SPROTT-SHAW DEGREE COLLEGE CORP. (“Purchaser”) - and - - and - - and – 0522645 B.C. LTD. (“522”) - and – CCS – THE CAREER COACHING CENTRE INC. (“CCS”) (collectively, SLD, 3631, 522 and CCS are the “Vendors”) - and - DEAN DUPERRON (“Dean”) SHERRI...
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DEGREE COLLEGE CORP. (“Purchaser”)
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and -
S.L.D.
ENTERPRISES INC. (“SLD”)
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and -
3631
INVESTMENTS LTD. (“ 3631”)
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and –
0522645
B.C. LTD. (“522”)
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and –
CCS
– THE CAREER COACHING CENTRE INC. (“CCS”)
(collectively,
SLD, 3631, 522 and CCS are the “Vendors”)
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and -
XXXX
XXXXXXXX (“Xxxx”)
XXXXXX
XXXXXXXX (“Xxxxxx”)
(collectively
Xxxxxx and Xxxx are the “Covenantors”)
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and –
CIBT
EDUCATION GROUP INC. (“CIBT”)
December
17, 2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 Defined
Terms
1.2 Knowledge
1.3 Including
1.4 Schedules
1.5 Currency
1.6 Choice
of Law
1.7 Interpretation
Not Affected by Headings or Party Drafting
1.8 Number
and Gender
1.9 Time
of Essence
1.10 Statutes
ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1 Purchase
and Sale
2.2 Purchase
Price
2.3 Allocation
of the Purchase Price
2.4 Payment
of Purchase Price
2.5 Assumed
Liabilities
2.6 Non-Compete
Filing
2.7 Deposit
2.8 Adjustment
based on Negative Working Capital
2.9 Post
Closing Payments
2.10 Calculation
of EBITDA
2.11 Audit
of Post Closing Group Statements
2.12 Audit
of Closing Date Statements
2.13 Employees
and Contractors
2.14 Non-Assignable
Contracts and Licenses
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations
and Warranties of the Vendors and the Covenantors
3.2 Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser
3.3 Survival
of Representations and Warranties
3.4 Minority
Partnerships
ARTICLE 4 VENDORS’
OBLIGATIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING
4.1 Vendors’
Obligations
ARTICLE 5
CLOSING
5.1 Closing
5.2 Delivery
of Documents
5.3 Preparation
of Documents
5.4 Deliver
to Escrow Agent
5.5 Purchaser’s
Obligation to Close
5.6 Conditions
for the Benefit of the Vendors
5.7 Elections
5.8 Provincial
Sales Tax
5.9 Vendors’
and Xxxx’x Cooperation Following Closing
ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1 Indemnity
6.2 Procedures
Relating to Indemnity Claims
6.3 Right
to Contest
6.4 Exclusive
Remedy
6.5 Calculation
and Adjustments
6.6 Subrogation
6.7 Mitigation
6.8 Limitations
on Indemnity
ARTICLE 7
ARBITRATION
7.1 Reasonable
Commercial Efforts to Settle Disputes
7.2 Arbitration
ARTICLE 8 GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1 Public
Disclosure
8.2 Further
Assurances
8.3 Remedies
Cumulative
8.4 Notices
8.5 Counterparts
8.6 Legal
and Other Professional Fees
8.7 Assignment
8.8 Personal
Data
8.9 Successors
and Assigns
8.10 Entire
Agreement
8.11 Waiver
8.12 Amendments
8.13 Survival
8.14 Guarantee
by CIBT
SCHEDULES
Escrow
Agreement Schedule
1.1(dd)
MAE
Courses Schedule
1.1(fff)
MAE
Degrees
Schedule 1.1(ggg)
Negative Working
Capital
Calculation Schedule
1.1(mmm)
Partnerships Schedule
1.1(qqq)
PCTIA
Courses Schedule
1.1(ttt)
Permitted
Encumbrances Schedule
1.1(uuu)
Purchased
Assets Schedule
1.1(yyy)
Trust
Agreement
Schedule 1.1 (ffff)
Non-Competition and
Confidentiality
Agreement
Schedule 2.6
Partnerships or
Joint
Ventures Schedule
3.1(g)
Jurisdictions and
Licenses Schedule
3.1(h)(i)
Consents
Schedule 3.1(i)
Absence of Certain
Changes or
Events Schedule
3.1(o)
Commitments for
Capital
Expenditures Schedule
3.1(p)
Tax
Matters Schedule
3.1(q)
Litigation
Schedule 3.1(r)
Environmental
Matters Schedule
3.1(s)
Leased
Premises
Schedule 3.1(t)
Lease of Personal
Property Schedule
3.1(w)
Intellectual
Property Schedule
3.1(x)
Guarantees Schedule
3.1(z)
Licenses, Agency,
Distribution and Royalty
Agreements
Schedule 3.1(aa)
Educational
Accreditations and
Approvals Schedule
3.1(bb)
Student
Loans Schedule
3.1(dd)
Outstanding
Agreements
Schedule 3.1(ee)
Employees and
Contractors Schedule
3.1(gg)
Employee and
Contractor
Agreements Schedule
3.1(hh)
Labour Matters and
Employment
Standards Schedule
3.1(ii)
Employee
Plans Schedule
3.1(jj)
Insurance
Schedule 3.1(kk)
Non-Arm’s Length
Matters
Schedule 3.1(ll)
Forecast
Schedule 4.1(a)
Employment
Agreement of
Xxxx Schedule
5.2(h)
THIS AGREEMENT is made
effective the 17th day of
December, 2007.
BETWEEN:
XXXXXX-XXXX
DEGREE COLLEGE CORP.
(“Purchaser”)
- and
-
S.L.D. ENTERPRISES
INC. (“SLD”)
- and
-
3631
INVESTMENTS LTD. (“3631”)
- and
–
0522645
B.C. LTD. (“522”)
- and –
CCS
– THE CAREER COACHING CENTRE INC. ("CCS")
(collectively,
SLD, 3631, 522 and CCS are the “Vendors”)
- and -
XXXX
XXXXXXXX (“Xxxx”)
XXXXXX
XXXXXXXX (“Xxxxxx”)
(collectively,
Xxxx and Xxxxxx are the “Covenantors”)
- and
–
CIBT
EDUCATION GROUP INC. (“CIBT”)
WHEREAS:
A.
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KTB Holdings
Ltd. ("Xxxxxx
Holdco") is the legal and beneficial owner of all the issued and
outstanding common shares in the capital of SLD (the “SLD Shares”) and Xxxxxx
is the legal and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding
common shares in the capital of Xxxxxx Holdco. 542085 B.C. Ltd.
("Xxxx Holdco") is
the legal and beneficial owner of all of the issued and outstanding common
shares in the capital of 3631 and Xxxx is the legal and beneficial owner
of all of the shares of Xxxx
Holdco.
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B.
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SLD, 3631 and
522 are partners of partnerships (which are herein defined as the “Partnerships”) which
carry on the business of Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community Colleges in locations
identified herein.
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C.
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505918 B.C.
Ltd., Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College Ltd. (“SSCC”), 522, Xxxxxx-Xxxx
College of Business (Victoria) Ltd. (“VictoriaCo”), and 523657
B.C. Ltd. (“523657”) (together the
“Target
Subsidiaries”) are wholly owned subsidiaries of SLD and
3631.
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D.
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The Purchaser
wishes to purchase and the Vendors wish to sell to the Purchaser, the
Purchased Assets (as defined herein) on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
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NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the respective covenants, agreements, representations,
warranties and indemnities herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1
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Defined
Terms
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Whenever used in
this Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, unless there is something in the
subject matter or context inconsistent therewith, the following words and terms
will have the indicated meanings and grammatical variations of such words and
terms will have corresponding meanings:
(a)
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“Accounts Receivable”
means all accounts receivable, book debts and other debts due or accruing
due to the Group;
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(b)
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“Act” means the Business Corporations
Act (British Columbia);
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(c)
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“Affiliate” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in the
Act;
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(d)
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“Approvals” means all
required approvals for this transaction from all British Columbia
regulatory and governing bodies currently having authority over the
Business including without limitation Approvals from the British Columbia
Ministry of Advanced Education and the Private Career Training
Institutions Agency;
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(e)
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“arm’s length” shall have
the meaning normally ascribed to such a term under the
ITA;
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(f)
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“Assumed Liabilities”
means only the liabilities and obligations of the Vendors and the Group
relating to the operations of the Business in the Ordinary Course
excluding long term debt and any current portion of long term
debt except as set out in the calculations of Negative Working
Capital attached hereto as Schedule 1.1(mmm), Government Charges arising
from any event or matter prior to Closing and all other liabilities or
obligations except as otherwise expressly set forth herein and expressly
assumed by the Purchaser;
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(g)
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“Authorization” means,
with respect to any Person, any filing with or notification to, or order,
permit, approval, consent, waiver, license, registration, clearance or
similar authorization of any Government Agency having jurisdiction over
the Person;
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(h)
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“Business” means the
business and undertaking of the Vendors and the Group consisting of the
operations of the Xxxxxx-Xxxx campuses by the Partnerships as shown on
Schedule 1.1(ggg) and the operations of CCS which provides employment
assistance programs;
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(i)
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“Business Day” means any
day other than a day which is a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks
in Vancouver, British Columbia are not generally open for
business;
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(j)
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“Claims” means, in
respect of any matter, all claims, liabilities, demands, costs, damages,
assessments, expenses, losses, suits, orders, actions, proceedings
(governmental, administrative or otherwise), judgments, reviews,
inquiries, investigations, audits, obligations and debts, including
interest, penalties, fines, court costs and legal and other professional
fees and disbursements, arising directly or indirectly as a consequence of
such matter;
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(k)
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“Closing” has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 5.1;
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(l)
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“Closing Date”
means December 17, 2007 or such other date as the parties may
agree upon in writing;
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(m)
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“Closing Date
Statements” means the
unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group prepared by the
Vendors according to notice to reader standard covering the period from
August 31, 2007 to the Closing Date;
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(n)
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“Closing Time” means
11:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) on the Closing Date or such other time on the
Closing Date as the parties may
agree;
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(o)
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“Condition” means, with
respect to any Person, the condition of the assets, liabilities,
operations, activities, earnings, prospects, affairs and financial
position of the Person;
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(p)
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“Contract” means any
agreement, indenture, contract, lease, deed of trust, license, option,
certificate, instrument or other commitment, whether written or
oral;
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(q)
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“Contractors” means all
persons providing services to the Vendors, the Group or any Person forming
part of the Group, under an oral or written Contract for services which
has been disclosed in writing to the
Purchaser;
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(r)
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“Dispute” has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 7.1;
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(s)
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“Earn Out” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.4(c);
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(t)
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“EBITDA” means net income
or loss calculated in accordance with GAAP before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization from the operations of the Business between
September 1, 2007 and the Closing Date (the “Closing EBITDA”) and
thereafter net income or loss calculated in accordance with GAAP from the
operations of the business of the Purchaser, all of which shall be
calculated from financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and
subject to Section 2.10;
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(u)
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“Employee Plans” means
all oral or written plans, arrangements, agreements, programs, policies,
practices or undertakings, formal or informal, with respect to all of the
current and/or former directors, officers, Employees, Contractors or
agents of the Group or any person forming part of the Group which provide
for or relate to:
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(i)
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bonus, profit
sharing or deferred profit sharing, performance compensation, deferred or
incentive compensation, share compensation, share purchase or share option
purchase, share appreciation rights, phantom stock, vacation or vacation
pay, sick pay, employee loans, or any other compensation in addition to
salary (“Incentive
Plans”);
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(ii)
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retirement or
retirement savings, including, without limitation, registered or
unregistered pension plans, pensions, supplemental pensions, registered
retirement savings plans and retirement compensation arrangements (“Pension Plans”);
or
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(iii)
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insured or
self-insured benefits for or relating to income continuation or other
benefits during absence from work (including short term disability, long
term disability and workers compensation), hospitalization, health,
welfare, legal costs or expenses, medical or dental treatments or
expenses, life insurance, accident, death or survivor’s benefits,
supplementary employment insurance, day care, tuition or professional
commitments or expenses or similar employment benefits (“Benefit
Plans”);
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(v)
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“Employees” means all
employees of the Vendors, the Group or any Person forming part of the
Group as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser other than changes
occurring in the Ordinary Course after November 30,
2007;
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(w)
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“Encumbrances” means
mortgages, charges, pledges, security interests, liens, encumbrances,
actions, rights and claims, adverse interests, acquisition rights of third
parties, demands and equities of any nature, whatsoever or howsoever
arising, and any rights or privileges capable of becoming any of the
foregoing;
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(x)
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“Environment” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(s);
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(y)
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“Environmental Laws” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(s);
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(z)
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“Environmental Permits”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(s);
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(aa)
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“Equipment Contracts”
means motor vehicle leases, equipment leases, conditional sales contracts,
title retention agreements and other similar agreements binding upon the
Group relating to equipment and/or
vehicles;
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(bb)
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“Escrow” means monies to
be held by the Escrow Agent;
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(cc)
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“Escrow Agent” means the
Purchaser’s Counsel, the escrow agent set out in the Escrow
Agreement;
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(dd)
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“Escrow Agreement” means an
agreement to be dated as of the Closing Date, executed by Purchaser, the
Vendors and the Escrow Agent in the form attached hereto as Schedule
1.1(dd);
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(ee)
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“Escrow Money” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.4(b);
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(ff)
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“Financial Statements”
means, collectively, the Group Statements and the Closing Date
Statements;
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(gg)
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“generally accepted accounting
principles” or “GAAP” means the
accounting principles so prescribed, recommended or promulgated from time
to time by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants as contained in
the CICA Handbook, which are applicable as at the date on which any
calculation made hereunder is to be effective or as at the date of any
financial statements referred to herein, as the case may be, and in the
absence of a specific recommendation contained in the CICA Handbook, such
accounting principles as are generally accepted in
practice;
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(hh)
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“Government Agencies”
means any federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or other government
or governmental agency, board, commission or authority, domestic or
foreign;
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(ii)
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“Government Assistance
Programs” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(mm);
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(jj)
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“Governmental Charges”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(q);
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(kk)
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“Group” means the Target
Subsidiaries and the Partnerships and, as used herein, means any one or
more of the Persons forming the
Group;
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(ll)
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“Group Interim
Statements” means unaudited consolidated financial statements for
the Group commencing September 1, 2007 and ending November 23,
2007;
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(mm)
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“Group Statements” means
the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group together with
all related notes thereto;
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(nn)
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“Hazardous Substance” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(s);
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(oo)
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“Indemnification Event”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
6.2;
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(pp)
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“Indemnified Party” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
6.2;
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(qq)
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“Indemnifying Party” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
6.2;
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(rr)
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“Independent Accountants”
means Ernst & Young LLP or such other Canadian Chartered Accountants
as may be retained by the Purchaser from time to time on behalf of the
Group;
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(ss)
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“Insurance Benefits” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
6.5(a)(i);
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(tt)
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“IP Assets”
means:
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(i)
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any and all
IP Rights as set out in Part I of Schedule 3.1(x) (the “Owned IP”),
and
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(ii)
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the rights of
the Vendors and the Group in IP Rights that are not owned by the Vendors
or the Group and that are used in the operation, conduct or maintenance of
the Business, as it is currently and has historically been operated,
conducted or maintained as set out in Part II of Schedule 3.1(x) (the
“Licensed
IP”),
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including the IP
Rights described in Schedule 3.1(x);
(uu)
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“IP Rights” means any and
all industrial or intellectual property (whether foreign or domestic,
registered or unregistered) including without limitation: (i) all
inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced
to practice), and all patents, patent applications and patent disclosures,
together with all reissuances, continuations, continuations-in-part,
revisions, extensions and re-examinations thereof; (ii) all trade-marks,
trade-names, trade dress, logos, business names, corporate names, domain
names, uniform resource locators (URL’s) and the internet websites related
thereto, and including all goodwill associated therewith and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iii)
all copyrightable works, all copyrights and all applications,
registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iv) all industrial
designs and all applications, registrations and renewals in connection
therewith; (v) all proprietary, technical or confidential information,
including all trade secrets, processes, procedures, know-how, show-how,
formulae, methods, data, compilations, databases and the information
contained therein; (vi) all computer software (including all source code,
object code and related documentation); and (vii) any industrial or
intellectual property that may exist, arise or be embodied in those items
set out in Schedule 3.1(x) together with: (a) all copies and tangible
embodiments of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium); (b) all
improvements, modifications, translations, adaptations, refinements,
derivations and combinations thereof; and (c) all intellectual property
rights related thereto;
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(vv)
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“ITA” means the Income Tax Act
(Canada), as amended;
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(ww)
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“Labour Representatives”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(ii);
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(xx)
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“Laws” means any and all
applicable laws including all statutes, codes, ordinances, decrees, rules,
regulations, municipal by-laws, judicial or arbitral or administrative or
ministerial or departmental or regulatory judgments, orders, decisions,
rulings or awards, policies, guidelines, and general principles of common
and civil law and equity, binding on or affecting the Person referred to
in the context in which the word is
used;
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(yy)
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“Leases” has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(t);
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(zz)
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“Leased Premises” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(t);
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(aaa)
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“Letter of Intent” means
the letter of intent dated September 27, 2007 between Xxxx, Xxxxxx and
CIBT as amended or extended from time to
time;
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(bbb)
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“Licenses” means all
licenses, permits, Authorizations, registrations, certificates, franchises
and qualifications required to own properties and assets and carry on the
business as presently conducted;
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(ccc)
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“Losses” means any and
all net financial losses, damages, liabilities, obligations, penalties,
encumbrances, assessments, costs and expenses sustained, suffered or
incurred by the Party seeking indemnification as a direct result of any
Indemnification Event;
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(ddd)
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“MAE Accreditation” means
the accreditation by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education
(“MAE”) permitting
the Group to offer the MAE Degree;
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(eee)
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“MAE Approvals” means
approvals granted by MAE permitting the Group to offer the MAE Courses and
to grant the MAE Degree;
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(fff)
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“MAE Courses” means those
courses offered by Persons within the Group set out on Schedule
1.1(fff);
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(ggg)
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“MAE Degree” means the
degree referred to on Schedule
1.1(ggg);
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(hhh)
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“Material Adverse Change”
or “Material Adverse
Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any change or effect (or
any condition, event or development involving a prospective change or
effect) in the business, operations, results of operations, assets,
capitalization, financial condition, licenses, permits, concessions,
rights, liabilities, prospects or privileges, whether contractual or
otherwise, of a Person which is materially adverse to the business of that
Person;
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(iii)
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“Material Contract” means
a written Contract that would reasonably be expected to result in revenues
or expenditures to the Group in any twelve month period after the Closing
of $50,000 or
more and which cannot be terminated with less than three months notice on
a without penalty basis but excluding employment
Contracts;
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(jjj)
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“Minority Partners” means
the minority partners of the Minority Partnerships as set forth in Section
3.4;
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(kkk)
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“Minority Partners
Rights” means the rights of the Minority Partners pursuant to the
Minority Partnerships and the breach of any provision of the Minority
Partnerships arising out of this
Agreement;
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(lll)
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“Minority Partnerships”
has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.4;
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(mmm)
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“Negative Working
Capital” means the amount by which the current liabilities,
excluding the current portion of long term debt and capital leases,
exceeds current assets, an example calculation of which is set forth in
Schedule 1.1(mmm);
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(nnn)
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“Non-Competition and
Confidentiality Agreement” means the non-competition and
confidentiality agreement to be entered into on Closing Date by Xxxxxx as
the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time;
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(ooo)
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“Ordinary Course”, in
relation to any Person, refers to the business of such Person carried on
in the regular and ordinary course, consistent with past
practice.
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(ppp)
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“Parties” means the
Purchaser, each of the Vendors, Xxxx, Xxxxxx and CIBT, and “Party” means any one of
them;
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(qqq)
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“Partnerships” means the
partnerships set out on Schedule
1.1(qqq);
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(rrr)
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“PCTIA Accreditation”
means accreditation by Private Career Training Institutions Agency (“PCTIA”) permitting the
Group to offer the PCTIA Courses;
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(sss)
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“PCTIA Approvals” means
the approvals granted by PCTIA to the Group to offer the PCTIA
Courses;
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(ttt)
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“PCTIA Courses” means
those courses offered by Persons within the Group set out on
1.1(ttt);
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(uuu)
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“Permitted Encumbrances”
means the Encumbrances set forth in Schedule 1.1(uuu) and Encumbrances
which are not of such nature as to materially , individually or in the
aggregate, adversely effect the use of the property subject
thereto;
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(vvv)
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“Person” includes any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability
company, body corporate, partnership, limited liability partnership, firm,
joint venture, syndicate, association, capital venture fund, trust,
trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate,
government, Government Agency or board or commission or authority and any
other form of entity or organization, whether or not having legal
status;
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(www)
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“Personal Data” means
information about an identifiable individual, customer or employee that is
in the custody or under the control of the Vendors or the
Group;
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(xxx)
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“Purchase Price” has the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section
2.2;
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(yyy)
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“Purchased Assets ” means
those assets set out in Schedule
1.1(yyy);
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(zzz)
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“Purchaser Earn Out
Statements” means the statements prepared by the Purchaser’s
auditor showing the annual calculation of EBITDA for the periods September
1, 2007 to August 29, 2008 (including the Closing EBITDA) and August 30,
2008 to August 28, 2009 and August 29, 2009 to August 27, 2010,
respectively;
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(aaaa)
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“Purchaser’s Counsel”
means Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx
LLP;
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(bbbb)
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“Release” has the meaning
ascribed thereto in Section
3.1(s)(i)E;
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(cccc)
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“Schedules” means
collectively the schedules attached to and forming part of this
Agreement;
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(dddd)
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“Subsidiaries” has the
meaning attributed to such term in the
Act;
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(eeee)
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“Third Party” means any
Person other than the Purchaser, CIBT, the Vendors, the Covenantors or the
Group;
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(ffff)
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“Trust Agreement” means
the trust agreement to be entered into on the Closing in the form attached
hereto as Schedule 1.1(ffff); and
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(gggg)
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“Vendors’ Counsel” means
XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP.
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1.2
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Knowledge
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Any reference
herein to “the knowledge
of” the Vendors or the Covenantors or words to like effect means the
actual knowledge of Xxx Xxxxxxx and/or Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (both of whom are senior
employees of the Group) and/or the Covenantors, and if any such person acts with
wilful blindness, the knowledge such person would have had if such person had
not acted with such wilful blindness.
1.3
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Including
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Where used herein
the word “including”
means “including without
limitation”.
1.4
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Schedules
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The Schedules are
incorporated into this Agreement by reference and are deemed to be part
hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, information disclosed in any
Schedule shall be deemed to be disclosed for all purposes including disclosure
in any other Schedule.
1.5
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Currency
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Unless otherwise
indicated, all dollar amounts referred to in this Agreement are stated in
Canadian currency.
1.6
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Choice
of Law
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This Agreement, and
each of the documents contemplated by or delivered under or in connection with
this Agreement (to the extent no choice of law is specified therein), shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British
Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein (without reference to
conflicts of laws principles).
1.7
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Interpretation
Not Affected by Headings or Party
Drafting
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The division of
this Agreement into articles, sections, paragraphs, subsections and clauses and
the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement. The
terms “this Agreement”,
“hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar
expressions refer to this Agreement, including the Schedules hereto, and not to
any particular article, section, paragraph, clause or other portion hereof and
include any agreement or instrument supplementary or ancillary
hereto. Unless otherwise indicated, any reference in this Agreement
to an Article, Section, recital, subsection, clause or Schedule refers to the
specified Article, Section, recital, subsection, clause or Schedule of this
Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge that their respective legal
counsel have reviewed and participated in settling the terms of this Agreement,
and the parties hereby agree that any rule of construction to the effect that
any ambiguity is to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be
applicable in the interpretation of this Agreement.
1.8
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Number
and Gender
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Where the context
so requires in this Agreement, unless there is something in the subject matter
or context inconsistent therewith:
(a)
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words
importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa;
and
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(b)
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words
importing the use of any gender shall include all
genders.
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1.9
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Time
of Essence
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Time shall be of
the essence hereof.
1.10
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Statutes
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Unless otherwise
provided herein, any reference to statutes or regulations in this Agreement
shall refer to such statutes or regulations as amended or replaced from time to
time.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE
AND SALE
2.1
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Purchase
and Sale
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On the terms and
subject to the fulfillment of the conditions hereof, the Vendors
will sell, assign and transfer the Purchased Assets free and clear of
all Encumbrances other than Permitted Encumbrances and with all rights and
benefits attaching thereto and the Purchaser will purchase and accept the
Purchased Assets from the Vendors.
2.2
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Purchase
Price
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The total,
aggregate consideration payable by the Purchaser hereunder for the sale to the
Purchaser of the Purchased Assets and the performance by the Vendors of their
respective obligations under this Agreement, is a maximum of $14,159,000, as adjusted pursuant to
Sections 2.4 and 2.8 (the “Purchase Price”).
2.3
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Allocation
of the Purchase Price
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The Purchase Price
will be allocated among the Purchased Assets as determined by the Vendors acting
reasonably. The Purchaser must complete all tax returns, designations
and elections in a manner consistent with the final allocation and otherwise
follow the final allocation for all tax purposes on and subsequent to the
Closing Date and not take any position inconsistent with the final
allocation. If such allocation is disputed by any taxation or other
Governmental Agency, the Party receiving notice of such dispute will promptly
notify the other Party and the Parties will use their reasonable commercial
efforts to sustain the final allocation. The Parties will share
information and cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary to permit the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be properly, timely and
consistently reported.
2.4
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Payment
of Purchase Price
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The Purchase Price,
subject to adjustments set out herein, shall be paid and satisfied by the
Purchaser as follows:
(a)
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$11,000,000,
subject to the adjustment for Negative Working Capital in accordance with
Section 2.8, paid in cash at Closing
Date;
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(b)
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$1,000,000
(the “Escrow
Money”) to the Escrow Agent to be paid out in accordance with the
Escrow Agreement;
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(c)
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A maximum of
$2,159,000 (the “Earn
Out”) calculated as the sum of the
following:
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(i)
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for the
period September 1, 2007 to August 29, 2008, the sum of the following: (A)
the greater of: (1) nil; and (2) $500,000 minus ½ of the amount by which
$2,300,000 exceeds EBITDA; plus (B) the greater of: (1) nil; and (2) ½ of
the amount by which EBITDA exceeds $2,300,000 for such period to a maximum
of $386,333.33;
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(ii)
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for the
period August 30, 2008 to August 28, 2009, the sum of the following: (A)
the greater of: (1) nil; and (2) $500,000 minus ½ of the amount by which
$2,300,000 exceeds EBITDA; plus (B) the greater of: (1) nil; and (2) ½ of
the amount by which EBITDA exceeds $2,300,000 for such period to a maximum
of $386,333.33; and
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(iii)
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for the
period August 29, 2009 to August 27, 2010, the greater
of:
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A.
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nil;
and
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B.
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½ of the
amount by which EBITDA exceeds $2,300,000 in such period to a maximum of
$386,333.33.
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2.5
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Assumed
Liabilities
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On Closing, the
Purchaser shall assume obligation for and perform and pay when due all of the
Assumed Liabilities. The Purchaser shall not assume any liabilities
of the Vendors and/or the Group except as expressly set forth
herein. For greater certainty, the Purchaser will assume, fulfil and
perform the obligations and liabilities of the Vendors and the Group under all
Contracts and commitments, the benefits of which form a part of the Purchased
Assets, including those Contracts set out in the Schedules.
2.6
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Non-Compete
Filing
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The Vendors and the
Purchaser will, subject to applicable Law and administrative practice, execute
and file on a timely basis and in the required manner and using a form
reasonably acceptable to their respective counsel, and on the prescribed form
(if and when available), an election to have proposed paragraph 56.4(3)(b) of
the ITA (or such similar provision as is or may be enacted) apply to the amount
of the consideration attributable pursuant to the Non-Competition and
Confidentiality Agreement set out in Schedule 2.6 and the Vendors and the
Purchaser will prepare their respective tax returns consistent with such joint
election. If the Purchaser and the Vendors subsequently mutually
determine, or any applicable taxation authority having jurisdiction alleges,
that the consideration paid to the Vendors that can reasonably be regarded as
attributable pursuant to the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement is
not the amount allocated by the parties in Schedule 2.6, after consultation with
such taxation authority, the consideration attributable pursuant to the
Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement will be adjusted as
between the consideration for the Purchased Assets and the Non-Competition and
Confidentiality Agreement (the “Reallocation”). Thereafter, the
consideration paid to the Vendors for the Purchased Assets and the consideration
paid to the Vendors pursuant to the Non-Competition and Confidentiality
Agreement will be deemed to be and always to have been the corresponding amounts
under the Reallocation and the Vendors and the Purchaser will amend their
elections or make such further elections as may be necessary. The
Vendors and the Purchaser will make any required elections under corresponding
provincial or territorial law and the foregoing provisions will apply mutatis mutandis in respect
thereof.
2.7
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Deposit
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On execution of
this Agreement, the Purchaser will remit to the Purchaser’s Counsel in trust the
amount of One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,250,000) (the
“Deposit”). The Deposit together with all accrued interest thereon shall be
applied as follows:
(a)
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on the
Closing Date to the Vendors as part delivery of the Purchase Price;
or
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(b)
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if the
Purchaser breaches its obligations in this Agreement, to the Vendors as
liquidated damages in full and final settlement of any claim by the
Vendors and/or the Covenantors for any and all breaches of the Purchaser
and the release of deposit monies to the Vendors will be the Vendors’ and
the Covenantors sole and exclusive remedy;
or
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(c)
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if the
Vendors wrongfully fail to complete the sale of the Assets on the Closing
Date or the Purchaser has the right not to complete this transaction as
set forth in Section 5.5, to the Purchaser together with all accrued
interest thereon without limitation of any remedies the Purchaser may have
against the Vendors and/or Xxxx with respect to such
failure.
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2.8
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Adjustment
based on Negative Working Capital
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If Negative Working
Capital as determined by the Group Interim Statements (the “Pre-Closing Negative Working
Capital”) exceeds or is less than $2,500,000, the Purchase Price shall be
reduced by the amount of the excess or increased by the difference, as the case
may be, dollar for dollar. The excess or the difference, as the case
may be, shall be deducted from or added to the cash payment to be made by the
Purchaser on account of the Purchase Price under Section 2.4(a)
above. If the Negative Working Capital as determined pursuant to the
Closing Date Statements (the “Post-Closing Negative Working
Capital”) exceeds or is less than the Pre-Closing Negative Working
Capital, the excess will be deducted from the Escrow Money and returned to the
Purchaser with accrued interest or the difference shall be forthwith paid by the
Purchaser to the Vendors together with an equivalent accrued interest on such
amount based on the interest rate being earned on the Escrow Money.
The Purchaser will
not purchase cash and cash equivalents and same will not be included as current
assets for the purpose of calculating Negative Working Capital.
2.9
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Post
Closing Payments
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The Purchaser shall
prepare, and cause the Independent Accountants to audit and prepare the
Purchaser Earn Out Statements for the yearly periods ending August 29, 2008,
August 28, 2009 and August 27, 2010, respectively. within 90 days of August 29,
2008, August 28, 2009 and August 27, 2010, respectively, and within 15 days of
receipt of such Statements, the Purchaser shall deliver to the Vendors the
pertinent Purchaser Earn Out Statements, a calculation of the Earn Out amount
and payment of the Earn Out for such period.
2.10
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Calculation
of EBITDA
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For purposes of
calculating the EBITDA and the Earn Out, earnings shall be positively adjusted
to exclude the following:
(a)
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any negative
non-recurring and extraordinary items incurred following Closing,
including: (i) any charges or expenses reasonably related to the Purchaser
commencing operations or which would not reasonably have been incurred if
the Business had been carried on substantially as aan operating concern by the Vendors and the
Group unless Xxxx has agreed in writing with a specific reference to this
Section 2.10 to a business decision of the Purchaser which may result in
negative non-recurring or extraordinary items ; (ii) any charges or
expenses related to the wind-up of the Partnerships; (iii) any charges or
expenses related to Section 2.11 of this Agreement; (iv) any charges or
expenses related to preparing the Purchaser Earn Out Statements; and (v)
any losses on the sale of capital
assets;
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(b)
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any charges
or expenses related to the Purchaser being a subsidiary of a public
company;
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(c)
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any charges
or expenses for any services provided by CIBT or any Affiliate thereof for
any services utilized by the Group or the business of the Purchaser in
excess of the fair market value of such services;
and
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(d)
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any charges
related to review or dispute of the Closing Date
Statements.
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In
calculating EBITDA for the Earn Out, the Purchaser will use substantially
the same accounting methods and policies as were used in
the preparation of the Group Statements for the year ended Aug.
31, 2007 in the calculation of net
income.
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2.11
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Audit
of Post Closing Group Statements
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The Vendors shall
have a period of sixty (60) days from the date the Vendors receive Purchaser
Earn Out Statements for any pertinent year in which to review the
same. For the purpose of such review, the Purchaser shall permit the
Vendors and its advisors to examine all accounting documentation used or
prepared in preparing the Purchase Earn Out Statements including all back up
material and ledgers. The Vendors shall have the right to dispute the
amount of the Earn Out for any pertinent year provided it gives notice in
writing to the Purchaser within sixty (60) days following receipt of the
pertinent Purchaser Earn Out Statements. The Purchaser and the Vendors shall
attempt to resolve the matters in dispute within thirty (30) days from the date
Vendors give such notice to the Purchaser. If the Purchaser and the
Vendors cannot resolve all matters in dispute within such thirty (30) day
period, all such unresolved matters shall be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP or, if they refuse or are unable to act, a nationally recognized accounting
firm acceptable to the Purchaser and the Vendors (the “EO Expert”) for resolution by
arbitration in accordance with Section 7.2 provided that the EO Expert shall use
its reasonable efforts to render its written decision within 30 days of its
appointment and the EO Expert shall be given access to all materials and
information reasonably requested by it for such purpose. The Vendors
shall not disclose any information received by them under this Section 2.11
including the Purchaser Earn Out Statements without the prior written consent of
the Purchaser except to their consultants and/or the EO Expert who shall agree
in writing to a similar confidentiality obligation before receipt of such
information.
2.12
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Audit
of Closing Date Statements
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The Purchaser shall
have a period of sixty (60) days from the date the Purchaser receives Closing
Date Statements in which to review the same. For the purpose of such
review, the Vendors shall permit the Purchaser and its advisors to examine all
accounting documentation used or prepared in preparing the Closing Date
Statements including all back up material and ledgers. The Purchaser
shall have the right to dispute the amount of the adjustment for Negative
Working Capital and payment to be made with respect thereto provided it gives
notice in writing to the Vendors within sixty (60) days following receipt of the
Closing Date Statements. The Purchaser and the Vendors shall attempt to resolve
the matters in dispute within thirty (30) days from the date the Vendors give
such notice to the Purchaser. If the Purchaser and the Vendors cannot
resolve all matters in dispute within such thirty (30) day period, all such
unresolved matters shall be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or, if they
refuse or are unable to act, a nationally recognized accounting firm acceptable
to the Purchaser and the Vendors (the “CDS Expert”) for resolution by
arbitration in accordance with Section 7.2 provided that the CDS Expert shall
use its reasonable efforts to render its written decision within 30 days of its
appointment and the CDS Expert shall be given access to all materials and
information reasonably requested by it for such purpose.
2.13
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Employees
and Contractors
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As soon as
practical following execution of this Agreement, the Purchaser
shall:
(a)
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offer
continuing employment to all of the Employees, effective on the Closing,
on the same or substantially the same terms as the terms under which such
Employees were employed immediately before the Closing Date, and with full
recognition of their length of service with the Vendors, the Group or any
Person forming part of the Group;
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(b)
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offer
continuing contracts for services to all of the Contractors, effective on
the Closing, on the same or substantially the same terms as contained in
their respective Contracts; and
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(c)
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effective on
the Closing, the Purchaser shall assume all obligations to the Employees
and the Contractors, including all obligations under the Employee and
Contractor Contracts set out in Schedules 3.1(gg) and
3.1(hh).
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2.14
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Non-Assignable
Contracts and Licenses
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Nothing in this
Agreement will constitute an agreement to assign or an attempted assignment of
any Contract or License which is not assignable or which can only be assigned
with the consent of an independent third party, which consent has not been
obtained. To the extent permitted by Law, such Contracts and Licenses will be held by the
Vendors in trust for the benefit of the Purchaser on and subject to the terms of
the Trust Agreement.
2.15
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PCTIA
REQUIREMENTS
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(i) Persons
that are students enrolled in career programs approved by PCTIOA Closing (“SSCC
students”), are not party tot his agreement.
(ii) Subject
to the limitations in this section, contracts existing between the Vendor’s
students prior to December 17, 2007 or when this agreement comes into effect
will be assigned by the Vendors to the Purchaser and the Purchaser will accept
the assignment and assume the liabilities under these student contracts
associated with educational services that were to be provided by the the Vendors
to SSCC students from Closing until the termination date of the contract between
the Vendors and SSCC students. The Vendors will be solely responsible for and
the Purchaser will not be responsible for liabilities under these student
contracts that may remain in relation to the provision of educational services
that were to be provided by the Vendors to the SSCC students prior to the
Closing Date.
(iii) The
Purchaser will, for the purpose of serving current SSCC students, adopt
admission standards and fees for its programs and current students that are the
same as those previously adopted by the Vendors, and accept that current SSCC
students have met the standards for the programs they were enrolled in by the
Vendors.
(iv) All
SSCC students that intend to continue their studies as students with the
Purchaser must have provided a written notice to the Purchaser that they agree
to the assignment of the contract they had with the Vendors.
(v) In
the event one or more SSCC students do not intend to continue their studies with
the Purchaser, the Purchaser must within 10 working days of being so advised by
the student(s), issue a full tuition refund to the student(s).
ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
3.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Vendors and the
Covenantors
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The Vendors and
Covenantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Purchaser as
follows and acknowledge that notwithstanding any independent searches or
investigations that may be undertaken by or on behalf of the Purchaser and
notwithstanding any information or documentation provided to the Purchaser
(unless otherwise contemplated herein, including disclosure in any disclosure
Schedule, which shall be deemed to qualify, apply and be disclosed for all
Schedules and all representations and warranties in this Section 3.1, the
Purchaser is relying upon the accuracy of each of such representations and
warranties in connection with the purchase of the Purchased Assets and
completion of the other transactions contemplated hereunder:
(a)
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Status of the
Corporations. Each corporation comprising the Vendors is
duly incorporated and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction
of incorporation.
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(b)
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Contractual and Regulatory
Approvals. The Vendors and each Person in the Group have
obtained all contractual and regulatory approvals required to carry on the
Business except to the extent that any failure to obtain such contractual
and regulatory approvals could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the operations of the Business as they are
presently conducted.
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(c)
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Execution and Binding
Obligation. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by each of the Vendors, as applicable, and constitutes legal,
valid and binding obligations of each of the Vendors enforceable against
each of the Vendors, as applicable, in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforcement of may be limited
by:
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(i)
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bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other Laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;
and
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(ii)
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general
principles of equity, including that equitable remedies, such as the
remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief, may only be
granted in the discretion of a
court;
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provided that no
representation or warranty is given with respect to enforceability of the Trust
Agreement or the impact of the Trust Agreement on this Agreement or with respect
to the Minority Partners Rights.
(d)
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No Other Agreements to
Purchase. Except for the Purchaser’s rights under this
Agreement, no Person has any written or oral agreement, option or warrant
or any right or privilege (whether by Law or Contract, including any right
of first refusal) capable of becoming a right for the purchase or
acquisition from the Vendors of any interest in the Purchased Assets
except for the purchase or sale of inventory in the normal course of the
Business or assets, including curriculum and training processes, in
connection with the Contracts specified in Schedule 3.1(aa); if the
Closing is occurring, on the Closing Date the Purchaser will receive by
transfer and or assignment marketable title to and a complete
and absolute interest in the Purchased Assets free and clear of all liens,
claims or encumbrances whatsoever, subject only to the covenants required
as disclosed herein and the Permitted
Encumbrances.
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(e)
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Corporate Authority and Binding
Obligation. Provided that the Closing is occurring, on
Closing, the Vendors and their shareholders and boards of directors will
have taken all necessary actions, steps and corporate proceedings to
transfer the Purchased Assets to the
Purchaser.
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(f)
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Residence. None
of the Vendors is a non-resident of Canada within the meaning of the
ITA.
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(g)
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Partnerships or Joint
Ventures. No Person in the Group, nor the Vendors, are a
partner or participant in any partnership, joint venture, profit-sharing
arrangement or other similar association of any kind nor are they a party
to any agreement under which they agree to carry on any part of a business
or any other activity in such manner or by which they agree to share any
revenue or profit with any other Person, other than as set out herein,
including Schedule 3.1(g) and the Schedules
hereto.
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(h)
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Status, Constating Documents
and Licenses.
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(i)
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Each Person
in the Group and the Vendors are duly licensed, registered and qualified
as corporations or partnerships, as the case may be, to carry on their
respective businesses as they are now being conducted and are up-to-date
in the filing of all required corporate returns and other notices and
filings and they are otherwise in good standing in their jurisdiction of
incorporation and in each jurisdiction in
which:
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A.
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they own or
lease property; or
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B.
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the nature or
conduct of their business or any part thereof, or the nature of their
property or any part thereof, makes such qualification necessary or
desirable to enable their business to be carried on as now conducted or to
enable their property and assets to be owned, leased and operated by
them. Schedule 3.1(h)(i) describes all of the jurisdictions in
which the Group carries on
business.
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(ii)
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The Licenses
of the Vendors and of Group listed in Schedule 3.1(h)(i) are all of the
Licences that are material to the operation of the Business and are valid
and subsisting. True and complete copies of the Licenses have
been delivered to the Purchaser prior to the date hereof. The
Vendors and each Person in the Group are in compliance with in all
material respects with all terms and conditions of their respective
Licenses. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(h)(i), there are
no proceedings in progress, or the knowledge of the Vendors or Covenantors
pending or threatened, that could result in the revocation, cancellation
or suspension of any of the Licenses other than any impact arising out of
the Trust Agreement.
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(i)
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Compliance with Constating
Documents, Agreements and Laws. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement and each of the other Contracts
contemplated by this Agreement by the Vendors, and the completion of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not constitute or
result in a violation or breach of or default under, or cause the
acceleration of any obligations of the Group or any of the Vendors
under:
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(i)
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their
articles, by-laws, declaration of trust or other constating or
organizational documents, as and if
applicable;
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(ii)
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subject to
obtaining the contractual consents referred to in Schedule 3.1(i), the
terms of any Contract or other obligation or restriction to which the
Group or the Vendors are a party or by which any of them is bound;
or
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(iii)
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subject to
obtaining the regulatory consents referred to in Schedule 3.1(i), any term
or provision of any License or Authorization or any order or judgment of
any court, governmental authority or regulatory body or any
Laws,
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provided that no
representation or warranty regarding matters set out in this Section 3.1(i) is
given with respect to any impact arising out of the Trust Agreement or with
respect to the Minority Partners Rights.
(j)
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Financial
Records.
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(i)
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all financial
transactions of the Group have in all material respects been accurately
recorded in the financial books and records of the
Group;
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(ii)
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no
information, records or systems pertaining to the operations or
administration of the Business or the affairs of the Group are in the
possession of, recorded, stored, maintained or otherwise dependent upon
any other Person except for information or records in the possession of
Employees, consultants, Contractors, banks, Government Agencies and
professional advisors which the Vendors will use reasonable commercial
efforts to make available to the Purchaser before and, to the extent the
Vendors and Covenantors are reasonably able to do so, after Closing as
reasonably requested by the Purchaser;
and
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(iii)
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the financial
books and records fairly and accurately reflect in all material respects
the financial position of
the Group.
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(k)
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Financial
Statements.
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(i)
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The Group
Statements for the last 3 fiscal years of the Group, copies of which have
been provided to the Purchaser, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied on a basis consistent with previous fiscal years, are true,
correct and complete in all material respects and present fairly the
assets, liabilities and financial condition of the Group as at the
respective dates thereof and the results of operations for the period to
which such financial statements
relate.
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(ii)
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To the
Vendors’ and Covenantors’ knowledge, the Group Interim Statements,
unaudited, are substantially true in all material respects and present
fairly the assets, liabilities and financial condition of the
Group.
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(iii)
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The Closing
Date Statements, when delivered to the Purchaser in accordance with this
Agreement will have been prepared in a manner consistent with the
preparation of the Group Statements, and will be true, correct and
complete in all material respects and present fairly the assets,
liabilities and financial condition of the Group at the Closing Date and
the results of operations for the periods to which such financial
statements relate.
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(l)
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Title to
Assets. Except with respect to (i) the IP Assets (which
are dealt with separately in Section 3.1(x)) or any rights held under
license, (ii) the Leased Premises which are leased pursuant to the Leases,
or (iii) equipment that is subject to Equipment Contracts, the Vendors
have good and marketable title to all property used or required for the
ordinary operation of their business (the “Business Assets”) free
of any Encumbrance other than Permitted
Encumbrances.
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(m)
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Condition of
Assets. The Business Assets and equipment leased under
the Equipment Contracts are in good operating order and in a state of good
maintenance and repair for the purposes of ongoing operation of the
Business, reasonable wear and tear
excepted.
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(n)
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Group Accounts
Receivable. The accounts receivable of the Group
reflected in the Group Interim Statements arose from bona fide transactions
in the Ordinary Course and are valid, enforceable and fully collectable
accounts (subject to a reasonable allowance, generally consistent with
past practice, for doubtful accounts or as previously disclosed in writing
to the Purchaser). Such accounts receivable are not subject to
any set-off or counterclaim.
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(o)
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Absence of Certain Changes or
Events. Except as disclosed in the Group
Interim Statements or in Schedule 3.1(o), neither the Group nor
the Vendors have in the period from September 1, 2007 to the Closing Date
and with respect to the Business and/or the Purchased
Assets:
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(i)
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incurred any
material obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or
otherwise), except normal trade or business obligations incurred in the
Ordinary Course;
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(ii)
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paid or
satisfied any material obligation or liability (whether accrued, absolute,
contingent or otherwise), except:
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A.
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current
liabilities included in the Group Statements or the Closing Date
Statements;
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B.
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scheduled
payments pursuant to obligations under loan agreements or other contracts
or commitments described in this Agreement, including the Schedules;
and
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C.
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scheduled
payments pursuant to obligations under capital
leases.
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(iii)
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created any
Encumbrance other than a Permitted Encumbrance upon any of its capital
assets, except in the Ordinary Course or as described in Schedule
3.1(o);
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(iv)
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sold,
assigned, transferred, leased or otherwise disposed of any of its
properties or assets material to the operation of the Business, except in
the Ordinary Course;
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(v)
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purchased,
leased or otherwise acquired any properties or assets material to the
operation of the Business, except in the Ordinary
Course;
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(vi)
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waived,
cancelled or written-off any rights, claims, accounts receivable or any
amounts payable thereto, except in the Ordinary
Course;
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(vii)
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entered into
a Material Contract;
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(viii)
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other than is
required by, or agreed to by the Purchaser, terminated, discontinued,
closed or disposed of any facility or business operation material to the
operation of the Business;
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(ix)
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made any
material change with respect to any method of management, operation or
accounting in respect of the
Business;
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(x)
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increased any
form of compensation or other benefits payable or to become payable to any
of their directors, officers, Contractors or Employees, including any
improvements to severance or termination pay, Benefit Plans or Employee
Plans, other than in the Ordinary
Course;
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(xi)
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suffered any
damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) having a
Material Adverse Effect;
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(xii)
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suffered any
extraordinary loss relating to their
business;
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(xiii)
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made or
suffered any Material Adverse Change in, or become aware of any event or
condition which singly or in aggregate has or would reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse
Change;
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(xiv)
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authorized,
agreed or otherwise become committed to do any of the
foregoing.
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(p)
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Commitments for Capital
Expenditures. Except as disclosed in the Group
Statements and/or the Group Interim Statements or as set out in Schedule
3.1(p), neither the Vendors nor the Group have made or committed to make
any capital expenditures, or authorized any capital expenditures at any
time since July 31, 2007, other than in the Ordinary
Course.
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(q)
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Tax
Matters.
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(i)
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For purposes
of this Agreement, the term “Governmental Charges”
means and includes all taxes, customs duties, rates, levies, assessments,
reassessments and other charges, together with all penalties, interest and
fines with respect thereto, payable to any governmental agency, domestic
or foreign.
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(ii)
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Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(q), the Vendors and the Group will have up to
the Closing Date duly and on a timely basis prepared and filed, in all
applicable jurisdictions, all tax returns and other documents required to
be filed by it and/or them by the Closing Date in respect of all
Governmental Charges and such returns and documents are complete and
correct in all material respects. Complete and correct copies
of all such returns (for greater certainty including both income tax
returns and goods and services tax returns) and other documents filed in
respect of the last six fiscal years ending prior to the date hereof have
been provided to the Purchaser prior to the date
hereof.
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(iii)
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The Vendors
and the Group have paid, and on the Closing Date will have paid, all
Governmental Charges which are due and payable by it and/or them on or
before the date hereof and the Closing Date,
respectively. Adequate provision was made by the Group,
respectively, in the most recent Group Statements for all Governmental
Charges for all periods up to the date of the balance sheet comprising
part of the most recent Group Statements. All Governmental
Charges which may accrue between the end of the most recent fiscal year of
the Group and the Closing will be included in the Closing Date
Statements.
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(iv)
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Canadian
federal income tax assessments have been issued to the Vendors and the
Group, respectively, covering all past periods up to and including the
fiscal year ended July 31, 2006, and August 26, 2006,
respectively.
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(v)
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There are no
agreements, waivers or other arrangements providing for any extension of
time with respect to the filing of any tax return or other document or the
payment of any Governmental Charges by the Vendors or the Group for the
period for any assessment or reassessment of Governmental
Charges.
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(vi)
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The Vendors
and the Group have and on the Closing Date will have withheld or collected
from each Person the amount to be paid or credited in respect of such
Person the amount of Governmental Charges required to be withheld or
collected there from and has and on the Closing Date will have remitted
such Governmental Charges to the proper tax or other receiving authorities
within the time periods required under applicable
legislation.
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(r)
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Litigation and Other
Proceedings. Except as set out in Schedule 3.1(r): there
is no court, administrative, regulatory or similar proceeding (whether
civil, quasi-criminal or criminal); arbitration or other dispute
settlement procedure; to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors,
investigation or inquiry by any governmental, administrative, regulatory
or similar body, or any similar matter or proceeding (collectively “Proceedings”) against or
involving the Vendors and/or the Group (whether in progress or
threatened); and to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, no
event has occurred which might give rise to any proceedings and there is
no judgment, decree, injunction, rule, award or order of any court,
government department, board, commission, agency, arbitrator or similar
body outstanding against the Vendors and/or the Group. Except
as set out in Schedule 3.1(r), no complaint, grievance, claim, work order
or investigation is outstanding, pending or to the knowledge of the
Vendors or the Covenantors, threatened, has been filed, made or commenced
against the Vendors and/or the Group pursuant to the Employment Standards Act
(British Columbia), Workers Compensation Act
(British Columbia) British Columbia Human Rights
Code or any similar legislation of Canada, the Province of British
Columbia or of any other
jurisdiction;
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(s)
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Environmental
Matters.
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(i)
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For the
purposes of this Agreement, the following terms and expressions shall have
the indicated meanings:
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A.
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“Environment” means the
air, all layers of the atmosphere, surface water, underground water, all
land, all living organisms and the interacting natural systems that
include components of air, land, water, organic and inorganic matter and
living organisms, and includes indoor
spaces;
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B.
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“Environmental Laws”
means all applicable statutes, regulations, ordinances, by-laws,
guidelines, policies, standards, permits and codes, now or hereafter in
force or existence in Canada, the United States and elsewhere (whether
federal, state, provincial, municipal or local), or arising under the
common law, relating to the protection, preservation or remediation of the
Environment, occupational health and safety, product safety, product
liability, transportation of dangerous goods or Hazardous Substances,
including, without limitation, the Waste Management or the
Canadian Environmental
Protection Act (1999) (Canada), U.S. Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; U.S. Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act; and Washington Model Toxic Control
Act in
each case, including any regulations promulgated thereunder and as amended
from time to time.
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C.
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“Environmental Permits”
includes all Licenses issued by or provided to any Governmental Agency of
competent jurisdiction under Environmental
Laws.
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D.
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“Hazardous Substance”
means any contaminant, pollutant or waste (or source thereof), hazardous
substance, toxic, deleterious or caustic substance, hazardous waste or
dangerous goods as defined under any Environmental Laws, or any other
substance which when released to the Environment is likely to cause, at
some immediate or future time, material harm or degradation to the
Environment or material risk to human
health.
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E.
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“Release” means any
release, spill, leak, emission, discharge, deposit, xxxxx, dumping, escape
or other disposal, which is or has been made in contravention of any
Environmental Laws.
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(ii)
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Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(s), the operation of the Business, the Leased
Premises and other property and assets owned or used by the Vendors and/or
the Group and the use, maintenance and operation thereof by the Vendors
and/or the Group has been and are in compliance with all Environmental
Laws. The Vendors and the Group have complied with all
reporting and monitoring requirements under all Environmental
Laws. Neither the Vendors nor the Group have received any
notice of any non-compliance with any Environmental Laws, nor have they
been convicted of an offence for non-compliance with any Environmental
Laws or been fined or otherwise sentenced or settled such prosecution
short of conviction. Neither the Vendors nor the Group have
received any claim or demand from any Person or authority regarding breach
or alleged breach by them of any Environmental Laws or non-compliance with
the conditions of any Environmental Permit by them or costs of clean up or
Release of any Hazardous Substance by them or notice of any such claim or
demand; there are no proceedings against or involving the Vendors, Group
or any of the Vendors in progress, pending or, to the knowledge of the
Vendors and the Covenantors, threatened in this regard; and, to the
knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, there are no grounds on
which any such claim or demand could be made with any reasonable
likelihood of success.
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(iii)
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The Vendors
and the Group have obtained all Environmental Permits necessary to conduct
their business and to own, use and operate the Leased Premises and their
other properties and assets and the operation of such business, the Leased
Premises and their other properties and assets owned by them and the use,
maintenance and operation thereof have been and are in compliance with all
such Environmental Permits. All such Environmental Permits are
listed in Schedule 3.1(s) and complete and correct copies thereof have
been provided to the Purchaser prior to the date hereof. The
Vendors and the Group are in compliance with all such Environmental
Permits and all such Environmental Permits are valid and in full force and
effect. No proceeding is pending or to the knowledge of the
Vendors and the Covenantors threatened, to revoke, modify or limit any of
such Environmental Permits.
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(iv)
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Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(s), to the knowledge of the Vendors, there are
no Hazardous Substances located in, under, on or emanating from the Leased
Premises or any of the properties or assets owned or used by, or
previously owned or used by the Vendors or the Group. Neither
the Vendors, nor the Group, nor any Affiliate thereof, has Released or
caused or knowingly permitted to be Released any Hazardous Substance and
to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, no Release has
occurred in, under, on or from such properties or assets or has resulted
from the operation of the Business or the conduct of any other activities
of the Vendors or the Group nor any Affiliate thereof. Except
as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(s), neither the Vendors nor the Group have
used, or knowingly allowed any Person to use, the Leased Premises or any
of its properties or assets to produce, generate, store, handle, transport
or dispose of any Hazardous Substances except in compliance with
Environmental Laws. None of the Leased Premises or previously
owned or leased properties has been or is being used by the Vendors and/or
the Group or, to the knowledge of the Vendors, any other Person as a
landfill or waste disposal site.
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(v)
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Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as disclosed in Schedule
3.1(s), to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, there are no
underground or surface storage tanks and no lead, urea formaldehyde foam
insulation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) or radioactive
substances located on, in or under any of the properties or assets owned
or used by the Vendors or the Group, including without limitation the
Leased Premises. The Vendors or the Group are not, and to the
knowledge of the Vendors, there is no factual basis upon which they could
become, responsible for any clean-up or corrective action under any
Environmental Laws. Neither the Vendors nor the Group have
conducted or caused to be conducted an environmental audit, assessment or
study of any of its properties or assets, other than such audits,
assessments or studies which have been disclosed to the Purchaser in
Schedule 3.1(s) and copies of which have been provided to the
Purchaser.
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(t)
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Leased
Premises. Schedule 3.1(t) describes all leases and
agreements (the “Leases”) to lease under
which the Vendors and/or the Group leases any real property (the “Leased
Premises”). Except as set out in Schedule 3.1(t),
neither the Vendors nor the Group are party to or bound by any lease of
real property, or any agreement in the nature of a lease, whether as
lessor or lessee. Complete and correct copies of the Leases
have been provided to the Purchaser prior to the date
hereof. The Vendors or the Group, as the case may be, are
exclusively entitled to all rights and benefits as lessee under the Leases
and neither the Vendors nor the Group have sublet, assigned, licensed or
otherwise conveyed any rights in the Leased Premises or in the Leases to
any Person. The uses by the Vendors and/or the Group of the
Leased Premises are to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors
not in breach of any building, zoning or other statute, by law, ordinance,
regulation, covenant, restriction or official plan. Other than
the leasehold interest in the Leased Premises, neither the Vendors nor the
Group have any title or interest in real property. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(t), neither the Vendors nor the Group is in
default in meeting any of its obligations under any of the Leases, other
than a default which does not have a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the
knowledge of Vendors and the Covenantors, no other party to a Lease is in
material default under any such Lease. Each Lease is in full
force and effect.
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(u)
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Work Orders and
Deficiencies. To the knowledge of the Vendors and the
Covenantors, there are no outstanding work orders, non-compliance orders,
deficiency notices or other such notices relating to the Leased Premises,
the other properties and assets of the Group or the Business that have
been issued by any regulatory authority, police or fire department,
sanitation, environment, labour, health or other governmental authorities
or Governmental Agencies. To the knowledge of the Vendors and
the Covenantors, there are no matters under discussion with any such
department, authority or Governmental Agency relating to work orders,
non-compliance orders, deficiency notices or other such
notices. The Business is not being carried on, and none of the
Leased Premises or the other properties or assets of the Vendors and/or
Group are being operated, in a manner that is in contravention of any
statute, regulation, rule, code, standard or policy, except for
contraventions which are not, in the aggregate, materially adverse to the
Business. No material amounts are owing by the Group in respect
of the Leased Premises to any Governmental Agency or public utility, other
than current accounts, which are not in
arrears.
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(v)
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Condition of Properties and
Equipment. The buildings and structures comprising the
Leased Premises are to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors
free of any material structural defect. The heating, ventilating,
plumbing, drainage, electrical and air conditioning systems and all other
systems used in the Leased Premises and all machinery, equipment, tools,
furniture, furnishings, materials and other physical assets used in the
Business or by the Vendors and/or the Group are in material compliance
with applicable laws, in good working order, fully operational and free of
any defect, except for normal wear and tear having regard to the use and
age of such assets.
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(w)
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Leases of Personal
Property. Except as set out in Schedule 3.1(w), neither
the Vendors nor the Group are a lessee or lessor under any lease of
personal property.
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(x)
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Intellectual
Property. Except as
otherwise already previously disclosed by the Vendors to the
Purchaser:
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Registrations:
(i)
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Schedule
3.1(x) contains a complete list of all (i) all patents and patent
applications, registered copyrights, and registered or applied for
trade-marks that are included in the Owned IP (the “Registered IP”),
together with the details of any registrations and applications for
registration with respect thereto, and (ii) all other IP Assets that are
material to the Business, but excluding in any event commercially
available software that is available for purchase or licensed in the
Ordinary Course.
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(ii)
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The
registrations and applications for registration of the Registered IP
listed in Schedule 3.1(x) are, valid and subsisting, in good standing, and
enforceable against third parties and are recorded, maintained and renewed
in the name of the pertinent Vendors or Person in the Group in the
appropriate registries or government offices to preserve the rights of the
pertinent Vendors or Person in the Group thereof and
thereto.
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(iii)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors there exist no facts which
would materially affect the validity, enforceability, scope or
registerability of any of the Owned
IP.
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Title
& Sufficiency:
(iv)
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The pertinent
Vendors or Person in the Group own or have the necessary rights in the IP
Assets as is necessary for the operation, conduct and maintenance of the
Business as such Business is currently and has historically been operated,
conducted or maintained and each item of the IP Assets will be owned or,
in respect of the Licensed IP, held by license rights by the pertinent
Vendors or Person in the Group immediately after, and after giving effect
to, the Closing without the need for any further Authorization, License or
any consent, license, right or permission from any Person in respect
thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will
not impair, alter or limit in any way such ownership or
rights.
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(v)
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Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(x), the pertinent Vendors or Person in the Group
owns and have a legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to
the Owned IP in its own name, free and clear of any Encumbrances, and none
of the Owned IP has been licensed from or to a Third
Party.
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(vi)
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Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(x), the pertinent Vendors or Person in the Group
has the exclusive right to use and otherwise exploit the Owned IP (other
than trademarks and trade names), and there are no prohibitions or
restrictions on the use or other exploitation by the pertinent Vendors or
Person in the Group of the IP Assets, in all jurisdictions in which it is
currently or has historically been used or otherwise
exploited.
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Infringement:
(vii)
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Neither (a)
the operation, conduct and maintenance by the Vendors or the Group of the
Business as it is currently and has historically been operated, conducted
and maintained, nor (b) the use by the pertinent Vendors or the Group of
the IP Assets in respect thereto, infringes, misappropriates, misuses or
violates the IP Rights, or any other rights, of any Third Party or
breaches any duty or obligation owed to any Third
Party.
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(viii)
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None of the
Vendors, Group or any of the Vendors have received any notice, complaint,
threat or claim alleging: the infringement, misappropriation, misuse or
violation of any IP Rights of any Third Party or breach of any duty or
obligation owed to any Third Party; or, that the pertinent Vendors or the
Group, as the case may be, do not own the Owned IP or, in the case of the
Licensed IP, that the Vendors or the Group, as the case may be, do not
have the right (unless otherwise stated in Schedule 3.1(x)) to use the IP
Assets in the conduct of the Business as it is currently and has
historically been operated, conducted and
maintained.
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(ix)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, there is and there has been
no material past or present infringement, misappropriation, misuse, or
violation of, breach of any obligations with respect to, or other
impairment of any of the Owned IP.
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(x)
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No claims
have been asserted by any Third Party with respect to, or challenging or
questioning, the ownership, validity, enforceability or use of, the IP
Assets and to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors there is no
valid basis for any such claim except as set out in Schedule
3.1(x).
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(xi)
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No claim has
been asserted (nor is likely to be asserted) by the Vendors or the Group,
as the case may be, with respect to the IP Assets nor have the Vendors or
the Group, as the case may be, issued, filed or made (nor is it likely to
issue, file or make) any notice, complaint, threat or claim against a
Third Party alleging infringement of the IP Assets or any IP Assets right
or other right of the Vendors or the Group, as the case may be, by such
Third Party except as set out in Schedule
3.1(x).
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(xii)
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No
proceeding, opposition, office action or claim has been asserted (nor, to
the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, is likely to be
asserted) by the Vendors or the Group, as the case may be, challenging or
questioning the ownership, validity, enforceability or right to use any
intellectual property of a Third Party, or in respect of any registration
or application for registration in respect
thereof.
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(xiii)
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Each of the
Vendors, the Vendors and the Group have undertaken and maintained, and
continues to undertake and maintain, reasonable security measures to
protect the secrecy, confidentiality and value of the IP Assets, including
without limitation, all proprietary, technical, or confidential
information related thereto, and all proprietary, technical, or
confidential information of any Third Party provided to it in confidence
by a Third Party and, in the case of the Vendors, relating directly or
indirectly, to the Vendors and the Group or the Business, and neither the
Group nor any of the Vendors have breached any agreements or obligations
of non-disclosure or confidentiality in respect
thereof.
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(xiv)
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None of the
Vendors or any Affiliate thereof or any Related Party of the Vendors or
the Group (other than the Vendors or the Group themselves) owns or has any
rights in or to any of the Owned
IP.
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(y)
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Restrictions on Doing
Business. To the knowledge of the Vendors, neither the
Vendors nor the Group are a party to or bound by any agreement that would
restrict or limit any right to carry on any business or activity or to
solicit business from any Person or in any geographical area or otherwise
to continue to conduct the Business as presently conducted other than as
provided in the Contracts listed in Schedule
3.1(aa).
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(z)
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Guarantees. Except
as described in Schedule 3.1(z):
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(i)
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neither the
Vendors nor the Group are a party to or bound by any material agreement of
guarantee, support, indemnification, assumption or endorsement or any
other like commitment of the obligations, liabilities (whether accrued,
absolute, contingent or otherwise) or indebtedness of any Person which
would affect the Purchaser or attach in any way to any of the Purchased
Assets;
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(ii)
|
neither the
Vendors nor the Group have given any material guarantee or warranty in
respect of any of the products sold or serviced by them;
and
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(iii)
|
neither the
Vendors nor the Group are required to provide any letters of credit, bonds
or other financial security arrangements in connection with any
transactions with its respective suppliers or
customers.
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(aa)
|
Licenses, Agency, Distribution
and Royalty Agreements. Schedule 3.1(aa) lists all
material agreements to which the Group are a party or by which they are
bound, under which the right to manufacture, use or market any product,
service, IP Assets, technology, information, data, computer hardware or
other property has been granted, licensed or otherwise provided to or by
any other Person, or pursuant to which a royalty, license fee or other
amount is paid by or to the Vendors and/or the Group, or under which the
Vendors and/or the Group have been appointed, or any Person has been
appointed by the Vendors and/or the Group, as an agent, distributor,
licensee or franchisee for any of the foregoing. Complete and
correct copies of all of the agreements listed in Schedule 3.1(aa) have
been provided to the Purchaser prior to the date hereof. Except
as may be provided therein, none of the agreements listed in Schedule
3.1(aa) grant to any Person any authority to incur any liability or
obligation or to enter into any agreement on behalf of the Vendors and/or
the Group.
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(bb)
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Educational Accreditations and
Approvals.
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(i)
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MAE has
issued the MAE Accreditations and the MAE Approvals for all of the degree
courses offered by the Group;
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(ii)
|
all MAE
Accreditations and MAE Approvals are in good standing and permit the Group
to carry on the Business as it currently does and to confer the degrees
referred to therein in accordance with the requirements
thereof;
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(iii)
|
the Group has
not violated any term or provision of the MAE Accreditations and/or MAE
Approvals and all operations of the Group are in material compliance
therewith;
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(iv)
|
the Group has
not received any notice containing reference to any matter or event which
may threaten or lead to the termination or suspension of the MAE
Accreditations and/or MAE
Approvals;
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(v)
|
PCTIA has
issued the PCTIA Accreditations and the PCTIA Approvals set forth on
Schedule 3.1(bb) for all of the PCTIA courses offered by the
Group;
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(vi)
|
all PCTIA
Accreditations and PCTIA Approvals are in good standing and unamended and
permit the Group to carry on the Business as it currently does and to
confer the certificates and/or degrees referred to therein in accordance
with the requirements thereof;
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(vii)
|
except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.1(bb), the Group has not violated any term or
provision of the PCTIA Accreditations and/or PCTIA Approvals and all
operations of the Group are in material compliance therewith;
and
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(viii)
|
the Group has
not received any notice containing any reference to any matter or event
which may threaten or lead to the termination or suspension of the PCTIA
Accreditations and/or PCTIA
Approvals.
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(cc)
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Student
Information. The Group has taken precautions to keep
their students’ personal information confidential and to restrict the
public distribution of such information. In particular, the
Group’s practices are in compliance with the Personal Information
Protection Act (British Columbia) and all other applicable privacy
legislation of applicable
jurisdictions.
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(dd)
|
Student
Loans. Attached as Schedule 3.1(dd) is a list as of July
31, 2007 outlining the current repayment rate for Canada student loans
with respect to the Group, which list is true and correct in all material
respects as of July 31, 2007. No additional loans have been
made to students except in the Ordinary Course from July 31, 2007 to
Closing.
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(ee)
|
Outstanding
Agreements. Neither the Vendors nor the Group are a
party to or bound by any outstanding or executory Material Contract,
except for:
|
(i)
|
Material
Contracts described, or referred to, in this Agreement, including the
Schedules; and
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(ii)
|
other
Material Contracts described in Schedule
3.1(ee).
|
Complete and
correct copies (including all amendments of each of the Material Contracts
described in Schedule 3.1(ee) have been provided to the Purchaser prior to the
date hereof.
(ff)
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Good Standing of Material
Agreements. None of the Vendors and the Group are in
default or breach of any of their obligations under any Material Contract
to which they are a party or by which they are bound and there exists no
state of facts which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute such a default or breach provided that the consents to
assignment contemplated in Section 4.1(e) are obtained. All
such Material Contracts are now in good standing and in full force and
effect. The Vendors and/or the Group, as the case may be, are
entitled to all benefits, rights and privileges under all such Material
Contracts and, to the knowledge of the Vendors, no other party to such
Material Contracts is in default or breach of any of its obligations
thereunder. Except as provided in Schedule 3.1(ee), there are
no Material Contracts under which the rights of the Vendors and/or the
Group, as the case may be, or the performance of their obligations are
dependent upon or supported by the guarantee of or any security provided
by any other Person. The Vendors and/or the Group, as the case
may be, and, to the knowledge of the Vendors, the other parties to all
Material Contracts to which the Vendors and/or the Group, as the case may
be, are party, have the capacity to perform all of their respective
obligations under such Contracts.
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(gg)
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Employees and
Contractors. Schedule 3.1(gg) sets forth the name and
rate of remuneration (excluding specifics of bonus and commission
entitlement ) of each Employee, and lists each Contractor. The
Vendors have provided to the Purchaser information with respect to each
Employee’s job title, duration of employment, vacation entitlement,
employee benefit entitlement, bonus and commission entitlement and the
names of all Employees who are now on disability, maternity or other
authorized leave or who are receiving workers’ compensation or short-term
or long-term disability benefits and all Employees and Contractors who
have given notice of termination or expressed an intention to seek changes
to their contract of employment.
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(hh)
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Employment and Contractor
Agreements. Except as set out in Schedule 3.1(hh),
neither the Vendors nor the Group are a party to, nor bound by,
any:
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(i)
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oral or
written Contract or commitment for the employment or retainer of any
individual, including, for greater certainty, any Contract or commitment
with any Employee or Contractor, other than Contracts of indefinite hire
terminable by the Vendors or Person who is a member of the Group without
cause on reasonable notice and without any special arrangement or
commitments with respect to the continuation of employment or payment of
any particular amount upon termination;
or
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(ii)
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oral or
written Contract or commitment providing for severance, termination or
similar payments, including on a change of control of the Vendors or
Person who is a member of the
Group.
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Correct and
complete copies of all Contracts (or forms thereof) and commitments set out in
Schedule 3.1(hh), or where oral, correct and complete written summaries of their
terms have been provided to the Purchaser.
(ii)
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Labour
Matters and Employment Standards.
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(i)
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None of the
Vendors or Group are party to any collective agreement with or commitment
to any labour union, trade union, council of trade unions, employee
bargaining agent or affiliated bargaining agent or employee association
(collectively, “Labour
Representatives”) nor have they conducted negotiations with respect
to any future such collective agreement or
commitment.
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(ii)
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No Labour
Representative has any bargaining rights acquired by either certification
or voluntary recognition with respect to any of the Employees or
Contractors.
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(iii)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and Covenantors, there are no current attempts by
any Labour Representative to organize any of the Employees or
Contractors.
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(iv)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and Covenantors, no Labour Representative has
applied to have the Vendors or Group or any Person who forms part thereof
declared a common employer or related employer pursuant to the applicable
labour relations Laws.
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(v)
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There are no
existing or, to the knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors,
threatened, labour strikes or labour disputes, grievances, controversies
or other labour troubles affecting, or reasonably likely to affect, the
Vendors or Group or the Business.
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(vi)
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The Vendors
and the Group have complied in all material respects with all Laws, rules,
regulations and orders applicable to it relating to employment, including
those relating to wages, hours of work, collective bargaining,
occupational health and safety, workplace hazardous materials, employment
standards, pay equity and workers’
compensation.
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(vii)
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All amounts
due and payable by the Vendors and the Group to their respective Employees
and Contractors have been paid in full up until December 17, 2007 and all
amounts accruing due to same, including vacation pay owed to Employees
will be reflected in the Closing Date
Statements.
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(viii)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and Covenantors, there are no outstanding charges
or complaints against the Vendors and the Group relating to unfair labour
practices or discrimination or under any legislation relating to
employees.
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(ix)
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The Vendors
and the Group have paid in full all amounts owing under the Workers’ Compensation
Act (British Columbia) or comparable Laws elsewhere. Where
applicable, the workers’ compensation claims experience of the Vendors and
the Group would not permit a penalty reassessment under any such
legislation.
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(jj)
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Employee
Plans.
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(i)
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Except as
listed in Schedule 3.1(jj), neither the Vendors nor the Group have or are
subject to any present or future obligation or liability under any
Employee Plan out of the Ordinary Course. Schedule 3.1(jj) also
lists the general policies, procedures and work-related rules in effect
with respect to Employees, whether written or oral, including but not
limited to, policies regarding holidays, sick leave, vacation, disability
and death benefits, termination and severance pay, automobile allowances
and rights to company-provided automobiles and expense reimbursements.
Schedule 3.1(jj) describes in reasonable detail any Incentive Plan that
will not be terminated prior to Closing including, without limitation, the
name and job title of any person entitled to compensation under such
Incentive Plan if such compensation may reasonably be expected to be in
excess of $10,000 per annum. No replacements, changes or amendments to any
Employee Plan have been promised. Complete and correct copies
of all such Employee Plans and all related documents or, where such
Employee Plans are oral commitments, written summaries of the terms
thereof, have been provided to the Purchaser prior to the date
hereof.
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(ii)
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All
obligations to be performed at or prior to the Closing Date respecting
each Employee Plan (including, without limitation, those respecting the
making or payment of contributions or premiums, as applicable) have been
performed in accordance with the relevant terms of each plan and all Law,
and no Governmental Charges are owing or eligible under any Employee
Plan. All Employee Plans required to be funded are fully
funded, and the funds in such plans are and have been invested, in
accordance with the relevant terms of each plan and all Law, and, in the
case of Pension Plans, if applicable, are fully funded on a going concern
basis and solvency basis in accordance with generally accepted actuarial
principles and actuarial methods and assumptions contained in the most
recent actuarial report of the plan based on actuarial assumptions which
are appropriate to the applicable employees. To the knowledge
of the Vendors and Covenantors, the data respecting each Employee Plan is
correct and complete in all material respects and is sufficient for the
proper administration of each Employee Plan. There has been no
partial or full wind-up of any Employee Plan and no event has occurred
which would entitle any Person to partially or fully wind-up, or require
the partial or full winding-up of, any Employee Plan, or which could
adversely affect the tax status of any Employee Plan. No
changes have occurred (other than general economic or financial market
changes) since the date of the most recent actuarial report provided to
the Purchaser in respect of such pension plans which makes such report
misleading in any material respect. No funds have been
withdrawn, and no application to withdraw funds has been made, by the
Vendors in the Group from any Employee
Plans.
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(iii)
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To the
knowledge of the Vendors and Covenantors, except for claims provided in
Schedule 3.1(r), there are no pending claims by any Employee or former
employee covered under the Employee Plans or by any other person which
allege a breach of fiduciary duties or violation of Law or which may
result in liability to the Vendors or the Group and, to the knowledge of
the Vendors and the Covenantors there is no basis for such a
claim. There are no participants or other individuals entitled
to participate in any Employee Plan other than current or former
employees, directors or officers of the Vendors or the
Group. Except as disclosed in Schedule 3.1(jj), there are no
Employees or former employees or Contractors of the Vendors or the Group
who are receiving from the Vendors or the Group any pension or retirement
payments, or who are entitled to receive any such payments, not covered by
a Pension Plan to which the Vendors or the Group are a
party. No Employee Plan provides benefits to retirees or
provides for retroactive changes or premium
increases.
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(kk)
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Insurance. Schedule
3.1(kk) contains a true and complete list of all insurance policies
maintained by the Vendors and/or the Group or under which the Vendors
and/or the Group are covered in respect of its properties, assets,
business or personnel, as of the date hereof, including the name of the
insurer and the risks insured. Such insurance policies are in
full force and effect and the Vendors and/or the Group are not in default
with respect to the payment of any premium or compliance with any of the
provisions contained in any such insurance policy. To the
knowledge of the Vendors and the Covenantors, there are no circumstances
under which the Vendors and/or the Group would be required to or, in order
to maintain its coverage, should give any notice to the insurers under any
such insurance policies, which have not been given. The Vendors
and/or the Group have not received notice from any of the insurers
regarding cancellation of such insurance policies. The Vendors
and/or the Group have not failed to present any material claim under any
such insurance policy in due and timely fashion. The Vendors
have no reason to believe that any of the insurance policies listed in
Schedule 3.1(kk) will not be renewed or will be renewed only as the basis
of a material increase in premiums. The Vendors and/or the
Group have not received notice from any insurer denying or challenging any
claims made by it or on its behalf.
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(ll)
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Non-Arm’s Length
Matters. Except as disclosed in Schedules 3.1(gg),
3.1(hh) or 3.1(ll), the Vendors and/or the Group are not a party to or
bound by any Contract with, is not indebted to, and no amount is owing to
the Vendors and/or the Group by any of the Vendors or any of the Vendors’
respective Affiliates, or any officers, former officers, directors, former
directors, shareholders, former shareholders, Employees or former
employees of the Vendors and/or the Group or any other Person not dealing
at arm’s length with the Vendors and/or the Group or any of the foregoing,
except for salaries and other employment compensation payable to Employees
in the Ordinary Course and at the regular rates payable to them as
otherwise disclosed herein. Except as disclosed in Schedule
3.1(ll), the Vendors and/or the Group have not made or authorized any
payments to either of the Vendors or any of the Vendors’ respective
Affiliates, or any officers, former officers, directors, former directors,
shareholders, former shareholders, Employees or former employees of the
Vendors and/or the Group or to any other Person not dealing at arm’s
length with the Vendors and/or the Group or any of the foregoing, except
for salaries and other employment compensation payable to Employees in the
Ordinary Course and at the regular rates payable to
them.
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(mm)
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Government
Assistance. Except for the Targeted Wage Subsidies
Program by Service Canada or as disclosed in writing to the Purchaser
prior to the date hereof, there are no agreements, loans or other funding
arrangements and assistance programs (collectively called “Government Assistance
Programs”) which are outstanding in favour of the Vendors and/or
the Group from any federal, provincial, state, municipal, local or other
government or governmental agency, board, commission or authority,
domestic or foreign (collectively called “Government
Agencies”). Complete and correct copies of all documents
relating to the Government Assistance Programs have been delivered to the
Purchaser prior to the date hereof. The Vendors
and/or the Group have performed all of its obligations under the
Government Assistance Programs, as applicable and no basis exists for any
Government Agencies to seek payment or repayment by the Vendors and/or the
Group of any amount or benefit received thereby under any Government
Assistance Programs.
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(nn)
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Disclosure. The
Vendors and the Covenantors have no knowledge that any representation or
warranty contained in this Section 3.1 or statement contained in any
Schedule, certificate, list, summary or other disclosure document
provided, or to be provided, to the Purchaser pursuant hereto, or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, contains or will
contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or omits or will omit to
state any material fact which is necessary in order to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
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(oo)
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Compliance with
Laws. The Vendors and the Group are in substantial
compliance with all Laws, including, without limitation, any order of any
government, governmental, agency or regulatory authority, domestic or
foreign. The Vendors and the Group have complied with all
applicable laws requiring student fees, or any part thereof, to be held in
trust. No such funds are currently held in trust by the Vendors
or the Group.
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(pp)
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Copies of
Documents. Complete and correct copies (including all
amendments) of all Material Contracts and other documents referred to in
this Agreement or any Schedule or required to be disclosed hereby have
been delivered to the Purchaser.
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(qq)
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GST. Each
of the Vendors is a registrant under the provisions of the Excise Tax Act and the
Vendors will provide the Purchaser their GST Registration Numbers and the
Purchaser is acquiring the ownership, possession or use under this
Agreement of all or substantially all of the property that can reasonably
be regarded as being necessary for the Purchaser to be capable of carrying
on the purchased Business as a business within the meaning of Section 167
of the said Act.
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(rr)
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Assumed
Liabilities. Except as contemplated in Schedule 3.1(ll),
the Assumed Liabilities have been incurred in the Ordinary Course in
dealings with bona fide third parties at market value and have not been
incurred to or in respect of any Person who is not at arms length to the
Vendors and/or the Covenantors.
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The above
representations and warranties are true, accurate and correct on the date hereof
and shall be materially true, accurate and correct on the Closing
Date.
3.2
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Representations
and Warranties of the Purchaser
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The Purchaser
hereby represents and warrants to the Vendors as follows and acknowledges that,
notwithstanding any independent searches or investigations that may be
undertaken by or on behalf of the Vendors and notwithstanding any information or
document provided to the Vendors (unless the applicable representation or
warranty is specifically qualified by reference to such document in this
Agreement), the Vendors are relying upon the accuracy of each of such
representations and warranties in connection with the sale of the Purchased
Assets by the Vendors to the Purchaser and the completion of the other
transactions contemplated hereunder:
(a)
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Corporate Authority and Binding
Obligation. The Purchaser is a corporation duly
incorporated and validly subsisting under the Laws of its jurisdiction of
incorporation. The Purchaser has the corporate power and
capacity to enter into this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and all other
agreements or instruments contemplated hereby and thereby and to purchase
the Purchased Assets from the Vendors in the manner contemplated herein
and to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and all other agreements or instruments contemplated herein or
therein. The Purchaser and its board of directors has or will
have taken all necessary or desirable actions, steps and corporate and
other proceedings to approve or authorize, validly and effectively, the
entering into, and the execution, delivery and performance of, this
Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and all other agreements and instruments
contemplated hereby and thereby and the purchase of the Purchased Assets
from the Vendors. This Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and all
agreements and instruments contemplated herein and therein constitute
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser, enforceable against
it in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, except as enforcement
of may be limited by:
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(i)
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bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium, reorganization and other Laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally;
and
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(ii)
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general
principles of equity, including that equitable remedies, such as the
remedies of specific performance and injunctive relief, may only be
granted in the discretion of a
court.
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(b)
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Contractual and Regulatory
Approvals. The Purchaser is not under any obligation,
contractual or otherwise, to request or obtain the consent of any person,
and no Licenses or Authorizations are required to be obtained by the
Purchaser in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the
Purchaser of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or any other agreement
or instrument contemplated herein or therein or the completion of any of
the transactions contemplated herein or
therein.
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(c)
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Compliance with Constating
Documents, Agreements and Laws. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and each of the
other agreements or instruments contemplated or referred to herein or
therein by the Purchaser, and the completion of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, will not constitute or result in a
violation or breach of or default
under:
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(i)
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any term or
provision of any of the articles, by-laws or other constating documents of
the Purchaser;
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(ii)
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the terms of
any Contract to which the Purchaser is a party or by which it is bound;
or
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(iii)
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any term or
provision of any License or Authorization of the Purchaser or any order of
any court, governmental authority or regulatory body or any applicable
Law.
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(d)
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GST. The
Purchaser is registered under Part IX of the Excise Tax Act (Canada)
with registration number 830255212.
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The above
representations and warranties are true, accurate and correct on the date hereof
and shall be materially true, accurate and correct on the Closing
Date.
3.3
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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All representations
and warranties contained in this Agreement, or contained in any document or
certificate given pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement, will survive
the Closing of the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets and completion of
any other transactions contemplated herein and remain in full force and effect
subject to the following provisions:
(a)
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no claim
which is based upon or relates to the tax representations and warranties
made in Section 3.1(p) may be made or brought after the date which is six
(6) years following the Closing
Date;
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(b)
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no claim
which is based upon or relates to title to Purchased Assets may be made or
brought after the date which is eight (8) years following the Closing
Date;
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(c)
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no claim
which is based upon or relates to all other representations or warranties
other than those referenced in Section 3.3(a) and 3.3(b) may be made or
brought after the date which is eighteen (18) months following the Closing
Date; and
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(d)
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any such
claim as aforesaid shall be made in accordance with the provisions set
forth in Article 6.
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3.4
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Minority
Partnerships
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SLD, 3631 and 522
are partners of three partnerships (the “Minority Partnerships”) which
operate under the names:
(a)
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Xxxxxx-Xxxx College
of Business (Surrey) – Minority Partner – 460033 B.C.
Ltd.;
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(b)
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Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Language Centre – Minority Partner – Xxxx International Education Inc.
(“SSLC”);
and
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(c)
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Xxxxxx-Xxxx College
of Business (Chilliwack) – Minority Partner – X. Xxxxxxx Holdings Ltd.
(“Chilliwack”).
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The Vendors and
Covenantors represent and warrant to the Purchaser that all of the
representations and warranties in Section 3.1 apply mutatis mutandis to the
interest of the Vendors in the Minority Partnerships, except that the
representations and warranties with respect to SSLC are limited to the knowledge
of the Vendors and the Covenantors and Chilliwack does not currently have an
operating campus. The Vendors represent and warrant to the Purchaser that the
Partnership Agreements for the Minority Partnerships and all amendments thereto
have been provided to the Purchaser and that the Purchased Assets
include the Vendors’ interest in the Minority Partnerships or the Vendor’s
interest in the assets which are used by the Minority Partnerships in
relation to and for the Business. At the election of the Purchaser,
provided that the Vendors are capable under the terms of the Minority
Partnerships and at law to so assign their interests in such assets used by the
Minority Partnerships, and subject to Minority Partners Rights, the Vendors will
either transfer such assets to the Purchaser or hold such assets in trust for
the Purchaser in accordance with the Trust Agreement. The Vendors and
the Purchaser will work cooperatively with each other and the Minority Partners
both before and after Closing to effect the foregoing and continued operations
of the businesses of the Minority Partnerships provided that the Vendors shall
not be required to incur any cost to do so. Until the foregoing is
completed, the Vendors will hold their interest in the Minority Partnerships in
trust for the Purchaser in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE 4
VENDORS’
OBLIGATIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING
4.1
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Vendors’
Obligations
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(a)
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The Vendors
shall provide to the Purchaser all financial and other information on the
Group and the Vendors attached hereto as Schedule 4.1(a) in order to
facilitate joint development of a forecast of performance for the Group
for three years commencing September 1, 2007 and ending August 31, 2010
and the Vendors and Xxxx shall use reasonable commercial efforts to assist
the Purchaser to prepare such
forecast.
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(b)
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On or before
the date of this Agreement, the Vendors shall
provide Purchaser with the Group Statements and the Group Interim
Statements.
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(c)
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The Vendors,
its Subsidiaries and the Group shall provide to the Purchaser, on request,
such authorizations for completing due diligence inquiries that are deemed
appropriate by the Purchaser, acting reasonably. From the date
hereof until the Closing:
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(i)
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the Vendors
shall cause the Group to permit the Purchaser and it representatives
access to the Leased Premises and all other facilities of the Vendors and
the Group, provided that the Purchaser and/or its representatives shall
use reasonable efforts to minimize any disturbance caused by such access;
and
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(ii)
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the Purchaser
shall have the right to discuss all financial matters with the accountants
for the Vendors, the Vendors and/or the Group relating to activities of
the Group and shall further have access to senior management of the Group
to discuss key employee agreements and other matters pertinent to this
purchase.
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(d)
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Prior to the
Closing Date, the Vendors will use reasonable commercial efforts to assist
the Purchaser to obtain the Approvals in form and substance satisfactory
to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, provided that the Purchaser uses
reasonable commercial efforts in obtaining such
Approvals.
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(e)
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Prior to the
Closing Date, the Vendors will use reasonable commercial efforts to assist
the Purchaser to obtain consents to this transaction from all landlords
and any other Third Parties (excluding Third Parties to the Partnerships)
whose consent is required under any Material Contracts in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, acting reasonably, provided that
the Purchaser uses reasonable commercial efforts in obtaining such
consents.
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ARTICLE 5
CLOSING
5.1
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Closing
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Closing of this
transaction shall be completed on the Closing Date or if such day is a statutory
holiday or weekend, the next following Business Day. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the transactions contemplated herein shall be
closed at the Closing Time at the offices of the Purchaser’s Counsel at 2700 –
000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, X0X 0X0, or at
such other place or places or in such other manner as the Parties agree (the
“Closing”).
5.2
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Delivery
of Documents
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On the Closing
Date, the Vendors shall deliver the following documents, in form and content
satisfactory to the Purchaser’s Counsel, acting reasonably:
(a)
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a general
conveyance for the Purchased Assets (the “General
Conveyance”);
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(b)
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an assignment
of trademarks the “Assignment of
Trademarks”);
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(c)
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certified
copy of directors resolution of each of the Vendors authorizing this
transaction and transfer of the Purchased Assets to the
Purchaser;
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(d)
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certified
copy of special resolution of each of the Vendors authorizing this
transaction and transfer of the Purchaser Assets to the
Purchaser;
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(e)
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certificate
of Vendors and the Covenantors certifying the truth and correctness at the
Closing of the representations and warranties of the
Vendors and the
Covenantors;
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(f)
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release by
Xxxxxx to the Purchaser in respect of any and all obligations of the
Purchaser save and except for the Purchaser’s obligations to Xxxxxx herein
and in the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement and resignation
of all positions which she may hold in the
Group;
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(g)
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an opinion of
Vendors’ Counsel in a form and content satisfactory to the Purchaser,
acting reasonably;
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(h)
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an employment
agreement with Xxxx in the form attached hereto as Schedule 5.2(h) signed
by Xxxx (the “Employment
Agreement”);
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(i)
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the
Non-Competition and Confidentiality
Agreement;
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(j)
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the Escrow
Agreement signed by the Vendors;
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(k)
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the Trust
Agreement signed by the Vendors;
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(l)
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all of the
books and records relating to the operations of the Business including
without limitation financial records, employee files, material contracts,
suppliers lists, contacts lists for students, faculty and Governmental
Agencies and all other documentation in all formats including electronic
in the possession or control of the Vendors relating to the operation of
the Business but excluding all books and records relating to taxes of the
Vendors;
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(m)
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physical
possession of the Leased Premises and keys to the Leased
Premises;
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(n)
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GST Election
under Section 167 of the Excise Tax Act executed
by each of the Vendors and the elections referred to in Section 5.7
hereof;
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(o)
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documents in
registrable form changing all companies in the Group and/or controlled by
the Vendors to a name which does not include “Sprott”, “Xxxx”,
“Xxxxxx-Xxxx” or any variation thereof (which the Vendors shall file with
the Registrar of Companies immediately following
closing);
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(p)
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comfort
letter from CIBC that CIBC has no claim or financial interest in the
Purchased Assets; and
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(q)
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such other
documentation as the Purchaser’s Counsel reasonably
requires.
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5.3
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Preparation
of Documents
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Documents shall
generally be prepared by the Purchaser and submitted to the Vendor for execution
in the normal course of transactions of this nature in the Province of British
Columbia.
5.4
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Deliver
to Escrow Agent
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On the Closing
Date, the Purchaser will deliver to the Vendor’s Counsel and to the Escrow
Agent by solicitor’s trust cheques the amounts referred to in Section
2.3.
5.5
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Purchaser’s
Obligation to Close
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The Purchaser shall
not be obligated to complete the purchase and sale of the Purchased Assets
pursuant to this Agreement unless, on the Closing Date, each of the following
conditions has been satisfied, it being understood that the following conditions
are included for the exclusive benefit of the Purchaser and may be waived, in
whole or in part, in writing by the Purchaser at any time, and the Vendor agrees
with the Purchaser to take all such actions, steps and proceedings as are
reasonably within its control as may be necessary to ensure that the following
conditions are fulfilled at or before the Closing Date:
(a)
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The
representations and warranties of the Vendors and the Covenantors in
Section 3.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects at the
Closing;
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(b)
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The Vendors
shall have performed and complied with all of the terms and conditions in
this Agreement on their part to be performed or complied with at or before
Closing and shall have executed and delivered or caused to have been
executed and delivered to the Purchaser at the Closing all the documents
contemplated in Article 5 or elsewhere in this Agreement;
and
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In case any of the
foregoing conditions shall not be satisfied at the Time of Closing, the
Purchaser may at its option:
(i)
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refuse to
complete the transactions contemplated herein by notice to the Vendors and
in such event the Purchaser shall be released from all obligations
hereunder provided that the Purchaser shall have the right to be
indemnified in accordance with Article 6 for all Losses if such refusal is
made due to circumstances referred to in Section 5.5(a) or 5.5(b);
or
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(ii)
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complete the
transactions contemplated herein provided that the Purchaser should not
have waived or be deemed to have waived any rights it may have to be
indemnified in accordance with Section
6.1(a).
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5.6
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Conditions
for the Benefit of the Vendors
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The sale by the
Vendors and the purchase by the Purchaser of the Purchased Assets is
subject to the following conditions, which are for the exclusive benefit of the
Vendors and which are to be performed or complied with at or prior to the Time
of Closing:
(a)
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the
representations and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in Section 3.2
will be true and correct in all material respects;
and
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(b)
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the Purchaser
will have performed or complied with all of the obligations and covenants
and conditions of this Agreement to be performed or complied with by the
Purchaser at or before Closing and shall have executed and
delivered or caused to have been executed and delivered to the Vendors at
the Closing all documentation and opinions as the Vendors’ Counsel
reasonably requires.
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5.7
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Elections
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(a)
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Except as may
be required under the Excise Tax Act, the
Purchaser shall not be obliged to pay GST to the Vendors provided that the
Purchaser is registered under the Excise Tax Act and
executes and properly files, on a timely basis, the pertinent election
with all required Governmental
Agencies.
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(b)
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The Vendors
and the Purchaser will execute and file, on a timely basis and using the
prescribed form, a joint election under Section 22 of the ITA as to the
sale of the accounts receivable of the Vendors to be purchased under this
Agreement, and prepare their respective tax returns in a manner consistent
with such joint election. For purposes of such joint election,
the elected amount in respect of the accounts receivable will be
consistent with the Purchase Price allocation as determined pursuant to
Section 2.3 with respect to the accounts
receivable.
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(c)
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The Vendors
and the Purchaser will execute and file, on at timely basis and using any
prescribed form, a joint election under subsection 20(24) of the ITA as to
the assumption of prepaid obligations of the Vendors as determined
pursuant to Section 2.3, and prepare their respective tax returns in a
manner consistent with such joint
election.
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5.8
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Provincial
Sales Tax
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Subject to Section
5.7, the Purchaser covenants and agrees to pay all transfer, sales, goods or
services, social services or other similar taxes or duties with respect to the
sale of the Purchased Assets, including paying to the Minister of Finance of
British Columbia provincial sales tax in respect of this purchase within the
time period required under the Social Service Tax
Act.
5.9
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Vendors’
and Xxxx’x Cooperation Following
Closing
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The Vendors and
Xxxx covenant and agree to use all reasonable commercial efforts following
Closing to assist the Purchaser to:
(a)
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to apply for
new Approvals and accreditations referred to
herein;
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(b)
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to complete
arrangements with the Minority Partners as contemplated in Section
3.4;
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(c)
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to obtain
consent from the Landlords of the Leased Premises to the assignment of the
Leases; and
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(d)
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to obtain all
other consents and approvals contemplated herein to transfer the Business
to the Purchaser;,
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provided that
none of the Vendors nor Xxxx shall be required to incur any costs to do so
and the Purchaser shall indemnify the Vendors and Xxxx from all Losses
related thereto.
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ARTICLE 6
INDEMNIFICATION
6.1
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Indemnity
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(a)
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If the
Closing shall occur, and subject to the provisions of this Article 6, the
Vendors and the Covenantors hereby agree, jointly and severally, to
indemnify and save the Purchaser harmless from and against all Losses
incurred by the Purchaser as a result
of:
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(i)
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any
non-performance or non-fulfillment of any covenant or agreement on the
part of the Vendors contained in this Agreement or in any document
executed pursuant to, or contemplated by, this Agreement in order to carry
out the transactions contemplated hereby;
and
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(ii)
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any
misrepresentation, inaccuracy, incorrectness or breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Vendors contained in this Agreement
or contained in any document or certificate given in order to carry out
the transactions contemplated hereby except that the Vendors shall not be
required to indemnify or save harmless the Purchaser in respect of any
such failure unless the Purchaser shall have provided notice thereof to
the Vendors in accordance with Section 6.2 on or prior to the expiration
of the survival period for that representation and warranty set out in
Section 3.3.
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(b)
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If the
Closing shall occur, and subject to the provisions of this Article 6, the
Purchaser hereby agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and save the
Vendors harmless from and against all Losses incurred by the Vendors as a
result of:
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(i)
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any
non-performance or non-fulfillment of any covenant or agreement on the
part of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any document
executed pursuant to, or contemplated by, this Agreement in order to carry
out the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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(ii)
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any claim
made against the Vendors, the Group or any Person forming part of the
Group, by any Employee or
Contractor;
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(iii)
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any non
performance or non fulfillment of any covenant or agreement on the part of
the Purchaser contained in the Trust Agreement or in any document executed
pursuant to, or contemplated by, the Trust
Agreement;
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(iv)
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the Minority
Partners Rights; and
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(v)
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any
misrepresentation, inaccuracy, incorrectness or breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Purchaser contained in this
Agreement or contained in any document or certificate given in order to
carry out the transactions contemplated hereby except that the Purchaser
shall not be required to indemnify or save harmless the Vendors in respect
of any such failure unless the Vendors shall have provided notice thereof
to the Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.2 on or prior to the
expiration of the survival period for that representation and warranty set
out in Section 3.3.
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(c)
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The Vendors
shall not be required to indemnify the Purchaser, and neither the
Purchaser shall be entitled to recover from the Vendors, any amount for
any claims described in Section 6.1(a) until and unless the amount which
the Purchaser and the Guarantor are entitled to recover in respect of the
Losses exceeds, in the aggregate, an amount equal to $100,000 (the “Deductible”), but if in
excess of such amount, then for the entire amount of such Losses without
deduction.
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(d)
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The maximum
aggregate amount recoverable by the Purchaser, in respect of all Losses
incurred by the Purchaser against Xxxxxx and SLD together shall be an
amount equal to 25% of the portion of the Purchase Price received by SLD
under this Agreement and in no event shall Xxxxxx or SLD, either
individually or together, be liable for any Losses in excess of such
amount.
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(e)
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The maximum
aggregate amount recoverable by the Purchaser, in respect of all Losses
incurred by the Purchaser against Xxxx and 3631 together shall be an
amount equal to 50% of the portion of the Purchase Price received by 3631
under this Agreement and in no event shall Xxxx or 3631, either
individually or together, be liable for any Losses in excess of such
amount.
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6.2
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Procedures
Relating to Indemnity Claims
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The following
procedures shall apply to claims for indemnification under this Article
6:
(a)
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In the event
that a Party shall incur or suffer any Losses (or shall reasonably
anticipate that it shall suffer any Losses), in respect of which
indemnification may be sought by such Party (an “Indemnified Party”)
pursuant to the provisions of this Article 6 from the other Party (each,
an “Indemnifying
Party”), the Indemnified Party shall promptly submit to the
Indemnifying Party an Indemnification Notice stating the nature and basis
of such claim including, to the extent it is then known, a description in
reasonable detail of the facts giving rise to the claim for
indemnification hereunder and (if known) the amount or the method of
computation of the amount of such claim, and a reference to the provisions
of this Agreement upon which such claim is based; provided, however, that
the failure of the Indemnified Party to give the Indemnification Notice
promptly shall not relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that
the Indemnifying Party may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the
extent that the Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby. In
the case of Losses arising by reason of any third party claim, the
Indemnification Notice shall be given within 14 days after receipt by the
Indemnified Party of the filing or other written assertion of any such
claim against the Indemnified Party, but the failure of the Indemnified
Party to give the Indemnification Notice within such time period shall not
relieve the Indemnifying Party of any liability that the Indemnifying
Party may have to the Indemnified Party, except to the extent that the
Indemnifying Party is prejudiced thereby. Thereafter, the
Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, within seven
calendar days after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all
notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnified
Party relating to the third party
claim.
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(b)
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The
Indemnified Party shall provide to the Indemnifying Party on request all
reasonable information and documentation in the Indemnified Party’s
possession:
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(i)
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that is not
privileged and is reasonably necessary;
and
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(ii)
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that is
critical (whether or not
privileged),
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(iii)
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in each case,
to support and verify any Losses which the Indemnified Party believes give
rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder and shall give the
Indemnifying Party reasonable access to all books, records and personnel
in the possession or under the control of the Indemnified Party which
would have bearing on such claim.
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(c)
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In the case
of third party claims with respect to which an Indemnification Notice is
given, the Indemnifying Party shall have the option, at its own
expense:
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(i)
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to conduct
any proceedings or negotiations in connection
therewith;
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(ii)
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to take all
other steps to settle or defend any such claim;
and
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(iii)
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to employ
counsel of the Indemnifying Party’s choosing and approved by the
Indemnified Party, acting reasonably, to contest any such claim in the
name of the Indemnified Party or
otherwise.
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(d)
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The
Indemnifying Party may not compromise or settle any claim without the
Indemnified Party’s prior written consent, which may not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. Should the Indemnifying Party provide
written notice of its desire to settle any third party claim but the
Indemnified Party does not provide written consent within a reasonable
period of time, the Indemnified Party shall be responsible for any
incremental costs and expenses incurred beyond the proposed settlement
amount. The Indemnified Party shall be entitled to participate
at its own expense and by its own counsel in any proceedings relating to
any third party claim and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to
participate with counsel of its own choice at the expense of the
Indemnifying Party if, on the written advice of legal counsel,
representation of both Parties by the same counsel presents a conflict of
interest or is otherwise inappropriate under applicable standards of
professional conduct, provided that in no event shall the Indemnifying
Party be responsible for the expense of more than one set of such counsel
in all events. The Indemnifying Party shall, within 20 days of
receipt of the Indemnification Notice, notify the Indemnified Party of its
intention to assume the defense of any such claim. Until the
Indemnified Party has received notice of the Indemnifying Party’s
intention to defend any such claim, the Indemnified Party shall take
reasonable steps to defend (but may not settle) such
claim.
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(e)
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If the
Indemnifying Party shall decline to assume the defense of any claim, or
shall fail to notify the Indemnified Party within 20 days after receipt of
the Indemnification Notice of the Indemnifying Party’s election to defend
such claim or fails to diligently defend such claim after electing to
assume conduct, the Indemnified Party, at its discretion, may assume
carriage of the settlement or of any legal, administrative or other
proceedings relating to the third party claim and may defend or settle the
third party claim on such terms as the Indemnified Party, acting in good
faith, considers advisable and any Loss suffered by the Indemnified Party
in the settlement of such third party claim or the conduct of any legal,
administrative or other proceedings shall be added to the amount of the
indemnity claim.
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(f)
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If a claim
relates to an alleged liability of the Vendors and/or Group to any other
Person including without limitation any governmental or regulatory body or
any taxing authority, which is of a nature such that the Vendors and/or
Group are required by Law to make a payment to a third party before the
relevant procedure for challenging the existence or quantum of the alleged
liability can be implemented or completed, then the Purchaser or the
Vendors and/or Group may, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs
(a), (b), (c), (d)(b) and (e) of this Section 6.2, make such payment and
forthwith demand reimbursement for such payment from the Vendors in
accordance with this Agreement; provided that, if the alleged third party
claim, as finally determined upon completion of settlement negotiations or
related legal proceedings, is less than the amount which is paid by the
Vendors in respect of the related claim, then the Vendors and/or Group or
the Purchaser, as the case may be, shall, forthwith following such final
determination, pay to the Vendors the amount by which the amount of the
liability as finally determined is less than the amount which was so paid
by the Vendors.
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6.3
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Right
to Contest
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Nothing in this
Article 6 shall be construed as a limitation on the Indemnifying Party’s right
to contest in good faith whether the Indemnified Party is entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to a particular
claim.
6.4
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Exclusive
Remedy
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Save and except for
a Party’s right, if any, to claim equitable relief before a court of competent
jurisdiction other than for a breach of representation or warranty contained in
Section 3.1 of this Agreement, from and after the completion of the sale and
purchase of the Purchased Assets herein contemplated, the rights of
indemnity set forth in this Agreement are the sole and exclusive
remedies of each Party in respect of any inaccuracy or misrepresentation in any
representation or warranty, or breach of covenant or other obligation by another
Party under this Agreement.
6.5
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Calculation
and Adjustments
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(a)
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Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the amount of any Losses
incurred or suffered by an Indemnified Party shall be calculated after
giving effect to:
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(i)
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any insurance
proceeds received by or otherwise payable to the Indemnified Party (or any
of its Affiliates) with respect to such Losses (collectively, “Insurance Benefits”);
and
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(ii)
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any
recoveries obtained by the Indemnified Party (or any of its Affiliates)
from any party other than the Indemnifying
Party.
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(b)
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The Purchaser
agrees to maintain the insurance coverage that a prudent operator of a
business similar to the Business would maintain following
Closing. Each Indemnified Party shall exercise commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain such proceeds, benefits and
recoveries. If any such proceeds, benefits or recoveries are
received by an Indemnified Party (or any of its Affiliates) with respect
to any Losses after an Indemnifying Party has made a payment to the
Indemnified Party with respect thereto, the Indemnified Party (or such
Affiliate) shall pay to the Indemnifying Party the amount of such
proceeds, benefits or recoveries (up to the amount of the Indemnifying
Party’s payment).
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Any amounts payable
under this Article 6 (other than interest) shall be treated as an adjustment to
the Purchase Price.
6.6
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Subrogation
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Upon making any
payment to an Indemnified Party in respect of any Losses, the Indemnifying Party
shall, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party (and its Affiliates) against any third party in respect of the
Losses to which such payment relates. Such Indemnified Party (and its
Affiliates) and Indemnifying Party shall execute upon request all instruments
reasonably necessary to evidence or further perfect such subrogation
rights.
6.7
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Mitigation
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The Indemnified
Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any Losses in
respect of which indemnification under this Agreement or any other document or
agreement contemplated hereby may be sought.
6.8
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Limitations
on Indemnity
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(a)
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In no event shall
the Vendors or the Covenantors be required to indemnify the Purchaser, and
the Vendors and the Covenantors shall not have any liability to the
Purchaser:
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(i)
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for any Loss
or matter to the extent resulting from a change in Laws that becomes
effective after the Closing Date;
or
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(ii)
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for any Loss
or matter to the extent arising from any material change in the accounting
policies or practices of the Vendors or the Group after the
Closing.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the Vendors nor the
Covenantors shall have any liability for a breach of or inaccuracy in any
representation or warranty if the Purchaser had knowledge, at or before
the Time of Closing, of the facts as a result of which such
representation or warranty was materially breached or materially
inaccurate.
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ARTICLE 7
ARBITRATION
7.1
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Reasonable
Commercial Efforts to Settle
Disputes.
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If any controversy,
dispute, claim, question or difference (a “Dispute”) arises with respect
to this Agreement or its performance, enforcement, breach, termination or
validity, the Parties shall use all reasonable commercial efforts to settle the
Dispute. To this end, they shall consult and negotiate with each
other in good faith and understanding of their mutual interests to reach a just
and equitable solution satisfactory to all Parties.
7.2
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Arbitration.
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Except as is
expressly provided in this Agreement, if the Parties do not reach a solution
pursuant to Section 7.1 within a period of 15 Business Days following the first
notice of the Dispute by any Party to the others, then upon written notice by
any Party to the others, the Dispute shall be finally settled by arbitration in
accordance with the provisions of the Commercial Arbitration Act
(British Columbia) (the “CAA”), as amended or replaced based
upon the following:
(a)
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the
arbitration tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator appointed by mutual
agreement of the Parties, or in the event of failure to agree within 10
Business Days following delivery of the written notice to arbitrate, any
Party may apply to a judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia to
appoint an arbitrator. The arbitrator shall be qualified by
education and training to pass upon the particular matter to be
decided;
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(b)
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the
arbitrator shall be instructed that time is of the essence in the
arbitration proceeding and, in any event, the arbitration award must be
made within 30 days of the appointment of the
arbitrator;
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(c)
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after written
notice is given to refer any Dispute to arbitration, the Parties will meet
within 15 Business Days of delivery of the notice to arbitrate and will
negotiate in good faith to agree upon the rules and procedures for the
arbitration, in an effort to expedite the process and otherwise ensure
that the process is appropriate given the nature of the Dispute and the
values at risk, failing which, the rules and procedures for the
arbitration shall be determined by the
arbitrator;
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(d)
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the
arbitration shall take place in Vancouver, British
Columbia;
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(e)
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except as
otherwise provided in this Agreement or otherwise decided by the
arbitrator, the fees and other costs associated with the arbitrator shall
be shared equally by the Purchaser on the one hand and the Vendors on the
other hand and each Party shall be responsible for its own
costs;
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(f)
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the
arbitration award shall be given in writing shall provide reasons for the
decision, and shall be final and binding on the Parties, not subject to
any appeal except under Section 31 of the CAA, and shall deal with the
question of costs of arbitration and all related
matters;
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(g)
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judgment upon
any award may be entered in any Court having jurisdiction or application
may be made to the Court for a judicial recognition of the award or an
order of enforcement, as the case may
be;
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(h)
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all Disputes
referred to arbitration (including without limitation the scope of the
agreement to arbitrate, any statute of limitations, conflict of laws
rules, tort claims and interest claims) shall be governed by the
substantive Law of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada
applicable therein; and
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(i)
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the Parties
agree that the arbitration shall be kept confidential and that the
existence of the proceeding and any element of it (including any
pleadings, briefs or other documents submitted or exchanged, any testimony
or other oral submissions and any awards) shall not be disclosed beyond
the arbitrator, the Parties, their counsel and any person necessary to the
conduct of the proceeding, except as may lawfully be required in judicial
proceedings relating to the arbitration or
otherwise.
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ARTICLE 8
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
8.1
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Public
Disclosure
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Except as may be
required by Law, no public disclosure of the transactions or terms contemplated
hereby will be made by any Party hereto without the prior consent of the
others.
8.2
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Further
Assurances
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Each of the Vendors
and the Purchaser hereby covenants and agrees that at any time and from time to
time after the Closing Date it will, at its expense and upon the request of the
other, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be done, executed,
acknowledged and delivered all such further acts, deeds, assignments, transfers,
conveyances and assurances as may be required for the better carrying out and
performance of all the terms of this Agreement.
8.3
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Remedies
Cumulative
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The rights and
remedies of the parties under this Agreement are cumulative and in addition and
without prejudice to and not in substitution for any rights or remedies provided
by Law. Any single or partial exercise by any party hereto of any
right or remedy for default or breach of any term, covenant or condition of this
Agreement does not waive, alter, affect or prejudice any other right or remedy
to which such party may be lawfully entitled for the same default or
breach.
8.4
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Notices
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(a)
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Any notice,
designation, communication, request, demand or other document, required or
permitted to be given or sent or delivered hereunder to any party hereto
shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given or sent or delivered
if it is:
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(i)
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delivered
personally to such party or to an officer or director of such
party;
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(ii)
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sent to the
party entitled to receive it by registered mail, postage prepaid, mailed
in Canada; or
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(iii)
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if to the
Purchaser, Purchaser’s Counsel or Vendors’ Counsel sent by
facsimile.
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(b)
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Notices shall
be sent to the following addresses or facsimile
numbers:
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(i)
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To
the Purchaser or CIBT:
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1200 - 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X
0X0
Attention: Xx. Xxxx Xxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP
X.X. Xxx 00000, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X
0X0
Attention: Xx. Xxx Xxxxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
(ii)
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To
the Vendors or the Covenantors:
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000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X
0X0
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
XxXxxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
XX Xxx 00000, Xxxxx 0000
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, X0X
0X0
Attention: Xx. Xxx Xxxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
or to such
other address or facsimile number as the party entitled to or receiving
such notice, designation, communication, request, demand or other document
shall, by a notice given in accordance with this Section, have
communicated to the party giving or sending or delivering such notice,
designation, communication, request, demand or other
document.
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(c)
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Any notice,
designation, communication, request, demand or other document given or
sent or delivered as aforesaid
shall:
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(i)
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if delivered
as aforesaid, be deemed to have been given, sent, delivered and received
on the date of delivery;
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(ii)
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if sent by
mail as aforesaid, be deemed to have been given, sent, delivered and
received on the fourth Business Day following the date of mailing, unless
at any time between the date of mailing and the fourth Business Day
thereafter there is a discontinuance or interruption of regular postal
service, whether due to strike or lockout or work slowdown, affecting
postal service at the point of dispatch or delivery or any intermediate
point, in which case the same shall be deemed to have been given, sent,
delivered and received in the ordinary course of the mails, allowing for
such discontinuance or interruption of regular postal service;
and
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(iii)
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if sent by
facsimile, be deemed to have been given, sent, delivered and received on
the Business Day following the date the sender receives the confirmation
of transmission.
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8.5
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Counterparts
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This Agreement may
be executed in several counterparts and by facsimile, each of which so executed
shall be deemed to be an original and such counterparts together shall
constitute one and the same instrument. The transmission by facsimile
of a copy of the execution page hereof reflecting the execution of this
Agreement by any Party hereto shall be effective as to evidence that Party’s
intention to be bound by this Agreement and that Party’s agreement to the terms
and provisions and conditions hereof, all without the necessity of having to
produce an original copy of such execution page.
8.6
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Legal
and Other Professional Fees
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Each of the Parties
shall be responsible for all expenses, including their respective legal,
accounting, broker and other professional fees, in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby.
8.7
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Assignment
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The rights of the
Vendors hereunder shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of
the Purchaser. The rights of the Purchaser hereunder shall not be
assignable without the prior written consent of the Vendors.
8.8
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Personal
Data
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In respect of any
Personal Data, the Purchaser covenants and acknowledges:
(a)
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prior to the
Closing, to use the Personal Data solely for purposes relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
and
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(b)
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to the extent
required by applicable Laws, any Person whose Personal Data has been
disclosed to the Purchaser will be notified by the Purchaser that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement have taken place and that such
Personal Data was disclosed to the Purchaser as a consequent of such
transactions.
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8.9
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Successors
and Assigns
|
This Agreement
shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective legal representatives, heirs, successors and permitted
assigns. Nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to confer
upon any person, other than the parties hereto and their respective successors
and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason
of this Agreement.
8.10
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Entire
Agreement
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This Agreement,
including the Schedules, Escrow Agreement and the Non-Competition and
Confidentiality Agreements constitute the entire agreement between the parties
hereto and supersede all prior agreements, representations, warranties,
statements, promises, information, arrangements and understandings, whether oral
or written, express or implied, with respect to the subject matter hereof,
including, without limitation, the Letter of Intent, as amended or extended to
the date hereof. There are no warranties, conditions or
representations (including any that may be implied by statute) and there are no
agreements in connection with such subject matter except as specifically set
forth or referred to in this Agreement. No reliance is placed on any
warranty, representation, opinion, advice or assertion of fact made either prior
to, contemporaneous with, or after entering into this Agreement, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, by any party to this Agreement or its
directors, officers, employees or agents, to any other party to this Agreement
or its directors, officers employees or agents, except to the extent that the
same has been reduced to writing and included as a term of this Agreement, and
none of the parties to this Agreement has been induced to enter into this
Agreement or any amendment or supplement by reason of any such warranty,
representation, opinion, advice or assertion of fact. Accordingly,
there shall be no liability, either in tort or in contract, assessed in
relation to any such warranty, representation, opinion, advice or assertion of
fact, except to the extent contemplated above.
8.11
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Waiver
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Any party hereto
which is entitled to the benefits of this Agreement may, and has the right to,
waive any term or condition hereof at any time on or prior to the Closing Time;
provided however, that such waiver shall be evidenced by written instrument duly
executed and delivered on behalf of such party. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement shall constitute a waiver of any other provision nor
shall any waiver of any provision of this Agreement constitute a continuing
waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.
8.12
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Amendments
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No modification or
amendment to this Agreement may be made unless agreed to by the parties hereto
in writing.
8.13
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Survival
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Except as otherwise
specified in this Agreement, each party hereby agrees that all provisions of
this Agreement shall not merge on, and shall survive, the execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the completion of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
8.14
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Guarantee
by CIBT
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CIBT
unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Vendors, as an absolute and
continuing guarantee, the due and prompt performance and observance by the
Purchaser at the times and in the manner set out in this Agreement of all of the
covenants, conditions, agreements, obligations, stipulations and provisos in
this Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the Trust Agreement on the part of
the Purchaser to be performed or observed.
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SCHEDULES
Attached are the
schedules (the “Schedules”) to the Asset Purchase Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Degree College Corp., S.L.D. Enterprises Inc., 3631 Investments Ltd., 0522645
B.C. Ltd., CCS – The Career Coaching Centre Inc., Xxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
and CIBT Education Group Inc. dated December 17, 2007 (the
“Agreement”).
The disclosures
contained in the Schedules are not to be taken as an admission that any of the
matters are called for disclosure within the terms of the
Agreement.
For the sake of
convenience and reference only, in certain instances the Schedules contain cross
references to other Schedules.
SCHEDULE
1.1(dd)
ESCROW
AGREEMENT
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
1.1(fff)
MAE
COURSES
See attached
Xxxxxx-Xxxx course calendar 2007
SCHEDULE
1.1(ggg)
MAE
DEGREES
Bachelor of
Business Administration (Human Resource Management and Marketing).
SCHEDULE
1.1(mmm)
NEGATIVE
WORKING CAPITAL CALCULATION
See attached
example calculation, which is based on the numbers as of August 31,
2007.
SCHEDULE
1.1(qqq)
PARTNERSHIPS
Partnership
Agreements
1.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Calgary) dated August 1,
2003
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2.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Burnaby) dated August 19,
2004
|
3.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Courtenay) dated April 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
|
4.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Chilliwack) dated September 8, 1992, as amended August 28, 2004
and August 25, 2005, respectively
|
5.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Delta) dated July 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
|
6.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Xxxxxx) dated September 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
|
7.
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Partnership
Agreement (East Vancouver) dated May 1, 2001, as amended August 24, 2004
and August 25, 2005, respectively
|
8.
|
Partnership
Interest Purchase Agreement (East Vancouver) dated September 18,
2007
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9.
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Partnership
Agreement (Kamloops) dated September 1, 2001, as amended August 28,
2004
|
10.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Kelowna) dated September 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
|
11.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Langley) dated October 1, 2001, as amended August 28,
2004
|
12.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Language Centre) dated July 6, 2004, as amended August 28, 2004
and August 25, 2005, respectively
|
13.
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Partnership
Agreement (Maple Ridge) dated July 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
|
14.
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Partnership
Agreement (Nanaimo) dated September 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
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15.
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Partnership
Agreement (New Westminster) dated December 1, 1993, as amended August 28,
2004
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16.
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Partnership
Agreement (Penticton) dated September 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
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17.
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Partnership
Agreement (Prince Xxxxxx) dated August 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
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18.
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Partnership
Agreement (Saanich) dated June 1, 2002, as amended August 28,
2004
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19.
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Partnership
Agreement (Surrey) dated January 1, 1994, as amended August 28, 2004 and
August 25, 2005, respectively
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20.
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Partnership
Agreement (Vancouver) dated September 30, 1991, as amended August 28,
2004
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21.
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Partnership
Agreement (Xxxxxx) dated October 1, 2001, as amended August 28,
2004
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22.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Victoria) dated July 15, 1996, as amended August 28,
2004
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23.
|
Partnership
Agreement (Cranbrook) dated December 1,
2004
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24.
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Partnership
Agreement (Xxxxxx Vancouver) dated December 1,
2004
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25.
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Partnership
Agreement (Edmonton) dated May 1,
2005
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26.
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Partnership
Agreement (Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx) dated August 15,
2005
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SCHEDULE
1.1(ttt)
PCTIA
COURSES
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
1.1(uuu)
PERMITTED
ENCUMBRANCES
(a)
|
Encumbrances
arising in the Ordinary Course or by operation of law or other
Encumbrances arising under sales contracts with title retention provisions
or equipment leases with third parties entered into the Ordinary
Course.
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(b)
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The Minority
Partners Rights.
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(c)
|
Registrations
made by CIBC against the assets of the Vendors and the Group in the
British Columbia personal property registry and the equivalent thereof in
Alberta.
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SCHEDULE
1.1(yyy)
PURCHASED
ASSETS
All assets used in
connection with the Business including without limitation:
(a)
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accounts
receivable;
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(b)
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inventories;
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(c)
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prepaid
expenses;
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(d)
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material
contracts;
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(e)
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IP
Assets;
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(f)
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deposits;
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(g)
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property and
equipment, including property and equipment included under capital leases;
and
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(h)
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goodwill of
the Business including without limitation the goodwill associated with all
licenses, approvals and accreditations referred to in this
Agreement,
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but excluding all
cash and cash equivalents, insurance policies, the Retiring Partners Settlement
Agreements listed in Schedule 3.1(ee) and mortgage contemplated therein and all
shares of First Place Services Ltd. and Repay Financial Management Inc.
(provided that the Vendors and Covenantors hereby represent and warrant to the
Purchaser that the aforesaid companies do not own any assets which are in
relation to the Business).
SCHEDULE
1.1(ffff)
TRUST
AGREEMENT
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
2.6
NON-COMPETITION
AND CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
The consideration
attributable to the Non-Competition and Confidentiality Agreement is
$1,000.
SCHEDULE
3.1(g)
PARTNERSHIPS
OR JOINT VENTURES
27.
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Discussions
have been held with Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxxx about giving
them a minority interest in the future business venture involving
Middlesex University listed in Schedule
3.1(o).
|
28.
|
See
Schedule 1.1(qqq)
|
29.
|
See Schedule
3.1(aa).
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(h)(i)
JURISDICTIONS
AND LICENCES
30.
|
The Group
carries on business in British Columbia and
Alberta.
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31.
|
2007 Business
Licenses for the following:
|
(a) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Abbotsford)
(b) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Surrey)
(c) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Victoria)
(d) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Prince Xxxxxx);
(e) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Vancouver);
(f) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (District of North Cowichan);
(g) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Maple Ridge);
(h) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Kelowna);
(i) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Burnaby);
(j) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College (Vancouver);
(k) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College (Victoria);
(l) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College (Kamloops);
(m) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Kamloops);
(n) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (New Westminster);
(o) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Nanaimo);
(p) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Xxxxxx);
(q) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (East Vancouver);
(r) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Courtenay);
(s) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Penticton);
(t) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Port Coquitlam); and
(u) Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Calgary).
32.
|
Alberta
Advanced Education License – Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. o/a
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College.
|
33.
|
Approval
granted by the Ministry of Children and Family Development for the certain
campuses to offer a basic early childhood education training
program.
|
34.
|
College of
Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia recognition for the Generic
Practical Nurse program for certain
campuses.
|
35.
|
MAE
Accreditation, PCTIA Accreditation and accreditation in Alberta, all of
which expire in the Ordinary
Course.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(i)
CONSENTS
36.
|
Certain of
the Contracts listed in the Schedules, including leases listed in
Schedule 3.1(t), require consent to
assignment.
|
37.
|
The Purchaser
will need to obtain Licenses comparable to the Approvals and the existing
approval in Alberta.
|
38.
|
Consent from
CIBC to the sale of the Purchased
Assets.
|
39.
|
Consents of
the Minority Partners.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(o)
ABSENCE
OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR EVENTS
40.
|
Memorandum of
Intent between Middlesex University and the Group dated November 15,
2007.
|
41.
|
Locations
were closed in Chilliwack, Langley and
Edmonton.
|
42.
|
The Group has
transferred or is transferring to Xxxx or a Person designated by him the
beneficial interest of a life insurance policy on Xxxx’x
life.
|
43.
|
There was a
change in the Blue Cross benefit package included in Schedule
3.1(jj).
|
44.
|
The entering
into of this Agreement and matters in connection with the sale
contemplated herein.
|
45.
|
Partnership
Interest Purchase Agreement (East Vancouver) dated September 18,
2007.
|
46.
|
See Schedule
1.1(qqq).
|
47.
|
See Schedule
3.1(h)(i).
|
48.
|
See Schedule
3.1(t).
|
49.
|
See Schedule
1.1(mmm).
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(p)
COMMITMENTS
FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Tenant
Improvements – Vancouver Campus
|
$50,000
|
Tenant
Improvements – other campuses
|
$55,000
|
Computer –
New Equipment
|
$40,000
|
Campus
Repairs and upgrades (chairs, tables, etc.)
|
$25,000
|
Total
Investment:
|
$170,000
|
Note: Due to
closure of several campuses, the warehouse is stocked with equipment that can be
utilized by Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College campuses as needed.
SCHEDULE
3.1(q)
TAX
MATTERS
Xxxxxx Community
College Ltd. has not filed any corporate tax returns as it was previously
thought to be a partnership. It is inactive and no taxes should be
owing on filing.
0522645 B.C. Ltd.
needs to amend its 2005 tax return. The amendment will not cause any
taxes payable as it will decrease taxable income or cause a loss.
SCHEDULE
3.1(r)
LITIGATION
50.
|
See
attached.
|
51.
|
See Schedule
3.1(q).
|
52.
|
Demand letter
regarding termination of Xxxxx
Xxxxxx.
|
53.
|
Xxxxxxxx x.
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx v. ICBC.
|
54.
|
Canada
Revenue Agency has initiated audits against SLD and
522.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(s)
ENVIRONMENTAL
MATTERS
A phase I
environmental report was done on the office building that the Group’s head
office is at, a copy of which has been provided to the Purchaser.
SCHEDULE
3.1(t)
LEASED
PREMISES
55.
|
Lease
Amending Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and 624656
BC Ltd. dated September 18, 2007.
|
56.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Dunsmuir & Hornby Ltd. dated March
2, 2007.
|
57.
|
Modification
and Renewal of Lease Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Business College Ltd.
and IWA Canada, Local 1-3567 Society dated February 22,
2007.
|
58.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. dba Sprott Xxxx College and 676617
B.C. Ltd. dated February 1, 2006.
|
59.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Xxxx-View Developments Ltd. dated
October 25, 2006.
|
60.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and M-119 Holdings Ltd. dated August
17, 2006.
|
61.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and 573019 B.C. Limited dated June
26, 2006.
|
62.
|
Assignment
and Modification of Lease and Landlord’s Consent between 3631 Investments
Ltd., School District No. 43 (Coquitlam), Westlo Financial Corp. and X.
Xxxxxxx Holdings Ltd. and S.L.D. Enterprises Ltd. and Canadian College
Credit Inc. dated June 6, 2007.
|
63.
|
Indenture
between Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and 0739843 Ltd. dated March
13, 2007.
|
64.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Market Square Investments Ltd.
dated October 11, 2007.
|
65.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Boardwalk Equities (B.C.) Inc.
dated June 15, 2005.
|
66.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Business College Ltd. and Anthem Heritage Hill Ltd. dated
September 30, 2004.
|
67.
|
Lease
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Colege of Business Ltd. and 505918 B.C. Ltd.
and Westland Properties Ltd. and 3631 Investments Ltd. dated September 30,
2004.
|
68.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and 505918 B.C. Ltd. and Xxxxx Xxxxx
dated September 8, 2006.
|
69.
|
Indenture
between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Business College Ltd. and Xxxxxx Construction Ltd.
dated August 6, 2004.
|
70.
|
Lease between
Head Office Holdings Ltd. and Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. dated
December 1, 2004.
|
71.
|
Lease
Amending Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Sun
Life Assurance Company of Canada dated August 26,
2003.
|
72.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College Ltd. and Fernco Development Ltd., Lenco Development
and Norco Development Ltd. carrying on business as Noort Investments dated
February 21, 2003.
|
73.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and K&L Holdings Co. Ltd. dated
June 27, 2007.
|
74.
|
Indenture
between Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Vanac Development Corp.
and Madison Development Corporation dated September 6,
2001.
|
75.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College Ltd. and Yenik Enterprises Ltd., acting as Agent’s for
Xxxxxx Xxx & Associates Ltd., Robco Enterprises Ltd., Xxx Xxx
Enterprises Ltd., Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxx Xxx and Book Wing Yip dated January
2000.
|
76.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and 000000 Xxxxxx Inc. dated May 26,
1999.
|
77.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Business College Ltd. and Xxxxx Investment Corporation dated
May 2, 2002.
|
78.
|
Commercial
Sublease Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Xxxxx Xxxxx
Construction (Calgary) Limited dated July 12,
2007.
|
79.
|
The Group has
abandoned the property governed by the lease for the Chilliwack
location.
|
80.
|
Lease between
0522645 B.C. Ltd. and 421099 B.C. Ltd. dated November 15,
2007.
|
81.
|
Lease between
Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Xxxxx Bros. Contracting Ltd.
dated November, 2005.
|
82.
|
Lease between
CCS – The Career Coaching Centre Inc. and Boardwalk Equities (B.C.)
Inc.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(w)
LEASE
OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
1.
|
Photocopies
in the Ordinary Course.
|
2.
|
Signs in the
Ordinary Course.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(x)
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
SEE
ATTACHED
Other
IP Assets:
1. Domain
Names
Domain
Name
|
Registrant
|
Registrar
|
Expiry
Date
|
XXXXXX-XXXX.XXXX
|
[]
|
Tucows
Inc.
|
Oct. 12,
2008
|
XXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Aug. 24,
2014
|
XXXXXXXXXX.XXXX
|
[]
|
Tucows
Inc.
|
Oct. 12,
2008
|
XXXXXXXXXX.XX
|
[]
|
Xxxxxx.xxx
Co.
|
Sep. 14,
2011
|
XXXXXX-XXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Aug. 13,
2013
|
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Jan. 11,
2013
|
XXXXXX-XXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Jan. 11,
2013
|
XXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Aug. 24,
2014
|
XXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Aug. 24,
2014
|
XXXXX.XXXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions
|
Aug. 24,
2014
|
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Sept. 25,
2013
|
XXXXXXXXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Jan. 11,
2013
|
XXXXXX-XXXX.XXX
|
0522645
|
Network
Solutions, LLC
|
Jan. 11,
2013
|
[NOTE:
list of additional domain names is being compiled]
|
2. Software
Software program
for managing student registrations that was developed in-house.
3. Course
Materials
Various course
materials that have been developed by or for the Targets or the Target
Subsidiaries.
PART II (Licensed
IP):
Course materials
licensed from Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx pursuant to a License Agreement dated April 21,
2004.
Licenses to Third
Parties:
Course materials
are implicitly licensed to students for the purposes of attending and completing
courses.
Claims:
Claims by Xx. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, settled pursuant to Mutual Release dated April 21, 2004 and License
Agreement dated April 21, 2004.
Infringement of Owned
IP:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx may have been conducting business under the name “SPROTT XXXX
COLLEGE”.
4. Additional
Domain Names
Domain
Name
|
Registrant
|
Registrar
|
Expiry
Date
|
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3.1(z)
GUARANTEES
83.
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Contracts
with CIBC.
|
84.
|
See Schedule
3.1(t).
|
85.
|
See Schedule
3.1(ee).
|
86.
|
Letters of
credit with respect to courses in Alberta, MAE Courses and MAE
Degree.
|
87.
|
See
attached.
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SCHEDULE
3.1(aa)
LICENSES,
AGENCY, DISTRIBUTION AND ROYALTY AGREEMENTS
88.
|
License
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx College of Business Ltd. and Success
Solutions Career Training School dated October 23,
2006.
|
89.
|
License
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Canedex Management
Inc. dated March 3, 2006.
|
90.
|
License
Agreement made on August 8, 2005 between Forum for International Trust
Training (FITT) Inc. and the Group.
|
91.
|
License
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and XXXXX Care Giver
Training Institute Inc. dated August 5,
2005.
|
92.
|
License
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and The Jordanian Canadian
College dated August 30, 2004.
|
93.
|
License
Agreement between Xx. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx and the Group dated April 21, 2004
and a related Mutual Release.
|
94.
|
License
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and XXXXX Care Giver
Training Institute Inc. dated December 1,
2004.
|
95.
|
There are
third partners in the following
Partnerships:
|
(a) Xxxxxx-Xxxx College
of Business (Chilliwack);
(b) Xxxxxx-Xxxx College
of Business (Surrey); and
(c) Sprott Xxxx
Language Centre.
96.
|
Agency
Contracts in the Ordinary Course.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(bb)
EDUCATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS AND
APPROVALS
97.
|
PPSEC
Accreditation Certificates for the
following:
|
(a)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Prince Xxxxxx);
|
(b)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Vancouver);
|
(c)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Duncan);
|
(d)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Maple Ridge);
|
(e)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Surrey);
|
(f)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Kelowna);
|
(g)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Port Coquitlam);
|
(h)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Abbotsford);
|
(i)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Burnaby);
|
(j)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Victoria);
|
(k)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Kamloops);
|
(l)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (New
Westminster);
|
(m)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Nanaimo);
|
(n)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Xxxxxx);
|
(o)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (East Vancouver);
|
(p)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Courtenay); and
|
(q)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
Community College (Penticton).
|
98.
|
The Group has
received two fines from PCTIA over the last
year.
|
99.
|
PCTIA
registration certificates for the
following:
|
(a)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College
(Vancouver);
|
(b)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College
(Victoria);
|
(c)
|
Xxxxxx-Xxxx
International Language College
(Kamloops).
|
SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE
3.1(dd)
STUDENT
LOANS
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
3.1(ee)
OUTSTANDING
AGREEMENTS
100.
|
Education
Funding Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Fraser Health
Authority dated September 25, 2007.
|
101.
|
Retiring
Partners Agreement Settlement Terms dated April 1, 2006, which is not
being assigned to the Purchaser.
|
102.
|
Contribution
Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College Ltd. and Industry Training
Authority dated April 24, 2007.
|
103.
|
Contract
between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Her Majesty the Queen in Right
of the Province of British Columbia, represented by the Minister of
Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry dated February 26,
2007.
|
104.
|
Community
Assistance Program Services Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community
College and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British
Columbia, represented by the Minister of Employment and Income Assistance
undated (“Vancouver”).
|
105.
|
Community
Assistance Program Services Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community
College and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of British
Columbia, represented by the Minister of Employment and Income Assistance
dated September 21, 2006 (“Vancouver
Island).
|
106.
|
Consulting/Professional
Service Agreement between Xxxxxx-Xxxx and Vancouver Island Health
Authority dated September 24, 2007.
|
107.
|
Agreement for
the Exchange of Repayment Information between the Government of Canada and
Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College.
|
108.
|
Memorandum of
Understanding between Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College and Xi’an Fanyi
University (China) dated May 16,
2006.
|
109.
|
Academic
Partnership Agreement with the Educational Institute American Hotel and
Motel Association.
|
110.
|
Agreement
between Human Resources and Skills Development and The Career Coaching
Centre dated August 1, 2007.
|
111.
|
Memorandum of
Intent between Middlesex University and Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community
College.
|
112.
|
City
University and Xxxxxx-Xxxx Community College effective Fall
2004/05.
|
113.
|
The Industry
Training Authority Contribution Agreement for Training Services dated for
reference April 24, 2007 with Industry Training
Authority.
|
114.
|
The
Evaluation Agreement dated effective October 5, 2007 with Dell Computer
Corporation.
|
115.
|
The Agreement
with IBM Canada Limited .
|
116.
|
The Campus
Subscription Enrollment Agreement with Microsoft Licensing,
GP.
|
117.
|
Other
Material Contracts listed in the
Schedules.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(gg)
EMPLOYEES
AND CONTRACTORS
This Schedule of
Employees reflects the employees and the details of their employment for the pay
period ending November 30, 2007 and there are no alterations or additions to
this Schedule to Closing except in the Ordinary Course.
SCHEDULE
3.1(hh)
EMPLOYEE
AND CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS
118.
|
The Group
enters into employment contracts with employees in the Ordinary
Course.
|
119.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxx Xxxxxx effective
November 24, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
120.
|
Business Plan
and Regional Incentive Assignment Plan with Xxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
121.
|
Business Plan
and Regional Incentive Assignment Plan with Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
122.
|
Business Plan
and Regional Incentive Assignment Plan with Xxxx Xxxx effective September
1, 2007 to August 31, 2008.
|
123.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxx Xxxxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
124.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
125.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
126.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxx Xxxxx effective September
1, 2007 to August 31, 2008.
|
127.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
128.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxx Ragiste effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
129.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxx Xxxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
130.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxx Xxxxxx effective September
1, 2007 to August 31, 2008.
|
131.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
132.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
133.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
134.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
135.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxxxx Xxxxxx effective
September 1, 2007 to August 31,
2008.
|
136.
|
Director’s
Revenue Quota and Incentive Assignment with Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx.
|
137.
|
Agreement
with Xxx Xxxxxxx dated August 29,
2007.
|
138.
|
Agreement
with Xxxxxx Xxxxx dated January 17,
2006.
|
139.
|
The group
offers an Incentive Plan including an annual retreat called Club. The
typical cost is less than $50,000 Canadian per
year.
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(ii)
LABOUR
MATTERS AND EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
3.1(jj)
EMPLOYEE
PLANS
140.
|
Material for
this Schedule was e-mailed by the Vendors’ Counsel to the Purchaser’s
Counsel on December 5, 2007.
|
141.
|
Xxxx’x mother
receives a pension from the Group in the amount of $1,000 per
month.
|
142.
|
See Schedule
3.1(hh).
|
SCHEDULE
3.1(kk)
INSURANCE
Name of Insurer
|
Type of Insurance
|
Expiry Date
|
Lombard
General Insurance Company of Canada
|
Property,
Business Income Coverage, Commercial General Liability, Non-Owned Auto,
Crime and Additional Coverages
|
March 6,
2008
|
Blue
Cross
|
Employee
Benefit Plans
|
July 1, 2007
(reissue date)
|
RBC
Insurance
|
Group
Insurance Plan
|
Unknown
|
Unum
Provident
|
Disability
Insurance Plan
|
Unknown
|
See
attached.
SCHEDULE
3.1(ll)
NON-ARM’S
LENGTH MATTERS
143.
|
See
attached.
|
144.
|
Lease from
Head Office Holdings Ltd.
|
145.
|
Pension to
Xxxx’x mother listed in Schedule
3.1(jj).
|
SCHEDULE
4.1(a)
FORECAST
Nil.
SCHEDULE
5.2(h)
EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT WITH XXXX
See
attached.