EXHIBIT
10.1
STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
AGREEMENT
THIS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
AGREEMENT is made as
of January 1, 2007 (the “Effective Date”) by and
between GOFISH TECHNOLOGIES, INC , a California
corporation (“GoFish”), GOFISH
CORPORATION , a Nevada corporation of which GoFish is a
wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Company”) and
KALEIDOSCOPE, INC. , a Delaware corporation,
acting through its wholly owned subsidiary, Kaleidoscope Sports and
Entertainment LLC (“KSE”).
BACKGROUND
STATEMENT
GoFish is engaged in the business of providing
one or more websites, including www.gofish.com (the
“Websites”) that serve as a medium for user-generated,
amateur, licensed, and professional content as a vehicle for
targeted, value added advertising. KSE is in the business of
providing developing, distributing and producing entertainment
properties and providing consulting services in the development of
specialty television programs. This Agreement sets forth the terms
and conditions under which KSE will provide certain Content to
GoFish and GoFish and KSE will jointly participate in connection
with the procurement, sale, delivery and support of the Content on
the Websites.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual
covenants herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01
Definitions . When used as a capitalized term in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
“Acquisition Finder’s
Fee” means the
amount payable by the Company or GoFish to KSE as set forth in
Section 4.04(b).
“Acquisition by the
Company” means, in
a single transaction or a series of related transactions, the
purchase of all or substantially all of the outstanding capital
stock or assets of a Person who is not, immediately prior to such
transaction (or the first of such series of related transactions)
an Affiliate of the Company or GoFish, whether by stock purchase,
asset purchase, merger, consolidation, share exchange or
otherwise.
“Acquisition by the Company
Consideration” means the total net proceeds to a Person
acquired by the Company or its stockholders or GoFish, as the case
may be, in an Acquisition by the Company, after deduction of all
taxes, transaction costs and expenses (excluding the Acquisition
Finder’s Fee).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Person, any other
Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall
be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses,
directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management and policies of the other Person, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For
purposes of Section 3.04, an “Affiliate” of KSE shall
be deemed to include any and all of KSE’s directors,
officers, employees, independent contractors, consultants,
representatives and professional advisors, in each case having
knowledge of this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and/or
performing services to or on behalf of KSE in connection
herewith.
“Agreement” means this Agreement between the Parties, as the
same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.
“Award Show”
means a televised award show to be
designed and developed by KSE and GoFish reflecting the concepts
and approach to be discussed with and agreed to by GoFish, as
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Award Show Warrants”
means warrants to purchase shares of
Common Stock pursuant to a written warrant agreement, in a form
determined by the Company but including the following terms: (i) an
exercise price equal to the opening bid price of the Common Stock
on the date of issuance of the Warrants, (ii) fully vesting upon
the initial televised network broadcast of the Award Show if the
Award Show is televised by network broadcast prior to March 30,
2008 and (iii) expiration automatically (1) if the Award Show is
not televised by network broadcast prior to March 30, 2008, on
March 30, 2008, (2) if the underlying agreement between KSE and the
Award Show broadcast network sponsor is terminated, on the date of
termination of such agreement, and (3) if the Award Show is
televised by network broadcast prior to March 30, 2008, the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date.
“Base Warrants”
means warrants to purchase up to
Five Hundred Thousand (500,000) shares of Common Stock pursuant to
a written warrant agreement, in a form determined by the Company
but including the following terms: (i) an exercise price of $3.00
per share, (ii) vesting monthly in arrears commencing at the end of
the sixth month following the Effective Date (as to one third (1/3)
of the underlying number shares of Common Stock) and continuing at
the end of each subsequent month during the term hereof at a rate
of one eighteenth (1/18) of the number of underlying shares of
Common Stock and (iii) expiration automatically (1) if this
Agreement is terminated prior to six (6) months following the
effective date, the date of termination of this Agreement, (2) if
this Agreement is terminated after this Agreement has been in
effect for at least six (6) months but less than eighteen (18)
months, six (6) months following the date of termination and (3) if
this Agreement is in effect for at least eighteen months, the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date .
“Business” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“Client” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“Common Stock ” means the common stock, par value $0.001
per share, of the Company.
“Commission”
has the meaning set forth in Section
4.02.
“Commission Warrants”
means warrants to purchase shares of
Common Stock pursuant to a written warrant agreement, in a form
determined by the Company but including the following terms: (i) an
exercise price equal to the opening bid price of the Common Stock
on the date of issuance of the Warrants, (ii) vesting immediately
upon issuance and (iii) expiration automatically (1) if this
Agreement is terminated prior to six (6) months following the
effective date, the date of termination of this Agreement, (2) if
this Agreement is terminated after this Agreement has been in
effect for at least six (6) months but less than eighteen (18)
months, six (6) months following the date of termination and (3) if
this Agreement is in effect for at least eighteen months, the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date .
“Copyrightable Work”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“Covenant Period”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“ Covered Products and Services
” means the products and services provided by KSE to GoFish
hereunder related to the generation of Sales, the Award Show and
those items described on the attached Exhibit A .
“Distribution Warrants”
means warrants to purchase up to
Thirty Thousand (30,000) shares of Common Stock pursuant to a
written warrant agreement, in a form determined by the Company but
including the following terms: (i) an exercise price equal to the
opening bid price of the Common Stock on the date of issuance of
the Warrants, (ii) vesting following the determination after the
first anniversary of the Effective Date, in a time period and
manner as is reasonably practicable, at a rate of Two Hundred Fifty
(250) underlying shares per One Million (1,000,000) page views on
the Websites during the first year following the Effective Date
(with any remaining unvested right to acquire underlying shares
being automatically cancelled upon such termination) and (iii)
expiration automatically upon the earlier of the fifth anniversary
of the Effective Date or the termination of this
Agreement.
“GoFish Group”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“Governmental Authority”
means any national, federal, state,
county, municipal or other government or governmental,
quasi-governmental or regulatory authority, agency, board, body,
commission, instrumentality, court or tribunal.
“Intellectual Property”
means all inventions, ideas, data,
customer lists, pricing information, marketing analyses, concepts,
designs, schematics, layouts, Patents, trademarks, trademark
applications, service marks, trade names, logos, copyrights,
software, source code, object code, programming language, Know-how,
Technical Data, licenses and other similar rights by whatever name,
whether or not patentable, copyrighted or copyrightable, registered
or registrable, and any and all improvements or derivatives
thereof, whether reduced to tangible form or otherwise, and whether
registered with or recognized by any governmental or regulatory
body or otherwise.
“ Know-how ” means those
currently existing ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of
information, methods, techniques, procedures and processes of KSE,
whether or not patentable, that are used by KSE in connection with
the design, manufacture and use of the Covered Products and
Services.
“Patents” means any rights to exclude any Person from
making, using, selling or otherwise exploiting any product or
service incorporating any invention, business method or device, as
recognized or recognizable by any governmental or regulatory body
in any jurisdiction (including without limitation the United States
Patent and Trademark Office), whether granted, applied for or
otherwise, and together with any patent that claims priority from
such application, including any continuation, continuation-in-part
and divisional, together with any foreign counterpart
thereof.
“Participation Fee”
means the amounts payable to KSE
under Section 4.01.
“Partnership Warrants”
means warrants to purchase shares of
Common Stock pursuant to a written warrant agreement, in a form
determined by the Company but including the following terms: (i) an
exercise price equal to the opening bid price of the Common Stock
on the date of issuance of the Warrants, (ii) vesting following the
determination after the first anniversary of the partnership
agreement at issue, in a time period and manner as is reasonably
practicable, at a rate of (a) 100%, if the amount of video views
that GoFish actually derived on the Websites from such partner
during the first year of the term of the partnership agreement
equals or exceeds Expected VV (as defined in Exhibit B ) for
such partnership, or (b) the percentage of video views that GoFish
actually derived on the Websites from such partner during the first
year of the term of the partnership agreement as compared with
Expected VV, if such actual video views is less than Expected VV
for such partnership (with any remaining unvested right to acquire
underlying shares being automatically cancelled upon such
termination) and (iii) expiration automatically (1) if this
Agreement is terminated prior to six (6) months following the
effective date, the date of termination of this Agreement, (2) if
this Agreement is terminated after this Agreement has been in
effect for at least six (6) months but less than eighteen (18)
months, six (6) months following the date of termination and (3) if
this Agreement is in effect for at least eighteen months, the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date .
“ Party” means either of the parties to this Agreement,
and “Parties” means all of them.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership,
association, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated
association or any other entity or organization, including a
government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality
thereof.
“Prospect” means any Person worldwide to which GoFish deems
it advisable to market and sell the Covered Products and
Services.
“Revenue” means revenue derived by GoFish from Sales, net
of costs and expenses incurred (including without limitation Taxes
and Commissions.
“Sale Finder’s
Fee” means the
amount payable by the Company or GoFish to KSE as set forth in
Section 4.04(a).
“Sale of the Company”
means, in a single transaction or a
series of related transactions, the sale of all or substantially
all of the outstanding capital stock or assets of the Company or
GoFish to a Person who is not, immediately prior to such
transaction (or the first of such series of related transactions)
an Affiliate of the Company or GoFish, whether by stock purchase,
asset purchase, merger, consolidation, share exchange or
otherwise.
“Sale of the Company
Consideration” means the total net proceeds to the Company or
its stockholders or GoFish, as the case may be, for the Sale of the
Company, after deduction of all taxes, transaction costs and
expenses (excluding the Sale Finder’s Fee).
“Sales” means sales by KSE of Covered Goods and Services
during the term of this Agreement, where such sales result from the
sourcing of Prospects by KSE and the completion of such Sales by
KSE with minimal assistance and effort by GoFish or the Company and
subject to reduction by Thirty percent (30%) of such sales where
substantial assistance and effort by GoFish and/or the Company is
utilized to complete such sale, as determined in the good faith
judgment of GoFish or the Company.
“ Taxes ” means any duty,
levy, import, export, excise, sales and value added taxes, customs
duties, levy or similar charge, including interest and penalties
thereon, however designated.
“ Technical Data ” means
those currently existing KSE drawings, plans, parts lists,
specifications and process descriptions that relate to the design,
manufacture and use of the Covered Products and Services, whether
in printed, drawn or electronic form.
“Warrants” means the Base Warrants, the Commission
Warrants, the Distribution Warrants, the Partnership Warrants and
the Award Show Warrants.
“Websites” has the meaning set forth in the section of this
Agreement captioned “Background Statement,”
above.
“Work Made for Hire”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
“Work Product”
has the meaning set forth in Section
3.04.
Section 1.02
Usage
. For the purpose of construing this
Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise, words in the
singular number shall be deemed to include words in the plural
number, and vice versa, and words in one gender shall be deemed to
include words in the other gender. The table of contents, titles to
articles and section headings are for convenience only, and neither
limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE
II
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Section 2.01
Representations and
Warranties of KSE . KSE hereby represents and warrants to GoFish
as follows:
(a) Valid Existence . KSE is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of
Delaware.
(b) Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability . KSE has
the power and authority under its organizational documents and
applicable law to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. The execution, delivery and
performance by KSE of this Agreement have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action of KSE, and this Agreement has been
duly executed on behalf of KSE. This Agreement is the valid and
binding obligation of KSE, enforceable against KSE in accordance
with its terms.
(c) Right to Conduct Business
. KSE and its Affiliates are engaged
primarily in the business of providing a comprehensive system of
healthcare and related services, including education and research.
Neither KSE nor any of its Affiliates is subject to any judgment,
order, decree, writ, injunction or criminal penalty imposed by any
Governmental Authority that would have a material adverse effect
upon the ability of KSE to engage in such business or to perform
its obligations under this Agreement.
(d) Intellectual Property . KSE (i) is the owner of the entire right,
title, and interest in and to the Patents, Know-how and Technical
Data (other than the Intellectual Property pertaining to the Award
Show, all of which is and shall be jointly owned by KSE and GoFish
as contemplated by this Agreement); (ii) has the right and power to
grant the licenses granted herein; and (iii) is not a party to any
other agreements with any Person in conflict with the license grant
contemplated herein. To the knowledge of KSE, GoFish’s
contemplated use of the Patents, Know-how and Technical Data to
design, manufacture, use, lease and sell Covered Products and
Services does not infringe any valid rights of any third
party.
(e) Qualification . KSE is, and shall for the duration of the term
shall be, fully qualified and capable of performing its obligations
hereunder in a proficient and timely manner.
Section 2.02
Representations and
Warranties of GoFish . GoFish hereby represents and warrants to KSE
as follows:
(a) Valid Existence . GoFish is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of
California.
(b) Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability . GoFish
has the power and authority under its organizational documents and
applicable law to execute, deliver and carry out the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. The execution, delivery and
performance by GoFish of this Agreement have been duly authorized
by all necessary action of GoFish, and this Agreement has been duly
executed on behalf of GoFish. This Agreement is the valid and
binding obligation of GoFish, enforceable against GoFish in
accordance with its terms.
(c) Business . GoFish and its Affiliates are engaged in the
business of providing and maintaining the Websites, among other
things. Neither GoFish nor any of its Affiliates is subject to any
judgment, order, decree, writ, injunction or criminal penalty
imposed by any Governmental Authority that would have a material
adverse effect upon the ability of GoFish to engage in such
business or to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(d) Common Stock . Upon issuance in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Warrants, the Common Stock will be fully paid and
nonassessable.
ARTICLE
III
PROVISION OF SERVICES BY
KSE; AWARD SHOW; RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS; PUBLIC
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Section 3.01
Basic KSE
Services . KSE
shall provide the following specific services, at times and places
to be mutually agreed upon between the Parties:
KSE shall use
its best efforts to identify Prospects and consummate transactions
with a view towards generating Sales. To that end, KSE shall devote
such resources as are reasonably expected to maximize potential
Sales generation, including the devotion of certain staff members
of KSE towards providing services to GoFish, including the
following personnel and estimated time (on a weekly basis) at a
minimum to be devoted to servicing GoFish during the term of this
Agreement:
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Further, Ray
Volpe shall serve as a member of the advisory board of the Company
and/or GoFish, without additional compensation. Should any of the
foregoing staff members cease working for KSE (either permanently
or temporarily), or if GoFish advises KSE that it is dissatisfied
with the performance of any staff member in connection with the
provision of services, then KSE shall promptly reassign members of
its staff such that the appropriate level of service (as agreed by
GoFish) is provided to GoFish to achieve the objectives of this
Agreement. It is expressly understood that the participation of Ray
Volpe, Ricky Joshi and Karim Motani in the provision by KSE of the
services contemplated by this Agreement is a material term of this
Agreement and that KSE shall use its best efforts to ensure that
these individuals are principally responsible for servicing GoFish
for the duration of the term of this Agreement.
Section 3.02
Award
Show . KSE shall
use its best efforts to complete the design of a televised Award
Show with advertising sponsors secured not later than April 30,
2007 and to, in conjunction with GoFish, enter into a written
agreement with an “old media” broadcast network partner
satisfactory to GoFish with a view to televised broadcasting of the
Award Show by September 30, 2007, all on terms and conditions
reasonably satisfactory to GoFish. GoFish shall have the exclusive
option to enter into a joint venture with KSE for the development
and production of the Award Show, which GoFish may exercise at any
time during the term of this Agreement unless, at any time
following the completion of the design of the Award Show, GoFish
expressly notifies KSE in writing that it declines to participate
in the Award Show and waives the aforesaid option, after which time
KSE may produce the Award show independently or with the
involvement of one or more joint venture partners other than
GoFish, provided, that in the event GoFish elects not to
exercise its option and the Award Show is produced by KSE and/or
another joint venture partner, then GoFish shall be afforded the
opportunity to participate as a sponsor or advertiser of the Award
Show on a “most favored nations” basis. If GoFish
elects to participate as a joint venturer with KSE with respect to
the Award Show, then GoFish and KSE will enter i
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