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Denotes certain
parts that have not been disclosed and have been filed separately
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the Securities and Exchange Commission and are subject to a request
for confidential treatment
pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of
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AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation),
TOMAH HOLDINGS, INC.
(a Delaware corporation),
THE STOCKHOLDERS OF TOMAH HOLDINGS,
INC.
This
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT is made as of 20 March, 2006, by and among
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Buyer”), Tomah Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Company”), and the common stockholders and option
holders of the Company set forth on the signature page of this
Agreement (individually, a “Stockholder” and
collectively, the “Stockholders”). Certain other terms
are used herein as defined below in Section 1 or
elsewhere in this Agreement.
As of the Closing,
the Stockholders shall own all of the outstanding equity securities
of the Company, which owns all of the outstanding equity securities
of each other Company Group Member. This Agreement sets forth the
terms and conditions under which Buyer will purchase from the
Stockholders all of the equity securities of the Company
outstanding as of the Closing Date.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, for good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, and in consideration of the mutual covenants
contained herein, hereby agree as follows:
For convenience,
certain terms used in more than one part of this Agreement are
listed in alphabetical order and defined below (such terms as well
as any other terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement shall be
equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined).
“Accounts
Receivable” means, as of any date, any trade accounts
receivable and trade notes receivable of the Business of the
Company Group Members, as indicated by the context in which
used.
“Action”
is defined in Section 10.6 .
“Adjustment
Amount” is defined in Section 2.4 .
“Affiliates”
means, with respect to a particular Person, (i) if an
individual, each other member of such individual’s Family,
any Person that is directly or indirectly controlled by any one or
more members of such individual’s Family, any Person in which
members of such individual’s Family hold (individually or in
the aggregate) a Material Interest, and any Person with respect to
which one or more members of such individual’s Family serves
as a director, officer, partner, executor or trustee (or in a
similar capacity); or (ii) if other than an individual,
Persons or entities controlling, controlled by or under common
control with that Person.. For purposes of this definition, (a)
“control” (including “controlling,”
“controlled by,” and “under common control
with”) means the
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possession,
direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and shall
be construed as such term is used in the rules promulgated under
the Securities Act; (b) the “Family” of an
individual includes (i) the individual, (ii) the
individual’s spouse, (iii) any other natural person who
is related to the individual or the individual’s spouse
within the second degree and (iv) any other natural person who
resides with such individual; and (c) “Material
Interest” means direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of voting
securities or other voting interests representing at least ten
percent (10%) of the outstanding voting power of a Person or equity
securities or other equity interests representing at least ten
percent (10%) of the outstanding equity securities or equity
interests in a Person.
“Agreement”
means this Agreement and the Exhibits and Disclosure Schedules
hereto.
“Applicable
Representations” is defined in Section 10.4(i)
.
“Assets”
means all of the assets, properties, goodwill and rights of every
kind and description, real, personal, tangible and intangible,
wherever situated and whether or not reflected in the most recent
Financial Statements, which are owned or possessed by any Company
Group Member.
“Balance
Sheet” is defined in Section 4.5 .
“Balance
Sheet Date” is defined in Section 4.5
.
“Benefit
Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as
defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, and any other
pension, profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive
compensation, stock option, welfare benefit, severance, vacation,
holiday, sick day, salary continuation, death benefit, medical,
dental or other employee fringe benefit, compensation or benefit
plan, program agreement or arrangement or payroll practice
provided, contributed to or entered for the benefit of
employees.
“Bonus Plan
Payments” is defined in Section 2.3(a)
.
“Building
Purchase Agreement” means the agreement between *** and
Company or one of the Existing Subsidiaries pursuant to which
Company or one of the Existing Subsidiaries will purchase the land
and building located at 337 Vincent Street in the City of Milton,
State of Wisconsin, to be executed in connection with the Closing,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
.
“Business”
means the entire business, operations and facilities of the Company
Group Members, and all related support services conducted by the
Company Group Members.
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“Business
Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day
on which the banking institutions of the State of New York are
authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close.
“Buyer”
is defined above in the preamble.
“Buyer’s
Accountants” is defined in Section 2.5(a)
.
“Cash
Purchase Price” is defined in Section 2.3(a)
.
“Charter
Documents” means an entity’s certificate or articles of
incorporation, certificate defining the rights and preferences of
securities, articles of organization, by-laws, general or limited
partnership agreement, certificate of limited partnership,
operating agreement, joint venture agreement or similar document
governing the entity.
“Claim”
is defined in Section 10.3 .
“Claim
Notice” is defined in Section 10.4(a)
.
“Claim
Response” is defined in Section 10.4(a)
.
“Closing”
is defined in Section 3.1 .
“Closing
Certificates” means the certificates to be delivered by the
Seller Parties at the Closing under Section 3.2
.
“Closing
Date” is defined in Section 3.1 .
“Closing
Date Balance Sheet” is defined in Section 2.5(a)
.
“Closing
Date Net Working Capital” is defined in
Section 2.5(a) .
“Closing
Payment” is defined in Section 2.3(b)(i)
.
“Closing
Shares” is defined in Section 4.4(c) .
“Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company
Group Member” means the Company and each of the Existing
Subsidiaries.
“Company
Software” is defined in Section 4.18(g)(ii)
.
“Component”
means any software, Software Product, Company Software, Licensed
Software, Hardware, Database or Embedded Control.
“Company
Benefit Plans” is defined in Section 4.20(a)
.
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“Company
Employee Bonus Plans” means the Company’s Business
Incentive Program (BIP), Marketing Incentive Plan (MIP) and
Senior Management Incentive Plan (SMIP).
“Confidential
Information” means any confidential technical or business
information of any Company Group Member relating to the Business,
including Trade Secrets, personnel information, know-how and other
technical information, advertising and marketing plans or systems,
distribution and sales methods or systems, sales and profit
figures, customer and client lists, customer, client and supplier
information and any relationships with dealers, distributors,
wholesalers, customers, clients, suppliers and any other Persons
who have, or have had, business dealings with the
Business.
“Consulting
Agreements” means those agreements between Buyer and each of
*** to be executed in connection with the Closing, substantially in
the form attached hereto as Exhibits B-1 and B-2 ,
pursuant to which such persons will provide consulting services to
Buyer.
“Contract”
means any written or oral contract, agreement, lease, instrument,
or other document or commitment, arrangement, undertaking, practice
or authorization that is binding on any Person or its property
under any applicable Law.
“Copyrights”
means all copyrights in both published and unpublished works and
registrations or applications for registration of copyrights in any
jurisdiction, and any renewals or extensions thereof.
“Court
Order” means any judgment, decree, injunction, order or
ruling of any federal, state, local or foreign court, regulatory
body or other Governmental Entity that is binding on any Person or
its property under applicable Law.
“Customary
Qualifications,” when used with respect to the enforceability
of a Contract (including, where appropriate, a Transaction
Document), means that the enforceability of the Contact in question
is limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally or (ii) the application of general equitable
principles (regardless of whether such enforce ability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
“Damages”
is defined in Section 10.1 .
“Database”
means all data and other information recorded, stored, transmitted
and retrieved in electronic form by a System, whether located on
any System or archived in storage media of a type employed or used
in conjunction with any System.
“Deductible
Amount” is defined in Section 10.4(f)
.
“Default”
means (a) a breach, default or violation, (b) the
occurrence of an event that with or without the passage of time or
the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a breach, default
or violation or cause an Encumbrance to arise, or (c) with
respect to any Contract, the occurrence of an event that with or
without the passage of time or the giving
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of notice, or
both, would give rise to a right of termination, renegotiation or
acceleration or a right to receive damages or a payment of
penalties.
“Derivative”
means the Interest Rate Swap between Tomah Products, Inc. and Tomah
Reserve, Inc and M&I Marshall and Ilsley Bank dated
March 8, 2004, with the original principal of $8,750,000, bank
reference 87T.
“Disclosure
Schedule” means any of the Schedules hereto containing
information relating to the Company Group Members pursuant to
Section 4 and other sections and provisions hereof that
have been provided to Buyer on the date hereof.
“Dispute
Notice” is defined in Section 2.5(b) .
“Dispute
Resolution Procedure” is defined in
Section 2.5(b) .
“Embedded
Control” means any microprocessor, microcontroller, smart
instrumentation or other sensor, driver, monitor, robotic or other
device containing a semiconductor, memory circuit, BIOS, PROM or
other microchip.
“Employees”
is defined in Section 4.19 .
“Effective
Time” means 11:59 p.m. local time on the Closing
Date.
“Encumbrances”
means any lien, mortgage, security interest, pledge, restriction on
transferability, option, right of first refusal, encroachment,
easement, defect of title or other claim, charge or encumbrance of
any nature whatsoever on any property or property interest,
including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of
income or exercise of any attributes of ownership.
““Environment”
shall mean soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters
(including navigable waters and ocean waters), groundwaters,
drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including
indoor air), plant and animal life and any other environmental
medium or natural resource.
“Environmental
Law” means any Law that requires or relates to
(a) advising appropriate authorities, employees or the public
of intended or actual Releases of pollutants or hazardous
substances or materials, violations of discharge limits or other
prohibitions and the commencement of activities, such as resource
extraction or construction, that could have significant impact on
the Environment; (b) preventing or reducing to legally
permitted levels the Release of pollutants or hazardous substances
or materials into the Environment; (c) reducing the
quantities, preventing the Release or minimizing the hazardous
characteristics of wastes that are generated; (d) protecting
resources, species or ecological amenities; (e) transportation
of Hazardous Substances; (f) cleaning up pollutants that have
been Released, preventing the threat of Release or paying the costs
of such clean up or prevention; or (g) making responsible
parties pay private parties, or groups of them, for damages done to
their health or the Environment or permitting self-appointed
representatives of the public interest to recover for
injuries
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done to public
assets, in each case for injuries or damages arising out of a
Release of or exposure to a Hazardous Substance or
pollutant.
“Environmental
Liabilities” means any cost, damages, expense, liability,
obligation or other responsibility arising from or under any
Environmental Law, including those consisting of or relating to
(a) any environmental matter or condition (including on-site
or off-site contamination); (b) any fine, penalty, judgment,
award, settlement, legal or administrative proceeding, damages,
loss, claim, demand or response, remedial or inspection cost or
expense arising under any Environmental Law; (c) financial
responsibility under any Environmental Law for cleanup costs or
corrective action, including any cleanup, removal, containment or
other remediation or response actions (“Cleanup”)
required by any Environmental Law (whether or not such Cleanup has
been required or requested by any Governmental Entity or any other
Person) and for any natural resource damages; or (d) any other
compliance, corrective or remedial measure required under any
Environmental Law. As used herein, the terms “removal,”
“remedial” and “response action” include
the types of activities covered by the United States Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended (“CERCLA”).
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ERISA
Affiliate” means any person or entity that is a member of a
controlled group, affiliated service group or is under common
control with any Company Group Member within the meaning of Code
Sections 414(b) , (c) , (m) or (o)
.
“Escrow
Agent” means JP Morgan Chase Bank.
“Escrow
Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement among Buyer, the
Stockholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit C .
“Escrow
Funds” is defined in Section 2.4(b)(ii)
.
“Estimated
Closing Date Balance Sheet” is defined in
Section 2.4 .
“Estimated
Net Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.4
.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
“Executive
Loan” means that certain loan by the Company to ***
represented by a certain Promissory Note dated July 1, 2005,
in the original principal amount of ***.
“Exempt
Employees” means those Employees employed in positions
classified as “exempt” under the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938, as amended.
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“Existing
Subsidiaries” means Tomah Products, Inc. (a Wisconsin
corporation), Tomah Reserve, Inc. (a Delaware corporation), and
Tomah Products Properties LLC (a Wisconsin limited liability
company).
“Facility”
means (a) any building, structure, installation, equipment,
pipe or pipeline (including any pipe into a sewer or publicly owned
treatment works), well, pit, pond, lagoon, impoundment, ditch,
landfill, storage, container, motor vehicle, rolling stock, or
aircraft, or (b) any site or area where a hazardous substance has
been deposited, stored, disposed of, or place, or otherwise come to
be located; but does not include any consumer product in consumer
use or any vessel.
“Financial
Statements” is defined in Section 4.5
.
“GAAP”
means U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
“Good
Standing” means good standing under the laws of the
applicable jurisdiction, except that with respect to the State of
Wisconsin which does not recognize the concept of good standing,
good standing means that the entity in question is in active status
under the laws of the State of Wisconsin.
“Governmental
Entity” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other
governmental or quasi-governmental agency, authority, court,
arbitrator or body or any other type of regulatory body.
“Governmental
Permits” means all governmental permits, licenses,
registrations, certificates of occupancy, approvals and other
authorizations of any Governmental Entity.
“Hardware”
means any mainframe, midrange computer, personal computer, notebook
or laptop computer, server, switch, printer, modem, driver,
peripheral or any component of any of the foregoing.
“Hazardous
Activity” means the distribution, generation, handling,
importing, management, manufacturing, processing, production,
refinement, Release, storage, transfer, transportation, treatment
or use (including any withdrawal or other use of groundwater) of
Hazardous Substances in, on, under, about or from any of the Real
Property or any part thereof into the Environment
“Hazardous
Substances” means any substance, material or waste which is
currently regulated or currently proposed to be regulated by any
Governmental Entity, including any material, substance or waste
which is defined as a “hazardous waste,”
“hazardous material,” “hazardous
substance,” “extremely hazardous waste,”
“restricted hazardous waste,”
“contaminant,” “toxic waste” or
“toxic substance” under any provision of Environmental
Law, and including petroleum, petroleum products, asbestos,
presumed asbestos-containing material or asbestos-containing
material, urea formaldehyde and polychlorinated
biphenyls.
“HSR
Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended.
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“Imposition”
means, individually or collectively, any institutional control,
restriction or use limitation placed on real estate.
“Indemnification
Cap” is defined in Section 10.4(e) .
“Indemnification
Share” means, with respect to each Stockholder, the
percentage set forth opposite such Stockholder’s name on
Exhibit D .
“Indemnified
Buyer Party” is defined in Section 10.1
.
“Indemnified
Liabilities” means all Liabilities of the Company or any
Company Group Member or any of their respective Affiliates to the
extent relating to or arising out of or in connection with events,
circumstances or conditions existing or arising prior to the
Closing, other than those Liabilities: (i) to the extent
adequately reflected and reserved against in the Closing Date
Balance Sheet, (ii) specifically listed on
Schedule 4.12 , (iii) that relate to Taxes, which
are dealt with exclusively in Sections 4.13, 7.5 and
10.1.2 or (iv) that are Environmental Liabilities or
relate to or arise with respect to violation or noncompliance with
an Environmental Law.
“Indemnified
Party” is defined in Section 10.4(a) .
“Indemnified
Seller Party” is defined in Section 10.2
.
“Indemnitor”
is defined in Section 10.4(a) .
“Intellectual
Property” means any Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks,
technology rights and licenses, Trade Secrets, inventions,
discoveries, know-how, formulae, specifications and ideas, rights
in research and development, and commercially practiced processes
and inventions, whether patentable or not in any jurisdiction, and
any other intellectual property used by any Company Group Member in
the Business.
“Inventory”
means all inventories of the Company Group Members, including raw
materials, supplies, packaging supplies, work in process and
finished goods.
“Law”
means any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, order or rule of any
Governmental Entity, including those covering environmental,
energy, safety, health, transportation, bribery, record keeping,
zoning, antidiscrimination, antitrust, wage and hour, and price and
wage control matters.
“Legal
Proceeding” means any lawsuit, action, suit, arbitration,
administrative or other proceeding, criminal prosecution or other
investigation or inquiry of any Governmental Entity.
“Licensed
Software” is defined in Section 4.18(g)(i)
.
“Liability”
means any direct or indirect liability, indebtedness, obligation,
expense, claim, loss, damage, deficiency, guaranty or endorsement
of or by any Person,
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absolute or
contingent, known or unknown, accrued or unaccrued, due or to
become due, liquidated or unliquidated.
“LIBOR”
means the interest rate offered by major banks in the interbank
market in London, England for 1 (one) month, published by the
British Bankers’ Association at 11:00 a.m. (London time)
2 (two) Business Days prior to the interest payment
date.
“Liquidated
Claim Notice” is defined in Section 10.4(a)
.
“Management
Bonuses” means the cash bonuses payable the Company *** in
consideration of his past efforts on behalf of the Company. For
avoidance of doubt, *** is not included in Management
Bonuses.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means any event, change or effect that is or
may reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to the Business
or the Company Group Members taken as a whole, or the operations,
assets, personnel, condition (financial or otherwise), or results
of operations of the Company Group Members, taken as a
whole.
“Minor
Contract” means any Contract that is terminable by a Company
Group Member on not more than 30 days’ notice without
any Liability and any Contract under which the obligation of the
Company Group Members (fulfilled and to be fulfilled) involves an
amount of less than $25,000.
“Net Working
Capital” means the aggregate value of the Company Group
Members’ trade receivables and Inventory, net of allowances
and reserves, less trade payables, all as determined in accordance
with GAAP and in a manner consistent with the Company’s
June 30, 2005 balance sheet.
“Net Working
Capital Valuation” is defined in Section 2.6(a)
.
“No Further
Action Determination” means written concurrence of a
Governmental Entity with jurisdiction over an Environmental
Liability that no further action is necessary to address the
Environmental Liability. A No Further Action Determination may be
conditioned on Impositions.
“Non-Competition
Agreements” means the Non-Competition Agreements executed by
*** respectively, in favor of Buyer and the Company Group Members,
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E
.
“Non-Exempt
Employees” means those Employees employed in positions
classified as “non-exempt” under the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended.
“Non-Real
Estate Leases” is defined in Section 4.9
.
“Off-the-Shelf
Software” is defined in Section 4.18(a)(i)
.
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“Option
Obligations” means all obligations of the Company with
respect to Outstanding Options.
“Option
Payment” means the amount necessary to discharge and
terminate all Option Obligations pursuant to the terms of the
Outstanding Options.
“Option”
is defined in Section 2.2 .
“Option
Waiver” is defined in Section 2.2 .
“Order”
means any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, ruling,
assessment, stipulation, determination or award entered by or with
any court, arbitrator or other Governmental Entity.
“Ordinary
course” or “ordinary course of business” means,
with respect to any Person, an action taken by such Person if such
action is consistent in nature, scope and magnitude with the past
practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the
normal day-to-day operations of such Person.
“Outstanding
Options” is defined in Section 4.4(b)
.
“Parties”
means Buyer and the Seller Parties.
“Patents”
means all patents, any extensions, reexaminations and reissues of
such patents, patents of addition, patent applications, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, and any subsequent filings in
any country or jurisdiction claiming priority therefrom.
“Performance
Bonus” *** .
“Permitted
Encumbrances” shall mean (a) Encumbrances set forth on
Schedule 4.6 ; (b) such Encumbrances as do not
materially detract from the value or materially impair the use of
the property subject thereto; (c) liens for Taxes not yet due
or penalties for nonpayment or which are being actively contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings and which have been
sufficiently accrued or reserved against in the Balance Sheet; or
(d) industrial use restrictions that are a matter of public
record or that are imposed by Law which do not interfere in any
material respect with the use, occupancy or operation of the
property of the Business as it is currently used, occupied or
operated by the appropriate Company Group Member.
“Person”
means any natural person, business trust, corporation, partnership,
limited liability company, joint stock company, proprietorship,
association, trust, joint venture, unincorporated association or
any other legal entity of whatever nature.
“Phantom
Stock Payment” means the amount necessary to discharge and
terminate all obligations pursuant to the Phantom Stock
Plan.
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“Phantom
Stock Plan” means the Tomah Holdings, Inc. 1999 Phantom Stock
Plan, effective August 2, 1999, as amended as of December 8,
2003.
“Possible
Breach” is defined in Section 10.4(f)
.
“Preferred
Redemption Payment” is defined in Section 2.2
.
“Preferred
Stock” is defined in Section 4.4(a) .
“Pro Rata
Share” means the percentage specified with respect to a
particular Stockholder on Schedule 2.3 .
“Prime
Rate” means the prime lending rate as announced from time to
time by the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York Branch, as its prime
rate.
“Purchase
Price” is defined in Section 2.3(a) .
“Real
Property” is defined in Section 4.7 .
“Release”
means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring,
dumping, emptying, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge,
dispersal, leaching or migration on or into the
Environment.
“Remedial
Action” means all actions, including any capital
expenditures, required or voluntarily undertaken (a) to clean
up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous
Substances or other substance; (b) to prevent the Release or
threat of Release or to minimize the further Release of any
Hazardous Substances or other substance so it does not migrate or
endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the
Environment; (c) to perform pre-remedial studies and
investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care; or (d) to
bring all Real Property and the operations conducted thereon into
compliance with Environmental Laws and environmental Governmental
Permits
“Required
Consents” is defined in Section 4.3 .
“Resolution
Period” is defined in Section 10.4(c)
.
“Response
Period” is defined in Section 10.4(a)
.
“ ***
Options” means the Company’s outstanding options ***
.
“SEC”
means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Second
Working Capital Valuation” is defined in
Section 2.5(b) .
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Seller
Parties” means the Stockholders and the Company.
“Software
Products” means any computer software products, other than
Off-the-Shelf-Software, and all computer operating, security or
programming software, that is owned by or licensed to any Company
Group Member or used, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly,
or has been developed or designed for or is in the process of being
developed or designed for use, in whole or in part, directly or
indirectly, in the conduct of the Business of any nature
whatsoever, including all systems software, all applications
software, whether for general business usage (e.g., accounting,
finance, word processing, graphics, spreadsheet analysis, etc.) or
specific, unique-to-the-Business usage (e.g., telephone call
processing, etc.), and any and all documentation and object and
source codes related thereto.
“Specifically
Applicable Representations” is defined in
Section 10.4(f) .
“Stockholders”
is defined above in the preamble.
“Stockholders
Accountants” is defined in Section 2.5(b)
.
“Stockholders’
Representative” is defined in Section 10.8(a)
.
“Subsidiary”
means any and all corporations, partnerships, associations, trusts,
joint ventures, limited liability companies and other entities with
respect to which any Person, directly or indirectly, (i) owns
a majority of the outstanding capital stock or (ii) owns
securities or other interests having the power to elect a majority
of the board of directors or similar body governing the affairs of
such entity.
“System”
means any combination of two or more Components.
“Target Net
Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.4
.
“Taxes”
means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts,
license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation,
premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under
Code § 59A), customs duties, capital stock, franchise,
profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment,
disability, real property, personal property, in-lieu-of payments,
sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or
add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever,
including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether
disputed or not.
“Tax
Return” means any return, declaration, report, claim for
refund, or information return, or statement relating to Taxes,
including any schedule or attachment thereto, and including any
amendment thereof.
“Termination
Date” is defined in Section 3.1 .
“the
Company’s knowledge” or “knowledge of the
Company” means the actual knowledge, after due inquiry of any
fact or matter, or representation or warranty contained in this
Agreement, of a group consisting of any director or officer of
any
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Company Group
Member, including *** (the “Knowledge Group”).
“Due inquiry” by a director shall be such inquiry that
a director would make in the performance of his duties as a
director, provided that the foregoing shall not serve to diminish
the due inquiry obligation of any director who is also an officer
of any Company Group Member.
“Third
Accounting Firm” is defined in Section 2.6(b)
.
“Total Debt
Amount” means, without duplication, (a) all obligations
for money borrowed; (b) all obligations evidenced by notes,
debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of
which the Company is responsible or liable; (c) all
obligations issued or assumed for deferred purchase price payments
associated with acquisitions, divestments or material transactions;
(d) all obligations under leases required to be capitalized in
accordance with GAAP, as consistently applied, except for leases
incurred in the ordinary course of business; (e) all
obligations for the reimbursement on any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance, guarantees or similar credit
transaction, in each case, that has been claimed against; but
excluding in all cases in clauses (a) through (e) accounts
payable and incurred in the ordinary course of business. As of
December 31, 2005, the Total Debt Amount was
$48,971,869.
“Trade
Secrets” means all know-how, trade secrets, customer lists,
software, technical information, data, process technology, plans,
drawings (including engineering and auto-cad drawings),
innovations, designs, ideas, proprietary information and blue
prints, owned, used or licensed either directly or indirectly (as
licensor or licensee) by any Company Group Member, except for any
such item that is generally available to the public.
“Trademarks”
means registered trademarks, registered service marks, trademark
and service mark applications and unregistered trademarks and
service marks, brand names, certification marks, trade dress,
goodwill associated with the foregoing and registrations in any
jurisdictions, and applications in any jurisdiction to register,
the foregoing, including any extension, modification or renewal of
any such registration or application used by any Company Group
Member in the operation of the Business.
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, the Non-Competition
Agreements, the Consulting Agreements, the Building Purchase
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and all other documents executed
in connection herewith.
“Transaction
Expenses” means any and all expenses paid or payable by any
Stockholder or any Company Group Member, or for which any Company
Group Member is or may become liable, with respect to the
Transactions, including all accounting expenses, legal or Tax
expenses, finders’ fees, facilitation fees, fees for advisory
or other
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services of any
nature or Taxes incurred directly as a result of the completion of
the Transactions.
“Transactions”
means the purchase and sale of the Closing Shares at the Closing
and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
“Unliquidated
Claim” is defined in Section 10.4(a) .
“Unreasonable
Action” shall mean any action by Buyer (including a
communication with a Governmental Entity) unless such action is
(a) required by Law; (b) reasonably necessary in order to
avoid a Legal Proceeding by a Governmental Entity under any Law;
(c) reasonably necessary in order to prevent or mitigate a
threat to human health or the environment; (d) consistent in
nature, scope and magnitude with Buyer’s past practices and
is taken in the ordinary course of Buyer’s normal operations
(including the performance of capital improvements, operations and
maintenance, and reasonable construction and renovation
activities); or (e) undertaken in connection with
environmental investigation and other due diligence activity
(including any Phase I or Phase II Environmental Assessment) by a
bona fide prospective purchaser, assignee or sublessee of any Real
Property who is not affiliated with Buyer, and which activity is
taken in connection with the prospective sale or other transfer of
interest in such Real Property by Buyer.
“U.S.”
means the United States of America.
“Welfare
Plan” is defined in Section 4.20(g) .
“Working
Capital Notice” is defined in Section 2.6(a)
.
2. Purchase
and Sale of Closing Shares and Other Payments .
2.1 Purchase
and Sale . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Buyer shall buy from each Stockholder, and each
Stockholder shall sell to Buyer, free and clear of all
Encumbrances, the Closing Shares owned by such Stockholder as of
the Closing Date.
2.2 Redemption
of Preferred Stock; Cancellation of Options . .
(a) Concurrently
with the Closing, the Company shall redeem all outstanding shares
of its Preferred Stock for a redemption price per share equal to
(i) the Series B Preferred Stock Per Share Stated Value
(as defined in that certain Amended and Restated
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2003,
as amended) plus (ii) all accrued but unpaid dividends to the
date of redemption (the “Preferred Redemption
Payment”), such that the capitalization of the Company as of
the Closing Date shall be as set forth in
Section 4.4(b) hereof.
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(b) Concurrently
with the Closing, the Company shall obtain from those Persons
having any option, call, warrant, commitment or other right of any
character (including conversion or preemptive rights) (each an
“Option”) relating to the acquisition of any issued or
unissued capital stock or other securities of any Company Group
Member a waiver of such Option or a binding and unconditional
statement of non-exercise of such Option (the “Option
Waivers”), in writing and irrevocable.
(a) The
total purchase price for the Closing Shares payable to the
Stockholders (the “Purchase Price”) shall be paid to or
for the benefit of the Stockholders as the Stockholders shall
direct in writing. To the extent that the Stockholders direct that
certain amounts shall be paid on behalf of the Company, such
amounts shall be treated as capital contributions by the
Stockholders to the Company and then a payment by the Company. The
Purchase Price shall consist of (i) $116,617,000 (the “Cash
Purchase Price”), less (1) such amount as is required to
redeem the Preferred Stock and repay the Total Debt Amount,
including any interest, any prepayment penalty or premium and any
other obligation owing under the terms of any indebtedness for
money borrowed by the Company and not repaid at or prior to the
Closing), (2) the amount necessary to discharge and terminate
all Option Obligations pursuant to the terms of the Outstanding
Options (the “ Option Payment ”), (3) the
amount necessary to discharge and terminate all obligations
pursuant to the Phantom Stock Plan (the “ Phantom Stock
Payment ”), (4) the amount necessary to discharge
and terminate all obligations pursuant to the terms of the Company
Employee Bonus Plans (the “Bonus Plan Payments”),
(5) the Management Bonuses, (6) the *** Bonus,
(7) the Performance Bonus and (8) the Transaction
Expenses (the difference being referred to herein as the
“Closing Date Shares Purchase Price”), plus or minus,
as the case may be, any Adjustment Amount determined in accordance
with Section 2.4 hereof.
(b) Buyer
shall pay the Cash Purchase Price at the Closing as
follows:
(i) an
amount equal to the Closing Date Shares Purchase Price, less ***
(the “Closing Payment”) to the Stockholders in the
respective amounts set forth on Schedule 2.3
;
(ii) delivery
of *** in cash to the Escrow Agent in accordance with the Escrow
Agreement (such cash, together with any investment proceeds
thereon, is referred to herein as the “Escrow Funds”);
and
(iii) the
remainder of the Cash Purchase Price to allow the Seller Parties to
redeem the Preferred Stock and to discharge the Total Debt Amount,
the Option Payment, the Phantom Payment, the Bonus Plan Payments,
the Management Bonuses, the *** Bonus, the Performance Bonus and
the Transaction Expenses.
(c) The
payment of the cash obligations in Section 2.3(b)(i)
and 2.3(b)(ii) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds.
2.4 Closing
Date Purchase Price Adjustment .
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(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Buyer an
estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet (the “Estimated Closing
Date Balance Sheet”). If the Net Working Capital as reflected
on the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet (the “Estimated
Net Working Capital”) is (i) less than $8,864,474 (the
“Target Net Working Capital”), then the Purchase Price
shall be reduced by the amount of such difference or (ii) more
than the Target Net Working Capital, then the Purchase Price shall
be increased by the amount of such difference (in either case, such
difference is referred to herein as the “Adjustment
Amount”.) No adjustment to the Purchase Price under this
Section 2.4(a) shall be made at Closing in the event
the Estimated Net Working Capital equals the Target Net Working
Capital.
(b) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the
Buyer an estimate of the aggregate amount of the Income Tax
liabilities of the Company Group Members for all Tax periods
beginning on July 1, 2005, and ending on or before the Closing
Date, in all cases assuming that there is no deduction for the
amount of the *** (together, the “Compensation
Payments”) and, further, that any increase in Income Taxes as
a result thereof shall reduce such Income Tax liabilities as
appropriate (such assumptions, the “Hypothetical Income Tax
Assumptions”) (such estimate, the “Estimated Aggregate
Income Tax Liability”). The Purchase Price shall be increased
or decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis as follows:
(i) The
Purchase Price shall be increased to the extent *** (that is, the
aggregate amount of estimated tax payments, credits, and deposits
of the Company Group Members for Income Taxes for all Tax periods
beginning on July 1, 2005, and ending on or before the Closing
Date, all as set forth on Schedule 2.4 ) (the
“Aggregate Income Tax Paid”) exceeds the Estimated
Aggregate Income Tax Liability.
(ii) The
Purchase Price shall be decreased to the extent the Estimated
Aggregate Income Tax Liability exceeds the Aggregate Income Tax
Paid.
(c) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to the
Buyer an estimate of the aggregate amount of the Tax liabilities
other than Income Tax liabilities of the Company Group Members for
all Tax periods beginning on or after July 1, 2005, and ending
on or before the Closing Date and an estimate of the aggregate
amount of Pre-Closing Tax liabilities other than Income Tax
liabilities of the Company Group Members for that portion of all
Straddle Periods (as defined in Section 7.5(a)(iii) )
through and including the Closing Date as determined under
Section 7.5(a)(iii) (the “Estimated Pre-Closing
Non-Income Tax Liabilities”). The Purchase Price shall be
decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount of the
Estimated Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities.
2.5
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment .
(a) The
Purchase Price shall be decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis to
the extent that the Net Working Capital (the “Closing Date
Net Working Capital”) as set forth on a balance sheet (the
“Closing Date Balance Sheet”) prepared as of
the
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Closing Date
(the “Net Working Capital Valuation”), as determined by
Buyer’s independent accountants (“Buyer’s
Accountants”), shall be less than the lesser of (A) the
Target Net Working Capital and (B) the Estimated Net Working
Capital; or the Purchase Price shall be increased on a
dollar-for-dollar basis to the extent that the Closing Date Net
Working Capital, as determined by Buyer’s Accountants, shall
be more than the greater of (A) the Target Net Working Capital
and (B) the Estimated Net Working Capital. Buyer shall cause
Buyer’s Accountants to perform the Net Working Capital
Valuation within 30 days after the Closing Date. Within
10 days after the completion of the Net Working Capital
Valuation, Buyer shall give the Stockholders’ Representatives
notice (the “Working Capital Notice”) of the results of
the Net Working Capital Valuation and whether such results provide
for any increase or decrease in the Purchase Price. In the event
that the Working Capital Notice reflects an increase or decrease in
the Purchase Price, then, within 20 days of receipt of the Working
Capital Notice, or, in the alternative, within 20 days of the
final resolution of any dispute of the Net Working Capital
Valuation, the Stockholders shall pay to Buyer an amount equal to
the amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital is less
than the lesser of (A) the Target Net Working Capital and
(B) the Estimated Net Working Capital or Buyer shall pay to
the Stockholders an amount equal to the amount by which the Closing
Date Net Working Capital is more than the greater of (A) the
Target Net Working Capital and (B) the Estimated Net Working
Capital.
(b) Subject
to this Section 2.5(b) , the Net Working Capital
Valuation performed by Buyer’s Accountants shall be final,
binding and conclusive on the parties hereto. The
Stockholders’ Representatives may dispute the Net Working
Capital Valuation in the following manner. Within 10 days after the
Stockholders’ Representatives receives the Working Capital
Notice from Buyer, the Stockholders’ Representatives shall
give Buyer notice of any disagreement with the Net Working Capital
Valuation (the “Dispute Notice”), and such notice shall
specify in detail the nature of the disagreement. During the
20 days after the day on which any Dispute Notice is given,
the Stockholders’ Representatives and Buyer shall attempt to
resolve such dispute in good faith. If they fail to reach a written
agreement regarding the dispute, the Stockholders’
Representatives shall refer the matter to a firm of certified
independent accountants (the “Stockholders’
Accountants”) that is different from the firm that initially
prepared the Net Working Capital Valuation, and request the
Stockholders’ Accountants to also determine the Closing Date
Net Working Capital (the “Second Working Capital
Valuation”). Buyer shall be entitled to have its independent
accountants or other representatives observe the Second Working
Capital Valuation. The Stockholders’ Representatives shall
give Buyer prompt notice of the results of the Second Working
Capital Valuation. If Buyer and the Stockholders’
Representatives are unable to agree upon the Closing Date Net
Working Capital, the amounts remaining in dispute shall be
submitted to a third independent accounting firm of national
reputation mutually agreeable to Buyer and Stockholders’
Representatives for resolution (the “Third Accounting
Firm”), which firm shall, within 30 days after such
submission, determine and report to Buyer and Stockholders’
Representatives upon such remaining disputed amounts, and such
report shall be final, binding and conclusive on the Parties
hereto. The fees and disbursements of the Third Accounting Firm
shall be allocated among Buyer and the Stockholders so that
Stockholders’ share of such fees and disbursements shall be
in
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the same
proportion that the aggregate amount of such remaining disputed
amounts so submitted to the Third Accounting Firm that is
unsuccessfully disputed by Stockholders’ Representatives (as
finally determined by the Third Accounting Firm) bears to the total
amount of such remaining disputed amounts so submitted to the Third
Accounting Firm. Stockholders shall pay the fees portion of the
fees and expenses of the Third Accounting Firm for which they are
responsible, as well as the fees and expenses of
Stockholders’ Accountants, in connection with this
Section 2.5(b) . The resolution procedure set forth in
this Section 2.5(b) , including the standard for paying
costs, is referred to as the “Dispute Resolution
Procedure.”
(c) Any
rights accruing to any Party under this Section 2.5
shall be in addition to and independent of the rights to
indemnification under Section 10 and any payments made
to any Party under this Section 2.5 shall not be
subject to the requirements of Section 10 .
2.6
Additional Post-Closing Purchase Price
Adjustments.
(a) On
or prior to 90 calendar days after the delivery of the Tax
schedules, documents, and information to Stockholders as set forth
in Section 7.5(c) , the Stockholders shall deliver to
Buyer the aggregate amount of Income Tax liabilities of the Company
Group Members for all Tax periods beginning on July 1, 2005,
and ending on or before the Closing Date, in all cases calculated
using the Hypothetical Income Tax Assumptions (the “Final
Aggregate Income Tax Liability”) and the amount of the
“Income Tax Benefits” (as defined in
Section 2.6(b) below). The Purchase Price shall be
increased or decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis as
follows;
(i) The
Purchase Price shall be increased to the extent the Estimated
Aggregate Income Tax Liability exceeds the Final Aggregate Income
Tax Liability; or
(ii) The
Purchase Price shall be decreased to the extent the Final Aggregate
Income Tax Liability exceeds the Estimated Aggregate Income Tax
Liability.
Stockholders’ calculation of the Final
Aggregate Income Tax Liability shall be final, binding, and
conclusive on the Parties hereto unless the Buyer disputes such
calculation in accordance with Section 2.6(d)
.
(b) The
Purchase Price shall also be decreased on a dollar-for-dollar basis
to the extent that Income Tax benefits (“Income Tax
Benefits”) do not equal or exceed *** as a result of the
deduction for the amount of the Compensation Payments. Income Tax
Benefits for this purpose shall be equal to (i) the amount of
Current Income Tax Benefits plus (ii) the amount of Future
Income Tax Benefits. Current Income Tax Benefits shall be equal to
the difference between (x) the aggregate amount of Income Tax
liabilities of the Company Group Members for all Tax periods ending
on or before the Closing Date as set forth on
Schedule 2.6(b) , in all cases calculated using the
Hypothetical Income Tax Assumptions AND (y) the aggregate
amount of actual Income
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Tax liabilities
of the Company Group Members for all Tax periods ending on or
before the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 2.6(b)
(that is, the amount of the Compensation Payments are deductible as
contemplated herein and any net operating or other loss is carried
back to the full extent as permitted by Tax Law). Future Income Tax
Benefits shall be equal to the net operating or other loss or other
Income Tax attribute (if any) after carry back as described above
as a result of deducting such Compensation Payments multiplied by
the sum of (x) the highest marginal federal (i.e., 35%) plus
(y) the highest marginal applicable state and local Income Tax
rate in effect in each Company Group Member’s fiscal Tax year
beginning July 1, 2005 (for state or local Income Tax
purposes, any net operating or other loss carry forward shall be
computed using the apportionment factors for each applicable
Company Group Member’s fiscal Tax year the Compensation
Payments were deducted and the Income Tax rates shall be reduced by
multiplying such applicable state and local Income Tax rates by
65%). Stockholders’ calculation of the Income Tax Benefits
shall be final, binding, and conclusive on the Parties hereto
unless the Buyer disputes such calculation in accordance with
Section 2.6(d) .
(c) On
or prior to 90 calendar days after the delivery of the Tax
schedules, documents, and information to Stockholders as set forth
in Section 7.5(c) , the Stockholders shall deliver to
Buyer the aggregate amount of Tax liabilities other than Income Tax
liabilities of the Company Group Members for all Tax periods
beginning on July 1, 2005, and ending on or before the Closing
Date and the aggregate amount of Pre-Closing Tax liabilities other
than Income Tax liabilities of the Company Group Members for that
portion of all Straddle Periods through and including the Closing
Date as determined under Section 7.5(a)(iii) (the
“Final Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities”). The
Purchase Price shall be increased or decreased on a
dollar-for-dollar basis as follows:
(i) The
Purchase Price shall be increased to the extent the Estimated
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities exceeds the Final
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities; or
(ii) The
Purchase Price shall be decreased to the extent the Final
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities exceeds the Estimated
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities.
Stockholders’ calculation of the Final
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities shall be final, binding, and
conclusive on the Parties hereto unless the Buyer disputes such
calculation in accordance with Section 2.6(d)
.
(d) Within
15 days after Buyer receives the calculation of Final
Aggregate Income Tax Liability, the Income Tax Benefits, the Final
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities, Recomputed Aggregate Income
Tax Liability, and/or Recomputed Income Tax Benefits, Buyer shall
give Stockholders notice of any disagreement with the Final
Aggregate Income Tax Liability, the Income Tax Benefits, Final
Pre-Closing Non-Income Tax Liabilities, Recomputed Aggregate Income
Tax Liability, and/or Recomputed Income Tax Benefits, and such
notice shall specify in detail
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the nature of
the disagreement. Any such dispute shall then be resolved in a
manner using procedures similar to those set forth in
Section 2.5(b) .
(e) Any
increase or decrease in Purchase Price pursuant to this
Section 2.6 shall be paid by or refunded to the
Stockholders within 20 days of the later of the delivery of
such calculation to Buyer or final resolution of any dispute over
such calculation.
2.7 Additional
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustments for Income Tax Audits.
If the Internal Revenue Service or other state or local Income Tax
authority audits any Income Tax Return of any Company Group Member
for any Income Tax period ending on or before the Closing Date,
then within 20 days after receipt of the adjustments as
finally determined or agreed to (i.e., after such audit and any
subsequent Tax Proceedings (as defined in
Section 7.5(b) are completed and final), the
Stockholders shall recompute the Final Aggregate Income Tax
Liability (“Recomputed Aggregate Income Tax Liability”)
and the Income Tax Benefits (“Recomputed Income Tax
Benefits”) taking into account any adjustments as finally
determined or agreed to provided that Buyer materially complies
with its obligations set forth in Section 7.5 . If the
Recomputed Aggregate Income Tax Liability is different from the
Final Aggregate Income Tax Liability, then:
(i) The
Buyer shall pay the Stockholders the difference between the Final
Aggregate Income Tax Liability less the Recomputed Income Tax
Liability; or
(ii) The
Stockholders shall pay the Buyer the difference between the
Recomputed Aggregate Income Tax Liability less the Final Aggregate
Income Tax Liability, provided that Buyer materially complies with
its obligations set forth in Section 7.5 .
Stockholders
shall pay Buyer to the extent Recomputed Income Tax Benefits do not
equal or exceed the difference between (x) *** less (y) any
purchase price adjustment pursuant to Section 2.6(b) plus
any prior amounts paid pursuant to this paragraph, provided that
Buyer materially complies with its obligations set forth in
Section 7.5 . This Section 2.7 continues to
apply until all of the applicable statute of limitations for
assessing Income Taxes against any Company Group Member for all
Income Tax periods ending on or before the Closing Date have
expired. If after one payment is made under this
Section 2.7 , there are one or more subsequent Income
Tax audits, payments due hereunder shall be adjusted by all prior
payments made under this Section 2.7 .
Stockholders’ calculation(s) of the Recomputed Aggregate
Income Tax Liability and the Recomputed Income Tax Benefits shall
be final, binding, and conclusive on the Parties hereto unless the
Buyer disputes such calculation in accordance with
Section 2.6(d) . Any payment due hereunder shall be
paid within 20 days after final determination.
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3.1 Location,
Date . The closing for the Transactions (the
“Closing”) shall be held at the offices of Foley &
Lardner LLP in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 10:00 a.m. (local time)
as promptly as practicable (and in any event within three Business
Days) after the date on which there has been a satisfaction or
waiver of the conditions to the consummation of the Transactions
set forth in Sections 8 and 9 , but in any event
not later than May 1, 2006, (the “Termination
Date”), or at such other time, place or date as the Parties
may agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to
herein as the “Closing Date.” All of the actions to be
taken and documents to be executed and delivered at the Closing
(under this Agreement and including the Transaction Agreements)
shall be deemed to be taken, executed and delivered simultaneously,
and no such action, execution or delivery shall be effective until
all are complete, except as specifically provided herein. The
Closing shall be deemed to be effective as of the Effective
Time.
3.2
Deliveries . At the Closing, subject to the terms and
conditions contained herein, the Parties shall take the respective
actions specified below:
(a) Buyer
shall pay the Closing Payment to the Stockholders and the Escrow
Funds to the Escrow Agent in accordance with
Section 2.3 ;
(b) the
Stockholders shall deliver to Buyer the original stock certificates
representing the Closing Shares, duly endorsed for transfer to
Buyer or with separate stock transfer powers attached thereto and
signed in blank;
(c) the
Parties shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to each other
executed counterparts of the Non-Competition Agreements, the
Consulting Agreements, the Building Purchase Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents;
(d) the
Company shall deliver to Buyer a payoff letter or payoff letters,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer, executed by
each financial institution to which any Company Group Member is
obligated with respect to any portion of the Total Debt Amount,
together with original UCC termination statements and other lien
releases terminating all Encumbrances securing such amounts, and on
behalf of the Company Group Members, Buyer shall pay all such
amounts on the Closing Date;
(e) the
Company shall deliver to Buyer an Option Waiver, duly executed and
delivered by each holder of any Outstanding Options who received
the required payment therefor on or prior to the Closing Date, the
Company shall deliver to Buyer an officer’s certificate
certifying that the Option Payment has been made to such holders,
and such certificate shall be deemed a representation of the Seller
Parties for the purposes of Section 10, and on behalf
of the Stockholders the Buyer shall pay an amount equal to the
Option Payment to the Company;
(f) the
Bonus Plan Payments shall have been paid by the Company, the
Executive Loan shall have been repaid to the Company and all
employment agreements for any employee of any Company Group Member
shall have been
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terminated and
the Company shall deliver to Buyer an officer’s certificate
to such effect, and such certificate shall be deemed a
representation of the Seller Parties for the purposes of Section
10, and on behalf of the Stockholders the Buyer shall pay an
amount equal to the Bonus Plan Payments to the Company
;
(g) the
Seller Parties shall deliver to Buyer an officer’s
certificate certifying that (i) the Phantom Stock Payment and
the Performance Bonus have been paid in full, (ii) the
Management Bonuses and *** Bonuses have been paid in full,
(iii) the Derivative has been unwound and (iv) the
Preferred Stock has been fully redeemed and the capitalization of
the Company is as set forth on Schedule 4.4(b) , and
such certificate shall be deemed a representation of the Seller
Parties for the purposes of Section 10 , and on behalf
of the Stockholders the Buyer shall pay an amount equal to the
Phantom Stock Payment, the Performance Bonus, the Management
Bonuses, the *** Bonus and the Preferred Redemption Payment to the
Company;
(h) the
Seller Parties shall deliver to Buyer an officer’s
certificate representing the total amount of all Transaction
Expenses, and the Persons to whom such amounts are owed, and on
behalf of the Seller Parties or any Company Group Member, as the
case may be, Buyer shall pay such amounts to such Persons, and such
certificate shall be deemed a representation of the Seller Parties
for the purposes of Section 10;
(i) each
Stockholder and the Company shall deliver to Buyer a certificate to
the effect set forth in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 ,
and such certificate shall be deemed a representation of the Seller
Parties for the purposes of Section 10 ;
(j) Buyer
shall deliver to the Stockholders a certificate of an executive
officer of Buyer to the effect set forth in
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 , and such certificate
shall be deemed a representation of Buyer for the purposes of
Section 10 ;
(k) the
Seller Parties shall deliver to Buyer an opinion of Foley &
Lardner LLP, counsel to the Seller Parties, in substantially the
form of Exhibit F ;
(l) the
Seller Parties shall deliver to Buyer the Required Consents (or, in
lieu thereof, waivers) and all approvals and actions of, filings
with and notices to any Governmental Entity as necessary to permit
the Seller Parties to perform their obligations under this
Agreement, to enable Buyer to operate the Business as it was
operated on the date hereof and to consummate the Transactions, and
each such Required Consent, approval, filing or notice
(A) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Buyer, (B) shall not be subject to the satisfaction of any
condition that has not been satisfied or waived, and (C) shall
be in full force and effect;
(m) the
Seller Parties shall deliver resignations from each of the members
of the Board of Directors (and each committee thereof) and the
officers (in their capacity as officers) of each Company Group
Member;
(n) the
Seller Parties shall deliver the original minute books, stock
books, stock ledgers and the corporate seal of each Company Group
Member; and
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(o) the
Parties shall deliver to each other the respective agreements and
other documents and instruments, as well as good standing
certificates, certified resolutions, cross receipts and such other
items as may be reasonably requested.
3.3 Default at
Closing . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if
any Stockholder shall fail or refuse to deliver any of the Closing
Shares in breach of its obligations hereunder, Buyer may refuse to
complete the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby terminate
all of its obligations hereunder. Each Stockholder acknowledges
that the Closing Shares are unique and otherwise not available and
agrees that in addition to any other remedies, Buyer may invoke any
remedies available under applicable Law to enforce delivery of such
shares hereunder.
4.
Representations and Warranties of Seller Parties
.
As a material
inducement to Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to consummate
the transactions contemplated herein, the Seller Parties hereby
represent and warrant to Buyer, as of the date hereof and also at
and as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the
extent such representations and warranties speak as of a particular
date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be
made only as of such particular date) as follows:
4.1 Corporate
Status . Each Company Group Member (except for Tomah Products
Properties LLC) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing
and in Good Standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction in which it
was incorporated and is qualified to do business as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where it is required to be
qualified except where the failure of any Company to be so
qualified would not be material to such Company Group Member. Tomah
Products Properties LLC is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in Good Standing under the Laws of
the State of Wisconsin and is not qualified to do business in any
jurisdiction other than the State of Wisconsin. The Charter
Documents of each Company Group Member have been delivered to
Buyer, and such Charter Documents are effective as of the date
hereof under applicable Laws and are current, correct and
complete.
4.2
Authorization . Each Company Group Member has the requisite
power and authority to own such Company Group Member’s Assets
and to carry on such Company Group Member’s portion of the
Business. Each Seller Party has the requisite power and authority
to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is or
will be a party, and perform the Transactions performed or to be
performed by such Seller Party. Such execution, delivery and
performance by each Seller Party has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate or other action, including, where necessary,
approval by the stockholders or members of each such Seller Party.
Each Transaction Document executed and delivered by any Seller
Party has been duly executed and delivered by such Seller Party and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such Seller Party,
enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with its
terms.
4.3 Consent and
Approvals . Except as specified in Schedule 4.3
(collectively the “Required Consents”) and with respect
to the HSR Act, neither the execution and
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delivery by any
Seller Party of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party,
nor the performance of the Transactions performed or to be
performed by any Seller Party, require any filing, consent, notice,
registration, renegotiation or approval, constitute a Default or
cause any payment obligation to arise under (a) any Law or
Court Order to which any Stockholder or any Company Group Member is
subject, (b) the Charter Documents of any Stockholder or any
Company Group Member or (c) any Contract or Governmental
Permit to which any Stockholder or any Company Group Member is a
party or by which the material properties or other material Assets
of any Stockholder or Company Group Member may be bound.
4.4
Capitalization and Stock Ownership .
(a) As
of the date of this Agreement, the total authorized capital stock
of the Company consists of: (i) 1,854,000 shares of common
stock, consisting of (A) 618,000 shares of Series A
Common Stock, $.001 par value per share, of which 492,358 shares
are issued and outstanding on the date hereof, and
(B) 1,236,000 share of Series B Common Stock, $.001 par
value per share, of which 984,716 shares are issued and outstanding
on the date hereof, and (ii) 1000 shares of Series B
Preferred Stock, $.001 par value per share, of which 1000 shares
are issued and outstanding on the date hereof (all such outstanding
shares of Preferred Stock are referred to herein as the
“Preferred Stock”). Except as set forth on
Schedule 4.4 hereto, there are no existing options,
warrants, calls, commitments or other rights of any character
(including conversion or preemptive rights) relating to the
acquisition of any issued or unissued capital stock or other
securities of the Company.
(b)
Schedule 4.4 sets forth the name of each holder of any
option, warrant or other right to purchase any capital stock or
other securities of the Company (the “ Outstanding
Options ”), including the *** Options , as well as
the number of shares subject to purchase pursuant to any
Outstanding Options, the date of grant and the exercise price
therefor. Upon payment of the amounts set forth on the Closing
Statement with respect to Outstanding Options, all Outstanding
Options will have been terminated in accordance with the terms of
the governing Contract, and the Company shall have no further
obligation of any nature in connection therewith.
Schedule 4.4 sets forth all awards or grants made under
the Phantom Stock Plan. Upon payment of the amounts set forth on
the Closing Statement with respect to the Phantom Stock Plan, all
obligations under the Phantom Stock Plan will have been terminated
in accordance with the terms of the Phantom Stock Plan and any
other governing document, and the Company shall have no further
obligation of any nature in connection therewith.
(c) As
of the Closing, the total authorized capital stock of the Company
will consist of: (i) 1,854,000 shares of common stock, consisting
of (A) 618,000 shares of Series A Common Stock, $.001 par
value per share, of which 492,358 shares will be issued and
outstanding, and (B) 1,236,000 share of Series B Common
Stock, $.001 par value per share, of which 984,716 shares will be
issued and outstanding (all such outstanding shares of Common Stock
are referred to herein as the “Closing Shares”), and
(ii) 1000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, none of
which will be issued and outstanding on the Closing Date. Except as
set forth on Schedule 4.4 hereto, as of
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the Closing
Date, there will be no existing options, warrants, calls,
commitments or other rights of any character (including conversion
or preemptive rights) relating to the acquisition of any issued or
unissued capital stock or other securities of the
Company.
(d) All
of the Closing Shares are duly and validly authorized and issued
and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Stockholders are the
record and beneficial owners of all of the Closing Shares in the
respective amounts specified on Schedule 4.4 . The
Company has complied with all applicable Laws in connection with
the issuance of the Closing Shares, and none of the Closing Shares
was issued in violation of any Contract binding upon the Company.
There is no Contract among or between the Company and the
Stockholders, or any of them, relating to the Closing Shares,
including any restriction affecting transfer or voting rights or
any other incidents of record or beneficial ownership. Upon
completion of the Transactions at the Closing, Buyer will receive
valid title to all of the Closing Shares, free and clear of all
Encumbrances. At the time of such receipt, all of the Closing
Shares shall be freely transferrable except as limited by any
applicable securities Law.
4.5 Financial
Statements . Attached as Schedule 4.5 are correct
and complete copies of audited consolidated financial statements
for the Business at June 30, 2003, 2004, and 2005 and the
related statements of income and cash flows for the years then
ended. The Company has also delivered to Buyer an unaudited
consolidated balance sheet as of February 28, 2006, and the
related statements of income and cash flows for the eight months
then ended. All such financial statements are referred to herein
collectively as the “Financial Statements.” The
Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
(except that the unaudited financial statements do not have the
necessary footnotes and adjustments typically made at fiscal
year-end and which are consistent with past practice have not been
made) and are consistent in all material respects with the books
and records of the Company Group Members. The balance sheets
included in the Financial Statements present accurately the
financial position of the Company Group Members as of the dates
thereof. The profit and loss statements included in the Financial
Statements present accurately the results of the operations of the
Business for the periods indicated thereon, and reflect all costs
that historically have been incurred by the Business. The balance
sheet of the Company Group Members as of February 28, 2006
that is included in the Financial Statements is referred to herein
as the “Balance Sheet,” and the date thereof is
referred to as the “Balance Sheet Date.”
4.6 Title to
Assets and Related Matters . Each Company Group Member has good
title to, valid leasehold interests in or valid licenses to use,
all of its Assets, free from any Encumbrances except those
specified in Schedule 4.6 and Permitted Encumbrances.
The use of such Assets is not subject to any Encumbrances (other
than those specified in the preceding sentence). All tangible
personal property (other than Inventory) owned by any Company Group
Member is suitable for the purposes for which such Assets are used,
is structurally sound and in good working condition, reasonable
wear and tear and defects which, individually or in the aggregate,
do not interfere with the use thereof excepted, and is free from
any latent or patent defects. The Assets constitute all of the
Assets required for, or material to, the continued operation of the
Business by Buyer as operated by the Company Group Members during
the past 12
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months. The
Assets, taken as a whole, constitute all the assets relating to or
used or held for use in connection with the Business during the
past 12 months (except for such Assets that have been
acquired, sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of the
Company’s business consistent with past practice. There are
no Assets used in the operation of the Business that are owned by
any Person other than a Company Group Member that are not licensed
or leased to a Company Group Member under valid, current license
arrangements or leases.
4.7 Real
Property . Schedule 4.7 lists all real estate used
in the operation of the Business as well as any other real estate
owned or leased by any Company Group Member, and the improvements
(including buildings and other structures) located on such real
estate (collectively, the “Real Property”), and lists
any leases under which any such Real Property is possessed (the
“Real Estate Leases”). Each Company Group Member has
good and marketable title, subject to Permitted Encumbrances, to
all of its Real Property. All Real Property owned by any Company
Group Member is suitable for the purpose for which it is used, is
structurally sound and in good working condition, reasonable wear
and tear and defects which, individually or in the aggregate, do
not interfere with the use thereof excepted, and such use does not
encroach on the property or rights of anyone else. Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.7 , no Company Group Member or any
Affiliate thereof has any ownership interest in any real property
used in the Business. Schedule 4.7 also accurately
describes any other real estate previously owned, leased or
otherwise operated by any Company Group Member or any predecessor
thereof and the time periods of any such ownership, lease or
operation. All of the Real Property (a) is usable in the
ordinary course of business and is in good operating condition and
repair, reasonable wear and tear and defects which, individually or
in the aggregate, do not interfere with the use thereof excepted
and (b) conforms, in all material respects, with any
applicable Laws relating to its construction, use and operation.
The Real Property complies with applicable zoning Laws. Each
Company Group Member, or, to the Company’s knowledge, the
landlord of any Real Property leased by any Company Group Member,
has obtained all licenses and rights-of-way from Governmental
Entities or private parties that are necessary to ensure vehicular
and pedestrian ingress and egress to and from the Real Property.
Each Real Estate Lease is in full force and effect and, except as
set forth on Schedule 4.7 , has not been assigned,
modified, supplemented or amended and, to the Company’
knowledge, neither landlord nor tenant under any such lease is in
Default under any such lease, and no circumstance or set of facts
exist which, with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both,
would permit landlord or tenant to terminate any such
lease.
4.8 Certain
Personal Property . Schedule 4.8 is a list of all
fixed Assets of each Company Group Member having a carrying value
of at least $10,000. Except as specified in Schedule 4.8 ,
since the Balance Sheet Date, no Company Group Member has acquired
any items of tangible personal property that have a carrying value
in excess of $10,000. All of such personal property included in
Schedule 4.8 is, and any such personal property
acquired after the date hereof in accordance with
Section 6.1 will be, usable in the ordinary course of
business, and conforms and will conform with any applicable Laws
relating to its construction, use and operation. Except for those
items subject to the Non-Real Estate Leases, no Person other than
the Company Group
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Members owns
any vehicles, equipment or other tangible assets located on the
Real Property that have been used in the Business or that are
necessary for the operation of the Business.
4.9 Non-Real
Estate Leases . Schedule 4.9 lists all assets and
property used in the Business (other than Real Property and
Intellectual Property) that are possessed by the Company Group
Members under an existing lease, including all trucks, automobiles,
forklifts, machinery, equipment, furniture and computers, except
for any lease under which the aggregate annual payments are less
than $15,000 (each, an “Immaterial Lease”).
Schedule 4.9 also lists the leases under which such
assets and property listed in Schedule 4.9 are
possessed. All of such leases (excluding Immaterial Leases) are
referred to herein as the “Non-Real Estate
Leases.”
4.10 Accounts
Receivable . The Accounts Receivable (net of any reserve shown
on the Balance Sheet) of the Company Group Members are bona fide
Accounts Receivable created in the ordinary course of business. To
the Company’s knowledge, all of the Accounts Receivable are
collectible within 90 days from the respective dates of sale.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.10 , there are no setoffs,
counterclaims or disputes asserted or conditions precedent to
payment therefor with respect to any such Accounts Receivable, and
no setoff, counterclaim, dispute, discount or allowance from any
such Accounts Receivable has been made or agreed to. The Company
Group Members know of no facts or circumstances (other than general
economic conditions) that are likely to result in any material
increase in the uncollectability of such Accounts
Receivable.
4.11
Inventory . Except as described in Schedule 4.11
, all Inventory (net of any reserve shown on the Balance Sheet)
consists of a quality and quantity usable and salable in the
ordinary course of business, except for obsolete items and items of
below-standard quality, all of which have been written off or
written down to net realizable value in the Balance Sheet. Such
Inventory is recorded in the Financial Statements in accordance
with GAAP at the lower of average cost or market value.
Schedule 4.11 also specifies that portion of the
Inventory that consists of reworked items. The quantities of each
class of Inventory (whether raw materials, work-in-process, or
finished goods) are not excessive, but are reasonable in the
present circumstances and consistent with historical amounts of the
Company Group Members.
4.12
Liabilities . The Company Group Members have no Liabilities,
other than (a) Liabilities specified in Schedule 4.12 ,
(b) Liabilities adequately reflected and reserved against in
the Balance Sheet (except as heretofore paid or discharged),
(c) current Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course since
the Balance Sheet Date, or (d) executory Liabilities under any
Contracts that are specifically disclosed in
Schedule 4.16 (or not required to be disclosed because
of the term or amount involved) that were not required under GAAP
to have been specifically disclosed or reserved for on the Balance
Sheet.
4.13 Taxes
. Except as set forth in Schedule 4.13: (i) each
of the Company Group Members has filed all Tax Returns that it was
required to file. All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in
all material respects. All Taxes due and owing by
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any of the
Company Group Members (as shown on any Tax Return) have been paid.
None of the Company Group Members currently is the beneficiary of
any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. With
regards to tax periods beginning on or after July 1, 2000 but
before the date hereof, no claim has been made by a Governmental
Entity in a jurisdiction where any of the Company Group Members
does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation
by that jurisdiction.; (ii) each Company Group Member has
withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid
in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee,
independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other third
party. There is no dispute or claim concerning any Tax Liability of
any of the Company Group Members either (A) claimed or raised
by any Governmental Entity in writing or (B) to the knowledge
of the Company based upon personal contact with any agent of such
Governmental Entity. Schedule 4.13 lists all Tax
Returns filed with respect to any of the Company Group Members for
taxable periods ended on or after June 30, 2000, indicates
those Tax Returns that have been audited, and indicates those Tax
Returns that currently are the subject of audit. The Seller Parties
have delivered to Buyer correct and complete copies of all Tax
Returns, examination reports, and statements of deficiencies
assessed against or agreed to by any of the Company Group Members
since June 30, 2000; (iv) except as shown on
Schedule 4.13 , none of the Company Group Members has
waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to
any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency. None of the Company Group Members has been a United
States real property holding corporation within the meaning of Code
§897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in Code
§897(c)(1)(A)(ii). None of the Company Group Members has taken
any position on its federal income Tax Returns nor has any Company
Group Member conducted its Tax affairs in a manner that could give
rise to an accuracy-related penalty on underpayments within the
meaning of Code §6662. None of the Company Group Members has
had a reportable transaction understatement that could give rise to
an accuracy-related penalty on underpayments within the meaning of
Code §6662A. None of the Company Group Members is a party with
any other Company Group Member to any Income Tax allocation or
sharing agreement. None of the Company Group Members (A) has
been a member of an affiliated group (as defined by Code
§1504(a)) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return
(other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or
(B) has any Liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than
any of the Company Group Members) under Reg. §1.1502-6 (or any
similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee
or successor, by contract, or otherwise; (vi) the reserve for
Tax Liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax
income) set forth on the face of the June 30, 2005 balance
sheet (rather than in any notes thereto) was fairly stated in
accordance with GAAP and the unpaid Taxes of the Company Group
Members do not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of
time through the date hereof in accordance with the past custom and
practice of the Company Group Members in filing their Tax Returns;
(vii) none of the Company Group Members will be required to
include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction
from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion
the
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