ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 2.1
Execution Copy
This ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the
30th day of August, 2006, by and between SUMMIT AMUSEMENT & DISTRIBUTING, LTD., a Texas
limited partnership (“Seller”), and GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“Purchaser”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Seller is engaged in the business of developing, manufacturing, marketing, selling,
repairing and refurbishing video lottery games and terminals, casino gaming machines and associated
software/firmware (collectively, the “Business”); and
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell substantially all of the Assets (as hereinafter defined) used
in the Business to Purchaser, and Purchaser desires to acquire the Assets, upon the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings specified in this Section 1.1.
“Action” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or
investigation by or before any Governmental Authority.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person that directly or indirectly
controls or is controlled by or under common control with such Person. For purposes of this
definition, “control” means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person through the ownership of securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Agreement” means this Asset Purchase Agreement.
“Alternative Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(b).
“Ancillary Agreements” has the meaning specified in the definition of Transaction
Documents below.
“Annual Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(e).
“Arbitrator” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4(d).
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“Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“Assumed Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1.
“Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(e).
“Xxxx of Sale” has the meaning specified in Section 10.2(d).
“Books and Records” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(h).
“Business” has the meaning specified in the initial recital of this Agreement.
“Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, with respect to Cash, all cash on hand or in
Seller’s bank accounts, less any outstanding checks; and, with respect to Cash Equivalents, any and
all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less, and including any
rights to Seller’s bank accounts.
“CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980, as amended.
“Chemical Substance” means any chemical substance, including but not limited to any
(a) pollutant, contaminant, irritant, chemical, raw material, intermediate, product, by-product,
slag, construction debris; (b) industrial, solid, liquid or gaseous toxic or hazardous substance,
material or waste, (c) petroleum or any fraction thereof; (d) asbestos or asbestos-containing
material; (e) polychlorinated biphenyl; (f) chlorofluorocarbons; and (g) other substance, material
or waste, which is identified or regulated under any Environmental Law or Safety Law, or other
comparable laws.
“Claim Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Closing” and “Closing Date” have the meanings specified in Section
10.1.
“Closing Net Working Capital” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3(a).
“Closing Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Contracts” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(f).
“Direct Liability Returns” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1.
“Discussion Period” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1(f).
“Earnout” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a).
“Earnout Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(b).
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“EBITDA” means the combined net income (or loss) before interest, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization of the Business during a relevant period, all as determined in
accordance with GAAP (as applied in a manner consistent with the preparation of the Annual
Financial Statements); provided, however, that for the purposes of this Agreement, in determining
EBITDA there shall be excluded any extraordinary items related to the sale of the Business by
Seller and any deductions for corporate overhead allocations from Purchaser (other than Purchaser’s
cost of providing employee benefits to former employees of Seller), including, without limitation
(i) any expenses directly or indirectly incurred in connection with the acquisition of the Assets
by Purchaser, and (ii) any other direct or indirect charges or expenses not related to the
operation of the Business.
“Election Period” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Environment” means soil, land surface or subsurface strata, real property, surface
waters (including navigable waters, ocean waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins and wetlands),
groundwater, water body sediments, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including
indoor air), plant and animal life and any other environmental medium or natural resource.
“Environmental Laws” means CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the
Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act, each, as amended and in effect on the date hereof, and any
other federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation or legal requirement, as in effect on the
date hereof, relating to: (a) the Release, containment, removal, remediation, response, cleanup or
abatement of any sort of any Chemical Substance; (b) the manufacture, generation, formulation,
processing, labeling, distribution, introduction into commerce, use, treatment, handling, storage,
recycling, disposal or transportation of any Chemical Substance; (c) exposure of persons, including
employees, to any Chemical Substance; (d) the physical structure, use or condition of a building,
facility, fixture or other structure, including, without limitation, those relating to the
management, use, storage, disposal, cleanup or removal of asbestos, asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls or any other Chemical Substance; (e) the pollution, protection or clean
up of the Environment; or (f) noise.
“Environmental Liabilities and Costs” means all Losses incurred: (a) to comply with
any Environmental Law; (b) as a result of a Release of any Chemical Substance; or, (c) as a result
of any environmental conditions present at, created by or arising out of the operations of Seller
or its predecessors through the Closing Date.
“Environmental Permit” means any Permit or authorization from any governmental
authority required under, issued pursuant to, or authorized by any Environmental Law.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity, trade or business controlled by, controlling or
under common control with Seller (within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Sections
4001(a)(14) or 4001(b) of ERISA.
“Escrow Agent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).
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“Escrow and Blocked Account Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section
4.1(b).
“Estimated Closing Net Working Capital” has the meaning specified in Section
4.3(b).
“Excluded Assets” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(e).
“First Form Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).
“GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles and practices as
in effect from time to time and applied consistently throughout the periods involved.
“Governmental Authority” means any court or tribunal in any jurisdiction or any
public, governmental, tribal or regulatory body, agency, department, commission, board, bureau or
other authority or instrumentality.
“Hired Employees” has the meaning specified in Section 8.1.
“Indebtedness” means indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase
price of property or services (other than trade payables and other accrued current liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business), or capital lease obligations, conditional sale or
other title retention agreements.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Indemnifying Party has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Indemnity Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(d).
“Information Returns” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1(a).
“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property or similar rights throughout
the world (together with all rights, privileges, claims, causes of action and options relating or
pertaining thereto), including but not limited to: (i) trademarks, service marks, service names,
trade dress, logos, trade names, slogans and corporate names (including, but not limited to, all
rights to the “SUMMIT AMUSEMENT & DISTRIBUTING” name and any related marks), together with all
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations thereof and including all goodwill
associated therewith, and all applications for registration, registrations and renewals in
connection therewith; (ii) works of authorship, copyrightable works, copyrights and all
applications, registrations and renewals in connection therewith; (iii) inventions (whether or not
patentable), discoveries, designs, industrial models, and all United States and foreign patents and
patent rights covered by, disclosed in or otherwise related thereto, all registrations and
applications therefor and all reissues, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part,
re-examinations and extensions thereof; (iv) all undocumented or proprietary intellectual property,
including trade secrets, mask works and confidential or proprietary information, tangible or
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intangible, oral or written, regardless of media or embodiment (including ideas, know-how,
formulas, processes, compositions, data, customer and supplier lists, and business and marketing
plans and proposals); (v) software, including, without limitation, object code and source code and
annotations thereto, programming toolboxes, disks, documentation, flow charts, diagrams, operating
manuals, related systems data, source programs, databases, record layouts, program libraries, and
any other documentation in those application areas that may pertain to any data processing system
or the operation of the Business; (vi) all internet, intranet or extranet websites, URLs and domain
names and all information and content associated with any of the foregoing, including the internet
domain name “xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx” and all variants and derivatives thereof; (vii) right to xxx for
past infringement and improper, unlawful or unfair use of any of the foregoing; and (viii) all
goodwill associated with all of the foregoing.
“Interim Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(e).
“Inventory” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Knowledge” or “awareness” means the actual knowledge or awareness of such
entity’s officers provided, however, that in the case of Seller, the actual knowledge or awareness
is only that of Xxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxxxx.
“Law” means any federal, state, local, tribal or foreign constitution, statute, law,
ordinance, regulation, rule, code, order, principle of common law, treaty or other requirement or
rule of law.
“Liens” means any charge, claim, equitable interest, license, lien, option, right of
first refusal, pledge, security interest, mortgage, right of way, easement, encroachment or similar
restriction; provided, however, that the term “Liens” shall be deemed to exclude (a) statutory
liens for Taxes to the extent that the payment thereof is not in arrears or otherwise due, (b)
encumbrances in the nature of zoning restrictions, easements, rights or restrictions of record on
the use of real property if the same does not impair its use in the conduct of the business of such
Person, (c) statutory or common law liens to secure landlords, lessors or renters under leases or
rental agreements confined to the premises rented to the extent that no payment or performance
under any such lease or rental agreement is in arrears or is otherwise due, (d) deposits or pledges
made in connection with, or to secure payment of, worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance,
old age pension programs mandated under applicable laws or other social security and (e) statutory
or common law liens in favor of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics and materialmen, statutory or
common law liens to secure claims for labor, materials, equipment or supplies and other like liens
which secure obligations to the extent that payment thereof is not in arrears or otherwise due.
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to any Person, any effect, change or
circumstance that individually or when taken together with all other changes, effects or
circumstances, has been or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations or cash flow of such Person; provided,
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however, that a Material Adverse Effect shall not include, individually or in the aggregate,
any effect, change or circumstance that arises by reason of or related to a general deterioration
in the economy or in the gaming industry; changes in laws, tax laws, tax rates or GAAP, changes in
international or national political or regulatory conditions generally; any change, event or effect
resulting from any act of terrorism, commencement, escalation, continuation or cessation of armed
hostilities in the United States or internationally or declaration of war by or against or
otherwise involving the United States; any change, event or effect resulting from the entering into
or public announcement of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Further, no event or
condition that results primarily from such events shall be deemed to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
“Xxxxxxx Xxxxx” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(b).
“Neutral Auditor” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(d).
“Owners” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual resident of the State of Texas,
Dynamanagement, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Dynamo, LLP, a Texas limited liability partnership,
X. Xxxxxxx LLC, a Texas limited liability company.
“Parties” means the parties to this Agreement.
“Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(f).
“Person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, bank, trust, association, unincorporated organization, governmental entity,
syndicate or group.
“Personal Property” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d).
“Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section
4.3(b).
“Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate” has the meaning specified in Section
4.3(c).
“Receivables” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(a).
“Related Person” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(w).
“Release” means any actual, threatened or alleged spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring,
emitting, dispersing, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing
of any Chemical Substance into the Environment that may cause any Environmental Liabilities and
Costs (including the disposal or abandonment of barrels, containers, tanks or other receptacles
containing or previously containing any Chemical Substance).
“Retained Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2.
“Safety Laws” means any Law relating to health or safety, including the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, as amended and in effect on the date hereof and including any provision
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of any such Law relating to (a) exposure of employees to any Chemical Substance or (b) the physical
structure, use or condition of a building, facility, fixture or other structure, including, without
limitation, those relating to equipment or manufacturing processes, or the management, use,
storage, disposal, cleanup or removal of any Chemical Substance.
“Safety Liabilities and Costs” mean all Losses incurred to comply with any Safety Law
or as a result of any health or safety conditions present at, created by or arising out of the
operations of the Business through the Closing Date.
“Second Form Escrow Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).
“Target Net Working Capital” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3(a).
“Tax Returns” has the meaning specified in Section 12.2.
“Taxes” means any federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes, including, without
limitation, income taxes, estimated taxes, excise taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, gross receipts
taxes, franchise taxes, employment and payroll related taxes, withholding taxes, stamp taxes,
transfer taxes and property taxes, whether or not measured in whole or in part by net income.
“Termination Date” has the meaning specified in Section 13.1(b).
“Third Party Claim” has the meaning specified in Section 11.3(a).
“Transaction Documents” means collectively this Agreement and each of the other
agreements, assignments, certificates, documents and instruments as shall be requested by Purchaser
and its counsel or required or anticipated to be delivered by Seller or Purchaser pursuant to this
Agreement or in any other instrument or document delivered by any of the parties hereto pursuant to
this Agreement (the “Ancillary Agreements”), as amended, modified or supplemented from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof and all other instruments, certificates and agreements
executed by any party hereto in connection with transactions contemplated by such agreements,
including the Schedules.
1.2 Construction. As used herein, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) all
references to “Article” or “Section” are to an article or section hereof; (b) all references to
“Exhibits” and “Schedules” herein are to exhibits and schedules attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof; (c) “include,” “includes” and “including” are deemed to
be followed by “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by such words or
words of similar import; (d) the headings of the various articles, sections and other subdivisions
hereof are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define or limit any of the terms
or provisions hereof, and (e) the singular includes the plural.
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ARTICLE II
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
SALE AND PURCHASE OF ASSETS
2.1 Sale and Purchase of Assets. Subject to the terms and conditions contained in
this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, convey, transfer and deliver to
Purchaser, and Purchaser shall acquire from Seller, all of Seller’s right, title and interest in
and to all of the tangible and intangible assets related to or used in connection with the
Business, as they exist as of the Closing, together with all accrued benefits and rights pertaining
thereto (together, the “Assets”), other than the Excluded Assets, free and clear of any
Liens, including, without limitation:
(a) Receivables. All accounts receivable, notes and other amounts receivable by the
Business from third parties outstanding at the Closing, including, without limitation, customers,
arising from the conduct of the Business or otherwise before the Closing Date, whether or not in
the ordinary course, whether billed or unbilled, whether current or non-current, together with all
unpaid financing charges accrued thereon, if any, and the full benefit of all security for such
accounts or notes or rights to payment (the “Receivables”);
(b) Claims. All claims, demands, actions, choses in action, judgments, decrees,
rights of recovery and rights of set off of any kind, against any Person, including any Liens or
other rights to payment or to enforce payment in connection with products or services delivered by
Seller in connection with the Business, and including all insurance benefits, rights and proceeds
arising from or relating to the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities prior to the Closing, except to
the extent excluded under Section 2.3(f) below;
(c) Inventories. The raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods, supplies, spare
parts, materials and supplies to be used or consumed by Seller in the production or refurbishment
of finished goods, packaging items, prepaid inventory and similar items and other inventories in
each case intended for use or sale by the Business, in each case wherever the same may be located,
including, without limitation, inventory in leased warehouse space, on consignment with
distribution partners and in transit (the “Inventory”);
(d) Personal Property. All machinery, manufacturing, laboratory and testing
equipment, furniture, tools, molds, jigs, patterns and dies, fixtures, spare parts, office and
computer hardware and tangible embodiments of software, automobiles and other motorized vehicles,
websites, telephone and fax numbers, and other personal property used in connection with the
Business (the “Personal Property”);
(e) Intellectual Property. All Intellectual Property owned by Seller and the rights
of Seller in and to any Intellectual Property licensed by Seller or otherwise used or proposed for
use by Seller in the operation of the Business;
(f) Contracts. All rights under all contracts, agreements, leases, and offers open
for acceptance of any nature, whether written or oral, related to or used in connection with the
Business, including, without limitation, the contracts listed in Schedule 2.1(f), but
excluding those contracts listed in Schedule 2.3(h) (the “Contracts”);
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(g) Operating Permits. The Permits listed in Schedule 2.1(g);
(h) Books and Records. To the extent not already included in Intellectual Property,
all books and records related to or used in connection with the Business, including, without
limitation, (i) all records and lists of Seller pertaining to the Assets, (ii) all records and
lists pertaining to the Business, and customers, suppliers, vendors, distributors or personnel of
the Business, (iii) all product, business and marketing plans, advertising and sales literature and
promotional literature relating to the Business, and (iv) all other books, ledgers, files, reports,
plans, drawings and operating records, manuals and reports, testing manuals, notes and reports,
drawings and models and treatises and other publications of every kind maintained by Seller in
connection with the Business, but excluding the originals of Seller’s partnership agreement and
related records and tax returns (collectively, the “Books and Records”); provided, however,
that Seller may retain and use copies of the Books and Records to the extent that the Books and
Records relate to any Excluded Asset, Retained Liability or business of Seller other than the
Business;
(i) Warranties. All rights under or pursuant to all warranties, representations and
guarantees made by Persons (including all contractual or other rights of Seller to return
Inventory) in connection with the Assets or services furnished to Seller pertaining to the Business
or affecting the Assets; and
(j) Prepaids. All deposits (including customer deposits on open orders), refunds,
rebates, and tenant reimbursements relating to the operation of the Business prior to Closing,
pre-payments or prepaid expenses relating to the Business except to the extent that such assets are
Excluded Assets under Section 2.3(f) below.
The transfer of the Assets pursuant to this Agreement shall not include the assumption of any
liability related to the Assets unless Purchaser expressly assumes that liability pursuant to
Section 3.1.
2.2 [Intentionally omitted.]
2.3 Excluded Assets. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the
Assets shall not include, and Seller shall not transfer to Purchaser and Purchaser shall not
accept, any of the following (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”):
(a) Except as set forth in Section 2.1(j), Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) Books of original financial entry and internal accounting documents and records relating
to the Business and any other books and records relating to the Business that Seller is required to
retain pursuant to statute, rule or regulation, provided that, at Purchaser’s expense, Seller shall
provide Purchaser with copies of such books and records as Purchaser may reasonably request from
time to time;
(c) Any assets or reserves of Employee Benefit Plans;
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(d) All rights to refunds of all Taxes relating to the Assets or the Business to the extent
such Taxes relate to a period commencing and ending prior to the Closing Date;
(e) All amounts prepaid on any insurance policy maintained by Seller on behalf of the Business
prior to Closing listed on Schedule 2.3(f);
(f) Rebates, refunds, tenant reimbursements, refunds of insurance premiums arising from
operation of the Business prior to Closing and other items listed on Schedule 2.3(f);
(g) All rights, causes of action and claims that may be asserted against third parties arising
out of any of the Excluded Assets hereof or any of the Retained Liabilities, including, without
limitation, any rights to reimbursement for damages, fees or expenses;
(h) The Contracts listed on Schedule 2.3(h); and
(i) All rights of Seller arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the transactions
described herein.
ARTICLE III
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES
3.1 Assumed Liabilities and Obligations. At the Closing, Seller shall assign to
Purchaser, and Purchaser shall assume and agree to thereafter pay, satisfy, perform and discharge
only the following specified liabilities of Seller or the Business existing as of the Closing Date
(collectively, the “Assumed Liabilities”):
(a) trade accounts payable reflected on the Balance Sheet (other than a trade account payable
to an Owner or a Related Person) that remain unpaid at and are not more than thirty (30) days past
due as of the Closing; and trade accounts payable (other than a trade account payable to an Owner
or a Related Person) incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of business between the date of the
Balance Sheet and the Closing that remain unpaid at and are not more than thirty (30) days past due
as of the Closing or are otherwise incurred with Purchaser’s prior written consent;
(b) liability to Seller’s customers incurred by Seller in the ordinary course of business for
orders outstanding as of the Closing reflected on Seller’s books (other than any liabilities
arising out of or relating to a breach that occurred prior to the Closing and any liabilities
associated with the failure of Seller to timely perform with respect to any such orders);
(c) those obligations and liabilities arising from the Contracts listed on Schedule
2.1(f) from and after the Closing Date (and not including any liability arising out of or
relating to a breach that occurred prior to the Closing), and any liability of Seller arising after
the Closing under any Contract included in the Assets that is entered into by Seller after the date
of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (other than a liability
arising out of or relating to a breach that occurred prior to the Closing and other orders in
jurisdictions
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where Seller is not properly authorized or licensed to conduct business); provided, however
that Purchaser shall not be obligated to assume any obligations or liabilities with respect to a
Contract listed on Schedule 5.1(d) if consent to the assignment of such Contract to
Purchaser is not provided by Seller;
(d) the contingent liabilities or guarantees described, and in the amounts listed, on
Schedule 3.1(d), which were provided to parties that financed the sale of equipment by
Seller or such other contingent liabilities or guarantees as are otherwise incurred with
Purchaser’s prior written consent;
(e) liability to Seller’s customers under written warranty agreements in the forms disclosed
in Schedule 3.1(e) or other warranty agreements otherwise disclosed in Schedule 3.1(e)
or otherwise provided with Purchaser’s prior written consent, in each case given by Seller to
its customers in the ordinary course of business prior to the Closing (other than any liability
arising out of or relating to a breach of warranty that occurred prior to the Closing);
(f) All liabilities of Seller to the Hired Employees for payment in respect of unused vacation
days since each such employee’s last anniversary of hiring; and
(g) All product liability claims associated with products sold by Seller in the ordinary
course of operating the Business prior to the Closing Date.
3.2 Retained Liabilities and Obligations. The Assumed Liabilities shall not include,
and Seller shall not assign to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall not assume, any of the liabilities,
or any of the costs, expenses, claims, losses or other obligations and liabilities related thereto,
arising out of or relating to the Business or the Assets and relating to or arising out of any
circumstances, events or actions occurring prior to the Closing, whether known or unknown, accrued,
absolute, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, known or unknown, contingent, actual or
otherwise, except for the Assumed Liabilities specifically enumerated in Section 3.1 above
(together, the “Retained Liabilities”). The Retained Liabilities shall remain the sole
responsibility of Seller, and shall be retained, paid, performed and discharged solely by Seller.
For clarity, the Retained Liabilities include any and all liabilities of Seller or relating to the
operation of the Business prior to the Closing, other than the Assumed Liabilities, including,
without limitation, the following:
(a) Except as specifically set forth in Section 3.1(f), any liability to the employees
of Seller (including employees of the Business) arising prior to or as of the Closing to provide
benefits to such employees under any of the Employee Benefit Plans or any liabilities associated
with severance payments due or to become due to the employees of Seller (including employees of the
Business), whether arising from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, or
otherwise, and any claims relating to any Employee Benefit Plans, any other bonus, benefit or
compensation plan, fund, arrangement or agreement, of Seller, or the termination thereof accruing
or arising on or prior to the Closing;
(b) Any Environmental Liabilities and Costs and Safety Liabilities and Costs;
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(c) Any liabilities relating to or arising out of Actions against Seller, the Business or the
Assets which are pending or threatened as of the Closing;
(d) Any liabilities for Taxes attributable to Seller or the Business for periods prior to the
Closing and any Taxes that arise as a result of the sale of Assets pursuant to this Agreement;
(e) Any liabilities for debt (including bank debt and notes payable) including interest
thereon to any Person, including limited partners or Affiliates of Seller (but not including those
trade accounts payable described in Section 3.1(a) or the contingent liabilities described
in Section 3.1(d);
(f) Any liabilities arising out of or related to the Excluded Assets;
(g) All liabilities and obligations of Seller for workers’ compensation liabilities,
occupational injury, payroll, consulting fees through the Closing Date or for fees or other
expenses of Seller, including all liabilities incurred in connection with or related to the sale or
transfer of the Assets;
(h) All liabilities and obligations of Seller for fees, costs and expenses of attorneys,
independent public accountants, investment bankers or other representatives incurred in connection
with the negotiation, preparation or consummation of the Transaction Documents;
(i) All liabilities and obligations of Seller arising out of or based on any contract with any
employee for accrued but unpaid bonuses;
(j) All liabilities and obligations of Seller for the sales and transfer taxes described below
in Section 6.7, and the costs and expenses of Seller described below in Section
14.1;
(k) All liabilities and obligations of Seller (i) owed to a Related Person, or (ii) otherwise
listed on or required to be listed on Schedule 5.1(w); and
(l) All liabilities of Seller under guarantees or other credit support arrangements given by
Seller in favor of Dynafund, Ltd.
ARTICLE IV
PURCHASE PRICE
PURCHASE PRICE
4.1 Purchase Price; Escrow.
(a) Purchase Price. The purchase price for the Assets will consist of (i)
thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000) in cash (as adjusted pursuant to Sections 4.3 and
4.5) the “Closing Payment”) and (ii) the Earnout, if any (collectively, the
“Purchase Price”). On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall deliver the Closing Payment, less
the Escrow and Blocked Account Amount, to Seller via wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account of Seller in the United States designated by Seller in writing to Purchaser not less
than one (1) business day prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that at Purchaser’s
discretion, Purchaser may direct a portion of the Closing Payment to repay any outstanding balance
under that certain Promissory Note,
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dated as of October 25, 2005, by Summit Amusement & Distributing, Ltd. as maker in favor of Rocky
Mountain Bank, in the original principal amount of $2 million.
(b) Escrow.
(i) Subject to subsection 4.1(b)(ii), Purchaser and Seller have agreed that, to secure
the indemnification obligations of Seller pursuant to Article XI, five million dollars
($5,000,000) of the Closing Payment (the “Escrow and Blocked Account Amount”) will
be deposited at the Closing with Union Bank of California, N.A., as escrow agent (the
“Escrow Agent”), and at the Closing, Purchaser, Seller and the Escrow Agent shall
execute and deliver an escrow agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A (the “First Form Escrow Agreement”) pursuant to which Purchaser
shall deposit the entire Escrow and Blocked Account Amount with the Escrow Agent.
(ii) After the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Purchaser and Seller shall
negotiate in good faith to attempt to establish an arrangement whereby Seller would be
afforded additional investment flexibility with respect to four million dollars ($4,000,000)
of the Escrow and Blocked Account Amount while Purchaser would be afforded security for the
indemnification obligations of Seller pursuant to Article XI substantially similar to that
provided by the First Form Escrow Agreement. If prior to the date that is five (5) business
days before the Closing, Seller and Purchaser have agreed to such arrangement (the
“Alternative Agreement”), then at the Closing, (A) Purchaser, Seller and the Escrow
Agent shall execute and deliver an escrow agreement in substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B (the “Second Form Escrow Agreement”), pursuant to which
Purchaser shall deposit one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the Escrow and Blocked Account
Amount with the Escrow Agent and (B) Purchaser, Seller and any other party thereto shall
execute and deliver the Alternative Agreement pursuant to which Purchaser shall deposit four
million dollars ($4,000,000) of the Escrow and Blocked Account Amount.
4.2 Earnout.
(a) Purchaser shall pay to Seller an additional amount (the “Earnout”), based on the
EBITDA, if any, generated by the Business during the period commencing on January 1, 2006 and
ending on December 31, 2006 (the “Earnout Period”) as follows:
(i) If the Business generates EBITDA during the Earnout Period of less than or equal to
$7,500,000 but more than $0, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller $800,000;
(ii) If the Business generates EBITDA during the Earnout Period of less than or equal
to $8,000,000 but more than $7,500,000, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller $1,200,000;
(iii) If the Business generates EBITDA during the Earnout Period of less than or equal to
$8,400,000 but more than $8,000,000, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller $1,600,000; or
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(iv) If the Business generates EBITDA during the Earnout Period of more than $8,400,000, then
Purchaser shall pay to Seller $2,000,000.
(b) Within 90 days following the end of the Earnout Period, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller
a notice specifying the EBITDA for such period (the “Earnout Notice”) showing in reasonable
detail the computation thereof, all to be accompanied by a certification by Purchaser’s chief
financial officer that such computation was based on Purchaser’s books and records and performed in
a manner consistent with the preparation of the Annual Financial Statements to the extent they were
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(c) During the preparation of the Earnout Notice and the period of any review contemplated by
this Section 4.2, Purchaser shall (i) provide Seller, upon reasonable notice, full access
during normal business hours to the books, records, facilities and employees of Purchaser involved
with or related to the Business to review the preparation of the Earnout Notice and (ii) cooperate
with Seller, including the provision on a timely basis of all information reasonably requested by
Seller and necessary or useful in reviewing the preparation of the Earnout Notice.
(d) After receipt of the Earnout Notice, Seller shall have 30 days to review the Earnout
Notice, together with all the work papers used in preparation thereof. Unless Seller delivers a
written notice to Purchaser on or before the 30th day after Seller’s receipt of the
Earnout Notice specifying, in reasonable detail, all disputed items and the basis therefore, the
Seller shall be deemed to have accepted and agreed to the Earnout Notice. If Seller notifies
Purchaser of an objection to the Earnout Notice, Seller and Purchaser shall, within 30 days
following such notice, attempt to resolve their differences and any resolution by them as to any
disputed amounts shall be final, binding and conclusive for Purchaser and Seller. If, at the end
of such 30-day period, any amounts shall remain in dispute, then all amounts remaining in dispute
with respect to the calculation of EBITDA shall be submitted to a firm of reputable independent
accountants (the “Neutral Auditor”) selected by Purchaser and Seller within ten (10) days
after the expiration of the 30-day period. If Purchaser and Seller are unable to agree on the
Neutral Auditor, then Purchaser and Seller shall each have the right to request the American
Arbitration Association to appoint the Neutral Auditor, who shall not have had a material business
relationship with Seller, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates within the past two (2)
years. Purchaser and Seller agree to execute, if requested by the Neutral Auditor, a reasonable
engagement letter. All fees and expenses relating to the work, if any, to be performed by the
Neutral Auditor shall be borne 50% by Purchaser and 50% by Seller. The Neutral Auditor shall act
as an arbitrator to determine only those issues that remain in dispute between Purchaser and
Seller, and each of them shall submit to the Neutral Auditor a statement of its position within
five (5) business days the selection of the Neutral Auditor. The Neutral Auditor’s determination
shall be made within 30 days of its selection, shall be set forth in a written statement delivered
to Seller and Purchaser, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on Purchaser and Seller.
Judgment upon the decision of the Neutral Auditor may be entered by Purchaser or Seller in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
(e) Other than a determination by the Neutral Auditor as provided under Section 4.2(d)
hereof, when the amount payable to Seller, if any, under this Section 4.2 has been
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determined in accordance with the terms and procedures set forth in this Section 4.2,
Purchaser shall prepare, and Purchaser and Seller shall execute, a written statement setting forth
the amount of such payment which shall be final, binding and conclusive on Purchaser and Seller.
The amounts, if any, payable to Seller pursuant to this Section 4.2 shall be paid by
Purchaser within five (5) business days following the final determination of the amount payable in
accordance with this Section 4.2.
(f) Purchaser covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Seller that during the period from
the date of the Closing until the end of the Earnout Period, it will: (i) cause separate books of
account and financial statements of the Business to be maintained consistent with the preparation
of the Annual Financial Statements to the extent they were prepared in accordance with GAAP, for
purposes of determining whether the Business has achieved the EBITDA targets set forth in
Section 4.2(a); (ii) if requested by the Seller, provide the Seller with copies of annual
financial statements of the Business covering the Earnout Period prepared in accordance with (i)
above promptly after such financial statements become available; and (iii) operate or cause to be
operated the Business in substantially the same manner as operated by Seller as of immediately
prior to the Closing.
4.3 Purchase Price Adjustments.
(a) Purchaser and Seller have assumed that Closing Net Working Capital of the Business will be
four million, two hundred thousand dollars ($4,200,000) (the “Target Net Working Capital”).
For purposes of this Agreement, “Closing Net Working Capital” means total current assets
included in the Assets less total current liabilities included in the Assumed Liabilities as of the
Closing Date, as calculated in accordance with the principles and methodologies used in preparation
of the Annual Financial Statements. For purposes of calculating Closing Net Working Capital, in
connection with the calculation of Inventory, within five (5) business days prior to Closing,
Seller, at its own expense, shall perform a physical count of the items of Inventory that are of
quality and quantity commercially usable and saleable in the ordinary course of the Business and
determine the value thereof, which value shall be subject to Purchaser’s approval, such approval
not to be unreasonably withheld. Seller shall provide Purchaser with at least five (5) business
days advance notice of the date on which Seller will perform such physical count and Purchaser or
its representatives shall have the right to observe such physical count.
(b) No more than five (5) calendar days and no less than two (2) business days prior to the
Closing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a certificate (the “Pre-Closing Working
Capital Certificate”) of Seller’s President setting forth Seller’s good faith estimate and a
reasonably detailed calculation of Closing Net Working Capital (“Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital”), together with copies of Seller’s working papers relating to the preparation of the
Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate. From and after the delivery of the Pre-Closing Working
Capital Certificate, Seller shall provide Purchaser with reasonable access to the persons involved
in preparing or reviewing the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate. If Purchaser has an
objection to Seller’s Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate, Seller and Purchaser shall, prior to
the Closing, attempt in good faith to resolve their differences with respect thereto and the
Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate shall be revised to reflect any resolution by them as to
any disputed amounts. If Seller and Purchaser are unable to resolve any such differences prior to
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the Closing, then Seller shall revise the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate to reflect
any unresolved objections raised by Purchaser. If Estimated Closing Net Working Capital set forth
on the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate exceeds Target Net Working Capital, then the Closing
Payment shall be increased by an amount equal to such excess. If the Estimated Closing Net Working
Capital set forth on the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate is less than Target Net Working
Capital, then the Closing Payment shall be reduced by an amount equal to such difference.
(c) Within forty-five (45) days after the Closing, Purchaser shall prepare and deliver to
Seller a certificate (the “Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate”) of the Chief
Financial Officer of Purchaser setting forth Purchaser’s good faith estimate and a reasonably
detailed calculation of the actual Closing Net Working Capital.
(d) If the Closing Net Working Capital as finally determined pursuant to Section 4.4
exceeds Estimated Closing Net Working Capital, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller, in cash, within
five (5) business days of such determination, the amount of such excess. If the Closing Net
Working Capital as finally determined pursuant to Section 4.4 is less than Estimated
Closing Net Working Capital, then Seller shall pay to Purchaser, in cash, within five (5) business
days of such determination the amount of such difference.
4.4 Final Determination of Net Working Capital; Arbitrator.
(a) Seller may, for a period of thirty (30) calendar days following receipt of the
Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate, review it. Purchaser shall cooperate with Seller and its
representatives in conducting any such review, including but not limited to providing Seller with
reasonable access to Purchaser’s personnel, books, records, accounting records and the accounting
work papers used in the preparation of the Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate.
(b) Within the thirty (30) calendar day period specified in Section 4.4(a) above,
Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing of its acceptance of the Closing Net Working Capital set
forth on the Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate or its disagreement with respect thereto,
specifying in reasonable detail all disputed items and the basis therefor. If Seller provides a
notice of acceptance or does not provide a notice of disagreement within such thirty (30) calendar
day period, then Seller shall be deemed to have accepted the calculations and amounts set forth in
the Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate delivered by Purchaser, which shall then be final,
binding and conclusive for all purposes hereunder. If Seller does provide Purchaser with a notice
of disagreement within such thirty (30) calendar day period, then Purchaser and Seller shall use
their reasonable best efforts to resolve any such disagreement. In the event that Purchaser and
Seller resolve such disagreement within thirty (30) calendar days after Purchaser’s receipt of such
notice of disagreement by Seller, then the Closing Net Working Capital set forth on the
Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate shall be modified accordingly. In the event that
Purchaser and Seller are unable to resolve such disagreement during such thirty (30) calendar day
period, then Purchaser and Seller shall jointly appoint a firm of reputable accountants (the
“Arbitrator”) to review the Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate and the work papers
used in connection with the preparation of the Post-Closing Working Capital Certificate and to
determine those items in dispute. Purchaser and Seller agree to execute, if requested by the
Arbitrator, a reasonable engagement letter. All fees and expenses relating to the
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work, if any, to be performed by the Arbitrator shall be borne 50% by Purchaser and 50% by
Seller. The Arbitrator shall act as an arbitrator to determine only those issues that remain in
dispute between Purchaser and Seller, and each of them shall submit to the Arbitrator a statement
of its position within five (5) days the selection of the Arbitrator. The Arbitrator’s
determination shall be made within 30 days of its selection, shall be set forth in a written
statement delivered to Seller and Purchaser, and shall be final, binding and conclusive on
Purchaser and Seller. Judgment upon the decision of the Arbitrator may be entered by Purchaser or
Seller in any court of competent jurisdiction.
4.5 Adjustment for Vacation Pay. No less than five (5) and no more than seven (7)
calendar days prior to the Closing, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Purchaser a statement
setting forth Seller’s good faith estimate of all liabilities of Seller, as of the Closing Date, to
the Hired Employees for payment in respect of unused vacation days since each such employee’s last
anniversary of hiring, together with such documentation in respect thereof as Purchaser may
reasonably request. On the Closing Date, Seller shall deliver to Purchaser an updated statement
setting forth the actual amount of such liabilities as of the Closing Date, and the Closing Payment
shall be reduced by the amount of such liabilities.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
5.1 Representations and Warranties of Seller. Seller hereby represents and warrants
to Purchaser as follows:
(a) Organization and Standing. Seller is a limited partnership duly organized,
validly existing and duly qualified to transact business under the laws of the State of Texas and
has full power and authority to perform all of its obligations under this Agreement and to own,
operate and lease the Assets and carry on the Business, as it is presently conducted. Seller, is
qualified to do business as a foreign limited partnership (or other appropriate entity), and is in
good standing, in every jurisdiction in which the nature of its activities requires such
qualification except where the failure to be so qualified would not result in a Material Adverse
Effect. Schedule 5.1(a) contains a complete and accurate list of all jurisdictions in
which Seller is qualified to do business. Complete and accurate copies of the governing documents
of Seller as currently in effect are attached to Schedule 5.1(a). Seller has no
subsidiaries and does not own any capital stock or securities of any other Person. Schedule
5.1(a) contains a complete list of each state in which Assets are located. The ownership
structure of Seller is set forth on Schedule 5.1(a).
(b) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each
of the Transaction Documents by Seller have been duly authorized by all necessary partnership, or
other action and will not result in, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall not result in, (i) a violation of any provision of Seller’s Certificate of Limited
Partnership or limited partnership agreement, (ii) a default under, or the acceleration of any
obligation under, any material loan agreement or other instrument relating to or evidencing
indebtedness for monies borrowed by or credit available to Seller, (iii) a material violation of
any provision of any Law to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or its properties are bound,
(iv) a default under, or the acceleration of any obligation under, any material contract,
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agreement, instrument or obligation to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or its properties
are bound provided that the consents set forth on Schedule 5.1(d) are obtained; provided that the
failure by Seller to deliver those consents disclosed on Schedule 5.1(d), the delivery at
Closing of which has been waived by Purchaser, shall not constitute a violation of the
representation in this Section 5.1(b), or (v) the creation or imposition of any Lien or
with respect to any of the properties or assets of the Seller.
(c) Binding Obligations. This Agreement has, and when delivered, each of the
Transaction Documents to which Seller is a party, will have been duly executed and delivered by
Seller, and constitute (or will constitute when executed and delivered), the legal, valid and
binding obligation of Seller enforceable against Seller in accordance with their respective terms,
except that (i) such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the remedy
of specific performance and injunction and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to
equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be
brought.
(d) Consents. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(d), no consents or
approvals of, or notices to, any Governmental Authority or other third Person and no consents or
waivers from, or notices to, any other parties to leases, licenses, franchises, Permits,
indentures, Contracts or other instruments are required for the consummation by Seller of the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party. Except
as set forth in Schedule 5.1(d), the Assumed Liabilities (including the Contracts listed on
Schedule 2.1(f)) to be transferred to and assumed by Purchaser pursuant to the terms of the
Transaction Documents are transferable and assumable by Purchaser without the consent or approval
of, or notice to, any Person nor will Purchaser incur any additional cost or penalty in connection
with such Assumed Liabilities as a result of such transfer.
(e) Financial Statements. Seller has provided or made available to Purchaser correct
and complete copies of the following financial statements: (i) the audited balance sheets as of
December 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, and the related statements of income and partners’
capital (deficit) and cash flows for the years then ended (the “Annual Financial
Statements”); and (ii) the unaudited balance sheet (the “Balance Sheet”) as of June 30,
2006, and the related statement of income and cash flows for the period then ended (the
“Interim Financial Statements,” and collectively with the Annual Financial Statements, the
“Financial Statements”). The Annual Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP, and the Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP in all
material respects, subject in the case of the Interim Financial Statements to the addition of
footnotes and customary year-end adjustments. The Financial Statements are in accordance with the
books and records of Seller and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition
of Seller at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations for the periods covered
thereby. A true and complete list and reasonably detailed description of all financings and other
indebtedness for borrowed money of Seller as of the date of this Agreement that is not reflected on
the Balance Sheet are set forth on Schedule 5.1(e).
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(f) Applicable Laws. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(f)(i), Seller has
complied in all material respects with Laws, including Environmental Laws and Safety Laws, and
possesses all currently required governmental approvals, authorizations, consents, licenses and
permits (collectively, “Permits”) applicable to Seller, and the operation of its business.
All Permits obtained as of the date of this Agreement are listed on Schedule 5.1(f)(ii).
All certifications that Seller has obtained from Gaming Laboratories International, Inc. as of the
date of this Agreement with respect to its products are listed on Schedule 5.1(f)(iii).
Seller has not received written notice of any violation of any applicable Law or Permit relating to
the operation of its business. Seller is not a party to, bound by or materially adversely affected
by any decree, order or arbitration award (or agreement entered into in any administrative,
judicial or arbitration proceeding with any Governmental Authority) with respect to its Business.
Seller has not entered into any orders in jurisdictions where Seller is not properly authorized or
licensed to conduct business.
(g) Title to Property and Equipment. Seller has good title to or a valid leasehold
interest in all of the Assets, in each case free and clear of any Lien, except Liens specifically
identified on Schedule 5.1(g) attached hereto. Except as disclosed on Schedule
5.1(g), the tangible Assets are in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted, and have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with normal industry
practice. Seller owns no real property.
(h) Intellectual Property. Schedule 5.1(h)(i) sets forth a complete and
correct list of all patented or registered Intellectual Property of Seller and pending patent
applications or other applications for registration of Intellectual Property of Seller, material
unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, material unregistered copyrights, corporate
names, logos and slogans, Internet domain names and material software included in the Intellectual
Property of Seller. Schedule 5.1(h)(ii) identifies all written material licenses as of the
date of this Agreement for which Seller is a party either as a licensee, licensor or a beneficiary
thereof, identifies all joint development, license, assignment, transfer, manufacturing,
evaluation, loan and sale agreements and joint ownership agreements pertaining to Intellectual
Property of Seller, and identifies any other material agreements under which Seller grants or
receives any rights to its own or other’s Intellectual Property. Except as set forth in
Schedule 5.1(h)(iii), Seller owns and possesses all, right, title and interest in and to,
or has a valid and enforceable right or license to use, the Intellectual Property used in the
Business, and Seller has the right to possess and use all Intellectual Property without payment or
permission of any Person. Further:
(i) the Intellectual Property used in the Business is not subject to any Liens, except
as disclosed in Schedule 5.1(g), and is not subject to any restrictions or
limitations regarding use or disclosure other than pursuant to written license agreements
applicable thereto;
(ii) the Intellectual Property owned by Seller and, to the Knowledge of Seller, the
Intellectual Property used by Seller, (A) are valid, enforceable, subsisting, in full force
and effect, and have not been cancelled, expired or abandoned, (B) are not subject to any
maintenance fees or taxes or actions falling due within ninety (90) days after the date of
this Agreement, except as disclosed in Schedule 5.1(h)(iv), and (C) have
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been appropriately marked with proper patent, copyright and trademark notices, as
applicable;
(iii) (A) Seller has not infringed, misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with, any
Intellectual Property of any third party; (B) the conduct of the businesses as currently
conducted by Seller does not infringe upon or misappropriate or otherwise conflict with any
Intellectual Property owned or controlled by any third party; (C) as of the date of this
Agreement, Seller has not received any written notice regarding any of the foregoing
(including, without limitation, any demands or offers to license any Intellectual Property
Rights from any third party); and (D) none of the products or services manufactured,
provided or sold, nor any process or know-how used, by Seller infringes or is alleged to
infringe any Intellectual Property of any third party;
(iv) to the Knowledge of Seller, as of the date of this Agreement: (A) no third party
has infringed, misappropriated or otherwise conflicted with any of the Intellectual Property
of Seller; (B) no such claims have been brought or threatened against any third party by
Seller; and (C) no facts exist that indicate a likelihood of any of the foregoing;
(v) (A) all licenses and other agreements listed or required to be listed on
Schedule 5.1(h)(ii) are in full force and effect and, to the Knowledge of Seller,
are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, (B) Seller has performed all
obligations required to be performed by it pursuant to such licenses and agreements, and (C)
there is no existing or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened default under or violation
of any such licenses or agreements by any other party thereto;
(vi) no Intellectual Property of Seller is jointly owned with or was jointly developed
by any Person other than Seller;
(vii) to the Knowledge of Seller, Seller has taken commercially reasonable precautions
and made commercially reasonable efforts to protect trade secrets and secure the
confidentiality of its customer lists and other proprietary information of Seller;
(viii) no patent that is part of the Assets as of the date of this Agreement has been
or is now involved in any interference, reissue, reexamination, or opposition proceeding. To
the Sellers’ Knowledge, there is no patent or patent application of any third party that may
potentially interfere with any patent that is part of the Assets; and
(ix) Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1(h)(ix), each item of Intellectual
Property owned or used by Seller immediately prior to the Closing will be owned or available
for use by Purchaser on substantially identical terms and conditions immediately subsequent
to the Closing.
(i) Tax Matters. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(i), (a) all federal,
state, and local Tax returns pertaining to the Business or the Assets required to be filed before
the date hereof have been duly filed, (b) all Taxes (whether or not shown to be due in such tax
information and
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returns) have been paid in full by Seller or its partners, (c) as of the date of this
Agreement, no deficiencies for any Taxes with respect to Taxes attributable to the Business or the
Assets have been asserted against Seller or its partners, (d) as of the date of this Agreement, no
waivers of statutes of limitation or extensions of time with respect to a Tax assessment have been
given to or requested by Seller or its partners regarding any Taxes attributable to the Business or
the Assets, (e) there are no Liens for Taxes on the Assets, except for Taxes not yet due and
payable, (f) Seller has withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in
connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
stockholder or other third party, and (g) Purchaser will not be required to deduct and withhold any
amount pursuant to Section 1445(a) of the Code or any provision of state or local law upon payment
of the Purchase Price. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(i), as of the date of this
Agreement, no dispute or claim pertaining to any Tax liability of the Seller relating to the
Business or the Assets has been raised in writing by any Governmental Authority in the course of
any audit nor, to the Knowledge of Seller, has any such dispute or claim been threatened. Except
as set forth in Schedule 5.1(i), the Business is not a party to, the subject of, or bound
by any tax sharing or similar agreement or contract.
(j) Employee Matters. As of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth in
Schedule 5.1(j), (i) there is no unfair labor practice complaint against Seller pending
before the National Labor Relations Board or any state or local governmental agency; (ii) there is
no charge of discrimination against Seller pending with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
or any other state or federal anti-discrimination agency; (iii) there is no strike or similar labor
action actually pending or, to the knowledge of Seller, threatened against Seller; and (iv) there
is no collective bargaining agreement between Seller and any labor organization or other employee
group. Except as described on Schedule 5.1(j) or as entered into after the date of this
Agreement with Purchaser’s prior written consent, Seller is not a party to any employment
agreement, incentive or bonus arrangement, consulting agreement, termination agreement, severance
agreement, change in control agreement, or similar agreement or any agreement involving a sharing
of revenues, profits or losses or payment of a commission or similar payment. Schedule
5.1(j) lists all agreements between Seller and any employee relating to Intellectual Property
other than agreements in substantially the form of Seller’s standard confidentiality agreement
entered into after the date of this Agreement. Schedule 5.1(j) contains a complete and
accurate list as of the date of this Agreement of the following information for each employee,
independent contractor, consultant and agent of Seller, including each employee on leave of absence
or layoff status: name, job title, date of hiring or engagement, date of commencement of
employment or engagement, current compensation paid or payable, bonuses paid or payable since
August 1, 2005 and any change in compensation since August 1, 2005; sick and vacation leave that is
accrued but unused; and service credited for purposes of vesting and eligibility to participate
under any Employee Benefit Plan. Schedule 5.1(j) lists all agreements or arrangements
between or among Seller and/or any Owner or any Affiliate of Seller or any Owner and any of
Seller’s employees.
(k) Employee Benefit Plans. Schedule 5.1(k) attached hereto is a complete and
accurate list as of the date of this Agreement of each employee benefit plan or program maintained,
contributed to, or required to be contributed to or with respect to which Seller has any obligation
or liability (whether or not current, contingent or secondary) on behalf of any of
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its employees or former employees (or any beneficiary thereof) providing pension, retirement,
profit sharing, current or deferred compensation, medical, health, life insurance, disability,
severance, termination or other welfare or similar benefits (other than workers’ compensation) to
such persons (collectively, “Employee Benefit Plans”). Neither Seller nor any ERISA
Affiliate has ever contributed to, had any obligation to contribute to, or has any liability with
respect to a multiemployer plan described in Section 3(37) and Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA or a
plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code. No Employee Benefit Plan is an
employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA, a multiple employer
welfare arrangement within the meaning of Section 3(40) of ERISA or a plan that provides benefits
through a voluntary employees’ beneficiary association within the meaning of Section 501(c)(9) of
the Code. With respect to each such Employee Benefit Plan, (i) Seller does not have any
outstanding liability under any such Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) all contributions, premium
payments and other payments due from Seller for any period through the Closing Date to such plans
have been or will be paid in a timely manner, and (iii) there is no litigation, disputed claim,
governmental proceeding, audit, inquiry or investigation pending or threatened with respect to any
such Plan, its related assets or trusts, or any fiduciary, administrator or sponsor of such plan.
Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(i), Seller has established and operated its Employee
Benefit Plans in compliance with all applicable Laws. None of the Employee Benefit Plans promises
or provides health, life or other welfare benefits to retirees or former employees, except as
provided by Section 4980B of the Code, or comparable state statutes that provide for continuing
health care coverage.
(l) Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.1(l) or except with Purchaser’s prior written consent, since December 31, 2005, Seller has
conducted its business only in the ordinary course and has not (i) incurred any obligation or
liability (absolute or contingent), except normal trade or business obligations or liabilities
incurred in the ordinary and normal course of the Business or as permitted by Section 6.1(d), or
mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien (other than Liens to be paid or otherwise discharged at
Closing and listed on Schedule 5.1(g)) any of the Assets, (ii) sold, assigned, transferred,
leased, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its properties or assets, other than current
assets in the ordinary and normal course of the Business, (iii) entered into any transaction,
contract or commitment outside the ordinary and normal course of the Business, except as expressly
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (iv) terminated, discontinued, closed or disposed of any
business operation other than Seller’s route operation, (v) entered into any contract other than in
the ordinary and normal course of the Business consistent with past practice nor permitted any
amendment or termination of any contract that is material to the Business, or (vi) had any change
in the properties, employee, customer or supplier relationships, business, assets, liabilities,
financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Business that individually or in the
aggregate has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect on the
Business. Since December 31, 2005 to the date of this Agreement, Seller has not suffered any
damage, destruction or loss, whether as the result of fire, explosion, earthquake, accident,
casualty, labor trouble, requisition or taking of property by any government or any agency of any
government, flood, windstorm, embargo, riot or act of God or the enemy, or other similar casualty
or event or otherwise, and whether or not covered by insurance. From the date of this Agreement
until the Closing, Seller will have not suffered any such damage, destruction or loss that is not
covered by insurance.
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(m) Litigation; Judgments, etc. Except as described on Schedule 5.1(m)
attached hereto, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or against Seller or
that otherwise relate to or may affect the Business, Assets or Assumed Liabilities or that as of
the date of this Agreement challenge or may have the effect of preventing, delaying or otherwise
interfering with the performance and consummation of this Agreement pending in any court or before
or by any federal, state, tribal or other governmental department, commission, agency or other
instrumentality (excluding any rule making, investigation, or similar proceeding of general
applicability and any appeal or petition for review relating thereto), or before any arbitrator,
and Seller has not received written notice threatening any such matter and, to Seller’s knowledge
none has been threatened, and Seller has no knowledge of any basis therefor. Seller is not in
default with respect to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree or award applicable to it of
any court or other governmental instrumentality or arbitrator having jurisdiction over it, and all
such judgments, orders, writs, injunctions, decrees or awards are listed on Schedule
5.1(m).
(n) Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in Schedule 5.1(n), (i) Seller
is and at all times relevant hereto has been in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws and Safety Laws; (ii) Seller has obtained, and is in compliance in
all material respects with the conditions of, all Environmental Permits required for the continued
conduct of Seller’s business in the manner now conducted; (iii) to Seller’s Knowledge, there are no
events, conditions or circumstances that are likely to interfere with or otherwise affect the
Business in the manner now conducted or which are likely interfere with compliance with any
Environmental Law or Permit or Safety Law; (iv) to Seller’s Knowledge, there are no circumstances
or conditions present at or arising out of the assets, properties, leaseholds, businesses or
operations of Seller, including but not limited to (A) any on-site storage, use, disposal or
Release of any Chemical Substance or (B) any off-site storage, transportation or disposal of, or
any off-site Release of a Chemical Substance, which will give rise to any Environmental Liabilities
and Costs; (v) Seller has not received nor is subject to any outstanding order, decree, judgment,
complaint, agreement, claim, citation, or notice nor is subject to any ongoing judicial or
administrative proceeding indicating that Seller or the Assets are or may be: (A) in violation of
any Environmental Law; (B) in violation of any Safety Laws; (C) responsible for the on-site or
off-site storage or Release of any Chemical Substance; or (D) liable for any Environmental
Liabilities and Costs or Safety Liabilities and Costs; and (vi) Seller is not subject to the
requirements of any Environmental Laws which require notice, disclosure, cleanup or approval prior
to transfer of the Assets or which would impose Liens on Seller or the Assets.
(o) Insurance. Seller has made available to Purchaser true and complete copies of all
material policies or binders of insurance covering the operations of Seller, as in effect on the
date hereof, which are listed on Schedule 5.1(o). As of the date of this Agreement, each
such policy: (i) to Seller’s Knowledge, is legal, valid, binding, enforceable in accordance with
its terms and in full force and effect; (ii) Seller is not in material breach or default with
respect to any of its obligations thereunder and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse
of time would constitute a breach or default by Seller; and (iii) to Seller’s knowledge, no party
to the policy has repudiated any provision thereof.
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(p) Product Warranties; Defects. Each product manufactured, sold, leased or delivered
by Seller has been in conformity in all material respects with all applicable Law, contractual
commitments and all express and implied warranties. Except as set forth in Schedule
5.1(p), no product manufactured, sold, leased or delivered by Seller is subject to any
guaranty, warranty or other indemnity beyond the applicable Seller standard terms and conditions of
sale or lease, which are described on Schedule 5.1(p). Except for litigation disclosed on
Schedule 5.1(m), Seller does not have any liability arising out of any injury to
individuals or property as a result of the ownership, possession, or use of any product
manufactured, sold, leased or delivered by Seller; and as of the date of this Agreement Seller has
not received written notice of any inquiry or investigation made in respect thereof by any Person
including any governmental or administrative agency, and to the knowledge of Seller no such
liability or inquiry or investigation has been threatened, and Seller has no knowledge of any basis
therefor.
(q) Certain Payments. Neither Seller nor any officer, agent, or employee of Seller,
or any other person or entity associated with or acting for or on behalf of Seller, has directly or
indirectly made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or
other payment to any person or entity, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money,
property, or services (i) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business, other than charitable
contributions or gifts made in the ordinary course of business, (ii) to pay for favorable treatment
of business secured, (iii) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already
obtained, for or in respect of Seller, or (iv) in violation of any law or regulation.
(r) Broker’s or Finder’s Fee. No person acting on behalf of Seller or any of its
Affiliates or under the authority of any of them is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s
fee or any other commission or similar fee, directly or indirectly, from any of the parties hereto
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for Xxxxxxx Capital, whose
fee will be paid by Seller.
(s) Contracts. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(f), Seller is not, with
respect to the Business or the operation thereof, a party to, nor are any of the Assets bound by or
subject to, any:
(i) contract or other similar document that has an aggregate value or obligations of $25,000
or more or series of contracts or other similar documents that relate to similar matters and that
have an aggregate value or obligations of $100,000 or more except customer contracts entered into
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice after the date of this Agreement;
(ii) contract pursuant to which the Seller leases real property;
(iii) (A) supplier or vendor contracts, except such contracts entered into in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice after the date of this Agreement; or (B)
distribution, dealer, representative or sales agency agreement, consulting agreement, commission
agreement, or other similar contract (whether written or oral);
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(iv) contract or commitment limiting or restraining the Business or any successor thereto from
engaging or competing in any manner or in any business, nor, to Seller’s Knowledge, is any employee
of the Business engaged in the conduct of the Business subject to any such contract or commitment;
(v) contract relating to non-disclosure or otherwise restricting use of the confidential
information of Seller or any third party except such contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice after the date of this Agreement;
(vi) contract relating to borrowed money or other Indebtedness or the mortgaging, pledging or
otherwise placing a Lien on any material asset or material group of assets of Seller except as
permitted by Section 6.1(d);
(vii) contract relating to cleanup, abatement or other actions in connection with any
Environmental Liabilities; or
(viii) licenses of or other agreements relating to Intellectual Property except such licenses
or other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice
after the date of this Agreement.
Each of the Contracts and other agreements and commitments listed on Schedule 2.1(f)
shall be collectively referred to herein as the “Material Contracts”. All Material
Contracts are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms, in full force
and effect and binding upon the other parties thereto. Except as set forth in Schedule
2.1(f), there is no breach or default in any material respect by Seller or, to Seller’s
knowledge, any other party in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any obligations,
covenants, liabilities or conditions contained in any of the Material Contracts, and no event has
occurred or condition exists (it being understood that with respect to any event or condition that
may have been caused by a third party other than Seller, the existence of such event or condition
shall be limited to Seller’s Knowledge) that with or without notice, lapse of time or the happening
or occurrence of any other event would constitute a breach or default in any material respect, or
permit termination, modification or acceleration, by any party to, or bound by, the Contracts.
Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(d), no consent or approval from, or notice to, any
third Person is required for transfer and assignment of the Material Contracts to Purchaser
pursuant to this Agreement. Upon assignment by Seller of the Contracts to Purchaser at the
Closing, each of the Material Contracts will vest in Purchaser at the Closing, subject to obtaining
those consents to assignment set forth on Schedule 5.1(d).
(t) Inventory. As of the date of this Agreement, all items included in Inventory of
Seller consist of a quality and quantity usable and, with respect to finished goods, saleable, in
the ordinary course of business of Seller except for obsolete items and items of below-standard
quality, all of which have been written off or written down to net realizable value in the balance
sheet as of December 31, 2005 contained in the Annual Financial Statements and in the Balance
Sheet, except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(t), and will be so reflected in the Pre-Closing
Working Capital Certificate and in the accounting records of Seller as of the Closing Date
(including write-downs of the items listed in Schedule 5.1(t)). Seller is not in possession
of any Inventory not owned by Seller, including goods already sold. All of the Inventory has been
valued at the
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lower of cost or market first in, first out basis. Inventory on hand that were purchased after
the date of the Balance Sheet were purchased in the ordinary course of business of Seller at a cost
not exceeding market prices prevailing at the time of purchase. The quantities of each item of
Inventory (whether raw materials, work-in-process or finished goods) are not excessive but are
reasonable in the present circumstances of Seller.
(u) Receivables. All Receivables that are reflected on the balance sheet as of
December 31, 2005 contained in the Annual Financial Statements and in the Balance Sheet, and that
will be reflected in the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate and in the accounting records of
Seller as of the Closing Date represent or will represent valid obligations arising from sales
actually made or services actually performed by Seller in the ordinary course of business. Except
to the extent paid prior to the Closing Date, such Receivables are or, to Seller’s Knowledge, will
be as of the Closing Date collectible net of the respective reserves shown on the Balance Sheet and
the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate. Such reserves are, in the case of the Balance Sheet,
and will be, in the case of the Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate, adequate and calculated
consistent with past practice and, in the case of the reserves on the Pre-Closing Working Capital
Certificate, will not represent a greater percentage of the Receivables reflected on the
Pre-Closing Working Capital Certificate than the reserves reflected on the Balance Sheet
represented of the Receivables reflected thereon. The Receivables reflected on the Pre-Closing
Working Capital Certificate will not represent a material adverse change in the composition of such
Receivables in terms of aging as compared to the aging of Seller’s Receivables as of the same date
in the prior year. There is no contest, claim, defense or right of setoff, other than returns in
the ordinary course of business of Seller, under any Contract with any account debtor of a
Receivable relating to the amount or validity of such Receivable. Schedule 5.1(u)
contains a complete and accurate list of all Receivables as of the date of the Balance Sheet, which
list sets forth the aging of each such Receivable.
(v) No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.1(v),
Seller has no liability or obligation of any kind, character or description, whether known or
unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested,
executory, determined, determinable or otherwise, and whether or not required to be accrued on the
Seller’s financial statements under GAAP, except as reflected or reserved against in the Balance
Sheet and current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business of Seller since the date
of the Balance Sheet. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Schedule 5.1(v)
lists all guaranties or similar contingent liabilities of Seller except those incurred after the
date of this Agreement with the prior written consent of Purchaser or except as permitted pursuant
to Section 6.1(d).
(w) Relationships with Related Persons. Except as disclosed on Schedule
5.1(w), (a) no Related Person has, or since January 1, 2006 has had, any interest in any of the
Assets or any property of any nature used in or pertaining to the Business; (b) no Related Person
owns, or since January 1, 2006 has owned, beneficially or of record, an equity or other financial
or profits interest in any Person that has had business dealings with Seller or a material
financial interest in any transaction with Seller or engaged in competition with Seller in any
market presently served by Seller, except for ownership of less than one percent of the outstanding
capital stock of a company publicly traded on any recognized public trading market. Except as
disclosed on
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Schedule 5.1(w), as of the date of this Agreement, no Related Person is a party to any
contract or agreement with Seller or has any claim or right against Seller. For purposes of this
Agreement, “Related Person” shall mean each Owner, any Affiliate of Seller or an Owner, any
relative of any Affiliate or Owner, any employee of Seller or relative of such employee (except for
at-will employment arrangements or other employment agreements disclosed on another Schedule and
provided that the representation with respect to employees and their relatives shall be to Seller’s
Knowledge).
(x) Suppliers and Customers. Schedule 5.1(x)(i) lists the top ten (10)
customers (with Affiliated customers counted as one customer) by revenue of the Business in each of
fiscal 2004, 2005 and 2006 to the date of this Agreement. Schedule 5.1(x)(ii) lists the
top ten (10) suppliers (with Affiliated suppliers counted as one supplier) to the Business based on
expenditures of the Business in each of fiscal 2004 and 2005. To the Knowledge of Seller (i) as of
the date of this Agreement, no such material supplier providing products, materials or services to
Seller intends to (A) cease selling such products, materials or services to Seller, (B) limit or
reduce such sales to Seller or (C) materially alter the terms or conditions of such sales; and (ii)
no customer of Seller listed on Schedule 5.1(x)(i) has terminated or intends to terminate,
limit or reduce its or their business relations with Seller.
(y) Books and Records. The books of account and other financial records of Seller,
all of which have been made available to Purchaser, are complete and correct in all material
respects and represent actual, bona fide transactions and have maintained in accordance with sound
business practices. Such books and records, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of Seller. Seller has maintained a system of
internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (a) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (b) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to
maintain accountability for assets; and (c) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with
the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
(z) Sufficiency of Assets. Except to the extent of Cash and Cash Equivalents included
in the Excluded Assets, the Assets constitute substantially all of the assets, tangible and
intangible, of any nature whatsoever, necessary to operate Seller’s business in the manner
presently operated by Seller and include all of the operating assets of Seller.
(aa) Disclosure. No representation or warranty or other statement made in this
Agreement, including the Schedule and Exhibits hereto, contains any misstatement of a material fact
or omits to state a material fact necessary to make any of them, in light of the circumstances in
which it was made, not misleading.
(bb) Solvency.
(i) Seller is not now insolvent and will not be rendered insolvent by any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Transaction Documents. As used in this section, “insolvent”
means that the sum of the debts and other probable liabilities of Seller
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exceeds the present fair saleable value of Seller’s assets. Liabilities as used in this
Section 5.1(bb) include all liabilities and obligations of any nature whatsoever, whether
absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated or otherwise.
(ii) Immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents: (i) Seller will be able to pay its liabilities as
they become due in the usual course of its business; (ii) Seller will have assets (calculated at
fair market value) that exceed its liabilities; and (iii) taking into account all pending and
threatened litigation, final judgments against Seller in actions for money damages are not
reasonably anticipated to be rendered at a time when, or in amounts such that, Seller will be
unable to satisfy any such judgments promptly in accordance with their terms (taking into account
the maximum probable amount of such judgments in any such actions and the earliest reasonable time
at which such judgments might be rendered) as well as all other obligations of Seller. The cash
available to Seller, after taking into account all other anticipated uses of the cash, will be
sufficient to pay all such debts and judgments promptly in accordance with their terms.
(cc) Route Segment. All agreements and arrangements relating to the sale of Seller’s
route segment are attached hereto as Schedule 5.1(cc), and there are no other agreements or
arrangements relating thereto.
5.2 Representations and Warranties of Purchaser. Purchaser hereby represents and
warrants to Seller as follows:
(a) Organization and Standing. Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate power
and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Enforceability. This Agreement has, and when delivered each of the Transaction
Documents to which Purchaser is a party will have, been duly authorized, executed and delivered on
behalf of Purchaser and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Seller, constitutes
(or will constitute when executed and delivered) the legal, valid and binding obligation of
Purchaser, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that (i) such enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) the remedy of specific performance and injunction
and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to equitable defenses and to the discretion of
the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
(c) No Conflicts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein (A) will conflict with or result in a breach,
default or violation of (i) any of the terms, provisions or conditions of the Certificate of
Incorporation or By-Laws (or other organizational documents) of Purchaser or (ii) any material
agreement, document, instrument, judgment, decree, order, governmental permit, certificate, law or
license to which Purchaser is a party or to which it is subject or by which its property is bound,
or (B) will result in the creation of any lien, charge or other encumbrance on any material
property or asset of Purchaser. No consent, action, approval or authorization of, or registration,
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declaration or filing with, any governmental department, commission, agency or other
instrumentality having jurisdiction over Purchaser is required to authorize the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser or the performance of its terms by Purchaser, other than
licenses, permits or similar authorizations from gaming or similar authorities in jurisdictions
where the Seller does business and where Purchaser intends to continue to operate the Business.
(d) Broker’s or Finder’s Fee. No person acting on behalf of Purchaser or any
Affiliates or under the authority of any of them is or will be entitled to any broker’s or finder’s
fee or any other commission or similar fee, directly or indirectly, from any of the parties hereto
in connection with any of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than fees that shall be
payable by Purchaser.
5.3 Survival.
(a) The representations and warranties of Seller contained in Section 5.1 shall be
fully enforceable at law or in equity against Seller and its respective successors and assigns, by
Purchaser and its respective successors and assigns, for twelve (12) months after the Closing Date;
provided that the following representations shall survive for the applicable statute of limitations
period: Section 5.1(a) (Organization and Standing); Section 5.1(c) (Binding
Obligation); Section 5.1(i) (Tax Matters); Section 5.1(k) (Employee Benefit Plans);
Section 5.1(n) (Environmental Matters); Section 5.1( r) (Broker’s or Finder’s Fee).
Representations and warranties with respect to which a claim is brought during the survival period
shall survive until such claim is finally resolved.
(b) The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in Section 5.2 of this
Agreement and in the documents and certificates delivered in connection herewith shall be fully
enforceable at law or in equity against Purchaser and its successors and assigns by Seller and its
respective successor and assigns for a period of twelve (12) months after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
6.1 Operation of Business and Consents. Prior to the Closing and except as otherwise
expressly permitted in this Agreement, Seller will not, without the written consent of Purchaser,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed:
(a) increase in any material manner the rate or form of compensation payable to any employee
or increase any employee benefits, except increases in compensation and benefit changes made in the
ordinary course of business in accordance with established policies and past practice, or enter
into any employment agreements;
(b) dispose of any material properties or assets, except in the ordinary course of business ;
(c) commit to any material customer pricing or configuration modifications or changes ;
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(d) create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable or obligated with respect to
any Indebtedness; or make any loan or advance to, or investment in, any Person or entity, except
in each case in the ordinary course of business or, even if in the ordinary course of business,
involving a liability in excess of $100,000.00; or
(e) maintain its books of account other than in the usual, regular and ordinary manner, on a
basis consistent with prior periods, or make any change in any of its accounting methods or
practices.
6.2 Continued Operation of Business. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
during the period from the date hereof through the Closing, Seller will:
(a) carry on its business in substantially the same manner as it had heretofore been carried
on and not introduce any material new method of management, operation or accounting;
(b) maintain its material properties, facilities and equipment, including those held under
leases, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted;
(c) perform all of its material obligations under agreements relating to or affecting its
respective assets, properties, equipment or rights;
(d) keep in full force and effect present insurance policies or other comparable insurance
coverage with comparable insurers; and
(e) use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve its business organization
intact, retain its present employees and maintain its relationships with material suppliers,
customers and others having business relations with it.
6.3 Compliance with Laws. Seller shall duly comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws required to be complied with by it to perform under this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. Purchaser shall duly
comply in all material respects with all applicable laws required to be complied with by it to
perform under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby.
6.4 Approvals and Consents.
(a) Prior to Closing, Seller shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all
governmental or regulatory approvals and consents and third-party consents, if any, and make or
cause to be made any declarations, filings and registrations with Governmental Authorities which
are necessary for Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated herein; provided, however, the
forgoing shall not require Seller to incur any monetary liability or obligation.
(b) Prior to Closing, Purchaser shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all
governmental or regulatory approvals and consents and third-party consents, if any, and make
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or cause to be made any declarations, filings and registrations with Governmental Authorities which
are necessary for Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated herein; provided, however,
the forgoing shall not require Purchaser to incur any monetary liability or obligation other than
the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the filing and prosecution of permit
or license applications.
6.5 Receivables Collections. From and after the Closing, Seller shall promptly remit
to Purchaser any checks or other payments received by Seller in connection with Receivables
acquired by Purchaser hereunder. Purchaser is hereby authorized and granted power of attorney to
endorse such checks and deposit them in Purchaser’s bank account.
6.6 Further Assurances.
(a) After the Closing, Seller shall, at Purchaser’s reasonable request and without further
consideration execute such additional instruments of conveyance and transfer and provide to
Purchaser such additional documents as Purchaser may require more effectively to convey and
transfer the Assets to Purchaser, including without limitation, any materials necessary to
effectuate registration, recordation or protection of Seller’s Intellectual Property.
(b) After the Closing, Purchaser shall, at Seller’s reasonable request, and without further
consideration execute such additional instruments of assumption and provide to Seller such
additional documents as Seller may require to ensure the proper assignment and assumption of the
Assumed Liabilities by Purchaser.
6.7 Sales and Transfer Taxes. Seller shall be responsible and liable for all sales
and transfer taxes including the filings of all necessary Tax returns, if any, that may be due as a
result of or arise from the sale and transfer of the Assets to Purchaser. Seller shall indemnify
and hold Purchaser harmless from any liability or expense in connection with any such sales or
transfer taxes.
6.8 Name Change. On the Closing Date or not later than fifteen (15) days thereafter,
the following name changes shall be effectuated: Seller shall change its name to a name that does
not contain the name “Summit”, shall file all required documents with the applicable state offices
in order to effectuate such changes, including in any state where any such party is registered as
doing business under any of the aforementioned name.
6.9 Press Releases. Neither Purchaser or Seller, or any of their Affiliates, shall
issue or cause publication of any press release or other announcement or public communication with
respect to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written consent
of the others, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed; provided that
nothing herein shall prohibit either Party from issuing or causing publication of any such press
release, announcement or public communication to the extent that such action is required by Law or
the requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market or any securities exchange on which Purchaser’s
securities are traded; provided such Party has first consulted with the other Party hereto.
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6.10 Payment of Brokers’ or Finders’ Fee. Seller shall pay any and all brokers’ or
finders’ fees, or any other commission or similar fee, payable to any Person acting on behalf of
Seller or any of its Affiliates or under the authority of any of them in connection with any of the
transactions contemplated herein. Purchaser shall pay any and all brokers’ or finders’ fees, or
any other commission or similar fee, payable to any Person acting on behalf of Purchaser or any of
its Affiliates or under the authority of any of them in connection with any of the transactions
contemplated herein The foregoing covenants shall be applicable regardless of whether any claim
for payment is asserted before or after the Closing of the transactions contemplated hereby or
before or after any termination of this Agreement.
6.11 Preservation of Books and Records; Post-Closing Access. Except as set forth in
the last sentence of this Section 6.11, from and after the Closing Date, with respect to
all matters, except for tax matters as covered in Article XII, Purchaser and Seller agree
that they shall preserve and keep the Books and Records relating to the Business or the Excluded
Assets or the Retained Liabilities, as the case may be, for a period of six (6) years and shall
make their Books and Records and employees available to each other, as the case may be, as may be
reasonably required in connection with any legal proceedings against or governmental investigations
of the parties or government reporting obligation of the parties hereunder or for any other
reasonable business purpose arising from or relating to the Business or to the Excluded Assets or
the Retained Liabilities, during regular business hours and upon the prior written request thereto
by the other party, as the case may be. In the event that any of the parties hereto wish to move
any such books or records, such party shall first give ten (10) days prior written notice to the
other party, including the address of the location to which such books or records shall be moved.
In the event any of the parties hereto wish to destroy any such books or records at any time after
two years from the Closing, such party shall first give ninety (90) days prior written notice to
the other party and the other party shall have the right at its option and expense, upon prior
written notice given to the removing party within said ninety (90) day period, to take possession
of said records within said ninety (90) day period.
6.12 Access and Investigation. Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing,
and upon reasonable advance notice received from Purchaser, Seller shall (a) afford Purchaser and
its representatives and prospective financing sources and their representatives (collectively,
“Purchaser Group”) reasonable access, during regular business hours, to Seller’s personnel,
properties, Contracts, Permits, books and records and other documents and data, such rights of
access to be exercised in a manner that does not unreasonably interfere with the operations of
Seller for purposes of verifying Seller’s representations and warranties and compliance with this
Agreement or Seller’s fulfillment of Purchaser’s conditions to Closing, or for purposes of
obtaining information required by Purchaser’s prospective financing sources relating to the
financing of the Purchase Price or required in connection with Purchaser’s obtaining licenses and
permits necessary to operate the Business after the Closing in the manner conducted prior thereto;
and (b) furnish Purchaser Group with copies of Seller’s unaudited monthly financial statements and
such additional financial, operating and other relevant data and information as Purchaser or
Purchaser Group may reasonably request; provided, Seller shall not be required to compile or
produce data or information not otherwise created or maintained by Seller in the ordinary course of
its business.
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6.13 Payment of Liabilities. After the Closing, Seller shall pay or otherwise satisfy
all of the Retained Liabilities.
6.14 Notice of Certain Matters. From the date hereof to the Closing Date, each Party
shall promptly advise the other Party in writing upon acquiring Knowledge of any event,
circumstance, occurrence or fact that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Article IX not
to be satisfied on or prior to the Termination Date. From the date hereof until the Closing Date,
Seller shall notify Purchaser in writing upon obtaining Knowledge or notice of any event, fact or
circumstance that would cause any of Seller’s representations or warranties contained in this
Agreement to be untrue in any material respect if such representations and warranties were made
without reference to the date of this Agreement. No such advice shall be deemed to amend or modify
any representation or warranty of the Party disclosing such information or affect any rights or
remedies available to the Party receiving such information in connection with any breach of any
representation or warranty; provided, however, that a breach of this Section 6.14 shall not be
considered for purposes of determining the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in
Article IX, or give rise to a right of termination under Section 13.1 if the underlying breach or
breaches with respect to which the other Party failed to give notice would not result in the
failure of the closing conditions set forth in Article IX, nor result in the right of such
non-breaching Party to terminate this Agreement under Section 13.1, as the case may be.
ARTICLE VII
FURTHER COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
FURTHER COVENANTS OF THE PARTIES
7.1 License Applications.
(a) Purchaser shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to (i) submit applications with
the applicable Governmental Authorities to receive the necessary permits or licenses to conduct the
Business in the States of Montana, West Virginia, Louisiana and South Dakota within ten (10)
business days after the date of this Agreement and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to
diligently pursue approval of such applications. Seller shall use all commercially reasonable
efforts to cooperate with and assist Purchaser in obtaining the approval of all such applications.
(b) After the Closing, Seller shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to promptly
surrender all licenses specific to the conduct of the Business to the applicable Governmental
Authorities, as required or requested by such authorities.
7.2 Conduct of Litigation. Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate fully in the
prosecution or defense of any action, proceeding or claim by or against any third Persons involving
the Assets, Assumed Liabilities, Excluded Assets and Retained Liabilities, and shall consult and
confer with one another with respect thereto, at no cost to Purchaser, on the one hand, or Seller,
on the other hand, except as provided in Article XI Indemnity.
7.3 Cooperation. From and after the date of this Agreement, each of the parties
hereto, their respective officers, directors, accountants, attorneys, agents and other
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representatives, shall facilitate the consummation of this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents and the transactions provided for herein and therein.
7.4 Confidentiality. Each party agrees that it will treat in confidence all
documents, materials and other information which it shall have obtained regarding the other party
during the course of the negotiations leading to the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby (whether obtained before or after the date of this Agreement), the investigation provided
for herein and the preparation of this Agreement and other related documents (including the
Transaction Documents), and, in the event the transactions contemplated hereby shall not be
consummated, each party will return to the other party all copies of nonpublic documents and
materials which have been furnished in connection therewith. Such documents, materials and
information shall not be communicated to any third Person (other than, in the case of Purchaser, to
its counsel, accountants, financial advisors, environmental consultants or lenders, and in the case
of Seller, to its counsel, accountants or financial advisors). No other party shall use any
confidential information in any manner whatsoever except solely for the purpose of evaluating the
proposed purchase and sale of the Assets; provided, however, that after the Closing Purchaser may
use or disclose any confidential information included in the Assets or otherwise reasonably related
to the Assets. The obligation of each party to treat such documents, materials and other
information in confidence shall not apply to any information which (i) is or becomes available to
such party from a source not under an obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such documents,
materials and other information, (ii) is or becomes available to the public other than as a result
of disclosure by such party or its agents, (iii) is required to be disclosed under applicable law
or judicial process, but only to the extent it must be disclosed, or (iv) such party reasonably
deems disclosure necessary to obtain any of the consents or approvals contemplated hereby. The
parties agree that a breach of the covenants in the Section 7.4 will cause irreparable
harm. Therefore, the parties agree that, in addition to any other remedies available, the injured
party shall be entitled to preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against any breach or
threatened breach by a party of the covenants in this Section 7.4.
7.5 Management Options. On the Closing Date, Purchaser shall grant to Xxx Xxxxxx and
Xxxxx Xxxxx options for each of them to purchase 100,000 shares of Purchaser’s common stock at a
purchase price equal to the closing price of Purchaser’s common stock on the Nasdaq National Market
(or successor market or exchange on which the Company’s common stock is listed) on the date of
grant pursuant to Purchaser’s 1997 Incentive Stock Plan, which options shall vest on the second
anniversary of the Closing Date if at such time the grantee of such options remains employed by
Purchaser on such date.
ARTICLE VIII
EMPLOYEE MATTERS
EMPLOYEE MATTERS
8.1 Employees. Subject to Purchaser’s normal interviewing, screening and hiring
processes, including execution of nondisclosure and technology transfer agreements, Purchaser shall
offer employment commencing as of the Closing Date to all employees of the Business. Effective as
of the Closing, Seller shall terminate the employees who accept employment with Purchaser (the
“Hired Employees”) and they shall cease to be employees of Seller. Seller further agrees
to terminate any contracts between Seller (or any Affiliate of Seller) and any Hired Employee,
including, without limitation, any contracts of employment, and Seller shall timely
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pay or fulfill any obligation arising as a result of the termination of any such contracts.
8.2 Employee Benefit Plans. As soon as practicable following the Closing, and without
any lapse in medical benefits coverage, Purchaser shall cause Hired Employees to be covered under
employee benefit plans of Purchaser as in effect for similarly situated employees of Purchaser.
For purposes of eligibility and vesting, Hired Employees shall receive credit under Purchaser’s
employee benefit plans for time served as an employee of Seller or for service credited under
Seller’s Employee Benefit Plans. Seller shall retain all liability under Code Section 4980B for
notifying and providing continuation coverage to all employees or former employees of the Business
(and their dependents) who are receiving or are eligible for COBRA continuation coverage at the
time of Closing, or who would otherwise be entitled under applicable regulations to receive such
notification or continuation coverage in connection with the Closing; provided that Seller agrees
to notify Purchaser in the event that Seller is no longer required by such regulations to provide
such COBRA notices or continuation coverage.
ARTICLE IX
CONDITIONS
CONDITIONS
9.1 Conditions to Seller’s Obligations. Subject to Article XIII, the obligations of
Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the fulfillment
prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which
may be waived by Seller:
(a) The representations and warranties of Purchaser contained herein will be true and correct
in all material respects (except to the extent qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or
similar qualifications, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
respects) at and as of the Closing as though such representations and warranties had been made at
and as of such time (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as
of a particular stated date shall be so true and correct as of such particular stated date); all
terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Purchaser at
or prior to the Closing will have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects;
and Purchaser will have delivered to Seller a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and signed
on behalf of Purchaser by an appropriate officer thereof to the foregoing effect;
(b) As of the Closing, no order, writ, injunction or decree shall have been entered into or
shall be in effect that restrains, enjoins or invalidates any of the transactions contemplated
hereby; and
(c) Purchaser shall have delivered to Seller each of the items to be delivered by Purchaser
pursuant to Section 10.2.
9.2 Conditions to Purchaser’s Obligations. Subject to Article XIII, the obligations
of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the
fulfillment prior to or contemporaneously with the Closing of each of the following conditions, any
of which may be waived by Purchaser:
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(a) The representations and warranties of Seller contained herein will be true and correct in
all material respects (except to the extent qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or
similar qualifications, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all
respects) at and as of the Closing as though such representations and warranties had been made at
and as of such time (except that those representations and warranties which address matters only as
of a particular stated date shall be so true and correct as of such particular stated date); all
terms, covenants and conditions of this Agreement to be complied with and performed by Seller at or
prior to the Closing will have been duly complied with and performed in all material respects; and
Seller will have delivered to Purchaser a certificate dated as of the Closing Date and signed on
behalf of Seller by the President of Seller to the foregoing effect;
(b) All consents to assign to Purchaser the Contracts listed in Schedule 9.2(b) shall
have been obtained by Seller and delivered to Purchaser;
(c) As of the Closing no order, writ, injunction or decree shall have been entered or shall be
in effect that restrains, enjoins or invalidates any of the transactions contemplated hereby;
(d) Seller shall have delivered to Purchaser each of the items to be delivered by Seller
pursuant to Section 10.3;
(e) Since the date of this Agreement, there shall have been no change in the properties,
employee, customer or supplier relationships, business, assets, liabilities, financial position,
results of operations or cash flows of the Business that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect on the Business.
ARTICLE X
CLOSING
CLOSING
10.1 Closing. Subject to the conditions stated in Article IX of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
“Closing”) shall be held at the offices of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrère &
Xxxxxxx, LLP, 000 Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, at 10:00 A.M., local
time, on the earlier of (a) the tenth (10th) business day following Purchaser’s receipt
of the last of the permits and licenses required for Purchaser to operate the Business in the
States of Montana, West Virginia, Louisiana and South Dakota (or as many of those four states as
are issuing permits or licenses as of a scheduled Closing Date), (b) the date designated by
Purchaser upon written notice to Seller thereof, or (c) at such other date, time or place as the
parties may agree in writing (the date upon which the Closing takes place being referred to herein
as the “Closing Date”); provided that the Closing Date may not be less than 60 days or more
than 210 days after the date of this Agreement and provided further that notice by Purchaser of the
Closing Date pursuant to clause (b) shall be given at least ten (10) business days prior to the
Closing Date. At the Closing, the following events shall occur, each such event under the control
of one Party hereto being a condition precedent to the events under the control of the other Party,
and each such event being deemed to have occurred simultaneously with the other events.
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10.2 Closing Deliveries of Purchaser. At the Closing and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Purchaser shall deliver to Seller each of the following:
(a) Purchase Price. The Closing Payment, less the Escrow and Blocked Account Amount,
in cash in United States dollars by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with
written instructions provided by Seller to Purchaser and consistent with Section 4.1(a).
Purchaser shall deliver the Escrow and Blocked Account Amount as provided in Section
4.1(b).
(b) Resolutions. A Certificate of Secretary of Purchaser certifying as to (i)
Purchaser’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or other organizational or governing documents;
(ii) resolutions or other approval of the Board of Directors of Purchaser authorizing and approving
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (iii) incumbency of the officers of
Purchaser who have executed this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which
Purchaser is a party on behalf of Purchaser.
(c) Existence and Good Standing Certificate. Certificates of Existence and Good
Standing of Purchaser from its respective state of organization dated as of a date not more than
ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date.
(d) Instruments of Assumption. An executed Xxxx of Sale, Assignment and Assumption
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C (the “Xxxx of Sale”) and such
other instruments, certificates or documents as shall be reasonably requested by Seller for the
assignment and assumption of the Assumed Liabilities.
(e) Ancillary Agreements. Each of the other Ancillary Agreements, including, without
limitation, the First Form Escrow Agreement, or the Alternative Agreement and the Second Form
Escrow Agreement, as applicable.
10.3 Closing Deliveries by Seller. At the Closing and subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Purchaser each of
the following:
(a) Instruments of Conveyance. The Xxxx of Sale and the Intellectual Property
assignment in the form of Exhibit D, and such other instruments of transfer and conveyance
and cross-receipts as shall be reasonably requested by Purchaser for the transfer of all of
Seller’s right, title and interest to and in the Assets.
(b) Certificate of Limited Partnership. A copy of Seller’s Certificate of Limited
Partnership, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Texas, and evidence of continued
existence and current authority to transact business in the State of Texas.
(c) Secretary’s Certificate. A Certificate of Secretary of the general partner of
Seller certifying as to (i) Seller’s limited partnership agreement or other organizational or
governing documents in effect as of the Closing Date, (ii) resolutions or other approval of
Seller’s general and limited partners authorizing and approving this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, and (iii) incumbency of the officers of Seller or its general partner who
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have executed this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to which Seller is a
party on behalf of Seller.
(d) Ancillary Agreements. Each of the other Ancillary Agreements, including, without
limitation, the First Form Escrow Agreement, or the Alternative Agreement and the Second Form
Escrow Agreement, as applicable.
(e) Opinion of Counsel to Seller. An opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx & Price, LLP, counsel for
Seller, dated the Closing Date, containing the opinions described in Exhibit E and
otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser relating to the transactions
which are the subject of this Agreement.
(f) Agreement for Continued Existence. An agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Purchaser, duly executed by the general and limited partners of Seller, to continue
the existence of Seller and its authority to transact business in the State of Texas until the
later of (i) the first anniversary of the Closing and (ii) the date that all claims of Purchaser
for indemnification under Article XI made prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date have
been finally resolved.
(g) Non-competition Agreements. A non-competition agreement in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit F, duly executed by Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, and non-solicitation agreements in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit G, duly executed by each of Xxx Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx.
(h) Waiver of Exclusivity. An agreement, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Purchaser, of Seller’s Louisiana distributor providing that the exclusivity clause
contained in the relevant distributorship agreement shall not include video bingo equipment or
related products.
(i) Consents. The consents to assign the Contracts listed on Schedule 5.1(d)
but not on Schedule 9.2(b) to the extent obtained as of the Closing Date.
(j) Other Deliveries. Such other documents or instruments of conveyance as Purchaser
may reasonably request to transfer title to the Assets to Purchaser free and clear of all Liens.
ARTICLE XI
INDEMNITY
INDEMNITY
11.1 Indemnification by Seller. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section
5.3 and in this Article XI, from and after the Closing Date, Seller shall indemnify and
hold harmless Purchaser, and its respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any
claim, liability, loss, cost, damage or expense (including, without limitation, court costs and
reasonable attorneys’ fees) (“Losses”), as incurred, arising out of, resulting from or in
any way related to any of the following: (a) the Excluded Assets; (b) the Retained Liabilities; (c)
any breach or default in performance by Seller of any covenant or agreement of Seller contained in
this Agreement or in any certificate, instrument or other document delivered by Seller pursuant
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hereto; and (d) any breach of, or any inaccuracy in, any representation or warranty made by
Seller in this Agreement or in any certificate, instrument or other document delivered by Seller
pursuant hereto.
11.2 Purchaser’s Indemnity. From and after the Closing, Purchaser shall indemnify and
hold harmless Seller, its Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents
from and against any Loss, as incurred, arising out of, resulting from or in any way related to (a)
the Assumed Liabilities; or (b) a breach of, or the failure to perform or satisfy any of, the
representations, warranties and covenants made by Purchaser in this Agreement or in any
certificate, instrument or other document delivered by Purchaser pursuant hereto.
11.3 Indemnity Claims. All claims for indemnification under this Article XI
shall be asserted and resolved as follows:
(a) A party claiming indemnification under this Agreement (an “Indemnified Party”)
shall promptly (i) notify the party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying
Party”) of any third-party claim or claims asserted against the Indemnified Party (“Third
Party Claim”) which could give rise to a right of indemnification under this Agreement and (ii)
transmit to the Indemnifying Party a written notice (“Claim Notice”) describing in
reasonable detail the nature of the Third Party Claim, a copy of all papers served with respect to
such claim (if any), an estimate of the amount of damages attributable to the Third Party Claim and
the basis of the Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement. Within
thirty (30) days after receipt of any Claim Notice (the “Election Period”), the
Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party (i) whether the Indemnifying Party disputes
its potential liability to the Indemnified Party under this Article XI with respect to such
Third Party Claim and (ii) whether the Indemnifying Party desires, at the sole cost and expense of
the Indemnifying Party, to defend the Indemnified Party against such Third Party Claims.
(b) If the Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party within the Election Period that
the Indemnifying Party does not dispute its potential liability to the Indemnified Party under this
Article XI and that the Indemnifying Party elects to assume the defense of the Third Party
Claim, then the Indemnifying Party shall have the right to defend, at its sole cost and expense,
such Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall be prosecuted
diligently by the Indemnifying Party to a final conclusion or settled in accordance with this
Section 11.3(b). The Indemnifying Party shall have full control of such defense and
proceedings; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not settle, adjust or compromise
any Third Party Claim in a manner that is prejudicial or adverse to the Indemnified Party without
the Indemnified Party’s prior written consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed). The Indemnified Party is hereby authorized, at the sole cost and expense of the
Indemnifying Party (but only if the Indemnified Party is actually entitled to indemnification
hereunder or if the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense with respect to the Third Party Claim),
to file, during the Election Period, any motion, answer or other pleadings which the Indemnified
Party shall deem necessary or appropriate to protect its interests or those of the Indemnifying
Party and not prejudicial to the Indemnifying Party (it being understood and agreed that if an
Indemnified Party takes any such action which is prejudicial and conclusively causes a final
adjudication which is adverse to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party
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shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to such Third Party Claim). If
requested by the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnified Party agrees, at the sole cost and expense of
the Indemnifying Party, to cooperate with the Indemnifying Party and its counsel in contesting any
Third Party Claim which the Indemnifying Party elects to contest, including, without limitation,
the making of any related counterclaim against the person asserting the Third Party Claim or any
cross-complaint against any person. Subject to the Indemnified Party’s right pursuant to this
Section 11.3(b) to approve any settlement, adjustment or compromise that is prejudicial or
adverse to the Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party may participate in, but not control, any
defense or settlement of any Third Party Claim controlled by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to
this Section 11.3(b) and shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect to such
participation.
(c) If the Indemnifying Party fails to notify the Indemnified Party within the Election Period
that the Indemnifying Party elects to defend the Indemnified Party pursuant to Section
11.3(b), or if the Indemnifying Party initially elects to defend the Indemnified Party pursuant
to Section 11.3(b) but subsequently ceases to prosecute or settle the Third Party Claim,
then the Indemnified Party shall have the right to defend, at the sole cost and expense of the
Indemnifying Party, the Third Party Claim by all appropriate proceedings, which proceedings shall
be promptly and vigorously prosecuted by the Indemnified Party to a final conclusion or settled.
The Indemnified Party shall have full control of such defense and proceedings, provided, however,
that the Indemnified Party may not enter into, without the Indemnifying Party’s consent, which
shall not be unreasonably withheld, any compromise or settlement of such Third Party Claim.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Indemnifying Party has delivered a written notice to the
Indemnified Party to the effect that the Indemnifying Party disputes its potential liability to the
Indemnified Party under this Article XI and if it is determined that the Third Party Claim
is not one with respect to which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification from the
Indemnifying Party by a final, nonappealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the
Indemnifying Party shall not be required to bear the costs and expenses of the Indemnified Party’s
defense pursuant to this Article XI or of the Indemnifying Party’s participation therein at
the Indemnified Party’s request and the Indemnified Party shall reimburse the Indemnifying Party in
full for all costs and expenses of such litigation. The Indemnifying Party may participate in, but
not control, any defense or settlement controlled by the Indemnified Party pursuant to this
Article XI, and the Indemnifying Party shall bear its own costs and expenses with respect
to such participation.
(d) In the event any Indemnified Party should have a claim against any Indemnifying Party
hereunder which does not involve a Third Party Claim, the Indemnified Party shall transmit to the
Indemnifying Party a written notice (“Indemnity Notice”) describing in reasonable detail
the nature of the claim, estimate of the amount of Losses attributable to such claim and the basis
of the Indemnified Party’s request for indemnification under this Agreement. If the Indemnifying
Party does not notify the Indemnified Party within twenty (20) days from its receipt of the
Indemnity Notice that the Indemnifying Party disputes such claim, the claim specified by the
Indemnified Party in the Indemnity Notice shall be deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party
hereunder. If the Indemnifying Party timely disputes such claim, as provided above, such dispute
shall be resolved by arbitration in accordance with Section 14.15.
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(e) Payments of all amounts owing by the Indemnifying Party in respect of Third Party Claims
pursuant to this Article XI shall be made within ten (10) days after receipt of notice of
the incurrence of the Loss by the Indemnified Party, subject to the terms of this Section 11.3.
Payments of all amounts owing by the Indemnifying Party pursuant to Section 11.3(d) shall
be made within ten (10) days after (i) the expiration of the 20-day Indemnity Notice period if the
claim is not disputed or (ii) the decision of the arbitrator pursuant to Section 14.15.
11.4 Limitations on Indemnification.
(a) No Indemnifying Party shall have any obligation to indemnify any Indemnified Party
pursuant to Sections 11.1 and 11.2 for Losses until the aggregate amount of Losses incurred
by such Person exceeds $150,000 in which event such Person shall be entitled to indemnification
only with respect to the aggregate amount of such Losses in excess of $150,000. The parties also
agree that the limits on indemnification described in this Section 11.4(a) will in no way
apply to the Purchase Price adjustment described in Article IV.
(b) The aggregate liability of Seller for indemnification claims under Sections 11.1(c)
and (d) for breaches of representations, warranties, and covenants shall not exceed $5 million.
(c) The aggregate liability of Purchaser for indemnification claims under Section 11.2
for breaches of representations and warranties and covenants shall not exceed $5 million.
11.5 Exclusive Remedy. From and after the Closing, the indemnification provisions of
this Article XI shall be the exclusive remedy for claims for monetary damages under this
Agreement and all certificates, instruments and other documents delivered pursuant hereto, other
than claims based on fraud, claims arising out of a breach of the covenants contained in
Section 7.4 and claims arising out of a breach of a covenant applicable to the period after
the Closing, and, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, no party
shall be able to avoid the limitations on monetary damages expressly set forth in this Article
XI by electing to pursue any other remedy.
ARTICLE XII
TAX MATTERS
TAX MATTERS
12.1 Tax Returns. Seller shall prepare and file (i) all information returns,
including federal, state or foreign, required to be filed by Seller after the Closing Date for
periods ending on or before the Closing Date (“Information Returns”) and (ii) all other
income or business tax returns, including, without limitation, all state or foreign returns,
estimated tax returns and payroll tax returns with respect to any taxes imposed on Seller
(“Direct Liability Returns”) required to be filed by Seller after the Closing Date for
periods ending on or before the Closing Date. Seller shall furnish to each of its partners those
schedules required to be furnished to its partners (including Schedule K-1 to Form 1065) in
connection with Information Returns required to be filed after the Closing Date with respect to
periods ending on or before the Closing Date. Seller will pay all Taxes required to be shown on
all Direct Liability Returns.
12.2 Cooperation.
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(a) Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate with one another, if requested by the other in
providing information for the preparation and defense of all Information Returns and Direct
Liability Returns (collectively, “Tax Returns”) relating in whole or in part to taxable
periods ending on or before or including the Closing Date that are required to be filed after such
date. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, furnishing prior years’ Tax Returns
or Tax Return preparation packages illustrating previous reporting practices or containing
historical information relevant to the preparation of such returns, and furnishing such other
information within such party’s possession requested by the party filing such returns as is
relevant to their preparation. After the Closing Date, each of Seller and Purchaser shall furnish
the other with copies of all correspondence received from any taxing authority in connection with
any tax audit or information request with respect to any period beginning prior to the Closing
Date.
(b) Seller, its partners and its duly appointed representatives at its expense shall have the
sole right to supervise or otherwise coordinate any audit or tax examination by any taxing
authority and to negotiate, resolve, settle or contest any asserted adjustment to income or
deficiency in any tax or assert and prosecute any claim for refund of Taxes (a “Tax Claim”)
for taxable periods ending on or before the Closing Date, provided that Seller shall not settle,
resolve or compromise such examination without the Purchaser’s written consent, which shall not be
unreasonably withheld, if such settlement, resolution or compromise would affect Purchaser’s
reporting or tax obligations with respect to any period after Closing. Seller shall be entitled to
participate at its expense in the defense of any Tax Claim relating to any taxable period that
begins before and includes the Closing Date, and, with written consent of Purchaser, at Seller’s
sole expense, may assume the entire defense of such Tax Claim.
12.3 Retention of Documents. Seller and Purchaser will retain all Tax Returns,
schedules and work papers, records and other documents in their possession relating to tax matters
of the Business prior to the Closing Date until the later of (i) the expiration of the statute of
limitations of the taxable periods to which such Tax Returns and other documents relate, without
regard to extensions (except to the extent notified by the other party in writing of such
extensions) or (ii) six (6) years following the due date (without extension) for such Tax Returns.
12.4 Confidentiality. Each of Seller and Purchaser may take such action as it deems
reasonably appropriate to separate or redact information unrelated to the Business from documents
and other materials requested and made available pursuant to this Article XII and to
condition access to materials that it deems confidential to the execution and delivery of any
agreement by the other party not to disclose or misuse such information. Notwithstanding anything
in this Agreement to the contrary, any party to this Agreement (and any employee, representative,
or other agent of any party to this Agreement) may disclose to any and all persons, without
limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are
provided to it relating to such tax treatment and tax structure. However, any such information
relating to the tax treatment or tax structure is required to be kept confidential to the extent
necessary to comply with any applicable federal or state securities laws.
12.5 Allocation of Purchase Price. Prior to the Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall
cooperate in good faith to agree on the allocation of the Purchase Price among the Assets for tax
reporting purposes; provided, that an agreement on such allocation shall not be a condition to the
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Closing. If such an agreement is reached, Purchaser and Seller agree that, for tax reporting
purposes, they shall report the transaction contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with such
allocation and shall not take a position for tax purposes inconsistent therewith. Purchaser and
Seller shall treat the purchase and sale of assets under this Agreement as an “applicable asset
acquisition” within the meaning of Section 1060 of the Code, and shall prepare and timely file
Internal Revenue Service Form 8594 (and any required exhibits thereto) in a manner consistent with
any allocation of the Purchase Price agreed upon pursuant to this Section 12.5.
ARTICLE XIII
TERMINATION
TERMINATION
13.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing
only:
(a) by mutual written consent of Seller and Purchaser;
(b) by Seller if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated by the
date that is 210 calendar days after the date of this Agreement (the “Termination Date”),
except to the extent that such failure arises out of, or results from, a material breach by Seller
of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation of Seller contained herein;
(c) by Purchaser if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are not consummated if
such failure occurs as a result of the nonfulfillment of any of Purchaser’s conditions to Closing
set forth in Section 9.2;
(d) by either Purchaser or Seller, as the case may be, if there shall have been a breach by
the other of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or obligations contained herein,
which breach would result in the failure to satisfy any condition set forth in Section
9.1(a) (in the case of a breach by Purchaser), or Section 9.2(a) (in the case of a
breach by Seller), and in any such case such breach shall be incapable of being cured or, if
capable of being cured, shall not have been cured within thirty (30) calendar days after written
notice thereof shall have been received by the party alleged to be in breach; provided that the
right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 13.1(d) shall not be available to any
party if the nonfulfillment of the conditions to such Party’s obligation to close set forth in
Section 9.1(a) (in the case of Purchaser) or Section 9.2(a) (in the case of Seller)
results from the breach by such Party of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or
obligations contained herein;
(e) by either Purchaser or Seller if a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental
Authority shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, in each case
permanently restraining, enjoining, or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and such order, decree or ruling shall have become final and non-appealable; or
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(f) by Seller, (i) if Purchaser is determined to be ineligible by the applicable Governmental
Authorities to receive the necessary permits or licenses to conduct the Business in any of the
States of Montana, West Virginia, Louisiana or South Dakota within 120 days after the date of this
Agreement if Purchaser has not, within ten (10) days of Purchaser’s receipt of notice of such
determination (such ten-day period, the “Decision Period), provided Seller with written notice of
Purchaser’s intent to attempt to cure or have set aside such determination or, (ii) if Purchaser
has provided such notice to Seller, if Purchaser fails or is unable to cure or have set aside such
determination within thirty (30) days after receipt by Purchaser of notice of such determination;
provided, that Seller may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 13.1(f) if,
notwithstanding any such determination or failure or inability to cure or have set aside such
determination, Purchaser sets a Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.1(b) that is no earlier
than 60 days after the date of this Agreement and no later than eleven business days after (A) the
end of the Decision Period or (B) the end of the thirty-day cure period, if applicable;
(g) by Purchaser at any time prior to the Closing upon written notice thereof to Seller; or
(h) by Seller if, at any time prior to the Closing, Seller or any of the Owners execute a
binding, definitive agreement with a Person other than any of Seller’s Affiliates pursuant to which
such Person would acquire, directly or indirectly, whether pursuant to a merger, consolidation,
business combination, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction, all of
Seller’s outstanding partnership interests or all or substantially all of Seller’s assets.
13.2 Effect of Termination. Except as provided in Section 13.3, if this Agreement is
terminated, no party (or any of its Affiliates or their respective directors, officers, managers,
employees, representatives or agents) will have any liability or further obligation to any other
party to this Agreement, absent fraud or willful breach of this Agreement prior to such
termination, and this Agreement shall become void and of no further force or effect; provided,
however, that the provisions of Section 7.4 and Article XIV shall survive any
termination of this Agreement.
13.3 Termination Fees.
(a) If this Agreement is terminated by Purchaser pursuant to Section 13.1(g), then Purchaser
shall pay to Seller as liquidated damages one million dollars ($1,000,000) in cash within five (5)
business days following such termination, and Purchaser shall have no further obligations to Seller
in connection with this Agreement or any termination thereof; provided, however, that no
termination fee shall be payable by Purchaser with respect to any termination of this Agreement by
Purchaser and Seller pursuant to Section 13.1(a) or by Purchaser pursuant to any of
Sections 13.1(c), (d) or (e).
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by Seller pursuant to Section 13.1(h), then Seller shall
pay to Purchaser as liquidated damages one million dollars ($1,000,000) in cash within five (5)
business days following such termination, and Seller shall have no further obligations to Purchaser
in connection with this Agreement.
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(c) If this Agreement is terminated by Seller pursuant to Section 13.1(b) or (f) and all of
Purchaser’s conditions to closing set forth in Section 9.2 to be satisfied by Seller have
been fulfilled, then Purchaser shall pay to Seller as liquidated damages one million dollars
($1,000,000) in cash within five (5) business days following such termination, and Purchaser shall
have no further obligations to Seller in connection with this Agreement.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
14.1 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement to the contrary,
regardless of whether the transactions contemplated herein occur, each of the Parties will be
responsible for its own expenses and fees incurred in connection with the transaction contemplated
herein.
14.2. Notice. Any notice, request, instruction, correspondence or other document to
be given hereunder by any Party to another (herein collectively called “Notice”) shall be
in writing and delivered personally or mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested, or by facsimile, or by nationally recognized overnight courier, as follows:
(a) | To Seller: | Summit Amusement and Distributing, Ltd. | ||||
000 Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 | ||||||
Xx. Xxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | ||||||
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
With a copy to: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq. | |||||
Xxxxxxxxxxx & Price, LLP | ||||||
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxx. 000 | ||||||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | ||||||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
(b) | To Purchaser: | GameTech International, Inc. | ||||
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx | ||||||
Xxxx, Xxxxxx 00000 | ||||||
Attn: Xxxx Xxxxxx, Esq., General Counsel | ||||||
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
With a copy to: | Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, | |||||
Carrère & Xxxxxxx, L.L.P. | ||||||
000 Xx. Xxxxxxx Xxx., 00xx Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 | ||||||
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq. | ||||||
Facsimile: 000-000-0000 |
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Notice given by personal delivery or mail shall be effective upon actual delivery at the address
above. Notice given by facsimile shall be effective upon actual receipt if received during the
recipient’s normal business hours or at the beginning of the recipient’s next business day after
receipt if not received during the recipient’s normal business hours. All Notices by facsimile
shall be confirmed promptly after transmission in writing by certified mail, overnight courier or
personal delivery. Notice given by overnight courier shall be effective one (1) business day after
delivery to such overnight courier service. Any Party may change any address to which Notice is to
be given to it by giving Notice as provided above of such change of address.
14.3. Governing Law. The provisions of this Agreement and the documents delivered
pursuant hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Texas (excluding any conflicts-of-law rule or principle that might refer same to the laws of
another jurisdiction). Subject to Section 14.15, each of the parties agrees that all
actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the subject matter
hereof may be brought and maintained in the federal and state courts of the State of Texas. Each
of the parties hereto by execution hereof (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of the
federal and state courts in the State of Texas for the purpose of any action, suit or proceeding
arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the subject matter hereof and (ii) hereby waives to
the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a
defense or otherwise, in any such action, suit or proceeding, any claim that he or it is not
subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that he or it is immune from
extraterritorial injunctive relief or other injunctive relief, that his or its property is exempt
or immune from attachment or execution, that any such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought
or maintained in one of the above-named courts, that any such action, suit or proceeding brought or
maintained in one of the above-named courts should be dismissed on grounds of forum non conveniens,
should be transferred to any court other than one of the above-named courts, should be stayed by
virtue of the pendency of any other action, suit or proceeding in any court other than one of the
above-named courts or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by
any of the above-named courts. Each of the parties hereto hereby consents to service of process in
any such suit, action or proceeding in any manner permitted by the laws of the State of Texas,
agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at the
address specified in or pursuant to Section 14.2 is reasonably calculated to give actual
notice and waives and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such
action, suit or proceeding any claim that such service of process does not constitute good and
sufficient service of process.
14.4. Entire Agreement: Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement, together with all
Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto, constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the Parties, and there are no warranties,
representations or other agreements among the Parties in connection with the subject matter hereof
except as set forth specifically herein or contemplated hereby. No supplement, modification or
waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Party to be bound
thereby. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute
a waiver of any other provision hereof (regardless of whether similar), nor shall any such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver unless otherwise expressly provided.
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14.5. Reformation and Severability. In the event that any provision contained in this
Agreement shall be determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any
reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and
the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be in any way impaired.
14.6 Exercise of Rights and Remedies. No delay of or omission in the exercise of any
right, power or remedy accruing to any Party as a result of any breach or default by any other
Party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed
as a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach or default, or of any similar breach or default
occurring later; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any
other breach or default occurring before or after that waiver.
14.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to be for the
benefit of and shall not be enforceable by any person who or which is not a Party hereto (or a
permitted assign or successor to such Party).
14.8. Headings, Exhibits and Schedules. The headings of the several Sections herein
are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect
the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The Exhibits and Schedules referred to herein are
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
14.9. Assignment; Successors Bound. This Agreement may not be assigned by any Party
without the consent of the other Party, except that Purchaser may assign this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Purchaser; provided, that Purchaser’s
obligations under such agreements shall not be affected thereby. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective
successors and assigns.
14.10. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute a full and complete
Agreement.
14.11. No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to
be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict
construction shall be applied against any Party.
14.14 Time of the Essence. Time is of the essence with respect to this Agreement.
14.15 Dispute Resolution. In the event of any dispute between Purchaser and Seller
with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement other than matters to be resolved as set
forth in Section 4.2(d) and Section 4.4(b) and other than matters arising under
Section 7.4, the parties shall first use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve
such dispute among themselves. If the parties are unable to resolve the dispute within thirty (30)
calendar days of the initiation of such procedure, the dispute shall be settled by arbitration as
hereinafter provided which shall be the sole and exclusive procedure for the resolution of any such
dispute, except as
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set forth in the second to last sentence of this Section 14.15. Any arbitration
between or among the parties shall be conducted in Dallas, Texas at a location mutually acceptable
to the parties to the arbitration. Within twenty (20) calendar days after receipt of written
notice from one party that it is submitting the matter to arbitration, each party shall designate
in writing one arbitrator to resolve the dispute who shall, in turn, jointly select a third
arbitrator within twenty (20) calendar days of their designation, with the third arbitrator to be
selected in accordance with the procedure established by the American Arbitration Association. The
arbitrators so designated shall each be a professional experienced in commercial and business
affairs who is not an employee, consultant, officer or director of any party hereto or any
affiliate of any party to this Agreement and who has not received any compensation, directly or
indirectly, from any party hereto or any affiliate of any party to this Agreement during the two
(2) year period preceding the Closing Date. The arbitration shall be governed by the rules of the
American Arbitration Association with limited discovery in the discretion of the arbitrator;
provided that the arbitrators shall have sole discretion with regard to the admissibility of
evidence. Texas law shall otherwise govern in all arbitration proceedings. The arbitrators shall
use their best efforts to rule on each disputed issue within 30 calendar days after the completion
of the hearings. The determination of the arbitrators as to the resolution of any dispute shall be
binding and conclusive upon all parties hereto and shall not be appealable. All rulings of the
arbitrators shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the parties hereto. Each party shall pay
the fees of its respective designated arbitrator and the prevailing party shall be entitled to an
award of its or their reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs in connection with the arbitration in
addition to the prevailing party’s fees of the third arbitrator. The parties agree that an action
to compel arbitration pursuant to this Agreement may be brought in any court of competent
jurisdiction. Any arbitration award may be entered in and enforced by any court having
jurisdiction thereof and the parties hereby consent and commit themselves to the jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of Texas for purposes of the enforcement of any arbitration award. The
arbitration procedures set forth in this section shall be the sole and exclusive arbitration
procedures for the resolution of disputes arising under this Agreement, provided, however, that a
party may seek a preliminary injunction or other provisional judicial relief if in its judgment
such action is necessary to avoid irreparable damage or to preserve the status quo, and provided
further that a party may seek appropriate injunctive relief for claims arising under Section
7.4 in the courts located in the State of Texas, as appropriate. All applicable statutes of
limitation and defenses based upon the passage of time shall be tolled while the procedures
specified in this Section 14.15 are pending.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller have caused this Agreement to be signed in multiple
originals as of the date first above written.
SELLER: | ||||||
SUMMIT AMUSEMENT & DISTRIBUTING, LTD. | ||||||
a Texas limited partnership | ||||||
By: DynaManagement, Inc., its general partner | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||||
PURCHASER: | ||||||
GAMETECH INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||||||
a Delaware corporation | ||||||
By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||||
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |||||
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Schedules |
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2.1(f)
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Contracts | |
2.1(g)
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Permits and Licenses | |
2.3(f)
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Excluded Assets | |
2.3(h)
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Excluded Contracts | |
3.1(d)
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Contingent Liabilities and Guarantees | |
3.1(e)
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Warranty Obligations | |
5.1(a)
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Organization and Standing | |
5.1(d)
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Consents | |
5.1(e)
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Other Liabilities | |
5.1(f)
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Applicable Law Exceptions | |
5.1(g)
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Liens | |
5.1(h)
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Intellectual Property | |
5.1(i)
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Tax Matters | |
5.1(j)
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Employee Matters | |
5.1(k)
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Employee Benefit Plans | |
5.1(l)
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Material Changes | |
5.1(m)
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Litigation | |
5.1(n)
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Environmental Matters | |
5.1(o)
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Insurance | |
5.1(p)
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Product Matters | |
5.1(t)
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Inventory Write-Offs | |
5.1(u)
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Receivables | |
5.1(v)
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Additional Liabilities | |
5.1(w)
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Related Party Transactions | |
5.1(x)
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Top 10 Suppliers and Customers | |
5.1(cc)
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Route Sale Documents | |
9.2(b)
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Required Consents | |
Exhibits |
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A
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First Form of Escrow Agreement | |
B
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Second Form of Escrow Agreement | |
C
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Form of Xxxx of Sale, Assignment and Assumption Agreement | |
D
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Form of Intellectual Property Assignment | |
E
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Form of Opinion of Seller’s Counsel | |
F
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Form of Non-Competition Agreement | |
G
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Form of Non-Solicitation Agreement |