Independent Relationship This Agreement is not intended to constitute, create, give effect to or otherwise recognize a joint venture, partnership, or formal business organization, or agency agreement of any kind, and the rights and obligations of the Parties shall be only those expressly set forth herein.
Termination or Abandonment Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after any approval of the matters presented in connection with the Merger by the stockholders of the Company:
Title and Related Matters IACH has good and marketable title to all of its properties, inventory, interest in properties, and assets, real and personal, which are reflected in the most recent IACH balance sheet or acquired after that date (except properties, inventory, interest in properties, and assets sold or otherwise disposed of since such date in the ordinary course of business), free and clear of all liens, pledges, charges, or encumbrances except (a) statutory liens or claims not yet delinquent; (b) such imperfections of title and easements as do not and will not materially detract from or interfere with the present or proposed use of the properties subject thereto or affected thereby or otherwise materially impair present business operations on such properties; and (c) as described in the IACH Schedules. Except as set forth in the IACH Schedules, IACH owns, free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances, royalty interests, or other restrictions or limitations of any nature whatsoever, any and all products it is currently manufacturing, including the underlying technology and data, and all procedures, techniques, marketing plans, business plans, methods of management, or other information utilized in connection with IACH'S business. Except as set forth in the IACH Schedules, no third party has any right to, and IACH has not received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any product, technology, data, trade secrets, know-how, propriety techniques, trademarks, service marks, trade names, or copyrights which, individually or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a materially adverse effect on the business, operations, financial condition, income, or business prospects of IACH or any material portion of its properties, assets, or rights.
General Expenses Related to the Offering The Company hereby agrees to pay on each of the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, to the extent not paid at the Closing Date, all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, but not limited to: (i) the preparation, printing, filing and mailing (including the payment of postage with respect to such mailing) of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary and final Prospectuses and the printing and mailing of this Agreement and related documents, including the cost of all copies thereof and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto supplied to the Underwriters in quantities as may be required by the Underwriters; (ii) the printing, engraving, issuance and delivery of the Units, the shares of Common Stock and the Warrants included in the Units and the Representative's Purchase Option, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon; (iii) the qualification of the Public Securities under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws, including the costs of printing and mailing the "Preliminary Blue Sky Memorandum," and all amendments and supplements thereto, fees and disbursements for the Counsel to the Underwriters retained for such purpose (such fees shall be capped at $35,000 in the aggregate (of which $5,000 has previously been paid)), and a one-time fee of $5,000 payable to Loeb for the preparation of the Secondary Market Trading Survey; (iv) filing fees, costs and expenses (including fees of Representative's counsel and disbursements for the Representative's counsel) incurred in registering the Offering with the NASD; (v) fees and disbursements of the transfer and warrant agent; (vi) the Company's expenses associated with "due diligence" meetings arranged by the Representative; (vii) the preparation, binding and delivery of transaction "bibles," in form and style reasonably satisfactory to the Representative and transaction lucite cubes or similar commemorative items in a style and quantity as reasonably requested by the Representative; and (viii) all other costs and expenses customarily borne by an issuer incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 3.13. The Company also agrees that it will reimburse Representative for the cost of the investigative search firm of the Representative's choice that conducted an investigation of the principals of the Company. The Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if any, the expenses set forth in this Agreement to be paid by the Company to the Representative and, with the prior consent of the Company, others.