STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT by and among The KEYW Holding Corporation Everest Technology Solutions, Inc. ETS Holdings, Inc. and Certain stockholders of ETS Holdings, Inc. Dated December 2, 2010
Execution
Version
by
and among
The
KEYW Holding Corporation
Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc.
ETS
Holdings, Inc.
and
Certain
stockholders of ETS Holdings, Inc.
Dated
December 2, 2010
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Article
I . DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01
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Definitions
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1
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Article
II . SALE AND PURCHASE OF SHARES
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Section
2.01
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Closing
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Section
2.02
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Transfer
of Shares
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10
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Section
2.03
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Aggregate
Consideration
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10
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Section
2.04
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Transfer
of Parent Common Stock
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13
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Section
2.05
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Seller
Representative
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13
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Section
2.06
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Deliveries
of Seller at Closing
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15
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Section
2.07
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Deliveries
of Purchaser at Closing
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Article
III . REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE
SELLER
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Section
3.01
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Organization
and Standing
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Section
3.02
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability
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Section
3.03
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No
Conflict or Violation
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Section
3.04
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No
Consent or Filing
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Section
3.05
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Capitalization
and the Shares
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Section
3.06
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Financial
Information
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Section
3.07
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Conduct
of Business; No Company Material Adverse Effect
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Section
3.08
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Material
Contracts
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Section
3.09
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Property,
Assets and Leases
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Section
3.10
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No
Litigation; Compliance with Laws
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Section
3.11
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No
Undisclosed Liabilities
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Section
3.12
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Insurance
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Section
3.13
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No
Brokers
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Section
3.14
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No
Transactions with Interested Persons
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Section
3.15
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Environmental
Matters
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23
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Section
3.16
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Intellectual
Property
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Section
3.17
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Tax
Matters
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25
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Section
3.18
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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26
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Section
3.19
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Labor
and Employment Matters
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28
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Section
3.20
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Government
Contracts and Subcontracts
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Section
3.21
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Banking
Relationships
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30
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Section
3.22
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Improper
and Other Payments
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31
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Section
3.23
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Customers
and Suppliers
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31
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Section
3.24
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Accounts
Receivable; Inventory
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31
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Section
3.25
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Subsidiaries
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Section
3.26
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Territorial
Restrictions
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Section
3.27
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Product
or Service Warranties
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Section
3.28
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Order
Backlog
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Section
3.29
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Government
Furnished Equipment
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Section
3.30
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Disclosure
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Section
3.31
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No
Other Representations or Warranties
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Article
IV . INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE
SELLER
PARTIES AND THE SELLER RELATED PARTIES
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Section
4.01
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability
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34
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Section
4.02
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No
Conflict or Violation
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Section
4.03
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Shares
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Section
4.04
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No
Brokers
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Section
4.05
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No
Claims
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Section
4.06
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Securities
Act
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35
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Section
4.07
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Experience
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Section
4.08
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S
Corporation
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35
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Section
4.09
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Disclosure
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35
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Section
4.10
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Representation
by Counsel
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Section
4.11
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No
Other Representations and Warranties
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Article
V . REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
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36
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Section
5.01
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Organization,
Standing and Power
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Section
5.02
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Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability
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Section
5.03
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No
Conflict or Violation
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Section
5.04
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No
Consent or Filing
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Section
5.05
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No
Litigation
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Section
5.06
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No
Brokers
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Section
5.07
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Adequate
Cash and Solvency
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38
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Section
5.08
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Registration
Statement
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38
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Section
5.09
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Securities
Act
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39
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Section
5.10
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Holdback
Shares
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39
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Section
5.11
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Disclosures
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39
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Section
5.12
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No
Other Representations and Warranties
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Article
VI . COVENANTS
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39
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Section
6.01
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Confidentiality
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39
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Section
6.02
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Further
Actions
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40
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Section
6.03
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Publicity
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40
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Section
6.04
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Expenses
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41
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Section
6.05
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Tax
Matters
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41
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Section
6.06
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Additional
Restrictions on Transfer of Shares
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45
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Section
6.07
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Certain
Waivers
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45
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Section
6.08
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Payment
of Indebtedness and Termination of Credit Agreements
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46
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Section
6.09
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Registration
Rights
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46
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Section
6.10
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(Deleted)
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47
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Section
6.11
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Exclusive
Dealing
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47
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Section
6.12
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XXX
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Xxxxxxx
6.13
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Employees
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Section
6.14
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(Deleted)
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Article
VII . INDEMNIFICATION
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Section
7.01
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Survival
Period
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48
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Section
7.02
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Indemnification
by the Seller
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48
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Section
7.03
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Individual
Indemnification by the Seller Related Parties
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49
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Section
7.04
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Indemnification
by Purchaser
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Section
7.05
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Third
Party Claims
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49
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Section
7.06
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Limitations
on Indemnification
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Section
7.07
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Cooperation
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52
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Section
7.08
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Subrogation
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52
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Section
7.09
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Purchaser
Acknowledgement
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52
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Article
VIII . CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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53
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Section
8.01
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Conditions
to Obligations of Each Party
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Section
8.02
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Conditions
to Obligations of Purchaser
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53
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Section
8.03
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Conditions
to Obligations of the Company and the Seller Parties
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54
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Article
IX . GENERAL PROVISIONS
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54
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Section
9.01
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Notices
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Section
9.02
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Waiver
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Section
9.03
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Benefit
and Assignment
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56
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Section
9.04
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Amendment
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Section
9.05
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Severability
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Section
9.06
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Governing
Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction
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57
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Section
9.07
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Specific
Performance
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Section
9.08
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Interpretation
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58
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Section
9.09
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Signature
in Counterparts
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59
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Section
9.10
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Remedies
Cumulative
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59
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Section
9.11
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Entire
Agreement
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59
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Section
9.12
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Attorneys’
Fees
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59
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Section
9.13
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Attorney-Client
Privilege
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59
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Article
X PRE CLOSING MATTERS
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60
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Section
10.01
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Affirmative
Covenants of Company and Seller
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60
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Section
10.02
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Adverse
Developments
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60
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Section
10.03
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Disclosure
Schedules Update
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60
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Section
10.04
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Access
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Article
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Section
11.01
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Termination
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Section
11.02
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Effect
of Termination
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A:
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Holdback
Agreement
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Exhibit
B:
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Employment
Agreement
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Exhibit
C:
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Registration
Rights Agreement
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SCHEDULES
Disclosure
Schedule
This
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as
of December 2, 2010 is entered into by and among The KEYW Holding Corporation, a
Maryland corporation (the “Purchaser”), Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ETS
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Seller”) and each of
the persons listed on the signature pages attached hereto as a Seller Related
Party (each a “Seller
Related Party” and collectively the “Seller Related
Parties”), who are stockholders of the Seller, and solely for purposes
set forth in this Agreement, Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as the representative of the
Seller and Seller Related Parties hereunder (the “Seller
Representative”). The Purchaser, Company, each of the Sellers,
the Seller Related Parties, and the Seller Representative are referred to herein
as a “Party”
and together as the “Parties”.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Seller owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of
the Company; and
WHEREAS,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the Seller
desires to sell and the Purchaser desires to acquire all of the outstanding
capital stock of the Company.
WHEREAS,
the Seller Related Parties are equity holders of the Seller, will each benefit
from the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein, and have agreed
to join in this Agreement for the limited purposes of agreeing to certain
covenants contained herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Article
I. DEFINITIONS
Section
1.01 Definitions.
The
following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below throughout
this Agreement:
“Accounts Receivable”
means the billed and unbilled accounts receivable, and any other accounts, notes
and other receivables of the Company, calculating using line items and
methodology consistent with the Balance Sheet.
“Affiliate” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such Person. The term “control” (including the
terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate
Consideration” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Agreement” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Balance Sheet” means
the unaudited balance sheet of the Company as of October 31, 2010.
“Balance Sheet Date”
means the date of the Balance Sheet.
“Business Day” means
any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which the banks in Baltimore,
MD are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close.
“Cash Consideration”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).
“Claims” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.05.
“Closing” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.
“Closing Date” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“Closing Date Net Working
Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Closing Documents”
means the certificates referenced in Sections 8.02(a) and
8.03(a).
“Closing Price” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(a).
“Code” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Company” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Company Material Adverse
Effect”, means, with respect to the Company, any change, circumstance,
fact, event or effect that, individually or in the aggregate with all other
adverse changes, circumstances, facts, events and effects, is materially adverse
to the business. financial condition, assets or results of operations of the
Company, taken as a whole, other than any change, circumstance, fact, event or
effect arising out of or resulting from (a) changes in conditions in the U.S. or
global economy or capital or financial markets generally, including changes in
interest or exchange rates, (b) changes in general legal, Tax, regulatory,
political or business conditions that, in each case, generally affect the
geographic regions or industries in which the Company conducts its business (so
long as the foregoing do not disproportionately affect the Company),
(c) changes in GAAP, (d) the negotiation, execution, announcement or
performance of this Agreement and the other transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or
otherwise, with customers, suppliers, or employees (but not any adverse changes
affecting the Company resulting from claims by any Stockholder or a breach by
the Company or the Seller Parties of any of the representations, warranties or
covenants in this Agreement), (e) acts of war, armed hostilities, sabotage or
terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, armed
hostilities, sabotage or terrorism threatened or underway as of the date of this
Agreement (so long as the foregoing do not disproportionately affect the
Company), (f) earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, or other natural disasters
(so long as the foregoing do not disproportionately affect the Company), or (g)
any action taken by Purchaser or its Representatives, or taken by Company at the
request or with the consent of Purchaser or any of its
Representatives.
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“Company Owned IP”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.16(b).
“Disclosure Schedules”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of Article
III.
“Dispute Notice” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Distribution Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Employment Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.06(d).
“End Date” means
December 31, 2010.
“Environmental Laws”
means any applicable Laws relating to (a) the remediation, generation,
production, installation, use, storage, treatment, transportation, release, or
disposal of Hazardous Materials or (b) the protection of natural resources, the
environment, or human health and safety including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. sections 9601
et seq. (“CERCLA”), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 5101 et seq., the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. §
6901 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq., the Clean Air Act,
42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq., the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. § 136 et
seq., the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 33 U.S.C § 2701 et seq. and the
Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. (to the extent it
relates to Hazardous Materials), as such Laws have been amended or supplemented,
and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and all analogous applicable
foreign, federal, state or local Laws.
“ERISA” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
“ERISA Affiliate”
means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with the
Company or any of its Affiliates would be deemed a single employer for purposes
of Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code.
“Estimated Closing Date Net
Working Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(e).
“Exchange Act” means
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Financial Statements”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.06.
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“Flow of Funds
Memorandum” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(a).
“Foreign Plan” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(g).
“Fundamental
Representations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.01.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to
time.
“Government Contract”
means any contract with a Governmental Authority, including any Government Prime
Contract, Government Subcontract, Offer or Teaming Agreement and any current
proposals related to the foregoing and contracts issued in response to any such
proposals, in each case including any Loss Contract; provided that for purposes
of this definition and the definitions of “Government Prime Contract” and
“Government Subcontract”, any purchase order, delivery order or task order under
a Government Contract, Government Prime Contract or Government Subcontract shall
not constitute a separate Government Contract, Government Prime Contract or
Government Subcontract, as applicable, but shall be part of the Government
Contract, Government Prime Contract or Government Subcontract to which it
relates.
“Government Prime
Contract” means any prime contract, basic ordering agreement, letter
contract, change, arrangement or other commitment of any kind, on which final
payment has not been made and close-out not completed, between the Company and a
Governmental Authority.
“Government
Subcontract” means any subcontract, basic ordering agreement, letter
subcontract, change, arrangement or other commitment of any kind, on which final
payment has not been made, between the Company and any prime contractor to a
Governmental Authority or any subcontractor with respect to a Government Prime
Contract.
“Governmental
Authority” means any government or political subdivision, whether
federal, state, local, foreign or supranational, or any agency, authority,
official or instrumentality of any such government or political subdivision, or
any federal, state, local, foreign or supranational court, tribunal or
arbitrator.
“Hazardous Materials”
means any wastes, substances, radiation, or materials (whether solids, liquids
or gases) that are listed, regulated or defined under any Environmental Laws,
including but not limited to “hazardous substances” listed under “CERCLA” and
petroleum or any derivatives thereof.
“Holdback Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Holdback Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
“Holdback Shares”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b).
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“Indebtedness” means,
without duplication, all indebtedness of a Person for borrowed money, whether
secured or unsecured, including, without limitation, (a) all indebtedness of the
Company for money borrowed from a lender; (b) indebtedness of such a Person for
the deferred purchase price of property or services represented by a note,
earnout or contingent purchase payment; (c) all indebtedness of such Person
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement
with respect to property acquired by such Person; (d) all indebtedness of such
Person secured by a mortgage or other Lien to secure all or part of the purchase
price of the property subject to such lien or mortgage; (e) that portion of
obligations with respect to capital leases that is properly classified as a
liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (f) any liability of such
Person in respect of banker’s acceptances or letters of credit; (g) notes
payable and agreements representing extensions of credit whether or not
representing obligations for borrowed money; (h) guarantees securing
indebtedness for borrowed money; (i) all deferred compensation obligations,
including (x) all payment obligations under any non-qualified deferred
compensation plan of the Company (the “Non-Qualified Deferred
Compensation Plans”) and (y) any underfunded pension or post-retirement
liabilities of the Company (the “Underfunded
Liabilities”); (j) all unpaid bonus or stock appreciation rights
obligations incurred by the Company in connection with this transaction; (k) any
obligations under any interest rate swap agreements; and (l) all interest, any
premiums payable or any other costs, fees or charges (including any prepayment
penalties) on any instruments or obligations described in clauses (a) through
(l) hereof, all as the same may be payable upon the complete and final payoff
thereof, regardless of whether such payoff occurs prior to, simultaneous with or
following the Closing.
“Indemnified Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(a).
“Indemnifying Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.05(a).
“Independent Accounting
Firm” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c).
“Intellectual
Property” means all rights in intellectual property of any type
throughout the world including: (a) patents, patent applications and statutory
invention registrations, including continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisions, provisions, non-provisions, reexaminations, reissues and extensions
(“Patents”);
(b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, logos and corporate
names, slogans and other indicia of source of origin, whether or not registered,
including all common law rights thereto and all goodwill associated therewith,
and registrations and applications for registration thereof (“Trademarks”); (c)
copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, and registrations and
applications for registration thereof (“Copyrights”); (d)
trade secrets, including confidential information and proprietary know-how; (e)
domain names; (f) moral rights; (g) shop rights; (h) inventions (whether
patentable or unpatentable), invention disclosures, industrial design rights,
industrial models and utility models; (i) proprietary discoveries, ideas,
developments, data, technical, business and other information, including
methodology, processes, techniques, methods, formulae, designs, algorithms,
prospect lists, customer lists, projections, analyses, market studies,
manufacturing or marketing information, blueprints, drawings, chemical
compositions, market research, specifications and methods of manufacture; (j)
mask works and other semiconductor chip rights and registrations thereof; (k)
computer programs and software including source code, object code, data and
databases; (l) the right and power to assert, defend and recover title to any of
the foregoing; (m) all rights to assert, defend and recover for any past,
present and future infringement, misuse, misappropriation, impairment,
unauthorized use of other violation of any of the foregoing; and (n) all rights
to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions and extensions of legal protection
pertaining to any of the foregoing.
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“Inventory” means all
raw materials, work-in-process, goods, supplies, inventory, spare parts,
replacement and component parts, and materials used or consumed in a Person’s
business.
“IRS” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
“Knowledge of the
Company” and “Knowledge of the
Seller” means the actual knowledge of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx and the knowledge that each such Person would reasonably be expected
to obtain in the course of diligently performing his or her duties for the
Company.
“Knowledge of the
Purchaser” means the actual knowledge of the Chief Executive Officer, the
President and the Chief Financial Officer of Purchaser and the knowledge each
that such Person would reasonably be expected to obtain in the course of
diligently performing his or her duties for the Purchaser.
“Law” means any law,
statute, code, ordinance, regulation or other legally enforceable requirement of
any Governmental Authority.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, lien, option, encumbrance, assignment, restriction, pledge, claim,
interest, security interest, hypothecation, lease, sublease, license, adverse
claim, easement, encroachment, right-of-way, burden, title defect, title
retention agreement, voting trust agreement, right of first refusal, preemptive
right, put, call, restriction on transfer, charge or other encumbrance,
restriction or limitation, in each case other than (a) any Lien for Taxes not
yet due or delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings or that may thereafter be paid without penalty, (b) any lien which
is a carrier’s, warehousemen’s, mechanic’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
similar lien arising in the ordinary course of business, (c) with respect to the
Shares, any liens imposed by Purchaser or imposed by applicable securities Laws,
(d) any burden, pledge, encumbrance, or restriction created by this Agreement or
any of the Transaction Documents, or (e) any liens that do not interfere
with the use of the properties or assets by the Company and which do not impair
the value of such properties or assets.
“Loss Contracts” means
any contract for the sale of goods and/or services which, after allocation of
costs including overhead and general and administrative expenses, would result
in negative profit on the contract; provided, that Loss Contracts shall not
include any contracts in which the net loss is not material.
“Losses” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“material” or “materially adverse”
means any change, circumstance, fact or event, that individually or the
aggregate, would result in Losses to the Company in excess of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000); provided, that this definition
does not apply to the use of the phrase “materially adverse” in the definition
of Company Material Adverse Effect.
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“Material Contracts”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.08.
“Net Working Capital”
means the difference (whether positive or negative) of (a) the book
value of the current assets of the Company as of the Closing Date (including any
Tax assets) and (b) the current liabilities of the Company as of the Closing
Date, in each case as determined in accordance with GAAP as consistently applied
by the Company (except as otherwise provided herein); provided, that: (i)
current liabilities will exclude (A) any Indebtedness or other obligations of
the Company paid at Closing out of the Aggregate Consideration, (B) any
transaction expenses of the Company paid at Closing out of the Aggregate
Consideration.
“NWC Holdback” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(e).
“Offer” means an
“offer” to which the Company is a party as defined in the Federal Acquisition
Regulation (“FAR”)
2.101.
“Ordinary Gain Amount”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
6.05(f).
“PBGC” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(h).
“Party” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Permitted Use” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section
6.02(b).
“Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, firm, joint venture, association, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, joint-stock company, trust,
joint venture, unincorporated organization, governmental, judicial or regulatory
body, business unit, division or any other business entity, organization or
Governmental Authority.
“Plans” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 3.18(a).
“Post-Closing Tax
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Pre-Closing Tax
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Pre-Transaction
Merger” means the merger that occurred immediately prior to Closing
between the Company and ETS Merger Sub Inc., with the Company as the surviving
entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Seller with Seller being treated as an
S corporation pursuant to the Code, without having to file Form 2553 and being
treated for income tax purposes as a continuation of the Company, with the
Company being a “qualified subchapter S subsidiary” (“QSUB”) pursuant to the
Code; and with the events described herein, qualifying as a reorganization
within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code.
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“Pro Rata Share” for
each Seller Related Party, shall equal a fraction, the numerator of which is the
total number of outstanding shares of capital stock of Seller held by such
Seller Related Party as of the Closing Date, and the denominator is the total
number of outstanding shares of capital stock held by all stockholders of the
Seller as of the Closing Date, expressed as a percentage.
“Purchaser” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Purchaser Common
Stock” means unregistered shares of common stock of the Purchaser, par
value $0.001 per share.
“Purchaser Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.02.
“Purchaser Disclosure
Schedules” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble of Article
V.
“Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect” means any event, change, circumstance or effect that,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially impair or delay the ability
of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement or under any
other Transaction Document or to consummate the transaction contemplated by
Article II.
“Purchaser Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.08.
“Real Property” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 3.09(c).
“Registration Rights
Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.09.
“Representative”
means, as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and its and their directors,
officers, employees, agents, advisors (including, without limitation, financial
advisors, counsel and accountants).
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“Seller” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Seller Indemnified
Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.04.
“Seller Party” shall
have the meaning set forth in the introduction to Article
IV.
“Seller Related Party”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Seller Releasees”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.07(c).
“Shares” means all of
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Company.
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“Stockholders” or
“Stockholder”
shall mean all of the holders of the outstanding capital stock of the
Seller.
“Straddle Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(b).
“Target Net Working
Capital” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.03(d).
“Tax” or “Taxes” means any
taxes of any kind, including but not limited to any and all federal, state,
local and foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise,
severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs
duties, capital stock, franchise, branch, profits, license, withholding,
payroll, social security, unemployment, disability, ad valorem, real property,
personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative
or add-on minimum, estimated, or other similar taxes (together with any and all
interest, penalties and additions to tax imposed with respect thereto) imposed
by any governmental or Tax authority.
“Tax Matter” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.05(e).
“Tax Returns” means
any and all returns, declarations, claims for refund, or information returns or
statements, reports and forms relating to Taxes filed with any Tax authority
(including any schedule or attachment thereto) with respect to the Company,
including any amendment thereof.
“Teaming Agreement”
means a “contractor team arrangement(s),” as referenced in the FAR Subpart
9.601, to which the Company is a party.
“Transaction
Documents” means this Agreement and each agreement, instrument
or document attached hereto as an Exhibit and the other agreements, certificates
and instruments to be executed by any of the parties in connection with or
pursuant to this Agreement.
“WARN Act” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 3.19(c).
Article
II. SALE AND
PURCHASE OF SHARES
Section
2.01 Closing.
Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing
Date, Seller will sell the Shares to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase the
Shares from Seller. The closing of the sale and purchase of the
Shares (the “Closing”) shall take
place beginning at 10:00 A.M. local time on the date within three (3) Business
Days after the conditions in Article VIII have
been satisfied or, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, waived (other than
those conditions which by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but
subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions), at the offices of
Holland & Knight, LLP, 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, XxXxxx, XX 00000,
or such other time and place upon which the Parties may mutually
agree. The day on which the Closing actually occurs is herein
sometimes referred to as the “Closing
Date”. The Closing shall be effective as of 11:59 p.m.
(Eastern Standard Time) on the Closing Date. By agreement of the
Parties, the Closing may take place by conference call, telecopy or e-mail with
exchange of original signatures by overnight mail.
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Section
2.02 Transfer of
Shares.
Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, on and as of the Closing
Date, the Seller hereby sells, assigns and transfers, and the Purchaser hereby
purchases, the Shares, free and clear of all Liens.
Section
2.03 Aggregate
Consideration.
(a)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, in reliance upon the
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of Seller, the Seller
Related Parties and Company set forth herein, and as consideration for the
purchase and sale of the Shares, on and as of the Closing Date, the Purchaser
agrees to pay and transfer to the Seller the following consideration
(collectively, the “Aggregate
Consideration”): (A)
Twenty Eight Million Dollars ($28,000,000), as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.03(e) and
reduced by the amounts described in Sections 2.03(a)(i) and 2.03(a)(ii)
below (the “Cash Consideration”
), payable in the manner set forth below; (B) subject to Section 2.03(b), that
number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock determined by dividing Two Million
Dollars ($2,000,000) by the average market price at which shares of Purchaser’s
registered common stock traded on the NASDAQ Global Market over the last ten
(10) trading days immediately prior to the Closing Date (the “Closing Price”); (C)
the amount, if any, determined pursuant to Section 2.03(d) below
within the time frame set forth therein; and (D) the amounts, if any,
determined pursuant to Section 6.05(f) and Section 6.05(k) below
within the time frames set forth therein. On and as of the Closing
Date, Purchaser will pay the Cash Consideration by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the recipients as designated in a flow of funds memorandum
(with wire instructions for the below payments or instructions to pay certain
amounts by check) prepared by the Seller and Company and reasonably acceptable
to Purchaser (the “Flow of Funds
Memorandum”) and containing the following:
(i) The
amount of any Indebtedness (if any) that will be paid at Closing;
(ii) The
amount of expenses payable by the Seller and the Company in connection with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (e.g., payment to legal
counsel, accountants and financial advisors) to the extent remaining unpaid as
of the Closing; and
(iii) The
Cash Consideration (less the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above) to
Seller.
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(b) On
the Closing Date, all of the shares of Purchaser Common Stock to be issued
pursuant to Section
2.03(a)(B) above (the “Holdback Shares”)
shall be held by Purchaser subject to a holdback agreement between the Seller
Representative, Seller and Purchaser in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(the “Holdback
Agreement”) until the end of the fifteen (15) month period following the
Closing Date (or as otherwise set forth in the Holdback Agreement, the “Holdback Period”), as
partial security for the indemnification obligations of the Seller and Seller
Related Parties set forth in this Agreement. In calculating the value
of the Holdback Shares for purposes of satisfying any indemnity claim of
Purchaser under this Agreement, each Holdback Share shall be valued at the
Closing Price, and indemnity claims which are paid under the Holdback Agreement
shall be satisfied by cancelling the number of Holdback Shares that are equal to
the claim amount based on the Closing Price of such shares. Upon termination of
the Holdback Period, the remaining Holdback Shares, if any, shall be distributed
to the Seller (the date of distribution, the “Distribution
Date”).
(c) Within
sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Purchaser shall prepare and deliver
to the Seller Representative the calculation of Net Working Capital
as of 11:59 p.m. of the Closing Date (the “Closing Date Net Working
Capital”) , which calculation shall contain reasonable details and
statements as to the assumptions, means and other inputs by which such
calculation was determined. The calculation of the Closing Date Net
Working Capital will be prepared by applying the definition of Net Working
Capital herein. The Purchaser’s calculation of the Closing Date Net
Working Capital shall be final and binding on the Parties unless, within thirty
(30) days after delivery thereof to the Seller Representative,
the Seller Representative delivers to the Purchaser a notice of
dispute (a “Dispute
Notice”) specifying in reasonable detail the items in
dispute. During such 30-day review period, the Purchaser will provide
the Seller Representative and its Representatives with reasonable access during
normal business hours to the books and records of the Company and all work
papers and back up materials relating to the determination of Closing Date Net
Working Capital. Such items in dispute shall be limited to claims of
the Purchaser’s error or use of accounting principles, policies, practices,
classifications or methodologies other than the Company used in preparation of
the Balance Sheet. After delivery of a Dispute Notice,
the Seller Representative and the Purchaser shall promptly negotiate
in good faith with respect to the subject of the Dispute Notice, and if they are
unable to reach an agreement within fifteen (15) days after delivery by
the Seller Representative of the Dispute Notice, the dispute shall be
submitted (no later than five (5) Business Days at the end of such 15-day
resolution period) to Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx LLP, or such other independent public
accounting firm as mutually agreed to by the Purchaser and the Seller
Representative (the “Independent Accounting
Firm”). Each Party agrees to execute, if requested by the
Independent Accounting Firm, a reasonable engagement letter with respect to the
work to be performed by the Independent Accounting Firm. The Independent
Accounting Firm shall be directed by the Purchaser and the Seller Representative
to issue a final and binding decision within thirty (30) days of submission of
the Dispute Notice to the Independent Accounting Firm, as to the issues of
disagreement referred to in the Dispute Notice and not resolved by the Purchaser
and the Seller Representative. The Independent
Accounting Firm shall determine only those items still in dispute by the parties
and the Independent Accounting Firm’s determination will be based upon and
consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The
determination by the Independent Accounting Firm will be based solely on
presentations with respect to such disputed items by the Purchaser and the
Seller Representative to the Independent Accounting Firm and not on the
Independent Accounting Firm’s independent review. the Purchaser and the Seller
Representative will use their reasonable best efforts to make their respective
presentations as promptly as practicable following submission to the Independent
Accounting Firm of the disputed items, and each party shall be entitled, a part
of its presentation, to respond to the presentation of the other party and any
questions and requests of the Independent Accounting Firm. In
deciding any matter, the Independent Accounting Firm (i) will be bound by the
provisions of this Section 2.03(c) and (ii) may not assign a value to any item
greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either the Purchaser or
the Seller Representative or less than the smallest value for such item claimed
by the Purchaser or the Seller Representative. Each of the Parties
agrees that it shall be bound by the determination of the Independent Accounting
Firm and such determination may only be reviewed, corrected or set aside by a
court of competent jurisdiction only upon a finding by such court that the
Independent Accounting Firm committed fraud or manifest error with respect to
its determination. The determination of the Independent Accounting
Firm will not be deemed an award subject to review under the Federal Arbitration
Act or any other statute. The fees and expenses of the Independent
Accounting Firm shall be borne by the non-prevailing party to the decision of
the Independent Accounting Firm if one party prevails on all disputed items; if
neither the Purchaser or the Seller Representative were correct with respect to
all of the disputed items, then the Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Seller
Representative, on the other hand, will each pay half of the Independent
Auditor’s fees. Except as provided in the preceding sentences, all
other costs and expenses incurred by the Parties in connection with resolving
any dispute hereunder before the Independent Accounting Firm will be borne by
the party incurring such cost and expense.
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(d) If
the Closing Date Net Working Capital, as determined in accordance with Section 2.03(c)
above, is less than One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) (the
“Target Net Working
Capital”), the Aggregate Consideration shall be reduced on a
dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount by which the Target Net Working Capital
exceeds the Closing Date Net Working Capital, and Seller shall pay the Purchaser
the dollar amount by which the Target Net Working Capital exceeds the Closing
Date Net Working Capital first by offset of the NWC Holdback, if any,
and the remainder, if any, in cash within five (5) Business Days after the final
determination of the Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section
2.03(c). Seller shall be liable for the amount of any deficit
in the Target Net Working Capital pursuant to this Section 2.03(d), and
such liability shall be in addition to, and independent of, any and all
limitations, thresholds and exclusivity provisions set forth in Article VII of this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Closing Date Net Working
Capital is greater than the Target Net Working Capital, then the Cash
Consideration shall be increased on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the amount by
which the Closing Date Net Working Capital exceeds the Target Net Working
Capital, and the Purchaser shall pay the Seller the dollar amount by which the
Closing Date Net Working Capital exceeds the Target Net Working Capital in cash
within five (5) Business Days after the final determination of the Closing Date
Net Working Capital pursuant to Section
2.03(c). Any amount of the NWC Holdback not offset by
Purchaser pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) shall
be paid by the Purchaser to the Seller within five (5) Business Days after the
final determination of Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section
2.03(c).
(e) No
later than one day prior to the Closing Date, Seller Representative shall
deliver to Purchaser a good faith estimate of the Closing Date Net Working
Capital and attach the estimate to this Agreement as Schedule 2.03(e)
(“Estimated Closing
Date Net Working Capital”). If the Estimated Closing Date Net
Working Capital is less than the Target Net Working Capital, Purchaser shall
hold the difference between the Estimated Closing Date Net Working Capital and
the Target Net Working Capital back from the portion of the Cash Consideration
paid pursuant to Section 2.03(a)(iii)
(the “NWC
Holdback”) until five (5) Business Days after the final determination of
Closing Date Net Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.03(c), at
which time it will be paid to the Purchaser or the Seller as required by Section
2.03(d).
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Section
2.04 Transfer of Parent Common
Stock.
With
respect to the shares of the Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to the Seller
as described in Section 2.03(a)(B),
the Purchaser is transferring and conveying such shares to the Seller along with
certificates representing such shares, duly endorsed in blank or with stock
powers duly endorsed in blank, in proper form for transfer; however such shares
shall be held by Purchaser pursuant to the Holdback Agreement, as set forth
in Section
2.03(b).
Section
2.05 Seller
Representative.
(a) The
Seller and each Seller Related Party, by execution of this Agreement, hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx as the sole, exclusive,
true and lawful agent, representative and attorney-in-fact for the Seller and
each Seller Related Party (the “Seller Representative”) for
any and all matters relating to, arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement and the Holdback Agreement, including for purposes of taking any
action or omitting to take action on behalf of the Seller and each Seller
Related Party under this Agreement and the Holdback Agreement. The
Seller Representative hereby accepts such appointment. All actions,
notices, communications and determinations by or on behalf of the Seller and
each Seller Related Party shall be given or made by the Seller Representative
and all such actions, notices, communications and determinations by the Seller
Representative shall conclusively be deemed to have been authorized by, and
shall be binding upon, the Seller and all Seller Related Parties. By
giving notice to the Seller Representative in the manner provided by Section 9.01,
Purchaser shall be deemed to have given notice to Seller and all of the Seller
Related Parties. Any action taken by the Seller Representative may be
considered by Purchaser to be the action of the Seller and the Seller Related
Parties for whom such action was taken for all purposes of this Agreement and
the Holdback Agreement.
(b) If
Seller Representative dies, becomes legally incapacitated or resigns, then
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx shall serve as the Seller Representative hereunder. If
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx while serving as the Seller Representative dies, becomes
legally incapacitated or resigns, then those Seller Related Parties beneficially
holding a majority of the Shares beneficially held by all such Seller Related
Parties as of the Closing Date promptly shall designate in writing to Purchaser
a single individual to replace the Seller Representative as the successor Seller
Representative hereunder. If at any time there shall not be a Seller
Representative or the Seller Related Parties so fail to designate a
successor Seller Representative, then Purchaser may have a court of
competent jurisdiction appoint a Seller Representative hereunder. Any
such successor Seller Representative shall succeed to all of the rights and
obligations of the Seller Representative hereunder.
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(c) Without
limited the generality of the foregoing the Seller Representative is designated
as the sole and exclusive agent, representative and attorney-in-fact for the
Seller and each Seller Related Party for all purposes related to this Agreement,
including (i) service of process upon the Seller and the Seller Related Parties,
(ii) executing and delivering to Purchaser or any other Person on behalf of the
Seller or any of or all Seller Related Parties’ any and all
instruments, certificates, documents and agreements with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the Holdback Agreement, (iii)
receipt of all notices on behalf of the Seller and the Seller Related Parties
with respect to any matter, suit, claim, action or proceeding arising
with respect to the sale of the Shares or any transaction contemplated by this
Agreement including the defense, settlement or compromise of any claim, action
or proceeding pursuant to Article VII, (iv) to
disburse any funds received hereunder to Seller, (v) to execute and deliver on
behalf of such Seller and each such Seller Related Party any amendment or waiver
hereto (provided, any such amendment or waiver applies in the same manner to all
such Seller Related Parties), (vi) to take all other actions to be taken by or
on behalf of Seller and such Seller Related Party in connection herewith,
including, without limitation, the execution, delivery and performance of the
Holdback Agreement, (vii) to do each and every act and exercise any and all
rights which Seller, such Seller Related Party or the Seller Related Parties, as
applicable, collectively are permitted or required to do or exercise under this
Agreement, and (viii) to resolve claims under the Holdback Agreement including,
but not limited to, all matters concerning any Dispute Notice under Section 2.03(c) and
claims for indemnification under Article VII of this
Agreement. All decisions and actions by the Seller
Representative (to the extent authorized by this Agreement) shall be binding
upon Seller and all of the Seller Related Parties’, and no Seller Related Party
nor Seller shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest
same. Seller and the Seller Related Parties may act only through
Seller Representative and Purchaser shall be entitled to rely on the Seller
Representative’s authority as the agent, representative and attorney-in-fact of
Seller and the Seller Related Parties for all purposes hereunder and shall have
no liability for any such reliance. None of Seller or the Seller Related Parties
may revoke the authority of Seller Representative. Seller and each
Seller Related Party hereby ratifies and confirms, and hereby agrees to ratify
and confirm, any action taken by Seller Representative in the exercise of the
power-of-attorney granted to Seller Representative pursuant to this Section 2.05, which
power-of-attorney, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable and shall
survive the death, incapacity, incompetence, bankruptcy, dissolution or
liquidation of Seller and each Seller Related Party. Any payment made
to Seller Representative pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to have been
made to Seller.
(d) The
Seller Representative shall not be liable to Seller or any Seller Related Party
for any act or omission taken pursuant to or in conjunction with this Agreement
and the Holdback Agreement, except for his or her own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. Seller and each Seller Related Party agrees,
jointly and severally with the Seller and the other Seller Related Parties, to
indemnify and hold harmless the Seller Representative against all Losses
incurred by the Seller Representative in connection with the
performance of the Seller Representative’s duties as the Seller Representative,
including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding to which the
Seller Representative is made a party by reason of the fact such Person is or
was acting as the Seller Representative under this Agreement and Holdback
Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented, except such
liability and expense as may result from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of Seller Representative.
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Section
2.06 Deliveries of Seller at
Closing.
At the
Closing, the Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to
Purchaser:
(a) Certificates
representing the Shares, free and clear of all Liens, duly endorsed to Purchaser
or accompanied by duly endorsed stock powers;
(b) the
Holdback Agreement duly executed by the Seller and the Seller Representative,
accompanied by duly executed stock powers;
(c) the
Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by the Seller;
(d) Employment
Agreements between the Purchaser, an Affiliate of Purchaser, or the
Company and those employees of the Company identified in Schedule 2.06(d)
(each, an “Employment Agreement”)
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, duly
executed by each such employee;
(e) The
Flow of Funds Memorandum, duly executed by the Company and Seller;
(f) the
written resignations, effective immediately after the Closing Date, of each of
the directors and officers of the Company in their capacities as
such;
(g) any
consents and approvals relating to the Company required to be obtained to
effectuate the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby, from any Governmental Authority or any third party under
any lease, contract or agreement, which consents are listed and described with
the approval of Purchaser as “Required Consents” on Schedules 3.03 and
3.04
hereto;
(h) payoff
statements from the appropriate Persons relating to all items of Indebtedness
that are required to be paid off at or in connection with the Closing, and
evidence of the payment and full satisfaction thereof;
(i) the
written release of all Liens relating to the assets of the Company (other than
the Permitted Liens) or the Shares, in either case, executed by the holder of or
parties to each such Lien, in form and substance satisfactory to Purchaser and
its counsel;
(j) a
certificate of good standing, or equivalent certificate, from Delaware, Maryland
and the Commonwealth of Virginia, for the Company, dated within ten (10)
calendar days of the Closing Date, issued by the appropriate Governmental
Authority;
(k) all
share transfer books, minute books and other corporate records of the Company
(to the extent not previously delivered);
(l) copies,
certified by the Secretary of the Company to be true, complete and correct as of
the Closing Date, of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and all
amendments thereto, and the Company’s and Seller’s Bylaws and all amendments
thereto, resolutions of the Stockholders and board of directors of the Company,
authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated hereby, and resolutions
or other evidence that the Seller has appointed the Seller’s Representative to
act hereunder;
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(m) evidence
of termination of the following: (1) any Stockholders’ Agreement relating to the
Company, its stockholders or the Shares, (2) all options, rights or awards
relating to the Company’s capital stock, if any, (3) all bonus, incentive and
profit sharing plans and agreements, and (4) all lines of credit or other credit
facilities or agreements in the name of the Company;
(n) an
opinion from the Company’s counsel solely related to the authorization for and
effectiveness of the Pre-Transaction Merger and the conversion of the applicable
capital stock in accordance with the agreement and plan of merger related
thereto; and
(o) the
certificate referenced in Section 8.02(a)
herein, signed by the Company and the Seller Representative on behalf of the
Seller.
Section
2.07 Deliveries of Purchaser at
Closing.
At the
Closing Purchaser shall deliver or cause to be delivered:
(a) The
Aggregate Consideration in accordance with Section 2.03(a) and
Section 2.03(b)
with a certificate representing the Shares, free and clear of all Liens,
delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section
2.03(b);
(b) to
the Seller Representative, the Holdback Agreement duly executed by
Purchaser;
(c) to
the Seller, the Registration Rights Agreement duly executed by
Purchaser;
(d) to
the Seller Representative, a Maryland certificate of good standing, or
equivalent certificate, for the Purchaser, dated within ten (10) calendar days
or the Closing Date, issued by the appropriate Governmental Authority, and
resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Purchaser, authorizing and
approving the transactions contemplated hereby;
(e) to
each employee of the Company identified in Schedule 2.06(d), the
Employment Agreement between the Purchaser, an Affiliate of the Purchaser, or
the Company and such employee, duly executed by the Purchaser, an Affiliate of
the Purchaser, or the Company (as applicable); and
(f) the
certificate referenced in Section 8.03(a)
herein, signed by the Purchaser
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Article
III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY AND THE SELLER
The
Seller and the Company hereby represent and warrant to the Purchaser, jointly
and severally, except as set forth on the disclosure schedules attached hereto
(the “Disclosure
Schedules”), the following as of the date hereof (except to the extent
that a representation, warranty or disclosure on the Disclosure Schedules,
expressly states that such representation, warranty or disclosure is current as
of some other date):
Section
3.01 Organization and
Standing.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.01, the Company (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, (b) is duly qualified to do
business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in Maryland, the District
of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Virginia and in each jurisdiction in which
the conduct of its business requires it to be so qualified, except where failure
to do so would not reasonably be expected to be materially adverse and (c) has
the power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business as such business is currently conducted. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.01,
the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any securities, equity or
other interests issued by any other Person, and is not a participant in any
material joint venture.
Section
3.02 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
The
Company has the requisite corporate or other power, capacity, and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which
it is a party, and perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and
delivery by the Company of this Agreement and each Transaction Document to which
it is a party, the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the
Company. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which
the Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by
each other party thereto, this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which the Company is a party constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at Law).
Section
3.03 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.03 or
on Schedule
3.04, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document to which the Company is a party, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, by the Company will not:
(a) conflict with any of the provisions of the organizational documents of the
Company, (b) conflict with, result in a material breach of or a material default
(with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, give rise to a right
of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any material obligation or loss
of a material benefit under, require the consent of any Person under, or result
in the creation of any Lien on any property or asset of the Company under any
material lease, contract, indenture or other material agreement, permit,
franchise, license or other instrument or undertaking to which the Company is a
party or by which the Company is bound, or (c) result in a violation
or contravention of any Law, rule, order, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award applicable to the Company or any of its properties or
assets.
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Section
3.04 No Consent or
Filing.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.04,
no consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or
notice to, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by or
with respect to the Company in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a
party, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, by the
Company.
Section
3.05 Capitalization and the
Shares.
The
Company has one hundred (100) shares of common stock authorized, all of which is
issued and outstanding. The Shares constitute all of the issued and
outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company. The Shares have been duly
authorized, validly issued and are fully paid, nonassessable and free of
preemptive (or similar) rights. The Shares are owned beneficially and
of record by the Seller, free and clear of all Liens, the requirements of any
applicable Laws or regulations regarding the subsequent transfer of the Shares
and constitute the only issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Company. Upon delivery of payment for the Shares as provided herein,
the Purchaser will acquire good and valid title to the Shares, free and clear of
all Liens, other than (i) any Liens arising from acts of the Purchaser and (ii)
the requirements of any applicable Laws or regulations regarding the subsequent
transfer of the Shares. There are no outstanding warrants, options,
agreements, convertible or exchangeable securities or other commitments (other
than this Agreement) pursuant to which the Company may become obligated to
issue, sell, purchase or redeem any shares of capital stock or other securities
of the Company. There are no outstanding contractual obligations of
the Company to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any outstanding
securities of the Company, to vote or to dispose of any Shares or capital stock
of the Company or to provide funds to or make any investment (in the form of a
loan, capital contribution or otherwise) to any other Person. Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.05, the
Company is not a party to any stockholders’ agreement, voting trust agreement,
registration rights agreement, preemptive rights agreement, phantom stock
agreement, stock appreciation rights agreement, incentive plan, stock option
plan, stock-based plan or any like agreement or plan relating to any equity
securities of the Company or any other contract relating to disposition, voting
or dividends with respect to any equity securities of the Company, and all such
agreements and plans shall terminate on or before the Closing Date and be of no
further force or effect from and after the Closing Date or shall be satisfied in
full on or before the Closing Date with no continuing obligations from and after
the Closing Date.
Section
3.06 Financial
Information.
Schedule 3.06
sets forth the audited balance sheet and income statement for the Company for
the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 and for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2008, and the unaudited, internally prepared balance sheet and income
statement for the ten (10) month period ended October 31, 2010 (collectively,
the “Financial
Statements”). The term “Financial Statements” shall also be
deemed to include any updated financial statements of the Company supplied by
Seller or Company in response to Purchaser’s request covering periods subsequent
to October 31, 2010 and prior to the Closing Date. The Financial
Statements, including the footnotes thereto, have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP and in accordance with past practices on a consistent basis throughout
the periods covered thereby and present fairly in all material respects the
financial position of the Company for such periods and as of such dates as are
indicated therein subject in the case of interim financial statements to normal
and recurring year-end audit adjustments.
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Section
3.07 Conduct of Business; No
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.07,
since the Balance Sheet Date:
(a) the
Company has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practice;
(b) there
has not been any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by
insurance, with respect to the property and assets of the Company having a
replacement cost of more than $100,000 for any single loss;
(c) there
has not been any material change by the Company in accounting or Tax reporting
principles, methods or policies;
(d) other
than any contracts or agreements disclosed on Schedules 3.08, 3.12, 3.13, 3.16(a), 3.18(a), and 3.20(n), the Company
has not entered into any transaction or contract or incurred any obligation or
liability, involving the expenditure of more than $100,000;
(e) the
Company has not mortgaged, pledged or subjected to any Lien any asset, or
acquired any assets, or sold, assigned, transferred, conveyed, leased or
otherwise disposed of any of its assets for which the aggregate consideration
paid or payable in any individual transaction was in excess of
$100,000;
(f) the
Company has not canceled or compromised any debt or claim with a value,
individually or in the aggregate, exceeding $100,000 or amended, canceled,
terminated, relinquished, waived or released any contract or right involving the
expenditure of more than $100,000;
(g) the
Company has not made or committed to make any capital expenditures or capital
additions in excess of $100,000;
(h) the
Company has not instituted or settled any legal proceeding in which equitable
relief was sought or in which claimed damages exceeded $25,000;
(i) the
Company has not amended any Plan or established any new employee benefit
plan;
(j) there
have been no labor strikes, work stoppages or lockouts against the
Company;
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(k) the
Company has not received any written notice of the premature termination of any
Material Contract; and
(l) and
through the date of this Agreement, there has not been any materially adverse
change, circumstance, fact or event, that individually or in the aggregate, has
resulted, or would reasonably be expected to result, in Losses in excess of One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000).
Section
3.08 Material
Contracts.
Schedule 3.08
sets forth, as of the date hereof, the following agreements currently in effect
to which the Company is a party that relate to the Company (each, a “Material
Contract”):
(a) Each
agreement or letter of intent to which the Company is a party requiring
payments, contingent or otherwise, or generating revenues in excess of $100,000
in any one year period; provided that the
amount of payments due or revenues to be generated under any requirements
agreement shall be measured by the amount paid or payable thereunder during the
one year period ending on the date of this Agreement;
(b) Each
agreement to which the Company is a party with respect to Indebtedness for money
borrowed, including loan agreements, indentures, letters of credit, mortgages,
security agreements, pledge agreements, deeds of trust, bonds, guaranties, swaps
and other instruments relating to the borrowing of money or obtaining of or
extension of credit;
(c) Other
than the offer letters between the Company and its employees upon the
commencement of employment, each management, consulting, independent contractor,
employment, severance, collective bargaining or similar agreement to which the
Company is a party;
(d) Each
confidentiality agreement, non-solicitation and non-competition agreement to
which the Company is a party;
(e) Each
partnership and joint venture agreement to which the Company is a
party;
(f) Each
agreement relating to the license, sale or development of Intellectual Property
to which the Company is a party;
(g) Each
lease or sublease for Real Property;
(h) Each
agreement to which the Company is a party under which the consequences of a
default or termination would reasonably be expected to be materially
adverse;
(i) Any
other agreement or letter of intent that is material to the business of the
Company and to which the Company is a party.
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Each
Material Contract is valid, binding and enforceable against the Company, in
accordance with its terms, except as limited by any applicable bankruptcy,
reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar Laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity
(whether or not considered in a court of Law or equity). There are no
existing material defaults by the Company under any Material Contract and, to
the Knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred (whether with or without
notice, lapse of time or the happening or occurrence of any other event) that
would be reasonably expected to constitute a material default under any Material
Contract by any other party thereto. The Company has no Material
Contracts that are Loss Contracts.
Section
3.09 Property, Assets and
Leases.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.09(a),
the Company has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in,
its assets (whether or not reflected on the Balance Sheet), free and clear of
all Liens. Such assets constitute all of the assets necessary to the
conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted.
(b) All
tangible personal property owned by the Company is in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.
(c) Schedule 3.09(c) sets
forth the real property owned or leased by the Company (collectively, the “Real
Property”). Except as set forth on Schedule 3.09(c),
with respect to each parcel of Real Property, (i) there are no pending or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threatened material condemnation proceedings,
lawsuits or administrative actions relating to it, (ii) there are no leases,
subleases, licenses or concessions, written or oral, granting to any Person the
right to use or occupy any portion of it and (iii) to the Knowledge of the
Company, there are no outstanding options or rights of first refusal to purchase
it or any portion thereof or interest therein.
(d) True,
correct and complete copies of the stock record books, minute books and other
corporate records maintained by the Company have been delivered or made
available to Purchaser, and such books and records have been maintained in
accordance with good business practices. The minute book of the
Company contains accurate and complete records of all meetings and corporate
action taken by the stockholders, Board of Directors and committees of the Board
of Directors of the Company. At the Closing, all of those books and
records will be in the possession of the Company, except to the extent they have
been delivered to the Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date.
Section
3.10 No Litigation; Compliance
with Laws.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.10, there
is no action, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, arbitration, grievance, citation,
summons, subpoena, inquiry or investigation, civil, criminal, regulatory or
otherwise, in law or in equity, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company,
threatened, by or against or relating to the Company.
(b) Except
as disclosed on Schedule 3.10, there
are no judgments against the Company or consent decrees, orders or injunctions
to which the Company is subject.
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(c) There
is no action, claim, suit or proceeding pending, or to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, by or against or affecting the Shares, Seller or the
Company in connection with or relating to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or of any action taken or to be taken in connection
herewith.
(d) Since
June 30, 2006, the Company has conducted its business in compliance in all
material respects with applicable Law and has received no notice of or been
charged with the violation of any applicable Law. The Company has all
material licenses, permits, franchises, orders, approvals, written waivers and
other authorizations of Governmental Authorities as are required in order to
enable it to own or lease its assets and conduct its business in all respects as
currently conducted. Except as set forth on Schedules 3.03 or
3.04, no
registration, filing, notice, order, approval, consent, written waiver or other
action of any Governmental Authority is required by virtue of the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby in order to maintain the rights pertaining to the licenses, permits,
franchises, orders, approvals, written waivers and other authorizations of
Governmental Authorities referred to in the preceding sentence.
Section
3.11 No Undisclosed
Liabilities.
The
Company has no debts, claims, commitments, liabilities or obligations (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent, liquidated or otherwise, and whether
due or to become due, asserted or unasserted) of the type required to be
reported on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and, to the
Knowledge of the Seller and Company, there is no basis for any such liability or
obligation or any claims, in respect thereof, except (a) liabilities set forth
in Schedule
3.11; (b) as and to the extent disclosed or reserved against in the
Balance Sheet, (c) liabilities and obligations that were incurred after the date
of the Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business consistent (in amount or
kind) with prior practice, none of which would reasonably be expected to be
materially adverse, and (d) obligations to perform after the date hereof, any
contracts or other agreements of the Company which have been disclosed on Schedule 3.08 of the
Disclosure Schedules, or which are not required to be disclosed on Schedule 3.08 because
such contracts or agreements do not meet the disclosure thresholds under Section 3.08
above.
Section
3.12 Insurance.
Schedule 3.12
sets forth a listing of the material terms of all insurance policies (including
policies providing property, casualty, liability, and workers’ compensation
coverage, benefits or coverage for any Plan described in Section 3.18,
and bond and surety arrangements) to which the Company has been a party, a named
insured or otherwise the beneficiary of coverage during the one year preceding
the date of this Agreement. Each of the insurance policies set forth
on Schedule 3.12 is
in full force and effect, all premiums due thereon have been paid, and neither
the Company nor any Seller has received any notice of termination or reduction
of coverage, or intent to terminate or reduce coverage, of any such insurance
policy.
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Section
3.13 No
Brokers.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.13, no Person is entitled to any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or
any similar compensation for services provided to any Seller or the Company in
connection with this Agreement and the transaction contemplated
hereby. Seller shall be solely responsible for paying any broker’s
commission or similar fee or compensation to any Person identified in Schedule
3.13.
Section
3.14 No Transactions with
Interested Persons.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.14,
with respect to any customer, supplier or competitor of the Company or any
entity party to any Material Contract, no officer or director of the Company or
any Seller (a) directly owns any interest in such entity or (b) serves as an
officer or director of such entity.
Section
3.15 Environmental
Matters.
Except as
set forth on Schedule 3.15,
(a) the Company is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all
applicable Environmental Laws, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company
possesses all permits and approvals issued pursuant to Environmental Laws that
are required to conduct the business of the Company as currently conducted, and
is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all such permits and
approvals, (c) no releases of any Hazardous Material have occurred at, on, from
or under any Real Property, for which releases the Company is liable under any
Environmental Law, (d) the Company has not received any written claim or notice
from any Governmental Authority or other Person, related to exposure to
Hazardous Materials or alleging that the Company is or may be in violation of,
or has any liability under, any Environmental Law and (e) to the Knowledge of
the Company, no Real Property is listed or proposed to be listed on the National
Priorities List or CERCLIS or on any similar governmental database that require
cleanup under Environmental Laws.
Section
3.16 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Schedule 3.16(a)
sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of (i) all registered Patents,
Copyrights and Trademarks and applications therefore pending in the name of the
Company or in which the Company is the owner, and (ii) all unregistered
Trademarks, and material unregistered Copyrights owned by the Company, and
specifies for each of (i) and (ii) the status (completed or in process) and
serial or registration number, if applicable and (iii) all material licenses and
sublicenses granted by or to the Company and with respect to any Intellectual
Property (excluding (x) commercial off the shelf licenses, clickwrap or shrink
wrap licenses for software in which the Company is the licensee and the license
fee is less than $5,000, (y) government furnished materials that constitute
Intellectual Property, (z) firmware that is included in any equipment purchased
by the Company.
(b) The
Company owns, free and clear of all Liens, or has the right to use, all
Intellectual Property used by the Company in its business. Such
Intellectual Property constitutes all of the Intellectual Property necessary to
the conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted. With respect
to Intellectual Property owned by the Company, (the “Company Owned IP”)
except as set forth on Schedule 3.16(b), the
Company is the sole owner of all right, title and interest therein and each item
of such Company Owned IP is valid and enforceable.
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(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(c), (i) the
Company is not in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both, would be in default) under any license to use any Intellectual Property,
(ii) to the Knowledge of the Company, no Company Owned IP is being infringed by
any third party or has been infringed by any third party in the past and (iii)
to the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has never infringed or violated,
and is not currently infringing or violating, any Intellectual Property of any
third party.
(d) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.16(d), (i)
there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, claim or
dispute regarding the ownership of, or use by, the Company of any Company Owned
IP, (ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the loss of use of any
Intellectual Property necessary to the conduct of the business of the Company as
currently conducted and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no fact
or circumstance existing that would render the right to use any of the
Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.16(a)
unenforceable or invalid.
(e) The
Company has taken all reasonably necessary action to maintain and protect (i)
its rights relating to the Intellectual Property set forth on Schedule 3.16(a) and
(ii) the secrecy, confidentiality, value and the rights in the trade secrets of
the Company. The Company has paid all fees and made all maintenance
filings which have heretofore become due to any Governmental Authority with
respect to Company Owned IP. The Company has and enforces a policy
(and such policy has been in place since December 31, 2005 substantially in its
current form) requiring all employees, consultants and contractors of the
Company to execute confidentiality agreements. The Company’s current
and former employees, officers, independent contractors and consultants that
have created or contributed to the development of any Company Owned IP have
assigned all right, title, interest and ownership of such Intellectual Property
to the Company through a written agreement. Copies of the Company’s
confidentiality and Intellectual Property assignment agreements have been made
available to the Purchaser. To the Knowledge of the Company, there
has been no violation or waiver of such assignment agreements or confidentiality
agreements, or unauthorized disclosure or use of any trade secret, confidential
or proprietary information, or Intellectual Property of the
Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no security
breach relating to, no violation of any security policy regarding, and no
unauthorized access to, the Company’s confidential and proprietary data or any
confidential data used in the business of the Company.
(f) The
Company maintains policies and procedures regarding data security and privacy
that are commercially reasonable and in compliance with all obligations to their
customers and under applicable Law.
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Section
3.17 Tax
Matters.
(a) The
Company and Seller (i) have timely filed or caused to be filed or will timely
file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns required to be filed by it and all
such Tax Returns are (or will be, as appropriate) true, correct and complete in
all material respects; and (ii) have timely paid or will timely pay all Taxes
that have become due and payable by it except those Taxes identified in Schedule 3.17(a)
which are being contested in good faith. There are no Liens for Taxes
upon any of the assets of the Company or Seller. All amounts of Taxes
required to have been withheld by or with respect to the Company and Seller have
been or will be timely withheld and remitted to the applicable Taxing authority
(and all related reporting and recordkeeping requirements have been or will be
complied with).
(b) The
Company has delivered to or made available to the Purchaser true, correct and
complete copies (in all material respects) of all income Tax Returns, Tax
examination reports and statements of deficiencies assessed against, or agreed
to with respect to the Company and the Seller with the Internal Revenue Service
or any other Tax authority for all years since its inception. No
claims have ever been made by a Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where
the Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to taxation
by that jurisdiction.
(c) There
are no pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company anticipated, audits,
examinations, investigations or other proceedings in respect of any Tax of the
Company. No deficiency for any amount of Tax has been asserted or
assessed by any Taxing authority in writing against the Company, which
deficiency has not been satisfied by payment, settled or been
withdrawn.
(d) The
unpaid Taxes of the Company did not, as of the Balance Sheet Date, exceed the
reserve for Tax liability (rather than any reserve for deferred Taxes
established to reflect timing differences between book and Tax income) set forth
on the face of the Balance Sheet (rather than in any notes thereto) and will not
exceed that reserve as adjusted for the passage of time through the Closing Date
in accordance with the past custom and practice of the Company.
(e) The
Company: (i) has never been a member of an affiliated group filing a
consolidated federal Income Tax Return, (ii) has no liability for the Taxes of
any Person (other than Taxes of the Company) as a transferee or successor, by
contract, or otherwise, other than any contract the primary purpose of which is
not the allocation or payment of Tax liability and in which such provisions
regarding Tax liability are typical of such contracts (for the purposes of
clarification, such as leases where the obligation to pay taxes is passed
through to tenant), and (iii) has never been a United States real property
holding corporation within the meaning of Code § 897(c)(2) during the
applicable period specified in Code § 897(c)(1)(ii).
(f) The
Company has not waived any statute of limitations in respect of any Tax or
agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency
that is currently in effect (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file
Tax Returns obtained in the ordinary course of business).
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(g) The
Company has not participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of,
and has complied with the reporting requirements of, Treasury regulation
1.6011-4.
(h) The
Company has not been a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation”
in a distribution of stock that was intended to qualify for Tax-free treatment
under Section 355 of the Code.
(i) The
Company (and any predecessor of the Company) had been a validly electing S
corporation within the meaning of Code § 1361 and § 1362 for all
federal, state and local income tax purposes, at all times during its existence
until it became a qualified subchapter S subsidiary within the meaning of Code §
1361(b)(3)(B) (a “Qsub”), effective on December 1, 2010, and the Company will be
a Qsub up to and including the Closing Date.
(j) The
Company has not received a written ruling from or entered into a written
agreement with a Governmental Authority relating to any Taxes where such ruling
or agreement could have a continuing effect with respect to any taxable period
for which the Company has not filed a Tax Return. No issue has been
raised by any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes of the Company in any
prior examination which, by application of the same or similar principles, could
reasonably be expected to result in a proposed deficiency for any other taxable
period. The Company has not taken any action not in accordance with
past practice that would have the effect of deferring a measure of Taxes from a
period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date to a period
(or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date. Except as set
forth on Schedule
3.17(j) attached hereto, the Company has no deferred income or Tax
liabilities arising out of any transaction, including but not limited to,
any: (A) intercompany transaction (as defined in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.1502-13); or (B) the disposal of any property in a transaction
accounted for under the installment method pursuant to Section 453 of the Code,
except to the extent adequately reserved for on the Financial
Statements.
Section
3.18 Employee Benefit
Plans.
(a) Schedule 3.18(a) sets forth all
employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”)) and all
bonus, profit sharing, restricted stock, incentive, deferred compensation,
retiree medical or life insurance, supplemental retirement, severance or other
benefit plans, programs or arrangements, and all employment (other than at-will
employment arrangements), termination, or severance agreements to which the
Company is a party, with respect to which the Company has any obligation or
which are maintained, contributed to or sponsored by the Company, for the
benefit of any current or former employee, consultant, independent contractor,
officer or director of the Company (collectively, without regard to materiality,
the “Plans”).
The Company has made available to the Purchaser a true, current and complete
copy of (i) each Plan that has been reduced to writing, together with all
amendments; (ii) in the case of each Plan that not been reduced to writing, a
summary of the Plan, as amended and in effect and (iii) for each Plan, the
following: (A) any related summary plan description or similar summary; (B) any
related trust agreements, group annuity contracts, insurance contracts,
administrative services agreements or similar agreements; (C) for any such Plan
for which a Form 5500 is required to be filed, the two most recently filed Forms
5500; (D) for any Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of
the Code, (1) a copy of the most recent Internal Revenue Service of the United
States (the “IRS”) determination
letter or, if a prototype plan, an opinion letter and (2) any material
correspondence with or notices from the IRS or the Department of
Labor.
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(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(b),
each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code
has received a favorable determination letter or prototype opinion letter from
the IRS that the Plan is so qualified, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no
circumstance exists that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
qualified status of any Plan.
(c) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(c), (i)
each Plan has been established and administered in material compliance, in both
form and operation, in accordance with its terms, and with the applicable
provisions of ERISA, the Code and other applicable Laws, and all contributions
to, premiums with respect to and benefit payments under each such Plan have been
timely made or, to the extent not yet due, appropriately accrued, and (ii) no
Plan provides retiree welfare benefits, and the Company has no obligation to
provide any retiree welfare benefits other than as required by
Section 4980B of the Code or similar State Law.
(d) With
respect to any Plan, (i) no claims (other than routine claims for benefits in
the ordinary course) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
in writing, (ii) no administrative investigation, audit or other administrative
proceeding by the Department of Labor, the IRS or other Governmental Authority
is pending, in progress or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened and
(iii) no event has occurred from which a material liability would be reasonably
expected to arise under the “prohibited transaction” rules (as defined in
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) and no “fiduciary”
(as defined in ERISA Section 3(21)) has any liability for any breach of
fiduciary duty or any other failure to act or comply in connection with the
administration or investment of the assets of any Plan.
(e) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.18(e),
neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has at any time maintained,
contributed to or incurred any material liability under any defined benefit
pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or any “multiemployer plan” or
“multiple employer plan” as those terms are defined in ERISA.
(f) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of its obligations under the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to
which it is party will not (either alone or upon the occurrence of any
additional or subsequent events) result in the triggering or imposition of (x)
any restrictions or limitations on the right of the Company to amend or
terminate any Plan, or (y) result in “excess parachute payments” within the
meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code that would be non-deductible by
the Company by virtue of Section 4999 of the Code.
(g) Without
limiting the generality of subsections (b) through (f) above, with respect to
each Plan that is subject to the Laws of a jurisdiction other than the United
States (whether or not United States Law also applies) (a “Foreign Plan”): (i)
all employer and employee contributions to each Foreign Plan required by Law or
by the terms of such Foreign Plan have been made, or, if applicable, accrued in
accordance with normal accounting practices; and (ii) each Foreign Plan required
to be registered has been registered and has been maintained in good standing
with applicable regulatory authorities.
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(h) With
respect to any “single-employer plan,” within the meaning of
Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, maintained or contributed to by the Company,
(i) no liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the “PBGC”) has been
incurred (other than for premiums not yet due), (ii) no proceedings to terminate
any such plan have been instituted by the PBGC and no event or condition has
occurred which would constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the
termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any such plan and
(iii) no “accumulated funding deficiency,” within the meaning of
Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code, whether or not
waived, exists.
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3.19 Labor and Employment
Matters.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.19, (i) no employee
of the Company is represented by a labor union, work council or similar
organization in connection with their employment by the Company, (ii) the
Company is not a party to, or otherwise subject to, any collective bargaining
agreement or other labor union contract, (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company,
no petition is currently pending, instituted or in progress by an employee or
group of employees of the Company with any labor relations board seeking
recognition of a bargaining representative, (iv) to the Knowledge of the
Company, there is no organizational effort currently being made or threatened
by, or on behalf of, any labor union to organize employees of the Company and no
written demand for recognition of employees of the Company has been made to the
Company by, or on behalf of, any labor union, (v) there are no unfair labor
practice complaints pending against the Company before the National Labor
Relations Board or any other Governmental Authority or any current union
representation questions involving employees of the Company, and (vi) there is
no labor strike, work stoppage or lockout pending, or, to the Knowledge of the
Company, threatened, by or with respect to any employees of the
Company.
(b) The
Company is in material compliance with all employment agreements, consulting,
independent contractor and other service contracts, severance and separation
agreements and bonus, profit sharing and incentive compensation
agreements.
(c) The
Company has not, during the four (4) year period prior to the date hereof, taken
any action that would constitute a “Mass Layoff” or “Plant Closing” within the
meaning of the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act (the “WARN Act”) or would
otherwise trigger notice requirements or liability under any plant closing
notice Law without complying in all material respects with the applicable
requirements under the WARN Act or such other applicable plant closing notice
Law.
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3.20 Government Contracts and
Subcontracts.
(a) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(a),
(i) no cost incurred by the Company pertaining to any Government Contract has
been challenged in writing, or to the Knowledge of the Company orally, by any
Governmental Authority or representative thereof, (ii) all amounts previously
charged or at present carried as chargeable by the Company to any Government
Contract have been or are reasonable, allowable and allocable to each such
Government Contract and (iii) the Company has not received notice in writing, or
to the Knowledge of the Company orally, of a cost accounting standard
noncompliance.
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(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(b),
(i) none of the directors, officers, or to the Knowledge of the Company,
employees of the Company is, or since June 30, 2006, has been, under
administrative, civil or criminal investigation, or has been under indictment by
any Governmental Authority or, has been the subject of any audit, investigation
or action with respect to any alleged irregularity, misstatement or omission
arising under or relating to any Government Contract, and (ii) since its
formation, the Company has not conducted or initiated any formal internal
investigation using outside counsel or consultants or made a voluntary
disclosure to any Governmental Authority with respect to any alleged
irregularity, misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any
Government Contract.
(c) There
does not exist and has not existed since December 31, 2005 any irregularity,
misstatement or omission arising under or relating to any Government Contract of
the Company that has led or would reasonably be expected to lead to any of the
consequences set forth in Section 3.20(b),
or any other damage, penalty, assessment, recoupment of payment or disallowance
of cost.
(d) There
are: (i) no outstanding claims in writing, or to the Knowledge of the Company
orally, against the Company, either by any Governmental Authority or by any
prime contractor, subcontractor, vendor or other Person, arising under or
relating to any Government Contract and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there
are no facts or circumstances upon which such a claim would reasonably be
expected to be based in the future, and (ii) no material disputes between the
Company and any Governmental Authority under the Contract Disputes Act, the
Acquisition Management System or any other federal statute or regulation, or
between the Company and any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor, in each
case arising under or relating to any Government Contract; and there are no
facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to lead to such a
dispute in the future.
(e) Except
for claims for payment of fees and purchase prices in the ordinary course of
business, the Company has no interest in any pending claim against any
Governmental Authority or any prime contractor, subcontractor or vendor arising
under or relating to any Government Contract.
(f) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(f),
no Government Contract to which the Company is a party is currently, or has been
within the one-year period prior to the date of this Agreement, under audit by
any Governmental Authority or any other Person that is a party to such
Government Contract.
(g) The
Company has not received any draft or final post award audit report, any draft
or final notice of cost disallowance, or any draft or final notice of
noncompliance with any cost accounting standard. All information made
available or accessible by the Company for any such audit was current, complete
and accurate and in compliance in all material respects with applicable
regulations and cost accounting standards.
(h) The
Company has not been suspended or debarred from bidding on contracts or
subcontracts with any Governmental Authority, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, has any suspension or debarment action been commenced. No
valid basis exists for the Company’s suspension or debarment from bidding on
contracts or subcontracts with any Governmental Authority.
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(i)
Other than routine contract audits by the Defense Contract Audit Agency, since
the Company’s inception, the Company has not been, nor is it now being, audited
or investigated by any Governmental Authority, including without limitation the
General Accounting Office, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, the Defense
Contract Administrative Service, the Department of Labor, the Department of
Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General
Services Administration, or the Inspector General or Auditor General or similar
functionary of any agency or instrumentality, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, has any such audit or investigation been threatened in writing, or to
the Knowledge of the Company orally.
(j) The
Company has no disputes pending before a contracting office of, or any current
claim pending against, any agency or instrumentality of any Governmental
Authority.
(k)
Since December 31, 2006, the Company has not, with respect to
any Government Contract (i) received a cure notice or show cause notice advising
the Company that it was in default or would, if it failed to take remedial
action, be in default under such Government Contract or (ii) had such Government
Contract terminated or cancelled.
(l) There
are no outstanding claims, or threatened claims to the Knowledge of the Company,
with respect to Government Contracts (other than routine invoices in process and
unbilled charges), by the Company against a customer, or by a customer against
the Company.
(m) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(m), the
Company has not received from any U.S. Governmental Authority or any prime
contractor or subcontractor to a Governmental Authority, any special,
preferential or advantageous treatment in the award of a Government Contract, or
in any other manner, including as a “small business concern,” “small
disadvantaged business” (or “minority-owned business”), “women-owned” concern,
or any other socially and economically disadvantaged classification, including
as defined in the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 631, et. seq.), the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. Sec. 252), Section 7102
of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-355), 10
U.S.C. Sec. 2323, Executive Order 12138, May 18, 1979, or regulations
implementing these requirements, including the Federal Acquisition
Regulations.
(n) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.20(n), the
Company has no outstanding bids for any Government Contract.
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3.21 Banking
Relationships.
Schedule 3.21
sets forth (a) a list of each account, lock box or safe deposit box of the
Company (including any necessary identifying information), (b) the name of each
Person authorized to draw thereon or to have access thereto and the name of each
Person or entity, if any, holding powers of attorney with respect thereto and
(c) a summary statement of the balances and contents thereof, as of October 31,
2010.
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3.22 Improper and Other
Payments.
Neither
the Company, Seller or any director, officer, employee, agent or representative
of the Company, or Person acting on behalf of any of them, directly or
indirectly (i) has made, paid or received any bribes, kickbacks or other similar
unlawful payments to or from any Person, (ii) has made any unlawful
contributions to a domestic or foreign political party or candidate or (iii) has
made any unlawful foreign payment (as defined in the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act, 15 U.S.C. 78dd-1 et seq.). The internal accounting controls of the Company
are adequate to provide reasonable assurance that material instances of any of
the foregoing are detected in a timely manner.
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3.23 Customers and
Suppliers.
(a) Schedule 3.23(a)
sets forth a list of each customer (including any group of Persons that are
Affiliates) that has accounted for more than 5% of the annual revenues of the
Company since January 1, 2009. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.23(a),
and except with respect to the expiration or completion of Government Contracts
of the Company, the relationship between the Company and any customer set forth
on Schedule 3.23(a)
has not negatively changed in any material respect since the later of December
31, 2008 or the commencement of such relationship, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is there any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to
lead to any such negative material change.
(b) Schedule 3.23(b)
sets forth a list of each supplier (including any group of Persons that are
Affiliates) that has accounted for more than 5% of the annual payments to
suppliers by the Company since January 1, 2009. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.23(b),
the relationship between the Company and any supplier set forth on Schedule 3.23(b)
has not negatively changed in any material respect since the later of December
31, 2008 or the commencement of such relationship, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is there any fact or circumstance that would reasonably be expected to
lead to any such negative material change.
(c) To
the Knowledge of the Company, and except with respect to the expiration or
completion of Government Contracts of the Company, there are no facts or
circumstances that would reasonably be expected to result in any of the
customers and suppliers set forth on Schedules 3.23(a) and
(b) not
continuing their relationship nor continuing to conduct business with the
Company after the Closing Date in substantially the same or in a more favorable
manner, terms and conditions as prior to the Closing Date.
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3.24 Accounts Receivable;
Inventory.
(a) Schedule 3.24(a)
sets forth a list of all Accounts Receivable of the Company existing as of
October 31, 2010, separately showing those receivables that as of such date have
not yet been billed, and billed receivables that have been outstanding 30 days
or less, 31 to 60 days, 61 to 90 days and more than 90 days.
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(b) Except
as set forth on Schedule 3.24(b),
each Accounts Receivable that has been billed is, and each unbilled Accounts
Receivable will be when billed, (i) valid and existing and represents monies due
for goods sold and delivered and services performed in bona fide commercial
transactions, and (ii) a legally binding obligation of the account debtor
enforceable in accordance with its terms, free and clear of all Liens and not
subject to refunds, discounts (other than trade discounts provided in the
ordinary course of business), setoffs, adverse claims, counterclaims,
assessments, defaults, prepayments, defenses or conditions precedent, except as
such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at Law) and (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, fully
collectible, net of any reserve for uncollectible accounts shown on the Balance
sheet and assuming collection activities and efforts are made by the Company
consistent with or greater than its previous practice. Since the
Balance Sheet Date, no Accounts Receivable have been written off or sold by the
Company.
(c) All
Inventory of the Company is in good and merchantable condition, usable or
saleable in the ordinary course of business.
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3.25 Subsidiaries.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.25, the Company does not have, and never has had, any
subsidiaries. The Company does not directly or indirectly own or have
the obligation to acquire any capital stock or other equity interest in any
other corporation, partnership, joint venture or other Person.
Section
3.26 Territorial
Restrictions.
The
Company is not prohibited by Contract with any other Person from carrying on its
business anywhere in the world.
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3.27 Product or Service
Warranties.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
3.27 and for warranties under Applicable Law (if any) and under terms of
the Government Contracts, there are no warranties, express or implied, written
or oral, with respect to the products and services of the Company, and there are
no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims with respect
to any such warranties. Company has no Knowledge of any facts that
indicate that the reserves for product or service warranties reflected in the
Balance Sheet are materially understated.
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3.28 Order
Backlog.
A true
and complete list of (a) all material product and service purchase orders and
Material Contracts for the sale of goods or the delivery of services by the
Company to Persons other than Governmental Authorities; and (b) all material
product and service purchase orders, task orders and other Government Contracts
for the sale of goods or the delivery of services by the Company to Governmental
Authorities, including the estimated remaining contract value associated with
(a) and (b) from January 1, 2011 until the applicable end date of each listed
contract, purchase order, or task order, assuming the exercise of all option
periods thereunder (collectively, the “Backlog”) is set
forth in Schedule
3.28. The estimated remaining contract value for each listed
contract, purchase order, or task order has been estimated assuming the
continuation of the Company’s current run-rate or the actual awarded value, as
applicable, on such listed contract, purchase order, or task order through
the expiration of all option periods, or, other expiration or completion date
set forth in each listed contract, purchase order, or task order, to the extent
applicable.
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Section
3.29 Government Furnished
Equipment.
Schedule 3.29
incorporates the most recent schedule delivered to the U.S. Government or any
non-U.S. government which identifies by description or by inventory number
certain equipment and fixtures loaned, bailed or otherwise furnished to or held
by Company by or on behalf of the United States or any foreign
country. Such schedule was accurate and complete in all material
respects on its date and, if dated on the Closing Date, would contain only those
additions and omit only those deletions of equipment and fixtures that have
occurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice.
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3.30 Disclosure.
To the
Knowledge of the Company, no representation or warranty of the Company in this
Agreement or in the Schedules attached hereto or in any certificate delivered by
Seller or the Company pursuant to Section 2.06 contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any statement of a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in
light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading in any
material respect.
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3.31 No Other Representations or
Warranties.
Except for the representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement (including the Disclosure Schedules) and
any of the Closing Documents, neither the Company, the Seller, the Seller
Related Parties, or any other Person makes any representation
or warranty, express or implied, including without limitation any
representation or warranty as to condition, merchantability, suitability or
fitness for a particular purpose of any of the assets used in the business or
held by the Company, or as to the accuracy or completeness of any information
regarding the Company, the business, the Seller, or the Seller Related
Parties.
Article
IV. INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER
PARTIES AND THE SELLER RELATED PARTIES
Each
Seller Related Party, severally but not jointly, makes the following
representations and warranties to the Purchaser with respect to such Seller
Related Party, and the Seller and each Seller Related Party(each a “Seller Party” and
collectively the “Seller Parties”)
jointly and not severally makes the following representations and warranties to
the Purchaser with respect to the Seller, except as set forth on the
Disclosure Schedules, the following as of the date hereof (except to the extent
that a representation, warranty or disclosure on the Disclosure Schedules,
expressly states that such representation, warranty or disclosure is current as
of some other date):
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Section
4.01 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
Each
Seller Party has full power, capacity and authority (i) to enter into, execute
and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which he, she
or it is a party, (ii) to perform his, her or its obligations hereunder and
under each other Transaction Document to which he is a party, and (iii) to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction
Documents to which he, she or it is a party. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which any Seller Party is a party has been duly executed
and delivered by such Seller Party. Assuming the due authorization,
execution and delivery by each other party thereto, this Agreement and the
Transaction Documents each constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of
each Seller Party, enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with its
respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar
Laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general
equitable principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at Law).
Section
4.02 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
4.02, no permit, consent, waiver, approval or authorization of, or
declaration to or filing or registration with, any Person on the part of any
Seller Party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or
performance by the Seller Parties of this Agreement or the Transaction
Documents, or the consummation by the Seller Parties of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby. The execution of this Agreement and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in the
creation of any Liens against the Company or the Seller or any of the properties
or assets of either of them.
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4.03 Shares.
Seller
holds of record and owns beneficially the number and type of shares of the
Company’s capital stock set forth in Section 3.05, which
at the Closing, shall be free and clear of any Liens and not subject to any
Stockholder actions, or Claims, any instruments or contracts that would prevent
the carrying out of the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Transaction
Documents, which shares constitute all of the capital stock of the Company owned
by Seller. Seller is not a party to any option, warrant, purchase
right or other contract or commitment (other than this Agreement) that would
require Seller to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any capital stock of
the Company. Each Seller Related Party holds of record and owns
beneficially the number and type of shares of Seller's capital stock set forth
next to his or her name on Schedule
4.03. Schedule 4.03 also
lists each Seller Related Party’s Pro Rata Share. Except as set forth
on Schedule
4.03, there are no Stockholder agreements, stock option plans, buy-sell
agreements, voting trusts agreements, preemptive rights agreements, phantom
stock agreements, incentive plans, stock option plans, or other agreements or
understandings to which any Seller Party is a party or to which any Seller Party
is bound relating to the capital stock of the Company.
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Section
4.04 No
Brokers.
Except as
set forth in Schedule
3.13, no Person is entitled to any brokerage commission, finder’s fee or
any similar compensation for services provided to any Seller Party in connection
with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section
4.05 No
Claims.
There is
no action, claim, suit or proceeding pending or threatened by or against or
affecting any Seller Party, or affecting the Shares, in connection with or
relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or of any action
taken or to be taken in connection herewith.
Section
4.06 Securities
Act.
Seller
acknowledges and understands that the shares of Purchaser Common Stock that
Seller is acquiring hereunder are unregistered, restricted securities which may
not be transferred, sold, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed
of by Seller unless such stock is subsequently registered under the Securities
Act or unless an exemption from such registration is otherwise
available. Seller is acquiring such shares for investment purposes
only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of
the stock or any portion thereof and not with any present intention of selling,
offering to sell or otherwise disposing of or distributing the stock in a
transaction other than a transaction exempt from registration under the
Securities Act. Seller agrees that it shall not offer to sell, sell
or otherwise dispose of the Purchaser Common Stock received hereunder in
violation of the registration requirements, holding periods and other
requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable Laws.
Section
4.07 Experience.
Seller: (a)
has specific knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such
that such Seller is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its
acquisition of shares of Purchaser Common Stock pursuant hereto; (b) is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act;
and (c) understands and is able to evaluate the risks associated with the
Purchaser Common Stock and is able to bear any economic risks associated with
such investment, including, without limitation, the necessity of holding the
securities for an indefinite period of time, inasmuch as the such shares have
not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities
laws.
Section
4.08 S
Corporation.
Seller
has been an S corporation within the meaning of Code § 1361 and § 1362 at all
times during its existence and no action or omission on the part of the Company
or Seller prior to Closing will adversely affect Seller’s status as an S
corporation.
Section
4.09 Disclosure.
To the
Knowledge of each Seller Party, no representation or warranty of such Seller
Party in this Agreement, its Schedules or the Closing Documents contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits any statement of a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading in any material
respect.
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Section
4.10 Representation by
Counsel.
Each
Seller Party: (a) has been represented by independent counsel (or has had the
opportunity to consult with independent counsel and has declined to do so); (b)
has had the full right and opportunity to consult with such Seller Party’s
attorney and other advisors and has availed himself of this right and
opportunity; (c) has carefully read and fully understands this Agreement in its
entirety and has had it fully explained to him by such counsel; (d) is fully
aware of the contents hereof and the meaning, intent and legal effect thereof;
and (e) is competent to execute this Agreement and has executed this Agreement
free from coercion, duress or undue influence.
Section
4.11 No Other Representations and
Warranties.
Except for the representations and
warranties contained in Article III and Article IV (including
the Disclosure Schedules), neither the Company, the Seller nor the Seller
Related Parties makes any express or implied representation or warranty
including without limitation any such representation or warranty with respect to
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the Disclosure
Schedules).
Article
V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER
The
Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller Parties, except as set
forth on the applicable disclosure schedules attached hereto (the “Purchaser Disclosure
Schedules”), the following as of the date hereof (except to the extent
that a representation, warranty or disclosure on the Disclosure Schedules,
expressly states that such representation, warranty or disclosure is current as
of some other date):
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5.01 Organization, Standing and
Power.
The
Purchaser (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
Laws of the State of Maryland, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business requires it to be so qualified, except where failure to do so would not
reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect and (c) has
the power and authority to own or lease its properties and to conduct its
business as such business is currently conducted. Purchaser has made
available to the Seller and Seller Related Parties true and complete copies of
Purchaser’s Articles of Incorporation and all amendments and Bylaws of the
Purchaser.
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Section
5.02 Authorization, Execution and
Enforceability.
The
Purchaser has all requisite corporate power, capacity and authority to enter
into this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party,
perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery by the Purchaser of
this Agreement and each other Transaction Document, the performance of its
obligations hereunder and thereunder and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate actions
on the part of the Purchaser. This Agreement and each Transaction
Document to which Purchaser is a party have been duly executed and delivered by
the Purchaser. Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery
by each other party thereto, this Agreement and each other Transaction Document
constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable
against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar Laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ rights generally, or by general equitable principles (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
Law).
Section
5.03 No Conflict or
Violation.
Except as
set forth on Schedule
5.03, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each
other Transaction Document to which Purchaser is a party, and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, in each case by the
Purchaser will not, (a) conflict with any of the provisions of the
organizational documents of the Purchaser, (b) conflict with, result in a
material breach of or a material default (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both) under, give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or
acceleration of any material obligation or loss of a material benefit under,
require the consent of any Person under, or result in the creation of any Lien
on any property or asset of the Purchaser under, any contract, indenture or
other agreement, permit, franchise, license or other instrument or undertaking
to which the Purchaser is a party or by which the Purchaser or any of its assets
is bound, or (c) result in a violation or contravention of any Law, rule, order,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award applicable to the Purchaser
or any of its properties or assets.
Section
5.04 No Consent or
Filing.
Except
for 8-K reports and any other applicable filings or disclosure requirements with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or pursuant to
the Securities Act or NASDAQ rules or requirements, no consent, approval or
authorization of, or declaration or filing with, or notice to, any Governmental
Authority is required to be obtained or made by or with respect to the Purchaser
in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document, or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, in each case by the Purchaser.
Section
5.05 No
Litigation.
(a) Except
as set forth on the Purchaser Registration Statement or Schedule 5.05, there
is no action, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, arbitration, grievance, citation,
summons, subpoena, inquiry or investigation, civil, criminal, regulatory or
otherwise, in law or in equity, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Purchaser,
threatened, by or against or relating to the Purchaser.
(b) Except
as disclosed on Schedule 5.05, there
are no judgments against the Purchaser or consent decrees, orders or injunctions
to which the Purchaser is subject.
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(c) There
is no action, claim, suit or proceeding pending, or to the Knowledge of the
Purchaser, threatened, by or against or affecting the Purchaser in connection
with or relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or of any
action taken or to be taken in connection herewith.
Section
5.06 No
Brokers.
No
broker, finder or similar agent has been retained by or to act on behalf of the
Purchaser, and no Person is entitled to any brokerage commission, finder’s fee
or any similar compensation for services provided to the Purchaser in connection
with this Agreement and any other transaction contemplated hereby.
Section
5.07 Adequate Cash and
Solvency.
The
Purchaser has adequate cash on hand to pay the cash portion of the Aggregate
Consideration set forth in Section 2.03(a)(i). Purchaser is now
solvent. Purchaser has immediately available funds sufficient to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the
payment of all fees and expenses payable by Purchaser in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Purchaser will not
become insolvent as a result of consummating the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Schedule 5.07 sets
forth Purchaser’s sources of funds sufficient in amount to fund any and all
payments required to be paid by Purchaser at the Closing hereunder.
Section
5.08 Registration
Statement.
Purchaser
filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-1 that was declared
effective in accordance with the Securities Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder (the “Purchaser Registration
Statement”). As of its
effective date, (i) the Purchaser Registration Statement complied in all
material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder and did not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) the
financial statements of Purchaser included in the Purchaser Registration
Statement were prepared from and were in accordance in all material respects
with the accounting books and other financial records of Purchaser, were
prepared in accordance with GAAP (except, (x) as may be indicated in the notes
thereto, (y) in the case of pro forma financial statements and information, or
(z) in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by the rules of the SEC)
applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved, and presented fairly,
in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Purchaser and
its consolidated subsidiaries and the consolidated results of their operations
and cash flows for the periods then indicated (subject, in the case of unaudited
statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of
footnotes). Purchaser has no liabilities or obligations of any nature
(whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise) other than (i) liabilities
reflected in the financial statements included in the Purchaser Registration
Statement, (ii) liabilities or obligations incurred in the ordinary course of
business since the effective date of the Purchaser Registration Statement, (iii)
liabilities which would not reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material
Adverse Affect or (iv) liabilities to perform under any contracts to which the
Purchaser and/or its subsidiaries is a party, whether or not disclosed under the
Purchaser Registration Statement. In each case as of the effective
date of the Purchaser Registration Statement: (i) all stock option plans and
material contracts of Purchaser required to be included as exhibits to the
Purchaser Registration Statement under Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K
promulgated by the SEC were so included, and (ii) all transactions involving
Purchaser required to be disclosed in the Purchaser Registration Statement under
Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC were so
disclosed.
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Section
5.09 Securities
Act.
The
Purchaser is acquiring the Shares for investment only and not with a view to any
public distribution thereof, and the Purchaser shall not offer to sell or
otherwise dispose of the Shares so acquired by it in violation of the
registration requirements of the Securities Act.
Section
5.10 Holdback
Shares.
The
Holdback Shares have been duly authorized, and upon consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive right created by the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws of Purchaser or any other Lien except
such Liens arising under this Agreement, the Holdback Agreement or under
applicable securities Laws. Assuming the accuracy of the
representations set forth in Article IV, all of
the Holdback Shares have been offered, issued and sold by Purchaser in
compliance with applicable federal and state securities Laws.
Section
5.11 Disclosures.
To the
Knowledge of Purchaser, no representation or warranty of Purchaser in this
Agreement or in the Schedules attached hereto, or in the Transaction Document or
in any certificate or instrument delivered by Purchaser in accordance with the
terms hereof, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits any
statement of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained
herein or therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not
misleading in any material respect.
Section
5.12 No Other Representations and
Warranties.
Except
for the representations and warranties contained in this Article V (including the
Purchaser Disclosure Schedules), the Purchaser makes no express or implied
representation or warranty, including without limitation any such representation
or warranty with respect to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the
Purchaser Disclosure Schedules).
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Article
VI. COVENANTS
Section
6.01 Confidentiality.
Except as
required by applicable Law, from and after the Closing, each Seller
Party shall, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause Persons
directly or indirectly controlled by Seller Parties to, hold in confidence all
knowledge and information with respect to the business of the Company and shall
not disclose, publish or make use of the same without the prior written consent
of the Purchaser, except (i) to the extent that such information shall have
become public knowledge other than by breach of this Agreement by any Seller
Party; (ii) in the event such Seller Party is requested in a legal proceeding
(by deposition, interrogatories, requests for information or documents in legal
proceedings, subpoena, civil investigative demand or other similar process) to
disclose any of the knowledge and information, such Seller Party shall give the
Purchaser prompt notice of such request (in the case of a civil proceeding, and
permitted by such process in other than a civil proceeding) so that the
Purchaser may seek a protective order or other similar relief with respect to
such disclosure so as to maintain the confidential nature of the information and
(iii) in the event Seller is otherwise required by Law to disclose any of its
knowledge or information regarding the Company in a civil proceeding, Seller
shall (if permitted by such process in other than a civil proceeding) give the
Purchaser notice of the information to be disclosed and such opportunity as is
reasonably practicable to review the proposed disclosure and comment
thereon. The covenants set forth in this Section 6.01 shall
survive until the earlier of: (a) five (5) years following the
Closing Date and (b) the date the knowledge and information regarding the
business of the Company have become public knowledge without any fault or breach
by any Seller of the obligations hereunder.
Section
6.02 Further
Actions.
(a) After
the Closing, at the request of a Party, the other Parties shall cooperate and
use commercially reasonable efforts to carry out the intent of this Agreement,
and each will execute and deliver such other instruments of conveyance,
assignment, transfer and delivery and take such other actions as the other
reasonably may request in order to consummate, complete and carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Each
Party agrees that it will reasonably cooperate with and make available (or cause
to be made available) to the other Party, during normal business hours, all
books and records, information and employees (without disruption of employment)
retained, remaining in existence or continuing to be employed after the Closing
Date which are necessary or useful in connection with any Tax inquiry, audit, or
dispute, any litigation or investigation or any other matter requiring any such
books and records, information or employees for any reasonable business purpose
(a “Permitted
Use”). The Party requesting any such books and records,
information or employees will bear all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with providing such books and records,
information or employees. All information received pursuant to this
Section 6.02(b)
will be kept confidential pursuant to Section 6.01 by the Party receiving it,
except to the extent that disclosure is reasonably necessary in connection with
any Permitted Use.
Section
6.03 Publicity.
Except as
required by applicable Law, no publicity, release or announcement concerning
this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be issued by
Seller, Seller Representative or the Company, on the one hand, or the Purchaser,
on the other hand, without the advance written consent of the other, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the
Purchaser shall be permitted to make disclosures concerning this Agreement and
the transactions contemplated hereby: (i) to prospective investors, lenders and
target companies in connection with financings and acquisitions that it is
contemplating; and (ii) as required by the SEC, NASDAQ, and the Securities
Act. In the event that a party is required by applicable Law to make
a release or announcement, such party shall provide the other parties with a
reasonable opportunity to review such release or announcement before such
release or announcement is made.
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Section
6.04 Expenses.
Except as
otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Parties shall bear their
respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution and
performance of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby, including, without limitation, all fees and expenses of agents,
representatives, counsel, financial advisors, actuaries and
accountants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Seller agrees to
pay one hundred percent (100%) of any notary fees and sales, stamp, documentary,
conveyance, transfer and recording Taxes and fees applicable to the Transaction
Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and (b) the Purchaser shall
bear all of the costs associated with the Holdback Agreement and the cost of any
filing with or consent of any Governmental Authority with respect
thereto.
Section
6.05 Tax
Matters.
(a) The
Purchaser shall retain and shall cause the Company to retain, and the Seller
shall retain, and each such Party shall make available or shall cause to be made
available to the other parties, until the applicable statute of limitations
(including any extensions) have expired, copies of all Tax Returns, supporting
work schedules, and other records or information that may be relevant to such
returns for all Tax periods or portions thereof ending before or including the
Closing Date, shall make available at a mutually convenient time such
knowledgeable employees (or the Seller Representative, in the case of the
Seller) and facilities as are needed to provide explanation of any such
documents or information and shall not destroy or otherwise dispose of any such
records without first providing the other party with written notice and a
reasonable opportunity to review and copy same at the cost of such other
party.
(b) The
Seller (through the Seller Representative) shall timely prepare and file (or
deliver to Purchaser for filing) all income Tax Returns, if any, with respect to
the Company for all periods commencing prior to and ending on or before the
Closing Date (the “Pre-Closing Tax
Period”) and shall pay all Taxes due with respect thereto except for
Taxes which are a current liability for purposes of determining the Closing Date
Net Working Capital (which Taxes shall be paid by the Company). The
Purchaser shall prepare and file all non-income Tax Returns for the Pre-Closing
Period that have not been filed as of the Closing Date and any Tax Returns with
respect to the Company for all periods commencing after the Closing Date and
ending thereafter (the “Post-Closing Tax
Period”). The Purchaser shall prepare or cause to be prepared
and file or cause to be filed any Tax Returns with respect to the Company for
Tax periods which begin before the Closing Date and end after the Closing Date
(the “Straddle
Period”). The Purchaser shall forward the aforementioned
Pre-Closing Tax Period Returns and Straddle Period Tax Returns and supporting
calculations to the Seller Representative, for review and comment, no later than
thirty (30) days prior to the filing of the Tax Returns. Within five
(5) Business Days of receipt by the Seller Representative of a written demand by
the Purchaser, the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser all Taxes of the Company
attributable to Pre-Closing Tax Periods and the portion of Straddle Period Taxes
(to the extent such Taxes exceed any Tax prepayments made with
respect to such Taxes prior to the Closing Date and the amount of Taxes which
are a current liability for purposes of determining the Closing Date Net Working
Capital) allocated to the Seller pursuant to Sections 6.05(c). The
Seller shall pay all Taxes due to Purchaser pursuant to this Section
6.05(b).
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(c) To
the extent relevant (taking into account that the Company is a Qsub), the Seller
(through the Seller Representative) and the Purchaser shall, unless prohibited
by applicable Law, close the taxable period of the Company as of the close of
business on the Closing Date. If applicable Law does not permit the
Company to close its taxable year on the Closing Date or in the case of Taxes
payable with respect to any Straddle Period, the amount of such Taxes allocable
to the portion of such Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date shall (i) in
the case of any Taxes based upon or related to income or gross receipts, be
deemed equal to the amount which would be payable if the relevant taxable period
ended on the Closing Date, and (ii) in the case of any Taxes other than Taxes
based upon or related to income or gross receipts, be deemed to be the amount of
such Taxes for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction the numerator
of which is the number of days in the portion of the Straddle Period ending on
the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in the
entire Straddle Period. Any allocation of income or deductions
required to determine any Taxes relating to a Straddle Period shall be taken
into account as though the relevant taxable period ended on the Closing Date and
by means of a closing of the books and records of the Company as of the close of
business on the Closing Date; provided that
exemptions, allowances or deductions that are calculated on an annual basis
(including, but not limited to, depreciation and amortization deductions) shall
be allocated between the period ending on the Closing Date and the period after
the Closing Date in proportion to the number of days in each such
period.
(d) The
Seller (through the Seller Representative) and the Purchaser shall provide to
each other prompt notice of, and as requested by the other party reasonable
cooperation (including, without limitation, make available at a mutually
convenient time knowledgeable employees, documents, information and facilities)
in respect of, any audit or similar investigation or proceeding in which the IRS
or any other Governmental Authority makes or proposes to make a Tax adjustment
to any Tax period of the Company.
(e) The
Seller (through the Seller Representative) shall have the right, at its own
expense, to control any audit or examination by any Taxing authority, initiate
any claim for refund, contest, resolve and defend against any assessment, notice
of deficiency, or other adjustment (a “Tax Matter”) as it
relates to the Company for all Pre-Closing Tax Periods or the portion of any
Straddle Period through the Closing Date; provided, however, that the
Seller and the Seller Representative shall not settle, compromise or abandon any
such Tax Matter without the consent of the Purchaser, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, if such settlement, compromise or abandonment
would not adversely affect the Purchaser. The Purchaser shall have
the right, at its own expense, to control any Tax Matter as it relates to the
Company for the portion of any Straddle Periods after the Closing Date and all
Post-Closing Tax Periods; provided, however, that with
respect to Straddle Periods, the Purchaser shall not settle, compromise or
abandon any Tax Matter without the consent of the Seller Representative, which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, if such settlement,
compromise or abandonment would not adversely affect the Seller.
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(f) The
Aggregate Consideration shall be increased to reflect the “Incremental Tax Cost”
to Seller’s stockholders resulting from the purchase of the Shares being treated
as a purchase of assets rather than stock for income Tax
purposes. For purposes of this Agreement, the Incremental Tax Cost
shall be an amount equal to the sum of (A) twenty percent (20%) of the net
gain from the deemed asset sale which is not taxed at capital gains rates (the
“Ordinary Gain
Amount”), plus (B) such additional gross-up amount, calculated based
on a capital gain rate of twenty and seventy-five hundredths percent (20.75%),
to take into account any Taxes imposed on the adjustment to the Aggregate
Consideration determined pursuant to this Section 6.05(f). Stated
as a formula: the Incremental Tax Cost shall equal 20% of the
Ordinary Gain Amount divided by 0.7925. For purposes of illustration
only, if the Ordinary Gain Amount is $500,000, then the Incremental Tax Cost
would be $126,184. The Seller Representative shall determine the
amount of the Incremental Tax Cost and resulting additional Aggregate
Consideration pursuant to this Section 6.05(f)
and shall deliver such determination to the Purchaser within 60 days after the
Closing Date along with information and documentation as to the calculation of
such amount. The Purchaser shall have twenty (20) days to review and
comment upon the proposed amount of additional Aggregate
Consideration. After receiving the comments of the Purchaser, the
Seller Representative may accept the determination with the Purchaser’s comments
or the Parties shall engage the Independent Accounting Firm to prepare its
determination of the additional Aggregate Consideration which shall be binding
upon the Parties. The fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting
Firm shall be borne one-half by the Seller and one-half by the
Purchaser. The Purchaser shall pay to the Seller Representative
within five (5) Business Days after the 20-day period referred to above or
within five (5) Business Days after the determination of the Independent
Accounting Firm, as the case may be, the additional Aggregate Consideration by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the
Seller Representative (for the benefit of the Seller). For the
avoidance of doubt, the amount determined pursuant to this Section 6.05(f)
as the Incremental Tax Cost shall apply for purposes of determining the
additional Aggregate Consideration, rather than any additional Tax costs that
might actually be incurred by Seller’s stockholders as the result of the
purchase of the Shares being treated as a deemed asset purchase rather than a
stock purchase for income Tax purposes.
(g) Subject
to Article VII,
the Seller agrees to pay, and to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against all Losses relating to, or
arising from, (i) all Taxes of the Company for Pre-Closing Periods and any
portion of a Straddle Period through the Closing Date not taken into account as
assets or liabilities in calculating Closing Date Net Working Capital (including
Taxes payable by the Seller pursuant to Section 6.05(b)), and
(ii) the breach of any representation or warranty contained in Section 3.17. The
Seller shall be entitled to any reduction in or refund of such Taxes
attributable to Pre-Closing Periods and any portion of a Straddle Period through
the Closing Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.05,
the Purchaser shall pay (or cause to be paid), and shall indemnify and hold
harmless the Seller (excluding the Company) from and against all Taxes
attributable to the Company for Post-Closing Periods and any portion of a
Straddle Period after the Closing Date. The Purchaser shall be
entitled to any reduction in or refund of such Taxes attributable to the
Post-Closing Periods and any portion of a Straddle Period after the Closing
Date.
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(h) Any
Tax allocation, indemnity, or similar Contract (other than any contract the
primary purpose of which is not the allocation or payment of Tax liability and
in which such provisions regarding Tax liability are typical of such type of
contracts) shall be terminated prior to the Closing Date and shall have no
further effect for any taxable year (whether the current year, a future year or
a past year).
(i) The
parties hereto agree to treat any indemnity payment made pursuant to Section 6.05(g)
or Article VII as
an adjustment to the Aggregate Consideration for federal, state, local and
foreign income Tax purposes, to the extent consistent with applicable
Law.
(j) The
Parties agree that the Aggregate Consideration and the liabilities of the
Company (plus other relevant items) will be allocated to the assets of the
Company for all purposes (including Tax and financial accounting purposes) in a
manner consistent with Code Sections 338 and 1060 and the regulations
thereunder, and that the Holdback Share portion of the Aggregate Consideration,
less imputed interest, if any, shall be allocated to the goodwill of the
Company, provided that such allocation is consistent with Code Sections 338 and
1060 and the regulations thereunder. Any Tax Returns (including
amended returns and claims for refund) and information reports, including Form
8594, filed by the Purchaser, the Company, the Seller Representative or the
Seller shall be prepared in a manner consistent with such allocation. The
Purchaser shall prepare the allocation of the Aggregate Consideration and shall
deliver such allocation to the Seller Representative within sixty (60) days
after the Closing Date. The Seller Representative shall have twenty (20) days to
review and comment upon the proposed allocation of the Aggregate Consideration.
After receiving the comments of the Seller Representative, the Purchaser may
accept the allocation with Seller Representative’s comments or the Parties shall
engage the Independent Accounting Firm to prepare an allocation of the Aggregate
Consideration which shall be binding upon the parties. The fees and
expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by the
Seller and one-half by the Purchaser.
(k) The
Aggregate Consideration shall be increased to reflect any Taxes payable by the
Seller resulting from the purchase of the Shares including, without limitation,
any Taxes attributable to the deemed sale of assets that results from the sale
of a QSub. The Seller Representative shall determine the amount of
such Taxes and shall deliver such determination to the Purchaser no later than
30 days prior to the due date for the payment of such Taxes along with
information and documentation as to the calculation of such
amount. The Purchaser shall have twenty (20) days to review and
comment upon the proposed amount of such Taxes. After receiving the
comments of the Purchaser, the Seller Representative may accept the
determination with the Purchaser's comments or the Parties shall engage the
Independent Accounting Firm, subject to the same procedures set forth in Section
2.03(c), to prepare its determination of the Taxes which shall
be binding upon the Parties. The fees and expenses of the Independent
Accounting Firm shall be borne one-half by the Seller and one-half by the
Purchaser. The Purchaser shall pay to the Seller Representative
within five (5) Business Days after the 20-day period referred to above or
within five (5) business Days after the determination of the Independent
Accounting Firm, as the case may be, the amount of such Taxes by wire transfer
of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Seller
Representative (for the benefit of the Seller).
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Section
6.06 Additional Restrictions on
Transfer of Shares.
Seller
agrees that, for the holding period required under Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act and SEC rules, it shall not directly or indirectly sell,
offer to sell, contract to sell (including, without limitation, any short sale),
grant any option to purchase, pledge or otherwise transfer or dispose of the
common stock of the Purchaser acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement in
violation of Rule 144.
Section
6.07 Certain
Waivers.
(a) Effective
as of the Closing, and if and only if such Closing occurs, each Seller Party
hereby releases and forever discharges the Company, and each of their respective
past, present and future representatives, Affiliates, stockholders, partners,
interest holders, members, directors, officers, managers, employees, controlling
persons, successors and assigns (and specifically excluding Purchaser for
purposes of this release) (individually, a “Releasee” and
collectively, “Releasees”) from any
and all claims, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders, obligations,
contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, both at law and
in equity, which the undersigned or any of its/his/her heirs, executors,
administrators, agents, representatives, successors or assigns now has, has ever
had or may hereafter have against the respective Releasees arising
contemporaneously with or prior to the Closing Date or on account of or arising
out of any matter, cause or event occurring contemporaneously with or prior to
the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, any rights to payment,
distribution, dividends, compensation, indemnification (including
indemnification under the Company’s organizational documents, or joining the
Company as a party in any action brought involving indemnification under
Seller’s organizational documents) or reimbursement from the Company, whether
pursuant to its organizational documents, contract or otherwise and whether or
not relating to claims pending on, or asserted after, the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, no Seller Party releases
the Releasees from any claims, demands, proceedings, causes of action, orders,
obligations, contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities whatsoever, whether
known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or unliquidated, both at
law and in equity, which the undersigned or any of its/his/her heirs, executors,
administrators, agents, representatives, successors or assigns now has, has ever
had or may hereafter have against the respective Releasees (i) arising under
this Agreement, any Transaction Documents or any Employment Agreement executed
at or after Closing to which a Seller Related Party is a party, or (ii) related
to any obligations for payment of wages, salaries, bonuses, benefits and expense
reimbursements due to a Seller Related Party in the ordinary course of business
prior to Closing which are accrued and included in the Closing Date Net Working
Capital but not paid to a Seller Related Party prior to the Closing Date, or
(iii) any rights to indemnification under Seller’s certificate of
incorporation or bylaws. In the event of a conflict between the first
and second sentence of this Section 6.07(a), the
second sentence will prevail. Each Seller Party hereby irrevocably
covenants to refrain from, directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or
demand, or commencing, instituting or causing to be commenced, any proceeding of
any kind against any Releasee, based upon any matter released
hereby.
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(b) Effective
as of the Closing, and if and only if such Closing occurs, the Company, Seller
and each Seller Related Party hereby irrevocably waive any and all restrictions
on transfer, first refusal rights, first offer rights, repurchase rights,
preemptive rights or similar rights (if any) and any and all similar
restrictions, rights or provisions contained in any of the Company’s certificate
of incorporation, bylaws or any outstanding stock restriction agreement,
stockholders agreements, stock purchase agreement or similar agreement or
instrument or otherwise affecting any Seller’s right to transfer or to sell his
shares of the Company’s stock to any third party purchaser.
(c)
Effective as of the Closing, and if and only if
such Closing occurs, the Company hereby releases and forever discharges each
Seller Party, and each of their respective past, present and future
representatives, Affiliates, stockholders, partners, interestholders, members,
directors, officers, managers, employees, controlling persons, successors and
assigns (individually, a “Seller
Releasee” and collectively, “Seller
Releasees”) from any and all claims, demands, proceedings, causes of
action, orders, obligations, contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities
whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or
unliquidated, both at law and in equity, which the undersigned or any of its
heirs, executors, administrators, agents, representatives, successors or assigns
now has, has ever had or may hereafter have against the respective Seller
Releasees arising contemporaneously with or prior to the Closing Date or on
account of or arising out of any matter, cause or event occurring
contemporaneously with or prior to the Closing Date, whether pursuant to its
organizational documents, contract or otherwise and whether or not relating to
claims pending on, or asserted after, the Closing
Date. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the Company does not
release the Seller Releasees from any claims, demands, proceedings, causes of
action, orders, obligations, contracts, agreements, debts and liabilities
whatsoever, whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, liquidated or
unliquidated, both at law and in equity, which the undersigned or any of
its/his/her heirs, executors, administrators, agents, representatives,
successors or assigns now has, has ever had or may hereafter have against the
respective Seller Releasees arising under this Agreement or in any the other
Transaction document. In the event of a conflict between the first
and second sentence of this Section 5.07(c), the second sentence will
prevail. The Company hereby irrevocably covenants to refrain from,
directly or indirectly, asserting any claim or demand, or commencing,
instituting or causing to be commenced, any proceeding of any kind against any
Seller Releasee, based upon any matter released hereby.
Section
6.08 Payment of Indebtedness and
Termination of Credit Agreements.
Seller
and Company, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that prior to or on the
Closing Date, the Company and Seller shall pay and fully discharge all
outstanding Indebtedness of the Company, and terminate all outstanding
commitments under lines of credit and other credit facilities, agreements or
arrangements, and cause the lenders and agents thereunder to release any Liens,
security interest in, claims to or controls over the Shares or any of the assets
of the Company.
Section
6.09 Registration Rights.
On the
Closing Date, the Purchaser shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement
with the Seller, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”).
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Section
6.10 (Deleted)
Section
6.11 Exclusive Dealing.
From the
date of this Agreement to the Closing Date, the Company, the Seller
Representative and the Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, through any
representative or otherwise, solicit or entertain offers from, negotiate with or
in any manner encourage, discuss, accept or consider any proposal of any other
person relating to the acquisition of the Company, its assets or business, in
whole or in part, whether directly or indirectly, through purchase of stock or
assets, merger, consolidation, or otherwise (other than sales of inventory in
the ordinary course).
Section
6.12 DSS.
As soon
as practicable prior to or after the date of this Agreement, the Company, in
consultation with the Purchaser, will prepare and submit to the Defense Security
Service (DSS) of the United States Department of Defense and, to the extent
applicable, other Governmental Authorities that are customers of the Company, a
notification under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
(NISPOM) and any other applicable security regulations, as may be required in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and
Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate and take all
reasonable efforts to avoid DSS from taking any adverse action in connection
with the security clearances of the Company’s employees or the Company’s
facility security clearance.
Section
6.13 Employees.
Employees
of the Company who continue to be employed by Purchaser, the Company or any of
their Affiliates following the Closing will be given full credit for their years
of service with the Company before the Closing for purposes of vesting and
eligibility to participate in Plans of the Purchaser and its Affiliates that are
made available to such employees after the Closing; provided, however, that any
contracts of employment with the Company shall be cancelled as of the
Closing. The Purchaser agrees to maintain levels of employee benefits
(other than equity-based benefits) that are, in the aggregate, comparable to
those provided by the Company prior to Closing for at least twelve (12) months
following the Closing.
Section
6.14
(Deleted)
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Article
VII. INDEMNIFICATION
Section
7.01 Survival
Period.
The
representations and warranties of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall
survive the Closing and continue in effect until the expiration of fifteen (15)
months following the Closing Date; provided, however,
that (a) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.02
(Authorization), 3.03 (No Conflict or
Violation), 3.05 (Capitalization
and the Shares), the first sentence of 3.09(a) (Title to and
Sufficiency of Assets), 4.01 (Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability), 4.02 (No Conflict or
Violation), 4.03 (Shares), 5.02 (Authorization,
Execution and Enforceability), 5.03 (No Conflict or
Violation), 5.10 (Holdback
Shares) shall survive forever (collectively, the “Fundamental
Representations”); (b) the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.20
(Government Contracts and Subcontracts) shall survive the Closing and continue
in effect until the expiration of thirty six (36) months following the Closing
Date; and (c) the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.15
(Environmental Matters), 3.17 (Tax Matters),
3.18 (Employee
Benefit Plans), 4.06 (Securities
Act), 4.07
(Experience), and 4.08 (S Corporation
Stockholder) shall survive the Closing and continue in effect until forty five
(45) days after the expiration of all applicable statute of limitations with
respect to the matters addressed therein (including any extensions or tolling or
waiver thereof). The covenants and agreements made by the Parties herein shall
survive in accordance with their respective terms, and if no specific term is
specified, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. No Party shall
have any liability with respect to claims first asserted in connection with any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement after the applicable survival
period. In the event, however, that notice of any claim for
indemnification for breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement
is given to the other Party in accordance with Section 9.01 within
the applicable survival period, the cause of action that is the subject of such
indemnification claim shall survive until such time as such claim is finally
resolved.
Section
7.02 Indemnification by the
Seller.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, the
Seller hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date, it shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Purchaser and its Affiliates, successors and
assigns, and each of their respective directors, officers, managers, members,
employees and agents (collectively, the “Purchaser Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any claim, obligation, loss, fine, penalty,
damage, liability, judgment, Tax or Taxes, settlement, cost or expense
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees, and expert witness fees and disbursements
and the cost of litigation) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred or
suffered by any such Purchaser Indemnified Party relating to or arising out
of:
(a) the
breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by the Company or
Seller in Article
III or Article
IV; or
(b)
the breach or violation of, or failure to perform, any covenant or
agreement of the Company or the Seller or Seller Representative contained in
this Agreement or in any other Closing Documents;
Except as
otherwise expressly set forth herein, any indemnification, reimbursement or
other payment to be made by Seller pursuant to this Section 7.02 shall be
paid first by means of cancellation of Holdback Shares in accordance with the
terms of Section
2.03(b) herein and the Holdback Agreement, and then directly by Seller in
cash to the extent the Holdback Shares are insufficient to cover the Seller's
obligations hereunder.
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Section
7.03 Individual Indemnification
by the Seller Related Parties.
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, each
Seller Related Party agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify, defend and
hold harmless the Purchaser Indemnified Parties for all Losses indemnified by
the Seller under Section 7.02 in
excess of the value of the Holdback Shares as determined based on the Closing
Price; provided, that each Seller
Related Party’s maximum aggregate liability for indemnified Losses under this
Section 7.03(a)
and Section
7.03(b) shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the amount of such Seller
Related Party’s Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Consideration received by Seller
under this Agreement. The Purchaser Indemnified Parties agree to
assert any claims under this Section 7.03(a)
against all of the Seller Parties at the same time and in the same
action.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, each
Seller Related Party hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date that
such Seller Related Party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Purchaser Indemnified Parties from and against any Losses incurred or suffered
by any such parties relating to or arising out of any breach of any
representation or warranty made by such Seller Related Party in Article IV of this
Agreement or the breach of any covenant or agreement by such Seller Related
Party contained in this Agreement, it being agreed and acknowledged that with
respect to this Section 7.03 each
Seller Related Party is providing indemnity severally and not jointly, only with
respect to breaches of representations and warranties made by such Seller
Related Party in Article IV and
breaches of covenants and agreements by such Seller Related Party contained in
this Agreement and not those of any other Seller Related Party thereunder and
that each Seller Related Party shall be liable only for the indemnified Losses
for which such Seller Related Party is providing indemnity under this Section
7.03(b). Except as otherwise set forth herein, any
indemnification or payment to be made by a Seller Related Party pursuant to this
Section 7.03(b)
shall be paid directly by the Seller Related Party in
cash.
Section
7.04 Indemnification by
Purchaser.
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Article VII, the
Purchaser hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date, it shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Seller Parties, and their
heirs, legal representatives, successors, assigns, and agents (the “Seller Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any Losses incurred or suffered by any such
Seller Indemnified Party relating to or arising out of :
(a) the
breach or violation of any representation or warranty made by the Purchaser in
Article V;
or
(b) the
breach or violation of, or failure to perform, any covenant or agreement of
Purchaser contained in this Agreement or in any other Closing
Documents.
Section
7.05 Third Party
Claims.
The
obligations and liabilities of the parties hereunder with respect to indemnity
pursuant to this Article VII resulting
from any claim or other assertion of liability by third parties (hereinafter
called collectively, “Claims”) shall be
subject to the following terms and conditions:
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(a)
Promptly after the receipt by either a Purchaser Indemnified Party
or a Seller Indemnified Party (in either case and “Indemnified
Party”) of notice of the commencement of any Claim, such Indemnified
Party shall give the Seller Representative on behalf of the Seller and the
Seller Related Parties or the Purchaser, as the case may be (in either case an
“Indemnifying
Party”) written notice thereof in reasonable detail in light of the
circumstances then known to such Indemnified Party along with a copy of the
Claim. The failure to give such notice shall not relieve the
Indemnified Party from any obligation under Article VII except where, and solely
to the extent that, such failure actually and materially prejudices the rights
of the Indemnifying Party.
(b) The
Indemnifying Party shall have the right to undertake at its sole expense, by
counsel of its own choosing, the defense of such Claim.
(c)
In the event that the
Indemnifying Party shall elect not to undertake such defense, or within a
reasonable time after notice of any such Claim from the Indemnified Party shall
fail to defend, the Indemnified Party (upon notice to the Indemnifying Party)
shall have the right to undertake the defense by counsel or other
representatives of its own choosing, on behalf of and for the account and risk
of the Indemnifying Party.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything in this Article VII to the
contrary, (i) neither the Indemnifying Party nor the Indemnified Party shall,
without the other’s prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), settle or compromise any Claim or consent to entry of any judgment
which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the
claimant or the plaintiff to the Indemnified Party of a release from all
liability in respect of such Claim, (ii) in the event that the Indemnifying
Party undertakes defense of any Claim in accordance with Section 7.05(a), the
Indemnified Party, by counsel or other Representative of its own choosing and at
its sole cost and expense, shall have the right to consult with, and be provided
reasonable access to all relevant information within the possession of, the
Indemnifying Party and its counsel or other Representatives concerning such
Claim and (iii) in the event that the Indemnified Party undertakes defense of
any Claim in accordance with Section 7.05(b), the
Indemnifying Party, by counsel or other Representative of its own choosing and
at its sole cost and expense, shall have the right to consult with, and be
provided reasonable access to all relevant information within the possession of,
the Indemnified Party and its counsel or other Representatives concerning such
Claim.
Section
7.06 Limitations on
Indemnification.
(a) Except
as provided below, the Seller Parties shall not be obligated to make any
indemnification payments with respect to any breach of a representation or
warranty under Article
III or Article
IV unless and until the amount of such Losses collectively exceeds One
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), (the “Basket Amount”),
provided that
once such Losses exceed such amount, the Seller Parties shall only be obligated
to pay the amount of such Losses in excess of the Basket
Amount. Notwithstanding the first sentence of this Section 7.06(a), the
Basket Amount will not apply to indemnified Losses resulting from (i) breaches
of the Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties set
forth in Sections
3.13, 3.17, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.08 (ii) obligations
of the Seller Parties to the extent a breach results from fraud by a Seller
Party, and (iii) any failure to perform, nonfulfillment, nonobservance or other
breach or violation of, or default in the performance of, any covenant or
agreement of any Seller Party or the Seller Representative set forth in this
Agreement.
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(b) Except
as provided below, and subject to Section 7.03, the
Seller Parties’ maximum aggregate indemnification liability for indemnified
Losses under Section
7.02 relating to or arising out of the breach or violation of any
representation or warranty under Article III or Article IV shall not
exceed Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,500,000) (the “Cap”), provided that the Cap
will not apply to indemnified Losses resulting from (i) breaches of the
Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties set forth in
Sections 3.13,
3.17, 4.04, 4.05 and 4.08, (ii) obligations
of the Seller Parties to the extent a breach results from fraud by a Seller
Party, and (iii) any failure to perform, nonfulfillment, nonobservance or other
breach or violation of, or default in the performance of, any covenant or
agreement of the Seller Parties or the Seller Representative set forth in this
Agreement. Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, Section
7.03 shall apply to the Seller Related Parties and the Seller’s maximum
aggregate indemnification liability for indemnified Losses under Section 7.02 relating
to or arising out of the breach of any representation or warranty in Article III and Article IV herein
shall not exceed the amount of the Aggregate Consideration received by Seller
under this Agreement.
(c) The
amount of any Loss for which indemnification is provided pursuant to this Article VII shall be
net of (i) any amounts actually recovered by the indemnified party under its
insurance policies or otherwise (and in the event that any Losses related to a
claim by a Purchaser Indemnified Party is covered by insurance, Purchaser agrees
to use commercially reasonable efforts to seek recovery under such insurance);
(ii) any related reserve in respect thereof resulting in a purchase price
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.03(d); and
(iii) the reduction in current Tax liability of the indemnified party
attributable to such Loss.
(d) From
and after the Closing, the Seller and Seller Related Parties shall not have any
claim for contribution from or against the Company as a result of any
indemnification or other payments made by Seller or any of the Seller Related
Parties to any of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties pursuant to this
Agreement.
(e) To
the extent claims for indemnification pursuant to this Article VII do not
involve a Claim, an indemnifying person shall not be responsible or liable for
Losses or other amounts under this Article VII that are
consequential, special, exemplary, punitive, in the nature of lost profits or
diminution in value or otherwise not actual damages.
(f) Notwithstanding
anything else in this Article VII to the
contrary, no party shall be limited, at any time, from recovering any and all
Losses incurred or suffered by it relating to or arising out of or in connection
with fraud .
(g) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, no Party is entitled to indemnification or
reimbursement under any provision of this Agreement for any amount to the extent
such Party or its Affiliate has been indemnified or reimbursed for such amount
under any other provision of this Agreement, or any other Transaction Document
executed in connection with this Agreement or otherwise.
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(h) The
Seller Parties and the Purchaser agree and acknowledge that, except for payments
due by any Party under Section 2.03(d)
(which are expressly excluded from the terms and limitations set forth in this
Section
7.06(h)), the rights to indemnification provided for in Section 6.05(g) and
this Article
VII shall be the sole and exclusive remedy (regardless of the theory or
cause of action pled) for monetary damages of the Seller and Seller Related
Parties on the one hand, or the Purchaser, on the other hand, as the case may
be, after the Closing for and with respect to any breach of or inaccuracy in any
representation or warranty of a Party and for any failure by the other party to
perform and comply with any covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement
or a Closing Document, and each Party to this Agreement hereby waives to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any other rights or remedies that may arise
under any applicable law in connection therewith, provided, however, that nothing
herein will limit in any way any Party’s rights hereunder or otherwise, to
specific performance, injunctive relief or other non-monetary equitable
relief.
Section
7.07 Cooperation.
The
Parties shall cooperate with any reasonable request of the other and make
available, at the other’s expense, all information (but excluding privileged
communications) necessary for the other to pursue any indemnification or
reimbursement from a third party for any Losses in the event that the other
elects to pursue such indemnification or
reimbursement. The Seller Representative shall fully
cooperate with Purchaser in seeking and obtaining payment from the Seller and
individual Seller Related Parties of all amounts due to Purchaser under Sections 2.03(d),
6.05(g) and
this Article
VII. Each Party agrees to use reasonable efforts to mitigate any Loss
which forms the basis of a claim under this Article VII. Unless
otherwise required by applicable Law, all indemnification payments will
constitute adjustments to the Aggregate Consideration for all Tax purposes, and
no Party will take any position inconsistent with such
characterization.
Section
7.08 Subrogation.
Upon
making an indemnity payment pursuant to this Agreement, the Indemnifying Party
will, to the extent of such payment, be subrogated to all rights of the
Indemnified Party against any third party in respect of the damages to which the
payment related. Without limiting the generality of any other
provision hereof, each such Indemnified Party and Indemnifying Party will duly
execute upon request all instruments reasonably necessary to evidence and
perfect the above described subrogation rights.
Section
7.09 Purchaser
Acknowledgement.
Purchaser
acknowledges that neither Company nor any Seller Party nor any of their
Representatives (a) makes or will be deemed to have made hereunder any
representations or warranties, express or implied, regarding Company, except as
expressly set forth in the Agreement and the Disclosure Schedules, (b) makes or
will be deemed to have made any representations or warranties, express or
implied, at law or in equity, of any kind or nature whatsoever concerning, or as
to the accuracy or completeness of, any projections, budgets, forecasts or other
forward-looking financial information concerning the future revenue, income,
profit or other financial results of Company, or (c) makes or will be deemed to
have made hereunder any representation or warranty concerning any law or
regulation affecting the Contracts of the Company that may be promulgated or
become effective after the Closing, or except as set forth in Section 3.23,
concerning the continuation after the Closing of any of the Contracts of
Company. Purchaser acknowledges that there are uncertainties inherent
in attempting to make any such projections, budgets, forecasts or other
forward-looking financial information and actual results of operations may
differ materially from any such projections, budgets, forecasts or other
forward-looking financial information.
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Article
VIII. CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
Section
8.01 Conditions to Obligations of
Each Party.
The
obligations of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be subject to the fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of the
following conditions:
(a) No Injunction,
etc. Consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall not have been restrained, enjoined or otherwise prohibited by any
applicable Law, including any order, injunction, decree or judgment of any court
or other Governmental Authority. No court or other Governmental
Authority shall have determined that any applicable Law makes illegal the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and no proceeding with
respect to the application of any such applicable Law to such effect shall be
pending.
Section
8.02 Conditions to Obligations of
Purchaser.
The
obligations of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by Purchaser) on or prior to the
Closing Date of the following additional conditions:
(a) Representations;
Performance. Each of the representations and warranties of the
Seller Parties and Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
in all material respects in each case on the date hereof and at and as of the
Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date. Company
and the Seller Parties shall have duly performed and complied in all material
respects with all agreements and conditions required by this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by any of them prior to or on the Closing Date,
including all deliveries set forth in Section
2.06. Company and Seller Representative shall have delivered
to Purchaser a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and
to the effect of Section
8.02(b).
(b) No Company Material Adverse
Change. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred
any Company Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Dissenter’s
Rights. No Stockholder shall have exercised or indicated an
intent to exercise dissenters’ rights, objecting Stockholders’ rights or similar
rights, in accordance with applicable Law.
(d) Absence of
Litigation. As of the Closing, no Law shall have been adopted,
promulgated, entered, enforced or issued by any Governmental Authority, or other
action, claim, suit or proceeding instituted by a Governmental Authority seeking
to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit the consummation of this Agreement, having the
effect of making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be pending before any court or any other Governmental Authority;
provided,
however, that this condition may not be invoked by Purchaser if any such action,
suit or proceeding was the result of any act or omission by
Purchaser.
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Section
8.03 Conditions to Obligations of
the Company and the Seller Parties.
The
obligation of Seller Parties and Company to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be subject to the fulfillment (or waiver by Seller
Parties and the Company), on or prior to the Closing Date, of the following
additional conditions:
(a) Representations;
Performance. Each
of the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects in each case on the date
hereof and at and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing
Date. Purchaser shall have duly performed and complied in all
material respects with all agreements and conditions required by this Agreement
to be performed or complied with by it prior to or on the Closing Date,
including all deliveries set forth in Section 2.07. Purchaser
shall have delivered to Seller Representative a certificate, dated the Closing
Date and signed by its duly authorized officer, to the foregoing
effect.
(b) No Purchaser Material
Adverse Change. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have
occurred any Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Absence of
Litigation. As of the Closing, no Law shall have been adopted,
promulgated, entered, enforced or issued by any Governmental Authority, or other
action, claim, suit or proceeding instituted by a Governmental Authority seeking
to enjoin, restrain, or prohibit the consummation of this Agreement, having the
effect of making illegal or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be pending before any court or any other Governmental Authority;
provided,
however, that this condition may not be invoked by Company and Seller Parties if
any such action, suit or proceeding was the result of any act or omission by the
Company or a Seller Party.
Article
IX. GENERAL
PROVISIONS
Section
9.01 Notices.
All
notices, demands, requests or other communications which may be or are required
to be given or made by any party to any other party pursuant to this Agreement
or any other Transaction Document shall be in writing, hand delivered (including
delivery by overnight courier) or transmitted by facsimile and addressed as
follows:
If
to the Seller Related Parties:
As set
forth in the signature pages hereto
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Holland
Knight, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Esq. and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If
to the Seller Representative or Seller (post-Closing):
Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
X.X. Xxx
000
Xxxxxxx
XX 00000
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Holland
Knight, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Esq. and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If
to the Company or Seller (pre-Closing):
Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc.
0000
Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
with
copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Holland
Knight, LLP
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
XxXxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Esq. and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000)
000-0000
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
If
to the Purchaser:
The KEYW
Holding Corporation
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx X
Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
Fax: (000)
000-0000
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and
with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Astrachan
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, P.C.
000 X.
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx
M.D. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000)
000-0000
or such
other address as the addressee may indicate by written notice.
Each
notice, demand, request or communication which shall be given or made in the
manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given or made for all
purposes at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (the affidavit of
messenger or (with respect to a fax) the confirmation sheet being deemed
conclusive but not exclusive evidence of such delivery) or at such time as
delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation.
Section
9.02 Waiver.
No delay
or failure on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or
privilege under this Agreement or under any other instrument or document given
in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall impair any such right,
power or privilege or be construed as a waiver of any default or any
acquiescence therein. No single or partial exercise of any such
right, power or privilege shall preclude the further exercise of such right,
power or privilege, or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege. No waiver shall be valid against any party hereto unless
made in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement of such waiver
is sought and then only to the extent expressly specified therein.
Section
9.03 Benefit and
Assignment.
Neither
the Seller, the Seller Representative nor the Company, on the one hand, nor the
Purchaser, on the other hand, shall assign this Agreement, in whole or in part,
whether by operation of Law or otherwise without the prior written consent of
the other. Any purported assignment contrary to the terms hereof
shall be null, void and of no force and effect. Subject to the
foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. No
Person other than the parties hereto is or shall be entitled to bring any action
to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any of the parties hereto,
and the representations and warranties, covenants and other agreements set forth
in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable
only by, the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns as
permitted hereunder.
Section
9.04 Amendment.
No
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding
unless executed in writing by the Seller Parties, Seller Representative, the
Company and the Purchaser.
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Section
9.05 Severability.
If any
part of any provision of this Agreement or any other Closing Document shall be
invalid or unenforceable under applicable Law, such part shall be ineffective to
the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability only, without in any way
affecting the remaining parts of such provisions or the remaining provisions
hereof or of said agreement, document or writing.
Section
9.06 Governing Law; Waiver of
Jury Trial; Submission to Jurisdiction.
(a) This
Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any claims or
disputes relating thereto, shall be governed by and construed under and in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Maryland, excluding the choice of Law
rules thereof.
(b) THE
PARTIES HEREBY WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING
ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CLOSING DOCUMENT,
WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER EXISTING, AND WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT,
TORT OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT ANY OF THEM MAY FILE
A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE KNOWING,
VOLUNTARY AND BARGAINED-FOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN OR AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO
IRREVOCABLY TO WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY AND THAT ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING WHATSOEVER
BETWEEN OR AMONG THEM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CLOSING DOCUMENT
SHALL INSTEAD BE TRIED IN A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY A JUDGE SITTING
WITHOUT A JURY.
(c) Each
of the Seller Representative, the Seller Parties and the Purchaser agrees that
any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or for recognition
and enforcement of any judgment in respect hereof brought by a Party hereto or
its successors or assigns shall be brought and determined exclusively in the
federal or state courts of Maryland and each of the Seller Parties, the Seller
Representative and the Purchaser hereby submits with regard to any such action
or proceeding for itself and in respect to its property, generally and
unconditionally, to the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of
the Seller Parties, the Seller Representative and the Purchaser hereby
irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense,
counterclaim, or otherwise, in any action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement, (i) any claim that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction
of the above named courts for any reason, (ii) that it or its property is exempt
or immune from jurisdiction of such court or from any legal process commenced in
such court (whether through judgment or otherwise), and (iii) to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law that (A) the suit, action or proceeding in
any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum, (B) the venue of such suit,
action or proceeding is improper and (C) this Agreement, or the subject matter
hereof, may not be enforced in or by either such court.
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Section
9.07 Specific
Performance.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the breach by any of them of this
Agreement would cause irreparable damage to the other parties hereto and that
they will not have an adequate remedy at Law. Therefore, the
obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be enforceable by a decree
of specific performance issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, and
appropriate injunctive relief may be applied for and granted in connection
therewith. Such remedies shall, however, be cumulative and not
exclusive and shall be in addition to any other remedies at Law or otherwise
which any party may have under this Agreement or otherwise.
Section
9.08 Interpretation.
(a) When
a reference is made in this Agreement to a Section, subsection, Exhibit or
Schedule, such reference shall be to a Section, subsection, Exhibit or Schedule
of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. The headings contained
in this Agreement, in any Schedules and in the table of contents to this
Agreement, are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. All Exhibits and
Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and
made part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. Any
capitalized term used in any Exhibit or Schedule and not otherwise defined shall
have the meaning given to such term in this Agreement. Unless the
context clearly requires otherwise, whenever the words “include”, “includes”,
“including”, “such as” or terms of similar meaning are used in this agreement,
they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation.” The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereby” and “hereunder”
and terms of similar meaning when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement. The term “or” is not exclusive. The word
“extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or
other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The
definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well
as to the plural forms of such terms. Any agreement or instrument
defined or referred to herein means such agreement or instrument as from time to
time amended, modified or supplemented. References to a Person are
also to its permitted successors and assigns. Pronouns of one gender
shall include all genders. All accounting conventions shall be
consistent with GAAP unless otherwise specified. The headings in this
Agreement are for reference only, and shall not affect the interpretation of
this Agreement. All references to “Dollars” or “$” shall be to U.S.
Dollars unless otherwise specified.
(b) The
Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement are a material part of this
Agreement. Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that (i) any information
set forth in one section of the Disclosure Schedules will be deemed to apply to
each other section or subsection of this Agreement, so long as such disclosure
is in sufficient detail to enable a reasonable reader to identify its
applicability to the relevant provision in this Agreement, (ii) notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the inclusion of an item in such
schedule as an exception to a representation or warranty will not be deemed an
admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event
or circumstance or that such item has had a Material Adverse Effect), and (iii)
the information and disclosures contained in the Disclosure Schedules are
intended only to qualify and limit the representations, warranties and covenants
of the Company, the Seller and the Seller Related Parties contained in the
Agreement, and will not be deemed to expand in any way the scope or effect of
any of such representations, warranties or covenants.
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Section
9.09 Signature in
Counterparts.
This
Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts (whether transmitted by
facsimile or other electronic means) none of which need contain the signatures
of all parties, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and all of
which taken together constitute one and the same instrument. It shall
not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement to produce or account for
more than the number of counterparts containing the respective signatures of, or
on behalf of, all of the parties hereto.
Section
9.10 Remedies
Cumulative.
Except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, all rights and remedies of the Parties
under this Agreement are cumulative and without prejudice to any other rights or
remedies under Law.
Section
9.11 Entire
Agreement.
This
Agreement (including the Recitals which are incorporated in and made a part of
this Agreement), together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto and the
Transaction Documents, constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements,
understandings, negotiations and discussions, whether oral or written, of the
Parties.
Section
9.12 Attorneys’ Fees.
If any
Party hereto initiates any legal action arising out or in connection with this
Agreement, the prevailing Party in such legal action, as determined by the
court, shall be entitled to recover from the other Party all reasonable
attorneys’ fees, expert witness fees and expenses incurred by the prevailing
Party in connection therewith.
Section
9.13 Attorney-Client
Privilege.
At and
after the Closing, the attorney-work privilege of the Company with Holland &
Knight LLP related to the transactions contemplated hereby for the period prior
to the Closing shall be deemed the right of the Seller, and not that of the
Company, and may be waived or disclosed to Purchaser only by the
Seller. The Parties further agree that the fact that Holland
& Knight LLP may have represented the Company and its Affiliates prior to
the Closing shall not prevent Holland & Knight LLP from representing Seller,
its Affiliates, or their respective equity holders, officers, directors, or
managers in connection with any matters involving, including without limitation,
any claims with any of the parties to this Agreement or after the
Closing. The Company and Purchaser, who is represented by independent
counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement,
hereby agree, in advance, subject to applicable Law to waive any actual or
potential conflict of interest that may hereafter arise in connection with
Holland & Knight LLP’s future representation of Seller in regard to matters
in which the interests of the Seller are adverse to the interests of the Company
or Purchaser; provided, that in the event
that litigation develops between Purchaser and the Seller Parties regarding any
provision of the Transaction Documents, each Party will retain separate and
independent counsel outside Holland & Knight LLP to handle litigation work,
and Holland & Knight LLP will not represent either such Party in such
litigation. For purposes of clarity, the preceding sentence does not
prevent Astrachan Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, P.C. from representing Purchaser in any
such litigation.
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ARTICLE
X PRE CLOSING MATTERS.
Between
the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date:
Section
10.01 Affirmative Covenants of
Company and Seller. The Company and Seller hereby covenant and
agree that, from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, unless
otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement or consented to in writing by
the Purchaser, the Company will and Seller will take all actions within their
control to cause the Company to:
(a) operate
only in the ordinary course of business;
(b) use
its reasonable efforts to preserve substantially intact the its business
organization, maintain its rights and ongoing operations, retain the services of
its respective officers and key employees and maintain its relationship with its
respective officers and key employees and maintain its relationship with its
respective customers and suppliers;
(c) use
its reasonable efforts to maintain and keep its properties and assets in
satisfactory condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted;
(d) use
its reasonable efforts to keep in full force and effect insurance comparable in
amount and scope of coverage to that currently maintained; and
(e) use
its reasonable efforts to operate its business in all material respects in
compliance with all applicable Laws.
Section
10.02 Adverse
Developments. The
Company will promptly notify Purchaser in writing of any Company Material
Adverse Effect. The Company will keep Purchaser informed of all
material operational matters and business developments with respect to the
Company’s business and its markets.
Section
10.03 Disclosure Schedules
Update. At or
prior to the Closing, the Company and Seller Parties shall update the Disclosure
Schedules to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date of this
Agreement if such update is necessary so that the representations and warranties
set forth in Articles III or IV are true and correct as of the Closing
Date. If any such disclosed new event or circumstance results or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect or
the failure to satisfy a condition to the Closing (without giving effect to the
fact that such event or circumstance is included on the Disclosure Schedule),
then either Purchaser or the Company and Seller Representative may terminate
this Agreement pursuant to Article XI. If this Agreement is not
terminated pursuant to Article XI, Purchaser shall have all rights to
indemnification under this Agreement, including for the specific event or
circumstance disclosed. For purposes of clarity, the Company and
Seller Parties may not update the Disclosure Schedule to correct existing facts
and circumstances as of the date hereof except with the Purchaser’s written
consent.
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Section
10.04 Access. The
Seller and the Company will provide the Purchaser and its Representatives, for
the purpose of the continuation of customary due diligence or for any other
reasonable purpose, with access to the books and records of Company and
Company’s business (including the opportunity to make copies of such books and
records), to its assets and, subject to the receipt of reasonable prior notice
from Purchaser and with the consent of Seller (which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), to the officers, employees,
agents, customers and accountants of the Company with respect to matters
relating to Company’s business and will provide Purchaser and Purchaser’s
Representatives with such information concerning the Company, the Shares, the
Company’s assets and business as Purchaser and/or Purchaser’s Representative
reasonably may request.
Article
XI TERMINATION
Section
11.01 Termination.
This
Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date:
(a) by
mutual written agreement of the Company, Seller Representative and the
Purchaser;
(b) by
the Company and the Seller Representative, if the Closing shall not have
occurred by the End Date, and such failure is due to a failure of the Purchaser
to fulfill the conditions set forth in Sections 8.01 or 8.03 or a material
default by the Purchaser hereunder, so long as neither the Company, the Seller
nor a Seller Party is in material breach hereunder;
(c) by
the Purchaser, if the Closing shall not have occurred by the End Date, and such
failure is due to a failure of Company or a Seller Party to fulfill the
conditions set forth in Sections 8.01 or 8.02 or a material
default by Company or a Seller Party hereunder, so long as the Purchaser is not
in material breach hereunder;
(d) by
the Purchaser, if the Seller Parties or the Company have committed a material
breach of any provision of this Agreement that has not been cured within the
earlier of: (A) the End Date and (B) twenty (20) days of written
notice of such material breach; or
(e) by
the Company and Seller Representative, if the Purchaser has committed a material
breach of any provision of this Agreement that has not been cured within the
earlier of (A) the End Date and (B) twenty (20) days of written notice of
such material breach.
(f) by
the Company and Seller Representative or Purchaser, if after the date of this
Agreement, a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred.
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Section
11.02 Effect of
Termination. If this Agreement is terminated as provided in
Section 11.1, then all
further obligations under this Agreement shall terminate and no Party hereto
shall have any liability in respect of the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that the
confidentiality obligations of the Purchaser, Seller Parties and the Company
described in Confidential Term Sheet, dated as of November 5, 2010 by and
between the Company, the Seller Related Parties and the Mutual Nondisclosure
Agreement, dated October 11, 2010, by and between the Company and Purchaser will
survive any such termination, and provided, further that no such termination will
relieve the Purchaser, Seller Parties or Company from liability for any
intentional breach of this Agreement or fraud in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement that occurred prior to such
termination and in the event of such intentional breach or fraud, the Parties
hereto shall be entitled to exercise any and all remedies available under law or
equity, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first
above written.
The
KEYW Holding Corporation
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Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc.
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By:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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President
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ETS
Holdings, Inc.
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By:
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Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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President
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Seller
Representative,
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To
the extent of his obligations under this Agreement and the Closing
Documents
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X. Xxxxxxx
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The KEYW
Holding Corporation
Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc.
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Related Party:
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Xxx 000, Xxxxxxx XX
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The KEYW
Holding Corporation
Everest
Technology Solutions, Inc.
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Related Party:
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