STOCK PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS
AGREEMENT (this
"Agreement") is made and entered into as of January 25 ,
2005, by and among IFT CORPORATION , a Delaware
corporation (the "Purchaser"), LAPOLLA INDUSTRIES,
INC. , an Arizona corporation (the "Company"), and
BILLI JO HAGAN, AS TRUSTEE OF THE BILLI JO HAGAN TRUST,
DATED OCTOBER 6, 2003 (the
"Shareholder").
RECITALS
A. The Shareholder
owns all of the outstanding capital stock (the "Shares") of the
Company.
B. This Agreement
contemplates a transaction in which the Purchaser will purchase
from the Shareholder, and the Shareholder will sell to the
Purchaser, all of the outstanding capital stock of the Company in
return for cash and shares of the Purchaser.
NOW,
THEREFORE , the
parties agree as follows:
1.
Sale and Purchase of the Shares .
1.1.
Transfer of the Shares . The Shareholder agrees to sell the Shares
to the Purchaser, free and clear of all security interests,
pledges, liens, mortgages, title restrictions, charges and other
encumbrances of any kind (collectively, "Liens"). The Purchaser
agrees to purchase and accept the Shares from the
Shareholder.
1.2.
Consideration for the Shares . The consideration for the Shares (the
"Purchase Price") shall be Two Million and No/Dollars
($2,000,000.00), plus shares of the Purchaser, payable by Purchaser
as follows:
(a) Deposit .
Immediately upon the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser shall
pay to the Shareholder Two Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars
($200,000.00) in cash, by cashier's check or by other immediately
available funds (the "Deposit"), which shall be deposited in the
client trust account of Bade & Baskin PLC and held,
administered and distributed in accordance with this
Agreement.
(b) Cash at
Closing . On or before the Closing Date, Purchaser shall
deliver to the Shareholder, One Million Eight Hundred Thousand and
No/100 Dollars ($1,800,000.00) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such account or accounts in the United States as
the Shareholder shall designate in writing at least three business
days prior to the Closing, receipt of which shall be confirmed in
writing by the Shareholder at the Closing. Upon the Closing, the
Deposit shall also be released to the Shareholder.
(c) IFT Shares
. On or before the Closing Date, Purchaser shall issue thirty-four
(34) shares of IFT Corporation restricted common stock to the
Shareholder.
(d) Closing
Statement . On the Closing Date, the Shareholder will deliver
to the Purchaser a written statement (the "Closing Statement")
setting forth the following: (i) Base Balance Sheet Receivables,
(ii) Base Balance Sheet Payables, (iii) Base Balance Sheet
Receivables/Payables Difference, (iv) Closing Date Receivables, (v)
Closing Date Payables, (vi) Closing Date Receivables/Payable
Difference, and (vii) Receivables/Payables Adjustment. If the
Receivables/Payables Adjustment is a negative number, then any such
sum shall be due and owing to Purchaser as a downward adjustment to
the Purchase Price. If the Receivables/Payables Adjustment is a
positive number, then such number shall serve as a deductible for
any indemnification claims payable by the Shareholder in accordance
with Section 10.5.
The following defined terms used in Section
1.2(d) have the meanings set forth below:
"Base Balance Sheet Payables" means all current
accounts payable of the Company contained on the balance sheet as
of October 31, 2004.
"Base Balance Sheet Receivables" means all
accounts receivable of the Company contained on the balance sheet
as of October 31, 2004.
"Base Balance Sheet Receivables/Payables
Difference" means the difference obtained by subtracting the Base
Balance Sheet Payables from the Base Balance Sheet
Receivables.
"Closing Date Payables" means all current
accounts payable of the Company contained on the trial balance
sheet as of the Closing Date.
"Closing Date Receivables" means all accounts
receivable of the Company contained on the trial balance sheet as
of the Closing Date.
"Closing Date Receivables/Payables Difference"
means the difference obtained by subtracting the Closing Date
Payables from the Closing Date Receivables.
"Receivables/Payables Adjustment" means the
difference obtained by subtracting the Base Balance Sheet
Receivables/Payables Difference from the Closing Date
Receivables/Payables Difference.
1.3. Further
Assurances . The Shareholder agrees to execute and
deliver from time to time after the Closing, at the request of the
Purchaser, and without further consideration, such additional
instruments of conveyance and transfer, and to take such other
action as the Purchaser may reasonably require more effectively to
convey, assign, transfer and deliver the Shares to the Purchaser
and carry out the other transactions contemplated
hereunder.
2.1. Time and
Place .
The closing of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement
(the "Closing") shall occur at the offices of Bade & Baskin,
PLC, at 10:00 a.m. on February 18, 2005, or at such other date,
time or place as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties, but in
no event later than February 28, 2005 (the "Outside Closing Date"),
subject to Section 11.2. The date and time of the Closing is herein
called the "Closing Date" and shall be deemed to have occurred as
of the commencement of business on the Closing Date. At the
Closing, the Shareholder shall deliver all certificates
representing the Shares, duly endorsed or accompanied by duly
executed stock powers, against payment by the Purchaser of the
Purchase Price therefor. All action to be taken at the Closing as
hereinafter set forth, and all documents and instruments executed
and delivered, and all payments made with respect thereto, shall be
considered to have been taken, delivered or made simultaneously,
and no such action or delivery or payment shall be considered as
complete until all action incident to the Closing has been
completed.
2.2. Related
Transactions . In addition to the purchase and sale of
the Shares, the following transactions shall take place at or prior
to the Closing:
(a) The Shareholder or
the Shareholder's nominee ("Landlord") and the Company shall each
execute and deliver to each other a Lease Agreement (the "Lease")
to be dated as of the Closing Date in substantially the form of
Exhibit A hereto; and
(b) The Company will
transfer to the Shareholder the assets set forth on Schedule 2.2(b)
attached hereto (the "Retained Assets") and the Shareholder shall
satisfy or assume the related obligations.
(c) All notes payable
to officers and shareholders shall be satisfied or cancelled by the
Company or the Shareholder on or prior to the Closing
Date.
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder
. The
Shareholder represents and warrants to the Purchaser that the
statements contained in this Section 3 are correct and complete as
of the date of this Agreement and will be correct and complete as
of the Closing Date (as though made then and as though the Closing
Date were substituted for the date of this Agreement throughout
this Section 3).
3.1. Title to the
Shares .
The Shareholder has good and marketable title to the Shares, free
and clear of any and all Liens, and the Shareholder has the
absolute and unrestricted right, power, authority and capacity to
sell the Shares to the Purchaser as provided in this Agreement.
Upon delivery of the Shares to the Purchaser, against payment
therefor as provided in Section 1.2, the Purchaser will receive
from the Shareholder good and marketable title thereto, free and
clear of any and all Liens.
3.2. Organization
and Existence . The Company is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Arizona, and has all requisite corporate power to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and to
carry on its business as now conducted.
3.3.
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists of 100,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 9,156
shares are validly issued and outstanding and owned by the
Shareholder, fully paid and nonassessable and not issued in
violation of the preemptive rights of any person. The Company does
not have any outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, or other
agreements or commitments obligating it to issue any shares of its
capital stock. From the date hereof through the Closing Date, the
Shareholder will not, and will not cause or permit the Company to,
issue or enter into any subscriptions, options, agreements or other
commitments in respect of the issuance, transfer, sale or
encumbrance of any shares of capital stock of the
Company.
3.4.
Subsidiaries . The Company has no subsidiaries or any
investment or ownership interest in any corporation, joint venture
or other business enterprise.
3.5. Financial
Information . The Shareholder has delivered to the
Purchaser (i) the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as at
October 31, 2004 (the "Base Balance Sheet"), and the related
unaudited income statement of the Company for the twelve-month
period then ended, and (ii) the unaudited income statements of the
Company as at October 31, 2003 and October 31, 2002 for the
respective twelve-month periods of operations then ended. The
Shareholder will use its best efforts and due diligence to deliver
to the Purchaser (a) an audited balance sheet of the Company as at
October 31, 2004 (the "Audited Balance Sheet") and the related
statement of income and retained earnings and cash flows for the
fiscal year then ended, together with the report thereon of an
independent certified public accountant, and (b) an unaudited
balance sheet of the Company as at January 31, 2005 and the related
unaudited statement of income, changes in stockholders' equity, and
cash flow for the three months then ended (the "Interim Financial
Statements"). All such financial statements will be true and
correct, will be prepared in accordance with the books and records
of the Company, and will present fairly the financial positions of
the Company at the dates indicated and the results of its
operations for the periods then ended.
3.6. Absence of
Certain Changes or Events . The Company has since the date of the Base
Balance Sheet, conducted its business and affairs only in the
ordinary and usual course consistent with past practice. Other than
matters of general knowledge in the public domain, the Shareholder
is not aware of any event, fact or condition that has occurred or
could reasonably be expected to occur that has resulted in, or is
reasonably likely to result, in a material adverse change in the
Company, the Company's assets, or the Company's operating
results.
3.7. Contracts
. The Company
is not a party to, nor are the Company or its assets bound
by:
(a) any Contract that
will continue after the Closing Date relating to the borrowing of
money or any guarantee or other contingent liability in respect of
any indebtedness or obligation of any Person (other than the
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in
the ordinary course of business);
(b) any Contract
limiting the freedom of the Company, or the Purchaser or any
affiliate of the Purchaser following the Closing, to engage in any
line of business, to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or
otherwise dispose of or encumber any asset or to compete with any
Person or to engage in any business or activity in any geographic
area;
(c) any purchase
Contract or series of related purchase Contracts which is in excess
of the normal, ordinary and usual requirements of the Business, or
at any excessive price;
(d) any
non-competition Contract or other Contract that contains any
severance or termination pay liabilities or obligations;
(e) any collective
bargaining or union Contract; or
(f) any partnership or
joint venture Contract.
3.8. Litigation
. There is not
currently, and to the best knowledge of the Shareholder there has
not been since the date of the Base Balance Sheet, any claim,
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation (a "Claim")
pending or, to the best knowledge of the Shareholder, threatened,
by or against the Company or any affiliate, director, officer, or
key employee of Company, or with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, at law or in equity or before or by any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator, which has had or could have a
material adverse affect on the Company or the Company's assets,
and, to the best knowledge of the Shareholder, there is no valid
basis for any such Claim. The Company is not subject to any
Governmental Requirements or, to the best knowledge of the
Shareholder, any proposed Governmental Requirements, which has had
or could have a material adverse affect on the Company or the
Company's assets or on the Company's ability to acquire any
property or conduct its business in any area.
3.9. Assets
. The Company
is the sole owner of the assets which it purports to own, and has
good and marketable title to such assets, free and clear of any
Liens. The Company's assets are in good operating condition and
repair, subject to ordinary wear and tear, and are sufficient to
conduct the business as it is currently conducted by the Company.
No Claim is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Shareholder,
threatened, which has affected or could affect the use of the
Company's assets by the Purchaser. Neither the whole nor any
portion of the Company's assets is subject to any governmental
decree or order of which the Shareholder or the Company have
received notice, or is being condemned, expropriated or otherwise
taken by any domestic or foreign public authority with or without
payment of compensation therefor, nor to the best knowledge of the
Shareholder has any such condemnation, expropriation or taking been
proposed.
3.10. Environmental
Matters . The Company and the Company's assets are and
have been operated and maintained in compliance with all
Governmental Requirements relating to environmental protection
("Environmental Laws"); no event has occurred which, with or
without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would
constitute a non-compliance with or violation of any Environmental
Law. There are no Claims pending or, to the best knowledge of the
Shareholder, threatened against the Company (i) alleging
non-compliance with any Environmental Law or permit required to be
obtained pursuant to the Environmental Laws or any condition
thereof or any governmental directive issued under the
Environmental Laws; (ii) demanding damages based upon alleged
personal injury, property damage or natural resources damage
arising from a disposal, discharge or release of solid wastes,
pollutants or hazardous substances or exposure thereto; or (iii)
demanding removal of or remedial or corrective action with respect
to solid or hazardous wastes, pollutants or hazardous substances.
All references in this Section 3.10 to the Company include all
predecessors thereto and all persons or entities the liabilities of
which the Company may have succeeded to contractually or pursuant
to or under any Governmental Requirements.
3.11. Compliance with
Laws . To
the best of the Shareholder's knowledge, the Company is in
compliance with, and the Company has conducted and is conducting
the Business and using its assets in compliance with, all
Governmental Requirements, and neither the Shareholder nor the
Company have received any notice that the Company is in breach of
any thereof. The Company has not entered into any Contract with,
had any disputes with, and to the best knowledge of the
Shareholder, has not been subject to any investigation by any
Governmental Authority, or any investigation by any other
Person.
3.13. Brokers and
Finders . Neither the Shareholder, the Company nor
any of its officers, directors, employees or affiliates have
employed any broker or finder or incurred any liability for any
brokerage fees, commissions or finders' fees in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except where such
employment or incurrence will not result in any obligation to the
Purchaser.
(a) All returns
(including, without limitation, income, franchise, sales and use,
unemployment compensation, excise, severance, property, gross
receipts, profits, payroll and withholding tax returns and
information returns) and reports (all such returns and reports are
herein referred to collectively as "Tax Returns" or singularly as a
"Tax Return") of or relating to any United States, state or local
tax, assessment, levy, impost, duty, withholding or other similar
governmental charge (all, together with any penalties, additions to
tax, fines, interest and similar charges thereon or related
thereto, herein referred to collectively as "Taxes" or singularly
as a "Tax") that are required to be filed on or before the date
hereof for, by or on behalf of or with respect to the Company or
the Company's assets have been timely filed with the appropriate
Governmental Authority. All Taxes required to be paid by the
Company on or before the date hereof have been paid in
full.
(b) All Tax Returns
and the information and data contained therein have been properly
and accurately compiled and completed, fairly present the
information purported to be shown therein, and reflect all
liabilities for Taxes for the periods covered by such Tax Returns.
Neither the Internal Revenue Service, nor any other taxing
authority is now asserting against the Company, with respect to any
Tax, any adjustment, deficiency or claim for additional Taxes, nor
are there or have there been any such discussions with or without
notice from any such taxing authorities with respect thereto nor,
to the best knowledge of the Shareholder, is there any basis
therefor. There are no outstanding waivers extending the statutory
period of limitation applicable to any assessment or audit or any
Tax or Tax Return of the Company.
(c) The Shareholder
will make available to the Purchaser all corporate Tax Returns
filed by the Company for the three most recent fiscal
years.
3.15. Customers and
Suppliers . Schedule 3.15 sets forth a complete and correct list of the
Company's sales to date and the Company's current customers. There
has not been any adverse change and there are no facts known to the
Shareholder which may reasonably be expected to indicate that any
adverse change may occur in the business relationship with any
customer or supplier, and the Company is not engaged in any dispute
with any of its customers or suppliers.
3.16. Accounts
Receivable .
Schedule 3.16
sets forth a complete and correct
list of the Company's Receivables, including an aging thereof, as
of the execution of this Agreement. All Receivables will be valid
and legally enforceable obligations of the account parties and are
not subject to any claim of offset or deduction against the
Company. All such Receivables arose in the ordinary course of
business for goods or services delivered or rendered in bona fide
arms' length transactions.
3.17. Accounts
Payable .
Schedule 3.17 sets forth a complete and current list of the
Company's accounts payable, including an aging thereof, as of the
execution of this Agreement. All such payables arose in the
ordinary course of business for goods or services delivered or
rendered in bona fide arms' length transactions.
3.18. Inventory
. Schedule 3.18 sets forth a complete and current list of the
Company's inventory, as of the execution of this Agreement. The
inventories on such schedule and all inventories of the Company on
the Closing Date (the "Closing Date Inventories") will be, saleable
or usable in the ordinary course of business of the Company at
usual and customary prices, subject to normal returns and markdowns
consistent with past practice.
3.19. Warranties
. To
the best of the Shareholder's knowledge, Schedule 3.19 sets
forth a complete and current list of all product warranties issued
by the Company as of the execution of this Agreement. All such
warranties arose in the ordinary course of business for goods or
services delivered or rendered in bona fide arms' length
transactions.
3.20. Improper
Payments . Neither the Shareholder(s), nor any director,
officer, agent, employee or other person acting on behalf of the
Company, have made or received any illegal or improper payments to,
or provided any illegal or improper benefit or inducement for, any
governmental official, supplier, customer or other Person, in an
attempt to influence any such person to take or to refrain from
taking any action relating to the Business.
3.21. Disclosure
. No
representation or warranty by the Shareholder in this Agreement and
no statement contained in the Schedules or any certificates
delivered in connection herewith contains or will contain any
untrue statement of material fact, or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained herein and therein not
misleading. There is no fact which materially and adversely affects
the Company or the Company's assets which has not been disclosed in
this Agreement or the Schedules hereto. All copies of Contracts and
other documents made available to the Purchaser or any of its
representatives pursuant hereto are true and complete.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
. The
Purchaser represents and warrants to and agrees with the Company
and the Shareholder that:
4.1. Organization of
Purchaser . The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware, and has all requisite corporate power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
4.2. Authority
. The
execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Purchaser, the
performance by the Purchaser of its obligations hereunder and the
consummation by the Purchaser of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of the
Purchaser, and no other corporate act or proceeding on the part of
the Purchaser is necessary to approve the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, the performance of the Purchaser's obligations
hereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
4.3. Execution and
Binding Effect . This Agreement has been duly and validly
executed and delivered by the Purchaser and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding agreement of the Purchaser, enforceable against
the Purchaser in accordance with its terms.
4.4. No Violation;
Consents and Approvals .
Neither the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by the Purchaser, the performance of the
Purchaser's obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, do not and will not (a) conflict
with, violate or result in any breach of or constitute a default
under any term or provision of the Purchaser's Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, (