ACQUISITION
AGREEMENT
THIS ACQUISITION AGREEMENT
(the “ Agreement ”) made as of this 31st day of
January, 2007 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and
among Edentify, Inc. (“ Edentify ”), a Nevada
corporation with its principal address at 74 W. Broad Street,
Suite 350, Bethlehem, PA 18018, Zelcom Group, LLC (“
Zelcom ”), a limited liability company formed under
the laws of the State of Illinois, with its principal address at
1821 Walden Office Square, Suite 400, Schaumburg, IL 60173,
and all of its members, consisting of Robert Zelikson
(“Zelikson”), Greg Fasana (“Fasana”) and
Matthew Komos (“Komos”). Collectively, Zelikson and
Fasana shall be referred to hereinafter as the “ Zelcom
Principals .”
INTRODUCTION
WHEREAS, Zelcom is a professional
services firm engaged in risk management assessment consulting for
businesses;
WHEREAS, Edentify is a corporation
that is engaged in providing businesses with information-based and
technology based services used in the detection and prevention of
identity fraud desiring to acquire all of the outstanding capital
and voting interests in Zelcom;
WHEREAS, Zelikson and Fasana own all
the capital and voting interests in Zelcom; and
WHEREAS, Zelikson and Fasana desire
to exchange (the “Exchange”) all of their membership
interests in Zelcom for an aggregate of 750,000 shares of the
common stock of Edentify (hereinafter, collectively, the
“Edentify Shares”) to be issued in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 2.1 of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and mutual covenants set forth herein, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be
bound hereby, do mutually agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS, DISCLOSURE SCHEDULE
1.1 Defined Terms . As used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated below:
“Contract” shall
mean any agreement, contract, license, indenture, lease, mortgage,
license, plan, arrangement, commitment or instrument including any
note or other debt instrument (whether written or oral).
“Edentify Disclosure
Documents” shall refer to the disclosures made by
Edentify in the SEC Filings (as hereinafter defined) as well as the
Schedule of Exceptions (as hereinafter defined).
“Enforceability
Exceptions” shall mean the extent to which enforceability
of an obligation may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, re-organization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by principles
of equity regarding the availability of remedies.
“GAAP” shall
refer to generally accepted accounting principles as applicable in
the United States.
“Knowledge “
shall mean with respect to a party’s awareness of the
presence or absence of a fact, event or condition (a) actual
knowledge plus, if different, (b) the knowledge that would be
obtained if such party conducted itself faithfully and exercised
sound discretion in the management of his own affairs.
“Laws” shall mean
all laws, common laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, codes,
judgments, injunctions, orders, decrees, permits, policies and
other requirements of the United States and other jurisdictions to
which Zelcom and Edentify, as applicable, are subject,.
“Liabilities”
shall mean any indebtedness, liability, loss, damage, deficiency,
obligation or responsibility, fixed or unfixed, choate or inchoate,
liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise, whether or not of a kind
required by generally accepted accounting principles to be set
forth on a financial statement including the notes thereto.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, charge, adverse claim or
restriction of any kind affecting title or resulting in an
encumbrance against property, real or personal, tangible or
intangible, or a security interest of any kind (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any third party option or other agreement to
sell and any filing of or agreement to give, any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute)
of any jurisdiction).
“Material Adverse
Effect” or “Material Adverse Change”
with respect to a party means an adverse change which would in the
aggregate have material adverse effect on the assets, liabilities
(whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or
prospects on a consolidated or combined basis of such party.
“Obligations”
shall mean, with respect to Edentify, all liabilities, debts,
amounts due, or contracts existing as of the Closing and any claims
or causes of action arising out of or as a result of actions taken
prior to Closing, as well as any and all expenses and costs related
thereto.
“Person” shall
mean any natural person, corporation, division of a corporation,
partnership, trust, joint venture, association, company, estate,
unincorporated organization or governmental entity.
“Schedule of
Exceptions” shall mean the schedule that may be attached
to and made part of this Agreement containing any exceptions to any
representations made in this Agreement, which such schedule shall
be organized into paragraphs corresponding to the sections of this
Agreement.
“SEC Filings”
shall mean all registration statements filed by Edentify pursuant
to the Securities Act or reports filed by Edentify pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act since July 31, 2005.
“Securities Act”
shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Securities Exchange
Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Subsidiary”
shall refer to any corporations or other entities in which a Person
has a majority interest or which is otherwise controlled by such
Person.
“Taxes” shall
mean any income, alternative or add-on minimum, business,
employment, franchise, occupancy, payroll, property, sales,
transfer, use, value added, withholding or other tax, levy, impost,
fee, imposition, assessment or similar charge together with any
related addition to tax, interest, penalty or fine thereon.
“Transactions”
shall mean, in respect of any party, all transactions set forth in
or contemplated by this Agreement that involve, relate to or affect
such party, including, without limitation, the Exchange.
“Zelcom Disclosure
Documents” shall refer to the disclosures made by Zelcom
in the Schedule of Exceptions (as hereinafter defined).
ARTICLE II
THE TRANSACTIONS
2.1 The Exchange.
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On the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 2.8), Zelikson, Fasana and Komos shall receive stock
certificate(s) issued by Edentify as follows (hereinafter, the
“Edentify Closing Shares”):
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178,125
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178,125
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18,750.
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In the event
that, prior to the end of the second anniversary of the Closing
Date, any of Zelikson, Fasana or Komos (a) voluntarily
terminates his employment with Zelcom or (b) is terminated for
cause, each agrees that his Edentify Closing Shares shall be
cancelled by the Company and hereby appoints the Chief Executive
Officer or General Counsel of the Company as his attorney-in-fact
for purposes of effecting such cancellation.
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(b)
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Upon Zelcom achieving at least break-even on a
cash flow basis for a full 12-month period as evidenced by its
audited financials for such period , Zelikson, Fasana, and Komos
shall receive stock certificate(s) issued by Edentify as follows
(hereinafter, the “Edentify Additional Shares”):
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178,125
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178,125
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18,750.
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On the Closing Date (as defined in
Section 2.8), Zelikson, Fasana and Komos shall transfer to
Edentify 100% of the membership interests in Zelcom.
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2.2 Minimum distributions to
Zelcom Principals. The Zelcom Principals shall also be entitled
to a twenty-five percent (25%) Profits Interest in the operations
of Zelcom. For purposes of this Agreement, the Profits Interest
shall include net profit resulting from normal operations and
accounting for all intercompany projects, for this purpose, at cost
and shall be cumulative and determined at the end of each calendar
year of operations, and shall be payable only when and to the
extent that the aggregate cumulative amount of income generated
exceeds all aggregate cumulative losses incurred after Closing. For
purposes of calculating the Profits Interest, any inter-company
projects (i.e. between Edentify and Zelcom) shall have a twenty
percent (20%) profit margin imputed. Any Profits Interest due shall
be paid during the first quarter of the succeeding year. Any net
losses shall be accumulated and set off against future net
profits
2.3 Edentify Funding of Zelcom
. Subject to, as necessitated by, and following the approval of
Zelcom’s business plan by Edentify, Edentify will provide
$500,000.00 in capital funding to promote Zelcom’s business
and operations, for the first six (6) months after Closing in
accordance with such business plan to be deposited into the
operating bank account of Zelcom as follows, with each payment
subject however, to Zelcom having not exceeded expenditures set
forth on the pre-closing budget attached hereto as Exhibit
“A” (hereinafter, the “Pre-Closing Budget”)
by more than 10% through the relevant period without the prior
written agreement of Edentify: (i) $150,000 at Closing; (ii)
$150,000 no later than sixty (60) days after Closing, (iii)
$100,000 no later than one hundred twenty (120) days after
Closing provided however, that such deposit will be conditioned
upon Zelcom achieving 75% of the revenue projections set forth on
the Pre-Closing Budget and (iv) $100,000 no later than one hundred
eighty (180) days after Closing, provided however, that such
deposit will be conditioned upon Zelcom achieving 80% of the
revenue projections set forth on the Pre-Closing Budget, as revised
by Zelcom, provided further that such revision is delivered to
Edentify no later than ninety (90) days after Closing and
approved by Edentify. For purposes of this Agreement and the
determination of whether Zelcom has exceeded expenditures, the
Pre-Closing Budget shall be deemed to be presented on a cash basis
and the calculation of whether the 10% benchmark has been met shall
be on a cash basis. From time to time, during the eighteen
(18) months after Closing, Edentify, in its sole discretion
and subject to conditions mandated by Edentify, may make additional
capital contributions to Zelcom for working capital purposes.
2.4 Intercompany Pricing
Agreement . At Closing, the parties shall enter into an
Intercompany Pricing Agreement in respect of all work done by
Zelcom for clients of Edentify.
2.5 Employment of Zelcom
Principals. At Closing, Edentify will cause Zelcom to execute
employment agreements with each of the Zelcom Principals in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
“B.”
2.6 Warrants to Zelcom
Principals . At Closing, each of the Zelcom Principals shall
receive warrants (the “Warrants”) expiring three years
from the date of Closing with an exercise price of $1.00 per share
to acquire the number of shares of common stock of Edentify, as
follows:
The Warrants shall be in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit “C.” In the event that, prior to the end of
the second anniversary of the Closing Date, either Zelikson or
Fasana (a) voluntarily terminates his employment with Zelcom or
(b) is terminated for cause or, he shall forfeit the right to
exercise any Warrants granted to him pursuant to this paragraph and
such Warrants shall be cancelled with no further action of either
party.
2.7 Closing . The closing of
the Exchange contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall
be held on the next business day after the parties have made the
deliveries required in Article 3 of this Agreement. The
Closing shall be held at such place and at such time as the parties
may mutually agree but in no event later than January 31, 2007
at the offices of Edentify and may be effected by the exchange of
fax copies or overnight delivery of executed documents by the
respective parties. The date upon which such Closing shall occur
shall be referred to as the “Closing Date.”
ARTICLE III
CLOSING DELIVERIES
3.1 Closing Deliveries by
Zelcom . At the Closing, in addition to documents referred to
elsewhere herein, Zelcom shall deliver to Edentify in a form
reasonably satisfactory to Edentify and its counsel:
(1) the
Unanimous Written Consent of the members of Zelcom Group, LLC to
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