AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among GEOS COMMUNICATIONS, INC., SHOOT IT! ACQUISITION, INC., SHOOT IT!, LLC and THE SECURITYHOLDERS OF SHOOT IT!, LLC Dated as of February 19, 2010
among
SHOOT
IT! ACQUISITION, INC.,
SHOOT
IT!, LLC
and
THE
SECURITYHOLDERS OF SHOOT IT!, LLC
Dated
as of February 19, 2010
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
I
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Definitions
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
II
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The
Merger, Effective Time; Merger Consideration
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Section
2.1
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The
Merger
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1
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Section
2.2
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Effective
Time of the Merger
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2
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Section
2.3
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Aggregate
Merger Consideration
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2
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Section
2.4
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Fractional
Shares
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2
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Section
2.5
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Indemnification
Escrow
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2
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Section
2.6
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Conversion
and Cancellation of Securities
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5
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Section
2.7
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Closing
of Transfer Books
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5
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ARTICLE
III
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Representations
and Warranties of the Company
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Section
3.1
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Organization
and Good Standing; Qualification
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5
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Section
3.2
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Capitalization.
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6
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Section
3.3
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Corporate
Records
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6
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Section
3.4
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Authorization
and Validity
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6
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Section
3.5
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Subsidiaries
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6
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Section
3.6
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No
Conflict; Required Filings and Consents
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6
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Section
3.7
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Financial
Statements.
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7
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Section
3.8
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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8
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Section
3.9
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Liabilities
and Obligations
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8
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Section
3.10
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Accounts
Receivable
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8
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Section
3.11
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Employee
Matters.
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8
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Section
3.12
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Labor
Relations; Compliance.
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9
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Section
3.13
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Employee
Benefit Plans.
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10
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Section
3.14
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Title;
Leased Assets.
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11
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Section
3.15
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Condition
of Fixed Assets
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12
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Section
3.16
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Inventory
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12
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Section
3.17
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Commitments.
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12
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Section
3.18
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Insurance
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15
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Section
3.19
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Patents,
Trademarks, Service Marks and Copyrights.
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15
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Section
3.20
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Taxes.
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18
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Section
3.21
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Compliance
with Laws
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20
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Section
3.22
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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20
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Section
3.23
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Litigation
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20
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Section
3.24
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Accuracy
of Information Furnished.
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21
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Section
3.25
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Ownership
Interests of Interested Persons
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21
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(i)
Section
3.26
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Environmental
Laws
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21
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Section
3.27
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Certain
Payments
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22
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Section
3.28
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No
Dissenters’ Rights
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22
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ARTICLE
IV
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Representations
and Warranties of the Securityholders
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Section
4.1
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Authority
and Ownership.
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22
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Section
4.2
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No
Breach
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22
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Section
4.3
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Consents
and Approvals
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23
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Section
4.4
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Status
of Securityholder.
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23
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Section
4.5
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Investments
in Competitors
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24
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Section
4.6
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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24
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ARTICLE
V
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Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
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Section
5.1
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Organization
and Good Standing
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Section
5.2
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Authorization
and Validity
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24
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Section
5.3
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Issuance
of Shares
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24
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Section
5.4
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No
Violation
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24
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Section
5.5
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Broker’s
and Finder’s Fee
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25
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Section
5.6
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SEC
Filings; Parent Financial Statements.
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25
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Section
5.7
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Securities
Exemption
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25
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ARTICLE
VI
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Covenants
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Section
6.1
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Delivery
of Audited Financial Statements
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25
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Section
6.2
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Covenants
Not to Compete
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26
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Section
6.3
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Lock
Up Agreement.
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ARTICLE
VII
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CLOSING;
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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Section
7.1
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Closing;
and Closing Date
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Section
7.2
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Deliveries
of the Company and Securityholders
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28
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Section
7.3
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Deliveries
of Parent and Merger Sub
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ARTICLE
VIII
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Remedies
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Section
8.1
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Indemnification
by the Securityholders
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30
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Section
8.2
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Indemnification
by Parent
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30
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Section
8.3
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Conditions
of Indemnification
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30
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Section
8.4
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Waiver
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31
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Section
8.5
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Remedies
Exclusive
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31
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Section
8.6
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Offset
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(ii)
Section
8.7
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Costs
and Expenses
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32
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Section
8.8
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Specific
Performance
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32
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ARTICLE
IX
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Miscellaneous
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Section
9.1
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Amendment
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Section
9.2
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Assignment
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32
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Section
9.3
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Parties
In Interest; No Third Party Beneficiaries
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32
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Section
9.4
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Entire
Agreement
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32
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Section
9.5
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Severability
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32
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Section
9.6
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Survival
of Representation and Warranties
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33
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Section
9.7
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Governing
Law
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33
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Section
9.8
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Captions
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33
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Section
9.9
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Confidentiality;
Publicity and Disclosures
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33
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Section
9.10
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Notice
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33
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Section
9.11
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Securityholder
Releases; Consent
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34
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Section
9.12
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Counterparts
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34
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Exhibits:
Exhibit
A
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Definitions
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Exhibit
B
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Company
Capitalization; Merger Consideration
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Exhibit
C
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Preferred
Stock Designation
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Employment Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Consulting Agreement
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Exhibit
F
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Press
Release
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(iii)
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (this “Agreement”), dated as of
February 19, 2010 is by and among Shoot It!, LLC, an Arizona limited liability
company (the “Company”),
the holders of the outstanding Class A Common Units of the Company (the “Class A Common Units” and the
holders thereof, the “Class A
Holders”), the holder of the outstanding Class B Common Units of the
Company (the “Class B Common
Units” and the holder thereof, the “Class B Holder”), the holders
of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units of the Company (the “Preferred Units” and the
holders thereof, the “Preferred
Holders” and together with the Class A Holders and the Class B Holder,
the “Securityholders”),
Geos Communications, Inc., a Washington corporation (“Parent”), and Shoot It!
Acquisition, Inc. a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger
Sub”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the board of
directors of Parent, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, and the boards of
directors of Merger Sub and the managers and members of the Company have each
approved the merger of the Company with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”) in accordance with
the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), the Arizona Limited
Liability Company Act (“ALLCA”) and the provisions of
this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual covenants, promises,
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein, and for other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
Section
1.1 Definitions. Certain
terms used in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit A attached
hereto.
ARTICLE
II
The
Merger, Effective Time; Merger Consideration
Section
2.1 The Merger. Subject
to the terms and conditions hereof and in accordance with the DGCL and the
ALLCA, at the Effective Time:
(a) The
Company shall be merged with and into Merger Sub and the separate existence of
the Company shall cease.
(b) Merger
Sub, as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), (A)
shall be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, (B) shall continue its corporate
existence under the laws of the State of Delaware, and (C) shall succeed to all
public and private rights, privileges, powers, assets, liabilities and
obligations of the Company and Merger Sub in accordance with the
DGCL.
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(c) The
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of Merger Sub, in effect immediately
prior to the Effective Time, shall remain the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation.
(d) The
director of the Surviving Corporation shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, to hold office
in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
(e) The
officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx as President and
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as Secretary, each to hold office in accordance with the
Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until their respective
successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.
(f) The
Merger shall have all the effects provided by applicable law.
Section
2.2
Effective Time of the
Merger. As soon as practicable after the Closing Date, the
parties shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing the appropriate
documents with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of
Arizona, in such form as required by, and executed in accordance with the
relevant provisions of, the DGCL (the “Certificate of Merger”) and
the ALLCA, respectively. The Merger shall become effective at 11:59
p.m. on the day of filing of the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of
State of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL or such later date or time agreed
upon by Parent and the Company and set forth therein (the “Effective Time”).
Section
2.3 Aggregate Merger
Consideration. Exhibit B lists the
Class A Units, the Class B Units and the Preferred Units (collectively, the
“Company Securities”)
outstanding on the date of this Agreement, the Securityholders who own the
Company Securities and the percentage of the Merger Consideration to be received
by each Securityholder. The aggregate consideration to be received by
the Securityholders in connection with the Merger shall be 2,500 shares of Series G
Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Parent Preferred Stock”) of
Parent, subject to reduction in accordance with Section 2.5 (the
“Merger
Consideration”).
Section
2.4 Fractional
Shares. Fractional shares of Parent Preferred Stock may be
issued as Merger Consideration.
Section
2.5 Indemnification
Escrow. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement:
(a) Parent
shall initially withhold an aggregate of twenty percent (20%) of the Merger
Consideration, which is 500 shares of Parent Preferred Stock (the “Indemnification Holdback”), in the amounts set
forth opposite each Securityholder’s name on Exhibit
B.
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(b) If
a Parent Indemnitee determines in good faith that it is entitled to
indemnification for Damages pursuant to ARTICLE VIII below,
Parent shall deliver to the Controlling Securityholders a written request for
the payment of the amount of such Damages (a “Payment Request”), which
Payment Request shall identify in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
with respect to the subject matter of such Damages, the section of this
Agreement for which indemnification is sought and the amount and method of
computing the amount of Damages. Within twenty (20) days after the
Controlling Securityholders receive a Payment Request, the Controlling
Securityholders shall deliver to Parent a written notice (a “Response Notice”) stating
whether or not the Controlling Securityholders object to the payment of all or
any portion of the Damages amount set forth in the Payment
Request. In the event the Controlling Securityholders do not deliver
a Response Notice within twenty (20) days after receipt of a Payment Request,
the Controlling Securityholders will be deemed not to have objected to any
portion of the Damages amount set forth in the Payment Request and Parent shall
deduct such Damages amount from the Indemnification Holdback pursuant to Section 2.5(c)
below. Parent will be prohibited from deducting any Damages amount in
dispute as set forth in the Response Notice, unless (i) the Controlling
Securityholders deliver a written notice (an “Amended Response Notice”) to
Parent stating they have withdrawn the objection with respect to all or any part
of the objections set forth in the Response Notice, or (ii) Parent
delivers to the Controlling Securityholders a copy of a final, non-appealable
order of a court of competent jurisdiction (a “Final Order”) determining that
the Parent Indemnitee is entitled to payment of such Damages amount under this
Agreement. Upon receipt of an Amended Response Notice from the
Controlling Securityholders or a Final Order not appealed and bonded, as
applicable, Parent shall thereafter act in accordance with Section 2.5(c)
below.
(c) If
Parent has received a Response Notice (or fails to receive a Response Notice as
specified above) or an Amended Response Notice or has obtained a Final Order,
and if such Response Notice (or Payment Request in the event Parent has not
received a Response Notice as specified above), Amended Response Notice or Final
Order indicates that a Parent Indemnitee is entitled to payment in respect of
all or any portion of Damages amount set forth in a Payment Request, then Parent
may deduct from the Indemnification Holdback an amount equal to the amount due
to the Parent Indemnitee as indicated in such Response Notice (or Payment
Request in the event Parent has not received a Response Notice as specified
above), Amended Response Notice, or Final Order (the “Final Claim Amount”) as
calculated in accordance with Section 2.5(d) below
and such amount will be deducted from the Indemnification Holdback
Consideration. If such Response Notice, Amended Response Notice or
Final Order indicates that the Parent Indemnitee is not entitled to all or any
portion of the Damages amount set forth in the Payment Request, then Parent
shall not deduct such shares from the Indemnification Holdback until such
amounts are distributed to any Parent Indemnitee in respect of another Payment
Request pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) or,
subject to Section
2.5(e), the
Indemnification Expiration Date.
(d) For
purposes of determining the number of shares of Parent Preferred Stock to be
deducted from the Indemnification Holdback pursuant to this Section 2.5, Parent
shall divide the amount of the Damages to be paid in accordance with Section 2.5 by $1,000
(the “Stated
Value”). Each share of Parent Preferred Stock and each share
of Parent Preferred Stock underlying the Parent Warrants shall have a value of
$1,000.
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(e) If
the outstanding shares of Parent Preferred Stock shall be changed into or
exchanged for a different number or kind of shares of stock or other securities
of Parent or of another corporation, whether through reorganization,
recapitalization, stock split-up, combination of shares, sale of assets, merger
or consolidation, whether or not Parent is the surviving corporation, then
Parent shall be obligated to substitute for the Parent Preferred Stock the
number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into which each
outstanding share of Parent Preferred Stock shall be so changed. In
the event a contingency described in this subsection occurs, the Stated Value
shall be appropriately adjusted in a manner as agreed by Parent and the
Controlling Securityholders within 30 days of such event.
(f) Promptly
(i) after nine months following the Closing Date (the “First Release Date”), Parent
shall distribute to the Securityholders as Merger Consideration an amount equal
to 50% of the initial Indemnification Holdback less the amount of
Merger Consideration previously deducted by parent as a Final Claim Amount, and
(ii) after August 15, 2011 (the “Indemnification Expiration
Date”), Parent shall distribute the remainder of the Indemnification
Holdback (the “Indemnification
Final Distribution Amount”) to the Securityholders as Merger
Consideration; provided, however, that in the event that prior to the First
Release Date or the Indemnification Expiration Date, Parent delivers a Payment
Request to the Controlling Securityholders seeking indemnification for Damages
(a “Pending Claim”) and
such Pending Claim is unresolved as of the First Release Date or the
Indemnification Expiration Date, Parent shall not distribute, and will continue
to hold pursuant to this Agreement, that number of shares of Parent Preferred
Stock pursuant to the Indemnification Holdback having a value equal to the
Damages amount sought with respect to such Pending Claim that is unresolved,
which Parent Preferred Stock shall be valued at the Stated Value (the “Reserved
Stock”). Parent shall continue to holdback the Reserved Stock
following the First Release Date or Indemnification Expiration Date, as
applicable, pending resolution of the applicable Pending Claim and, upon
resolution of the applicable Pending Claim, shall either (i) deduct such
Reserved Stock in whole or in part from the Indemnification Holdback payable to
the Securityholders as appropriate following resolution of the applicable
Pending Claim in accordance with Section 2.5, or (ii)
distribute as Merger Consideration to Securityholders pursuant to this
Agreement. In the event that (i) the Controlling Securityholders or
Parent delivers to the other a Final Order that determines or provides that the
Parent Indemnitees are or are not, as the case may be, entitled to payment or
reimbursement of some or all of the Damages requested in any Pending Claim, or
(ii) Parent and the Controlling Securityholders jointly agree in writing that
the Parent Indemnitees are or are not, as the case may be, entitled to some or
all of the Damages requested in any Pending Claim, Parent will disburse the
Reserved Stock or portion thereof held in respect of the Damages subject to such
Pending Claim to the Securityholders pursuant to the Merger Agreement or the
Parent Indemnitees, in each case, as specified in such Final Order or written
agreement. At such time after the Indemnification Expiration Period
as all Pending Claims have been finally resolved in accordance with Section 2.5 and there
remains any Reserved Stock, all remaining Reserved Stock shall be delivered by
Parent to the Securityholders pursuant to this Agreement as Merger
Consideration. A Pending Claim shall be considered to be resolved at
such time as (1) either Parent or the Controlling Securityholders delivers to
the other a Final Order determining the extent, if any, to which the Parent
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Article VIII below
for the Damages pursuant to such Pending Claim, or (2) Parent and the
Controlling Securityholders agree in writing that such Pending Claim has
otherwise been resolved, which such written agreement indicates the extent, if
any, to which the Parent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Article VIII below
for the Damages pursuant to such Pending Claim.
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Section
2.6 Conversion and Cancellation of
Securities. At the Effective Time:
(a) Company Common
Stock. Each Class A Unit, Class B Unit and Preferred Unit
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be
converted into the Merger Consideration set forth across from the name of each
of the Securityholders on Exhibit
B.
(b) Merger Sub Common Stock. Each share of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time as a result of the Merger shall be
automatically converted into one newly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation so that, after
the Effective Time, Parent shall be the holder of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation’s common stock.
Section
2.7 Closing of Transfer
Books. From and after the Effective Time, the stock transfer
books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer shall thereafter be
made. From and after the Effective Time, the holders of certificates
evidencing ownership of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective
Time shall cease to have any rights with respect to such securities, except as
otherwise provided for in this Agreement or in accordance with any Legal
Requirements.
ARTICLE
III
Representations
and Warranties of the Company
The
Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub that the
representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct as of the
date hereof and will be true and correct through the Closing
Date. The Disclosure Schedules referenced in this ARTICLE III are
contained in the Company Disclosure Schedules of even date herewith delivered by
the Company to Parent on the date of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure
Schedules”).
Section
3.1 Organization and Good Standing;
Qualification. The Company is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with
all requisite power and authority to carry on the business in which it is
engaged, to own the properties it owns, and to execute and deliver the
Transaction Documents and to consummate the Transactions. The Company
is duly qualified and licensed to do business and is in good standing in all
jurisdictions where the nature of its business makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be qualified or licensed would not have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
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Section
3.2 Capitalization.
(a) Except
as set forth on Exhibit B, there are
outstanding (A) no capital securities or other voting securities of the Company;
(B) no securities of the Company convertible into, or exchangeable or
exercisable for, capital securities or other voting securities of the Company;
(C) no options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements or
understanding of any character, whether written or oral, express or implied, to
which the Company is a party or by which it is bound, in any case obligating the
Company to issue, deliver, sell, purchase, redeem or acquire, or cause to be
issued, delivered, sold, purchased, redeemed or acquired, capital securities or
other voting securities of the Company, or obligating the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any of the foregoing. No capital securities of
the Company have been issued or disposed of in violation of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any other
Legal Requirements or in violation of any preemptive rights. All
accrued dividends on the capital of the Company, whether or not declared, have
been paid in full.
Section
3.3 Corporate
Records. The Articles of Organization and Operating Agreement
and all amendments thereto of the Company, copies of which have been delivered
to Parent, are true, correct and complete copies thereof, as in effect on the
date hereof. The minute books of the Company, copies of which have
been delivered to Parent, contain accurate minutes of all meetings of, and
accurate consents to all actions taken without meetings by, the managers (and
any committees thereof) and the members of the Company since the formation of
the Company.
Section
3.4 Authorization and
Validity. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions,
have been duly authorized by the Company. The Transaction Documents
have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitute or will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations
of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
respective terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or the availability of
equitable remedies.
Section
3.5 Subsidiaries. The
Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any of the capital stock of any
other corporation or any equity, profit sharing, participation or other interest
in any Person.
Section
3.6 No Conflict; Required Filings and
Consents. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Transaction Documents
and the consummation of the Transactions will not, (i) violate, conflict with,
or result in any breach of any provision of the Company’s Articles of
Organization or Company Agreement or any resolution adopted by the managers or
members of the Company; (ii) violate, conflict with or result in a violation or
breach of, or constitute a default (with or without due notice or lapse of time
or both) under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Commitment to
which the Company Securities or any of the assets of the Company are subject;
(iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance upon the Company
Securities or any of the assets of the Company; or (iv) violate or conflict with
any Legal Requirements binding upon the Company or by which or to which the
Company’s assets are bound. No consent, authorization, approval,
permit or license of, or filing with, any Governmental Body is required by the
Company in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Company of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the consummation
by the Company of the Transactions, except for the filing of the Certificate of
Merger with the Secretary of State of Delaware and the Secretary of State of
Arizona.
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Section
3.7 Financial
Statements.
(a) The
Company has delivered to Parent an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Company as at December 31, 2009 (the “Balance Sheet”) and the
related unaudited statements of income, changes in stockholders’ equity, and
cash flow for the twelve-months then ended (the “Unaudited Financial
Statements”). The Unaudited Financial Statements and the 2009
Company Audit to be delivered by the Company to Parent after the date of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 6.1 below,
are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Company Financial
Statements”.
(b) The
Company Financial Statements fairly present the financial condition and the
results of operations, changes in members’ equity, and cash flow of the Company
as at the respective dates of and for the periods referred to in the Company
Financial Statements, all in accordance with GAAP. The Company
Financial Statements reflect the consistent application of such accounting
principles throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed in the notes to
such financial statements.
(c) The
Company Financial Statements were prepared in all material respects in
accordance with the books and records of the Company. The books and
records of the Company: (i) reflect in all material respects all items of income
and expense and all the assets and liabilities required to be reflected therein
in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of interim financial statements,
to normal year-end adjustments consistent with past practices and the absence of
notes); (ii) are complete and correct in all material respects; and (iii) have
been maintained in accordance with good business and accounting practices and
applicable law.
(d) The
Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide
reasonable assurance that with respect to the business conducted by the Company:
(i) the books and records of the Company are maintained in reasonable detail and
fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;
(ii) access to assets is permitted and transactions are executed only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (iii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements of the Company in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset
accountability; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with
respect to any differences.
(e) Since
December 31, 2009, (a) there have not been any changes in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting; (b) all significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information
have been disclosed to the Company’s outside auditors, and (c) there has
not been any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal control over
financial reporting.
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(f) The
2009 Company Audit will not have any material deviations from the Unaudited
Financial Statements (including, without limitation, any revenues, expenses and
cash flow).
Section
3.8 Absence of Certain
Changes. Since the date of the Balance Sheet, there has not
occurred any event, change, circumstance, condition or effect (including the
incurrence of any liabilities of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent
or otherwise) having or reasonably likely to have, in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect on the Company. Since, the date of the Balance Sheet,
the Company has conducted its business in the ordinary course consistent with
past practice.
Section
3.9 Liabilities and
Obligations. Except as set forth in Section 3.9 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, the Company Financial Statements reflect all
liabilities of the Company, accrued, contingent or otherwise (known or unknown
and asserted or unasserted), arising out of transactions effected or events
occurring on or prior to the date hereof. All reserves shown in the
Company Financial Statements are appropriate, reasonable and sufficient to
provide for losses thereby contemplated. Except as set forth in the
Company Financial Statements, the Company is not liable upon or with respect to,
or obligated in any other way to provide funds in respect of or to guarantee or
assume in any manner, any debt, obligation or dividend of any person,
corporation, association, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity, and
the Company does not know of any basis for the assertion of any other claims or
liabilities of any nature or in any amount.
Section
3.10 Accounts
Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company that are
reflected on the Balance Sheet or on the accounting records of the Company as of
the Closing Date (collectively, the “Accounts Receivable”)
represent or will represent valid obligations arising from sales actually made
or services actually performed in the ordinary course of
business. There is no contest, claim, or right of set-off, other than
returns in the ordinary course of business, under any Commitments with any
obligor of an Accounts Receivable relating to the amount or validity of such
Accounts Receivable.
Section
3.11 Employee Matters.
(a) Current
Employees. Section 3.11(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of the
names, titles and cash compensation, including without limitation wages,
salaries, bonuses (discretionary and formula) and other cash compensation,
including commissions due, of (i) all employees of the Company and (ii)
consultants who were paid in excess of $5,000 during the past twelve months (the
“Company Employees and
Consultants”).
(b) Compensation Plans and
Arrangements. Section 3.11(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all
compensation plans, arrangements or practices (the “Compensation Plans”) sponsored
by the Company or to which the Company or contributes on behalf of its
employees, other than Company Plans listed in Section 3.13(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. The Company has delivered true
and correct copies of the Compensation Plans to Parent.
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(c) Employee Policies and
Procedures. Section 3.11(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all
employee manuals, policies, procedures and work-related rules created by the
Company (the “Employee Policies
and Procedures”) that apply to employees of the Company. The
Company has delivered true and correct copies of the Employee Policies and
Procedures to Parent.
(d) At Will
Employment. The employment of each employee of the Company is
terminable by the Company at will. No employee of the Company has
been granted the right to or is entitled to any compensation following the
termination of employment with the Company.
(e) Former
Employees. No former employee of the Company is receiving or
is scheduled to receive (or whose spouse or other dependent is receiving or is
scheduled to receive) any benefits (whether from the Company or otherwise)
relating to such former employee’s employment with the Company.
(f) Independent
Contractors. The Company has properly classified its workers
as employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Code, ERISA and
other applicable Legal Requirements. None of the current or former
independent contractors of the Company could be reclassified as an employee. No
independent contractor of the Company is eligible to participate in any Company
Plans or Compensation Plans.
(g) Employee
Claims. There are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge,
threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or Proceedings against the Company
under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability policy or
otherwise by a current of former employee, consultant or independent
contractor.
Section
3.12 Labor Relations;
Compliance.
(a) Compliance. The
Company (i) has been and is in compliance with all Legal Requirements respecting
employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, and (ii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or penalties
for failure to comply with any of the foregoing. The Company is not
engaged in any unfair labor practice or discriminated on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap in its employment
conditions or practices. There are no (i) unfair labor practice
charges or complaints or racial, color, religious, sex, national origin, age or
handicap discrimination charges or complaints pending or threatened against the
Company before any federal, state or local court, board, department, commission
or agency nor does any basis therefore exist or (ii) existing or threatened
labor strikes, disputes, grievances, controversies or other labor troubles
affecting the Company, nor does any basis therefore exist.
(b) Unions. The Company has not
been a party to any agreement with any union, labor organization or collective
bargaining unit. No employees of the Company are represented by any
union, labor organization or collective bargaining unit. To the
Company’s Knowledge, the employees of the Company have no intention to and have
not threatened to organize or join a union, labor organization or collective
bargaining unit.
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Section
3.13 Employee Benefit Plans.
(a) Section 3.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of all
Company Plans, and Company Other Benefit Obligations, and identifies as such all
Company Plans that are Qualified Plans. None of the Company or any of
its ERISA Affiliates sponsor, maintain or contribute to, or have ever
sponsored, maintained or contributed to a Title IV Plan, a Multi-Employer Plan,
a VEBA or an ESOP. Section 3.13(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules contains a complete and accurate list of (A)
all ERISA Affiliates of the Company, and (B) all Plans of which any such ERISA
Affiliate is or was a Plan Sponsor, in which any such ERISA Affiliate
participates or has participated, or to which any such ERISA Affiliate
contributes or has contributed.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 3.13(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule:
(i) The
Company has performed all of its obligations under all Company Plans and Company
Other Benefit Obligations. The Company has made appropriate entries
in its financial records and statements for all obligations and liabilities
under the Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations that have accrued
but are not due;
(ii) No
statement, either written or oral, has been made by the Company to any Person
with regard to any Plan or Other Benefit Obligation that was not in accordance
with the Plan or Other Benefit Obligation and that could have an adverse
economic consequence to the Company, Parent or the Surviving
Corporation;
(iii) The
Company, with respect to all Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations
is, and each Company Plan and Company Other Benefit Obligation is, in full
compliance with ERISA, the Code, and other applicable Legal Requirements,
including the provisions of such Legal Requirements expressly mentioned in this
Section
3.13;
(iv) No
transaction prohibited by ERISA Section 406 and no “prohibited transaction”
under Code Section 4975(c) have occurred with respect to any Company
Plan;
(v) The
Company does not have any liability under ERISA Section 502;
(vi) All
filings required by ERISA and the Code as to each Plan have been timely filed,
and all notices and disclosures to participants required by either ERISA or the
Code have been timely provided;
(vii) All
contributions and payments made or accrued with respect to all Company Plans and
Company Other Benefit Obligations are deductible under Code Section 162 or
404. No amount, or any asset of any Company Plan, is subject to tax
as unrelated business taxable income;
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(viii) Other
than any accelerated vesting of benefits under a Qualified Plan, each Company
Plan can be terminated within thirty (30) days, without payment of any
additional contribution or amount and without the vesting or acceleration of any
benefits promised by such Plan;
(ix) No
event has occurred or circumstance exists that could result in a material
increase in premium costs of Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations
that are insured, or a material increase in benefit costs of such Company Plans
and Company Other Benefit Obligations that are self-insured;
(x) Other
than claims for benefits submitted by participants or beneficiaries, no claim
against, or proceeding involving, any Company Plan or Company Other Benefit
Obligation is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is
threatened;
(xi) No
event has occurred or circumstance exists that will or could give rise to
disqualification or loss of tax-exempt status of any such Plan or
trust;
(xii) Except
to the extent required under ERISA Section 601 et seq. and Code Section 4980B,
the Company does not provide health or welfare benefits for any retired or
former employee or is obligated to provide health or welfare benefits to any
active employee following such employee’s retirement or other termination of
service;
(xiii) The
Company has complied with the provisions of ERISA Section 601 et seq. and Code
Section 4980B;
(xiv) No
payment that is owed or may become due to any manager, officer, employee, or
agent of the Company will be non-deductible to the Company or subject to tax
under Code Section 280G or 4999; nor will the Company be required to “gross up”
or otherwise compensate any such Person because of the imposition of any excise
tax on a payment to such person; and
(xv) Except
as set forth Section
3.13(b)(xv) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the consummation of any
or all of the Transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the payment,
vesting, or acceleration of any benefit.
Section
3.14 Title; Leased
Assets.
(a) Real Property. The
Company does not own any real property.
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(b) Personal
Property. Except as set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company has good and valid title to all
tangible and intangible personal property owned by it free and clear of any
Encumbrances (collectively, the “Personal
Property”). The Personal Property and the leased personal
property referred to in Section 3.14(c) constitute the
only personal property used in the conduct of the business of the
Company. A description of all material personal property owned by the
Company and the city in which it is located is set forth in Section 3.14(b) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. No Personal Property is provided
to the Company by any vendors or suppliers that are conditioned on the Company’s
using or purchasing any vendor’s or supplier’s goods or services.
(c) Leases. A list and
brief description of all leases of real and personal property to which the
Company is a party, either as lessor or lessee, are set forth in Section 3.14(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules. All such leases are valid and
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as may be limited
by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally or the availability of equitable remedies.
(d) Right to Use
Assets. All tangible and intangible assets used in the conduct
of the business of the Company are reflected in the Company Financial Statements
in a manner that is in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis with
prior periods. The Company owns, leases or otherwise possesses a
right to use all assets used in the conduct of the business of the Company,
which right will not be impaired by the consummation of the
Transactions.
Section
3.15 Condition of Fixed
Assets. All of the plants, structures and equipment owned by
the Company are in good condition and repair (subject to normal wear and tear)
for their intended use in the ordinary course of business and conform in all
material respects with all applicable ordinances, regulations and other laws and
there are no known latent defects therein.
Section
3.16 Inventory. All of
the inventory owned by the Company is in good, current, standard and
merchantable condition and is not obsolete or defective.
Section
3.17 Commitments.
(a) Except
as set forth in Section 3.17(a)(i)-(xxiv) of
the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company is not a party to, nor are
the assets or the business of the Company bound by, whether or not in writing,
any of the following (each individually a “Commitment” and collectively
the “Commitments”):
(i) agreement
that involves the performance of services or delivery of goods or materials
by the Company
of an amount or value in excess of $10,000;
(ii) agreement
that involves the performance of services or delivery of goods or materials
to the Company
of an amount or value in excess of $10,000;
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(iii) deed
of trust or other security agreement;
(iv) deed
or other document evidencing an interest in or agreement to purchase or sell
real property;
(v)
lease, rental or occupancy agreement, license, installment and conditional sale
agreement, and other agreement affecting the ownership of, leasing of, title to,
use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property
(except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales
agreements having a value per item or aggregate payments of less than $10,000
and with terms of less than one (1) year);
(vi) debt
instrument, loan agreement or other obligation relating to indebtedness for
borrowed money or money lent or to be lent to another;
(vii) licensing,
franchise or other agreement with respect to Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights,
Trade Secrets or any other intellectual property, whether Company Proprietary
Rights or the Proprietary Rights of a third party, including, without
limitation, agreements with current or former employees, consultants, or
contractors regarding the appropriation or the non-disclosure of any of the
Company’s Proprietary Rights;
(viii) collective
bargaining agreement and other agreement to or with any labor union or other
employee representative of a group of employees;
(ix)
employment, consulting or compensation contracts or arrangements, including the
election or retention in office of any manager or officer, employee leasing
agreements, employee services agreements, noncompetition, and proprietary rights
agreements;
(x) joint
venture, partnership, and other agreement (however named) involving a sharing of
profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by the Company with any other
Person;
(xi)
agreement containing covenants that in any way purport to restrict the business
activity of the Company, or any of its Affiliates or limit the freedom of the
Company or any of its Affiliates to engage in any line of business or to compete
with any Person;
(xii) agreement
providing for payments to or by any Person based on sales, purchases, or
profits, other than direct payments for goods;
(xiii) power
of attorney that is currently effective and outstanding;
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(xiv) agreement
that contains or provides for an express undertaking by the Company to be
responsible for consequential damages;
(xv)
agreement for capital expenditures in excess of $10,000;
(xvi) written
warranty, guaranty, and or other similar undertaking with respect to contractual
performance extended by the Company;
(xvii) agreement
between the Company, on one hand, and any Affiliate thereof, on the other
hand;
(xviii) agreement
to which the Company is a party relating to any material matter or transaction
in which an interest is held by a Person or entity that is an Affiliate
thereof;
(xix) supply
or requirement agreements to which the Company or is a party;
(xx) agency,
distribution and advertising agreement to which the Company is a
party;
(xxi) agreement
relating to the indemnification by the Company of any Affiliate thereof, or any
unaffiliated third party;
(xxii) agreement
with any Governmental Body or agreement to perform subcontracting services where
the primary agreement is with a Governmental Body;
(xxiii) other
agreement or commitment not made in the ordinary course of business or that is
material to the business or financial condition of the Company; and
(xxiv) amendment,
supplement, and modification (whether oral or written) in respect of any of the
foregoing.
(b) The
Company has delivered to Parent true and complete copies, of all
Commitments.
(c) Each
of the Commitments (including those identified or required to be identified in
Section 3.17(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules) is in full force and effect and is valid
and enforceable in accordance with its terms.
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(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.17(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedule: (i) the Company is in compliance in all
material respects with all applicable terms and requirements of all Commitments;
(ii) to the Company’s Knowledge, each other Person that has or had any
obligation or liability under any Commitment is in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable terms and requirements of such Commitment; (iii) no
event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse
of time) is likely to contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or
breach of, or give the Company or other Person the right to declare a default or
exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or
to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Commitment; and (iv) the Company has not
given to or received from any other Person, at any time since inception, any
notice or other communication (whether oral or written) regarding any actual,
alleged, possible, or potential violation or breach of, or default under, any
Commitment.
(e) There
are no pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened renegotiations of,
attempts to renegotiate, or outstanding rights to renegotiate any (i) material
amounts paid or payable to the Company or (ii) material provision under current
or completed Commitment with any Person, and no such Person has made written
demand for such renegotiation.
Section
3.18
Insurance. The
Company does not have any insurance policies.
Section
3.19 Patents, Trademarks, Service Marks
and Copyrights.
(a) Section 3.19(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules lists the following with respect to
Proprietary Rights of the Company: (i) all of the Issued Patents, Registered
Trademarks and Registered Copyrights owned by the Company, setting forth in each
case the jurisdictions in which each has been issued or registered; (ii) all
Patent Applications setting forth in each case the jurisdictions in which each
has been filed; (iii) all Proprietary Rights in which the Company has any right,
title or interest, other than those owned by the Company (including without
limitation, any interest acquired through a license or other right to use),
setting forth in each case any issued patents or registrations, any application
for registration, the jurisdictions in which the foregoing have been issued or
filed (as the case may be) and the nature of the right, title or interest held
by the Company; and (iv) any unregistered Trademarks or Copyrights owned by the
Company that are material to the business of the Company or used in association
with any product or service of the Company.
(b) The
Company has good and valid title to all of its Company Proprietary Rights
identified in Section
3.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and all Trade Secrets owned
by the Company, free and clear of all Encumbrances, except for any lien for
current taxes not yet due and payable. The Company has a valid right
to use, license and otherwise exploit all Proprietary Rights other than those
owned thereby (including without limitation interest acquired through a license
or other right to use) identified in Section 3.19(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules and all Trade Secrets used by the
Company. The Company Proprietary Rights identified in Section 3.19(a) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, together with the Trade Secrets used by the
Company, constitute (A) all Proprietary Rights used or currently proposed
to be used in the business of the Company as conducted prior to or on the date
of this Agreement or as proposed to be conducted by Company and (B) all
Proprietary Rights necessary or appropriate to make, have made, use, offer for
sale, sell, lease, rent, distribute or import the Company Product(s) in any
country where the Company has or does conduct business as of the Closing
Date.
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(c) Section 3.19(c) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules lists all oral or written contracts,
agreements, licenses and other arrangements relating to any Company Proprietary
Rights or any Company Product, as follows:
(i) (A) any
agreement granting any right to make, have made, manufacture, use, sell, offer
to sell, import, export, or otherwise distribute a Company Product, with or
without the right to sublicense the same; (B) any license of Proprietary
Rights to or from the Company, with or without the right to sublicense the same;
(C) development agreements of any type; (D) any agreement by which the
Company grants any ownership right to any Company Proprietary Rights owned by
the Company; (E) any agreement under which the Company undertakes any
ongoing royalty or payment obligations in excess of $5,000 with respect to a
Company Proprietary Right, (F) any agreement under which the Company grants
an option relating to any Company Proprietary Rights; (G) any agreement
under which any party is granted any right to access Company Source Code or to
use Company Source Code to create derivative works of Company Products;
(H) any agreement pursuant to which the Company has deposited or is
required to deposit with an escrow agent or any other Person any Company Source
Code, along with a description of whether the execution of
the Transaction Documents or the consummation of any of the Transactions could
reasonably be expected to result in the release or disclosure of any Company
Source Code and (I) any agreement or other arrangement limiting the
Company’s ability to transact business in any market, field or geographical area
or with any Person, or that restricts the use, transfer, delivery or licensing
of Company Proprietary Rights (or any tangible embodiment thereof);
(ii) all
licenses, sublicenses and other agreements, whether written or oral, to which
the Company is a party and pursuant to which the Company is authorized to use
any Proprietary Rights owned by any Person, excluding standardized
nonexclusive licenses for “off the shelf” or other software widely available
through regular commercial distribution channels on standard terms and
conditions and obtained by the Company in the ordinary course of business at a
cost not exceeding $5,000 per license. Except as set forth in Section 3.19(c)(ii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, there are no royalties, fees or other
amounts payable by the Company to any Person by reason of the ownership, use,
sale or disposition of Company Proprietary Rights;
(iii) Except
as set forth in Section 3.19(c)(iii) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company has not entered into any
written or oral contract, agreement, license or other arrangement to indemnify
any other Person against any charge of infringement of any Company Proprietary
Rights, other than indemnification provisions contained in standard sales or
agreements to customers or end users arising in the ordinary course of business,
the forms of which have been delivered to Parent or its
counsel;
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(iv) Section 3.19(c)(iv) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules lists each Company Product that contains any
software that may be subject to an open source or general public license, a
description of such Company Product and the open source or general public
license applicable to such Company Product. Except as set forth in
Section 3.19(c)(iv) of
the Company Disclosure Schedules, none of the Company Products contains
any software that may be subject to an open source or general public license;
and
(v) There
are no outstanding obligations other than as disclosed in Section 3.19(c) (or
the Company Disclosure Schedules related to such Section) to pay any amounts or
provide other consideration to any other Person in connection with any Company
Proprietary Rights (or any tangible embodiment thereof).
(d) Except
as set forth in Section 3.19(d) of the
Company Disclosure Schedules:
(i) the
Company does not jointly own, license or claim any right, title or interest with
any other Person of any Company Proprietary Rights, and no other Person has any
rights in any Company Proprietary Rights. No current or former
officer, manager, member, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the
Company has any right, title or interest in, to or under any Company Proprietary
Rights in which the Company has (or purports to have) any right, title or
interest that has not been assigned, transferred or exclusively licensed to
Company;
(ii) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, which would adversely affect the Company’s ownership
rights to, or rights under, any Company Proprietary Rights, or any contract,
agreement, license or any other arrangement under which Company claims any
right, title or interest under any Company Proprietary Rights or restricts in
any material respect the use, transfer, delivery or licensing by Company of the
Company Proprietary Rights or Company Products;
(iii) the
Company is not subject to any claim, proceeding of any type or outstanding
decree, order, judgment or stipulation that restricts or would restrict in any
manner the use, transfer or licensing of any Company Proprietary Rights by the
Company, the use, transfer or licensing of any Company Product by the Company,
or which may affect the validity, use or enforceability of any Company
Proprietary Rights;
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(iv) no
Company Proprietary Rights have been infringed, violated or misappropriated by
any Person. There is no unauthorized use, disclosure or
misappropriation of any Company Proprietary Rights by any current or former
officer, manager, member, employee, consultant or independent contractor of the
Company; and
(v) no
Person has asserted or threatened a claim, nor are there any facts which could
give rise to a claim, that any Company Product (or any Company Proprietary Right
embodied in any Company Product) infringes, violates or misappropriates any
third party Proprietary Rights.
(e) The
Company has taken all commercially reasonable and customary measures and
precautions necessary to protect and maintain the confidentiality of all Trade
Secrets in which the Company or any has any right, title or interest and
otherwise to maintain and protect the full value of all such Trade
Secrets.
(f)
Except with respect to demonstration or trial
copies, no product, system, program or software module designed, developed,
sold, licensed or otherwise made available by the Company to any Person,
including without limitation any Company Product, contains any “back door,”
“time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “worm,” “drop dead device,” “virus” or other
software routines or hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access
or to disable or erase software, hardware or data without the consent of the
user.
(g) The
Company is in compliance with all terms of use and privacy policies posted on
each website owned or maintained by the Company. The Company owns or
has all requisite licenses for the content used or posted on each such
website.
Section
3.20 Taxes.
(a) Timely Filing of Tax
Returns. The Company has filed or caused to be filed all Tax
Returns that are or were required to be filed by it pursuant to applicable Legal
Requirements. All Tax Returns filed by the Company were (and, as to
Tax Returns not filed as of the date hereof, will be) in all respects true,
complete and correct and filed on a timely basis.
(b) Payment of
Taxes. The Company has, within the time and in the manner
prescribed by applicable Legal Requirements, paid (and until Closing will pay
within the time and in the manner prescribed by applicable Legal Requirements)
all Taxes that are due and payable.
(c) Withholding
Taxes. The Company has complied (and until the Closing will
comply) with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment
and withholding of Taxes (including, but not limited to, withholding and
reporting requirements under the Code or Code §§ 1441 through 1464, 3401 through
3406, 6041 and 6049 and similar provisions under any other laws) and have,
within the times and in the manner prescribed by law, withheld from employee
wages and paid over to proper governmental authorities all amounts
required.
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(d) Audits. No
Tax Return of the Company is under audit or examination by any Governmental
Body, and no written or unwritten notice of such an audit or examination has
been received by the Company and the Company has no Knowledge of any threatened
audits, investigations or claims for or relating to Taxes with respect to the
Company, and there are no matters under discussion with any Governmental Body
with respect to Taxes. No issues relating to Taxes with respect to
the Company were raised in writing by the relevant Governmental Body during any
presently pending audit or examination, and no issues relating to Taxes with
respect to the Company were raised in writing by the relevant Governmental Body
in any completed audit or examination that can reasonably be expected to recur
in a later taxable period.
(e) Tax
Reserves. The charges, accruals, and reserves with respect to
Taxes on the books of the Company are adequate (and until Closing will continue
to be adequate) to pay all Taxes not yet due and payable and have been
determined in accordance with GAAP. No differences exist between the
amounts of the book basis and the tax basis of assets (net of liabilities) that
are not accounted for on any accrual on the books of the Company for federal
income tax purposes. There exists no proposed assessment of Taxes
against the Company.
(f) Tax
Liens. No Encumbrances for Taxes exist with respect to any
assets or properties of the Company, nor will any such Encumbrances exist at
Closing except for statutory liens for Taxes not yet due.
(g) Tax Sharing
Agreements. The Company is not a party to any Tax sharing
agreement, Tax allocation agreement, Tax indemnity obligation or similar written
or unwritten agreement, arrangement, understanding or practice with respect to
Taxes.
(h) Extensions of Time for
Filing Tax Returns. The Company has not requested any
extension of time within which to file any Tax Return, which Tax Return has not
since been filed.
(i) Waiver of Statutes of
Limitations. The Company has not executed any outstanding
waivers or comparable consents regarding the application of the statute of
limitations with respect to any Taxes or Tax Returns.
(j) Powers of
Attorney. No power of attorney currently in force has been
granted by the Company concerning any Taxes or Tax Return.
(k) Tax
Rulings. The Company has not received or been the subject of a
Tax Ruling (as defined below) or a request for Tax Ruling. The
Company has not entered into a Closing Agreement (as defined below) with any
Governmental Body that would have a continuing effect after the Closing
Date. “Tax
Ruling” shall mean a written ruling of a Governmental Body relating to
Taxes. “Closing
Agreement” shall mean a written and legally binding agreement with a
Governmental Body relating to Taxes.
(l) Section 481
Adjustments. The Company is not required to include in income
any adjustment pursuant to Code Section 481 by reason of a voluntary change in
accounting method initiated by the Company, and the Internal Revenue Service has
not proposed any such change in accounting method.
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(m) Section 338
Election. No election under Code Section 338 has been made by
or with respect to Company or any of its respective assets or
properties.
(n) Intercompany
Transactions. The Company has not engaged in any transactions
with Affiliates which would require the recognition of income by the Company
with respect to such transaction for any period ending on or after the Closing
Date.
(o) Transfer
Taxes. The Company shall pay (without duplication) all
transfer Taxes and other similar Taxes imposed due to the Merger or any other
transactions.
(p) Section
162(m). The disallowance of a deduction under Section 162(m)
of the Code for employee remuneration will not apply to any amount paid or
payable by the Company under any Commitment, Company Plans, program, arrangement
or understanding currently in effect.
(q) Section
280(G). The Company is not a party to any agreement, contract
or arrangement that could result separately or in the aggregate, in the payment
of an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of Section 280G of the
Code.
Section
3.21 Compliance with
Laws. The Company (i) has complied with, is in compliance with
and has operated its business and maintained its assets in compliance with all
Legal Requirements and has filed with the proper authorities all necessary
statements and reports, and (ii) holds all permits, licenses, variances,
exemptions, orders, franchises and approvals and authorizations of each
Governmental Body necessary for the lawful conduct of its business (the “Company
Permits”). The Company Permits are set forth in Section 3.21 of the Disclosure
Schedules. The Company is in compliance with the terms
of the Company Permits. As of the date of this Agreement, no
investigation or review by any Governmental Body with respect to the Company is
pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
Section
3.22 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Neither the Securityholders, the Company nor their agents
have incurred any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for any
finder’s, broker’s or agent’s fee, commission or other similar payment in
connection with the Transactions.
Section
3.23 Litigation. There
is no Proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, currently
threatened against the Company that questions the validity of the Commitments or
the right of the Company to enter into them, or to consummate the Transactions,
or that might result, either individually or in the aggregate, in any Material
Adverse Effect on the Company, financially or otherwise, or any change in the
current equity ownership of the Company, nor is the Company aware that there is
any basis for the foregoing. The foregoing includes, without
limitation, actions pending or threatened in writing involving the prior
employment of any of the Company’s employees, or their use in connection with
the Company’s business of any information or techniques allegedly proprietary to
any of their former employers. The Company is not a party or subject
to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any
court or Government Body. There is no Proceeding by the Company
currently pending or which the Company intends to initiate.
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Section
3.24 Accuracy of Information
Furnished.
(a) No
representation or warranty of the Company in this Agreement and no statement in
the Disclosure Schedules omits to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were
made, not misleading.
(b) The
Company has no Knowledge of any fact that has specific application to the
Company (other than general economic or industry conditions) and that would have
a Material Adverse Effect on, or (as far as the Company can reasonably foresee)
that materially threatens, the assets, business, prospects, financial condition,
or results of operations of the Company that has not been set forth in this
Agreement or the Disclosure Schedules.
(c) The
information furnished to Parent by the Company hereby or in connection with the
Transactions is true, correct and complete in all respects. Such
information states all facts required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements are made, true, correct and complete.
Section
3.25 Ownership Interests of Interested
Persons. The Company is not indebted, directly or indirectly,
to any Affiliate, in any amount whatsoever other than in connection with
expenses or advances of expenses incurred in the ordinary course of
business. None of the Company’s Affiliates, are, directly or
indirectly, indebted to the Company) or have any direct or indirect ownership
interest in any firm or corporation with which the Company is affiliated or with
which the Company has a business relationship, or any firm or corporation which
competes with the Company.
Section
3.26 Environmental
Laws. The Company is, and at all times has been, in compliance
in all material respects with, and has not been and is not in violation of or
liable under, any applicable Environmental Law. The Company has no
basis to expect, nor has any other Person for whose conduct it is or may be held
responsible received, any actual or threatened citation, directive, inquiry,
notice, order, summons, warning, or other communication from: (i) any
Governmental Body, private citizen acting in the public interest, or other
Person for any actual or potential violation of, failure to comply with, or any
concerns relating to compliance with any Environmental Law; or (ii) the current
or prior owner(s) or operator(s) of any Facilities, of any actual or potential
violation of, failure to comply with, or any concerns relating to compliance
with any Environmental Law, or of any actual or threatened obligation to
undertake or bear the cost of any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities
with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties or assets (whether
real, personal, or mixed) in which the Company has had an interest, or with
respect to any property or Facility at or to which Hazardous Activities were
undertaken by the Company or any other Person for whose conduct the Company is
or may be held responsible, or from which Hazardous Activities
occurred.
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Section
3.27 Certain
Payments. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate or employee,
agent or other Person associated with, or acting for or on behalf of, the
Company at any time has paid or caused to be paid, directly or indirectly, in
connection with the business of the Company: (a) any bribe, payoff, influence
payment, rebate, kickback, payment in violation of any Legal Requirements or
other similar payment to (i) any government or agency thereof or an official or
employee of the foregoing or (ii) any Person, including, without limitation, any
customer, supplier, or any employee or agent of any of the foregoing; or (b) any
contribution to any political party or candidate (other than from personal funds
of the Affiliate or employees of the Company not reimbursed by their respective
employers or as otherwise permitted by applicable Legal
Requirements).
Section
3.28 No Dissenters’
Rights. No Person has dissenters’ rights under the Arizona
Limited Liability Company Act or otherwise with respect to the Merger or the
other Transactions.
ARTICLE
IV
Representations
and Warranties of the Securityholders
Each
Securityholder, as to itself, represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub
that the representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct as
of the date hereof and will be true and correct through the Closing
Date. The Disclosure Schedules referenced in this ARTICLE IV are
contained in the Disclosure Schedules of even date herewith delivered by the
Company to Parent on the date of this Agreement.
Section
4.1 Authority and
Ownership.
(a) Such
Securityholder has the capacity to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents
and to consummate the Transactions. All necessary action required to
have been taken by or on behalf of such Securityholder by applicable law or
otherwise to authorize (i) the approval, execution and delivery on its behalf of
the Transaction Documents; and (ii) its performance of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents and the consummation of the Transactions have been
taken. The Transaction Documents constitute such Securityholder’s
valid and binding agreement, enforceable against such Securityholder in
accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or the
availability of equitable remedies.
(b) Except
as set forth in Section 4.1(b) of the
Disclosure Schedules, such Securityholder owns, beneficially and of
record, good and marketable title to the Company Securities listed opposite such
Securityholder’s name on Exhibit B, free and
clear of all adverse claims, Encumbrances, equities, voting agreements,
securityholders’ agreements or restrictions.
Section
4.2 No Breach. The
execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents do not, and the consummation
of the Transactions will not (i) constitute a breach or default (or an event
that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach or default) or
give rise to any Encumbrance, third party right of termination, cancellation,
material modification or acceleration under any agreement, understanding or
undertaking to which such Securityholder is a party or by which it is bound, or
(ii) constitute a violation of any Legal Requirements to which such
Securityholder is subject.
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Section
4.3 Consents and
Approvals. Neither the execution and delivery by such
Securityholder of the Transaction Documents nor the consummation by such
Securityholder of the Transactions will require such Securityholder to obtain
any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any filing with or
give any notification to, any governmental or regulatory authority, any lender
or lessor or any other Person.
Section
4.4 Status of
Securityholder.
(a) Each
Securityholder is knowledgeable in making investments and is able to bear the
economic risk of loss of its investment in Parent. Each
Securityholder is acting on its own behalf in connection with the investigation
and examination of Parent and its decision to execute the Transaction
Documents. Each Securityholder is receiving the Parent Preferred
Stock for its own account, and not with a view of distribution within the
meaning of Section 2(11) of the Securities Act. Each Securityholder
acknowledges that the Parent Preferred Stock and the shares of Parent Common
Stock underlying the Parent Preferred Stock (the (“Underlying Parent Common
Stock”) will be unregistered. Each Securityholder
acknowledges that in the absence of such registration statement such securities
may not be sold or transferred unless an exemption exists
therefore. Each Securityholder also understands that there is no
assurance that any exemption from registration under the Securities Act will be
available and that, even if available, such exemption may not allow a
Securityholder to transfer all or any portion of the Parent Preferred Stock or
the Underlying Parent Common Stock under the circumstances, in the amounts or at
the times a Securityholder might propose.
(b) Each
Securityholder acknowledges Parent has made all Transaction Documents available
to such Securityholder and/or such Securityholder’s representative and has
allowed such Securityholder and/or its representative an opportunity to ask
questions and receive answers thereto and to verify and clarify any information
contained in such documents. Each Securityholder has relied upon
advice of its representative and/or independent investigation made by such
Securityholder and/or such Securityholder’s representative, and acknowledges
that no representations or agreements other than those set forth in this
Agreement have been made to such Securityholder in respect
thereto. Each Securityholder expressly acknowledges and confirms that
such Securityholder has evaluated and understands the risks and terms of
investing in the Parent Preferred Stock to be issued to such Securityholder
pursuant to this Agreement, and such Securityholder and its representative have
such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters in general and
in particular with respect to this type of investment that such Securityholder
is, or they are, capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in
the Parent Preferred Stock to be issued to such Securityholder in connection
with the Transactions contemplated herein.
(c) Each
Securityholder acknowledges Parent has filed reports and statements pursuant to
the Exchange Act and the Securities Act and that such reports and statements are
available at xxx.xxx.xxx to such Securityholder and and/or such Securityholder’s
representative and has allowed such Securityholder and/or its representative an
opportunity to ask questions and receive answers thereto and to verify and
clarify any information contained in such reports or statements or otherwise ask
questions with regard to Parent and its business.
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Section
4.5 Investments in
Competitors. Such Securityholder does not own directly or
indirectly any interests or have any investment in any corporation, business or
other Person that is a competitor of the
Company.
Section
4.6 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Such Securityholder has not incurred any obligation or
liability, contingent or otherwise, for any finder’s, broker’s or agent’s fee,
commission or other similar payment in connection with the
Transactions.
ARTICLE
V
Representations
and Warranties of Parent and Merger Sub
Parent
and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company and the Securityholders that
the representations and warranties set forth below are true and correct as of
the date hereof and will be true and correct through the Closing
Date.
Section
5.1 Organization and Good
Standing. Each of Parent and Merger Sub are corporations duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of
its incorporation, with all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
the business in which it is engaged, to own the properties it owns, to execute
and deliver the Transaction Documents and to consummate the
Transactions.
Section
5.2 Authorization and
Validity. The execution, delivery and performance by Parent
and Merger Sub of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the
Transactions have been or will be as of the Closing Date duly authorized by the
boards of directors of Parent and Merger Sub. The Transaction
Documents have been. or will be as of the Closing Date, duly executed and
delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and constitute or will constitute legal,
valid and binding obligations of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against
Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with their respective terms, except as may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally or the availability of equitable
remedies.
Section
5.3 Issuance of
Shares. Prior to the Closing Date, Parent will have filed with
the Washington Secretary of State the Certificate of the Designations,
Preferences, Rights and Limitations of the Parent Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Stock Designation”)
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and Parent
will have a sufficient number of authorized, but unissued shares of Parent
Preferred Stock to issue the Merger Consideration. Prior to the
Closing Date, Parent will have reserved a sufficient number of shares of Parent
Common Stock for issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred
Stock. When issued at the Closing, the Merger Consideration will be
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
Section
5.4 No
Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance of
the Transaction Documents nor the consummation of the Transactions will (i)
conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of the terms, conditions and
provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Certificate of Incorporation
or Bylaws of Parent or Merger Sub or any agreement, indenture or other
instrument under which Parent or Merger Sub is bound or (ii) violate or conflict
with any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or
any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body having jurisdiction over
Parent or Merger Sub or the properties or assets of Parent or Merger
Sub.
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Section
5.5 Broker’s and Finder’s
Fee. Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor their agents have incurred
any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise, for any finder’s, broker’s
or agent’s fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the
Transactions.
Section
5.6 SEC Filings; Parent Financial
Statements.
(a) Parent
has filed all forms, reports and documents required to be filed by Parent with
the SEC since January 1, 2009. All such required forms, reports and
documents (including those that Parent may file subsequent to the date hereof)
are referred to herein as the “Parent SEC
Reports”. As of their respective dates (or if amended or
superseded by a filing, then on the date of filing of such amended or superseded
document), the Parent SEC Reports (i) complied as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder applicable to such Parent SEC Reports, and (ii) did not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to
be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except to
the extent corrected by a subsequently filed Parent SEC Report. None
of Parent’s subsidiaries is required to file any forms, reports or other
documents with the SEC.
(b) Each
of the consolidated financial statements (including, in each case, any related
notes thereto) contained in the Parent SEC Reports (the “Parent Financials”), including
any Parent SEC Reports filed after the date hereof until the Closing, (i)
complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, (ii) was prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except
as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited interim
financial statements, as may be permitted by the SEC on Form 10-Q, 8-K or any
successor form under the Exchange Act) and (iii) fairly presented the
consolidated financial position of Parent and its subsidiaries as at the
respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash
flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial
statements may not contain footnotes and were or are subject to normal and
recurring year-end adjustments.
Section
5.7 Securities
Exemption. Based on the representations of Securityholders in
ARTICLE IV
above, the issuance of the securities pursuant to this Agreement are exempt from
registration under the Securities Act.
ARTICLE
VI
Covenants
Section
6.1 Delivery of Audited Financial
Statements. Within sixty (60) days after the execution of this
Agreement the Company shall deliver to Parent an audited balance sheet of the
Company as at December 31, 2009 (including the notes thereto), and the related
statements of income, changes in members’ equity, and cash flow for the fiscal
year then ended, together with the report thereon of BDO Xxxxxxx LLP,
independent certified public accountants (the “2009 Company
Audit”).
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Section
6.2 Covenants Not to
Compete. For a period of five (5) years following the Closing,
XxXxxxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx hereby agree as follows:
(a) Such
Securityholder shall not directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of any
other corporation, person, firm, partnership, association, or any other entity
(whether as an individual, agent, servant, employee, employer, officer,
shareholder, investors, principal, consultant or in any other capacity), engage
or participate in the Business anywhere in the world;
(b) Such
Securityholder shall not for himself or on behalf of any other corporation,
person, firm, partnership, association, or any other entity (whether as an
individual, agent, servant, employee, employer, officer, director, shareholder,
investor, principal, consultant or any in any other capacity) disclose to any
person or entity any of the client lists, client mailing lists, financial
information, trade secrets, pricing, advertising or marketing plans, methods,
systems, procedure, data bases or other software programs or applications or
processes of, or utilized by, the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect
to or related to the Business; and
(c) Such
Securityholder shall not assist or finance any person or entity in any manner or
in any way inconsistent with the intents and purposes of this Section
6.2.
(d) In
the event of a breach, or threatened breach, of any term or provision contained
in this Section
6.2, each Securityholder agrees that the Company, the Surviving Company
and Parent shall be entitled to the right of specific performance and/or both
temporary and permanent injunctive relief in addition to but not in lieu of any
other remedies available at law or in equity.
(e) If
for any reason any provision contained in this Section 6.2 should be
held invalid in whole or in part by a court of competent jurisdiction, then it
is the intent of each of the parties hereto that the balance of this Section 6.2 be
enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. It is the
intent of each of the parties that the covenants not-to-compete contained in
Section 6.2
herein be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law. Accordingly, should a court of competent jurisdiction determine
that the scope of any covenant is too broad to be enforced as written or is
otherwise unenforceable, it is the intent of each of the parties that the court
should reform such covenant to such narrower scope or otherwise as it may
determine is necessary to make such covenant enforceable.
(f) Each
of Xxxxx, XxXxxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx hereto recognizes and agrees that this
Agreement is necessary and essential to the protection of the Business conducted
by the Company, which Parent is acquiring at the Closing, and the Business which
Parent, the Surviving Company and its Affiliates will conduct following the
Closing, and to enable Parent, the Surviving Company and its Affiliates to
realize and derive all of the benefits, rights and expectations of the Business,
that the area and duration of the covenants herein are in all aspects, under the
circumstances, reasonable; and that good and valuable consideration exists for
each Securityholder agreeing to be bound by such covenants.
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Section
6.3 Lock Up
Agreement.
(a) For
a period of one (1) year following the Closing (the “Lock Up Period”), each
Securityholder hereby agrees that such Securityholder will not, without the
prior written consent of Parent, directly or indirectly:
(i) offer,
sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale whether or not against
the box), grant or sell any option or other contract to purchase, purchase or
otherwise acquire any option or other contract to sell or otherwise dispose of
or transfer any shares of Underlying Parent Common Stock;
(ii) enter
into any Hedging Transaction relating to any shares of Underlying Parent Common
Stock;
(iii) enter
into any swap or any other agreement or any transaction that transfers, in whole
or in part, the economic consequence of ownership of any shares of Underlying
Parent Common stock (each of the foregoing paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii)
referred to as a “Disposition”); or
(iv) request
the filing of any registration statement under the Securities Act with respect
to any of the foregoing.
(b) The
foregoing restrictions are expressly intended to preclude the undersigned from
engaging in any Hedging Transaction or other transaction which is designed to or
reasonably expected to lead to or result in a Disposition during the Lock-up
Period even if the Underlying Parent Common Stock would be disposed of by
someone other than the undersigned
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, each Securityholder may transfer any or all of the Underlying
Parent Common Stock by gift, will or intestacy; provided, however, that in any
such case it shall be a condition to the transfer that the transferee execute an
agreement stating that the transferee is receiving and holding the Underlying
Parent Common Stock, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of this Section 6.2, and
there shall be no further transfer of such Underlying Parent Common Stock except
in accordance with this Section
6.2.
(d) Each
Securityholder agrees that the Company may, and that the Securityholder will,
(i) with respect to any shares of Underlying Parent Common Stock for which the
Securityholder is the record holder, cause the transfer agent for the Company to
note stop transfer instructions with respect to such shares of Underlying Parent
Common Stock on the transfer books and records of the transfer agent or Company,
as applicable and (ii) with respect to any shares of Underlying Parent Common
Stock for which the Securityholder is the beneficial holder but not the record
holder, cause the record holder of such shares of Underlying Parent Common Stock
to cause the transfer agent for the Company to note stop transfer instructions
with respect to such shares of Underlying Parent Common Stock on the transfer
books and records of the transfer agent or Company, as
applicable.
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ARTICLE
VII
CLOSING;
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section
7.1 Closing; and Closing
Date. A closing of the Transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Closing”) shall take
place at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx L.L.P., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx or at such other location as the parties may agree in
writing. The date agreed to by the Company and Parent shall be the
“Closing
Date.”
Section
7.2 Deliveries of the Company and
Securityholders. At the Closing, the Company and
Securityholders shall deliver to Parent the following, all of which shall be in
a form satisfactory to counsel to Parent:
(a) Secretary’s
Certificate. The Company shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of the Company dated the Closing Date certifying a
copy of resolutions of the managers of the Company authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the Transactions,
certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the originals
thereof subject to no modifications or amendments; and
(b) Existence and Good
Standing. The Company shall have delivered a certificate,
dated within five (5) business days of the Closing Date, of the Secretary of
State of (or similar Person) with respect to the jurisdiction in which the
Company was organized establishing that the Company is in existence, has paid
all franchise taxes and otherwise is in good standing to transact business in
such jurisdiction.
(c) Consents and
Approvals. The Company shall have delivered copies of all
executed consents and approvals as required by Section
3.6.
(d) Employment
Agreement. Xxxxx shall have executed and delivered an
employment agreement with Parent in the form attached as Exhibit D, which
shall include a provision terminating any existing employment agreements,
contracts, arrangements and understandings with the Company without any
consideration being paid to Xxxxx for such termination (the “Employment
Agreement”).
(e) Consulting
Agreement. XxXxxxxxx shall have executed and delivered a
consulting agreement with Parent in the form attached as Exhibit E, which
shall include a provision terminating any existing employment agreements,
contracts, arrangements and understandings with the Company without any
consideration being paid to XxXxxxxxx for such termination (the “Consulting Agreement”).
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Section
7.3 Deliveries of Parent and Merger
Sub. At the Closing, Parent and Merger Sub shall deliver to
the Company and Securityholders, all of which shall be in a form satisfactory to
counsel to Parent and Securityholders:
(a) Parent Secretary’s
Certificate. Parent shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of Parent dated the Closing Date certifying a copy
of resolutions of the board of directors of Parent authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the Transactions,
certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the originals
thereof subject to no modifications or amendments.
(b) Merger Sub Secretary’s
Certificate. Merger Sub shall have executed and delivered a
certificate of the Secretary of Merger Sub dated the Closing Date certifying a
copy of resolutions of the board of directors of Merger Sub authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the
Transactions, certified by the Secretary as being true and correct copies of the
originals thereof subject to no modifications or amendments.
(c) Existence and Good
Standing. Parent and Merger Sub shall have delivered
certificates, dated within five (5) business days of the Closing Date, of the
Secretary of State of Washington and Delaware, respectively, establishing that
Parent and Merger Sub are in existence, have paid all franchise taxes and
otherwise are in good standing to transact business in Washington and Delaware,
respectively.
(d) Employment
Agreement. Parent shall have executed and delivered the
Employment Agreement.
(e) Consulting
Agreement. Parent shall have executed and delivered the
Consulting Agreement.
(f) Delivery of Merger
Consideration. Parent shall have delivered to each
Securityholder the Merger Consideration (subject to reduction in accordance with
Section 2.5) in the amounts set forth on Exhibit B opposite
each Securityholder.
(g) Preferred Stock
Designation. Parent shall have delivered a certificate of the
Washington Secretary of State
establishing Parent has filed the Preferred Stock Designation.
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ARTICLE
VIII
Remedies
Section
8.1 Indemnification by the
Securityholders. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Article and Section
8.6, the Securityholders jointly and severally agree to indemnify, defend
and hold Parent and Merger Sub and their respective directors, officers, agents,
attorneys and affiliates (collectively, “Parent Indemnitees”) harmless
from and against all losses, claims, obligations, demands, assessments,
penalties, liabilities, costs, damages, attorneys’ fees and expenses
(collectively, “Damages”), asserted against or
incurred by any Parent Indemnitee by reason of or resulting from a breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or Securityholders contained
herein, in any exhibit, schedule, certificate or financial statement delivered
hereunder, or in any agreement executed in connection with the Transactions;
provided, however, that no claim shall be made for Damages under this Section
until the dollar amount of all such claims for Damages shall exceed $25,000 in
the aggregate (the “Threshold”); it being agreed
and understood that all Damages incurred by the Parent Indemnitees shall
accumulate until such time or times that such accumulated Damages incurred by
the Parent Indemnitees exceed the Threshold, whereupon the Parent Indemnitees
shall be entitled to indemnification from the Securityholders for all such
Damages incurred by the Parent Indemnitees, including amounts below the
Threshold; provided, however, except with respect to Damages resulting from
fraud, the aggregate liability of the Securityholders for Damages shall not
exceed an amount equal to the value of the Merger Consideration on the date of
this Agreement. Any Damages under this Section shall first be
deducted from, and offset against, the Parent Preferred Stock held pursuant to
Section 2.5
above.
Section
8.2 Indemnification by
Parent. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article
and Section
8.6, Parent and Merger Sub agree to indemnify, defend and hold the
Securityholders harmless from and against all Damages asserted against or
incurred by the Securityholders by reason of or resulting from a breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of Parent or Merger Sub contained herein,
in any exhibit, schedule, certificate or financial statement delivered
hereunder, or in any agreement executed in connection with the Transactions;
provided, however, that no claim shall be made for Damages under this Section
until the dollar amount of all such claims for Damages shall exceed the
Threshold; it being agreed and understood that all Damages incurred by the
Securityholders shall accumulate until such time or times that such accumulated
Damages incurred by the Securityholders exceed the Threshold, whereupon the
Securityholders shall be entitled to indemnification from Parent and Merger Sub
for all such Damages incurred by the Securityholders, including amounts below
the Threshold; provided, however, except with respect to Damages resulting from
fraud, the aggregate liability of Parent and Merger Sub for Damages shall not
exceed an amount equal to the value of the Merger Consideration on the date of
this Agreement.
Section
8.3 Conditions of
Indemnification. The obligations and liabilities of the
Securityholders, Parent and Merger Sub (the “indemnifying party”) to the
other (the “party to be
indemnified”) under Section 8.1 and Section 8.2 with
respect to claims resulting from the assertion of liability by third parties
(“Third Party Claims”)
shall be subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) Within
20 days (provided that failure to deliver notice within such 20 day period will
not affect the indemnification rights of the party to be indemnified unless the
indemnifying party’s position is materially prejudiced as a result of such
failure) after receipt of notice of commencement of any action evidenced by
service of process or other legal pleading, the party to be indemnified shall
give the indemnifying party written notice thereof together with a copy of such
claim, process or other legal pleading, and the indemnifying party shall have
the right to undertake the defense thereof by representatives of its own
choosing and at its own expense; provided that the party to be indemnified may
participate in the defense with counsel of its own choice, the fees and expenses
of which counsel shall be paid by the party to be indemnified unless (i) the
indemnifying party has agreed to pay such fees and expenses, (ii) the
indemnifying party has failed to assume the defense of such action or (iii) the
named parties to any such action (including any impleaded parties) include both
the indemnifying party and the party to be indemnified and the party to be
indemnified has been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal
defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those
available to the indemnifying party (in which case, if the party to be
indemnified informs the indemnifying party in writing that it elects to employ
separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying
party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such action on behalf of
the party to be indemnified, it being understood, however, that the indemnifying
party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but
substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of
the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees
and expenses of more than one separate firm of attorneys at any time for the
party to be indemnified, which firm shall be designated in writing by the party
to be indemnified).
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(b) In
the event that the indemnifying party, by the 30th day after receipt of notice
of any such claim (or, if earlier, by the 10th day preceding the day on which an
answer or other pleading must be served in order to prevent judgment by default
in favor of the Person asserting such claim), does not elect to defend against
such claim, the party to be indemnified will (upon further notice to the
indemnifying party) have the right to undertake the defense, compromise or
settlement of such claim on behalf of and for the account and risk of the
indemnifying party and at the indemnifying party’s expense, subject to the right
of the indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claims at any time prior
to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the indemnifying party shall not settle any claim without the
consent of the party to be indemnified unless such settlement involves only the
payment of money and the claimant provides to the party to be indemnified a
release from all liability in respect of such claim. If the
settlement of the claim involves more than the payment of money, the
indemnifying party shall not settle the claim without the prior consent of the
party to be indemnified.
(d) The
party to be indemnified and the indemnifying party will each cooperate with all
reasonable requests of the other.
Section
8.4 Waiver. No waiver
by any party of any default or breach by another party of any representation,
warranty, covenant or condition contained in the Transaction Documents shall be
deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default or breach by such party of the
same or any other representation, warranty, covenant or condition. No
act, delay, omission or course of dealing on the part of any party in exercising
any right, power or remedy under this Agreement or at law or in equity shall
operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise prejudice any of such party’s rights,
powers and remedies. All remedies, whether at law or in equity, shall
be cumulative and the election of any one or more shall not constitute a waiver
of the right to pursue other available remedies.
Section
8.5 Remedies
Exclusive. The remedies provided in this Article shall be the
exclusive rights and remedies available to one party against the other, either
at law or in equity, except in the case of fraud.
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Section
8.6 Offset. Any and all
amounts owing or to be paid by Parent to Securityholders, hereunder shall be
subject to offset and reduction by any amounts that may be owing at any time by
Securityholders to Parent in respect of any failure or breach of any
representation, warranty or covenant of the Company or Securityholders under or
in connection with the Transaction Documents with Parent or any transaction, as
reasonably determined by Parent.
Section
8.7 Costs and
Expenses. Whether or not the Transactions are consummated, the
Securityholders shall pay the fees and expenses of the Securityholders and the
Company for negotiating and consummating the Transactions, including without
limitation, the Company’s attorneys’ fees and expenses and accounting fees and
expenses, and Parent shall pay the fees and expenses of Parent and Merger Sub
for negotiating and consummating the Transactions, including without limitation,
its attorney’s fees and expenses and accounting fees and expenses.
Section
8.8 Specific
Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that a refusal by
a party to consummate the Transactions will cause irreparable harm to the other
parties hereto, for which there may be no adequate remedy at law and for which
the ascertainment of damages would be difficult. Therefore, each
party shall be entitled, in addition to, and without having to prove the
inadequacy of, other remedies at law, to specific performance of this Agreement,
as well as injunctive relief (without being required to post bond or other
security).
ARTICLE
IX
Miscellaneous
Section
9.1 Amendment. This
Agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented only by an instrument in
writing executed by all the parties hereto.
Section
9.2 Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any right created hereby or in the other Transaction
Documents shall be assignable by any party hereto.
Section
9.3 Parties In Interest; No Third Party
Beneficiaries. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns of the
parties hereto. Neither this Agreement nor any other Transaction
Document shall be deemed to confer upon any Person not a party hereto or thereto
any rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder.
Section
9.4 Entire
Agreement. The Transaction Documents constitute the entire
agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter hereof, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties,
or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof.
Section
9.5 Severability. If
any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable
under present or future laws effective during the term hereof, such provision
shall be fully severable and this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as
if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision never comprised a part
hereof; and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and
effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable
provision or by its severance herefrom. Furthermore, in lieu of such
illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically
as part of this Agreement a provision as similar in its terms to such illegal,
invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and
enforceable.
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Section
9.6 Survival of Representation and
Warranties. The representations and warranties contained
herein shall survive the Closing and all statements contained in any other
Transaction Document shall be deemed to have been representations and warranties
by the Company and Securityholders, Parent and Merger Sub, as the case may be,
and, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, shall
survive the Closing until August 1, 2011, except for representations and
warranties with respect to Sections 3.1, 3.2, 3.4,
3.20, 3.26, 4.1, 4.4, 5.1 and 5.2 and any matter related to fraud, which
shall survive the Closing until the running of any applicable statutes of
limitation.
Section
9.7
Governing
Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS (BUT NOT THE RULES GOVERNING CONFLICTS OF LAWS) OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE.
Section
9.8 Captions. The
captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not
limit or otherwise affect any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section
9.9 Confidentiality; Publicity and
Disclosures. Each party shall keep the Transaction Documents
and their terms confidential, and shall make no press release or public
disclosure, either written or oral, regarding the Transactions without the prior
knowledge and consent of the other parties hereto; provided that the foregoing
shall not prohibit any disclosure (i) by press release, filing or otherwise that
is required by any Legal Requirements, including the federal securities
laws and (ii) to
attorneys, accountants, investment bankers or other agents of the parties
assisting the parties in connection with the Transactions. The press
release announcing the Transactions is set forth in Exhibit
F.
Section
9.10 Notice. All notices
and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by
personal delivery, mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid,
return receipt requested), sent by facsimile transmission, sent by a nationally
recognized overnight courier service or sent by electronic submission to the
parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a party as is
specified by like change of address):
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If
to Parent:
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000
X. Xxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx L.L.P.
000
Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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If
to Securityholders:
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To
the address set forth on such Securityholder’s signature page to this
Agreement
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Notice
shall be deemed received (a) on the business day following the date on which it
is deposited with a nationally recognized and reputable overnight courier
service, (b) on the date on which it is delivered personally, (c) when sent by
facsimile with confirmation of receipt received by sender, or (d) on the third
business day following the date on which it is deposited in the U. S.
mail.
Section
9.11 Securityholder Releases;
Consent. Effective as of the Closing Date, each Securityholder
hereby irrevocably waives, releases, and discharges the Company from any and all
liabilities and obligations to such Securityholder of any kind or nature
whatsoever, whether as a Securityholder, officer, manager or employee of the
Company or otherwise, existing as of the Closing Date, including without
limitation liabilities or obligations relating to rights of contribution or
indemnification, in each case whether absolute or contingent, liquidated or
unliquidated, and whether arising at law or in equity, and each Securityholder
hereby agrees that it will not seek to recover any amounts in connection
therewith or thereunder from the Company; provided that nothing in this Section 9.11 will
constitute a waiver of any claims the Securityholders may have against Parent or
Merger Sub arising under the Transaction Documents. Each
Securityholder hereby agrees that any and all agreements to which such
Securityholder is a party and which relate to Securityholder’s ownership or
voting of Company Securities or the right to designate mangers are terminated
and of no further force or effect. By executing and delivering this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents the Securityholders irrevocably
consent to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all of the
Transactions, such consent to have the same effect as a vote by the
Securityholders at a meeting duly called and held for the purpose of acting on
proposals to approve this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the
Transactions.
Section
9.12 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
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EXECUTED as of the date first
above written.
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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SHOOT
IT! ACQUISITION, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
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SHOOT
IT!, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx
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SECURITYHOLDERS:
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See
attached
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SIGNATURE
PAGE
TO
This
Signature Page to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of __________, 2010
(the “Agreement”), by
and among Shoot It!, LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (the “Company”), the holders of the
outstanding Class A Common Units of the Company (the “Class A Common Units” and the
holders thereof, the “Class A
Holders”), the holders of the outstanding Class B Common Units of the
Company (the “Class B Common
Units” and the holders thereof, the “Class B Holders”), the holders
of the outstanding Series A Preferred Units of the Company (the “Preferred Units” and the
holders thereof, the “Preferred
Holders” and together with the Class A Holders and the Class B Holders,
the “Securityholders”),
Geos Communications, Inc., a Washington corporation (“Parent”), and Shoot It!
Acquisition, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent
(“Merger Sub”), is
hereby executed by the undersigned, as a “Securityholder”, as of the date first
set forth above.
If
an individual:
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Printed Name:
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If
a legal entity:
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(Print
name of legal entity)
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By:
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Printed:
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Title:
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Address
of individual or legal entity:
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EXHIBIT
A
DEFINITIONS
“2009 Company Audit” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
6.1.
“Accounts Receivable” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.10.
“Affiliate” means with respect
to any Person, any other Person controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person, including directors, mangers, officers or beneficial
owners of any class of securities of such Person (or a relative of any of the
foregoing). For purposes of this definition, the term “control” (and
correlative terms) means the power, whether by contract, equity ownership or
otherwise, to direct the policies and management of a Person.
“Agreement” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“ALLCA” shall have the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“Balance Sheet” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a)(ii).
“Business” means creating
applications or programs for the processing and sending of digital pictures from
a device to a processing center for printing and mailing to
recipients.
“Certificate of Merger” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Closing” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
7.1.
“Closing Date” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
7.1.
“Code” shall mean the United States
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All references to the
Code, U.S. Treasury regulations or other governmental pronouncements shall be
deemed to include references to any applicable successor regulations or amending
pronouncement.
“Commitment” and “Commitments” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
3.17.
“Company” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Common Stock”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Common Stockholders”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Employees and Consultants”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(a).
“Company Financial Statements”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.7.
“Company Notes” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a).
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“Company Option” has the meaning set
forth in the Preamble.
“Company Option Holder” has the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Other Benefit
Obligation” shall mean an Other Benefit Obligation owed, adopted, or
followed by the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates.
“Company Permits” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
3.21.
“Company Preferred Stock”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Preferred
Stockholders” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Preamble.
“Company Plans” shall mean all
Plans of which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates is or was a Plan
Sponsor, or to which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates otherwise
contributes or has contributed, or in which the Company or any of its ERISA
Affiliates otherwise participates or has participated. All references to Plans
are to Company Plans unless the context requires otherwise.
“Company Products” shall mean
each and all of the products of the Company (including without limitation all
software products), whether currently being distributed, currently under
development, or otherwise anticipated to be distributed under any product “road
map” of the Company.
“Company Proprietary Rights”
shall mean the Proprietary Rights of the Company.
“Company Securities” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
“Company Source Code” shall
mean any source code, or any portion, aspect or segment of any source code,
relating to any Proprietary Rights owned by or licensed to the Company or
otherwise used by the Company.
“Company Warrants” shall
have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Company Warrant Holders”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Compensation Plans” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(b).
“Controlling Securityholders”
means XxXxxxxxx and Xxxxx.
“Copyrights” shall mean all
copyrights, copyrightable works, semiconductor topography and mask work rights,
and applications for registration thereof, including all rights of authorship,
use, publication, reproduction, distribution, performance transformation, moral
rights and rights of ownership of copyrightable works, semiconductor topography
works and mask works, and all rights to register and obtain renewals and
extensions of registrations, together with all other interests accruing by
reason of international copyright, semiconductor topography and mask work
conventions.
“Damages” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
8.1.
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“DGCL” shall have the meaning
set forth in the Recitals.
“Disposition” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
6.3.
“Effective Time” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
“Employee Policies and
Procedures” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.11(c).
“Employment Agreements” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
7.2(d).
“Encumbrances” shall mean any
lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, mortgage, security interest, encumbrance,
equity, trust, equitable interest, claim, preference, right of possession,
lease, tenancy, license, encroachment, covenant, infringement, interference,
order, proxy, option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, community
property interest, legend, defect, impediment, exception, reservation,
limitation, impairment, imperfection of title, condition or restriction of any
nature (including any restriction on the transfer of any asset, any restriction
on the receipt of any income derived from any asset, any restriction on the use
of any asset and any restriction on the possession, exercise or transfer of any
other attribute of ownership of any asset).
“Environmental, Health, and Safety
Liabilities” shall mean any cost, damages, expense, liability,
obligation, or other responsibility arising from or under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law and consisting of or relating to: (i) any
environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions (including on-site or
off-site contamination, occupational safety and health,
and regulation of chemical substances or products); (ii) fines,
penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or administrative proceedings,
damages, losses, claims, demands and response, investigative, remedial, or
inspection costs and expenses arising under Environmental Law or Occupational
Safety and Health Law; (iii) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law for cleanup costs or corrective action,
including any investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other remediation
or response actions (“Cleanup”) required by applicable Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law (whether or not such Cleanup has been
required or requested by any Governmental Body or any other Person) and for any
natural resource damages; or (iv) any other compliance, corrective,
investigative, or remedial measures required under Environmental Law or
Occupational Safety and Health Law.
“Environmental Law” shall mean
any Legal Requirements from a Governmental Body, now or hereafter in effect,
relating to Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Activity, or protection of human
health and the environment.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” shall mean,
with respect to the Company, any other Person that, together with the Company is
treated as a single employer under Code Section 414.
“ESOP” shall have the meaning
given in Code Section 4975(e)(7).
“Exchange Act” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
5.6(a).
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“Facilities” shall mean any
real property, leaseholds, or other interests currently or formerly owned or
operated by the Company and any buildings, plants, structures, or equipment
(including motor vehicles, tank cars, and rolling stock) currently or formerly
owned or operated by the Company.
“GAAP” shall mean generally
accepted United States accounting principles, applied on a basis consistent with
the basis throughout the periods involved.
“Governmental Body” shall mean
any (i) nation, state, county, city, town, village, district or other
jurisdiction of any nature; (ii) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or
other government; (iii) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any
nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or
entity and any court or other tribunal); (iv) multi-national organization or
body; or (v) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative,
executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or
power of any nature.
“Hazardous Activity” shall mean
the abatement, distribution, generation, handling, importing, management,
manufacturing, processing, production, refinement, Release, Threat of Release,
storage, transfer, transportation, treatment, or use (including any withdrawal
or other use of groundwater) of Hazardous Materials in, on, under, about, or
from the Facilities or any part thereof into the environment, and any other act,
business, operation, or thing that increases the danger, or risk of danger, or
poses an unreasonable risk of harm to persons or property on or off the
Facilities, or that may affect the value of the Facilities or the Company, or
any other activity or occurrence that causes or would cause any such event to
occur.
“Hazardous Materials” shall
mean any waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated, or
classified as, or otherwise determined to be, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic
or a pollutant or a contaminant under or pursuant to any Environmental Law,
including any admixture or solution thereof, and specifically including
petroleum and all derivatives thereof or synthetic substitutes therefore and
asbestos or asbestos-containing materials.
“Hedging Transaction” means any
short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase or other
acquisition, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put
or call option or any combination thereof) with respect to any security or other
instrument (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes,
relates to or otherwise derives any significant part of its value from the
Parent Common Stock.
“Indemnification Escrow
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5.
“Issued Patents” shall mean all
issued patents, reissued or reexamined patents, revivals of patents, utility
models, certificates of invention, registrations of patents or extensions
thereof, regardless of country or formal name, issued by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office or any other applicable Governmental
Body.
“Knowledge” means as to an
individual will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or other
matter if: (i) such individual is actually aware of such fact or
other matter; or (ii) a prudent individual could be expected to
discover or otherwise become aware of such fact or other matter in the course of
conducting a reasonably comprehensive investigation concerning the existence of
such fact or other matter. A Person (other than an individual) will
be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular
fact or other matter if any individual who is serving, or who has at any time
served, as a director, manager, officer, partner, executor, or trustee of such
Person (or in any similar capacity) has, or at any time had, Knowledge of such
fact or other matter.
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“Legal Requirements” shall
mean any national, federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational, or other administrative order, executive order, judgments,
decrees, injunctions, order, constitution, law, licensing, permit, authorization
or consent requirement, ordinance, principal of common law, regulation, statute
or treaty.
“Material Adverse Effect”
shall mean any change, event, occurrence or condition which has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material
adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations or prospects of the subject Person and its subsidiaries,
taken as a whole.
“XxXxxxxxx” means Xxxxxx
XxXxxxxxx.
“Merger” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Merger Consideration” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
2.3.
“Merger Sub” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Multi-Employer Plan” shall
mean the meaning given in ERISA Section 3(37)(A).
“Occupational Safety and Health
Law” shall mean any Legal Requirements designed to provide safe and
healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health
hazards, and any program, whether governmental or private (including those
promulgated or sponsored by industry associations and insurance companies),
designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions.
“Other Benefit Obligations”
shall mean all obligations, arrangements, or customary practices, whether or not
legally enforceable, to provide benefits, other than salary, as compensation for
services rendered, to present or former directors, managers, employees, or
agents, other than obligations, arrangements, and practices that are Plans.
Other Benefit Obligations include consulting agreements under which the
compensation paid does not depend upon the amount of service rendered,
sabbatical policies, severance payment policies, and fringe benefits within the
meaning of Code Section 132.
“Parent” shall have the
meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Parent Common Stock” shall mean the common stock
of Parent, no par value per share.
“Parent Financials” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(b).
“Parent Indemnitees” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
8.1.
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“Parent Preferred Stock” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
“Parent SEC Reports” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(a)
“Patent Applications” shall
mean all provisional or nonprovisional patent applications, whether published or
unpublished, filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any other
applicable Governmental Body, together with any reexamination proceedings,
invention disclosures and records of invention.
“Patents” shall mean the Issued
Patents and all Patent Applications.
“Pension Plan” shall have the
meaning given in ERISA Section 3(2)(A).
“Person” shall mean any
individual corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general or
limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, estate, trust,
association, organization, labor union, or other entity or Governmental
Body.
“Personal Property” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section
3.14(b).
“Plan” shall have the meaning
given in ERISA Section 3(3).
“Plan Sponsor” shall have the
meaning given in ERISA Section 3(16)(B).
“Preferred Stock Designation”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.3.
“Proceeding” shall mean any
action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation, or suit (whether
civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, or informal) commenced, brought,
conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body
or arbitrator.
“Proprietary Rights” shall mean
any and all (a)(i) Patents, (ii) Trademarks, including without limitation,
Registered Trademarks, (iii) Copyrights, including without limitation Registered
Copyrights, (iv) Trade Secrets, (v) all other ideas, inventions,
designs, manufacturing and operating specifications, technical data, and other
intangible assets, intellectual properties and rights (whether or not
appropriate steps have been taken to protect, under applicable law, such other
intangible assets, properties or rights); or (b) any right to use or
exploit any of the foregoing.
“Qualified Plan” shall mean any
Plan that meets or purports to meet the requirements of Code Section
401(a).
“Registered Copyrights” shall
mean all Copyrights for which registrations have been obtained or applications
for registration have been filed in the United States Copyright Office and any
other applicable Governmental Body.
“Registered Trademarks” means
all Trademarks for which registrations have been obtained or applications for
registration have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office
and any applicable Governmental Body.
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“Release” shall mean any
spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, depositing, escaping, seeping,
leaching, dumping, or other releasing into the Environment, or to allow, permit
or suffer any of these acts or omissions, whether intentional or
unintentional.
“SEC” shall mean the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
3.2.
“Securityholders” shall have
the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
“Surviving Corporation” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section
2.1(b).
“Tax” shall mean any tax
(including any income tax, capital gains tax, value-added tax, sales tax,
property tax, gift tax, or estate tax), levy, assessment, tariff, duty
(including any customs duty), deficiency, or other fee, and any related charge
or amount (including any fine, penalty, interest or addition to tax), imposed,
assessed, or collected by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or
payable pursuant to any tax-sharing agreement or any other Commitment relating
to the sharing or payment of any such tax, levy, assessment, tariff, duty,
deficiency, or fee.
“Tax Return” shall mean any
return (including any information return), report, statement, schedule, notice,
form, or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required
to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the
determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in connection
with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of or compliance with
any Legal Requirements relating to any Tax.
“Third Party Claims”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.
“Threat of Release” shall mean
a substantial likelihood of a Release that may require action in order to
prevent or mitigate damage to the Environment that may result from such
Release.
“Threshold” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section
8.1.
“Title IV Plans” shall mean all
Pension Plans that are subject to Title IV of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. Section 1301 et
seq., other than Multi-Employer Plans.
“Trade Secrets” means all
product specifications, data, know-how, formulae, compositions, processes,
designs, sketches, photographs, graphs, drawings, samples, inventions and ideas,
research and development, manufacturing or distribution methods and processes,
customer lists, current and anticipated customer requirements, price lists,
market studies, business plans, computer software and programs (including object
code), computer software and database technologies, systems, structures and
architectures (and related processes, formulae, composition, improvements,
devices, know-how, inventions, discoveries, concepts, ideas, designs, methods
and information), and any other information, however documented, that is a trade
secret within the meaning of the applicable trade-secret protection
law.
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“Trademarks” shall mean all (i)
trademarks, service marks, marks, logos, insignias, designs, names, domain names
business names, trade names or other symbols as well as all goodwill associated
with any of the foregoing.
“Transaction Documents” shall
mean, collectively, this Agreement, Indemnification Escrow Agreement, Employment
Agreement, each other agreement, document and instrument required to be executed
in accordance therewith and all exhibits, schedules, instrument or certificate
contemplated hereby or thereby.
“Transactions” shall mean,
collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents.
“Unaudited Financial
Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a).
“Underlying Parent Common
Stock” shall have the meaning set froth in Section
4.4.
“VEBA” shall mean a voluntary
employees’ beneficiary association under Code Section 501(c)(9).
“Welfare Plan” shall have the
meaning given in ERISA Section 3(1).
“Xxxxx” means Xxxxx
Xxxxx.
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EXHIBIT
B
ALLOCATION
OF MERGER CONSIDERATION
See
Attached
EXHIBIT
C
PREFERRED
STOCK DESIGNATION
See
Attached
EXHIBIT
D
FORM
OF EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
See
Attached
EXHIBIT
E
FORM
OF CONSULTING AGREEMENT
See
Attached
EXHIBIT
F
PRESS
RELEASE
See
Attached