STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
SPEEDEMISSIONS, INC.
JUST, INC.
AND
MICHAEL DUNCAN
STEVE MALMGREN
DATED: September 7th,
2005
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
September 7th, 2005, effective as of September 1, 2005, is entered
into by and among Speedemissions, Inc., a Florida corporation (the
“ Purchaser ”), Just, Inc., a Utah corporation
d/b/a Just Emissions & Inspections (the “ Company
”) and Michael Duncan and Steve Malmgren (collectively, the
“ Seller ”).
RECITALS
A. The Company owns and operates automotive
emissions and safety testing facilities regulated under the State
Implementation Plans of Utah (the “ Business
”);
B. The Seller owns of record and beneficially all
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company
(the “Company Shares”); and
C. The Seller desires to sell to the Purchaser,
and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Seller, the Company
Shares, for cash and shares of common stock of Purchaser in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto intending to be legally bound do
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
PURCHASE AND SALE OF
SHARES
The Seller hereby sells, assigns, transfers,
conveys and delivers to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby
purchases from the Seller, the Company Shares free and clear of all
Liens. The purchase and sale of the Company Shares and the
consummation of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (the “ Closing ”) shall occur at 12:00
noon., on September 7, 2005, or at such other time or on such other
date as the Seller and the Purchaser shall agree, (the “
Closing Date ”). At the Closing, the Seller shall
deliver to the Purchaser one or more stock certificates
representing the Company Shares together with validly completed
stock powers and other instruments of transfer and the Purchaser
shall pay the Seller the Purchase Price. It is the parties’
intent that the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed
effective for all purposes as of September 1, 2005.
1.2
Purchase Price
. Purchaser shall pay to Seller as
the aggregate consideration for the Company Shares of the following
consideration (the “Purchase Price”) cash in the form
of a transfer of immediately available funds in an amount equal to
US $2,200,000 due and payable at the Closing. Furthermore,
Purchaser shall pay to Seller, not later than September 7, 2006:
(i) US$100,000, and (ii) such number of shares of common stock of
Purchaser as shall be equivalent to US $200,000 calculated by
dividing 200,000 by the average closing price for shares of
Purchaser on the OTC BB during the five (5) business days prior to
September 7, 2005 (“Purchaser’s
Shares”).
ARTICLE 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE SELLER
Each Seller, jointly and severally, represents
and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
The Company is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State
of Utah with full corporate power and authority to carry on its
business, and to own, operate and lease its properties and assets.
The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction in
which the conduct of its business, the ownership, or lease of its
properties and assets require it to be so qualified or licensed
except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed would not
have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. True, complete and correct
copies of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws, and all foreign qualifications and licenses, as in effect
on the date of this Agreement have been made available to the
Purchaser (the “Organizational Documents”). Seller will
not take any action after the date of this Agreement to amend or
otherwise modify the Organizational Documents prior to
Closing.
2.2
Capitalization; Title
.
The authorized shares of capital stock of the
Company consist of One Million Five Hundred Thousand (1,500,000)
shares of common stock $1.00 par value (the “Company Common
Stock”) of which One Million Four Hundred Eighty-nine
Thousand (1,489,000) are issued and outstanding and owned by the
Seller and constitute the Company Shares. All the shares of Company
Common Stock have been duly and validly authorized and issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable. There are no outstanding
subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights, securities,
(including, without limitation, convertible securities), Contracts,
commitments, trusts (voting or otherwise), understandings or
arrangements of any kind by which the Company is bound to issue any
additional shares of capital stock or rights pursuant to which any
Person has a right to purchase shares of the Company’s
capital stock (collectively, a “ Company Option
”). Seller owns all of the Company Shares. Neither the Seller
nor any of its Affiliates is a party to any Contract, commitment,
understanding or arrangement by which any of them is bound or
obligated to transfer or assign to any Person any interest,
economic or otherwise, in any of the Company Common Stock to any
Person. There are no outstanding proxies, agreements, or
understandings with respect to the voting of the shares of the
Company Common Stock. Upon payment of the Purchase Price to the
Seller at the Closing, the Seller will convey good and marketable
title to the Company Shares to the Purchaser, free and clear of all
Liens. The assignments, endorsements, powers and other instruments
of transfer delivered by the Seller to the Company at the Closing
will be sufficient to transfer the Seller’s entire interest,
legal and beneficial, in the Company Shares. The Company has no
Subsidiaries.
Each of the Seller and the Company has all
requisite corporate power and authority to execute, perform and
deliver this Agreement and the Collateral Agreements to which it
will be a party and to effect and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and
performance by each of the Seller and the Company of this Agreement
has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and the
execution, delivery and performance by each of the Seller and the
Company, as applicable, of the Collateral Agreements to which it
will be a party will be duly authorized by all requisite corporate
action. No other proceedings by either the Seller or the Company
are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby and, after the due authorization of the
Collateral Agreements, no other proceedings will be necessary to
authorize the Collateral Agreements to which either the Seller, or
the Company will be a party and the transactions contemplated
thereby. This Agreement is and the Collateral Agreements to which
the Seller, or the Company will be a party when duly executed and
delivered will be valid and legally binding obligations of the
Seller and the Company, as applicable, enforceable against the
Seller or the Company, as applicable, in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement of the
rights and remedies created hereby and thereby may be affected by
bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency and similar Laws
of general application affecting the rights and remedies of
creditors and by general equity principles.
(a) Except for Required Consents, the execution,
delivery and performance by each of the Seller and the Company, as
applicable, of this Agreement and the Collateral Agreements to
which the Seller, or the Company will be a party and the
fulfillment of and compliance with the terms hereof by each of the
Seller and the Company, as applicable, do not and will not (i)
conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
provisions of, (ii) cause Purchaser or the Company to become liable
for any Taxes, (ii) constitute a default or event of default under
(with due notice, lapse of time or both), (iii) result in the
creation of any Lien upon the Company’s properties or assets
or any of the Company Shares pursuant to, (iv) give any third party
the right to accelerate any obligation under, or (v) result in a
violation of: (A) the organizational documents of the Seller or the
Company, (B) any applicable Law, or otherwise give Governmental
Entity the right or power to revoke, suspend, withdraw, cancel,
terminate or modify any governmental authorization, license or
permit held by the Company or relating to the Company’s
business or assets, (C) any Order or Permit to which the Seller or
the Company, or their respective assets, is subject or (D) any
Contract to which the Seller, the Company or their respective
properties are subject, so as to reasonably be expected to have a
Seller Material Adverse Effect or prevent or delay the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Collateral Agreements. Each of the Seller and the Company, as
applicable, has complied with all applicable regulations and Orders
in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and will so comply in connection with the Collateral
Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
(b) No consent, approval, order or authorization of,
or registration, declaration or filing with, or notice to any
Person is required to be obtained, made or taken by the Seller, or
the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Collateral Agreements or for the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby by the Seller, or
the Company, except for (i) consents or approvals of third parties,
(ii) the Required Consents (as set forth in Schedule 2.4(b)) and
(iii) such consents, approvals, orders, authorizations,
registrations, declarations or filings the failure of which to be
obtained or made, individually or in the aggregate, would not have
a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
2.5
Financial Statements
.
(a) True and complete copies of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2003
and December 31, 2004 and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal years then ended
(the “ Year-End Financial Statements ”) have
been delivered to the Purchaser. The Year-End Financial Statements
have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present the
consolidated assets, liabilities and financial position of the
Company at the indicated dates and the result of operations and
cash flows for the periods then ended.
(b) True and complete copies of the unaudited
consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of May 31, 2005 and
the related unaudited consolidated statements of income as of and
for the period then ended (the “ Current Financial
Statements ” and together with the Year-End Financial
Statements are referred to as the “ Financial
Statements ”), have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
and present fairly the consolidated assets, liabilities and
financial position of the Company at such date and the results of
operations for the fiscal quarter then ended subject to normal
recurring year-end adjustments but do not contain footnote
disclosure that if presented, would not differ materially from
those contained in the Year-End Financial Statements.
(c) As of the Closing, the Company has no
liabilities, whether accrued or contingent, known or unknown, or
otherwise other than those shown on the Closing
Statement.
2.6
Absence of Certain
Changes .
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.6 ,
since December 31, 2004, the Company has conducted and operated the
Business in the ordinary course. Since such date, there has not
been any Seller Material Adverse Effect relating to the assets,
operations, liabilities, business, financial condition, or
prospects of the Company, and nothing exists or is contemplated or
threatened which the Seller reasonably believes is likely to cause
such a Seller Material Adverse Effect in the future.
(a)
Schedule 2.7(a)
contains a true and complete list of
each of the following Contracts or other arrangements (true and
complete copies or, if none, reasonably complete and accurate
written descriptions of which, together with all amendments and
supplements thereto and all waivers of any terms thereof, have been
delivered by the Seller to Purchaser prior to the execution of this
Agreement), to which the Company is a party or by which any of the
Assets or Properties of the Company is bound, and which
individually involve the payment, or potential payment, pursuant to
the terms of such Contract, by or to the Company, in one
transaction or a series of transactions, of more than $5,000 (a
“ Material Contract ”).
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.7(b)
and except for delivery obligations not more than thirty (30) days
past due, the Company has performed in all material respects all
obligations required to be performed by it and is not in default in
any material respect under or in breach of nor in receipt of any
written notice of any claim of default or breach under any Material
Contract to which it is subject and no event has occurred which
with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
result in a default, breach or event of non-compliance by it under
any Material Contract to which it is subject except for breaches,
failures of performance or defaults that, individually or in the
aggregate, would not have a Seller Material Adverse Effect. Seller
has no knowledge of any existing material breach or anticipated
material breach by the other parties to any such Material Contract
to which the Company is a party.
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.8(a)
hereto, there is no Claim pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Seller, threatened against the Company or the Company which, if
adversely determined, may have a Seller Material Adverse Effect or
which challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially
delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the Collateral Agreements.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.8(b) no
action, demand, requirement or investigation by any Governmental
Entity and no suit, action or proceeding by any person, in each
case with respect to the Company or its properties, is pending or,
to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened, other than, in each
case, those the outcome of which individually or in the aggregate
may have a Seller Material Adverse Effect or which as of the date
hereof challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or materially
delay the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(c) To the knowledge of the Seller, there exists no
fact or circumstance that may give rise to or serve as the basis
for any Claim or other legal proceeding.
(d) Except as disclosed on
Schedule 2.8(d) , neither the Seller nor the Company, nor
any of their respective shareholders, directors, officers and
employees, is subject to any Order relating in whole or in part to
the Company’s business, assets and properties.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.9(a) ,
the Company has timely filed, or had filed on its behalf, all
material Tax Returns as to the Company (collectively, the “
Company Tax Returns ”) required to be filed with
regard to all taxes, including without limitation, net or gross
income, property, personal property (tangible and intangible),
franchise, withholding, payroll, employment, unemployment, social
security and Medicare (including interest, additions to tax and
penalties) (collectively “ Taxes ”). All Company
Tax Returns are complete and accurate in all material respects. All
Taxes applicable for all periods prior to and including the Closing
Date have been fully paid or fully reserved against in accordance
with GAAP; all Taxes (applicable to the Company) which are required
to be with-held or collected by the Company and the Seller have
been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required, have
been timely paid to the proper Federal, state, foreign or local
authorities (“ Taxing Authorities ”) or properly
segregated or deposited as required by applicable Laws. There are
no Liens for Taxes upon any property or assets of the Company,
except for Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable. The charges,
accruals and reserves for Taxes on the books of the Company are
adequate and are at least equal to the Company’s liability
for Taxes.
(b) With respect to the Company Tax Returns, the
Seller and the Company are is not aware of any (i) judicial or
administrative proceedings, examinations, audits, or written
requests for information currently pending by or with any Taxing
Authority and (ii) issues or unpaid deficiencies relating to such
proceedings. The items relating to the business, properties or
operations of the Company on the Tax Returns filed by the Company
or the Seller as the parent of an affiliated group of which the
Company and the Seller are members for all taxable years since the
Seller has owned the Company (including the supporting schedules
filed therewith), state accurately the information requested with
respect to the Company and such information was derived from the
Company’s books and records. All Tax Returns files by the
Company and the Seller are true, correct and complete.
(c) No power of attorney has been granted by the
Company or any related party with respect to any matter relating to
Taxes of the Company which is currently in force except as set
forth on Schedule 2.9(c) .
(d) Neither the Company nor any related party has
executed any waiver of the statute of limitations on the right of
the IRS or any other Taxing Authority to assess or collect
additional Taxes from the Company or to contest the income or loss
or any other item with respect to any Company Tax
Return.
(e) Neither the Company nor any related party has
taken any action in anticipation of the Closing not expressly
required by this Agreement, and not in accordance with past
practice that would have the effect of deferring any material
liability for Taxes of the Company to any period (or portion
thereof) ending after the Closing Date without disclosing the
nature and amount of such deferral to the Purchaser.
2.10
Compliance with Law and
Applicable Government Regulations .
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.10 :
(i) the Company is, and at all times since June 30, 2000 has been,
in full compliance with all applicable Laws and hold all permits,
licenses, variances, exemptions, orders, registrations and
approvals of all Governmental Entities (the
“Permits” ) that are required to own, lease or
operate their assets and to carry on their businesses,; and (ii)
the Company is, and at all times since June 30, 2000 has been, in
full compliance in all respects with the terms of the Permits and
all applicable Laws. The Company has not received, at any time
since June 30, 2000, any notice or other communication, whether
oral or written, from any Governmental Entity or any other Person
regarding: (A) any actual, alleged, possible or potential violation
of any Laws, or (2) any actual, alleged, possible or potential
obligation on the part of the Company to undertake, or to bear all
or any portion of the cost of any remedial action of any
nature.
(b) Schedule 2.10(b)
contains a complete and accurate list of each Permit that is held
by the Company or otherwise relates to the business of, or to any
of the assets owned or used by, the Company. The Company or the
Seller has provided the Purchaser with true, correct and complete
copies of all Permits. No event has occurred or circumstance exists
that may (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute
or result directly or indirectly in a violation of or a failure to
comply with any term or requirement of any Permit listed or
required to be listed in Schedule 2.10(b) , or (B) result
directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, or termination of, or any modification to, any Permit
listed or required to be listed in Schedule 2.10(b) ,
including entering into and consummating the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
2.11
Environmental Matters
.
(a) The Company is, and at
all times has been, in full compliance with, and has not been and
is not in violation of or liable under, any Environmental Law.
Neither the Seller nor the Company has any basis to expect, nor has
any of them or any other Person for whose conduct they are or may
be held to be responsible received, any actual or threatened order,
notice, or other communication from (i) any Governmental Entity or
private citizen acting in the public interest, or (ii) the current
or prior owner or operator of any of the Company’s locations,
of any actual or potential violation or failure to comply with any
Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened obligation to
undertake or bear the cost of any Liabilities with respect to any
of the locations or any other properties or assets (whether real,
personal, or mixed) in which Seller or the Company has had an
interest, or with respect to any property or Facility at or to
which Hazardous Materials were generated, manufactured, refined,
transferred, imported, used, or processed by Seller, the Company or
any other Person for whose conduct they are or may be held
responsible, or from which Hazardous Materials have been
transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed,
recycled, or received.
(b) There are no Claims
pending, or, to the best knowledge of the Seller, threatened
against the Company, which assert any claim or seek any remedial
action in connection with any Environmental Laws or other
restrictions of any nature, resulting from or arising under or
pursuant to any Environmental Law, with respect to or affecting any
of the Company’s locations or any other properties and assets
(whether real, personal, or mixed) in which Seller or the Company
has or had an interest.
(c) Except for those matters
that, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company’s properties are
subject to any on-going investigation by, order from or agreement
with any Person relating to (i) any Environmental Law or (ii) any
remedial action arising from the release or threatened release of a
Hazardous Substance into the environment;
(d) The Company is not
subject to any Order alleging or addressing a violation of, or
liability under, any Environmental Law;
(e) The Company has not
received any written notice to the effect that it is or may be
liable to any Person as a result of the release or threatened
release of a Hazardous Substance.
2.12
Title and Related
Matters . Schedule
2.12 contains a complete and accurate list of all real
property, leaseholds, or other interests therein owned by the
Company. The Company owns all of the properties and assets (whether
real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible) that
they purport to own located in the facilities owned or operated by
the Company or reflected as owned in the books and records of the
Company, including all of the properties and assets reflected in
the Financial Statements, and all of the properties and assets
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company since May 31, 2005
(except for personal property acquired and sold since May 31, 2005
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice). All properties and assets reflected in the Financial
Statements are free and clear of all Liens and are not, in the case
of real property, subject to any rights of way, building use
restrictions, exceptions, variances, reservations, or limitations
of any nature. As of the Closing, the Company’s bank accounts
shall have balances set forth on a closing statement to be executed
by the Purchaser and the Seller. Furthermore, the Company has
inventory of certificates and stickers having a value of not less
than $2,500 on hand at its stores as of the Closing
Date.
2.13
Condition and Sufficiency of
Assets . The buildings,
furniture, computers, structures, fixtures and equipment of the
Company are structurally sound, are in good operating condition and
repair, and are adequate for the uses to which they are being put,
and none of such assets is in need of maintenance or repairs except
for ordinary, routine maintenance and repairs that are not material
in nature or cost. The buildings, furniture, computers, structures,
fixtures and equipment of the Company are sufficient for the
continued conduct of the Company’s business after the Closing
in substantially the same manner as conducted prior to the
Closing.
2.14
Accounts Receivable
. All accounts receivable of the
Company that are reflected on the Financial Statements or on the
accounting records of the Company as of the Closing Date
(collectively, the "Accounts Receivable") represent or will
represent valid obligations arising from sales actually made or
services actually performed in the ordinary course of business.
Unless paid prior to the Closing Date, the Accounts Receivable are
or will be as of the Closing Date current and collectible net of
the respective reserves shown on the Financial Statements or on the
accounting records of the Company as of the Closing Date which
reserves are adequate and calculated consistent with past practice
and, in the case of the reserve as of the Closing Date, will not
represent a greater percentage of the Accounts Receivable as of the
Closing Date than the reserve reflected in the Current Financial
Statements represented of the Accounts Receivable reflected therein
and will not represent a material adverse change in the composition
of such Accounts Receivable in terms of aging. Subject to such
reserves, each of the Accounts Receivable either has been or will
be collected in full, without any set-off, within ninety days after
the day on which it first becomes due and payable. There is no
contest, claim, or right of set-off, other than returns in the
ordinary course of business, under any Contract with any obligor of
an Accounts Receivable relating to the amount or validity of such
Accounts Receivable. Schedule 2.14 contains a complete and
accurate list of all Accounts Receivable as of the date of the
Current Financial Statements, which list sets forth the aging of
such Accounts Receivable.
(a)
Schedule 2.15(a)
contains a complete and accurate
list, as of the date hereof, of the Leased Premises which list
identifies the parcels of real property leased by the Company and
the 2004 revenue generated by each such parcel as a percentage of
the 2004 revenue of the Company. The Purchaser has been provided
with a complete and correct copy of each Lease. Each Lease is in
full force and effect and, to the Seller’s best knowledge,
the Company has not violated, and the landlord has not waived, any
of the material terms or conditions of any Lease and, to the
Seller’s best knowledge, all the material covenants to be
performed by the Company and the landlord under each Lease have
been performed in all material respects. Each of the Leased
Premises is in good operating condition for its current use and
operation in the Business.
(b) The Company does not own any real
property.
2.16
Brokers and Finders
.
Neither the Seller nor the Company has employed
any broker, agent or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage fees, agents’ commissions or finders’ fees in
connection with the transactions contemplated herein.
2.17
Intellectual Property
.
(a) Except as set forth as Schedule 2.17(a) ,
the Company owns all of the service marks and trademarks used in
the Business (collectively the “ Intellectual Property
”). The Seller or an Affiliate has a valid right to grant the
licenses to the service marks and trademarks that it is licensing
to the Purchaser pursuant to the Intellectual Property Agreement
(collectively, the “ Licensed Intellectual Property
”).
(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.17(b)
:
(i) To the knowledge of the Seller, the Intellectual
Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property constitutes all the
intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights owned by
or licensed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company for use
in the Business. To the knowledge of the Seller, there exist no
restrictions on the disclosure, use or transfer of the Intellectual
Property (other than the restrictions imposed in the Intellectual
Property Agreement). The consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not alter, impair or extinguish
any Intellectual Property.
(ii) To the knowledge of the Seller, none of the
acquired Intellectual Property material to the operation of the
Business has been adjudged invalid or unenforceable in whole or
part.
2.18
Benefit Plans;
Employees .
(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.18(a) ,
with respect to all Business Employees, the Seller does not
currently maintain, contribute to or have any liability under any
Benefit Plan. With respect to each of the Benefit Plans identified
on Schedule 2.18(a) , the Seller has made available to the
Purchaser true and complete copies of the most recent summary plan
or other written description, as well as all personnel, payroll,
and employment manuals and policies. Each Benefit Plan listed on
Schedule 2.18(a) has been operated in compliance with ERISA,
the Internal Revenue Code and other applicable Laws. Each Benefit
Plan which is an “employee pension benefit plan” within
the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA (“ Pension Plan
”) and which is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a)
of the Code, has received a favorable determination letter from the
Internal Revenue Service and the Seller is not aware of any
circumstances likely to result in revocation of any such favorable
determination letter. Other than obligations, arrangements, and
practices that are listed on Schedule 2.18(a) , the Company
has no employee benefit plans, pension plans, welfare plans, or
other obligations, arrangements, or customary practices, whether or
not legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary, as
compensation for services rendered, to present or former directors,
employees, or agents,. Each Benefit Plan can be terminated within
thirty (30) days without payment of any additional contribution or
amount and without the vesting or acceleration of any benefits
promised by such Benefit Plan.
(b) The Company has never been nor is it currently a
party to any collective bargaining or other labor Contract. There
is not presently pending or existing, and to the Seller’s
knowledge there is not threatened, (i) any strike, slowdown,
picketing, or work stoppage, or (ii) any application for
certification of a collective bargaining agent. Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.18(b) , none of Business Employees is covered
by any union, collective bargaining or other similar labor
agreement.
(c) Schedule 5.2(a)
contains a complete and accurate list of the information contained
thereon for the Business Employees.
(d) No Business Employee of
the Company is a party to, or is otherwise bound by, any agreement
or arrangement, including any confidentiality, noncompetition, or
proprietary rights agreement, between such employee or director and
any other Person ("Proprietary Rights Agreement") that in any way
adversely affects or will affect (i) the performance of his duties
as an employee of the Company, or (ii) the ability of the Company
to conduct its business, including any Proprietary Rights Agreement
with Seller or the Company by any such employee. To the best of
Seller’s knowledge, no officer or other key employee of the
Company intends to terminate his employment the Company.
2.19
Absence of Certain Changes and
Events .
Except as set forth in Schedule 2.19 ,
since the date of the Current Financial Statements, the Company has
conducted its businesses only in the ordinary course of business
and there has not been any:
(a) change in the Company's
authorized or issued capital stock; grant of any stock option or
right to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company; issuance
of any security convertible into such capital stock; grant of any
registration rights; purchase, redemption, retirement, or other
acquisition by the Company of any shares of any such capital stock;
or declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution or
payment in respect of shares of capital stock;
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