AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among SUPER LEAGUE GAMING, INC., a Delaware corporation; SLG MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation; and FRAMERATE, INC., a Delaware corporation Dated as of June 3, 2019
Exhibit
2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF
MERGER
by and
among
SUPER
LEAGUE GAMING, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation;
SLG
MERGER SUB, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation;
and
FRAMERATE,
INC.,
a
Delaware corporation
Dated
as of June 3, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1. DESCRIPTION OF TRANSACTION
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1.1
Merger of the Company into Merger Sub
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1
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1.2
Effect of the Merger
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1.3
Closing; Effective Time
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1.4
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and
Officers
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1.5
Merger Consideration; Exchange of Securities
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1.6
Closing of the Company’s Transfer Books
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1.7
Exchange of Certificates
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1.8
Further Action
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SECTION 2. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
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2.1
Due Organization; Subsidiaries.
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2.2
Governing Documents; Records
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2.3
Capitalization, Etc.
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8
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2.4
Financial Statements
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2.5
Absence of Changes
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2.6
Title to Assets
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2.7
Bank Accounts
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2.8
Equipment; Leasehold
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2.9
Proprietary Assets
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2.10
Contracts
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2.11
Liabilities
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2.12
Compliance with Legal Requirements
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2.13
Governmental Authorizations
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2.14 Tax
Matters
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2.15 Employee
and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans
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2.16
Environmental Matters
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2.17
Insurance
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2.18 Related
Party Transactions
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2.19 Legal
Proceedings; Orders
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2.20
Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement
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2.21
Non-Contravention; Consents
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2.22 No
Brokers' Fees
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2.23 No Other
Representations
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SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER
SUB
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3.1
Due Organization
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3.2
Requisite Power and Authority
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3.3
Non-Contravention; Consents
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3.4
Outstanding Parent Securities
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3.5
Filings with the SEC
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3.6
Financial Statements
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3.7
Absence of Certain Changes
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3.8
Legal Proceedings; Orders; Permits
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3.9
No Brokers' Fees
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3.10
Operations; Capitalization of Merger Sub
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3.11
Solvency
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3.12
Proprietary Assets
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3.13
Liabilities
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3.14
Compliance with Legal Requirements
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3.15 Tax
Matters
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3.16
Government Approvals
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XXXXXXX 0. CLOSING DELIVERIES.
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4.1
Conditions to the Obligations of the Company
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4.2
Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub
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4.3
Closing Deliveries
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SECTION 5. POST-CLOSING COVENANTS
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5.1
Public Announcements
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5.2
Form 8-K
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5.3
Lock-Up
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5.4
Parent Securities Obligations
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5.5
Tax Free Reorganization
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SECTION 6. INDEMNIFICATION
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6.1
Survival of Representations, Etc.
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6.2
Company Indemnification
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6.3
Parent/Merger Sub Indemnification
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6.4
Procedures for Third Party Claims
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6.5
Procedures for Inter-Party Claims
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6.6
Source of Company Indemnity
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6.7
Determination of Damages
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6.8
No Consequential Damages
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6.9
Exclusive Remedy
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SECTION 7. TERMINATION
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7.1
Termination
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7.2
Effect of Termination
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SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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8.1
Further Assurances
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8.2
Fees and Expenses
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8.3
Attorneys’ Fees
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8.4
Notices
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8.5
Time of the Essence
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8.6
Headings
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8.7
Counterparts
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8.8
Governing Law
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8.9
Successors and Assigns
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8.10 Specific
Performance
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8.11
Waiver
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8.12
Amendments
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8.13
Severability
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8.14 Parties
in Interest
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8.15 Entire
Agreement
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8.16
Construction
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EXHIBIT A –DEFINITIONS
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A-1
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER (this
“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of
June 3, 2019, by and among SUPER LEAGUE GAMING, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Parent”); SLG MERGER SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”); and
FRAMERATE, INC., a Delaware corporation f/k/a Estarz,
Inc. (the “Company” and, together
with Parent and Merger Sub, collectively, the “Parties”). The
capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in
Exhibit A.
RECITALS
A. The Board of
Directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have each
determined that it is in the best interests of their respective
entities and the stockholders thereof to enter into a business
combination transaction pursuant to which the Company will merge
with and into the Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with the
Merger Sub continuing after the Merger as the surviving corporation
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.
B. On or prior to the
Effective Date, all outstanding shares of preferred stock, $0.0001
par value per share, of the Company, comprised of series A-1
preferred stock (“Series A-1 Preferred”),
series A-2 preferred stock (“Series A-2 Preferred”)
and Series A-3 Preferred Stock (“Series A-3 Preferred”)
(collectively, the “Company Preferred
Stock”), will convert into shares of common stock,
$0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (“Company Common
Stock”).
C. Pursuant to the
Merger, all outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, along with
any outstanding options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock
(“Company
Options”), will, in accordance with this Agreement, be
exchanged on the basis set forth in this Agreement, for (A) shares
of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, of Parent
(“Parent Common
Stock”), and (B) cash consideration.
D. The Parties hereto
intend, by executing this Agreement, to adopt a plan of
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, and to cause the Merger to
qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the provisions of
Section 368 of the Code.
E. The Parent Common
Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger will be exempt
from registration pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Rule
506 promulgated thereunder.
AGREEMENT
The
Parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
1.1 Merger of the Company into Merger
Sub. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Agreement, at the Effective Time, Company shall be merged with and
into the Merger Sub, and the separate existence of Company shall
cease. The Merger Sub will continue as the surviving corporation in
the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).
Following the close of the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will
be merged into the Parent.
1.2 Effect of the Merger. The Merger
shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the
applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the
“DGCL”).
1.3 Closing; Effective
Time. The closing of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
“Closing”)
shall take place no later than within four (4) business days after
the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 4
hereof (the “Closing
Date”). The Closing shall be conducted remotely via
the electronic exchange of documents and signatures. For the
purposes of this Section 1.3, “business days” means any
except any Saturday, any Sunday, any day which is a federal legal
holiday in the United States or any day on which banking
institutions in the State of New York are authorized or required by
law or other governmental action to close. At the Closing, the
Merger will be consummated by the filing of the Certificate of
Merger, in such form as required by, and signed and attested in
accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL, with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the time of the filing
of such instrument or the effective date set forth in such
instrument being the “Effective
Time”).
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1.4
Certificate of
Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers.
(a) The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Merger Sub in effect
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation;
(b) The
Bylaws of the Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation;
and
(c) The
directors of the Surviving Corporation immediately following the
Effective Time shall be Xxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx.
1.5 Merger Consideration; Exchange of
Securities. The “Aggregate Merger
Consideration” payable by Parent shall consist of (i)
cash and Parent Common Stock at the Closing; and (ii) Parent Common
Stock upon satisfaction of certain “earn-out”
milestones. The Aggregate Merger Consideration is detailed
below.
(i) Pay to each of the
shareholders of the Company (each, a “Shareholder” and
collectively, the “Shareholders”) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such accounts as may be
designated in writing by the Shareholders, an amount equal to: (A)
the Closing Per Share Cash Amount, multiplied by (B) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock held by such
Shareholder;
(ii) Pay
to each holder of Company Options (each an
“Optionholder” and collectively, the
“Optionholders”) by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such accounts as may be designated in writing by
the Optionholders, an amount equal to: (A) the Closing Per Share
Cash Amount less the per share exercise price of the Company
Options held by such Optionholder, multiplied by (B) the number of
shares of Company Common Stock issuable to the Optionholder upon
exercise of Company Options held by such Optionholder;
(iii) Issue
to each Shareholder that number of shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to: (A) the Closing Per Share Equity Amount, multiplied by
(B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock held by such
Shareholder;
(iv) Issue
to each Optionholder that number of shares of Parent Common Stock
equal to: (A) the Closing Per Share Equity Amount, multiplied by
(B) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable to the
Optionholder upon exercise of Company Options held by such
Optionholder; and
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(v) Pay all Closing
Indebtedness and Company Transaction Expenses by wire transfer of
immediately available funds to such accounts as may be designated
in writing by the individuals and entities that are owed such
amounts.
(b) Earn-Out.
Following the Closing, and in conjunction with Section 1.1
hereinabove, the business operations of Company will be undertaken
as a division of Parent under the brand name
“Framerate” (the “Operating Division”).
Parent shall separately track and report the Framerate revenue and
video view growth detailed below in Sections 1.5(b)(i)-(ii). Parent
shall provide Xxxxx Xxxxx with quarterly progress reports following
the Closing. Parent shall issue additional shares of Parent Common
Stock to the Shareholders and Optionholders (the
“Earn-Out”)
in accordance with the following, with the express understanding
that the Earn-Out shares are intended to comply with the provisions
set forth in IRS Rev. Proc. 84-42.
(i) On the one-year
anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall report in writing to
the Shareholders and Optionholders the amount of the Earn-Out that
has been earned and issue to each Shareholder and Optionholder such
number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is equal to each such
Shareholder’s and Optionholder’s Pro Rata Share of up
to four hundred ninety thousand dollars ($490,000.00) of Parent
Common Stock, valued at the Signing Price, subject to the
following: (A) Two hundred forty-five thousand dollars
($245,000.00) is payable upon the Surviving Corporation and
Operating Division, in the aggregate, realizing eight hundred
thousand dollars ($800,000.00) in gross revenues (determined in
accordance with GAAP) for the one-year period immediately following
the Closing Date; and (B) Two hundred forty-five thousand dollars
($245,000.00) is payable upon the Surviving Corporation and
Operating Division, in the aggregate, achieving an average growth
rate in video views across the their branded and/or managed
channels, as video views are defined natively on each channel (i.e.
based on the amount of time a video must be watched on each channel
in order to be a validated video view on that channel), of 10% per
month during the one-year period immediately following the Closing
Date, including a minimum of 15,000,000 views per month in months
10, 11 and 12 following the Closing Date. For the avoidance of
doubt, if either of the milestones listed above for each earn-out
payment of $245,000.00 are achieved by less than 100%, but more
than or equal to 75%, or by less than 75% but more than or equal to
50%, then the payment of the earnout shall be 75% or 50%,
respectively, of the full amount that would have been paid out if
the milestones were fully achieved.
(ii) On
the second-year anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall
report in writing to the Shareholders and Optionholders the amount
of the Earn-Out that has been earned and issue to each Shareholder
and Optionholder such number of shares of Parent Common Stock as is
equal to each such Shareholder’s and Optionholder’s Pro
Rata Share of up to four hundred ninety thousand dollars
($490,000.00) of Parent Common Stock, valued at the Signing Price,
subject to the following: (A) Two hundred forty-five thousand
dollars ($245,000.00) is payable upon the Surviving Corporation and
Operating Division, in the aggregate, realizing one million five
hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000.00) in gross revenues
(determined in accordance with GAAP) for the one-year period
commencing on the one- year anniversary date of Closing and ending
on the two-year anniversary date of Closing; and (II) Two hundred
forty-five thousand dollars ($245,000.00) is payable upon the
Surviving Corporation and Operating Division, in the aggregate,
achieving an average growth rate in video views across their
branded and/or managed channels, as video views are defined
natively on each channel (i.e. based on the amount of time a video
must be watched on each channel in order to be a validated video
view on that channel), of 7% per month during the one-year period
commencing on the one-year anniversary date of Closing and the
two-year anniversary date of Closing, including a minimum of
40,000,000 views per month in months 22, 23 and 24 following the
Closing Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if either of the
milestones listed above for each earn-out payment of $245,000.00
are achieved by less than 100%, but more than or equal to 75%, or
by less than 75% but more than or equal to 50%, then the payment of
the earnout shall be 75% or 50%, respectively, of the full amount
that would have been paid out if the milestones were fully
achieved.
(iii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.5(b), if Xxxxx
Xxxxx is terminated for cause or resigns from his employment with
the Parent (and/or its affiliates, successor or assigns) at any
time on before the second anniversary of the Closing, and any such
resignation is without “Good Reason” as such term is
defined in his employment agreement, then the maximum amount of any
portion of the Earn-Out that has not yet been earned as of the date
of resignation shall be reduced by 44.0164%. Solely by way of
example, if Mr. Mereu resigned at a time when $700,000 worth of the
Earn- Out had already been earned, then the maximum remaining
portion of the Earn-Out is $156,628.08, and the aggregate maximum
Earn-Out is $856,628.08.
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(iv) During
the period from the Effective Time through the second-year
anniversary of the Closing Date (the “Earn-Out
Period”), the Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation,
the Operating Division and their affiliates to, and the Surviving
Corporation, Operating Division and their affiliates shall, use
commercially reasonable efforts to achieve the maximum Earn-Out. In
furtherance of the foregoing, throughout the Earn-Out Period the
Parent shall (i) manage and operate the Surviving
Corporation’s and Operating Division’s business in good
faith and in a manner consistent with good business practices, the
past practices of the Company and the objective of maximizing the
Earn-Out, (ii) provide sufficient working capital and other
reasonable support and resources to such business, (iii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to actively market and promote such
business, (iii) not take, or fail to take, any actions with the
primary intention of reducing or otherwise circumventing the
Earn-Out.
(v) Parent's
obligations with respect to Earn-Out shall be accelerated, and the
maximum Earn-Out shall become immediately due and payable in full,
upon the occurrence of any of the following events prior to the end
of the Earn-Out Period: (a) any sale or other disposition by the
Parent or Surviving Corporation or their affiliates, in a single
transaction or series of related transactions (regardless of the
form of such transaction(s)), of a material portion of the business
or the assets relating to the business formerly operated by the
Company, or (b) a transaction or series of related transactions in
which one or more persons that are not an affiliate of Parent
acquires more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding equity
interests of the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or any of the
Parent’s other direct or indirect subsidiaries; or (c) a
merger or consolidation of the Parent, the Surviving Corporation or
any of the Parent’s other direct or indirect subsidiaries
with another entity, which results in the holders of the total
outstanding equity interests of the Parent or the Surviving
Corporation or any of the Parent’s other direct or indirect
subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction or their
affiliates owning, either directly or indirectly, less than fifty
percent (50%) of the outstanding equity interests of the surviving
or resulting entity, as the case may be, following such transaction
(or, if the surviving or resulting entity is a wholly owned
subsidiary of another entity immediately following such merger or
consolidation, the ultimate parent entity of such surviving or
resulting entity); or (d) a material breach by the Parent or the
Surviving Corporation or its affiliates of any of the covenants set
forth above which cannot cured, or which can be cured and is not
cured within twenty (20) days after written notice thereof from any
Shareholder to the Parent.
(vi) From
and after the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Corporation
shall, upon reasonable request by any Shareholder, provide such
Shareholder and any accountants or advisors retained by such
Shareholder with (A) copies of all supporting schedules and work
papers prepared by or used or relied on by Parent and its
representatives in the determination of the Earn-Out, and (B)
reasonable access (during normal business hours and without
material interference to the operations of the Surviving
Corporation or Operating Division) to the books and records,
personnel and accountants of Parent (including the Operating
Division) and the Surviving Corporation, in each case for the
purpose of enabling such Shareholder and its accountants and
advisors to calculate, and to review Parent’s calculation of,
the Earn-Out.
(vii) If
any Shareholder disputes the calculation of the Earn-Out, then such
Shareholder shall deliver a written notice (a “Dispute
Notice”) to Parent at any time during the 45 day
period
commencing upon receipt by the Shareholder of written notice from
the Parent as to the amount of any element of the Earn-Out (the
“Review Period”). The Dispute Notice shall set forth
the basis for the dispute of any such calculation in reasonable
detail and Shareholder’s calculation of each disputed
amount.
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(viii) If
no Shareholder delivers a Dispute Notice to Parent prior to the
expiration of the Review Period, Parent’s calculation of the
Earn-Out shall be deemed final and binding on Parent and each
Shareholder and Optionholder for all purposes of this
Agreement.
(ix) If
a Shareholder delivers a Dispute Notice to Parent prior to the
expiration of the Review Period, then such Shareholder and Parent
shall negotiate in good faith to reach agreement on the Earn-Out
elements that are in dispute. If the Shareholder and Parent are
unable to reach agreement on the Earn-Out within 20 days after the
end of the Review Period, either party shall have the right to
refer such dispute to an independent nationally recognized
accounting or valuation firm that is mutually agreed upon by Parent
and such Shareholder (such firm, or any successor thereto, being
referred to herein as the “Designated Accounting
Firm”). In connection with the resolution of any such dispute
by the Designated Accounting Firm: (A) each of the Shareholder and
Parent shall have a reasonable opportunity to meet with the
Designated Accounting Firm to provide its views as to any disputed
issues with respect to the calculation of the Earn-Out; provided,
that none of Shareholder, Parent, or any of their respective
Affiliates or Representatives shall have any ex parte
communications or meetings with the Designated Accounting Firm
regarding the subject matter hereof without the other party’s
prior written consent; (B) each of the Shareholder and Parent shall
promptly provide, or cause to be provided, to the Designated
Accounting Firm all information reasonably necessary to enable the
Designated Accounting Firm to resolve such disputes;
(C) the
Designated Accounting Firm shall determine the Earn-Out in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement within 30 days after
such referral, and upon reaching such determination shall deliver a
copy of its calculations (the “Expert Calculations”) to
the Shareholders and Parent; and (D) the determination made by the
Designated Accounting Firm of the Earn-Out elements that are in
dispute shall, in the absence of fraud or manifest error, be
conclusive, binding upon the Parties, nonappealable, and not be
subject to further review, and shall be considered a final
arbitration award that is enforceable pursuant to the terms of the
Federal Arbitration Act. The fees and expenses of the Designated
Accounting Firm shall be allocated between Parent, on the one hand,
and the Shareholders and Optionholders, on the other hand, based
upon the percentage which the portion of the contested amount not
awarded to each party bears to the amount actually contested by
such party.
(x) The Earn-Out,
including the contingency based on retention of Mr. Mereu, is part
of the overall purchase consideration paid for the Company, is
inseparable from the purchase price and and is not a compensatory
arrangement. Parent, Surviving Corporation and each other party
hereto shall file any and all tax returns and other filings to
reflect the foregoing. In no event shall the Parent treat all or
any part of the Earn-Out as compensation and shall not reflect all
or any portion of the Earn-Out as an expense in its accounting
treatment of the Earn-Out.
(c) Hold-Back.
On the Hold-Back Closing Date, the Parent shall provide each
Shareholder and Optionholder with a written notice of any
Determined Liabilities providing reasonable detail thereof. If no
Shareholder or Optionholder provides written notice of objection
within 10 days, the Parent’s determination of the Determined
Liabilities shall be final and binding. If any Shareholder or
Optionholder objects to the Parent’s determination, the
parties shall negotiate in good faith to resolve the dispute and
the Parent shall provide access to such books and records as may
reasonably be requested for the purpose of calculating the
Determined Liabilities. Within 2 days after the Determined
Liabilities are finally determined, the Parent shall pay each of
the Shareholders and Optionholders by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to such accounts as may be designated in writing by
the Shareholders and Optionholders, each such Shareholder’s
and Optionholder’s Pro Rata Share of the Hold-Back
Consideration Amount.
(d) Effect
of Merger. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger
and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or
the Company, each share of Company Common Stock and each Company
Option that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time shall be cancelled and extinguished and be converted
into the right of the holder thereof to receive (i) the cash
amounts and shares of Parent Common Stock described in Section
1.5(a), and
(ii) payment of such holder's Pro Rata Share of the Earn-Out, if
and to the extent that any Earn-Out is payable to the Shareholders
and Optionholders pursuant to this Agreement.
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(e) Payment
Schedule. Prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to
Parent a schedule setting forth with respect to each Shareholder
and Optionholder (the “Payment Schedule”): (i)
the name, address of record and e-mail address (if known by the
Company) of such Shareholder or Optionholder, (ii) the total number
of shares of Company Common Stock held by each such Shareholder as
of immediately prior to the Effective Time, (iii) with respect to
any Optionholder, the number of shares of Company Common Stock
subject to such Company Options, and the exercise price for each
such Company Option, (iv) the portion of the Closing Consideration
Amount payable (without regard to Tax withholding) to such
Shareholder or Optionholder at the Closing with respect to the
shares of Company Common Stock and/or Company Options held by such
Shareholder or Optionholder, and (F) such Shareholder’s or
Optionholder's Pro Rata Share (expressed as a
percentage).
1.6 Closing of the Company’s
Transfer Books. At the
Effective Time, holders of certificates representing shares of
Company Common Stock (the “Company Common Stock
Certificates”), and options to purchase shares of
Company Common Stock (the “Company Option
Certificates”) that were outstanding immediately prior
to the Effective Time, shall cease to have any rights as
shareholders and optionees of the Company, and the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of
Company Common Stock, Company Preferred Stock and Company Option
Certificates outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time.
(a) At
the Closing, upon the delivery of the Company Common Stock
Certificates and Company Option Certificates to Parent held by the
Shareholders and Optionholders, respectively, which shall properly
be endorsed in blank or shall be accompanied by a properly executed
stock power (as appropriate), Parent shall deliver to each
Shareholder and Optionholder the Merger consideration issuable to
them per Section 1.5(a); provided that the stock
certificates delivered by Parent shall represent only whole shares
of Parent Common Stock and shall be rounded up to the nearest whole
number of shares in lieu of any fractional shares to which a
Shareholder would otherwise be entitled. All Company Common Stock
Certificates and Option Certificates surrendered to Parent shall be
canceled, and until surrendered and canceled as contemplated by
this Section 1.7(a), shall be deemed, from and after the Effective
Time, to represent only the right to receive the Merger
consideration payable in accordance with the terms hereof. If any
Company Common Stock Certificate or Company Option Certificate
shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance of any
Merger consideration, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Company Common Stock Certificate or Company Option
Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit and indemnity
against any claim that may be made against Parent or the Surviving
Corporation with respect to such lost, stolen or destroyed Company
Common Stock Certificate or Company Option
Certificate.
(b) Parent and the Surviving
Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any
consideration payable or otherwise deliverable to any Shareholder
or Optionee pursuant to this Agreement, such amounts as Parent or
the Surviving Corporation is required to deduct or withhold
therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state, local or
foreign tax law. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or
withheld, such amounts shall be timely remitted to the appropriate
taxing authority and, upon
such remittance, treated for all purposes under this Agreement as
having been paid to the Person to whom such amounts would otherwise
have been paid.
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1.8 Further
Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is determined by any party to be necessary or
desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest
the Surviving Corporation or Parent with full right, title and
possession of and to all rights and property of Merger Sub and the
Company, the Shareholders, Optionholders and the officers and
directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully
authorized (in the name of Merger Sub, in the name of the Company
and otherwise) to take such action.
Appraisal
Rights.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Company
Common Stock that constitute Appraisal Shares shall not be
converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, and
each holder of Appraisal Shares shall be entitled only to receive
such consideration as is determined to be due with respect to such
Appraisal Shares pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL. From and
after the Effective Time, a holder of Appraisal Shares shall not
have and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the voting rights
or other rights of a stockholder of the Surviving Corporation. If
any holder of Appraisal Shares shall fail to perfect or shall
otherwise waive, withdraw or lose such holder’s right to
appraisal under Section 262 of the DGCL, then (i) the right of such
holder to be paid such consideration as is determined to be due
pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL shall cease, and (ii) such
Appraisal Shares shall be deemed to have been converted as of the
Effective Time into and have become exchangeable only for the right
to receive (upon the surrender of the Company Stock Certificate(s)
or Book Entry Shares previously representing such Appraisal Shares)
the Merger Consideration, without interest and reduced by the
amount of any withholding that is required under Section 1.7(b).
The
Company (i) shall give Parent written notice of any demand by any
stockholder of the Company for appraisal of such
stockholder’s Company Common Stock pursuant to Section 262 of
the DGCL, and (ii) shall give Parent the opportunity to participate
in all negotiations and proceedings with respect to any such
demand. The Company shall not make any payment with respect to any
demands for appraisal or settle any such demands for appraisal
without the consent of Parent.
Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Company
shall deliver to Parent disclosure schedules numbered according to
the relevant sections in this Agreement (the “Disclosure Schedules”).
Any exception or qualification set forth in the Disclosure
Schedules with respect to a particular representation, warranty or
covenant contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an
exception or qualification with respect to all other applicable
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement as and to the extent the content of such disclosure makes
its applicability to such other representations, warranties and
covenants reasonably apparent. Subject to the exceptions and
qualifications set forth in the Disclosure Schedules, the Company
hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
(a) The Company is a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all necessary
power and authority: (i) to conduct its business in the manner in
which its business is currently being conducted; (ii) to own and
use its assets in the manner in which its assets are currently
owned and used; and (iii) to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(b) The Company is not
and has not been required to be qualified, authorized, registered
or licensed to transact business as a foreign corporation in any
jurisdiction other than the jurisdictions identified in
Schedule 2.1(b),
except where the failure to be so qualified, authorized, registered
or licensed has not had and will not have a Material Adverse Effect
on the Company. The Company is in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each of the jurisdictions identified in Schedule 2.1(b).
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(c) Schedule 2.1(c) sets forth (i)
the names of the members of the Company’s board of directors,
and (ii) the names and titles of the Company’s
officers.
(d) As of the date of
this Agreement, the Company does not have any direct nor any
indirect subsidiaries (“Subsidiaries”).
(e) The Company has not
agreed and is not obligated to make any future investment in or
capital contribution to any Entity. The Company has not guaranteed
and is not responsible or liable for any obligation of any other
Entity.
2.2 Governing Documents;
Records. The Company has
provided Parent with accurate and complete copies for the Company
of: (a) its Certificate of Incorporation and its Bylaws, including
all amendments thereto; (b) its stock or other securities records;
and (c) its minutes and other records of the meetings and other
proceedings (including any actions taken by written consent or
otherwise without a meeting) of its shareholders and its board of
directors. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions
of its Certificate of Incorporation or its Bylaws. The stock or
other securities records, minute books and other records of the
Company are accurate, up-to-date and complete in all material
respects.
(a) The authorized
capital stock of the Company consists of (i) 3,000,000 shares of
Company Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of which 740,625
shares are presently issued and outstanding, (ii) 366,446 shares of
Company Series A-1 Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share
(“Series A-1”), of which 366,445 shares are presently
issued and outstanding, (iii) 174,498 shares of Company Series A-2
Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Series
A-2”), of which 174,498 shares are presently issued and
outstanding; (iv) 130,873 shares of Company Series A-3 Preferred
Stock, $0.0001 par value per share (“Series A-3”), of
which 130,873 shares are presently issued and outstanding and (iii)
options outstanding to purchase 43,600 shares of Company Common
Stock. The Series A-1, Series A-2 and Series A-3 will be converted
to in aggregate 671,816 shares of Common Stock on or before
Closing. All of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock and
Company Preferred Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued, and are fully paid and non-assessable and have been issued
in material compliance with all applicable securities laws and
other applicable Legal Requirements. No Person other than the
Shareholders owns, directly or indirectly, or has the right to vote
or control any shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred
Stock.
(b) Except as provided
in Schedule 2.3(b),
there is no: (i) outstanding subscription, option, call, warrant or
right (whether or not currently exercisable) to acquire any shares
of Company Common Stock or other securities of the Company; (ii)
outstanding security, instrument or obligation that is or may
become convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of Company
Common Stock or other securities of the Company; (iii) Contract
under which the Company is or may become obligated to sell or
otherwise issue any shares of Company Common Stock or any other
securities of the Company; or (iv) condition or circumstance that
may give rise to or provide a basis for the assertion of a claim by
any Person to the effect that such Person is entitled to acquire or
receive any shares of Company Common Stock or other securities of
the Company (each such right described in clauses (i) through (iv),
a “Company
Derivative Security”).
(c) The Company has
never repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any shares of
Company Common Stock or other securities of the
Company.
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2.4
Financial
Statements.
(a) Set forth in
Schedule 2.4 are
the unaudited balance sheet, income statement, statement of cash
flows and statement of stockholders’ equity of the Company
for the three month period ended, March 31, 2019 (the “
Financial
Statements”),.
(b) The Financial
Statements have not been prepared in accordance with United States
generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) The Financial
Statements present fairly the financial condition, cash flows and
operating results of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries
as of the dates, and for the periods, indicated therein, subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments, which, individually and in the
aggregate, would not be material, and are consistent with the books
and records of the Company and the subsidiaries.
(a) There has not been
any material adverse change in the Company’s business,
financial condition, or operations, and no event has occurred that
will, or could reasonably be expected to, have a Material Adverse
Effect on the Company or the Subsidiaries,
respectively;
(b) There has not been
any material loss, damage or destruction to, or any material
interruption in the use of, any of the Company’s assets
(whether or not covered by insurance);
(c) The Company has not
declared, accrued, set aside or paid any dividend or made any other
distribution in respect of any of its securities, and the Company
has not repurchased, redeemed or otherwise reacquired any of its
securities;
(d) There has been no
amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws, and the Company has not effected or been a party to any
Acquisition Transaction, recapitalization, reclassification of
shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar
transaction;
(e) The Company has not
made any single capital expenditure in excess of Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000.00);
(f) The Company has not
(i) acquired, leased or licensed any right or other asset from any
other Person, (ii) sold or otherwise disposed of, or leased or
licensed, any right or other asset to any other Person, or (iii)
waived or relinquished any right, except for immaterial rights or
other immaterial assets acquired, leased, licensed or disposed of
in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the
Company’s past practices;
(g) The Company has not
written off as uncollectible, or established any extraordinary
reserve with respect to, any account receivable or other
indebtedness of a material nature;
(h) Except as provided
in Schedule 2.5(h), the Company has not made any pledge of any of
its assets or otherwise permitted any of its assets to become
subject to any Encumbrance, except for pledges of immaterial assets
made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the
Company’s past practices;
(i) Except as provided
in Schedule 2.5(i), the Company has not (i) lent money to any
Person (other than pursuant to routine travel advances made to
employees in the ordinary course of business), or (ii) incurred or
guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money;
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(j) The Company has
not (i) established or adopted any employee benefit plan, or
(ii)
paid any bonus or made any profit-sharing or similar payment to, or
increased the amount of the wages, salary, commissions, fringe
benefits or other compensation or remuneration payable to, any of
its directors, officers or employees;
(k) The Company has not
changed any of its methods of accounting or accounting practices in
any respect;
(l) The Company has
not made any Tax election;
(m) The Company has
not commenced or settled any Legal Proceeding;
(n) The Company has not
entered into any material transaction or taken any other material
action outside the ordinary course of business or inconsistent with
its past practices;
(o) Except as set forth
on Schedule 2.5(o),
the Company has not sold, issued or authorized the issuance of (i)
any of its respective capital stock or other securities, (ii) any
option or right to acquire any of its respective capital stock or
any other securities, or (iii) any instrument convertible into or
exchangeable for any or its respective capital stock or other
securities; and
(p) The Company has not
agreed or committed to take any of the actions referred to in
clauses (c) through (o) of this Section 2.5, other than as set
forth in Schedules 2.5(h), 2.5(i) and 2.5(o).
(a) The Company has
good and valid title to, all of the material assets purported to be
owned by it, free and clear of any liens or other Encumbrances,
except for (i) any lien for current taxes not yet due and payable,
(ii) minor liens that have arisen in the ordinary course of
business and that do not (in any case or in the aggregate) have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company or materially detract from
the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair the
operations of the Company, and (iii) the Encumbrances set forth on
Schedule
2.6(a).
(b) Schedule 2.6(b) identifies all
assets that are material to the business of the Company and that
are being leased or licensed to the Company.
2.7 Bank Accounts. Schedule 2.7 sets forth with
respect to each account maintained by or for the benefit of the
Company the name of the bank or financial institution at which the
account is located.
(a) All material items
of equipment and other tangible assets owned by or leased to each
of the Company are adequate for the uses to which they are being
put, are in good operating condition and repair in all material
respects (ordinary wear and tear excepted), and are adequate for
the conduct of the Company’s business in the manner in which
such business is currently being conducted.
(b) The Company does
not own any real property or any interest in real property, except
for the leasehold interests created under the real property leases
identified in Schedule
2.8(b).
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2.9
Proprietary
Assets.
(a) Schedule 2.9(a)(i) sets forth,
with respect to each Proprietary Asset that is owned by the Company
and registered with
a Governmental Body or for which an application has been filed with
any Governmental Body, (i) a brief description of such Proprietary
Asset, and (ii) the names of the jurisdictions covered by the
applicable registration or application, if any. Schedule 2.9(a)(ii) identifies
all other Proprietary Assets owned by the Company that are material
to its business. There are no ongoing royalty or other payment
obligations in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) with
respect to each Proprietary Asset that is licensed or otherwise
made available to either the Company by any Person and is material
to the Company’s business (except for any Proprietary Asset
that is licensed to the Company under any third party software
license generally available to the public). The Company has good
and valid title to all of its Company Proprietary Assets identified
in Schedules
2.9(a)(i) and 2.9(a)(ii), free and clear of
all Encumbrances, except for (i) any lien for current taxes not yet
due and payable, or (ii) minor liens that have arisen in the
ordinary course of business and that do not (individually or in the
aggregate) materially detract from the value of the assets subject
thereto or have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The
Company has a valid right to use, license and otherwise exploit all
of its respective Proprietary Assets identified in Schedules 2.9(a)(i) and
2.9(a)(ii). There
is no Contract pursuant to which any Person other than the Company
has any right (whether or not currently exercisable) to use,
license or otherwise exploit any Company Proprietary
Asset.
(b) The Company has
taken reasonable measures and precautions to protect and maintain
the confidentiality of its material Company Proprietary Assets. To
the Company’s Knowledge, no current or former employee,
officer, director, stockholder, consultant or independent
contractor has any right, claim or interest in or with respect to
any Company Proprietary Asset.
(c) (i) All patents,
trademarks, service marks and copyrights held by the Company are
valid, enforceable and subsisting; (ii) to the Company’s
Knowledge, none of the Company Proprietary Assets and no
Proprietary Asset that is currently being developed by the Company
(either by itself or with any other Person) infringes,
misappropriates or conflicts in any respect with any Proprietary
Asset owned or used by any other Person; (iii) to the
Company’s Knowledge, no other Person is infringing,
misappropriating or making any unlawful or unauthorized use of, and
no Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other Person infringes or
conflicts with, any Company Proprietary Asset; and (iv) in each
case to the Company’s Knowledge, the Company has not taken
any action that has infringed, misappropriated or made any unlawful
or unauthorized use of any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any
other Person, and the Company has not received any notice or other
communication (in writing or otherwise) of any actual, alleged,
possible or potential infringement, misappropriation or unlawful or
unauthorized use of, any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any
other Person.
(d) The Company
Proprietary Assets constitute all the Proprietary Assets necessary
to enable the Company to conduct its business in the manner in
which such business is being conducted. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has (i) licensed any of the Company Proprietary Assets
to any Person on an exclusive basis, or (ii) entered into any
covenant not to compete or Contract limiting its ability to exploit
fully any Company Proprietary Assets or to transact business in any
market or geographical area or with any Person.
(a)
Schedule 2.10(a)
identifies:
(i) each Company
Contract relating to the employment of, or the performance of
services by, any employee, consultant or independent contractor
which involves payment obligations of
$50,000.00 or more
per year;
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(ii) each
Company Contract relating to the acquisition, transfer, use,
development, sharing or license of any technology or any
Proprietary Asset which involves payment obligations of $25,000.00
or more per year;
(iii) each
Company Contract imposing any restriction on the Company’s or
right or ability (A) to compete with any other Person, (B) to
acquire any product or other asset or any services from any other
Person, to sell any product or other asset to or perform any
services for any other Person or to transact business or deal in
any other manner with any other Person, or (C) to develop or
distribute any technology;
(iv) each
Company Contract creating an agency relationship, distribution
arrangement or franchise relationship;
(v) each Company
Contract relating to the creation of any Encumbrance with respect
to any material asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary;
(vi) each
Company Contract involving or incorporating any guaranty, any
pledge, any performance or completion bond, or any indemnity surety
arrangement;
(vii) each
Company Contract creating or relating to any partnership or joint
venture or any sharing of revenues, profits, losses, costs or
liabilities;
(viii) each
Company Contract relating to the purchase or sale of any product or
other asset by or to, or the performance of any services by or for,
any Related Party;
(ix) each Company
Contract constituting a Government Contract;
(x) any
other Company Contract that was entered into outside the ordinary
course of business; and
(xi) any
other Company Contract that contemplates or involves (A) the
payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or
having a value in excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in
the aggregate, or (B) the performance of services having a value in
excess of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
The
Company Contracts in the respective categories described in this
Section 2.10(a) are referred to in this Agreement as the
“Material
Contracts.”
(b) The Company has
delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of all written
Material Contracts, including all amendments thereto. Each Material
Contract is valid and in full force and effect, and, to the
Company’s Knowledge, is enforceable by the Company, or if
applicable Subsidiary, in accordance with its terms.
(c) Except as set
forth in Schedule
2.10(c):
(i) To the
Company’s Knowledge, the Company has not violated or
breached, or committed any default (excluding a technical default)
under, any Material Contract, and, to the Company’s
Knowledge, no other Person has violated or breached, or committed
any material default under, any Material Contract;
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(ii) To
the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred, and no
circumstance or condition exists, that (with or without notice or
lapse of time) will, or could reasonably be expected to, (A) result
in a violation or breach of any Material Contract, (B) give any
Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under
any Material Contract, (C) give any Person the right to accelerate
the maturity or performance of any Material Contract, or (D) give
any Person the right to cancel, terminate or modify in any material
respect any Material Contract; and
(iii) The Company
has not waived any material rights under any Material
Contract.
(d) To the
Company’s Knowledge, no Person is currently renegotiating any
material amount paid or payable to the Company under any Material
Contract or any other material term or provision of any Material
Contract.
(e) The Material
Contracts collectively constitute all of the Contracts necessary to
enable the Company to conduct its business in substantially the
manner in which such business is currently being
conducted.
2.11 Liabilities. To the Company’s Knowledge, the
Company has not accrued, contingent or other liabilities of any
nature, either matured or unmatured (whether or not required to be
reflected in financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
whether due or to become due), except for: (a) liabilities
identified set forth in the Unaudited Interim Balance Sheet; and
(b) accounts payable and accrued salaries, consulting fees and
expenses that have been incurred by the Company since December 31,
2018 in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the
Company’s past practices.
2.12 Compliance with Legal
Requirements. The Company is in compliance with all applicable
Legal Requirements, except where the failure to comply with such
Legal Requirements has not had and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect on it. To the Company’s Knowledge, the Company has not
received any written notice from any Governmental Body regarding
any actual or possible violation of, or failure to comply with, any
Legal Requirement, that remains outstanding or otherwise
unresolved.
2.13 Governmental Authorizations.
Schedule 2.13
identifies each material Governmental Authorization held by the
Company, and the Company has delivered to Parent accurate and
complete copies of all such Governmental Authorizations. The
Governmental Authorizations identified in Schedule 2.13 are valid and in
full force and effect, and collectively constitute all Governmental
Authorizations required or necessary to enable each of the Company
to conduct its business substantially in the manner in which the
business is currently being conducted. The Company is in
substantial compliance with the Governmental Authorizations
identified in Schedule
2.13. The Company has not received any written notice from
any Governmental Body regarding (a) any actual or possible
violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of
any Governmental Authorization identified in Schedule 2.13, or (b) any
actual or possible revocation, withdrawal, suspension,
cancellation, termination or modification of any Governmental
Authorization identified in Schedule 2.13 that remains
outstanding or otherwise unresolved.
(a) All material Tax
Returns required to be filed by or on behalf of the Company with
any Governmental Body with respect to any taxable period ending on
or before the Closing Date (collectively, the “Company Returns”) (i)
have been or will be filed on or before the applicable due
date (including any
extensions of such due date), and (ii) have been, or will be when
filed, accurately and completely prepared in all material respects
in compliance with all applicable Legal Requirements. All material
Tax amounts shown on the Company Returns to be due on or before the
Closing Date have been paid. The Company has delivered to Parent
accurate and complete copies of all Company Returns filed since its
formation.
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(b) There have been no
examinations or audits of any Company Return. No extension or
waiver of the limitation period applicable to any of the Company
Returns has been granted (by the Company or any other Person), and
no such extension or waiver has been requested from the
Company.
(c) No claim or Legal
Proceeding is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, has
been threatened against or with respect to the Company in respect
of any Tax. There are no unsatisfied liabilities for material Taxes
(including liabilities for interest, additions to tax and penalties
thereon and related expenses) with respect to any notice of
deficiency or similar document received by the Company with respect
to any material Tax (other than liabilities for Taxes asserted
under any such notice of deficiency or similar document which are
being contested in good faith by the Company and with respect to
which adequate reserves for payment have been established). There
are no material Tax liens upon any of the assets of the Company
except liens for current Taxes not yet due and payable. The Company
has not entered into or become bound by any agreement or consent
pursuant to Section 341(f) of the Code. The Company has not been,
and the Company will not be, required to include any adjustment in
taxable income for any tax period (or portion thereof) pursuant to
Section 481 or 263A of the Code or any comparable provision under
state or foreign Tax laws as a result of transactions or events
occurring, or accounting methods employed, prior to the
Closing.
(d) There is no
Contract covering any employee or independent contractor or former
employee or independent contractor of the Company that, considered
individually or considered collectively with any other such
Contracts, will, or could reasonably be expected to, give rise
directly or indirectly to the payment of any amount that would not
be deductible pursuant to Section 280G or Section 162 of the Code.
The Company is not a party to or bound by any tax indemnity
agreement, tax sharing agreement, tax allocation agreement or
similar Contract.
(e) The Financial
Statements fully accrue all actual and contingent liabilities for
Taxes with respect to all periods through the dates thereof in
accordance with GAAP. The Company will establish, in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with its past practices, reserves
adequate for the payment of all Taxes for the period from December
31, 2018 through the Closing Date, and the Company will disclose
the dollar amount of such reserves to Parent on or prior to the
Closing Date.
(a) Schedule 2.15(a) identifies
each salary, bonus, deferred compensation, incentive compensation,
stock purchase, stock option, severance pay, termination pay,
hospitalization, medical, life or other insurance, supplemental
unemployment benefits, profit-sharing, pension or retirement plan,
program or agreement (collectively, the “Plans”) sponsored,
maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the
Company or a Subsidiary for the benefit of any employee of the
Company or such Subsidiary (“Employee”), except for
Plans which would not require the Company to make payments or
provide benefits having a value in excess of Twenty-Five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) in the aggregate. Each of the Plans has been
operated and administered in all material respects in accordance
with applicable Legal Requirements.
(b) Each of the Plans
intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination from the Internal Revenue
Service, and the Company is not aware of any reason why any such
determination letter should be revoked.
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(c) Except as set forth
in Schedule
2.15(c), neither the execution, delivery or performance of
this Agreement, nor the consummation of the Merger, will result in
any payment (including any bonus, golden parachute or severance
payment) to any current or former Employee or director of the
Company (whether or not under any Plan), or materially increase the
benefits payable under any Plan, or result in any acceleration of
the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.
2.16 Environmental Matters. The
Company is in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws. The Company has not received any
written notice from a Governmental Body that alleges that they are
not in compliance with any Environmental Law that has not been
resolved. All Governmental Authorizations currently held by the
Company and the Subsidiaries pursuant to Environmental Laws are
identified in Schedule
2.16. For purposes of this Section 2.16: (i)
“Environmental
Law” means any federal, state, local or foreign Legal
Requirement relating to pollution or protection of human health or
the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground
water, land surface or subsurface strata), including any law or
regulation relating to emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of Materials of Environmental Concern, or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
Materials of Environmental Concern; and (ii) “Materials of Environmental
Concern” means chemicals, pollutants, contaminants,
wastes, toxic substances, petroleum and petroleum products and any
other substance that is regulated by any Environmental
Law.
2.17 Insurance. Schedule 2.17 identifies all
insurance policies (in the form of an exhaustive insurance
declaration page) maintained by the Company and identifies any
material claims pending thereunder, and the Company has delivered
to Parent accurate and complete copies of such insurance policies.
Each of the insurance policies is in full force and effect and the
Company has not received any written notice regarding any (a)
cancellation or invalidation of any insurance policy, (b) refusal
of any coverage or rejection of any claim under any insurance
policy, or (c) material adjustment in the amount of the premiums
payable with respect to any insurance policy.
2.18 Related Party Transactions. No
Related Party (a) has any direct or indirect interest in any
material asset used in or otherwise relating to the business of the
Company; (b) is indebted to the Company; (c) has entered
into, or has had any direct or indirect financial interest in, any
material Contract, transaction or business dealing involving the
Company; (d) is competing, directly or indirectly, with the
Company; and(e) has any claim or right against the Company (other
than rights to receive compensation for services performed as an
Employee. For purposes of this Section 2.18, each of the following
shall be deemed to be a “Related Party”: (i) each
individual who is an officer of the Company; (ii) each member of
the immediate family of each of such officer; and (iii) any trust
or other Entity (other than the Company) in which any one of the
individuals referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above holds (or in
which more than one of such individuals collectively hold),
beneficially or otherwise, a material voting, proprietary or equity
interest.
(a) There is no pending
Legal Proceeding, and to the Company’s Knowledge no Person
has threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i)
that involves the Company, or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective assets or any Person whose liability the Company has or
may have retained or assumed, either contractually or by operation
of law; or (ii) that challenges, or that may have the effect of
preventing, making illegal or otherwise interfering with, the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) There is no order,
writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company, or any
of its assets is subject.
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(c) To the
Company’s Knowledge, no officer or other employee of the
Company or any Subsidiary is subject to any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree that prohibits such officer or other
employee from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity or
practice relating to the Company’s business.
(d) To the
Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred, and no claim,
dispute or other condition or circumstance exists, that will, or
that could reasonably be expected to, give rise to or serve as a
basis for the commencement of a Legal Proceeding that would have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
2.20 Authority; Binding Nature of
Agreement. The Company has the power and authority to enter into
and to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the
part of the Company. This Agreement and the Merger has been
unanimously approved by the board of directors of the Company and
is subject to the approval of the Shareholders (the
“Required
Shareholder Approval”). This Agreement constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Company,
enforceable against each of the Company in accordance with its
terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application
affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights, and (b) as
limited by general principles of equity that restrict the
availability of equitable remedies.
2.21 Non-Contravention; Consents.
Neither the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice or
lapse of time):
(a) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any of the provisions
of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, or
(ii) any resolution adopted by the Shareholders or the
Company’s board of directors;
(b) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental
Body or other Person the right to challenge any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain
any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree to which the Company, or any of the
assets owned or used by the Company, is subject;
(c) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or
requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke,
withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental
Authorization that is held by the Company or that otherwise relates
to the Company’s business or to any of the assets owned or
used by the Company;
(d) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a material violation or breach of, or
result in a material default under, any provision of any Material
Contract, or give any Person the right to (i) declare a default or
exercise any remedy under any Material Contract, (ii) accelerate
the maturity or performance of any Material Contract, or (iii)
cancel, terminate or modify any Material Contract; or
(e) Result in the
imposition or creation of any lien or other Encumbrance upon or
with respect to any asset owned or used by the Company, except for
minor liens that will not, in any case or in the aggregate,
materially detract from the value of the assets subject thereto or
materially impair the operations of the Company.
Other
than for the Required Shareholder Approval, the filing of the
Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware pursuant to the DGCL, and filings required under and in
compliance with other Legal Requirements, the Company is not
required to make any filing with or give any notice to, or to
obtain any Consent from, any Person in connection with (x) the
execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement, or (y) the
consummation of the Merger or any of the other transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
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2.22 No
Brokers' Fees. The Company does not have 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 for which Parent, Merger Sub or the Company could become
liable or obligated.
2.23 No Other Representations. Except
for the representations and warranties of the Company contained in
this Agreement, the Company is not making and has not made, and no
other Person is making or has made on behalf of the Company, any
express or implied representations or warranties in connection with
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and no
Person is authorized to make any such representations or warranties
on behalf of the Company.
Contemporaneously
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Parent shall
deliver to the Company disclosure schedules numbered according to
the relevant sections in this Agreement (the “Parent Disclosure Schedules”).
Any exception or qualification set forth in the Parent Disclosure
Schedules with respect to a particular representation, warranty or
covenant contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be an
exception or qualification with respect to all other applicable
representations, warranties and covenants contained in this
Agreement as and to the extent the content of such disclosure makes
its applicability to such other representations, warranties and
covenants reasonably apparent. Subject to the exceptions and
qualifications set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedules, Parent
hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as
follows:
3.1 Due Organization. Parent is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Delaware. As of the Closing Date, Merger Sub will be a
corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
3.2 Requisite Power and Authority.
Parent and Merger Sub each have all necessary power and authority
(a) to conduct their business in the manner in which their business
is currently being conducted; (b) to own and use
their assets in the manner in which their assets are currently
owned and used; and (c) to perform their obligations under this
Agreement. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company
of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action
on the part of the Company. This Agreement and the Merger have been
unanimously approved by the board of directors of Parent and Merger
Sub, which is the only approval required. For the avoidance of
doubt, no approval of the stockholders of Parent is required to
approve this Agreement, the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against
Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except (a) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights, and (b) as limited by
general principles of equity that restrict the availability of
equitable remedies.
3.3 Non-Contravention;
Consents. Except as set
forth in Schedule
3.3, neither the execution, delivery or performance of this
Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, will directly or indirectly (with or without notice
or lapse of time):
(a) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of (i) any of the provisions
of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, or (ii) any resolution adopted by
Parent’s stockholders or Parent’s or Merger Sub’s
board of directors;
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(b) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of, or give any Governmental
Body or other Person the right to challenge any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or to exercise any remedy or obtain
any relief under, any Legal Requirement or any order, writ,
injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent or Merger Sub, or
any of the assets owned or used by Parent or Merger Sub, is
subject;
(c) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a violation of any of the terms or
requirements of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke,
withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental
Authorization that is held by Parent or Merger Sub or that
otherwise relates to Parent’s or Merger Sub’s business
or to any of the assets owned or used by them;
(d) Contravene,
conflict with or result in a material violation or breach of, or
result in a material default under, any provision of any material
Contract, or give any Person the right to (i) declare a default or
exercise any remedy under any material Contract, (ii) accelerate
the maturity or performance of any material Contract, or (iii)
cancel, terminate or modify any material Contract, in each case to
which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger
Sub is bound; or
(e) Result in the
imposition or creation of any lien or other Encumbrance upon or
with respect to any asset owned or used by Parent or Merger Sub,
except for minor liens that will not, in any case or in the
aggregate, materially detract from the value of the assets subject
thereto or materially impair the operations of Parent or Merger
Sub.
Except
as set forth in Schedule
3.3, neither Parent nor Merger Sub is required to make any
filing with or give any notice to, or to obtain any Consent from,
any Person in connection with (x) the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement, or (y) the consummation of the
Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
3.4 Outstanding Parent Securities.
The authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 33.33 million
shares of common stock. As of March 31, 2019, there were 8,368,333
shares of Parent common stock issued and outstanding, approximately
2,646,363 shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of warrants
to purchase Parent common stock, 1,555,342 shares of common stock
issuable upon exercise of options held, 21,818 shares of Parent
common stock issuable upon the vesting of restricted stock units
held and 277,991 shares of common stock authorized and available
for issuance pursuant to Parent’s 2014 Amended & Restated
Stock Option and Incentive Plan Each holder of common stock is
entitled to one vote for each share of common stock held on all
matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, including the
election of directors. All outstanding shares of Parent Common
Stock are validly issued, fully paid, non- assessable and not
subject to any preemptive rights, or to any agreement to which
Parent is a party or by which Parent may be bound that would
conflict with the obligations of Parent under this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. The shares of Parent Common Stock
to be issued pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are validly
authorized and reserved for issuance and, when such shares of
Parent Common Stock have been duly delivered pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable and issued
in compliance with all applicable securities laws and other
applicable Legal Requirements, and will not have been issued in
violation of any preemptive or similar right of any stockholder of
Parent or other Person. The shares of Parent Common Stock issued in
the Merger shall have the right to be voted in the election of
directors of Parent.
3.5 Filings with the SEC. Parent has
filed all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by Parent under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof
(the foregoing materials, including the exhibits thereto and
documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively
referred to herein as the “SEC Reports”) on a timely
basis or has received a valid extension of such time for filing
(and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any
such extension). As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports
complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and none of the
SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a
material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. To Parent’s Knowledge, none of the SEC
Reports is the subject of any ongoing review or investigation by
the SEC or any Governmental Body. There are no unresolved SEC
comments with respect to any of such SEC Reports. The financial
statements of Parent included in the SEC Reports comply in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in
effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may be otherwise
specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto and
except that unaudited financial statements may not contain all
footnotes required by GAAP, and fairly present in all material
respects the financial position of Parent as of and for the dates
thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the
periods then ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements,
to normal, immaterial, year-end audit adjustments.
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3.6 Financial
Statements. The financial statements of Parent and its subsidiaries
included (or incorporated by reference) in the SEC Reports
(including the related notes, where applicable) (i) have been
prepared from, and are in accordance with, the books and records of
Parent and its subsidiaries; (ii) fairly present in all material
respects the consolidated results of operations, cash flows, change
in stockholders’ equity and consolidated financial position
of Parent and its subsidiaries for the respective fiscal periods or
as of the respective dates therein set forth (subject in the case
of their unaudited statements to recurring year-end audit
adjustments normal in nature and amount); (iii) complied, as of
their respective dates of filing with the SEC, in all material
respects with applicable accounting requirements and with the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto;
and (iv) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the
periods covered, except in each case, as indicated in such
statements or in the notes thereto (and except that unaudited
financial statements do not contain footnotes and are subject to
normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments, which will not,
individually or in the aggregate, be material in
magnitude).
3.7 Absence of Certain Changes. Since
March 31, 2019, except as set forth in Schedule 3.7, there has not
been:
(a) Any declaration,
setting aside or payment of any dividend or other distribution with
respect to any shares of capital stock of Parent, or any
repurchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any
outstanding shares of capital stock or other securities of, or
other ownership interests in, Parent;
(b) Any split,
combination or reclassification of any capital stock of Parent or
any issuance or the authorization of any issuance of any securities
of Parent;
(c) Any amendment
of any material term of any outstanding security of Parent;
or
(d) Any contract,
agreement, arrangement or understanding by Parent to do any of the
things described in the preceding clauses (a) through
(c).
In
addition, except as disclosed in the SEC Reports or on Schedule 3.7: (i) since March
31, 2019, no event or events have occurred or condition or
conditions have existed that have had or would reasonably be
expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
material adverse effect on the operations, business, financial
condition or results of operations of Parent and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole; and
(ii)
since March 31, 2019 through and including the date of this
Agreement, Parent and its subsidiaries have generally carried on
their respective businesses in all material respects in the
ordinary course of business consistent with their past
practice.
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3.8
Legal Proceedings;
Orders; Permits.
(a) Except as set forth
in Schedule 3.8 of
the Parent Disclosure Schedules, there is no pending Legal
Proceeding, and to Parent’s Knowledge no Person has
threatened in writing to commence any Legal Proceeding: (i) that
involves Parent, any of its subsidiaries, Merger Sub or any of
their respective assets or any Person whose liability Parent, such
subsidiary or Merger Sub has or may have retained or assumed,
either contractually or by operation of law; or (ii) that
challenges, or that may have the effect of preventing, making
illegal or otherwise interfering with, the Merger or any of the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To
Parent’s Knowledge, except as set forth in Schedule 3.8, no event has
occurred, and no claim, dispute or other condition or circumstance
exists, that will, or that could reasonably be expected to, give
rise to or serve as a basis for the commencement of any such Legal
Proceeding.
(b) There is no order,
writ, injunction, judgment or decree to which Parent, any of its
subsidiaries or Merger Sub or any of their assets is
subject.
(c) Parent and each of
its subsidiaries hold all material permits, licenses, franchises
and authorizations necessary for the lawful conduct of their
respective businesses, and are in compliance in all material
respects with all Legal Requirements.
3.9 No Brokers' Fees. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.9, neither Parent
nor Merger Sub have 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.
3.10 Operations; Capitalization of
Merger Sub. Merger Sub will
be formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions
contemplated hereby, has engaged in no other business activities,
has no employees and has conducted its operations only as
contemplated hereby. The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub
will consist of 1,000 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per
share, all of which will be owned by Parent and will be validly
issued, fully paid and non-assessable as of the Closing
Date.
3.11 Solvency. Parent will have available to
it upon the consummation of the Merger and the Effective Time
sufficient funds (i) to make the payments required pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to the Merger and the transaction
contemplated thereby, (ii) to repay any indebtedness of the Company
required to be repaid, redeemed, retired, cancelled, terminated or
otherwise satisfied or discharged in connection with the Merger and
(iii) to pay all fees, costs and expenses to be paid by Parent and
the Company related to the transactions contemplated
hereby.
(a) Parent or an
Affiliate has good and valid title to all of its respective
Proprietary Assets, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for
(i) any lien for current taxes not yet due and
payable,
(ii)
minor liens that have arisen in the ordinary course of business and
that do not (individually or in the aggregate) materially detract
from the value of the assets subject thereto or materially impair
the operations of Parent or Affiliate, or (iii) as set forth on
Schedule 3.12(a) of
the Parent Disclosure Schedules. Parent or an Affiliate has
a valid right to use, license and otherwise exploit all of its
material Proprietary Assets. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.12(a) of Parent
Disclosure Schedules, there is no Contract pursuant to which any
Person other than Parent or an Affiliate has any right (whether or
not currently exercisable) to use, license or otherwise exploit any
material Proprietary Asset.
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(b) Parent and its
Affiliates have taken reasonable measures and precautions to
protect and maintain the confidentiality of their respective
Proprietary Assets. To Parent’s Knowledge, no current or
former employee, officer, director, stockholder, consultant or
independent contractor has any right, claim or interest in or with
respect to any Proprietary Asset.
(c) (i) All patents,
trademarks, service marks and copyrights that are material to the
business and held by Parent or an Affiliate are valid, enforceable
and subsisting; (ii) to Parent’s Knowledge, none of the
Proprietary Assets and no Proprietary Asset that is currently being
developed by Parent or an Affiliate (either by itself or with any
other Person) infringes, misappropriates or conflicts in any
material respect with any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any
other Person; (iii) to Parent’s Knowledge, no other Person is
infringing, misappropriating or making any unlawful or unauthorized
use of, and no Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other Person
infringes or conflicts with, any Proprietary Asset that is material
to Parent’s or any Affiliate’s business and (iv) in
each case to Parent’s Knowledge, neither Parent nor any
Affiliate has infringed, misappropriated or made any unlawful or
unauthorized use of any Proprietary Asset owned or used by any
other Person, and neither Parent nor any Affiliate has received any
notice or other communication (in writing or otherwise) of any
actual, alleged, possible or potential infringement,
misappropriation or unlawful or unauthorized use of, any
Proprietary Asset owned or used by any other Person.
3.13 Liabilities. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any
Affiliate has accrued, contingent or other liabilities of any
nature, either matured or unmatured (whether or not required to be
reflected in financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and
whether due or to become due), except for: (a) liabilities
identified and set forth in the financial statements of Parent
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in conformity
with its obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended; and (b) accounts payable and accrued expenses that have
been incurred by Parent since March 31, 2019 in the ordinary course
of business and consistent with Parent’s past practices
(collectively, the “Parent Liabilities”),
where, as of the Closing Date, neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any
Affiliate shall have any Parent Liabilities outstanding, including
all costs and expenses incurred in relation to the
Merger.
3.14 Compliance with Legal
Requirements.Parent is in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements, except where the failure to comply with such Legal
Requirements has not had and will not have a Material Adverse
Effect on it. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13 of the Parent
Disclosure Schedules, Parent has not received any written notice
from any Governmental Body regarding any actual or possible
violation of, or failure to comply with, any Legal Requirement,
that remains outstanding or otherwise unresolved.
3.15 Tax Matters. All Tax Returns
required to be filed by or on behalf of Parent with any
Governmental Body with respect to any taxable period ending on or
before the Closing Date (collectively, the “Parent Returns”) (i) have
been or will be filed on or before the applicable due date
(including any extensions of such due date), and (ii) have been, or
will be when filed, accurately and completely prepared in all
material respects in compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements. All amounts shown on the Parent Returns to be due on
or before the Closing Date have been paid.
3.16 Government Approvals. Except for
(a) the filing with the SEC of the filings required hereunder, and
compliance with other applicable requirements of the Securities Act
and the Exchange Act,
(b) the
filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware pursuant to
the
DGCL, (c) the filing of the Certificate of Merger with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the DGCL,
and (d) filings required under and in compliance with other Legal
Requirements, no consents or approvals of, or filings, declarations
or registrations with, any Governmental Entity are necessary for
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Merger
Sub or the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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SECTION 4. CLOSING DELIVERIES.
4.1 Conditions to the Obligations of the
Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate and
effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior
to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of
which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the
Company:
(a) The filing by
Parent of a Form D with the SEC with respect to the proposed merger
of Merger Sub with and into the Company;
(b) The Merger
Agreement shall have been approved by the board of directors as
well as the stockholders of Parent;
(c) No Governmental
Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation,
executive order, decree, injunction or other order which (i) is in
effect and (ii) has the effect of prohibiting the Merger or making
the Merger illegal.
(d) The representations
and warranties of the Parent and Merger Sub made in this Agreement
shall have been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date (without giving effect to any
qualifications or limitations as to “materiality” or
“material adverse effect” set forth therein), except as
does not constitute a material adverse effect on the ability of
Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby at the
Closing Date, except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier time (in which case,
where the failure of such representations and warranties to be true
and correct as of such times does not constitute a material adverse
effect on the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby at the Closing Date).
(e) Parent and Merger
Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with
all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date,
and the Company shall have received a certificate with respect to
the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent, with respect to the
covenants of Parent, by an authorized executive officer of Parent
and a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of
Merger Sub, with respect to the covenants of Merger Sub, by an
authorized executive officer of Merger Sub.
(f) No litigation
brought by a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall be
pending that has a reasonable likelihood of success and wherein an
unfavorable judgment, order, decree, stipulation or injunction
would (i) prevent consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, or (ii) cause the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement to be rescinded following consummation of such
transaction.
(g) Prior to or at the
Closing, Parent and Merger Sub shall have delivered in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Company a certificate of an
officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect
that the conditions specified in this Section are
satisfied.
(h) Parent shall have
entered into an employment agreement with Xxxxx Xxxxx and an
employment offer letter with Xxxx Xxxxxx, substantially in the
forms of Exhibits B
and C,
respectively, attached hereto
(the “Employment Agreement” in the case of Mr. Mereu,
and the “Employment Offer Letter” in the case of Xx.
Xxxxxx).
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4.2 Conditions
to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. The obligations
of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate and effect the Merger shall
be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of
each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in
writing, exclusively by Parent and Merger Sub:
(a)
The Required Shareholder Approval shall have been
obtained.
(b) No Governmental
Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have enacted, issued,
promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation,
executive order, decree, injunction or other order which (i) is in
effect and (ii) has the effect of prohibiting the Merger or making
the Merger illegal.
(c) The representations
and warranties of the Company made in this Agreement shall have
been true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of
the Closing Date (without giving effect to any qualifications or
limitations as to “materiality” or “Company
Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein), except as does
not constitute a Company Material Adverse Effect, except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an
earlier time (in which case, where the failure of such
representations and warranties to be true and correct as of such
times does not constitute Company Material Adverse
Effect).
(d) The Company shall
have performed or complied in all material respects with all
agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed
or complied with by it at or prior to the Closing
Date.
(e) Prior to or at the
Closing, Parent shall have received a certificate, validly executed
by the Secretary of the Company, certifying (i) as to the adoption
of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company whereby
this Agreement, the Merger and the transactions contemplated
hereunder were approved by the board of directors (attaching a copy
of the meeting minutes at which or written consent via which such
action was taken), and (ii) that the Required Shareholder Approval
has been obtained and which attaches a copy of the notice of
meeting, minutes and/or other documents evidencing receipt of the
Required Shareholder Approval.
(f) No litigation
brought by a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall be
pending that has a reasonable likelihood of success and 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 of such
transaction or (iii) have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect, and no such judgment, order,
decree, stipulation or injunction by any Governmental Entity of
competent jurisdiction shall be in effect.
(g) Prior to or at the
Closing, the Company shall have delivered in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to Parent a certificate of the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to
the effect that the conditions specified in this Section are
satisfied.
(a) By Parent. At the Closing,
Parent shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the
following, each of which shall be in full force and
effect:
(i) Certified
resolutions of the board of directors of each of Parent and Merger
Sub authorizing the Merger, approving this Agreement and, by the
Parent’s board of directors, the issuance of the Aggregate
Merger Consideration;
(ii) All
Consents required to be obtained by Parent in connection with the
Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
except where the failure to obtain such Consent would not result in
a Material Adverse Effect;
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(iii) A
long form good standing certificate for Parent and Merger Sub as
issued by the Secretary of State, or other appropriate agency, of
the state of Parent’s or such subsidiary’s domicile,
each dated within ten (10) days of the Closing Date;
by the
Parent; and
(v) The Closing
Consideration Amount, allocated among the Shareholders and
Optionholders and paid in accordance with the provisions of
Section 1.5(a).
(b) By the Company. At the Closing,
the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Parent the
following, each of which shall be in full force and
effect:
(i) Certified
resolutions of the board of directors and the shareholders of the
Company authorizing the Merger and approving this
Agreement;
(ii) All
Consents required to be obtained by the Company in connection with
the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, except where the failure to obtain such Consent would
not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii) A
long form good standing certificate for the Company as issued by
the Delaware Secretary of State, dated within ten (10) days of the
Closing Date.
5.1 Public Announcements. Parent and the Company will each have
the right to review and consent to any press release or other
public statement issued regarding the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that nothing herein
shall be deemed to prohibit Parent from making any public
disclosure Parent reasonably believes is required under applicable
securities laws.
5.2 Form 8-K. Immediately following
the Closing Date, (a) Parent and the Company shall cooperate and
work together in good faith to prepare one or more current reports
on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act (the “Form 8-K”) as required by
the SEC for disclosure of the transactions contemplated hereby,
such Form 8-Ks to be filed by Parent with the SEC, from time to
time, as required by Legal Requirements. The Company shall furnish
all information concerning the Company as Parent may reasonably
request in connection with the preparation of the Form 8-Ks. The
Company represents and warrants that the information supplied about
the Company for inclusion in any Form 8-K shall not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or fail to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.
5.3 Lock-Up. The Parties acknowledge
and agree that: (a) all shares of Parent Common Stock issued
pursuant to this Agreement shall be characterized as
“restricted securities” under the Securities Act
inasmuch as such
shares were or will be acquired by such Person in a transaction not
involving a public offering; (b) such shares are subject to the
resale limitations imposed by Rule 144 promulgated pursuant to the
Securities Act; and (c) such shares may not otherwise be resold
without registration under the Securities Act or the existence of
an exemption therefrom.
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5.4
Parent Securities
Obligations.
(a) With a view to
making available the benefits of certain rules and regulations of
the SEC which may at any time permit the sale of the Parent Common
Stock to the public without registration, the Parent agrees
to:
(i) Make and keep
public information available, as those terms are understood and
defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
(ii) Use
reasonable, diligent efforts to file with the SEC in a timely
manner all reports and other documents required of the Parent under
the Securities Act and the Exchange Act; and
(iii) So
long as a Shareholder or Optionholder owns any Parent Common Stock,
to furnish to each Shareholder and Optionholder forthwith upon
request a written statement by the Parent as to its compliance with
the reporting requirements of said Rule 144 and of the Securities
Act and the Exchange Act, a copy of the most recent annual or
quarterly report of the Parent, and such other reports and
documents of the Parent as a Shareholder or Optionholder may
reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of
the SEC allowing sale of any such securities without
registration.
(b) At any time
beginning 180 days after the issuance of any Parent Common Stock to
any Shareholder or Optionholder hereunder, upon request of any
Shareholder or Optionholder (or any broker of such Shareholder or
Optionholder), and submission of such forms of “seller
representation letters” and “broker representation
letters” as may be customary, Parent shall, at its sole cost,
take such actions as may be reasonably required to cause the
removal of any restrictive legends contained on the certificates
evidencing shares of Parent Common Stock received by such
Shareholder or Optionholder pursuant to this Agreement (including
providing instructions to its transfer agent and making
arrangements for any opinion of counsel required by the transfer
agent).
(c) The Corporation
shall notify all Shareholders and Optionholders in writing at least
30 days prior to filing any registration statement under the
Securities Act for purposes of effecting a public offering of
securities of the Parent (including, but not limited to,
registration statements relating to secondary offerings of
securities of the Parent, but excluding registration
statements relating to any employee benefit plan or a corporate
reorganization or other transaction covered by Rule 145 promulgated
under the Securities Act) and will afford each such Shareholder and
Optionholder an opportunity to include in such registration
statement all or any part of the Parent Common Stock then held by
such Shareholder or Optionholder; provided, however, such inclusion
in any registration statement under the Securities Act filed by
Parent (other than the exceptions noted above) shall be expressly
subject to the following. if the total number of securities
requested by Shareholders and Optionholders to be included in such
offering exceeds the number of securities to be sold (other than by
the Company), that the underwriters in their reasonable discretion
determine is compatible with the success of the offering, then the
Company shall be required to include in the offering only that
number of such securities which the underwriters and the Parent in
their sole and absolute discretion determine will not jeopardize
the success of the offering. If the underwriters determine that
less than all of the securities requested to be registered by the
Shareholders and the Optionholders can be included in such
offering, then the securities that are included in such offering
shall be allocated among the selling holders in proportion (as
nearly as practicable) to the number of securities owned by the
Shareholders, Optionholders and other selling shareholders. To
facilitate the allocation of shares in
accordance with the above provisions, the Parent or the
underwriters may round the number of shares allocated to any
Shareholder or Optionholder to the nearest one hundred (100)
shares. Each Shareholder and Optionholder desiring to include in
any such registration statement all or any part of the Parent
Common Stock held by such Shareholder or Optionholder shall, within
20 days after receipt of the above-described notice from the
Parent, so notify the Parent in writing, and in such notice shall
inform the Parent of the number of shares of Parent Common Stock
such Shareholder or Optionholder wishes to include in such
registration statement. If a Shareholder or Optionholder decides
not to include all of its shares of Parent Common Stock in any
registration statement thereafter filed by the Parent, such
Shareholder or Optionholder shall nevertheless continue to have the
right to include any shares of Parent Common Stock in any
subsequent registration statement or registration statements as may
be filed by the Parent with respect to offerings of its securities,
all upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
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(d) All expenses
incurred in connection with a registration pursuant to this
Section, including without limitation all registration and
qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, fees and
disbursements of counsel for the Parent, and the reasonable fees
and disbursements of one counsel for the selling Shareholders and
Optionholders (but excluding underwriters’ discounts and
commissions), shall be borne by the Parent. Each Shareholder and
Optionholder participating in a registration pursuant to this
Section shall bear such Shareholder’s or Optionholder’s
proportionate share (based on the number of shares sold by such
Shareholder or Optionholder over the total number of shares
included in such registration at the time it goes effective) of all
discounts, commissions or other amounts payable to underwriters or
brokers in connection with such offering.
5.5 Tax Free
Reorganization. From and
after the Closing Date, Parent shall not take, nor cause the
Company or any Affiliate of Parent to take, any actions that would
cause the Merger not to be a tax free reorganization under Section
368 of the Code.
5.6
Certain Post-Closing Access
Provisions.
(a) For
a period of seven (7) years after the Closing Date, Parent shall
use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve and retain, or to
cause the Surviving Corporation to preserve and retain and
maintain, in an accessible form, all material corporate,
accounting, legal and tax books and records of the Company relating
to the conduct of the business and operations of the Company prior
to the Closing Date. Following the expiration of such seven (7)
year period and prior to the destruction of such books and records,
Parent shall upon written request of the any Shareholder or
Optionholder offer possession or transfer of such books and records
(which offer must be accepted within 30 days after receipt thereof
or it will be deemed to have been rejected).
(b) After
the Closing Date, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and
its subsidiaries to permit any Shareholder or Optionholder (and its
counsel, advisors, agents or other representatives reasonably
requiring such access in light of the purpose therefor) to have
reasonable access, during normal business hours and on reasonable
advance notice, to the extent reasonably required in connection
with its accounting, tax, legal defense or other similar needs to,
and to inspect and copy (including in electronic form), all
materials referred to in this Section and to meet with officers and
employees of Parent and the Surviving Corporation and its
subsidiaries on a mutually convenient basis in order to obtain
explanations with respect to such materials, and to obtain
additional information and to call such officers and employees as
witnesses.
(a) The representations
and warranties made by the Company (including the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 2) shall survive the Closing
and shall expire on the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing Date;
provided,
however, that if, at any time prior to the
first (1st) anniversary of the
Closing Date (the “Representation Completion
Date”) any Parent Indemnitee (acting in good faith)
delivers to the Shareholders and Optionholders a written notice
alleging the existence of an inaccuracy in or a breach of any of
the representations and warranties made by the Company (and setting
forth in reasonable detail the basis for such Parent
Indemnitee’s belief that such an inaccuracy or breach may
exist) and asserting a claim for recovery under Section 6.2 based
on such alleged inaccuracy or breach, then the claim asserted in
such notice shall survive the first (1st) anniversary of the Closing Date until
such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved (such final
time hereinafter referred to as the “Company Representation Completion
Date”).
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(i) The representations
and warranties made by Parent and the Merger Sub (including the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3) shall
survive the Closing and shall expire on the Representation
Completion Date; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the
first (1st) anniversary of the
Closing Date any Company Indemnitee (acting in good faith) delivers
to Parent a written notice alleging the existence of an inaccuracy
in or a breach of any of the representations and warranties made by
Parent or the Merger Sub (and setting forth in reasonable detail
the basis for such Company Indemnitee’s belief that such an
inaccuracy or breach may exist) and asserting a claim for recovery
under Section 6.3 based on such alleged inaccuracy or breach, then
the claim asserted in such notice shall survive the first
(1st) anniversary of the
Closing Date until such time as such claim is fully and finally
resolved (such final time hereinafter referred to as the
“Parent
Representation Completion Date”).
(b) The
representations, warranties, covenants and obligations of any
Party, and the rights and remedies that may be exercised by another
Party, shall not be limited or otherwise affected by or as a result
of any information furnished to, or any investigation made by or
knowledge of, any of such other Party or any of its
Representatives.
(c) For purposes of
this Agreement, (i) each statement or other item of information set
forth in the Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty made by the Company in this Agreement;
and (ii) each statement or other item of information set forth in
the Parent Disclosure Schedules or in any update to the Parent
Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty made by Parent and Merger Sub in this
Agreement.
6.2 Company Indemnification. From and
after the date of this Agreement (but subject to Section 6.4), the
Company agrees to hold harmless and indemnify any Parent Indemnitee
from and against, and shall compensate, reimburse and pay for, any
Damages which are directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by
such Parent Indemnitee or to such Parent Indemnitee may otherwise
become subject (regardless of whether or not such Damages relate to
any third-party claim) and which arise from or as a result of, or
are directly or indirectly connected with: (a) any material
inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty made by
Company as of the Closing Date that is set forth in this Agreement
(after giving effect to the Disclosure Schedules and subject to the
Company Representation Completion Date); (b) any material breach of
any covenant or obligation of Company; or (c) any Legal Proceeding
relating to any inaccuracy or breach of the type referred to in
clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.2 (including any Legal
Proceeding commenced by such Parent Indemnitee for the purpose of
enforcing any of its rights under this Section 6.2). No Parent
Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this
section until such time as the total amount of all Damages that
have been directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by Parent or
Merger Sub (as the case may be), or to which such Parent Indemnitee
has otherwise become subject, exceeds one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000) in the aggregate (the “Threshold”), then Parent
Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified against and
compensated, reimbursed and paid for only those Damages that exceed
the Threshold. In addition, once the total amount of such Damages
exceeds the Threshold, the aggregate liability
for indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.2, shall not exceed
ten percent (10%) of the Merger Consideration actually paid by the
Parent pursuant to this Agreement (the “Cap”).
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6.3 Parent/Merger
Sub Indemnification. From and after the date of this
Agreement (but subject to Section 6.04), Parent and Merger Sub
jointly and severally agree to hold harmless and indemnify any
Company Indemnitee from and against, and shall compensate,
reimburse and pay for, any Damages which are directly or indirectly
suffered or incurred by any Company Indemnitee or to which any
Company Indemnitee may otherwise become subject (regardless of
whether or not such Damages relate to any third-party claim) and
which arise from or as a result of, or are directly or indirectly
connected with: (a) any material inaccuracy in or breach of any
representation or warranty made by Parent or Merger Sub as of the
Closing Date that is set forth in this Agreement (after giving
effect to the Disclosure Schedules and subject to the Parent
Representation Completion Date); (b) any material breach of any
covenant or obligation of Parent or Merger Sub; or (c) any Legal
Proceeding relating to any inaccuracy or breach of the type
referred to in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.3(a) (including
any Legal Proceeding commenced by any Company Indemnitee for the
purpose of enforcing any of its rights under this Section 6.3). No
Company Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this section until such time as the total amount of all Damages
that have been directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by such
Company Indemnitee, or to which such Company Indemnitee has or
otherwise becomes subject, exceeds the Threshold, and once the
total amount of such Damages exceeds the Threshold, then such
Company Indemnitee shall be entitled to be indemnified against and
compensated, reimbursed and paid for only those Damages that exceed
the Threshold.
(a) The Indemnitee
shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly, but in any event
within ten (10) Business Days of becoming aware of any claim or
demand by another Person (a “Third Party Claim”) for
which a claim for indemnification could be made hereunder, written
notice thereof, specifying, to the extent then known by the
Indemnitee, the amount of such claim, the nature and basis of such
claim and all relevant facts and circumstances relating thereto,
including copies of all notices and documents (including court
papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to such claim or
demand; provided,
however, that no
delay on the part of the Indemnitee in notifying the Indemnifying
Party shall relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability
hereunder (other than a failure to deliver such notice prior to the
Company Representation Completion Date or Parent Representation
Completion Date, as applicable), except to the extent that the
Indemnifying Party has been materially prejudiced by the
Indemnitee's failure to give such notice. Thereafter, the
Indemnitee shall keep the Indemnifying Party informed on a current
basis as to any changes or developments with respect to the
foregoing, including by providing copies of all notices and
documents (including court papers) from time to time received by
the Indemnitee relating to the Third Party Claim.
(b) If a Third Party
Claim is made against an Indemnitee, the Indemnifying Party shall
be entitled to participate in the defense thereof and may upon
written notice given to the Indemnitee within fifteen (15) Business
Days of the receipt by the Indemnifying Party of the notice of such
Third Party Claim assume the defense thereof, at the Indemnifying
Party 's cost, with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party;
provided,
however, that the
Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume control of such
defense and the Indemnitee shall have the right to control such
defense if (i) such Third Party Claim seeks injunctive, equitable
or other non-monetary relief, (ii) such Third Party Claim involves
criminal or quasi- criminal allegations, or (iii) the Indemnitee
has been advised by counsel that an actual conflict of interest
exists between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnitee. If the
Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, the Indemnitee shall have
the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ
counsel, at its own expense, separate
from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, it being
understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall control such
defense. The party controlling the defense of a Third Party Claim
shall keep the other party reasonably advised of the status of such
action, suit or proceeding and the defense thereof and shall
consider in good faith recommendations made by the other party with
respect thereto. If the Indemnifying Party elects to defend a Third
Party Claim, each Party shall cooperate in the defense or
prosecution of such Third Party Claim. Such cooperation shall
include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party's request)
the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records and information
(including those of the Surviving Corporation, if applicable) which
are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making
employees (including those of the Surviving Corporation if
applicable) available on a mutually convenient basis to provide
additional information and explanation of any material provided
hereunder. If the Indemnifying Party elects to defend a Third Party
Claim, the Indemnitee shall not settle, discharge or compromise
such Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any judgment in
such Third Party Claim, without the Indemnifying Party's written
consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,
conditioned or delayed. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without
the Indemnitee's written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, settle, discharge or
compromise any Third Party Claim or consent to the entry of any
judgment in any Third Party Claim if such settlement, discharge,
compromise or judgment (A) involves any finding or admission of any
violation of any Legal Requirement on behalf of the Indemnitee or
any of its affiliates or any of their respective
representatives,
(B)
does not cause each Indemnitee that is party to such Third Party
Claim to be fully and unconditionally released from all liability
with respect to such claim, or (C) imposes equitable remedies or
material non- monetary obligations on the Indemnitee.
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6.5 Procedures
for Inter-Party Claims. In the event that an Indemnitee
determines that it has a claim for Damages against an Indemnifying
Party hereunder (other than as a result of a Third Party Claim),
the Indemnitee shall give prompt written notice thereof to the
Indemnifying Party specifying (to the extent known and
quantifiable) the amount of such claim, the nature and basis of the
alleged breach giving rise to such claim and all relevant facts and
circumstances relating thereto; provided, however, that no delay on the
part of the Indemnitee in notifying the Indemnifying Party shall
relieve such Indemnifying Party of any liability hereunder (other
than a failure to deliver such notice prior to the Company
Representation Completion Date or Parent Representation Completion
Date, as applicable), except to the extent that the Indemnifying
Party has been materially prejudiced by the Indemnitee's failure to
give such notice. The Indemnitee shall provide the Indemnifying
Party with such information and documentation as the Indemnifying
Party may reasonably request in order to verify any claim for
Damages and with reasonable access to its books and records
(including the Surviving Corporation' books and records) during
normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice for the
purpose of allowing the Indemnifying Party a reasonable opportunity
to verify any such claim for Damages. The Indemnifying Party shall
notify the Indemnitee within thirty (30) days following its receipt
of such notice if the Indemnifying Party disputes liability to the
Indemnitee under this Section with respect to such claim. If the
Indemnifying Party does not so notify the Indemnitee, the claim
specified by the Indemnitee in such notice shall be conclusively
deemed to be a liability of the Indemnifying Party under this
Section. If the Indemnifying Party has timely disputed liability
with respect to such claim as provided above, the Indemnifying
Party and the Indemnitee shall negotiate in good faith to resolve
such dispute.
6.6 Source of Company Indemnity. Any
indemnification owed to a Parent Indemnitee shall be satisfied
solely from the Earn-Out.
6.7 Determination of Damages. For purposes
of this Agreement, any determination of Damages shall (a) be
reduced (i) by any Tax benefits realized by the indemnified party
(assuming a combined federal and state income Tax rate of 25
percent), and (ii) by the amount of any insurance proceeds actually
recovered by the indemnified party with respect to such Damages
(after reasonable good faith efforts to recover thereon, including
filing and diligent pursuit of a claim with the insurer); and (b)
exclude all items specified
in Section 6.6. The calculation of Damages shall not include
damages arising because of a change after Closing in Legal
Requirements or accounting policies. To the extent that a claim for
indemnification by Parent hereunder relates to a liability incurred
by the Company and there is an accrual on the Unaudited Interim
Balance Sheet in respect of such liability, then the determination
of Damages in respect of such claim shall be net of such
accrual.
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6.8 No
Consequential Damages. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE
CONTRARY ELSEWHERE IN THIS AGREEMENT OR PROVIDED FOR UNDER ANY
APPLICABLE LAW, NO PARTY SHALL, IN ANY EVENT, BE LIABLE TO ANY
OTHER PERSON, EITHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY
CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES OR
SUCH OTHER PERSON, INCLUDING LOSS OF FUTURE REVENUE, INCOME OR
PROFITS, DIMINUTION OF VALUE OR LOSS OF BUSINESS REPUTATION OR
OPPORTUNITY RELATING TO THE BREACH OR ALLEGED BREACH HEREOF,
WHETHER OR NOT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES HAS BEEN DISCLOSED
TO THE OTHER PARTY IN ADVANCE OR COULD HAVE BEEN REASONABLY
FORESEEN BY SUCH OTHER PARTY.
6.9 Exclusive Remedy. From and after the
Effective Time, except for the remedy of specific performance, and
except in the case of Fraud, indemnification under this Section 6
shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for any claim or action
related to or arising out of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the operations of the Company prior to the Closing,
whether such claim or action is based on contract, tort or
otherwise. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company each hereby waive any
provision of any Legal Requirement to the extent that it would
limit or restrict the agreement contained in this
Section.
7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be
terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Closing:
(a) by mutual
written consent of Parent and the Company;
(b) by either Parent or
the Company if a Governmental Body of competent jurisdiction has
enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any applicable
Legal Requirement, or any final nonappealable governmental order
permanently enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger has been
issued by a Governmental Body of competent
jurisdiction;
(c) by the Company or
Parent, if the Closing has not occurred on or before 5:00 p.m.
Eastern time, on June 15, 2019, which date may be extended from
time to time by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company
(such date, the “Termination Date”);
provided,
however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(c) will not be available
to a Party if such Party's material breach of any of its
obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of, or has
directly resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur by the
Termination Date;
(d) by the Company if
(i) any of the representations and warranties of Parent contained
in this Agreement fail to be true and correct such that the
condition set forth in Section 4.1(d) would not be
satisfied or (ii) Parent shall have breached or failed to comply
with any of its obligations under this Agreement such that the
condition set forth in Section 4.1(e) would not be
satisfied, and such failure or breach with respect to any such
representation, warranty or obligation (A) cannot be cured or
constitutes a breach of the obligation to consummate the Merger at
the time established for such consummation pursuant to Section 1.3 or (B) if curable, shall
continue unremedied at the Termination Date or, if earlier, by the
30th day following written notice by the Company to Parent
of such breach;
provided,
however, that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(d) will not be available
to the Company if the Company's material breach of any of its
obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of, or has
directly resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur by the
Termination Date;
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(e) by Parent if (i)
any of the representations and warranties of the Company contained
in this Agreement fail to be true and correct such that the
condition set forth in Section 4.2(c) would not be satisfied or
(ii) the Company shall have breached or failed to comply with any
of their obligations under this Agreement such that the condition
set forth in Section 4.2(d) would not be satisfied
and such failure or breach with respect to any such representation,
warranty or obligation
(A)
cannot be cured or constitutes a breach of the obligation to
consummate the Contemplated Transactions at the time established
for such consummation pursuant to Section 1.3 or (B) if curable,
shall continue unremedied at the Termination Date, or, if earlier,
by the 30th day following written notice by Parent to the Company
of such breach; provided, however, that the right to
terminate this Agreement under this Section 7.1(e) will not be available to
the Parent if the Parent's material breach of any of its
obligations under this Agreement has been the cause of, or has
directly resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur by the
Termination Date; Any Party desiring
to terminate this Agreement shall give written notice of such
termination to the other Parties. Any termination by the Company
pursuant to this Section 7.1 (whether
before or after the Stockholder Approval has been obtained and
delivered to Parent) shall be by action of the Company’s
Board of Directors (without requiring any action by the Company
Stockholders).
7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of a
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, this Agreement shall
then be null and void and have no further force and effect and all
other rights and Liabilities of the Parties hereunder will
terminate without any liability of any Party to any other Party,
except that nothing herein shall relieve any Party from any Damages
resulting from Fraud.
8.1 Further Assurances. Each Party shall execute and cause to
be delivered to the other such instruments and other documents, and
shall take such other actions, as such other party may reasonably
request for the purpose of carrying out or evidencing any of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
8.2 Fees and Expenses. Each Party to this Agreement shall
bear and pay all fees, costs and expenses (including legal fees and
accounting fees) that have been incurred or that are incurred by
such party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including all fees, costs and expenses incurred by such
party in connection with or by virtue of (a) the investigation and
review conducted by them with respect to the other’s business
(and the furnishing of information to the other and its
Representatives in connection with such investigation and review),
(b) the negotiation, preparation and review of this Agreement and
all agreements, certificates, and other instruments and documents
delivered or to be delivered in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (c) the preparation and submission
of any filing or notice required to be made or given in connection
with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and
the obtaining of any Consent required to be obtained in connection
with any of such transactions, and (d) the consummation of the
Merger. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Merger is
consummated, the Company Transaction Expenses shall be deducted
from the Closing Consideration Amount and paid by the Parent as
provided elsewhere in this Agreement.
8.3 Attorneys’ Fees. If any action or proceeding relating
to this Agreement or the enforcement of any provision of this
Agreement is brought against any Party hereto, the prevailing Party
shall be entitled to recover
reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and disbursements (in
addition to any other relief to which the prevailing party may be
entitled).
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8.4 Notices.
Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be
delivered to any Party under this Agreement shall be in writing and
shall be deemed effectively given (a) upon personal delivery of the
Party to be notified; (b) when sent by confirmed electronic mail or
facsimile if sent during normal business hours of the recipient; if
not, then on the next business day, (c) five (5) days after having
been sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or (d) one (1) day after deposit with a
nationally recognized overnight courier, specifying next day
delivery, with written verification of receipt. All communications
shall be sent to the Party to be notified at the address, or to the
facsimile number, set forth below, or at such other address or
facsimile number that such Party may designate by ten (10) days
advance written notice to the other Parties hereto:
if
to Parent or Merger Sub to:
Super
League Gaming, Inc. 2900 Xxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn:
Xxx Xxxx, CEO & President
if
to the Company:
Framerate,
Inc.
2 Xxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxxx
0
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxx Xxxxx - xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xx
with
a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxx
Xxxxxx LLP
100
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000 Xttn: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
8.6 Headings. The headings contained in this
Agreement are for convenience of reference only, shall not be
deemed to be a part of this Agreement and shall not be referred to
in connection with the construction or interpretation of this
Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original
and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one
agreement.
8.8 Governing Law. This Agreement, the rights of the
parties hereunder and all Legal Proceedings arising in whole or in
part under or in connection herewith, will be governed by and
construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic substantive
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice
or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the
application of the laws or any statute of limitations of any other
jurisdiction. Each of the Parties, by its execution hereof, hereby
(i) irrevocably submits
to the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court
located in the State of Delaware and the state courts of the State
of Delaware for the purpose of any Legal Proceeding among any of
the parties relating to or arising in whole or in part under or in
connection with this Agreement or the Merger, (ii) waives to the
extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert,
by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such Legal
Proceeding, any claim that it is not subject personally to the
jurisdiction of the above-named courts, and (iii) agrees not to
commence any such Legal Proceeding other than before one of the
above-named courts. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, a party
may commence any Legal Proceeding in a court other than the
above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or
judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.
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8.9 Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and
their successors and permitted assigns (if any). Neither the
Company nor Parent may assign this Agreement or any rights or
obligations hereunder (by operation of law or otherwise) to any
Person without the prior consent of the other, which may be granted
or withheld in such party’s sole and absolute
discretion.
8.10 Specific Performance. The Parties
agree that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach by any
party to this Agreement of any covenant, obligation or other
provision set forth in this Agreement for the benefit of any other
party to this Agreement, such other party shall be entitled (in
addition to any other remedy that may be available to it) to (a)
seek a decree or order of specific performance or mandamus to
enforce the observance and performance of such covenant, obligation
or other provision, and
(b)
seek an injunction restraining such breach or threatened
breach.
8.11 Waiver. No failure on the part of
any Party to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under
this Agreement, and no delay on the part of any party in exercising
any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall
operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy and
no single or partial exercise of any such power, right, privilege
or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or
of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. No Party shall be
deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or
any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless
the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is
expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed and
delivered on behalf of such Party; and any such waiver shall not be
applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in
which it is given.
8.12 Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended,
modified, altered or supplemented other than by means of a written
instrument duly executed and delivered on behalf of Parent and the
Company.
8.13 Severability. In the event that
any provision of this Agreement, or the application of any such
provision to any Person or set of circumstances, shall be
determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or unenforceable to any
extent, the remainder of this Agreement, and the application of
such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to
which it is determined to be invalid, unlawful, void or
unenforceable, shall not be impaired or otherwise affected and
shall continue to be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
8.14 Parties in Interest. Except for
the provisions of Section 4.3(a)(iv) and
Sexxxxx 0, xxxx xf the provisions of
this Agreement is intended to provide any rights or remedies to any
Person other than the Parties hereto and their respective
successors and permitted assigns (if any).
8.15 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other
agreements referred to herein, including the Disclosure Schedules
and the Parent Disclosure Schedules, set forth the entire
understanding of the Parties hereto
relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersede
all prior agreements and understandings among or between any of the
Parties relating to the subject matter hereof and
thereof.
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8.16 Construction.
Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to
Sections and Exhibits are intended to refer to Sections of this
Agreement and Exhibits to this Agreement. Unless the context
otherwise requires, (a) all references to articles, sections or
schedules are to Articles, Sections or Schedules in this Agreement;
(b) each accounting term not otherwise defined in this Agreement
has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; (c) words
in the singular or plural include the singular and plural, and
pronouns stated in either the masculine, feminine or neuter gender
shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter; and (d) the term
“including” means by way of example and not by way of
limitation. The Parties have participated jointly in the
negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an
ambiguity or question of intent arises, this Agreement shall be
construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties, and no presumption
or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any Party by
virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
8.17 Attorney-Client
Privilege. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably
acknowledges and agrees that, solely for purposes of any Legal
Proceeding, indemnification claim, dispute or procedure following
the Effective Time under this Agreement or any other agreement
entered into in connection herewith or therewith in which the
Surviving Corporation, any of its subsidiaries, the Parent or any
of the Parent’s affiliates are adverse to any Company
Indemnitee, all privileged communications between counsel, on the
one hand, and the Company or any Company Indemnitee (or any
representative or agent of the Company), on the other hand, prior
to the Closing, in each case made for the purpose of providing or
obtaining legal advice in connection with the negotiation,
preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any
dispute or proceeding arising out of or relating to, this Agreement
or any other agreement entered into in connection herewith or
therewith, are privileged communications between such party and
counsel and from and after the Closing do not pass to Parent
notwithstanding the transactions contemplated hereby and instead
remain with and are controlled by the Company Indemnitees (the
“Privileged
Communications”). Parent and the Surviving
Corporation, together with their respective affiliates, successors
or assigns, agree that no person may use or rely on any of the
Privileged Communications, whether located in email accounts of the
Surviving Corporation or otherwise, in any such Legal Proceeding,
indemnification claim, or dispute or procedure following the
Closing under this Agreement or any other agreement entered into in
connection herewith or therewith in which the Parent or the
Surviving Corporation or any of their respective affiliates are
adverse to any Company Indemnitee. Parent, the Surviving
Corporation and their respective affiliates will not assert that
Parent (or the Surviving Corporation or any other affiliate of the
Parent) has the right to waive the attorney-client privilege with
respect to any Privileged Communication in connection with any such
Legal Proceeding, indemnification claim, or dispute or procedure
following the Effective Time under this Agreement or any other
agreement entered into in connection herewith or therewith in which
the Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective
affiliates are adverse to Company Indemnitee.
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The
Parties have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be
executed and delivered as of the date set forth above.
PARENT:
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxx
Xxxx
Name: Xxx Xxxx
Title: CEO &
President
MERGER
SUB:
SLG
MERGER SUB, INC.,
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxx
Xxxx
Name: Xxx Xxxx
Title: CEO &
President
THE
COMPANY:
FRAMERATE,
INC.,
a
Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
Title: Chief Executive
Officer
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EXHIBIT
A DEFINITIONS
For
purposes of the Agreement (including this Exhibit
A):
“Acquisition Transaction” means any
transaction involving:
(a) the
sale, license, disposition or acquisition of all or any portion of
the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ business or
assets;
(b) the
issuance, disposition or acquisition of (i) any capital stock or
other equity securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries, (ii)
any option, call, warrant or right (whether or not immediately
exercisable) to acquire any capital stock or other equity
securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or (iii) any
security, instrument or obligation that is or may become
convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other
equity securities of the Company or the Subsidiaries;
or
(c) any
merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization or
similar transaction involving the Company or the
Subsidiaries.
“Affiliate” means with respect to
any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through
one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under
common Control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition,
“Control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“Controlled by”
and “under common Control
with”) means the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of stock, as
trustee or executor, by written or oral contracts, commitments,
understandings or other agreements or credit arrangement or
otherwise.
“Aggregate Merger Consideration”
has the meaning in Section 1.5(a).
“Agreement” means the Agreement and
Plan of Merger to which this Exhibit A is
attached, including the Disclosure Schedule and the Parent
Disclosure Schedule, as it may be amended from time to
time.
“Appraisal Shares” means any shares
of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time that are held by a holder who is entitled to demand
and properly demands appraisal of such shares pursuant to, and who
complies in all respects with, Section 262 of the
DGCL.
“Audited Financial Statements” has
the meaning in Section 2.4(a)
“Bylaws” has the meaning in Section
1.4(b).
“Cap” has the meaning in Section
6.2
“Closing” has the meaning in
Section 1.3.
“Closing Consideration Amount”
means an amount that is equal to (a) $1,500,000, plus (b) the aggregate cash and
cash equivalents of the Company as of the Effective Time,
plus (c) the
aggregate exercise price of any outstanding Company Options as of
immediately prior to the Effective Time, minus (d) the total amount of
Closing Indebtedness, minus (e) the total amount of
Company Transaction Expenses, minus (f) $25,000.
“Closing Date” has the meaning in
Section 1.3.
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“Closing Indebtedness” means the
aggregate amount, as of the Effective Time, of: (i) the
Company’s outstanding liability for principal and interest
under all borrowed money indebtedness, (ii) amounts owed by the
Company to any holders of so-called “Simple Agreement for
Future Equity” or similar instruments, (iii) accrued but
unpaid dividends owed to the Company’s securityholders, (iv)
a cash bonus of $25,000 payable to Xxxx Xxxxxx, and (v) the
aggregate accounts payable of the Company as of the Closing,
minus (vi) the
aggregate accounts receivable of the Company as of the
Closing.
“Closing Per Share Cash Amount”
means the quotient determined by dividing the Closing Consideration
Amount by the Fully Diluted Share Number.
“Closing Per Share Equity Amount”
means that number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the
quotient determined by dividing (a) $1,000,000, by (b) the Signing
Price; and then dividing that quotient by (c) the Fully Diluted
Share Number.
“Code” has the meaning in Recital
C.
“Company” has the meaning in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Company Common Stock” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Company Common Stock Certificates”
has the meaning in Section 1.6.
“Company Contract” means any
Contract: (a) to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party;
(b) by
which the Company, any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets
is or may become bound or under which the Company or any
Subsidiary, as the case may be, has, or may become subject to, any
obligation; or (c) under which the Company or any Subsidiary has or
may acquire any right or interest.
“Company Derivative Security” has
the meaning in Section 2.3(b).
“Company Indemnification Completion
Date” has the meaning in Section
6.1(a)(i).
“Company Indemnitees” means (a) the
Shareholders and Optionholders, (b) the Shareholders’
and
Optionholders’ affiliates (excluding the Surviving
Corporation); and (c) the respective successors and assigns of the
Persons referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of this
definition.
“Company Option” has the meaning in
Recital B.
“Company Option Certificates” has
the meaning set forth in Section 1.6.
“Company Preferred Stock” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Company Proprietary Asset” means
any Proprietary Asset owned by or licensed to the Company or
otherwise used by the Company.
“Company Returns” has the meaning
in Section 2.14(a).
“Company Transaction Expenses”
means (without duplication), to the extent not paid prior to the
Effective Time, all legal and accounting expenses of the Company
incurred in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery
of this Agreement.
“Consent” means any approval,
consent, ratification, permission, waiver or authorization,
including any Governmental Authorization.
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“Contract” means any written or
oral agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, instrument, note,
warranty, or legally binding commitment or undertaking of any
nature.
“Damages” means any liabilities,
losses, damages, claims, costs and expenses, interest, awards,
judgments and penalties, including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and expenses.
“Determined Liabilities” means any
cash payment obligations of the Company that existed as of the
Closing Date and are actually incurred and paid by the Parent or
the Surviving Corporation on or before the Hold-Back Closing Date,
but excepting all Closing Indebtedness, Company Transaction
Expenses and matters referenced in the Company’s Disclosure
Schedules. The amount of any Determined Liabilities shall be
determined as provided in Section 1.5(c).
“DGCL” has the meaning in Section
1.2.
“Disclosure Schedules” has the
meaning in the first paragraph of Section 2.
“Effective Time” has the meaning in
Section 1.3.
“Employee” has the meaning in
Section 2.15(a).
“Encumbrance” means any lien,
pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest,
encumbrance, claim, infringement, interference, option, right of
first refusal, preemptive right, or restriction of
any.
“Entity” means any corporation
(including any non-profit corporation), general partnership,
limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture,
estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or
joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association,
organization or entity.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Financial Statements” has the
meaning in Section 2.4(a).
“Form 8-K” has the meaning in
Section 5.2.
“Fraud” means an actual and
intentional fraud with respect to the making of the warranties and
representations by the Company in this Agreement; provided, that
such actual and intentional fraud shall only be deemed to exist if
the Company had actual knowledge (as opposed to imputed or
constructive knowledge) that the warranties and representations
made by the Company were actually breached when made, with the
express intention that the other party hereto rely thereon to its
detriment and causing such party to suffer damage by reason of such
reliance.
“Fully Diluted Share Number” means
the sum of (a) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time,
plus (b) the
aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon
the exercise in full of all Company Options outstanding immediately
prior to the Effective Time.
“GAAP” means United States
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently
applied.
“Government Contract” means any
prime contract, subcontract, letter contract, purchase order or
delivery order executed or submitted to or on behalf of any
Governmental Body or any prime contractor or higher-tier
subcontractor, or under which any Governmental Body or any such
prime contractor or subcontractor otherwise has or may acquire any
right or interest.
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“Governmental Authorization” means
any: (a) permit, license, certificate, franchise, permission,
clearance, registration, qualification or authorization issued,
granted, given or otherwise made available by or under the
authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Legal
Requirement; or (b) right under any Contract with any Governmental
Body.
“Governmental Body” means any: (a)
nation, state, commonwealth, province, territory, county,
municipality, district or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b)
federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government; or
(c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature
(including any governmental division, department, agency or
commission, any court or other tribunal; and any other self-
regulatory organization such as the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (FINRA)).
“Hold-Back Closing Date” means the
six-month anniversary date of Closing.
“Hold-Back Consideration Amount”
means $25,000.00 minus the aggregate amount of
all Determined Liabilities.
“Indemnification Completion Date”
has the meaning in Section 6.1(a)(i).
“Knowledge” means with respect to
an individual, the actual knowledge such individual has together
with the knowledge such individual would have had if, based upon
known facts or circumstances, such individual had exercised
reasonable diligence to inquire on the matter to which such
knowledge relates, and with respect to an Entity, the actual
knowledge of its officers and directors together with such
knowledge of its officers and directors would have had if, based
upon known facts or circumstances, such individual had exercised
reasonable diligence to inquire on the matter to which such
knowledge relates.
“Legal Proceeding” means any
action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding (including any
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or appellate
proceeding), audit, examination or investigation commenced,
brought, conducted or heard by or before, or otherwise involving,
any court or other Governmental Body or any arbitrator or
arbitration panel.
“Legal Requirement” means any
federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute,
constitution, principle of common law, ordinance, code, decree,
rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted,
promulgated, or implemented by or under the authority of any
Governmental Body.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any
change, circumstance, event or condition that is materially adverse
to the operations, business, financial condition or results of
operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole,
or that materially impairs the ability of the Company to consummate
the transaction, other than any changes, circumstances, events or
conditions resulting, directly or indirectly, from: (a) the
announcement or performance of the transaction, including any
action or inaction by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any of the
customers, suppliers, lessors, employees or competitors of the
business; (b) changes in general economic conditions in any of the
markets in which the Company and the Subsidiaries operate (to the
extent such change does not affect the Company and the Subsidiaries
disproportionately from their competitors); (c) any change in
economic conditions or the financial, banking, currency or capital
markets in general; (d) national or international political or
social conditions, including the engagement by any country in
hostilities, whether commenced before or after the date of
this Agreement, and
whether or not pursuant to the declaration of a national emergency
or war, or the occurrence of any military or terrorist attack; (e)
changes in any Legal Requirement ((to the extent such change does
not affect the Company and the Subsidiaries disproportionately from
their competitors); (f) changes in GAAP or interpretations thereof
or other accounting principles or requirements; (g) any actions
taken, failures to take action, or other changes or events relating
to the Company, in each case to which Parent has consented in
writing; or (h) the taking of any action contemplated by this
Agreement.
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“Material Contracts” has the
meaning in Section 2.10.
“Materials of Environmental
Concern” has the meaning in Section 2.16.
“Merger” has the meaning in Recital
A.
“Merger Consideration” means
all of the cash and Parent Common Stock payable to the Shareholders
pursuant to this Agreement.
“Merger Sub” has the meaning in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Parent” has the meaning in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Parent Common Stock” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Parent Disclosure Schedules” has
the meaning in the first paragraph of Section 3.
“Parties” has the meaning in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement.
“Person” means any individual,
Entity or Governmental Body.
“Parent Indemnification Completion
Date” has the meaning in Section
6.1(a)(ii).
“Parent Indemnitees” means the
following Persons: (a) Parent; (b) Parent’s affiliates
(including the Surviving Corporation); and (c) the respective
successors and assigns of the Persons referred to in clauses (a)
and (b) of this definition.
“Parent Liabilities” has the
meaning in Section 3.12.
“Parent Option” has the meaning in
Recital B.
“Parent Returns” has the meaning in
Section 3.14(a).
“Parent Warrant” has the meaning in
Recital B.
“Plans” has the meaning in Section
2.15(a).
“Preferred Stock Certificates” has
the meaning in Section 1.6.
“Proprietary Asset” means any: (a)
patent, patent application, trademark (whether registered or
unregistered), trademark application, trade name, fictitious
business name, service xxxx (whether registered or unregistered),
service xxxx application, copyright (whether registered or
unregistered), copyright application, maskwork, maskwork
application, trade secret, know-how, customer list, franchise,
system, computer software, computer program, invention, design,
blueprint, engineering drawing, proprietary product,
technology, proprietary right or other intellectual property right
or intangible asset; or (b) right to use or exploit any of the
foregoing.
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“Pro Rata Share” means, with
respect to each Shareholder and Optionholder, the quotient
(expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing: (a) that number
of shares of Company Common Stock held by the Shareholder or
issuable to the Optionholder upon full exercise of all of his/her
Company Options, by (b) the Fully Diluted Share
Number.
“Related Party” has the meaning in
Section 2.18.
“Representatives” means officers,
directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, advisors and
representatives.
“Required Shareholder Approval” has
the meaning in Section 2.20.
“SEC” means the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC Reports” has the meaning in
Section 3.5.
“Securities Act” has the meaning in
Recital E.
“Series A-1 Preferred” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Series A-2 Preferred” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Series A-3 Preferred” has the
meaning in Recital B.
“Shareholders” has the meaning in
Section 1.5(a)(i).
“Signing Price” means the
volume-weighted sales price per share rounded to four decimal
places of Parent Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market for the
consecutive period of five (5) Business Days beginning at 9:30 a.m.
New York time on the fifth Business Day immediately preceding the
date of this Agreement and concluding at 4:00 p.m. New York time on
the first Business Day immediately preceding the date of this
Agreement, as calculated by Bloomberg Financial LP.
“Subsidiaries” has the meaning in
Section 2.1(d).
“Surviving Corporation” has the
meaning in Section 1.1.
“Threshold” has the meaning in
Section 6.2
“Tax” means any tax, including any
income tax, franchise tax, capital gains tax, gross receipts tax,
value-added tax, surtax, excise tax, ad valorem tax, transfer tax,
stamp tax, sales tax, use tax, property tax, business tax,
withholding tax or payroll tax, levy, assessment, tariff, duty
(including any customs duty), deficiency or fee, and any related
charge or amount (including any fine, penalty or interest),
imposed, assessed or collected by or under the authority of any
Governmental Body.
“Tax Return” means any return
(including any information return), report, statement, declaration,
estimate, schedule, notice, notification, form, election,
certificate or other document or information filed with or
submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any
Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment,
collection or payment of any Tax or in connection with the
administration,
implementation or enforcement of or compliance with any Legal
Requirement relating to any Tax.
“Unaudited Financial Statements”
has the meaning in Section 2.4(a).
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EXHIBIT B
FORM
OF MEREU EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
(See
attached)
B-1
EXHIBIT C
FORM
OF BITTON EMPLOYMENT OFFER LETTER
(See
Attached)
C-1