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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).
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"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
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"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.
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"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
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"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
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"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.
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" 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
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" 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).
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"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:
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(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.
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(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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Name of Staff Member
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Time to Be Devoted to Services
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Ricky Joshi
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3 days per week
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Karim Motani
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3 days per week
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Ray Volpe
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1 day per week
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Edd Griles
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1.5 days per week
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Erik Schaer
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1 day per week
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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 into a separate written agreement specifying the
terms and conditions of such joint venture, which terms shall
include a 50%-50% ownership of
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