STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among The KEYW Holding Corporation Sycamore.US, Inc. Sycamore Services, Inc. The Stockholders of Sycamore.US, Inc. and The Representative of the Sellers Dated as of November 29, 2010
by
and among
The
KEYW Holding Corporation
Xxxxxxxx.XX,
Inc.
Sycamore
Services, Inc.
The
Stockholders of Xxxxxxxx.XX, Inc.
and
The
Representative of the Sellers
Dated
as of November 29, 2010
Table of
Contents
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ARTICLE
I . DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Definitions.
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2
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ARTICLE
II . SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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8
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Section
2.01
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Closing
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8
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Section
2.02
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Transfer
of Shares.
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8
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Section
2.03
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Aggregate
Consideration.
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8
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Section
2.04
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Transfer
of Parent Shares.
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10
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Section
2.05
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Sellers'
Representative.
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10
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Section
2.06
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Deliveries
of Sellers at Closing.
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Section
2.07
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Deliveries
of Purchaser at Closing.
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ARTICLE
III . REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
SUBSIDIARY
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Section
3.01
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Organization
and Standing.
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Section
3.02
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability.
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Section
3.03
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No
Conflict or Violation.
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Section
3.04
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No
Consent or Filing.
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Section
3.05
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The
Shares.
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Section
3.06
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Financial
Information.
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Section
3.07
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Conduct
of Business; No Company Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
3.08
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Material
Contracts.
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Section
3.09
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Property,
Assets and Leases.
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Section
3.10
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No
Litigation; Compliance with Laws.
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Section
3.11
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities.
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Section
3.12
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Insurance.
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Section
3.13
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No
Brokers.
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Section
3.14
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No
Transactions with Interested Persons.
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20
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Section
3.15
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Environmental
Matters.
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20
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Section
3.16
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Intellectual
Property.
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Section
3.17
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Tax
Matters.
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Section
3.18
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Employee
Benefit Plans.
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Section
3.19
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Labor
and Employment Matters.
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Section
3.20
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Government
Contracts and Subcontracts.
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Section
3.21
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Banking
Relationships.
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28
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Section
3.22
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Improper
and Other Payments.
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28
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Section
3.23
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Customers
and Suppliers.
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28
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Section
3.24
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Accounts
Receivable; Inventory.
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29
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Section
3.25
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Subsidiaries.
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29
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Section
3.26
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Territorial
Restrictions.
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30
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Section
3.27
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Product
or Service Warranties.
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30
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Section
3.28
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Order
Backlog.
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30
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Section
3.29
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Government
Furnished Equipment.
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30
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Section
3.30
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Disclosure.
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ARTICLE
IV . INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
SELLERS
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Section
4.01
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability.
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Section
4.02
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No
Conflict or Violation.
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Section
4.03
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Shares.
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Section
4.04
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No
Brokers.
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Section
4.05
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No
Claims.
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Section
4.06
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Securities
Act.
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Section
4.07
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Experience.
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Section
4.08
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Waiver
of Certain Transfer Restrictions.
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33
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Section
4.09
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S
Corporation Shareholder.
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33
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Section
4.10
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Disclosure.
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33
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ARTICLE
V . REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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Section
5.01
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Organization,
Standing and Power.
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Section
5.02
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability.
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Section
5.03
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No
Conflict or Violation.
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Section
5.04
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No
Consent or Filing.
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Section
5.05
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No
Litigation.
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Section
5.06
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No
Brokers.
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Section
5.07
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Adequate
Cash.
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34
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Section
5.08
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Registration
Statement.
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34
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Section
5.09
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Securities
Act.
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Section
5.10
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Experience.
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35
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Section
5.11
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Disclosures.
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ARTICLE
VI . COVENANTS
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Section
6.01
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Confidentiality.
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Section
6.02
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Further
Actions.
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Section
6.03
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Publicity.
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36
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Section
6.04
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Expenses.
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37
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Section
6.05
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Tax
Matters.
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37
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Section
6.06
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Additional
Restrictions on Transfer of Shares.
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40
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Section
6.07
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Prior
Employment Agreements and Certain Waivers.
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40
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Section
6.08
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Payment
of Indebtedness and Termination of Credit Agreements.
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41
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Section
6.09
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Registration
Rights.
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41
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Section
6.10
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SEC
Reports.
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42
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ARTICLE
VII . INDEMNIFICATION
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42
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Section
7.01
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Survival
Period.
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42
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Section
7.02
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Indemnification
by the Sellers.
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43
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Section
7.03
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Indemnification
by All Sellers Individually.
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44
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Section
7.04
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Indemnification
by Purchaser.
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44
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Section
7.05
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Third
Party Claims.
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44
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Section
7.06
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Limitations
on Indemnification.
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45
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Section
7.07
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Cooperation.
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ARTICLE
VIII . CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section
8.01
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Conditions
to Obligations of Each Party.
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47
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Section
8.02
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Conditions
to Obligations of Purchaser.
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Section
8.03
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Conditions
to Obligations of Sellers, Subidiary and Company.
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ARTICLE
IX . GENERAL PROVISIONS
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Section
9.01
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Notices.
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Section
9.02
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Waiver.
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Section
9.03
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Benefit
and Assignment.
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50
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Section
9.04
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Amendment.
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50
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Section
9.05
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Severability.
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50
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Section
9.06
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Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction.
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50
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Section
9.07
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Specific
Performance.
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51
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Section
9.08
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Interpretation.
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51
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Section
9.09
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Signature
in Counterparts.
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Section
9.10
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Remedies
Cumulative.
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52
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Section
9.11
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Entire
Agreement.
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52
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Section
9.12
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Attorneys'
Fees.
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52
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A:
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Escrow
Agreement
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Exhibit
B:
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Sample
Working Capital Calculation
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Exhibit
C:
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Employment
Agreement
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Exhibit
D:
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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Exhibit
E:
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Release
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Exhibit
F:
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Intellectual
Property Agreement
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SCHEDULES
Disclosure
Schedule
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This
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of November 29, 2010 is entered into by and among The KEYW Holding Corporation,
a Maryland corporation (the “Purchaser”),
Xxxxxxxx.XX, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Sycamore
Services, Inc. (the “Subsidiary”), each of
the persons listed on the signature pages attached hereto as a Seller (each a
“Seller” and
collectively the “Sellers”), who are
stockholders of the Company, and Xxxx Xxxxxxx, as the representative of the
Sellers hereunder (the “Sellers’
Representative”). The Purchaser, Company, Subsidiary, each of
the Sellers and the Sellers’ Representative are referred to herein as a “Party” and together
as the “Parties”.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
the Sellers own all of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of
the Company;
WHEREAS,
the Company owns all of the outstanding capital stock of the
Subsidiary;
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Sellers
desire to sell and the Purchaser desires to acquire all of the outstanding
capital stock of the Company;
WHEREAS,
the Sellers are receiving the Aggregate Consideration described in Section 2.03 herein
as consideration for the purchase and sale of the capital stock of the Company,
and in reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
of the Sellers, the Company and the Subsidiary set forth herein;
WHEREAS,
the Purchaser has agreed that the representations and warranties regarding the
business, operations, assets and affairs of the Company and Subsidiary set forth
in Article III
of this Agreement shall be made by the Company and the Subsidiary, without the
Sellers joining in making such representations and warranties, on the condition
that the Sellers indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any Losses that
arise out of the breach of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s representations and
warranties in Article
III, as set forth in Article VII
herein;
WHEREAS,
the Sellers, who are receiving the Aggregate Consideration and all benefits from
the purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder, have agreed to indemnify the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties for any Losses that arise out of the breach of the
Company’s or the Subsidiary’s representations and warranties in Article III, as set
forth in Sections
6.05(f) and (g) and Article VII
herein;
WHEREAS,
Sellers acknowledge and agree that: (1) their receipt of the Aggregate
Consideration and the other agreements and promises made herein on the part of
the Purchaser constitute good and sufficient consideration for their undertaking
of the indemnity obligations set forth in Sections 6.05(f) and
(g) and Article VII herein,
including those with respect to any breach of the Company’s or the Subsidiary’s
representations and warranties in Article III, and (2)
Purchaser has agreed to accept the Article III
representations and warranties from the Company and Subsidiary without the
Sellers joining in such representations and warranties in reliance on the
Sellers’ agreement to the indemnity obligations described in these Recitals and
in Section
6.05(f) and (g) and Article VII
herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I. DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
The
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below throughout
this Agreement:
“Accounts Receivable”
means the accounts receivable, and any other accounts, notes and other
receivables of the Company and Subsidiary, calculated using line items and
methodology consistent with the Balance Sheet.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person. The term “control” (including the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Agreement” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Applicable
Percentages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(e).
“Balance Sheet” means
the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and Subsidiary as of
August 31, 2010.
“Balance Sheet Date”
means the date of the Balance Sheet.
“Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the banks in Baltimore,
Maryland are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to
close.
“Claims” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.05.
“Closing” means the
consummation of the transactions set forth in Article II.
“Closing Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
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“Closing Date Net Working
Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Code Section 338(h)(10)
Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(f).
“Company” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect” means any event, change, circumstance or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or could reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities (contingent
or otherwise), properties, results of operations, or financial condition of the
Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole; provided, however, that effects
caused solely by (a) adverse changes in general economic or political conditions
or (b) changes in Laws or orders of any Governmental Authority or changes in
GAAP or other applicable accounting rules, in each case, which do not affect the
Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole, disproportionately to other companies
in their industry, shall be deemed to not constitute a “Company Material Adverse
Effect” and shall not be considered in determining whether a “Company Material Adverse
Effect” has occurred.
“Company Net Working
Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(d).
“Current Assets” and
“Current
Liabilities” mean, as of any date, the consolidated current assets
(including any cash) and consolidated current liabilities, respectively, of the
Company and Subsidiary as of such date, determined in accordance with GAAP and
using the same accounting principles, policies, practices, classifications and
methodologies used in preparation of the Balance Sheet. The parties
expressly agree that the audit fees payable to Xxxxxxx & Company that will
be incurred for the 2010 audit of the Company’s financial statements will be
paid by the Purchaser and shall not be considered Current Liabilities for any
purpose under this Agreement.
“Dispute Notice” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Environmental Laws”
means any applicable Laws relating to (a) the remediation, generation,
production, installation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, release, or
disposal of Hazardous Materials or (b) the protection of natural resources, the
environment, or human health and safety including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 9601
et seq. (“CERCLA”), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. §
6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et
seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C § 2701 et seq. and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (to the extent it
relates to Hazardous Materials), as such Laws have been amended or supplemented,
and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and all analogous applicable
foreign, federal, state or local Laws.
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“ERISA” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the
Company or any of its Affiliates would be deemed a single employer for purposes
of Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code.
“Escrow Account” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Escrow Amount” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Escrow Agent” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Foreign Plan” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(g).
“Fundamental
Representations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.06(a).
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to
time.
“Government Contract”
means any contract with a Governmental Authority, including any Government Prime
Contract, Government Subcontract, Offer or Teaming Agreement and any current
proposals related to the foregoing and contracts issued in response to any such
proposals, in each case including any Loss Contracts.
“Government Prime
Contract” means any prime contract, basic ordering agreement, letter
contract, purchase order, delivery order, change, arrangement or other
commitment of any kind, on which final payment has not been made and close-out
not completed, between the Company or Subsidiary and a Governmental
Authority.
“Government
Subcontract” means any subcontract, basic ordering agreement, letter
subcontract, purchase order, delivery order, change, arrangement or other
commitment of any kind, on which final payment has not been made, between the
Company or Subsidiary and any prime contractor to a Governmental Authority or
any subcontractor with respect to a Government Prime Contract.
“Governmental
Authority” means any government or political subdivision, whether
federal, state, local, foreign or supranational, or any agency, authority,
official or instrumentality of any such government or political subdivision, or
any federal, state, local, foreign or supranational court, tribunal or
arbitrator.
“Hazardous Materials”
means any wastes, substances, radiation, or materials (whether solids, liquids
or gases) that are listed, regulated or defined under any Environmental Laws,
including but not limited to “hazardous substances” listed under “CERCLA” and
petroleum or any derivatives thereof.
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“Holdback Amount”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(b).
“Indebtedness” means
all indebtedness of a Person for borrowed money, whether secured or unsecured,
including, without limitation, (a) indebtedness of such a Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services represented by a note, earnout
or contingent purchase payment, (b) all indebtedness of such Person created or
arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with
respect to property acquired by such Person, (c) all indebtedness of such Person
secured by a mortgage or other Lien to secure all or part of the purchase price
of the property subject to such lien or mortgage, (d) all obligations under
leases which are required to be recorded as capital leases in respect of which
such Person is liable as the lessee, (e) any liability of such Person in respect
of banker’s acceptances or letters of credit, (f) any obligations under any
interest rate swap agreements, (g) all interest, fees and other expenses owed
with respect to the indebtedness referred to above and (h) all indebtedness
referred to above which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such
Person.
“Independent Accounting
Firm” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Intellectual
Property” means all rights in intellectual property of any type
throughout the world including: (a) patents, patent applications and statutory
invention registrations, including continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisions, provisions, non-provisions, reexaminations, reissues and extensions;
(b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, logos and corporate
names, slogans and other indicia of source of origin, whether or not registered,
including all common law rights thereto and all goodwill associated therewith,
and registrations and applications for registration thereof; (c) copyrights,
whether registered or unregistered, and registrations and applications for
registration thereof; (d) trade secrets, including confidential information and
know-how; (e) domain names; (f) moral rights; (g) shop rights; (h) inventions
(whether patentable or unpatentable), invention disclosures, industrial design
rights, industrial models and utility models; (i) discoveries, ideas,
developments, data, technical, business and other information, including
methodology, processes, techniques, methods, formulae, designs, algorithms,
prospect lists, customer lists, projections, analyses, market studies,
manufacturing or marketing information, blueprints, drawings, chemical
compositions, market research, specifications and methods of manufacture; (j)
mask works and other semiconductor chip rights and registrations thereof; (k)
computer programs and software including source code, object code, data and
databases; (l) the right and power to assert, defend and recover title to any of
the foregoing; (m) all rights to assert, defend and recover for any past,
present and future infringement, misuse, misappropriation, impairment,
unauthorized use of other violation of any of the foregoing; and (n) all rights
to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions and extensions of legal protection
pertaining to any of the foregoing.
“Inventory” means all
raw materials, work-in-process, goods, supplies, inventory, spare parts,
replacement and component parts, and materials used or consumed in a Person’s
business.
“IRS” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
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“Knowledge of the
Company” means the knowledge of each of Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx, and
Xxxxx Xxxxxx in their capacities as officers and directors of the Company and
the Subsidiary, based on the observance of their fiduciary duties.
“Law” means any law,
statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other legally enforceable requirement of
any Governmental Authority.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, lien, option, encumbrance, restriction, pledge, claim, interest,
security interest, hypothecation, lease, sublease, license, adverse claim,
easement, encroachment, burden, title defect, title retention agreement, voting
trust agreement, right of first refusal, charge or other encumbrance,
restriction or limitation, in each case other than any Lien for Taxes not yet
due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or that may thereafter be paid without penalty.
“Loss Contracts” means
any contract for the sale of goods and/or services which, after allocation of
costs including overhead and general and administrative expenses, would result
in less revenue than those direct and allocable costs.
“Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“Material Contracts”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.08.
“Net Working Capital”
means Current Assets minus Current Liabilities.
“Offer” means an
“offer” to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party as defined in the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 2.101.
“PBGC” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(h).
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, joint-stock company, trust,
joint venture, unincorporated organization, governmental, judicial or regulatory
body, business unit, division or any other business entity, organization or
Governmental Authority.
“Plans” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
“Post-Closing Tax
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Pre-Closing Tax
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Purchaser” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Purchaser Common
Stock” means shares of common stock of the Purchaser, par value $0.001
per share.
“Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect” means any event, change, circumstance or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially impair or delay the ability
of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or under any
other Transaction Document or to consummate the transaction contemplated by
Article II.
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“Purchaser Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“Purchaser Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.08.
“Real Property” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.09(c).
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Seller Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04.
“Sellers” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Sellers’
Representative” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.05(a).
“Shares” means all of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company.
“Straddle Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Subsidiary” means
Sycamore Services, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“Subsidiary Unaudited
Financial Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.25.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any
taxes of any kind, including but not limited to any and all federal, state,
local and foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs
duties, capital stock, franchise, branch, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, social security, unemployment, disability, ad valorem, real property,
personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative
or add-on minimum, estimated, or other similar taxes (together with any and all
interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto) imposed
by any governmental or Tax authority.
“Tax Matter” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(e).
“Tax Returns” means
any and all returns, declarations, claims for refund, or information returns or
statements, reports and forms relating to Taxes filed with any Tax authority
(including any schedule or attachment thereto) with respect to the Company and
Subsidiary, including any amendment thereof.
“Teaming Agreement”
means a “contractor team arrangement(s)” as referenced in the FAR Subpart 9.601
to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party.
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“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement, Escrow Agreement and the certificates
referenced in Sections 8.02(a) and 8.03(a).
“Unaudited Financial
Statements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.
“WARN Act” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(c).
ARTICLE
II. SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
Section
2.01 Closing. Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing
Date, Sellers will sell the Shares to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase the
Shares from Sellers. The closing of the sale and purchase of the
Shares (the “Closing”) shall take
place beginning at 10:00 A.M. local time on November 29, 2010, at the offices of
Astrachan Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, P.C., 000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000, or such other time and place upon which the Parties
may agree that all conditions set forth in Article VIII have
been satisfied or waived. The day on which the Closing actually
occurs is herein sometimes referred to as the “Closing
Date”. While the Closing is occurring on November 29, 2010,
the Parties hereby agree that the Closing shall have an effective date and time
for accounting purposes (with respect to booking the revenues and expenses of
the Company and Subsidiary) of 12:01 a.m. (Eastern Time) on November 27, 2010,
and the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall be determined as of 12:01 a.m.
(Eastern Time) on November 27, 2010. By agreement of the Parties, the
Closing may take place by conference call, telecopy or e-mail with exchange of
original signatures by overnight mail.
Section
2.02 Transfer of
Shares.
Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, on and as of the Closing
Date, the Sellers hereby sell, assign and transfer, and the Purchaser hereby
purchases, the Shares, free and clear of all Liens.
Section
2.03 Aggregate
Consideration.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in reliance upon the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Sellers, Company
and Subsidiary set forth herein, and as consideration for the purchase and sale
of the Shares, on and as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser agrees to pay and
transfer to the Sellers the following consideration (collectively, the “Aggregate
Consideration”):
(i) Subject
to Section
2.03(b), Twenty-Seven Million Dollars ($27,000,000) in cash by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts designated by the
Sellers, except for the portion of said payment to be paid by check to those
Sellers identified on Schedule 2.03, which
shall be paid by Purchaser’s check dated the Closing Date;
(ii) Eighty-Seven
Thousand Five Hundred (87,500) shares of Purchaser Common Stock to the Sellers
indicated on Schedule
2.03; and
(iii) the
amount, if any, determined pursuant to Section 2.03(d)
below within the time frame set forth therein.
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(b) On
the Closing Date, One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) (the
“Escrow
Amount”), that would otherwise be
delivered to the Sellers pursuant to Section 2.03(a),
shall be transferred to a separate escrow account (the “Escrow
Account”). The Escrow Amount shall be held in escrow until the
end of the fifteen (15) month period following the Closing Date (or as otherwise
set forth in the Escrow Agreement), as partial security for the indemnification
obligations of the Sellers set forth in this Agreement. The Escrow
Amount and the release thereof to the Purchaser and Sellers shall be governed by
the terms and conditions of an Escrow Agreement among the Sellers’
Representative on behalf of the Sellers, the Purchaser and Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Company (the “Escrow Agent”) in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Escrow
Agreement”). On the Closing Date, Seventy Five Thousand
Dollars ($75,000) (the “Holdback Amount”)
that would otherwise be delivered to the Sellers pursuant to Section 2.03(a),
shall be transferred to a separate account maintained by the Sellers’
Representative for use solely to pay professional fees and expenses and other
costs incurred subsequent to the Closing Date to perform the obligations of
Sellers and the Sellers’ Representative.
(c) Within
sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have prepared and
delivered to the Sellers’ Representative the calculation of Net Working Capital
as of the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Net Working
Capital”). The calculation of Closing Date Net Working Capital
shall be in the form and use the methodology set forth on Exhibit B
hereto. The calculation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital shall
be final and binding on the parties unless, within thirty (30) days after
delivery to the Sellers’ Representative, the Sellers’ Representative delivers to
the Purchaser a notice of dispute (a “Dispute Notice”)
specifying in reasonable detail the items in dispute. Such items in
dispute shall be limited to claims of the Purchaser’s arithmetic error or use of
accounting principles, policies, practices, classifications or methodologies
other than those set forth in Exhibit
B. After delivery of a Dispute Notice, the Sellers’
Representative and the Purchaser shall promptly negotiate in good faith with
respect to the subject of the Dispute Notice, and if they are unable to reach an
agreement within fifteen (15) days after delivery by the Sellers’ Representative
of the Dispute Notice, the dispute shall be submitted to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or
such other independent public accounting firm as mutually agreed to by the
Purchaser and the Sellers’ Representative (the “Independent Accounting
Firm”). The Independent Accounting Firm shall be directed to
issue a final and binding decision within thirty (30) days of submission of the
Dispute Notice to the Independent Accounting Firm, as to the issues of
disagreement referred to in the Dispute Notice and not resolved by the Purchaser
and the Sellers’ Representative, provided that, (i) in resolving any disputed
item, the Independent Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater
than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the
smallest value for such item claimed by either party; and (ii) in no event shall
Closing Date Working Capital as determined by the Independent Accounting Firm be
less than Purchaser’s calculation of the Closing Date Working Capital nor more
than the Sellers’ Representative’s calculation of Closing Date Working Capital
set forth in the Dispute Notice. The decision of the Independent
Accounting Firm shall be final, conclusive and binding on the
parties. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm
shall be borne one-half by the Sellers and one-half by the
Purchaser.
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(d) If
the Closing Date Net Working Capital, as determined in accordance with Section 2.03(c)
above, is less than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (the “Company Net Working
Capital”), the Aggregate Consideration shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount by which the Company Net Working Capital
exceeds the Closing Date Net Working Capital, and the Sellers’ Representative,
on behalf of the Sellers, shall cause the Escrow Agent to pay to the Purchaser
the dollar amount by which the Company Net Working Capital exceeds the Closing
Date Net Working Capital (or, to the extent there are insufficient funds
remaining in the Escrow Account at the time such payment is to be made, such
payment shall be made directly from the Sellers to the Purchaser). If
the Closing Date Net Working Capital is greater than the Company Net Working
Capital, then the Aggregate Consideration shall be increased on a
dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount the Closing Date Net Working Capital
exceeds the Company Net Working Capital, and the Purchaser shall pay the Sellers
the dollar amount by which the Closing Date Net Working Capital exceeds the
Company Net Working Capital. Any such payment due under this Section 2.03(d)
shall be made in cash or same day funds within five (5) Business Days after the
final determination of the Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.03(c).
(e) Each
Seller shall receive the portion of the Aggregate Consideration, and make any
payments as may be required (or bear a reduction in the Escrow Amount) in
accordance with this Section 2.03, as set
forth next to such Seller’s name on Schedule 2.03, which
sets forth that portion of the cash and/or Purchaser Common Stock each Seller
shall receive hereunder, and identifies those Sellers who shall receive payment
of their portion of the Closing Payment by check and the respective percentage
of the Aggregate Consideration payable to each Seller hereunder under the column
titled “Applicable Percentages” set forth opposite each Seller’s name
(collectively the “Applicable
Percentages” and individually “Applicable
Percentage”).
Section
2.04 Transfer of Parent
Shares.
(a) With
respect to the shares of the Purchaser’s common stock being delivered to the
Sellers at the Closing, the Purchaser is transferring and conveying such shares
to the Sellers along with certificates representing such shares, duly endorsed
in blank or with stock powers duly endorsed in blank, in proper form for
transfer.
(b) The
Sellers are transferring and conveying the Shares to the Purchaser along with
certificates representing the Shares, duly endorsed in blank or with stock
powers or similar instruments acceptable to Purchaser, duly endorsed in blank,
in proper form for transfer.
Section
2.05 Sellers’
Representative.
(a) Each
of the Sellers, by execution of this Agreement, hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints Xxxx Xxxxxxx as the sole, exclusive, true and lawful agent,
representative and attorney-in-fact for such Sellers (“Sellers’ Representative”) for
any and all matters relating to, arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, including for purposes of taking any action
or omitting to take action on behalf of Sellers under this Agreement and the
Escrow Agreement. The Sellers’ Representative hereby accepts such
appointment. All actions, notices, communications and determinations
by or on behalf of Sellers shall be given or made by Sellers’ Representative and
all such actions, notices, communications and determinations by the Sellers’
Representative shall conclusively be deemed to have been authorized by, and
shall be binding upon, any of and all Sellers. By giving notice to
the Sellers’ Representative in the manner provided by Section 9.01, Purchaser shall
be deemed to have given notice to all Sellers. Any action taken by
the Sellers’ Representative may be considered by Purchaser to be the action of
Sellers for whom such action was taken for all purposes of this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement.
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(b) If Sellers’ Representative dies or
becomes legally incapacitated, then those Sellers holding a majority of the
Shares as of the Closing Date promptly shall designate in writing to Purchaser a
single individual to replace the deceased or legally incapacitated Sellers’
Representative as the successor Sellers’ Representative hereunder. If
at any time there shall not be a Sellers’ Representative or Sellers so fail to
designate a successor Sellers’ Representative, then Purchaser may have a court
of competent jurisdiction appoint a Sellers’ Representative
hereunder. Any such successor Sellers’ Representative shall succeed
to all of the rights and obligations of the Sellers’ Representative
hereunder.
(c) Without limited the
generality of the foregoing Sellers’ Representative is designated as the sole
and exclusive agent, representative and attorney-in-fact for each Seller for all
purposes related to this Agreement, including (i) service of process upon
Sellers, (ii) executing and delivering to Purchaser or any other Person on
behalf of any of or all Sellers any and all instruments, certificates, documents
and agreements with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, including
the Escrow Agreement, (iii) receipt of all notices on behalf of Sellers with
respect to any matter, suit, claim, action or proceeding arising with
respect to the sale of the Shares or any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement including the defense, settlement or compromise of any claim, action
or proceeding pursuant to Article VII, (iv) to disburse
any funds received hereunder to such Seller and each other Seller, (v) to
execute and deliver on behalf of such Seller any amendment or waiver hereto,
(vi) to take all other actions to be taken by or on behalf of such Seller in
connection herewith, including, without limitation, the execution, delivery and
performance of the Escrow Agreement, (vii) to do each and every act and exercise
any and all rights which such Seller or the Sellers, as applicable ,
collectively are permitted or required to do or exercise under this Agreement,
and (viii) to resolve claims under the Escrow Agreement including, but not
limited to, all matters concerning any Dispute Notice under Section 2.03(c) and
claims for indemnification under Article VII of this
Agreement. All decisions and actions by the Sellers’ Representative
(to the extent authorized by this Agreement) shall be binding upon all of the
Sellers, and no Seller shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or
otherwise contest same. Sellers may act only through Sellers’
Representative and Purchaser shall be entitled to rely on Sellers’
Representative’s authority as the agent, representative and attorney-in-fact of
Sellers for all purposes hereunder and shall have no liability for any such
reliance. None of Sellers may revoke the authority of Sellers’
Representative. Each Seller hereby ratifies and confirms, and hereby
agrees to ratify and confirm, any action taken by Sellers’ Representative in the
exercise of the power-of-attorney granted to Sellers’ Representative pursuant to
this Section
2.05, which power-of-attorney, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable and shall survive the death, incapacity, incompetence, bankruptcy,
dissolution or liquidation of such Seller. Any payment made to
Sellers’ Representative pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
made to Sellers.
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(d) The Sellers’
Representative shall not be liable to any Seller for any act or omission taken
pursuant to or in conjunction with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement,
except for his or her own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Each Seller agrees, jointly and severally with the other
Sellers, to indemnify and hold harmless the Sellers’ Representative against all
Losses incurred by the Sellers’ Representative in connection with the
performance of the Sellers’ Representative’s duties as the Seller’s
Representative, including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding to
which the Seller’s Representative is made a party by reason of the fact he is or
was acting as Sellers’ Representative under this Agreement and Escrow Agreement,
as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented, except such liability and
expense as may result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
Sellers’ Representative.
Section
2.06 Deliveries of Sellers at
Closing. At the Closing, the Sellers shall deliver or cause to
be delivered to Purchaser:
(a) certificates representing the
Shares, free and clear of all Liens, or similar instruments acceptable to
Purchaser, duly endorsed to Purchaser or accompanied by duly executed stock
powers;
(b) the Escrow Agreement
duly executed by the Sellers’ Representative, on behalf of all the
Sellers;
(c) Employment Agreements
between the Purchaser or the Company and those Sellers identified in Schedule 2.06(c)
(each, an “Employment
Agreement”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, duly executed by
each such Seller;
(d) the written
resignations, effective immediately after the Closing Date, of each of the
directors and officers of the Company and Subsidiary;
(e) any consents and approvals relating
to the Company and Subsidiary required to be obtained to effectuate the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, from any Governmental Authority or any third party under any lease,
contract or agreement, which consents are listed and described on Schedules 3.03 and
3.04
hereto;
(f) the signature of each of
the Sellers on relevant IRS Forms required in connection with the Code §
338(h)(10) Election, as designated by the Purchaser;
(g) payoff statements from
the appropriate Persons relating to all items of Indebtedness that are required
to be paid off at or in connection with the Closing;
(h) the written
release of all Liens relating to the assets of the Company and Subsidiary (other
than the Permitted Liens) or the Shares, in either case, executed by the holder
of or parties to each such Lien, in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser
and its counsel;
(i) certificates of
good standing, or equivalent certificates, for the Company and Subsidiary, dated
within ten (10) calendar days of the Closing Date, issued by the appropriate
Governmental Authority;
(j) all share transfer
books, minute books and other corporate records of the Company and Subsidiary
(to the extent not previously delivered);
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(k) copies, certified by the
Secretaries of the Company and Subsidiary to be true, complete and correct as of
the Closing Date, of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and Subsidiary
and all amendments thereto, and the Company’s and Subsidiary’s Bylaws and all
amendments thereto, and resolutions of the stockholders and boards of directors
of the Company and Subsidiary, authorizing and approving the transactions
contemplated hereby;
(l) evidence of termination
of the 2004 Incentive Stock Plan, any Shareholders’ Agreement relating to the
Company and Subsidiary, all options, rights or awards relating to the Company’s
and Subsidiary’s capital stock, and all lines of credit or other credit
facilities or agreements in the name of the Company or Subsidiary;
(m) a certificate of each
Seller, dated the Closing Date and sworn to under penalty of perjury, setting
forth the name, address and federal tax identification number of such Seller and
stating that such Seller is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section
1445 of the Code, such certificate to be in the form set forth in the Treasury
Regulations thereunder;
(n) the certificate
referenced in Section
8.02(a) herein, signed
by the Company, the Subsidiary and the Sellers’ Representative on behalf of the
Sellers;
(o) the Registration Rights
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D shall be
duly executed solely by those Sellers who are receiving Purchaser Common Stock
hereunder;
(p) the Release in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit E, duly
executed by each Seller; and
(q) the Intellectual
Property Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F duly
executed by each Seller.
Section
2.07 Deliveries of Purchaser at
Closing. At the Closing Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be
delivered:
(a) to the Sellers, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds (or by check as set forth in Schedule 2.03), an
aggregate cash payment of Twenty Seven Million Dollars ($27,000,000), less the
Escrow Amount set forth in Section 2.03(b) (such
amount, the “Closing
Payment”) to the accounts designated by Sellers, which amount shall be
disbursed to the Sellers in the respective proportions and amounts set forth
Schedule 2.03
set forth opposite each Seller’s name;
(b) to Manufacturers and
Traders Trust Company (the “Escrow Agent”) and to
the Sellers’ Representative, the Escrow Agreement duly executed by
Purchaser;
(c) to the Sellers’
Representative, a certificate of good standing, or equivalent certificate, for
the Purchaser, dated within ten (10) calendar days or the Closing Date, issued
by the appropriate Governmental Authority, and resolutions of the Board of
Directors of the Purchaser, authorizing and approving the transactions
contemplated hereby;
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(d) to each Seller
identified in Schedule
2.06(c), the Employment Agreement between the Purchaser or the Company
and such Seller, duly executed by the Purchaser or the Company (as
applicable);
(e) 87,500 Shares of
Purchaser Common Stock, which shall be issued and distributed among the Sellers
in the proportions and share amounts set forth in Schedule 2.03 set forth
opposite each Seller’s name;
(f) to
the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the Escrow
Amount, to be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms
of the Escrow Agreement and Section 2.03(b)
above;
(g) the
certificate referenced in Section 8.03(a) herein, signed
by the Purchaser; and
(h) the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by the Purchaser, which shall be
delivered to those Sellers receiving Purchaser Common Stock
hereunder.
ARTICLE
III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
SUBSIDIARY
The
Company and the Subsidiary hereby make the following representations and
warranties to the Purchaser:
Section
3.01 Organization and
Standing.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.01, each of the Company and Subsidiary (a) is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Maryland, (b) is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its business requires it to be so
qualified, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified
and in good standing could not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and (c)
has the power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business as such business is currently conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01,
none of Company or Subsidiary owns, directly or indirectly, any securities or
other interests issued by any other Person, and is not a participant in any
material joint venture.
Section
3.02 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
The
Company and the Subsidiary each have the requisite corporate or other power,
capacity, and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and perform its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery by each of the Company and the
Subsidiary of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which it is a
party, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the Company
and the Subsidiary. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the
Subsidiary. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company and Subsidiary,
enforceable against the Company and Subsidiary in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating
to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at Law) or by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
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Section
3.03 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.03,
the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby, by the Company and the Subsidiary will not, (a) conflict
with any of the provisions of the organizational documents of the Company or
Subsidiary, (b) conflict with, result in a material breach of or a material
default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, give rise to a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of
a material benefit under, require the consent of any Person under, or result in
the creation of any Lien on any property or asset of the Company or Subsidiary
under any lease, contract, indenture or other agreement, permit, franchise,
license or other instrument or undertaking to which the Company or Subsidiary is
a party or by which the Company or Subsidiary or any of their respective assets
is bound or affected, or (c) result in a violation or contravention of any
statute, Law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award applicable to any Seller, the Company, Subsidiary or any
of their respective properties or assets.
Section
3.04 No Consent or Filing.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.04,
no consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or
notice to, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by or
with respect to the Company or Subsidiary in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case by the
Company or Subsidiary.
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Section
3.05 The
Shares.
Schedule 3.05
sets forth the authorized capital stock of the Company and the Subsidiary and
the number of shares of each class of such capital stock that are issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof. Schedule 3.05 also
lists each holder of the Shares and the number of Shares owned by such holder as
of the date hereof. The Shares have been duly authorized, validly issued and are
fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive (or similar)
rights. The Shares are owned beneficially and of record by the
Sellers, free and clear of all Liens, and constitute the only issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Company. All of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary is owned beneficially and of record
by the Company, free and clear of all Liens, as set forth on Schedule
3.05. Upon delivery of payment for the Shares as provided
herein, the Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Shares, free and
clear of all Liens, other than (i) any Liens arising from acts of the Purchaser
and (ii) the requirements of any applicable Laws or regulations regarding the
subsequent transfer of the Shares. There are no outstanding warrants,
options, agreements, convertible or exchangeable securities or other commitments
(other than this Agreement) pursuant to which any Seller, the Company or
Subsidiary may become obligated to issue, sell, purchase or redeem any shares of
capital stock or other securities of the Company or Subsidiary. There
are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or Subsidiary to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding securities of the
Company or Subsidiary, to vote or to dispose of any Shares or capital stock of
the Company or Subsidiary or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the
form of a loan, capital contribution or otherwise) to any other
Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.05,
neither the Company nor Subsidiary is party to any stockholders’ agreement,
voting trust agreement, registration rights agreement, preemptive rights
agreement, phantom stock agreement, stock appreciation rights agreement,
incentive plan, stock option plan, stock-based plan or any like agreement or
plan relating to any equity securities of the Company or Subsidiary or any other
contract relating to disposition, voting or dividends with respect to any equity
securities of the Company or Subsidiary.
Section
3.06 Financial
Information.
Schedule 3.06
sets forth the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations
and comprehensive income for the Company and Subsidiary for the eight month
period ending August 31, 2010, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 and
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 (collectively, the “Unaudited Financial
Statements”). The term “Unaudited Financial Statements” shall
also be deemed to include any updated financial statements of the Company and
Subsidiary supplied by Sellers or Company in response to Purchaser’s request
covering periods subsequent to August 31, 2010 and prior to the Closing
Date. The Unaudited Financial Statements, including the footnotes
thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and in accordance with past
practices on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby and are
true, complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly the
financial position of the Company and Subsidiary for such periods and as of such
dates as are indicated therein subject in the case of interim financial
statements to normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments.
Section
3.07 Conduct of Business; No
Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.07,
since the Balance Sheet Date:
(a) each
of the Company and each Subsidiary has conducted its respective businesses in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;
(b) there
has not been any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by
insurance, with respect to the property and assets of the Company or Subsidiary
having a replacement cost of more than $200,000 for any single
loss;
(c) there
has not been any material change by the Company or Subsidiary in accounting or
Tax reporting principles, methods or policies;
(d) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has entered into any transaction or contract or
incurred any obligation or liability involving the expenditure of more than
$200,000;
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(e) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien any
asset, or acquired any assets or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased
or otherwise disposed of any of its assets for which the aggregate consideration
paid or payable in any individual transaction was in excess of
$200,000;
(f) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has canceled or compromised any debt or claim with
a value, individually or in the aggregate, exceeding $200,000 or amended, canceled,
terminated, relinquished, waived or released any contract or right involving the
expenditure of more than $200,000;
(g) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has made or committed to make any capital
expenditures or capital additions in excess of $200,000;
(h) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has instituted or settled any legal proceeding in
which equitable relief was sought or in which claimed damages exceeded
$50,000;
(i) none
of the Company or Subsidiary has amended any Plan or established any new
employee benefit plan;
(j) there
have been no labor strikes, work stoppages or lockouts against the Company or
Subsidiary;
(k) neither
the Company nor Subsidiary has received any notice of termination of any
Material Contract; and
(l) there
has not been a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.08 Material
Contracts.
Schedule 3.08
sets forth, as of the date hereof, the following agreements that relate to the
Company or Subsidiary (each, a “Material
Contract”):
(a) Each
agreement or letter of intent to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party
requiring payments, contingent or otherwise, or generating revenues in excess of
$200,000 in any one year period; provided that the
amount of payments due or revenues to be generated under any requirements
agreement shall be measured by the amount paid or payable thereunder during the
one year period ending on the date of this Agreement;
(b) Each
agreement to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party with respect to
Indebtedness for money borrowed, including letters of credit, guaranties,
indentures, swaps and similar agreements;
(c) Each
management, consulting, independent contractor, employment, severance,
collective bargaining or similar agreement to which the Company or Subsidiary is
a party;
(d) Each
confidentiality agreement, non-solicitation and non-competition agreement to
which the Company or Subsidiary is a party;
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(e) Each
partnership and joint venture agreement to which the Company or Subsidiary is a
party;
(f) Each
agreement relating to the license, sale or development of Intellectual Property
to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party;
(g) Each
lease or sublease for Real Property;
(h) Each
agreement to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party under which the
consequences of a default or termination could reasonably be expected to result
in a Company Material Adverse Effect;
(i) Any
other agreement or letter of intent that is material to the business of the
Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole.
Each
Material Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company and
Subsidiary (if party thereto) in all material respects, in accordance with its
terms, except as limited by any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization,
insolvency, moratorium or similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally and subject to general principles of equity (whether or not
considered in a court of Law or equity). There are no existing
material defaults by the Company or Subsidiary under any Material Contract and
no event has occurred (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or the
happening or occurrence of any other event) that would constitute a material
default under any Material Contract by any other party thereto. None
of the Company or Subsidiary has any Material Contracts that are Loss
Contracts.
Section
3.09 Property, Assets and
Leases.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.09(a),
each of the Company and the Subsidiary has good and marketable title to, or a
valid leasehold interest in, its respective assets as reflected on the Balance
Sheet, in each case free and clear of all Liens. Such assets
constitute all of the assets necessary to the conduct of the respective
businesses of the Company and Subsidiary as currently conducted and as planned
to be conducted in the next twelve months.
(b) All
tangible personal property owned by the Company or Subsidiary is in good working
order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(c) Schedule 3.09(c) sets
forth the real property owned or leased by the Company or Subsidiary
(collectively, the “Real
Property”). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09(c),
with respect to each parcel of Real Property, (i) there are no pending or
threatened material condemnation proceedings, lawsuits or administrative actions
relating to it, (ii) there are no leases, subleases, licenses or concessions,
written or oral, granting to any Person the right to use or occupy any portion
of it and (iii) there are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to
purchase it or any portion thereof or interest therein.
(d) True,
correct and complete copies of the stock record books, minute books and other
corporate records maintained by the Company and Subsidiary have been delivered
or made available to Purchaser, and such books and records have been maintained
in accordance with good business practices. Except as set forth in
Schedule
3.09(d), the minute books of the Company and Subsidiary contain accurate
and complete records of all meetings and corporate action taken by the
stockholders, Boards of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors of
the Company and Subsidiary. At the Closing, all of those books and
records will be in the possession of the Company, except to the extent they have
been delivered to the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date.
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Section
3.10 No Litigation; Compliance
with Laws.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.10, there
is no action, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, arbitration, grievance, citation,
summons, subpoena, inquiry or investigation, civil, criminal, regulatory or
otherwise, in law or in equity, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, by or against or relating to the Company or Subsidiary.
(b) Except
as disclosed on Schedule 3.10, there
are no judgments against the Company or Subsidiary or consent decrees, orders or
injunctions to which the Company or the Subsidiary is subject.
(c) There
is no action, claim, suit or proceeding pending, or to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, by or against or affecting any of the Sellers, the Company
or Subsidiary in connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection
herewith.
(d) Since
the date of the formation of the Company and Subsidiary, respectively, there
have been no product liability claims, suits, actions or proceedings involving
the Company or Subsidiary or relating to products or services manufactured, sold
or provided by the Company or Subsidiary.
(e) Since
December 31, 2006, each of the Company and the Subsidiary has conducted its
respective business in compliance with applicable Law and has received no notice
of or been charged with the violation of any applicable Law during such period
except for any such violations that would not in the aggregate be material to
the Company or the Subsidiary. Each of the Company and the Subsidiary
has all licenses, permits, franchises, orders, approvals, written waivers and
other authorizations of Governmental Authorities as are required in order to
enable it to own or lease its assets and conduct its respective businesses in
all respects as currently conducted and as planned to be conducted in the next
twelve months. No registration, filing, notice, order, approval,
consent, written waiver or other action of any Governmental Authority is
required by virtue of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby in order to maintain the
rights pertaining to the licenses, permits, franchises, orders, approvals,
written waivers and other authorizations of Governmental Authorities referred to
in the preceding sentence.
Section
3.11 No Undisclosed
Liabilities.
Neither
the Company nor the Subsidiary has any debts, claims, commitments, liabilities
or obligations of any nature, absolute, accrued, contingent,
liquidated or otherwise, and whether due or to become due, asserted
or unasserted, and there is no basis for any such liability or obligation or any
claims, in respect thereof, except (a) as set forth in Schedule 3.11; (b) as
and to the extent disclosed or reserved against in the Balance Sheet, and (c)
liabilities and obligations that were incurred after the date of the Balance
Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent (in amount and kind) with
prior practice, none of which will or may reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
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Section
3.12 Insurance.
Schedule 3.12
sets forth a listing of the material terms of all insurance policies (including
policies providing property, casualty, liability, and workers’ compensation
coverage, benefits or coverage for any Plan described in Section 3.18,
and bond and surety arrangements) to which the Company or Subsidiary has been a
party, a named insured or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage during the one
year preceding the date of this Agreement. Each of the insurance
policies set forth on Schedule 3.12 is
in full force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid, and none of
the Company, Subsidiary or any Seller has received any notice of termination or
reduction of coverage, or intent to terminate or reduce coverage, of any such
insurance policy.
Section
3.13 No
Brokers.
No Person
is entitled to any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or any similar
compensation from the Company, Subsidiary or Sellers for services provided to
the Company, Subsidiary or Sellers in connection with this Agreement and the
transaction contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13, all
negotiations relating to this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated
hereby, have been carried on without the participation of any Person acting on
behalf of the Company or Subsidiary in such manner as to give rise to any claim
for any brokerage or finder’s commissions, fee or similar compensation, or for
any bonus payable to any officer, director, employee, agent or sales
representative of or consultant to the Company or Subsidiary or any other Person
in connection with the negotiation or consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, and no brokerage commission, finder’s fee, bonus or other
compensation is due to any party identified in Schedule
3.13.
Section
3.14 No Transactions with
Interested Persons.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.14,
with respect to any customer, supplier or competitor of the Company, Subsidiary
or any entity party to any Material Contract, no officer or director of the
Company or Subsidiary (a) directly owns any interest in such entity or (b)
serves as an officer or director of such entity.
Section
3.15 Environmental
Matters.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.15,
(a) each of the Company and the Subsidiary is and has been in compliance with
all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) each of the Company and the Subsidiary
possesses all permits and approvals issued pursuant to Environmental Laws that
are required to conduct the business of the Company and Subsidiary as currently
conducted, and are and have been in compliance with all such permits and
approvals, (c) no releases of any Hazardous Material have occurred at, on, from
or under any Real Property, for which releases the Company or Subsidiary is
liable under any Environmental Law, (d) none of the Company or Subsidiary has
received any written claim or notice from any Governmental Authority or other
Person, related to exposure to Hazardous Materials or alleging that the Company
or such Subsidiary is or may be in violation of, or has any liability under, any
Environmental Law and (e) no Real Property is listed or proposed to be listed on
the National Priorities List or CERCLIS or on any similar governmental database
that require cleanup under Environmental Laws.
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Section
3.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Schedule 3.16(a)
sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of (i) all registered and
unregistered Intellectual Property of the Company and the Subsidiary, specifies
whether such Intellectual Property is owned by, licensed to, or otherwise held
by or for the benefit of the Company or the Subsidiary and indicates the status
(completed or in process) of all patents, patent applications, trademarks,
trademark applications and registrations, copyrights, copyright applications and
registrations, invention disclosure, intent to use applications or other
registrations or applications relating to any Intellectual Property and (ii) all
licenses and sublicenses granted by or to the Company and the Subsidiary with
respect to any Intellectual Property.
(b) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has the
right to use, all Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.16(a). Such
Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property necessary to
the conduct of the respective businesses of the Company and Subsidiary as
currently conducted. With respect to Intellectual Property owned by the Company
or Subsidiary, the Company or Subsidiary is the sole owner of all right, title
and interest therein and each item of such Intellectual Property is valid and
enforceable.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(c),
(i) none of the Company or Subsidiary is in default (or with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, would be in default) under any license to use
any Intellectual Property, (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Intellectual
Property necessary to the conduct of the respective businesses of the Company
and Subsidiary as currently conducted is being infringed by any third party or
has been infringed by any third party in the past and (iii) to the Knowledge of
the Company, none of the Company or Subsidiary has or is infringing or violating
any Intellectual Property of any third party.
(d) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(d), (i)
there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim or
dispute regarding the ownership of, or use by, the Company or Subsidiary of any
Intellectual Property, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the loss
of use of any Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct of the respective
businesses of the Company and Subsidiary as currently conducted and (iii) to the
Knowledge of the Company, there is no fact or circumstance existing that would
render the right to use any of the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.16(a)
unenforceable or invalid.
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(e) The
Company and Subsidiary have taken all reasonably necessary action to maintain
and protect (i) their rights relating to the Intellectual Property set forth on
Schedule
3.16(a) and (ii) the secrecy, confidentiality, value and the rights in
the trade secrets of the Company and Subsidiary. The Company and
Subsidiary have paid all fees and made all maintenance filings which have
heretofore become due to any Governmental Authority with respect to their
Intellectual Property. The Company and
Subsidiary own all right, title and interest in any Intellectual Property
created or developed by their current and former employees and officers within
the scope of their employment as works made for hire. To the extent
any Intellectual Property of the Company or Subsidiary was created or developed
by independent contractors or consultants, such parties have assigned in writing
all right, title, interest and ownership of such Intellectual Property to the
Company or Subsidiary (as applicable). Copies of the Company’s and the
Subsidiary’s confidentiality and Intellectual Property assignment agreements (to
the extent any exist) have been made available to the Purchaser. To
the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no violation or waiver of such
assignment agreements or confidentiality agreements, or unauthorized disclosure
or use of any trade secret or Intellectual Property of the Company or
Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no
security breach relating to, no violation of any security policy regarding, and
no unauthorized access to, the Company’s and the Subsidiary’s confidential and
proprietary data or any confidential data used in the businesses of the Company
and Subsidiary.
(f) The
Company and Subsidiary maintain policies and procedures regarding data security
and privacy that are commercially reasonable and in compliance with all
obligations to their customers and under applicable Law.
Section
3.17 Tax
Matters.
(a) Each
of the Company and Subsidiary (i) has timely filed or caused to be filed or will
timely file or cause to be filed (taking into account any extension of time to
file granted or obtained) all Tax Returns required to be filed by it and all
such Tax Returns are (or will be, as appropriate) true, correct and complete in
all material respects; and (ii) has timely paid or will timely pay all material
amounts of Taxes that have become due and payable by it, except those Taxes
identified in Schedule
3.17(a) which are being contested in good faith. There are no
Liens for Taxes upon any of the assets of the Company or
Subsidiary. All amounts of Taxes required to have been withheld by or
with respect to the Company and Subsidiary have been or will be timely withheld
and remitted to the applicable taxing authority (and all related reporting and
recordkeeping requirements have been or will be complied with).
(b) True,
correct and complete copies (in all material respects) of all income Tax
Returns, Tax examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed
against, or agreed to with respect to the Company and the Subsidiary with
respect to the last five (5) years with the Internal Revenue Service or any
other Tax authority have been delivered or made available to
Purchaser.
(c) There
are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company anticipated, audits,
examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect of any Tax of the
Company or Subsidiary. No deficiency for any material amount of Tax
has been asserted or assessed by any taxing authority in writing against the
Company or Subsidiary, which deficiency has not been satisfied by payment,
settled or been withdrawn or contested in good faith.
(d) The
unpaid Taxes of the Company and Subsidiary did not, as of the Balance Sheet
Date, exceed the reserve for Tax liability (rather than any reserve for deferred
Taxes established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set
forth on the face of the Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto) and
will not exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the
Closing Date in accordance with the past custom and practice of the Company and
Subsidiary.
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(e) None
of the Company or Subsidiary (i) has ever been a member of an affiliated group
filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common
parent of which was the Company), (ii) has any liability for the Taxes of any
Person (other than Taxes of the Company) under Treasury regulation 1.1502-6 (or
any similar provision or state, local or foreign Law), as a transferee or
successor, by contract, or otherwise, or (iii) has been a United States real
property holding corporation within the meaning of Code § 897(c)(2) during
the applicable period specified in Code § 897(c)(1)(ii).
(f) None
of the Company or Subsidiary has waived any statute of limitations in respect of
any Tax or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or
deficiency (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns
obtained in the ordinary course of business).
(g) None
of the Company or Subsidiary has participated in any “listed transaction” within
the meaning of, and each of the Company and each Subsidiary has complied with
the reporting requirements of, Treasury regulation 1.6011-4.
(h) None
of the Company or Subsidiary has been a “distributing corporation” or a
“controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock that was intended to qualify
for Tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code within the previous
two years.
(i) The
Company (and any predecessor of the Company) has been a validly electing S
corporation within the meaning of Code § 1361 and § 1362 for all
federal, state and local income tax purposes, at all times during its existence
and the Company will be an S corporation for this purpose up to and including
the Closing Date. The Subsidiary was a validly electing S corporation
within the meaning of Code § 1361 and § 1362 for all federal, state and local
income tax purposes, from the time of its formation until January 1, 2007, when
all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Subsidiary was acquired
by the Company and the Subsidiary became, effective January 1, 2007, and has
remained at all times since such date, a qualified subchapter S
subsidiary.
(j) The
Company and its Subsidiary shall not be liable for any Tax, including tax under
Code § 1374 in connection with the deemed sale of the assets of the Company
and Subsidiary (including the assets of any qualified subchapter S subsidiary)
caused by the § 338(h)(10) Election. Neither the Company nor the
Subsidiary has, in the past 10 years, (A) acquired assets from another
corporation in which the Company’s Tax basis for the acquired assets was
determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the Tax basis of the acquired
assets (or any other property) in the hands of the transferor or (B) acquired
the stock of any corporation that is a qualified subchapter S
subsidiary.
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Section
3.18 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Schedule 3.18(a) sets
forth all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all
material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, restricted stock, incentive,
deferred compensation, retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental
retirement, severance or other material benefit plans, programs or arrangements,
and all material employment, termination, severance or other material contracts
or agreements to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party, with respect to
which the Company or Subsidiary has any obligation or which are maintained,
contributed to or sponsored by the Company or Subsidiary for the benefit of any
current or former employee, consultant, independent contractor, officer or
director of the Company or Subsidiary, but excluding any multiemployer plans
within the meaning of Sections 3(37) or 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (collectively,
without regard to materiality, the “Plans”). The
Company and Subsidiary have made available to the Purchaser a true, current and
complete copy of (i) each Plan that has been reduced to writing, together with
all amendments; (ii) in the case of each Plan that not been reduced to writing,
a summary of all material terms of the Plan, as amended and in effect and (iii)
for each Plan, the following: (A) any related summary plan description or
similar summary; (B) any related trust agreements, group annuity contracts,
insurance contracts, administrative services agreements or similar agreements;
(C) for any such Plan for which a Form 5500 is required to be filed, the two
most recently filed Forms 5500; (D) for any Plan that is intended to qualify
under Section 401(a) of the Code, (1) a copy of the most recent Internal
Revenue Service of the United States (the “IRS”) determination
letter or, if a prototype plan, an opinion letter and (2) any material
correspondence with or notices from the IRS or the Department of
Labor.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(b),
each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter or prototype opinion letter from
the IRS that the Plan is so qualified, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no
circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
qualified status of any Plan.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(c), (i)
each Plan has been established and administered in material compliance, in both
form and operation, in accordance with its terms, and with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws, and all contributions
to, premiums with respect to and benefit payments under each such Plan have been
timely made or, to the extent not yet due, appropriately accrued, and (ii) no
Plan provides retiree welfare benefits, and the Company and the Subsidiary have
no obligation to provide any retiree welfare benefits other than as required by
Section 4980B of the Code or similar State Law.
(d) With
respect to any Plan, as of the date of this Agreement (i) no claims (other than
routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, (ii) no administrative
investigation, audit or other administrative proceeding by the Department of
Labor, the IRS or other Governmental Authority is pending, in progress or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened and (iii) no event has occurred from
which a material liability could arise under the “prohibited transaction” rules
(as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) and
no “fiduciary” (as defined in ERISA Section 3(21)) has any material
liability for any breach of fiduciary duty or any other failure to act or comply
in connection with the administration or investment of the assets of any
Plan.
(e) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(e),
none of the Company, Subsidiary or any of their ERISA Affiliates has at any time
maintained, contributed to or incurred any material liability under any defined
benefit pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or any “multiemployer plan” or
“multiple employer plan” as those terms are defined in ERISA.
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(f) The
execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company and Subsidiary of its
obligations under the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents to which it is party will not (either alone or upon the
occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) result in the triggering or
imposition of (x) any material restrictions or material limitations on the right
of the Company or Subsidiary to amend or terminate any Plan, or (y) result in
“excess parachute payments” within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the
Code that would be non-deductible by the Company or Subsidiary by virtue of
Section 4999 of the Code.
(g) Without
limiting the generality of subsections (b) through (f) above, with respect to
each Plan that is subject to the Laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States (whether or not United States Law also applies) (a “Foreign Plan”): (i)
all material employer and employee contributions to each Foreign Plan required
by Law or by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable,
accrued in accordance with normal accounting practices; and (ii) each Foreign
Plan required to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in
good standing with applicable regulatory authorities.
(h) With
respect to any “single-employer plan,” within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by the Company
or Subsidiary, (i) no liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the
“PBGC”) has
been incurred (other than for premiums not yet due), (ii) no proceedings to
terminate any such plan have been instituted by the PBGC and no event or
condition has occurred which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of
ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
such plan and (iii) no “accumulated funding deficiency,” within the meaning of
Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, whether or not
waived, exists.
Section
3.19 Labor and Employment
Matters.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.19,
as of the date of this Agreement (i) no employee of the Company or Subsidiary is
represented by a labor union, work council or similar organization in connection
with their employment by the Company or such Subsidiary, (ii) none of the
Company or Subsidiary is party to, or otherwise subject to, any collective
bargaining agreement or other labor union contract, (iii) no petition is
currently pending, instituted or in progress by an employee or group of
employees of the Company or Subsidiary with any labor relations board seeking
recognition of a bargaining representative, (iv) there is no organizational
effort currently being made or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened by,
or on behalf of, any labor union to organize employees of the Company or
Subsidiary and no written demand for recognition of employees of the Company or
Subsidiary has been made to the Company or such Subsidiary by, or on behalf of,
any labor union, (v) there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending
against the Company or Subsidiary before the National Labor Relations Board or
any other Governmental Authority or any current union representation questions
involving employees of the Company or Subsidiary, and (vi) there is no labor
strike, work stoppage or lockout pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, by or with respect to any employees of the Company or
Subsidiary.
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(b) Each
of the Company and the Subsidiary is in compliance with all employment
agreements, consulting and other service contracts, and severance and separation
agreements.
(c) Neither
the Company nor Subsidiary, during the four (4) year period prior to the date
hereof, has taken any action that would constitute a “Mass Layoff” or “Plant
Closing” within the meaning of the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification
Act (the “WARN
Act”) or would otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under
any plant closing notice Law without complying in all material respects with the
applicable requirements under the WARN Act or such other applicable plant
closing notice Law.
Section
3.20 Government Contracts and
Subcontracts.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(a),
(i) no cost incurred by the Company or Subsidiary pertaining to any Government
Contract has been questioned or challenged by any Governmental Authority or
representative thereof, (ii) all amounts previously charged or at present
carried as chargeable by the Company and Subsidiary to any Government Contract
have been or will be reasonable, allowable and allocable to each such Government
Contract and (iii) no notice has been given of a cost accounting standard
noncompliance.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(b),
(i) none of the directors, officers or employees of the Company or Subsidiary
is, or since each entity’s inception, has been, under administrative,
civil or criminal investigation, or has been under indictment by any
Governmental Authority or has been the subject of any audit, investigation or
action with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission
arising under or relating to any Government Contract and (b) since its
formation, none of the Company or Subsidiary has conducted or initiated any
internal investigation or made a voluntary disclosure to any Governmental
Authority with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission
arising under or relating to any Government Contract.
(c) There
does not exist and has not existed since December 31, 2006 any irregularity,
misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract of
the Company or Subsidiary that has led or could reasonably be expected to lead
to any of the consequences set forth in Section 3.20(b),
or any other material damage, penalty assessment, recoupment of payment or
disallowance of cost.
(d) There
exists (i) no outstanding claims against the Company or Subsidiary, either by
any Governmental Entity or by any prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or
other Person, arising under or relating to any Government Contract and, there
are no facts or circumstances upon which such a claim may reasonably be based in
the future or (ii) material disputes between the Company or Subsidiary and any
Governmental Authority under the Contract Disputes Act, the Acquisition
Management System or any other federal statute or regulation, or between the
Company or Subsidiary and any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor, in each
case arising under or relating to any Government Contract; and there are no
facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to lead to an such
dispute in the future.
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(e) Except
for claims for payment of fees and purchase prices in the ordinary course of
business, none of Company or Subsidiary has any interest in any pending claim
against any Governmental Authority or any prime contractor, subcontractor or
vendor arising under or relating to any Government Contract.
(f) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(f),
no Government Contract to which the Company or Subsidiary is a party is
currently, or has been within the one-year period prior to the date of this
Agreement, under audit by any Governmental Authority or any other Person that is
a party to such Government Contract.
(g) Neither
the Company nor Subsidiary has received any draft or final post award audit
report, any draft or final notice of cost disallowance, or any draft or final
notice of noncompliance with any cost accounting standard. All
information made available or accessible by the Company and Subsidiary for any
such audit was current, complete and accurate and in compliance in all material
respects with applicable regulations and cost accounting standards.
(h) Neither
the Company nor Subsidiary has been suspended or debarred from bidding on
contracts or subcontracts for any Governmental Authority, nor has any suspension
or debarment action been commenced. No valid basis exists for the
Company’s or Subsidiary’s suspension or debarment from bidding on contracts or
subcontracts for any Governmental Authority.
(i) Other
than routine contract audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, since
December 31, 2006, neither the Company nor Subsidiary has been, nor is it now
being, audited or investigated by any government agency, including without
limitation the General Accounting Office, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the
Defense Contract Administrative Service, the Department of Labor, the Department
of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General
Services Administration, or the Inspector General or Auditor General or similar
functionary of any agency or instrumentality, nor is any such audit or
investigation threatened.
(j) Neither
the Company nor Subsidiary has any disputes pending before a contracting office
of, or any current claim pending against, any agency or instrumentality of any
Governmental Authority.
(k) Since
December 31, 2006, neither the Company nor Subsidiary has, with respect to any
Government Contract (i) received a cure notice or show cause notice advising the
Company or Subsidiary that it was in default or would, if it failed to take
remedial action, be in default under such Government Contract or (ii) had such
Government Contract terminated or cancelled.
(l) There
are no outstanding claims, or threatened claims to the Knowledge of the Company,
with respect to Government Contracts (other than routine invoices in process and
unbilled charges), by the Company or Subsidiary against a customer, or by a
customer against the Company or Subsidiary.
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(m) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(m),
neither the Company nor Subsidiary has received from any U.S. Governmental
Authority or any prime contractor or subcontractor from a U.S. Governmental
Authority any special, preferential or advantageous treatment in the award of a
Government Contract, or in any other manner, including as a “small business
concern,” “small disadvantaged business” (or “minority-owned business”),
“women-owned” concern, or any other socially and economically disadvantaged
classification, as defined in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 631, et.
seq.), the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. Sec.
252), Section 7102 of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994
(Public Law 103-355), 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2323, Executive Order 12138, May 18, 1979,
or regulations implementing these requirements, including the Federal
Acquisition Regulations.
(n) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(n),
neither the Company nor the Subsidiary has any outstanding bid for a Government
Contract.
Section
3.21 Banking
Relationships.
Schedule 3.21
sets forth (a) a list of each account, lock box or safe deposit box of the
Company and each Subsidiary (including any necessary identifying information),
(b) the name of each Person authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto
and the name of each Person or entity, if any, holding powers of attorney with
respect thereto and (c) a summary statement of the balances and contents
thereof.
Section
3.22 Improper and Other
Payments.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.22,
none of the Company, Subsidiary, any Seller or any director, officer, employee,
agent or representative of the Company or Subsidiary, or Person acting on behalf
of any of them, directly or indirectly (i) has made, paid or received any
bribes, kickbacks or other similar payments to or from any Person, whether
lawful or unlawful, (ii) has made any unlawful contributions to a domestic or
foreign political party or candidate or (iii) has made any unlawful foreign
payment (as defined in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. 78dd-1 et
seq.). The internal accounting controls of the Company and each Subsidiary are
adequate to provide reasonable assurance that material instances of any of the
foregoing are detected in a timely manner.
Section
3.23 Customers and
Suppliers.
(a) Schedule 3.23(a)
sets forth a list of each customer (including any group of Persons that are
Affiliates) that has accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated revenues of
the Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole, in any fiscal year beginning with
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.23(a),
the relationship between the Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole, and any
customer set forth on Schedule 3.23(a)
has not changed in any material respect since the later of December 31, 2006 or
the commencement of such relationship nor is there any fact or circumstance that
could reasonably be expected to lead to any such material change.
(b) Schedule 3.23(b)
sets forth a list of each supplier (including any group of Persons that are
Affiliates) that has accounted for more than 5% of the consolidated payments to
suppliers by the Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole, in any fiscal year
beginning with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.23(b),
the relationship between the Company and Subsidiary, taken as a whole, and any
supplier set forth on Schedule 3.23(b)
has not changed in any material respect since the later of December 31, 2006 or
the commencement of such relationship nor is there any fact or circumstance that
could reasonably be expected to lead to any such material change.
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(c) To
the Knowledge of the Company, each of the customers and suppliers set forth on
Schedules
3.23(a) and (b) will continue
their relationship and continue to conduct business with the Company and
Subsidiary after the Closing Date in the same manner and on the same terms and
conditions as prior to the Closing Date.
Section
3.24 Accounts Receivable;
Inventory.
(a) Schedule 3.24(a)
sets forth a list of all Accounts Receivable of the Company and Subsidiary
existing as of September 30, 2010, separately showing those receivables that as
of such date have not yet been billed, and billed receivables that have been
outstanding 30 days or less, 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and more than 90
days. Within five (5) calendar days prior to the Closing Date,
Company and Subsidiary will provide Purchaser with an updated list of Accounts
Receivable as of the date such list is provided.
(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.24(b),
each Accounts Receivable that has been billed is and each unbilled Accounts
Receivable will be when billed (i) valid and existing and represents monies due
for goods sold and delivered and services performed in bona fide commercial
transactions; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, a legally binding obligation
of the account debtor enforceable in accordance with its terms, free and clear
of all Liens and not subject to refunds, discounts (other than trade discounts
provided in the ordinary course of business), setoffs, adverse claims,
counterclaims, assessments, defaults, prepayments, defenses or conditions
precedent, (iii) fully collectible, net of any reserve for uncollectible
accounts shown on the Balance Sheet, and (iv) since the Balance Sheet Date, no
Accounts Receivable have been written off or sold by the Company or
Subsidiary.
(c) Any
Inventory of the Company and Subsidiary is in good and merchantable condition,
usable or saleable in the ordinary course of business.
Section
3.25 Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth on Schedules 3.06 and 3.25, the Subsidiary
owns no assets of any kind, has no liabilities of any kind or has no
employees. The consolidated Unaudited Financial Statements set
forth in Schedule
3.06
also present the unconsolidated balance sheet and statement of operation and
income of the Subsidiary for the eight month period ending August 31, 2010 for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 and for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2008 (collectively, the “Subsidiary Unaudited Financial
Statements”). The term “Subsidiary Unaudited Financial Statements”
shall also be deemed to include any updated financial statements of the
Subsidiary supplied by Sellers or Company in response to Purchaser’s request
covering periods subsequent to August 31, 2010 and prior to the Closing
Date. The Subsidiary Unaudited Financial Statements are true,
complete and correct in all material respects and present fairly the financial
position of the Subsidiary for such periods and have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP and in accordance with past practices on a consistent basis throughout
the periods thereby.
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Section
3.26 Territorial
Restrictions.
The
Company and Subsidiary are not restricted by any agreement or understanding with
any other Person from carrying on their respective businesses anywhere in the
world.
Section
3.27 Product or Service
Warranties.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.27 and
for warranties under Applicable Law (if any), (a) there are no warranties,
express or implied, written or oral, with respect to the products and services
of the Company and Subsidiary, and (b) there are no pending or, to the Knowledge
of the Company, threatened claims with respect to any such
warranties. None of the Sellers, Subsidiary or the Company is aware
of any facts that indicate that the reserves for product or service warranties
reflected in the Balance Sheet are materially understated. Schedule 3.27 includes a copy
of the form of all written warranties furnished by the Company and Subsidiary to
purchasers of any product or service sold by the Company or Subsidiary since
December 31, 2006.
Section
3.28 Order
Backlog.
A true
and complete list of (a) all firm product and service purchase orders and
contracts for the sale of goods or the delivery of services by the Company and
Subsidiary to Persons other than Governmental Authorities, and (b) all firm
funded product and service purchase orders and contracts for the sale of goods
or the delivery of services by the Company and Subsidiary to Governmental
Authorities (collectively, the “Backlog”) pending as of the latest practical
date prior to the date of this Agreement is set forth in Schedule 3.28.
Section
3.29 Government Furnished
Equipment.
Schedule 3.29 incorporates the
most recent schedule delivered to the U.S. Government or any non-U.S. government
which identifies by description or by inventory number certain equipment and
fixtures loaned, bailed or otherwise furnished to or held by Company or
Subsidiary by or on behalf of the United States or any foreign
country. Such schedule was accurate and complete on its date and, if
dated on the Closing Date, would contain only those additions and omit only
those deletions of equipment and fixtures that have occurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice.
Section
3.30 Disclosure.
No
representation or warranty of Sellers, Company or Subsidiary in this
Agreement or in the Schedules attached hereto contains any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits any statement of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances
in which they were made, not misleading.
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ARTICLE
IV. INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLERS
Each
Seller makes the following representations and warranties to the Purchaser,
severally, but not jointly, and only with respect to himself or
herself:
Section
4.01 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
Each
Seller has full power, capacity and authority (i) to enter into, execute and
deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a
party, (ii) to appoint the Sellers’ Representative to act as his or her
exclusive and lawful agent and representative for the matters and purposes set
forth in Section
2.05 herein, (iii) to perform his or her obligations hereunder and under
each other Transaction Document to which he/she is a party, and (iv) to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Escrow
Agreement. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which Seller is
a party has been duly executed and delivered by Seller. This
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement each constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Seller, enforceable against Seller in accordance with its
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable
principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at Law) or by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
Section
4.02 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
4.02, no permit, consent, waiver, approval or authorization of, or
declaration to or filing or registration with, any Person on the part of the
Seller is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
the Seller of this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, or the consummation by the
Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Escrow
Agreement. The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the creation of any
Liens against the Company, the Subsidiary or the Seller or any of the properties
or assets of any of them.
Section
4.03 Shares.
Seller
holds of record and owns beneficially the number and type of shares of the
Company’s capital stock set forth next to his or her name on Schedule 3.05, free
and clear of any Liens and not subject to any instruments or contracts that
would prevent the carrying out of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the
Escrow Agreement, which shares constitute all of the capital stock of the
Company owned by Seller. Other than any stock options that Seller may
exercise prior to the Closing Date and except as set forth on Schedule 4.03, Seller
is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase right or other contract or
commitment (other than this Agreement) that could require Seller to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of the
Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.03, there
are no shareholder agreements, buy-sell agreements, voting trusts agreements,
preemptive rights agreements, phantom stock agreements, incentive plans, or
other agreements or understandings to which the Seller is a party or to which he
or she is bound relating to his or her shares or any capital stock of the
Company.
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Section
4.04 No
Brokers.
No Person
is entitled to any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or any similar
compensation for services provided to Seller in connection with this Agreement
and the transaction contemplated hereby. All negotiations relating to
this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby, have been carried on
without the participation of any Person acting on behalf of Seller in such
manner as to give rise to any claim for any brokerage or finder’s commissions,
fee or similar compensation, or for any bonus payable to any officer, director,
employee, agent or sales representative of or consultant to the Company, or
Subsidiary or any other Person in connection with the negotiation or
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
4.05 No
Claims.
There is
no action, claim, suit or proceeding pending or threatened by or against or
affecting Seller, or his or her shares of the Company’s common stock in
connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or of any action taken or to be taken in connection herewith.
Section
4.06 Securities
Act.
Each
Seller receiving Purchaser Common Stock acknowledges and understands that the
shares of Purchaser Common Stock that Seller is acquiring hereunder are
unregistered, restricted securities which may not be transferred, sold,
assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of by Seller unless such
stock is subsequently registered under the Securities Act or unless an exemption
from such registration is otherwise available. Each Seller receiving
Purchaser Common Stock is acquiring such shares for investment purposes only and
not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of the stock
or any portion thereof and not with any present intention of selling, offering
to sell or otherwise disposing of or distributing the stock in a transaction
other than a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities
Act. Each Seller receiving Purchaser Common Stock agrees that he or
she shall not offer to sell, sell or otherwise dispose of the Purchaser Common
Stock received hereunder in violation of the registration requirements, holding
periods and other requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable
Laws.
Section
4.07 Experience.
Each
Seller receiving consideration of Purchaser Common Stock: (a) has
specific knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that
such Seller is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its acquisition of
shares of Purchaser Common Stock pursuant hereto; (b) is an “accredited
investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act; and (c)
understands and is able to evaluate the risks associated with the Purchaser
Common Stock and is able to bear any economic risks associated with such
investment, including, without limitation, the necessity of holding the
securities for an indefinite period of time, inasmuch as the such shares have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities
laws.
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Section
4.08 Waiver of Certain Transfer
Restrictions.
Each
Seller hereby irrevocably waives any and all restrictions on transfer, first
refusal rights, first offer rights, repurchase rights, preemptive rights or
similar rights (if any) and any and all similar restrictions, rights or
provisions contained in any of the Company’s or Subsidiary’s charter, bylaws or
any outstanding stock restriction agreement, stockholders agreements, stock
purchase agreement or similar agreement or instrument or otherwise affecting
Seller’s right to transfer or to sell his or her shares of the Company’s stock
to any third party purchaser.
Section
4.09 S Corporation
Shareholder.
Seller is
and has been a valid S corporation shareholder at all times during the period
such Seller has held any shares of the Company’s capital stock.
Section
4.10 Disclosure.
No
representation or warranty of Seller in this Agreement or in the Schedules
attached hereto contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any
statement of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading.
ARTICLE
V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Sellers as follows:
Section
5.01 Organization, Standing
and
Power.
The
Purchaser is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Maryland.
Section
5.02 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
The
Purchaser has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and each other Transaction Document, perform its obligations hereunder
and thereunder and consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of this Agreement
and each other Transaction Document, the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part
of the Purchaser. This Agreement and each Transaction Document has
been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser. This Agreement and
each other Transaction Document constitutes the valid and binding obligation of
the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating
to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at Law) or by an implied covenant of good faith and fair
dealing.
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Section
5.03 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
5.03, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, in each case by the Purchaser will not, (a)
conflict with any of the provisions of the organizational documents of the
Purchaser, (b) conflict with, result in a material breach of or a material
default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, give rise to a
right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of
a material benefit under, require the consent of any Person under, or result in
the creation of any Lien on any property or asset of the Purchaser under, any
contract, indenture or other agreement, permit, franchise, license or other
instrument or undertaking to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the
Purchaser or any of its assets is bound or affected, or (c) result in a
violation or contravention of any statute, Law, ordinance, rule, regulation,
order, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award applicable to the
Purchaser or any of its properties or assets.
Section
5.04 No Consent or
Filing.
Except
for 8-K reports and any other applicable filings or disclosure requirements with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or pursuant to the Securities Act
or NASDAQ rules or requirements, no consent, approval or authorization of, or
declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental Authority is required
to be obtained or made by or with respect to the Purchaser in connection with
the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby or thereby, in each case by the Purchaser.
Section
5.05 No
Litigation.
There is
no litigation or other claim pending against the Purchaser before any
Governmental Authority and there are no judgments, orders or decrees of any
Governmental Authority against the Purchaser, in each case that would be
reasonably likely to adversely effect or restrict the ability of the Purchaser
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
5.06 No
Brokers.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
5.06, no broker, finder or similar agent has been retained by or to act
on behalf of the Purchaser, and no Person is entitled to any brokerage
commission, finder’s fee or any similar compensation for services provided to
the Purchaser in connection with this Agreement and any other transaction
contemplated hereby.
Section
5.07 Adequate
Cash.
The Purchaser has adequate cash on hand
to pay the cash portion of the Aggregate Consideration set forth in Section
2.03(a)(i).
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Section
5.08 Registration
Statement.
Purchaser filed with the SEC a
Registration Statement on Form S-1 that was declared effective in accordance
with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the “Purchaser
Registration Statement”). As of its effective date, (i) the Purchaser
Registration Statement complied in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading, and (ii) the financial statements of Purchaser
included in the Purchaser Registration Statement were prepared from and were in
accordance in all material respects with the accounting books and other
financial records of Purchaser, were prepared in accordance with GAAP (except,
(x) as may be indicated in the notes thereto, (y) in the case of pro forma
financial statements and information, or (z) in the case of unaudited
statements, as permitted by the rules of the SEC) applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved, and presented fairly, in all material respects, the
consolidated financial position of Purchaser and its consolidated subsidiaries
and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods
then indicated (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes). Purchaser has no
liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent
or otherwise) other than (i) liabilities reflected in the financial statements
included in the Purchaser Registration Statement, (ii) liabilities or
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since the effective date
of the Purchaser Registration Statement, (iii) liabilities which would not
reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Affect or (iv)
liabilities to perform under any contracts to which the Purchaser and/or its
subsidiaries is a party, whether or not disclosed under the Purchaser
Registration Statement. In each case as of the effective date of the
Purchaser Registration Statement: (i) all stock option plans and material
contracts of Purchaser required to be included as exhibits to the Purchaser
Registration Statement under Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by
the SEC were so included, and (ii) all transactions involving Purchaser required
to be disclosed in the Purchaser Registration Statement under Item 404 of
Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC were so disclosed.
Section
5.09 Securities
Act.
The
Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for investment only and not with a view to any
public distribution thereof, and the Purchaser shall not offer to sell or
otherwise dispose of the Shares so acquired by it in violation of the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Section
5.10 Experience.
The
Purchaser has specific knowledge and experience in financial and business
matters such that the Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of
its purchase of the Shares and its investment in the Shares being acquired
hereunder. The Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act. The Purchaser
understands and is able to evaluate the Shares and is able to bear any economic
risks associated with such investment (including, without limitation, the
necessity of holding the securities for an indefinite period of time, inasmuch
as the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws).
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Section
5.11 Disclosures.
No
representation or warranty of Purchaser in this Agreement or in the Schedules
attached hereto or in any certificate or instrument delivered by Purchaser in
accordance with the terms hereof contains any untrue statement of a material
fact or omits any statement of a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which
they were made, not misleading.
ARTICLE
VI. COVENANTS
Section
6.01 Confidentiality.
Except as required by applicable Law,
from and after the Closing, each Seller shall, and shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause Persons directly or indirectly controlled by such
Seller to, hold in confidence all knowledge and information with respect to the
business of the Company and Subsidiary and shall not disclose, publish or make
use of the same without the prior written consent of the Purchaser, except (i)
to the extent that such information shall have become public knowledge other
than by breach of this Agreement by any Seller; (ii) in the event such Seller is
requested in a legal proceeding (by deposition, interrogatories, requests for
information or documents in legal proceedings, subpoena, civil investigative
demand or other similar process) to disclose any of the knowledge and
information, such Seller shall give the Purchaser prompt notice of such request
so that the Purchaser may seek a protective order or other similar relief with
respect to such disclosure so as to maintain the confidential nature of the
information and (iii) in the event such Seller is otherwise required by law to
disclose any of his knowledge or information regarding the Purchaser, such
Seller shall give the Purchaser notice of the information to be disclosed and
such opportunity as is reasonably practicable to review the proposed disclosure
and comment thereon. The covenants set forth in this Section 6.01 shall
survive until the knowledge and information regarding the business of the
Company and Subsidiary have become public knowledge without any fault or breach
by any Seller of the obligations hereunder.
Section
6.02 Further
Actions.
After the
Closing, the Sellers, Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser shall cooperate
and use commercially reasonable efforts to carry out the intent of this
Agreement, including each Seller’s reasonable assistance and accommodation with
respect to any required Government Contract novations and the Purchaser’s
providing reasonable access to the books and records of the Company and
Subsidiary as of the Closing Date for up to two (2) years (except for books and
records related to Taxes, which shall be governed by Section 6.05(a)).
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Section
6.03 Publicity.
Except as
required by applicable Law, no publicity, release or announcement concerning
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by any
Seller, the Company or Subsidiary, on the one hand, or the Purchaser, on the
other hand, without the advance written consent of the other, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the
Purchaser shall be permitted to make disclosures concerning this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby: (i) to prospective investors, lenders and
target companies in connection with financings and acquisitions that it is
contemplating; and (ii) as required by the SEC, NASDAQ, and the Securities Act
and further provided,
that the Company and the Subsidiary shall be permitted to make disclosures
concerning this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to their
respective stockholders for the purpose of obtaining approval of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereby. In the event that a party
is required by applicable Law to make a release or announcement, such party
shall provide the other parties with a reasonable opportunity to review such
release or announcement before such release or announcement is
made. The covenants set forth in this Section 6.03 shall
survive until that date which is fifteen (15) months after the Closing
Date.
Section
6.04 Expenses.
Except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the parties to this Agreement
shall bear their respective expenses incurred in connection with the
preparation, execution and performance of this Agreement and consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, all fees and
expenses of agents, representatives, counsel, financial advisors, actuaries and
accountants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Sellers on the
one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, shall pay 50% of any costs of
the Escrow Agent associated with the Escrow Account, conveyances, notary fees
and sales, stamp, documentary, transfer and recording Taxes and fees applicable
to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and (b)
the Sellers and the Purchaser shall bear equally the cost of any filing with or
consent of any Governmental Authority with respect thereto. Sellers
(through Sellers’ Representative) shall, at their own expense, file all
necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such transfer,
documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other Taxes and fees and, if
required by applicable Law, Purchaser shall, and shall cause its affiliates to,
join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other
documentation. Each Seller shall make any payments as may be required
(or bear a reduction in the Escrow Amount) pursuant to this Section 6.04 in
accordance with his or her Applicable Percentage.
Section
6.05 Tax
Matters.
(a) The
Purchaser shall retain and shall cause the Company and Subsidiary to retain, and
each Seller shall retain, and each such party shall make available or shall
cause to be made available to the other parties, until the applicable statute of
limitations (including any extensions) have expired, copies of all Tax Returns,
supporting work schedules, and other records or information that may be relevant
to such returns for all Tax periods or portions thereof ending before or
including the Closing Date, shall make available at a mutually convenient time
such knowledgeable employees and facilities as are needed to provide explanation
of any such documents or information and shall not destroy or otherwise dispose
of any such records without first providing the other party with written notice
and a reasonable opportunity to review and copy same at the cost of such other
party.
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(b) The
Sellers (through the Sellers’ Representative) shall timely prepare and file all
Tax Returns with respect to the Company and Subsidiary for all periods
commencing prior to and ending on or before the Closing Date (the “Pre-Closing Tax
Period”). The Purchaser shall prepare and file all Tax Returns
with respect to the Company and Subsidiary for all periods commencing after the
Closing Date and ending thereafter (the “Post-Closing Tax
Period”). The Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared
and file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns with respect to the Company and
Subsidiary for Tax periods which begin before the Closing Date and end after the
Closing Date, if any (the “Straddle
Period”). The Purchaser shall forward the Straddle Period Tax
Returns and supporting calculations to the Sellers’ Representative, for review,
no later than thirty (30) days prior to the filing of the Tax
Returns. Within five (5) Business Days of receipt by the Sellers’
Representative of a written demand by the Purchaser, the Sellers
shall pay to the Purchaser the portion of Straddle Period Taxes (to the extent
such Taxes exceed prepayments made with respect to such Taxes prior to the
Closing Date) allocated to the Sellers pursuant to Sections 6.05(c) and 6.05(g). Each
Seller shall make any payments as may be required (or bear a reduction in the
Escrow Amount) pursuant to this Section 6.05(b) in
accordance with his or her Applicable Percentage.
(c) The
Sellers (through the Sellers’ Representative) and the Purchaser shall, unless
prohibited by applicable Law, close the taxable period of the Company and
Subsidiary as of the close of business on the Closing Date. If
applicable Law does not permit the Company or Subsidiary to close its taxable
year on the Closing Date or in the case of Taxes payable with respect to any
Straddle Period, the amount of such Taxes allocable to the portion of such
Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in the case of any Taxes
based upon or related to income or gross receipts, be deemed equal to the amount
which would be payable if the relevant taxable period ended on the Closing Date,
and (ii) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes based upon or related to
income or gross receipts, be deemed to be the amount of such Taxes for the
entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days in the portion of the Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date
and the denominator of which is the number of days in the entire Straddle
Period. Any allocation of income or deductions required to determine
any Taxes relating to a Straddle Period shall be taken into account as though
the relevant taxable period ended on the Closing Date and by means of a closing
of the books and records of the Company and Subsidiary as of the close of the
Closing Date; provided that
exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis
(including, but not limited to, depreciation and amortization deductions) shall
be allocated between the period ending on the Closing Date and the period after
the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each such
period.
(d) The
Sellers (through the Sellers’ Representative) and the Purchaser shall provide to
each other prompt notice of, and as requested by the other party reasonable
cooperation (including, without limitation, make available at a mutually
convenient time knowledgeable employees, documents, information and facilities)
in respect of, any audit or similar investigation or proceeding in which the IRS
or any other Governmental Authority makes or proposes to make a Tax adjustment
to any Tax period of the Company and Subsidiary.
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(e) The
Sellers (through the Sellers’ Representative) shall have the right, at their own
expense, to control any audit or examination by any Taxing authority, initiate
any claim for refund, contest, resolve and defend against any assessment, notice
of deficiency, or other adjustment (a “Tax Matter”) as it
relates to the Company and Subsidiary for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods or the
portion of any Straddle Period through the Closing Date; provided, however, that the
Sellers and the Sellers’ Representative shall not settle, compromise or abandon
any such Tax Matter without the consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, if such settlement, compromise or
abandonment would adversely affect the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall
have the right, at its own expense, to control any Tax Matter as it relates to
the Company and Subsidiary for the portion of any Straddle Periods after the
Closing Date and all Post-Closing Tax Periods; provided, however, that with
respect to Straddle Periods, the Purchaser shall not settle, compromise or
abandon any Tax Matter without the consent of the Sellers’ Representative, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, if such settlement,
compromise or abandonment would adversely affect the Sellers.
(f) At
the Purchaser’s option, the Sellers and Purchaser shall join in making an
election under Code §338(h)(10) (and any corresponding elections under state,
local, or foreign Tax Law) (collectively a “Code Section 338(h)(10)
Election”) with respect to the purchase and sale of the Shares
hereunder. The Sellers, severally, agree to pay all Taxes
attributable to the making of the Code Section 338(h)(10) Election and
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from
and against all Losses and adverse consequences, based upon or arising out of:
(i) any failure to pay such Taxes; (ii) the termination or loss of the Company’s
subchapter S election and status or the termination or loss of the Subsidiary’s
election and status as a qualified subchapter S subsidiary based, in whole or in
part, upon any pre-Closing event or circumstance relating to the Company, the
Subsidiary or the Sellers; or (iii) the Parties inability to make a valid Code
Section 338(h)(10) Election with respect to the purchase and sale of the Shares
hereunder, or a revocation or termination of, or an adverse adjustment to, such
election by the IRS, based, in whole or in part, upon any pre-Closing event or
circumstance relating to the Company, the Subsidiary or the
Sellers. The Sellers also agree, severally, to pay all state, local,
or foreign Tax (and indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against
all Losses and adverse consequences arising out of any failure to pay such Tax)
attributable to an election under state, local, or foreign Law similar to the
election available under Code Section 338(h)(10) (or which results from the
making of an election under Code Section 338(h)(10)) with respect to the
purchase and sale of the Shares hereunder. Each Seller shall make any
payments as may be required (or bear a reduction in the Escrow Amount) pursuant
to this Section
6.05(f) in accordance with his or her Applicable Percentage.
(g) The
Sellers agree, severally, to pay, and to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses relating to, or
arising from, (i) all Taxes (or the non-payment thereof) attributable to
(including by virtue of Treasury Regulations § 1.1502-6 and any similar
provision of state, local, or foreign Tax Laws) the Company and Subsidiary for
Pre-Closing Periods and any portion of a Straddle Period through the Closing
Date and (ii) the breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 3.17
(determined without regard to any qualification related to materiality contained
therein). The Sellers shall be entitled to any reduction in or refund
of such Taxes attributable to Pre-Closing Periods and any portion of a Straddle
Period through the Closing Date. Except as otherwise provided in this
Section 6.05, the Purchaser
shall pay (or cause to be paid), and shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Sellers (excluding the Company and Subsidiary) from and against all Taxes
attributable to the Company and Subsidiary for Post-Closing Periods and any
portion of a Straddle Period after the Closing Date. The Purchaser
shall be entitled to any reduction in or refund of such Taxes attributable to
the Post-Closing Periods and any portion of a Straddle Period after the Closing
Date. The indemnification provided for in Sections 6.05(f) and (g) shall be the sole
remedy for any claim in respect of Taxes, including any claim arising out of or
relating to a breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 3.17
hereof, and in the event of a conflict between the provisions of Sections 6.05(f) and (g), on the one hand,
and the provisions of Article VII, on the other hand,
the provisions of Sections 6.05(f) or (g) (as applicable)
shall control. Each Seller shall make any payments as may be required
(or bear a reduction in the Escrow Amount) pursuant to this Section 6.05(g) in
accordance with his or her Applicable Percentage.
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(h) Any
Tax allocation, indemnity, or similar agreement or arrangement between the
Sellers, and the Company and/or Subsidiary shall be terminated prior to the
Closing Date and shall have no further effect for any taxable year (whether the
current year, a future year or a past year).
(i) The
parties hereto agree to treat any indemnity payment made pursuant to Section 6.05(f) or (g) or Article VII as an adjustment to
the Aggregate Consideration for federal, state, local and foreign income Tax
purposes, to the extent consistent with applicable Law.
(j) The
parties agree that the Aggregate Consideration and the liabilities of the
Company and Subsidiary (plus other relevant items) will be allocated to the
assets of the Company and Subsidiary for all purposes (including Tax and
financial accounting purposes) in a manner consistent with Code Sections 338 and
1060 and the regulations thereunder. Any Tax Returns (including amended returns
and claims for refund) and information reports filed by the Purchaser, the
Company, the Subsidiary or the Sellers shall be prepared in a manner consistent
with such allocation. The Purchaser shall prepare the allocation of the
Aggregate Consideration and shall deliver such allocation to the Sellers’
Representative within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date. The Sellers’
Representative shall have twenty (20) days to review and comment upon the
proposed allocation of the Aggregate Consideration. After receiving the comments
of the Sellers’ Representative, the Purchaser may accept the allocation with
Sellers’ Representative’s comments or the Parties shall engage the Independent
Accounting Firm to prepare an allocation of the Aggregate Consideration which
shall be binding upon the parties. The fees and expenses of the
Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by the Sellers and one-half
by the Purchaser, with the Sellers bearing their share of such fees and expenses
in accordance with the Applicable Percentages.
Section 6.06 Additional Restrictions on
Transfer of Shares.
Each
Seller receiving consideration of Purchaser Common Stock agrees that, for the
holding period required under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act and
SEC rules, he or she shall not directly or indirectly sell, offer to sell,
contract to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale), grant any
option to purchase, pledge or otherwise transfer or dispose of the common stock
of the Purchaser acquired by him or her pursuant to this
Agreement.
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Section 6.07 Prior Employment
Agreements and
Certain Waivers.
(a) Each
of the Sellers and the Company and Subsidiary hereby agree that any employment
agreement by and between the Company or Subsidiary and any Seller executed prior
to the Closing Date shall terminate and be of no further force or effect
immediately after completion of the Closing.
(b) Each
Seller, on behalf of himself or herself, hereby releases and forever discharges
the Purchaser, the Company, the Subsidiary, and each of their respective past,
present and future representatives, Affiliates, stockholders, partners,
interestholders, members, directors, officers, managers, employees, controlling
persons, successors and assigns (individually, a “Releasee” and
collectively, “Releasees”) from any
and all claims, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations,
contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, both at law and
in equity, which the undersigned or any of his/her heirs, executors,
administrators, agents, representatives, successors or assigns now has, has ever
had or may hereafter have against the respective Releasees arising
contemporaneously with or prior to the Closing Date or on account of or arising
out of any matter, cause or event occurring contemporaneously with or prior to
the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, any rights to payment,
distribution, compensation, indemnification or reimbursement from the Company or
Subsidiary, whether pursuant to their respective organizational documents,
contract or otherwise and whether or not relating to claims pending on, or
asserted after, the Closing Date; provided, however, that nothing contained
herein shall operate to release any obligations of Purchaser arising under this
Agreement, any Transaction Documents or any Employment Agreement to which a
Seller is a party, or any obligations for payment of wages, salaries, bonuses,
benefits and expense reimbursements due to Seller in the ordinary course of
business prior to Closing which are accrued and included in the Closing Date Net
Working Capital but not paid to Seller prior to the Closing
Date. Each Seller hereby irrevocably covenants to refrain from,
directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand, or commencing,
instituting or causing to be commenced, any proceeding of any kind against any
Releasee, based upon any matter purposed to be released hereby.
Section
6.08 Payment of Indebtedness and Termination of
Credit Agreements.
Sellers,
Company and Subsidiary, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that prior to
or on the Closing Date, the Company and Subsidiary shall pay and fully discharge
all outstanding Indebtedness and terminate all outstanding commitments under
lines of credit and other credit facilities, agreements or arrangements, and
cause the lenders and agents thereunder to release any Liens, security interest
in, claims to or controls over the Shares or any of the assets of the Company or
Subsidiary.
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Section
6.09 Registration
Rights.
On the Closing Date, the Purchaser
shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Sellers receiving
Purchaser Common Stock at Closing, the form of which will be mutually agreed
upon in good faith by Purchaser and the Sellers prior to the Closing, and
attached hereto as Exhibit D, which form
will provide that: (i) subject to the resale restriction contained in the last
sentence of this Section 6.09, Sellers
will have "piggyback" registration rights with respect to the first registration
statement on Form S-1 or Form S-3 under the Securities Act filed by the
Purchaser after the Closing (other than a registration relating solely to the
sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan, a registration
pursuant to a Rule 145 transaction, or a registration in which the only
Purchaser Common Stock being registered is Purchaser Common Stock issuable upon
conversion of debt securities which are also being registered), (ii) with
respect to any underwritten offering, such registration rights will be subject
to underwriter cutback at the discretion of the managing underwriter for the
offering, and (iii) with respect to each Seller receiving Purchaser Common
Stock, the registration rights shall terminate upon the earlier of (x) the
day immediately after the one year anniversary of the Closing Date or
(y) such date as all Purchaser Common Stock received by such Seller
hereunder may be sold under Rule 144. Such Registration Rights
Agreement shall also contain other customary terms, conditions and restrictions
applicable to such "piggyback" registration rights. The Sellers
receiving Purchaser Common Stock at Closing hereby agree that they will not
transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock they
receive at Closing at any time prior to that date which is six (6) months after
the Closing Date.
Section
6.10 SEC
Reports.
Subsequent to the Closing Date and
until the earlier to occur of (i) the date no Seller owns any Purchaser Common
Stock acquired pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the date on which the
Sellers are eligible to sell such common stock without the need for any
exemption under any applicable securities law (including without limitation the
exemption provided under Rule 144 under the Securities Act), Purchaser shall
file with the SEC all reports and other filings required to be filed by
Purchaser in accordance with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
ARTICLE
VII. INDEMNIFICATION
Section
7.01 Survival
Period.
The
representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall
survive the Closing and continue in effect until the expiration of fifteen (15)
months following the Closing Date; provided, however,
that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.02
(Authorization), 3.03 (No Conflict or
Violation), 3.05 (The Shares),
3.09(a) (Title
to and Sufficiency of Assets), 4.01 (Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability), 4.02 (No Conflict or
Violation), 4.03 (Shares), 4.06 (Securities
Act), 4.07
(Experience), 4.08 (Waive of
Certain Transfer Restrictions) and 4.09 (S Corporation
Shareholder) shall survive forever, (b) the representations and warranties set
forth in Section
3.20 (Government Contracts and Subcontracts) shall survive the Closing
and continue in effect until the expiration of thirty six (36) months following
the Closing Date and (c) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.15
(Environmental Matters), 3.16 (Intellectual
Property), 3.17
(Tax Matters), 3.18 (Employee
Benefit Plans) and 3.22 (Improper and
Other Payments) shall survive the Closing and continue in effect until forty
five (45) days after the expiration of all applicable statute of limitations
with respect to the matters addressed therein (including any extensions or
tolling or waiver thereof). The covenants and agreements made by the Parties
herein shall survive in accordance with their respective terms, and if no
specific term is specified, in perpetuity. No Party shall have any liability
with respect to claims first asserted in connection with any representation,
warranty, covenant or agreement after the applicable survival period, provided
that any claim for indemnification under this Article VII relating
to or arising out of any breach or violation of Section 6.01 must be
made within fifteen (15) months after the Closing Date. In the event,
however, that notice of any claim for indemnification for breach of a
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement is given to the other Party in
accordance with Section 9.01
within the applicable survival period (or within fifteen (15) months after the
Closing Date in the case of claims relating to Section 6.01), the
cause of action that is the subject of such indemnification claim shall survive
until such time as such claim is finally resolved.
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Section
7.02 Indemnification by the
Sellers.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, each
Seller hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date, he or she shall
severally indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Purchaser and its Affiliates,
successors, assigns, and each of their respective directors, officers, employees
and agents (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any claim, obligation, loss, Tax, fine,
penalty, damage, liability, judgment, settlement, cost or expense (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees, and expert witness fees and disbursements and the
cost of litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred or
suffered by any such Purchaser Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of
(a) the breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by the
Company or Subsidiary in Article III or the
breach or violation of, or failure to perform any, covenant or agreement of said
Seller or the Sellers’ Representative contained in this Agreement or in any
other Transaction Document or (b) any debt, claim, liability, obligation or
commitment of the Company or Subsidiary incurred prior to the Closing which was
required to be disclosed under Section 3.11 or any
other provision of this Agreement, and was not so disclosed (including Losses
resulting from or arising out of the non-performance or non-compliance by the
Company or Subsidiary of any covenant, agreement or condition of any contract,
agreement, license, lease, Governmental Approval, commitment, permit, order or
other instrument or arrangement to which it is a party or by which it or any of
its property is bound, which covenant, agreement or condition was required
thereby to be performed or complied with by the Company or Subsidiary prior to
or on the Closing Date); and (c) the operation of the Subsidiary prior to the
Closing Date. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, any
indemnification, reimbursement or other payment to be made by a Seller pursuant
to this Section
7.02 shall be paid first from the Escrow Account and then directly by a
Seller to the extent the funds in the Escrow Account are insufficient, as
follows: (a) in accordance with each Seller’s Applicable Percentage with respect
to Losses relating to or arising out of any breach of the representations and
warranties in Article
III or any breach, violation or failure to perform any covenant or
agreement by the Sellers’ Representative herein or in any Transaction Document
and (b) severally by the Sellers for all Losses relating to or arising out of
said Seller’s breach, violation or failure to perform any covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement without regard to such Seller’s Applicable
Percentage thereof unless the covenant or agreement that is the subject of the
breach or nonperformance is contained in a section hereof that expressly states
that each Seller is to make payment under such section in accordance with his or
her Applicable Percentage; provided, however,
that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liability of the
Sellers under Section
6.05(f) shall be limited to the amount of the Aggregate Consideration
each Seller receives under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Purchaser agrees that to the extent the aggregate indemnity claims of
the Purchaser with respect to Losses arising solely out of any breach of the
representations and warranties in Article III other
than the Fundamental Representations exceed the Escrow Amount, only those
Sellers identified in Schedule 7.02 hereto
(collectively, the “Controlling
Shareholders”), who own 90.90% of the Shares transferred and sold
hereunder, shall be severally liable for said indemnified Losses in excess of
the Escrow Amount (on a pro rata basis solely in accordance with their
Applicable Percentages), and no Seller other than the Controlling Sellers shall
be liable to Purchaser for such Losses.
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Section
7.03 Indemnification by All
Sellers Individually.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, each Seller
hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date he or she shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against any
Losses incurred or suffered by any such parties relating to or arising out of
any breach of any representation or warranty made by such Seller in Article IV of this
Agreement, it being agreed and acknowledged that with respect to this Section 7.03 each
Seller is providing indemnity only with respect to breaches of representations
and warranties made by such Seller in Article IV and not
those of any other Seller thereunder and that each Seller shall be liable only
for the indemnified Losses for which such Seller is providing indemnity under
this Section
7.03, without being limited to such Seller’s Applicable Percentage
thereof, and no other Seller shall be liable for any such indemnified
Losses. Except as otherwise set forth herein, any indemnification or
payment to be made by a Seller pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be
paid first from the Escrow Account to the extent of said Seller’s Applicable
Percentage of the funds therein and then directly by the Seller to the extent
said sums are insufficient to cover the indemnified Loss. The maximum
amount of funds in the Escrow Account that may be used to satisfy and pay an
individual Seller’s indemnity obligations under this Section 7.03 shall be
limited to said Seller’s Applicable Percentage of the Escrow Amount.
Section
7.04 Indemnification by
Purchaser.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, the
Purchaser hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date, it shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Sellers, their heirs, legal
representatives, successors, assigns, and agents (the “Seller Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any Losses incurred or suffered by any such
Seller Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of (a) the breach or
violation of, or failure to perform, any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement of the Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any other
Transaction Document, (b) operations of the Company’s business or the Subsidiary
subsequent to the Closing Date, but only to the extent the Losses arise solely
out of post-Closing operations and (c) any debt, claim, liability, obligation or
commitment of the Company or the Subsidiary incurred after the Closing
Date.
Section
7.05 Third Party
Claims.
The
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereunder with respect to indemnity
pursuant to this Article VII
resulting from any claim or other assertion of liability by third parties
(hereinafter called collectively, “Claims”) shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions:
(a) The
indemnifying party shall have the right to undertake at its sole expense, by
counsel of its own choosing, the defense of such Claim.
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(b) In
the event that the indemnifying party shall elect not to undertake such defense,
or within a reasonable time after notice of any such Claim from the other party
shall fail to defend, the indemnified party (upon notice to the indemnifying
party) shall have the right to undertake the defense by counsel or other
representatives of its own choosing, on behalf of and for the account and risk
of the other party.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything in this Article VII to the contrary,
(i) neither the indemnifying nor the indemnified party shall, without the
other’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
settle or compromise any Claim or consent to entry of any judgment which does
not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or the
plaintiff to the indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect of
such Claim, (ii) in the event that the indemnifying party undertakes defense of
any Claim in accordance with Section 7.05(a), the indemnified
party, by counsel or other representative of its own choosing and at its sole
cost and expense, shall have the right to consult with, and be provided
reasonable access to all relevant information within the possession of, the
indemnifying party and its counsel or other representatives concerning such
Claim and (iii) in the event that the indemnified party undertakes defense of
any Claim in accordance with Section 7.05(b), the indemnifying
party, by counsel or other representative of its own choosing and at its sole
cost and expense, shall have the right to consult with, and be provided
reasonable access to all relevant information within the possession of, the
indemnified party and its counsel or other representatives concerning such
Claim.
Section
7.06 Limitations on
Indemnification.
(a) Except
as provided below, the Sellers shall not be obligated to make any
indemnification payments with respect to any breach of a representation or
warranty under this Article VII unless and until
the amount of such Losses described therein collectively exceeds Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000), (the “Basket Amount”),
provided that
once such Losses exceed such amount, the Sellers shall be obligated to make
payments in respect of the full amount of such Losses (from the first dollar of
such Losses and not only such Losses in excess of the Basket
Amount). Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 7.06(a), the Basket
Amount will not apply to indemnified Losses resulting from or related to (i)
breaches of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.05, 3.09(a), 3.13, 3.17, 4.01, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06 and 4.07 (the “Fundamental
Representations”), (ii) obligations of the Sellers to the extent a breach
results from fraud or intentional misrepresentation by Sellers, and (iii) any
failure to perform, nonfulfillment, nonobservance or other breach or violation
of, or default in the performance of, any covenant or agreement of the Sellers
or the Sellers’ Representative set forth in this Agreement.
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(b) Except
as provided below, the Sellers’ maximum aggregate indemnification liability for
all indemnified Losses under Section 7.02 relating to or
arising out of the breach of any representation or warranty made by the Company
or Subsidiary in Article III, or any
failure to perform or breach or violation of, any covenant or agreement of the
Sellers or the Sellers’ Representative set forth in this Agreement other than
Sellers’ indemnity obligations in excess of Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000)
under this Article
VII and in Sections 6.05(f) and
(g), shall not
exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) (the “Cap No. 1”), provided that Cap No.
1 shall not apply to indemnified Losses resulting from or related to (i)
breaches of the Sellers’ representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.17, and the
Sellers’ agreement in Section 2.02 to sell,
assign and transfer the Shares to the Purchaser free and clear of all Liens,
(ii) the Sellers’ indemnification obligations under Section 7.03 that arise out
of breaches of the representations and warranties made in Article IV, (iii) the
obligations (including the indemnity obligations) of Sellers under Sections 6.05(f) and
(g) herein, and
(iv) obligations of the Sellers to the extent a breach results from fraud or
intentional misrepresentation by Sellers, Company or
Subsidiary. Further, Sellers’ maximum aggregate indemnification
liability for indemnified Losses under Section 7.02 relating
to or arising out of any breach of the representations and warranties in Sections 3.02 and
3.05, shall not
exceed Twenty Five Million Four Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Dollars
($25,452,000), which amount was calculated by multiplying $28,000,000 by .909
and represents the approximate consideration to be received by the Controlling
Shareholders (“Cap No.
2”), provided that Cap No.
2 shall not apply to indemnified Losses resulting from obligations of the
Sellers to the extent a breach of the representations and warranties in Section 3.02 or 3.05
results from fraud or intentional misrepresentation by Sellers, Company or
Subsidiary.
(c) The
amount of any Loss for which indemnification is provided pursuant to this Article VII shall be net of (i)
any amounts actually recovered by the indemnified party under its insurance
policies or otherwise; (ii) any related reserve in respect thereof resulting in
a purchase price adjustment pursuant to Section 2.03(d);
and (iii) the reduction in current Tax liability of the indemnified party
attributable to such Loss.
(d) The
Sellers shall not have any claim for contribution from or against the Company or
Subsidiary as a result of any indemnification or other payments made by any of
the Sellers to any of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this
Agreement.
(e) An
indemnifying person shall not be responsible or liable for Losses or other
amounts under this Article VII that are
consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, in the nature of lost profits or
diminution in value or otherwise not actual damages, except for claims for
indemnification which involve third party claims and claims for indemnification
(whether or not involving third party claims) resulting from or relating to (i)
breaches of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.17; and (ii) the
obligations (including the indemnity obligations) of Sellers under Section 6.05(f)
herein.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything else in this Article VII to the contrary, no
party shall be limited, at any time, from recovering any and all Losses incurred
or suffered by it relating to or arising out of or in connection with fraud or
intentional misrepresentation.
(g) The
Sellers and the Purchaser agree and acknowledge that the rights to
indemnification provided for in Sections 6.05(f) and
(g) and this
Article VII
shall be the sole and exclusive remedy (regardless of the theory or cause of
action pled) for monetary damages of the Sellers on the one hand, or the
Purchaser, on the other hand, as the case may be, after the Closing for and with
respect to any breach of or inaccuracy in any representation or warranty of the
other party and for any failure by the other party to perform and comply with
any covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and each party to this
Agreement hereby waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, any other rights
or remedies that may arise under any applicable law in connection therewith,
provided, however, that nothing herein will limit in any way any party’s rights
hereunder, or otherwise, to specific performance or injunctive
relief.
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Section
7.07 Cooperation.
The
parties shall cooperate with any reasonable request of the other and make
available, at the other’s expense, all information (but excluding privileged
communications) necessary for the other to pursue any indemnification or
reimbursement from a third party for any Losses in the event that the other
elects to pursue such indemnification or reimbursement. The Sellers’
Representative shall fully cooperate with Purchaser in seeking and obtaining
payment from the individual Sellers of all amounts due to Purchaser under this
Article
VII.
ARTICLE
VIII. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section
8.01 Conditions to Obligations of
Each Party. The obligations of the Parties to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the fulfillment on or prior
to the Closing Date of the following conditions:
(a) No Injunction,
etc. Consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall not have been restrained, enjoined or otherwise prohibited by any
Applicable Law, including any order, injunction, decree or judgment of any court
or other Governmental Authority. No court or other Governmental
Authority shall have determined that any Applicable Law makes illegal the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no proceeding with
respect to the application of any such Applicable Law to such effect shall be
pending.
Section
8.02 Conditions to Obligations of
Purchaser. The obligations of Purchaser to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to the fulfillment (or waiver
by Purchaser) on or prior to the Closing Date of the following additional
conditions:
(a) Representations;
Performance. Each of the representations and warranties of
Sellers, Subsidiary and Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct in all material respects in each case on the date hereof and at and as
of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing
Date. Company, Subsidiary and Sellers shall have duly performed and
complied in all material respects with all agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement to be performed or complied with by any of them prior to or on
the Closing Date, including all deliveries set forth in Section
2.06. Company, Subsidiary and Sellers’ Representative shall
have delivered to Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the
foregoing effect and to the effect of Section
8.02(b).
(b) No Material Adverse
Change. Since the Balance Sheet date, there shall not have occurred any
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
8.03 Conditions to Obligations of
Sellers, Subsidiary and Company. The obligation of Sellers,
Subsidiary and Company to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall
be subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by Sellers, Subsidiary and the
Company), on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following additional
conditions:
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(a) Representations;
Performance. Each of the representations and warranties of
Purchaser contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material
respects in each case on the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date as
though made on and as of the Closing Date. Purchaser shall have duly
performed and complied in all material respects with all agreements and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it
prior to or on the Closing Date, including all deliveries set forth in Section
2.07. Purchaser shall have delivered to Sellers’
Representative a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by its duly
authorized officer, to the foregoing effect.
(b) Payment of Audit
Fees. All audit fees payable to Xxxxxxx & Company for the
2010 audit of the Company’s financial statements shall be paid by
Purchaser.
(c) Employment
Agreements. Purchaser shall execute an Employment Agreement
with each of the Sellers set forth on Schedule 2.06
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C.
ARTICLE
IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section
9.01 Notices.
All
notices, demands, requests or other communications which may be or are required
to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document shall be in writing, hand delivered (including
delivery by overnight courier) or transmitted by facsimile and addressed as
follows:
If
to the Sellers:
As set
forth in the signature pages hereto
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
Fax: (000)
000-0000
If
to the Sellers’ Representative:
As set
forth in the signature pages hereto
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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If
to the Company:
Xxxxxxxx.XX,
Inc.
000 X.
0xx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Xxxx
Xxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
Fax: (000)
000-0000
If
to the Purchaser:
The KEYW
Holding Corporation
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
and
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Astrachan
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, P.C.
000 X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
M.D. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or such
other address as the addressee may indicate by written notice.
Each
notice, demand, request or communication which shall be given or made in the
manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all
purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (the affidavit of
messenger or (with respect to a fax) the confirmation sheet being deemed
conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as
delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.
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Section
9.02 Waiver.
No delay
or failure on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement or under any other instrument or document given
in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair any such right,
power or privilege or be construed as a waiver of any default or any
acquiescence therein. No single or partial exercise of any such
right, power or privilege shall preclude the further exercise of such right,
power or privilege, or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. No waiver shall be valid against any party hereto unless
made in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver
is sought and then only to the extent expressly specified therein.
Section
9.03 Benefit and
Assignment.
Neither
the Sellers, Subsidiary nor the Company, on the one hand, nor the Purchaser, on
the other hand, shall assign this Agreement, in whole or in part, whether by
operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of the
other. Any purported assignment contrary to the terms hereof shall be
null, void and of no force and effect. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No Person other
than the parties hereto is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce
any provision of this Agreement against any of the parties hereto, and the
representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth in this
Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by,
the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns as permitted
hereunder.
Section
9.04 Amendment.
No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding
unless executed in writing by the Sellers, the Company, the Subsidiary and the
Purchaser.
Section
9.05 Severability.
If any
part of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall
be invalid or unenforceable under applicable Law, such part shall be ineffective
to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability only, without in any way
affecting the remaining parts of such provisions or the remaining provisions
hereof or of said agreement, document or writing.
Section
9.06 Governing Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction.
(a) This
Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or
disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed under and in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Maryland, excluding the choice of Law
rules thereof.
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(b) THE
PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR
ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER EXISTING,
AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES
HERETO AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT
AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING, VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT
BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THAT
ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY
SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING
WITHOUT A JURY.
(c) Each
of the Sellers’ Representative, the Sellers and the Purchaser agrees that any
legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by a Party hereto or its
successors or assigns shall be brought and determined in the federal or state
courts of Maryland and each of the Sellers, the Sellers’ Representative and the
Purchaser hereby submits with regard to any such action or proceeding for itself
and in respect to its property, generally and unconditionally, to the
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the Sellers, the
Sellers’ Representative and the Purchaser hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees
not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim, or otherwise, in
any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, (i) any claim that it
is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any
reason, (ii) that it or its property is exempt or immune from jurisdiction of
such court or from any legal process commenced in such court (whether through
judgment or otherwise), and (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in any such court is brought in an
inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper
and (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or
by either such court.
Section
9.07 Specific
Performance.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the breach by any of them of this
Agreement would cause irreparable damage to the other parties hereto and that
they will not have an adequate remedy at Law. Therefore, the
obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be enforceable by a decree
of specific performance issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, and
appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection
therewith. Such remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not
exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies at Law or otherwise
which any party may have under this Agreement or otherwise.
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Section
9.08 Interpretation.
When a
reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, subsection, Exhibit or
Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section, subsection, Exhibit or Schedule
of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained
in this Agreement, in any Schedules and in the table of contents to this
Agreement, are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All Exhibits and
Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and
made part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any
capitalized term used in any Exhibit or Schedule and not otherwise defined shall
have the meaning given to such term in this Agreement. Unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, whenever the words “include”, “includes”,
“including”, “such as” or terms of similar meaning are used in this agreement,
they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.” The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby” and “hereunder”
and terms of similar meaning when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The word
“extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or
other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as to the plural forms of such terms. Any agreement or instrument
defined or referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented. References to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns. Pronouns of one gender
shall include all genders. All accounting conventions shall be
consistent with GAAP unless otherwise specified. The headings in this
Agreement are for reference only, and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement. All references to “Dollars” or “$” shall be to U.S.
Dollars unless otherwise specified.
Section
9.09 Signature in
Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts (whether transmitted by
facsimile or other electronic means) none of which need contain the signatures
of all parties, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of
which taken together constitute one and the same instrument. It shall
not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for
more than the number of counterparts containing the respective signatures of, or
on behalf of, all of the parties hereto.
Section.
9.10 Remedies
Cumulative.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all rights and remedies of the Parties
under this Agreement are cumulative and without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies under Law.
Section
9.11 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (including the Recitals which are incorporated in and made a part of
this Agreement), together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and the
Transaction Documents, 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.
Section
9.12 Attorneys’
Fees. If any Party hereto initiates any legal action arising
out or in connection with this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such legal
action, as determined by the court, shall be entitled to recover from the other
party all reasonable attorneys’ fees, expert witness fees and expenses incurred
by the prevailing party in connection therewith.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.
The
KEYW Holding Corporation
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