Exhibit 10.20
JOINT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
THIS JOINT DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT is entered into as of
February 3, 1998, between Electronic Retailing Systems
International, Inc. ("ERS"), a Delaware corporation having a place
of business at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
and Telepanel Systems Inc. ("Telepanel"), a corporation
incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act having a
place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X SJ9.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Telepanel has developed and in the ordinary course
of business is engaged in the manufacture, distribution and
installation of an electronic shelf labeling system, utilizing
wireless techniques to transmit information to liquid crystal
display labels at the shelf edge, for use in the retail industry
(as developed by or on behalf of Telepanel, the "Telepanel
System"); and
WHEREAS, ERS has developed and in the ordinary course of
business is engaged in the manufacture, distribution and
installation of an electronic shelf labeling system, utilizing
wireless techniques to transmit information to liquid crystal
display labels at the shelf edge, for use in the retail industry
(as developed by or on behalf of ERS, the "ShelfNet System"; each
of the Telepanel System and ShelfNet System also referred to
herein as a "system"); and
WHEREAS, Telepanel has developed as a part of the Telepanel
System, among other items, the software which controls the
Telepanel System (the "Telepanel Software") and an attachment
mechanism (the "Telepanel Clip") to secure electronic shelf labels
to the retail shelf edge; and
WHEREAS, ERS and Telepanel have entered into a Combination
Agreement dated October 29, 1997 (the "Combination Agreement")
pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions of which ERS
and Telepanel have proposed to combine as set forth in a plan of
arrangement under Canadian law; and
WHEREAS, pending consummation of the transactions
contemplated under the Combination Agreement, Telepanel desires,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, to appoint
ERS as its non-exclusive representative in connection with the
distribution of the Telepanel System in the territory hereinafter
described, and to appoint the Joint Venture (as hereinafter
defined) as its exclusive representative in connection with
installation of the Telepanel Systems in such territory; and
WHEREAS, pending consummation of the transactions
contemplated under the Combination Agreement, ERS desires, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, to appoint the
Joint Venture as its non-exclusive representative in connection
with the distribution of the ShelfNet System in the territory
hereinafter described;
WHEREAS, pending consummation of the transactions
contemplated under the Combination Agreement, Telepanel desires,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, to grant to
ERS a worldwide, non-exclusive license to exploit the Telepanel
Software and the Telepanel Clip; and
WHEREAS, pending consummation of the transactions
contemplated under the Combination Agreement, the parties desire
to arrange for working capital for the Joint Venture, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth (without
limitation, including the guaranty of Telepanel and the additional
security arrangements hereinafter identified);
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Formation of Joint Venture
ERS and Telepanel hereby agree to the formation of a joint
venture (the "Joint Venture") in the form of a corporate entity,
90% of the voting stock of which, for nominal value, shall be
subscribed by Telepanel and ten percent of the voting stock of
which, for nominal value, shall be subscribed by ERS. The articles
of incorporation and by-laws of the Joint Venture shall be in the
respective forms annexed hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit B, and
shall be accompanied by the shareholder agreement in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit C (such articles of incorporation, by-
laws, shareholder agreement and related documentation, hereinafter
referred to as the "Joint Venture Documentation").
ARTICLE II
Appointment of Representative
(a) Telepanel Distribution Representative. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, and for the Term
hereinafter defined, Telepanel (on behalf of itself and its
subsidiaries) hereby appoints ERS as its non-exclusive
representative within and throughout the territory comprised of
the United States of America (the "Territory"), to solicit orders
for installation of the Telepanel System pursuant to such terms as
are from time to time formulated by Telepanel, in its sole
discretion.
(b) ERS Distribution Representative. Subject to the terms
and conditions hereinafter set forth, and for the Term hereinafter
defined, ERS (on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries) hereby
appoints the Joint Venture as its non-exclusive representative
within and throughout the Territory, to solicit orders for the
installation of the ShelfNet System pursuant to such terms as are
from time to time formulated by ERS, in its sole discretion.
(c) Distribution Non-Exclusivity. Each party hereto
recognizes that the other party at any time and from time to time
may appoint other representatives relative to the distribution of
its system, or directly solicit orders, in the Territory; and
that: (i) each party shall not be held accountable or liable to
the other (or to the Joint Venture) for any activities, whether
within or outside of the Territory, of any other representatives
relative to the distribution of the Telepanel System or the
ShelfNet System, as the case may be, and (ii) customers located
within the Territory may, without utilizing the services of the
non-exclusive representative appointed pursuant to this Agreement,
directly or indirectly place orders for Telepanel Systems with
Telepanel or ShelfNet Systems with ERS, or with any other
representatives of the Telepanel System or ShelfNet System, as the
case may be, and each party may fill all or any of such orders for
its system at its sole election without reference to the
provisions of this Agreement.
(d) Installation Representative. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, and for the Term hereinafter
defined, Telepanel hereby appoints the Joint Venture as its
exclusive representative within and throughout the Territory
(without limitation, including as to Telepanel), for the
installation of the Telepanel System, and the components thereof,
it being acknowledged and agreed that the Joint Venture shall
subcontract any and all such rights to ERS unless in any case ERS
shall have notified Telepanel that it waives such appointment with
respect to any specified installation or installations (which
right ERS shall exercise acting reasonably). Pursuant to such
appointment, and subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement, the Joint Venture (or ERS as subcontractor, as the case
may be) shall undertake the initial installation of the network
infrastructure components and modules in respect of the
installations so undertaken, and the initial installation of the
Telepanel System software on one computer in each such location.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Telepanel shall be solely
responsible for the maintenance of the Telepanel System at each
such location and shall further be responsible for the
installation of any and all replacement or additional parts and
the provision of any and all additional elective services ordered
by a customer at any such location subsequent to the initial
installation.
ARTICLE III
Grant of License
Subject to and in consideration of the terms and provisions
of this Agreement (without limitation, the appointment granted by
ERS under Paragraph (b) of Article II hereof, the installation
assistance under Paragraph (d) of Article II hereof, and the
working capital arrangements under Paragraph (d) of Article IV
hereof), Telepanel hereby grants to ERS a non-exclusive, fully-
paid, worldwide license (the "License") to develop, use,
manufacture, sell and in all respects commercialize and exploit
the Telepanel Software and the Telepanel Clip, and each of them
and all components or portions thereof, together with all
improvements thereto and modifications and extensions thereof, for
the Term hereinafter specified. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the parties understand and agree that ERS, in the
exercise of its rights under the License, shall have the right to
copy and distribute all Telepanel Software and to manufacture all
Telepanel Clips, in such quantities as shall be required to
satisfy the market for the systems, or any of them, and Telepanel
shall provide ERS with all materials, equipment, technology,
object or source codes, tools or dies, patterns and designs
necessary to replicate and utilize the Telepanel Software and to
manufacture and use the Telepanel Clips.
ARTICLE IV
Payments
(a) Telepanel Sales Commissions. ERS shall, on the fifteenth
day of each month after the date hereof, pay to the Joint Venture
a commission of ten percent of ERS Net Sales (as hereinafter
defined) resulting from ShelfNet Systems installed in the
Territory during the Term pursuant to firm purchase orders
procured by the Joint Venture, for which payment shall have been
received by ERS during the immediately preceding calendar month;
provided, however, that ERS, in its sole discretion, shall have
the right to accept or reject any and all orders for ShelfNet
Systems. The Joint Venture shall be responsible for all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its appointment under Paragraph
(a) of Article II hereof, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "ERS Net
Sales" shall mean all amounts received by ERS with respect to a
specified period from customers in respect of sales of the
ShelfNet System, less (I) amounts in respect of reimbursement for
local, state, provincial and national taxes and other governmental
fees paid by ERS, (II) costs of shipment (III) discounts and (IV)
amounts allowed on returns.
(b) ERS Sales Commissions. During the Term, Telepanel shall,
on the fifteenth day of each month after the date hereof, pay to
ERS a commission of ten percent of Telepanel Net Sales (as
hereinafter defined) resulting from Telepanel Systems installed
inthe Territory during the Term pursuant to firm purchase orders
procured by ERS for which payment shall have been received by
Telepanel during the immediately preceding calendar month;
provided, however, that Telepanel, in its sole discretion, shall
have the right to accept or reject any and all orders for
Telepanel Systems. ERS shall be responsible for all expenses
incurred by it in connection with its appointment under Paragraph
(b) of Article II hereof, except as otherwise specifically
provided herein. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Telepanel Net Sales" shall mean all amounts received by Telepanel
with respect to a specified period from customers in respect of
sales of the Telepanel System, less (I) amounts in respect of
reimbursement for local, state, provincial and national taxes and
other governmental fees paid by Telepanel, (II) costs of shipment,
(III) discounts and (IV) amounts allowed on returns.
(c) Installation Costs. During the Term, Telepanel shall,
within ten days of each delivery by the Joint Venture of its
invoice therefor, pay to ERS an amount equal to the actual cost
for materials and labor incurred by the Joint Venture in
connection with its activities pursuant to the appointment under
Paragraph (d) of Article II hereof, plus ten percent thereof, in
addition to all sales, use, excise, value added or similar tax
relative thereto; and the Joint Venture shall, within ten days of
each delivery by ERS of its invoice therefor pay to ERS an amount
equal to the actual cost for materials and labor incurred by ERS
in connection with its activities pursuant to the subcontract
under Paragraph (d) of Article II hereof, plus ten percent
thereof, in addition to all sales, use, excise, value added or
similar tax relative thereto.
(d) Working Capital. (i) From time to time during the Term
(but in no event prior to the delivery by Telepanel to ERS of the
consents contemplated by the last sentence of Paragraph (c) of
Article VI hereof, and unless Telepanel or the Joint Venture shall
be in breach of any of their respective obligations under this
Agreement or under the Combination Agreement), within 15 days of
each certification in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit D to ERS
by Telepanel, at its discretion, of: (x) the net dollar value
(determined at the lower of cost on a LIFO basis or current market
value) of inventory owned by Telepanel (or its subsidiaries) and
relating to Telepanel Systems dedicated for installation within
the Territory, and/or (y) receivables owned by Telepanel (or its
subsidiaries) arising from installations within the Territory and
not outstanding for more than 90 days (and to the extent, in each
case under clauses (x) or (y) immediately preceding, that such
inventory and receivables otherwise conform to the criteria set
forth in the Security Agreement [as hereinafter defined]), ERS
shall deliver to the Joint Venture an amount equal to: (I) 50% of
the net dollar value of the inventory so specified, plus (II) 90%
of the amount of the receivables so specified (each, a "Working
Capital Advance"), but in no event greater than the borrowing
contemporaneously requested by the Joint Venture in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit E; provided, however, that:
(A) prior to the initial Working Capital Advance, ERS
and Telepanel shall have completed and entered into the Joint
Venture Documentation;
(B) prior to the initial Working Capital Advance, the
Joint Venture shall have executed and delivered to ERS a
guaranteed, secured promissory note (the "Note"), in the form
annexed hereto as Exhibit F, in evidence of the Working
Capital Advances to be made pursuant hereto, such advances to
bear interest at a rate per annum from time to time equal to
the prime rate for 90-day loans to substantial commercial
customers at The Bank of New York, plus 2.5%, payable
monthly, subject to repayment as hereinafter described;
(C) prior to the initial Working Capital Advance,
Telepanel and each of its subsidiaries shall have executed
and delivered to ERS a guaranty (collectively, the
"Guaranty"), in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G
(appropriately modified in the case of each such subsidiary),
of the obligations of the Joint Venture to ERS under the Note
and this Agreement;
(D) prior to the initial Working Capital Advance, the
Joint Venture shall have executed and delivered to ERS a
collateral security agreement in the form annexed hereto as
Exhibit H-1, and Telepanel and each of its subsidiaries shall
have executed and delivered to ERS a collateral security
agreement in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit H-2
(appropriately modified in the case of each such subsidiary;
the foregoing security agreements under this clause (D),
collectively, referred to as the "Security Agreement, and the
Note, the Guaranty and the Security Agreement, collectively,
referred to as the "Working Capital Documentation"), in
evidence of the security interest described under Paragraph
(e) of this Article IV and containing such reasonable
representations and covenants concerning such collateral
requested by ERS, together with such other documentation
reasonably requested by ERS in order to perfect or evidence
or evaluate such interest and the inventory and receivables
certified under clauses (x) or (y) immediately preceding;
(E) Telepanel shall not deliver any certification under
clauses (x) and (y) immediately preceding, and ERS shall not
be obligated to make any Working Capital Advance to the Joint
Venture, in the event Telepanel's outstanding indebtedness to
The Toronto-Dominion Bank is in excess of its borrowing base
relative to said bank;
(F) prior to each Working Capital Advance, each of the
Joint Venture and Telepanel shall deliver to ERS such
additional certificates, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to ERS, with respect to the absence of any
breach by the Joint Venture, Telepanel or any Telepanel
subsidiary of this Agreement or the documents contemplated
hereby or the Combination Agreement, and the continued
accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Joint
Venture and Telepanel set forth in this Agreement and the
documents contemplated hereby and in the Combination
Agreement; and
(G) at the request of ERS, the Joint Venture and
Telepanel shall each provide such information and
documentation as shall reasonably be requested by ERS with
respect to any inventory or receivables so certified, as a
prior condition to the advance by ERS of any such amount, and
of the absence of assignment to the Ontario Development
Corporation of any receivable so certified or otherwise
arising from any installation incorporating such inventory,
and such additional documents, instruments, certificates and
other information, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to ERS, as ERS may reasonably request.
Without limiting any other provision contained herein, Telepanel
hereby covenants and agrees that, subsequent to the date hereof,
it shall not increase the amount of any aggregate outstanding
indebtedness to The Toronto-Dominion Bank to more than U.S. $1
million (or, without limiting any provision in the Combination
Agreement, such other bank as shall provide terms not less
favorable to Telepanel than those currently provided by The
Toronto-Dominion Bank) (such permitted amount hereinafter referred
to as the "Exempted Proceeds"), nor shall it in any manner incur
any indebtedness in respect of the 5% Senior Convertible Notes (as
defined in the Combination Agreement), or any of them; and that
each Telepanel subsidiary created at any time subsequent to the
date hereof shall be subject to the obligations of Telepanel's
subsidiaries as if in existence on the date hereof, and that each
current Telepanel subsidiary shall enter into the Guaranty and the
Security Agreement and the other commitments contemplated of it
hereunder at the times specified herein or at such later time as
shall be expressly allowed by ERS. The proceeds of all Working
Capital Advances shall be used as set forth in the Joint Venture
Documentation. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in
this Agreement, the aggregate amount of all Working Capital
Advances made by ERS to the Joint Venture and then outstanding
shall, at no time, exceed the sum of 50% of the aggregate amount
of inventory certified under clause (x) of this Paragraph (d)(i)
then outstanding, plus 90% of the aggregate amount of all
receivables certified under clause (y) of this Paragraph (d)(i)
then outstanding; and shall not, at any time, exceed
U.S.$2,000,000 then outstanding. In the event outstanding Working
Capital Advances at any time are in excess of the foregoing, such
excess, together with interest thereon, shall immediately be
prepaid to ERS.
(ii) In consideration of the foregoing, and without limiting
any provision contained in the Note: (x) a sum equal to the entire
amount of each payment on account of any receivable certified as
aforesaid, or upon any receivables directly or indirectly relating
to inventory certified as aforesaid, shall immediately be
delivered to ERS as a prepayment on account of the Working Capital
Advances upon each such payment by the customer, and (y) an amount
equal to all Offering Proceeds (as hereinafter defined) shall
immediately be delivered to ERS as a prepayment on account of the
Working Capital Advances upon each receipt thereof by Telepanel or
any subsidiary thereof; provided, however, that all amounts
evidenced by the Note shall mature and be paid by the Joint
Venture to ERS within 180 days after the expiration or termination
of the Term. For purposes hereof, "Offering Proceeds" shall be
defined as all net proceeds derived by the Joint Venture,
Telepanel or any subsidiary of Telepanel from the issuance in
exchange for cash of any equity security or any evidence of
indebtedness, except for the Exempted Proceeds. Furthermore,
unless the Term shall have been terminated by Telepanel as a
result of a Default (as hereinafter defined) occasioned by ERS, or
the Combination Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to
Sections 8.1(a) or (b) thereof:
(x) if within six months after termination of the
Combination Agreement Telepanel consummates any Telepanel
Competing Transaction (as defined in the Combination
Agreement), other than with ERS, or Telepanel enters into a
Telepanel Acquisition Agreement (as defined in the
Combination Agreement) relating to a Telepanel Competing
Transaction, other than with ERS, and such transaction is
within such period or thereafter consummated, Telepanel
shall, upon consummation, pay to ERS an additional amount
(the "Additional Amount") equal to U.S.$2,000,000; and
(y) if the Combination Agreement shall have been
terminated following the disapproval thereof by the Telepanel
shareholdersand the Note shall not have been satisfied within
90 days after the expiration or termination of the Term, or
following the disapproval by the ERS stockholders and the
Note shall not have been satisfied when due, Telepanel shall
thereupon be obligated to pay to ERS an amount equal to 15%
of the Additional Amount; and
(z) if the Combination Agreement shall have been
terminated following any material breach thereof by
Telepanel, and the Note shall not have been satisfied when
due, Telepanel shall thereupon be obligated to pay to ERS an
amount equal to 15% of the Additional Amount.
Telepanel and ERS agree that, in view of the nature of the issues
likely to arise in the event of termination in the circumstances
described under clauses (x) or (y) immediately preceding, it would
be impracticable or extremely difficult to determine the detriment
to ERS resulting from such termination, for which the parties
agree ERS should be made whole, and proving such detriment,
causation and foreseeability in the case of such termination would
be costly, inconvenient and difficult. In requiring payment of the
foregoing percentage of the Additional Amount, it is the intent of
the parties to provide, as of the date of this Agreement, for a
liquidated amount. Such liquidated amount shall be deemed full and
adequate payment for such termination and is not intended by
either party to be a penalty.
(e) Collateral Interest. As security for the Guaranty or, in
the case of the interest granted by the Joint Venture, for the
Note), Telepanel (on behalf of itself and each of its
subsidiaries) hereby grants to ERS a security interest in all its
and its subsidiaries' undertaking and business and all its and
their property and assets and rights for the time being, both
present and future, of whatsoever nature and kind and wheresoever
situate, including, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, all of its and their present and future goodwill,
franchises, privileges, benefits, immunities, rents, revenues,
incomes, moneys, contracts, book debts, accounts receivable,
negotiable and non-negotiable instruments, judgments, securities,
choses in action, inventories and all other property and things of
value of every kind and nature, tangible and intangible, legal or
equitable, of which it or its subsidiaries may be possessed or to
which it may be entitled or that may in the future be acquired by
it or its subsidiaries; such interest to be subordinated only to
any interest therein of The Toronto-Dominion Bank and to be prior
to any other security interest granted by Telepanel or any of its
subsidiaries; it being expressly understood and agreed that in the
event of any deficiency in realization on any collateral so
pledged, the Joint Venture and each obligor under the Guaranty
shall remain obligated for payment to ERS upon the terms set forth
herein and therein. In furtherance of the foregoing, Telepanel (on
behalf of itself and each subsidiary) further constitutes and
appoints ERS, and its successors and assigns, as the agent and
true and lawful attorney or attorneys, with full power of
substitution, for it and its subsidiaries and in its and their
name and stead or otherwise, but at the sole expense and on behalf
of and for the benefit of ERS, its successors and assigns, to
collect all amounts payable to Telepanel or any of its
subsidiaries under any receivables pledged as aforesaid and to
assert or enforce any claim, right or title of any kind in and to
such payments, and, generally to do any and all such acts and
things in relation thereto as ERS, its successors or assigns,
shall deem advisable. The parties agree that the appointment
hereby made and the powers hereby granted are coupled with an
interest and shall be irrevocable.
ARTICLE V
Term
(a) This Agreement (including the License granted hereby)
shall commence on the date hereof and shall terminate, upon the
earliest to occur of: (i) the closing under the Combination
Agreement, (ii) the termination of the Combination Agreement
pursuant to the terms thereof, (iii) an election by a party to
terminate this Agreement, exercised as hereinafter set forth,
following a Default (as hereinafter defined) occasioned by the
other party, or a change in control in the other party as set
forth under Paragraph (b) of Article XIV hereto, or (iv) the
failure to organize and maintain the Joint Venture as a Joint
Venture within the meaning of (and, without limitation, to engage
in such business as set forth under) the ERS Indenture (as defined
in the Combination Agreement) or of any payments by ERS under
Paragraph (d) of Article IV hereof to conform to the provisions of
Section 4.05(b)(vii) of the ERS Indenture (such period herein
referred to as the "Term"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
purposes solely of the License, the Term shall extend to such
additional period or periods as shall be reasonably necessary for
ERS to manufacture and deliver systems subject to purchase orders
received prior to the expiration or termination of the Term
without reference to this sentence, and shall in all events,
insofar as the subject matter of the License is utilized by any
customer of ERS, extend to cover such usage.
(b)(i) Any of the following shall constitute a default (a
"Default") hereunder:
(A) a party fails to perform or observe any covenant,
condition or agreement under this Agreement, the Working
Capital Documentation or the Joint Venture Documentation and
(in the case of any such failure not relating to any
provision of Article X hereof) fails to cure such breach
within ten days after notice; or a party fails to perform or
observe Article X hereof; or a party fails to pay any amounts
to the other party which become due hereunder;
(B) any representation or warranty made by a party
hereunder, or incorporated by reference herein, or in any
other instrument provided to the other party by such party,
proves to have been incorrect in any material respect when
made;
(C) a proceeding under any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement of debts, insolvency or receivership law or
assignment for creditors is filed by or against a party;
(D) a party becomes insolvent or fails generally to pay
its debts as they become due, or any items of a system in the
possession of a selling or installing party are levied
against or seized, or a bulk sale of the selling or
installing party's inventory or assets is about to take place
(or, in the case of Telepanel, The Toronto-Dominion Bank
demands payment of any indebtedness, or any other
indebtedness is accelerated prior to the stated maturity
thereof); and
(E) a party voluntarily dissolves or is dissolved or
its existence is otherwise terminated.
(ii) If a Default occurs, the party not causing or otherwise
the subject of the Default shall have the right immediately to
terminate this Agreement.
(c) No right or remedy accrued prior to the expiration or
termination of this Agreement shall be impaired as a result of any
such expiration or termination. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the expiration or other termination of the Term
shall in no manner impair or limit: (x) the obligation of either
party to pay commissions under Paragraphs (a) or (b) of Article IV
hereof, as the case may be, on the fifteenth day of the calendar
month following expiration or termination, in respect of ERS Net
Sales or Telepanel Net Sales, as the case may be, resulting from
sales during the period prior to expiration or termination, (y)
the obligation of Telepanel to pay amounts to the Joint Venture,
or of the Joint Venture to pay amounts to ERS, under Paragraph (c)
of Article IV upon presentation of invoices, following expiration
or termination, in respect of installation expenses prior to
expiration or termination, or (z) the obligation of the Joint
Venture or any obligor under the Guaranty to pay the amounts
required under Paragraph (d) of Article IV, or under the Note, or
any other obligation under said paragraph, or the Note, or
Paragraph (e) of Article IV, or the security interest of ERS
thereunder or under the Security Agreement, the agency created
under said paragraphs or the Security Agreement. No remedy of a
party hereunder shall be exclusive of any other remedy herein or
by law provided, but each shall be cumulative and in addition to
every other remedy.
(d) Upon the expiration or termination of the Term, each
party (and the Joint Venture) shall promptly return to the other
any and all sales literature or other promotional materials
theretofore delivered hereunder.
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties of ERS
ERS represents, warrants and covenants to Telepanel that:
(a) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has the full corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and perform its agreements and covenants
to be performed hereunder.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it and
the performance by it of its covenants and agreements hereunder
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and,
when executed and delivered by it, this Agreement shall constitute
its valid and legally binding agreement, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other laws affecting generally the enforceability
of creditors' rights and by limitations on the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the consummation or performance by it of the transactions
contemplated herein will violate any provision of its certificate
of incorporation or by-laws or any law, rule, regulation, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination, award, or other order
of any court, government or governmental agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, binding upon it or conflict
with or result in any breach of any of the terms of or the
creation or imposition of any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any
nature pursuant to the terms of any contract or agreement to which
it is a party or by which it, or any of its assets and properties
is bound.
ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties of Telepanel
Telepanel represents, warrants and covenants to ERS that:
(a) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has the full corporate power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and perform its agreements and covenants
to be performed hereunder.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it and
the performance by it of its covenants and agreements hereunder
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and,
when executed and delivered by it, this Agreement shall constitute
its valid and legally binding agreement, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other laws affecting generally the enforceability
of creditors' rights and by limitations on the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the consummation or performance by it of the transactions
contemplated herein will violate any provision of its articles of
incorporation or by-laws or any law, rule, regulation, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination, award, or other order
of any court, government or governmental agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign, binding upon it or conflict
with or result in any breach of any of the terms of or the
creation or imposition of any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance of any
nature pursuant to the terms of any contract or agreement to which
it is a party or by which it, or any of its assets and properties
is bound. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Telepanel has delivered to ERS (or prior to the operation of the
provisions of Paragraph (d) of Article IV hereof or any Working
Capital Advance shall deliver to ERS) appropriate consents, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to ERS, to the
operation of this Agreement executed by The Toronto-Dominion Bank,
Ontario Development Corporation, Royal Bank Corporation and The
VenGrowth Investment Fund, Inc.
(d) There is no outstanding indebtedness of Telepanel or any
of its subsidiaries to the Ontario Development Corporation;
neither Telepanel nor any subsidiary has any additional ability
to, and shall not further, borrow any amounts under any facilities
with the Ontario Development Corporation; and the Ontario
Development Corporation has released its interest in any and all
assets of Telepanel and its subsidiaries.
ARTICLE VIII
Certain Covenants
(a) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer on ERS
any right or authority to formulate the terms of any Telepanel
System sale, or amend the same, or enter into any agreement, or
accept any order on behalf of Telepanel, all of which Telepanel,
in its sole discretion, shall determine. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, ERS shall not have any authority to,
and shall not, make any representation or warranty on behalf of
Telepanel (other than communication of commitments furnished by
Telepanel). Telepanel shall have the sole discretion to accept or
reject any order with respect to the Telepanel Systems, subject to
the terms of this Agreement.
(b) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall confer on the
Joint Venture or Telepanel any right or authority to formulate the
terms of any ShelfNet System sale, or amend the same, or enter
into any agreement, or accept any order on behalf of ERS, all of
which ERS, in its sole discretion, shall determine. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Joint
Venture nor Telepanel shall have any authority to, and shall not,
make any representation or warranty on behalf of ERS (other than
communication of commitments furnished by ERS). ERS shall have the
sole discretion to accept or reject any order with respect to the
ShelfNet System, subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Each party shall, upon the request of its representative
under Paragraphs (a) or (b) of Article II hereof, furnish such
representative with copies of its sales literature, in adequate
quantities at cost therefor, and the requesting party shall use
such literature only in the best interests of the furnishing
party. Each party shall further have the right reasonably to
require its sales representative hereunder to use certain notices
or promotional material in connection with the promotion of its
system.
(d) From time to time, at the request of either party (or
the Joint Venture) reasonably made, the requested party shall,
from time to time, at the requesting party's expense, consult with
the requesting party regarding training and promotion relating to
the sale (and in the case of the Telepanel System, the
installation) of the requested party's system. Such consultation
shall involve the management, employees and sales agents of the
requested party.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, each party
hereby undertakes promptly to manufacture and deliver all systems
pursuant to orders solicited by its sales representatives
hereunder, provided that such order has been accepted pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement by the party supplying and
manufacturing such systems, and promptly send an invoice to the
person for which such system was installed.
ARTICLE IX
Trademarks and Tradenames
(a) Telepanel hereby grants to ERS, and ERS hereby grants to
the Joint Venture, the non-exclusive right to use any and all of
its trademarks, tradenames and service marks (collectively, the
"Trademarks", and, individually, a "Trademark") as are specified
in writing by the supplying party for the sole purpose of
advertising and promoting its system in connection with
performance hereunder, subject to withdrawal from time to time by
the supplying party of any and all such rights which the supplying
party wishes to discontinue the use of generally upon reasonable
advance notice to the other. ERS shall submit to Telepanel, and
the Joint Venture shall submit to ERS, for its approval prior to
use, all advertising, marketing and other promotional material
using any such Trademarks of the supplying party. Each party
hereby agrees that neither it nor the Joint Venture shall,
directly or indirectly, use or permit or cause the use of the
Trademarks of the supplying party, or any of them, or any variant
thereof, singly or in combination with any other term, except as
expressly authorized by this Agreement. Except as expressly
authorized by this Agreement, upon the expiration or termination
of the Term, irrespective of the reason therefor, each party and
the Joint Venture shall abandon immediately all use of each
Trademark of the supplying party, or any variant thereof, singly
or in combination with any other term.
(b) Each party hereby agrees that, in the event that during
the Term, any infringement of any Trademark relating to the sale
and/or distribution of the other party's system shall occur, or
litigation shall be commenced in which such Trademark is alleged
to have infringed any rights held by a third party, or in any way
involving any liability in connection with the products or the
activities of such party hereunder, it and the Joint Venture
shall, promptly after learning thereof, advise such other party of
such matter and furnish to such other party, at such other party's
expense, all necessary or appropriate assistance, at the election
of such other party, for the prompt and effective elimination of
such infringement or defense of such litigation, as the case may
be.
ARTICLE X
Confidentiality
(a) For purposes hereof the term "Confidential Material"
shall be defined to mean all proprietary or confidential
information heretofore or hereafter furnished to a party hereto or
to the Joint Venture, or any of its directors, officers, employees
or agents (each hereinafter referred to as a "Receiving Party"),
by the other party hereto, or any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents (each hereinafter referred to as a "Disclosing
Party") or in any manner relating to the Disclosing Party or the
system of the Disclosing Party or any component thereof or the
proprietary plans, policies, business or affairs of the Disclosing
Party, including, without limitation, data, drawings, materials
and other communications concerning any manufacturing or
production or other process or any research and development or
marketing and/or sales plans or results related to the business of
the Disclosing Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term
"Confidential Material" shall not include information which: (i)
becomes generally available to the public other than as a result
of a disclosure by the Disclosing Party, (ii) was, prior to its
disclosure to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party,
available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from
a third party not bound by confidentiality to the Disclosing
Party, (iii) becomes available to the Receiving Party on a
non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing
Party, provided that such source is not bound by confidentiality
to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) was independently developed by
the Receiving Party as conclusively evidenced in writing.
(b) In connection with and as a condition to the Disclosing
Party furnishing Confidential Material to the Receiving Party, the
parties hereby agree that, during the Term and thereafter, the
Receiving Party shall treat all Confidential Material
confidentially and not disclose, reproduce, publish, distribute or
by any other means disseminate, in whole or in part, any
Confidential Material except in accordance herewith.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision contained
herein, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties hereto, the
Receiving Party may not in any manner use any Confidential
Material for any purpose other than in connection with performance
of this Agreement.
(c) In the event that the Receiving Party is required (by
oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or
documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar
process) to disclose any Confidential Material, the Receiving
Party shall provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice
thereof so that the Disclosing Party may seek an appropriate
protective order and/or waive compliance by the Receiving Party
with the provisions hereof; provided, however, that, if in the
absence of a protective order or the receipt of waiver hereunder,
the Receiving Party is, in the opinion of its counsel, compelled
to disclose Confidential Material not otherwise disclosable
hereunder to any legislative, judicial or regulatory body, agency
or authority, or else be exposed to liability for contempt, fine
or penalty, or to other censure, such Confidential Material may be
so disclosed.
(d) In view of the irreparable harm and damage which would
be incurred by either ERS or Telepanel in the event of any
violation of any of the provisions of this Article X or the
preceding Article IX, each of ERS and Telepanel hereby consents
and agrees that, if it or the Joint Venture or any of their
respective shareholders, directors, officers, employees or agents
violates any such provision, the non-breaching party shall be
entitled to an injunction or similar equitable relief to be issued
by any court of competent jurisdiction restraining the breaching
party (including the Joint Venture) and its shareholders,
directors, officers, employees and agents from committing or
continuing any such violation.
ARTICLE XI
Indemnification
During the Term and thereafter, each of the parties (an
"Indemnifying Party") hereby agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless, absolutely, unconditionally and forever, the other
party, and its directors, officers, employees and agents and their
respective legal representatives, successors and assigns (each, an
"Indemnified Party"), from and against any and all damages, costs,
expenses, losses, claims, demands, liabilities and/or obligations,
including, without limitation reasonable attorney's fees
(collectively, "Damages"), resulting from: (i) any breach by the
Indemnifying Party (or, in the case of Telepanel as Indemnifying
Party, by the Joint Venture) of any warranty, representation,
agreement or covenant set forth in this Agreement or the
documentation contemplated hereby; (ii) the installation,
marketing, distribution, sale and/or use of its system, or any
component thereof, including, without limitation, any Damages
incurred due to product defects in its system; or (iii) any claim
of infringement of any patents, trademarks or copyrights, or for
alleged unfair competition resulting from similarity of design,
trademark, or appearance of goods arising from the installation,
marketing, distribution, sale and/or use of its system, or any
component thereof, either alone or in combination with any other
materials (without limitation, in the case of ERS, in its exercise
of its rights under the License).
ARTICLE XII
Title
Each party shall continue to own and retain title to its
system, and all components thereof, and the software included
therein, at all times during the Term and thereafter and nothing
herein contained shall be construed as conveying to the other
party any right, title or interest in the other party's system, or
any component thereof, or any software included therein, except as
otherwise set forth in the License granted pursuant to Article III
of this Agreement and the security granted pursuant to Article IV
hereof.
ARTICLE XIII
Relationship of the Parties
It is understood between the parties that their relationship
hereunder is that of independent contractors and under no
circumstances shall the employees or consultants of one party be
deemed to be employees or consultants of the other party. This
Agreement shall not be construed as authority for either party to
act for, or make any commitment on behalf of, the other party,
except as expressly set forth hereunder.
ARTICLE XIV
Miscellaneous
(a) Notices. All notices, requests or instructions hereunder
shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered
or certified mail, or by nationally recognized overnight courier,
postage prepaid, to the addresses hereinabove specified. Any
notice so addressed and mailed, shall be deemed to be given when
so mailed. Any notice so addressed and otherwise delivered shall
be deemed to be given when actually received by the addressee. Any
of the above addresses may be changed at any time by notice given
as provided above; provided, however, that any such notice of
change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.
(b) Assignment. Neither party has any right to sell,
transfer or assign any interest it has in this Agreement, by
operation of law or otherwise; it being understood and agreed that
ERS may subcontract any and all installation and related
obligations hereunder or sublicense its rights under the License
to any vendor or subcontractor and to its customers. In the event
of any such action (except as aforesaid), or in the event of any
direct or indirect change in the ownership of either party so as
to result in a change in control therein, this Agreement, at the
election of the other party, shall be terminated forthwith.
(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut
applicable in the case of agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such state.
(d) Captions. The captions appearing herein are for the
convenience of the parties only and shall not be construed to
affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.
(e) Severability. If any term, provision, covenant or
restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder
of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no
way be affected, impaired or invalidated.
(f) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the exhibits
hereto, together with the Joint Venture Documentation, the Note,
the Guaranty, the Security Agreement and any other documents
contemplated hereunder, contain the entire agreement between the
parties hereto with respect to the transaction contemplated
hereby, and supersede all prior understandings, arrangements and
agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided,
however, that the respective representations and warranties of the
parties contained under Articles 2 and 3 of the Combination
Agreement, and their respective covenants contained under Sections
4.1, 4.7 and 4.11 of the Combination Agreement, are hereby
incorporated by reference herein. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, this Agreement supersedes and substitutes for
the provisions of Section 4.16 of the Combination Agreement, which
shall have not further effect. No modification hereof shall be
effective unless in writing and signed by the party against which
it is sought to be enforced. No oral or other statement, proposal
or agreement shall be binding upon either of the parties hereto.
(g) Further Action. Each party agrees to cooperate fully
with the other party and to take such further action as shall be
reasonably requested by the other party to accomplish the
commitments set forth herein.
(h) No Waiver. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be
valid unless it is in writing and signed by the entity seeking
enforcement of such provision. No waiver of any provision hereof
shall constitute a waiver of any other provision hereof, or of
such provision at any other time.
(i) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all
of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto entered into this
Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC.
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx By s/Xxxx Heaven
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Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Name: Xxxx Heaven
Title: Chief Financial Office Title: Vice President Finance
and Secretary
EXHIBIT A
For Ministry Use Only
A l'usage exclusif du ministere
Ontario Corporation Number
Numero de la societe en
Ontario
1258040
Ministry of Consumer and Ministere de la Consommation
Commercial Relations Consommation et du Commerce
CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT
This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les
articles are effective on presents statuts entrent
en vigueur le
SEPTEMBER 29 SEPTEMBRE, 1997
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Director/Directeur
Business Corporation Act/Loi sur les societe par actions
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
STATUTS CONSTITUTIFS
Form 1 1. The name of the corporation Denomination sociale de la
Business is: societe:
Corporat- 1258040 ONTARIO LIMITED
ions Act
2. The address of the registered Adresse du siege social:
office:
Formule 1
loi sur XXXXX 0000, XXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX CENTRE
les -------------------------------------------------
societe (Street & Number, or R.R. Number & if Multi-Office Building
par give Room No.)
actions (Rue et numero, ou numero de la R.R. et, s'il s'agit d'un
edifice a bureaux, numero du bureau)
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX X0X0X0
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(Name of Municipality or Post Office) (Postal Code)
(Nom de la municipalite ou du bureau (Code postal)
de poste)
3. Number (or minimum and Nombre (ou nombres minimal
maximum number) of directors et maximal)
is: d'administrateurs:
MINIMUM OF 1; MAXIMUM OF 10
The first Premier(s) Resident
director(s) is/are: administrateur(s): Canadian
State
Yes or No
First name, initials Residence address, Resident
and surname giving Street & No. canadian
Prenom, initiales or R.R. No., Oui/Non
at nom de famille Municipality and
Postal Code
Adresse personnelle,
y compris la rue et le
numero de la R.R., le nom
de la municipalite et le
code postal
XXXX X. XXXXXX 000-00 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
X0X 0X0
5. Restrictions, if any, on Limites, s'il y a lieu,
business the corporation imposees aux activites
may carry on or on powers commerciales ou aux
the corporation may exercise. pouvoirs de la societe.
no restrictions
6. The classes and any maximum Categories et nombre maximal,
number of shares that the s'il y a lieu, d'actions que
corporation is authorized la societe est autorisee a
to issue: emettre:
an unlimited number of common shares.
7. Rights, privileges, Droits, privileges, restrictions
restrictions and et conditions, s'il y a lieu,
conditions (if any) rattache a chaque categorie
attaching to each class d'action et pouvoirs des
of shares which may be administrateurs relatifs a
issued in series: chaque categorie d'actions qui
peut etre emise en serie:
not applicable.
8. The issue, transfer or L'emission, le transfert ou la
ownership of shares is/is propriete d'actions est/n est
not restricted and the pas restreint. Les restrictions,
restrictions (if any) s'il y a lieu, sont les
are as follows: suivantes:
The right to transfer shares of the Corporation is restricted in
that no share shall be transferred except with the consent of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, to be expressed
either by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed
by a majority of the directors.
9. Other provisions, if any, Autres dispositions, s'il y
are: a lieu:
(a) The number of shareholders of the Corporation, exclusive
of persons who are in its employment and exclusive of
persons who having been formerly in the employment of the
Corporation, were, while in that employment, and have
continued after the termination of that employment to be,
shareholders of the Corporation, is limited to not more
than fifty, two or more persons who are the joint
registered owners of one or more shares being counted as
one shareholder.
(b) Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities
of the Corporation is prohibited.
10. The names and addresses of Nom et adresse des fondateurs
the incorporators are Full residence address or
First name, initials and address of registered office
surname or corporate name or of principal place of
Prenom, initiale et nom de business giving street & No.
famille ou denomination or R.R. No., municipality and
sociale postal code
Adresse personnelle au complet,
adresse du siege social ou
adresse de l'etablissement
principal, y compris la rue
et le numero, le numero de la
R.R.,le nom de la municipalite
et le code postal
Xxxx X. XxXxxx 000-00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
These articles are signed Les presents statuts sont signes
in duplicate en double exemplaire
Signatures of incorporators
(signatures des fondateurs)
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
For Ministry Use Only
A l'usage exclusif du ministere
Ontario Corporation Number
Numero de la societe en
Ontario
1258040
Ministry of Consumer and Ministere de la Consommation
Commercial Relations Consommation et du Commerce
CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT
This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les
articles are effective on presents statuts entrent
en vigueur le
December 17 DECEMBRE, 1997
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Director/Directeur
Business Corporation Act/Loi sur les societe par actions
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
STATUTS DE MODIFICATION
Form 3 1. The name of the corporation Denomination sociale de la
Business is: societe:
Corporat- 1258040 ONTARIO INC.
ions Act
Formule 3 2. The name of the corporation Nouvelle denomination
Loi sur is changed to (if sociale de la societe
les applicable): (s'il y a lieu):
societes
par TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC.
actions
3. Date of incorporation/ Date de la constitution
amalgamation: ou de la fusion:
1997 September 29
(Year, Month, Day)
(annee, mois, jour)
4. The articles of the corporation Les statuts de la societe
are amended as follows: sont modifies de la facon
suivante.
1. To change the name of the Corporation from 1258040
Ontario Limited to Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture,
Inc.
2. To change the designation of the common shares to
Class A common shares.
3. To delete the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions attached to the Class A common shares
and substitute therefor the rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions set forth in the
attached page 1A.
4. To create a new class of shares to be designated
Class B common shares and to have attached thereto
the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions set forth in the attached page 1A.
5. To provide that the maximum number of Class B
common shares that the Corporation is authorized
to issue shall be unlimited.
Rights, Privileges, Restrictions and Conditions
Attaching to the Class A Common and Class B Common Shares
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Common Shares
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching
to the Class A Common Shares and the Class B Common Shares are as
follows:
Voting Rights
The holders of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common shares
shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend, and to cast
one vote for each such Class A Common Share or Class B Common Share
held, at all meetings of shareholders except meetings at which only
holders of a specified class or series of shares of the Corporation
are entitled to vote.
Rights Upon Dissolution
After payment to the holders of shares ranking senior to the
Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the amount or
amounts which they may be entitled, the holders of the Class A
Common Shares and the Class B Common Shares shall be entitled to
receive the remaining property of the Corporation upon dissolution.
Dividend Rights
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of any shares
ranking senior to the Class A Common Shares with respect to
priority in the payment of dividends, the holders of Class A Common
Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay
thereon, as and when declared by the board of directors of the
Corporation out of monies of the Corporation properly applicable to
the payment of dividends, such dividends of the board of directors
of the Corporation may, from time to time, determine.
Other Rights
Except as set out above, each Class A Common Share and Class
B Common share shall have the same rights and attributes and shall
be the same in all respects.
5. The amendment has been duly La modification a ete dumant
authorized as required by autorisee conformement aux
Sections 168 and 170 (as articles 168 et 170 (selon le
applicable) of the Business cas) de la Loi sur les societes
Corporations Act. par actions.
6. The resolution authorizing Les actionnaires ou les
the amendment was approved administrateurs (selon le cas)
by the shareholders/directors de la societes ont approuve la
(as applicable) of the cor- modification le
poration on
1997 December 17
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(Year, Month, Day)
(annee, mois, jour)
These articles are signed in Les presents status sont
duplicate. signes en double examplaire
1258040 Ontario Limited
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(Name of Corporation)
(Denomination soclase de la societes)
By:/Par: s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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(Signature) (Description of Office)
(Signature) (Foncion)
Xxxx X. XxXxxx - President and
Secretary
EXHIBIT B
BY-LAW NO. 1
OF
1258040 ONTARIO LIMITED
(the "Corporation")
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 Expressions used in this By-law shall have the same meanings
as corresponding expressions in the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario) (the "Act").
2. CORPORATE SEAL
2.1 Until changed by the directors, the corporate seal of the
Corporation shall be in the form impressed in the margin hereof.
3. FINANCIAL YEAR
3.1 Until changed by the directors, the financial year of the
Corporation shall end on the last day of December in each year.
4. DIRECTORS
4.1 Number. The number of directors shall be not fewer than the
minimum and not more than the maximum provided in the articles. At
each election of directors the number elected shall be such number
as shall be determined from time to time by special resolution or,
if the directors are empowered by special resolution to determine
the number, by the directors.
4.2 Quorum. A quorum of directors shall be two-fifths of the
number of directors or such greater number as the directors or
shareholders may from time to time determine.
4.3 Calling of Meetings. Meetings of the directors shall be held
at such time and place within or outside Ontario as the Chairman
of the Board, the President or any two directors may determine. A
majority of meetings of directors need not be held within Canada
in any financial year.
4.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of each
meeting of directors shall be given to each director by telephone
not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting or by
written notice not less than four days before the date of the
meeting, provided that the first meeting immediately following a
meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected may be held
without notice if a quorum is present. Meetings may be held
without notice if the directors waive or are deemed to waive
notice.
4.5 Chairman. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the
President if a director, or in his absence a director chosen by
the directors at the meeting, shall be chairman of any meeting of
directors.
4.6 Voting at Meetings. At meetings of directors each director
shall have one vote and questions shall be decided by a majority
of votes. In case of an equality of votes the Chairman of the
meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
5. OFFICERS
5.1 General. The directors may from time to time appoint a
Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents,
a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the directors
may determine.
5.2 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if any,
shall be appointed from among the directors and when present shall
be chairman of meetings of directors and shareholders and shall
have such other powers and duties as the directors may determine.
5.3 President. Unless the directors otherwise determine the
President shall be appointed from among the directors and shall be
the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have
general supervision of its business and affairs and in the absence
of the Chairman of the Board shall be chairman of meetings of
directors and shareholders when present.
5.4 Vice-President. A Vice-President shall have such powers and
duties as the directors or the chief executive officer may
determine.
5.5 Secretary. The Secretary shall give required notices to
shareholders, directors, auditors and members of committees, act
as secretary of meetings of directors and shareholders when
present, keep and enter minutes of such meetings, maintain the
corporate records of the Corporation, have custody of the
corporate seal and shall have such other powers and duties as the
directors or the chief executive officer may determine.
5.6 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep proper accounting records
in accordance with the Act, have supervision over the safekeeping
of securities and the deposit and disbursement of funds of the
Corporation, report as required on the financial position of the
Corporation, and have such other powers and duties as the
directors or the chief executive officer may determine.
5.7 Assistants. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to
whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and
performed by such assistant unless the directors or the chief
executive officer otherwise direct.
5.8 Term of Office. Each officer shall hold office until his
successor is elected or appointed, provided that the directors may
at any time remove any officer from office but such removal shall
not affect the rights of such officer under any contract of
employment with the Corporation.
6. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
6.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation
shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or
officer or a person who acts or acted at the Corporation's request
as a director of officer of a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor, and the heirs and
legal representative of such a person to the extent permitted by
the Act.
6.2 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain for the
benefit of any person referred to in the preceding section to the
extent permitted by the Act.
7. SHAREHOLDERS
7.1 Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting
of shareholders shall be two persons present and each entitled to
vote at the meeting.
7.2 Casting Vote. In case of an equality of votes at a meeting of
shareholders the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or
casting vote.
7.3 Scrutineers. The Chairman at any meeting of shareholders may
appoint one or more persons (who need not be shareholders) to act
as scrutineer or scrutineers at the meeting.
8. DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS
8.1 Declaration of Dividends. Subject to the Act, the directors
may from time to time declare dividends payable to the
shareholders according to their respective rights and interest in
the Corporation.
8.2 Cheques. A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque
to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or
series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by
prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at the address of
such holder in the Corporation's securities register, unless such
holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque
shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable
to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at
their address in the Corporation's securities register. The
mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid
on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for
the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the
amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does
withhold.
8.3 Non-Receipt of Cheques. In the event of non-receipt of any
dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the
Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque for a
like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of
expenses an evidence of non-receipt and of title as the directors
may form time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any
particular case.
8.4 Unclaimed Dividends. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of
six years from the date on which the same has been declared to be
payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.
9. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS
9.1 Deeds, transfers, assignments, agreements, proxies and other
instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any two
directors or by a director and an officer or by one of the
Chairman of the Board, the President and a Vice-President together
with one of the Secretary and the Treasurer or in such other
manner as the directors may determine; except that xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
reports may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any one
director or officer of the Corporation.
10. NOTICE
10.1 A notice mailed to a shareholder, director, auditor or
member of a committee shall be deemed to have been given when
deposited in a post office or public letter box.
10.2 Accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder,
director, auditor or member of a committee or non-receipt of any
notice or any error in a notice not affecting the substance
thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held
pursuant to such notice.
RESOLVED THAT the foregoing by-law is made a by-law of the
Corporation by the signature hereto of the sole director of the
Corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario),
this 29th day of September, 1997.
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
RESOLVED THAT the foregoing by-law is confirmed as a by-law
of the Corporation by the signature hereto of the sole shareholder
of the Corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario), this 29th day of September, 1997.
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
EXHIBIT C
SHAREHOLDERS AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of February 3, 1998 by and among
Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture, Inc., a corporation incorporated
under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the "OBCA") having
a place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx
X0X SJ9 (the "Joint Venture"), Electronic Retailing Systems
International, Inc., a Delaware corporation having a place of
business at 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
("ERS"), and Telepanel Systems Inc., a corporation incorporated
under the Canada Business Corporations Act having a place of
business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X SJ9
("Telepanel" and, together with ERS, hereinafter referred to,
collectively, as the "Stockholders", and, individually, as a
"Stockholder") .
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Stockholders have entered into a Joint
Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 (the "Distribution
Agreement") whereunder the Stockholders agreed to form the Joint
Venture for certain purposes set out in the Distribution
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders have caused the incorporation of
the Joint Venture under the OBCA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its articles of incorporation, the Joint
Venture is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Class A
Common Shares, without par value (hereinafter referred to as the
"Class A Common Shares"), and an unlimited number of Class B
shares, without par value (hereinafter referred to as the "Class
B Common Shares"); and
WHEREAS, the Stockholders desire to enter into agreements
with respect to certain aspects of the management and operation of
the Corporation, and certain restrictions on the transfer of the
Class A Common Shares and the Class B Common Shares;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1. Governing Documents. The Stockholders acknowledge that
the Articles of Incorporation of the Joint Venture and its By-
laws, are in the respective forms of Exhibit A and Exhibit B
annexed hereto. Neither the Articles of Incorporation nor the By-
laws of the Joint Venture, nor any provision contained therein,
may be amended, modified, supplemented or cancelled without the
consent of each Stockholder.
2. Purposes. The Stockholders agree that the Joint Venture
shall (i) serve as ERS' non-exclusive representative for the
distribution of the ShelfNet System (as such term is defined in
the Distribution Agreement) within the United States of America
(the "Territory"), pursuant to the terms set forth in the
Distribution Agreement; (ii) serve as Telepanel's exclusive
representative for the installation of the Telepanel System (as
such term is defined in the Distribution Agreement) in the
Territory, pursuant to the terms set forth in the Distribution
Agreement (and subject to the subcontract requirements
thereunder); and (iii) engage in such other activities as shall
from time to time be determined by written consent of each of the
Stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto
agree that each shall take all action necessary and within its
control to maintain the Joint Venture as a Joint Venture defined
in the Indenture dated as of January 24, 1997 between ERS and
United States Trust Company of New York.
3. Subscription Agreement; Funds. Telepanel hereby
subscribes for and agrees to purchase 900 Class A Common Shares,
and ERS hereby subscribes for and agrees to purchase 100 Class B
Common Shares, from the Corporation for a purchase price of Cdn.
$.01 per share. The Joint Venture shall maintain one or more bank
accounts in its own name in which shall be deposited such sums and
the receipts and income received by the Joint Venture from its
operations (including all Working Capital Advances pursuant to the
Joint Distribution Agreement). The Stockholders hereby agree that
the Joint Venture may not issue any additional Class A Common
Shares or Class B Common Shares, or any other security, or any
option or warrant or other right with respect thereto, or any
rights convertible into any such securities, or enter into any
agreements with respect to the foregoing, without the prior
written consent of each Stockholder.
4. Board of Directors. Each of the Stockholders hereby
agrees that ERS shall at all times have the right to designate at
least one member of the Board of Directors of the Joint Venture.
5. Transfer of Shares.
(a) General. Each of the Stockholders agree that no
Class A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares (or options or
rights with respect thereto) shall be sold, assigned, transferred,
pledged, hypothecated, extended, granted or otherwise disposed of,
whether voluntarily or by operation of law, except as specifically
provided under this Section 5. Any purported disposition of Class
A Common Shares or Class B Common Shares in violation of this
Agreement shall be void.
(b) A Stockholder (hereinafter referred to as the
"Selling Stockholder") may sell all, but not less than all, of its
Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares in accordance with
the following terms and conditions:
(i) The Stockholder proposing to sell such shares
pursuant to a bona fide offer for the purchase thereof shall
give written notice (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice")
to the other Stockholder (hereinafter referred to as the
"Notified Stockholder") to that effect. The Notice shall
specify the name of the person or persons to whom the Selling
Stockholder desires to transfer such Class A Common Shares or
Class B Common Shares, the dollar value per share of the
consideration offered for such shares and the other terms of
the proposed transfer. The Notified Shareholder shall have
the right and option to purchase all, but not less than all,
such Common Shares for a purchase price equal to the fair
market value thereof (determined by an independent appraiser
reasonably acceptable to each Stockholder). Such right and
option shall be exercised by the Notified Shareholder by
giving written notice of exercise to the Selling Stockholder
within 30 days (hereinafter referred to as the "Reply
Period") after the receipt of the Notice.
(ii) If the Notified Shareholder shall not have
exercised its right and option within the Reply Period, the
Selling Stockholder shall thereafter be free for a period of
60 days to sell, assign and transfer the Class A Common
Shares or Class B Common Shares to which the right and option
related, on terms no less favorable to the Selling
Stockholder than the terms specified in the Notice.
(iii) Upon the Notified Stockholder's giving notice that
it intends to exercise its right and option to purchase the
Class A Common Shares or the Class B Common Shares of the
Selling Stockholder, the Selling Stockholder shall for all
purposes cease to be a stockholder of the Joint Venture. Upon
receipt of such notice, the Selling Stockholder shall
forthwith, and in any event within 15 days, deliver to the
Notified Stockholder the certificates representing the Class
A Common Shares or the Class B Common Shares to be purchased
by the Notified Stockholder and thereupon, subject to
determination of the purchase price thereof, the Notified
Stockholder shall pay the Selling Stockholder the purchase
price thereof.
6. Representations of the Stockholders. Each Stockholder
represents, warrants and covenants to the other Stockholder that:
(a) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
incorporation and has the full corporate power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and perform its agreements
and covenants to be performed hereunder.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by it and
the performance by it of its covenants and agreements hereunder
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and,
when executed and delivered by it, this Agreement shall constitute
its valid and legally binding agreement, enforceable against it in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, or other laws affecting generally the enforceability
of creditors' rights and by limitations on the availability of
equitable remedies.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor
the consummation or performance by it of the transactions
contemplated herein will violate any provision of its certificate
of incorporation or articles of incorporation, as the case may be,
or by-laws or any law, rule, regulation, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination, award, or other order of any
court, government or governmental agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, binding upon it or conflict with or result in
any breach of any of the terms of or the creation or imposition of
any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest or
other charge or encumbrance of any nature pursuant to the terms of
any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which it,
or any of its assets and properties is bound other than pursuant
to the Distribution Agreement and the documents referred to
therein prepared in connection therewith.
7. Legends. Each stock certificate representing Class A
Common Shares or Class B Common Shares shall contain upon its face
or upon the reverse side thereof a legend to the following effect:
"This stock certificate represents shares which are
subject to the terms and conditions of a Stockholders'
Agreement dated as of February 3, 1998 (a copy of which
is on file at the principal office of Telepanel/ERS
Joint Venture, Inc.), and no sale, assignment, transfer,
pledge, hypothecation or other disposition of such
shares or any interest therein shall be made except in
compliance with the terms and conditions of said
Agreement."
8. Miscellaneous.
(a) All notices, requests or instructions hereunder
shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by registered
or certified mail, postage prepaid at the address hereinabove set
forth. Any of the above addresses may be changed at any time by
notice given as provided above; provided, however,
that any such notice of change of address shall be effective only
upon receipt.
(b) This Agreement, the documents referred to herein
(and the documents referred to in such documents) contain the
entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, and no modification hereof shall
be effective unless in writing and signed by the party against
which it is sought to be enforced.
(c) Unless otherwise contemplated hereunder, this
Agreement and any rights and obligations hereunder shall not be
assignable without the written consent of all of the parties
hereto.
(d) The parties agree to use their respective best
efforts to take such actions as may be necessary or reasonably
requested by the other parties hereto to carry out and consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, each of the
parties hereto shall bear such party's own expenses in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
(f) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario applicable
in the case of agreements made and to be performed entirely within
such jurisdiction.
(g) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by
the parties hereto as of the date first above written.
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC.
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By By
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Name: Name:
Title: Title:
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC.
By
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Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT A
For Ministry Use Only
A l'usage exclusif du ministere
Ontario Corporation Number
Numero de la societe en
Ontario
1258040
Ministry of Consumer and Ministere de la Consommation
Commercial Relations Consommation et du Commerce
CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT
This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les
articles are effective on presents statuts entrent
en vigueur le
SEPTEMBER 29 SEPTEMBRE, 1997
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Director/Directeur
Business Corporation Act/Loi sur les societe par actions
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
STATUTS CONSTITUTIFS
Form 1 1. The name of the corporation Denomination sociale de la
Business is: societe:
Corporat- 1258040 ONTARIO LIMITED
ions Act
2. The address of the registered Adresse du siege social:
office:
Formule 1
loi sur XXXXX 0000, XXXXX XXXXX, XXXXXXX-XXXXXXXX CENTRE
les -------------------------------------------------
societe (Street & Number, or R.R. Number & if Multi-Office Building
par give Room No.)
actions (Rue et numero, ou numero de la R.R. et, s'il s'agit d'un
edifice a bureaux, numero du bureau)
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX X0X0X0
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(Name of Municipality or Post Office) (Postal Code)
(Nom de la municipalite ou du bureau (Code postal)
de poste)
3. Number (or minimum and Nombre (ou nombres minimal
maximum number) of directors et maximal)
is: d'administrateurs:
MINIMUM OF 1; MAXIMUM OF 10
The first Premier(s) Resident
director(s) is/are: administrateur(s): Canadian
State
Yes or No
First name, initials Residence address, Resident
and surname giving Street & No. canadian
Prenom, initiales or R.R. No., Oui/Non
at nom de famille Municipality and
Postal Code
Adresse personnelle,
y compris la rue et le
numero de la R.R., le nom
de la municipalite et le
code postal
XXXX X. XXXXXX 000-00 XXXXXXXXX XXXXXX XXX
XXXXXXX, XXXXXXX
X0X 0X0
5. Restrictions, if any, on Limites, s'il y a lieu,
business the corporation imposees aux activites
may carry on or on powers commerciales ou aux
the corporation may exercise. pouvoirs de la societe.
no restrictions
6. The classes and any maximum Categories et nombre maximal,
number of shares that the s'il y a lieu, d'actions que
corporation is authorized la societe est autorisee a
to issue: emettre:
an unlimited number of common shares.
7. Rights, privileges, Droits, privileges, restrictions
restrictions and et conditions, s'il y a lieu,
conditions (if any) rattache a chaque categorie
attaching to each class d'action et pouvoirs des
of shares which may be administrateurs relatifs a
issued in series: chaque categorie d'actions qui
peut etre emise en serie:
not applicable.
8. The issue, transfer or L'emission, le transfert ou la
ownership of shares is/is propriete d'actions est/n est
not restricted and the pas restreint. Les restrictions,
restrictions (if any) s'il y a lieu, sont les
are as follows: suivantes:
The right to transfer shares of the Corporation is restricted in
that no share shall be transferred except with the consent of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, to be expressed
either by a resolution passed at a meeting of the Board of
Directors or by an instrument or instruments in writing signed
by a majority of the directors.
9. Other provisions, if any, Autres dispositions, s'il y
are: a lieu:
(a) The number of shareholders of the Corporation, exclusive
of persons who are in its employment and exclusive of
persons who having been formerly in the employment of the
Corporation, were, while in that employment, and have
continued after the termination of that employment to be,
shareholders of the Corporation, is limited to not more
than fifty, two or more persons who are the joint
registered owners of one or more shares being counted as
one shareholder.
(b) Any invitation to the public to subscribe for securities
of the Corporation is prohibited.
10. The names and addresses of Nom et adresse des fondateurs
the incorporators are Full residence address or
First name, initials and address of registered office
surname or corporate name or of principal place of
Prenom, initiale et nom de business giving street & No.
famille ou denomination or R.R. No., municipality and
sociale postal code
Adresse personnelle au complet,
adresse du siege social ou
adresse de l'etablissement
principal, y compris la rue
et le numero, le numero de la
R.R.,le nom de la municipalite
et le code postal
Xxxx X. XxXxxx 000-00 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
X0X 0X0
These articles are signed Les presents statuts sont signes
in duplicate en double exemplaire
Signatures of incorporators
(signatures des fondateurs)
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
For Ministry Use Only
A l'usage exclusif du ministere
Ontario Corporation Number
Numero de la societe en
Ontario
1258040
Ministry of Consumer and Ministere de la Consommation
Commercial Relations Consommation et du Commerce
CERTIFICATE CERTIFICAT
This is to certify that these Ceci certifie que les
articles are effective on presents statuts entrent
en vigueur le
December 17 DECEMBRE, 1997
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Director/Directeur
Business Corporation Act/Loi sur les societe par actions
ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
STATUTS DE MODIFICATION
Form 3 1. The name of the corporation Denomination sociale de la
Business is: societe:
Corporat- 1258040 ONTARIO INC.
ions Act
Formule 3 2. The name of the corporation Nouvelle denomination
Loi sur is changed to (if sociale de la societe
les applicable): (s'il y a lieu):
societes
par TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC.
actions
3. Date of incorporation/ Date de la constitution
amalgamation: ou de la fusion:
1997 September 29
(Year, Month, Day)
(annee, mois, jour)
4. The articles of the corporation Les statuts de la societe
are amended as follows: sont modifies de la facon
suivante.
1. To change the name of the Corporation from 1258040
Ontario Limited to Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture,
Inc.
2. To change the designation of the common shares to
Class A common shares.
3. To delete the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions attached to the Class A common shares
and substitute therefor the rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions set forth in the
attached page 1A.
4. To create a new class of shares to be designated
Class B common shares and to have attached thereto
the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions set forth in the attached page 1A.
5. To provide that the maximum number of Class B
common shares that the Corporation is authorized
to issue shall be unlimited.
Rights, Privileges, Restrictions and Conditions
Attaching to the Class A Common and Class B Common Shares
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Common Shares
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching
to the Class A Common Shares and the Class B Common Shares are as
follows:
Voting Rights
The holders of Class A Common Shares and Class B Common shares
shall be entitled to receive notice of, and to attend, and to cast
one vote for each such Class A Common Share or Class B Common Share
held, at all meetings of shareholders except meetings at which only
holders of a specified class or series of shares of the Corporation
are entitled to vote.
Rights Upon Dissolution
After payment to the holders of shares ranking senior to the
Class A Common Shares and Class B Common Shares of the amount or
amounts which they may be entitled, the holders of the Class A
Common Shares and the Class B Common Shares shall be entitled to
receive the remaining property of the Corporation upon dissolution.
Dividend Rights
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of any shares
ranking senior to the Class A Common Shares with respect to
priority in the payment of dividends, the holders of Class A Common
Shares shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall pay
thereon, as and when declared by the board of directors of the
Corporation out of monies of the Corporation properly applicable to
the payment of dividends, such dividends of the board of directors
of the Corporation may, from time to time, determine.
Other Rights
Except as set out above, each Class A Common Share and Class
B Common share shall have the same rights and attributes and shall
be the same in all respects.
5. The amendment has been duly La modification a ete dumant
authorized as required by autorisee conformement aux
Sections 168 and 170 (as articles 168 et 170 (selon le
applicable) of the Business cas) de la Loi sur les societes
Corporations Act. par actions.
6. The resolution authorizing Les actionnaires ou les
the amendment was approved administrateurs (selon le cas)
by the shareholders/directors de la societes ont approuve la
(as applicable) of the cor- modification le
poration on
1997 December 17
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(Year, Month, Day)
(annee, mois, jour)
These articles are signed in Les presents status sont
duplicate. signes en double examplaire
1258040 Ontario Limited
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(Name of Corporation)
(Denomination soclase de la societes)
By:/Par: s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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(Signature) (Description of Office)
(Signature) (Foncion)
Xxxx X. XxXxxx - President and
Secretary
EXHIBIT B
BY-LAW NO. 1
OF
1258040 ONTARIO LIMITED
(the "Corporation")
1. INTERPRETATION
1.1 Expressions used in this By-law shall have the same meanings
as corresponding expressions in the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario) (the "Act").
2. CORPORATE SEAL
2.1 Until changed by the directors, the corporate seal of the
Corporation shall be in the form impressed in the margin hereof.
3. FINANCIAL YEAR
3.1 Until changed by the directors, the financial year of the
Corporation shall end on the last day of December in each year.
4. DIRECTORS
4.1 Number. The number of directors shall be not fewer than the
minimum and not more than the maximum provided in the articles. At
each election of directors the number elected shall be such number
as shall be determined from time to time by special resolution or,
if the directors are empowered by special resolution to determine
the number, by the directors.
4.2 Quorum. A quorum of directors shall be two-fifths of the
number of directors or such greater number as the directors or
shareholders may from time to time determine.
4.3 Calling of Meetings. Meetings of the directors shall be held
at such time and place within or outside Ontario as the Chairman
of the Board, the President or any two directors may determine. A
majority of meetings of directors need not be held within Canada
in any financial year.
4.4 Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time and place of each
meeting of directors shall be given to each director by telephone
not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting or by
written notice not less than four days before the date of the
meeting, provided that the first meeting immediately following a
meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected may be held
without notice if a quorum is present. Meetings may be held
without notice if the directors waive or are deemed to waive
notice.
4.5 Chairman. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the
President if a director, or in his absence a director chosen by
the directors at the meeting, shall be chairman of any meeting of
directors.
4.6 Voting at Meetings. At meetings of directors each director
shall have one vote and questions shall be decided by a majority
of votes. In case of an equality of votes the Chairman of the
meeting shall have a second or casting vote.
5. OFFICERS
5.1 General. The directors may from time to time appoint a
Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents,
a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as the directors
may determine.
5.2 Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if any,
shall be appointed from among the directors and when present shall
be chairman of meetings of directors and shareholders and shall
have such other powers and duties as the directors may determine.
5.3 President. Unless the directors otherwise determine the
President shall be appointed from among the directors and shall be
the chief executive officer of the Corporation and shall have
general supervision of its business and affairs and in the absence
of the Chairman of the Board shall be chairman of meetings of
directors and shareholders when present.
5.4 Vice-President. A Vice-President shall have such powers and
duties as the directors or the chief executive officer may
determine.
5.5 Secretary. The Secretary shall give required notices to
shareholders, directors, auditors and members of committees, act
as secretary of meetings of directors and shareholders when
present, keep and enter minutes of such meetings, maintain the
corporate records of the Corporation, have custody of the
corporate seal and shall have such other powers and duties as the
directors or the chief executive officer may determine.
5.6 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall keep proper accounting records
in accordance with the Act, have supervision over the safekeeping
of securities and the deposit and disbursement of funds of the
Corporation, report as required on the financial position of the
Corporation, and have such other powers and duties as the
directors or the chief executive officer may determine.
5.7 Assistants. Any of the powers and duties of an officer to
whom an assistant has been appointed may be exercised and
performed by such assistant unless the directors or the chief
executive officer otherwise direct.
5.8 Term of Office. Each officer shall hold office until his
successor is elected or appointed, provided that the directors may
at any time remove any officer from office but such removal shall
not affect the rights of such officer under any contract of
employment with the Corporation.
6. INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE
6.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers. The Corporation
shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or
officer or a person who acts or acted at the Corporation's request
as a director of officer of a body corporate of which the
Corporation is or was a shareholder or creditor, and the heirs and
legal representative of such a person to the extent permitted by
the Act.
6.2 Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain for the
benefit of any person referred to in the preceding section to the
extent permitted by the Act.
7. SHAREHOLDERS
7.1 Quorum. A quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting
of shareholders shall be two persons present and each entitled to
vote at the meeting.
7.2 Casting Vote. In case of an equality of votes at a meeting of
shareholders the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or
casting vote.
7.3 Scrutineers. The Chairman at any meeting of shareholders may
appoint one or more persons (who need not be shareholders) to act
as scrutineer or scrutineers at the meeting.
8. DIVIDENDS AND RIGHTS
8.1 Declaration of Dividends. Subject to the Act, the directors
may from time to time declare dividends payable to the
shareholders according to their respective rights and interest in
the Corporation.
8.2 Cheques. A dividend payable in money shall be paid by cheque
to the order of each registered holder of shares of the class or
series in respect of which it has been declared and mailed by
prepaid ordinary mail to such registered holder at the address of
such holder in the Corporation's securities register, unless such
holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders the cheque
shall, unless such joint holders otherwise direct, be made payable
to the order of all of such joint holders and mailed to them at
their address in the Corporation's securities register. The
mailing of such cheque as aforesaid, unless the same is not paid
on due presentation, shall satisfy and discharge the liability for
the dividend to the extent of the sum represented thereby plus the
amount of any tax which the Corporation is required to and does
withhold.
8.3 Non-Receipt of Cheques. In the event of non-receipt of any
dividend cheque by the person to whom it is sent as aforesaid, the
Corporation shall issue to such person a replacement cheque for a
like amount on such terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of
expenses an evidence of non-receipt and of title as the directors
may form time to time prescribe, whether generally or in any
particular case.
8.4 Unclaimed Dividends. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of
six years from the date on which the same has been declared to be
payable shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Corporation.
9. EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS
9.1 Deeds, transfers, assignments, agreements, proxies and other
instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any two
directors or by a director and an officer or by one of the
Chairman of the Board, the President and a Vice-President together
with one of the Secretary and the Treasurer or in such other
manner as the directors may determine; except that xxxxxxx xxxxxxx
reports may be signed on behalf of the Corporation by any one
director or officer of the Corporation.
10. NOTICE
10.1 A notice mailed to a shareholder, director, auditor or
member of a committee shall be deemed to have been given when
deposited in a post office or public letter box.
10.2 Accidental omission to give any notice to any shareholder,
director, auditor or member of a committee or non-receipt of any
notice or any error in a notice not affecting the substance
thereof shall not invalidate any action taken at any meeting held
pursuant to such notice.
RESOLVED THAT the foregoing by-law is made a by-law of the
Corporation by the signature hereto of the sole director of the
Corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act (Ontario),
this 29th day of September, 1997.
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
RESOLVED THAT the foregoing by-law is confirmed as a by-law
of the Corporation by the signature hereto of the sole shareholder
of the Corporation pursuant to the Business Corporations Act
(Ontario), this 29th day of September, 1997.
s/Xxxx X. XxXxxx
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Xxxx X. XxXxxx
EXHIBIT D
COLLATERAL CERTIFICATE
Inventory, as described in and cal-
culated pursuant to clause (x)
of Paragraph (d)(i) of Article IV
of Joint Distribution Agreement
identified below, and otherwise
meeting the criteria under said
Paragraph (d)(i) U.S. $
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Receivables, described in and cal-
culated pursuant to clause (y)
of Paragraph (d)(i) of Article IV
of Joint Distribution Agreement
identified below, and otherwise
meeting the criteria under said
Paragraph (d)(i)
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Advance Limit - Lesser of (i)
U.S.$2,000,000 or (ii) sum of
50% of outstanding inventory and
90% of outstanding receivables
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Outstanding borrowings of
Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture, Inc.
(the "Joint Venture")
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Outstanding availability to Joint
Venture
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The undersigned hereby certify that they are, respectively,
the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of
Telepanel Systems Inc. ("Telepanel"), and that the above
information is true and correct. The undersigned further certify
that: there is no breach by Telepanel or any of its subsidiaries
of the Joint Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 (the
"Joint Venture Agreement") between Telepanel and Electronic
Retailing Systems International, Inc., or the documents
contemplated thereby, or the Combination Agreement (as defined
therein); the respective representations and warranties of
Telepanel and its subsidiaries contained in the Joint Distribution
Agreement and the documents contemplated thereby, and in the
Combination Agreement, are true and correct as of the date hereof
with the same effect as though all such representations and
warranties were made at and as of the date hereof; and no fact or
circumstance exists which constitutes or with notice or passage of
time or otherwise would constitute a breach of or default by
Telepanel or any of its subsidiaries under the Joint Distribution
Agreement and the documents contemplated thereby, or under the
Combination Agreement, has occurred.
TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC.
Date: By
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Chief Executive Officer
By
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Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT E
BORROWING CERTIFICATE
Inventory certified by Telepanel
Systems Inc. ("Telepanel"), as
described in and calculated pur-
suant to clause (x) of Paragraph
(d)(i) of Article IV of Joint
Distribution Agreement identified
below, and otherwise meeting the
criteria under said Paragraph (d)(i) U.S. $
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Receivables certified by Telepanel,
described in and calculated pur-
suant to clause (y) of Paragraph
(d)(i) of Article IV of Joint
Distribution Agreement identified
below, and otherwise meeting the
criteria under said Paragraph (d)(i)
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Advance Limit - Lesser of (i)
U.S.$2,000,000 or (ii) sum of
50% of outstanding inventory and
90% of outstanding receivables
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Outstanding borrowings of
Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture, Inc.
(the "Joint Venture")
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Outstanding availability to Joint
Venture
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Requested Borrowing
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The undersigned hereby certifies that they are, respectively,
the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the
Joint Venture, and that the above information is true and correct.
The undersigned further certify that: there is no breach by the
Joint Venture of its obligations contemplated under the Joint
Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 (the "Joint Venture
Agreement") between Telepanel and Electronic Retailing Systems
International, Inc., or the documents contemplated thereby; the
representations and warranties of the Joint Venture contained in
the documents contemplated by the Joint Distribution Agreement are
true and correct as of the date hereof with the same effect as
though all such representations and warranties were made at and as
of the date hereof; and no fact or circumstance exists which
constitutes or with notice or passage of time or otherwise would
constitute a breach of or default by the Joint Venture under its
obligations contemplated under the Joint Distribution Agreement
and the documents contemplated thereby has occurred.
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC.
Date: By
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Chief Executive Officer
By
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Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT F
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE INC.
GUARANTEED SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE
U.S.$2,000,000 February 3, 1998
SECTION 1. General. (a) TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE
INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
Ontario (hereinafter referred to as the "Joint Venture"), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to ELECTRONIC RETAILING
SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to
as "ERS"), or order, the aggregate principal amount of
U.S.$2,000,000 (Two Million U.S. Dollars), or such lesser amount
as shall be outstanding hereunder advanced under the Joint
Distribution Agreement (as hereinafter defined), which shall be
due and payable at the time or times set forth in Paragraph (d) of
Article IV of the Joint Distribution Agreement (subject to
prepayment in whole or in part in the manner provided in the Joint
Distribution Agreement and in Section 3 hereof), in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
shall be legal tender therein for the payment of public and
private debts, and to pay interest on the unpaid balance of the
principal amount hereof monthly at a rate per annum equal to 2.5%
in excess of the Prime Rate (as hereinafter defined) from time to
time in effect, in like coin or currency, on the first day of each
calendar month from the date hereof until the obligation of the
Joint Venture with respect to the payment thereof shall be
discharged, all payments and prepayments of principal of this Note
to be made in the manner hereinbelow set forth. Interest hereon
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year. For purposes of
the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest is calculated
using a rate based on a year of 360 days, such rate determined
pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate is
equivalent to (i) the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days,
(ii) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year
in which the period for such interest is payable (or compounded)
ends, and (iii) divided by 360.
(b) The Joint Venture hereby authorizes the holder of this
Note, or its duly authorized agent, to endorse on the grid
attached as Schedule A to this Note an appropriate notation
evidencing the amount of each Working Capital Advance (as defined
in the Joint Distribution Agreement), which, in the absence of
manifest error, shall be conclusive as to the outstanding
principal amount of all such advances; provided, however, that the
failure to make such notation with respect to any such advance
shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Joint
Venture to the holder of this Note hereunder.
SECTION 2. Definitions. As used herein, the following
terms shall have the following respective meanings:
The term "Combination Agreement" shall mean the
Combination Agreement dated October 29, 1997 between Telepanel and
ERS, as from time to time amended.
The term "Guaranties" shall mean the Unlimited
Guaranties executed to the holder of this Note by, respectively,
Telepanel and each of its subsidiaries.
The term "Joint Distribution Agreement" shall mean the
Joint Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 between ERS
and Telepanel, as from time to time amended.
The term "Joint Venture" shall mean Telepanel/ERS Joint
Venture Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of Ontario, the maker of this Note.
The term "Note" shall mean this Note and any Note exe-
cuted and delivered by the Joint Venture in exchange or replace-
ment for this Note pursuant to Section 6 hereof.
The term "Person" shall mean an individual, a
corporation, a partnership, a trust, an unincorporated
organization and a government or any department, agency or
political subdivision thereof.
The term "Prime Rate" shall mean the prime rate from
time to time in effect at The Bank of New York for 90-day loans to
substantial commercial customers.
The term "Security Agreements" shall mean the Security
Agreements securing this Note and the Guaranties, respectively, as
from time to time amended.
The term "Telepanel" shall mean Telepanel Systems, Inc.,
a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada.
SECTION 3. Optional Prepayment. The Joint Venture shall
have the right at any time to prepay the whole, or at any time or
from time to time to prepay any part, of the unpaid principal
amount of this Note, without premium or penalty, provided that
interest on the principal amount hereof to be so prepaid accrued
to the date of such prepayment shall be paid concurrently
therewith. In the event of a prepayment of this Note in part only
(whether under this Section 3 or pursuant to the Joint
Distribution Agreement), such prepayment shall be applied in the
inverse order of maturity to the installments of principal payable
pursuant to the Joint Distribution Agreement. Notices of
prepayment under this Section 3 shall be given by the Joint
Venture by mail and shall be mailed to the holder of this Note not
less than ten days from the date fixed for prepayment. In case
this Note is to be prepaid in part only, such notice shall specify
the principal amount hereof to be prepaid, and the installments of
principal to which such prepayment is applicable. Upon giving of
notice of prepayment as aforesaid, this Note or portion hereof so
specified for prepayment shall on the prepayment date specified in
such notice become due and payable; and from and after the
prepayment date so specified (unless the Joint Venture shall
default in making such prepayment) interest on this Note or
portion hereof so specified for prepayment shall cease to accrue,
and this Note or portion hereof so specified for prepayment shall
be paid by the Joint Venture as aforesaid.
SECTION 4. General Covenants. The Joint Venture cove-
nants and agrees with the holder of this Note as follows:
4.1 The Joint Venture shall punctually pay or cause to
be paid the principal of and interest on this Note according to
the terms hereof and of the Joint Distribution Agreement.
4.2 The Joint Venture shall:
(a) pay and discharge promptly, or cause to be paid
and discharged promptly, all taxes, assessments and gov-
ernmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its
income or upon any of its property, real, personal or mixed,
or upon any part thereof, as well as all claims of any kind
(including claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if
unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon its
property), provided, however, that the Joint Venture shall
not be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy
or claim if the amount, applicability or validity thereof
shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and if the Joint Venture shall have set aside on
its books reserves (segregated to the extent required by
sound accounting practice) reasonably deemed by it adequate
with respect thereto; and
(b) do or cause to be done all things necessary or
appropriate to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
corporate existence, rights and franchises.
4.3 The Joint Venture shall not amalgamate with, merge
into or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its
properties as an entirety to, any person.
SECTION 5. Events of Default and Remedies.
5.1 The entire unpaid principal amount of this Note,
together with all accrued interest hereon, at the option of the
holder of this Note exercised by written notice to the Joint
Venture, shall forthwith become and be due and payable if any one
or more of the following events (herein called "Events of
Default") shall have occurred (for any reason whatsoever and
whether such happening shall be voluntary or involuntary or come
about or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to or in
compliance with any judgment, decree or order of any court or any
order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body) and be continuing at the time of such notice, that is to
say:
(a) if default shall be made in the due and punctual
payment of the principal of this Note when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise;
(b) if default shall be made in the due and punctual
payment of any interest on this Note when and as such interest
shall become due and payable;
(c) if the Term (as defined in the Joint Distribution
Agreement) shall have been terminated as a consequence of any
material breach by Telepanel of the Combination Agreement, or by
Telepanel or the Joint Venture or any subsidiary of Telepanel of
the Joint Distribution Agreement (other than the provisions of
Articles II, III, IV(a), (b) and (c), VII, IX or XI thereof), this
Note, the Guaranties, the Security Agreements, or the Joint
Venture Documentation (as defined in the Joint Distribution
Agreement), on the date which falls 30 days thereafter;
(d) any representation or warranty made by the Joint
Venture or the issuer of any of the Guaranties in the Joint
Distribution Agreement, the Guaranties or the Security Agreements,
or incorporated by reference therein, proves to have been
incorrect in any material respect when made;
(e) if the Joint Venture or any Guarantor shall:
(i) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due;
(ii) file a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to
take advantage of any insolvency act;
(iii) make an assignment for the benefit of
creditors;
(iv) consent to the appointment of a receiver of
itself or of the whole or any substantial part of its
property;
(v) on a petition in bankruptcy filed against it,
be adjudicated a bankrupt; or
(vi) file a petition or answer seeking reor-
ganization or arrangement under the federal bankruptcy laws
or any other applicable law or statute of the United States
of America or Canada or any state, district, province or
territory thereof;
(f) if a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter,
except at the direct or indirect request of the holder of this
Note, an order, judgment, or decree appointing, without the
consent of the Joint Venture or any Guarantor, a receiver of the
Joint Venture or such Guarantor, respectively, or of the whole or
any substantial part of its property, or approving a petition
filed against it seeking its reorganization or arrangement under
any bankruptcy laws or statute, and such order, judgment or decree
shall not be vacated or set aside or stayed within 60 days from
the date of entry thereof;
(g) if, under the provisions of any other law for the
relief or aid of debtors, any court of competent jurisdiction
shall assume custody or control of the Joint Venture or any
Guarantor or of the whole or any substantial part of its property
and such custody or control shall not be terminated or stayed
within 60 days from the date of assumption of such custody or
control;
(h) if this Note or any Guaranty or Security Agreement
shall cease to be enforceable in accordance with its terms against
the Joint Venture, or any Guarantor, or the Joint Venture, or any
Guarantor, shall so state in writing, or any collateral subject to
any Security Agreement shall be sold, resold, assigned, delivered
or possessed by or on behalf of any lender (other than ERS)
pursuant to its collateral rights therein;
(i) if (i) the Joint Venture or any Guarantor shall
default beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto
in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on
any obligation in respect of borrowed money when due, whether by
acceleration or otherwise, or The Toronto-Dominion Bank demands
payment of any indebtedness due to it of Telepanel; or (ii) the
Joint Venture or any Guarantor shall default in the performance or
observance of any other agreement, term or condition contained in
such obligation or in any agreement under which any such
obligation is created, if the effect of any such default is to
cause or permit the holder or holders of such obligations (or a
trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause such
obligation to become due prior to the date of its stated maturity;
(k) if any criminal proceeding for which the possibility
of a forfeiture of assets exists shall be instituted in any court
against the Joint Venture or any Guarantor, or if the Joint
Venture or any Guarantor shall be indicted for any crime.
5.2 In the case any one or more of the Events of Default
specified in Section 5.1 hereof shall have occurred and be
continuing, the holder of this Note may proceed to protect and
enforce its rights either by suit in equity and/or by action at
law, whether for the specific performance of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Note, or the holder of this Note may
at his option exercised by written notice to the Joint Venture
declare the unpaid principal balance hereof, together with all
accrued interest thereon, immediately due and payable, and
otherwise proceed to enforce the payment of all sums due upon this
Note or to enforce any other legal or equitable right of the
holder of this Note. In the event an Event of Default shall have
occurred and the holder of this Note shall employ attorneys, or
incur other costs and expenses for the collection of payments due
or to become due, or for the enforcement or performance or
observance of any obligation or agreement of the Joint Venture
under this Note, the Joint Venture agrees that it will pay to the
holder, on demand, the reasonable fees of such attorney together
with all other costs and expenses incurred by the holder.
5.3 No remedy herein conferred upon the holder is
intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every
such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law
or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
5.4 No course of dealing between the Joint Venture and
the holder or any delay on the part of the holder hereof in
exercising any rights hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any
rights of the holder hereof.
5.5 The Joint Venture and all endorsers of this Note
waive presentment for payment, protest and notice of dishonor
before declaring an Event of Default. The holder may delay in
enforcing its rights or in giving any notices without losing its
rights.
5.6 Any and all payments made under this Note, whether
timely or not, shall first be applied to late charges, second to
reasonable attorney fees, third to interest and the remainder
thereof to the unpaid principal of this Note.
SECTION 6. Exchange or Replacement of Note. Upon
receipt by the Joint Venture of evidence satisfactory to it of the
loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and (in case
of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity satisfactory to it,
and upon surrender and cancellation of this Note, if mutilated,
the Joint Venture, upon reimbursement to it of all reasonable
expenses incidental thereto, will make and deliver a new Note, of
like tenor, in lieu of this Note. Any Note made and delivered in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 6 shall be dated as
of the date to which interest has been paid on this Note.
SECTION 7. Place of Payment. All payments shall be made
payable by wire transfer as follows:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
or in such other manner as the holder may hereafter designate in
writing to the Purchaser.
SECTION 8. Notices. All notices, requests or
instructions hereunder shall be in writing and delivered
personally or sent by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, as follows:
(i) if to the Joint Venture:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tory Xxxx XxxXxxxxxxx & Binnington
Aetna Tower-Suite 3000
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
(ii) if to the holder of this Note:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Krugman Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Park 00 Xxxx - Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Any notice so addressed and mailed, shall be deemed to be given
when so mailed. Any notice so addressed and otherwise delivered
shall be deemed to be given when actually received by the
addressee. Any of the above addresses may be changed at any time
by notice given as provided above; provided, however, that any
such notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.
SECTION 9. Late Charge and Default Interest. The Joint
Venture shall pay on demand a late charge of five percent of each
installment overdue more than ten days (provided that if such
amount is usurious under governing law, then such amount shall be
limited so as not to exceed the amount permitted by law). If the
Joint Venture fails to pay the balance of this Note when due, or
if the holder of this Note exercises its option to accelerate the
balance due after default as provided herein, then the outstanding
principal due shall, in lieu of interest otherwise herein
provided, bear interest at the default rate equal to the Prime
Rate plus 4.5% per annum, from and after the date of default
(provided that if such rate is usurious under governing law, then
such amount shall be limited so as not to exceed the amount
permitted by law).
SECTION 10. Taxes.
(a) All payments to the holder of this Note hereunder
shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or
withholding for any and all taxes, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges or withholdings and all related liabilities (all such
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and
liabilities being referred to as "Taxes") imposed by any
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority of
it), unless such Taxes are required by applicable law to be
deducted or withheld. If the Joint Venture shall be required by
applicable law to deduct or withhold any such Taxes from or in
respect of any amount payable hereunder, (i) the amount payable
shall be increased (and for greater certainty, in the case of
interest, the amount of interest shall be increased) as may be
necessary so that after making all required deductions or
withholdings (including deductions or withholdings applicable to
any additional amounts paid under this Section 10), the holder
receives an amount equal to the amount it would have received if
no such deduction or withholding had been made, (ii) the Joint
Venture shall make such deductions or withholdings, and (iii) the
Joint Venture shall immediately pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant governmental entity in accordance with
applicable law.
(b) The Joint Venture agrees to immediately pay any
present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise
or property taxes, charges, financial institutions duties, debits,
taxes or similar levies (all such taxes, charges, duties and
levies being referred to as "Other Taxes") which arise from any
payment made by the Joint Venture hereunder or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this
promissory note or security granted pursuant hereto.
(c) The Joint Venture shall indemnify the holder of
this Note for the full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including,
without limitation, any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any
jurisdiction on amounts payable by the Joint Venture under this
Section 10) paid by the holder of this Note and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with
respect to such Taxes or Other Taxes, whether or not they were
correctly or legally asserted, excluding, in the case of the
holder of this Note, taxes imposed on its net income or capital
taxes or receipts and franchise taxes. Payment under this
indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date the
holder of this Note makes written demand for it. A certificate as
to the amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes submitted to the Joint
Venture by the holder of this Note shall be conclusive evidence,
absent manifest error, of the amount due from the Joint Venture to
the holder of this Note.
(d) The Joint Venture shall furnish to the holder of
this Note the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing
payment of Taxes or Other Taxes made by the Joint Venture within
30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes.
(e) The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the
termination of this promissory note.
SECTION 11. Judgment Currency.
(a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert all or any part of any amount due
to the holder of this Note in respect of the Joint Venture's
obligations under this note in any currency (the "Original
Currency") into another currency (the "Other Currency"), the Joint
Venture, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so,
agrees that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which, in
accordance with normal banking procedures, the holder of this Note
could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency on
the business day preceding that on which final judgment is paid or
satisfied.
(b) The obligations of the Joint Venture in respect of
any sum due in the Original Currency from it to the holder of this
Note shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any Other Currency, be
discharged only to the extent that on the business day following
receipt by the holder of this Note of any sum adjudged to be so
due in such Other Currency the holder of this Note, in accordance
with its normal banking procedures, purchases the Original
Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original
Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the
holder of this Note in the Original Currency, the Joint Venture
agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such
judgment, to indemnify the holder of this Note against such loss.
SECTION 12. Section Headings. The section headings
contained herein are for the purpose of convenience of reference
only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of any
such Section.
SECTION 13. Severability. In the event that one or more
of the provisions of this Note shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Note, but this Note shall be construed as if
such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been
contained herein.
SECTION 14. Governing Law. This Note shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut applicable to agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such state.
SECTION 15. Related Agreement. This Note is issued
pursuant to the Joint Distribution Agreement and is subject to the
provisions thereof. This Note is guaranteed pursuant to the
Guaranties, which, together with this Note, are secured by the
provisions of the Security Agreements, respectively, and entitled
to the benefits set forth thereunder. Copies of the foregoing
agreements may be obtained at the principal executive offices of
the Joint Venture, and by this reference are incorporated herein.
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE INC.
By
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SCHEDULE A
Amount of Amount of
Amount of Interest Principal
Date Borrowing Paid Installment
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EXHIBIT G
UNLIMITED GUARANTEE dated as of , 1998, by
Telepanel Systems, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to as the
"Guarantor"), for the benefit of Electronic Retailing Systems
International, Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter
referred to as "ERS").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, ERS has entered into a Joint Distribution Agreement
dated as of February 3, 1998 (hereinafter called the "Joint
Distribution Agreement") with the Guarantor, pursuant to which ERS
has agreed to make loans to Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of
Ontario (hereinafter referred to as the "Joint Venture"), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Joint
Distribution Agreement and pursuant to a Guarantied, Secured
Promissory Note dated February 3, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as
the "Note") executed by the Joint Venture to ERS; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor will derive substantial direct and
indirect economic benefit from the execution of the Joint
Distribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated therein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce ERS to advance the sums to
the Joint Venture evidenced by the Note, and in exchange for other
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged by the Guarantor, the Guarantor hereby agrees
with ERS as follows:
SECTION 1. Guarantee of Obligations.
(a) Effective as of the date hereof, the Guarantor
unconditionally guarantees (i) the due and punctual payment of
principal of and interest on, and all other amounts pursuant to,
the Note, when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by
notice of prepayment or otherwise, and all other obligations of
the Joint Venture to ERS incurred pursuant to the Joint
Distribution Agreement, (ii) the performance and observance of all
terms, covenants, conditions, obligations and provisions to be
performed, paid or observed by the Joint Venture to ERS under the
Note and the Joint Distribution Agreement, and (iii) the due and
punctual performance of, and payment of, all other indebtedness
obligations or other liabilities presently or hereafter owing by
the Joint Venture to ERS (all the foregoing hereinafter,
collectively, referred to as the "Obligations"). To the fullest
extent permitted by law, the Guarantor further agrees that the
Obligations may be increased, modified, amended, extended or
renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent
from it, and that it will remain bound upon this Guarantee
notwithstanding any increase, modification, amendment, extension
or renewal of any Obligation.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Guarantor
waives (i) presentation to, demand of payment from, and protest
to, the Joint Venture of any of the Obligations, (ii) acceptance
and notice of acceptance of this Guarantee, (iii) notice of
protest for nonpayment, or of any demand for payment and notice of
default or non-payment as to any Obligation, (iv) any present or
future duty of ERS to disclose material information regarding the
Joint Venture and/or the Obligations, (v) trial by jury and the
right thereto in any action or proceeding of any kind or nature,
arising on, under or by reason of or relating in any way to this
Guarantee, (vi) notice of foreclosure by ERS on any security held
for the Obligations or any of them, and (vii) all other notices to
which the Guarantor might otherwise be entitled in connection with
this Guarantee. The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder shall
not be affected by (i) the failure of ERS to assert any claim or
demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Joint Venture
under the provisions of the Note, the Joint Distribution Agreement
or any other agreement or otherwise; (ii) any extension or renewal
of any thereof; (iii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or
modification of any of the terms or provisions of the Note, the
Joint Distribution Agreement or any other agreement; (iv) the
creation, release of, or failure to perfect any security held by
ERS for the Obligations or any of them; (v) the failure of ERS to
exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the
Obligations; (vi) the exercise of rights by ERS which prevent the
Guarantor from exercising its right of subrogation against the
Joint Venture; (vii) the failure of ERS to file a claim in any
bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings with respect to the Joint
Venture or any other failure to collect the Obligations or any of
them from the Joint Venture; (viii) the running of any applicable
statute of limitations with respect to the Obligations or any
portion thereof; or (ix) any other action or failure to take
action by ERS which under applicable law would act to release the
Joint Venture regarding the Obligations.
(c) The Guarantor further agrees that this Guarantee
constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection,
and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives any right to
require that any resort be had by ERS to any security held for
payment of the Obligations or to any balance any deposit account
or credit on the books of ERS in favor of the Joint Venture or any
other person.
(d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligations
of the Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including,
without limitation, any claim of waiver, release, surrender,
alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense
of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by
reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the obligations of the Guarantor hereunder, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be discharged or
impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of ERS to assert any
claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under the Note or the
Joint Distribution Agreement or any other agreement, by any waiver
or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay,
wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by
any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or
thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the
risk of the Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of
the Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.
(e) The Guarantor further agrees that this Guarantee shall
continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if
any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest
on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by
ERS upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Joint Venture or
otherwise.
(f) In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of
any other right which ERS may have at law or in equity against the
Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Joint Venture
to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due,
whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment
or otherwise, the Guarantor hereby promises to and will, upon
receipt of written demand by ERS, forthwith pay, or cause to be
paid, to ERS in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligations.
(g) Any and all rights and claims of the Guarantor against
the Joint Venture or any of its property, arising by reason of any
payment by the Guarantor to ERS pursuant to the provisions of this
Guarantee, shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Obligations to ERS.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor
hereby represents, warrants and covenants to ERS that:
(a) The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
of its incorporation and has full corporate power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct the business in which it is now
engaged. The Guarantor is licensed or qualified to transact
business as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions wherein it
is required to be so licensed or so qualified in order to enter
into this Guarantee and to perform its covenants and agreements
hereunder.
(b) The execution and delivery of this Guarantee by the
Guarantor, the performance by the Guarantor of its covenants and
agreements hereunder and the consummation by the Guarantor of the
transactions herein contemplated have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action. This Guarantee constitutes the valid
and legally binding guarantee of the Guarantor, enforceable
against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other
similar laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditor's
rights and by limitations on the availability of equitable
remedies.
(c) Neither the execution and delivery of this Guarantee nor
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will
violate any provision of the articles of incorporation or by-laws
of the Guarantor or any law, rule, regulation, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination, award or other order of any
court, government or governmental agency, domestic or foreign, or
conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms of or
constitute a default under or result in the termination of or the
creation of any lien pursuant to the terms of any contract or
agreement to which the Guarantor is a party or by which the
Guarantor or any of its assets is bound.
(d) The obligations of the Guarantor to pay the principal of
and interest and related fees on the Note and all other
obligations payable by the Guarantor hereunder, will, upon demand
for payment by ERS pursuant to Section 1 hereof, constitute
direct, unconditional and general obligations of the Guarantor and
rank in right of payment pari passu with all indebtedness and
liabilities for borrowed money, or other obligations arising out
of the extension of credit, of the Guarantor, it being
acknowledged that the security interest of ERS hereinafter
referenced shall be subordinate to the security interest of The
Toronto-Dominion Bank but prior in right to any other interest in
the assets of the Guarantor. The Guarantor has not issued any such
indebtedness or incurred any such liability or obligation which is
subordinated to any other such indebtedness, liability or
obligation but which will not be subordinated to the payment in
full of any and all amounts payable hereunder.
SECTION 3. Supplemental Documentation. In connection with the
execution and delivery of this Guarantee, the Guarantor has
furnished or caused to be furnished to ERS a certificate dated the
date hereof of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Guarantor in form and substance satisfactory to ERS, with respect
to all corporate proceedings and authorizations in connection with
this Guarantee and the transactions contemplated hereby, the
articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Guarantor, and such
additional supporting documents as ERS may reasonably request.
SECTION 4. Setoff. In addition to and not in limitation of
any rights which ERS may have under applicable law or otherwise,
the Guarantor authorizes ERS, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to apply any amount held on behalf of the Guarantor
outstanding in or towards satisfaction of any sum past due to ERS
from the Guarantor hereunder and in the name of the Guarantor or
ERS to do all such acts and execute all such documents as may be
necessary or expedient for any such purpose.
SECTION 5. Modification of Agreement. No modification,
amendment or waiver of any provision of, nor any consent required
by, this Guarantee, nor any consent to any departure by the
Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing and signed by ERS and then such
modification, amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only
in the specific instance and for the purpose which given. No
notice to or demand on the Guarantor in any case shall entitle the
Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same,
similar or other circumstances.
SECTION 6. Remedies Cumulative. etc. No right, power or
remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to ERS is intended to be
exclusive of any other right, power or remedy or remedies, and
each and every right, power and remedy of ERS pursuant to this
Guarantee, the Joint Distribution Agreement, or the Note or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise
shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power or
remedy pursuant to this Guarantee, or the Note or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by ERS of any one or more of
such rights, powers or remedies shall not preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise by ERS of any or all such other
rights, powers or remedies.
SECTION 7. No Waiver, etc. To the fullest extent permitted by
law, no failure or delay by ERS to insist upon the strict
performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement of this
Guarantee, the Joint Distribution Agreement, or of the Note or to
exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder or thereunder or
consequent upon a breach hereof or thereof, shall constitute a
waiver of any such term, condition covenant, agreement, right,
power or remedy or of any such breach, or preclude ERS from
exercising any such right, power or remedy at any later time or
times.
SECTION 8. Notices. All notices, requests or instructions
hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by telecopy (or
like transmission), as follows:
(1) if to the Guarantor:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx X0X SJ9
Attention: President
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tory Xxxx XxxXxxxxxxx & Binnington
Aetna Tower-Suite 3000
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
(2) if to ERS:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Krugman Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Park 00 Xxxx - Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
Any notice so addressed and mailed shall be deemed to be given
when so mailed. Any notices addressed and otherwise delivered
shall be deemed to be given when actually received by the
addressee. Any of the above addresses may be changed at any time
by notice given as provided above; provided, however, that any
such notice of change of address shall be effective only upon
receipt.
SECTION 9. Survival of Agreement. Each representation,
warranty, covenant and agreement of the herein contained, or
contained in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto, shall
survive the making by ERS of all advances under the Joint
Distribution Agreement and the execution and delivery to ERS of
the Note, notwithstanding any investigation at any time made by or
on behalf of any party, and shall continue in full force and
effect so long as any Obligation is outstanding and unpaid.
SECTION 10. Taxes.
(a) All payments to ERS hereunder shall be made free
and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any and all
taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and
all related liabilities (all such taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being referred
to as "Taxes") imposed by any jurisdiction (or any political
subdivision or taxing authority of it), unless such Taxes are
required by applicable law to be deducted or withheld. If
Telepanel shall be required by applicable law to deduct or
withhold any such Taxes from or in respect of any amount payable
hereunder, (i) the amount payable shall be increased (and for
greater certainty, in the case of interest, the amount of interest
shall be increased) as may be necessary so that after making all
required deductions or withholdings (including deductions or
withholdings applicable to any additional amounts paid under this
Section 10), ERS receives an amount equal to the amount it would
have received if no such deduction or withholding had been made,
(ii) Telepanel shall make such deductions or withholdings, and
(iii) Telepanel shall immediately pay the full amount deducted or
withheld to the relevant governmental entity in accordance with
applicable law.
(b) Telepanel agrees to immediately pay any present or
future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property
taxes, charges, financial institutions duties, debits, taxes or
similar levies (all such taxes, charges, duties and levies being
referred to as "Other Taxes") which arise from any payment made by
Telepanel hereunder or from the execution, delivery or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Guarantee, the
Note or any security granted pursuant hereto.
(c) Telepanel shall indemnify ERS for the full amount
of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes
or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable by
Telepanel under this Section 10) paid by ERS and any liability
(including penalties, interest and expenses) arising from or with
respect to such Taxes or Other Taxes, whether or not they were
correctly or legally asserted, excluding, in the case of ERS,
taxes imposed on its net income or capital taxes or receipts and
franchise taxes. Payment under this indemnification shall be made
within 30 days from the date ERS makes written demand for it. A
certificate as to the amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes
submitted to Telepanel by ERS shall be conclusive evidence, absent
manifest error, of the amount due from Telepanel to ERS.
(d) Telepanel shall furnish to ERS the original or a
certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment of Taxes or Other
Taxes made by Telepanel within 30 days after the date of any
payment of Taxes or Other Taxes.
(e) The provisions of this Section 10 shall survive the
termination of this Guarantee.
SECTION 11. Judgment Currency.
(a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any
court it is necessary to convert all or any part of any amount due
to ERS in respect of Telepanel's obligations under this Guarantee
in any currency (the "Original Currency") into another currency
(the "Other Currency"), Telepanel, to the fullest extent that it
may effectively do so, agrees that the rate of exchange used shall
be that at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures,
ERS could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency
on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is paid
or satisfied.
(b) The obligations of Telepanel in respect of any sum
due in the Original Currency from it to ERS shall, notwithstanding
any judgment in any Other Currency, be discharged only to the
extent that on the business day following receipt by ERS of any
sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency ERS, in
accordance with its normal banking procedures, purchases the
Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the
Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due
to ERS in the Original Currency, Telepanel agrees, as a separate
obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify ERS
against such loss.
SECTION 12. Entire Agreement. This Guarantee contains the
entire agreement with respect to the transactions contemplated
hereby, and supersedes all prior understandings, arrangements and
agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 13. Benefit of Agreement. This Guarantee shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and
their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 14. Governing Law. This Guarantee shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Connecticut applicable in the case of agreements made and to be
performed entirely within such State.
SECTION 15. Captions. The captions appearing herein are for
the convenience of the parties only and shall not be construed to
affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 16. Severability. In the event that one or more of
the provisions of this Guarantee shall for any reason be held to
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any
other provisions of this Guarantee, but this Guarantee shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
and never been contained herein.
SECTION 17. Collateral. This Guarantee is secured by the
terms and provisions of a Security Agreement between ERS and the
Guarantor dated the date hereof and is entitled to the benefits
thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guarantee
to be duly executed, as indicated below by its duly authorized
officer, all as of the day and year first-above written.
TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC.
By
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ACCEPTED:
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
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EXHIBIT H-1
SECURITY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of , 1998, by and between
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC., a corporation duly incorporated
and validly existing under the laws of Ontario (hereinafter
referred to as the "Joint Venture"), and the undersigned
ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware
(hereinafter referred to as "ERS").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, under the terms and conditions of a Joint
Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 (hereinafter
referred to as the "Joint Distribution Agreement") between
Telepanel Systems Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "Telepanel")
and ERS, and a Guaranteed Secured Promissory Note dated February
3, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the "Note") executed by the
Joint Venture to ERS, ERS is obligated to make certain Working
Capital Advances (as defined in the Joint Distribution Agreement)
to the Joint Venture in the aggregate principal amount of up to
U.S.$2,000,000, with payment of the Note and any other obligations
of the Joint Venture to ERS to be guaranteed and secured as
provided for in the Joint Distribution Agreement and the Note;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
1. Collateral. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Collateral" shall mean all of the Joint Venture's undertaking and
business and all its property and assets and rights for the time
being, both present and future, of whatsoever nature and kind and
wheresoever situate, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, all of its present and future goodwill, franchises,
privileges, benefits, immunities, rents, revenues, incomes,
moneys, contracts, book debts, accounts receivable, negotiable and
non-negotiable instruments, judgments, securities, choses in
action, inventories and all other property and things of value of
every kind and nature, tangible and intangible, legal or
equitable, of which it may be possessed or to which it may be
entitled or that may in the future be acquired by it.
2. Creation of Security Interest. As an inducement to ERS
to make the Working Capital Advances, and to secure prompt
payment, performance and discharge in full of all of the Joint
Venture's obligations (hereinafter referred to as the
"Obligations") on the part of the Joint Venture to be paid or
performed under the Note and as contemplated under the Joint
Distribution Agreement, the Joint Venture hereby unconditionally
and irrevocably grants to ERS a continuing security interest in,
and lien upon and a right of set-off against and a mortgage and
charge over all of the Collateral. The foregoing security interest
shall constitute a first priority lien upon all of the Collateral,
except that such lien shall be subordinate in right to the rights
in such Collateral existing on the date hereof held by The
Toronto-Dominion Bank (hereinafter referred to "T-D").
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing security interest
shall not extend to consumer goods, nor extend or apply to the
last day of the term of any lease or sublease or any agreement for
a lease or sublease now held or hereafter acquired by the Joint
Venture in respect of real property, but the Joint Venture shall
stand possessed of any such last day upon trust to assign and
dispose of it as ERS may direct. Without limiting any rights of
ERS under the Joint Distribution Agreement hereunder, the parties
acknowledge, as a matter of clarity, that prior to any payment
becoming due under the Note and remaining unpaid Telepanel may at
any time, without the consent of ERS: (a) sell, assign, transfer,
exchange, lease, consign or otherwise dispose of inventory in the
ordinary course of its business; (b) sell or otherwise dispose of
such part of its equipment which is no longer necessary or useful
in connection with its business or which has become worn out or
obsolete or unsuitable for the purpose for which it was intended;
and (c) subject to Section 5 of this Agreement, collect accounts
receivable in the ordinary course of its business. Upon the
payment, performance and discharge in full of all Obligations, the
security interest granted herein shall expire.
3. Financing Statements. The right is expressly granted to
ERS, in its sole discretion, to file one or more financing
statements without the signature of the Joint Venture under
applicable provisions in law, as enacted in any jurisdiction in
which perfection of the security interest granted to ERS hereunder
is required, naming the Joint Venture as debtor and ERS as secured
party and indicating therein the items to be secured, or any of
them, herein specified, and such other documentation shall be
required by ERS so as to perfect the security interest granted to
ERS hereunder pursuant to the laws of any jurisdiction in which
such perfection is required. The Joint Venture will, upon request
by ERS, execute such financing statements and other notices,
affidavits or other documents as ERS may deem necessary to protect
its security interest granted under Section 1 hereof. Without the
prior written consent of ERS, the Joint Venture will not file or
authorize or permit to be filed in any jurisdiction any such
financing or like statement, with respect to the Collateral in
which ERS is not named as the sole secured party or grant or
permit the placing upon the Collateral of any lien other than that
granted hereby except as expressly provided in this Agreement. All
filing costs under this Section 3 shall be borne by the Joint
Venture.
4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. The Joint
Venture hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants with, ERS
that:
(a) The Joint Venture (i) has, and shall have at all
times hereafter until all of the Obligations shall have been paid
in full, good and marketable title to the Collateral, (ii) owns,
and shall own at all times hereafter until all of the Obligations
shall have been paid in full, the Collateral free and clear of all
liens, charges, encumbrances, taxes and assessments of any kind or
nature whatsoever, (other than the lien of T-D and other than
liens subordinated to the rights of ERS hereunder) and (iii)
acknowledges that: (w) value has been given, (x) it has rights in
the Collateral (other than after-acquired Collateral), (y) it has
not agreed to postpone the time of attachment of the security
interest granted herein, and (z) it has received a duplicate
original copy of this security agreement. The Joint Venture shall
preserve the Collateral and abstain from and not permit the
commission of waste with regard thereto. The Joint Venture shall
at all times maintain the liens and security interests provided
for hereunder as valid and perfected first liens and security
interests in the Collateral (subordinate, however to the lien of
T-D), and each item thereof, hereby granted to ERS, and shall
safeguard and protect the Collateral, and all items thereof, for
the account of ERS.
(b) The Joint Venture shall comply in all material
respects with all applicable national, provincial, county,
municipal and other laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations now
in force or hereafter enacted with respect to the ownership or use
of the Collateral.
(c) All inventory included in the Collateral and
certified by Telepanel to ERS under clause (x) of Paragraph (d)(i)
of Article IV of the Joint Distribution Agreement is and shall
conform to the requirements under paragraph (d) of Article IV of
the Joint Distribution Agreement of inventory certified by
Telepanel pursuant to said clause (x). Each account receivable
included in the Collateral and certified by Telepanel to ERS under
clause (y) of Paragraph (d)(i) of Article IV of the Joint
Distribution Agreement is and shall conform to the requirements
under paragraph (d) of Article IV of the Joint Distribution
Agreement of receivables certified by Telepanel pursuant to said
clause (y), and be evidenced by such invoices, shipping documents,
or other instruments ordinarily used in the trade as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to ERS; each such account receivable is
and shall be a valid and legally binding obligation of the account
debtor, not subject to credit, allowance, offset, defense,
counterclaim or adjustment by the account debtor, except discounts
allowed for prompt payment or credits or allowances in the
ordinary course of business; and all representations made by the
Joint Venture to ERS with reference to the description, content or
valuation of any or all such items is and shall be true and
correct.
(d) The Joint Venture shall from time to time execute
and deliver to ERS, in such form and manner required by ERS, such
confirmatory schedules of accounts receivable included in the
Collateral, and other appropriate reports designating, identifying
and describing the Collateral. The Joint Venture shall furnish ERS
with schedules of agings of such accounts receivable in such form
and at such intervals as ERS may from time to time specify. In
addition, the Joint Venture shall provide to ERS copies of
agreements with, or purchase orders from the Joint Venture's
customers and copies of invoices to customers, proof of shipment
or delivery and such other documentation and information relating
to such accounts receivable as ERS may require.
(e) The Joint Venture shall defend the Collateral
against all claims and demands of all other persons at any time
claiming the same or an interest therein and shall pay promptly
when due all taxes and assessments upon the Collateral. At its op-
tion, ERS may discharge any or all taxes, liens or other
encumbrances at any time levied against or placed on the
Collateral, all of which amounts shall become part of the
Obligations. The Joint Venture shall not compromise, discharge,
extend the time for payment or otherwise grant any indulgence or
allowance with respect to any account receivable included in the
Collateral without the prior written consent of ERS, which consent
shall not unreasonably be withheld.
(f) The Joint Venture shall maintain insurance coverage
in accordance with good business practice against loss or damage
to the Collateral by fire and other hazards, with such insurance
carriers as are reasonably satisfactory to ERS. In the event of
loss or damage in any material respect to such Collateral as shall
constitute tangible property, the Joint Venture shall give
immediate written notice thereof to ERS. In such events, the Joint
Venture shall promptly adjust or compromise any loss claims under
the insurance and replace such Collateral or apply the proceeds to
the outstanding Obligations to ERS. If the Joint Venture fails to
promptly adjust or compromise any loss claims under the insurance,
ERS shall have the right at its election, to adjust or compromise
any such loss claims under such insurance.
(g) The Joint Venture shall at all times keep accurate
and complete books and records of the Collateral in such detail,
form and scope as ERS shall reasonably require, and shall maintain
the same at its principal place of business. Such books and
records shall be maintained in accordance with recognized, good
accounting principles and practices and in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to ERS. ERS, or any of its agents shall have the
right to call at the Joint Venture's place or places of business
upon reasonable prior notice and at intervals to be determined by
ERS, and without hindrance or delay, to inspect, audit, make
verifications (including those with account debtors) and otherwise
check and make extracts from such books and records (including,
without limitation, orders, receipts, correspondence and other
data) relating to the Collateral or to any other transactions be-
tween the parties hereto. If requested by ERS, the Joint Venture
shall xxxx its records concerning accounts receivable included in
the Collateral in a manner satisfactory to ERS to show the
latter's security interest therein.
(h) The Joint Venture's complete legal name is as first
set forth above, and the Joint Venture does not utilize or do
business under any tradename. The Joint Venture sole place of
business, and the location of its records of the Collateral, is as
set forth hereinafter. The Joint Venture shall not without at
least 30 days prior written notice to ERS change its principal
place of business, change the location of its records of the
Collateral, nor open any new places of business or close any
existing places of business, or change its name or any tradename,
or locate inventory or other Collateral outside of its principal
place of business, in any such case which would require the filing
of an additional financing statement or statements, or other
documentation, then or at any time in the future required to
preserve the security interest of ERS in any items of the
Collateral.
5. Action of the Joint Venture. Should any covenant, duty,
or agreement of the Joint Venture fail to be performed in
accordance with its terms hereunder, ERS may perform or attempt to
perform such covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of the Joint
Venture and any amount expended by ERS in such performance or
attempted performance together with interest thereon at the rate
then provided for in the Note, shall become a part of the
Obligations secured by this Agreement, and, at the request of ERS,
the Joint Venture covenants and agrees to promptly pay such amount
to ERS; provided, that ERS does not assume and shall never have
any liability for the performance of any duties of the Joint
Venture under or in connection with the Collateral, or any part
thereof, or under any transaction, agreement, or contract out of
which the Collateral, or any part thereof, may arise. Without
limiting any provision contained in the Joint Distribution
Agreement, in the event any payment becomes due under the Note and
remains unpaid, if requested by ERS the Joint Venture shall
forthwith notify all of its account debtors that its accounts
receivable have been assigned to and shall be payable to ERS, and
shall indicate on all xxxxxxxx therefor that all payments thereon
shall be made directly to ERS. Without limiting any provisions
contained in the Joint Distribution Agreement, ERS may, at any
time upon, in the event any payment becomes due under the Note and
remains unpaid, and at any time thereafter, in its own name or in
the name of the Joint Venture: (i) notify any and all account
debtors that the Joint Venture's accounts receivable have been
assigned to ERS and that any payment on account thereof shall be
made directly to ERS; (ii) collect, compromise, endorse, sell,
assign, discharge, or extend the time for payment of, any such
account; (iii) institute legal action for the collection of any
such account, and (iv) do all acts and things incidental thereto,
all of which are hereby approved by the Joint Venture. Regardless
of any other provision hereof, however, ERS shall never be liable
for its failure to collect, or for its failure to exercise
diligence in the collection of any proceeds of an account
receivable, nor shall it be under any duty whatsoever to anyone
except to account for the funds that it shall actually receive
hereunder.
6. Default. ERS shall have all the rights and remedies of
a secured party under the Personal Property Security Act
(hereinafter referred to as the "PPSA") as in effect in the
Province of Ontario (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction
where the rights and remedies are asserted) and/or any other
applicable law as to the Collateral, or any part thereof, of any
other jurisdiction as to the Collateral, or any part thereof,
therein located (whether or not such other law applies to the
affected Collateral) and shall further have, in addition to all
other rights and remedies provided herein, by the Note or by law,
the following rights and powers in the event any payment becomes
due under the Note and remains unpaid;
(i) ERS is authorized to take possession of the
Collateral, and any and all items thereof, and, for that
purpose, may enter, with the aid and assistance of any person
or persons, any premises where records related to the
Collateral, or any part thereof, are, or may be, placed and
remove the same;
(ii) At ERS' request, the Joint Venture shall
assemble the records related to the Collateral and make it
available to ERS at places which ERS shall select, whether at
Telepanel's premises or elsewhere;
(iii) ERS' obligation, if any, to make additional
Working Capital Advances to the Joint Venture shall
immediately terminate.
(iv) ERS shall have the right from time to time to
(A) sell, resell, assign and deliver all or any part of the
Collateral for cash, for credit or for other property, for
immediate or future delivery, and for such price or prices as
ERS shall determine, (B) adjourn any such sale or cause the
same to be adjourned from time to time to a subsequent time
and place announced at the time and place fixed for the sale,
and (C) carry out any agreement to sell the Collateral, or
any part thereof, in accordance with the terms of such
agreement, notwithstanding the fact that after ERS shall have
entered into such an agreement the Note and other Obligations
due may have been paid in full;
(v) Upon each such sale, ERS may, unless
prohibited by applicable statute which cannot be waived, bid
for and purchase all or any part of the Collateral being
sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right
of redemption and equities of the Joint Venture, which are
hereby waived and released;
(vi) The proceeds of any such sale or other
disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, shall be
applied, first, to the expenses of retaking, holding,
processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like, and
to the reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses incurred
by ERS, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations, and to
the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law,
after which ERS shall account to the Joint Venture for any
surplus proceeds. If, upon the sale or other disposition of
the Obligations, or any part thereof, the proceeds thereof
are insufficient to pay all amounts to which ERS is legally
entitled, the Joint Venture will be liable for the
deficiency, together with interest thereon, at the rate
prescribed in the Note, and the fees of any attorneys
employed by ERS to collect such deficiency. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, the Joint Venture waives all
claims, damages, and demands against ERS arising out of the
repossession, removal, retention or sale of the Collateral,
or any part thereof.
7. ERS as Attorney-in-Fact. Without limiting any provision
contained in the Joint Distribution Agreement, the Joint Venture
hereby constitutes and appoints ERS, its successors and assigns,
the true and lawful attorney or attorneys of the Joint Venture,
with full power of substitution, for it and in its name and stead
or otherwise:
(a) to institute and prosecute from time to time,
any proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, that ERS, its
successors or assigns, may deem proper in order to assert or
enforce any claim, right or title of any kind in and to the
Collateral, or any part thereof, and to defend and compromise
any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect of the
Collateral, or any part thereof;
(b) to receive, take, endorse, sign, assign and
deliver any and all checks, notes, drafts, and other
documents or instruments relating to the Collateral, or any
part thereof;
(c) to transmit to account debtors notice of the
interest of ERS therein and to request from such customers at
any time, in the name of ERS or of the Joint Venture,
information concerning the Collateral, or any part thereof,
and the amounts owing thereon;
(d) in the event any payment becomes due under the
Note and remains unpaid, and thereafter, to notify account
debtors to make payment directly to ERS; and
(e) generally to do any and all such acts and
things in relation to the Collateral as ERS, its successors
or assigns, shall deem advisable, including, but not limited,
to, the execution of any and all financing statements and
instruments contemplated under Section 2 hereof.
The Joint Venture declares that the appointment hereby made and
the power hereby granted are coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable by the Joint Venture.
8. Appointment of Receiver and Manager. ERS may appoint in
writing any person, whether an employee or employees of ERS or
not, to be a receiver or a receiver and manager or institute
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver (hereinafter referred to as the
"Receiver") of the Collateral or any part or parts thereof. A
Receiver so appointed shall have power or ERS may institute
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction: (a) to take
possession of, collect and get in the Collateral or any part
thereof and for that purpose to take any proceedings in the name
of the Joint Venture or otherwise; (b) to carry on or concur in
carrying on the business of the Joint Venture and for that purpose
to raise money on the Collateral in priority to this Agreement or
otherwise; (c) to sell or concur in selling any of the Collateral;
and (d) to make any arrangement or compromise which the Receiver
shall think expedient in the interest of ERS. Any Receiver so
appointed shall be deemed to be the agent of the Joint Venture,
and the Joint Venture shall be solely responsible for the
Receiver's acts or defaults and for the Receiver's remuneration
and expenses and ERS shall not be in any way responsible for any
misconduct or negligence on the part of the Receiver. All moneys
received by the Receiver after providing for payment of all costs,
charges and expenses of or incidental to the exercise of any of
the powers of the Receiver shall be applied in or towards
satisfaction of the Obligations. The rights and powers conferred
by this paragraph are in supplement of and not in substitution for
any rights ERS may have from time to time.
9. Dealings by Third Parties.
(a) No person dealing with ERS or an agent or Receiver
shall be required to determine (i) whether the security interest
granted herein has become enforceable, (ii) whether the powers
which such person is purporting to exercise have become
exercisable, (iii) whether any money remains due to ERS by the
Joint Venture, (iv) the necessity or expediency of the
stipulations and conditions subject to which any sale or lease is
made, (v) the proprietary or regularity of any sale or other
dealing by ERS with the Collateral, or (vi) how any money paid to
the Lender has been applied.
(b) Any purchaser of all or any part of the Collateral
from ERS or a Receiver or agent shall hold the Collateral
absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatever kind,
including any equity of redemption, of the Joint Venture, which it
specifically waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) as
against any such purchaser together with all rights of redemption,
stay or appraisal which the Joint Venture has or may have under
any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter adopted.
10. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate when
all payments under the Note have been made in full and all other
Obligations have been paid or discharged, and no further Working
Capital Advances may be made under the Joint Distribution
Agreement. Upon such termination, ERS, at the request of the Joint
Venture, will join in executing any termination statement with
respect to any financing statement executed and filed pursuant to
Section 2 of this Agreement.
11. Modification of Agreement. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of, nor any consent required by, this
Agreement, nor any consent to any departure by the Joint Venture
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by ERS and then such modification,
amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose which given. No notice to or
demand on the Joint Venture in any case shall entitle the Joint
Venture to any other or further notice or demand in the same,
similar or other circumstances.
12. Remedies Cumulative. etc. No right, power or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to ERS is intended to be
exclusive of any other right, power or remedy or remedies, and
each and every right, power and remedy of ERS pursuant to this
Agreement or the Guaranty, the Note or the Joint Distribution
Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by
statute or otherwise shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other
right, power or remedy pursuant to this Agreement, or the
Guaranty, the Note or the Joint Distribution Agreement now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise,
and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by ERS of any one or
more of such rights, powers or remedies shall not preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise by ERS of any or all such other
rights, powers or remedies.
13. No Waiver, etc. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
no failure or delay by ERS to insist upon the strict performance
of any term, condition, covenant or agreement of this Agreement or
of the Note or to exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder or
thereunder or consequent upon a breach hereof or thereof, shall
constitute a waiver of any such term, condition covenant,
agreement, right, power or remedy or of any such breach, or
preclude ERS from exercising any such right, power or remedy at
any later time or times.
14. Notices. All notices, requests or instructions
hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by telecopy (or
like transmission), as follows:
(1) if to the Joint Venture:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: President
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tory Xxxx XxxXxxxxxxx & Binnington
Aetna Tower-Suite 3000
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
(2) if to ERS:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Krugman Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Park 00 Xxxx - Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
Any notice so addressed and mailed shall be deemed to be given
when so mailed. Any notices addressed and otherwise delivered
shall be deemed to be given when actually received by the
addressee. Any of the above addresses and telecopy numbers may be
changed at any time by notice given as provided above; provided,
however, that any such notice of change of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.
15. Survival of Agreement. Each representation, warranty,
covenant and agreement of the herein contained, shall survive the
making by ERS of all Working Capital Advances and the execution
and delivery to ERS of the Note, notwithstanding any investigation
at any time made by or on behalf of any party, and shall continue
in full force and effect so long as any Obligation is outstanding
and unpaid.
16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
and supersedes all prior understandings, arrangements and
agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario
applicable in the case of agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such jurisdiction.
19. Captions. The captions appearing herein are for the
convenience of the parties only and shall not be construed to
affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.
20. Severability. In the event that one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
and never been contained herein. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, if and to the extent that any provision hereof
shall conflict with any mandatory provision of the PPSA
(including, without limitation, an exclusion or purported
exclusion of a duty or onus imposed by the PPSA or a limitation or
purported limitation of the liability of or the amount of damages
recoverable from a person who has failed to discharge a duty or
obligation imposed by the PPSA), such provision of the PPSA shall
govern.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which shall constitute one agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
TELEPANEL/ERS JOINT VENTURE, INC.
By
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ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
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EXHIBIT H-2
SECURITY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT dated as of , 1998, by and between
TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC., a corporation duly incorporated and
validly existing under the laws of Canada (hereinafter referred to
as "Telepanel"), and the undersigned ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC., a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as
"ERS").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, under the terms and conditions of a Joint
Distribution Agreement dated February 3, 1998 (hereinafter
referred to as the "Joint Distribution Agreement") between
Telepanel and ERS, and a Guaranteed Secured Promissory Note dated
February 3, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the "Note") executed
by Telepanel/ERS Joint Venture, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as
the "Joint Venture") to ERS, ERS is obligated to make certain
Working Capital Advances (as defined in the Joint Distribution
Agreement) to the Joint Venture in the aggregate principal amount
of up to U.S.$2,000,000, with payment of the Note and any other
obligations of the Joint Venture to ERS to be guaranteed and
secured as provided for in the Joint Distribution Agreement and
the Note;
WHEREAS, Telepanel has executed and delivered to ERS its
Unlimited Guaranty dated , 1998 (hereinafter referred to
as the "Guaranty") and has agreed to execute and deliver to ERS
this Security Agreement, granting ERS a lien on and security
interest in the Collateral herein described to secure Telepanel's
payment and discharge of all of its obligations under the
Guaranty;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
1. Collateral. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Collateral" shall mean all of Telepanel's undertaking and
business and all its property and assets and rights for the time
being, both present and future, of whatsoever nature and kind and
wheresoever situate, including, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, all of its present and future goodwill, franchises,
privileges, benefits, immunities, rents, revenues, incomes,
moneys, contracts, book debts, accounts receivable, negotiable and
non-negotiable instruments, judgments, securities, choses in
action, inventories and all other property and things of value of
every kind and nature, tangible and intangible, legal or
equitable, of which it may be possessed or to which it may be
entitled or that may in the future be acquired by it.
2. Creation of Security Interest. As an inducement to ERS
to make the Working Capital Advances, and to secure prompt
payment, performance and discharge in full of all of Telepanel's
obligations (hereinafter referred to as the "Obligations") on the
part of Telepanel to be paid or performed under the Guaranty,
Telepanel hereby unconditionally and irrevocably grants to ERS a
continuing security interest in, and lien upon and a right of set-
off against and a mortgage and charge over all of the Collateral.
The foregoing security interest shall constitute a first priority
lien upon all of the Collateral, except that such lien shall be
subordinate in right to the rights in such Collateral existing on
the date hereof held by The Toronto-Dominion Bank (hereinafter
referred to "T-D"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the foregoing
security interest shall not extend to consumer goods, nor extend
or apply to the last day of the term of any lease or sublease or
any agreement for a lease or sublease now held or hereafter
acquired by Telepanel in respect of real property, but Telepanel
shall stand possessed of any such last day upon trust to assign
and dispose of it as ERS may direct. Without limiting any rights
of ERS under the Joint Distribution Agreement hereunder, the
parties acknowledge, as a matter of clarity, that prior to any
payment becoming due under the Note and remaining unpaid Telepanel
may at any time, without the consent of ERS: (a) sell, assign,
transfer, exchange, lease, consign or otherwise dispose of
inventory in the ordinary course of its business; (b) sell or
otherwise dispose of such part of its equipment which is no longer
necessary or useful in connection with its business or which has
become worn out or obsolete or unsuitable for the purpose for
which it was intended; and (c) subject to Section 5 of this
Agreement, collect accounts receivable in the ordinary course of
its business. Upon the payment, performance and discharge in full
of all Obligations, the security interest granted herein shall
expire.
3. Financing Statements. The right is expressly granted to
ERS, in its sole discretion, to file one or more financing
statements without the signature of Telepanel under applicable
provisions in law, as enacted in any jurisdiction in which
perfection of the security interest granted to ERS hereunder is
required, naming Telepanel as debtor and ERS as secured party and
indicating therein the items to be secured, or any of them, herein
specified, and such other documentation shall be required by ERS
so as to perfect the security interest granted to ERS hereunder
pursuant to the laws of any jurisdiction in which such perfection
is required. Telepanel will, upon request by ERS, execute such
financing statements and other notices, affidavits or other
documents as ERS may deem necessary to protect its security
interest granted under Section 1 hereof. Without the prior written
consent of ERS, Telepanel will not file or authorize or permit to
be filed in any jurisdiction any such financing or like statement,
with respect to the Collateral in which ERS is not named as the
sole secured party or grant or permit the placing upon the
Collateral of any lien other than that granted hereby except as
expressly provided in this Agreement. All filing costs under this
Section 3 shall be borne by Telepanel.
4. Representations, Warranties and Covenants. In addition
to all representations and warranties contained in or incorporated
by reference to the Guaranty and/or the Joint Distribution
Agreement, Telepanel hereby represents and warrants to, and
covenants with, ERS that:
(a) Telepanel (i) has, and shall have at all times
hereafter until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in
full, good and marketable title to the Collateral, (ii) owns, and
shall own at all times hereafter until all of the Obligations
shall have been paid in full, the Collateral free and clear of all
liens, charges, encumbrances, taxes and assessments of any kind or
nature whatsoever (other than the lien of T-D and other than liens
subordinated to the rights of ERS hereunder), and (iii)
acknowledges that: (w) value has been given, (x) it has rights in
the Collateral (other than after-acquired Collateral), (y) it has
not agreed to postpone the time of attachment of the security
interest granted herein, and (z) it has received a duplicate
original copy of this security agreement. Telepanel shall
preserve the Collateral and abstain from and not permit the
commission of waste with regard thereto. Telepanel shall at all
times maintain the liens and security interests provided for
hereunder as valid and perfected first liens and security
interests in the Collateral (subordinate, however to the lien of
T-D), and each item thereof, hereby granted to ERS, and shall
safeguard and protect the Collateral, and all items thereof, for
the account of ERS.
(b) Telepanel shall comply in all material respects
with all applicable national, provincial, county, municipal and
other laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations now in force or
hereafter enacted with respect to the ownership or use of the
Collateral.
(c) All inventory included in the Collateral and
certified by Telepanel to ERS under clause (x) of Paragraph (d)(i)
of Article IV of the Joint Distribution Agreement is and shall
conform to the requirements under paragraph (d) of Article IV of
the Joint Distribution Agreement of inventory certified by
Telepanel pursuant to said clause (x). Each account receivable
included in the Collateral and certified by Telepanel to ERS under
clause (y) of Paragraph (d)(i) of Article IV of the Joint
Distribution Agreement is and shall conform to the requirements
under paragraph (d) of Article IV of the Joint Distribution
Agreement of receivables certified by Telepanel pursuant to said
clause (y), and be evidenced by such invoices, shipping documents,
or other instruments ordinarily used in the trade as shall be
reasonably satisfactory to ERS; each such account receivable is
and shall be a valid and legally binding obligation of the account
debtor, not subject to credit, allowance, offset, defense,
counterclaim or adjustment by the account debtor, except discounts
allowed for prompt payment or credits or allowances in the
ordinary course of business; and all representations made by
Telepanel to ERS with reference to the description, content or
valuation of any or all such items is and shall be true and
correct.
(d) Telepanel shall from time to time execute and
deliver to ERS, in such form and manner required by ERS, such
confirmatory schedules of accounts receivable included in the
Collateral, and other appropriate reports designating, identifying
and describing the Collateral. Telepanel shall furnish ERS with
schedules of agings of such accounts receivable in such form and
at such intervals as ERS may from time to time specify. In
addition, Telepanel shall provide to ERS copies of agreements
with, or purchase orders from Telepanel's customers and copies of
invoices to customers, proof of shipment or delivery and such
other documentation and information relating to such accounts
receivable as ERS may require.
(e) Telepanel shall defend the Collateral against all
claims and demands of all other persons at any time claiming the
same or an interest therein and shall pay promptly when due all
taxes and assessments upon the Collateral. At its option, ERS may
discharge any or all taxes, liens or other encumbrances at any
time levied against or placed on the Collateral, all of which
amounts shall become part of the Obligations. Telepanel shall not
compromise, discharge, extend the time for payment or otherwise
grant any indulgence or allowance with respect to any account
receivable included in the Collateral without the prior written
consent of ERS, which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld.
(f) Telepanel shall maintain insurance coverage in
accordance with good business practice against loss or damage to
the Collateral by fire and other hazards, with such insurance
carriers as are reasonably satisfactory to ERS. In the event of
loss or damage in any material respect to such Collateral as shall
constitute tangible property, Telepanel shall give immediate
written notice thereof to ERS. In such events, Telepanel shall
promptly adjust or compromise any loss claims under the insurance
and replace such Collateral or apply the proceeds to the
outstanding Obligations to ERS. If Telepanel fails to promptly
adjust or compromise any loss claims under the insurance, ERS
shall have the right at its election, to adjust or compromise any
such loss claims under such insurance.
(g) Telepanel shall at all times keep accurate and
complete books and records of the Collateral in such detail, form
and scope as ERS shall reasonably require, and shall maintain the
same at its principal place of business. Such books and records
shall be maintained in accordance with recognized, good accounting
principles and practices and in a manner reasonably satisfactory
to ERS. ERS, or any of its agents shall have the right to call at
Telepanel's place or places of business upon reasonable prior
notice and at intervals to be determined by ERS, and without
hindrance or delay, to inspect, audit, make verifications
(including those with account debtors) and otherwise check and
make extracts from such books and records (including, without
limitation, orders, receipts, correspondence and other data)
relating to the Collateral or to any other transactions between
the parties hereto. If requested by ERS, Telepanel shall xxxx its
records concerning accounts receivable included in the Collateral
in a manner satisfactory to ERS to show the latter's security
interest therein.
(h) Telepanel's complete legal name is as first set
forth above, and Telepanel does not utilize or do business under
any tradename. Telepanel sole place of business, and the location
of its records of the Collateral, is as set forth hereinafter.
Telepanel shall not without at least 30 days prior written notice
to ERS change its principal place of business, change the location
of its records of the Collateral, nor open any new places of
business or close any existing places of business, or change its
name or any tradename, or locate inventory or other Collateral
outside of its principal place of business, in any such case which
would require the filing of an additional financing statement or
statements, or other documentation, then or at any time in the
future required to preserve the security interest of ERS in any
items of the Collateral.
5. Action of Telepanel. Should any covenant, duty, or
agreement of Telepanel fail to be performed in accordance with its
terms hereunder, ERS may perform or attempt to perform such
covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of Telepanel and any amount
expended by ERS in such performance or attempted performance
together with interest thereon at the rate then provided for in
the Note, shall become a part of the Obligations secured by this
Agreement, and, at the request of ERS, Telepanel covenants and
agrees to promptly pay such amount to ERS; provided, that ERS does
not assume and shall never have any liability for the performance
of any duties of Telepanel under or in connection with the
Collateral, or any part thereof, or under any transaction,
agreement, or contract out of which the Collateral, or any part
thereof, may arise. Without limiting any provision contained in
the Joint Distribution Agreement, in the event any payment becomes
due under the Guaranty, if requested by ERS Telepanel shall
forthwith notify all of its account debtors that its accounts
receivable have been assigned to and shall be payable to ERS, and
shall indicate on all xxxxxxxx therefor that all payments thereon
shall be made directly to ERS. Without limiting any provisions
contained in the Joint Distribution Agreement, ERS may, at any
time upon, in the event any payment becomes due under the
Guaranty, and at any time thereafter, in its own name or in the
name of Telepanel: (i) notify any and all account debtors that
Telepanel's accounts receivable have been assigned to ERS and that
any payment on account thereof shall be made directly to ERS; (ii)
collect, compromise, endorse, sell, assign, discharge, or extend
the time for payment of, any such account; (iii) institute legal
action for the collection of any such account, and (iv) do all
acts and things incidental thereto, all of which are hereby
approved by Telepanel. Regardless of any other provision hereof,
however, ERS shall never be liable for its failure to collect, or
for its failure to exercise diligence in the collection of any
proceeds of an account receivable, nor shall it be under any duty
whatsoever to anyone except to account for the funds that it shall
actually receive hereunder.
6. Default. ERS shall have all the rights and remedies of
a secured party under the Personal Property Security Act
(hereinafter referred to as the "PPSA") as in effect in the
Province of Ontario (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction
where the rights and remedies are asserted) and/or any other
applicable law as to the Collateral, or any part thereof, of any
other jurisdiction as to the Collateral, or any part thereof,
therein located (whether or not such other law applies to the
affected Collateral) and shall further have, in addition to all
other rights and remedies provided herein, by the Guaranty or by
law, the following rights and powers in the event any payment
becomes due under the Guaranty:
(i) ERS is authorized to take possession of the
Collateral, and any and all items thereof, and, for that
purpose, may enter, with the aid and assistance of any person
or persons, any premises where records related to the
Collateral, or any part thereof, are, or may be, placed and
remove the same;
(ii) At ERS' request, Telepanel shall assemble the
records related to the Collateral and make it available to
ERS at places which ERS shall select, whether at Telepanel's
premises or elsewhere;
(iii) ERS' obligation, if any, to make additional
Working Capital Advances to the Joint Venture shall
immediately terminate.
(iv) ERS shall have the right from time to time to
(A) sell, resell, assign and deliver all or any part of the
Collateral for cash, for credit or for other property, for
immediate or future delivery, and for such price or prices as
ERS shall determine, (B) adjourn any such sale or cause the
same to be adjourned from time to time to a subsequent time
and place announced at the time and place fixed for the sale,
and (C) carry out any agreement to sell the Collateral, or
any part thereof, in accordance with the terms of such
agreement, notwithstanding the fact that after ERS shall have
entered into such an agreement the Guaranty and other
Obligations due may have been paid in full;
(v) Upon each such sale, ERS may, unless
prohibited by applicable statute which cannot be waived, bid
for and purchase all or any part of the Collateral being
sold, free from and discharged of all trusts, claims, right
of redemption and equities of Telepanel, which are hereby
waived and released;
(vi) The proceeds of any such sale or other
disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, shall be
applied, first, to the expenses of retaking, holding,
processing and preparing for sale, selling, and the like, and
to the reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses incurred
by ERS, and then to satisfaction of the Obligations, and to
the payment of any other amounts required by applicable law,
after which ERS shall account to Telepanel for any surplus
proceeds. If, upon the sale or other disposition of the
Obligations, or any part thereof, the proceeds thereof are
insufficient to pay all amounts to which ERS is legally
entitled, Telepanel will be liable for the deficiency,
together with interest thereon, at the rate prescribed in the
Note, and the fees of any attorneys employed by ERS to
collect such deficiency. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, Telepanel waives all claims, damages, and
demands against ERS arising out of the repossession, removal,
retention or sale of the Collateral, or any part thereof.
7. ERS as Attorney-in-Fact. Without limiting any provision
contained in the Joint Distribution Agreement, Telepanel hereby
constitutes and appoints ERS, its successors and assigns, the true
and lawful attorney or attorneys of Telepanel, with full power of
substitution, for it and in its name and stead or otherwise:
(a) to institute and prosecute from time to time,
any proceedings at law, in equity or otherwise, that ERS, its
successors or assigns, may deem proper in order to assert or
enforce any claim, right or title of any kind in and to the
Collateral, or any part thereof, and to defend and compromise
any and all actions, suits or proceedings in respect of the
Collateral, or any part thereof;
(b) to receive, take, endorse, sign, assign and
deliver any and all checks, notes, drafts, and other
documents or instruments relating to the Collateral, or any
part thereof;
(c) to transmit to account debtors notice of the
interest of ERS therein and to request from such customers at
any time, in the name of ERS or of Telepanel, information
concerning the Collateral, or any part thereof, and the
amounts owing thereon;
(d) in the event any payment becomes due under the
Guaranty, and thereafter, to notify account debtors to make
payment directly to ERS; and
(e) generally to do any and all such acts and
things in relation to the Collateral as ERS, its successors
or assigns, shall deem advisable, including, but not limited,
to, the execution of any and all financing statements and
instruments contemplated under Section 2 hereof.
Telepanel declares that the appointment hereby made and the power
hereby granted are coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable by Telepanel.
8. Appointment of Receiver and Manager. ERS may appoint in
writing any person, whether an employee or employees of ERS or
not, to be a receiver or a receiver and manager or institute
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver (hereinafter referred to as the
"Receiver") of the Collateral or any part or parts thereof. A
Receiver so appointed shall have power or ERS may institute
proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction: (a) to take
possession of, collect and get in the Collateral or any part
thereof and for that purpose to take any proceedings in the name
of Telepanel or otherwise; (b) to carry on or concur in carrying
on the business of Telepanel and for that purpose to raise money
on the Collateral in priority to this Agreement or otherwise; (c)
to sell or concur in selling any of the Collateral; and (d) to
make any arrangement or compromise which the Receiver shall think
expedient in the interest of ERS. Any Receiver so appointed shall
be deemed to be the agent of Telepanel, and Telepanel shall be
solely responsible for the Receiver's acts or defaults and for the
Receiver's remuneration and expenses and ERS shall not be in any
way responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of
the Receiver. All moneys received by the Receiver after providing
for payment of all costs, charges and expenses of or incidental to
the exercise of any of the powers of the Receiver shall be applied
in or towards satisfaction of the Obligations. The rights and
powers conferred by this paragraph are in supplement of and not in
substitution for any rights ERS may have from time to time.
9. Dealings by Third Parties.
(a) No person dealing with ERS or an agent or Receiver
shall be required to determine (i) whether the security interest
granted herein has become enforceable, (ii) whether the powers
which such person is purporting to exercise have become
exercisable, (iii) whether any money remains due to ERS by
Telepanel, (iv) the necessity or expediency of the stipulations
and conditions subject to which any sale or lease is made, (v) the
proprietary or regularity of any sale or other dealing by ERS with
the Collateral, or (vi) how any money paid to the Lender has been
applied.
(b) Any purchaser of all or any part of the Collateral
from ERS or a Receiver or agent shall hold the Collateral
absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatever kind,
including any equity of redemption, of Telepanel, which it
specifically waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) as
against any such purchaser together with all rights of redemption,
stay or appraisal which Telepanel has or may have under any rule
of law or statute now existing or hereafter adopted.
10. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate when
all payments under the Note and the Guaranty have been made in
full and all other Obligations have been paid or discharged, and
no further Working Capital Advances may be made under the Joint
Distribution Agreement. Upon such termination, ERS, at the request
of Telepanel, will join in executing any termination statement
with respect to any financing statement executed and filed
pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement.
11. Modification of Agreement. No modification, amendment or
waiver of any provision of, nor any consent required by, this
Agreement, nor any consent to any departure by Telepanel
therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall
be in writing and signed by ERS and then such modification,
amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the purpose which given. No notice to or
demand on Telepanel in any case shall entitle Telepanel to any
other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
12. Remedies Cumulative. etc. No right, power or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to ERS is intended to be
exclusive of any other right, power or remedy or remedies, and
each and every right, power and remedy of ERS pursuant to this
Agreement or the Guaranty, the Note or the Joint Distribution
Agreement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by
statute or otherwise shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other
right, power or remedy pursuant to this Agreement, or the
Guaranty, the Note or the Joint Distribution Agreement now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise,
and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by ERS of any one or
more of such rights, powers or remedies shall not preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise by ERS of any or all such other
rights, powers or remedies.
13. No Waiver, etc. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
no failure or delay by ERS to insist upon the strict performance
of any term, condition, covenant or agreement of this Agreement or
of the Note or to exercise any right, power or remedy hereunder or
thereunder or consequent upon a breach hereof or thereof, shall
constitute a waiver of any such term, condition covenant,
agreement, right, power or remedy or of any such breach, or
preclude ERS from exercising any such right, power or remedy at
any later time or times.
14. Notices. All notices, requests or instructions
hereunder shall be in writing and delivered personally or sent by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, or by telecopy (or
like transmission), as follows:
(1) if to Telepanel:
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Attention: President
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Tory Xxxx XxxXxxxxxxx & Binnington
Aetna Tower-Suite 3000
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx X0X 0X0
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
(2) if to ERS:
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Chairman of the Board
Telecopy Number: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Krugman Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Park 00 Xxxx - Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000
Telecopy Number: 000-000-0000
Any notice so addressed and mailed shall be deemed to be given
when so mailed. Any notices addressed and otherwise delivered
shall be deemed to be given when actually received by the
addressee. Any of the above addresses and telecopy numbers may be
changed at any time by notice given as provided above; provided,
however, that any such notice of change of address shall be
effective only upon receipt.
15. Survival of Agreement. Each representation, warranty,
covenant and agreement of the herein contained, shall survive the
making by ERS of all Working Capital Advances and the execution
and delivery to ERS of the Note, notwithstanding any investigation
at any time made by or on behalf of any party, and shall continue
in full force and effect so long as any Obligation is outstanding
and unpaid.
16. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire
agreement with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
and supersedes all prior understandings, arrangements and
agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof.
17. Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.
18. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario
applicable in the case of agreements made and to be performed
entirely within such jurisdiction.
19. Captions. The captions appearing herein are for the
convenience of the parties only and shall not be construed to
affect the meaning of the provisions of this Agreement.
20. Severability. In the event that one or more of the
provisions of this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
and never been contained herein. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, if and to the extent that any provision hereof
shall conflict with any mandatory provision of the PPSA
(including, without limitation, an exclusion or purported
exclusion of a duty or onus imposed by the PPSA or a limitation or
purported limitation of the liability of or the amount of damages
recoverable from a person who has failed to discharge a duty or
obligation imposed by the PPSA), such provision of the PPSA shall
govern.
21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an
original, but all of which shall constitute one agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this
Agreement as of the date first above written.
TELEPANEL SYSTEMS INC.
By
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ELECTRONIC RETAILING SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By
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