each general partner thereof, and as to a limited
liability company, each managing member or similarly authorized
person thereof (including officers), and as to any other entity,
each person exercising similar authority to those of a director or
officer of a corporation. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” (including with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” and
“under common control with”) as applied to any
person,
means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of that person, whether through ownership
of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Section 1.3.
Agreement .
“Agreement” shall
mean this Stock Purchase Agreement, together with the schedules and
exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be amended from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 1.4.
Assets .
“Assets” shall
mean, collectively, all of the tangible and intangible assets owned
by the Company as of the Effective Time.
Section 1.5. Balance
Sheet .
“Balance Sheet”
shall mean the balance sheet of the Company as of December 31,
2006 set forth in the Financial Statements.
Section 1.6. Books
and Records .
“Books and
Records” shall mean original or true and complete copies of
all of the books, records, files, data and information of the
Company as of the Effective Time (including, without limitation,
customer lists, financial and accounting records, purchase orders
and invoices, sales orders and sales order log books, credit and
collection records, correspondence and miscellaneous records with
respect to customers and supply sources and all other general
correspondence).
Section 1.7.
Buyer .
“Buyer” shall
mean New River Management IV, LP, a Virginia
partnership.
Section 1.8.
Closing .
“Closing” shall
mean the meeting of the closing of the transactions contemplated
hereby to be held at 10:00 a.m., Richmond, Virginia time, on the
Closing Date, at the offices of Troutman Sanders LLP, 1001 Haxall
Point, Richmond, Virginia 23219, or at such other time and place as
the parties may mutually agree in writing.
Section 1.9. Closing
Date .
“Closing Date”
shall mean May , 2007, or such
other date as the parties may mutually agree in writing.
Section 1.10.
Code .
“Code” shall mean
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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Section 1.11. Common
Stock Per Share Purchase Price .
“Common Stock Per Share
Purchase Price” shall mean $3.75.
Section 1.12. Company
Common Stock .
“Company Common
Stock” shall mean the Company’s common stock, par value
$0.001 per share.
Section 1.13. Company
Preferred Stock .
“Company Preferred
Stock” shall mean the Company’s Series A Preferred
Stock, par value $0.001 per share.
Section 1.14. Company
Stock Options .
“Company Stock
Options” shall mean options to purchase Company Common Stock
outstanding as of the date hereof.
Section 1.15.
Consulting Agreement .
“Consulting
Agreement” shall mean a consulting agreement between the
Company and Dr. Sidney Hecht in substantially the form of
Exhibit 1.15 attached hereto
Section 1.16.
Contracts .
“Contracts” shall
mean those contracts, agreements, blanket and other purchase
orders, leases of personal property (such as computers and
copiers), sales orders, license agreements, relationships and
commitments and invoices related thereto, to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company is bound (whether written or
oral).
Section 1.17.
Effective Time .
“Effective Time”
shall mean 11:59 p.m., Richmond, Virginia time on the date
immediately preceding the Closing Date.
Section 1.18.
Employee Benefit Plan .
“Employee Benefit
Plan” shall mean an “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, each Pension Plan and any
other plans, programs, agreements, arrangements or policies that
provide compensation or other benefits, whether or not subject to
ERISA, to any present or former employee, non-employee director or
service provider of the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, or any
dependent or beneficiary thereof.
Section 1.19.
Employment Agreement .
“Employment
Agreement” shall mean an employment agreement between the
Company and each of the Key Employees in substantially the form of
Exhibit 1.19 attached hereto
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Section 1.20.
Environmental Laws .
“Environmental
Laws” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.23(a) hereto.
Section 1.21.
ERISA .
“ERISA” shall
mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
Section 1.22. ERISA
Affiliate .
“ERISA Affiliate”
shall mean each entity that is a member of a controlled group or
affiliated service group of which the Company is a member or that
is treated as a single employer with the Company under
Section 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code or
ERISA.
Section 1.23.
Financial Statements .
“Financial
Statements” shall mean the balance sheets of the Company as
of December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006 and the statements of
income and retained earnings and statements of cash flows of the
Company for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2005, and 2006
set forth in Schedule 3.12 hereto.
Section 1.24.
GAAP .
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles of the United States as in
effect at the time of the preparation of the subject financial
statement consistently applied.
Section 1.25.
Governmental Authority .
“Governmental
Authority” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.23(a) hereto.
Section 1.26.
Hazardous Materials .
“Hazardous
Materials” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.23(a) hereto.
Section 1.27.
Intellectual Property .
“Intellectual
Property” shall mean all intellectual property owned or
licenses by the Company as of the Effective Time, including,
without limitation, the following: (a) all registered and
unregistered domestic and foreign inventions, patents and patent
applications, (b) all registered and unregistered trademarks,
service marks, trademark registration and applications, trade
dress, logos, trade names and brand names, and any combination of
such names, including all goodwill associated therewith and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith,
(c) all copyrightable works, all copyrights and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith,
(d) all trade secrets and confidential business information
(including ideas, research and development, know-how, compositions,
designs, formulae, technology, processes, drawings, specifications,
customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information and
business and market plans and proposals), (e) all computer
programs and software and source code (including hard copy and soft
copy as well as all data and related
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documentation), (f) all websites
and related content (including, without limitation, underlying
software, URL’s and domain names), (g) all financial
models, (h) all customer lists, current and past and
(i) all other intellectual property rights owned, used, filed
by, licensed or possessed by the Company.
Section 1.28.
Inventory .
“Inventory” shall
mean all of the Company’s inventories of raw materials, work
in process, finished goods and supplies held for use or sale by the
Company as of the Effective Time.
Section 1.29. IRS
.
“IRS” shall mean
the Internal Revenue Service of the United States.
Section 1.30. Key
Employees .
“Key Employees”
shall mean Nour Eddine Fahmi, Ph.D, Jing-Zhen Deng, Ph.D and Larisa
Dedkova, Ph.D.
Section 1.31.
Knowledge of the Company .
“Knowledge of the
Company” shall mean (a) the actual knowledge, after
reasonable inquiry, of Sidney Hecht, Ph.D, and (b) the actual
knowledge, without any duty of inquiry, of each of the Key
Employees.
Section 1.32. Law
.
“Law” shall mean
any federal, state, local or other law or treaty or governmental
requirement of any kind, and the rules, regulations and orders
promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, the U.S.
Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938, as amended, the Public
Health Service Act, any related law and any regulations promulgated
thereunder by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Section 1.33.
Lease .
“Lease” shall
mean the lease agreement by and between the University of Virginia
Foundation and the Company, dated May 3, 2004, pursuant to
which the Company leases the Real Property.
Section 1.34.
Liens .
“Liens” shall
mean any lien, mortgage, security interest, Tax lien, attachment,
levy, charge, claim, restriction, imposition, pledge, encumbrance,
conditional sale or title retention arrangement, or any other
interest in property or assets (or the income or profits therefrom)
designed to secure the repayment of indebtedness, whether
consensual or nonconsensual and whether arising by agreement or
under any Law or otherwise.
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Section 1.35.
Material Adverse Effect .
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean any event, change or effect that has a
material adverse effect on (a) the properties, business,
results of operations, or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company or (b) the ability of Sellers to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 1.36.
Material Contracts .
“Material
Contracts” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.9 hereto.
Section 1.37. Opinion
of Company Counsel .
“Opinion of Company
Counsel” shall mean the opinion of LeClair Ryan, A
Professional Corporation, counsel to the Company, substantially in
the form of Exhibit 1.37 attached hereto.
Section 1.38. Pension
Plans .
“Pension Plans”
mean each “employee pension benefit plan” (as defined
in Section 3(2) of ERISA) sponsored, maintained or contributed
to, or required to be maintained or contributed to by the
Company.
Section 1.39.
Permits .
“Permits” shall
mean governmental approvals, franchises, authorizations,
registrations, permits and licenses.
Section 1.40.
Permitted Liens .
“Permitted Liens”
shall mean Liens for Taxes for the current tax year that are not
yet due and payable and those Liens affecting the Assets that are
specifically listed on Schedule 1.40 hereto.
Section 1.41.
Petroleum Products .
“Petroleum
Products” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3.23(a) hereto.
Section 1.42.
Preferred Stock Per Share Purchase Price .
“Preferred Stock Per
Share Purchase Price” shall mean $1.00.
Section 1.43.
Purchased Stock .
“Purchased Stock”
shall mean all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Company, consisting of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Company Common Stock (including any Company
Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of any Company Stock
Options or upon conversion of any shares of Company Preferred
Stock) and all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company
Preferred Stock.
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Section 1.44. Real
Property .
“Real Property”
shall mean the real property leased or owned by the Company as of
the Effective Time, together with all improvements and fixtures
thereon and all easements, rights-of-way and other appurtenants
thereto.
Section 1.45.
Required Consents .
“Required
Consents” shall mean the consent to the assignment of the
Lease by the University of Virginia Foundation and those consents
required from parties to the Contracts and Permits that are
necessary or required in order to give effect to the transactions
contemplated herein, all of which are specifically identified on
Schedule 1.45 attached hereto.
Section 1.46. Tax and
Taxes .
“Tax” or
“Taxes” shall mean any federal, state, county, local or
foreign taxes, charges, levies, imposts, duties, other assessments
or similar charges of any kind whatsoever, including interest,
penalties and additions imposed thereon or with respect
thereto.
Section 1.47. Tax
Return .
“Tax Return”
shall mean any report, return, information return or other
information required to be supplied to a taxing authority in
connection with Taxes, including any return of an affiliated or
combined unitary group.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND
SALE
Section 2.1. Sale
o f Purchased Stock .
At the Closing, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and in
consideration of the payments to be made by Buyer to Sellers
pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, each Seller shall sell,
transfer, convey and deliver to Buyer all of the shares of
Purchased Stock owned by such Seller, and Buyer shall purchase such
shares of Purchased Stock from such Seller, free and clear of all
Liens. Each Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to
Buyer one or more stock certificates representing the Purchased
Stock owned by such Seller, duly endorsed for transfer or
accompanied by duly executed stock powers.
Section 2.2. Purchase
of Purchased Stock .
At the Closing, Buyer shall
purchase from each Seller, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account designated by such Seller on
Schedule 2.2 attached hereto, the Purchased Stock held
by such Seller as follows:
(a) Payment for Company
Common Stock . Buyer shall pay to each Seller the Common Stock
Per Share Purchase Price for each share of Company Common Stock
held by such Seller;
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(b) Payment for Company
Preferred Stock . Buyer shall pay to each Seller the Preferred
Stock Per Share Purchase Price for each share of Company Preferred
Stock held by such Seller; and
Section 2.3. Payment
for Company Stock Options .
All Company Stock Options
shall become exercisable and fully vested immediately prior to
Closing and cease to represent, as of Closing, a right to acquire
shares of Company Common Stock, and at the Closing Buyer shall pay
to the holder of such Company Stock Options to the account
designated by such holder on Schedule 2.3 , in settlement
and cancellation thereof, a lump sum cash payment of an amount
equal to (i) the excess, if any, of (A) the Common Stock
Per Share Purchase Price over (B) the exercise price per share
of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Stock Option,
multiplied by (ii) the number of shares of Company Common
Stock for which such Company Stock Option shall not theretofore
have been exercised (with Buyer being entitled to withhold from
payments made to holders of Company Stock Options pursuant to this
Section 2.3 any applicable tax withholdings, which the
Buyer shall cause the Company to pay promptly after the Closing to
the appropriate taxing authorities, and such withheld amounts shall
be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid
to the holder of the Company Stock Options in respect of which such
deduction and withholding was made by Buyer).
Section 2.4. Closing
Deliveries .
At the Closing, Sellers and
the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to Buyer those
deliveries required to be made at or prior to the Closing pursuant
to Section 7.8 hereof, and Buyer shall deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to Sellers and the Company those deliveries
required to be made at or prior to the Closing pursuant to
Section 8.5 hereof.
Section 2.5. Other
Closing Payments .
At the Closing, Buyer shall
pay in cash on behalf of the Company the accounts payable of the
Company set forth on Schedule 2.5 hereto.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
As an inducement to Buyer to
enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby, the Company hereby represents and warrants to
Buyer that, except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule attached
hereto:
Section 3.1.
Organization of the Company .
(a) The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has full
corporate power and authority to carry on its business as it is
currently being conducted and to own, operate and hold under lease
its assets and properties as, and in the places where, such assets
and properties are currently owned, operated or held. The Company
is duly qualified or licensed to transact business as a foreign
corporation, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct or nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or
holding of its properties makes such qualification
necessary.
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(b) The Company has full
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and has
taken all corporate action necessary in order to enter into and
deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
Section 3.2.
Authorization; Enforceability .
This Agreement is, and the
other documents and instruments required hereby to which the
Company is a party will be, when executed and delivered by the
Company, the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective
terms. The Company has the absolute and unrestricted right, power,
authority and capacity to execute and deliver, and to perform its
obligations under, this Agreement and the other documents and
instruments required hereby to which the Company is a
party.
Section 3.3. No
Violation or Conflict by the Company .
The execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of this Agreement and all of the other
documents and instruments required hereby to which the Company is a
party do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate
(i) the charter or bylaws of the Company, (ii) any Law,
rule, regulation, judgment, order or decree binding on the Company
or any of its assets (iii) any Contract or other contract,
note, bond, indenture, lease, agreement or arrangement to which the
Company is a party or by which the Company or any of its assets are
bound, or (b) give any party to any Contract or other
contract, note, bond, indenture, lease, agreement or arrangement to
which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound any
right of termination, cancellation, acceleration or modification
thereunder.
Section 3.4. No
Consents .
Except for the Required
Consents, all of which shall have been obtained prior to the
Closing, no consent of any other person, and no notice to, filing
or registration with, or consent, license, permit, order, approval
or authorization of, any Governmental Authority is necessary or is
required to be made or obtained by the Company in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 3.5.
Capitalization .
The authorized capital of the
Company consists of 1,500,000 shares of Company Common Stock and
500,000 shares of Company Preferred Stock. The Purchased Stock
represents all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company and has been duly and
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validly issued and is fully paid and
non-assessable. None of the Purchased Stock was issued in violation
of any preemptive, subscription or similar rights. All of the
Purchased Stock was offered and sold in compliance with all
applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations. There
are no options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or
purchase any capital stock of the Company or securities convertible
into or exchangeable for, or which otherwise confer on the holder
any right to acquire, any capital stock of the Company, nor is the
Company committed to issue any such option, warrant or other right,
other than the Company Stock Options included in the Purchased
Stock. There are no outstanding stock appreciation, phantom stock,
profit participation or similar rights with respect to the capital
stock of the Company. There are no shares of capital stock reserved
for issuance for any purpose.
Section 3.6.
Subsidiaries .
The Company does not own any
capital stock of any other corporation or any interest in any
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other
business, nor does the Company have the right or obligation to
acquire any ownership interest in any corporation, partnership,
joint venture, limited liability company or other
business.
Section 3.7.
Litigation .
There is no litigation,
arbitration, proceeding, governmental investigation, citation or
action of any kind pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
overtly proposed or threatened, by, before, or involving any
Governmental Authority or arbitration tribunal (a) against the
Company, (b) relating to the business, Assets, properties or
products of the Company or (c) that seeks restraint,
prohibition, damages or other relief in connection with this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby. There is no unresolved product liability, product warranty
or worker’s compensation claim that has been asserted or
filed or, to the Knowledge of the Company, overtly threatened
against the Company by, before, or involving any Governmental
Authority or arbitration tribunal. To the Knowledge of the Company,
the Company is not a party or subject to or in default under any
judgment, order, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority
or arbitration tribunal applicable to it or any of its properties,
Assets, operations or business.
Section 3.8. Title
to, Sufficiency and Condition of Assets .
The Company owns good, valid
and marketable title to all of the Assets (whether tangible or
intangible), free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted
Liens. The Assets and Contracts include all tangible and intangible
assets, contracts and rights necessary or desirable for the
operation by Buyer of the business of the Company immediately after
the Effective Time in accordance with the Company’s past
practices. The tangible Assets are in good operating condition and
repair, subject to ordinary wear and tear, are substantially fit
for use in accordance with the Company’s past practices and
are adequate for which they are currently used or held for use.
There are no existing or proposed agreements, options, commitments
or rights with, of or to any person or Governmental Authority to
acquire or to condemn, expropriate or otherwise take without
payment any of the assets of the Company or any interest
therein.
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Section 3.9.
Contracts .
The Company has provided to
Buyer (or a current or former Affiliate of Buyer) true and complete
copies of all written Contracts (including all amendments or
modifications thereto) that require the payment, or involve the
receipt, of more than $10,000 during any 12-month period or have a
term in excess of one year (the “Material Contracts”)
or that include a covenant not to compete or other covenant
restricting the business of the Company, that relate to a license,
agreement or understanding with respect to the Intellectual
Property, or that involve any Seller or any Affiliate of any Seller
or any officer, employee or director of the Company and, in the
case of oral Material Contracts, true and complete written
summaries of the terms thereof. Each Material Contract is in full
force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms.
The Company has performed each material term, covenant and
condition of each Material Contract that is to be performed by it
at or before the date hereof, or such material term, covenant or
condition will be performed at or before the Closing (including,
without limitation, pursuant to Section 2.5 hereof). No
event has occurred or circumstances exist that could, with the
passage of time or compliance with any applicable notice
requirements or both, constitute a default of, result in a material
violation or breach of, or give any right to accelerate, modify,
cancel or terminate any Material Contract by the Company or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other party under any such Material
Contract. To the Knowledge of the Company, no party to any Material
Contract intends to exercise any right of cancellation,
termination, acceleration or modification under any such Material
Contract. The Company has not made any prior assignment of any
Material Contract or any of its rights or obligations
thereunder.
Section 3.10.
Accounts .
All Accounts reflected on the
Balance Sheet represented as of the date of the Balance Sheet valid
obligations arising from sales actually made or services actually
performed by the Company in the ordinary course of business or
valid claims as to which full performance has been rendered by the
Company. Except to the extent paid prior to the Closing Date, such
Accounts are, or will be as of the Closing Date, current and
collectible. There is no contest, claim, defense or right of
setoff, other than returns in the ordinary course of business of
the Company, under any Contract with any account debtor of an
Account relating to the amount or validity of such Account.
Further, no counterclaims, defenses or offsetting claims with
respect to the Accounts have been asserted or, to the Knowledge of
the Company, threatened.
Section 3.11.
Inventory .
All Inventory reflected on
the Balance Sheet is of merchantable quality and quantity usable or
salable in the ordinary course of business, except for obsolete and
slow-moving items and items of below-standard quality, all of which
have been written off or written down to net realizable value in
the Books and Records. The quantities of each item of Inventory
reflected on the Balance Sheet (whether raw materials,
work-in-process or finished goods) are not excessive but are
reasonable in the present circumstances of the Company.
Section 3.12.
Financial Statements .
The Financial Statements set
forth in Schedule 3.12 present fairly in all material
respects the results of operations, the financial position and cash
flows of the Company as of the respective dates thereof, and for
the periods indicated and were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied (except as described in the notes thereto, in
the case of audited financial statements, or for the absence of
notes and normal recurring year-end adjustments, in the case of
unaudited financial statements).
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Section 3.13. Absence
of Undisclosed Liabilities .
To the Knowledge of the
Company, except for any liability or obligation arising under any
Material Contract, the Company has no liabilities or obligations
(whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or
unaccrued, asserted or unasserted, or otherwise due or to become
due) of any nature other than liabilities or obligations
(a) which were accrued or reserved against on the Financial
Statements or the Balance Sheet, (b) that are current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices since the date of the Balance Sheet or
(c) that have been or will have been discharged or paid in
full prior to the Effective Time.
Section 3.14.
Permits .
The Company possesses all
Permits necessary or required for the conduct of its business, and
all such Permits are in full force and effect and are being
complied with in all material respects. The Company has not
received written notice that the Company is in violation of any
Permit. The Company has taken all necessary actions to maintain
such Permits. No loss or expiration of any such Permit is pending,
or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, other than
expiration in accordance with the terms thereof.
Section 3.15. Real
Properties .
The Company does not own any
real property. The Real Property subject to the Lease and the Real
Property subleased by the Company until December 31, 2007 from
Spinner Technologies, Inc., an Affiliate of the University of
Virginia Patent Foundation, constitute all real property leased by
the Company. The Company has delivered to Buyer (or a current or
former Affiliate of Buyer) true and correct copies of all
certificates of occupancy and building permits in the possession of
the Company for the improvements located on the Real Property. With
respect to each parcel of Real Property, to the Knowledge of the
Company:
(a) the Company has good and
valid title to the leasehold estates in all leased Real Property,
in each case free and clear of all mortgages, Liens, leases,
assignments, subleases, easements, covenants, rights-of-way and
other similar restrictions of any nature whatsoever, except
easements, covenants, rights-of-way and other similar restrictions
of record; any conditions that may be shown by a current, accurate
survey or physical inspection of any leased Real Property made
prior to Closing; and (i) zoning, building and other similar
restrictions, and (ii) mortgages, Liens, easements, covenants,
rights-of-way and other similar restrictions that have been placed
by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over
which the Company has easement rights or on any leased Real
Property and subordination or similar agreements relating
thereto.
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(b) there are no pending or,
to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened condemnation or
expropriation proceedings, lawsuits or administrative actions
relating to the parcel or other legal matters affecting adversely
the current use, occupancy or value thereof;
(c) all facilities have
received all approvals of Governmental Authorities (including
licenses and Permits) required in connection with the ownership,
occupation or operation thereof and in all material respects have
been operated and maintained in accordance with applicable
Law;
(d) all buildings located on
such parcel (including the foundation, load-bearing walls, roof and
roof membrane, if applicable) are free from material patent
structural defects, and the plumbing, mechanical, electrical,
heating and ventilation systems installed within such buildings are
in a good state of repair and are in good working order;
(e) there are no material
improvements necessary to use any leased Real Property to conduct
the business of the Company as it is currently being
conducted;
(f) there are no leases,
subleases, licenses, concessions or other agreements, written or
oral, granting to any party or parties (other than the Company) the
right of use or occupancy of any portion of the parcel;
(g) there are no outstanding
options or rights of first refusal to purchase the parcel, or any
portion thereof or interest therein;
(h) there are no parties in
possession of the parcel, other than tenants under any leases or
subleases, who are in possession of space to which they are
entitled;
(i) all facilities located on
the parcel are supplied with utilities and other services necessary
for the operation of such facilities, including gas, electricity,
water, telephone, sanitary sewer and storm sewer, all of which
services are adequate in accordance with all applicable
Laws;
(j) each parcel abuts on and
has direct vehicular access to a public road, or has access to a
public road; and
(k) there are no material
improvements necessary to use each parcel for its intended purpose
as of the Effective Time.
Section 3.16.
Intellectual Property .
(a) The Company is the sole
owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Intellectual
Property owned by the Company and has all necessary licenses,
rights, permissions and authorizations to use the Intellectual
Property licensed by the Company, including, wit
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