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ARTICLE I PURCHASE AND SALE
OF THE SHARES
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1.1
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Purchase of the Shares from the
Stockholder
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1.2
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Further Assurances
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1
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1.3
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Purchase Price
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1
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1.4
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Payment of Base Purchase Price
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2
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1.5
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Post-Closing Adjustments
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2
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1.6
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Escrow Account
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4
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1.7
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The Closing
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4
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1.8
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Stock Transfer Documents
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4
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1.9
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Allocation
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4
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS OF
THE STOCKHOLDER REGARDING THE SHARES
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5
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2.1
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Title
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5
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2.2
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Authority
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5
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2.3
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Noncontravention
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5
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2.4
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Approvals
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2.5
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Brokers
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5
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2.6
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Residency
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5
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ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDER REGARDING THE COMPANIES
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3.1
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Organization, Qualification and
Corporate Power
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3.2
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Capitalization
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6
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3.3
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Authorization of Transaction
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3.4
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[Intentionally Deleted]
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3.5
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Subsidiaries
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7
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3.6
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Financial Statements
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3.7
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Absence of Certain Changes
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3.8
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Undisclosed Liabilities
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7
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3.9
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Tax Matters
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3.10
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Assets
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10
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3.11
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Owned Real Property
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3.12
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Real Property Leases
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10
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3.13
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Intellectual Property
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3.14
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Inventory
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12
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3.15
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Contracts
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3.16
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Accounts Receivable
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3.17
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Powers of Attorney
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3.18
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Insurance
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3.19
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Litigation
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3.20
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Warranties
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3.21
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Employees
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15
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3.22
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Employee Benefits
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3.23
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Environmental Matters
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3.24
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Legal Compliance
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3.25
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Customers and Suppliers
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3.26
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Permits
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3.27
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Certain Business Relationships
With Affiliates
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3.28
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Brokers’ Fees
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20
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3.29
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Books and Records
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3.30
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Disclosure
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3.31
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Controls and Procedures
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3.32
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[Intentionally Deleted]
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3.33
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Government Contracts
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3.34
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Questionable Payments
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3.35
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Personally Identifiable
Information and Privacy
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3.36
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Customs Matters
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
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4.1
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Organization, Standing and Power
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4.2
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Capitalization
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4.3
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Authority; No Conflict; Required
Filings and Consents
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4.4
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Reports and Financial Statements
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4.5
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Absence of Certain Changes
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ARTICLE V COVENANTS
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5.1
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Closing Efforts
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5.2
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Governmental and Third-Party
Notices and Consents
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5.3
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Special Meeting,
S-4
Registration Statement and Proxy Statement Prospectus
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5.4
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Operation of Business
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5.5
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Access to Information
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5.6
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Notice of Stockholder Changes
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5.7
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Exclusivity
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5.8
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Expenses
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5.9
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Listing of Buyer Shares
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5.10
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S-X Financial Statements
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5.11
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FIRPTA Tax Certificates
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5.12
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[Assignment and] License of IP
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5.13
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Notice of Buyer Changes
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5.14
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Elimination of Certain Items
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5.15
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Releases
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ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS TO
CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS
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6.1
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Conditions to Obligation of the
Buyer
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6.2
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Conditions to Obligation of the
Stockholder
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ARTICLE VII INDEMNIFICATION
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7.1
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Indemnification by the Stockholder
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7.2
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Indemnification by the Buyer
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7.3
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Indemnification Claims
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7.4
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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7.5
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Limitations
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7.6
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Purchase Price Adjustment
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ARTICLE VIII OTHER AGREEMENTS
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8.1
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Proprietary Information
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8.2
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No Solicitation or Hiring of
Former Employees
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8.3
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Payment of Outstanding Amounts
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8.4
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Resale Limitations
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8.5
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Standstill Agreement
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8.6
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Nomination of Director
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8.7
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Further Assurances
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8.8
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Employee Matters and Transition
Services
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8.9
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Insurance
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ARTICLE IX TAX MATTERS
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9.1
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Preparation and Filing of Tax
Returns; Payment of Taxes
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9.2
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Tax Contests; Withholding Taxes;
Clearance Certificates and Other Matters
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ARTICLE X REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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10.1
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Piggyback Registrations
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10.2
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Assignment of Rights
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10.3
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Legends
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ARTICLE XI TERMINATION
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11.1
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Termination of Agreement
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11.2
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Effect of Termination
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ARTICLE XII DEFINITIONS
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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13.1
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Press Releases and Announcements
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13.2
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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13.3
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Entire Agreement; Attachments
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13.4
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Successors and Assigns
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13.5
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Notices
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13.6
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Governing Law
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13.7
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Amendments and Waivers
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13.8
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Severability
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13.9
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Submission to Jurisdiction
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13.10
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Specific Performance
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13.11
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Section Headings
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13.12
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Governing Document
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13.13
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Exchange Rates
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13.14
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Counterparts and Facsimile
Signature
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iii
Agreement (the “Agreement”) entered into as of
June 4, 2007 between
NxStage Medical, Inc., a
Delaware
corporation (the “Buyer”), and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx (the
“Stockholder”).
Preliminary
Statement
1. The Stockholder owns (a) all of the issued and
outstanding shares of each of Medisystems Services Corporation,
a Nevada corporation (“MDS Services”), and Medisystems
Corporation, a Washington corporation (“MDS”),
(b) 90% of the issued and outstanding shares of Medisystems
Europe S.p.A., a company organized under the laws of Italy
(“MDS Italy”), and (c) 0.273% of the value of the
issued and outstanding equity participation of Medimexico s. de
X.X. de C.V., a company organized under the laws of Mexico
(“MDS Mexico”).
2. MDS owns 10% of the issued and outstanding shares of MDS
Italy and 99.727% of the value of the issued and outstanding
equity participation of MDS Mexico.
3. The Buyer desires to purchase, and the Stockholder
desires to sell, (a) all of the issued and outstanding
shares of each of MDS Services and MDS, (b) all of the
issued and outstanding shares of MDS Italy held by the
Stockholder, and (c) the issued and outstanding equity
participation of MDS Mexico held by the Stockholder (the shares
and equity participation specified in clauses (a), (b) and
(c) of this sentence, the “Shares”) for the
consideration set forth below, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (the “Transaction”).
4. For federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the
Transaction qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations,
warranties and covenants herein contained, the Parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE AND
SALE OF THE SHARES
1.1 Purchase of the Shares from the
Stockholder. Subject to and upon the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing the Stockholder
shall sell, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to the Buyer,
and the Buyer shall purchase, acquire and accept from the
Stockholder, all of the Shares. At the Closing, the Stockholder
shall deliver to the Buyer certificates evidencing the Shares
duly endorsed in blank or with stock powers duly executed by the
Stockholder, or such other documentation as may be required
under relevant local laws to transfer title to Shares to the
Buyer.
1.2 Further Assurances. At
any time and from time to time after the Closing, at the
Buyer’s request and without further consideration, the
Stockholder shall promptly execute and deliver such instruments
of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment and confirmation, and
take all such other action as the Buyer may reasonably request,
to transfer, convey and assign to the Buyer, and to confirm the
Buyer’s title to, all of the Shares, to put the Buyer in
actual possession of the assets, properties and businesses of
the Companies to assist the Buyer in exercising all rights with
respect thereto and to carry out the purpose and intent of this
Agreement.
1.3 Purchase Price. The base
purchase price to be paid by the Buyer to the Stockholder for
the Shares (the “Base Purchase Price”) shall consist
of the Buyer Shares. If, prior to the Closing, there is any
stock dividend, stock split or other change in the character or
amount of the outstanding Buyer Common Stock, then in such event
any and all new, substituted or additional shares of voting
stock of the Buyer to which the Stockholder would have been
entitled by reason of his ownership of the Buyer Shares had the
Closing occurred prior to such event shall be considered Buyer
Shares for purposes of this Agreement and the consideration to
be received by the Stockholder shall be adjusted accordingly.
The Base Purchase Price shall be payable in the manner described
in Section 1.4. No fraction of a share of Buyer Common
Stock shall be
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issued, and any fractional share thereof shall be rounded to the
nearest whole number. The Base Purchase Price shall be subject
to adjustment after the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions
of Section 1.5.
1.4 Payment of Base Purchase
Price.
(a) At the Closing, the Buyer shall deliver:
(i) to the Stockholder, certificate(s) for the number of
Buyer Shares minus the Escrow Shares; and
(ii) to the Escrow Agent, a certificate representing the
Escrow Shares, to be held pursuant to the terms of the Escrow
Agreement, as a reserve for all or part of any adjustments
pursuant to Section 1.5 and to satisfy all or part of any
claims for indemnity pursuant to Article VII hereof.
1.5 Post-Closing
Adjustments. The Base Purchase Price shall be
subject to adjustment after the Closing Date as follows:
(a) Within 60 days after the Closing Date, the Buyer
shall prepare and deliver to the Stockholder the Draft Closing
Balance Sheet and a certificate based on such Draft Closing
Balance Sheet setting forth Buyer’s calculation of the
Closing Working Capital (the “Working Capital
Certificate”). The Buyer shall prepare the Draft Closing
Balance Sheet and Working Capital Certificate in accordance with
GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the application of GAAP
to the preparation of the Financial Statements.
(b) At all reasonable times during the 90 days
immediately following Stockholder’s receipt of the Draft
Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital Certificate,
Stockholder and his representatives shall be permitted to review
the records of the Companies relating to the Draft Closing
Balance Sheet and the Working Capital Certificate, and the Buyer
shall direct any accountants engaged to prepare the Draft
Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital Certificate, upon
receipt of customary waivers, to permit Stockholder and his
representatives to review such accountant’s work papers, if
any, relating to the Draft Closing Balance Sheet and the Working
Capital Certificate, in each case reasonably requested by
Stockholder, and the Buyer shall make reasonably available to
the Stockholder and his representatives the individuals employed
by the Buyer and responsible for the preparation of the Draft
Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital Certificate, in
order to respond to the inquiries of the Stockholder relating
thereto. The Stockholder shall deliver to the Buyer, by the
Objection Deadline Date, either a notice indicating that the
Stockholder accepts the Draft Closing Balance Sheet and the
Buyer’s calculation of the Closing Working Capital
delivered pursuant to Section 1.5(a) or a detailed
statement describing its objections (if any) to the Draft
Closing Balance Sheet
and/or the
calculation of the Closing Working Capital. If the Stockholder
delivers to the Buyer a notice accepting the Draft Closing
Balance Sheet and the Buyer’s calculation of the Closing
Working Capital, or the Stockholder does not deliver a written
objection to the Draft Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation
of the Closing Working Capital by the Objection Deadline Date,
then, effective as of either the date of delivery of such notice
of acceptance or as of the close of business on the Objection
Deadline Date, the Draft Closing Balance Sheet shall be deemed
to be the Final Closing Balance Sheet and the amount of Closing
Working Capital as shown on the Working Capital Certificate
shall be deemed to be the Final Closing Working Capital. If the
Stockholder timely objects to the Draft Closing Balance Sheet or
the Buyer’s calculation of the Closing Working Capital,
such objections shall be resolved as follows:
(i) The Buyer and the Stockholder shall first use
reasonable efforts to resolve such objections.
(ii) If the Buyer and the Stockholder do not reach a
resolution of all objections set forth on the Stockholder’s
statement of objections within 30 days after delivery of
such statement of objections, the Buyer and the Stockholder
shall, within 30 days following the expiration of such
30-day
period, engage the Accountant, pursuant to an engagement
agreement executed by the Buyer, the Stockholder and the
Accountant, to resolve the Unresolved Objections.
(iii) The Buyer and the Stockholder shall jointly submit to
the Accountant, within 10 days after the date of the
engagement of the Accountant (as evidenced by the date of the
engagement agreement), a copy of the Draft Closing Balance Sheet
and the Working Capital Certificate, a copy
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of the statement of objections delivered by the Stockholder to
the Buyer, and a statement setting forth the resolution of any
objections agreed to by the Buyer and the Stockholder. Each of
the Buyer and the Stockholder shall submit to the Accountant
(with a copy delivered to the other Party on the same day),
within 45 days after the date of the engagement of the
Accountant, a memorandum (which may include supporting exhibits)
setting forth their respective positions on the Unresolved
Objections. Each of the Buyer and the Stockholder may (but shall
not be required to) submit to the Accountant (with a copy
delivered to the other Party on the same day), within
75 days after the date of the engagement of the Accountant,
a memorandum responding to the initial memorandum submitted to
the Accountant by the other Party. Unless requested by the
Accountant in writing, neither Party may present any additional
information or arguments to the Accountant, either orally or in
writing.
(iv) Within 100 days after the date of its engagement
hereunder, the Accountant shall determine whether or to what
degree the objections raised by the Stockholder are correct and
shall issue a ruling which shall include (A) a balance
sheet, consisting of the Draft Closing Balance Sheet as adjusted
pursuant to any resolutions to objections agreed upon by the
Buyer and the Stockholder and pursuant to the Accountant’s
resolution of the Unresolved Objections and (B) a
calculation of the Closing Working Capital based on the balance
sheet described in clause (A) of this sentence. Such
balance sheet shall be deemed to be the “Final Closing
Balance Sheet” and the amount of Closing Working Capital
calculated based on such balance sheet shall be deemed to be the
“Final Closing Working Capital.”
(v) The resolution by the Accountant of the Unresolved
Objections shall be conclusive and binding upon the Buyer and
the Stockholder. The Buyer and the Stockholder agree that the
procedure set forth in this Section 1.5(b) for resolving
disputes with respect to the Draft Closing Balance Sheet
and/or the
Working Capital Certificate shall be the sole and exclusive
method for resolving any such disputes; provided that this
provision shall not prohibit either Party from instituting
litigation to enforce the ruling of the Accountant.
(vi) MDS or the Stockholder shall pay the fees and expenses
of the Accountant based upon the difference between the Draft
Closing Balance Sheet and the Final Closing Balance Sheet or
between the Working Capital Certificate and the Closing Working
Capital, as follows: (1) if either of such difference is
less than $50,000, the fees and expenses of the Accountant shall
be solely borne by the Stockholder; and (2) if either of
such difference exceeds $50,000, the fees and expenses of the
Accountant shall be solely borne by MDS.
(c) Immediately upon the expiration of the Objection
Deadline Date, if no objection to the Draft Closing Balance
Sheet or the calculation of the Closing Working Capital is made,
or upon notification by the Stockholder to the Buyer that no
objection to the Draft Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation
of the Closing Working Capital will be made, or immediately upon
final resolution of any dispute in connection with the
determination of the Closing Working Capital pursuant to this
Section 1.5, the Base Purchase Price shall be adjusted as
follows:
(i) If the Final Closing Working Capital is less than the
Target Amount by $250,000 or more, such deficiency shall be
deducted from the Base Purchase Price (at which point such
deduction shall equal the entire amount of the deficiency, and
not just amounts in excess of $250,000).
(ii) If the Final Closing Working Capital is greater than
the Target Amount by $250,000 or more, such excess shall be
added to the Base Purchase Price (at which point such addition
shall equal the entire amount of the excess, and not just
amounts in excess of $250,000).
(d) The amount, if any, to be paid pursuant to
Section 1.5(c)(i) shall be paid by the Stockholder to the
Buyer not later than two business days following the
Determination Date, first by delivery to Buyer of a number of
Escrow Shares determined by dividing the amount of such
deficiency by the Closing Price, to the extent a sufficient
number of Escrow Shares are available, and the balance, if any,
shall then be payable to the Buyer directly by the Stockholder
in shares of Buyer Common Stock (at an assumed
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value per share equal to the Closing Price with any fractional
share rounded to the nearest whole share)
and/or in
cash, by cashier’s or certified check or by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to an account designated by the
Buyer.
(e) The amount, if any, to be paid pursuant to
Section 1.5(c)(ii) shall be paid by the Buyer to the
Stockholder not later than two business days following the
Determination Date in shares of Buyer Common Stock (at an
assumed value per share equal to the Closing Price with any
fractional share rounded to the nearest whole share).
1.6 Escrow Account. The
Escrow Shares shall be held by the Escrow Agent under the terms
of the Escrow Agreement for the purpose of securing the
indemnification obligations of the Stockholder pursuant to
Article VII and any adjustments to the Base Purchase Price
pursuant to Section 1.5. The Escrow Shares shall be held as
a trust fund and shall not be subject to any lien, attachment,
trustee process or any other judicial process of any creditor of
any party, and shall be held and disbursed solely for the
purposes and in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
1.7 The Closing. The Closing
shall take place at the offices of WilmerHale, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxxx commencing at 9:00 a.m., local time,
on the Closing Date. The transfer of the Shares by the
Stockholder to the Buyer and the payment of the Base Purchase
Price by the Buyer to the Stockholder shall be deemed to occur
at 9:00 a.m., local time, on the Closing Date.
1.8
Stock Transfer
Documents. At or before the Closing, the
Stockholder shall, and shall cause the relevant Companies to,
enter into and deliver separate
stock purchase agreements, share
transfer forms, powers of attorney, stock powers, deeds and any
other documents as may be required under relevant local law to
transfer title to the Shares to the Buyer under this Agreement
(“Stock Transfer Documents”), with only such
modifications as are necessary in order to maintain
substantially the same legal meaning and effect under local law
as provided in this Agreement, including but not limited to the
following:
(a) Italy.
(i) the share certificates of MDS Italy representing the
entire authorized and issued corporate capital of MDS Italy duly
endorsed to the Buyer before a notary;
(b) Mexico.
(i) a short-form equity participation purchase and sale
agreement between the Stockholder and the Buyer;
(ii) the certificate of contribution representing the
Shares of MDS Mexico owned by the Stockholder; and
(iii) evidence of the entry of the Buyer into MDS
Mexico’s partners registry as the new owner of the MDS
Mexico Shares.
1.9 Allocation. The Base
Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Shares of each
Company in a manner that will be mutually agreed by the parties,
in good faith, as soon as practicable following the execution of
this Agreement but in no event later than five (5) business
days prior to Closing. In an event that an adjustment to the
Base Purchase Price is made pursuant to Section 1.5 of this
Agreement, the allocation of the Base Purchase Price shall be
amended to allocate such adjustment to the Shares of such
Company to which such adjustment is attributable. The parties
shall report the Tax consequences of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement in a manner consistent with the
allocation agreed under this Section 1.9.
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ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS
OF THE STOCKHOLDER REGARDING THE SHARES
The Stockholder represents and warrants to the Buyer that the
statements contained in this Article II are true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and
correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing.
2.1 Title. The Stockholder
has good and marketable title to the Shares which are to be
transferred to the Buyer by the Stockholder pursuant hereto,
free and clear of any and all covenants, conditions,
restrictions, voting trust arrangements, liens, charges,
encumbrances, options and adverse claims or rights whatsoever.
Schedule I sets forth a true and correct description
of all Shares owned by the Stockholder.
2.2 Authority. The
Stockholder has the full capacity, right, power and authority to
enter into this Agreement, to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby and to transfer, convey and sell to the
Buyer, at the Closing, the Shares. Upon consummation of the
purchase contemplated hereby, the Buyer will acquire from the
Stockholder good and marketable title to the Shares, free and
clear of all covenants, conditions, restrictions, voting trust
arrangements, liens, charges, encumbrances, options and adverse
claims or rights whatsoever. This Agreement has been duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder,
enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with its
terms, subject to the Bankruptcy Exception. Each of the Related
Agreements to be entered into by the Stockholder, upon execution
thereof by the Stockholder, will constitute a valid and binding
obligation of the Stockholder enforceable against the
Stockholder in accordance with its terms, subject to the
Bankruptcy Exception.
2.3 Noncontravention. Subject
to compliance with the applicable requirements of the Xxxx-Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Act, neither the execution and delivery by the
Stockholder of this Agreement or any of the Related Agreements
to be entered into by the Stockholder, nor the consummation by
the Stockholder of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, will (a) conflict with or violate any provision of
the Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws or other
organizational document of any of the Companies,
(b) require on behalf of any of the Companies any notice to
or filing with, or any permit, authorization, consent or
approval of, any Governmental Entity, (c) except as set
forth in Section 2.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
conflict with, result in a breach of, constitute (with or
without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under,
result in the acceleration of obligations under, create in any
party the right to terminate, modify or cancel, or require any
notice, consent or waiver under, any contract or instrument to
which any of the Companies is a party or by which any of the
Companies is bound or to which any of their respective assets is
subject, (d) result in the imposition of any Security
Interest upon any assets of any of the Companies or
(e) violate any order, writ, injunction, decree, statute,
rule or regulation applicable to any of the Companies or any of
their respective properties or assets, except in the case of
clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 2.3 for
any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults,
terminations, cancellations, accelerations or losses that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
2.4 Approvals. The
Stockholder is not a party to, subject to or bound by any
agreement or any judgment, order, writ, prohibition, injunction
or decree of any court or other governmental body which would
prevent the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the
Stockholder or the transfer, conveyance and sale of the Shares
to the Buyer pursuant to the terms hereof.
2.5 Brokers. The Stockholder
has no liability or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to
any broker, finder or agent with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
2.6 Residency. The
Stockholder is not a resident of Italy or Mexico.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE STOCKHOLDER REGARDING THE COMPANIES
The Stockholder represents and warrants to the Buyer that,
except as expressly set forth in the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the statements contained in this Article III are
true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be
true and correct as of the Closing as though made as of the
Closing, except to the extent such representations and
warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in
which case such representations and warranties will be true and
correct as of such date). The Company Disclosure Schedule shall
be arranged in sections and subsections corresponding to the
numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this
Article III. An item of disclosure in any section or
subsection of the Company Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to
be a disclosure in any other individual schedule of the Company
Disclosure Schedule as to which the applicability of such item
is readily apparent in light of the disclosure made. For
purposes of this Article III, the phrase “to the
knowledge of the Companies” or any phrase of similar import
shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge of the
Stockholder and each of the following individuals: Xxx Xxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Imperial and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx (after
reasonable inquiry and investigation).
3.1 Organization, Qualification and Corporate
Power. Each of MDS, MDS Services and MDS
Italy is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
corporate and tax good standing, or local equivalent, under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. MDS Mexico is a
limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and
in corporate and tax good standing, or local equivalent, under
the laws of Mexico. Each of the Companies is duly qualified to
conduct business and is in corporate and tax good standing, or
local equivalent, under the laws of each jurisdiction listed in
Section 3.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, which
jurisdictions constitute the only jurisdictions in which the
nature of the Companies’ businesses or the ownership or
leasing of their properties requires such qualification, except
for such failures to be so organized, qualified or in good
standing, individually or in the aggregate, that have not had,
and are not reasonably likely to have, a Company Material
Adverse Effect. Each of the Companies has all requisite
corporate power and authority to carry on the businesses in
which it is engaged and to own and use the properties owned and
used by it. Each of the Companies has furnished to the Buyer
complete and accurate copies of its Certificate of Incorporation
and by-laws or other organizational documents, each as amended,
in accordance with applicable local law. None of the Companies
is in default under or in violation of any provision of its
Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws or other organizational
documents.
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized, issued and paid-in share or equity
participation capital of each of the Companies is as set forth
in Section 3.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the date of the
Agreement, of the holders of capital stock or equity
participation in each Company showing the number of shares of
capital stock or equity participation, and the class or series
of such shares or equity participation, held by each stockholder
and (for shares other than common stock) the number of common
shares (if any) into which such shares are convertible.
Section 3.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule also
indicates all outstanding common shares that constitute
restricted stock or that are otherwise subject to a repurchase
or redemption right, indicating the name of the applicable
stockholder, the vesting schedule (including any acceleration
provisions with respect thereto), and the repurchase price
payable by the applicable Company. All of the issued and
outstanding shares or equity participation of capital stock of
each Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and
are fully paid and nonassessable, or local equivalent. All of
the issued and outstanding shares or equity participation of
capital stock of each Company have been offered, issued and sold
by such Company in compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws in the relevant jurisdiction.
(c) There are no Company Stock Plans. None of the Companies
has any outstanding Options or Warrants.
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(d) No subscription, warrant, option, convertible security
or other right (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or acquire
any shares or equity participation of capital stock any Company
is authorized or outstanding. No Company has any obligation
(contingent or otherwise) to issue any subscription, warrant,
option, convertible security or other such right, or to issue or
distribute to holders of any shares or equity participation of
its capital stock any evidences of indebtedness or assets of
such Company. No Company has any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares
or equity participation of its capital stock or any interest
therein or to pay any dividend or to make any other distribution
in respect thereof. There are no outstanding or authorized stock
appreciation, phantom stock or similar rights with respect to
any Company.
(e) There is no agreement, written or oral, between any of
the Companies and any holder of their securities, or, to the
best of the Companies’ knowledge, among any holders of
their securities, relating to the sale or transfer (including
agreements relating to rights of first refusal, co-sale rights
or “drag-along” rights), registration under the
Securities Act, or voting, of the capital stock of any of the
Companies.
3.3 Authorization of
Transaction. Each of the Companies has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver each of the
Related Agreements to which such Company is a party and to
perform its obligations thereunder. The execution and delivery
by each Company of each of the Related Agreements to be entered
into by such Company and the consummation by each Company of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part
of each such Company. Each of the Related Agreements to be
entered into by a Company will, upon execution thereof by such
Company, constitute a valid and binding obligation of such
Company, enforceable against such Company in accordance with its
terms, subject to the Bankruptcy Exception.
3.4 [Intentionally Deleted]
3.5 Subsidiaries. Except as
set forth in Section 3.5 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, none of the Companies has any Subsidiaries nor
controls directly or indirectly or has any direct or indirect
equity participation or similar interest in any corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or
other business association or entity.
3.6 Financial
Statements. The Companies have provided to
the Buyer the Financial Statements. The Financial Statements
(i) comply as to form in all respects with applicable
accounting requirements, (ii) were prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
covered thereby (except as may be indicated in the notes to such
financial statements) and (iii) fairly present the
consolidated financial position of the Companies as of the dates
thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and
cash flows for the periods indicated, consistent with the books
and records of the Medisystems Operating Companies, except that
the unaudited interim financial statements are subject to normal
and recurring year-end adjustments which will not be material in
amount or effect and do not include footnotes.
3.7 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since the Most Recent Balance Sheet
(a) there has occurred no event or development which,
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably
be expected to have in the future, a Company Material Adverse
Effect, and (b) except as set forth in Section 3.7 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Companies has taken
any of the actions set forth in paragraphs (a) through
(n) of Section 5.4.
3.8 Undisclosed
Liabilities. None of the Companies has any
liability (whether known or unknown, whether absolute or
contingent, whether liquidated or unliquidated and whether due
or to become due), except for (a) liabilities shown on the
Most Recent Balance Sheet, (b) liabilities which have
arisen since the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary
Course of Business (including in connection with agreements
entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business) or otherwise in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
(c) liabilities under agreements listed in
Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and
(d) liabilities under agreements which are not required to
be disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedule and which
liabilities, in the aggregate, are not material.
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3.9 Tax Matters.
(a) Each of the Companies has properly filed on a timely
basis (taking account of extensions) all Tax Returns that it was
required to file, and all such Tax Returns were true, correct
and complete in all material respects. No Company is or has ever
been a member of a group of corporations with which it has filed
(or been required to file) consolidated, combined or unitary Tax
Returns, other than a group of which the common parent is a
Company. Each of the Companies has paid on a timely basis all
Taxes that were due and payable. Except as set forth in
Section 3.9(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
unpaid Taxes of the Companies for Tax periods through the Most
Recent Balance Sheet Date do not exceed the accruals and
reserves for Taxes (excluding accruals and reserves for deferred
Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and
Tax income) set forth on the Most Recent Balance Sheet and all
unpaid Taxes of the Companies for all Tax periods commencing
after the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date arose in
the Ordinary Course of Business and are of a type consistent
with, and in an amount commensurate with, Taxes attributable to
prior similar periods (with due regard to intervening changes in
applicable law or administrative practice). None of the
Companies (i) has any actual or potential liability as a
transferee or successor, pursuant to any contractual obligation,
or otherwise for any Taxes of any person other than a Company or
(ii) is a party to or bound by any Tax indemnity, Tax
sharing, Tax allocation or similar agreement. All Taxes that any
of the Companies was required by law to withhold or collect have
been duly withheld or collected and, to the extent required,
have been properly paid to the appropriate Governmental Entity.
(b) The Companies have delivered or made available to the
Buyer (i) complete and correct copies of all Tax Returns of
the Companies relating to Taxes for all taxable periods for
which the applicable statute of limitations has not yet expired
and (ii) complete and correct copies of all private letter
rulings, revenue agent reports to any Company, information
document requests, notices of proposed deficiencies, deficiency
notices, protests, petitions, closing agreements, settlement
agreements, pending ruling requests and any similar documents
submitted by, received by, or agreed to by or on behalf of the
Companies or any of them relating to Taxes for all taxable
periods for which the statute of limitations has not yet
expired. The federal income Tax Returns of the Companies have
been audited by the Internal Revenue Service, or equivalent
Governmental Entity in the relevant
non-U.S. jurisdiction,
or are closed by the applicable statute of limitations for all
taxable years through the taxable year specified in
Section 3.9(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Except as set forth in Section 3.9(b)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no examination or audit of any Tax Return
of any Company by any Governmental Entity is currently in
progress or, to the knowledge of the Companies, threatened or
contemplated. None of the Companies has been informed by any
jurisdiction that the jurisdiction believes that such Company
was required to file any Tax Return that was not filed. Except
as set forth in Section 3.9(b)(ii) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, none of the Companies has (x) waived
any statute of limitations with respect to Taxes or agreed to
extend the period for assessment or collection of any Taxes,
(y) requested any extension of time within which to file
any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not yet been filed, or
(z) executed or filed any power of attorney with any taxing
authority.
(c) None of the assets of the Companies (i) is
property that is required to be treated as being owned by any
other person pursuant to the provisions of former Section
168(f)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, (ii) is
“tax-exempt use property” within the meaning of
Section 168(h) of the Code, (iii) directly or
indirectly secures any debt the interest on which is tax exempt
under Section 103(a) of the Code or (iv) is subject to
a lease under Section 7701(h) of the Code or under any
predecessor section.
(d) There are no adjustments under Section 481 of the
Code (or any similar adjustments under any corresponding
foreign, state or local Tax laws) that are required to be taken
into account by the Companies in any period ending after the
Closing Date by reason of a change in method of accounting in
any taxable period ending on or before the Closing Date or as a
result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(e) None of the Companies (i) is a “consenting
corporation” within the meaning of former
Section 341(f) of the Code, and none of the assets of the
Companies is subject to an election under former
Section 341(f) of the Code or (ii) has been a United
States real property holding corporation within the meaning of
Section 897(c)(2) of the Code during the applicable period
specified in Section 897(c)(l)(A)(ii) of the Code.
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(f) None of the Companies has ever participated in an
international boycott as defined in Section 999 of the Code.
(g) None of the Companies is a party to a lease that is
treated as a “Section 467 rental agreement”
within the meaning of Section 467(d) of the Code.
(h) None of the Companies has distributed to its
shareholders or security holders stock or securities of a
controlled corporation, nor has stock or securities of any
Company been distributed, in a transaction to which
Section 355 of the Code applies (i) in the two
(2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or
(ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part
of a “plan” or “series of related
transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of
the Code) that includes the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i) No Company owns any interest in an entity that is
characterized as a partnership for federal income Tax purposes.
(j) Section 3.9(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth each jurisdiction (other than United States federal)
in which any Company files or filed a Tax Return and each
jurisdiction that has sent notices or communications of any kind
requesting information relating to any Company’s nexus with
such jurisdiction.
(k) None of the Companies is or has been a passive foreign
investment company within the meaning of Section 1297 of
the Code.
(l) None of the Companies has incurred (or been allocated)
an “overall foreign loss” as defined in
Section 904(f)(2) of the Code which has not been previously
recaptured in full as provided in Sections 904(f)(1)
and/or
904(f)(3) of the Code.
(m) None of the Companies is a party to a gain recognition
agreement under Section 367 of the Code.
(n) None of the Companies will be required to include any
item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from,
taxable income for any period (or any portion thereof) ending
after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) closing
agreement as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any
corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign
Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date,
(ii) installment sale or other open transaction disposition
made on or prior to the Closing Date or (iii) prepaid
amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
(o) There are no liens or other encumbrances with respect
to Taxes upon any of the assets or properties of the Companies,
other than with respect to Taxes not yet due and payable.
(p) None of the Shares held by the Stockholder that are
shares of common stock of a Company are non-transferable and
subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning
of Section 83 of the Code with respect to which a valid
election under Section 83(b) of the Code has not been made.
(q) None of the Companies is or ever has been a party to a
transaction or agreement that is in conflict with the Tax rules
on transfer pricing then in effect in any relevant jurisdiction
and MDS Mexico has complied with all applicable Mexican transfer
pricing rules and other Mexican tax obligations that are
specifically applicable to Mexican corporations doing business
under a maquila program authorization issued by the
Ministry of Economy in Mexico.
(r) None of the Companies has engaged in any
“reportable transaction” for purposes of Treasury
Regulation
sections 1.6011-4(b)
or Code Section 6111 or any analogous provision of state or
local law.
(s) At all times since its formation, each of MDS Services
and MDS has validly been treated for federal income tax purposes
as an “S corporation” within the meaning of
Section 1361(a) of the Code and has validly been treated in
a similar manner for purposes of the income tax laws of all
states in which it has been subject to taxation.
(t) None of the Companies has a permanent establishment in
any country (determined under the laws of such country) other
than its country of incorporation or formation.
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3.10 Assets.
(a) Each Company is the true and lawful owner, and has good
title to, all of the material tangible assets owned by such
Company, free and clear of all Security Interests. Except for
the assets described in Section 3.10(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Companies own, lease or possess under a
bailment or other agreement all material tangible assets
currently used in all businesses of the Companies, and such
material tangible assets are sufficient for the conduct of the
Companies’ businesses. Each such material tangible asset is
free from material defects, has been maintained in accordance
with normal industry practice, is in good operating condition
and repair (subject to normal wear and tear) and is suitable for
the purposes for which it presently is used.
(b) Section 3.10(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists individually (i) all fixed assets (within the meaning
of GAAP) of the Companies having a book value greater than
$5,000, indicating the cost, accumulated book depreciation (if
any) and the net book value of each such fixed asset as of the
Most Recent Balance Sheet Date, and (ii) all other assets
of a tangible nature (other than inventories) of the Companies
whose book value exceeds $5,000.
3.11 Owned Real
Property. None of the Companies owns or has
ever owned any Real Property.
3.12 Real Property
Leases. Section 3.12 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists all Leases and lists the term of each
such Lease, any extension and expansion options, and the rent
payable thereunder. The Companies have delivered to the Buyer
complete and accurate copies of the Leases. With respect to each
Lease:
(a) such Lease is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in
full force and effect;
(b) such Lease will continue to be legal, valid, binding,
enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following
the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing;
(c) neither the applicable Company nor, to the knowledge of
the Companies, any other party, is in breach or violation of, or
default under, any such Lease, and no event has occurred, is
pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies, is threatened,
which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of time, or
otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by the
applicable Company or, to the knowledge of the Companies, any
other party under such Lease;
(d) there are no disputes, oral agreements or forbearance
programs in effect as to such Lease;
(e) the applicable Company has not assigned, transferred,
conveyed, mortgaged, deeded in trust or encumbered any interest
in the leasehold or subleasehold;
(f) to the knowledge of the Companies, all facilities
leased or subleased thereunder are supplied with utilities and
other services adequate for the operation of said facilities and
the businesses of the Companies;
(g) the Companies are not aware of any Security Interest,
easement, covenant or other restriction applicable to the real
property subject to such lease which would reasonably be
expected to materially impair the current uses or the occupancy
by the applicable Company of the property subject thereto;
(h) the Companies are not in discussions with any landlords
or lessors regarding potential changes to rental payments,
duration of term or other material terms of the Leases; and
(i) this Transaction will not trigger any consent
and/or
notice requirements under any of the Leases.
3.13 Intellectual Property
(a) Company
Registrations. Section 3.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all Registered Company
Intellectual Property, in each case enumerating specifically the
applicable filing or registration number, title, jurisdiction in
which filing was made or from which registration issued and date
of filing or issuance. To the knowledge of the Companies and
except as otherwise indicated in Section 3.13(a) of the
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Company Disclosure Schedule, all registered copyrights and
trademarks included in the Registered Company Intellectual
Property are valid and enforceable and the Companies have not
received any written notice that any issued Patent included
therein is invalid or unenforceable. To the knowledge of the
Companies and except as otherwise indicated in
Section 3.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, all
issuance, renewal, maintenance and other payments that are or
have become due with respect to the Registered Company
Intellectual Property have been timely paid.
(b) Prosecution Matters. None of the
Companies nor DSU has received any written notice of, and, to
the knowledge of the Companies, there are no inventorship
challenges, opposition or nullity proceedings, reexaminations,
reissues or interferences that have been declared or instituted
by the patent or trademark office of any jurisdiction, and none
of the Companies or DSU has received any written notice
threatening any such action, in each case, with respect to any
Patent included in the Registered Company Intellectual Property.
The Companies and DSU have complied with their duty of candor
and good faith to the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and any relevant foreign patent office with respect to all
patent and trademark applications included in the Registered
Company Intellectual Property and have not intentionally made
any material misrepresentation in such applications.
(c) Ownership and Right to Use. Each item
of Company Intellectual Property will be available for use by
the Buyer and the Companies immediately following the Closing on
substantially identical terms and conditions as it was available
for use immediately prior to the Closing. As of the Closing
Date, the Companies will exclusively own or otherwise have the
right to use all Intellectual Property used in connection with
the conduct of the businesses as conducted by the Companies
immediately prior to the Closing Date. The Companies are the
sole and exclusive owner of all Intellectual Property included
within the Company Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear
of any Security Interests. The Company Intellectual Property
that is licensed to or exclusively owned by the Companies as of
the Closing Date, or which the Companies otherwise have the
right to use as of the Closing Date, constitutes all
Intellectual Property (other than the Excluded Intellectual
Property) used by the Companies in connection with the conduct
of the Companies’ business, in all material respects, in
the manner done so by the Companies immediately prior to the
Closing Date.
(d) Reasonable Protection Measures. The
applicable Company has taken commercially reasonable measures to
maintain the confidentiality of the trade secrets and other
material non-public information owned by the Company, or
received from third parties which the Company is obligated to
treat as confidential. To the knowledge of the Companies, there
has been no: (i) material unauthorized disclosure of any
third party proprietary or confidential information in the
possession, custody or control of any Company, or
(ii) material breach of any Company’s security
procedures wherein confidential information has been disclosed
to a third person.
(e) Infringement by Companies. To the
knowledge of the Companies, neither the manufacture, use, sale,
offering for sale or importation of the Products by the
Companies, nor any other activity of the Companies in connection
with the operation of their businesses, infringes, violates, or
constitutes a misappropriation of, any Intellectual Property
rights of any third party. To the knowledge of the Companies,
there are no pending claims (and the Companies and DSU have not
received written notice of any threatened claims) by any person
alleging infringement by the Companies of any third party
Intellectual Property. Section 3.13(e) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule lists, and each Company has provided to the
Buyer copies of, any complaint, claim or written notice, or
written threat of any of the foregoing (including any written
notification that a license under any patent is offered or
available, or is or may be required). The representations set
forth in Section 3.13(a), (e) and (f) which are
made to the Companies’
and/or
DSU’s knowledge are made only to the actual knowledge of
the Companies
and/or DSU
without any requirement of inquiry into the actions or
intellectual property rights of third parties.
(f) Infringement of Company Rights. To
the knowledge of the Companies and except as otherwise indicated
in Section 3.13(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no
person (including, without limitation, any current or former
employee, contractor or consultant of any Company) is infringing
or misappropriating any of the Company Owned Intellectual
Property or any Company Licensed Intellectual Property which is
exclusively licensed to any Company. Each Company has provided
to the Buyer copies of all written notices
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provided by the Company or DSU to third parties and claims filed
by the Company or DSU against third parties alleging
infringement of the Company Owned Intellectual Property or any
Company Licensed Intellectual Property exclusively licensed to
any Company.
(g) Outbound IP
Agreements. Section 3.13(g) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule identifies each agreement pursuant to which
any Company has assigned, transferred, licensed, or otherwise
granted any right to any person, or covenanted not to assert any
right, with respect to any Registered Company Intellectual
Property.
(h) Inbound IP
Agreements. Section 3.13(h) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule identifies each agreement pursuant to which
any Company has been granted or has otherwise acquired any
rights with respect to any Registered Company Intellectual
Property (excluding commercially available software programs).
(i) Products. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.13(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
manufacture, use, sale, offering for sale and importation of the
Products by the Companies as conducted immediately prior to the
Closing Date is not covered by any claims of any Excluded
Intellectual Property and does not constitute the practice
outside of the Field of inventions, methods or processes claimed
or disclosed in the Licensed Class B Patents. In the event
that this Section 3.13(i) is inaccurate, the sole and
exclusive remedy therefor, shall be that (i) such claims of
Excluded Intellectual Property shall automatically be licensed
under the License Agreement as if such claims were included in
the Licensed Class B Patents thereunder and (ii) MDS
shall have the worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid up,
sublicensable right and license under such Excluded Intellectual
Property or Licensed Class B Patents to continue to make,
have made, sell, offer for sale and import such Products in the
manner conducted by the Companies immediately prior to the
Closing Date.
(j) Limitations. The representations and
warranties set forth in this Sections 3.13(c) and
(e) above do not extend to any activities, Products or
portion of the business relating to the Excluded Intellectual
Property or to the practice outside of the Field of the
inventions, methods and processes claimed or disclosed in the
Licensed Class B Patents.
(k) [Intentionally Deleted]
(l) Assignment of Patent Rights. Except
as otherwise indicated in Section 3.13(l) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, each employee of the Companies has executed
a valid and binding written agreement expressly assigning to
such Company, to the extent legally permissible, all right,
title and interest in any inventions, trade secrets and works of
authorship, whether or not patentable, invented, created,
developed, conceived
and/or
reduced to practice during the term and in the course of such
employee’s employment for such Company, and all
Intellectual Property rights therein.
(m) Government Support and
Funding. Except as set forth in
Section 3.13(m) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the
Companies have not created or reduced to practice any inventions
claimed in the Patents included within the Company Licensed
Intellectual Property using any federal funding, or facilities
of any university, college, or other educational institution or
research center.
3.14 Inventory. All
inventory of the Companies consists of a quality and quantity
usable and saleable in the Ordinary Course of Business, except
for obsolete items and items of below-standard quality, all of
which, to the extent reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet,
have been written-off or written-down to net realizable value.
All such inventories of the Companies that have not been
written-off have been priced at the lower of cost or net
realizable value on a
first-in,
first-out basis. The quantities of each type of inventory of the
Companies, whether raw materials,
work-in-process
or finished goods, are not excessive in the present
circumstances of the Companies.
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3.15 Contracts.
(a) Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
lists the following agreements (written or oral) to which any
Company is a party as of the date of this Agreement under which
any of the Companies has any ongoing or surviving obligations or
rights:
(i) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the
lease of personal property from or to third parties providing
for lease payments in excess of $10,000 per annum or having a
remaining term longer than six months;
(ii) any agreement (or group of related agreements) for the
purchase or sale of products (including yet to be developed
products) or for the furnishing or receipt of services
(A) which calls for performance over a period of more than
six months, (B) which involves more than the sum of
$50,000, or (C) in which any Company has granted
manufacturing rights, “most favored nation” pricing
provisions or marketing or distribution rights relating to any
products or territory or has agreed to purchase a minimum
quantity of goods or services or has agreed to purchase goods or
services exclusively from a certain party;
(iii) any agreement concerning the establishment or
operation of a partnership, joint venture or limited liability
company;
(iv) any agreement (or group of related agreements) under
which it has created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed (or may
create, incur, assume or guarantee) indebtedness (including
capitalized lease obligations) or under which it has imposed (or
may impose) a Security Interest on any of its assets, tangible
or intangible, and the amount of indebtedness outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement under each such agreement;
(v) any agreement for the disposition of any significant
portion of the assets or business of any Company (other than
sales of products in the Ordinary Course of Business) or any
agreement for the acquisition of the assets or business of any
other entity (other than purchases of inventory or components in
the Ordinary Course of Business);
(vi) any agreement concerning confidentiality;
(vii) any employment or consulting agreement;
(viii) any agreement involving any current or former
officer, director or stockholder of any Company or an Affiliate
of any Company (other than any agreements with former officers
or former employees in the standard form of the Medisystems
Employment Agreement or the MDS Mexico Employment Agreement,
copies of which are included in Section 3.15(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule);
(ix) any agreement under which the consequences of a
default or termination would reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect;
(x) any agreement which contains any provisions requiring
any Company to indemnify any other party;
(xi) any agreement that could reasonably be expected to
have the effect of prohibiting or impairing the conduct of the
businesses of any Company or the Buyer or any of its
subsidiaries as currently conducted and as currently proposed to
be conducted by the Stockholder;
(xii) any agreement under which any Company is restricted
from selling, licensing or otherwise distributing any of its
technology or products, or providing services to, customers or
potential customers or any class of customers, in any geographic
area, during any period of time or any segment of the market or
line of business;
(xiii) any agreement which would entitle any third party to
receive a license or any other right to intellectual property of
the Buyer or any of the Buyer’s Affiliates (other than any
Company) following the Closing;
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(xiv) any business associate agreements, under HIPAA;
(xv) any maquila, bailment or other inter-company
agreements; and
(xvi) any other agreement (or group of related agreements)
either involving more than $50,000 or not entered into in the
Ordinary Course of Business.
(b) The Companies have delivered to the Buyer a complete
and accurate copy of each agreement listed in Section 3.13
or Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule. With
respect to each agreement so listed: (i) the agreement is
legal, valid, binding and enforceable and in full force and
effect, subject to the Bankruptcy Exception; (ii) the
agreement will continue to be legal, valid, binding and
enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following
the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing, subject to the Bankruptcy
Exception; and (iii) none of the Companies nor, to the
knowledge of the Companies, any other party, is in breach or
violation of, or default under, any such agreement, and no event
has occurred, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies,
is threatened, which, after the giving of notice, with lapse of
time, or otherwise, would constitute a breach or default by any
Company or, to the knowledge of the Companies, any other party
under such agreement.
3.16 Accounts
Receivable. All accounts receivable of the
Companies reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet (other than
those paid since such date) are valid receivables subject to no
setoffs or counterclaims and are current and collectible, net of
the applicable reserve for bad debts on the Most Recent Balance
Sheet. A complete and accurate list of the accounts receivable
reflected on the Most Recent Balance Sheet, showing the aging
thereof, is included in Section 3.16 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule. All accounts receivable of the Companies
that have arisen since the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date are
valid receivables subject to no setoffs or counterclaims and are
collectible, net of a reserve for bad debts in an amount
proportionate to the reserve shown on the Most Recent Balance
Sheet. None of the Companies has received any written notice
from an account debtor stating that any account receivable in an
amount in excess of $10,000 is subject to any contest, claim or
setoff by such account debtor.
3.17 Powers of
Attorney. There are no outstanding powers of
attorney executed on behalf of any Company or the Stockholder
relating to any Company other than those listed in
Section 3.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
3.18 Insurance. Section 3.18
of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists each insurance policy
(including fire, theft, casualty, comprehensive general
liability, workers compensation, business interruption,
environmental, product liability and automobile insurance
policies and bond and surety arrangements) to which any Company
is a party, all of which are in full force and effect. All
applications for insurance of the Companies were truthful,
accurate and complete as of the date of each such application.
Such insurance policies are of the type and in amounts
customarily carried by organizations conducting businesses or
owning assets similar to those of the Companies. There is no
material claim pending under any such policy as to which
coverage has been questioned, denied or disputed by the
underwriter of such policy. All premiums due and payable under
all such policies have been paid, none of the Companies may be
liable for retroactive premiums or similar payments, and the
Companies are otherwise in compliance in all material respects
with the terms of such policies. The Companies have no knowledge
of any threatened termination of, or premium increase with
respect to, any such policy, other than any termination due to a
change of control provision in any such policy. Subject to
Section 8.9 herein, each such policy will continue to be
enforceable and in full force and effect immediately following
the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing. Section 3.18 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule lists all customs bonds currently in
effect for each Company in the amount as determined by the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (“CBP”)
to be necessary and proper for the purpose of making customs
entries by the relevant Company.
3.19 Litigation. There is no
Legal Proceeding which is pending or has been threatened in
writing against any Company which (a) seeks either damages
in excess of $25,000 or equitable relief or (b) in any
manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin, alter or delay
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. There are no
judgments, orders or decrees outstanding against any Company.
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3.20 Warranties. No
agreement of the Companies provides that any product or service
manufactured, sold, leased, licensed or delivered by any Company
is subject to any guaranty, warranty, right of return, right of
credit or other indemnity other than (i) the applicable
terms and conditions of sale or lease of the applicable Company,
which are set forth in the agreements described in
Section 3.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
(ii) the applicable labeling, including “Instructions
for Use” of the Products of the applicable Company, which
have heretofore been provided to the Buyer and
(iii) manufacturers’ warranties for which none of the
Companies has any liability.
3.21 Employees.
(a) Section 3.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a list of all employees of each Company employed as of
May 14, 2007 whose annual rate of compensation exceeds
$50,000 per year, along with the position, date of hire, and the
base annual rate of compensation of each such person. Except as
set forth in Section 3.21(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each current employee of MDS and MDS Services and each
former employee of MDS and MDS Services within the last three
(3) years has entered into a Medisystems Employment
Agreement with the applicable Company, a copy or form of which
has previously been made available to the Buyer. Except as set
forth in Section 3.21(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, each current employee of MDS Mexico whose annual base
rate of compensation exceeds $50,000 per year has entered into
an MDS Mexico Employment Agreement, a copy or form of which has
previously been made available to the Buyer. Each of the current
employees of MDS Italy has entered into an MDS Italy Employment
Agreement, a copy or form of which has previously been made
available to the Buyer. Section 3.21(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all employees of each
Company who are a party to a non-competition agreement with such
Company; copies of such agreements have previously been made
available to the Buyer. All of the agreements referenced above
in this Section 3.21(a) will continue to be legal, valid,
binding and enforceable and in full force and effect immediately
following the Closing in accordance with the terms thereof as in
effect immediately prior to the Closing. To the knowledge of the
Companies, as of the date of this Agreement, none of the
employees who are party to such non-competition agreements have
engaged in any activities prohibited by such agreements.
Section 3.21(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains
a list of all employees of each Company as of May 14, 2007
whose home office or employment location is in the United States
who are not citizens of the United States. To the knowledge of
the Companies, no key employee or group of employees has any
plans to terminate employment with any Company. The Companies
have been and are in compliance with all applicable laws and
with all applicable provisions of collective and individual
agreements relating to the hiring and employment of all current
and past employees relating to all aspects of employment,
including, but not limited to, their search, hiring, employment
relationship, and termination.
(b) MDS Italy has been, and is currently in, compliance
with all applicable laws and with all applicable provisions of
collective and individual agreements related to activities that
are performed for MDS Italy by individuals who are not employees
of MDS Italy, including, but not limited to, the past or current
performance by or in favor of MDS Italy, of “contratti
d’appalto” under article 1655 of the Italian
Civil Code and article 29 of Italian Legislative Decree No
276 of September 10, 2003, all past and current performance
of activities under “contratti di somministrazione di
manodopera” (lending of workmanship), all past and
current performance of activities by “lavoratori a
progetto” (workers by project) and generally all types
of non-employed providers of services. As of Closing, there are
no pending claims, or grounds for the initiation of claims,
against MDS Italy under article 29 of Italian Legislative
Decree No 276 of September 10, 2003, related to any
“contratto d’appalto”.
(c) Except as set forth in Section 3.21(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Companies is party to
or bound by any labor or collective bargaining agreement, nor
has any of them experienced, within the last two (2) years,
any strikes, work stoppages, work slowdowns or lockouts,
grievances, complaints, claims of unfair labor practices or
other collective bargaining disputes, and with respect to MDS
Italy, any anti-union behavior (“comportamento
antisindacale”). The Companies have no knowledge of any
union organization campaigns with regard to any employees of the
Companies and no organizational effort has been made or
threatened, either currently or within the past two years, by or
on behalf of any labor union with respect to any employee or
group of employees of any Company. The Companies have no
obligation either by
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contract or under applicable Laws and Regulations, to inform
and/or
consult with the employees
and/or their
representatives, or to issue any related notices or obtain any
related consents before Closing, regarding the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement.
3.22 Employee Benefits.
(a) Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a complete and accurate list of all material Company
Plans other than Company Plans that are government mandated or
disclosed in, or provided pursuant to,
non-U.S. collective
bargaining agreements (made available to the Buyer). Complete
and accurate copies of (i) all Company Plans which have
been reduced to writing, (ii) written summaries of all
unwritten material Company Plans, (iii) all related trust
agreements, insurance contracts and summary plan descriptions,
all as currently in effect, and (iv) all annual reports
filed on IRS Form 5500, 5500C or 5500R and (for all funded
plans) all plan financial statements for the last three plan
years for each Company Plan, have been made available to the
Buyer.
(b) Each Company Plan has been administered in all material
respects in accordance with its terms, and each of the Companies
and the ERISA Affiliates has in all material respects met its
obligations with respect to each Company Plan and has made all
required contributions thereto. Each Company, each ERISA
Affiliate (with respect to each Company Plan) and each Company
Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the
currently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and the
regulations thereunder (including Section 4980B of the
Code, Subtitle K, Chapter 100 of the Code and
Sections 601 through 608 and Section 701 et seq. of
ERISA). No Company Plan that is subject to ERISA has assets that
include securities issued by any Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
(c) There are no Legal Proceedings (except claims for
benefits payable in the normal operation of the Company Plans
and proceedings with respect to qualified domestic relations
orders) against or involving any Company Plan or asserting any
rights or claims to benefits under any Company Plan that could
reasonably be expected to give rise to any material liability to
the Companies.
(d) Each Company Plan that is intended to be qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the
effect that such Company Plan is qualified and the plan and the
trust related thereto are exempt from federal income taxes under
Sections 401(a) and 501(a), respectively, of the Code, no
such determination letter has been revoked and revocation has
not been threatened.
(e) No Company Plan is subject to Section 412 of the
Code or Title IV of ERISA. No liability under Title IV
of ERISA has been incurred by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate
that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition exists
that presents a material risk to the Company or any ERISA
Affiliate of incurring a liability under such Title.
(f) No Company Plan is a “multiemployer plan” (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(g) Except as reflected in the Financial Statements, there
are no unfunded obligations of the Companies under any Company
Plan providing benefits after termination of employment to any
employee of the Companies (or to any beneficiary of any such
employee), including but not limited to retiree health coverage
and deferred compensation, but excluding continuation of health
coverage required to be continued under Section 4980B of
the Code or other applicable law and insurance conversion
privileges under state law.
(h) No act or omission has occurred and no condition exists
with respect to any Company Plan that would reasonably be
expected to subject any of the Companies to (i) any
material fine, penalty, tax or liability of any kind imposed
under ERISA or the Code or (ii) any obligations to pay a
material amount pursuant to any contractual indemnification or
contribution obligation protecting any fiduciary, insurer or
service provider with respect to any Company Plan.
(i) No Company Plan is funded by or related to a
“voluntary employee’s beneficiary association”
within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of the Code.
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(j) Section 3.22(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
discloses each: (i) agreement between any Company and any
stockholder, director, executive officer or other key employee
of any Company (A) the benefits of which are contingent, or
the terms of which are altered, upon the occurrence of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (B) providing
any term of employment or compensation guarantee or
(C) providing severance benefits or other benefits after
the termination of employment of such director, executive
officer or key employee and (ii) Company Plan, any of the
benefits of which provided thereunder will be increased, or the
vesting of the benefits of which will be accelerated, by the
occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the value of any of the benefits of which provided
thereunder will be calculated on the basis of any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(k) Section 3.22(k) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth the policy of each Company with respect to accrued
vacation, accrued sick time and earned time off and the amount
of such liabilities as of March 31, 2007. With respect to
all employees of MDS Italy, Section 3.22(k) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule also sets forth details of accrued and
unused annual vacation, public holidays, any other paid leaves,
T.F.R. — Trattamento di Fine Rapporto, monthly
wages in addition to the twelve calendar monthly wages,
seniority increases, contributions to Employee Benefit Plans and
all allowances and indemnities to which employees are entitled
to under applicable laws, collective agreements and company
policies or practices.
(l) Each Company Plan that is a “nonqualified deferred
compensation plan” (as defined in Code
Section 409A(d)(1)) has been operated since January 1,
2005 in good faith compliance with Code Section 409A, to
the extent applicable.
3.23 Environmental Matters.
The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 3.23 shall be the sole representations and
warranties by the Stockholder with respect to matters arising
under or governed by Environmental Laws or relating to Materials
of Environmental Concern, and no other representations and
warranties shall be deemed to apply to such matters.
(a) Each Company is and, has been in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws. There
is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Companies, written or
oral threat of civil or criminal litigation, written notice of
violation, formal administrative proceeding, formal
investigation or written information request by any Governmental
Entity, relating to the violation of or liability under any
Environmental Law involving any Company.
(b) None of the Companies has any liabilities or
obligations arising from the release by the Companies or any
third party of any Materials of Environmental Concern into the
environment.
(c) None of the Companies is a party to or bound by any
court order, administrative order, consent order or other
written agreement (excluding, however, Permits required under
Environmental Laws, which are addressed in Section 3.23(f)
hereof) between any such Company and any Governmental Entity
whose primary purpose is to impose or confirm legal obligations
or liabilities arising under any Environmental Law.
(d) Set forth in Section 3.23(d) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule is a list of all documents (whether in hard
copy or electronic form) whose primary purpose is to provide
information on the presence of Materials of Environmental
Concern in the soil
and/or
groundwater at premises currently or previously owned or
operated by a Company (whether conducted by or on behalf of such
Company or a third party, and whether done at the initiative of
such Company or directed by a Governmental Entity or other third
party) which such Company has possession of. A complete and
accurate copy of each such document has been provided to the
Buyer.
(e) There is no material environmental liability of any
solid or hazardous waste transporter or treatment, storage or
disposal facility that has been used by any Company and for
which such Company is legally responsible.
(f) Section 3.23(f) of the Company Disclosure Schedule
sets forth a list of all material Permits required by
Environmental Laws issued to or held by any Company. Such listed
Permits are the only material Permits required by Environmental
Laws that are required for the Companies to conduct their
respective businesses.
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Each such Permit is in full force and effect; the applicable
Company is, and at all times has been, in compliance with the
terms of each such Permit; and, to the knowledge of the
Companies, no suspension or cancellation of such Permit is being
threatened in writing or orally. Each such Permit will continue
in full force and effect immediately following the Closing.
3.24 Legal Compliance.
(a) Each Company is conducting and has conducted its
business and operations in compliance in all material respects
with all applicable U.S. and
non-U.S. regional,
federal, state and local laws, regulations, rules, decrees,
writs and orders (“Laws and Regulations”), including
without limitation the rules and regulations of the United
States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). None of
the Companies has, within the last three (3) years,
received any notice or communication from any Governmental
Entity alleging noncompliance with any applicable Laws and
Regulations. No civil, criminal or administrative action, suit,
demand, claim, complaint, hearing, investigation, notice, demand
letter, warning letter, inquiry, proceeding or request for
information is pending or to the knowledge of the Companies,
threatened against any Company and none of the Companies
currently has any liability (whether actual or contingent) for
failure to comply with any Laws and Regulations. There is no
act, omission, event, or circumstance of which the Companies
have knowledge that would reasonably be expected to give rise to
any such action, suit, demand, claim, complaint, hearing,
investigation, notice, demand letter, warning letter, inquiry,
proceeding or request for information or any such liability. To
the knowledge of the Companies, there has not been any violation
of any Laws and Regulations by any Company in its product
development efforts, submissions or reports to any Governmental
Entity that could reasonably be expected to require
investigation, corrective action or enforcement action. None of
the Companies has ever been or is now subject to FDA’s
Applications Integrity Policy (“AIP”). To the
Companies’ knowledge, the Companies have not made any false
statements on, or material omissions from, any applications,
approvals, reports, or other submissions to any Governmental
Entity, or made any false statements on, or material omissions
from, any other records and documentation prepared or maintained
to comply with the requirements of any Governmental Entity.
(b) Except for MDS Italy, the Companies’ facilities
are registered, as required, and each product manufactured by or
on behalf of any Company for commercial distribution in the
United States that is required to be listed (the
“Products”) with the FDA under Section 510 of the
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C.
§ 301 et seq. (the “FD&C Act”), and the
applicable rules and regulations thereunder, is so listed. Each
Product in current commercial distribution is either a
Class I or Class II medical device as defined under
21 U.S.C. § 360c(a)(1)(A) and (B), and applicable
rules and regulations thereunder and was first marketed under,
and is covered by, an FDA order of substantial equivalence in
response to a premarket notification submitted in compliance
with 21 U.S.C. § 360(k) and the applicable rules
and regulations thereunder, or is exempt from such premarket
notification in accordance with 21 U.S.C.
§ 360(l) or (m) and applicable rules and
regulations thereunder. Each Company is, and at all times has
been, in compliance with, and each Product in current commercial
distribution is designed, manufactured, prepared, assembled,
packaged, labeled, stored and processed in compliance with the
applicable requirements of the Quality System Regulation set
forth in 21 C.F.R. Part 820. Each Company is, and at
all times has been, in compliance with the written procedures,
record-keeping and FDA reporting requirements for Medical Device
Reporting set forth in 21 C.F.R. Part 803. None of the
Companies is subject to any enforcement proceedings by the FDA
and, to the Companies’ knowledge, no such proceedings have
been threatened. None of the Companies has introduced in
commercial distribution during the period of three calendar
years immediately preceding the date hereof any Products which
were upon their shipment by any Company adulterated or
misbranded in violation of 21 U.S.C. §331.
(c) None of the Companies has received or possesses any of
the following documents: (i) 510(k) rescission letters,
(ii) notice of FDA regulatory actions against any Company
including notice of adverse findings, regulatory, untitled or
warning letters or mandatory recalls, (iii) documentation
related to voluntary or mandatory recalls of any products of the
Companies, (iv) reports of removals or corrections or
correspondence to and from the FDA concerning such reports and
all related investigations or (v) safety alerts.
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(d) Each Company has provided the Buyer a true and correct
copy of each of the following with respect to the last three
calendar years and year-to-date 2007: (i) a list of all
products marketed by such Company or any predecessor thereto,
and for each such product, the legal basis for distributing the
product in interstate commerce, (ii) all justifications by
such Company or any predecessor thereto for not filing a 510(k)
for a change or modification to a marketed device,
(iii) all substantially equivalent or not substantially
equivalent letters received by such Company or any predecessor
to such Company, (iv) all correspondence, meeting notes or
minutes, or related documents concerning material communications
between the FDA and such Company or any predecessor thereto as
they relate to 510(k) submissions, including requests for
additional information and responses thereto, and compliance
matters (v) all management review reports of such Company,
(vi) all documents in response to actual or proposed FDA
regulatory action(s), including all documents showing corrective
actions undertaken by such Company or any predecessor thereto in
response to FDA regulatory action(s), (vii) all FDA reports
of inspection (Establishment Inspection Reports and
Form FDA 483s) and FDA inspection reports of such Company
evaluating compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices
(“GMP”) or analogous procedures from other
Governmental Entities, including foreign regulatory authorities,
(viii) all Medical Device Reports (“MDRs”) filed
by such Company or any predecessor to such Company,
(ix) all MedWatch forms received by such Company or any
predecessor thereto, and (x) all written reports of GMP
audits of such Company or any predecessor thereto and their
suppliers in the Company’s possession or control. Each
Company has provided the Buyer a true and correct copy of all
product labeling and advertising currently in use, including
that posted on such Company’s website and in such
Company’s user’s manuals.
(e) None of the Companies nor, to the knowledge of the
Companies, any other person (i) who has a direct or
indirect ownership interest (as those terms are defined in
42 C.F.R. Section 1001.1001(a)(2)) in any of the
Companies, or (ii) who has an ownership or control interest
(as defined in 42 C.F.R. Section 420.201) in any of
the Companies, or (iii) who is an officer, director, agent
(as defined in 42 C.F.R. Section 1001.1001(a)(2)) or
managing employee (as defined in 42 C.F.R.
Section 420.201) of any of the Companies, has engaged in
any activities which are prohibited, or are cause for civil
penalties or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare,
Medicaid, or any other State Health Care Program or Federal
Health Care Program (as those terms are defined in
42 C.F.R. Section 1001.2) under 42 U.S.C.
Sections 1320a-7,
1320a-7a,
1320a-7b, or
1395nn, or the Federal False Claim Act, 31. U.S.C.
Section 3729, or the regulations promulgated pursuant to
such statutes.
(f) MDS Mexico’s maquila program and activities
are in compliance with all applicable Laws and Regulations in
all material respects, and MDS Mexico has obtained all
extensions required for MDS Mexico to carry out its activities
as historically and currently conducted.
(g) MDS Mexico submitted its Sectoral Promotion Programs
(PROSEC) applications to Mexico’s Ministry of Economy. The
Ministry of Economy has approved the PROSEC and a true, correct
and complete copy of the application and approval has been
delivered to the Buyer.
(h) All temporarily imported goods that are used by or
located at MDS Mexico’s facility are included in MDS
Mexico’s maquila program and have been and remain
legally imported in Mexico, and no goods have remained in Mexico
longer than the relevant authorized period.
3.25 Customers and
Suppliers. Section 3.25 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of (a) each customer
that accounted for more than 1% of the consolidated revenues of
the Companies during the last full fiscal year or the interim
period through the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date and the amount
of revenues accounted for by such customer during each such
period and (b) each supplier that is the sole supplier of
any significant product or service to any Company. No such
customer or supplier has indicated within the past year that it
will stop, or decrease the rate of, buying products or supplying
products, as applicable, to any Company and the Companies have
no reason to believe that any of the foregoing is likely to
occur as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or for any other reason within the next
12 months. No unfilled customer order or commitment
obligating any Company to process, manufacture or deliver
products or perform services will result in a loss to such
Company upon completion of performance. No purchase order or
commitment of any Company is in excess of normal requirements,
nor are prices provided therein in excess of current market
prices for the products or services to be provided thereunder.
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3.26 Permits. Section 3.26
of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a list of all
material Permits issued to or held by any Company. Such listed
Permits are the only material Permits that are required for the
Companies to conduct their respective businesses (in the case of
MDS Italy, as required within the last three (3) years).
Each such Permit is in full force and effect; the applicable
Company is, and with respect to each Company other than MDS
Italy, at all times has been and, with respect to MDS Italy,
within the last three (3) years has been, in compliance
with the terms of each such Permit; and, to the knowledge of the
Companies, no suspension or cancellation of such Permit is
threatened and there is no basis for believing that such Permit
will not be renewable upon expiration. Each such Permit will
continue in full force and effect immediately following the
Closing.
3.27 Certain Business Relationships With
Affiliates. Except for (i) the business
relationships between MDS Mexico and certain of its Affiliates
with respect to MDS Mexico’s maquila program and
activities as set forth in Section 3.27 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, (ii) rights pursuant to the License
Agreement and the Consulting Agreement and (iii) payments
and expenses set forth in Section 3.27 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, no Affiliate of any Company (other than an
Affiliate that is one of the Companies) (a) owns any
property or right, tangible or intangible, which is used in the
business of any Company and which will survive the Closing,
(b) has any claim or cause of action against any Company,
or (c) owes any money to, or is owed any money by, any
Company, which right or obligation will survive the Closing.
Section 3.27 of the Company Disclosure Schedule describes
any transactions or relationships between any Company, on the
one hand, and any Affiliate of such Company (other than any
Affiliate that is one of the Companies), which occurred or have
existed since the beginning of the time period covered by the
Financial Statements and which would have the effect of either
(i) overstating operating income of the Companies if the
parties had not been Affiliates or (ii) understating
operating expense of the Companies if the parties had not been
Affiliates.
3.28 Brokers’
Fees. None of the Companies has any liability
or obligation to pay any fees or commissions to any broker,
finder or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
3.29 Books and Records. The
minute books and other similar records of each Company contain
complete and accurate records of all actions taken at any
meetings of such Company’s stockholders, Board of Directors
or any committee thereof, and of all written consents executed
in lieu of the holding of any such meeting. The books and
records of each Company accurately reflect in all material
respects the assets, liabilities, business, financial condition
and results of operations of such Company and have been
maintained in accordance with good business and bookkeeping
practices. Section 3.29 of the Company Disclosure Schedule
contains a list of all bank accounts and safe deposit boxes of
the Companies and the names of persons having signature
authority with respect thereto or access thereto.
3.30 Disclosure. No
representation or warranty by any Company contained in this
Agreement (including the Company Disclosure Schedule) omits to
state any material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances
under which it was made, in order to make the statements herein
or therein not misleading. No statement contained in any other
document, certificate or other instrument delivered by or on
behalf of any Company pursuant to this Agreement, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any
material fact necessary, in light of the circumstances under
which it was made, in order to make the statements herein or
therein not misleading.
3.31 Controls and
Procedures.
(a) Each Company maintains accurate books and records
reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains proper and
adequate internal control over financial reporting which provide
assurance that (i) transactions are executed with
management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated
financial statements of the Companies and to maintain
accountability for the consolidated assets of the Companies,
(iii) access to assets of such Company is permitted only in
accordance with management’s authorization, (iv) the
reporting of assets of such Company is compared with existing
assets at regular intervals and (v) accounts, notes and
other receivables and inventory were recorded accurately, and
proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the
collection thereof on a current and timely basis.
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(b) The Companies have not, since July 30, 2002,
extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of
credit, modified or renewed an extension of credit, in the form
of a personal loan or otherwise, to or for any director or
executive officer of any of the Companies. Section 3.31(b)
of the Company Disclosure Schedule identifies any loan or
extension of credit maintained by any Company to which the
second sentence of Section 13(k)(1) of the Exchange Act
would apply.
3.32 [Intentionally
Deleted].
3.33 Government
Contracts. None of the Companies is or has
been party to any contract, subcontract, agreement or commitment
with any Governmental Entity.
3.34 Questionable
Payments. None of the Companies (nor, to the
Companies’ knowledge, any of their respective officers,
directors, executives, representatives, agents or employees)
(a) has used or is using any corporate funds for any
illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful
expenses relating to political activity, (b) has used or is
using any corporate funds for any direct or indirect unlawful
payments to any foreign or domestic government officials or
employees, (c) has violated or is violating any provision
of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (d) has
established or maintained, or is maintaining, any unlawful fund
of corporate monies or other properties or (e) has made any
bribe, unlawful rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or
other unlawful payment of any nature.
3.35 Personally Identifiable Information and
Privacy. Except as set forth in
Section 3.35 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of
the Companies is currently or has ever been a “business
associate” as such term is defined under HIPAA.
3.36 Customs Matters.
(a) Each of the Companies has filed all necessary documents
with CBP and other customs authorities in each of the countries
in which the Companies have imported merchandise, and none of
the Companies has received any notices from CBP or other customs
authorities with regard to the correctness of any such filings.
(b) None of the Companies is the subject of any ongoing
audits, Focused Assessments, investigations or other reviews by
CBP or other customs authorities in any of the countries in
which any Company operates or imports merchandise.
(c) None of the Companies has made any prior disclosures or
other types of voluntary disclosures relating to its import or
export activities in any country during the last three
(3) years.
(d) Within the last three (3) years, none of the
Companies have been asked to provide, nor have they provided, a
statute of limitations waiver in response to any requests from
customs authorities in any country in which any Company imports
or operates.
(e) All powers of attorney currently in existence that have
been granted by each of the Companies to customs brokers are
listed in Section 3.36(e) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule.
(f) Each Company has the appropriate customs bond or other
necessary security in place in each of the countries in which it
operates in order to import merchandise.
(g) During the last three (3) years, none of the
Companies has received any notice of any kind from CBP, or any
other customs authority in any country in which any Company
imports or operates, that any additional duties are, or may be,
due; that a seizure of merchandise has occurred; that liquidated
damages or penalties of any kind are, or may be, due.
(h) None of the products exported by the Companies is the
subject of any controls in place by any countries from which any
Company exports product. To the extent that any of the
merchandise exported by any of the Companies is subject to
specific export regulations or export controls of any kind, each
of the Companies is in full compliance with all applicable laws
and regulations. Any necessary permits, licenses or similar
governmental approvals for the exportation of its products have
been obtained.
(i) Within the last three (3) years, none of the
Companies has been denied a license, permit or other
authorization to export products from any of the countries in
which it operates.
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(j) To the extent that each of the Companies utilizes free
trade agreements, including the North American Free Trade
Agreement, in its export and import activities, each of the
Companies is in full compliance with, and have issued
and/or
received necessary certificates of origin in order to claim
preferential duty treatment for the importations.
(k) Within the last three (3) years, none of the
Companies has received any rulings of any kind from any customs
authorities in any countries in which it imports or exports
merchandise.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF THE BUYER
The Buyer represents and warrants to the Stockholder that,
except as expressly set forth in the Buyer Disclosure Schedule,
the statements contained in this Article IV are true and
correct as of the date of this Agreement and will be true and
correct as of the Closing as though made as of the Closing,
except to the extent such representations and warranties are
specifically made as of a particular date (in which case such
representations and warranties will be true and correct as of
such date). The Buyer Disclosure Schedule shall be arranged in
sections and subsections corresponding to the numbered and
lettered sections and subsections contained in this
Article IV. Any item of disclosure in any section or
subsection of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule shall be deemed to
be a disclosure in any other individual schedule of the Buyer
Disclosure Schedule as to which the applicability of such item
is readily apparent in light of the disclosure made.
4.1 Organization, Standing and
Power. The Buyer is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, has all requisite
corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and assets and to carry on its business as now being
conducted and as proposed to be conducted, and is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation
in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties it
owns, operates or leases or the nature of its activities makes
such qualification necessary, except for such failures to be so
organized, qualified or in good standing, individually or in the
aggregate, that have not had, and are not reasonably likely to
have, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
4.2 Capitalization.
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Buyer consists of
100,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock and
5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.001 par value
per share (the “Buyer Preferred Stock”), which shares
may be issued in one or more series from time to time by the
Buyer’s Board of Directors. The rights and privileges of
each class of the Buyer’s capital stock are set forth in
the Buyer’s Certificate of Incorporation. As of the close
of business on May 30, 2007, 29,925,152 shares of
Buyer Common Stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of
Buyer Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. No material
change in such capitalization has occurred between May 30,
2007 and the date of this Agreement.
(b) Section 4.2(b) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule
lists the number of shares of Buyer Common Stock reserved for
future issuance as of May 30, 2007 pursuant to equity plans
of the Buyer (collectively, “Buyer Stock Plans”), and
the total number of outstanding options to purchase shares of
the Buyer Common Stock (such outstanding options, “Buyer
Stock Options”) under Buyer Stock Plans as of the close of
business on May 30, 2007.
(c) Section 4.2(c) of the Buyer Disclosure Schedule
shows the number of shares of Buyer Common Stock reserved for
future issuance pursuant to warrants or other outstanding rights
(other than Buyer Stock Options) to purchase shares of Buyer
Common Stock outstanding as of May 30, 2007 (such
outstanding warrants or other rights, the “Buyer
Warrants”).
(d) All outstanding shares of Buyer Common Stock are, and
all shares of Buyer Common Stock subject to issuance as
specified in Sections 4.2(b) and 4.2(c) or pursuant to
Article I, upon issuance on the terms and conditions
specified in the instruments pursuant to which they are
issuable, will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of
any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal,
preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under
any provision of the
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DGCL, the Buyer’s Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws
or any agreement to which the Buyer is a party or is otherwise
bound.
4.3 Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings
and Consents.
(a) The Buyer has all requisite corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and the Related
Agreements and, subject only to the Buyer Stockholder Approval,
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and the Related Agreements. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Related Agreements and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Related
Agreements by the Buyer have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Buyer, subject
only to the required receipt of the Buyer Stockholder Approval.
This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Buyer
and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Buyer,
enforceable against the Buyer in accordance with its terms,
subject to the Bankruptcy Exception. Each of the Related
Agreements to be entered into by the Buyer, upon execution
thereof by the Buyer, will constitute the valid and binding
obligation of the Buyer, enforceable against the Buyer in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Bankruptcy Exception.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Related Agreements by the Buyer do not and will not, and the
consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Related Agreements shall not,
(i) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of,
any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws of
the Buyer, (ii) conflict with, or result in any violation
or breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) a default (or give rise to a right of
termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or
loss of any material benefit) under, require a consent or waiver
under, constitute a change in control under, require the payment
of a penalty under or result in the imposition of any Security
Interest on the Buyer’s assets under, any of the terms,
conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture,
lease, license, contract or other agreement, instrument or
obligation to which the Buyer is a party or by which the Buyer
or any of its properties or assets may be bound, or
(iii) subject to obtaining the Buyer Stockholder Approval
and compliance with the requirements specified in
clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 4.3(c),
conflict with or violate any permit, concession, franchise,
license, judgment, injunction, order, decree, statute, law,
ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to the Buyer or any of
its properties or assets, except in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 4.3(b) for
any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults,
terminations, cancellations, accelerations or losses that,
individually or in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to
have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
(c) No consent, approval, license, permit, order or
authorization of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing
with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to
the Buyer in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or any Related Agreement by the Buyer or the
consummation by the Buyer of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or any Related Agreement, except for (i) the
pre-merger notification requirements under the HSR Act,
(ii) the filing of the Registration Statement with the SEC
in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the filing of
the Proxy Statement/Prospectus with the SEC in accordance with
the Exchange Act, (iv) the filing of such reports,
schedules or materials under Section 13 of or
Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act and materials under Rule 165 and
Rule 425 under the Securities Act as may be required in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, (v) such consents, approvals, orders,
authorizations, registrations, declarations and filings as may
be required under applicable state securities laws and such
other consents, licenses, permits, orders, authorizations,
filings, approvals and registrations which, if not obtained or
made, would not be reasonably likely, individually or in the
aggregate, to have a Buyer Material Adverse Effect, and
(vi) the filing with the NASDAQ Global Market of (A) a
Notification Form for Listing of Additional Shares and
(B) a Notification Form for Change in the Number of Shares
Outstanding, with respect to the shares of Buyer Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of
the shares of Buyer Common Stock present or represented by proxy
and voting at the Buyer Meeting (the “Buyer Stockholder
Approval”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or
series of the Buyer’s capital stock or other securities
necessary for approval of the issuance of the Buyer Shares and
for the consummation by the Buyer of the other transactions
contemplated
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by this Agreement. There are no bonds, debentures, notes or
other indebtedness of the Buyer having the right to vote (or
convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the
right to vote) on any matters on which stockholders of the Buyer
may vote.
4.4 Reports and Financial
Statements. The Buyer has previously
furnished or made available to the Stockholder complete and
accurate copies, as amended or supplemented, of the Buyer
Reports. The Buyer Reports constitute all of the documents
required to be filed by the Buyer under Section 13 or
subsections (a) or (c) of Section 14 of the
Exchange Act with the SEC from January 1, 2006 through the
date of this Agreement, except for any current reports on
Form 8-K
relating to events occurring during the Buyer’s current
fiscal quarter, the failure of which to report would not result
in the Buyer’s failure to be eligible to register its
shares on a
Form S-3
Registration Statement, provided that any such missed reports
are filed with the SEC prior to the filing of the
Form S-3
Registration Statement or the required disclosure is included in
the Buyer’s
Form 10-Q
for the current fiscal quarter. The Buyer Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations thereunder when filed. As of their
respective dates, the Buyer Reports did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading. The audited financial statements
and unaudited interim financial statements of the Buyer included
in the Buyer Reports (i) complied as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and
the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect
thereto when filed, (ii) were prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
covered thereby (except as may be indicated therein or in the
notes thereto, and in the case of quarterly financial
statements, as permitted by
Form 10-Q
under the Exchange Act), and (iii) fairly present the
consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash
flows of the Buyer as of the respective dates thereof and for
the periods referred to therein.
4.5 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since December 31, 2006, there
has occurred no event or development which, individually or in
the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have
in the future, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
5.1 Closing Efforts. Each of
the Parties shall use his or its Reasonable Best Efforts to take
all actions and to do all things necessary, proper or advisable
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
including using its Reasonable Best Efforts to ensure that
(i) his or its representations and warranties remain true
and correct in all material respects through the Closing Date
and (ii) the conditions to the obligations of the other
Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
satisfied.
5.2 Governmental and Third-Party Notices and
Consents.
(a) Each Party shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to
obtain, at its expense, all waivers, permits, consents,
approvals or other authorizations from Governmental Entities,
and to effect all registrations, filings and notices with or to
Governmental Entities, as may be required for such Party to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
to otherwise comply with all applicable laws and regulations in
connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall promptly file any
Notification and Report Forms and related material that it may
be required to file with the Federal Trade Commission and the
Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice
under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act, shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to obtain an early
termination of the applicable waiting period, and shall make any
further filings or information submissions pursuant thereto that
may be necessary, proper or advisable; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the
Buyer shall not be obligated (A) to respond to formal
requests for additional information or documentary material
pursuant to 16 C.F.R. 803.20 under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act except to the extent it elects to do so in its sole
discretion or (B) to sell or dispose of
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or hold separately (through a trust or otherwise) any assets or
businesses of the Buyer or its Affiliates, including the
Companies.
(b) The Stockholder shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts
to obtain, at its expense, all such waivers, consents or
approvals from third parties, and to give all such notices to
third parties, as are required to be listed in the Company
Disclosure Schedule.
5.3 Special Meeting,
S-4
Registration Statement and Proxy
Statement/Prospectus.
(a) The Buyer shall use its Reasonable Best Efforts to
obtain, as promptly as practicable, the approval of the issuance
of shares of Buyer Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement by the stockholders of the Buyer at a special meeting
of the stockholders of the Buyer (the “Buyer
Meeting”), as required by the rules of the NASDAQ Global
Market, in accordance with the applicable requirements of the
DGCL. In connection therewith, the Buyer shall prepare, with the
assistance and cooperation of the Stockholder, the
S-4
Registration Statement and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The
Buyer shall file the
S-4
Registration Statement with the SEC and shall, with the
assistance of the Stockholder, promptly respond to any SEC
comments on the
S-4
Registration Statement and shall otherwise use its Reasonable
Best Efforts to have the
S-4
Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities
Act as promptly as practicable. Promptly following such time as
the S-4
Registration Statement is declared effective, the Buyer shall
distribute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to its stockholders.
(b) The Buyer, acting through its Board of Directors, shall
include in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the recommendation of
its Board of Directors (the “Buyer Board”) that the
stockholders of the Buyer vote in favor of the approval of the
issuance of shares of Buyer Common Stock pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation
set forth in the foregoing sentence shall not apply (and the
Buyer Board shall be permitted to modify or withdraw any such
recommendation previously made) if the Buyer Board reasonably
concludes, after consultation with its outside legal counsel,
that the fiduciary duties of the Buyer Board under applicable
law prohibit it from fulfilling the obligations in the foregoing
sentence.
(c) The Buyer shall ensure that the
S-4
Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading (provided that the Buyer shall not be responsible for
the accuracy or completeness of any information relating to the
Stockholder or any of the Companies or furnished by the
Stockholder or any of the Companies in writing for inclusion in
the S-4
Registration Statement).
(d) The Stockholder shall, and shall cause the Companies
to, ensure that any information relating to any of them or
furnished by any of them to the Buyer in writing for inclusion
in the S-4
Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading.
5.4 Operation of
Business. Except as contemplated by this
Agreement during the period from the date of this Agreement to
the Closing, the Stockholder shall cause each of the Companies
to conduct its operations in the Ordinary Course of Business and
in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and, to
the extent consistent therewith, use its Reasonable Best Efforts
to preserve intact its current business organization, keep its
physical assets in good working condition, keep available the
services of its current officers and employees and preserve its
relationships with customers, suppliers and others having
business dealings with it to the end that its goodwill and
ongoing business shall not be impaired in any material respect.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set
forth on Schedule 5.4 attached hereto, prior to the
Closing, the Stockholder shall cause each of the Companies not
to without the written consent of the Buyer:
(a) issue or sell any stock, or equity participation or
other securities of any Company or any options, warrants or
rights to acquire any such stock, or equity participation or
other securities, or repurchase or redeem any stock, or equity
participation or other securities of any Company;
(b) split, combine or reclassify any shares of or equity
participation in its capital stock; or declare, set aside or pay
any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or
property or any combination thereof) in respect of its capital
stock;
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(c) create, incur or assume any indebtedness (including
obligations in respect of capital leases); assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become liable or responsible (whether
directly, contingently or otherwise) for the obligations of any
other person or entity; or make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other person or entity;
(d) enter into, adopt or amend any Employee Benefit Plan or
any employment or severance agreement or arrangement of the type
described in Section 3.22(j) or (except for normal
increases in the Ordinary Course of Business for employees who
are not Affiliates) increase in any manner the compensation or
fringe benefits of, or materially modify the employment terms
of, its directors, officers or employees, generally or
individually, or pay any bonus or other benefit to its
directors, officers or employees (except for existing payment
obligations listed in Section 3.22 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule) or hire any new officers or (except in the
Ordinary Course of Business) any new employees;
(e) acquire, sell, lease, license or dispose of any assets
or property (including any shares or other equity interests in
or securities of any Subsidiary or any corporation, partnership,
association or other business organization or division thereof),
other than purchases and sales of assets in the Ordinary Course
of Business;
(f) mortgage or pledge any of its property or assets or
subject any such property or assets to any Security Interest;
(g) discharge or satisfy any Security Interest or pay any
obligation or liability other than in the Ordinary Course of
Business;
(h) amend its charter, by-laws or other organizational
documents;
(i) change its accounting methods, principles or practices,
except insofar as may be required by a generally applicable
change in GAAP, or make any new elections, or changes to any
current elections, with respect to Taxes;
(j) enter into, amend, terminate, take or omit to take any
action that would constitute a violation of or default under, or
waive any rights under, any contract or agreement of a nature
required to be listed in Section 3.12, Section 3.13,
Section 3.15(a) or Section 3.21 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule;
(k) make or commit to make any capital expenditure in
excess of $10,000 per item or $50,000 in the aggregate, other
than amounts set forth in the capital budget of the Companies
for 2007, a copy of which is attached to
Schedule 5.4 to this Agreement;
(l) institute or settle any Legal Proceeding;
(m) take any action or fail to take any action permitted by
this Agreement with the knowledge that such action or failure to
take action would result in (i) any of the representations
and warranties of the Stockholder set forth in this Agreement
becoming untrue or (ii) any of the conditions set forth in
Section 6.1 not being satisfied; or
(n) agree in writing or otherwise to take any of the
foregoing actions.
5.5 Access to Information.
(a) The Stockholder shall, and shall cause each of the
Companies to, permit representatives of the Buyer to have full
access (at all reasonable times, and in a manner so as not to
interfere with the normal business operations of the Companies)
to all premises, properties, financial, Tax and accounting
records (including the work papers of the independent
accountants of the Companies), contracts, other records and
documents, and personnel, of or pertaining to any of the
Companies.
(b) Within 20 days after the end of each month ending
prior to the Closing, beginning with June 2007, the Stockholder
shall furnish to the Buyer an unaudited income statement of each
Company for such month and a balance sheet of each Company as of
the end of such month, prepared on a basis consistent with the
Financial Statements. Such financial statements shall present
fairly the financial condition and results of
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operations of the Companies on a consolidated basis as of the
dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby, and shall be
consistent with the books and records of the Companies.
5.6 Notice of Stockholder
Changes. From the date of this Agreement
through the Closing Date, the Stockholder shall promptly advise
the Buyer in writing of (a) any event occurring subsequent
to the date of this Agreement that would render any
representation or warranty of the Stockholder contained in
Article II or III to be untrue or inaccurate such that
the condition set forth in Section 6.1(d) would not be
satisfied; (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of
the Stockholder under this Agreement such that the condition set
forth in Section 6.1(e) would not be satisfied; and
(c) any Company Material Adverse Effect.
5.7 Exclusivity.
(a) The Stockholder shall not, and shall cause each of the
Companies not to, and shall cause each of the Companies to
require each of its officers, directors, employees,
representatives and agents not to, directly or indirectly,
(i) initiate, solicit, encourage or otherwise facilitate
any inquiry, proposal, offer or discussion with any party (other
than the Buyer) concerning any merger, reorganization,
consolidation, recapitalization, business combination,
liquidation, dissolution, share exchange, sale of stock, sale of
material assets or similar business transaction involving any of
the Companies or any division of any of the Companies,
(ii) furnish any non-public information concerning the
business, properties or assets of any of the Companies or any
division of any of the Companies to any party (other than the
Buyer) or (iii) engage in discussions or negotiations with
any party (other than the Buyer) concerning any such transaction.
(b) The Stockholder shall, and shall cause each of the
Companies to, immediately notify any party with which
discussions or negotiations of the nature described in paragraph
(a) above were pending that the Stockholder or such
Company, as the case may be, is terminating such discussions or
negotiations. If the Stockholder or any of the Companies
receives any inquiry, proposal or offer of the nature described
in paragraph (a) above, the Stockholder shall or shall
cause such Company, as the case may be, to, within one business
day after such receipt, notify the Buyer of such inquiry,
proposal or offer, including the identity of the other party and
the terms of such inquiry, proposal or offer.
5.8 Expenses. Except as set
forth in Article VII, Section 1.5 or Section 11.2
hereof and in the Escrow Agreement, the Buyer shall bear its own
costs and expenses (including legal and accounting fees and
expenses) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, and the Stockholder shall bear
the costs and expenses (including legal and accounting fees and
expenses) of the Stockholder and the Companies incurred in
connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
5.9 Listing of Buyer
Shares. The Buyer shall file with the NASDAQ
Global Market (a) a Notification Form for Listing
Additional Shares and (b) a Notification Form for Change in
the Number of Shares Outstanding, with respect to the shares of
Buyer Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
5.10 S-X Financial
Statements.
(a) Prior to the Closing, the Stockholder shall, and shall
cause the Companies to, (i) provide such information,
assistance and cooperation as the Buyer may reasonably request
in connection with any offering or Buyer filings under the
Exchange Act, including, without limitation, assisting with the
preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and all other
registration statements filed under the Securities Act and
reports under the Securities Act (the “Public
Filings”), (ii) cooperate with the Buyer so the Buyer
can obtain information sufficient for the Buyer to comply with
the requirements for the Management’s Discussion and
Analysis portion of the Public Filings, (iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause the officers of the
Companies to execute any reasonably necessary officers’
certificates or management representation letters to the
Companies’ accountants to issue unqualified reports with
respect to the financial statements to be included in any Public
Filings, (iv) upon reasonable prior notice, use
commercially reasonable efforts to make senior management and
other representatives of the Companies available to participate
in the preparation of any Public Filings or related materials
and (v) request from the present and former independent
accountants of the Companies that they (A) cooperate with
and assist the Buyer in preparing financial statements with
respect to
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the businesses of the Companies for inclusion by the Buyer in
the Public Filings, including in compliance with the applicable
provisions of
Regulation S-X,
Form 8-K,
Form S-3
and
Form S-4,
(B) participate in drafting sessions related to the
preparation of the Public Filings, (C) make work papers
available to the Buyer and its representatives (subject to Buyer
entering into any agreements reasonably required or requested by
the accountants in connection with the provision of such work
papers), (D) deliver “comfort-letters” in
customary form in connection with any offering, and
(E) deliver consents to the inclusion of financial
statements required in connection with any Public Filing.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, the Stockholder shall,
and/or shall
cause the Companies to, deliver to the Buyer historical
financial statements for the businesses of the Companies for
fiscal years 2004, 2005 and 2006 (or the applicable portions
thereof), each of the fiscal quarters ended September 30,
2006 and December 31, 2006, and any other financial
information with respect to the businesses of the Companies
required by Item 9.01 of
Form 8-K
and
Regulation S-X
of the SEC for a business acquisition required to be described
in answer to Item 2.01 of
Form 8-K,
including information required in order for the Buyer to prepare
the pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01
of
Form 8-K.
(c) Not later than forty (40) days after the
completion of each fiscal quarter of the Companies that occurs
during the period from the date of this Agreement through the
Closing Date, the Stockholder shall,
and/or shall
cause the Companies to, deliver to the Buyer quarterly financial
statements for the businesses of the Medisystems Operating
Companies (together with any required notes), which financial
statements shall include a balance sheet, statement of
operations and statement of cash flows prepared in a manner
consistent with the Financial Statements.
5.11 FIRPTA Tax
Certificates. Prior to the Closing, the
Stockholder shall cause each Company to deliver to Buyer a
notice that its Shares are not “U.S. real property
interests” in accordance with Treasury Regulations under
Sections 897 and 1445 of the Code, together with evidence
reasonably satisfactory to Buyer that such Company has provided
notice to the Internal Revenue Service in accordance with the
provisions of
Section 1.897-2(h)(2)
of the Treasury Regulations. If Buyer does not receive the
notice described above prior to the Closing Date, Buyer shall be
permitted to withhold from the payments to be made pursuant to
this Agreement any required withholding Tax under
Section 1445 of the Code.
5.12 Intentionally Omitted.
5.13 Notice of Buyer
Changes. From the date of this Agreement
through the Closing Date, the Buyer shall promptly advise the
Stockholder in writing of (a) any event occurring
subsequent to the date of this Agreement that would render any
representation or warranty of the Buyer contained in
Article IV to be untrue or inaccurate such that the
condition set forth in Section 6.2(e) would not be
satisfied; (b) any breach of any covenant or obligation of
the Buyer under this Agreement such that the condition set forth
in Section 6.2(f) would not be satisfied; and (c) any
Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
5.14 Elimination of Certain
Items. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 5.4 of this Agreement, prior to the Closing, the
Stockholder shall, subject to Section 8.3 of this
Agreement, (a) cause the Companies to pay, to the extent
not previously paid (i) all accrued royalties owed by the
Companies as of December 31, 2006 under the Non-Exclusive
License to Inventions Sub-License & Royalty Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 1998, between MDS and DSU (as
successor-in-interest
to MTC), as amended, plus all royalties owed by the Companies as
of the effective date of the License Agreement, and (ii) a
cash dividend equal to $55,000.00 per month for each month from
January 1, 2007 through the Closing Date plus a cash
dividend equal to 35% of the Companies’ net income for the
period from January 1, 2007 through the Closing Date to
reimburse the Shareholder for his tax liability with regards to
the Companies, less the amount of the royalty payable under the
License Agreement as of its effective date, and (b) cause
all other trade payables and trade receivables between any
Company, on the one hand, and all Affiliates of such Company
(other than an Affiliate that is one of the Companies), on the
other hand, to be cancelled; provided, however,
that the aggregate payments to be made under clause (a) of
this sentence shall in no event exceed the cash on hand of the
Companies as of immediately before the Closing Date; and
provided, further, that any shortfall in the
required payments hereunder resulting from the application of
the limitation contained in the preceding proviso shall be paid
by MDS as promptly as possible after the Closing Date out of its
operating income earned after the Closing Date
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and before any amount is paid by any Company to Buyer or any
Affiliate of Buyer. Prior to any payment pursuant to this
Section 5.14, the Stockholder shall provide notice to the
Buyer of the proposed payment (including the amount and
documentation showing the calculation of the amount in a form
reasonably requested by the Buyer, the name of the payee and the
proposed payment date). The Stockholder shall provide to the
Buyer evidence of all payments made pursuant to this
Section 5.14 promptly upon such payment.
5.15 Releases. Effective
upon the Closing Date, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, Stockholder, on behalf of himself and each of
the Medisystems Operating Companies and DSU, hereby irrevocably
releases, acquits and forever discharges the Companies, and each
of them, and their respective employees, directors, officers,
agents, successors, assigns, heirs, executors and administrators
from any and all claims or liability for infringement of any
Intellectual Property or any unauthorized use or disclosure of
trade secrets of the Medisystems Operating Companies and DSU by
any such parties occurring prior to the Closing Date. Effective
upon the Closing Date, to the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, each of the Companies, hereby irrevocably
releases, acquits and forever discharges the Medisystems
Operating Companies and DSU and each of their respective
employees, directors, officers, agents, successors, assigns,
heirs, executors and administrators from any and all claims or
liability for infringement of any Intellectual Property or any
unauthorized use or disclosure of trade secrets of any of the
Companies by any such parties occurring prior to the Closing
Date.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS
TO CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS
6.1 Conditions to Obligation of the
Buyer. The obligation of the Buyer to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
subject to the satisfaction (or waiver by the Buyer) of the
following conditions:
(a) all applicable waiting periods (and any extensions
thereof) under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act shall have expired or otherwise been terminated;
(b) the issuance of the Buyer Shares to the Stockholder
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall have obtained the
Buyer Stockholder Approval;
(c) the Stockholder shall have obtained at his own expense
(and shall have provided copies thereof to the Buyer) all of the
waivers, permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations,
and effected all of the registrations, filings and notices,
referred to in Section 5.2 which are required on the part
of the Stockholder and any of the Companies;
(d) the representations and warranties of the Stockholder
set forth in Article II, the first sentence of
Section 3.1 and in Section 3.3 and any representations
and warranties of the Stockholder set forth in this Agreement
that are qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct
in all respects, and all other representations and warranties of
the Stockholder set forth in this Agreement shall be true and
correct in all material respects, in each case as of the date of
this Agreement and as of the Closing as though made as of the
Closing, except to the extent such representations and
warranties are specifically made as of a particular date (in
which case such representations and warranties shall be true and
correct as of such date);
(e) the Stockholder shall have performed or complied with
his agreements and covenants required to be performed or
complied with under this Agreement as of or prior to the Closing;
(f) no Legal Proceeding shall be pending or threatened in
writing wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded
following consummation or (iii) have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, and no such
judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in
effect;
(g) the Stockholder shall have delivered to the Buyer the
Company Certificate;
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(h) the Buyer shall have received the financial statements,
information and other documents required to be provided under
Section 5.10;
(i) the Stockholder shall have caused each Company to hold
a meeting of its stockholder(s) to approve the resignation of
the outgoing directors and officers of each Company and the
appointment of incoming directors and officers, as specified by
Buyer, effective as of the Closing;
(j) the Buyer shall have received copies of the
resignations, effective as of the Closing, of each director and
officer (in the case of MDS Italy, this will include the Board
of Statutory Auditors), of each of the Companies (other than any
such resignations which the Buyer designates, by written notice
to the Stockholder, as unnecessary), and such other
documentation that may be required under relevant local law or
reasonably requested by Buyer to implement the resignation of
the outgoing directors and officers and the appointment of the
incoming directors and officers as specified by Buyer, including
but not limited to full waivers from the outgoing directors
releasing the Companies from any claims, in accordance with text
to be provided by Buyer;
(k) the Buyer shall have received (i) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Stockholder and the Escrow
Agent; and (ii) the Consulting Agreement, duly executed by
DSU and the Stockholder;
(l) the Buyer shall have received such other certificates
and instruments (including certificates of good standing of each
of the Companies in their jurisdiction of organization and the
various foreign jurisdictions in which they are qualified,
certified charter documents, certificates as to the incumbency
of officers and the adoption of authorizing resolutions) as it
shall reasonably request in connection with the Closing.
6.2 Conditions to Obligation of the
Stockholder. The obligation of the
Stockholder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions:
(a) all applicable waiting periods (and any extensions
thereof) under the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Act shall have expired or otherwise been terminated;
(b) the
S-4
Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance
with the provisions of the Securities Act, and there shall not
be in effect any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
S-4
Registration Statement or any proceedings seeking such a stop
order;
(c) the Buyer shall have filed with the NASDAQ Global
Market (a) a Notification Form for Listing of Additional
Shares and (b) a Notification Form for Change in the Number
of Shares Outstanding, with respect to the shares of Buyer
Common Stock issuable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
(d) the Buyer shall have effected all of the registrations,
filings and notices referred to in Section 5.2 which are
required on the part of the Buyer;
(e) The representations and warranties of the Buyer set
forth in the first sentence of Section 4.1 and in
Section 4.3 and any representations and warranties of the
Buyer set forth in this Agreement that are qualified as to
materiality shall be true and correct in all respects, and all
other representations and warranties of the Buyer set forth in
this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects, in each case as of the date of this Agreement and as
of the Closing as though made as of the Closing, except to the
extent such representations and warranties are specifically made
as of a particular date (in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct as of such date);
(f) the Buyer shall have performed or complied with its
agreements and covenants required to be performed or complied
with under this Agreement as of or prior to the Closing;
(g) no Legal Proceeding shall be pending or threatened in
writing wherein an unfavorable judgment, order, decree,
stipulation or injunction would (i) prevent consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded
following consummation or (iii) have, individually or in
the aggregate, a Buyer Material Adverse Effect, and no such
judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction shall be in
effect;
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(h) the Buyer shall have delivered to the Stockholder the
Buyer Certificate;
(i) the Stockholder shall have received (i) the Escrow
Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer and the Escrow Agent; and
(ii) the Consulting Agreement, duly executed by the Buyer
or an Affiliate thereof; and
(j) the Stockholder shall have received such other
certificates and instruments (including certificates of good
standing of the Buyer in its jurisdiction of organization,
certified charter documents, certificates as to the incumbency
of officers and the adoption of authorizing resolutions) as it
shall reasonably request in connection with the Closing.
ARTICLE VII
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by the
Stockholder. The Stockholder shall indemnify
the Buyer in respect of, and hold it harmless against, any and
all Damages incurred or suffered by the Buyer or any Affiliate
thereof resulting from, relating to or constituting:
(a) any breach, as of the date of this Agreement or as of
the Closing Date, of any representation or warranty of the
Stockholder contained in this Agreement or any other agreement
or instrument executed by the Stockholder or any of the
Companies to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;
(b) any failure to perform any covenant or agreement of the
Stockholder contained in this Agreement or any agreement or
instrument furnished by the Stockholder or any of the Companies
to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement; or
(c) any failure of the Stockholder to have good, valid and
marketable title to the Shares, free and clear of all Security
Interests.
7.2 Indemnification by the
Buyer. The Buyer shall indemnify the
Stockholder in respect of, and hold him harmless against, any
and all Damages incurred or suffered by the Stockholder
resulting from, relating to or constituting:
(a) any breach, as of the date of this Agreement or as of
the Closing Date, of any representation or warranty of the Buyer
contained in this Agreement or any other agreement or instrument
executed by the Buyer to the Stockholder pursuant to this
Agreement; or
(b) any failure to perform any covenant or agreement of the
Buyer contained in this Agreement or any agreement or instrument
furnished by the Buyer to the Stockholder pursuant to this
Agreement.
7.3 Indemnification Claims.
(a) An Indemnified Party shall give written notification to
the Indemnifying Party of the commencement of any Third Party
Action. Such notification shall be given within 20 days
after receipt by the Indemnified Party of notice of such Third
Party Action, and shall describe in reasonable detail (to the
extent known by the Indemnified Party) the facts constituting
the basis for such Third Party Action and the amount of the
claimed Damages; provided, however, that no delay or failure on
the part of the Indemnified Party in so notifying the
Indemnifying Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of any
liability or obligation hereunder except to the extent of any
Damages caused by or arising out of such failure. Within
20 days after delivery of such notification, the
Indemnifying Party may, upon written notice thereof to the
Indemnified Party, assume control of the defense of such Third
Party Action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the
Indemnified Party; provided that (i) the Indemnifying Party
may only assume control of such defense if (A) it
acknowledges in writing to the Indemnified Party that any
damages, fines, costs or other liabilities that may be assessed
against the Indemnified Party in connection with such Third
Party Action constitute Damages for which the Indemnified Party
shall be indemnified pursuant to this Article VII and
(B) the amount claimed as Damages is less than or equal to
the amount of Damages for which the Indemnifying Party is liable
under this Article VII and (ii) the Indemnifying Party
may not assume control of the defense of a Third Party Action
involving
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criminal liability or in which equitable relief (provided, that
this clause shall not apply to equitable relief for the
remediation of contamination of environmental media including
soils, sediments, surface water and groundwater) is sought
against the Indemnified Party. If the Indemnifying Party does
not, or is not permitted under the terms hereof to, so assume
control of the defense of a Third Party Action, the Indemnified
Party shall control such defense. The Non-controlling Party may
participate in such defense at its own expense. The Controlling
Party shall keep the Non-controlling Party advised of the status
of such Third Party Action and the defense thereof and shall
consider in good faith recommendations made by the
Non-controlling Party with respect thereto. The Non-controlling
Party shall furnish the Controlling Party with such information
as it may have with respect to such Third Party Action
(including copies of any summons, complaint or other pleading
which may have been served on such party and any written claim,
demand, invoice, billing or other document evidencing or
asserting the same) and shall otherwise cooperate with and
assist the Controlling Party in the defense of such Third Party
Action. The fees and expenses of counsel to the Indemnified
Party with respect to a Third Party Action shall be considered
Damages for purposes of this Agreement if (i) the
Indemnified Party controls the defense of such Third Party
Action pursuant to the terms of this Section 7.3(a) or
(ii) the Indemnifying Party assumes control of such defense
and the Indemnified Party reasonably concludes that the
Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party have conflicting
interests or different defenses available with respect to such
Third Party Action. The Indemnifying Party shall not agree to
any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from,
any Third Party Action without the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed. The Indemnified Party shall not agree to
any settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from,
any such Third Party Action without the prior written consent of
the Indemnifying Party, which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed. In the event that the Damages
require remediation of releases of Materials of Environmental
Concern at properties of the Companies, the Indemnifying Party
shall be entitled to remediate such releases pursuant to the
least stringent standards consistent with the land use and the
lease obligations existing at such properties as of the Closing
Date, provided further, than any such remediation shall not
adversely affect on-going commercial operations at the property.
(b) In order to seek indemnification under this
Article VII, an Indemnified Party shall deliver a Claim
Notice to the Indemnifying Party. If the Indemnified Party is
the Buyer and is seeking to enforce such claim pursuant to the
Escrow Agreement, the Indemnifying Party shall also deliver a
copy of the Claim Notice to the Escrow Agent.
(c) Within 20 days after delivery of a Claim Notice,
the Indemnifying Party shall deliver to the Indemnified Party a
Response, in which the Indemnifying Party shall: (i) agree
that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive all of the
Claimed Amount, (ii) agree that the Indemnified Party is
entitled to receive the Agreed Amount; or (iii) dispute
that the Indemnified Party is entitled to receive any of the
Claimed Amount. In connection with any Response delivered
pursuant to (i) or (ii) in the first sentence of this
paragraph (c), the Indemnifying Party shall pay the Claimed
Amount (in the case of clause (i)) or the Agreed Amount (in the
case of clause (ii)) by delivering to the Indemnified Party such
number of shares of Buyer Common Stock (or, in the case of a
claim against the Stockholder, instructions to the Escrow Agent
to release such number of Escrow Shares) as have an aggregate
Value equal to the Claimed Amount or the Agreed Amount, as the
case may be. In the case of such Response regarding a Claim
Notice against the Stockholder, the Stockholder shall
(A) deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice executed
by both Parties instructing the Escrow Agent to distribute to
the Buyer the appropriate number of Escrow Shares and
(B) to the extent there are insufficient or no remaining
Escrow Shares, deliver to the Buyer original stock certificates
representing the appropriate number of shares of Buyer Common
Stock, together with duly executed and completed stock powers
and written representations relating to ownership of and title
to such shares as reasonably requested by the Buyer. For
purposes of this Article VII, the “Value” of any
Escrow Shares or other shares of Buyer Common Stock delivered in
satisfaction of an indemnity claim shall be the average of the
last reported sale prices per share of the Buyer Common Stock on
the NASDAQ Global Market over the five consecutive trading days
ending two trading days before such Escrow Shares are
distributed by the Escrow Agent to the Buyer or such other
shares of Buyer Common Stock are delivered to the Indemnified
Party, as applicable, as provided above (subject to equitable
adjustment in the event of any stock split, stock dividend,
reverse stock split or similar event affecting the Buyer Common
Stock since the beginning of such
five-day
period), multiplied by the number of
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such Escrow Shares or such other shares of Buyer Common Stock
are delivered to the Indemnified Party. In the case of any such
shares of Buyer Common Stock that are delivered to the
Stockholder by the Buyer, such shares of Buyer Common Stock
shall not be registered under the Securities Act and shall bear
the following legend:
“The shares represented by this certificate have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may
not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred, pledged or
hypothecated unless and until such shares are registered under
such Act or an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company is
obtained to the effect that such registration is not
required.”
In addition, and notwithstanding any other terms hereof, in no
event shall Buyer be obligated to issue or deliver to
Stockholder, pursuant to this Article VII or the Consulting
Agreement, an aggregate number of shares of Buyer Common Stock
representing twenty percent (20%) or more of the
then-outstanding shares of Buyer Common Stock without the prior
approval of Buyer’s stockholders.
(d) During the
30-day
period following the delivery of a Response that reflects a
Dispute, the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party shall
use good faith efforts to resolve the Dispute. If the Dispute is
not resolved within such
30-day
period, such Dispute shall be resolved in a state or federal
court sitting in the State of
Delaware, in accordance with
Section 13.9. If the Indemnified Party is the Buyer and is
seeking to enforce the claim that is the subject of the Dispute
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement, the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Escrow Agent, promptly
following the resolution of the Dispute (whether by mutual
agreement, arbitration, judicial decision or otherwise), a
written notice executed by both Parties instructing the Escrow
Agent as to what (if any) portion of the Escrow Shares shall be
distributed to the Buyer
and/or the
Stockholder (which notice shall be consistent with the terms of
the resolution of the Dispute).
(e) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
Section 7.3, if a customer, distributor, supplier or vendor
of the Companies asserts (other than by means of a lawsuit) that
an Indemnified Party is liable to such customer, distributor,
supplier or vendor for a monetary or other obligation which may
constitute or result in Damages for which such Indemnified Party
may be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
Article VII, and such Indemnified Party reasonably
determines that it has a valid business reason to fulfill such
obligation, then (i) such Indemnified Party shall be
entitled to satisfy such obligation, without prior notice to or
consent from the Indemnifying Party, (ii) such Indemnified
Party may subsequently make a claim for indemnification in
accordance with the provisions of this Article VII, and
(iii) such Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed, in
accordance with the provisions of this Article VII, for any
such Damages for which it is entitled to indemnification
pursuant to this Article VII (subject to the right of the
Indemnifying Party to dispute both the Indemnified Party’s
entitlement to indemnification and the amount for which it is
entitled to indemnification, under the terms of this
Article VII).
7.4 Survival of Representations and
Warranties. All representations and
warranties that are covered by the indemnification agreements in
Section 7.1(a) and Section 7.2(a) shall
(a) survive the Closing and (b) shall expire on the
date 24 months following the Closing Date, except that
(i) the representations and warranties set forth in
Article II and Sections 3.1 (Organization,
Qualification and Corporate Power), 3.2 (Capitalization), 3.3
(Authorization of Transaction), 4.1 (Organization, Standing and
Power), 4.2 (Capitalization) and 4.3 (Authority; No Conflict;
Required Filings and Consents) shall survive the Closing without
limitation; (ii) the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections 3.9 (Tax Matters), 3.22 (Employee
Benefits), and 3.36 (Customs Matters) shall survive until
30 days following expiration of all statutes of limitation
applicable to the matters referred to therein and (iii) the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.23
(Environmental Matters) shall expire on the date 36 months
following the Closing Date. If an Indemnified Party delivers to
an Indemnifying Party, before expiration of a representation or
warranty, either a Claim Notice based upon a breach of such
representation or warranty, or an Expected Claim Notice based
upon a breach of such representation or warranty, then the
applicable representation or warranty shall survive until, but
only for purposes of, the resolution of any claims arising from
or related to the matter covered by such notice. If the legal
proceeding or written claim with respect to which an Expected
Claim Notice has been given is definitively withdrawn or
resolved in favor of the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified
Party shall promptly so
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notify the Indemnifying Party; and if the Indemnified Party has
delivered a copy of the Expected Claim Notice to the Escrow
Agent and Escrow Shares have been retained in escrow after the
Termination Date (as defined in the Escrow Agreement) with
respect to such Expected Claim Notice, the Indemnifying Party
and the Indemnified Party shall promptly deliver to the Escrow
Agent a written notice executed by both parties instructing the
Escrow Agent to distribute such retained Escrow Shares to the
Stockholder in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. The rights to indemnification set forth in this
Article VII shall not be affected by (i) any
investigation conducted by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party
or any knowledge acquired (or capable of being acquired) by an
Indemnified Party, whether before or after the date of this
Agreement or the Closing Date, with respect to the inaccuracy or
noncompliance with any representation, warranty, covenant or
obligation which is the subject of indemnification hereunder or
(ii) any waiver by an Indemnified Party of any closing
condition relating to the accuracy of representations and
warranties or the performance of or compliance with agreements
and covenants.
7.5 Limitations.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
(i) the aggregate liability of the Stockholder for Damages
under Section 7.1(a) shall not exceed (x) 50% of the
Closing Value minus (y) $1,250,000 (such resulting amount,
the “Cap Amount”) and (ii) the Stockholder shall
not be liable under Section 7.1(a) unless and until the
aggregate Damages for which he would otherwise be liable under
Section 7.1(a) exceed $1,250,000 (the
“Deductible”) (at which point the Stockholder shall
become liable for the Damages under Section 7.1(a) that are
in excess of the Deductible); provided, that the limitations set
forth in this sentence shall not apply to a claim pursuant to
Section 7.1(a) relating to a breach of the representations
and warranties set forth in Article II or Sections 3.1
(Organization, Qualification and Corporate Power), 3.2
(Capitalization), 3.3 (Authorization of Transaction), 3.9 (Tax
Matters), 3.22 (Employee Benefits) or 3.36 (Customs Matters), or
the first or second sentence of Section 3.10(a) (Assets).
For purposes solely of this Article VII, all
representations and warranties of the Stockholder in
Articles II and III (other than Sections 3.7
(Absence of Certain Changes) and 3.30 (Disclosure)) shall be
construed as if the term “material” and any reference
to “Company Material Adverse Effect” (and variations
thereof) were omitted from such representations and warranties.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
(i) the aggregate liability of the Buyer for Damages under
Section 7.2(a) shall not exceed the Cap Amount, and
(ii) the Buyer shall not be liable under
Section 7.2(a) unless and until the aggregate Damages for
which it would otherwise be liable under Section 7.2(a)
exceed the Deductible (at which point the Buyer shall become
liable for the Damages under Section 7.2(a) that are in
excess of the Deductible); provided, that the limitations set
forth in this sentence shall not apply to a claim pursuant to
Section 7.2(a) relating to a breach of the representations
and warranties set forth in Sections 4.1 (Organization,
Standing and Power), 4.2 (Capitalization) or 4.3 (Authority; No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents). For purposes solely of
this Article VII, all representations and warranties of the
Buyer in Article IV shall be construed as if the term
“material” and any reference to “Buyer Material
Adverse Effect” (and variations thereof) were omitted from
such representations and warranties.
(c) The Escrow Agreement is intended to secure the
indemnification obligations of the Stockholder under this
Agreement. However, the rights of the Buyer under this
Article VII shall not be limited to the Escrow Shares nor
shall the Escrow Agreement be the exclusive means for the Buyer
to enforce such rights; provided that the Buyer shall not
attempt to collect any Damages directly from the Stockholder
unless there are no remaining Escrow Shares held in escrow
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement.
(d) Except with respect to claims based on fraud or willful
misrepresentation, or claims for willful breach of any covenant
or agreement contained in any of the provisions referenced in
Section 13.10 of this Agreement, after the Closing, the
rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Article VII
and the Escrow Agreement shall be the exclusive remedy of the
Indemnified Parties with respect to claims resulting from or
relating to any misrepresentation, breach of warranty or failure
to perform any covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement, and the Indemnified Parties agree to release and
relinquish any and all other claims that they may have with
respect to such matters, regardless of whether such claims arise
by statute, in equity or at law.
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(e) The Stockholder shall have no right of contribution
against the Companies with respect to any breach by any of the
Companies of any of its representations, warranties, covenants
or agreements.
7.6 Purchase Price
Adjustment. The Buyer and the Stockholder
agree to treat each indemnification payment pursuant to this
Article VII as an adjustment to the Base Purchase Price for
all Tax purposes and shall take no position contrary thereto
unless required to do so by applicable Laws and Regulations.
ARTICLE VIII
OTHER
AGREEMENTS
8.1 Proprietary Information.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in the Consulting
Agreement, the Stockholder and each of his Affiliates shall hold
in confidence and shall use their best efforts to have all
officers, directors and personnel who continue after the Closing
to be employed by the Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof to
hold in confidence all knowledge and information of a secret or
confidential nature with respect to the business of any Company
prior to Closing and not to disclose, publish or make use of the
same without the prior written consent of the Buyer, except to
the extent that such information shall have become public
knowledge other than by breach of this Agreement by the
Stockholder or any such Affiliate.
(b) If (i) the employment of an officer, director or
other employee of the Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof, to
whom secret or confidential knowledge or information concerning
the business of any Company prior to Closing has been disclosed,
is terminated and (ii) such individual is subject to an
obligation to maintain such knowledge or information in
confidence after such termination, the Stockholder shall, upon
request by the Buyer, take all reasonable steps at his expense
to enforce such confidentiality obligation in the event of an
actual or threatened breach thereof. Any legal counsel retained
by the Stockholder in connection with any such enforcement or
attempted enforcement shall be selected by the Stockholder, but
shall be subject to the approval of the Buyer, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The Stockholder agrees that the remedy at law for any
breach of this Section 8.1 would be inadequate and that the
Buyer shall be entitled to injunctive relief in addition to any
other remedy it may have upon breach of any provision of this
Section 8.1.
8.2 No Solicitation or Hiring of Former
Employees. Except as provided by law, for a
period of two (2) years after the Closing Date, neither the
Stockholder nor any Affiliate thereof shall (a) solicit any
person who was an employee of any Company on the date hereof or
the Closing Date to terminate his employment with the Buyer (or
any Company, as the case may be) or to become an employee of the
Stockholder or any Affiliate of the Stockholder, or
(b) hire any person who was an employee of any Company on
the date hereof or the Closing Date; provided, however,
that it shall not be a violation of this Section 8.2 for
the Stockholder or any Affiliate thereof (either directly or
through another entity) to (y) advertise employment
opportunities in newspapers, trade publications or other media
not targeted specifically at any such employees of the Buyer or
any Company or (z) solicit
and/or hire
any employee who has ceased to be employed by the Buyer or any
Company for a period of at least six months.
8.3 Payment of Outstanding
Amounts. To the extent not fully paid at or
prior to the Closing as promptly as practicable but not less
than 60 days following the Closing Date, the Buyer shall
cause the Companies to pay to the Stockholder (or to an
Affiliate of the Stockholder designated by the Stockholder) all
amounts required to be paid pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof
subject to the limitation set forth therein.
8.4 Resale Limitations. From
and after the Closing Date until the second anniversary thereof,
the Stockholder shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the Buyer
Shares in (a) short sales or (b) without the
Buyer’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, in trades to a single party exceeding
250,000 Buyer Shares. The provisions of this Section 8.4
shall terminate upon the consummation of a Change in Control of
the Buyer. For purposes of this Article VIII, “Change
in Control” of the Buyer means any transaction or any event
as a result of which (i) any one or more persons or
entities, acting as a group, acquires or, for the first time,
controls or is able to vote (directly or through nominees or
beneficial
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ownership), after the Closing Date, 50% or more of the capital
stock of the Buyer outstanding at the time ordinarily having
power to vote for directors (“Voting Stock”) of the
Buyer, provided, however, any acquisition directly from the
Buyer shall not constitute a Change in Control, or (ii) the
consummation of a merger, consolidation, reorganization or
recapitalization involving the Buyer or the disposition of all
or substantially all of the assets of the Buyer (a
“Business Combination”), unless, immediately following
such Business Combination, each of the following two conditions
is satisfied: (A) all or substantially all of the persons
and entities who beneficially owned the Voting Stock of the
Buyer outstanding immediately prior to such Business Combination
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the
Voting Stock of the resulting or acquiring corporation
outstanding at the time, in substantially the same proportions
as their ownership of the Buyer’s Voting Stock outstanding
immediately prior to such Business Combination, and (B) no
person or entity beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50%
or more of the outstanding Voting Stock of the resulting or
acquiring corporation.
8.5 Standstill Agreement.
(a) From and after the Closing Date until the second
anniversary thereof, except with the prior consent of the Buyer
Board, the Stockholder shall not, and shall not permit any
entity owned or controlled directly or indirectly by him, to:
(i) directly or indirectly acquire, announce its intention
to acquire, make any proposal to acquire, agree or offer to
acquire ownership of any shares of Buyer Common Stock, or any
other securities convertible into, or any options, warrants or
rights to acquire any shares of Buyer Common Stock or any assets
of Buyer (other than property acquired in the ordinary course of
business) from the Buyer or any other person or entity;
(ii) “solicit” or propose to “solicit”
or participate in any “solicitation” of any,
“proxy” (as such term is defined in
Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act) from any holder of
shares of Buyer Common Stock, become a “participant”
in a “solicitation” in opposition to any matter that
has been recommended by a majority of the members of the Buyer
Board, propose or otherwise solicit stockholders of Buyer for
approval of any stockholder proposal, or otherwise seek to
influence or control the management or policies of Buyer in his
capacity as a stockholder of the Buyer; (iii) nominate for
election as a director of the Buyer, or vote his Buyer Shares
for election as a director of the Buyer, any person who is not
nominated by the then incumbent directors of the Buyer;
(iv) vote his Buyer Shares against any proposal or matter
recommended by a majority of the members of the Buyer Board for
approval by the stockholders of the Buyer; (v) take any
action to form, join in or in any way participate in any
partnership, limited partnership or other Group (as such term is
defined under the Exchange Act) with respect to shares of Buyer
Common Stock; or (vi) assist or announce his intention to
assist any other person or entity in doing any of the foregoing.
(b) The provisions of Section 8.5(a) shall not apply
to any actions, determinations or decisions taken or made by the
Stockholder, in his capacity as a director of the Buyer and
shall terminate upon the consummation of a Change in Control of
the Buyer. Nothing contained in this Section 8.5 shall
restrict or impede the Stockholder’s ability in carrying
out his duties and obligations as a director of the Buyer.
8.6 Nomination of
Director. In the event the Stockholder ceases
to serve as a director of the Buyer, if the Stockholder
nominates an individual (which may include himself) for election
as a director of the Buyer (the “Stockholder Nominee”)
at any annual meeting of stockholders of the Buyer, the Buyer
Board shall (a) nominate the Stockholder Nominee for
election to the Buyer Board, and (b) recommend that the
Stockholder Nominee be elected to the Buyer Board and such
recommendation shall be included in any proxy statement of the
Buyer relating to the annual meeting at which the stockholders
of the Buyer will consider and act upon such nomination.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Buyer shall have no
obligation under this Section 8.6 unless all of the
following conditions are met: (x) the Stockholder Nominee
(i) is willing to serve as a Director of the Buyer;
(ii) is and has been at all times in compliance with
Buyer’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics;
(iii) satisfies the criteria/qualifications for service on
the Buyer Board; and (iv) for any Stockholder Nominee other
than the Stockholder, is “independent” under the
applicable rules of the NASDAQ Global Market; (y) the
director nomination complies with the applicable provisions of
the Buyer’s Bylaws, as then in effect; and (z) the
Stockholder is not in breach of any covenant or agreement of the
Stockholder contained in this Agreement or any Related
Agreement. The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall
terminate upon the consummation of a Change in Control of the
Buyer.
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8.7 [Intentionally Deleted]
8.8 Employee Matters and Transition
Services.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.8(b) below
and without prejudice to Buyer’s right to operate the
business of the Companies in the Buyer’s sole discretion
after Closing, the Buyer agrees that all persons who are
employees of the Companies immediately prior to the Closing (the
“Company Employees”) shall (i) continue as
employees of the Companies following the Closing on terms and
conditions which, in the aggregate, are reasonably comparable to
those in effect for similarly situated employees of the
applicable Buyer Affiliate in the relevant jurisdiction, and
(ii) receive benefits which, in the aggregate, are
reasonably comparable to those in effect for similarly situated
employees of the applicable Buyer Affiliate in the relevant
jurisdiction. To the extent that there is no applicable Buyer
Affiliate in the relevant jurisdiction, the Company Employees
shall (x) continue as employees of the Companies following
the Closing on terms and conditions which, in the aggregate, are
reasonably comparable to those currently in effect for such
Company Employees, and (y) receive benefits which, in the
aggregate, are reasonably comparable to those currently in
effect for such Company Employees. Each Company Employee who
remains in the employment of any Company following the Closing
shall be referred to as a “Continuing Employee.” To
the extent permitted by the Buyer Benefit Plans or by amendment
of the Buyer Benefit Plans (other than any amendment that would
require the approval of the Buyer’s stockholders), the
Buyer shall, or shall cause an Affiliate of the Buyer to,
recognize and credit each Continuing Employee for the service
with any of the Companies (and any predecessor employer to the
extent previously credited under the Company Plans) for purposes
of participation and vesting under the Buyer Benefit Plans and
for purposes of benefit level under vacation and severance
plans, but not where giving such credit would result in a
duplication of benefits. The Buyer shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause to be provided to the Continuing
Employees credit for any co-payments, deductibles and offsets
(or similar payments) made with respect to Company Plans
providing medical or dental benefits during the plan year
including the Closing Date, for the purposes of satisfying any
applicable deductible, out-of-pocket or similar requirements
under corresponding Buyer Benefit Plans. Any waiting periods,
pre-existing condition exclusions and requirements to show
evidence of good health contained in any Buyer Benefit Plans
providing medical, dental or other welfare benefits shall be
waived with respect to the Continuing Employees and their
dependents. Prior to the Closing Date, the Companies shall
cooperate with the Buyer so as to allow the Buyer or the
applicable Buyer Affiliate to meet with the Continuing Employees
(at such times and locations as reasonably agreed to by the
Companies and the Buyer), to conduct an open enrollment period
to enable the Continuing Employees to make benefit enrollment
elections under the Buyer Benefit Plans.
(b) Prior to the Closing Date, MDS and MDS Services shall
(i) contribute to the Medisystems Corporation 401(k) Profit
Sharing Plan (the “Company 401(k) Plan”) a profit
sharing contribution for the 2006 plan year in an aggregate
amount not in excess of $165,000, (ii) contribute to the
Company 401(k) Plan a pro-rated profit sharing contribution for
the 2007 plan year in an aggregate amount not in excess of
$165,000, and (iii) take all such actions as may be
necessary to cause the Continuing Employees to become fully
vested, immediately prior to the Closing Date, in their account
balances and accrued benefits under the Company 401(k) Plan.
(c) Prior to the Closing Date, the Stockholder shall take
or cause to be taken all necessary action to cause the Companies
to cease to be participating employers in the Company Plans
listed on Schedule 8.8(c) attached hereto, effective
immediately prior to the Closing Date. It is understood that the
Continuing Employees will continue under the other benefit plans
listed in Section 3.22(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule at the expense of MDS until December 31, 2007.
(d) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
interpreted to impose any limits on the authority of Buyer, in
its sole discretion, to make any change to the terms or
conditions of, or terminate, the employment of any employees of
any Companies or to terminate or amend any Buyer Benefit Plan.
Section 8.8(a) and 8.8(b) above shall not apply to MDS
Italy employees or MDS Mexico employees to the extent such
Section would conflict with the requirements of a national
collective agreement, individual work contract, applicable law
or the current practices of MDS Italy or MDS Mexico.
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8.9 Insurance.
(a) At the Closing, the Buyer shall cause the Companies to
purchase insurance that will provide for product liability
insurance that will survive the Closing for a period of six
(6) years after the Closing, covering all products of the
Companies manufactured prior to the Closing Date on
substantially the same terms and conditions as in effect
immediately prior to the Closing.
(b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing,
the Buyer shall cause the Companies to maintain in effect
product liability insurance covering all products of the
Companies manufactured after the Closing Date on a claims-made
basis on substantially the same terms and conditions as in
effect as of December 31, 2006.
(c) Buyer agrees that all rights to indemnification now
existing in favor of the directors, officers or employees of any
of the Companies (including, without limitation, any person who
was or becomes a director, officer or employee prior to the
Closing Date) under the applicable local law or as provided in
each Companies’ Certificate of Incorporation, by-laws or
other organizational document with respect to matters occurring
on or prior to the Closing shall survive the Closing and shall
continue in full force and effect for a period of not less than
six (6) years after the Closing (or, in the case of claims
or other matters occurring on or prior to the expiration of such
six (6) year period which have not been resolved prior to
the expiration of such six (6) year period, until such
matters are finally resolved) and Buyer shall honor, and shall
cause each of the Companies to honor, all such rights. Prior to
the Closing, the Stockholder shall cause the Companies to
purchase and pay in full a policy of directors’ and
officers’ liability insurance and errors and omissions
insurance that will survive the Closing for a period of six
(6) years after the Closing. Buyer shall not cancel the
insurance policy purchased by the Companies pursuant to the
immediately preceding sentence.
ARTICLE IX
TAX MATTERS
9.1 Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns;
Payment of Taxes.
(a) To the extent not previously prepared and filed, the
Stockholder shall prepare and timely file or shall cause to be
prepared and timely filed (i) all Tax Returns for any
Income Taxes of MDS Services and MDS for all taxable periods
that end on or before the Closing Date, and (ii) and cause
to be prepared and timely filed all other Tax Returns of any
other Company required to be filed (taking into account
extensions) prior to the Closing Date. The Stockholder shall
make or cause to be made all payments required with respect to
any such Tax Returns. The Buyer shall cooperate fully with the
Stockholder in connection with the preparation and filing of
such Tax Returns. The Stockholder will promptly provide or make
available to the Buyer copies of all such Tax Returns.
(b) The Buyer shall prepare and timely file or shall cause
to be prepared and timely filed all other Tax Returns for the
Companies. The Buyer shall make all payments required with
respect to any such Tax Returns; provided, however, that the
Stockholder shall promptly reimburse the Buyer to the extent any
payment the Buyer is required to make relates to the operations
of any Company for any period ending (or deemed pursuant to
Section 9.1(d) to end) on or before the Closing.
(c) The Buyer and the Stockholder agree that if any Company
is permitted but not required under applicable foreign, state or
local Tax laws to treat the Closing Date as the last day of a
taxable period, the Buyer and the Stockholder shall treat such
day as the last day of a taxable period.
(d) The portion of any Taxes for a taxable period beginning
before and ending after the Closing allocable to the portion of
such period ending on the Closing Date shall be deemed to equal
(i) in the case of Taxes that (x) are based upon or
related to income or receipts or (y) imposed in connection
with any sale or other transfer or assignment of property, other
than Taxes described in Section 9.1(e), the amount which
would be payable if the taxable year ended with the Closing
Date, and (ii) in the case of other Taxes imposed on a
periodic basis (including property Taxes), the amount of such
Taxes for the entire period multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the number of calendar days in the period
ending with the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the
number of calendar days in the entire period. For purposes of
the
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provisions of this Section 9.1(d), each portion of such
period shall be deemed to be a taxable period (whether or not it
is in fact a taxable period). For purposes of
Section 9.1(d)(i)(x), any exemption, deduction, credit or
other item that is calculated on an annual basis shall be
allocated pro rata per day between the period ending on the
Closing Date and the period beginning the day after the Closing
Date.
(e) The Stockholder shall be responsible for the payment of
any transfer, sales, use, stamp, conveyance, value added,
recording, registration, documentary, filing and other
non-Income Taxes and administrative fees (including, without
limitation, notary fees) arising in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
whether levied on the Buyer, the Stockholder, any Company, or
any of their respective Affiliates (“Transfer Taxes”).
The Base Purchase Price shall be exclusive of any Transfer Taxes.
9.2 Tax Contests; Withholding Taxes; Clearance
Certificates and Other Matters.
(a) The Stockholder shall have the right to control, at his
own expense, any Tax audit, initiate any claim for refund,
contest, resolve and defend against any assessment, notice of
deficiency, or other adjustment or proposed adjustment relating
to any and all Taxes for any taxable period or portion thereof
ending on or prior to the Closing Date with respect to any
Company to the extent that the Stockholder may have either
(i) a Tax liability (whether as a shareholder of any
Company or otherwise) by reason of such assessment, deficiency
or adjustment or (ii) an indemnification obligation
hereunder with respect; provided, that, the Buyer
shall have the right to participate in any Tax proceeding
concerning such matters at its own expense directly or through
counsel. The Stockholder shall not agree to any settlement of,
or entry of any judgment arising from, any such Tax proceeding
without the prior written consent of the Buyer, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, if
any such settlement or entry of judgment would be reasonably
expected to increase the Tax liability of the Buyer or of any
Company in any taxable period beginning after or including the
Closing Date. The Buyer and the Stockholder shall cooperate in
the preparation of all Tax Returns and the conduct of all Tax
Audits or other administrative or judicial proceedings relating
to the determination of any Tax for any Tax periods for which
one Party could reasonably require the assistance of the other
Party in obtaining any necessary information. Such cooperation
shall include, but not be limited to, furnishing prior
years’ Tax Returns or return preparation packages to the
extent related to the Companies or any Subsidiary illustrating
previous reporting practices or containing historical
information relevant to the preparation of such Tax Returns, and
furnishing such other information within such Party’s
possession requested by the Party filing such Tax Returns as is
relevant to their preparation. Such cooperation and information
also shall include without limitation provision of powers of
attorney for the purpose of signing Tax Returns and defending
audits and promptly forwarding copies of appropriate notices and
forms or other communications received from or sent to any
Taxing Authority which relate to the Companies or any
Subsidiary, and providing copies of all relevant Tax Returns to
the extent related to the Companies or any Subsidiary, together
with accompanying schedules and related workpapers, documents
relating to rulings or other determinations by any Taxing
Authority and records concerning the ownership and Tax basis of
property, which the requested Party may possess.
(b) The Buyer shall have the right to control any other Tax
audit, initiate any other claim for refund, contest, resolve and
defend against any other assessment, notice of deficiency, or
other adjustment or proposed adjustment relating to any and all
Taxes for any taxable period at its own expense. The Buyer shall
not agree to any settlement of, or entry of any judgment arising
from, any such Tax proceeding without the prior written consent
of the Stockholder, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld, conditioned or delayed, if any such settlement or
entry of judgment would be reasonably expected to increase
either (i) the Tax liability of the Stockholder in any
taxable period, or (ii) the liability of the
Stockholder pursuant to its indemnification obligation hereunder.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement,
the Buyer and each Company shall have the right, on or after the
Closing Date, to deduct and withhold Taxes from any payments to
be made hereunder if such withholding is required by law and to
collect any necessary Tax forms, including
Form W-9
or the appropriate series of
Form W-8,
as applicable, or any similar information, from the Stockholder
and any other recipients of payments hereunder. To the extent
that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be
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treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been
delivered and paid to the Stockholder or other recipient of
payments in respect of which such deduction and withholding was
made.
(d) If, prior to the Closing, the Stockholder shall cause a
Company to deliver to Buyer a clearance certificate or similar
document(s) which may be required or permitted by any Tax
Authority to relieve Buyer of any obligation to withhold Taxes
in connection with the Transactions, Buyer shall not withhold
any such Taxes.
(e) [Intentionally Deleted]
(f) If required by Mexican Tax law, the Stockholder shall
timely pay any capital gains Tax on the transfer of his MDS
Mexico equity participation to the Buyer. The Stockholder shall
deliver a copy of the corresponding Mexican Tax Return and
certified public accountant’s report (dictamen), if
any (or documentary evidence, satisfactory to the Buyer, of not
being subject to Mexican capital gains Tax), to the Buyer,
within the twenty (20) calendar days following the Closing
Date, for MDS Mexico to be able to record the Buyer as the new
owner of the Stockholder’s equity participation in the
Partners’ Registry Book of MDS Mexico without MDS Mexico
incurring joint liability with respect to the Stockholder’s
Mexican Tax obligations associated with the transfer of such
equity participation.
(g) The Parties intend that the Transaction shall
constitute a reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code. The Parties adopt this
Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the
meaning of
Sections 1.368-2(g)
and 1.368-3(a) of the U.S. Income Tax Regulations.
ARTICLE X
REGISTRATION
RIGHTS
10.1 Piggyback
Registrations. Following the Closing Date, if
the Buyer proposes to register any Buyer Common Stock under the
Securities Act at any time (other than a registration statement
relating solely to employee benefit plans or a registration
relating to a Rule 145 transaction on
Form S-4
or similar forms promulgated in the future) and the registration
form to be used may be used for the registration of Buyer
Shares, whether or not for sale for Buyer’s own account,
the Buyer will give prompt written notice at least 30 days
prior to the anticipated effective date of the registration
statement relating to such registration (the “Company
Registration”) to the Stockholder. The Stockholder may
elect, for purposes of such Company Registration only, to have
all the rights and obligations of a Holder under
Section 2.3 of the Investor Rights Agreement solely with
respect to the Buyer Shares held by him, and, to the extent
applicable to Section 2.3 thereof only, Sections 2.5,
2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 and 2.11 of the Investor Rights Agreement;
provided, however, that under
Section 2.3(a) thereof the underwriters may reduce the
number of Buyer Shares to be included in such registration
statement to not less than 20% of the total number of Buyer
Shares requested to be included in such registration;
and, provided, further, that as a condition
to the Stockholder’s participation in such Company
Registration, the Stockholder must also agree not to sell any
shares of Buyer Common Stock held by the Stockholder from the
date of the filing of such registration statement until
30 days following the effective date of such registration
statement, other than in connection with such Company
Registration. For the avoidance of doubt, the Stockholder shall
have no rights or obligations in connection with any offering by
the Buyer nor shall he have any rights or obligations, as a
Holder or otherwise, under the Investor Rights Agreement.
10.2 Assignment of
Rights. The Stockholder may not assign any of
his rights under this Article X except in connection with
the transfer of some or all of the Buyer Shares to a child or
spouse, or trust for their benefit, provided each such
transferee agrees in a written instrument delivered to the Buyer
to be bound by the provisions of this Article X.
10.3 Legends. The Buyer
shall be entitled to place appropriate legends on the
certificates evidencing the Buyer Shares for purposes of
Rule 145 under the Securities Act reflecting the
restrictions set forth in Rule 145 and the restrictions
imposed by Section 8.4 and to issue appropriate stop
transfer instructions to the transfer agent for Buyer Common
Stock.
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ARTICLE XI
TERMINATION
11.1 Termination of
Agreement. The Stockholder and the Buyer may
terminate this Agreement prior to the Closing (whether before or
after Buyer Stockholder Approval), as provided below:
(a) the Stockholder and the Buyer may terminate this
Agreement by mutual written consent;
(b) the Buyer may terminate this Agreement by giving
written notice to the Stockholder in the event the Stockholder
is in breach of any representation, warranty or covenant
contained in this Agreement, and such breach
(i) individually or in combination with any other such
breach, would cause the conditions set forth in clauses (d)
or (e) of Section 6.1 not to be satisfied and
(ii) is not cured within 20 days following delivery by
the Buyer to the Stockholder of written notice of such breach;
(c) the Stockholder may terminate this Agreement by giving
written notice to the Buyer in the event the Buyer is in breach
of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement, and such breach (i) individually or in
combination with any other such breach, would cause the
conditions set forth in clauses (e) or (f) of
Section 6.2 not to be satisfied and (ii) is not cured
within 20 days following delivery by the Stockholder to the
Buyer of written notice of such breach;
(d) either the Buyer or the Stockholder may terminate this
Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party at any
time after the stockholders of the Buyer have voted on whether
to approve the issuance of the Buyer Shares in the event the
proposed issuance of the Buyer Shares failed to receive the
Buyer Stockholder Approval;
(e) the Buyer may terminate this Agreement by giving
written notice to the Stockholder if the Closing shall not have
occurred on or before December 31, 2007 by reason of the
failure of any condition precedent under Section 6.1
(unless the failure results primarily from a breach by the Buyer
of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement); or
(f) the Stockholder may terminate this Agreement by giving
written notice to the Buyer if the Closing shall not have
occurred on or before December 31, 2007 by reason of the
failure of any condition precedent under Section 6.2
(unless the failure results primarily from a breach by the
Stockholder of any representation, warranty or covenant
contained in this Agreement).
11.2 Effect of
Termination. If any Party terminates this
Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1, all obligations of the
Parties hereunder shall terminate without any liability of any
Party to any other Party (except for any liability of any Party
for willful breaches of this Agreement prior to such
termination); provided, that, in the event this
Agreement is terminated by either the Buyer or the Stockholder
pursuant to Section 11.1(d) hereof as a result of the Buyer
Board’s modification or withdrawal of its recommendation to
the Buyer’s stockholders in accordance with
Section 5.3(b) hereof, the Buyer shall reimburse the
Stockholder for up to an aggregate of $600,000 in reasonable
documented expenses of the Stockholder actually incurred
relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
prior to such termination (excluding any discretionary fees paid
to any financial advisors of the Stockholder or the Companies).
The expenses payable pursuant to this Section 11.2 shall be
paid by wire transfer of
same-day
funds within five (5) business days after demand therefor.
ARTICLE XII
DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, each of the following terms
shall have the meaning set forth below.
“Accountant” shall mean an independent
accountant selected by the Stockholder and reasonably approved
by the Buyer.
“Affiliate” shall mean any affiliate, as
defined in
Rule 12b-2
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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“Agreed Amount” shall mean part, but not
all, of the Claimed Amount.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“AIP” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.24(a).
“Bankruptcy Exception” means, in respect
of any agreement, contract or commitment, any limitation thereon
imposed by any bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting
creditor’s rights and remedies generally and, with respect
to the enforceability thereof, by general principles of equity,
including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in
a proceeding at law or in equity).
“Base Purchase Price” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“Business Combination” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.4.
“Buyer” shall have the meaning set forth
in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Buyer Assigned Patent” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 5.13.
“Buyer Benefit Plans” shall mean the
employee benefit plans, programs and policies of the Buyer and
its Affiliates.
“Buyer Board” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.3(b).
“Buyer Certificate” shall mean a
certificate to the effect that each of the conditions specified
in clauses (a) through (g) (insofar as clause (g)
relates to Legal Proceedings involving the Buyer) of
Section 6.2 is satisfied in all respects.
“Buyer Common Stock” shall mean the
shares of voting common stock, $.001 par value per share,
of the Buyer.
“Buyer Disclosure Schedule” shall mean
the disclosure schedule provided by the Buyer to the Stockholder
on the date hereof and accepted in writing by the Stockholder.
“Buyer Material Adverse Effect” shall
mean any material adverse change, event, circumstance or
development with respect to, or any material adverse effect on,
(i) the business, assets, liabilities, capitalization,
condition (financial or other), or results of operations of the
Buyer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (ii) the
ability of the Buyer to consummate the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. An adverse change in stock price of Buyer
Common Stock shall not, in and of itself, be deemed to have a
Buyer Material Adverse Effect.
“Buyer Meeting” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.3(a).
“Buyer Preferred Stock” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(a).
“Buyer Reports” shall mean (a) the
Buyer’s Annual Report on Form 10 K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the SEC, and
(b) all other reports filed by the Buyer under
Section 13 or subsections (a) or (c) of
Section 14 of the Exchange Act with the SEC since
January 1, 2006.
“Buyer Shares” shall mean
6,500,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock.
“Buyer Stock Option” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).
“Buyer Stock Plans” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.2(b).
“Buyer Stockholder Approval” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(d).
“Buyer Warrants” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 4.2(c).
“Cap Amount” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.5(a).
“CBP” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.18.
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“CERCLA” shall mean the federal
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended.
“Change in Control” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.4.
“Claim Notice” shall mean written
notification which contains (i) a description of the
Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by the
Indemnified Party and the Claimed Amount of such Damages, to the
extent then known, (ii) a statement that the Indemnified
Party is entitled to indemnification under Article VII for
such Damages and a reasonable explanation of the basis therefor,
and (iii) a demand for payment in the amount of such
Damages.
“Claimed Amount” shall mean the amount
of any Damages incurred or reasonably expected to be incurred by
the Indemnified Party.
“Closing” shall mean the closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date two
business days after the satisfaction or waiver of all of the
conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby (excluding the delivery at the
Closing of any of the documents set forth in Article VI),
or such other date as may be mutually agreeable to the Parties.
“Closing Price” shall mean the average
closing price of Buyer Common Stock for the five trading days
ending on the second trading day immediately preceding the
Closing, as reported by the NASDAQ Global Market.
“Closing Value” shall mean the average
of the last reported sale prices per share of the Buyer Common
Stock on the NASDAQ Global Market over the five consecutive
trading days ending two trading days before the Closing Date
(subject to equitable adjustment in the event of any stock
split, stock dividend, reverse stock split or similar event
affecting the Buyer Common Stock since the beginning of such
five-day
period), multiplied by the number of Buyer Shares.
“Closing Working Capital” shall mean as
of Closing, (i) total current assets of the Companies as of
such date, minus (ii) total current liabilities (including
accrued royalties) of the Companies as of such date, each as
calculated in accordance with GAAP.
“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended.
“Companies” shall mean MDS Services,
MDS, MDS Italy and MDS Mexico, collectively.
“Company” shall mean any of MDS
Services, MDS, MDS Italy and MDS Mexico.
“Company Certificate” shall mean a
certificate to the effect that each of the conditions specified
in clauses (a) through (f) (insofar as clause (f)
relates to Legal Proceedings involving any of the Companies) of
Section 6.1 is satisfied in all respects.
“Company Disclosure Schedule” shall mean
the disclosure schedule provided by the Stockholder to the Buyer
on the date hereof and accepted in writing by the Buyer.
“Company Employees” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.8.
“Company Intellectual Property” shall
mean the Company Owned Intellectual Property and the Company
Licensed Intellectual Property.
“Company Licensed Intellectual Property”
shall mean all Intellectual Property that is licensed to any
of the Companies as of the Closing Date. For the avoidance of
doubt, Company Licensed Intellectual Property shall not include
any (a) Excluded Intellectual Property, and (b) any
Intellectual Property that is no longer licensed to any of the
Companies as of the Closing Date.
“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall
mean any material adverse change, event, circumstance or
development with respect to, or material adverse effect on,
(a) the business, assets, liabilities, capitalization,
condition (financial or other), or results of operations of the
Companies, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of
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the Stockholder or the Companies to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the ability of the
Buyer to operate the businesses of the Companies immediately
after the Closing or (d) the ability of the officers of the
Buyer, following the Closing, to certify without qualification
to the Buyer’s financial statements or SEC reports as they
relate to the businesses or operations previously conducted by
the Companies; provided, that, in each case a
“Company Material Adverse Effect” shall not be deemed
to include effects or circumstances resulting from (i) any
changes in general economic, business, political or financial
conditions (except for any such change, event, circumstance,
development or effect that disproportionately affects the
Companies relative to other industry participants),
(ii) any changes in the industry in which the Companies
operate (except for any such change, event, circumstance,
development or effect that disproportionately affects the
Companies relative to other industry participants); or
(iii) the announcement of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or the identity of the Buyer.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties agree that the terms
“material”, “materially” or
“materiality” as used in this Agreement with an
initial lower case “m” shall have their respective
customary and ordinary meanings, without regard to the meaning
ascribed to Company Material Adverse Effect.
“Company Owned Intellectual Property”
shall mean all Intellectual Property owned, in whole or in
part, by any of the Companies as of the Closing Date. For the
avoidance of doubt, Company Owned Intellectual Property shall
not include any (a) Excluded Intellectual Property, and
(b) any Intellectual Property that is no longer owned by
any of the Companies as of the Closing Date.
“Company Plan” shall mean any Employee
Benefit Plan maintained, or contributed to, by any of the
Companies or any ERISA Affiliate for the benefit of any current
or former employee of any of the Companies, but excluding
government-sponsored or government-affiliated Employee Benefit
Plans.
“Company 401(k) Plan” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.8(b).
“Company Registration” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
“Company Stock Plan” shall mean any
stock option plan or other stock or equity-related plan of any
Company.
“Consulting Agreement” shall mean the
consulting agreement to be entered into by the Stockholder, DSU,
and the Buyer or an Affiliate thereof in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit C.
“Continuing Employees” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.8.
“Controlling Party” shall mean the party
controlling the defense of any Third Party Action.
“Damages” shall mean any and all debts,
obligations and other liabilities (whether absolute, accrued,
contingent, fixed or otherwise, or whether known or unknown, or
due or to become due or otherwise), diminution in value,
monetary damages, fines, fees, penalties, interest obligations,
deficiencies, losses and expenses (including amounts paid in
settlement, interest, court costs, costs of investigators, fees
and expenses of attorneys, accountants, financial advisors and
other experts, and other expenses of litigation, arbitration or
other dispute resolution proceedings relating to a Third Party
Action or an indemnification claim under Article VII),
other than those fees and expenses of the Accountant set forth
in and governed by Section 1.5(b)(vi).
“Deductible” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7.5(a).
“Determination Date” shall mean
(a) the Objection Deadline Date, if no objection to the
Draft Closing Balance Sheet or the calculation of the Closing
Working Capital is made pursuant to Section 1.5(c),
(b) the date on which the Buyer receives notification from
the Stockholder that no objection to the Draft Closing Balance
Sheet and the calculation of the Closing Working Capital will be
made, or (c) the date on which final resolution of any
dispute in connection with the determination of the Closing
Working Capital pursuant to Section 1.5 is achieved.
“Dispute” shall mean the dispute
resulting if the Indemnifying Party in a Response disputes its
liability for all or part of the Claimed Amount.
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“DGCL” shall mean the General
Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware.
“Draft Closing Balance Sheet” shall mean
the balance sheet of the Companies as of the Closing Date
prepared and delivered by the Buyer pursuant to
Section 1.5(a).
“DSU” shall mean DSU Medical
Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
“Employee Benefit Plan” shall mean any
“employee pension benefit plan” (as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA), any “employee welfare benefit
plan” (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), and any
other written or oral plan, agreement or arrangement involving
direct or indirect compensation, including insurance coverage,
severance benefits, disability benefits, deferred compensation,
bonuses, stock options, stock purchase, phantom stock, stock
appreciation or other forms of incentive compensation or
post-retirement compensation.
“Environmental Law” shall mean
(a) any United States federal, state or local law, statute,
rule, order, directive, judgment, Permit or regulation or the
common law in effect up to and through the Closing Date relating
to the environment, occupational health and safety, the
potential toxic material content of any product or exposure of
persons or property to Materials of Environmental Concern passed
or issued by any Governmental Entity, including any statute,
regulation, administrative decision or order pertaining to:
(i) the presence of or the treatment, storage, disposal,
generation, transportation, manufacture, processing, use,
import, export, labeling, recycling, registration, investigation
or remediation of Materials of Environmental Concern or
documentation related to the foregoing; (ii) air, water and
noise pollution; (iii) groundwater and soil contamination;
(iv) the release, threatened release, or accidental release
into the environment, the workplace or other areas of Materials
of Environmental Concern, including emissions, discharges,
injections, spills, escapes or dumping of Materials of
Environmental Concern; (v) transfer of interests in or
control of real property which may be contaminated;
(vi) community or worker right-to-know disclosures with
respect to Materials of Environmental Concern; (vii) the
protection of wild life, marine life and wetlands, and
endangered and threatened species; (viii) storage tanks,
vessels, containers, abandoned or discarded barrels and other
closed receptacles; and (ix) health and safety of employees
and (b) any Mexican or Italian national, state, provincial
or local law, statute, rule, order, directive, judgment, Permit
or regulation or the common law in effect up to and through the
Closing Date analogous or comparable to the topics or issues set
forth in sub-section (a) of this definition. As used above,
the term “release” shall have the meaning set forth in
CERCLA.
“ERISA” shall mean the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any entity
which is, or at any applicable time was, a member of (1) a
controlled group of corporations (as defined in
Section 414(b) of the Code), (2) a group of trades or
businesses under common control (as defined in
Section 414(c) of the Code), or (3) an affiliated
service group (as defined under Section 414(m) of the Code
or the regulations under Section 414(o) of the Code), any
of which includes or included any of the Companies.
“Escrow Agreement” shall mean an escrow
agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“Escrow Agent” shall mean Computershare
Services, Inc.
“Escrow Shares” shall mean
1,000,000 shares of Buyer Common Stock.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Excluded Intellectual Property” shall
mean the Intellectual Property set forth in Exhibit C of
the License Agreement.
“Expected Claim Notice” shall mean a
notice that, as a result of a legal proceeding instituted by or
written claim made by a third party, an Indemnified Party
reasonably expects to incur Damages for which it is entitled to
indemnification under Article VII.
“Exploit” shall mean develop, design,
test, modify, make, use, sell, have made, used and sold, import,
reproduce, market, distribute, commercialize, support, maintain,
correct and create derivative works of.
“FDA” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 3.24(a).
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“FD&C Act” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 3.24(b).
“Field” shall have meaning set forth in
the License Agreement.
“Final Closing Balance Sheet” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).
“Final Closing Working Capital” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(b).
“Financial Statements” shall mean:
(a) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and
statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and
cash flows of each of the Medisystems Operating Companies as at
December 31, 2006,
(b) the audited consolidated balance sheets and statements
of income, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows
of each of the Medisystems Operating Companies as at
December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, and
(c) the Most Recent Balance Sheet and the unaudited
consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders’
equity and cash flows for the three months ended as of the Most
Recent Balance Sheet Date.
“Focused Assessments” shall mean a Risk
Based Approach to Audit’ as set forth by CBP that
concentrates on a company’s internal compliance procedures
while also addressing areas of risk identified by CBP.
“GAAP” shall mean United States
generally accepted accounting principles.
“Governmental Entity” shall mean any
court, arbitrational tribunal, administrative agency or
commission or other governmental or regulatory authority or
agency, including any central or local governmental,
administrative or judicial entity, body, agency, inspectorate or
office of any jurisdiction where any Company is based or
operates, as far as applicable mutatis mutandis.
“Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act” shall mean the
Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
“HIPAA” shall mean the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law
104-191.
“Income Taxes” shall mean any Taxes
imposed upon or measured by net income.
“Indemnified Party” shall mean a party
entitled, or seeking to assert rights, to indemnification under
Article VII.
“Indemnifying Party” shall mean the
party from whom indemnification is sought by the Indemnified
Party.
“Intellectual Property” shall mean the
following subsisting throughout the world:
(a) Patents;
(b) Trademarks and all goodwill in the Trademarks;
(c) copyrights, designs, data and database rights and
registrations and applications for registration thereof,
including moral rights of authors;
(d) inventions, invention disclosures, statutory invention
registrations, trade secrets and confidential business
information, know-how, manufacturing and product processes and
techniques, research and development information, financial,
marketing and business data, pricing and cost information,
business and marketing plans and customer and supplier lists and
information, whether patentable or nonpatentable, whether
copyrightable or noncopyrightable and whether or not reduced to
practice; and
(e) other proprietary rights relating to any of the
foregoing (including remedies against infringement thereof and
rights of protection of interest therein under the laws of all
jurisdictions).
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“Investor Rights Agreement” shall mean
the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 1999,
by and between the Buyer and the investors listed therein, as
the same may be amended from time to time (the “Investor
Rights Agreement”)
“Laws and Regulations” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.24(a).
“Lease” shall mean any lease or sublease
pursuant to which any Company leases or subleases from another
party any real property.
“Legal Proceeding” shall mean any
action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation
before any Governmental Entity or before any arbitrator.
“License Agreement” shall mean the
license agreement entered into by DSU and MDS dated as of
June 1, 2007.
“Licensed Class B Patents” shall
have the meaning set forth in the License Agreement.
“Materials of Environmental Concern”
shall mean any: pollutants, contaminants or hazardous
substances (as such terms are defined under CERCLA), pesticides
(as such term is defined under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide and Rodenticide Act), solid wastes and hazardous
wastes (as such terms are defined under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act), other hazardous, radioactive or
toxic materials, oil, petroleum and petroleum products (and
fractions thereof), or any other material or chemical (or
article containing such material or chemical) listed or subject
to regulation under any law, statute, rule, regulation, order,
Permit, or directive passed or issued by any Governmental Entity
due to its potential, directly or indirectly, to harm the
environment, public health or worker health and safety.
“Medisystems Employment Agreement” shall
mean the Medisystems Employment Agreement between MDS or MDS
Services, on the one hand, and any employee of MDS or MDS
Services, on the other hand.
“MDS Italy Employment Agreement” shall
mean the MDS Italy Employment Agreement between MDS Italy,
on the one hand, and any employee of MDS Italy, on the other
hand.
“MDS Mexico Employment Agreement” shall
mean the MDS Mexico Employment Agreement between MDS Mexico, on
the one hand, and any employee of MDS Mexico, on the other hand.
“Medisystems Operating Companies” shall
mean collectively, the Companies, MRC, MTC (until May 31,
2007, the effective date of its merger into DSU), LifeStream
Medical Corporation, a Nevada corporation and Infusion Care
Services, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“Most Recent Balance Sheet” shall mean
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Companies as of
the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date.
“Most Recent Balance Sheet Date” shall
mean March 31, 2007.
“MRC” shall mean Medisystems Research
Corp., an Illinois corporation.
“MTC” shall mean Medisystems Technology
Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
“Non-controlling Party” shall mean the
party not controlling the defense of any Third Party Action.
“Objection Deadline Date” shall mean the
date 30 days after delivery by the Buyer to the Stockholder
of the Draft Closing Balance Sheet.
“Option” shall mean each option to
purchase or acquire shares of any Company, whether issued by a
Company pursuant to a Company Stock Plan or otherwise.
“Ordinary Course of Business” shall mean
the ordinary course of business consistent with past custom and
practice (including with respect to frequency and amount).
“Parties” shall mean the Buyer and the
Stockholder.
“Patents” shall mean all patents and
patent applications filed with the United States Patent and
Trademark office or other Governmental Entity.
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“Permits” shall mean all permits,
licenses, registrations, certificates, orders, approvals,
franchises, variances and similar rights issued by or obtained
from any Governmental Entity (including those issued or required
under Environmental Laws and those relating to the occupancy or
use of owned or leased real property).
“Products” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 3.24(b).
“Proxy Statement/Prospectus” shall mean
the proxy statement/prospectus included as part of the
S-4
Registration Statement, together with any accompanying letter to
stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy or written
consent.
“Public Filings” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 5.10(a).
“Reasonable Best Efforts” shall mean
best efforts, to the extent commercially reasonable.
“Registered Company Intellectual Property”
shall mean Registered Intellectual Property that is owned by
any Company as of the Closing Date or licensed to any Company
pursuant to the License Agreement.
“Registered Intellectual Property” shall
mean all Patents, registered Trademarks, registered copyrights
and designs, and all applications filed with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office and all foreign equivalent offices
for each of the foregoing.
“Related Agreements” shall mean the
Escrow Agreement, the Consulting Agreement, and the Stock
Transfer Documents.
“Response” shall mean a written response
containing the information provided for in Section 7.3(c).
“SEC” shall mean the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“S-4 Registration Statement” shall mean
a registration statement of the Buyer on
Form S-4
for the purposes of (1) registering the Buyer Shares under
the Securities Act and (2) soliciting proxies from the
stockholders of the Buyer for the purpose of obtaining the
approval by the stockholders of the Buyer of the issuance of
shares of Buyer Common Stock pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
“Securities Act” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Interest” shall mean any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, charge or
other lien (whether arising by contract or by operation of law),
other than (i) mechanic’s, materialmen’s, and
similar liens, (ii) liens arising under worker’s
compensation, unemployment insurance, social security,
retirement, and similar legislation and (iii) liens on
goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of
credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary Course of Business
of the applicable Company and not material to such Company.
“Shares” shall have the meaning set
forth in the Preliminary Statement of this Agreement.
“Specified Sections” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 13.10.
“Stock Transfer Documents” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.8.
“Stockholder” shall have the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Stockholder Nominee” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.6.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any corporation,
partnership, trust, limited liability company, branch,
representative office or other non-corporate business enterprise
in which any Company holds stock or other ownership interests
representing (a) more than 50% of the voting power of all
outstanding stock or ownership interests of such entity or
(b) the right to receive more than 50% of the net assets of
such entity available for distribution to the holders of
outstanding stock or ownership interests upon a liquidation or
dissolution of such entity.
“Target Amount” shall equal negative
$1,850,000, which amount shall be increased by the sum of the
amount of the Companies’ net income plus depreciation plus
amortization for the period from January 1, 2007 through
the Closing Date and decreased by the sum of the amounts of
(a) the royalties payable under the
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License Agreement, (b) the cash dividends payable pursuant
to Section 5.14(a)(ii) and (c) the amount of the
Companies’ capital expenditures permitted under the terms
of this Agreement for the period from January 1, 2007
through the Closing Date.
“Taxes” shall mean any and all taxes,
charges, fees, duties, contributions, levies or other similar
assessments or liabilities in the nature of a tax, including,
without limitation, income, gross receipts, corporation, ad
valorem, premium, value-added, net worth, capital stock, capital
gains, documentary, recapture, alternative or add-on minimum,
disability, estimated, registration, recording, excise, real
property, personal property, sales, use, license, lease,
service, service use, transfer, withholding, employment,
unemployment, insurance, social security, national insurance,
business license, business organization, environmental, workers
compensation, payroll, profits, severance, stamp, occupation,
windfall profits, customs duties, franchise and other taxes of
any kind whatsoever imposed by the United States of America or
any state, local or foreign government, or any agency or
political subdivision thereof, and any interest, fines,
penalties, assessments or additions to tax imposed with respect
to such items or any contest or dispute thereof.
“Tax Returns” shall mean any and all
reports, returns, declarations, extension requests or statements
relating to Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto
and any related or supporting workpapers or information with
respect to any of the foregoing, including any amendment thereof.
“Third Party Action” shall mean any suit
or proceeding by a person or entity other than a Party for which
indemnification may be sought by a Party under Article VII.
“Trademarks” shall mean all registered
trademarks and service marks, logos, Internet domain names,
corporate names and doing business designations and all
registrations and applications for registration of the
foregoing, common law trademarks and service marks and trade
dress.
“Transaction” shall have the meaning set
forth in the Preliminary Statement of this Agreement.
“Transfer Taxes” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 9.1(e).
“Unresolved Objections” shall mean any
objections set forth in the Stockholder’s statement of
objections that remain unresolved 30 days after delivery of
such statement of objections.
“Value” of Escrow Shares shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 7.3(c).
“Voting Stock” shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 8.4.
“Warrant” shall mean each warrant or
other contractual right to purchase or acquire any shares of any
Company, provided that Options shall not be considered Warrants.
“Working Capital Certificate” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 1.5(a).
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1 Press Releases and
Announcements. No Party shall issue any press
release or public announcement relating to the subject matter of
this Agreement without the prior written approval of the other
Parties; provided, however, that any Party may
make any public disclosure it believes in good faith is required
by applicable law, regulation or stock market rule (in which
case the disclosing Party shall use reasonable efforts to advise
the other Parties and provide them with a copy of the proposed
disclosure prior to making the disclosure).
13.2 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall not
confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the
Parties and their respective heirs, executors, personal and
legal representatives, successors and permitted assigns.
13.3 Entire Agreement;
Attachments. This Agreement, all Schedules
and Exhibits hereto, and all agreements and instruments to be
delivered by the Parties pursuant hereto represent the entire
understanding and agreement between the Parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior
oral
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and written and all contemporaneous oral negotiations,
commitments and understandings between such Parties. If the
provisions of any Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the
provisions of the Agreement shall prevail. The Exhibits and
Schedules attached hereto or to be attached hereafter are hereby
incorporated as integral parts of this Agreement.
13.4 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their
respective heirs, executors, personal and legal representatives,
successors and assigns, except that the Buyer, on the one hand,
and the Stockholder, on the other hand, may not assign their
respective obligations hereunder without the prior written
consent of the other Party; provided, however,
that the Buyer may assign its rights to acquire all or any
portion of the Shares hereunder, to a subsidiary or Affiliate of
the Buyer. Any assignment in contravention of this provision
shall be void. No assignment shall release the Buyer or the
Stockholder from any obligation or liability under this
Agreement.
13.5 Notices. All notices,
requests, demands, claims, and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing. Any notice, request, demand, claim or other
communication hereunder shall be deemed duly delivered four
business days after it is sent by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or one business day
after it is sent for next business day delivery via a reputable
nationwide overnight courier service, in each case to the
intended recipient as set forth below:
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NxStage Medical, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Chief Executive Officer
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NxStage Medical, Inc.
000 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: General Counsel
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Xxxxxx Xxxx
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx, #0
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx or
Xxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxx LLP
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
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Any Party may give any notice, request, demand, claim or other
communication hereunder using any other means (including
personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service,
telecopy, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice,
request, demand, claim or other communication shall be deemed to
have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by
the party for whom it is intended. Any Party may change the
address to which notices, requests, demands, claims, and other
communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other
Parties notice in the manner herein set forth.
13.6
Governing Law. All
matters arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation
its interpretation, construction, performance and enforcement)
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
internal laws of
Delaware without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether of
Delaware or any
other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of laws of
any jurisdictions other than those of
Delaware.
13.7 Amendments and
Waivers. The Buyer, by the consent of its
Board of Directors or officers authorized by such Board, and the
Stockholder may amend or modify this Agreement, in such manner
as may be agreed upon, by a written instrument executed by the
Buyer and the Stockholder. No waiver of any right or
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remedy hereunder shall be valid unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Party giving such waiver. No waiver by
any Party with respect to any default, misrepresentation or
breach of warranty or covenant hereunder shall be deemed to
extend to any prior or subsequent default, misrepresentation or
breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way
any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such
occurrence.
13.8 Severability. Any term
or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable
in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term
or provision in any other situation or in any other
jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is
invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court
making the determination of invalidity or unenforceability shall
have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete
specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or
unenforceable term or provision with a term or provision that is
valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the
intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and
this Agreement shall be enforceable as so modified.
13.9
Submission to
Jurisdiction. Each Party (a) submits to
the jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the
State of
Delaware in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, (b) agrees that all claims in
respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined
in any such court, (c) waives any claim of inconvenient
forum or other challenge to venue in such court, (d) agrees
not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating
to this Agreement in any other court and (e) waives any
right it may have to a trial by jury with respect to any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. Each
Party agrees to accept service of any summons, complaint or
other initial pleading made in the manner provided for the
giving of notices in Section 13.5, provided that nothing in
this Section 13.9 shall affect the right of any Party to
serve such summons, complaint or other initial pleading in any
other manner permitted by law.
13.10 Specific
Performance. Each Party acknowledges and
agrees that the other Party or Parties would be damaged
irreparably in the event any of the provisions contained in
Article I or any of Sections 5.2, 5.3, 5.7, 5.10,
5.12, 5.13, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 and 8.7 (the “Specified
Sections) of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with
their specific terms or otherwise are breached. Accordingly,
each Party agrees that the other Party or Parties may be
entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of
the provisions contained in Article I and the Specified
Sections of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms
and provisions of Article I and the Specified Sections in
any action instituted in any court of the United States or any
state thereof having jurisdiction over the Parties and the
matter.
13.11 Section Headings. The
section headings are for the convenience of the Parties and in
no way alter, modify, amend, limit, or restrict the contractual
obligations of the Parties.
13.12 Governing Document. To
the extent of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the
Stock Transfer Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall
govern.
13.13 Exchange Rates. To the
extent that any U.S. dollar amounts need to be converted
into local currency as a result of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement, the Parties shall use the currency exchange
“trading among banks of $1 million and more” rate
published in The Wall Street Journal on the first
business day prior to the Closing.
13.14 Counterparts and Facsimile
Signature. This Agreement may be executed in
two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile
signature.
[Signatures
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as
of the date first above written.
BUYER:
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: President and CEO
STOCKHOLDER:
/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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