AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
EXHIBIT
2.1
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
BY
AND AMONG
KIT
ACQUISITION CORPORATION,
THE
FEEDROOM, INC.,
THE
PARTICIPATING STOCKHOLDERS (AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE I)
AND
WITH RESPECT TO ARTICLE IX ONLY
NEWSPRING
VENTURES II, L.P.,
AS
STOCKHOLDER REPRESENTATIVE
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AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
Agreement and Plan of Merger (this "Agreement") is
entered into as of September 30, 2009 by and among KIT digital, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“KIT”), KIT
Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of
KIT (the “Merger
Sub”), The FeedRoom, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the
Participating Stockholders (as defined in Article I of this Agreement) and
(solely for purposes of Article IX), NewSpring Ventures II, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, as stockholder representative (in such capacity, the “Stockholder
Representative”).
RECITALS
A. The
Company, located in New York, New York, conducts a business offering online
video solutions for corporations, government agencies, and media companies;
services, such as broadband video distribution for Web, search engines, and
podcasting; broadband video encoding, management, and delivery; broadband video
application design and development; performance reporting; media advertising
services; subscription and registration tools; (the "Business") and the
Company owns certain assets used in the conduct and operation of the
Business.
B. The
Persons listed on Schedule 3.17 are the owners of all of
the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (each, a “Stockholder” and
collectively, the “Stockholders”).
C. Each
of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub, KIT and the Company have determined
that it is in the respective best interests of Merger Sub and the Company for
Merger Sub to acquire the Company through the merger of Merger Sub with and into
the Company upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, and
in furtherance hereof have approved the Merger.
D. Prior
to the date of this Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted and
approved and the Stockholders approved the Ninth Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Restated
Certificate”).
E. The
aggregate liquidation preferences of the Series F Preferred Stock (as defined in
Article I of this Agreement) as set forth in Section 3 of the Restated
Certificate exceed the Merger Consideration.
F. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in
Article I of this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants, representations,
warranties, and agreements contained in this Agreement and for other valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 “Affiliate” means, as
applied to any Person, (i) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common
control with such Person, (ii) any other Person that owns or controls 10% or
more of any class of equity securities (including equity securities issuable
upon the exercise of any option or convertible security) of that Person or any
of its Affiliates or (iii) any director, partner, officer, manager, agent,
employee or relative of such Person. For purposes of the definition
of Affiliate, "control" (including with correlative meanings, the terms
"controlling", "controlled by", and "under common control with") as applied to
any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct
or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether
through ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
1.2 “August Net Working
Capital” shall be the net working capital of the Company as of 11:59 pm
local time on August 31, 2009 which amount shall be calculated as the sum,
accumulated in the normal course of business, of (i) all cash, cash equivalents
(including certificates of deposits, money market account balances, bank account
balances and government backed investment grade securities), accounts
receivable, unbilled receivables, prepaid expenses, prepaid commissions, and
deposits (collectively, the "Balance Sheet
Assets"), minus
(ii) the sum of all accounts payable, accrued expenses, deferred revenue,
current portion of leases then accrued and payable, the Restructuring Costs,
indebtedness for borrowed money and any other liabilities of the
Company (collectively the "Balance Sheet
Liabilities"), in all cases in (i) and (ii) as incurred in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice (in terms of both frequency and
magnitude) and reflected on the balance sheet of the Company as of August 31,
2009 (excepting
only the Restructuring Costs).
1.3 "Available Excess" has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.6.
1.4 "Balance Sheets"" has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a). "Financial Statements"
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.1(a).
1.5 "Balance Sheet Assets"
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1.3.
1.6 "Balance Sheet
Liabilities" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
1.3.
1.7 “Business” has the
meaning ascribed to that term in the recitals.
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1.8 “Business Day” shall
mean each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or holiday on which banking
institutions located in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or
executive order to close.
1.9 “Cancelled Shares” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4.
1.10 “Certificate” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4.
1.11 “Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.12 “Closing” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2.
1.13 “Closing Date” means
the calendar day on which the Closing occurs.
1.14 “Common Stock” means
the common stock of the Company.
1.15 “Company” means The
FeedRoom, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.16 “Company Assets” means
the properties and assets, real and personal, tangible and intangible, now owned
or used by the Company in the operation of the Business, including without
limitation the assets set forth on Schedule 1.16. The parties hereby
acknowledge that Schedule 1.16 sets forth certain assets that have been disposed
of or discarded in the ordinary course of business.
1.17 “Company Board” means
the Company’s board of directors.
1.18 “Company Capital
Stock” means (i) the Common Stock and (ii) the Preferred
Stock.
1.19 “Company Options”
means the options and any other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock,
excluding the Company Warrants.
1.20 “Company Option Plan”
means has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(c).
1.21 “Company Warrants” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.4(d).
1.22 “Consent Indemnity”
shall be with respect to each of Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel Corporation
only and in each case shall equal 2.0 times the trailing twelve month
contracted, recurring revenues received by the Company as of August 31, 2009
from such entity, which in the case of Hewlett-Packard Company shall equal
$712,766 and in the case of Intel Corporation shall equal $352,500; provided that such
indemnity shall not be applicable where (i) within 120 days following the
Closing Date, the Company, KIT or Surviving Corporation has received from Intel
Corporation and/or Hewlett-Packard Company the consent to the change of control
of the Company required under such customer’s contract with the Company; or (ii)
in the event that the consent described under section (i) is not received,
Hewlett-Packard Company or Intel Corporation, as applicable, is still a customer
of the Company 180 days following the Closing Date.
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1.23 “Contract” means any
contract, mortgage, agreement, arrangement, bond, commitment, franchise,
indemnity, indenture, instrument, lease, license, instrument, note, guaranty,
indemnity, representation, warranty, deed, assignment, power of attorney,
certificate, purchase order, work order, statement of work, insurance policy,
commitment, covenant, in each case, whether or not in writing.
1.24 “Damages” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 8.1.
1.25 “DGCL” means the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
1.26 “Disclosure Materials”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.27 “Dissenting Share
Payments” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.6.
1.28 “Dissenting Shares”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.6.
1.29 "E-Fax" means any
system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.
1.30 "E-Signature" means
the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Electronic
Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process
(including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the
Electronic Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such
Electronic Transmission.
1.31 “Effective Date” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2.
1.32 “Effective Time” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2.
1.33 "Electronic
Transmission" means each document, instruction, authorization, file,
information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or
communicated by e-mail or E-Fax.
1.34 "Employee Benefit
Plan" shall mean each ERISA Plan and each other pension, profit sharing,
retirement, bonus, incentive, change in control, equity compensation, health,
welfare, disability, loan or loan guaranty, fringe benefit, vacation, sick pay,
salary continuation, deferred compensation, stock option, stock purchase,
severance pay or other insurance plan, arrangement or practice, whether written
or otherwise, for current or former officers, directors, or employees, which
currently is, or within the immediately preceding six years was, established,
maintained, contributed to or legally obligated to be contributed to by the
Company or by a current or former ERISA Affiliate, or with respect to which the
Company or any ERISA Affiliate otherwise have any liability or
obligation.
1.35 “Employee List” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.9.1.
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1.36 "Environmental
Damages" means all claims, judgments, damages, losses, penalties, fines,
liabilities (including strict liability), encumbrances, liens, costs and
expenses of defense of a claim (whether or not such claim is ultimately
defeated), good faith settlements of judgment, and costs and expenses of
reporting, investigating, removing and/or remediating Hazardous Materials, of
whatever kind or nature, contingent or otherwise, matured or unmatured,
foreseeable or unforeseeable, including without limitation reasonable attorney's
fees and disbursements and consultants' fees, any of which are incurred at any
time arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence or release of
Hazardous Materials into the environment, on or prior to the Closing, upon,
beneath, or from any Real Property, Former Real Property or other location
(whether or not owned by the Company) where the Company conducted operations or
generated, stored, sent, transported, or disposed of Hazardous Materials, (ii)
any violation of Environmental Requirements by the Company on or prior to the
Closing.
1.37 "Environmental
Requirements" means all applicable statutes, regulations, rules,
ordinances, codes, policies, advisories, guidance, actions, licenses, permits,
orders, approvals, plans, authorizations, concessions, franchises and similar
items of all Governmental Authorities and all applicable judicial and
administrative and regulatory decrees, judgments and orders and all covenants
running with the land that relate to: (A) occupational health or safety; (B) the
protection of human health or the environment; (C) the treatment, storage,
disposal, handling, Release or Remediation of Hazardous Materials; or (D)
exposure of persons to Hazardous Materials.
1.38 “ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations
and rules issued thereunder.
1.39 “ERISA Affiliate”
shall mean any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of
corporations with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the
Code, a trade or business (including a sole proprietorship, partnership, trust,
estate or corporation) which is under common control with the Company within the
meaning of Section 414(c) of the Code or a member of an affiliated service
group with the Company within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the
Code.
1.40 “ERISA Plan” shall
mean any Pension Plan and any Welfare Plan.
1.41 “Escrow Agent” means
Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York
corporation.
1.42 “Escrow Agreement” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 5.3(b).
1.43 “Escrow Fund” means
the aggregate of the Primary Escrow Amount and the Legal Proceedings,
Intellectual Property and Tax Escrow Amount, held by the Escrow Agent pursuant
to the Escrow Agreement and this Agreement.
1.44 “Exchange Act” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.45 "Financial Statements"
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.3.1(a).
1.46 "Former Real Property"
means any real property in which the Company heretofore held but no longer holds
a fee, leasehold or other legal, beneficial or equitable interest.
1.47 “Funding Amount” is an
amount equal to $4,000,000.
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1.48 “Funding Transactions”
means the transactions entered into between the Company and the Participating
Stockholders prior to the Closing pursuant to which the Funding Amount is
provided to the Company by the Participating Stockholders.
1.49 “GAAP” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 3.3.1(b).
1.50 “General Claims” means
all claims for indemnification, other than Specific Claims, made by or for a KIT
Indemnified Party pursuant to Article VIII.
1.51 "Governmental
Authority" means any governmental agencies, departments, commissions,
boards, bureaus, instrumentalities, courts or tribunals of the United States,
the states and political subdivisions thereof.
1.52 Hazardous Materials"
means any substance: (i) the presence of which requires
reporting, investigation, removal or remediation under any Environmental
Requirement; (ii) that is defined as a "hazardous waste," "hazardous
substance" or "pollutant" or "contaminate" under any Environmental Requirement;
(iii) that is toxic, explosive, corrosive, flammable, ignitable,
infectious, radioactive, reactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise
hazardous and is regulated under any Environmental Requirement; (iv) the
presence of which causes or threatens to cause a nuisance, trespass or other
tortuous condition or poses a hazard to the health or safety of persons;
(v) that contains gasoline, diesel fuel or other petroleum hydrocarbons,
PCBs, asbestos or urea formaldehyde foam insulation.
1.53 “Infringement”
(whether or not capitalized) and related verbs mean any or all uses that violate
the rights of the Intellectual Property owner.
1.54 "Intellectual
Property" means any and all of the following as existing under the laws
of any jurisdiction throughout the world: patent disclosures, patent and design
patent rights (including any and all continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisionals, provisionals, reissues, reexaminations and extensions thereof),
inventions, discoveries and improvements, whether patentable or not; trademarks,
service marks, trade names, trade dress, and all goodwill symbolized by or
associated with any of the foregoing; copyrights, works of authorship whether or
not published and whether or not fixed in tangible form, moral rights,
neighboring rights, performer’s rights, rights arising under any law or
convention granting protection analogous to or in lieu of copyright protection
(including but not limited to for the protection of phonograms); rights relating
to trade secrets (including trade secrets as defined in both common law and
applicable statutory law), confidential business, technical and know-how
information; Internet domain names, World Wide Web URLs and addresses; software
source codes and object codes, databases, database rights, and rights in data;
rights of publicity, rights regarding the use of any person’s name, likeness, or
biography, and rights regarding the use of any video or audio recording of any
person; all rights acquired by license with respect to any of the foregoing; all
registrations granted or pending with respect to any of the foregoing; and all
causes of action against any person for the infringement of any of the
foregoing.
1.55 "Interim Balance
Sheet" has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.1(a).
1.56 “IRS” means the
Internal Revenue Service.
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1.57 “KIT” means KIT
digital, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
1.58 “KIT Indemnified
Parties” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
8.1.
1.59 “KIT Common Shares”
means shares of the common stock of KIT.
1.60 “Last Balance Sheet
Date” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
3.3.1(a).
1.61 “Law” means any
foreign, domestic, federal, state or local constitutional provision, statute or
other law, rule, regulation, or interpretation of any Governmental Authority and
any Order.
1.62 “Leased Property” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.6.1(a).
1.63 “Legal Proceeding” means any litigation,
action, application, suit, investigation, hearing, claim, deemed complaint,
grievance, civil, administrative, regulatory or criminal, arbitration proceeding
or other similar proceeding, before or by any court, tribunal or Governmental
Authority, and includes any appeal or review thereof and any application for
leave for appeal or review;
1.64 “Legal
Proceedings, Intellectual Property and Tax Escrow Amount” means nineteen and three-quarters
percent (19.75%) of the Primary Consideration.
1.65 “Lien” means, with
respect to any property or asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security
interest, adverse claim or other encumbrance in respect of such property or
asset.
1.66 “Lost Revenues” shall
mean with respect to any active customer as of August 31, 2009 listed in
Schedule 3.18 other than Hewlett-Packard Company and Intel
Corporation (which are subject to the Consent Indemnity) which terminates
the Company or ceases utilizing the services of the Company (whether as a result
of a termination or expiration of its Contract or otherwise) within
60 days following the Closing Date an amount equal to the annual revenue
represented by such customer, as annualized by reference to the one year period
ended June 30, 2009.
1.67 “Material Contract”
means a Contract which involves or may reasonably be expected to involve the
payment to or by the Company of more than $25,000 per annum over the term of
that Contract, a Contract or commitment relating to borrowed money, a Contract
containing a non-competition or non-solicitation covenant or other provision
that restricts the Business or any other Contract
that is otherwise material to the operation of the Business.
1.68 “Material Adverse
Effect” means any change, event, development, effect or circumstance (i)
that is, or is reasonably likely in the future to be, materially adverse to the
business, operations, assets (including intangible assets), liabilities
(including contingent liabilities), capitalization, earnings or other results of
operations, or the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or (ii)
that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay or impair the
ability of the Company to consummate the Transactions.
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1.69 “Measurement Period”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(h).
1.70 “Merger” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.1.
1.71 “Merger Consideration”
means the sum of the Primary Consideration and the Secondary
Consideration.
1.72 “Money Laundering
Laws” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.24.
1.73 "Multiemployer Plan"
shall mean a plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
1.74 “NWC Statement” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(i).
1.75 “OFAC” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 4.23.
1.76 “Order” means any
decree, injunction, judgment, decision, order, ruling, assessment or
writ.
1.77 “Other Intellectual
Property” means Intellectual Property used in the Business that is not
Owned Intellectual Property.
1.78 “Owned Intellectual
Property” means Intellectual Property used in the Business that is owned
by the Company.
1.79 “Participating
Stockholders” means those Persons holding Series F Preferred Stock of the
Company on the books and records of the Company at the Effective Time, which
Persons are parties to this Agreement.
1.80 "Pension Plan" shall
mean each employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2)
of ERISA which is established, maintained or as to which there is an obligation
to contribute by or on behalf of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under
which the employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate receives any
benefits.
1.81 "Permitted Liens"
means (i) mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens
arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not material to
the Business, operations or financial condition of the Company and that are not
resulting from a breach, default of violation by the Company of any Material
Contract or Law, (ii) Liens for Taxes that are not due and payable or that may
thereafter be paid without penalty provided an appropriate reserve has been
established therefor accordance with GAAP; (iii) Liens that are immaterial in
character, amount, and extent and which do not detract from the value or
interfere with the present or proposed use of the properties they affect; and
(iv) the Liens set out in Schedule 1.82.
1.82 “Person” means an
association, a corporation, an individual, a partnership, a trust or any other
entity or organization, including a Governmental Authority.
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1.83 “Preferred Stock”
means the Series C Preferred Stock, the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series E
Preferred Stock and the Series F Preferred Stock of the Company.
1.84 “Primary
Consideration” means an aggregate of 948,364 KIT Common Shares or such
lesser or greater number as may result from an adjustment pursuant to Section
2.4(h).
1.85 “Primary Escrow
Amount” means nineteen and three-quarters percent (19.75%) of the Primary
Consideration.
1.86 “Pro Rata Portion”
means with respect to each Participating Stockholder, an amount equal to the
fraction obtained by dividing (x) the amount of Merger Consideration payable to
such Participating Stockholder pursuant to Section 2.4(a) divided by (y) the
aggregate amount of Merger Consideration payable to all Participating
Stockholders pursuant to Section 2.4(a).
1.87 “Property Leases” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.6.1.2.
1.88 “Public Software” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.6.2(i).
1.89 “Real Property” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3.6.1(a).
1.90 “Related Agreements”
means the Escrow Agreement and the Stockholders Agreement.
1.91 “Restructuring Costs”
means $1,500,000.
1.92 “Revenue” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(h).
1.93 “Revenue Statement”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.4(h).
1.94 “SEC Reports” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.95 “Secondary
Consideration” means a number of KIT Common Shares determined by dividing
(a) the Funding Amount by (b) $11.00.
1.96 “Securities Act” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.6.
1.97 “Series F Preferred
Stock” means the Series F Preferred Stock of the Company.
1.98 “Severance Costs”
means the aggregate of the maximum severance or termination payments the Company
would be contractually obligated to pay as a result of the termination of
employment of all individuals employed by the Company as of August 31, 2009 or
at any time thereafter up to the Closing. For avoidance of doubt,
such maximum termination payments are set out in Schedule
3.9.2.
1.99 “Specific Claims”
means all claims for indemnification made by or for a KIT Indemnified Party
pursuant to Section 8.1(a) as it relates to misrepresentations and breaches of
warranties relating to Intellectual Property, Section 8.1(c) and Section 8.1(e)
of Article VIII.
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1.100 “Statement of
Expenses” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
5.11.
1.101 “Stockholders” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the recitals.
1.102 “Stockholders
Agreement” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
5.3(c).
1.103 “Surviving
Corporation” has the meaning ascribed to such term in Section
2.1.
1.104 "Taxes" means any
federal, state, local and foreign income or gross receipts tax, alternative or
add-on minimum tax, sales and use tax, customs duty and any other tax, charge,
fee, levy or other assessment, including, without limitation, property,
transfer, occupation, service, license, payroll, franchise, excise, withholding,
ad valorem, severance, documentary stamp, gains, premium, windfall profit,
employment, rent or other tax, governmental fee or like assessment or charge of
any kind whatsoever, together with any interest, fine or penalty thereon,
addition to tax, additional amount, deficiency, assessment or governmental
charge imposed by any federal, state, local or foreign taxing authority which
are payable by the Company.
1.105 “Tax Return” includes
any material report, statement, form, return or other document or information
required to be supplied to a taxing authority in connection with
taxes.
1.106 “Transfer Taxes” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.8.
1.107 “Welfare Plan” shall
mean each employee welfare benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(1)
of ERISA which is established, maintained or to which there is an obligation to
contribute by or on behalf of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or under which
the employees of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate receives any
benefits.
ARTICLE
II
THE
MERGER
2.1 The Merger. At
the Effective Time, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, the
separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease (the “Merger”), and the
Company will be the surviving corporation (the “Surviving
Corporation”) and a subsidiary of KIT. The separate corporate
existence of the Company with all its rights, privileges, immunities, powers and
franchises shall continue unaffected by the Merger and the Company shall succeed
to all of the rights and properties of Merger Sub and shall be subject to all of
the debts and liabilities of Merger Sub all in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the DGCL.
2.2 Closing; Effective
Time. The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Closing”)
shall take place (a) at the offices of Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxx, PLLC, 000
Xxxxx 0xx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx at such time as this Agreement is signed by all parties
hereto or (b) at such other place and time or on such other date as KIT, Merger
Sub and the Company may agree. As soon as practicable following the
Closing and in no event later than the end of the next Business Day, the
Surviving Corporation shall file the Certificate of Merger with the Office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Merger shall
thereupon become effective as of the date of filing in accordance with the DGCL;
the time of such effectiveness is hereinafter referred to as the “Effective Time”; and
the date of such effectiveness is hereinafter referred to as the “Effective
Date.”
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2.3 Formation Documents;
Management. Unless otherwise determined by Merger Sub prior to the
Closing, (a) the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub in effect
immediately prior to the Closing shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of
the Surviving Corporation as of the Closing (but for the name of the Surviving
Corporation stated therein, which shall be changed to “The FeedRoom, Inc.” (ii)
the bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Closing, shall
be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, at the Effective Time,
(iii) the directors of Merger Sub shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation, each to hold office until their successors have been duly elected
or appointed and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal
in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and
bylaws and applicable provisions of the DGCL, and (iv) the officers of
Merger Sub shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, each to hold
office in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of the Surviving
Corporation.
2.4 Conversion of
Securities.
(a) Company Capital
Stock. Subject to the terms of Section 2.6, at the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
the Company, Merger Sub, or any of the Stockholders, each then outstanding share
of Company Capital Stock shall be cancelled and extinguished, and automatically
converted into the right to receive, upon surrender of the Certificate
representing such share of Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms of
Section 2.5, the number of KIT Common Shares as set forth below in
Section 2.4(b), subject to Section 2.4(f), Section 2.4(h) and 2.4(j), all
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and
each of the Related Agreements, and the indemnification, escrow and other
provisions set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, the aggregate amounts payable with
respect to all outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock shall not exceed the
Merger Consideration. Any outstanding shares of the Company Capital
Stock held by the Company or Merger Sub or their wholly owned subsidiaries at
the Effective Time will be cancelled without payment of any consideration and
cease to exist (the “Cancelled
Shares”). At and after the Effective Time, each holder of a
certificate that represented issued and outstanding shares of the Company
Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (each a “Certificate”) shall
cease to have any rights as a stockholder of the Company, except for the right
to surrender his Certificate in exchange for the consideration payable, if any,
in respect of the shares of the Company Capital Stock represented by such
Certificate pursuant to this Section 2.4. At the Effective Time, by virtue
of the Merger and without any action on the part of KIT, Merger Sub or the
Company, each share of Company Capital Stock that is outstanding and owned by
the Company as treasury stock as of immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall cease to be outstanding, shall be canceled without payment of any
consideration therefor and shall thereupon cease to exist.
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(b) Series F Preferred
Stock; Partial Satisfaction of
Liquidation Preference. At
the Effective Time, each outstanding share of Series F Preferred Stock shall be
cancelled and extinguished, and automatically be converted into the right to
receive upon surrender of the Certificate representing such share of Series F
Preferred Stock 0.12559010 KIT Common Shares. Where the aggregate number of KIT
Common Shares deliverable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement either
pursuant to Section 2.5 or upon any release of the Escrow Fund is less than a
whole share, then the number of KIT Common Shares issuable to such Person shall
be rounded down to the next lower whole share. As the Merger
Consideration is insufficient to discharge the payments required to be made
under the Restated Certificate to the holders of Series F Preferred Stock, no
distributions of Merger Consideration will be made to the holders of the Common
Stock or any other series of Preferred Stock of the Company and such Common
Stock and all Preferred Stock other than the Series F Preferred Stock will be
cancelled and extinguished at the Effective Time for no consideration as a
result of the Merger.
(c) Company
Options. No Company Options (whether vested or unvested) shall
be assumed by the Surviving Corporation. The Second Amended 2004
Stock Option And Restricted Stock Award Plan dated July 7, 2008 (including any sub-plans
thereof) (the “Company
Option Plan”) will be terminated at the Closing.
(d) Company
Warrants. No outstanding warrants or other rights to acquire
shares of Company Capital Stock or any other shares or securities of the Company
(whether or not exercisable or vested) (“Company Warrants”)
shall be assumed by the Surviving Corporation, and each such Company Warrant
shall be canceled or terminated prior to the Closing. Prior to the Closing,
and subject to the review and approval of Merger Sub, the Company shall take all
actions necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.4(d)
under all agreements relating to Company Warrants and any other plan or
arrangement of the Company (whether written or oral, formal or informal),
including delivering all required notices and obtaining any required
consents.
(e) Capital Stock of Merger
Sub. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and
without any action on the part of the Company, Merger Sub, KIT, or any of the
stockholders of Merger Sub, each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be cancelled and
extinguished, and automatically converted into and exchanged for one validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable share of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation. Each stock certificate evidencing ownership of any such
shares of common stock of Merger Sub shall thereafter evidence ownership of an
equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Surviving
Corporation.
(f)
Withholding Taxes.
Each of Merger Sub and its agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement, to any Person
such amounts as Merger Sub and/or its agents may determine it is required to
deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code,
or any other provision of Law. To the extent that amounts are so
withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as
having been paid to such Person in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made.
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(g) No Further Ownership Rights
in Company Capital Stock. Subject to Section 2.6, all
consideration paid in respect of the surrender for exchange of shares of the
Company Capital Stock in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be
full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of the Company Capital
Stock, and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of
the Surviving Corporation of shares of the Company Capital Stock which were
outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
(h) Adjustment of Primary
Consideration. The Primary Consideration is premised upon the Company
achieving “Revenue”, as that
term is defined and calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP and AICPA Statement
of Position (SOP) No. 97-2, Software Revenue Recognition and the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 104, of
$1,575,000.00 during June, July and August of 2009 (the “Measurement Period”).
The Company shall deliver to the Merger Sub and KIT a “Revenue Statement”
for the Measurement Period prior to the Closing Date, which Revenue Statement
shall be acceptable to KIT and Merger Sub as to both form and substance in their
reasonable discretion. In the event that the Revenue Statement is
within five percent, positive or negative, of $1,575,000.00 (e.g. between
$1,496,251.00 and $1,653,749.00) then there shall be no adjustment to the
Primary Consideration. In the event the Revenue reflected in the Revenue
Statement is equal to or exceeds five percent, positive or negative, of
$1,575,000.00, then the Primary Consideration shall be adjusted, up or down, by
the same percentage deviation from the Revenue amount of $1,575,000.00. For
purpose of example only, if the final agreed Revenue Statement discloses Revenue
of $1,732,500.00 (ten percent positive) then the number of shares issued by KIT
for the Primary Consideration shall be increased by 94,836 shares (ten percent
of 948,364 shares).
(i)
NWC
Statement. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall
prepare and deliver to the Merger Sub and KIT a calculation of the August Net
Working Capital (the “NWC
Statement”). The NWC Statement shall be prepared from
the books and records of the Company and calculated in accordance with GAAP
applied consistently with the preparation of the Company's historical financial
statements and shall be subject to the approval of KIT and the Merger Sub,
acting reasonably.
(j) Reduction for Escrow
Fund. Each Participating Stockholder’s right to receive KIT
Common Shares pursuant to Section 2.4(b) shall be reduced by a number of KIT
Common Shares equal to such Participating Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the
Escrow Fund and shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent as provided
herein.
2.5 Delivery of Merger
Consideration.
(a) Merger Sub to Provide
Consideration. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, including Section
2.6, promptly after the
Effective Time, KIT and Merger Sub shall deposit or cause to be issued and
delivered to each of Participating Stockholders a number of KIT Common Shares
equal its share of the Merger Consideration, less its share of the Escrow Fund
and (ii) the Escrow Agent, an amount equal to the Escrow Fund. Each
Participating Stockholder’s Pro Rata Portion of the Escrow Fund shall be deemed
contributed to the Escrow Fund.
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(b) Procedures. Prior
to the Closing, each of the Participating Stockholders shall deliver to counsel
for KIT Certificate or Certificates representing shares of Company Capital Stock
together with stock powers executed in blank, which Certificates shall be held
in escrow pending the completion of the Closing. If the Closing does
not occur, the Certificates shall be promptly returned to the Participating
Stockholders. At and after the Effective Time, each holder of a
Certificate that represented issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital
Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights as
a stockholder of the Company, except for the right to surrender his or her
Certificate in exchange for the Merger Consideration to be received by such
Person, if any, and except as otherwise provided by applicable law, and no
transfer of shares of the Company Capital Stock shall be made on the stock
transfer books of the Surviving Corporation. KIT shall issue and
deliver stock certificates for the Merger Consideration in the names of the
Participating Stockholders as promptly as possible following the Effective Time,
subject only to confirmation from the Nasdaq Global Market that the listing
application for the KIT Shares to be issued to the Participating Stockholders
under the terms of this Agreement has been approved.
2.6 Dissenter
Rights.
(a) Dissenting
Shares. Any shares of the Company Capital Stock held by a holder
who has, subject to Section 2.6(b), demanded and perfected appraisal
or dissenter’s rights for such shares in accordance with the DGCL and who, as of
the Effective Date, has not effectively withdrawn, waived, surrendered or lost
such appraisal or dissenter’s rights (“Dissenting Shares”),
shall not be converted into or represent a right to receive a portion of the
Merger Consideration pursuant to Section 2.5(a), but the holder thereof shall
only be entitled to such rights as are granted by the DGCL (such payments
pursuant to the DGCL, “Dissenting Share
Payments”).
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 2.6(a), if any holder of Dissenting Shares shall
effectively withdraw, waive, surrender or lose (through the passage of time,
failure to demand or perfect or otherwise) the right to demand and perfect
appraisal or dissenter’s rights under the DGCL, then, as of the later of the
Effective Time and the occurrence of such event, the shares of the Company
Capital Stock theretofore constituting Dissenting Shares shall automatically be
converted into and represent only the right to receive the consideration per
share payable in respect of such Company Capital Stock pursuant to and subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement upon surrender of the
Certificate(s) representing such Company Capital Stock and delivery of a duly
executed stock power, and any other items required by Section 2.5 or
reasonably requested by counsel to the Surviving Corporation.
(c) As
soon as practicable prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall give Merger
Sub (i) prompt written notice of any written demand for the purchase by the
Company of any shares of the Company Capital Stock received by the Company
pursuant to the applicable provisions of the DGCL regarding dissenter’s or
appraisal rights and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all
negotiations and proceedings with respect to such demands. The
Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Merger Sub,
voluntarily make any payment with respect to any such demands or offer to settle
or settle any such demands. After the Effective Date, Merger Sub
shall solely control all negotiations and proceedings related to such
demands.
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2.7 Taking of Necessary Action;
Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any
further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and
possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of
the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger
Sub are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or
otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary
action.
2.8 Transfer
Taxes. All transfer,
documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other substantially similar
Taxes imposed on a Stockholder and incurred in connection with this Agreement
(collectively, “Transfer Taxes”), if
any, shall be borne by such Stockholder and shall be paid by such Stockholder
when due. Each Stockholder will, at its own expense, file all
necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer
Taxes and, if required by Law, Merger Sub and the Surviving Corporation will
join in the execution of any such Tax Returns and other
documentation. Upon Surviving Corporation’s request, such Stockholder
shall provide Merger Sub with evidence satisfactory to Merger Sub that such
Transfer Taxes have been paid by such Stockholder.
ARTICLE
III
COMPANY
REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES
3. Representations and
Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and warrants
to the Merger Sub and KIT, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing, as
follows:
3.1. Organization and
Qualification. The Company is duly formed and validly existing
as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and
has all corporate power and authority to own or lease and operate its properties
and assets and to carry on the Business in the manner in which such Business is
now being conducted. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1, the
Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature of the Business or the
character or location of the properties owned or leased by it makes such
qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified, whether
singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The Company does not own, beneficially or otherwise,
directly or indirectly, any capital stock or other securities or other ownership
interest of any Person.
3.2. Authority. The
Company has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement and
all other agreements to be executed in connection herewith by the Company have
been duly executed and delivered by the Company, have been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate action by the Company (including, without limitation,
any required authorization by the board of directors and shareholders of the
Company) and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company
enforceable in accordance with their respective terms subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, marshaling, fraudulent
conveyance and other laws affecting rights of creditors, debtors or equity
holders generally.
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3.3. Financial
Condition.
3.3.1. Financial
Statements.
(a) Set
forth on Schedule
3.3.1 are copies of the following (collectively, the "Financial
Statements"): (i) the audited financial statements of the
Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, December 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2006, including balance sheets as at December 31, 2008, December
31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (the "Balance Sheets" and
December 31, 2008, the "Last Balance Sheet
Date"); (ii) the related statements of income and of changes in
financial position for the fiscal years then ended; (iii) the unaudited
interim financial statements of the Company for the seven month period ended
July 31, 2009, including a balance sheet as at July 31, 2009 (the "Interim Balance
Sheet"); and (iv) the related statements of income and of changes in
financial position for the seven month period then ended.
(b) The
Financial Statements: (i) are correct and complete in all
material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the books and
records of the Company; (ii) have been prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") consistently
applied throughout the periods covered; (iii) reflect and provide reserves
in respect of all known liabilities of the Company which in the opinion of the
Company are adequate, including all known contingent liabilities, as of their
respective dates; and (iv) present fairly the consolidated financial
condition of the Company at such date and the results of its operations for the
fiscal period then ended.
(c) The
Company (i) keeps books, records and accounts that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of the
Company. Neither the Company nor any employee, agent or shareholder
of the Company, directly or indirectly has made any payment of funds of any such
entity or received or retained any funds in violation of any applicable law,
rule or regulation.
3.3.2. Absence of Certain
Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3.2, since
August 31, 2009, the Company has used commercially reasonable efforts to
preserve the business organization of the Company intact, to keep available to
the Company the services of all current officers and employees necessary to the
Business and to preserve the goodwill of the customers and employees having
business relations with the Company. Since August 31, 2009, the
Company has conducted its business in the ordinary course, has maintained its
assets and properties in at least as good order and condition as existed on
August 31, 2009 (other than wear as may be accounted for by reasonable use) and
as is necessary to continue to conduct its business. Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.3.2
since August 31, 2009 the Company has not:
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(a) conducted
the Business in any manner except in the ordinary course consistent with past
practices, except as otherwise required by the terms of this Agreement or any
Related Agreement; or
(b) except
as required by their terms, amended, terminated, renewed/failed to renew or
renegotiated any Material Contract to which the Company is a party or by which
it is bound, or defaulted (or taken or omitted to take any action that, with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time, would constitute a default) in
any of its obligations under any Material Contract or entered into any new
Material Contract or taken any action that would reasonably be expected to
result in the discontinuance of its material customer relationships, excepting
only the indebtedness owed by the Company to BlueCrest Venture Finance Master
Fund to be paid off at or in connection with the Closing in accordance with the
payoff letter to be delivered at the Closing as contemplated by Section 6.3(f);
or
(c) terminated,
amended or failed to renew any existing insurance
coverage; or
(d) suffered
any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, affecting
the Company Assets or the Business; or
(e) terminated
or failed to renew or preserve any material Permits; or
(f) incurred
or agreed to incur any obligation or liability (absolute or contingent) that
individually calls for payment by the Company of more than $5,000 in any
specific case or $10,000 in the aggregate outside of the ordinary course of
business; or
(g) made
any loan, guaranty or other extension of credit, or entered into any commitment
to make any loan, guaranty or other extension of credit, to or for the benefit
of any director Person; or
(h) incurred
any indebtedness, guaranteed any indebtedness of any Person or guaranteed any
debt securities of any person or entity; or
(i) other
than in connection with the Funding Transactions, issued, sold, redeemed or
acquired for value, or agreed to do so, any debt obligations or equity
securities of the Company; or
(j) sold,
leased, licensed, transferred, mortgaged, encumbered or otherwise disposed of
any assets or any liabilities, except (A) for dispositions of property not
greater than $10,000 in the aggregate, or (B) in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices; or
(k) declared,
issued, made or paid any dividend or other distribution of assets, whether
consisting of money, other personal property, real property or other thing of
value, to its stockholders, or split, combined, divided, distributed or
reclassified any shares of its equity securities; or
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(l) other
than in connection with Funding Transactions, changed or amended its certificate
of incorporation or bylaws; or
(m) made
special, accelerated or extraordinary payments to any Person in excess of $5,000
in the aggregate; or
(n) made
any material investment, by purchase, contributions to capital, property
transfers, or otherwise, in any other Person; or
(o) compromised,
contested or otherwise settled any claims or threatened, commenced or settled
any Legal Proceeding against or otherwise involving the Company; or
(p) made
or changed any Tax election, made any change in any method or period of
accounting or in any accounting policy, practice or procedure, filed any amended
Tax Return, entered into any closing agreement or similar agreement or
arrangement with respect to Taxes, settled or contested any Tax claim, taken any
action to surrender any right to claim a refund or credit of Taxes, or consented
to any waiver or extension of the limitation period applicable to any claim for
Taxes; or
(q) disposed
of or permitted to lapse any rights with respect to Intellectual Property or its
use;
(r) other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or Related Agreements, made any
declaration, payment or commitment or obligation of any kind for the payment
(whether in cash or otherwise) of a severance payment or other, termination
payment, bonus, special remuneration or other additional salary or compensation
to any director, officer, or other current employee of the Company;
or
(s) made
any capital expenditures or commitments with respect thereto; or
(t)
made any material change in the manner that the Company maintains its books and
records;
(u) adopted
or changed accounting methods or practices (including any change in depreciation
or amortization policies or rates) other than as required by GAAP;
or
(v)
made any expenditures or entered into any commitment or transaction
exceeding $5,000 individually or $10,000 in the aggregate outside of the
ordinary course of business; or
(w)
revalued any of its assets (whether tangible or intangible), including
without limitation writing down the value of inventory or writing off notes or
accounts receivable; or
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(x) acquired
or agreed to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any
assets or equity securities of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division
thereof, or otherwise acquired or agreed to acquire any assets which are
material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of the Company;
or
(y) adopted
or amended any Employee Benefit Plan, entered into any employment Contract, paid
or agreed to pay any bonus or special remuneration to any director or employee
of the Company, or increase or modify the salaries, wage rates, or other
compensation (including, without limitation, any equity-based compensation) of
its employees;
(z) entered
into any strategic alliance, affiliate agreement or joint marketing arrangement
or agreement; or
(aa) other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or Related Agreements, hired, promoted,
demoted or terminated or otherwise changed the employment status or titles of
any other employees, or encouraged any employees to resign from the Company;
or
(bb) entered
into any lease of, or commitment to acquire or lease, any realty or any
substantial item of machinery or equipment; or
(cc) entered
into any mortgage, pledge or permitted any Lien to be placed upon any of the
Company Assets; or
(dd) sent
any written communications (including electronic communications) to the
Company’s employees regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby; or
(ee) made
any communications to the Company’s employees that are inconsistent with this
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; or
(ff) entered
into any arrangement or performed any action that resulted in or is reasonable
likely to result in Material Adverse Effect on the Company; or
(gg) agreed
to or made any commitment to take any actions prohibited by this
Section 3.3.2 or any other action that would (A) prevent the Company
from performing, or cause the Company not to perform, their respective covenants
or agreements hereunder, or (B) cause or result in any of its respective
representations and warranties contained herein being untrue or
incorrect.
3.3.3. Indebtedness The
Company does not have any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether
accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) required by GAAP to be set forth on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Company except:
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(a) as
disclosed, reflected or reserved against in the Interim Balance
Sheet;
(b) for
items set forth on Schedule
3.3.3;
(c) for
liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business since
the date of the Interim Balance Sheet; or
(d) liabilities
in respect of the Contracts.
3.4. Tax
Matters.
3.4.1. Tax Returns;
Disputes. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4.1, the
Company has filed, within the time and in the manner prescribed by law, all
federal, and all material state and local Tax Returns and reports required to be
filed by it and has paid all Taxes shown to be due thereon. All such
Tax Returns were correct in all material respects. There are no
outstanding assessments or taxes otherwise due that if not paid on a timely
basis would result, on or after the Closing Date, in any Liens for Taxes on any
of the Company Assets. There is no pending or threatened United
States federal or applicable state or local tax audits involving either the
Company, or any of its affiliates.
3.4.2. Section 168. None
of the Company Assets owned or used by the Company is tax-exempt use property
within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code.
3.4.3. FIRPTA. None
of the stockholders of the Company is a foreign person within the meaning of
Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code.
3.5.
Legal
Proceedings .
3.5.1. Legal Proceedings Pending or
Threatened. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5.1, there
is no Legal Proceeding pending or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened
before any Governmental Authority in which the Company is a party or which might
affect the Company, the Company Assets or the Business. Schedule 3.5.1
sets forth all Legal Proceedings to which the Company is party, or has been a
party since January 1, 2006.
3.5.2. Business
Enjoined. Neither the Company, nor any employee, manager or
agent of the Company has been permanently or temporarily enjoined by any order,
judgment or decree of any court or tribunal or any other agency from engaging in
or continuing any conduct or practice in connection with the
Business.
3.5.3. Violation of Law;
Permits. The Company is not in violation of any provision of
any law, decree, order or regulation applicable to the Company or its Business,
properties or assets, including, without limitation, those relating to antitrust
or other anticompetitive practices, to employment practices (such as
discrimination, health and safety), and to minority business enterprises, except
for such violations which, singly or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.5.3, the Company has all Permits required with respect to the Company
Assets or in the conduct of the Business and the operation of the Real Property,
all of which Permits are set forth on Schedule 3.5.3,
and has satisfied all bonding requirements pertaining to its operations under
federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules and regulations. No
pending federal, state or local zoning or use regulation, restriction or
compliance requirement materially and adversely affect the Company Assets or the
Business. The present conduct of the Business is not dependent upon
any so-called "non-conforming use" exception nor based upon any zoning
variance.
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3.6. Properties and Assets of the
Company. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6, the
Company owns or otherwise has the right to use all of the Company
Assets. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, the Surviving Corporation will have good and marketable title to the
Company Assets, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. The
Company Assets are sufficient in all material respects to permit the Merger Sub
to carry on the Business as presently conducted by the Company.
3.6.1. Title to Real
Property.
(a) The
Company does not own or have any legal or equitable title in any real property
and Schedule 3.6.1
is a true, correct and complete list and description of each lease of real
property under which the Company is a lessee, lessor, sublessee or sublessor
(the "Leased
Property"). The Leased Property and the real property subject
to the Leases sometimes collectively are referred to as the "Real
Property."
(b) The
Company has good and marketable leasehold title to the Leased Property and to
all improvements thereon and the Company's interests therein are free and clear
in each case of all Liens, except Permitted Liens, which either individually or
in the aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect on the present use,
operation, value or enjoyment of any of the Leased Property.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.6.1, the
Leased Property currently is being used only as offices of the
Company.
3.6.1.1.
Assessments. To
the knowledge of the Company there is no special proceeding pending or
threatened, in which any taxing authority having jurisdiction over any of the
Real Property is seeking to increase the assessed value thereof.
3.6.1.2.
Property
Leases. True and complete copies of all leases to which the
Company is a party respecting any Real Property and all other instruments
granting such leasehold interests, rights, options or other interests (including
all amendments, modifications and supplements thereto) have been delivered to
the Merger Sub (the "Property
Leases").
3.6.1.3
No Breach or
Event of Default; Property Leases. With respect to the
Property Leases, except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.1.3
hereto, no breach or event of default on the part of any party to the Property
Leases and no event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both
would constitute such breach or event of default, has occurred and is
continuing. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.1.3
hereto, all of the Property Leases are in full force and effect and are valid
and enforceable against the parties thereto in accordance with their
terms. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.1.3
hereto, all rental and other payments due under each of the Property Leases have
been duly paid in accordance with the terms of such Property
Leases. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.6.1.3
hereto, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will
not require the consent of any party to and will not constitute an event of
default under or permit any party to terminate or change the existing terms of
any Property Lease.
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3.6.1.4
Violation of
Law. To the knowledge of the Company, none of the
Real Property or any condition or activity thereon, any plants, buildings,
fixtures, or improvements located thereon, or the current use, operation or
maintenance thereof is in violation of any Law or is in violation of the terms
of any restrictive covenant or other Lien which either individually or in the
aggregate would have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.6.1.5
Location. The
Company does not in the ordinary course of business maintain any assets outside
of the States of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California and
Washington.
3.6.2. Intellectual
Property.
(a)
(i) Schedule 3.6.2-1
contains a complete and correct list of all Material Contracts between the
Company and any third party pursuant to which the Company is required to pay
royalties to any third party in respect of Owned Intellectual Property. Schedule 3.6.2-1
contains a complete and correct list of all Material Contracts between the
Company and the owners of Other Intellectual Property, and there is no Other
Intellectual Property included in the works listed on Schedule 3.6.2-1 for
which no Contract exists.
(ii) Schedule 3.6.2-2
contains a complete and correct list of all existing and pending registrations
of patents, trademarks, service marks, and trade dress rights of the
Company. The Company possesses the original registration certificates
for each of the foregoing.
All
registrations listed on Schedule 3.6.2-2 are
valid, enforceable and subsisting. All necessary registration,
maintenance and renewal fees in connection with such items have been paid, and
all necessary documents and certificates in connection therewith have been filed
with the relevant patent, copyright, trademark, or other authorities in the
United States or foreign jurisdictions, as the case may be, for the purpose of
maintaining such items. There are no actions that must be taken by
the Company within one hundred twenty (120) days after the Closing Date for the
purpose of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting, preserving or renewing such
items. Schedule 3.6.2-3
contains a complete and correct list of all existing Material Contracts pursuant
to which the Company has granted any rights in any Intellectual Property to any
third party.
The
Merger Sub and KIT are relying on the Company for the completeness of the above
schedules and any Contract or other thing omitted from any of such schedules
will nevertheless be subject to all provisions of this Agreement, including but
not limited to the warranties contained in this Section 3.6.2, notwithstanding
such omission.
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(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.6.2-4, the
Company has not received a "cease and desist letter" or any other written or
oral communication from any third party challenging the Company's ownership or
rights in any Owned Intellectual Property or in any Other Intellectual Property
exclusively licensed by the Company, and to the knowledge of the Company, there
is no action pending or threatened against the Company or relating to the
Business claiming that the Company or the Business has infringed or is
infringing any Intellectual Property of any third party. To the
knowledge of the Company, there neither has been nor currently exists any
infringement of any Owned Intellectual Property or any exclusive license owned
by the Company in any Other Intellectual Property, by any third party including,
without limitation, any employee or former employee of the Company.
(c) The
Company owns or otherwise has a valid right or license to all Intellectual
Property used in the Business. The Surviving Corporation will acquire
all right, title and interest in and to the Owned Intellectual Property free and
clear of any and all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, on the Closing Date upon
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Except to the extent waived in writing by the Merger Sub
in its sole discretion, the Company will prior the Closing have received
permissions to assign all licenses by owners of Other Intellectual Property to
the extent that such consents are needed to assign such licenses.
(d) Except
as noted in such schedules, true and complete copies of all Contracts
indentified on Schedules 3.6.2-1 and 3.6.2-3
have been delivered or made available to the Merger Sub.
(e) The
Company has, consistent with reasonable business judgment, taken appropriate
steps to protect, preserve and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the
Company's confidential information and to preserve and maintain all of its
interests and proprietary rights in the Owned Intellecual Property used in the
Business. All officers, employees and consultants of the Company
having access to confidential information of the Company or its customers or
business partners have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement
regarding the protection of such proprietary information (in the case of
proprietary information of the Company's customer and business partners, to the
extent required by such customers and business partners) and true and complete
copies of all such agreements have been delivered or made available to the
Merger Sub.
(f) No
Person who worked on the creation, development or improvement of the Owned
Intellectual Property has any right, license, claim or interest whatsoever in or
with respect to any such Intellectual Property. Without the
limitation of the foregoing, all works listed on Schedule 3.6.2-1 were
or have been created entirely by employees of the Company within the scope of
their employment, by third parties pusuant to valid and binding agreements
designating their work product as work made for hire, and/or by third parties
under such circumstances that their work product is work made for hire of which
the Company is the author and owner as a matter of law.
(g) The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby will not: (i) constitute a breach or default
under any instrument, contract, license or other agreement governing any
Intellectual Property used in the Business; (ii) cause the forfeiture or
termination, or give rise to a right of forfeiture or termination, of any
Intellectual Property used in the Business; or (iii) in any way impair the
right of the Surviving Corporation to use (including distribute, manufacture,
market, license, sell or dispose of in any way) any Intellectual Property used
in the Business.
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(h) The
use, development, manufacture, marketing, distribution, license, sale,
furnishing or intended use of any product or service currently utilized,
manufactured, marketed, distributed, sold, or furnished by the Company does not
violate any license or agreement between the Company and any third party or, to
the knowledge of the Company, infringe any Intellectual Property of any other
Person.
(i)
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6.2-5, no
Public Software (as defined below) (i) was or is used in connection with the
development of any Owned Intellectual Property, or (ii) was or is incorporated
in whole or in part, or has been distributed, in whole or in part, in
conjunction with any Owned Intellectual Property. "Public Software"
means any software that contains, or is derived (in whole or in part) from, any
software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g.,
Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including, but not limited
to, software licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or
distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the
following: (A) GNU's General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL);
(B) the Artistic License (e.g., PERL); (C) the Mozilla Public License; (D) the
Netscape Public License; (E) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL); (F) the
Sun Industry Standards License (SISL); (G) the BSD License; and (H) the Apache
License.
3.7. Insurance. Schedule 3.7
sets forth a true and complete list and description of all insurance policies of
any nature whatsoever currently maintained by the Company, together with the
annual premiums currently payable by the Company under each such policy, the
period of coverage and loss records for the last three insurance
years. There are no outstanding requirements or recommendations by
any insurance company that issued any such policy or by any Board of Fire
Underwriters or other similar body exercising similar functions or by any
Governmental Authority exercising similar functions which requires or recommends
any repairs or other work to be done on or with respect to any of the property
or assets of the Company insured in any of said policies. The Company
has not received any notice or other communication from any such insurance
company within three years preceding the date hereof canceling or materially
amending any of said insurance policies and to the knowledge of the Company, no
such cancellation or amendment is threatened. All such policies of
insurance are on an occurrence basis and will be in full force and effect on the
Closing Date and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will
not cause a cancellation or reduction in the coverage of such
policies.
3.8. Labor and Employment
Matters.
3.8.1.
Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Schedule 3.8.1(a)
lists each Employee Benefit Plan and clearly identifies each as a Pension Plan,
Welfare Plan or other type of Employee Benefit Plan. Each Employee
Benefit Plan materially complies with, and has been established, maintained, and
operated in all material respects in accordance with, all applicable laws,
including, without limitation, provisions of ERISA and the Code, and no event
has occurred in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan which has, will or may
result in any fine, penalty, assessment or other liability for which the Company
or a transferee of assets from the Company may be responsible, whether by reason
of operation of law or contract.
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(b) Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has an obligation to contribute to any
Multiemployer Plan and has had no such obligation during the six years preceding
the Closing Date.
(c) The
Company or any ERISA Affiliate does not maintain or contribute to or have an
obligation to contribute to any Pension Plan covered by Title IV or Section 302
of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or described as a defined benefit plan (in
accordance with ERISA Section 3(35)), and has not maintained or contributed
to any such plan during the six years preceding the Closing Date.
(d) The
Company has delivered to KIT and the Merger Sub true and correct copies of the
following:
(i)
each Employee
Benefit Plan listed on Schedule 3.8.1(a)
and all amendments thereto;
(ii) each
trust agreement pertaining to any of the Employee Benefit Plans, including all
amendments to such documents;
(iii) the
most recent determination letter issued by the Internal Revenue Service (the
"IRS") with
respect to each of the Pension Plan's qualification under Section 401(a) of the
Code and recognition of exemption from federal income taxation under
Section 501(a) of the Code of each funded Welfare Plan and, to the extent
that an application is pending with the IRS, copies of such applications have
been provided;
(iv) the
two most recent Annual Reports (IRS Form 5500 series), including all
schedules and plan audits, if applicable, required to be filed with respect to
each ERISA Plan; and
(v) each
current summary plan description relating to each Employee Benefit
Plan.
(e) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.8.1(e),
there is no action, suit or claim pending (other than routine claims for
benefits) or that reasonably could be expected to be asserted against any
Employee Benefit Plan or the assets of any Employee Benefit Plan. No
civil or criminal action brought pursuant to the provisions of Title I,
Subtitle B, Part 5 of ERISA is pending or threatened or reasonably
expected to be asserted against any fiduciary of any ERISA Plan. None
of the ERISA Plans or any fiduciary thereof is or has been the direct or
indirect subject of an audit investigation or examination by any governmental or
quasi-governmental agency.
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(f)
All of the Employee Benefit Plans currently comply, and
have complied in the past, both as to form and operation, with their terms and
with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Federal,
state, local and foreign laws. All necessary governmental approvals
for the Employee Benefit Plans have been obtained and a favorable determination
as to the qualification under Section 401(a) of the Code of each of the
Pension Plans and of each amendment thereto has been made by the IRS and a
recognition of exemption from Federal income taxation under Section 501(a)
of the Code of each of the funded Welfare Plans, if any, has been made by the
IRS. Nothing has occurred since the date of each such determination
or recognition letter that would adversely affect such qualification or
exemption.
(g) No
transaction or occurrence proscribed by Section 406 of ERISA, or subject to
Tax under Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred or is occurring for which
a statutory exemption is not available.
(h) No
payment has been made nor is the Company a party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or plan pursuant to which a payment could be made, separately or in
the aggregate (including but not limited to individual employment, change in
control, and severance agreements), which is not deductible for federal income
Tax purposes by virtue of Section 280G of the Code (without regard to the
exception set forth in Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code) or which is not
deductible under Section 162 or 404 of the Code.
(i)
Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8.1(a),
neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, including without
limitation, all other agreements to be executed in connection herewith, by the
Company nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will (i)
result in the acceleration or creation of any rights of any person entitled to
any benefits under any Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) entitle any current or former
employee or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to severance pay,
unemployment compensation or any other payment or give rise to any such payment
(regardless of when such payment is made or payable), (iii) accelerate the
time of payment or vesting, result in deemed satisfaction of goals or
conditions, or increase the amount of any compensation due to any such employee
or former employee or director, or (iv) result in the forgiveness,
modification or guaranty of any loan benefiting any current or former employee
or director of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
(j)
With respect to each Employee Benefit Plan and any other similar arrangement or
plan either currently or previously terminated, maintained, or contributed to by
any entity which either is currently or was previously under common control with
the Company or any ERISA Affiliate as determined under Code Section 414 or ERISA
Section 3(5), no event has occurred and no condition exists that after the
Closing Date could subject the Surviving Corporation or the Company directly or
indirectly, to any liability (including liability under any indemnification
agreement) under Section 412, 413, 4971, 4975, or 4980B of the Code or Section
302, 502, 515, 601, 606, or Title IV of ERISA.
(k) Neither
the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any obligation to provide health
benefits or other non-pension benefits to any retired or other former director,
employee or their dependents, except as specifically required by Section 4980B
of the Code or Part 6 of Title I of ERISA, and the Company and each
ERISA Affiliate has complied in all material respects with the requirements of
Section 4980B of the Code and such Part 6.
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3.8.2. Benefit
Obligations. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.8.2, all
accrued material obligations for payments to any entity, plan or person with
respect to any benefits for current or former employees of the Company or any
ERISA Affiliate have been timely paid or adequate accruals therefor have been
made in the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.
3.8.3. Performance. The
Company has withheld and paid to the appropriate Governmental Authorities or is
withholding for payment not yet due to such Governmental Authorities all amounts
required to be withheld from the employees of the Company, and the Company is
not liable for any arrears of such amounts or penalties thereon for failure to
comply with any of the foregoing. The Company has complied in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations relating to
the employment of labor, including those relating to wages, hours, collective
bargaining and the payment and withholding of Taxes and other sums as required
by appropriate Governmental Authorities.
3.8.4. Compensation. All
reasonably anticipated material obligations of the Company for salaries, bonuses
and other forms of compensation payable to the employees and directors of the
Company in respect of the services rendered by any of them have been paid or
adequate accruals therefor have been made in the Financial Statements in
accordance with GAAP for obligations accrued through the date of the applicable
Financial Statements.
3.8.5. Resignations. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.8.5, no
employee of the Company, to the best knowledge of the Company, plans to retire
or resign during the 12-month period following the Closing Date or otherwise be
unavailable as an employee of the Merger Sub at compensation substantially
similar to such employee's present rate of compensation.
3.8.7. Collective Bargaining
Agreements.
(a)
The Company is not, and has never been, a party to a collective bargaining
agreement with any labor organization. No organization effort, demand
for recognition, petition seeking a representation proceeding or representation
question involving any union association or collective bargaining representative
is pending respecting the employees of the Company, and no such question has
been raised with respect to the Company.
(b) There
is no controversy pending between the Company and any of its
employees. To the knowledge of the Company, there is no basis for any
Legal Proceeding of or by any employee of the Company, and no complaint is
pending against the Company before the National Labor Relations Board or any
other federal, state or local agency. The Company has complied, in
respect of their employees, in all material respects with all applicable
statutes, regulations, orders and restrictions of the United States of America,
all states and other subdivisions thereof, all foreign jurisdictions and all
agencies and instrumentalities of the foregoing.
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(c) The
Company has furnished the Merger Sub with copies of all claims, complaints,
reports or other documents concerning the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or
their employees made by or against the Company during the past five years
pursuant to workers' compensation laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, the National Labor
Relations Act of 1935 or any other federal or state laws relating to employment
of labor.
3.8.8. Obligation to
Employ. Nothing in the representations or warranties contained
herein shall be construed as an obligation or commitment of the KIT, Surviving
Corporation or any Affiliate of either corporation to employ or continue to
employ any employee, officer or director of the Company or otherwise assume any
liability, including liabilities for salary, benefits, pension, stock options
(including, without limitation, any obligation under the Company Option Plan),
severance or other benefit plans of any employee, officer or director of the
Company.
3.9. Compensation of and
Indebtedness to and from Employees.
3.9.1. Key Employee
Compensation. Schedule 3.9.1
is a true and complete list of the names and annual compensation (whether in the
form of salary, bonus, commission, pension or profit-sharing contributions or
other supplemental compensation now or hereafter payable) of the ten (10)
highest compensated full-time salaried employees of the Company (the "Employee
List"). Such list also identifies each employee for whom the
Company provides a vehicle, showing the nature of such arrangement and the
annual cost to the Company. Since the Last Balance Sheet Date there
has been no material change in the rate of total compensation for services
rendered, including, without limitation, bonuses and deferred compensation, for
any of the employees listed on the Employee List.
3.9.2 Severance
Obligations. Schedule 3.9.2 is a
true and complete list of each individual employed by the Company on August 31,
2009 and each individual hired by the Company following August 31, 2009. Schedule 3.9.2 sets
forth the maximum severance or termination payment obligation that the Surviving
Corporation would be contractually obligated to pay for each such individual if
they were terminated the day immediately following the Closing
Date.
3.9.3. Indebtedness to
Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.9.3, the
Company is not indebted to any employee or agent of the Company, or any spouse,
child or other relative thereof, in any amount whatsoever other than for
compensation for services rendered since the start of the Company's current pay
period generally utilized for its employees and for business expenses, nor is
any employee or agent indebted to the Company except for advances made in the
ordinary course of business. As of the Closing there will be no
amount owed to any Person listed in Schedule 3.9.2 other than (a) unpaid salary,
bonus and paid time off, accrued in the ordinary course of business but not yet
payable and (b) reimbursement for expenses accrued in the ordinary course of
business and not yet payable.
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3.10.
Contracts and Other
Instruments.
3.10.1. Material
Contracts.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.10.1,
the Company is not a party to any Material Contracts relating to the Company,
the Business or the Company Assets.
(b) The
Company has furnished KIT and the Merger Sub with a true and complete copy of
all Material Contracts.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.10.1,
the Company is not in breach of or in default under any of the Material
Contracts, nor has the Company been notified of any breach, default or potential
breach or default under any Material Contracts and no event has occurred that,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a
breach or default. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.10.1,
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not require the consent of any party
(other than the Company) to any Material Contract.
3.11. Environmental
Liability.
3.11.1. Hazardous
Materials. The Company has not engaged in or permitted any
operations or activities upon, or any use or occupancy of, the Real Property or
the Former Real Property or any portion thereof for the purpose of or in any way
involving the handling, manufacture, treatment, storage, use, generation,
release, discharge, refining, dumping or disposal of any Hazardous Materials
(whether legal or illegal, accidental or intentional, excluding de minimis
quantities of Hazardous Materials that are commonly used in connection with the
operation of the Business and which were used and disposed of in accordance with
Environmental Requirements) on, under, in or about any such property or
transported any Hazardous Materials to, from or across any such
property. No Hazardous Materials have migrated or are threatening to
migrate from other properties upon, about or beneath any Real Property or Former
Real Property.
3.11.2. Environmental
Requirements. The Company, the Real Property and the Former
Real Property and the existing and prior uses and activities thereon, including
but not limited to the use, maintenance and operation of any such property, and
all activities and conduct of business related thereto, comply, and have at all
times complied in all material respects, with all Environmental Requirements,
and no activity on or condition of the Real Property or Former Real Property has
constituted or constitutes a nuisance or has constituted or constitutes a
tortious condition with respect to any third party. The Company is
not, pursuant to any existing or proposed law or regulation, required now or in
the foreseeable future to take any remedial action related to any such property
or make any capital improvements in order to place such property or the
improvements located thereon in compliance with such law or
regulation.
3.11.3. Notice of
Violations. The Company has not received notice or other
communication concerning, and does not have any knowledge of (A) any
violation or alleged violation of Environmental Requirements, whether or not
corrected or (B) any alleged liability for Environmental Damages (as
defined below) and, to the knowledge of the Company there exists no basis for
any Legal Proceeding related to either (A) or (B) being instituted or filed with
respect to the Real Property or Former Real Property. No writ,
injunction, decree, order or judgment related to the foregoing is
outstanding. The Company has not been ordered or requested by any
Governmental Authority to take any step to remedy any condition on any such
property whether or not constituting a violation of Environmental Requirements,
and no such person or entity has been named a "potentially responsible party"
with respect thereto.
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3.12. Agreement Not in Breach of
Other Instruments.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.12, the
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement does not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, result in the
creation of any Lien upon the Company Assets or the Business under, conflict
with or result in a breach of, create an event of default (or event that, with
the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an event of
default) under, or give any third party the right to accelerate any obligation
under, any agreement, mortgage, license, lease, indenture, instrument, order,
arbitration award, judgment or decree to which the Company is a party or by
which the Company, the Company Assets or the Business, is bound or
affected.
(b) The
execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement do not, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, result in a
violation of, or require any authorization, approval, consent or other action
by, or registration, declaration or filing with or notice to, any Governmental
Authority pursuant to, any statute, law, rule, regulation or ordinance
applicable to the Company. There is no pending or threatened Legal
Proceeding before or by any Governmental Authority, to restrain or prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that might
affect the right of the Surviving Corporation to own the Company Assets or to
operate the Business.
3.13. Regulatory
Approvals. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.13, no
regulatory approval or filing with, notice to, or waiver from any Governmental
Authority is required to be made or obtained by the Company: (a) in connection
with the execution and delivery of, and performance by the Company of its
obligations under, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby; or (b) to permit the Surviving Corporation to carry on the
Business after the Closing Date as the Business is currently carried on by the
Company.
3.14. Disclosure. No
representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement, as
qualified by the Schedules, the Related Agreements or any certificate furnished
or to be furnished to the Merger Sub on the Closing Date contains or will
contain any untrue statement of material fact or omits to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not
misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were
made.
3.15. Brokerage. Neither
the Company nor any of the Participating Stockholders has employed any finder or
broker in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the negotiations looking toward the consummation of such transactions who may
be entitled to a fee in connection therewith. Any fees payable to any
finder or broker arising from the Merger, shall be the sole responsibility of
the Participating Stockholders and under no circumstances shall the Company or
Merger Sub have any liability therefor.
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3.16. Bank
Accounts. Schedule 3.16
sets forth a true and complete list of the bank name, location and account
number for all bank accounts used by the Company in the conduct of the Business,
and the authorized signatories and amounts for such accounts.
3.17. Ownership of Capital
Stock. The authorized capitalization of the Company consists
of:
(i)
25,000,000
shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of which 64,215 shares are
issued and outstanding;
(ii) 1,391,826
shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
1,391,826 of which are issued and outstanding;
(iii) 3,997,545
shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share,
3,997,545 of which are issued and outstanding;
(iv)
3,454,522 shares of Series E
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 3,279,522 of which are
issued and outstanding; and
(v)
10,510,729 shares of Series F
Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, 10,446,770 of which are
issued and outstanding.
Schedule 3.17 lists
all holders of stock, options, warrants or other equity of the Company and their
holdings by (including without limitation the applicable class or series of
stock). Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.17,
there are no agreements, including stockholders agreements, warrants, puts,
calls, rights, preemptive rights, options or other commitments of any character
to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound that (x)
obligates the Company to issue, deliver, register or sell any additional shares
of its capital stock or any securities or instruments convertible into or
exchangeable for any such additional shares of capital stock or (y) could affect
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The shares of
capital stock of Company are duly and validly issued and are fully paid,
non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights.
3.18. Customers. Set
forth on Schedule 3.18 is
a complete list of the 20 largest (in terms of dollar volume) customers of the
Company for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and for the six month period
ended June 30, 2009 indicating the amounts paid to the Company by each customer
for each such period and the names of the employees (or independent sales
representatives) of the Company who are primarily responsible for servicing each
such customer as of the date hereof. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18, none
of such customers has terminated or indicated an intention or plan to terminate
all or a material part of the services performed for or orders historically
placed by such customers, and the Company has no reason to believe that any of
such customers may terminate all or a material part of such services or orders,
whether by reason of the Merger or for any other reason. The Company
has received no notice of, and the Company does not know of any basis for, any
material complaint by any of such customers with respect to services provided or
products delivered by the Company since January 1, 2009.
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3.19. Suppliers. Set
forth on Schedule
3.19 is a complete list of the 20 largest suppliers of the Company by
expenditures made by the Company to such suppliers during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008 and the six month period ended June 30, 2009.
3.20 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company,
any agent or other person acting on behalf of any of the Company, has, directly
or indirectly, (i) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic government
officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political parties or
campaigns from corporate funds, (ii) failed to disclose fully any contribution
made by the Company (or made by any Person acting on their behalf of which the
Company is aware) which is in violation of law, or (iii) violated in any
material respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as
amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
3.21 PFIC. The
Company is not a “passive foreign investment company” within the meaning of
Section 1297 of the Code.
3.22 OFAC. Neither the
Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent,
employee, Affiliate or Person acting on behalf of the Company is currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”); and the
Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the
Merger, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any,
joint venture partner or other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations
in Cuba, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or
for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to
any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
3.23 Money Laundering
Laws. To the best knowledge of the Company, the operations of the Company
are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with the money laundering
statutes of applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and
any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or
enforced by any applicable Governmental Authority (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no Legal Proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority or
any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws
is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF
KIT AND MERGER
SUB
4. Representations and
Warranties of KIT and the Merger Sub. The Merger Sub and KIT,
jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Company, as of the date
hereof, as follows:
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4.1. Organization. The
Merger Sub is duly organized and incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with the
corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, to
own its properties and carry on its business in the manner in which such
business is now being conducted. KIT is duly organized and
incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the
laws of Delaware with the corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and
perform this Agreement, to own its properties and carry on its business in the
manner in which such business is now being conducted.
4.2. Authority. The
Merger Sub and KIT each has full corporate power to enter into this Agreement
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This
Agreement, all Related Agreements and other agreements to be executed in
connection herewith by the Merger Sub and KIT upon the approval of this
Agreement and the transactions described herein by the Board of Directors of KIT
and Merger Sub will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Merger Sub and KIT enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms.
4.3 Capitalization; Merger
Consideration. The number of shares and type of all
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of KIT, and all shares of KIT
common stock reserved for issuance under KIT’s various option and incentive
plans, is specified in Schedule
4.3. Except as specified in Schedule 4.3, no
securities of KIT are entitled to preemptive or similar rights, and no Person
has any right of first refusal, preemptive right, right of participation, or any
similar right to participate in the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Except as specified in Schedule 4.3, there
are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or
obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person any right
to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of capital stock of KIT, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which KIT is or may become bound
to issue additional shares of common stock, or securities or rights convertible
or exchangeable into shares of common stock. The issuance of the KIT
Common Shares as part of the Merger Consideration will not, immediately or with
the passage of time, obligate KIT to issue any of its capital stock securities,
rights or obligations convertible into or exchangeable for, or giving any Person
any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of capital stock of KIT to any
Person and will not result in a right of any holder of KIT securities to adjust
the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such
securities.
4.4 Issuance of the
Securities. When issued in accordance with this Agreement, the
Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable and
free of preemptive and similar rights. KIT has sufficient authorized
capital stock to meet its obligations to issue KIT Common Shares pursuant to
this Agreement.
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4.5 No Violations,
Consents. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Merger Sub and KIT of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby will not (i) violate any provision of the
articles of organization or operating agreement of the Merger Sub or KIT, as
applicable; (ii) violate, or require any consent, authorization or approval of,
or exemption by, or filing under any provision of any law; statute, rule or
regulation to which the Merger Sub or KIT is subject, as applicable; (iii)
violate any judgment, order, writ or decree of any court applicable to the
transactions contemplated herein; or (iv) conflict with, result in a breach of,
constitute a default under, or accelerate or permit the acceleration of the
performance required by, or require any consent, authorization or approval under
any agreement, contract, commitment, lease or other instrument, document or
undertaking to which KIT or the Merger Sub is a party or any of their assets are
bound. Neither KIT nor Merger Sub is required to obtain any
consent, waiver, authorization or order of, give any notice to, or make any
filing or registration with, any United States court or other federal, state,
local or other Governmental Authority or other Person in connection with the
execution, delivery and performance by KIT and Merger Sub of this Agreement and
the Related Agreements, except, (i) filings required by state securities laws,
(ii) the filing of a Notice of Sale of Securities on Form D with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under Regulation D of the Securities Act, (iii) consents
required under any Contract or Property Lease which is to be assumed by the
Surviving Corporation pursuant to this Agreement or the Related Agreements, (iv)
those that have been made or obtained prior to the date of this Agreement and
(v), the approval of an application with the Nasdaq Global Market for the
listing of the KIT Common Shares to be issued to the Participating Stockholders
under the terms of this Agreement, which application was filed on September 28,
2009.
4.6 SEC Reports; Financial
Statements. Each of Merger Sub and KIT has filed all reports
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”) and the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months
preceding the date hereof (or such shorter period as KIT or Merger Sub, as
applicable, was required by law to file such reports) (the foregoing materials
being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and, together with the
Schedules to this Article IV of this Agreement (if any), the “Disclosure
Materials”) on a
timely basis or has timely filed a valid extension of such time of filing and
has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such
extension. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading. The financial statements of KIT and Merger Sub included
in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of
filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, except as
may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto,
and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of KIT and
Merger Sub (as applicable) and their consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the
dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then
ended, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, immaterial,
year-end audit adjustments.
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4.7 Material
Changes. Since the date of the latest audited financial
statements included within the SEC Reports, except as specifically disclosed in
the SEC Reports, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that has
had or that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect
on the business, operations or prospects of KIT or Merger Sub individually or
KIT and its subsidiaries, (ii) neither KIT nor the Merger Sub has incurred any
liabilities (contingent or otherwise) other than (A) trade payables, accrued
expenses and other liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected
in KIT’s and Merger’s Sub’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to
be disclosed in filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, (iii)
neither KIT nor Merger Sub has altered its method of accounting or the identity
of its auditors, (iv) neither KIT nor Merger Sub has declared or made any
dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders or
purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of
its capital stock, and (v) neither KIT nor Merger Sub has issued any equity
securities to any company or and of KIT’s or Merger Sub’s officers, directors or
Affiliates, except pursuant to existing incentive compensation plans or as
otherwise disclosed in the SEC Reports. KIT does not have pending
before the Securities and Exchange Commission any request for confidential
treatment of information.
4.8 Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act. Neither KIT nor the Merger Sub, nor to the knowledge of
KIT or Merger Sub, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person
acting on behalf of any of KIT, the Merger Sub or any subsidiary of either has,
directly or indirectly, (i) made any unlawful payment to foreign or domestic
government officials or employees or to any foreign or domestic political
parties or campaigns from corporate funds, (ii) failed to disclose fully any
contribution made by KIT, the Merger Sub or any subsidiary of KIT (or made by
any Person acting on their behalf of which KIT or Merger Sub is aware) which is
in violation of law, or (iii) violated in any material respect any provision of
the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and
regulations thereunder.
4.9 PFIC. Neither
KIT nor the Merger Sub is a “passive foreign investment company” within the
meaning of Section 1297 of the Code.
4.10 OFAC. None of KIT,
the Merger Sub nor any subsidiary of KIT or Merger Sub, nor, to the knowledge of
KIT or Merger Sub, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate or Person
acting on behalf of KIT, the Merger Sub or any subsidiary of either is currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the OFAC; and Merger Sub will not
directly or indirectly use the Company Assets, or lend, contribute or otherwise
make available the Company Assets to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or
other Person or entity, towards any sales or operations in Cuba, Iran, Syria,
Sudan, Myanmar or any other country sanctioned by OFAC or for the purpose of
financing the activities of any Person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions
administered by OFAC.
4.11 Money Laundering
Laws. To the best knowledge of KIT and Merger Sub, the operations of
Merger Sub and KIT are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with
the Money Laundering Laws and no Legal Proceeding by or before any Governmental
Authority or any arbitrator involving KIT and/or the Merger Sub with respect to
the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of KIT or the
Merger Sub, threatened.
4.12 Legal
Proceedings
There is no Legal Proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of KIT or Merger Sub,
threatened before any Governmental Authority in which KIT or Merger Sub is a
party or which might affect any of KIT’s or the Merger Sub's properties, assets,
operations or businesses, or prevent or delay the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE
V
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
OF
KIT AND MERGER
SUB
5 Company Closing Conditions
and Deliveries. The obligations of the Merger Sub and KIT
hereunder shall be subject to the satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the
following conditions (any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the
Merger Sub or KIT):
5.1. Permits, Approvals and
Authorizations. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.1, any and
all consents, waivers, permits and approvals from any Governmental Authority,
and of any Person required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement or necessary for the Merger Sub to operate the
Business substantially in the manner in which it is currently operated shall
have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date, unless waived by Merger Sub or KIT
5.2. No Challenge or Violation of
Orders. No Legal Proceeding by any Governmental Authority, and
no Legal Proceeding by any other Person shall be pending or, to the knowledge of
the Company, threatened on the Closing Date which challenges this Agreement or
the closing of the transactions contemplated hereby, or which claims damages as
a result of the transactions contemplated hereby. No preliminary or
permanent injunction or other order by any Governmental Authority, and no
statute, rule, regulation, decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by
any Governmental Authority, that declares this Agreement invalid in any respect
or prevents the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be
in effect.
5.3.
Certain
Documents. The Merger Sub and KIT shall have received the
following documents:
(a) an
Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) in
substantially the form of Exhibit 5.3(a) duly
executed by the Stockholder Representative and Escrow Agent;
(b) a
Stockholders Agreement (the “Stockholders
Agreement”) in substantially the form of Exhibit 5.3(b) duly
executed by each of Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx, each Participating Stockholder and
KIT;
(c) the
Restated Certificate, certified by the Secretary of State of
Delaware;
(d) a
certificate, dated within ten (10) days of the Closing Date, as to the good
standing of the Company and payment of all applicable state Taxes thereby,
executed by the appropriate officials of the State of Delaware and of each other
state in which the Company is qualified as a foreign corporation;
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(e) except
as waived by Merger Sub or KIT, executed originals or copies acceptable to
Merger Sub and KIT, acting reasonably, of all consents, waivers, approvals and
authorizations required by law, statute, rule, regulation, contract or agreement
to be obtained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the
transactions contemplated, except as otherwise reflected on Schedule
5.1;
(f) a
copy of the written consents of the board of directors of the Company,
authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other
Related Agreements to which the Company is a party and the performance of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the secretary of the
Company as the case may be;
(g) approvals
from the Company’s stockholders as required by the Company’s certificate of
incorporation, bylaws and other governing documents (“Charter Documents”)
and the DGCL,
either at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders or pursuant to a written
stockholder consent, all in accordance with the DGCL and the Charter
Documents;
(h) a
certificate as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of the Company
executed by an officer or director of the Company and by the secretary of the
Company;
(i) a
pay off letter from BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P setting forth the amount to
pay it in full release of all obligations thereto in form and substance approved
by KIT and Merger Sub, acting reasonably;
(j) all
other documents specifically required to be produced at the Closing under this
Agreement or as reasonably requested by KIT or Merger Sub prior to
Closing.
5.4. NWC Statement and Revenue
Statement. The NWC Statement
and Revenue Statement shall have been delivered by the Company to Merger Sub and
KIT andthey shall have been approved by KIT and Merger Sub in their sole
discretion, acting reasonably.
5.5 Company
Funding. The Company shall have received the Funding
Amount. The parties hereto acknowledge that the provision of the
Funding Amount is intended as an indirect subscription by the Participating
Stockholders to purchase KIT Common Shares at $11.00 per KIT Common
Share.
5.6. Board
Approval. The Board of Directors of KIT and Merger Sub shall
have approved this Agreement and the transactions described herein.
5.7 Stockholder
Notices. The Company shall have prepared for each Stockholder
all notices required to be given to the Stockholders either pursuant to any
Contract or the DGCL, including without limitation, notices of (a) any written
consents in lieu of a meeting of stockholders of the Company approving the
Merger and the Restated Certificate and (b) dissenter’s rights regarding the
Merger. All such notices shall be in form and substance approved by
counsel to KIT.
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5.8 Opinion of Counsel to the
Company. Counsel to the Company shall have delivered to KIT
and the Merger Sub an opinion, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form
of Exhibit 5.10.
5.9 Resignation of Officers and
Directors. All officers and directors of Company shall have
submitted their resignations in writing to Company with a copy to
KIT. Such resignations of directors (in such capacity) shall be
effective as of the Effective Time.
5.10 Performance by the Company
. The Company shall have performed and complied in all
material respects with each of the covenants contained in this Agreement which
is required to be performed and complied with by the Company on or prior to the
Closing Date.
ARTICLE
VI
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS
OF
THE
COMPANY
6. Merger Sub's Closing
Deliveries. The obligations of the Company hereunder shall be
subject to the satisfaction, as of the Closing Date, of the following conditions
(any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Company):
6.1. Permits, Approvals and
Authorizations. Any and all consents, waivers, permits and
approvals from any Governmental Authority and of any Person required in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement shall
have been duly obtained and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing
Date; except that a listing application for the KIT Common Shares issued in
connection with this transaction will not be effective until after the
Closing.
6.2. No Challenge or Violation of
Orders. No Legal Proceeding by any Governmental Authority, and
Legal Proceeding by any other Person shall be pending or threatened on the
Closing Date which challenges this Agreement or the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby, or which claims damages as a result of the transactions
contemplated hereby. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other
order by any court or governmental or regulatory authority and no statute, rule,
regulation, decree or executive order promulgated or enacted by any Government
Authority, that declares this Agreement invalid in any respect or prevents the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be in
effect.
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6.3. Certain
Documents. The Merger Sub and/or KIT shall have furnished the
Company with the following documents:
(a) the
Escrow Agreement duly executed by the Merger Suband KIT;
(b) a
copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of each of the Merger Sub and
KIT, authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the
other Related Agreements to which the Merger Sub or KIT is a party, as
applicable, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, certified by the Secretary of the Merger Sub or KIT, as
applicable;
(c) a
certificate to the incumbency and signature of each of the officers of the
Merger Sub and KIT executed by an officer or director of the Merger Sub and KIT,
as applicable, and by the Secretary of the Merger Sub and KIT, as
applicable;
(d) the
Stockholders Agreement signed by KIT and Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman; and
(e) except
as waived by the Company and the Participating Stockholders, executed originals
or copies acceptable to the Company and the Participating Stockholders, acting
reasonably, of all consents, waivers, approvals and authorizations required by
law, statute, rule, regulation, contract or agreement to be obtained by KIT or
Merger Sub in connection with the consummation of the transactions
contemplated.
6.4 Board
Approval. The Board of Directors of the Company shall have
approved this Agreement and the transactions described herein.
6.5 Termination of
Options. At least 70% of the options outstanding under the
Company Option Plan on August 31, 2009 shall be terminated.
6.6 Performance by Merger Sub
and KIT . Each of Merger Sub and KIT shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with each of the covenants contained in this
Agreement which is required to be performed and complied with by each of Merger
Sub and KIT on or prior to the Closing Date.
6.7 Delivery of the Merger
Consideration . The KIT on behalf of the Merger Sub shall have
provided irrevocable instructions to the Escrow Agent, which is also acting as
the paying agent, to (i) retain the Escrow Fund and (ii) issue and deliver the
balance of the Merger Consideration to be Participating Stockholders who have
complied with Section 2.5..
ARTICLE
VII
POST-CLOSING
COVENANTS
7.1. Cooperation. Subject
to any limitations that are required to preserve any applicable attorney-client
privilege, for a period of eighteen (18) months from and after the Closing Date,
each party agrees to furnish or cause to be furnished to the other parties, its
counsel and accountants, upon reasonable request during normal business hours,
after not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written notice, such
information and assistance relating to such party or its business (including,
without limitation, the cooperation of officers and employees and reasonable
access to books, records and other data and the right to make copies and
extracts therefrom) as is reasonably necessary to: (i) facilitate the
preparation for or the prosecution, defense or disposition of any Legal
Proceeding (other than one by or on behalf of one party to this Agreement
against another party hereto); and (ii) prepare and file any other documents
required by Governmental Authorities. The party requesting such
information and assistance shall reimburse the other party for all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such party in providing such
information and assistance.
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7.2. Further
Assurances. Each of the parties agrees to work
diligently, expeditiously and in good faith to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. From time to time after the Closing
Date, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Merger Sub such instruments
of sale, transfer, conveyance, assignment, consent, assurance, power of
attorney, and other such instruments as may be reasonably requested by the
Surviving Corporation in order to vest in the Surviving Corporation all right,
title and interest in and to the Company Assets and the Business and the parties
hereto will execute and deliver such other instruments of sale, transfer,
conveyance, assignment, assurance, power of attorney and other such instruments
as may be reasonably required by the other parties hereto in order to carry out
the purpose and intent of this Agreement and all other agreements to be executed
in connection herewith. The Surviving Corporation and the Company
shall each provide the other with such assistance as reasonably may be requested
by the other in connection with the preparation of any Tax Return, an audit or
examination of any such return by any taxing authority or any judicial or
administrative proceeding relating to liability for Taxes and shall each retain
and provide the other with any records or other information which may be
relevant to such a return, audit, examination or proceeding.
ARTICLE
VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
8. Indemnification.
8.1. Indemnification of KIT and
the Merger Sub. Subject to the terms of Section 8.6, the
Participating Stockholders, severally and not jointly, shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Merger Sub, KIT and their respective Affiliates (the “KIT Indemnified
Parties”) in respect of any and all claims, losses, interest, fines,
penalties, diminutions in value, damages, liabilities, whether or not currently
due, and expenses (including, without limitation, settlement costs and any
actual legal or other expenses for investigating or defending any actions or
threatened actions) (collectively, “Damages”) incurred by
the KIT, Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates in connection with each and
all of the following:
(a) any
misrepresentation made by the Company in this Agreement (including in any
Schedules or Exhibits hereto) or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement or breach of any warranty contained herein made by the
Company;
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(b) the
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of the Company or the
Participating Stockholders contained in this Agreement or any other document
contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) any
cost, expense or payment with respect to Taxes relating to any period prior to
the Closing, including without limitation all costs and expenses incurred in
preparing Tax Returns which may be properly allocated to such period; provided that, the
identity of the party preparing such Tax Returns and all costs and expenses
incurred in preparing such Tax Returns shall first be approved by the
Stockholder Representative in its
discretion;
(d) any
Severance Cost over $1,000,000 paid by the Company, the Surviving Corporation or
KIT after August 31, 2009 and before August 31, 2010;
(e) any
Legal Proceeding to which the Company is a party at any time on or prior to the
Closing Date, or to which it becomes a party after the Closing Date arising from
facts or circumstances that existed at any time on or prior to the Closing Date
including the Legal Proceedings disclosed in Schedule 3.5.1;
(f)
the Consent Indemnity;
(g) any
broker, advisory or accounting fees and expenses (excepting normal accounting
fees and expenses incurred in accordance with past practice) paid or incurred by
the Company after August 31, 2009 and prior to the Closing Date;
(h) any
Lost Revenues;
(i)
any cost, expense or liability arising from the failure of all options
outstanding under the Company Option Plan at the Closing to be terminated as of
the Closing; and
(j)
any cost expense or liability resulting from the existence of any
Dissenting Shares, including without limitation any Dissenting Share
Payments.
8.2. Indemnification of the
Company. The Merger Sub and KIT shall jointly and severally
indemnify and hold harmless the Participating Stockholders in respect of any and
all Damages incurred by the Participating Stockholders in connection with each
and all of the following:
(a) any
misrepresentation made by KIT or the Merger Sub in this Agreement (including in
any Schedules or Exhibits hereto) or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement or breach of any warranty contained herein made by the Merger Sub;
and
(b) the
breach of any covenant, agreement or obligation of KIT or the Merger Sub
contained in this Agreement or any other document contemplated by this
Agreement.
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8.3. Limitations on
Liability
(a)
The parties hereto shall only be entitled to recover under this Article
VIII at such time and to the extent the aggregate amount of all Damages incurred
by such party hereto and its Affiliates exceeds $25,000, provided, however, that
this limitation shall not apply to Sections 8.1(c), Section 8.1(d) or Section
8.1(f).
(b) Limitations on Amount of
Indemnification by the Participating Stockholders. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary:
(i)
the total amount that may be recovered from the Participating
Stockholders pursuant to this Article VIII shall not exceed 857,500 shares of
the 948,364 KIT Common Shares comprising the Primary Consideration (as equitably
adjusted for any reorganization, reclassification, stock split, reverse stock
split or stock dividend occurring after the date hereof);
(ii)
the total amount that may be recovered from the Participating Stockholders
with respect to all General Claims shall not exceed the Primary Escrow
Amount;
(iii)
the maximum amount that may be recovered from the Participating Stockholders
under Section 8.1(d) shall be $500,000; and
(iv) the
maximum amount that may be recovered from the Participating Stockholders under
Section 8.1(f) shall be calculated in accordance with Section 1.23.
8.4. Survival. Any
claim for indemnification shall survive the Closing for a period of one (1) year
following the Closing. Any claim for indemnification shall survive
the applicable termination date if a party, prior to such termination date,
shall have advised the other party in writing of facts that constitute or may
give rise to an alleged claim for indemnification, specifying in reasonable
detail the basis under this Agreement for such claim.
8.5. Defense by the Indemnifying
Party. In connection with any claim giving rise to indemnity
hereunder resulting from or arising out of any Legal Proceeding by a person
other than the indemnified party, the indemnifying party at its sole cost and
expense may, upon written notice to the indemnified party received by the
indemnified party within 10 calendar days after the indemnifying parties receipt
of notice of such claim, assume the defense of any such Legal Proceeding
provided that the indemnifying party acknowledges its obligation to indemnify
the indemnified party in respect of the entire amount of the claims asserted
therein. If the indemnifying party assumes the defense of any such
Legal Proceeding, the indemnifying party shall select counsel reasonably
acceptable to the indemnified party to conduct the defense of such Legal
Proceedings and at its sole cost and expense shall take all steps necessary in
the defense or settlement thereof. The indemnifying party shall not
consent to a settlement of, or the entry of any judgment arising from, any such
Legal Proceeding, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party
(which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) unless the indemnifying party
admits in writing its liability and agrees to hold the indemnified party
harmless from and against any losses, damages, expenses and liabilities arising
out of such settlement and concurrently with such settlement the indemnifying
party pays into court the full amount of all losses, damages, expenses and
liabilities to be paid by the indemnifying party in connection with such
settlement. The indemnified party shall be entitled to participate in
(but not control) the defense of any such action, with its own counsel and at
its own expense and shall be entitled to any and all information and
documentation relating thereto. If the indemnifying party does not
assume (or continue to diligently and competently prosecute) the defense of any
such Legal Proceeding resulting therefrom in accordance with the terms hereof,
the indemnified party may defend against such Legal Proceeding in such manner as
it may deem appropriate, including, but not limited to, settling such Legal
Proceeding, after giving notice of the same to the indemnifying party, on such
terms as the indemnified party may deem appropriate. In any action by
the indemnified party seeking indemnification from the indemnifying party in
accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, the indemnifying party
shall not be entitled to question the manner in which the indemnified party
defended such Legal Proceeding or the amount of or nature of any such
settlement; provided that such limitations shall not apply to claims of fraud,
bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct by the indemnified
party.
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8.6. Notice. The
parties hereto agree that in the event of any occurrence which may give rise to
a claim by an indemnified party hereunder the indemnified party will give prompt
notice thereof to the indemnifying party; provided, however that failure to
timely give the notice provided in this Section 11 shall not be a defense
to the liability of the indemnifying party for such claim, but the indemnifying
party may recover any actual damages arising from the indemnified party's
failure to give such timely notice.
8.7. Waiver. The
indemnified party agrees that it will not waive any statute of limitations or
defense that would increase the liability of the indemnifying party hereunder
without (except in connection with pending Legal Proceeding in which the
indemnifying party has not assumed the defense) the consent of the indemnifying
party.
8.8 Indemnification
Source. All Specific Claims shall first be satisfied from the
Legal Proceedings, Intellectual Property and Taxes Escrow Amount of the Escrow
Fund under the Escrow Agreement, and all General Claims shall be satisfied
solely from the Primary Escrow Amount of the Escrow Fund under the Escrow
Agreement. The right to indemnification set forth in this Article
VIII shall be the sole and exclusive legal remedy following the Closing Date for
any breaches of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence,
nothing in this Agreement shall limit the liability of any Person resulting from
fraud or willful misconduct in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby. Any payment made to a KIT
Indemnified Party from the Escrow Fund to satisfy a claim for indemnification
pursuant to this Article VIII shall be treated as an adjustment to the Primary
Consideration. To the extent that there (a) are no outstanding claims
against the Escrow Fund,
or (b) are claims outstanding against the Escrow Fund, that, together with the
reasonably anticipatable fees and expenses of resolving such claims, are in
aggregate less than the balance of the Escrow Fund on September 30, 2010 (the
"Available
Excess"), then the balance of the Escrow Fund (in the event of subsection
(a) or the Available Excess (in the event of subsection (b)) shall be promptly
released and delivered to the Participating Stockholders. Thereafter,
upon final settlement of all claims made against the Escrow Fund, any such
excess then remaining in the Escrow Fund, together with any earnings thereon,
shall be promptly released to the Participating Stockholders. KIT
hereby agrees that it shall, together with the Stockholder Representative,
provide instructions to the Escrow Agent (x) to release the balance of the
Escrow Fund or the Available Excess, as applicable, and to (y) release any
excess remaining in the Escrow Fund upon final settlement of all claims made
against the Escrow Fund, each in accordance with this Section 8.8 and Section 3
of the Escrow Agreement.
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8.9 Valuation of Escrow
Fund. With respect to each claim subject to
indemnification, the following process shall be used:
(a) KIT
Common Shares held in escrow shall be used first with the number of shares
required for the claim being calculated as follows: the amount of the claim
divided by the 20-day volume weighted average price of the shares immediately
preceding the date a notice of claim is delivered in respect of a claim under
the indemnity.
(b) Any
KIT Common Shares remaining, following satisfaction of all indemnity claims,
shall be distributed upon the expiration of the escrow period.
ARTICLE
IX
STOCKHOLDER
REPRESENTATIVE
9.1 Stockholder
Representative. By virtue of the approval of the Merger and this
Agreement by the requisite vote of the Stockholders, each of the Participating
Stockholders shall be deemed to have agreed to appoint the Stockholder
Representative as its agent and attorney-in-fact, for and on behalf of the
Participating Stockholders, as the Stockholder Representative, as its agent and
attorney-in-fact, as the Stockholder Representative for and on behalf of the
Participating Stockholders) to take any action pursuant to or in connection with
Article VIII, to give and receive notices and communications, to authorize
payment to any KIT Indemnified Parties in satisfaction of claims by any such KIT
Indemnified Parties, to object to payments from the Escrow Fund, to agree to,
negotiate, enter into settlements and compromises of, and demand arbitration and
comply with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to such
claims, and to take all other actions with respect to such claims that are
either (i) necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the Stockholder
Representative for the accomplishment of the foregoing or (ii) specifically
mandated by the terms of this Agreement. Such agency may be changed
by the Participating Stockholders from time to time upon not less than thirty
(30) days prior written notice to KIT; provided, however, that the Stockholder
Representative may not be removed unless the Participating Stockholders holding
(on an as-exercised basis) a majority of the outstanding shares of the
Participating Stock held by the Participating Stockholders (as of immediately
prior to the Effective Time) agree to such removal and to the identity of the
substituted agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Stockholder
Representative may resign at any time on notice to KIT, and a replacement
Stockholder Representative shall be elected by a vote of a majority of the
outstanding shares of Participating Stock (as of immediately prior to the
Effective Time), subject to the consent of KIT, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld; provided, further, that any successor Stockholder
Representative, shall not resign until and unless a successor Stockholder
Representative shall have been appointed subject to the consent of KIT, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. No bond shall be required
of the Stockholder Representative, and the Stockholder Representative shall not
receive any compensation for its services. Written notices or
communications to or from the Stockholder Representative shall constitute notice
to or from the Stockholders and Participating Stockholders.
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9.2 The
Stockholder Representative shall not be liable to the Participating Stockholders
for any act done or omitted hereunder as Stockholder Representative. The Participating
Stockholders shall indemnify the Stockholder Representative and hold the
Stockholder Representative harmless against any loss, liability or expense
incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Stockholder
Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or
administration of the Stockholder Representative’s duties hereunder, including
the reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel retained by the
Stockholder Representative. Except as otherwise provided in Section
9.1, a decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder Representative
with respect to an indemnification claim, including but not limited to an
amendment, extension or waiver of this Agreement, shall constitute a decision of
the Participating Stockholders and shall be final, binding and conclusive upon
the Participating Stockholders; and KIT, Merger Sub and the Escrow Agent may
rely upon any such decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder
Representative as being the decision, act, consent or instruction of the
Stockholders including the Participating Stockholders. Each of KIT
and the Escrow Agent is hereby relieved from any liability to any person for any
decision, act, consent or instruction of the Stockholder Representative that is
authorized pursuant this Section 9.1.
ARTICLE
X
MISCELLANEOUS
10. Miscellaneous
Provisions.
10.1. Jurisdiction; Agent for
Service. The parties hereto irrevocably agree that any Legal
Proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought
exclusively in the federal courts, or in the absence of federal jurisdiction in
state courts, in either case in the The Borough of Manhattan. The
parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submit to the jurisdiction of
such courts and agree to take any and all future action necessary to submit to
the jurisdiction of such courts. The parties hereto irrevocably waive
any objection that they now have or hereafter may have to the laying of venue of
any Legal Proceeding brought in any such court and further irrevocably waive any
claim that any such Legal Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought
in an inconvenient forum. Final judgment against any of the parties
hereto in any such suit shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment, a certified or true copy of which shall
be conclusive evidence of the fact and the amount of any indebtedness or
liability of such party therein described, or by appropriate proceedings under
any applicable treaty or otherwise.
10.2. Construction. This
Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed by the
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of
law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other
jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction
other than the State of New York..
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10.3. Notices. All
notices, requests, demands and other communications called for or contemplated
hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when
delivered to the party to whom addressed or when sent by telegram, telex or wire
(if promptly confirmed by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, prepaid and addressed) to the parties, their successors in interest,
or their assignees at the following addresses, or at such other addresses as the
parties may designate by written notice in the manner aforesaid:
If
to KIT or the Merger Sub:
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000
0xx Xxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Facsimile: x0
(000) 000-0000
Email:
xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
with
a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:
Xxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
& Xxxxxxxxx, PLLC
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx.
000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Facsimile:
000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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If
to the Company or the
Participating
Stockholders:
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c/o
NewSpring Capital
000
X. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Telephone:
(000) 000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx LLP
000
Xxxxxx Xxxx
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000-0000
Telephone (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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10.4. Payment of
Expenses. Whether or not the Merger is consummated, all fees
and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the Merger and the
transactions contemplated hereby including, without limitation, all legal fees
(including any fees of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP and its agents, including Xxxxxx
Xxxxx LLP) shall be paid by the Company and, to the extent not paid by the
Company, the Surviving Corporation shall pay such legal fees.
10.5. Assignment. Neither
this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder
or by reason hereof nor any of the documents executed in connection herewith may
be assigned by any party without the consent of the other parties hereto except
that the Merger Sub shall have the right to assign all of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement to one of its Affiliates if such transferee
corporation agrees to assume all of Merger Sub's obligations under this
Agreement, provided that such transfer shall not discharge the Merger Sub from
its obligation herewith unless the Company consents to such discharge, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Nothing contained herein,
expressed or implied, is intended to confer upon any person or entity other than
the parties hereto and their successors in interest and permitted assignees any
rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement unless so stated herein
to the contrary.
10.6. Amendments and
Waiver. This Agreement and all Exhibits and Schedules hereto
may be modified only by a written instrument duly executed by each
party. Except as herein expressly provided to the contrary, no breach
of any covenant, agreement, warranty or representation shall be deemed waived
unless expressly waived in writing by the party who might assert such
breach.
10.7. Survival. The
covenants, agreements, warranties and representations entered into or made
pursuant to this Agreement, irrespective of any investigation made by or on
behalf of any party, shall be continuing and shall survive the Closing Date for
a period through and including the last day upon which an indemnified party may
seek indemnification for a breach of such covenant, agreement, warranty or
representation under Section 8.2.
10.8. Counterparts. This
Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto may be executed in counterparts and
by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed
and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute
one and the same document. This Agreement and any waiver or amendment
hereto may be executed and delivered by telecopier other facsimile transmission,
or E-Signature, all with the same force and effect as if the same was a fully
executed and delivered original manual counterpart. Delivery of an
executed signature page of this Agreement and any waiver or amendment hereto by
facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart hereof
10.9. Headings. Headings
in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to
have any substantive effect.
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10.10. Attorneys'
Fees. In the event that any Legal Proceeding, including
arbitration, is commenced by any party hereto for the purpose of enforcing any
provision of this Agreement, the parties to such Legal Proceeding may receive as
part of any award, judgment, decision or other resolution of such Legal
Proceeding their costs and reasonable attorneys' fees as determined by the
person or body making such award, judgment, decision or
resolution. Should any claim hereunder be settled short of the
commencement of any such Legal Proceeding, the parties in such settlement shall
be entitled to include as part of the damages alleged to have been incurred
reasonable costs of attorneys or other professionals in investigating or
counseling on such Legal Proceeding.
10.11. Binding Nature of
Agreement. All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective executors, heirs, legal representations, successors and permitted
assigns.
10.12. Severability.
(a) Any
provision of this Agreement which is invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability, without affecting in any way the
remaining provisions hereof in such jurisdiction or rendering that or any other
provision of this Agreement invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any other
jurisdiction.
(b) If
a court competent jurisdiction determines that the character, duration or
geographical scope of the provisions of Section 6 hereof are unreasonable,
then it is the intention and the agreement of the parties hereto that the
provisions of Section 6 shall be construed by the court in such a manner as
to impose only those restrictions on the Company's conduct that are reasonable
in light of the circumstances and as are necessary to assure to the Merger Sub
the benefits of this Agreement. If, in any judicial proceeding, a
court shall refuse to enforce all of the separate covenants deemed included
herein because taken together they are more extensive than necessary to assure
to the Merger Sub the intended benefits of this Agreement, it is expressly
understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the provisions of
Section 6 hereof that, if eliminated, would permit the remaining separate
provisions to be enforced in such proceeding, shall be deemed eliminated, for
the purposes of such proceeding, from this Agreement.
10.13. Specific
Performance. The Company acknowledges that Merger Sub will
have no adequate remedy at law and may suffer irreparable damage if the Company
breaches any covenant contained in this Agreement. Accordingly, the
Company agrees that the Merger Sub shall have the right, in addition to any
other rights which it may have, to specific performance and equitable injunctive
relief if the Company shall fail or threaten to fail to perform any of its
obligations under this Agreement.
10.14. Complete
Agreement. This Agreement, the Exhibits and Schedules hereto
and the documents delivered or to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement
contain or will contain the entire agreement between the parties hereto with
respect to the transactions contemplated herein and shall supersede all previous
oral and written and all contemporaneous oral negotiations, commitments, and
understandings. The Schedules and Exhibits hereto are incorporated by
reference.
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10.15 No Third-Party
Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended
to or shall confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies or liabilities under or
by reason of this Agreement other than Article VIII (which is intended to be for
the benefit of Persons covered thereby and may be enforced by such
Persons).
10.16. Knowledge of the
Company. With respect to any representation, warranty or
statement contained in this Agreement that is made to the knowledge of the
Company, it is expressly understood and agreed that such knowledge shall include
the knowledge of Xxxx Xxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx XxXxxx and Xxx Xxxxxxx and they
shall be deemed to have knowledge of any facts that any such individual would
have upon reasonable investigation.
10.17. Drafting
Presumption. The parties hereto agree that they participated
in the drafting of this Agreement and, in the event that any dispute arises in
the interpretation or construction of this agreement, no presumption shall arise
that any one party drafted this Agreement.
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remainder of this page is left blank intentionally)
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement and Plan of
Merger on the date first written above.
KIT DIGITAL, INC. | |
By:
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/s/ Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman |
Name:
Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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KIT
ACQUISITION CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Kaleil Xxxxx Tuzman |
Name:
Kaleil Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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THE
FEEDROOM, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxx |
Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Chief
Executive Officer
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VELOCITY
EQUITY PARTNERS I SBIC, L.P.,
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by
Velocity Equity Partners I SBIC GP, LLC, Its General
Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxx |
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member
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[SIGNATURE
PAGE TO MERGER AGREEMENT ]
BRAND
EQUITY VENTURES I, L.P.,
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by
Brand Equity Partners I, LLC, Its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx |
Name: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
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Title:
Attorney-in-Fact
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BRAND
EQUITY VENTURES II, L.P.,
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by
Brand Equity Partners II, LLC, Its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Member
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NEWSPRING
VENTURES II, L.P.
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By:
Its general partner, NSVII GP, L.P.
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By:
Its general partner, NSVII GP, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
COO
& GP
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NEWSPRING
VENTURES II, L.P.
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By:
Its general partner, NSVII GP, L.P.
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By:
Its general partner, NSVII GP, LLC, solely in its
capacity
as the Stockholder Representative
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxx |
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
COO
& GP
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